Chapter 22: The Rogue's Spies

Wei is still quite quick in doing things, and has a vigorous and resolute personality that Cao Yue admires.

After the two discussed countermeasures that night, Wei Daben acted overnight, not only sending people to rely on the state capitals below to be on strict alert, but also to mobilize the people into the city. Moreover, he arranged all the public officials of Datong Mansion as quickly as possible, braved the severe cold to go out of the city, and mobilized the people nearby to take shelter in the city.

In just one day, Wei Daben mobilized all the people near Datong to Datong City. Such speed and efficiency, no one expected, and so did Cao Yue. Although he made such an arrangement, he did not have much hope. After all, the weather is cold, transportation and communication are very inconvenient, everything depends on the mobilization notice, and it is already a miracle to be able to complete this important task within ten days.

He only hoped that some people would be spared from the poisonous hands of Jiannu because of this, which would be considered comfort.

Unexpectedly, in one day, nearly 100,000 people in the nearby area flocked to Datong City. Of course, Cao Yue did not understand the horror of the people of this era against Jiannu, as soon as he heard that Jiannu was coming, the people did not need to mobilize, they would flee to the big city, in order to seek the protection of the fortified city and the army. Wei Daben's efficiency was very high, and after a night and a day, the news spread to most of the villages and towns near Datong, and the people who heard the news of Jiannu's call threw down all unnecessary things and fled with their mouths.

What is ridiculous is that when nearly 100,000 people dragged their families and brought their families with their mouths, carrying food and valuables, and noisily poured into Datong City, Cao Yue once thought that Jiannu had beaten Datong City, and the people fled to come.

It wasn't until Wei Daben sent someone to report the situation to him that he knew the reason, and immediately sent people out of the city to protect the people into the city.

The Ming army actually went out of the city to protect them and help them transport things, which made many people feel quite incredible.

Nowadays, the Ming officials and soldiers are more like bandits than the rogues, they often rob the people's food and property, and rape women. In the eyes of many people, the rogues led by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are much better than the official army, so many people in Henan, Shaanxi, and even Shanxi secretly welcome the arrival of the rogues. But I didn't expect that the Datong New Army led by Cao Yue had such military discipline, and did not commit any offense against the people, and also went out of the city to protect and help them, which made the people feel incredible.

What is even more incredible is that there are several special personnel who have entered the city among the people. These personnel are the subordinates of Li Yan, a general under the command of King Li Zicheng. Li Yan planned to command the army to attack Datong after the year, so he sent some capable men to infiltrate Datong to reconnoiter the situation. Unexpectedly, before he arrived in Datong, he heard the news that the Jiannu army was attacking Datong in the ice and snow.

These people are struggling with how to infiltrate Datong City, because after Cao Yue conquered Datong, he not only strengthened Datong City, but also implemented a relatively strict curfew-like system for Datong, searching for and tracking down those suspicious characters. When Jiannu and Liukou attacked the city, there were often inner cities in the city that should open the city gates, so that Jiannu or Liukou soldiers could break through the city bloodlessly, Cao Yue did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he took full precautions.

In this case, these "rogues" who want to lurk in Datong City can't help but be scared, for fear of being planted in Cao Yue's hands.

When Jiannu attacked, the government mobilized the people to take refuge in the city, which gave these people a very good opportunity to enter the city, and they mixed with the people and entered the city in batches. In the past period of time, they have heard and seen too many officials and soldiers robbing the people like bandits and doing evil, and most of them have rebelled precisely because they have been oppressed by the government too much and cannot survive. But this time, they saw a different situation than before, and they were all very surprised. How did the town army of Datong become like this now?

They were suspicious and eager to know more about the Datong Town Army.

After these people took advantage of the chaos in Datong City to enter the city, they finally met at an inn called "Fu Kelai".

"Red girl, Datong City is very different from before, and the town army in Datong is also very different from before," In a large room closest to the second floor of the Fulai Inn, a small leader of the Liukou who entered the city a few days ago and learned a little about the situation in Datong City is reporting the situation to their leader, "According to the reconnaissance of his subordinates in the past few days, after this person named Cao Yue came to Datong as the chief soldier, the appearance of the Datong town army has changed a lot. This Datong New Army is strictly disciplined and has committed no offences against the people, which can be said to be very different from the Ming army we have dealt with in the past. ”

"Oh?!" The leader of the rogue known as the Red Girl, blinked his beautiful big eyes, frowned slightly, and motioned to the respectful subordinate in front of him to continue to report the situation, "Xiao Qi, you tell me in detail about the situation that you have investigated during this time. ”

This person named Xiao Qi was in Datong, and after his father died for some reason, he was displaced, and finally joined Li Zicheng's peasant army. This time Li Yan was preparing to attack Datong, and because Xiao Qi had grown up in Datong since he was a child, he was sent to Datong by his boss early to investigate the situation and respond to the follow-up personnel. Today, after knowing that the follow-up personnel had entered the city, he also brought two companions to meet him immediately and reported the situation found during this time.

"Yes, Red Girl," Xiao Qi nodded in agreement, "I heard that Jiannu was coming, and Cao Yue also asked the prefect of Datong to move all the people outside the city into the city and implement a strong wall to clear the wilderness of Jiannu." He was fully prepared to defeat Jiannu. The subordinates also found out that this Cao Yue is very young, only in his early twenties, and is the youngest son of the fierce general Cao Wenzhao. The Battle of Songshan was relieved because of him, otherwise the official army would have been defeated by Jiannu!"

"Oh?!, is there such a thing?" The beautiful woman known as the Red Girl, after hearing this, couldn't help but show surprise and asked, "Xiao Qi, tell me about this matter in detail!"

"The subordinates heard that when the battle of Songshan was fierce, Wang Pu, Wu Sangui, and Tang Tong abandoned the army and fled, but Cao Yue and his cousin Cao Bianjiao held their positions and waited for the opportunity to counterattack the camp of Jiannu, and almost took the camp of the slave chieftain Huang Taiji. Later, Cao Yue led more than 1,000 people to take advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement, and took advantage of the opportunity of Jiannu to attack Songshan with national strength, led more than 1,000 people to attack Shengjing and succeeded, and also found the jade seal of the country that had been missing for hundreds of years. After Cao Yue broke through Shengjing, he destroyed the entire Shengjing City and captured Prince Li of Jiannu back to Beijing. After the slave chief Emperor Taiji learned about this, he was angry to death. It was precisely because of such a great achievement that Cao Yue was promoted by Chongzhen to the general army of Datong. ”

"How could such a thing happen?" The red girl's originally big eyes widened more and more, because of the inconvenience of news transmission, such a big event did not reach the rebel army, whether it was Li Zicheng or Li Yan, they didn't know that the process of the Battle of Songshan was like this.

Shengjing was destroyed and Huang Taiji died of anger, they didn't know anything about it. Although Emperor Chongzhen told the world the news of Songshan's victory, there was no way to deliver the news to the places occupied by the peasant army, even if they were still controlled by the imperial court, in remote places, they still didn't know about these things, and even whether the Battle of Songshan happened or not, and what Songshan was, many people didn't know.

Xiao Qi continued to talk endlessly about the situation he had found out to the red girl. The red girl is beautiful, any man will be in love when he sees it, and he can report the situation in person, Xiao Qi is very excited, the male hormone secretion is very strong, and there is no pause in speaking. He wanted to use what he said to attract the attention of the red girl, so that he could have a chance to stay face to face with the red girl for a longer time.

After listening to what Xiao Qi said, there was a hint of seclusion on the beautiful face of the red girl, and after she waved away Xiao Qi, she was silent alone for a long time, and finally sighed faintly: "If this is really the case, it means that this Cao Yue is not simple, and it will not be easy for us to break through Datong." We must report this situation to the public as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!"