In fact, as early as a few days ago, Yuan Keli made an analysis based on the description of Captain Bai and others after they came back, from Liu Xingzuo's words that he had been fine for so many years and had not changed, the analysis believed that he still had the idea of returning to the Ming Dynasty, and according to the fact that he had something to say, he knew that he was in a difficult situation and was monitored. Yuan Keli believes that with the current situation of the imperial court, in the case that the imperial court wants to rectify the army and has no time to take care of other things, if Liu Xingzuo suddenly leads his troops to the right place, the disadvantages to the Ming army outweigh the benefits. Yuan Keli secretly sent his views to the Military Affairs Yuan, and obtained the approval of the Military Affairs Yuan two days earlier.

Sun Chengzong and others also had the same opinion: Now that Guizhou is quelling the rebellion and reorganizing the armies of the southern provinces, the north is also preparing to find a place to reorganize the armies of the northern provinces in turn, and now it has no energy and financial resources to create another strong enemy. It's like when a person is about to have surgery, and it's a bit too much to ask him to pack his bags and do the hard work. In addition, Liu Xingzuo is now leading his troops with little effect anyway, so it is best to wait patiently for the time being and wait for the Ming army to fight to the death with the Jurchens at the critical moment to turn against each other, which may play a key role in the victory or defeat of the war.

After Liu Xingzuo's team returned to Yizhou from Ningyuan, he told Liu Xingzuo in detail about Ningyuan's trip, Liu Xingzuo was disappointed that Yuan Keli did not agree that he would now lead his troops to Ningyuan to return to Shun, but he also heard a good news, that is, about 10,000 Ming troops were distributed along the Daling River, and the nearest stronghold was on the mountain less than twenty miles away from Yizhou City□ Xingzuo deliberately sent his henchmen to patrol along the river in the next few days, and looked at the mountain that Yuan Keli said from a distance, and found that it was indeed a good place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The average person can't see anything without looking closely.

Just when Liu Xingzuo decided to wait for the opportunity in his heart, someone came to report to him one day in late February, saying that the Jurchen Zuo Ling who had gone to Guangning to report to Huang Taiji had taken people to Guangning through the path□ Xingzuo was immediately suspicious, and said that the last time this leader was called by Huang Taiji because Huang Taiji wanted to listen to the details of the Ming Dynasty, and he let himself know, but what did this person go to Guangning privately for this time? Could it be that someone has divulged their secrets? Thinking of this, Liu Xingzuo suddenly panicked in his heart.

A few days later, the leader who went to Quang Ninh returned to Uiju and brought back an edict from Huang Taiji, saying that because the war ahead urgently needed soldiers, since an agreement had been reached with the Ming army and the Ming army was willing to abide by the agreement, the 5,000 defenders of Uiju had to withdraw their combat strength and let someone else take over.

After reading Huang Taiji's handwritten letter, Liu Xingzuo slowly looked up at this leader and asked, "Peng Ling, when did you know that the Great Khan was going to transfer the Yizhou army?" Since you are in Quang Ninh, why don't you say something to the Great Khan? The Ming army stationed tens of thousands of people in Ningyuan Pass, and it is said that tens of thousands were added from Phi Dao later, it is difficult to guarantee that they did not peep into the heart of Yizhou, if we withdraw the Ming army and take the opportunity to occupy Yizhou and the Mongols to form a flanking situation, and take advantage of the situation to seize Fuzhou, Yaozhou and other places to threaten Anshan, Shenyang, then what should we do? ”

Peng Ling said: "General Liu, don't worry, a few days ago you went out to patrol the city, and the envoy of the Great Khan summoned me and summoned me very urgently, I had no choice but to go to Guangning with the envoy of the Great Khan." As for what the Great Khan wrote to you, I didn't dare to read it or ask more, what does General Liu have to write to the Great Khan to argue, I believe that with the wisdom of the Great Khan and the trust of the two generations of Great Khans in General Liu, as long as General Liu is reasonable, he will definitely listen to General Liu in the end. ”

Liu Xingzuo saw that Peng Ling was right, so he nodded and said: "In the event of such a big event, I should have personally gone to Guangning to tell the Great Khan, but first, you are familiar with the road and second, you are afraid that the Ming army will make trouble, so it is still hard for you to go again, I don't know if Peng Ling is willing?" ”

Peng Ling said: "The general has an order to obey himself, so please ask the general to write a document." ”

Liu Xingzuo nodded and got up to write a letter to Huang Taiji, what he didn't see was that this Peng Ling showed a cunning light in Mu Ran's eyes the moment he turned around, and he didn't know that his letter of reluctance to leave Yizhou would make Huang Taiji determined to take him down.

Huang Taiji is a very smart person, his principle of employing people is to use people without suspicion, and in turn, it can be said that suspicious people do not need to be "When Peng led him to Guangning to report to him the detailed plot of Liu Xingzuo's meeting and talking with the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji had a trace of doubts about Liu Xingzuo, why did the Ming army know that Liu Xingzuo's surname was Liu without introduction? Although this point can't show anything, at least it proves that the Ming Dynasty knows about Liu Xingzuo and has a certain amount of research on him, otherwise not a single soldier would know it so clearly.

After a few days, Peng Ling strengthened the monitoring of Liu Xingzuo according to Huang Taiji's instructions, and finally found that Liu Xingzuo had an abnormal movement in the key place, that is, when he sent someone to Ningyuan to explain the negotiation with the Ming army, the person secretly installed by Peng Ling came back and told him that Liu Xingzuo's henchmen had secret contact with the Ming army generals. It's okay to have contact, after all, you won't call everyone together every time you talk, but it is doubtful that after returning to Yizhou, Liu Xingzuo did not mention the content of the secret contact, and his behavior was still a little abnormal, Peng Ling felt bad and immediately set off again to Guangning to report to Huang Taiji.

As soon as Huang Taiji heard Peng Ling's small report, he immediately became alert, he thought carefully for a long time, and decided to make a final test of Liu Xingzuo to see if their father and son had seen the wrong person. Huang Taiji's tentative method is to use the needs of the front war as an excuse to let Liu Xingzuo prepare to change the guard, if Liu Xingzuo has no ghost in his heart, he will agree and ask what time, where, and who to change the guard, but if Liu Xingzuo does have a problem, he will do everything possible to shirk it.

In fact, Liu Xingzuo thought about it carefully and found that there was a problem with Huang Taiji's order, most of the defenders of Yizhou were Han people who were not as good as the Jurchens, and there was no problem with the cowardly Ming army under the deterrence of the common people under the oppression of defending a city, and it was a bit unsightly to rush and kill the Mongols who grew up on horseback on the grassland. Besides, there are only 5,000 people in total, which is of little use, and it is not as good as the current Yiju garrison to replace others, as long as you explain the situation a little but show absolute obedience to orders, by the way, ask about the time, place and relevant people of the change of guard.

The problem is that Liu Xingzuo does have a ghost in his heart, a person who is not selfish can be frank and can analyze according to reason, and if there is a problem, he will always be on guard for fear of things being revealed. For example, if a shy man falls in love with a woman, he will feel unnatural when he sees her, and he will think that everyone else knows what he is thinking, and when he sees other men approaching the person he likes, he will think that he is digging a corner, and his hostility will increase, even if the woman does not know him at all.

Liu Xingzuo didn't think about anything else in a panic, and immediately wrote a letter to Huang Taiji, in which he explained a lot ♀ that he couldn't evacuate, and the explanation was very good and comprehensive, and some places even Huang Taiji didn't take into account, but he didn't mention that he would obey orders, which strengthened Huang Taiji's view that Liu Xingzuo had a problem.

At the beginning of March, Liu Xingzuo was leading people to inspect outside the city, when suddenly his sentry came to report that a large number of Mongols had been found near Dalinghe Fort and Youtun, and that Mongolian horsemen had also been found outside the city of Yizhou, and asked Liu Xingzuo what to do.

When Liu Xingzuo heard that the Mongols had actually attacked behind him and occupied Dalinghe Fort and Youtun, he felt very unbelievable, and asked the sentinel: "Where did the Mongols come from?" Do you know where they came from? ”

The sentinel said: "General Liu is a Mongol who originally inserted the Wulut Department of the Han Department. ”

Liu Xingzuo said softly: "It turned out to be them." ”

In the early years of the Apocalypse, the Mongols of the Ulut Department rebelled against the Han Department and took refuge in the Jurchens, and were arranged by the Mandate of Heaven Khan Nurhachi to cultivate and graze in the Anshan area of Haizhou, last year Mao Wenlong, Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou and others seized Jinzhou and demolished the city of Lushun, Nurhachi ordered the Mongols who took refuge in the Jinzhou area to repair the city and graze in order to avoid being harassed again. After Huang Taiji got the Mongolian Khalkha Department and the Korqin Department, he had to deal with the Han Department, and the Mongols of the Ulut Department originally belonged to the Han Department, and there may be some incense, and Huang Taiji let them cultivate in Jinzhou and Fuzhou without requisitioning.

Now that the Wulut Department has suddenly occupied Youtun and Dalinghe Fort, Liu Xingzuo can already be sure in his heart that they are under the order of Huang Taiji to deal with him, as soon as Youtun and Dalinghe Fort are occupied, the connection between Yizhou and Ningyuan will be cut off, and it is impossible to get help from the Ming army□ Xingzuo thought about it and asked: "Where are the Jurchen generals and soldiers of Pengling?" ”

The sentry said: "After the subordinates got the news, they came around the city to find the general, and now the city gate is closed, I don't know what the details are inside." ”

Liu Xingzuo listened to a burst of impatience in his heart, there are a total of 5,000 people in this Yizhou City, of which there are only 1,000 people who absolutely obey his orders, and the rest of them are either some wall grass or genuine second-rate Jurchen soldiers, even if they want to rebel, they can only coerce half of the people to go, and now the situation in the city is unknown and the road has been cut off, the situation seems to be very unoptimistic□ Xingzuo knows that it is necessary to be calm and make a quick decision now, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable, he thought about it and ordered: "There is a situation in the city, everyone is ready to fight and come with me." After saying that, he took the lead in galloping towards Yiju City.

As soon as he walked not far from the outside of the city, he saw the city gate wide open, and dozens of soldiers rushed out on horseback and rushed towards his side, Liu Xingzuo saw that the leader was the captain of the personal soldiers in his own house, so he shouted loudly: "What happened in the city?" ”

The captain of the pro-soldier dismounted and reported: "General Bing, not long after the general left the city today, Peng Ling and others came to the mansion and said that they were ordered by the general to pick up Mrs., Mrs. Tai and Gongzi. ”