The night in Liaodong has its own characteristics, when the twilight is approaching, the sky is still a blue-white appearance, the black around is like a curtain rising, the sun is quietly hidden, dyeing the last cloud into gold, and the horse thieves who came out of the nest with this little afterglow, when they reached the side of the mountain, the sky was already full of stars.

"Moonlight kills night."

"The wind is high and the sky is on fire."

Li Shiyi, who had changed his outfit, looked at Lao Beifeng and smiled, he really pretended to be a horse thief as he said before, and took a few of his subordinates to follow Lao Beifeng, which made the latter feel a lot more relieved. simply gritted his teeth and sent out everything that could be used in the village, and the success or failure was a hammer deal, and if something happened again, the gang would be dispersed directly.

The city of Jinzhou built by the Liao people has a history of more than 300 years, and the last repair of the city wall has been more than 50 years. Of course, as Li Shiyi said, no matter how rotten the city walls are, they can't be shaken by horse thieves like them, so although the guards on the city wall are not lax, they are not very tight.

"Who?" A sergeant at the head of the city looked down in the light of the torch, the city gate had just been closed, if there was really anything that was not in a hurry, those who could be accommodating still had to be accommodating, after all, most of the people on this road were merchants, who would not make a point in and out of the place?

"Don't recognize? Let you all come and speak. "There are enough people under the city, and the people behind them are still piling up carts and other things, it looks like a returning caravan, now is the receiving season, this kind of thing is not uncommon, hearing the tone of the people who came is very big, the sergeant did not dare to slack off, and immediately found the hundred households guarding the door.

"Steward Wu? Where are you coming from? "A Han army in a hundred costumes looked at the city for a long time before he could barely recognize people, but what made him strange was that they had only left the city two days ago, how could they come back so quickly.

"Master Diethorn has negotiated a deal, I'll come back overnight to pick up the goods, Lao Wang, hurry up, I'll have to hurry in a while, rest assured that your hard-earned money is indispensable."

Baihu saw that he was an acquaintance, and he didn't have much vigilance in the first place, so who was the old man? The wealthy merchants in the capital, in this small Jinzhou city, are unattainably high, and even the Guanmin Qianhu and Daru Huachi are polite to this person, how dare he, a small military leader, offend.

The moment the city gate opened, there was no smile on Steward Wu's face, he knew what he was doing, but what could he do, his owner fell into the hands of others, and his life was pinched by others, if there was a slight mistake, the people behind him would take his life, and as a result, the hundred households who came out saw a slightly stiff face.

"I said Lao Wu, isn't it just a night trip, I see that you are worried, and I think I am dead." Wang Baihu thought he had made a very humorous joke, but he didn't expect Steward Wu to look gloomy when he heard him say this.

"I'm sorry, Wang."

"What did you say?"

His voice was a little low, Wang Baihu didn't understand for a while, and subconsciously asked, but no one would give him an answer anymore, the people of the caravan saw that the city gate was wide open, and the guards were defenseless, and the first one pulled out a long knife with a "swish", and his legs were clamped, and his mount jumped up and rushed forward, knocking down a guard who was caught off guard, and the long knife in his hand was swung out, and Wang Baihu instantly became a headless corpse.

"North Wind!"

"Roar!"

The thieves shouted slogans as they struck through the open gates, and before the defenders could react to the sudden blow, they were cut to the ground, and those who were not dead fled in all directions. The horse thieves did not chase after them, but rushed down the street to kill, and at the same time threw the torches in their hands into the houses facing the street, and in a short time a fire burst into flames, accompanied by the people's fleeing and cries for help.

"The horse thief has entered the city, big guy run away!"

"It's the old north wind, my mother, let's run."

In the dark night, the fear will be infinitely magnified, and the guards who were still superior in numbers also collapsed, they are not elites in the first place, how can they have any determination to die with the city, but the famous horse thieves are coming, if they don't run, are they waiting to join the gang?

When Li Shiyi led people to find the merchant inn that was suddenly lost in the city, the city was already in chaos. Fortunately, this is their goal, just scare people away, there is no need to kill them all, as for how many of them were knocked down or trampled on when they fled, then there is no way, thieves are thieves, you can't expect them to be more disciplined.

"Catch these carts, let's go."

According to the agreement in advance, the goods here belong to him, and these things are intended to be used for trade by the former, but unfortunately they are all cheaper Li Shiyi now, and he can't bring nothing with him on this trip to the mountain, with these goods, it is very necessary to complete the task assigned by Liu Yu.

As for this Jinzhou City, Li Shiyi estimated that it was over, the fire was blown by the wind, and it already had a continuous trend, no one came to put out the fire at night, and the whole city was basically gone without burning until morning, which was just a convenient thing for him. Because this place is not only a transit place for trade and transportation, but also an important pivot button for the Tartars, which can create a little trouble for Kublai Khan, how could he let it go.

With his men pushing the cart in the direction of the Liao River, Li Shiyi did not go to Lao Beifeng and the others to say goodbye, and it is estimated that he will not be free at this time. Looking back at the city far away, the city in the distance has turned into a striking fireball, at this moment, Li Shiyi is even worried that these horse thieves will not be able to escape, there is no need for anyone to report the news, and the nearby should also be able to see clearly, if they don't leave, they are afraid that there will be big trouble.

Since the incident happened in Zhongshu Province, which was only a few days away from the capital, no one dared to slack off. Only one day later, the urgent report of the bandits raging deep into the inland sea and the rampant burning of Jinzhou by horse thieves was delivered to Kublai Khan's desk, which provoked him to thunder and rage, and the ministers were silent, and the anger was incomparable to such major events as the Northwest Rebellion, because it was almost under his nose.

"Send someone down immediately, investigate to the end, such a big bandit is hidden around, no one can collude with it, no matter who is involved, they will be locked on the spot, and the two who ran out of Jinzhou will all be sentenced to prison. The coastal state capitals must be strictly guarded, what about the navy, what are the navy doing, will you wake up until the pirates hit the capital? ”

Kublai Khan's roar resounded above the palace of the Daming Palace, the matter was not very big, but once again disrupted his plan, making his mood extremely irritable, so he vented it for some reason, and the courtiers below did not dare to speak out, no matter what race they were, so as not to become the unlucky punching bag.

"Ahma." Kublai Khan sat on a high seat, he didn't like the so-called "throne" created for him by the Han people, and preferred to sit so comfortably if he wanted to sit and lie down if he wanted to.

How else to say that "the building near the water gets the moon first", if you sit high, you will be far away, and if you are far away, you will not be able to see clearly, he stretched out his finger and pointed around, still only those in the first few rows, and Ahma was unfortunately shot, although he was not lying down.

"Your Majesty is here." The Great Khan spoke, and it was impossible to pretend not to hear, Ahma raised his head and stepped out of the ranks, and bowed respectfully in reply.

"What you said last time about military spending, where else haven't you paid in full?" Kublai Khan suddenly changed the subject, and Ahmad was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted, the Great Khan's anger had not subsided, and he needed to provide some unlucky scapegoats.

"Since the Great Khan told his subordinates, things have been quite smooth, and most of the prefectures and counties have handed over in time, but there are still a few places, which have not been paid so far. The people sent by the ministers tried their best to speak, but they always put on a difficult look, just prevaricating, saying that it was not easy for the people to make a living, but they did not understand the difficulties of the court, but made things difficult for the ministers everywhere. Ahma babbled for a long time, raising his head from time to time to look at the expression of the Great Khan, his face became more and more gloomy, and he knew that the heat was almost over.

"Who?" Kublai Khan interrupted him impatiently, and there was an irrepressible murderous aura in his low tone.

Ahmada reported more than a dozen names in one go, ranging from Xuanfu all the way to the governor of a county, most of whom were Han officials. Listening to his mouth being said one by one, Yao Shu and several other Hanchen who were standing on the right side secretly looked at each other, and they all saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

"Well, well, it seems that they regard my leniency as weakness, and since they love the people like sons, they will pay for the people under their rule. The decree is that the above-mentioned people will be removed from their posts and investigated, their family property will be confiscated, and those who are greedy for ink and lawless will be imprisoned and tortured, and their family members will be confiscated into the army. ”

The future and life of more than ten people were decided, and they didn't even let the Criminal Department and Dali Temple and other institutions intervene, Ahmad couldn't help but be overjoyed, the Great Khan said this, which is equivalent to giving him supreme power, and when the time comes, who is guilty and who is not guilty, it is not his word. The prince Zhenjin who was standing at the foot of the stairs frowned, and he wanted to turn around and persuade, but his Han Taifu shook his head slightly.

The toss of the Yuan people did not affect the Song envoys in the capital, but it really brought trouble to Jiang Ning's fleet, even if it was just for show, the coastal defense began to strengthen a lot, although even if he was not afraid, but after all, there were so many wounded and sergeants on the ship, and it should be avoided as much as possible without causing conflict.

As a result, the original plan was changed, and the landing site was selected in a remote place about ten miles away from the mouth of Zhigu, which was still difficult for the brothers who received them on the shore to find, knowing that it was the Beijing-Tianjin area in the later generations, and it was not easy to smuggle in without knowing it.

"Sister Pheasant, I don't know when I will see you again when I go, you must be careful, a certain distance is too far, I am afraid that I will not be able to protect you, if it is" Jiang Ning still wanted to ask something, the pheasant slave waved his hand to stop him.

"Who wants you to protect it?" She first glared at her in disgust, and then said in a different tone: "I'll be fine, but you, how difficult and dangerous the sea is, don't be too strong,"

Jiang Ning's heart fluttered between joy and anger, and she couldn't help but grasp her hand, and the pheasant slave was stunned, but she didn't turn her face, but slowly pulled it out, stretched out her hand and patted him on the shoulder, and then turned away without looking back, leaving only the latter's melancholy figure, unwilling to leave for a long time.