The change of things was in the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the elite to break through the customs, causing serious damage to the north of the Ming Dynasty. What's more serious is that when King Qin's Shaanxi border army arrived at the city of Beijing, the civil officials of the Beijing division did not replenish food and salary in time, and King Qin's border army was originally rushing to King Qin, thousands of miles away, and he had to go hungry when he arrived at the battlefield. Coupled with the harsh treatment of the generals and the oppression of the civilian officials, the grievances of paying the salary only once in a few months, all kinds of unwilling anger have long been full of resentment, after being ignited by this spark, all the dissatisfaction broke out, the border army mutinied, and a large number of soldiers left the camp and returned to Shaanxi.

Some of them went to Shanxi, and some joined the Liukou, and it was at this time that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong successively changed from the border army to the Liukou.

By this time, the rogue's willpower had grown greatly, and their methods had become more cruel.

Destroying cities and slaughtering cities is a common thing, burning down villages, burning down all houses, killing the old and weak, women and children, and making those strong men kill people, burning all the way along the way, and the team has changed from hundreds or thousands of people in one or two months to 10,000 or even tens of thousands.

Among the coerced strong men, through the constant flow of wars, some strong men have been cultivated one after another to become the elite of the old battalion.

The battle loss ratio of the rogues is quite amazing, but it is such a ember of a hundred battles, and its ferocity and brutality and battlefield experience are also incomparably rich, and it is difficult for officers and soldiers to really wipe out these elite soldiers of a hundred battles.

Li Zicheng only had more than 1,000 people left in the first battle of Tongguan, and the court breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it would be difficult for this person to rise again.

In fact, in terms of the form of rogue warfare, Li Zicheng's more than 1,000 people are veteran battalion soldiers, with border troops and henchmen as the core, as long as the encirclement network is slightly relaxed, he can immediately pull out the team and fight again.

The only way to deal with this kind of gangsters who are determined to be resolute and whose fighting methods are incomprehensible to the officers and men is to mobilize a large number of local regiments for training, distribute the nets, and at the same time be politically clear and the localities stable, even if they are burned and killed, there are still not many strong men among the people who are really willing to join, and this is the only way to eradicate them, and there is no other way.

After the Qing court went south, a large number of surrendered Ming troops were collected, and they were appointed as commanders in various places.

Liu Zeqing lived in Beijing after the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, and in the sixth year of Shunzhi, he felt that the Qing court treated him poorly, and was dissatisfied, so he sent Li Huajing to Shandong to rebel.

As soon as Li Huajing joined the army, six general troops were sent from the three provinces around him at the same time, and the soldiers spread nets on all sides to surround them, and the chaos was quickly quelled.

In terms of mobilization capacity and local garrison law, the Qing court suppressed the generals with totalitarian power and held the law accountable, which was not much higher than the Ming court.

The famous name of the Liukou is not unfamiliar to the people of Huai'an Mansion City.

In its early years, the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum was burned, and many people in the Fengyang area fled from Sizhou to Suqian and Huai'an.

There were also burning, killing, and looting in Henan, which were distorted and spread, and the image of the rogues was originally ferocious and brutal, and when it spread to Huai'an, it was even more terrifying a hundred times.

The commotion in the city and the uneasiness of the people are also reasonable.

"Liu Zeqing is calculating." Zhu Ren looked at it for a while, then turned around and said with a wry smile: "Today, I transferred troops out of the city, but I didn't explain the reason, which made the people around Defu City uneasy. Tomorrow, another person will be accused of being a bandit and a thief, and then send troops to exterminate it. At the same time, he affirmed his duty to pacify the territory and the people, so that he could make up for the dissatisfaction of the gentry and merchants by sending troops to gather food everywhere and harm the people. Although he is not afraid, if he stays in Huai'an for a long time, the support of the gentry and wealthy businessmen is still needed, and he has to make up for it a little. ”

Liang Shifa said coldly: "Everything still depends on the strength of both sides, if he wins, he can say anything, if he can't win, today's move is just a big joke." ”

"That makes sense." Zhu Renzhong looked at Liang Shifa and said, "If you stay here, I'm afraid you want to try to lead us to escape?" ”

"The old proprietor is right." Liang Shifa said: "Liu Zeqing tore his face, he will definitely remember that the Zhu family is our help in a short time, he took the salt pond, and he always had to underwrite it. Instead of going to Yangzhou to fight with those big salt merchants with thicker roots, it is better to grasp the old proprietor Zhu, so that the ready-made business road will be in hand. ”

"I haven't figured it out yet." Zhu Renzhong sighed and said sincerely: "The old man is convinced by Lord Min. In this case, please try it out of Lord Liang, my father and son, plus a total of more than ten people, gold and silver are soft except for a little body, the rest are kept, so I don't know if it's okay to go out? ”

"The old proprietor arranged it very much," Liang Shifa said with a smile: "As long as the old proprietor and father and son are not there, Liu Zeqing will not be cheeky and don't come over to raid the house, it's too embarrassing." Besides, I think it is impossible for the old proprietor to put all his family wealth in the mansion of Huai'an, so he prepared in advance, that is, prepared a dozen people to go out of the city. Now that the old proprietor has made a decision, we need not delay, now take advantage of the chaos to hide outside, and tomorrow if there is nothing to do, we will go out of the city, and if there is anything, we will hide and come out after the war is over. ”

Zhu Renzhong weighed slightly.

It turns out that the person in front of him has already made such a meticulous and meticulous arrangement?

Zhu Wanhe had some doubts and said, "Is the accommodation arranged by Brother Liang still safe?" My family also has some relatives and friends in the city, so maybe I can hide ......."

"Second master," Liang Shifa said with a smile: "Even if these relatives and friends dare to take the risk of sheltering everyone in the mansion, their identities can be found out as soon as they are checked, so why bother to go to the door and affect others?" The house bought under the name of a foreign merchant is used, and it is quite common for this kind of passing merchant to buy a mansion in the city, which is used for half a year and locked for half a year. Let's quietly spend money on it, don't go out of the Zhu Mansion, let my people run errands for the house, as long as you hide with peace of mind, when the limelight comes out, it will be another world, why bother to take risks? ”

Zhu Renzhong had already determined at this time that the person in front of him acted in an orderly manner and was quite meticulous, and this kind of method was another layer of world than his own business methods, so there was no need not to listen to this person's arrangement.

And this person doesn't seem to have a low status in Min Yuanqi, at least he has the official position of one hundred households or one deputy thousand households.

Although this military attache position is not valuable, it is still much higher than the status of a prisoner donated by himself.

The person in front of him is respectful, he will call the old proprietor in his mouth, and he will be commensurate with Zhu Wanchun and Zhu Wanhe and his brothers, it can be seen that Zhu Wanchun must be valued in Yunti Pass, and it is estimated that he has a good friendship with Min Yuanqi, which makes the eagle-dog-like character in front of him so respectful.

At that moment, Zhu Ren nodded and said: "That is the case, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate, and everything is arranged by Brother Liang." ”

"Please rest assured, the old proprietor."

Liang Shifa smiled, stood under the corner tower of Zhufu, and slapped his hands lightly.

After a while, three large cars slowly drove from the corner of the street and did not stop until the main gate of the Zhu Mansion.

In the shadows, at the mouth of the alley and on the street, there seemed to be a figure flickering, presumably the person who stayed in the carriage and the sentry guard at both ends of the street.

This kind of behavior made the Zhu family's father and son also eye-opening, they never thought that the person in front of them would have such means to deal with such a thing.

"What a clever trick." Zhu Wanhe couldn't help but say: "I just don't know how to hide, and how can I avoid the eyes and ears of the many soldiers and horses in the city?" ”

"To disguise the carriage and muleman." Liang Shifa said with a smile: "We have opened a small carriage and horse shop, so it is very convenient to use it once you want to use it." Avoiding the eyes and ears of others is nothing more than being vigilant. For example, at this moment, the organization of our two groups is scattered, some are in high places, some are on street corners, and some people are even near Liu Zeqing's residence, to see if there are any people who rush to report the news, and if there are, they will either rush back to report the news, or assassinate them with cameras, there are certain rules. ”

The more Liang Shifa said it, the more Zhu Renzhong felt the danger.

It turned out that such a small matter of transferring for the Zhu family, the manpower mobilized by Yuntiguan and the manpower and financial resources consumed before were already not small.

Zhu Renzhong is an old Jianghu, and while he is moved, he is also quite afraid.

If he is stubborn and ignores the other party's good intentions, the other party can use dozens of people to prepare for his own transfer, will he use the same means to destroy his own family?

When the time comes, push Liu Zeqing's head, things will change, as long as Yuntiguan protects the salt pool, Zhu Wanchun is still there, and the Zhu family's heritage and business are still there, and it will still be a situation of cooperation between the two families.

With the skills of the person in front of him, the news will definitely not leak out, Zhu Wanchun will only hate Liu Zeqing, but he will not suspect Min Yuanqi.

And killing himself will also cut off the possibility of cooperation between the Zhu family and Liu Zeqing, and prevent the slightest problem from happening.

Although this is just a conjecture, Zhu Renzhong doesn't dare to think about it anymore.

Fortunately, things are developing in a good direction, and Zhu Renzhong is not only frightened, but also feels extremely happy.

At the moment, Zhu Wanhe was not allowed to delay any longer, the father and son went down to the corner tower together, and they did not know the people in the family, only with Zhu Renzhong's most trusted two old servants in charge, followed by two old mothers in the back house, plus the women and children in the house, a total of less than twenty people quietly went out of the mansion, each with only the most important things, such as the land deed and business contract documents, of course, there are items such as Yanwo Yanben Yanyin, and the rest of the gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, etc., but they brought a few bags of the most precious, and the rest were left directly in the mansion.

This mansion is one of the foundations of the Zhu family, and the hidden items inside are worth at least hundreds of thousands of silver, but Zhu Renzhong did not hesitate at this time, as long as his father and son are there, and the contract salt nest is there, that is the capital of the Zhu family's turnover, even if the floating wealth in this mansion is lost now, it will be earned back in a year or two.

At the critical time, the man was more decisive than the woman, and the women still couldn't help crying, and when they got into the car, they were bitter and miserable, only Zhu Renzhong and Zhu Wanhe looked as usual, and they were not moved.

After the Zhu family got into the car, Liang Shifa also went out, but he did not leave with the convoy, the placement of the Zhu family father and son is a group of people, and the resettlement site is responsible for this group of people, they will leave the city immediately after the placement, and even Liang Shifa does not know where the resettlement point is.

The Military Intelligence Department has been established for a few months, and some things have been taught by Min Yuanqi, and some have been learned by themselves.

The groups are parallel to each other, and neither of them knows the existence of the other, even if Liang Shifa summons the groups together when necessary, and then hides them separately after acting, the placement points and hiding points of each group, as well as the intelligence nodes reported to the top, even within each group, are also dedicated to the person, and others do not know about it.

Military intelligence is the top priority, Min Yuanqi attaches great importance to it, and Liang Shifa's character is also cautious, and he will never allow someone to accidentally lose his wind and be arrested, and then bring out the whole group or the entire military intelligence department.

Sitting spies and spies formed an intelligence group, they planted the periphery, collected all kinds of information on local astronomy and geography and officials, garrisons, merchants, and gentry, and then summarized them to the division through the intelligence station, and there was a special intelligence analysis group in the department, which was analyzed and summarized and reported, and then filed, and there was also a special action group, stalking, transferring, and assassination, all of which were the special responsibilities of the action group.

Liang Shifa is in control of the overall situation, and each group is responsible to him.

In fact, in recent times, Liang Shifa has done the most to select talents.

Min Yuanqi's rise was too fast, and there was a shortage of people after the formation of various institutions, including the Military Intelligence Department, of course.

Fortunately, the Military Intelligence Department can pick people outside, and the well-known chicken and dog thieves in those places will first recruit people with a lot of money, and then move their homes to restrain them.

Then he entered the camp for training, grinding the Jianghu spirit on his body, maintaining his nature, and making him have the air of a soldier, knowing that the order is forbidden, so as not to act too recklessly.

Of course, it is impossible to want this generation to change his mind and be a good person from now on, but fortunately, he has enough money and binding force, so he is not afraid that this generation will not listen to the command.

The Military Intelligence Department does things, keeping an eye on people is the most basic operation, climbing over the wall to enter the hospital, sliding the door and picking the lock are common things. Poisoning and assassination is a compulsory course.

If Liang Shifa's command is all serious soldiers, it will not be conducive to the style of the Military Intelligence Department, and the result will be half the effort.