In front of my lord is the former site of the Geyang Station. ”

Sun Tietou said respectfully.

Thank you! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said casually.

After dealing with the affairs of Jinzhou, Zhang Zhun came out with the snipers around him. Liaodong is a brand-new battlefield for the Tiger Army, and Zhang Zhun needs to have a comprehensive understanding of this battlefield. The best way to know is, of course, to go out and do a field trip.

There are too many mistakes in this year's map, and some map signs and the actual terrain do not match the number at all. If you don't look at it and get killed by the map, you don't know what happened. In particular, the map drawn by the Ming army is too credible.

Starting from Jinzhou City, Zhang Zhun has been wandering in the wilderness of Liaodong for two days. With such a sniper escort, Zhang Zhun has nothing to worry about for his safety. There is nothing to be afraid of even encountering a Tartar. At this time, the Tartars "definitely didn't dare to send a large army, God knows if it was the bait of the Tiger Army?" Sun Tietou, the guide, was familiar with the surrounding situation, and Zhang Zhun slowly rode forward, looking at everything in front of him with a little emotion. More than ten years ago, it was still a bustling post station. But after more than a decade, "there are only weeds taller than a man's head." Occasionally, a few ruins can be seen. They are hidden in high thatch, and if you don't look closely, you can't see it at all.

More than ten years ago, when Guangning City fell, Xiong Tingbi made a wrong decision here. This wrong decision brought death to himself and an irreparable impact on the situation in Liaodong. Zhang Zhun came here to remember Xiong Tingbi's past, and he also felt deep regret for his wrong decision.

Because of the discord between the two provinces, Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, commanded an army of 130,000, and Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, commanded only 10,000 troops, which finally brewed the tragedy of the loss of Guangning City. The city of Guangning was lost, and the Ming army was completely in a state of passive beating. In the following ten years, the situation has not changed, and the "strategic initiative of the Ming Kingdom" has been completely lost.

If Xiong Tingbi can exert his strength at Geyangyi, clean up the remaining Ming army, and launch an attack on the unstable Tartars to regain Guangning City, perhaps, the situation will not be so bad. It's a pity that Xiong Tingbi didn't. From this angle, Xiong Tingbi was beheaded, and he was not wronged. At that moment, he was obsessed with "putting his personal grievances above the interests of the country, and his reputation was ruined like this, which is indeed regrettable."

"Da Da Da!"

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was heard.

"Who?"

Almost at the same moment, someone shouted.

"Tatar Sentry Rider!"

Immediately after, a sharp voice came.

Tartar Sentry Rider!

The people around Zhang Zhun "suddenly became nervous.

The Tartar Sentinel was suddenly here, was it accidental, or did it come at Zhang Zhun?

"Kill them!"

Without thinking, Dugu Hunt screamed.

Whether the Tartar Sentinels arrived unintentionally, or specifically came for Zhang Zhun, "As long as you kill them all, you can effectively block the news."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Almost at the same time, the sound of the tiger's gunfire was heard.

"Adult" has a well condition! ”

Lu Yidian hurriedly came up.

"Calm down."

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

Judging by the sound of horses' hooves, he saw that the number of Tartar sentries was not large, certainly not more than ten. Less than ten Tartar sentry riders, facing hordes of Tiger Army snipers, what are they worried about? Zhang Zhuncai did not believe that the Tartars stationed in Guangning City dared to send a large army to attack Geyangyi. When he came to Geyangyi, it was a temporary intention, and even Wang Shide, Dugu Hunt and others didn't know before, how could the Tartars be able to raise a road?

Sure enough, after a series of gunshots, there was constantly the sound of people falling to the ground, as well as the neighing of war horses falling to the ground. Obviously, the Tartar sentry cavalry has been defeated by the snipers of the Tiger Army, who have been waiting for battle. In other words, the snipers around Zhang Zhun really didn't need too much effort to deal with the sporadic Tartar sentry horses.

Before coming to Liaodong, all snipers were equipped with the latest type of Tiger Ben.

This tiger cardia is produced with better quality, higher accuracy, and higher reliability. The most critical thing is that this Tiger Ben blunt is equipped with the first generation of the Tiger Army's sights. Although the magnification of the scope is only four times, it is "already a tiger with wings for snipers." After being equipped with a scope, it is a hundred shots to shoot targets within the range of Jinmi.

Sure enough, a moment later, the gunfire gradually fell silent. Liu Mang soon came to report that the sniper detachment had killed a total of five Tartar sentinels. At the same time, four unidentified men were rescued, who were being pursued by the Tartar Sentinels. Zhang Zhun judged that there were less than ten Tartar sentry riders, which actually included them. They were supposed to be six, but two of them were shot by the Tartar sentinels.

"Ask him to come over."

Zhang Zhun said casually.

Those who are pursued by the Tartar sentry are naturally the enemies of the Tartars. At this time, "as long as it is an enemy of the Tartars, Zhang Zhun is interested." Even if the two sides can't come together in the end, "at least they can get more information about the Tartars from them."

Soon, four men in furry leather clothes appeared in front of Zhang Zhun. In such a hot weather, they were actually wearing leather clothes, and there was not much sweat on their bodies, obviously they had already learned to carry. At first glance, I thought they were savages. Their bodies were "full of wounds." Their weapons are all sabers. It's a little weird, but it's not terribly weird.

Zhang Zhun glanced at each other up and down, and asked coldly: "Who are you, how did you turn over, here?" Why are the Tartars hunting you down? ”

Among the four people, the leader is a one-eyed young man. He was covered in multiple scars, and with a blind eye, he looked a little hideous. The one eye he had left, the one was still sharp. He stared at Zhang Zhun vigilantly, and said obviously a little exclusively: "Who are you?" Why is it here? ”

Wang Shide frowned and said, "We saved you, it stands to reason that you should announce your name first."

The one-eyed young man raised his head and said: "My name is Luo Guanyang, nicknamed One-Eyed Luo, and Luo has always been my father. ”

Wang Shide said with some surprise: "You are Luo Cheng's son?" ”

Luo has always been the general of the Ming army that year, responsible for guarding Xiping Fort, before the fall of Guangning City, unfortunately died in battle, in the Liaodong Army, the reputation is still very great. The Ming court has always commended and rewarded him to inspire other soldiers and Tartars to fight.

One-eyed Luo raised his head and said, "It's like a fake!" ”

Zhang Zhun asked curiously, "Are you really Luo Zheng's son?" ”

One-eyed Luo said a little unpleasantly: "I can't think of any benefit from pretending to be his son!" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

Also, there is really no benefit for this winter-like young man to pretend to be Luo Yi's son. This is the territory of the Tartars, and the Tartars don't have any good feelings towards Luo Consistent, "Knowing that he is Luo Consistent's descendant, it would be strange if he didn't send someone to chase and kill."

In terms of age, Luo has always been killed in the second year of the Apocalypse (1622 AD), fifteen years have passed since now, and when his father died in battle, Luo Guanyang should have been about ten years old, which is already a sensible age. Because of his father's death, he hated Tartar very much, and it was completely understandable.

Zhang Zhun asked curiously: "Since you are Zhongliang, why don't you serve in Jinzhou after that?" Seeing you do this, it seems like you're starting a gang on your own? You are not part of the Liaodong Army? ”

Luo Guanyang obviously had a look of disdain at the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "It's boring to stay in Jinzhou, it's better to come out and eat alone." ”

Zhang Zhun asked curiously, "Why?" ”

Luo Guanyang said disdainfully: "They don't dare to come out once in a few months, where is the opportunity to kill the Tartars?" Staying with those cowards who are afraid of death, I fear that I myself will become afraid of death. Bah! If you don't kill the Tartars, you might as well die! ”

Zhang Zhun said suspiciously: "There are only a few people around you, can you kill the Tartars?" ”

Luo Guanyang said proudly: "You, us! We only kill the Tartar sentry and the sentry and nothing else moves. In the past few years, more than 50 people have died in my hands. ”

When he spoke of this number, he raised his head proudly, and his eyes sparkled, as if this number was very remarkable. In fact, "for the Ming army in Liaodong, killing more than fifty Tartars is a great feat, however, to his disappointment, Zhang Zhun's reaction was just a slight nod, as if he didn't notice this number at all." Well, for the Tiger Army, fifty Tartars, it's really ...... That's the record of a squad.

Zhang Zhun looked at the surrounding terrain, and then looked at the far west, and said thoughtfully, "Are you hiding here, or are you hiding in the west?" ”

Luo Guanyang said: "West." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and stopped talking.

In fact, the terrain of western Liaoning is really complicated, and there are many hilly areas here. If you continue westward, you will reach the Mongol-controlled areas of Xingzhong (present-day Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province) and Beipiao (present-day Beipiao City, Liaoning Province), and there are more mountainous areas. In these mountainous areas with complex terrain, it is indeed too easy to hide a few people or even dozens of people.

The most important thing is that these places are said to belong to the control of the Mongols, but in fact, there are not many Mongols in those ravines and ravines. The Mongols are mainly herding, what do they do in the ravines? Hide in a deserted place, and the ghosts can't be found. I believe that the Tartars are not in such a mood either, playing hide and seek with them in the ravines.

Of course, it is very difficult to live in a deserted wilderness. The most difficult thing is the source of food. In this place in Liaodong, all kinds of materials are in short supply, and among them, the most scarce thing must be food. There are only a few people around Luo Guanyang, and it should be because food is not easy to find, so they can't develop and grow.

After a while, Zhang Zhun said expectantly: "Are there more people around you?" ”

Luo Guanyang shook his head and said, "No, they were all killed." Zhang Zhun's expression was a little gloomy.

Alas, the riding and archery of the Tartars is still relatively sharp, and it is indeed not easy for ordinary people to survive under the arrows of the Tartars. Luo Guanyang and the others were able to survive, probably mainly because they took advantage of the chaos of the battle between the two armies. Presumably, the Tartars thought they were the sentinels of the Ming army, and did not realize that they themselves were independent horse thieves. Otherwise, people would have been sent to kill them all.

Luo Guanyang glanced at Zhang Zhun enviously and then at the snipers beside Zhang Zhun, his eyes fell on their muskets, and he said curiously: "You are the new Jiliao Governor?" Or the governor of Liaodong? ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "It's nothing." ”

Luo Guanyang said strangely: "So, you are the chief military officer transferred from other places?" ”

Zhang Zhun still shook his head.

Luo Guanyang frowned and said, "Chief Deputy Tour, you should always be one of them?" ”

Zhang Zhun still shook his head.

Luo Guanyang was really interested, looked carefully at the soldiers of the Tiger Army, and carefully observed Wang Shide and Sun Tietou, and said slowly: "Don't say it yet, let me guess to see if my eyesight has deteriorated." You carry so many family weapons and are so good, obviously the lowest official position is also a garrison. However, in Liaodong, our garrison is basically shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and we don't have the courage to come out and wander at all. Those who have the courage to come out and carry out activities must at least be a guerrilla. ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Okay, my official position is indeed a little higher than that of guerrillas. ”

Luo Guanyang was greatly encouraged, his eyes lit up, and he said with great interest: "A little higher than the guerrilla, well, the chief deputy participant, and you said that you are not the chief deputy participant, you are a civilian?" No? You don't look like a clerical worker, do you? ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "I'm not a civilian. ”

Luo Guanyang thought for a long time, "his eyes kept flashing, showing his inner thoughts."

However, in the end, he still couldn't think of the reason, so he had to say helplessly: "Forget it, I admit defeat, I can't guess." You tell me. If you don't tell me, I'll have to ask Huang Degong another day. ”

Zhang Zhun said in surprise: "You have a connection with Huang Degong? ”

Luo Guanyang nodded, and said with a little sour indignation: "Sometimes the situation is critical, I will go to him to hide for a while and then get some supplies from him for the winter." His father is said to have had a little friendship with my father back then. It's a pity that he was not treated well in the Liaodong Army, and he didn't get much material. Alas, this northern winter is really not covered. Luckily it's summer, and if it's winter, you won't be able to see me here. ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "But this summer seems to be very hot. ”

Luo Guanyang nodded and said in a deep voice: "That's because this year is abnormal." I'm telling you, this summer is so hot, and in winter, it must be very cold. If you are a high-ranking official, it is best to prepare sufficient firewood and bedding in advance. Otherwise, once the cold winter comes, your troops may not be able to survive. It's not a joke. ”

Zhang Zhun said: "Okay! Thanks for the reminder! ”

Luo Guanyang said: "Thank you for saving me!" However, I have nothing to repay you but to say thank you! Hopefully next time I have the chance, I can save your life too! ”

Zhang Zhun said: "Don't go, let's continue to talk." ”

Luo Guanyang said a little curiously: "Don't you have anything serious to do?" Have time to chat? ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Serious business, it's done, it's time to chat." ”

Luo Guanyang said: "You haven't told me what your name is!" ”

Zhang Zhun said: "My name is Zhang Zhun. ”

Luo Guanyang obviously didn't know the name, and said casually: "What is your position?" Do you know Huang Degong? is nicknamed Huang Chuangzi. In Liaodong, there shouldn't be many people who don't know Huang Chuangzi. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said: "I know Huang Chuangzi, I am here to take over Liaodong, a few days ago, I met with Huang Degong, and together with his troops, I fought a battle. By the way, his troops are not in Songshan Fort now, but in Xingshan Fort, which is the original Xingshan Station, you should know? If you need to, you're going to find him at Xingshan Fort. ”

Luo Guanyang said a little strangely: "Xingshan Fort? There was Zu Dashou stationed. Zu Dashou is not very welcome to me, don't frame me. I don't have a good impression of Zu Dashou, he's a guy, he says one thing and does another, I think he will defect to the enemy sooner or later! ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Zu Dashou has already surrendered to the Tartars. ”

Luo Guanyang suddenly changed color, and scolded angrily: "Damn! I feel that this kid has a big problem when he escapes! He is indeed a traitor! ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Zu Dashou should be in Guangning now." ”

Luo Guanyang cursed fiercely twice, venting his inner anger. Suddenly, he remembered something again, looked at Zhang Zhun curiously, looked a little surprised, and said slowly: "By the way, you just said, you............ You're coming to take over Liaodong? Take over? What do you mean? ”

Zhang Zhun said casually: "Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to Gao Qiqian, Wu Aheng, and Qiu Yangmin to withdraw the troops to the interior and let my troops be stationed." ”

Luo Guanyang was stunned and said, "Huh? The Liaodong Army is going to withdraw? ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said quietly: "Yes, all withdraw!" ”

Luo Guanyang's face was full of astonishment, obviously he was too surprised by the news. After a long while, he came back to his senses and said hurriedly, "Wait! Your troops? What troops of yours? Are you Hong Chengchou? Lu Xiangsheng? Wrong, wrong, you are Zhang Zhun,... It's weird, I haven't heard your name. ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "I am a thief and an enemy of the imperial court, and they will not tell you their names." My troops are called the Tiger Army! ”

"Smack!"

"It's you!"

When Luo Guanyang heard the three words of Hu Benjun, he immediately became excited, and the horsewhip in his hand was whipped fiercely, beating the thatch next to him into the sky.

The amplitude of his movements was so large that he suddenly alarmed the snipers around him, and their guns suddenly turned around and aimed at Luo Guanyang and his accomplices. Sun Tietou next to him was even more nervous and walked over. As a result, Zhang Zhun waved his hand and told them that it was okay, and they were relieved.

Luo Guanyang shouted: "It's your troops who clean up Donghai Fort!" ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "That was a long time ago. ”

Luo Guanyang patted his head fiercely and said a little ashamed: "It's not good to think about it urgently" My news is not very well-informed. I'm used to being alone in the wild. Tartar is my enemy, and on the court side, except for Huang Degong, no one else has anything to do with me. I only went to see Huang once in a few months. He told me about your attack on Donghai Fort. Later, I also went to the East Sea Fort to see it myself, and found that all the Tartars had been removed, and the East Sea Fort was also deserted. That's what you did! ”

He suddenly stared at Zhang Zhun and said with a surprised face: "You say that you are the boss of the Tiger Army?" Sky! You're so young! ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said slowly, "Boss? Well, it's true that I'm the boss of the Tiger Army.

”

Luo Guanyang said in surprise: "You are really the boss of the Tiger Army!" ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "It's like a fake." ”

Luo Guanyang asked suspiciously, "Really? ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "What's the benefit of pretending to be an anti-thief leader?" ”

Luo Guanyang suddenly burst into laughter. This sentence "He said it to Zhang Zhun just now, and now that Zhang Zhun picked it up and looked back, he only had to laugh." After laughing for a moment, Luo Guanyang said with concern: "Zhang Zhun, you better go back as soon as possible!" Liaodong, a ghost place, "It's not easy for outsiders to intervene!" The imperial court wants you to come to Liaodong, is it preparing to pit you! ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Since I am here, I will not leave." ”

Luo Guanyang frowned and said: "Huang Taiji defeated you in Beizhili, you had better find another place to develop Huang Taiji and go back to Shenyang, he will definitely send troops to attack you again." Don't you still want to be bullied by Huang Taiji? ”

Wang Shide next to him couldn't help but interject and said, "Luo Guanyang, what did you say?" Huang Taiji defeated us in Beizhili? ”

Luo Guanyang nodded, and said slowly: "I heard the Mongolians say so. Huang Taiji entered the Kou this time, and the seizures were very rich. After coming back this time, the strength of the Tartars will definitely be even stronger. At this time, you really shouldn't have come to Liaodong, isn't that against the Tartars again? You didn't defeat the Tartars in Beizhili before, and you still want to defeat the Tartars in Liaodong? Impossible! ”

Wang Shide's eyes were wide and round, as if he was looking at a monster, he looked at the one-eyed Luo Guanyang, and said word by word: "Your news is from the Mongols?" ”

Luo Guanyang nodded and said, "That's right, the latest news from ten days ago." ”

Wang Shide couldn't help but shout: "It's so shameless! It's so shameless! This Huang Taiji is so shameless! He actually said that he defeated us! It's so shameless! It's so shameless! ”

Luo Guanyang glanced at the two of them in surprise, as if he was a little dazed and at a loss, as if he felt that he had said the wrong thing. After a while, he said apologetically and sympathetically: "Actually, there is no ...... in defeating under the hands of the Tartars."

Wang Shide couldn't help but say: "What's nothing? It's not that we were defeated, "It's Huang Taiji who was defeated by us!" We drove him away! He was in Beizhili, he didn't catch anything, and we killed tens of thousands of people! He dared to say that he defeated us! It's so shameless! ”

Luo Guanyang was stunned. The Tiger Army defeated the Tartars? Zhang Zhun defeated Huang Taiji? How is this possible? I said, "Are you okay with the reality?" After a long time, he said euphemistically: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, don't be so excited!" Good man, admit the reality! Get up from where you fell! Who has not been defeated by the Tartars in this Liaodong? Even if it is Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, and Yuan Chonghuan, in the hands of the Tartars, they will win more and lose less! ”

Wang Shide was so angry that he shouted: "Huang Taiji! Shameless! Huang Tai Chi! Shameless! ”

Luo Guanyang had no choice but to look at Zhang Zhun helplessly, "a little sympathetic, and a little apologetic, and said in a low voice: "He is yours...... Counselors? Defeated, stimulated? ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "This, I don't know, maybe it is." By the way, what else did you hear from Huang Taiji? ”

Luo Guanyang shook his head and said, "There seems to be nothing else." I don't know the Mongols very well. Those Mongolians are behaving a little strangely this year, as if they don't dare to speak, and I, an outsider, don't dare to talk nonsense. I used to mix well with a few Mongolians, but this year I don't seem to have much contact with.

Zhang Zhun asked with concern, "Is there any other news?" ”

Luo Guanyang thought about it seriously and said slowly, "It seems to be ............ All the Mongols, all of a sudden, became slammers. In the past, I used medicinal herbs to exchange food with them, and they were quite generous, and they could give me a sheep casually. No matter what I say this year, they're only going to give me a little bit of it. I raised dozens of catties of fine medicinal herbs, and only exchanged two sheep with them, which killed me. ”

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, and said in his heart that Zai Sangbu and this time he lost a lot of money, "I didn't catch anything, and I lost a lot of people and materials, and it would be strange that his tribe could still be generous." Although Huang Taiji can block news, reverse black and white, and stabilize people's hearts, the shortage of materials cannot be concealed. As time passed, both the Mongols and the Tartars became more scarce. The truth about the defeat of Beizhili will also be known by more people.

"What do you need to exchange? I'll swap with you! ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"That's fine! You can't fool me, though! ”

Luo Guanyang said briskly.

"Absolutely not to fool you!"

Zhang Zhun patted his chest and promised.

Only then did Luo Guanyang put his mind at ease.

Zhang Zhun was a little interested in this Luo Guanyang, and also wanted to have further contacts with him and learn more about Liaodong intelligence, so he said with a smile: "Is there a place here that you are familiar with?" It's better to have something to eat, I'm hungry, let's sit down and talk while eating. ”

Luo Guanyang said a little embarrassed: "It's really hard to find such a place, it's almost ruined by Tartars here, where is there anyone who opens a restaurant?" Even ordinary people don't have it. From Jinzhou to Quang Ninh, it is completely blank. ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Then ............ Shall we go to Dalinghe Fort? I'll treat you to dinner! ”

Luo Guanyang was a little surprised and said, "Da Linghe Fort? Isn't that the territory of the Tartars? If we go there to eat, won't we fall into the net? ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "It's my territory now."