Nanguan to Jinzhou is more than 20 miles, but Mao Wenlong is still very careful, at the end of January here to fight a Jurchen ambush and beat others, don't just three months after being ambushed by others to beat around, it's boring. He sent a few sentinels in front of him to take turns to find out the situation, and when he heard the report that there was no danger, he led the men and horses to pass safely, although he seemed very cautious but careful not to make a big mistake ‰ remember the URL of this site:.

At the end of January, in order to let the Jurchens obediently dismount and die, Zhao led the 20,000 construction troops to dig countless pits on the roads on both sides, and after the battle, the people around Lushun, Nanguan and Jinzhou were basically pulled away, and it is said that now they have started a new life in the military control area of Jizhou and are alive and well. But along the way, Mao Wenlong found that the potholes on the road were filled, which made Mao Wenlong very curious, the pits themselves were not strange, what is strange is who filled these pits? What is it to spend so much effort to fill it up? Are these filled pits a harbinger of danger ahead?

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the forward sentinel to come back and say that they had encountered the Ming army who had rushed from Jinzhou City, they were Dongjiang soldiers and horses who had landed directly from Hehe to Jinzhou City, and the leader was Mao Wenlong's adopted son and Mao Chenglu, the general who commanded the housekeeper. As soon as Mao Chenglu saw Mao Wenlong, he said: "Father, Jinzhou City is heavily defended by the enemy, and obstacles are also set up at the intersection to prevent the soldiers from passing, what should I do, please ask my father to show me." ”

Mao Wenlong thought for a while and asked, "How many enemies are there?" Who led the troops? Have you ever been in battle? ”

Mao Chenglu said: "It is not clear who led the troops and how many people were not clear, they just stood at the head of the city and fired arrows and never went out of the city to fight." ”

Mao Wenlong said: "Let's go, let's see." After saying that, the horses went first, and Mao Chenglu and the other generals hurriedly beat their horses and followed.

When I arrived at the city of Jinzhou, I saw that the city was full of flags fluttering in the wind, and it was full of archers with bows and arrows, and behind the archers, there were countless soldiers with knives and guns patrolling back and forth, all of them showed very nervous looks. Mao Wenlong smiled faintly and said: "These are all Han people, the number may not be much, don't worry, find a way to find out who their leading generals are, and then see if they are good or not." ”

Mao Chenglu said: "Father, the leading generals inquired slowly, this Jinzhou City is very strong, although there are not many enemies inside, it is not easy to attack, and the emperor said that the enemy with more than 1,000 people will not fight, what should I do if my father sees it?" ”

Mao Wenlong was thinking about it, when a group of soldiers escorted more than a dozen young people dressed in civilian uniforms over, and when they arrived in front of Mao Wenlong, a small leader asked these people to kneel down and then reported: "Marshal, I have found ten enemy sentry agents, and I have specially escorted him to ask him for detailed questioning." ”

Mao Wenlong asked: "They are all dressed in civilian clothes, how do you know that they are enemy sentries?" ”

The little leader said: "At first, when the little ones were exploring the road, they found some horseshoe prints on the side of the road, and then they gathered a group of brothers to follow and investigate, and found ten horses and some armor in a ravine, and when they saw that there were traces of climbing on the way up the mountain, they chased them all the way, and when they found them in a small cave, they were still shivering together because of the cold." A smile appeared on his face.

Mao Wenlong smiled slightly and asked, "Are you from Jinzhou City?" How many people are there in the city? Who are the generals with troops? ”

The ten people looked at each other, and one of them said, "This general, the little ones are all people in the vicinity, and they were mistakenly captured by the general's subordinates, how do we ordinary people know about the affairs in the city?" Please let the general let us go! After saying that, he kept kowtowing, and the others also echoed him when they saw him say this.

Mao Wenlong thought for a while and said: "Since you are local people, this general will not embarrass you, but you want to tell me where your home is?" Is it farming or grazing? How many acres of land have been planted at home, and how many bulges have been put in the house, you have to explain clearly, and where do you eat breakfast and lunch? Say it, don't lie! After speaking, he looked at them coldly.

More than a dozen people looked at each other and were speechless after listening to Mao Wenlong's question, and then Mao Wenlong sneered and said, "Didn't you still find some armor?" Put it on them, lest they get cold, and they will see if it fits. ”

The soldiers who came over agreed and went to get the armor they had brought back, and then Mao Wenlong said: "I began to see that there are still a few pits on the side of the mountain that have not been filled, it is estimated that the Jurchens are lazy and inactive, to be honest, they are treated with wine and meat, and if there is anything to deny, bury them in the pit so that our own people will not fall into it." ”

These more than ten people looked at Lai Bu and hurriedly confessed, one of them said: "I said, I said, we are all garrisons stationed in Jinzhou, today I came out of the routine patrol and found that the general brought a large number of men and horses, and when I wanted to go back to the city, I found that there were also generals on the road ahead, so I wanted to leave the horse and take off my clothes to hide in the mountains, who knows that it was still discovered." After saying that, he lowered his head, and the others nodded again and again.

Mao Wenlong snorted coldly and said, "Did I ask you these things?" I'm asking how many people are in the city? Who is the general with the troops? You don't have long ears? ”

The one who spoke twice in a row may have been a small leader, and when he saw that Mao Wenlong was unhappy, he hurriedly said: "The general is angry, we are following the guerrilla General Sun Degong Sun to defend Jinzhou City, there were originally 3,000 people in Jinzhou City, but General Sun saw that the weather was hot and was afraid that the Ming army would attack you, so he suggested to the above that the people from several surrounding forts be concentrated in Jinzhou City, and now there are about 5,000 people in the city." ”

When Mao Wenlong heard this, he was puzzled: "Sun Degong? Is it the second year of the Apocalypse to lead Nurhachi to take the traitor Sun Degong of Guangning? Then you were also the Ming army who rebelled with him at that time? ”

The little leader said: "Yes, the officer must always listen to what the soldier says, and we have no way to ask the general to know it." ”

Mao Wenlong smiled and said, "It's been four years since the mutiny, and you still have to come out to patrol the sentry, and you guys are bad enough." ”

The little leader sighed and said, "Why not? I don't know why Sun Degong has made Nurhachi unhappy in the past two years, and he often sends people to scold him for no reason, and he has no status even with us. At the beginning, we were supposed to defend in Yizhou, but in January there were 20,000 dead here, and the troops defending Jinzhou were not enough, so Nurhachi ordered Sun Degong to bring us here to help defend the city. ”

Mao Wenlong thought for a while and asked: "It seems that Jinzhou is not Sun Degong alone, he is all angry with others, and you are not very good under him, I will give you a chance to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

The little leader said: "The general is willing to give the little ones a way to live, and the little ones are grateful, but if the general wants the little ones to take you into Jinzhou, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, because now the Jinzhou is in charge of a Jurchen, and there is a time limit for entering and exiting the door, and those like us who exceed the time to return to the city have to be hung with ropes, and they have to be punished after going back." ”

Mao Wenlong smiled and said: "Jinzhou is too small for me to look down on, I want you to do something else, you tell me who filled these holes first?" Why should I fill it in? ”

The little leader said with a sad face: "It took us more than ten days to fill in and compact, and I don't know why, I only know that this is an order from above." ”

Mao Wenlong said: "I guess you don't know, your first task is to lead people to dig up the soil from the original pits and fill it into the sea." ”

After lunch, Mao Wenlong announced that everyone would retreat along the road on both sides, digging out the soil that had just been filled in the original pit and pouring it into the sea while walking, seeing that the person in charge of digging the soil kept digging up, and the person in charge of pouring the soil was busy running back and forth to pour into the sea, Mao Chenglu saw that it was inexplicable, and then he couldn't help but ran to Mao Wenlong and asked: "Father, this Jinzhou City can't pass through it, we can take a boat to a different place to land, what is the way to say this non-stop digging soil?" Please make it clear. ”

Mao Wenlong thought for a while and said: "The purpose of this commander is to bypass Jinzhou and then go all the way north to kill people and set fires, the purpose of digging the soil is to confuse the enemy, so that the enemy guarding Jinzhou will not understand what I am going to do, and then they will be suspicious and dare not go out of the city easily." ”

Mao Chenglu continued to ask: "What is the purpose of the father?" ”

Mao Wenlong said: "I don't know, I only know that the enemy must have his purpose in filling the pit, and since he wants to fill it, I have to fight with him." ”