Hearing that Yuan Chonghuan asked directly about the siege battle last time as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Yongnian thought to himself that this was really as unkind as the rumors. If the update is the fastest, if the general commander and new officer take office, you must first put on a smiling face, first contact the feelings with the subordinates, shorten the distance, and then wait for the familiarity before talking about the business.

This one is good, as soon as he came up, he first invited the Holy Decree and the Son of Heaven Imperial Sword, and kept saying that he would cut first and then play, which made people panic. The second thing I said to myself now was to ask about the last war, and sure enough, I really lived up to the nickname "barbarian".

Li Yongnian was old and serious in the end, and quickly regained his mind, and after telling the original story of the last time, he added: "Returning to the Governor, since the withdrawal of the Tartars, the last general has sent people to investigate everywhere, and found two things: First, the remains of a destroyed red-clothed cannon were found on the wild boar slope two hundred miles north of Datong City, as well as traces of the army's fighting. Second, before the Tartar attack, many people fled their homes and headed east within a hundred miles of Datong, and their whereabouts were unknown. ”

Yuan Chonghuan had been listening attentively, and after Li Yongnian finished speaking, he thought for a while and then said: "What does General Li mean is that there was once a big battle with Donglu near the Wild Boar Slope, and the object of their attack was Dongyu's artillery team?" In addition, the whereabouts of these people who fled their homes are related to the person surnamed Jiang you mentioned earlier? ”

Li Yongnian was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this Yuan Inspector to be so keen, and nodded and said, "That's right." Judging from the traces of various investigations, it was this team surnamed Jiang who blocked the artillery team of Dongyu, so it led to the hasty withdrawal of Dongyu after the final siege of the city failed. Moreover, some people once reported that a cavalry came to their tunzi, proclaimed that Lord Jiang could shelter them, and asked the people to abandon their homes and go with them. ”

"Then can you investigate the whereabouts of these people?" Yuan Chonghuan asked with a frown.

"After the last general sent scouts to search around, they found that all the people had entered a valley called Hulu Valley in the northwest of Datong City. This valley used to be the lair of a horse bandit named Hai Dongqing, but for some reason, it seems to be occupied by this surnamed Jiang. Li Yongnian said.

"Ridiculous. Is General Li saying that it was a horse bandit that blocked the artillery team of the Donglu and forced the Donglu to withdraw? And these horse bandits still care about the people, and take the initiative to send people to take refuge in the valley? When did the horse bandits have this kind of strength, this kind of benevolence and righteousness, isn't General Bing Li telling a joke? ”

Before Yuan Chonghuan could speak, Cao Bianjiao on the side had already sneered, obviously not believing Li Yongnian's words at all.

Li Yongnian's face sank, stared at Cao Bianjiao and said coldly: "Haven't asked for Gao's name yet?" Although he respects Yuan Chonghuan, he will not swallow his anger for one of Yuan Chonghuan's general soldiers.

And the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are also divided into levels, generally speaking, the general soldiers of the general town are the most senior of the general soldiers, and the other general soldiers are one level lower than him. And Li Yongnian happened to be a general soldier of the town, so he was able to command the Datong border army for many years.

"General Li Bing, this is Cao Changjiao Cao General Bing, a famous fierce general under the command of the Governor, who has made great achievements in the battle to suppress Kou. Cao Zongbing is young and vigorous, but he feels that this matter is a bit unbelievable, not that he is disrespectful to Li Zongbing, and he also invites Li Zongbing Haihan. Hong Chengchou, who had a round face on the side and was of medium height, saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and hurriedly stood up for the round.

Although Hong Chengchou's words seem to be a mediation round, he actually helped Cao Bianjiao, and also indirectly expressed his opinion, and also thought that this matter was unreasonable.

Regarding Cao Bianjiao's questioning, Yuan Chonghuan didn't say anything, but looked at Li Yongnian, waiting for his explanation.

This is something that a normal person would suspect. First, horse thieves and officers and soldiers have always had a hostile relationship, and it is impossible for horse thieves to help officers and soldiers fight Tartars. Second, even if this horse thief still has the temperament of his family and country, he does not have the strength to fight against the Tartars, and he can also destroy the Tartars' artillery team. The red-coated cannons are all heavy weapons of the military state, and they must be guarded by at least 3,000 troops. The combat effectiveness of the Tartars is not even an opponent of the officers and troops, let alone a horse thief. Third, it is even more incredible that these horse thieves would take the initiative to protect the people within a radius of hundreds of miles. Not to mention that there are many old and weak women and children among these people, but what will the horse thieves use to feed them after these people are gone?

These three things are the biggest doubts, and each of them is unbelievable, unreasonable, and can't be explained at all. Not to mention that there are more details in it, and the problem is even more illogical.

Li Yongnian saw Yuan Chonghuan's attitude, and knew that it was not appropriate to have a conflict with Cao Bianjiao, a stunned young man, at this moment, so he had to stop looking over and smile bitterly at Yuan Chonghuan: "Master Inspector, the last general is also puzzled by all kinds of ambiguities in this. But all the evidence so far proves that this person surnamed Jiang has a lot to do with this matter. And the last general also heard an even more unbelievable thing. ”

Li Yongnian's words successfully attracted the attention of the other three, and Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" ”

"The spy Feige, who was planted in Liaoyang City, told the last general that when the Eastern Prisoners attacked Datong last time, a cavalry team of about 3,000 people took advantage of the situation to attack Liaoyang City and broke Liaoyang, and all the 1,000 Tartar garrisons stationed in Liaoyang were annihilated. And the general who led this cavalry was called Jiang Chuan. This person was only stationed in Liaoyang City for one night, but he gave porridge and grain, and also made a standing wood for the letter, and finally withdrew from Liaoyang City the next day, and took away more than 5,000 people. Moreover, the spies also said that this group also used artillery in the city, and it seems that they also captured some important people in the east. ”

Jiang Chuan would definitely be surprised if he heard this, he didn't expect the Ming army's intelligence work to be so good, and he basically knew most of the things.

In fact, the Ming army has always attached great importance to intelligence work, not only scout reconnaissance on the battlefield, but also the notorious spy agency Jinyiwei, which has also made a lot of contributions in intelligence collection, especially in foreign intelligence collection.

In many of the Ming cities occupied by the Qing army, there are hidden eyeliners of the Ming army and Jinyi guards. Even the Manchu Shengjing City, that is, Shenyang, had spies from the Ming army.

Li Yongnian's words surprised Yuan Chonghuan and the others, and the doubts in their hearts deepened.

Could it be that such a group of horse thieves not only blocked the artillery team that wiped out the Tartars, but also took the opportunity to attack and capture Liaoyang City?

How weird is this thing? How could there be such a powerful horse thief in the world? If this is called a horse thief, then what is the Ming army that has been repeatedly defeated in front of the Qing army? Called Hanako or street gangster?

Everyone's faces showed incredible expressions, and they looked at Li Yongnian one by one, as if he was telling a mythological story.