The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Chapter 491 Still Needs to Improve

Just as Li Hu expected, "Little Sun the Butcher" became a big hit!
Of course, no one dared to perform in private during the national mourning period. Only those with bad intentions would secretly copy the music scores. Before the first month of the lunar year, even children playing on the streets would hum a few lines!
At the same time, rumors spread in the capital, saying that the injustice of the second assistant moved the gods, and that God has eyes, and good and evil will eventually be rewarded. As Prince An inherited the throne, Prince An and the Jia family behind him immediately became the object of suspicion of the people, and rumors spread everywhere.

On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head, the spring thunder awakens the insects, and all things come to life. It is a symbol of good luck. However, the spring thunder hits the Daming Palace which is being rebuilt, so the rumor quietly spreads to the Supreme Emperor!
In a blink of an eye it was February 12th, the Flower Goddess Festival.

In the duty room of the Ministry of War, Li Hu was sorting out official documents reported by generals' offices in various places.

After sorting out the last pile of documents, Li Hu stood up, stretched his arms tiredly, smiled bitterly and shook his head. Not only was it hard work, but he also didn't get paid.

Li Hu kicked the chair behind him away and said to himself, "This is a broken chair. My waist hurts from sitting on it." As he spoke, he walked to the south window, pounding his aching waist, stretched his arms and kicked his legs, while glancing at the clock next to him. It was almost noon, and he would go to pick up Lin Daiyu and take her home soon.

At this moment, the door curtain was raised, and the top scholar who had just returned from Henan came in with an official document: "Duke, an urgent letter just arrived at Baohedian from Mobei."

Li Hu took the express delivery and looked at it.

Looking at this, Li Hu's expression became solemn.

After reading it, Li Hu closed the urgent letter, raised his head and thought silently.

The top scholar looked at Li Hu silently, waiting for his reply.

After thinking for a moment, Li Hu read the urgent letter carefully again, and then walked back and forth.

Li Hu walked to the top scholar and stopped, looking at him: "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

The top scholar was startled for a moment, then he asked with his hands clasped, "I wonder what rules the Duke has?"

Li Hu waved his hand and said, "What rules can we have? It's just 'if an enemy comes, we will fight him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth.'"

The top scholar said: "Yes." He turned and walked out.

Looking at his back, Li Hu suddenly thought of Shui Rong, the troublemaker. He hadn't heard from him for a long time and didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Thinking about it, he looked at the urgent delivery in his hand again. After more than two years, the Rakshasas were finally arriving!
This group of bandits burned, killed and looted along the way, and destroyed several khanates in Central Asia. This not only solved the logistical problems, but also expanded the territory.

Bah, so despicable, even bandits wouldn’t do this!
Li Hu walked to the window again and looked at the sky outside. It was not that he looked down on Xie Jing, Wang Ziteng and others. They did not have the ability and experience to command a large army, and their status and prestige could not suppress the arrogant and powerful generals outside their own troops.

In the current Dashun regime, apart from him, there is no one else who can command the troops outside the Great Wall.

The capital has been in too much chaos lately, and Jia Jing's hand is too dark, and he can't stand it any more. He took this opportunity to go out and relax, and by the way, integrate the troops outside the pass, keep those who can be used, and pack up and deal with all those who can't be used.

As for the capital, let them do whatever they want. It would be better if they were all dead. It would save trouble.

Well, I have to make some arrangements before I leave. I can't risk my life out there alone, or I'll get kicked out of my house!

Thinking of this, Li Hu threw away the urgent letter and took out a map from the bookshelf in the corner.

His eyes scanned the map and finally landed on the Zhangjiakou Pass after a while.

It is unrealistic to deploy troops around the capital, as the slightest disturbance will arouse the vigilance and suspicion of the Supreme Emperor.

The Zhangjiakou Pass is very important and we must find a way to take control of it.

Now the Ministry of War is in his hands. As long as he operates carefully, there will be no problem in placing someone in Xuanfu Town. However, he must first find a suitable candidate, and his cronies definitely will not be enough.

Li Hu blinked his eyes, and suddenly caught sight of Datong Town near Xuanfu, and thought of Datong Lieutenant General Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun had accumulated a lot of military merit in Mobei in the past two years. Logically speaking, after enduring for so long, he should be promoted to deputy general.

Unfortunately, he was the confidant of the former Datong general, and has been suppressed by the new Datong general in the past two years, and is still a lieutenant general.

Not only that, years ago, Datong Wei went out of the pass to support Xiuguogong Hou Xiaokang, and Zhou Xun was detained by Datong General, who did not give him any chance to make merit.

This kid is also a stubborn guy, he won't give in! Well, if he is willing to give in, there will be no such opportunity! Li Hu smiled. According to the current situation, Zhou Xun's future in Datongwei is bleak.

As the old saying goes, if a person moves, he will live; if a tree moves, it will die.

As his former boss, if you help him at this time, he will definitely be grateful in the future.

Li Hu folded the map. Even if something happened at Zhangjiakou Pass, he could still enter the pass from Hetao. In addition, Jia She, the old drunkard, had to help him get Datong Guard to impeach Zhou Xun, so that they could have an excuse to transfer him away from Datong.

At this moment, the clock in the corner rang.

Li Hu looked and saw that it was already noon. It was time to go to Fengtian Temple to pick up Lin Daiyu and take her home. Today was her birthday.

Thinking of this, Li Hu felt a little unhappy. He had raised Lin Daiyu in his hands for so many years and never let her suffer the slightest bit. But now, she had to go to the palace before dawn every day and kneel for most of the day. She had lost a lot of weight visibly.

For Lin Daiyu, we need to make more progress!

At this time, Liaodong was still cold and windy, with snow covering the fields.

The cold wind made the flags rustle.

Fukang'an, wearing golden armor, sat upright on his horse, silently looking at the Shengjing City in the distance.

Sitting next to him was He Lin, who had a gloomy face.

Tushetu Khan, the four princely dukes and others rode around them.

Tens of thousands of soldiers with flags fluttering have been formed into formations and are ready to attack.

Looking closely, they were all Mongolians, not a single Jurchen or Han person from Liaodong!
In the battle south of the desert, the betrayal of the Xilinguole League almost caused Fukang'an to die in the chaos. Naturally, he would not trust Prince Kang and those Eight Banners nobles so easily.

After receiving the letter, Fu Kang'an was not overwhelmed, but spread the news of Qian Xiaosi's death. Then, taking advantage of Helin's unstable military morale, he defeated the remnants of the Eight Banners Army in one fell swoop and captured Helin, Hailancha, Baoning and others.

Then, Fukang'an attacked the Khorchin royal court, which had always been against him, and killed all the people in the royal court.

After completely clearing the Mongolian grasslands south of the desert, Fu Kang'an led the Mongolian coalition army into Liaodong. Every time he occupied a city, he first killed all the Eight Banner nobles in the city, including those who helped him open the city gate. Then he copied Li Hu's strategy outside the Great Wall and distributed the money and land of the Aisin Gioro family and the Eight Banner nobles to ordinary bannermen to gain their support.

Because Fu Kang'an slaughtered all the Eight Banner nobles in the city, and with the support of ordinary bannermen and the help of blizzard, the news did not spread.

It was not until they entered Tieling that Fu Kang'an restrained himself and refrained from killing even the Eight Banner nobles who helped open the city gate. However, he left those Eight Banner soldiers who had been allocated money and land in Tieling to guard the army's retreat.

At this time, a Mongolian nobleman came riding in and shouted excitedly: "The gate of Shengjing City is indeed open."

King Tushetu Khan, the four princes and others also became excited and turned their eyes to Fukangan.

Fukang'an smiled and said that he would not go into the city, or to be more precise, he would not go into the city right now.

He had already figured it out on the way. No matter whether this was a scam or not, the problem would be solved as long as he killed all the people!
Thinking of this, he said to He Lin beside him: "Don't worry, He Zhongtang saved my life. As long as I inherit the throne, no matter how much it costs, I will redeem He Zhongtang!"

He Lin thought for a moment and raised his right hand: "Sir, don't joke!"

Fu Kang'an also stretched out his hand and slapped He Lin's palm: "Sir, don't joke!" After that, he drew the long sword at his waist and swung it with a cold light: "Go into the city and don't put down your sword for three days! Let go and grab!"

Roars immediately rang out in the wilderness, and countless Mongols roared, galloped on their horses, and rushed towards Shengjing City with swords drawn.

He Lin smiled bitterly, but still led his troops to charge forward.

Fu Kang'an took the telescope from his personal soldier and scanned the surroundings. His intuition told him that there was an ambush! Although it was dangerous, the risk was worth it. Nothing was 100% certain, so if there was 60% or 70% certainty, you had to do it. What if it worked? !

(End of this chapter)