In the Tang army formation in the distance, Li Xiao, who was being closely protected by a group of guards, saw Ba Lama and others winding out of the north gate of Haicheng through the snow curtain in the sky. A faint smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Humph, these Tartars acted as strong and hard, and in the end they were not collapsed and surrendered under their own iron fist and powerful pressure. For these Tartars who feared power but did not lose their virtue, their tough methods were indeed more effective.

For the more than 200 Qing army prisoners who were beheaded for the forced landing, Kalamu, who was once a man of man, might have felt a little hurtful of them, but in Li Xiao's heart, there was no sadness or sympathy.

After all, they were their enemies, and whether they were on the battlefield or being captured, their fate could only be left to fate. Such an end was their own fault. What's more, it was already extremely kind to behead the wounded Qing army soldiers who were unable to survive.

Balama and others were able to move forward, and ten steps away from Li Xiaoma's head, he immediately took his head and bowed.

"Balama, I'm late to give up. Please forgive me." Baalama, who was kneeling in the thick snow, said in stiff Chinese words. He looked guilty and did not dare to look up at all.

Li Xiao, who was sitting upright on the snow-stepping BMW, smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, made a gesture of helping, and slowly said: "Balama, wait and get up. I am still very satisfied if you can surrender in time anyway."

"Thank you, Lord Li." Balama looked humble and grateful, and then stood up with the generals behind him.

Li Xiao looked at him coldly and said, "Balama, since I can let Kalamu tell you the conditions for surrender and ask you to surrender this Haicheng, I will allow you to leave with your relatives. I will make a promise and never regret it. But do you know why I don't want to take your life?"

Li Xiao's question made Ba Lama stunned. He didn't understand what Li Xiao was trying to say this to himself.

Li Xiao smiled slightly and said, "I have said it clearly. The reason why I am willing to save your life depends on your Ama Daishan. I don't want to kill his son here when I am allies and your father is serving him, so that there will be a grudge between them that is difficult to reconcile. This is really inappropriate. Therefore, I think that as long as you can surrender in time, I will not only save your life, but also put you back. This is a practice that will be done with all the benevolence and righteousness."

Balama was shocked and thought about Li Xiao's words carefully. She blushed without feeling the cold snowy weather. But he felt so hot. He was not a fool, so of course he could understand what Li Xiao's subtext was.

It is a very good plan to use your own lives to make good friends with Prince Li, so as to further divide the power within the Qing court and make them suspicious and attack each other.

However, he quickly thought that Li Xiao's actions were probably not a temporary idea, but had long been far-sighted, but only as a chess piece, he didn't know it.

Thinking of this, Balama only felt another inexplicable chill rising from her neck, and her fear of condolence for Li Xiao deepened a little.

He took a quick step and bowed to Li Xiao, "Mr. Li said, "I am confused and confused. He actually wanted to use a corner of the city to fight against the heavenly soldiers. He was actually a mantis arm to block the chariot and had no idea. Fortunately, Lord Li ignored his past grievances and dealt with us leniently. Balama was extremely grateful and didn't know how to repay him."

Li Xiao smiled faintly again and said, "Balama, you are also a smart person. After you return to Liaoyang, you must have thought clearly about how to tell Dorgon. I hope you will act cautiously in the future and don't easily become enemies with our army. Otherwise, if I take you again next time, I will not let you go."

Upon hearing this, Balama immediately knelt down on the snow again, kowtowed and replied: "Don't worry, Lord Li, I'll know what to do here. I will never be the enemy of your country's heavenly soldiers as if it's like now."

Li Xiao nodded, comforted him a few more words, and asked him to take the Tang army into the city, hand over the city defense, and recruit Qing army guards. After all this was counted, he asked him to leave the north of Haicheng and return to Liaoyang after all, and after all, he took his personal generals and a group of guards to leave Haicheng and return to Liaoyang.

At this time, the joy of the Tang army was shocking the sky, and there was a noisy and joyful atmosphere. As the surging team entered the city, the entire Haicheng was like a huge suction cup, sucking the surging iron stream of the surging Tang army formation in. At first glance, the scene was very spectacular.

In the square in Haicheng, a group of surrendered soldiers were already standing here dejectedly. In various streets and alleys, many people hid behind the cracks in the door, watching the Tang army rolling into the city with an extremely frightened look.

Under the protection of a group of guards, Li Xiao also entered the city with high hopes. Soon, a civil servant from the Supervisor's Office came up to report on the seizure of Haicheng.

"Reported to the King of Ping Liao, this time Haicheng surrendered, our staff investigated the city's treasury and found a total of 23,000 taels of silver, 128,000 stones of grain, more than 200 silk and satin, more than 1,000 cloth pieces, more than 800 fur, and tens of thousands of pieces of various types of weapons..."

Hearing these reports, Li Xiao's face unconsciously showed a satisfied smile.

Because among these numbers, what Li Xiao is most concerned about is the amount of grain. Now there are more than 120,000 stones of grain in the city. Then, the Tang army, including the newly surrendered Qing army, even if they sit and eat in Haicheng every day, it will be enough to support the flowers bloom next spring.

What's more, there are tens of thousands of stones of grain seized from Yaozhou Fort in Yingkou area. In other words, the Tang army now has sufficient food supply, so the biggest threat to this area will no longer be taken seriously.

The biggest stone in Li Xiao's heart fell to the ground and his mood naturally improved a lot. After the civil servant of the Supervisor's Office stepped down, he saw that Ba Lama and others had obviously finished handing over to the Tang army, and at the same time they had packed up their own property. Everyone carried large and small bags, and everyone had a gloomy face, walking through the Tang army's formation and bid farewell to Li Xiao.

When Balama saw that the former subordinates all cast pitiful eyes at him in the square in the city, he felt as uncomfortable as a knife. He knew that these surrendered soldiers must have hoped that he, the garrison of Haicheng, could fight for Li Xiao's side and bring them back to Liaoyang, instead of staying alone in Haicheng and allowing the Tang army to fall.

However, Ba Lama also knew that Li Xiao, the chief general of the Tang army, was not a person who could bargain.

He did not dare to look at his subordinates who were abandoned by him in this way, so he could only lower his head and quickly leave from the square.

Looking at Balama and the others' down-and-out appearance, Li Xiao suddenly wanted to laugh very much, and his heart was even more happy, but he still held back.

Soon, Balama and others came to Li Xiao's side, each put down his luggage, and then knelt down to Li Xiao to salute him, but was stopped by Li Xiao and asked them to get up and speak.

"Mr. Li, we have finished handing over to your army and have finished packing our personal belongings, but Mr. Li wants to open our luggage to check it out?" Ba Lama asked in an uneasy smile on her face.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and he waved his hand, indicating that they didn't have to open their luggage, and then said, "No, I am not such a heartless person. I don't want to check your personal belongings. Just bring these luggage and return to Liaoyang as soon as possible."

Balama replied respectfully: "Thank you Lord Li for your kindness, and that slave and others will part with you. In the future, the green mountains will not change and the green water will flow forever. Perhaps, we will meet again."

Li Xiao chuckled in his heart, but he nodded on the surface, waved his hand again, indicating that they could leave.

After saying goodbye to Li Xiao, Balama and others tied their luggage, stepped onto their horses, left the city directly, and then headed north. In the snow, the figures of them and others quickly disappeared into the wind and snow.

Li Xiao then ordered one after another to arrange all matters in the entire Haicheng.

Li Xiao sent heavy troops to guard the various warehouses in the city. After counting the Qing army prisoners brought from Bailang Valley with the Qing army guards in the surrendered city, they arranged for the army to be detained separately. Li Xiao then asked his generals to issue notices to the people in Haicheng that the war had ended and they could live as usual without worrying about their lives. After the sea thawed, they would ship them to Shandong to live.

The Tang army was already very skilled in such settlement work, so Li Xiao's order was quickly implemented as soon as he was ordered. After Li Xiao arranged the matters in the city, he came to his residence, which was the original residence of Balama.

This mansion of Balama has three in and three out, with copper nails and red doors, high eaves and arches. The room inside is very spacious, and the whole mansion is very luxurious. However, for Li Xiao, the King of Ping Liao who is used to seeing the world, such a mansion is at most a medium or higher, and there are not many things that particularly touched him.

Li Xiao came into the mansion, looked around at the mansion casually, then came to the living room, and ordered someone to call Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng.

Soon, the two arrived. After seeing each other, Tian Wei took the lead and said, "Mr. Li, in my opinion, our army will first defeat the Qing army reinforcements in Bailang Valley, and then take down this important city Haicheng without bloodshed. The morale of the whole army is very strong and everyone is happy. Therefore, I believe that as long as we take this opportunity to send troops to attack north again, even if we cannot take Liaoyang, we must clean up the prestige and counties around Liaoyang. In this way, Dorgon will be brave and his prestige will be greatly damaged. In this way, the Qing court will change its mind, and the Haoge who is defending Shenyang can gradually turn the defensive into an offensive. In this way, our purpose of sending troops this time has basically been achieved."

After hearing Tian Wei's words, Li Xiao smiled slightly, but did not reply immediately. He just turned his eyes to Liu Guoneng, who was frowning on the side, and asked lightly: "Guoneng, Tian Wei advocated taking advantage of the victory to attack the north immediately. In your opinion, what should I do?"

Liu Guoneng, who was originally in deep thought, saw Li Xiao asking him questions, and he was stunned for a moment and immediately replied: "Report to King Ping Liao, I have different opinions on Mayor Tian's suggestions."

"But it's okay."

"Mr. Li, our army has now defeated the enemy reinforcements in Bailang Valley and seized the victory to force the Haicheng garrison Ba Lama to surrender, but to be honest, our army has been struggling from Yingkou to attack north through mountains and snow. At this time, although the morale is still strong, it is exhausted and difficult to fight hard. If we still think about eating a fat man in one bite, regardless of the actual situation, we will go north to attack Dorgon's old nest Liaoyang, in the following view, in the following view, there are many hidden worries, so we must be careful."

"Oh, let's talk about it in detail."

"Mr. Li, look, our army has now acquired Haicheng, occupying a vast area from Haicheng to Yingkou. It seems extremely majestic, but from the bottom, our army has suffered from wind and snow after this long march. Besides, the battle in the White Wolf Valley, our army's current real strength is really about to end its strength. If we really want to advance without considering the unstable situation in the Yingkou area of ​​Haicheng, not to mention that our army is unstable, it is really going to attack Liaoyang. I am afraid that Liaoyang will be difficult to get off the ground, but our army is in danger of being made into dumplings."

When Liu Guoneng said this, Tian Wei looked unhappy on the side. He asked Liu Guoneng dissatisfiedly: "Guo Neng, are you saying this too much? Our army's new victory is when the morale is high and the morale is available. How can you say so unbearable? Even though our army has worked hard all the way and the soldiers are not as strong as before, these are difficulties that can be overcome. How can it definitely become an obstacle to our army's northern attack? Could it be that when our army is in full swing now, it is better to stop using troops north again and wait until the morale falls in the future and then attack Liaoyang?"

After hearing Tian Wei's words, Liu Guo frowned and immediately retorted: "Master Tian, ​​this is a bad thing. It is said that only by knowing that the other person can win every battle. If we only consider the conditions that are beneficial to the existing side, but ignore the complexity and dangers, we will dare to conclude that this northern attack will be in danger, and it is even likely to be greatly defeated, so that our army's series of victories, from landing in Yingkou to capturing Haicheng, will be gone."

After hearing what Liu Guoneng said, Li Xiao's face became complicated, but his face remained calm. He nodded slightly and continued to say to Liu Guoneng. "You have a good analysis of Guoneng. It's okay, let's continue."

Liu Guoneng was encouraged by Li Xiao and immediately said loudly: "Mr. Li, Mayor Tian, ​​think about it, our army has won many times in a row, and its reputation has probably spread everywhere in the Qing court. And our army is so powerful that as long as a fool, we can see that our army's next goal must be to attack Liaoyang to solve the problem of destroying Dorgon's nest. In this way, in order to keep the nest safe, Dorgon, who was defeated, must concentrate his heavy troops to defend Liaoyang with all his strength. In this way, after continuous battles, our army will travel north to attack Liaoyang, which is heavily guarded by heavy troops. It is not easy!"
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