Hu Kui and Zhou Congee looked at Wei Wuji and waited for him to say what was going on.

Zhang Qiang found a place to sit down, and not far away, the newly trained Ming army soldiers were practicing themselves, walking in a queue.

All around, Zhang Qiang's thirty personal cavalry stood around with their swords, vigilantly watching the movements around them, protecting Zhang Qiang.

In the distance, Zhou Congee, Wei Wuji, and Hu Kui's pro-guards were drinking tea and chatting under the awning.

Wei Wuji thought for a while, and said cautiously: "Your Excellency can also release He Jin, if he is willing to be loyal to your lordship, not only will your adult add a brave and warlike general, but he can also check and balance Lin Chengcheng, after Lin Chengcheng and Tian Bin's two betrayals, I think that even if He Jin is big-minded, he is also a rogue with them, it is impossible to get too close to them, and he will always guard against them."

He has two subordinate leaders in our army who are not supported by Lin Yang, and he will definitely rely on the adults tightly for his own position, so that you have two more experienced troops in your hands that can fight, which is much better than our army fighting alone to face the pressure of the Qing army, at least let them contain some enemies. ”

"Well, Mowgli is right." Zhou Congee also agreed with Wei Wuji's opinion.

Hu Kui frowned and said, "But this still makes the Liukou sit big in our army." You'll have to find other forces to balance them. ”

Wei Wuji said: "At present, it is not easy for us to have more forces in the army, otherwise, it is very likely that things will be reversed, and we cannot balance, our strength is enough to balance the strength of the Liukou, besides, I think Mi Chun does not necessarily care about the old master as much as Mi Lin, or towards you." ”

Zhang Qiang stood up and walked away, looking into the distance, "Okay, Wei Wuji, you go and persuade He Jin, if he agrees, return his old ministry to him,"

He turned to Hu Kui and said, "You go and convey my order to Mi Lin, release Lin Chengcheng, and then select some of Lin Chengcheng's old troops to give him, but the number of troops cannot exceed two hundred." ”

He put his hands behind his back and turned his back to everyone, "He Jin's strength is six hundred, and Lin Yang is two hundred, so they can't turn the sky, even if they add the Milin Department, the combat effectiveness is not as good as one of your brigades, and it can still be suppressed." ”

Mi Lin's manpower is all surrendered and young, this is because he is mainly responsible for the task of transporting heavy grain and grass, and there are also some old rogue soldiers who were brought in the past, and a hundred skilled soldiers trained by Zhang Qiang, these people are loyal to Zhang Qiang, and they are also Zhang Qiang's people who want to encircle and monitor Mi Lin.

He turned to Zhou Congee again and said, "How is that Tian Bin's performance?" Are there any signs of dissatisfaction? ”

Although Tian Bin made a ventilated message, led Zhang Qiang's troops to seize the city gate, and finally caught the turtle in the urn, and wiped out the Qing army in the city, so that Zhang Qiang's righteous army could capture more than 4,000 Qing soldiers at once and encircle and annihilate more than 3,000 Qing soldiers, but Zhang Qiang still put him in a very small position, went to serve as a servant for Zhou Congee, and led 50 soldiers from Xiaoqi to patrol the streets.

With a shrewd person like Zhou Congee watching, and a soldier with 600 Zhou Congee staring, Zhang Qiang believed that no matter how shrewd this guy was, he couldn't turn it over.

Zhou Congee said: "It's still quite regular, the things explained are done very well, and the task is overfulfilled, but some of the old people under him are not so well-behaved, and they have complained a lot, and I have sent people to keep an eye on those people." ”

Zhang Qiang bowed slightly, very satisfied, and then said coldly: "Send someone to deal with those who complain, give Tian Bin a warning, let him have less dissent, he can sell He Jin twice, and he can sell us, but we have to give him a hope, that is, he still wants to use him, but he must show enough loyalty, otherwise, you will deal with him without me to say." ”

Zhou Congee stood up and said resolutely: "It's my lord." ”

"Hu Kui, is there any news from outside recently?" Zhang Qiang asked Hu Kui.

Hu Kui hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his arms and read it aloud: "On the first day of the ninth month, Li Chengdong's troops defeated the 18,000 army of the Longwu Imperial Court in Yanping Mansion, and they are still stationed in Yanping Mansion. ”

"Tong Yangjia?" Zhang Qiang frowned, this person is a diehard Tartar.

In the later years of the Ming Dynasty, the Tong family was a well-known wealthy merchant in Fushun.

At that time, Nurhachi's Later Jin rose, and the Tong family in the Liaodong area often did business with the Jin State.

In 1618, Nurhachi launched a large-scale war against the Ming Dynasty, and a son of the Tong family, Tong Yangxing, was arrested and imprisoned by the Ming court because of his trade with the Jin State; The Tong family then rioted and robbed the prison and led the Jin soldiers to capture Fushun. Since then, the Tong clan has been attached to the Jin State and has been compiled as the positive blue flag in the eight banners of the Han army.

Maybe it was the officials who forced the people to rebel, or maybe it was their bad merchant nature, after these people joined the Qing army, they became more outstanding and useful. In fact, the Han people are not afraid of anyone, they are afraid of their own people, all those Han people who went out in the feudal social stage, all of them were forced to go out, and they were resentful after going out, so they said that those Han people in Malacca were small countries with the main body, abiding by other people's systems, kneeling and licking people, and being cut like sheep, but they had no complaints, but they were eager to dig out their hearts and lungs for the Han people, and harm China.

In particular, the second generation of these people immediately became the loyal lackeys of other ethnic groups and the country, and Tong Yangjia, another son of the Tong family, was born in the Han Eight Banners and was a high-ranking official. Among them, Chen Bangyan was "imprisoned in the city" after being captured, and Chen Zizhuang and others were "imprisoned in the school field" after being captured.

"This man is a great scourge." Zhang Qiang said.

"My lord, do you know this person?" Zhou Congee asked.

"Understand some, I hate my Ming Dynasty very much, and treat my Ming righteous people who resist the Tartars very cruelly." Zhang Qiang defined Tong Yangjia.

Wei Wuji stood up and said fiercely: "Grab this person, I'm going to cramp and peel him, chop him into pieces, and throw it to feed the dogs." ”

"When people come, you can talk about it!" Zhang Qiang said with a smile.

Hu Kui continued. Zhang Qiang pointed at Hu Kuidao.

"Well, in addition, Jinhua Mansion, Ruan Dacheng bribed a squire to open the east gate, the Qing army invaded the city, Zhu Dadian relied on the fortifications we built before, and sent people to ask us for help a few days ago, and also sent people to ask for help from the Zheng family, and asked for help from the Longwu court, these messengers all passed through our defense area, and were intercepted by the villain, and asked the reason, and the villain let them go."

"Was this what happened that day?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"Just yesterday when we defeated Chen Jia's troops and pursued He Jinbu." Hu Kuidao.

"Well, anything else?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Hu Kui took out another piece of paper, "The Zheng clan retreated to Xiamen, Kinmen and other places in Quanzhou, and the Qing army suspended the attack on the Zheng clan, concentrated the main force in Yanping Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion, attacked the Longwu Imperial Court, and swept away the righteous people who resisted the Qing Dynasty. ”

Zhang Qiang touched his chin, "It seems that the Zheng family has the possibility of negotiating peace with the Qing army." ”