There were no Korean officials in the hall, they were all members of the Ming Mission, Zhang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I just got a secret report from His Royal Highness Ayayang Jun, the Jianzhou Nu Chief sent an envoy to meet the King of Korea, and the conspiracy is unfavorable to my Ming Dynasty, how should we deal with it?" ”

The faces of all the people in the hall showed a look of anger, because of the North Korean export of iron and gunpowder to Jianzhou, Zhang Yuan severely condemned and threatened to return to China without canonization, Guanghaijun has promised to severely punish the officials who violated the ban, and also sent this generous gift, the Ming delegation from Zhen Zidan down, everyone thought that this small storm would pass like this, but now there are Jianzhou envoys to Seoul to meet with Guanghaijun, the seriousness of the situation is not comparable to the prohibited trade, and Guanghaijun is to meet with the slave chief envoy when the Ming canonization envoy arrives, This is contempt for the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to betraying the Ming Dynasty!

Zhen Zidan tracked down the Jianzhou spies in Beijing at the end of last year, and he was quite familiar with the intentions of the Jianzhou slave chieftain, and he was sent to North Korea to meet Zhang Yuan along the way to inspect the border preparations, analyze the troops of Liaodong and Jianzhou, and was deeply influenced by Zhang Yuan, and then said angrily: "The king of Korea is ungrateful, and he colludes with the old slave of Jianzhou under our noses, which is really too deceitful—Lord Zhang, we will return to China early tomorrow morning with an edict, hear about the emperor, and expose the crimes of the king of Korea."

Zhang Yuan said: "The canonization ceremony will definitely be canceled, but we still have to grasp the evidence, we want to arrest the Jianzhou envoy back to Beijing, this is our merit, and coming to North Korea is by no means a trip in vain." ”

Zhen Zidan was promoted from the hundred households of Jinyi Wei to the deputy thousand households, because he had made meritorious contributions in tracking down the Jurchen spies, and now when he heard that he could make meritorious contributions, he immediately became enthusiastic, bowed down and said: "Lord Zhang, please give an order, and obey your orders." The ten Jinyi Guard captains standing behind him also bowed down and waited together.

Zhang Yuan said: "There are ungrateful people in North Korea, but more of them are loyal and righteous people, His Royal Highness Ayayangjun will help us arrest those Jurchens, you are ready, and you will be on call in the hall tonight." ”

It was already the third watch, and everyone was sitting in the hall waiting quietly, and the moonlight outside the hall moved eastward. It can feel that time is slowly leaking like quicksand, nearly four watch days, Ayayang Jun Li Liang personally came to report that the envoy of Jianzhou has left the secret garden of Saga Mountain, and will make a detour to Beiyue Mountain to return to Jianzhou, and Li Gui has personally led three hundred soldiers to Beiyue Mountain, and Beiyue Mountain is less than ten miles away.

Zhen Zidan immediately asked Zhang Yuan for his life: "Lord Zhang, let the lowly soldiers go to Beiyue Mountain to help Li Duhu's sergeant capture the envoy of Jianzhou." ”

Zhang Yuan wanted to experience the atmosphere of the ambush at night. This is a valuable accumulation of experience, not learned from books, the Ming and Jianzhou Jurchens will be a long-term confrontation, in the future he is very likely to lead the troops to take charge of the Jurchen infantry head-on enemy, Nalan Baksh brought to North Korea is of course the elite of the Eight Banners Army, tonight you can see the Jurchen elite combat effectiveness. said, "I'll go too." ”

Li Liang hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord Zhang doesn't have to go, there are only thirteen envoys from Jianzhou, and Li Du has three hundred people, so it's foolproof." ”

Zhen Zidan said: "Lord Zhang, rest assured, the humble position will never allow Jiannu to escape." ”

Zhang Yuan insisted on going, and Li Liang had no choice but to accompany him, and this reception hall was tightly controlled by Li Liang's personal guards and the sergeants of the Pingshan Metropolitan Guard, because the reception hall could not accommodate more people, and Zheng Renhong, Liu Dongming and others lived in the nearby Sungkyunkwan. When Zhang Yuan and his entourage of dozens of people went out to pick up the small gate of the official hall and galloped to Beiyue Mountain, Zheng Renhong, Liu Dongming and others were in full swing.

A full moon is about to fall in the west, the sound of horses' hooves startled the birds in the bushes on the side of the road, "fluttering" flew to the sky, about to the west of Beiyue Mountain, the moon fell on the top of the mountain, the surrounding was dark, the sergeant of the Pingshan Duhu Mansion who ran in front had already contacted Li Duhu's ambush soldiers, and Li Gui rushed to see Li Liang and Zhang Yuan. I haven't said a few words yet. The front probe horse urgently, thirteen Jianzhou envoys have entered the mountain road on the eastern side of Beiyue Mountain——

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Fifteen people. Nineteen horses, four of the horses are carrying cage packages, which are gifts from Gwanghaejun to Nurhachi, two of the fifteen people are military officials of Joseon Licao, who are responsible for sending the Jianzhou envoy to the border of Yiju with a talisman, and the remaining thirteen people are the Jianzhou envoys who sent to North Korea this time, this team of people and horses entered the Beiyue Mountain, the bright moonlight was blocked by the mountain peak, and the mountain road was dark, and the Licao military officer who led the way slowed down his horse pace, and turned back and said: "Lord Nalan, this five-mile mountain road is rugged, please stop the horse slowly." ”

Someone agreed, and another whispered in Jurchen: "If you have a relationship, you will have a relationship, and if you break it, you will break it, why do you secretly ask me to leave Seoul overnight, it is really unreasonable." ”

Someone sneered: "The king of Joseon wants to sit in two rooms to see the changes, and whoever is strong will fall to whom." ”

One shouted: "Don't be verbose, be careful." ”

A group of fifteen people marched on the dim mountain road, and when they reached the western mountain pass, dozens of people were suddenly heard shouting in unison: "Dismount and surrender, otherwise you will be killed!" In the darkness, I saw a group of people blocking the way.

The two Korean Licao military officials who led the way were taken aback, and then said loudly: "We are the Licao people, who are you who dare to block the road in Gyeonggi?" ”

Someone in the crowd blocking the road said: "By the edict of the princess of Renmu, capture the traitor, and quickly dismount and surrender!" ”

When the two Licao military officials heard that it was the edict of the princess of King Renmu, they were panicked and shouted: "The princess of Renmu has been abolished, who are you who dare to make trouble under the pretense of the edict of the princess?" While retreating, he wanted to exit the mountain road and return the same way, but he heard a Jurchen shouting behind him: "The retreat is also blocked, what's going on?" ”

The sharp blade came out of its sheath, and the necks of the two Licao sergeants were forced by the knife, and some Jurchens shouted: "Is it that Guanghaijun wants to get rid of us and flatter the Southern Dynasty?" ”

With a sharp knife on his neck, the two Licao sergeants were so frightened that they hurriedly denied it, saying that these people who stood in the way were rebels and rebels, and they were definitely not sent by the king-

The ambush soldiers at both ends of the mountain road slowly approached, blocking a group of Jurchens in the narrow mountain road, constantly intimidating, and drinking to make the Jurchens dismount and surrender.

Several Jurchens urgently discussed countermeasures, and some people said angrily: "Kill out, kill out!" ”

Someone said: "This place is more than 1,000 miles away from the border, how can you kill it?" ”

Another humanitarian: "If these people are Korean rebels, then they can escape as long as they fight out of the mountain road, and if they are sent by Gwanghaejun, they will also fight to the death, and they can't be tied up and slaughtered by others no matter what." ”

With a shout, more than ten Jurchen messengers rode their horses to the west mountain pass, and shot a burst of arrows head-on, and immediately several people fell off their horses, because the distance was close, two Jurchens had rushed into the crowd blocking the road, and the short knife with the pear wood handle in their hands slashed out like lightning, and the screams came and went one after another in the mountain road-

The sky is dark, the mountain road is narrow, the Korean infantry has the advantage of many people and cannot be brought into play, and from Li Gui to the enemy, they are all light enemies, and they are ordered to capture these Jurchens alive, but they did not expect that these thirteen Jurchens dare to fight against three hundred people, and the Korean elite infantry of the Pingshan Metropolitan Protectorate has a spear in his hand, but he has suffered heavy casualties under the three-foot knife of the Jurchen warriors!

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Zhang Yuan dismounted and stood under a big tree at the eastern foot of Beiyue Mountain, the darkness before dawn was thick, only the sound of fierce battle dozens of zhang away was heard, but he couldn't see the scene of the battle between the two sides at all, Ayayang Jun Li Liang stood beside him and said: "These Jurchens dare to resist stubbornly, they want to die quickly." ”

Zhang Yuan was silent and listened intently, but he could hear the sound of blade fighting, the sound of rolling to the ground, and the sound of screams and pain, and those voices were getting closer and closer, and there were more than 100 soldiers from the Pingshan Capital Protector on this side of the mountain road, and they couldn't stop the thirteen Jurchens!

Zhang Yuan shouted: "Zhen Qianhu, strictly guard against the breakthrough of the Jurchens, and you must not let one go." ”

Zhen Zidan agreed, and led ten Jinyi Guard captains and more than ten guards of Ayayang Jun Li Qi to guard the mountain pass, and Wang Zongyue, Mu Jingyan, Hong Ji, Hong Xin, Ma Kuoqi, and Sheba who were around Zhang Yuan were motionless, they were responsible for Zhang Yuan's safety, and there were so many people in front of them, they should not need to take action.

The light was hazy, the figures were chaotic, and the roars were heard again and again, one person was holding two short-handled half-moon axes, rushing out like a black whirlwind Li Kui, and there were two people following behind, originally both on horseback, but the horses were cut down in the melee, and the three people broke out in the foot battle-

Zhen Zidan saw that there was really a Jiannu rushing out to kill, and shouted: "Where to escape!" Hurriedly moving forward, the embroidered spring knife in his hand slashed at the waist of the Jurchen man holding the double axe, the knife path and angle were just right.

Unexpectedly, this big man with an axe did not dodge, but chopped down with an axe, although the half-moon axe of this Jurchen man was short-handled, but it was also more than two feet long, Zhen Zidan's knife could certainly cut the waist of the Jurchen man, but this axe was difficult to dodge, Zhen Zidan was not here to fight hard, his body flashed in shock, avoiding an axe, and of course the knife that slashed at the opponent failed-

Another Jurchen broke out of the encirclement, but he was exhausted of his wounds and was overtaken by the North Korean sergeant, stabbed to death on the ground with swords and guns.

The Jurchen man slashed wildly, forcing Zhen Zidan and several brocade-clothed guards back, and shouted, "Take the horse, take the horse, protect Buck-"

Suddenly, a big gun pierced quickly and incoherently, the momentum was extremely fast, the Jurchen man couldn't dodge, was stabbed in the left chest by a shot, it was Mu Jingyan who shot, the spear was against the short axe, and it was a foot fight, Mu Jingyan's marksmanship was outstanding, and he naturally hit the work, and immediately raised the spear to exert force, and the tip of the gun penetrated through the chest, and the Jurchen man screamed and flew out with a double axe, one of which hit the chest of a brocade guard, and the other fell short.

Mu Jingyan shook his big gun and pulled out the tip of the gun, the Jurchen man fell to the ground and died, and the other two were also cut to the ground by Jinyiwei and Li Liang's guards respectively-

The sky was already bright, the Korean sergeants at both ends of the mountain road converged, Pingshan Jiedu asked Li Gui to count the casualties, ten of the thirteen Jurchens were killed, one was seriously injured, and two were lightly injured, and one of the two Licao soldiers who led the way died in the melee, and the other surrendered on the spot, and Li Gui's sergeant actually had seventeen killed, twenty-nine seriously injured, and fifteen lightly injured, and the captain of the Jinyi Guard who was hit by the flying axe also died on the spot, such a result made Li Gui both ashamed and frightened, and asked Ayayangjun Li Liang for guilt-

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