After Mo Zongtong and the others left, Bashrov immediately said: "These Ming people are really the same as I thought, soft temperament, cowardly, too shrewd and conservative, without a little decisive determination and self-confidence, and I can't see a little bravery, if we trade with them, we Russians will be the one who pays more, we give up shipbuilding personnel and technology, and work hard to open up trade routes, and finally these cunning and shrewd short men have gained a lot of wealth, why?" ”

Petrin was furious, and he said, "What kind of nonsense is this? Of course, commercial trade is that both sides must have interests, the Ming people want to open up maritime trade, they need our help, and we also urgently need the Ming business, both sides must have profits! ”

Bashrov said coldly: "If Petrin uses such an idea and attitude during negotiations, we will definitely be the side that suffers a big loss." ”

Golovin and Vlasov apparently agreed with Bashrov's judgment, and they did not speak out.

"According to my intelligence, things have changed." Bashrov said with some pride: "Even if we still have to trade with them, we should put these Ming people aside for the time being, exhaust their patience, and then we can gain the initiative at the negotiating table." ”

Petrin stood up and said, "It's a shameful betrayal, treachery, and no business ethics. ”

Bashrov said: "When did we Russians get bound by the treaty? ”

The governor was silent, and the former minister reluctantly said: "Petrin, you need to stabilize the Ming people, and don't let them break with us." ”

Petrin knew that things must be a little weird, this was a change he hadn't thought of before he set off, so he calmed down at the moment and just spread his hands and said, "This is an impossible task." ”

The Governor reassured, "Now that they are here, we will negotiate and come to an agreement with them." ”

Bashrov said: "They are cowards, cowardly infidels, and unless I die, I am against the transfer of our shipbuilding technology and personnel." Dezhnev was also very upset, he hid in the mouth of the river and refused to come out...... Think about it, all of you. ”

……

"Things have to change."

After staying in the city for a few days, Mo Zongtong convened a meeting with Zhang Xuwen and others, and he said: "For a few days, every day is beetroot soup and black bread, which is said to be the best food they can take. ”

Zhang Xuwen smiled bitterly: "At the beginning in Li Zhuang, we also hung Petrin and them for a lot of days, and now it is considered a good way to return it, is it a report for a report?" ”

Zheng Zhilong sat in the shadows, and said very calmly after half a sound: "I thought about it for a while, Petrin has always been very enthusiastic before entering the city, and he will not be angry with such things, I think it should be that there is something wrong with them in the city, and the key now is to make a clear scene, which side is hindering us." ”

Mo Zongtong thought for a while, and said categorically: "You have to find an opportunity, Petrin also avoids it, the side that wants to oppose has a huge power, our people don't stick to our residence, we have to walk around the city, contact people more, as long as they admit that we are the mission, they can't look like we don't give out." ”

Zheng Zhilong said quietly: "Let's make such a fuss, the other party won't do anything on the surface, but they will find a way to come up with some tricks, and our people's safety may not be guaranteed." ”

Zheng Zhihu's eyes were full of fierce light, and he waved his fist and said, "What are you afraid of them?" Who's going to give Lao Tzu a try? ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Not everyone is like you, if He Bin is in danger, what if they are in danger?" ”

After entering the city, the Russians placed He Yusheng's escort flag team in a military camp in the city under the pretext of avoiding conflict, and the security of the mission was taken care of by the Russians, there were more than 1,000 soldiers stationed in the city, and a flag team of 40 people.

"Hey, these grandsons." Zheng Zhihu said: "Begging us in Li Zhuang, it's like this here again." ”

"Be safe, be careful." After all, Mo Zongtong still had a decision, and said categorically at the moment: "But if you don't go out to contact people and inquire more about the news, we can only sit here and wait for people's attitudes to change, when will this be the end?" ”

Zhang Xuwen said suddenly: "I feel that there may be something wrong behind us." ”

Zheng Zhilong was very keen and asked, "Is it a plan to go north?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Xuwen said: "The relationship between the Russians and the northern captives is very close, and now they should know about our northward trip, which may have a great impact on their decision." ”

Mo Zongtong praised: "Xuwen's brain is moving really fast, and that's true." Of course, I think it's more than that. After everyone goes out, contact officials and businessmen more, and inquire about this aspect, and you should be able to know the news quickly. ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a deep face: "We are now alone with hundreds of people, it doesn't matter if we have many people, our safety is not limited to ourselves, whether we can negotiate or not depends on how the plan to go north on Li Zhuang's side is implemented." If it doesn't go well to the north, and the Russians are not stupid, our situation will be very embarrassing, even dangerous. ”

"Who's to say it's not?" Mo Zongtong sighed and said, "I can only hope that the Lord and our merchant soldiers will be invincible and invincible." ”

"It's not hope." Zhang Xuwen said: "With the attitude of our adults, with the ability and talent of everyone in Li Zhuang, and with the elite and sharpness of the merchant soldiers, we will be invincible!" ”

……

After February, Guangning fell, and then the forts of western Liaoxi fell, and only Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan and Juehua Island were still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty in the entire eastern Liaodong.

When the places first fell, the Liao people were desperately fleeing to the area of Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and there were people everywhere who fled to the area around Guanmen in carriages or pushing carts, or carrying their shoulders and hands.

Most of the people's faces are frightened, mixed with sadness, anger, hatred and other emotions, anyone, even the people of poor and small families, as long as it is not such a military disaster, who wants to leave their hometown easily? Even if it is a few dilapidated houses, a few acres of thin fields, and a family lives together, from small families to large clans, villages, or military forts, these places are everything they are familiar with, but they are forced to abandon everything and leave their hometown.

The old man with a cane, or sitting on a small cart with a young girl, the endless stream of people went all the way to the west, and the poor families could not give up, and these people even brought their own pots and jars, and the most expensive property was a few thin quilts and clothes, plus a small bag of salt, and a small bag of broken silver or copper coins.

Behind them is an endless fertile land, one village after another, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were almost no Han people in Liaodong, after more than 200 years of development, the Han people have millions of people, now most of them fall into the hands of the Jurchens, and most of the rest are abandoned from their homeland, helping the old and the young to flee for their lives in Liaoxi.

There were also many soldiers along the way, many of whom lost their armor and looked unusually embarrassed.

The civil officials of Guangning City, including the governor Wang Huazhen, have fled, and a large number of officials, military generals, and guards have all gone west with the people, and behind them are the Jurchens who are like wolves and tigers, and a large number of people are coerced by the Jurchens to return to Liaozhong.

Dingkou is also wealth, and Nurhachi can still correctly realize this at this time, so after each battle, the Jurchens will bring back a large number of Han Dingkou while looting wealth.

"Tartars, there are Tartars." A soldier beside Cheng Fang reminded in a low voice, and everyone lowered their heads from the grass again.

After many days, there were still sporadic fleeing people, the main force of the Jurchens had already withdrawn, Nurha's appetite was not so big, although the attack on Guangning was unusually smooth, the casualties of the Jurchens were extremely limited, but the ability of the Eight Banners to fight for a long time in this period was very poor, not only logistics and supplies, but also many aspects of containment made the Jurchens have no intention of staying in the Guangning area for a long time, and at the same time, they are not willing to stretch the battle line too long, so as not to lose the other.

Around mid-March, the Jurchens withdrew most of them, and at the same time burned down the city of Quang Ninh and demolished it.

In addition to the forts of Quang Ninh, Jinzhou, Xiping Fort, Da Ling River and Xiao Ling River Fort, these cities or military forts were demolished and removed.

The Ming army's attempt to restore the Dalinghe Fort many years later led to another fiasco.

On the one hand, it is to observe the situation in western Liaoning, to see what the next move of the Ming army is, and then to decide the strategy of the Houjin side itself, and at the same time, it is also to collect the remnants of military materials and hidden people in western Liaoning.

A squad of post-gold cavalry appeared in the eyes of the people.

Because of the warm weather, this team of Houjin soldiers wore a light arrow suit woven of silk linen, and the top of the head was also wearing a cool hat, and the knot of the hat was decorated with red tassels, and several Houjin soldiers were wearing Ming armor, with a small flag on their backs, and all the cavalry horses had a pocket on one side, which was filled with a long foot bow, and the other side was either a spear, or an iron spear, and there were also tiger tooth long knives, axes, and knives or knives on the waist, as well as flying axes, throwing spears and other weapons.

The weapons on everyone's bodies are flashing with cold light, and the weapons of these Houjin soldiers are all made of fine iron, including the armor on their bodies is far better than that of the Ming army.

After several years of war, Houjin has changed from a barbarian tribe trapped outside Fushun Pass to a slave country that expands thousands of miles, everything in this country is for war, in order to rob wealth, Dingkou, and land, so the equipment of the Eight Banners is getting better and better, and there are more and more soldiers who can get out of production.

Before the second year of the Apocalypse, in addition to the life and death battles of the Houjin soldiers, even if the flag owner did not have many full-time swinging teeth-swinging guards, after the second year of the Apocalypse, there were already a large number of flag soldiers who could be out of production for a long time and become professional soldiers.

Although the number of Eight Banners remaining in Liaoxi is small, almost all of them are pure soldiers, that is, red-armored soldiers or white-armored soldiers, and they are not bannermen who serve as soldiers in peacetime and wartime.