The sky hung low like a gray fog curtain, and some cold debris fell on Li Yan's face. [ ] An eagle from afar, as if with anger, anger at the heavy sky, struck its wings diagonally from the sky, almost touching the earth on the other side of the ditch, and fluttered its wings and made a violent sound. The huge wings were amazing, and Li Yan almost saw the white feathers between its two ribs.

It was a hazy morning, the weather was not very good, Li Yan got up early, stood on the steps of the front yard, looked at the gloomy sky, and thought about something. The courtyard where Li Yan is located is a very quiet small courtyard, which was also specially arranged by Zu Dashou, originally Zu Dashou wanted to invite Li Yan to live in the General Military Mansion, but Li Yan casually found an excuse to refuse.

Li Yan moved his body, took a sword from the hand of the attendant on the side, pinched a sword trick with his left hand, and began to dance.

Li Yan is only practicing ordinary swordsmanship, not for the killing skills of the battle array, so it is also a tiger and a tiger, it is very good-looking, and he has been practicing for about two quarters of an hour, and Li Yan, who is sweating finely, stood up straight, made a sword trick to collect the sword, handed the sword to the attendant on the side, and took the towel from his hand to wipe his face, and was about to walk to the inner hall.

"Report!"

A shout called Li Yan's footsteps back, Li Yan turned his head, looked behind, and saw a personal soldier standing at the foot of the steps and reporting loudly: "Inspector Qi, there is no urgent military situation to report to you at night when you go out of the city to investigate!" ”

"Oh!"

Li Yan's expression moved: "Let him in!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, two dusty, tired looking Ye Bushu hurriedly walked in, and when they saw Li Yan, they hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Inspector Qiqi, I waited until yesterday evening in Fangshan, two hundred miles away, to find that there was a Tartar Blue Banner Qiqi coming to Jinzhou, the number is about five thousand, and the banner headed by is the thief chief Haoge!" ”

"Hauge?"

Li Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and blurted out: "Emperor Tartar, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Prince Su Haoge?" ”

"Reply to the Inspector. It's this fang! ”

"Hauge? What did he only do with 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jinzhou? Is it to probe our reality or not? ”

Li Yan turned around twice in front of the hall with his back on his back, muttered in his mouth, and then asked the two Ye Bushu: "Behind that army of soldiers and horses, have you found any traces of other Qing soldiers?" ”

"Nope!"

The two of them shook their heads and said, "When I found the Tartar, it was almost dusk, and it looked like the Tartar had been on the road for several days, and they were camping in Fangshan, and it was getting late. We did not go deep behind the enemy. ”

Li Yan nodded lightly, "Well, the official knows, come here, give this team a credit for not collecting at night, and reward it until this battle is over!" ”

Because the risk of not collecting at night is too great, if it is said that being a soldier is to pin your head to the waistband of your trousers, if you don't collect it at night, it is dancing on the tip of a knife, so as long as you don't collect it at night, you can come back alive every time you go out on a mission. And if there is a gain, the manager will give them a big reward.

"Thank you!"

The two of them bowed down and thanked Li Yan before retreating.

Li Yan ignored the night that had withdrawn from the front hall, but continued to stand in front of the hall and ponder, he knew that the news that he had led an army of 20,000 to rush to the aid of Liaodong must have flown to Huang Taiji's bookcase. After all, the two armies have been fighting for so many years, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty does not have too many spies lurking in Jinzhou.

But if according to the arrogant temper of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the army would have been pressed a long time ago, how could they only send such a small number of soldiers and horses to Jinzhou, are they just here to test the reality of Jinzhou? It shouldn't be!

In fact, this is Li Yan underestimated the deterrence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the new dynasty of Dahua, with Julu, North Korea and the battles of Pang Gang and the king of Qin a few years ago, Pang Gang has already made his own name, and now his name cannot be said to make the Manchu children stop crying, but the power of making the Manchus shiver together is still there. …,

Li Yan thought for a long time. still felt that there were some problems that were not clear, so he ordered someone to call his younger brother Li Nian.

Li Nian is only twenty-four or five years old this year, and he did not follow Li Yan to join Li Zicheng's rebellion a few years ago, but lived in seclusion in the mountain village until Li Yan changed his new boss. After joining Dahua, he ran out of the mountains and followed Li Yan to join the army.

It stands to reason that Li Yan, as a dignified secretary of the military department, has no problem at all in arranging his younger brother to a higher position, and I believe that the generals in the army will also give Li Yan this face.

But at this time, Li Yan was already from time to time when he first joined Liukou a few years ago, and he had experienced so many things in his life. He became more and more cautious, he knew that his qualifications in Dahua were too shallow, and he was born as a general, and he was awarded the post of secretary of the military department with the emperor's favor, but if he used the power in his hands to find a good position for his younger brother, it would be very troublesome in the future once he was turned over by the imperial history of Yanguan.

So, Li Yan just let Li Nian serve as a small hundred generals under his command, and he was in charge of a hundred cavalry, believing that arranging such a small official position for his younger brother, no matter who wanted to provoke, he couldn't say a word.

Soon, a young man in his twenties, medium stature, with a Chinese face, and a heroic young man strode up to Li Yan, raised his hand and called respectfully: "Big brother, what do you have to call your little brother to come over?" ”

Li Yan glanced at his own brother and said with a smile: "Second brother, you followed your eldest brother to Liaodong, but you only became a hundred presidents, do you feel wronged?" ”

Li Nian smiled heartily: "Big brother, you are too much to promote the younger brother, the younger brother entered the army, and became the president of the hundred before he made an inch, which is already very out of line, if he is awarded a higher official position, it will cause gossip." Your Majesty also taught us that the eldest husband's fame should be taken from the straight, don't ask for it in the song, how can the younger brother forget it! ”

"Okay, it is worthy of being a descendant of my Li family."

Li Yan praised a sentence and then said: "Second brother, for my brother to call you here this time is to give you a task, do not receive and send news at night, yesterday evening they found in Fangshan Mountain, two hundred miles away, by the Manchu prince Su Prince Haoge led by the cavalry of the five thousand blue banner, they are coming to Jinzhou, your task is to lead the headquarters of the soldiers and horses to find out their intentions, and then quickly come to report, understand?" ”

When Li Nian heard this, he said without hesitation: "Don't worry, big brother, little brother will definitely live up to his mission!" ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news again!"

Li Yan patted him on the shoulder and instructed again: "Okay, then you can go, remember, don't be entangled with the Tartar, if you find that there are other brigades of people behind the Tartar, don't entangle, return quickly." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as Li Nian arched his hand, he immediately turned around and walked out of the front yard, and the sound of horses' hooves soon sounded faintly in front of him

Just when Li Yan continued to send out people to investigate the news, on the wharf of Shenmi Island, which was thousands of miles away from Jinzhou, a huge fleet crowded the already small wharf of Phi Dao, and the mast that covered the sky and the sun crowded people's sights.

Tu Hai, who has now become the commander of the Dahua Naval Division, is standing on the dock, looking at the dense ships on the dock, and a sense of pride swells up in his chest.

Now the sailors under his command are more than a little bigger than the Qingzhou sailors that were just established a few years ago, and today's Dahua sailors have become a huge sea force with four fleets, more than 40 big treasure ships, more than 100 Spanish galleons, more than 400 Dafu ships and more than 500 fast armored cruisers, and His Majesty also personally ordered the sailors to be renamed Dahua Navy.

The rapid establishment of such a huge navy mainly depends on Pang Gang's golden finger and the vigorous investment in the navy over the years to form such a large-scale naval division in a few years. Otherwise, if it is developed step by step and slowly, it is impossible to set up such a large-scale sailor without thirty or fifty years of investment regardless of cost. …,

Tu Hai looked at the dense masts on the dock, and nodded secretly in his heart, the fleet stationed on Phi Island is only the first fleet of the Dahua Navy, it has ten big treasure ships, twenty-five Spanish galleons, one hundred big fortune ships and nearly two hundred fast cruisers, which is almost invincible in the territory of Korea and the Sea of Japan.

Now, the task of this fleet is to prepare to put two legions on Phi Dao and nearly 50,000 horses ready to be put on the land of Liaodong.

However, in this operation, Tu Hai's navy is only a supporting role, which is also where Tu Hai is not satisfied.

"Commander Tu, why are you alone here in a daze?"

A voice sounded behind Tu Hai, and Tu Hai didn't need to look back to know that it was the voice of Wang Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the 50,000 army. For Wang Zhi, Tu Hai is still more admired, one of the first old men to follow His Majesty, and also the most courageous and resourceful general, one of the most valued generals by His Majesty so far, now only thirty years old, he is already a general commanding tens of thousands of troops, and the future is limitless.

Tu Hai turned his head to look at Wang Zhilang and said with a smile: "It turned out to be General Wang, why did you have time to come over to inspect the dock today, didn't you never come to the dock if you had nothing to do?" ”

Wang Zhi glared at Tu Hai fiercely, and said hatefully: "Okay, you old Tu, if you don't make fun of me every day, you won't be comfortable, right?" ”

Tu Hai laughed, stepped forward and patted Wang Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Lao Wang, don't mind if you're kidding, you didn't come here today to chat with Lao Tu, right?" ”

Wang Zhi said angrily: "Of course not, I came to tell you that the day of the military dispatch to Liaodong is imminent, your navy must be prepared, and don't drop the chain for me when the time comes." ”

Tu Hai slapped his chest loudly: "Don't worry, I promise that I won't delay your big event." ”

Wang Zhi nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, as long as this battle is fought, there is no need to worry about Liaodong in the future" (. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )