In Liaocheng City, in a remote courtyard near Dadu Governor Xingyuan, Fan Tianyu was placed here, and there were soldiers guarding inside and outside the courtyard.

After reporting the "important military information" to Chen Yue, Fan Tianyu planned to return to the north immediately and return to the Fan family's caravan, but who knew that he was detained and he was not allowed to leave for a long time, which made him muttered in his heart.

Just as Fan Tianyu was wandering around the courtyard with a sad brow, there was a soldier's salute at the courtyard gate, and then he saw the courtyard gate being pushed open, and a Ming army officer walked in.

"Jinyi Wei Qianhu Xu Qingtian." The person who came looked serious and reported his home.

Jinyiwei! Fan Tianyu was shocked, as a Ming man, he naturally knew that Jinyiwei was terrible, and now a Jinyiwei thousand households came to find him for? Could it be that Chen Yue, the king of Qi, still doesn't believe in himself after all?

Fan Tianyu was suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The grass people have seen a thousand households. ”

Xu Qingtian nodded, not caring about Fan Tianyu's attitude, sitting on the chair by himself, and motioning for Fan Tianyu to sit down as well.

"On the orders of the prince, I came to ask you some questions." Xu Qingtian said lightly.

Fan Tianyu hurriedly said: "Lord Qianhu, please ask, the grass people know everything." ”

"Are you familiar with Wu Sangui?"

"You said King Pingxi, the grass people naturally know, but you also know that the grass people are just a businessman, I know the king of Pingxi, people don't know me, I can't talk about familiarity."

"Tell me in detail what you know about Wu Sanguijun."

"Actually, I don't know much about the affairs of the army, and you also know that my Fan family business is only responsible for raising some military supplies, and I have no ability to meddle in the affairs of the army." Fan Tianyu was a little embarrassed, he thought that Xu Qingtian was asking him for information about the army.

"Don't talk nonsense, pick up what you know and talk about it." Xu Qingtian said coldly.

Fan Tianyu thought about it with a bitter face, and told some rumors about Wu Sangui that he had heard, what Wu Sangui had already decided to surrender to the Shun army, and then heard that his father was arrested, and the concubine was robbed of the crown and became angry and so on.

Xu Qingtian was noncommittal, just listened quietly.

"Wu Sangui is now named the king of Pingxi by the Manchu court, in charge of the Han army banner of tens of thousands of horses, high power, grass people are just a businessman, at most he has dealt with the small officials in his army who are in charge of grain and grass. I don't really know much about the rest. Fan Tianyu finally said, he thought that this Lord of Qianhu wanted him to persuade Wu Sangui to come.

"Wu Sangui's current subordinates are all his former Guan Ning Army, so do you know where Guan Ning Jun's family is now? Is it in Beijing? Xu Qingtian suddenly asked.

"Not in Beijing!" Fan Tianyu shook his head and said, "Although the city of Beijing is big, the Manchurians have moved in from outside the gates, and although the Inner Nine Cities are large, they are not enough for hundreds of thousands of Manchurians, how can there be room for the resettlement of the generals' families."

The family members of the Guan Ning army should be in the area of Guangning Ningyuan outside the Shanhai Pass, which was originally the old nest of the Guan Ning army, and the large area of cultivated land reclaimed by the Ning army was concerned.

When Wu Sangui withdrew to Shanhaiguan by the order of Emperor Chongzhen, he once withdrew more than 100,000 family members from outside the customs into the customs. But soon after he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, where was there land to settle more than 100,000 people in Guannai, and at the behest of the Manchu court, his family returned to his hometown in Guanning. Wu Sangui led the army to conquer the city for the Manchu Qing Dynasty and detained his family outside the pass, so that the Manchu court was also relieved.

How do I know this? Xu Qianhu, you know that our family is a businessman, and we are used to doing business outside the customs. In the usual Shanhaiguan important place, our caravan naturally did not dare to go from there, and they all climbed over the border wall of Jizhou to enter the grassland. Now my family is an imperial merchant in the Qing Dynasty, and walking Shanhaiguan is no longer barrier-free, after all, it is much more important to go from Shanhaiguan to Liaodong than to climb over the mountains from Jizhou. The ginseng antler velvet in Liaodong is a good thing, and it can be sold at a good price when it is transported to the customs. ”

Fan Tianyu chattered, his mouth full of business experience, and Xu Qingtian frowned when he heard it, but he finally confirmed that Wu Sanguijun's family was in Ningyuan.

"Xu Qianhu, please talk to King Qi and see if you can let me go back as soon as possible. I didn't mean anything else, I was afraid that going back late would arouse the suspicion of the Manchu court, after all, I raised military rations for them, but it was hard to say that they suddenly disappeared. Fan Tianyu said tentatively to Xu Qingtian.

"Let me tell you the truth, before defeating the Manchus, it is impossible to let you go, stay here honestly." got the result he wanted, leaving a word, Xu Qingtian turned around and left.

"Ahh Only the shocked Fan Tianyu was left.

The Manchu court did not suspect that the Fan family would naturally not be considered by the Ming army, Fan Tianyu came to Liaocheng and saw a lot of things that should not be seen, no matter what the considerations were, it was impossible to let him go.

With the information obtained, Xu Qingtian reported to Chen Yue, the king of Qi.

"Wu Sangui's army family is really in Liaoxi, our plan is feasible." Li Yan said straight.

"Although the main forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are all in Linqing, there should be a lot of troops guarding Shanhaiguan and other places, so it is not possible to go with fewer troops. Moreover, it is not easy to cross the sea from Dengzhou to Ningyuan, so you must plan carefully. Chen Yue frowned.

Now most of the troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army are in Liaocheng Jinan, although there are still 30,000 or 40,000 horses in Dengzhou, but they are not the main force, half of which are the Jiaodong soldiers recruited by Wu Ping, and the other half are the green battalion troops who have just been recruited. Of course, the hundreds of sea vessels and thousands of officers and men of Dengzhou's naval division are all their descendants, but the naval division is not suitable for going ashore after all.

Relying on such an army to do such a thing, Chen Yue was not very relieved. After all, Shanhaiguan Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if there are only one or two thousand Qing troops to defend it, it is not easy to fight.

Moreover, it is spring, the northwest monsoon is blowing, and the wind from Dengzhou to Liaodong is not very smooth, and the difficulty of attacking across the sea is very difficult.

"It's difficult, but it's worth the risk. If they can successfully go ashore near Ningyuan and break through Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, they will be able to cut off the connection between Manchu and their nest outside the pass. It is equivalent to piercing a nail in the heart of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It will inevitably be in a panic, Wu Sanguijun's family is in our hands, how can he continue to be loyal to the Manchus? As long as the action is successful, it will definitely be able to break the game. Li Yan said straight.

Chen Yue nodded: "The importance of the action This king naturally understands, this king is hesitant to carry such an important task, whether the army left in Dengzhou can be competent, and whether Wu Ping can complete this battle." ”

"Lord Wang, my subordinates are willing to go to Dengzhou to assist General Wu Ping in completing this task." Li Yan asked for help.

"Okay, with Brother Yan to assist Wu Ping, this king will be much more relieved. So then, I will allocate 3,000 men from the guard battalion to you as the backbone of the battle. Chen Yuexi said, what he was waiting for was Li Yanzhi's initiative to ask for help.