The second day of the seventh year of Chongzhen is the great cold in the twenty-four solar terms, and after surviving the coldest season, will spring be far away?

In Jinzhou City, the Thunder Brigade was in full swing to kill pigs and sheep, and even those Dongjiang people were given a bowl of steaming broth, plus two white flour steamed cakes, they sat in a warm room, eating food while looking at the loud Thunder Brigade soldiers with awe.

Most of these people are the people of the Dongjiang River on Shicheng Island, when Shen Zhixiang drove them ashore to dig medicine and collect ginseng, and after encountering the Tartar sentry, Shen Zhixiang simply threw them to the Tartars, and retracted back to the island, these people thought that they were afraid that they would die as slaves in Liaodong, but they didn't expect the next change of fate to be faster, more tortuous than the big drama on the stage, although they sighed in their hearts, but how to deal with their own people, they were uneasy.

Yesterday, when the Thunder Brigade took over the Tartars, they all hid in the city and watched nervously, and at the same time begged their grandfather to tell their grandmother, hoping that this rebel army could defeat the Tartars, at least not lose too badly. They had long heard of the Lushun guerrilla camp and the prestige of Yang Bo, and many people wanted to go when Lushun came to Shicheng Island to recruit displaced people, but in the end they were intercepted, and yesterday they heard the horn of Houjin, and their fear for many years came to their hearts, and they began to lose confidence in the guerrilla camp.

Unexpectedly, after only a short while, the auxiliaries who remained in the city began to make noise, saying that the guerrilla battalion had defeated the Tatars, and they still didn't dare to believe it, but after a while, the sentinels of the guerrilla battalion came back first, and urgently recruited them to transport the heads and capture them. These Dongjiang soldiers and civilians and Tatar slaves are all blood feuds, and they are all rushing to sign up at the moment......

When they arrived on the battlefield, they were shocked, and there were corpses of Tatar slaves everywhere that had been beaten to a bloody pulp. These red-eyed civilians were ordered to strip the Tarslavs naked, cut off their heads, and carry the wounded of the guerrilla battalion back with a full load, during which the guerrilla battalion was on guard, saying that there was still a group of Tatar cavalry looking around left and right, but these people were very relaxed when they saw the appearance of the guerrillas around them, and did not take the threat of cavalry to heart at all.

When Lord Yang came to visit them in the crowd. I heard the words of the adult: "The villagers have suffered!" ”

A woman with a white cloth wrapped around her right hand suddenly fell to her knees and said loudly: "Thank you for saving your life, the poor have nothing to repay." I only hope that the adults will live a long life, and the princes will be eternal. ”

Yang Bo recognized this woman, and just wanted to step forward to help, but the other people were infected. bowed down to Yang Bo. The whole room was full of people kneeling in the dark.

"Adults live a long life"

"Lord Marquis Mandai"

Yang Bo just picked up this one, and that knelt down again, no matter how he persuaded him, these people suddenly cried to the ground, the most worthless thing in the troubled times is human life, who cares about their survival? However, the adults here gave them a completely different feeling, and the adults treated them as if they were people and heard that the adults were going to take them to Lushun for settlement. These people excitedly surrounded the instructors who were about to register, and there were still nearly 300 young people who were willing to follow the adults as soldiers to kill the enemy.

Yang Bo was very satisfied. Recovering the hearts of the Dongjiang tribes is a top priority, but thinking of the current situation of the Dongjiang tribes, Yang Bo frowned again.

At this moment, a personal guard stepped forward: "My lord, Zhao Long, they are in a hurry."

Yang Bo nodded, turned around and returned to the Guerrilla Mansion, where Zhao Long was already waiting.

"How's it going?" Yang Bo asked

Zhao Long shook his head: "Nu Chief Yue Tuotun Bing Xiuyan, the current movement is unknown,"

Yang Bo walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and he was a little decisive, he chose to fight with Azig in line with the strategy of "let you come a few ways, I will block all the way", and won the battle of Jinzhou, but Yue Tuotun Bing Xiuyan blocked his way to rescue Phi Dao, and always threatened Jinzhou and Nanguan, and could not transport so many soldiers and horses by sea, but it was his own interests that were damaged in the end by sitting back and watching the destruction of Phi Dao, and the trend of history since the dispatch of troops to Lushun was unpredictable, and the influence of the butterfly effect made him unable to see the direction ahead.

"The chasers are attacking in a big way, but don't cross the line of the Dayang River" Yang Bo thought for a while and said: "Send someone to inform Tan Yinghua and ask him to go ashore under the banner of a guerrilla battalion to attack the Tartars, but don't fight"

Yang Bo knew that the center of gravity of Houjin was in the relatively wealthy Liaodong, and Huang Taiji sent troops to Liaonan in the hope of sending more troops to Liaodong after solving the safety of the rear, but unfortunately he failed to defeat Azig's fifteen Niu Lu, leaving hidden dangers, but Huang Taiji was not comfortable thinking about it, not only did he not get any benefits from Liaonan, but consumed a lot of materials and food, as long as he could hold on for a while, Liaonan would soon usher in a relatively calm confrontation situation, which was exactly what Yang Bo wanted, so the Thunder Brigade still couldn't breathe, Yue Tuo or Haoge must be defeated in order to make Huang Taiji make up his mind.

After the news of Jinzhou was lifted, all the officials, including Yan Kunzhi, were speechless for a short time, and then they were ecstatic, this result was really unexpected, everyone thought that Jinzhou was finished, and all they could do was to clear their responsibilities and wait to clean up the mess. Throughout the Ming Dynasty was besieged by the Tatar slaves, most of them relied on the strength of the city to consume the patience of the Tatar slaves to relieve the siege, and Yang Bo's guerrilla battalion was actually surrounded for six days and miraculously got out of trouble, the most exaggerated thing is that Yang Bo's troops actually relied on less than 6,000 men and horses to go out of the city to defeat the Tatar slaves with superior numbers!

In the past few days, the ships of Lushun Wharf have come and gone, and officials of Dengzhou have either gone in person, or sent their cronies to investigate on the spot, and even Yan Kunzhi has rushed to Jinzhou after a short rest in Lushun for half a day, regardless of the hard work of the boats......

Yan Kunzhi inspected the solemn military appearance of the Thunder Brigade, the Thunder Brigade is well-equipped, and the nutrition can keep up on weekdays, and it has faintly revealed the demeanor of the strongest army in the world, but it is a pity that Yan Kun has something in his heart, and he does not have much patience to pay attention to these, so after a hasty review, he directly dragged Yang Bo to the secret room.

"Zhixian, so few heads have been seized this time? I'm afraid it's not easy to convince the public? Yan Kunzhi asked with some concern.

Yang Bo was speechless, Yan Kunzhi's vision is now high, and he can't look down on the two or three hundred heads, but he can't tell Yan Kunzhi that he uses those heads as targets, right?

Yang Bo thought for a while and waved his hand to signal Xiao Wu to come over. After saying a few words in their ears, Xiao Wu nodded and went out.

"Adults don't need to worry, villains have a way. You will definitely take real credit," Yang Bo was not worried.

After a while, Xiao Wu walked in with a shining golden iron helmet, and as soon as he came in, he knelt in front of Yan Kunzhi and said, "Congratulations, this is the golden helmet of the guerrilla battalion that captured the slave chief Azig!" ”

The cup in Yan Kunzhi's hand almost overturned, and he hurriedly took the golden helmet and looked left and right, with a joy on his face that could not be concealed.

"Zhixian, is this really the helmet of the slave chief Azig?" Yan Kunzhi was not at ease. I asked again.

"Don't dare to deceive adults, no!" Yang Bo shook his head again and again, seeing Yan Kunzhi's face darken. Yang Bo hurriedly smiled and said, "But, what does it matter?" I say it is, it is, if worried. The villain also has a captured golden dragon banner of a slave chief. If that's not enough, here's a snow-white horse, which can be used as a mount for a slave chief."

Yan Kunzhi stood up violently and scolded angrily: "Nonsense! This is the sin of deception, how to make it? ”

Yang Bo waved his hand to signal Xiao Wu to withdraw, and persuaded, "Why should adults worry? Azig's embarrassment and escape need not to be fake, and it is common to lose the helmet flag in a panic, with these credits. My lord, the position of the squire of the military department can be regarded as stable. ”

Yan Kunzhi snorted and said, "If you really think about the old man, you know." You shouldn't make some vain things, and cutting off more heads is the right way."

Seeing that Yang Bo was silent, Yan Kunzhi also knew that it would be good for Jinzhou to get out of trouble, and his requirements were inevitably a little too embarrassing, so he changed his tone and said: "Jinzhou turned the crisis into safety, and Zhixian has made a great contribution, but the slave chief Yue Tuotun soldier Xiuyan, the slave chief Haoge stormed Phi Island, the imperial court will not sit idly by, and the only soldiers available in Dengzhou are guerrilla battalions, how do you plan to do it?" Tell the old man? ”

"In the bloody battle in Jinzhou, the guerrilla battalion suffered a lot of losses, and it was really powerless to act rashly in a short period of time," Yang Bo shook his head

"Do you want to sit back and watch the Dongjiang River fall?" Yan Kunzhi asked with some annoyance, he can't control the Dongjiang River, but if something goes wrong, he will be impeached to death by the imperial history, this governor of Denglai has done a lot of tricks.

"My lord, you can't let the Dongjiang River go down in a plate of scattered sand," Yang Bo took the opportunity to beat the side drum.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and they both had a plan in their hearts.

Yan Kunzhi and Yang Bo carefully discussed how to repay the victory, and after discussing the reward, they left overnight despite the darkening sky, before leaving, Yan Kunzhi dropped a sentence: "Zhixian, you threw Zong Yuanfang to Phi Island, and made the prison army master embarrassed, Shen Shikui said that he was arrogant, commanded indiscriminately, and pushed the defeat of Tieshan on his head, if you don't hurry up and find some way to make up for it, you just wait to be impeached!" ”

Sent Yan Kunzhi away, Yang Bo sneered again and again, the glory and wealth of the eunuchs came from the emperor's trust, with several big victories, Zong Yuanfang's name firmly occupied a place in Chongzhen's heart, but all his military exploits came from himself, from this point of view, Zong Yuanfang and himself are grasshoppers on a rope, but Zong Yuanfang can't figure out the situation and refuses to put down his body and cooperate with himself sincerely, so it is necessary to throw him to Phi Dao to make him sober-minded, of course, in the end, he also wants to protect him, If the imperial court doesn't get another eunuch over, it will be even more troublesome......

The imperial court once again sent a verification team composed of squires and imperial historians, and after strict verification, the snowflakes of the report documents flew to the capital.

Xing Xing, the squire of the military department, reported: "On the tenth day of the first month, the minister received the Lushun guerrilla Yang Bo with a detailed explanation of the repeated first captives, and the accompanying imperial history Zeng Keli and others checked three times one by one, the first three hundred and seventy-one are all real strong, when the battle was captured 30 thieves, except for two deceased, all of them are real captives, and there is a golden helmet of the slave chief Azig, the golden dragon banner, etc., and the minister will reward his meritorious service with two pieces of silver, and send the officers to gather outside the yamen, three cannons and three lords, and send each member to serve in the apartment with a color pavilion......"

Yu Shi Zeng Ke Li reported: "...... 370 ranks, more than 30 people were captured, 94 horses were obtained, 230 pieces of equipment were obtained, and 938 Dongjiang soldiers and civilians were rescued. ”

Denglai Governor Yan Kun's report: "...... Lushun guerrilla Yang Bo commanded troops to rescue Jinzhou, fought several battles with slaves and thieves, beheaded 371 ranks, captured 30 Zhenyi alive, please give a reward of two silver, Yang Bo and each general will immediately conduct surveys, supervise and appease all officials, etc."

After receiving the report, the Ming Court began to boil, and the shadow of the defeat of the Daling River was swept away. Consciously or unconsciously, everyone forgot that they had abandoned the Golden State before.

After determining the date for the dedication of the Jietai Temple, the imperial historians also found new targets for impeachment, that is, Zong Yuanfang, the commander of Denglai's army, and Shen Shikui, the chief soldier of Phi Dao. After the carnival, there was a heavy problem in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, that is, how to solve the plight of Phi Dao, and who should be sent to solve the dangerous Phi Dao?

In the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Yang Bo's name suddenly spread all over Beijing, and all the people were happily talking about Yang Bo's bravery, as well as his incredible experience and legend. Mr. Shuo of Jingshi also found countless jokes to put on Yang Bo, and after three months, Yang Bo has been described as a face like the bottom of a pot or a blue-faced fang. led 6,000 people to break 100,000 Tarslavs.

Emperor Chongzhen was not carried away by the victory, he had joys and sorrows in his heart, Cao Huachun was grinding ink for Emperor Chongzhen, his eyes were sharp. I saw Emperor Chongzhen drawing the names of several people on the paper. There was Yang Bo, Wen Tiren, and when he saw a strict word, Cao Huachun felt a sudden break in his heart, and he didn't dare to look at it anymore, so he lowered his head and concentrated on grinding.

"Cao Daban, how did you get the reward for the victory in Golden State? Have they all agreed? Emperor Chongzhen crumpled the paper in a distraught manner, and saw Cao Huachun's attentive appearance. He asked casually.

"Grandpa Huihuang, I heard that it is still in controversy" Cao Huachun said sharply: "The military department pushed Yang Bo's first merit." It's just that Yang Bo has only been promoted for a short time, and the Ministry of War proposes that he can't convince the public, and he is arguing! ”

"Oh?"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised: "How does the military department plan to reward it?" ”

Cao Huachun thought about it, and said that he had worked hard to recall it: "The slave and maid don't know very well, but there are many discussions, and the slave and maid have listened to several versions, and they don't know if it's true." ”

"One said that Yang Bo was rewarded as the chief soldier of Denglai" Cao Huachun glanced at Chongzhen carefully and said: "It is also said that Yang Bo was promoted to the chief officer of Pingliao." ”

Chongzhen sneered: "Yan Kunzhi has such a big appetite, what did Wen Tiren say?" ”

Cao Huachun shook his head: "Mr. didn't say a word"

Chongzhen's face was relieved, and he said: "If you behead more than 300 levels, you will be crowned as a general soldier, and my Ming general soldier is so worthless?" If you behead another 500 levels, what reward is the Ministry of War going to get? ”

When Cao Huachun heard Chongzhen's mean words, his heart beat a drum......

Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "Then what is Yang Bo's title now?" ”

Cao Huachun hesitated for a moment and said: "The department level is the commander of the guard."

Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "Who did Yang Bobao exalt?" Go and show me the list. ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly turned around and ordered the little eunuch, and soon, the little eunuch ran over with a document in his hand.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand casually, and began to look at the list of rewards in silence, and there was no sound in the hall......

Yue Tuo of Xiuyan is preparing to besiege Nanguan on a large scale, but he did not expect the sentry cavalry to find the cavalry of the Ming army in the area of the Dayang River near Xiuyan, Yue Tuo sent a large team of sentry horses in shock, Xiuyan is the grain station in Fuzhou and Zhenjiang, the appearance of the Ming army here is not trivial, Yue Tuo did not dare to slack off, the red flag sentry rode out in a big way, ready to catch a few Ming army tongues back to ask clearly, these Ming troops are cunning, they are all one person and two horses, the anger of Yue Tuo's sentry horse is rising, I didn't expect to lure them to a narrow place after the ambush is out, a platoon of guns killed more than 30 people on the spot, and the rest of the sentry cavalry was frightened, and they didn't care about the lives of those wounded, and they hurried back to report when they broke through the siege.

Just when Yue Tuo was in doubt, another sentinel came to report that the Azig troops besieging Jinzhou had quietly withdrawn back to the state, and they didn't even greet him!

Yue Tuo was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded, but his heart was like a mirror, the domineering twelve Belle Azig must have suffered a big loss from Yang Bo's Ming army before he would retreat without permission regardless of the punishment of the Great Khan, he had fought with Yang Bo, knowing that Yang Bo's soldiers and horses were sharp in firearms and good at defense, and Azig would definitely not be able to get benefits in the face of Jinzhou's strong city defense.

It's just that what makes him angry is that Azig withdrew so quietly, not only did Jinzhou break the siege, but even his flanks were threatened, this is what Yue Tuo was worried about, if the Ming army and the guerrilla battalion on Shicheng Island in front of him were attacked from both sides, it was very likely that he would be covered with red flags and dumplings.

Yue Tuo's worries are right, only a few days later, there are a small number of Ming troops ashore to attack, according to the news reported by the sentinel cavalry, these Ming troops are under the banner of guerrilla battalions, although Yue Tuo does not believe that Yang Bo, who is still in Jinzhou, can fly to the island, but can not be guarded against, once Xiuyan is surrounded, the right wing of the Haoge Department will immediately fall into the predicament of lack of food and grass, thinking of this, Yue Tuo sent someone to report to Shenyang overnight, on the one hand to tell Azig a situation, on the other hand sent someone to report that Haoge is collecting ships and grain everywhere.

On January 10, the city of Jinzhou was still full of banners of the battalions under the jurisdiction of the Thunder Brigade, but Yang Bo only left Zhao Long and the arquebus battalion, and quietly returned to Lushun at night. The reward of the imperial court did not arrive, but waited for the order to send troops to rescue Phi Dao, with the relief of Jinzhou, the news of Phi Dao came back one after another, it turned out that after the attack on Tieshan that day, Shen Shikui originally intended to raid Yizhou, deter North Korea, and set out a siege of Xuanzhou, sweeping away the obstacles in front of Phi Dao, but Zong Yuanfang was earnest, resolutely refused, Shen Shikui could not withstand the pressure of Zong Yuanfang, he could only attack Fengcheng, and after ten days of siege, it was finally defeated, but it had exceeded the agreement of withdrawing troops on the 10th of the day, Shen Shikui had not yet stood firm in Fengcheng, Hauge has already led the troops to kill, Shen Shikui was caught off guard, even the battle was defeated, the battle of Tieshan lost four thousand broken soldiers and horses, this picked up a small life, but the current situation is not optimistic, Hauge took advantage of the sea ice to raid Phi Island, Phi Island soldiers and civilians knew that no one could be spared after the Tatar landing, and burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, although the losses were heavy, or drove Hauge's three thousand soldiers and horses back, at present, both sides are facing each other, the Phi Island soldiers and civilians did not care about their lives to dig holes in the ice, hoping to prevent the Tatar cavalry from landing, On the one hand, Hauge continued to harass, and on the other hand, he also divided 3,000 soldiers and horses, under the pretext that Li Chao refused to help him, and wantonly robbed in Korea......

Sending troops to rescue Phi Dao has become Yang Bo's most difficult problem at present, and he must want to save it, but because his strength is not enough, if he doesn't save it, his lips will be cold. It also chilled the hearts of the people.

There is no doubt that Yang Bo is stuck in a difficult choice...... (To be continued......)