"Stop!" The two shouted in unison, stopping the people they had brought with them.

Fang Yichen was extremely surprised, because he found that the person in front of him turned out to be the fourth master of the Jinyi Guard stationed in Liaodong, commanding Qi Liao.

Qi Liao obviously didn't expect him to appear here, so he hurriedly put away his long knife and asked him, "Lord Fang, why are you, why are you here?" ”

Fang Yichen returned his sword to the sheath and said, "Lord Qi, this matter is a long story, how is Jinzhou City now?" ”

Qi Liao said: "The reason why I risked my life to go out of the city is to inform Lord Yuan of the situation in Jinzhou. Oh, by the way, I heard that my elder brother Sun Yueling came to pass through Liaodong, is he in Ningyuan City? ”

Fang Yichen laughed, stepped forward, and said, "This old brother of yours not only came to Liaodong, but is here. ”

"Here?" Qi Liao looked around for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Fang, don't laugh, I'm serious." ”

Fang Yichen said: "I'm also serious, Lord Qi, it's not easy for you to see him, I'll order someone to take you to see him later." ”

"Oh?" Qi Liao's eyes lit up and said, "He really came to Jinzhou?" After that, he shook his head and sighed, "I should have guessed that according to his temperament, he would definitely come." ”

Fang Yichen said: "It's better like this, Lord Qi will go with my people to see Master Sun, as for me, I still have a task to do, so I won't accompany you, and we'll talk about it later!" ”

After that, he wanted to take the people with him.

Qi Liao stretched out his hand to stop and said, "Lord Fang is here to spy on the enemy of Houjin and contact General Zhao?" ”

Fang Yichen turned his head and said, "Yes, you guessed eight or nine." ”

Qi Liao smiled: "Now that you see me, do you still have to risk death to sneak into Jinzhou City?" Besides, I have already found out the whereabouts of Houjin for you, so I won't have to work hard for you! ”

Fang Yichen patted his head when he heard this: "Oh, I'm confused, you're a Jinyi guard!" "Since Qi Liao can risk death to get out of the city, then he must have obeyed Zhao Shujiao's meaning, and from his mouth, are you afraid that you can't understand the situation in Jinzhou City?

The task given to him by Sun Yueling can be said to have been basically completed, and the rest is to go back to his life.

Unexpectedly, things would take such a turn, Fang Yichen asked Qi Liao, "Are you sure you have found out the deployment of Houjin's troops?" ”

Qi Liao said lightly: "It's clear." ”

"Good!" Fang Yichen's face was full of excitement, and he said, "Let's go, let's go see Master Sun." ”

……

Daxing Fort, the top of the city tower.

After Sun Yueling and Qi Liao met, they were both very happy, gave each other a bear hug, and stood on the city tower to greet each other.

Sun Yueling and Qi Liao hadn't seen each other for almost a year, and when they finally met at this moment, they were still in such a dangerous situation, and they sighed a little embarrassed in their hearts.

In Suzhou City, Qi Liao persuaded him not to get involved in the struggle between Mao Yilu, Liu Dexi, Gao Panlong, and Zhou Shunchang, as long as he waited for Gao and Zhou to fall, he could reap the benefits of the fishermen.

But after all, he still lived up to Qi Liao's expectations, and couldn't help but make a move at the last moment, although he still became the head of the Donglin Party as planned, but since then he has also become a thorn in the side of the eunuch party.

At this point, he simply didn't do anything, sneaked directly into the Beijing Division, and ruled the government remotely with a cloth cloth, left and right the court situation, and finally gave the eunuch party a big dismissal, drove out many eunuch backbones, and won back a city for Donglin, and he also returned to the imperial court.

Although these things have passed now, he forcibly restrained Qi Liao back then, and it was a matter of betraying his brother's kindness to launch a popular rebellion despite his persuasion, so at this moment, Sun Yueling felt a little guilty when he saw Qi Liao.

However, Qi Liao didn't seem to care about these, but his face was full of pride, talking and laughing, and after greeting Sun Yueling, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Sun, now you are a Liaodong Jingluo, and the foolish brother will work under your hands in the future, you have to take care of it!" ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "Fourth brother, you came to make fun of me again, you are a person from Jinyiwei, I am a civil official, I dare not break ground on your Tai Sui's head!" ”

As soon as these words fell, the two laughed at the same time, and suddenly felt that they fit each other a little more.

Sun Yueling knew that Qi Liao was saying kind words, but what he said was also the truth. Qi Liao is one of the leaders of Jinyiwei, he is the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, and he is the representative sent to Liaodong in the court.

Strictly speaking, he and Qi Liao should be in a relationship of mutual assistance and complementarity, cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both sides.

Qi Liao retracted his face, and said to him: "Originally, I sneaked out of the city this time, according to Zhao Shujiao's intentions, to inform Yuan Chonghuan of the situation in Jinzhou, and to wait for an opportunity to find out the whereabouts of Houjin. Now that I see you, there is no need to go to Ningyuan again. ”

After speaking, he glanced at him deeply, and said, "It's just, I really didn't expect you to lead troops to save Jinzhou, could it be that my brother has already dealt with Yuan Chonghuan?" He's famously immovable, haha......"

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly: "This matter is a long story, let me tell you slowly." ”

After that, after he came to Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan was reluctant to send troops to rescue Jinzhou at first, but he had to agree to it at his strong request. Finally, he talked about the fact that their partial division captured Tashan, avoided the Lili Mountain, and then recaptured the two fortresses from the Houjin.

Qi Liao nodded again and again when he heard this, and sighed: "It's not easy, with thousands of teachers making Houjin a setback, my brother is really a very person." ”

Sun Yueling stared at his eyes and said, "Fourth brother, Brother Fang said that you have already found out the whereabouts of Houjin, right?" ”

Qi Liao nodded and said, "Yes, we have been lurking in the forest since we left the city, secretly peeking into Houjin's movements, who would have thought that we would meet Lord Fang." ”

And when he had spoken, he told him what he knew.

It turned out that after the main force of the Houjin Eight Banners besieged Jinzhou, they were repelled by Zhao Shujiao for repeated sieges. Zhao Shujiao relied on a lonely city to defend for several days, but he never saw the shadow of reinforcements, and he was a little worried in his heart, afraid that Jinzhou City would not be able to withstand the fierce attack of Houjin if it continued like this.

So he asked Qi Liao to take people to secretly sneak out of the city in the middle of the night, first, to quickly inform Yuan Chonghuan of the situation in Jinzhou, and let him draw up a rescue method as soon as possible; The second is to find out as much as possible the next move of Houjin and the situation of many fortresses on the periphery of Jinzhou.

After Qi Liao left the city, he found that the main force of the Houjin Eight Banners had actually switched formations and headed south. At that time, they were greatly surprised, could it be that Houjin gave up attacking Jinzhou and turned to attack Ningyuan?

Next, they confirmed this speculation from the captured Houjin scouts, it turned out that Huang Taiji had been attacking Jinzhou for a long time, and in a moment of anger, he led the eight major Baylors and the generals of various banners to attack Ningyuan, intending to directly capture Ningyuan City.

After discovering this situation, these brocade guards immediately decided to follow Huang Taiji to Ningyuan, and it was best to connect with Yuan Chonghuan and tell him in detail about the situation outside.

Just as they were about to leave, they happened to meet Fang Yichen, who was going to Jinzhou to inquire about the situation, so they came to this Daxingbao.

When Sun Yueling heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "What is the situation of the troops left by Houjin to besiege Jinzhou now?" ”

Qi Liao said: "According to our knowledge, Huang Taiji took most of the horses in the Eight Banners, at least 60,000, and the Houjin troops who stayed in Jinzhou should be about 20,000, mainly inlaid with red flags and yellow flags, and the generals who led the army should be Yue Tuo and Haoge." ”

"It's Yue Tuo again." Yan Nantian couldn't help but interject and said, "I let this guy escape in Tashan last time, and I must not let him go this time." ”

Zhang Zhiqi said with a smile: "It seems that Huang Taiji is very relieved of them, the eight major Baylors have been taken away, and only a few young juniors are left here, and he really doesn't take Zhao Shujiao seriously." ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "A wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there must be a mistake." Huang Taiji is also a human being, why can't he make mistakes? Besides, this can't be regarded as a mistake, after all, the 20,000 people left behind are also the elite of the Eight Banners, and there are Yue Tuo and Haoge two Baylors in charge, and Zhao Shujiao of Jinzhou has held on for many days, and the city sergeants are probably already exhausted, so Huang Taiji is relieved to keep them here. ”

After a pause, there was a way, "There is another important reason, that is, Huang Taiji thought that we had retreated to Ningyuan, so he dared to hand over the besieging Jinzhou army to Yue Tuo and Haoge." But how could he have expected that our army did not retreat, but lurked on his belly? ”

Zhang Zhiqi said: "From this point of view, as long as our army consults with Zhao Shujiao properly and cooperates with the battle, then it should not be a problem to repel the enemy under Jinzhou City." ”

Yan Nantian added: "Yes, and we have to move quickly, we must fight quickly and not delay." Otherwise, if Huang Taiji returns to Jinzhou, we will fall short. ”

Sun Yueling frowned, and asked Zhang Zhiqi, "Zhang Dudu thinks that we still can't beat Houjin?" Because he noticed that Zhang Zhiqi was talking about repelling the enemy, not defeating him, a word difference, but there was a world of difference.

Zhang Zhiqi nodded and said: "Yes, my lord also said just now, the Ming army in Jinzhou is already a tired army, if they want to go out of the city to harass the enemy, it should not be a problem, but if they want to launch a frontal attack on the enemy, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to do it."

Also, although our army can be used as a surprise soldier, but after all, the number of people is too small, only in the number of 4,000, if Yue Tuo and Hao Ge are ruthless with us, the number of victories and defeats is really unpredictable......

However, if the enemy finds that an army is suddenly coming from the belly, he will be alarmed, and in a panic it is very likely that he will withdraw from the battlefield, so I say that it is possible for us to repel the enemy rather than to crush him. ”

Sun Yueling sighed: "Is there any way to repel the enemy and turn it into defeating the enemy?" Feel free to speak! ”

Qi Liao suddenly smiled and said, "My lord, don't you know that Yue Tuo is a stubborn person, and Hao Ge is a person with a weak personality?" Perhaps, we can do something about this, we don't know! ”

Sun Yueling was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "What is the plan of the fourth brother, tell it quickly and let everyone hear it!" ”