Jeonju, in the former southern part of Korea, is about 60 miles away from the Yellow Sea. It is surrounded by steep cliffs on the outskirts of the city, but this area is also a place where grain was produced in the former Joseon, and it has been one of the strategic places since ancient times.

But now at this time, the city of Jeonju is a scorched earth, the city has been burned down, and there is no one to live in at all. It can even be said that this originally prosperous place is in ruins, and there are no people at all.

However, in an inconspicuous place high on the mountain, there is a group of people. Except for the people who were watching and watching, everyone else was resting, and the number of people was about a hundred.

"Lord Qianhu, those Jianyu are really ruthless!" There was a person, very thin, and said with emotion to the person who led him, "I used to belong here, and it was a prosperous place, but now it has become like this, alas, ......"

"It's so prosperous, how prosperous can it be, and there are 100,000 people?" There was another person next to him, a strong man, and after hearing this, he said with a hint of contempt, "Any city in my Ming Dynasty is much more prosperous than here, and that is called a prosperous ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by that Qianhu, and shouted in a reprimanding tone: "Now that everyone is a fellow of the Ming Dynasty, what is the difference between you and me?" ”

Hearing this, the strong man was immediately speechless, and then replied: "I shouldn't be, then in this case, I'll take the turn for you next time!" ”

When he spoke, with a Qin accent, it was obvious that he was a Qin man.

When the thin man heard this, he showed gratitude, and hurriedly said, "No, no, I'll take turns myself, it's okay!" ”

Seeing this, Qianhu smiled and patted the thin man on the shoulder and said, "Park Hye-dong, when Jianyu is eliminated in the future, we will definitely return to Beijing." When the time comes to the Ming Dynasty, you can see what the really prosperous city is like? Wait for the future, if there is a chance, we will also rebuild one here, and it will be as prosperous as the Ming Dynasty, anyway, in the future, it will be the place of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Although there is no clear statement at the moment about who this part of the former North Korea will belong to in the future. However, everyone felt that this place, except for the Ming Dynasty, could not be someone else's.

Park Hye-dong listened to this, and together with the other North Korean nationals, they nodded very gratefully, and their faces showed expressions of expectation.

The strong man who had been reprimanded just now, after they finished speaking, changed the topic and asked the Qianhu with a little curiosity: "My lord, you have been by the governor's side for a long time, do you know why you sent us to the south to monitor?" ”

When he asked this, he also relied on his identity as a fellow countryman. Otherwise, ordinary soldiers would not dare to ask Qianhu like this.

This Qianhu is Li Laiheng, who has been by Lu Xiangsheng's side for a long time, and during this time, Lu Xiangsheng was sent by Lu Xiangsheng to the south of North Korea to take charge of this side of the night. The last time, it was Gao Yigong, and the last time, it was Liu Tichun. Speaking of which, Li Laiheng is the one with the lowest military rank, but he is the person next to Lu Xiangsheng.

For ordinary people who don't accept the night, the answer to this question under their curiosity, others may not know, but Li Qianhu must know.

Therefore, hearing the strong man's question, everyone else was curious and turned their heads to look at Li Laiheng. One of them, a tall man, also with a Qindi accent, followed up and said to Li Laiheng: "Yes, there are some Korean bandits fighting here now, if the governor really cares, just send some people over, and they can all be leveled, why bother with this effort, just secretly monitor." If you want me to say, it's better to go to Liaodong, why waste us here! ”

Li Laiheng listened, regardless of his age being younger than him, stretched out his hand and slapped the man's foot, and reprimanded without anger: "As long as you can, how about you become the governor?" ”

"I thought so, but the emperor didn't agree!"

When Li Laiheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, reacted, and slapped it hard. But this time, the man retracted his foot in time and didn't take a picture.

Seeing this scene, the rest of the night around them all laughed in a low voice.

Of course, Li Laiheng didn't really want to fight, but when he saw that he retracted his foot, he didn't continue, and said with a hint of puzzlement: "This matter, in fact, I also wonder." Our Dongjiang Army has limited troops, so it stands to reason that we should be sent to Liaodong. However, I have heard from the Governor General that this is a matter that the emperor has specially explained, asking our Dongjiang Army to spy on the southern part of Korea! ”

As soon as they heard that it was the emperor's decree, everyone stopped laughing. The strong man of Qin Di, who spoke just now, was the first to reply: "Then there is definitely a problem on the North Korean side, we must watch it with our eyes wide open!" ”

"Of course, the emperor said that if you want us to keep an eye on it, then you must keep an eye on it." The tall Qindi man also said solemnly, "It's not good, what moths will be here, but don't be careless!" ”

Park Hye-dong and other North Korean people couldn't help but be a little curious when they saw them like this. Although the Ming Emperor should be respected, looking at them like this, they seem to be even more powerful than the Governor, so how powerful is the Ming Emperor?

For them, Lu Xiangsheng's greatness is obvious to all, and it is a five-body throw of admiration. They felt that Lu Xiangsheng was the most powerful. However, at this time, if it is said that the Ming Emperor is even more powerful than Lu Xiangsheng, I always feel a little unimaginable!

Of course, they want to think about it in their hearts, but they won't show this meaning, otherwise, they will be disrespectful to the Ming Emperor!

At this time, Li Laiheng listened to their words, and also nodded and said: "So, you have to keep an eye on it, and you can't let go if you find anything abnormal!" ”

These Qindi men are all the same as Li Laiheng, originally born as thieves, defeated and captured by Emperor Chongzhen, and have personally experienced the power of the emperor. After that, they heard that the emperor's personal victory or something, and it could only be spread more and more, so of course they would feel that the emperor was more powerful than the governor.

That's Zhuge Liang alive!

As they were talking about this, they suddenly heard Ye Bushu, who was on duty on the edge of the cliff, shouting in a low voice: "Lord Qianhu, there is a situation!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Laiheng immediately stood up and walked to the edge of the cliff.

When the others heard this, they were also curious, and they didn't rest, and they also went to the cliff to see the situation.

"Lord Qianhu, look at the group of people over there, there are about twenty of them, not those bandits!" As soon as Li Laiheng arrived, he was on duty at night, a little thin, it should be a North Korean night, and he pointed to him and said.

When Li Laiheng heard this, he immediately grabbed the binoculars from his chest, and then looked in that direction.

Telescopes have been available since the Apocalypse, and of course, the telescopes at this time were brought by Western missionaries. However, this thing is not rare, the principle is very simple, in the past, it was a bit extravagant to polish it with crystal, but the glass came out, this low-magnification telescope, of course Emperor Chongzhen would not forget, and it was soon distributed to the army.

Either way, something is better than nothing. Li Laiheng looked at it with the help of the telescope for a while, and asked a little strangely: "Not a bandit?" ”

To be honest, he didn't see it.

In this ruined place, it's not like there are really no people.

In the beginning, after the Korean monarchs and ministers were captured by Jian, Jianyu once swept the entire Korean Peninsula, and this place was not spared. At that time, half of the city of Quanzhou was burned, and it was occupied by local tyrants, after all, this is a granary, and if you occupy here, there will be people if you have food.

But unexpectedly, Jianyu swept again later, and the grain here was just about to be harvested, and Jianyu was killed. Before the city of Jeonju was rebuilt, it was burned again, grain was robbed, and those who could not escape were killed, and finally it became like this, and all the grain fields were deserted.

But from time to time, the surrounding bandits will send people to pass by here, or pick up something.

At this time, seeing that Lord Qianhu didn't find anything abnormal, the night on duty was waiting to be explained, but he didn't think about it, Park Hye-dong arrived, and when he saw it, he suddenly said in surprise: "Wako? ”

"Wako?" When Li Laiheng heard this, he was very strange and confirmed suspiciously.

He is a native of Shaanxi, and he is young, so he doesn't say that he has seen the Japanese Invaders, even if he listens, he rarely hears the word Wokou. At this time, when I heard it coldly, I was naturally puzzled.

When Park Hye-dong heard this, he hurriedly explained: "Lord Qianhu, please look, those people are very short, this is what the Japanese look like." They were not very tall, but they were fierce, good at using two-handed swords, and good at using firearms. You see these people, they all fit these things. ”

"You've seen it?" Li Laiheng asked casually, and at the same time carefully observed, and sure enough, he found that those people were short, and they couldn't see their hairstyles when they wore hats, but the knives, guns and arquebuses they were carrying were relatively obvious.

Park Hye-dong naturally hadn't seen it, and when the Japanese invaded North Korea, he hadn't even been born yet. Therefore, he replied truthfully: "My subordinates have never seen it, but I have heard from the elders that these widows are all ferocious and cruel, and they are the same as Jianyu!" ”

After finishing speaking, he said a little strangely: "These widows haven't appeared for decades, why did they suddenly appear here?" Won't it ...... This is what the emperor wants us to keep an eye on, right? ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Laiheng immediately became serious. Seriously, it's really bad!

Thinking so, after frowning, he immediately ordered: "Go, catch them and ask them clearly!" ”

"Yes!" As soon as they heard that there was work to be done, they immediately agreed.

If there is work to do, it means military merit, and if there is military merit, it means reward, and of course they are excited.

Two hours later, the Ming army, which had been touched down from the mountain, did not accept it at night, surrounded the twenty or so people who were probing around, and appeared coldly, holding knives, guns, bows and arrows, flintlock pistols, etc., and shouted: "Surrender on your knees, or you will be killed!" ”

Suddenly surrounded, although these twenty or so people were startled, they did not surrender on their knees obediently, but instead clenched their weapons one after another, back to back to each other, and stared at these people who surrounded them with fierce and vigilant eyes.

Li Laiheng and them wore the most ordinary clothes of the North Korean people on the outside of their military uniforms. After all, it's here to lurk and monitor the situation, and wearing a military uniform is too conspicuous.

As a result, several of these widows had doubts on their faces. Obviously, they don't know why these North Koreans speak the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not standard, and they don't know that they have an accent there!

Seeing their fierce appearance, Li Laiheng couldn't help frowning, and repeated again: "Are you deaf?" Count three times, and then surrender on your knees, and kill them! ”

"Yours, Akito?" Finally, a person confirmed in the half-baked official dialect of the Ming Dynasty.

"One...... The second ......" responded to him only by counting.

In Li Laiheng's view, surrounded by hundreds of people, and the incident happened suddenly, they had absolutely no room for resistance, and they should be forced to surrender under pressure.

But he was wrong.

These are indeed Japanese pirates, but they can be ordered to come to North Korea to inquire about the situation, and naturally they will not be the kind of soldiers of ordinary farmers.

Suddenly, one of them screamed, brandished his sword in both hands, and wanted to rush up and fight.

Seeing this situation, Li Laiheng did not hesitate and counted out "three" at once.

No matter who you are talking to, you have to talk about it after all.

"Whoosh ......"

"Woo Woo ......"

The bowstrings rang out, the guns rang out, and the smoke cleared, and I saw that these twenty or so would-be would-be robbers, all of them were wounded in the legs, and they were lying on the ground and humming. A few unlucky eggs, who fell quickly, were shot in the head by an arrow or a gun, and they died in one fell swoop.

After capturing these widows, not everyone can be fierce and fearless, and under the means of not collecting at night, they got some news. Knowing that these Japanese were ordered to come to the DPRK to check the situation and report back to the truth, they did not know about other things.

After all, Li Laiheng has been by Lu Xiangsheng's side for a long time, and he has learned some ideas from the perspective of the overall situation. Therefore, as soon as he heard it, he connected it to the current situation in North Korea, and he smelled that something was wrong.

A day later, Ye Bushu from other places also returned here, bringing back the news that there was also a team that had encountered the Japanese Bandits, but because the difference in strength between the two sides was not large, a few were escaped.

After comprehensive consideration, Li Laiheng felt that the matter was important, and immediately took a few Japanese prisoners who were slightly injured and rushed back to Guangludao to report the situation.

The Governor's Mansion of the Dongjiang Army, after all, did not move to Jinzhou, or was in Guangludao, so as to avoid the surprise attack of the Jianyu cavalry.

Lu Xiangsheng, after receiving a reward from Li Laiheng and accompanied by Zheng Zhilong, personally interrogated the prisoners, and also came to a very serious conclusion.

Although Zheng Zhilong said that the Wa State is now the head of the Tokugawa shogunate, and they have been expelling outsiders, and it doesn't look like they will start a war with the outside world, but Lu Xiangsheng, like the people below, immediately guessed that it was likely that the emperor expected this possibility, so he asked him to send someone to monitor. Therefore, he immediately wrote a piece of music and sent it to Jingshi to report the situation to Emperor Chongzhen.

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