Not to mention Liu Yunwei's strategy of planning the final battle day and night in the Haizhou Acropolis, nor to mention the 400,000 Han Wei army and the soldiers of the Dangkou Battalion, who were waiting for the rest of the day, seized the time to practice in the Haizhou Acropolis, and were ready to launch the final blow against the Manchus at any time. Shan said that Cheng Shiyong led a team of his subordinates to march westward, and after rushing all the way to the capital, he first found an inconspicuous inn to live in.

In the next few days, Cheng Shiyong scattered all the twelve men he brought, and investigated the streets and alleys, restaurants, teahouses, and brothels in the capital to investigate the movements of the Lin Party officials in the Middle East.

You must know that although the Ming Dynasty set up a wide range of supervision yamen, such as Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang, these yamen, without exception, were all aimed at officials in the DPRK and China, and there were not many restrictions on the people. Especially in the capital, there has always been a lot of talk about the imperial court policy, the exchanges of hundreds of officials, and the secrets of the royal family, and even some well-informed people will gossip about the royal fun.

The Ming court has always been lax in the management of people's speech, and will not be like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because of the speech of the convicted, or even beheaded, of course, malicious rumors, attack the emperor is not allowed. Relatively speaking, the folk speech of the Ming Dynasty was still very free, which led to the teahouses, wine shops, brothels and other places in the market, and it was often possible to inquire about some policies and important news of the imperial court at that time.

Within a few days, Cheng Shiyong received some scattered news from his subordinates, all of which were not yet systematic, and none of them were confirmed by the side.

For example, it was rumored that Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, was intimidated by the military threat of Po Junbo, so he led the Donglin Party officials in the DPRK to raise money and food with all their might, wanting to atone for his crimes.

Cheng Shiyong looked at it and smiled faintly, if Zhou Yanru was really so timid, then things would be easy to do, but unfortunately this is impossible.

In addition, it is also rumored that during this period of time, the Donglin Party officials have been abnormal, and they have all focused on the Liaodong War, and they have shown quite unity because of what orders were issued by Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet.

Cheng Shiyong still attached great importance to such rumors, and deliberately mobilized several capable subordinates to follow this clue.

After the arrangement was completed, Cheng Shiyong nested in the inn almost every day, analyzing all kinds of news collected by his subordinates, and all valuable news would be arranged to be tracked and investigated, and corroborated from the side. For those news that are chasing after the wind, groundless, and even nonsense, Cheng Zhiyong directly threw it aside and ignored it.

In this way, Cheng Shiyong and the twelve subordinates he brought were busy for more than ten days, and finally made further discoveries.

The subordinates who were in charge of tracking the previous few days about Zhou Yanru's orders to the Donglin Party officials in the capital finally responded. It turned out that the subordinate spent a lot of money to buy off a disciple of the Dali Temple's family, and learned that Zhou Yanru had given an order to all the Donglin Party officials in the capital before, asking these Donglin Party officials to do their best to cooperate with the Liaodong War, and they must not stumble behind their backs and drag their feet.

After the news was confirmed, Cheng Shiyong became even more puzzled, Zhou Yanru is not a good man and a woman, will he suddenly change sex? No way! The only possibility is that Zhou Yanru must be planning something unfavorable to the superintendent!

Thinking of this, Cheng Shiyong mobilized most of his subordinates back, and tried his best to follow this clue, preparing to use all kinds of means to investigate and deal with the detailed inside story of the matter.

After the unremitting efforts of Shi Yong and his entourage, a few days later, a trace of clues was finally investigated.

Cheng Shiyong spent five hundred taels of silver to catch up with a news dealer who sold news in the capital, and through him he contacted the family of a concubine in the outer house of Erdaomenzi in Zhou Yanru's mansion.

In a lively private room in a restaurant, Cheng Shiyong and the news dealer and the family of the concubine in the outer house had a good time, and the twelve men brought by him guarded the door and guarded the private room tightly, and even several private rooms connected to the left and right of the private room were rented and guarded by Cheng Shiyong's men to prevent anyone from eavesdropping and monitoring.

"Come, come, come! Let's drink this cup together. ”

Cheng Shiyong smiled and picked up the wine glass, greeted the news dealer sitting on the left, and the concubine's family sitting on the right, and after the three of them drank three glasses in a row, they began to eat.

Cheng Shiyong was originally a person in the army, and there were no rules and regulations, and the news dealers and concubines' families were also low-level figures, and they were also not as particular as literati. So after the three of them drank for three rounds, they ate and drank Hukan together, but they were also very similar, although it was the first time they met, they were like friends for many years, and the atmosphere was very active.

When the three of them had eaten about the same, Cheng Shiyong poured a cup of tea for the news dealer and the concubine's family, and said with a smile: "Hehe, how is it?" How is Zhou Ge Lao lately? Is there anything you can tell me about it? ”

The news dealer took a sip of tea, and also said to the concubine's family: "Yes, there are no outsiders here, there is nothing to hide between our brothers, Lao Wang, say whatever you want." ”

The concubine's family surnamed Wang paused slightly, then also let go of the chatterbox and said, "Here's the thing......

As soon as the chatter was spoken, the concubine's family told everything they had heard, including Zhou Yanru's order that Donglin Party officials must fully support the Liaodong War and not stumble behind their backs; and Zhou Yanru's preparation after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to prompt the Liao army to divide into two routes, and at the same time conquer the Mongol tribes and the Korean state. Even the concubines of the second sect in Zhou Yanru's mansion spit out what living habits they had on weekdays, which can really be said to know everything and say everything.

The news dealer next to him listened attentively, and even discussed with the concubine's family about the family kung fu of the concubine.

However, Cheng Shiyong was not so interested, and when he heard that Zhou Yanru planned to let the Liao army continue the fierce battle after the destruction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the troops were divided into two ways to fight the Mongolian tribes and the Korean state, he couldn't help but be furious.

Zhou Yanru, this is a knife to kill! The hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Liao army have been lost by one-third so far, and after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I don't know how many Han sons and daughters have spilled their blood on the battlefield. At this time, let the soldiers of the Liao army go to Mongolia and Korea, under the repeated bloody battles, how many soldiers will live to the Guannai in the future?

"Does Zhou Yanru want to change the civil fort again? He still has the dynasty in his heart, but there are also thousands of generations of China! How can such a person steal a high position! ”

Cheng Shiyong's face changed and changed, and finally he couldn't sit still, and sued the news dealer and the concubine's family, and left a hush money of one hundred taels per person, and led his men to leave the restaurant.

On the same day, Cheng Shiyong took his men out of the capital overnight and rushed in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Eight days later, Cheng Shiyong and his entourage rushed back to the Haizhou Acropolis, at this time the 400,000 Ming soldiers stationed in the area of the Haizhou Acropolis have begun to assemble, obviously the Jiliao Governor, Liu Yunwei, the commander of the broken army, has issued an order for the whole army to go north, ready to start a big battle to recover Liaoyang City and Shenyang City.

Seeing this, Cheng Shiyong hurried to the city and reported the news to Liu Yunwei.

When Liu Yunwei heard Zhou Yanru's plans after the Battle of Liao, his face suddenly changed and he was very angry.

"Zhou Yanru is ready to let my hundreds of thousands of soldiers die outside the pass!"

Liu Yunwei walked back and forth in the room angrily, and a pair of sword eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together.

Cheng Shiyong next to him asked softly: "Supervisor, since we know Zhou Yanru's plan, we have to deal with it in advance!" ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a while, seemed to have figured out something, and said loudly: "Jumping off the beam and Xiaoxiao, this governor has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time and serving the country, how can he be afraid of this kind of villain!" Don't care about him for now, now recovering Liaoyang City and Shenyang City, and completely destroying the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the top priority! ”

"But what about after the end of the war? What if Zhou Yanru persuaded His Majesty under the banner of the imperial court to really order the soldiers of the army to conquer the Mongolian tribes and the Korean state at the same time? ”

"Humph! The Mongol tribes aided the abuse, and were willing to be the lackeys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty; And the Korean state is treacherous, and our emperor Ming has the grace to recreate Korea, and he even sent troops to attack it with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Even if Zhou Yanru doesn't make a mistake behind his back, this governor will not let go of the Mongolian tribes and the Korean State! ”

Hearing this, Cheng Shiyong couldn't help but be shocked: "But the soldiers have fought bloody battles repeatedly, and they can divide their troops to expedition again!" ”

"The elite main force of the Mongolian tribes has been wiped out in Liaodong, and the remaining Hu cavalry are all stragglers, and the soldiers and horses of the Korean country are even more rabble! There is no need for a large army expedition, only one division can be sent down in one go! ”

Liu Yunwei paused when he said this, and then said indignantly: "After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Great War, this governor will not only destroy the Mongolian tribes and Korea, but also wave his army south to enter the customs, so that Zhou Yanru and the Donglin traitors know that my Ming warriors are not ants to be manipulated; This governor wants to meet His Majesty and let His Majesty understand that if you want to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty and defend China, you can't just rely on the rhetorical Confucianism, but on the hot-blooded sons of the Han family, and on the hundreds of thousands of iron-blooded soldiers who shrouded the body of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Cheng Shiyong was enthusiastic when he heard this, and he was convinced on the spot.

Two days later, the soldiers of the various battalions of the Hanwei Army had already gathered outside the Acropolis of Haizhou.

I saw that 400,000 Daming Tiger Ben formed a boundless red ocean, after replenishing the military equipment, the whole army of soldiers are wearing helmets and armor, sharp blades, and the soldiers of the army are full of food, and even exceed the state before the Liaodong War!

Liu Yunwei stood on the city wall in iron armor, looking at the red sea outside the city, his heart was surging, he suddenly pulled out the war knife on his waist, and roared loudly: "Go on the expedition!" ”

"Wearing iron armor and carrying a long knife. The battle with the son is long.

Fight with the enemy, die and live together. Fight with your son, and your heart will not be slack.

Step on the swallow and chase the beard. Fight with the son, and sing fearlessly. ”

The 400,000 Ming soldiers sang war songs, gathered into a fiery dragon, and meandered towards the north.

The angry dragon goes north, and the Tartars are wiped out!