"This official can only say do his best!!"

In Seoul, the royal capital of the Joseon Dynasty, Geng Zhongming, who had come belatedly, secretly met with Choi Myung-gil, the minister of the current dynasty.

After a night of detailed discussions, Geng Zhongming analyzed the pros and cons for Cui Mingji, and promised to make a promise, but in the end, all he got was Cui Mingji's sentence.

"Don't forget, the Jurchen barbarians of the Qing Dynasty have wolf ambitions and don't know etiquette, if they are allowed to gain power, not only will my China be damaged, but your Joseon Dynasty will also be deterred by it everywhere, please think twice!"

Before Geng Zhongming left, he did not forget to continue to remind this political lord that although he could not get a positive answer, these people who played politics were all old foxes, and the powerful relationship that should be said had already been said, so he must also have his own judgment.

It's not that there is no gain, although the other party has no affirmative answer, but the attitude revealed in Fang Cai's tone, and Geng Zhongming's own observation, found that in fact, the other party is already moved, and the next thing depends on how much effort this North Korean leader can make in the court discussion.

In addition to visiting the leading government of the DPRK, Geng Zhongming also visited the DPRK officials of the pro-Ming faction marked by the foreign guards one by one and continued his mission.

After a long journey of more than half a month, a team of 20,000 people from the Hongtang Military Department arrived at Phi Island in Dongjiang Town, and completed the convergence with Shang Kexi and others who were looking forward to it on the island.

However, the first to fire the first shot against the Jurchens was not the 70,000 troops from the hinterland of the Jurchen territory that gathered Dongjiang Town, the Ryukyu Naval Division, and the Hongtang Military Headquarters, but the 30,000 Hongtang Headquarters led by Wu Jie.

At the beginning of August, Liaodong was in a depression, because it had just been occupied by the Jurchens, and the people's livelihood in the area of the Liaoliao border pass had not yet been fully recovered.

Shanhaiguan has been known as the first pass in the world since ancient times, and made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty's defense against the invasion of the Jurchens, and with the Jurchens under the leadership of Dolgon, the young auxiliary prince, they took it at any cost, but after the Xiongguan changed hands, there were many depressions, and even the traces of the previous months of war could not be erased in the passage of time.

As the gateway to the customs, Dolgon naturally attached great importance to it, leaving 10,000 Jurchen troops and 30,000 Han soldiers stationed here, and the general sitting in it was Hesheri, the real yellow flag general of the Qing Dynasty. Sony.

It can be called a rare civil and military talent among the Jurchens, Sony sits in Shanhaiguan, which shows that the Qing Dynasty attaches great importance to this portal, but it is a pity that the Qing Dynasty people are good at destroying but not good at creating defects, so that Shanhaiguan has been in hand for almost a year, and there are still a lot of flaws in the city defense.

This is not to blame Sony's unfavorable leadership, among which there are many people in the Liaodong border pass in the stalemate of the war more than a year ago, and those who can flee have already fled, and most of the nobles who can't flee have been carved up by the major nobles of the Eight Banners, plus the contradictions between Sony and Prince Dolgon, Sony, who took over Shanhaiguan, lacks materials and manpower, even if he wants to consolidate the fortifications, he still has more than enough strength and strength.

Of course, there is no lack of confidence brought by the Qing Jurchens after defeating the Ming border army that had confronted it for decades, and driving straight into the capture of the Ming Jingshi, the wealth of the pass has dazzled the eyes of the Qing Jurchen nobles, and the weakness of the Ming army has made the Qing people have the illusion that the rear land has defeated the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to stir their tiger whiskers at this moment.

And the fact is actually not bad, and the Mongols were taken under their own hands early on by the major forces adjacent to the land of the Qing Dynasty, and became their biggest assistants and partners in attacking cities and plundering land; The weak kingdom in the east is already its own vassal country, although there are many small actions at the bottom, but a few beatings, the night can let the other party know the pain, and he definitely does not dare to offend himself.

The only opponent left, the seemingly powerful Ming Dynasty, now even the capital has been taken down by the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty emperor is in a hurry, where do they still have the courage to kill back to the north?

As for the last Ming army that still stands in its sphere of influence, the Ming Dynasty army in Dongjiang Town, which hangs alone above the ocean, if it weren't for the vast sea as a barrier, and the strength of the Qing people on the water is too weak, otherwise they would have been cleaned up long ago, where would they be allowed to make trouble on the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, under the influence of many factors, although Shanhaiguan fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty and also deployed heavy troops, it seems that now it is also a loose checkpoint and a loose defense.

A caravan from the south to the north approached Shanhaiguan in the afterglow of the setting sun, and then after some investigation at the city gate, it drove into the important town of Shanhaiguan without waves.

At this time, the caravans that still walked north and south were all caravans that established a strong cooperative relationship with the Qing Dynasty when they were in the northeast, and it was even said that they were already imperial merchants such as the Qing Dynasty, and they made a lot of contributions to the Qing Dynasty at that time.

Now that the Qing people occupy a huge territory north of the Yellow River, these Ming firms, who had invested a lot at the beginning, were also able to travel freely to various parts of the Qing Dynasty and obtain countless benefits.

This caravan that had just entered the city came from the Chen family in Jinzhong, the northern land, and it could be regarded as a business that had been trading with the Qing people for a long time, so even in a place as important as Shanhaiguan, it was able to enter the city safely after taking out the identity certificate.

After entering the city, the Chen caravan first found an inn to stay in, and at night, several agile black shadows slipped out of the inn, and disappeared between the bricks and wooden buildings in the ups and downs.

"Knock knock! Boom! Knock knock! ”

The rhythmic knock on the door alarmed the owner of the house, and he let out a low inquiring voice: "The night is dark, and my house is closed!" ”

"I'm a guest from afar, and I just want to ask for a drink, can it be convenient?"

It seems to be an ordinary answer, but in fact it is a code code for the contact between the members of the spy war station, such as after several docking and identity verification, the side door of the tea shop that survived in Shanhaiguan opened a crack, and the figure outside quickly got in, and the side door that had just opened was quickly closed, as if the previous scene of me did not appear.

"The order brought by my hometown, let Your Excellency bring a letter to your upline, and at three o'clock in the morning the night after tomorrow, you must try your best to open the north gate of Shanhaiguan, remember, at all costs!"

The figure who had just entered only stayed in the teahouse for a moment, and then left the teahouse again with the help of the owner of the house, and he still had several members to meet.

The night was calm on the surface, but in private there was a lot of disturbance because of the entry of a caravan into the city.

(End of chapter)