readx; When there were only Zhu Youzhen and Yuan Keli Junchen left in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Youzhen immediately asked eagerly: "But what news does Liu Xingzuo have?" ”

"Exactly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Yuan Keli solemnly presented a note, and when Zhu Youzhen opened it, he saw that the handwriting on it was very sloppy, and the content was roughly three points.

First, the "Dajin Kingdom" is preparing to change the name of the country to "Daqing" recently, and Tiancong Khan Emperor Taiji will officially be called the emperor, set the capital of Shenyang, and change the name of Shenyang to "Fengtian"; The name of the year was "Chongde", and the name of the clan was changed from "'Nu' Zhen" to "Manchuria".

The second is that Huang Taiji has already assembled the 'Nu' Zhen Eight Banners, that is, the Manchurian Eight Banners, as well as the 'Mongolian' Ancient Eight Banners in Shenyang, preparing to march on the 'Mongolian' ancient grassland again and completely wipe out the remnants of Lin Dan Khan's forces.

The third is that Huang Taiji 'wants' to pardon Liu Aita (that is, Liu Xingzuo) for the crime of defection, provided that Liu Aita wants to provide him with all kinds of information about the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked him for details, and Yuan Keli told the origin of this note one by one.

It turned out that since Zhu Youzhen issued a secret decree to Liu Xingzuo last time, Liu Xingzuo was ostensibly placed under house arrest in a mansion in Beijing. But when Liu Xingzuo escaped from Jinzhou, he also brought out dozens of his subordinates, all of whom were dead soldiers loyal to him. Liu Xingzuo chose one of his most trusted people, this person is called Liu Zhida, who is not only his nephew, but also the captain of his personal soldiers.

In order to make this play look more real, Liu Xingzuo didn't even 'hand' Liu Zhida to the truth, only said that after he defected to Daming, not only was he not reused, but he was suspected of surveillance, and now he regrets it greatly, and has the intention of returning to the Eight Banners. But one is afraid that he has sinned too deeply, and going back directly is equivalent to death; The second is that he has not made an inch, and he is embarrassed to go back like this.

Liu Zhida really believed in Liu Xingzuo's performance. Although he is a Han Chinese, he has been defecting to the enemy for many years, and he has long lost any national righteousness, Liu Xingzuo is Nurhachi's slave, he is not qualified, so he is Liu Xingzuo's slave, and he will follow what Liu Xingzuo does. At this time, when Liu Xingzuo said this, Liu Zhida was also angry and asked the master what his plans were.

Liu Xingzuo took out the letter to Huang Taiji that he had seized from the White Lotus Sect, as well as the modified defense map of the Jingshi City, and did not say where the things came from, but only said to Liu Zhida that the White Lotus Sect also 'wanted' to cooperate with Huang Taiji, but there was no 'door' way. This is just an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, if he can help the two sides connect the line, it will definitely be of great benefit to Huang Taiji's southern invasion, and Huang Taiji may allow him to return to Liaodong.

Liu Zhida followed Liu Xingzuo's instructions, carried a secret letter and a city defense map, slipped out of the mansion after disguise, and soon left Beijing. In fact, Jin Yiwei had already strictly controlled Liu Xingzuo and all his subordinates, and Liu Zhida was deliberately let go.

After Liu Zhida left Beijing, he went all the way to the north, crossed the Yanshan Mountain and entered the 'Mongolian' ancient grassland, and then arrived in Shenyang. He has lived here for many years, and he is familiar with braids, and he also knows some 'friendship' in the past, so he was soon able to meet Huang Taiji and present secret letters and city defense maps.

Of course, Huang Taiji will not easily believe Liu Xingzuo, and Liu Xingzuo can be said to be both a traitor and an enemy who killed his father.

Helplessly, Liu Zhida thought that Liu Xingzuo really wanted to surrender, so no matter how much he fought, he would never admit that he surrendered by fraud. And Huang Taiji was also overjoyed after reading the secret letter, he knew that the 'female' true clan was only a few hundred thousand people, and the population of the Ming Dynasty was more than a hundred times more than that of the 'female', and if you want to swallow such a huge country, it is absolutely impossible to fight only by the Eight Banners, and you must rely on the Han 'traitor'.

In fact, since the reign of Nurhachi, the Later Jin has attached great importance to the role of Han 'traitor'. Like Li Yongfang, Tong Yangzhen, Fan Wencheng and others, although they are still slaves in terms of identity, they spared no effort in the Southern Invasion War and made many military exploits, and Nurhachi was also happy to give them some sweetness to taste, just like throwing a dog a bone, the purpose was to make them more desperate to serve themselves.

Huang Taiji basically inherited Nurhachi's policy, and still relied on the use of Han 'traitors' to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and also called it "using China to control China". Now there is a big man 'traitor' "Zhu Yunwen" who sent him to the 'door', not only sent extremely valuable military information, but also has hundreds of thousands of sect members under him, and Huang Taiji certainly wants to make full use of it.

But Huang Taiji's 'insidious' cunning is especially above Nurhachi, how can he easily believe Liu Zhida's one-sided words. He first imprisoned Liu Zhida, and then let his spy network verify the information provided by Liu Aita one by one. This time is not short, but fortunately, the results of the verification show that the deployment of the Ming army is exactly the same as that of the secret letter.

At this time, Huang Taiji finally relieved his heart, released Liu Zhida, comforted him gently, and asked him to return to Liu Aita immediately. Liu Zhida originally wanted to stay in Shenyang, but Huang Taiji only wanted to get more information from Liu Aita, who would care about the life or death of such a dog, forcing him to leave immediately. Liu Zhida had no choice but to come back, and just returned to Liu Xingzuo's house the night before yesterday.

"So, this note was written by Liu Zhida?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Not really." Yuan Keli said solemnly, "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the minister also arranged several servants around Liu Xingzuo, and even Liu Xingzuo didn't know about it. The night before, Liu Xingzuo and Liu Zhida had a long talk all night, and one of the minister's subordinates eavesdropped outside, secretly wrote down what he heard, and then found an opportunity to go out of the house and 'hand' the note to the minister. ”

"Hmm...," Zhu Youzhen said in a deep voice, "The first message that Liu Zhida brought back should be reliable. It is a matter of time before the ambition of the wolf son is built, and it is a matter of time before he becomes the emperor. Although hateful, it does not pose a real threat to the Ming Dynasty. This is the second one..."

Yuan Keli hurriedly said: "The minister thinks this is important news. After the last crushing defeat, Lin Dan Khan had retreated to the north of the Hetao, that is, the homeland of the Ordos Ministry. Since the Tartars pursued the Chahar tribe in a big way, they had to go west for more than 2,000 miles, and their own consumption was very large. Regardless of the victory or defeat, I am afraid that there will be no strength left to invade the south again in a short time. The imperial court could just use this time to complete all the projects in Jingshi, Shanhaiguan and other places. After that, the Tartar will come back and will be able to deal with it calmly. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened and said, "Lord Shangshu is reasonable. Now that Liu Zhida is back, this line can't be broken, you can think of a way to let Liu Xingzuo provide Huang Taiji with some more information, even if it's true information, it doesn't matter. Even if Huang Taiji is not easily deceived, as long as he can slow down the pace of his southern invasion, Liu Xingzuo will be a great achievement. ”

After Yuan Keli retired, Zhu Youzhen took the note and read it dozens of times, and the initial joy was gradually replaced by hesitation and uneasiness. Did Huang Taiji really go to fight Lin Dan Khan? Although the cavalry came and went like the wind in the grassland, it seemed that the distance was too far for a round trip of 5,000 miles...

Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in his mind, and he suddenly remembered: Liu Zhida set off from Liaodong half a month ago, if Huang Taiji had already raised troops...

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly turned out the map of the frontier, drew a straight line between Shenyang and Bao Ketu with his hand, his eyes moved slowly along the straight line, and suddenly exclaimed: "Not good!" ”...