At night, the walled city of Dadonggou, the living room of Lanbai. Ｘ

The flames licked the wood, and the light and heat drove away the cold in the room.

Wang Zongyun, Chen Zhijun, Liang Hexiang, the three Ming soldiers always looked at the order with awe. They had never seen a strong army with more than 100 infantry and 60 Jianzhou elite cavalry, and they had won the battle.

The ugly head of the earth is a witness.

Shou Xuan occupied the seat that once belonged to the head, and he confirmed to the original chief letter who presented the head: "You mean that you only have half the credit for obtaining the head of this Melerjangjing? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. It was a Chinese who killed his guards and drove away his horse. The final head was also cut off by him. ”

"Bring him in and I'll see him."

When Jin Shiying walked in, Wang Zongyun stood up in surprise, "General Jin? ”

"Lao Wang?"

"It's great that you're alive, General Jin! You didn't come back from the Battle of Ningbei, we all thought you were dead. Wang Zongyun stepped forward and hugged the thin-looking Jianzhou slave in front of him.

Jin Shiying's face was full of joy, "Lao Wang, you guys fought well, it's really a big victory." I think there are 200 real captives outside. ”

"Yes, we can see more than 200 Jiannu heads, thanks to the lord of the country." Lao Wang introduced the order to Jin Shiying.

Jin Shiying bowed to the order, "Thank you Lord for saving your life." ”

Shou ordered to signal Wang Zongyun to pick up Jin Shiying and asked, "Wang Qianhu, who is this?" ”

Wang Zongyun clenched his fist to Shou Xuan, "So that the lord of the country knows that he is the son of the most capable general soldier of Jin Guofeng in our Liao Town." In the Battle of Ningbei, Jin Zongbing led his four sons to fight with Jiannu from morning to dusk, but they were defeated because of the lack of reinforcements. ”

According to Wang Zongyun, Jin Guofeng was a rare general soldier in the late Ming Dynasty, and he dared to lead his family out of the city to fight in the field of Jianzhou. Jin Guofeng's four adult sons, one died on the battlefield with his father, and the other three sons, the Ming army did not know life and death.

"In the end, I was the only one who survived." Jin Shi's calm tone revealed a resoluteness, "From today onwards, I will take revenge little by little." ”

Shou ordered to look Jin Shiying up and down, after a few years of slave life, his state is not good, and in this case, he can kill a bayala with a dagger-like knife, which is very rare.

"General Xiaojin," said Shouxuan, "before the war, I promised the army, whether I live or die, that those who capture Mel Zhangjing will be rewarded with 800 taels of silver." My soldier told me that you have half the credit for this head, so you will also get 400 taels of silver. ”

"I don't want money", Jin Shiying shook his head resolutely, "I can't repay the grace of saving my life, and I can't ask for silver." ”

"Chen is not a dishonest person, he will definitely give it if he says it is good."

Jin Shiying saw that he was very insistent on keeping order, and stepped on the head on the ground with his foot, "Lord of the country, I don't know if you are using this head?" ”

Shou Xuan shook his head, and he wanted to be useful.

Jin Shiying shook it to the end, "Jin doesn't want money, I don't know if the lord of the country can give me the head of Mel Zhangjing." I am willing to give all the money to your soldiers, and I don't know if your family is willing to exchange it with me. ”

Yuan Changxin's eyes lit up when he heard this, "I don't object. ”

Jin Shiying was a little ashamed, "Thank you." Jin is not greedy for this credit, but this head is of great use to Jin Mou's resurgence in the army. ”

"Since my soldier has no opinion, you can take the head as you want."

"Don't thank you for your great kindness, if the lord of the country needs Jin in the future, just say hello."

Seeing this, the three Ming army generals glanced at each other, and also lined up to say to the guard: "I don't want silver, I just ask the lord of the country to give us the head of Jiannu." ”

200 real captive heads, this military feats have caught up with Ningjin's victory, even if they go back, they have to share the profits with the officials in Dengzhou, and the rest is enough for them to be promoted and make a fortune.

Seeing their insistence, Shou Xuan agreed.

Sending off the Ming army, Shou ordered to meet an unexpected prisoner. After yesterday's battle, the navy, which thought it had nothing to do, intercepted six small and medium-sized flat-bottomed merchant ships on the Yalu River, loaded with silk, cloth, and tea, all of which were scarce supplies in Liaodong that Jianzhou had exchanged for their participation in the Korean exchange market.

"You're a good guy?"

Shen Shangda knelt on the ground, "Back to my lord's words, King Zhishun is my master." ”

Orderly tapped lightly on the table. Among the three Dongjiang mine disciples, only Shang Keg's surrender is regrettable. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming burned, killed, and plundered after the Dengzhou rebellion, and they couldn't turn back at all. However, Shang Kexi did not participate in the Dengzhou rebellion of the old brothers of the Dongjiang River at all, on the contrary, he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and fought several bloody battles with Kong Geng's two divisions in the process of quelling the rebellion. In the later Battle of Lushun, Kong Youde led the way for the Jianzhou army and defeated the defenders of Lushun. Shang Kexi's three wives and hundreds of family members all committed suicide by jumping into the sea, and they can all be called loyal martyrs. In the end, he surrendered completely desperately, and was forced to go to Jianzhou by the then governor of Denglai.

Shou Xuan sighed, "You see those heads outside, and the Ming army wants to kill you and bring you back to repay your merits." ”

Shen Shangda is not stupid, he slammed his head on the ground, "Ask the adults to spare their lives, the villain will never forget the grace of the adults not to kill, and repay the adults as cattle and horses." ”

"I don't need you to repay, bring me a letter to your master, and I can release you now."

Shen Shang Daxi said: "The villain must bring the letter." ”

"It's not safe to travel by land, so you pick a few of the captives to sail away."

"The villain understands that he must get the errand done."

It is impossible for Shou Xiang to turn back without persuading Shang Kexi in the letter. He wrote this letter without any purpose at all, just starting from the martyrdom of Shang Kexi's father in the battle, reviewing the history of Shang Kexi's family and the conquest of Jianzhou, and expressing regret.

After disposing of the capture of the first-level monk domain, Shou Xiang thought about the next goal, Dadonggou suffered heavy losses in the first battle, but his gains were very limited, and he had to find a place to make up for it.

There is only one relatively easy target left near here, Li Chao.

Shou Xuan found Wang Leopard and asked him bluntly: "I plan to rob the Li Dynasty, you choose a suitable place for me." ”

Wang Bao was not at all surprised that he would have such an idea of order, he could simply be said to be eager to try. In the final decisive battle between Jianzhou and Dongjiang at Phi Dao, the Li Dynasty provided Jianzhou with many warships. Wang Bao crawled out of the pile of dead people on Phi Island, and he did not have a good impression of Li Chao.

Wang Bao clasped his fists and saluted, "My lord, the nearest border city of the Li Dynasty to us is Yizhou, where the window between the Li Dynasty and Jianzhou is the window of the mutual market, and there are a lot of goods and gold and silver. ”

Shou Xuan beckoned Wang Bao to the side of the map, "No, Yizhou is dozens of kilometers upstream of the Yalu River, and on the other side is the Jianzhou Jiuliancheng Military Fort." My battleship can't go that far up the Yalu River. ”

Wang Bao pointed to the west coast of North Korea, "My lord, the western coast of the Li Dynasty is mostly lofty mountains and mountains, and there is not much population. Moreover, the cities in this area have been ravaged twice by Jianzhou, and I am afraid that I will not be able to grab anything. ”

Order: "I know, so I need your advice. ”

Wang Bao thought for a while, "My lord, there is actually nothing to choose from, you can only go to the Datong River Estuary." But when we went to the Datong River, it was difficult for us to return to the current wind. ”

"You don't have to think about the direction of the wind to return home."

Wang Bao: "The channel of the Datong River Estuary is deep, and the giant ships of the adults can sail in." Because it is located after Pyongyang, several cities there did not suffer much damage in the first two states of Pyongyang. ”

After carefully observing the map for a while, the Datong River Estuary is trending east-west, and the north wind season can take advantage of the suitable crosswinds to drive into the estuary. Most of the port cities of the Li Dynasty were in the south, and the north really had no choice.

The Datong estuary will be frozen in mid to late December of the Gregorian calendar, so we must hurry up to keep the order. The next day, the flotilla completed the loading of all captured supplies. Shou Zhi obtained more than 1,200 manpower in the Battle of Dadonggou, which were carried by junk ships. The captured Jianzhou warships were handed over to the sailors of the Ming army and the sailors among the captives. The six river flats were useless for order and burned down.

All the Jianzhou military uniforms and armor seized in Dadonggou were taken away. He was still a little embarrassed not to pay the silver order, and he gave the Ming army 2 blue flag Manchuria and 2 blue flag Han army flag to the Ming army. Two Melle Zhangjing flags he himself saved.

Jianzhou has reserved a batch of high-quality ship timber in Dadonggou. The fleet bundled the selected timber on both sides of the junk ship in accordance with the way the Fujian timber carriers were carried.

Before leaving, the soldiers of Jincheng lit a fire in Dadonggou and burned everything that could not be taken away.

The fleet was about to pull anchor and set sail, and when Shou Xiang looked back, the enemy reinforcement front from Jiulian City had already appeared in the north of Dadonggou. He was the last to leave the beachhead.

At present, the fleet has 3 warships, 13 Liao ships, and 16 Southern Junk ships, sailing south.

Shou Ling arranged Jin Shiying on the flagship Nanhai, "General Xiao Jin, among the Han people rescued by Dadonggou, more than 300 people are the former Ming army, I need your favor." ”

"Whatever the lord commands, tell me."

Under the requirements of the order, Jin Shiying's braids have not been cut, and the rescued Ming prisoners of war have not been cut.

"Maybe you've also heard, I'm going to go to the Li Dynasty. We have captured some of the armor banners of the captives in Dadonggou, and I need you to bring someone to put the armor on. ”

"Your Excellency wants me to pretend to be a prisoner?"

"Yes, you have lived in the Jianzhou control area for a short time, and you are familiar with their situation."

"No problem. I promise that the people of the Li Dynasty will not recognize it. ”

can make the relationship between Li Chao and Jianzhou bad, Jin Shiying doesn't think this is a problem.

Shou Xuan didn't think that he had to make Li Chao unrecognizable, although everyone knew some things, but he didn't recognize it so that Li Chao could have a step down in the future.

The mouth of the Datong River is only 80 nautical miles away from the mouth of the Yalu River, and the order still uses the high-sea route to avoid the fishing villages on the shore.

The formation of the fleet was relatively complicated, and the speed of the voyage could not be too fast, and although it was a tailwind, it was only on the morning of the third day that it entered the mouth of the Datong River.

The Datong River is the boundary river between the Ping'an Province and the Huanghai Province of the Li Dynasty, and the territory of the Li Dynasty has a large drop from the central ridge to the west coast, and the distance is short, so the river flow speed is relatively fast, and the river channel near Haikou is relatively deep by the impact of the current.

There were several islands at the mouth of the Datong River, and the Storm protruded out of the channel between the islands, and a huge fleet sailed into the territory of the Li Dynasty.

Due to the heavy losses suffered at Dadonggou, there are still many wounded soldiers on the battleship, and Shou Xuan does not plan to send his own troops this time. Pirates and prisoners of war from all walks of life put together nearly 600 people. Regarding the robbery, the regular army of the Ming Dynasty of Wang Zongyun and others did not hesitate, and decisively participated in the whole army, of course, they also put away their banners. Whether it is the Liao soldiers or the Dengzhou soldiers, the military discipline is very worrisome, they are all dangerous elements in their own country, let alone coming to this foreign country.

Considering that the Taedong River flows from Pyongyang from north to south, and that the current speed is rapid, the fleet abandoned the idea of going downstream along the river. The whole team landed in Nanpu, the largest seaport in the hands of Xin Pang in later generations, and now it is still a small fishing village.

If you don't have a port city, you have to go inland. Taken together, there were thousands of raiders, and only a few observers were sent by the order.

Shou orderly demarcated the scope of plunder for them, "Longgang, Jiangxi, Daan, don't touch Pyongyang." “

The plundering of Pyongyang has a greater political impact, and it is not necessary to be so high-profile for the time being.

The border soldiers of the Ming army were not afraid of anything except the Jianzhou soldiers, and no one cared about the threat of the fresh army.

Jin Shiying took the soldiers pretending to be Jianzhou as the vanguard and advanced to Longgang County, Ping'an Dao, which was more than ten kilometers away.

The Datong River Estuary was a relatively flat area within the Li Dynasty, and there were no natural obstacles worth mentioning from Nanpu to Longgang, Jiangxi, Da'an and other counties. This is not a rich area of the Li Dynasty, and the order does not care how much gold and silver can be grabbed.