In an inconspicuous small teahouse next to Yongding Gate, two tea guests are greeting.

After greeting for a while, a tea guest secretly looked around, lowered his voice and said, "When will my master see Grandpa Gao?" ”

The voice of another tea guest was also as small as a mosquito's call: "Your things are very satisfied with Grandpa Gao, our family is arranging it, and it will be the work of the past two days." You go back first, and we'll let you know when we have news. ”

The tea guest stood up and said, "Thank you Brother Tai for your great help, I will definitely thank you after the matter is completed." ”

The tea guest who was sitting smiled: "Well, I will definitely help with the affairs of Brother Tai." ”

After saying goodbye, the two tea guests walked out of the teahouse one after the other and walked away separately.

Ning Yan, who was sitting in the corner, glanced at the door, and the two vendors outside the door picked up their burdens and followed.

Ning Yan waited for a while, and then stood up: "Little Er, settle the bill." ”

Ning Yan returned to the contact point of the Second General Affairs Department, and Ge Tao was waiting for him.

"Head, they are connected, the people in the palace should be Gao Gonggong, and it is not clear who is coming from the Tartar side."

"What is their purpose?" Ge Tao asked.

"I don't know yet, I should know soon, the people on the Tartar side are anxious to see Grandpa Gao."

"They want to see Grandpa Gao?" Ge Tao thought for a while, "Keep staring, find out who is coming from the Tartars, and I'll report to the chief immediately." ”

Ge Tao hasn't yet, and the two hawker-like people have returned: "Head, the subordinates are incompetent, and the people on the Tartar side are lost." ”

Ning Yan opened his mouth and scolded: "Bastard, useless things, such a trivial thing can't be done." ”

"It's useless to scold him." Ge Tao suddenly smiled, "They are ready for everything, it seems that the goal of the Tartars this time is not small." ”

In an inconspicuous inn in the same city of Beijing, Yue Tuo was listening to a report in the room.

"Master, the people over there have been contacted, and the master will be able to meet him in the next few days."

"Yes, good job." Yue Tuo praised, "There is nothing wrong." ”

"No problem." The servant replied, "But when the villain came back, someone seemed to follow, but he was dumped by the villain." ”

"Somebody is following you." Yue Tuo was a little nervous.

"It doesn't look like it's from Jinyiwei or Dongchang."

"If it's not them, who will it be." Yue Tuo thought for a moment, "Have you found Yulin Bay's contact point in Beijing?" ”

"I've found it, it's a restaurant, and their head is a man named Ge Tao. On the surface, he is the owner of the restaurant, but he is actually a person from the second general affairs department of Yulin Bay. ”

"Don't touch him yet." Yue Tuo commanded, "But be ready, you must kill him at any time." ”

"The little one understands."

Zhang Hai, who received Ge Tao's report, called Pan Xuezhong again: "Xuezhong, Beiming and Xu Lang are not in Beijing, and I can only discuss this matter with you now." ”

"Don't talk to me anymore." Pan Xuezhong shook his head, "You will never do anything good to find me, do you want me to do something?" ”

Zhang Hai smiled: "You are so resistant? Don't you want to do what I'm looking for you to do? ”

"It's not that I don't want to do it, it's that it's too dangerous." Pan Xuezhong said, "Let's talk about the special combat team, there are 300 of us, what is the use of harassment." They didn't hit the city of Beijing anyway, and we lost nearly 30 people in vain. ”

"This time it's something else." Zhang Hai handed Ge Tao's report to Pan Xuezhong, "The Tartars sent people into Beijing, and it is initially estimated that Huang Taiji wants to negotiate with Chongzhen. They are now connected with the people who are high diving, and it is not clear how exactly they will talk about it and what the conditions will be. Someone from the Second General Affairs Division is on the track. ”

Pan Xuezhong didn't know that Xu Lang had told Zhang Hai about this before leaving Beijing, and he was a little anxious when he heard it: "This can't work, if Huang Taiji really makes peace with Chongzhen, then Chongzhen may come to deal with us." ”

"So you can't let them make peace." Zhang Hai said, "Xu Lang means to use the relationship of the Donglin Party to oppose it in the court." ”

"That's good." Pan Xuezhong shouted, "If the Donglin Party can move, it should be no problem, their power is great." ”

"We can't rely on the Donglin Party alone, we have to rely on our own strength." Zhang Hai said again, "So I want to give you a task." ”

"I knew it wouldn't be good for you to call me." Pan Xuezhong smiled, "Say, what task do you want to give me?" ”

"Ge Tao told me that they don't have enough people. I would like you to pick out some of them and form a team to cooperate with the work of the Second Division of General Affairs. ”

"I'm afraid that's enough." Pan Xuezhong denied, "Our people can only fight wars and engage in intelligence, not agents." ”

"You don't need to engage in intelligence, you pick out twenty or thirty people and form an action team, as long as Ge Tao finds out the situation, we will kill Huang Taiji's envoy in Beijing and let their negotiations come to naught."

"Who is Huang Taiji's envoy?" Pan Xuezhong asked.

"We haven't found out yet, we still have to wait for the news from Ge Tao's side."

"How's the fight between Beijing and Dolgon now?" Pan Xuezhong asked again, "Did you send any news back from Tianjin?" ”

"I was about to tell you about this." Zhang Hai replied, "I just received news from Lin Zhaolong that Tao Gong has been driven to Tianjin, with more than 20,000 troops. The 1st Independent Division is now also moving in the direction of Beijing, and there may be a general battle soon. I'm going to focus on this battle now, and you'll be fully responsible for Ge Tao's affairs. ”

Pan Xuezhong also didn't know Xu Lang's idea of wanting to recover Lushun: "Why do you want to rush Tao Gong to Beijing, if he is allowed to join Tao Min and Dolgon, then the strength of the Manchu Qing will be greatly increased." ”

Zhang Hai really can't explain to Pan Xuezhong now, so he had to say: "This is what the family means, the family may have a comprehensive plan, let's just implement it." ”

Tao Min finally received a letter from Tao Gong.

"This brother." Tao Min was also very helpless, and secretly complained in his heart, "I obviously told you to move forward slowly, step by step." For the sake of the 5,000 besieged Koreans, they got into the encirclement of the people without even bringing artillery, isn't this waiting to be beaten? ”

Tao Min walked to the map and carefully pondered the current situation: "I don't know the situation in Nanyang yet, Li Zicheng is fighting fiercely with Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, and Xi'an has not been defeated. Abatai was also blocked in Ningyuan. I just received the news yesterday that Wang Pugui of Datong had retreated into Datong and could not hold out, and 20,000 Mongolian troops had gone to Xuanfu Town. Even if Tao Gong brought more than 20,000 people, the number of troops in Beijing was less than 100,000, and the Ming army of King Qin in various places plus more than 100,000 in Beijing was already more than 100,000, and it was difficult for him to defeat them at once. ”