The young man gently knocked on the small black lacquer door, and after a while, an old man with a bent waist opened the door, and when he saw the young man outside, the dissatisfaction on his face immediately disappeared without a trace, and the old face with the dried orange peel showed a smile, and said with flattery: "Little Brother Ji, are you back?" ”

The young man smiled: "I'm back, I went out to watch the excitement for a while just now, aren't you hungry?" Only then did I think about it, I haven't eaten breakfast yet......"

"Then you have to eat it quickly, or shall I go to the kitchen and say something?" The old man hurriedly said.

Although I don't know what the origin of this little brother surnamed Ji is, but since he came back with the master, and he has to be valued by the master, then he must be a big man with a background, and he can't say that he is still the son and nephew of the master's family, who came here to practice. People like the old porter who have experienced the world for decades are naturally human spirits, and every time they see a young person, they are on the pole and stuttering.

"No need, I'm sorry for you!" Brother Ji smiled and waved his hand: "I'll go to the kitchen and just say a word." ”

Looking at the back of the young man in the distance, the old man clicked his lips and sighed: "Sensible and polite, such an outstanding young man is rare." ”

After a trip to the kitchen and told them to make a few dishes and send them to his yard, the young man walked leisurely towards his residence, his residence was an independent courtyard, but the defense was extremely strict, all the way through, on the roadside, behind the stones, in the bushes, and even on a decorative stone boat in the pond, a man in black would be revealed from time to time, holding a small crossbow arrow in his hand, and when he saw that it was him, he retracted as if it had never appeared.

It is conceivable that if someone enters this place without permission, it will turn into a sieve after not taking a few steps.

When the young man entered the courtyard, the slowness on his face disappeared immediately, and he quickened his pace and walked into the side of the courtyard. A pergola was built there to protect it from the rain and wind, and at this time, dozens of cages were placed underneath, and inside each cage. There is a pigeon that is either grey or white. These pigeons are shiny and fat, and they are obviously well served.

"Little darlings, I've come to see you!" The young man walked over with a smile on his face, and grabbed a number of ground grain grains from the box next to him, and sprinkled them one by one into the pigeon's trough.

While the pigeons are eating. He went back to the study, and when he came out again, he was already holding three small inconspicuous bamboo tubes in his hands, which were only the size of a knuckle, and he didn't know what was brushed outside, and they were dusty. The young man came out of the cage with three grey pigeons, and if you look closely, you will find it. The inside of the paws of these pigeons has a small ring, and the young man puts the bamboo tubes in his hand one by one.

Gray bamboo tubes. The gray pigeon, even if you look closely, if you don't open the pigeon's fur, you won't notice the secret of the pigeon.

The young man muttered: "Baby, the Jurchen has sent troops and is going to fight us, you have to fight for it, bring the news back for your old man, do a good job." We have a face in front of the uncle, you and I also have a face, and when the time comes, the uncle will reward you with silver money and give you candied fruit! ”

When the pigeon heard what he said, it seemed to be human, and cooed several times.

The young man laughed: "Go! ”

Let's talk about it. It is to untie their legs.

Three gray carrier pigeons rose into the air and circled in the air, just thinking about the southwest direction. In an instant, they melted into the sky, and even those with excellent eyesight could not find their traces. …,

This young man known as Brother Ji is none other than Shulhachi.

After the battle of Yehecheng, Wu Yi's army divided into two routes, Yang Kai led Yang Husheng Xia Zikai army to Baiying Gorge, stayed there for three days, and then continued to travel north with his caravan men until Tuluting Mountain, where the Jurchen Khan's court was located, and stayed here. On the surface, Yang Kai is still the Han giant, but in fact, he has become Lian Zining's eyes and ears.

When he came, the Jurchen Khan's court had not yet received news from the south, and Yang Kai was also quiet, because he claimed that he had come directly from the Mongolian side of Fufu Yuwei, so after the Jurchen Khan's court got the news, he did not have any suspicions.

Of course, Lian Zining will not be so relieved of Yang Kai, although Lian Zining mastering Yang Kai's heels is to seize his biggest handle, but everything must be careful. In order to ensure his loyalty, not only Yang Kai's family members were detained, but overnight, seventy percent of the guards in his caravan were replaced by the elite of Wu Yijun.

Leading these elites is Shulhachi.

His loyalty is not a problem, and he is also very clever, so to speak, slick and competent.

The reason for those three days in White Eagle Gorge is because of Shulhach - during the three days of his stay in White Eagle Gorge, Shulhach established a pigeon station there.

Shulhachi is not as burly and strong as the Jurchens, but he is the best hunter in the entire Ilgen Jueluo tribe, because of his strong ability to tame animals, leopards and tigers are as well-behaved as cats under his domestication, and the fierce and violent Haidongqing is docile as a chicken. In fact, because the dynasties of the Central Plains have never lacked the existence of those sons and sons who set up eagles and lackeys, so the tamed birds of prey such as Haidongqing in the Northeast have a very good reputation and priceless sales in the Central Plains since the Sui and Tang dynasties, and what follows is an extremely high price. Therefore, the larger Jurchen tribes have this kind of inheritance of taming animals and birds, and Shuerhachi is the best one of the Ilgen Jueluo tribes for more than a hundred years.

When Lian Zining was hunting, he released Hai Dongqing to capture the first goose for Lian Zining, and was rewarded with a lot of silver, even Hai Dongqing could be tamed, not to mention the carrier pigeon. As early as after the subduing of the Ilgen Jueluo Division, Lian Zining discovered Shulhachi's ability, and it is like a treasure at the moment - you know, carrier pigeons are definitely a very important part of the history of human communication, the ancient Romans released pigeons to celebrate and announce victory, the fishermen of ancient Egypt, every time they went out to sea to fish, they carried pigeons to transmit distress signals and fishing news, and even in an empire in the ancient Middle East, a carrier pigeon communication network was established between Baghdad and other imperial cities, forming a famous carrier pigeon post office.

Legend has it that when Chu and Han fought against each other, Liu Bang, who was chased by Xiang Yu and hid in the waste well, released a pigeon for help and was rescued. The history of such barnyard officials can not be trusted, but five generations later, Zhou Wang Renyu recorded in the "Kaiyuan Tianbao Legacy": "When Zhang Jiuling was a teenager, he raised a flock of pigeons, and every time he exchanged letters with his relatives, he only used the book to pigeon feet, and flew to cast it according to the place he taught. But the evidence is conclusive.

The carrier pigeon has a special role in the military, Zhang Qian, Ban Chao when the Western Regions, is the use of pigeons to transmit information. The results of the Battle of Waterloo were passed to Rotherhildes by carrier pigeons. Even during World War I and World War II, carrier pigeons were used for communication.

Therefore, for most of the year, Shulhachi's main task in Zhenyuan Mansion is to domesticate carrier pigeons, and with the help of Lian Zining's large amount of funds and manpower resources deployed at will, the results are also remarkable, and in more than half a year, fifty very good carrier pigeons have been trained. …,

In this expedition to the north, Lian Zining asked Shulhach to bring out thirty of them, in order to convey the message in a timely manner, and there are not even many, as long as there are a few that are so fatal, these carrier pigeons can be regarded as meritorious work.

In fact, carrier pigeons also have disadvantages, because the principle of using carrier pigeons to communicate is mainly because pigeons have a natural instinct to return to the nest, whether it is blocking thousands of mountains and rivers or lofty mountains, they have to return to their familiar and living places, so the use of carrier pigeons can only be used for fixed-point communication. For example, when Lian Zining's army was outside, he could only use carrier pigeons to send a message to Zhenyuan Mansion, but he could not receive a message from Zhenyuan Mansion.

But for this Lian Zining, these are enough.

And the reason why the pigeon station was established in Baiying Gorge was because of the distance, and the Jurchen Khan's court went thousands of miles to Zhenyuanfu? At this time, strictly speaking, the carrier pigeons belong to the medium and short-range carrier pigeons, and their flight distance is roughly about five or six hundred miles, so the carrier pigeons need to have a transit station and rest, so they naturally chose in the White Eagle Gorge. And for the news that came out of the Jurchen Khan's court, the most important and influential was not Zhenyuan Mansion, but Baiying Gorge.

The flight speed of carrier pigeons is about 200 miles per hour, and it is conceivable that after about three or four hours, the defenders of Baiying Gorge will receive the news that the Jurchens have sent troops to the south, so they will be fully prepared. And because the Jurchens did not attach importance to secrecy, Shulhachi wrote in great detail and clearly the distribution of the Jurchen army in his heart.

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September 18, the great city of Zhubang.

After determining that Amin's troops had fled into the territory of the general of Liaobei and had returned to the Wenjiang River, Lian Zining sent cavalry to inform Zhenyuan Mansion.

Xiong Tingbi, who stayed in Zhenyuanfu, was cautious, and waited for a day of cavalry to patrol around within a radius of 100 miles and did not find any trace of the enemy, and then sent 800 miles of expedited fast horses to the southwest along the Songhua River valley to report the news of Wu Yi's army's victory over the Jurchen Mongol coalition army.

The news of Qileniwei, Kaolang Wuwei, Kemuwei, and Wuzhi Zhiye Musuo spread rapidly in the territory under the jurisdiction of General Songhuajiang, and countless people cheered to celebrate the victory, which strengthened their confidence in the invincibility of the Wuyi army. Under the organization of local officials, the peasants around Xishenwei, who had been scattered in various places, also went back one after another -- this was the right time, and when they returned, the corn was ripe, just in time for the autumn harvest, and it was really the happiest thing for them who had been afraid for a year. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )