On the last day of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the blue flag was led by Zierharang, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Sancha River to freeze at night to raid Xiping Fort, and the Guanning army that occupied Xiping Fort was originally ready to take advantage of the fire to rob was defeated, losing more than 300 horsemen, and the infantry army was abandoned in the fort and left to the Tartars, and the rest of the materials and equipment were innumerable......

In order to cover up the defeat, Zu Dashou sent Zu Keyong, Wu Sangui and others as representatives, under the guidance of the Yao family of the Xie Bai Trading Company to Lushun, hoping to transport back a batch of Tartar heads from Yangguan Fort to the governor, and at the same time want to expand trade with Lushun, last month Zu Dashou listened to the advice of the Yao family, and sold a batch of liquor to the Tumut and Karaqin tribes in Mongolia, these trivial matters are handled by the henchmen and shopkeepers underneath, Zu Dashou originally did not take it to heart, but he didn't expect that this caravan would soon return with a full load, and the excited shopkeeper reported to Zu Dashou, The Mongols simply could not resist the temptation of liquor, although the caravan took the opportunity to raise the price three times, the nobles in the tribe began to go crazy after getting used to the pungency of the liquor, a large amount of silver was recovered, and in the end the Mongols even used war horses, sharp knives, fat cattle and sheep to pay off debts, the caravan not only brought back herds of cattle and sheep, armor, war knives and horses, and even brought back many Mongolian slaves, this news made Zu Dashou's eyes shine, he was not for silver, the silver hoarded by the ancestors was only afraid that they would not be used up in a few lifetimes, He saw another possibility, the possibility of using commerce to buy and divide the Mongol tribes.

Zu Dashou had close contacts with Mongolia, and there were many Mongolian soldiers of various tribes in the Guanning army. Due to the successive defeats of the Later Jin in front of Lushun, some of the Mongol tribes allied with the Later Jin have begun to doubt and hesitate, and the Later Jin surrounded more than 1,000 Ming troops with superior forces in the sniper battle of Xushan. Unexpectedly, Niu Lu took turns to fight and finally didn't take it down, but was rescued by the Ming army and wrapped dumplings, and the Tumut tribe alone lost nearly 300 elites, this is not the most critical issue, the reason why the Mongolian tribes are willing to obey the command of the Houjin regime is because every battlefield or looted materials can make up for the loss of their troops, once there is no basis for this exchange of interests. The Mongol tribes began to centrifuge away from Germany, which was why Huang Taiji needed to constantly rob the Ming Dynasty, but with the rise of Lushun. The Mongolian banners fought for a whole year, and the people in the banners were almost unhappy, and their morale was extremely low, and they were fighting a decisive battle between Huang Taiji and Lushun. They are all on the sidelines. Wait for the final result.

Zu Dashou saw this, the fiasco of Xiping Fort made him sober up, the Eight Banners are still the Eight Banners, although the Zhengbai Banner was almost disabled by the Hussars, but the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners is still strong, the fiasco or the victory is just a change in the opponent, so this time he sent many middle-level generals, hoping to find out what is the magic of Yang Bo's Hussars. In addition to this, he must also plan ahead. Lay out Liaodong in advance after the decisive battle.

According to the news gathered from all sides, the generals of Liaodong believe that the Houjin side will not delay indefinitely, and the pressure of logistics does not allow Huang Taiji to stay up to another Daling River, the deadlock in Yangguanbao will be broken in these two months, but the prediction of the results of the battle is a matter of opinion, most of the old people are inclined to win the Houjin victory, and Lushun has been greatly injured after this battle, and there are Wu Xiang, Zu Keyong, etc., of course, Zu Dashou knows that they are afraid of Houjin, Just hearing the Eight Banners made their scalps numb, and it was true that they thought so, but there were also many people who believed that the hussars were a trick to lure the enemy, otherwise with the previous style of the hussars, it would never be possible for the Houjin side to besiege the city so easily, such as Wu Xiang's son Wu Sangui and other middle-level generals, they also cited the example of the hussars strain during the siege of Jinzhou.

Zu Dashou is also inclined to the judgment of Wu Sangui and others, these young people are not as dull as their fathers, as the boss, he also knows more information about Houjin, the grain production has been reduced for two consecutive years, and the life of Houjin banners is extremely difficult, many bannermen have no overnight food at home, I heard that the most active transaction in the Eight Banners is to borrow Yinzi grain, Huang Taiji did not grab anything in southern Liaoning, and even the grain in the public middle school was divided in advance, within two months of besieging Yangguanbao, Huang Taiji wrote him more than ten letters, there were begging, there were promises, There are threats, and there are temptations. Huang Taiji also launched a family offensive, asking Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, his nephew Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa, etc. to write letters and lobby, with only one purpose, to buy grain.

After Huang Taiji seized the personnel and property of several large trading companies in North Korea, Houjin failed to get a grain from North Korea for more than half a year, and I heard that North Korea has become a pot of porridge at present, and the two factions quarreled endlessly, and no one paid attention to Huang Taiji's request.

There are also people in Jinzhou who privately trade with Houjin, but the amount is not large, Zu Dashou also turned a blind eye and was too lazy to pick it out, betting on both sides is his way of survival, but at present, the situation of the three kingdoms of Liaodong has been deduced to the last moment, how to go next? That's what worries him the most.

The worst situation is the defeat of the Houjin, under the pressure of the hussar army step by step, the greatest possibility is to flow to the Mongolian departments, or simply return to their hometown to fight guerrilla with the Ming army, at that time the Guanning group will face the threat of the emerging military group in Lushun, on combat effectiveness Although the Guanning army is unwilling, it must also admit the strength of the opponent, and the strength may be better than the Guanning army, but the opponent will rely on the appeal of defeating the main force of the Eight Banners, and the strength will snowball rapidly to the point where it cannot be resisted, as if the Dongjiang departments have been conscious, Or unconsciously tied together, how will the Guanning Group deal with itself at that time?

According to the recent information from the Beijing Division, the Yang Bo Group is in the most difficult stage, and most of the generals are troubled by it, but Zu Dashou realizes that the Yang Bo Group is gathering momentum, and a powerful warlord group will be born in southern Liaoning, even more thorough than his Guanning Group, a warlord group that is completely not controlled by the imperial court, Zu Dashou has a feeling that he can't do it, and his plan to take advantage of the fire through the Houjin regime cannot be realized, without Houjin, how can he sway his Zu Dashou? He had to make a painful choice between the imperial court and southern Liaoning, once Yang Bo was separated. The only force that the imperial court can use is his ancestor Dashou, and the imperial court controls the food and salary of the Guanning army, this is their weakness!

But Zu Dashou soon changed his mind. Since you can't suppress it, why not sell some favors? Guan Ningjun was able to swing between the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty, why couldn't it swing between the imperial court and Yang Bo? The ideal situation in his mind is to take the Liao River as the boundary, and the two families work together to encircle and suppress the remnants of Houjin, which can not only enhance the friendship between the two sides, but also delay time, which is a win-win result. The Yang Bo group needed time to digest the fruits of victory south of the Liao River, and he also needed time to lay out, in addition to sending envoys to contact Lushun. Winning over the Mongolian ministries is also one of the bargaining chips to be added to the negotiations with Yang Bo in the future. As for how the two families will develop in the end, he has no idea, because this depends not only on the outcome of the battle of Yangguanbao, but also on the conflict of interests between the two groups in the future, which is obviously unavoidable. But Zu Dashou still hopes that the later the better......

Feng Ying, the commander of the 107th Tunnel Action Team, received his first assignment since taking office. It's not an inexplicable task like grabbing the tongue to expose the hiding place, the action team has carried out many surveying and mapping missions under the leadership of the former commander.

The team would climb up to the ground from the hidden tunnels at night, and erect some vertical poles under the threat of the Houjin Volt Army, so that those who were observing at the head of the city, the technicians of the cantonment division could measure the distance, calculate the direction and distance between the tunnel and the two solid brick kilns, and correct the correctness of the excavation through the final calculations.

Feng Ying went to private school. He knew that the results were obtained through the calculation of some trigonometric formulas, but unfortunately he had only received simple theoretical training. They weren't familiar with it, but fortunately their tasks had been marked on the map with ink by the technicians, who, in addition to the double-rod ranging, also marked the contour lines, which are very important data in the excavation tunnel.

"I know you were born into a family of miners, and you should know how important these tasks are to us." After explaining the task, Lord Niu reminded Feng Ying again in a serious tone.

"I'm not a miner, and I've never been a rat!" Feng Ying reminded herself repeatedly in her heart, and said loudly: "Yes, sir, I promise to complete the task!" ”

Feng Ying even considered calling his team the "Rat Einsatzgruppen" at one point, which he thought was appropriate, but when he met the people of 105 who were digging the tunnel, he understood the true meaning of the rats in the cave, what kind of tired and poor people were they? Except for their two eyes, they were nothing more than a packet of enveloped, moving dirt.

"Sir, that technician is so beautiful" Zhou Qiyuan, who was behind him, broke the silent march and said to Feng Ying.

Feng Ying followed Pu Chunhai, who was leading the way in front, carefully controlling the footsteps, and said softly: "Yes, I don't know if that girl has made a promise." ”

Then there was another period of silence, the action team was divided into three groups, and went to three different places to complete the task, Feng Ying chose to work with Zhou Qiyuan, and the group of the always taciturn North Korean Park Chunhai, Park Chunhai was a soldier on Phi Island before, and after Yang Bo killed Shen Shikui, he entered the guerrilla camp again, but he said that the official language of the Ming Dynasty stammered, so he rarely spoke.

At this moment, Pu Chunhai, who was leading the way, suddenly raised his hand, and the team members quickly stopped and didn't understand, while listening carefully to the movement above their heads, turning left from the 105 tunnel, passing through many winding paths, and finally climbing through the ventilation shaft, reaching the ground from a hidden tunnel exit, these tunnels are marked with safe locations, and there are usually many sentry posts monitoring the abnormal situation of the exit.

Park Chunhai carefully put the candlestick on the ground, slowly reached out and took out a strange tool from his arms, and stuck it on the wooden beam above his head, while leaning over to listen to the movement from above. Feng Ying knew that this was one of the necessary standard accessories in the tunnel, one end was rolled into a suona shape with iron sheet, this tool was said to have been invented by adults, and the movement of the ground could be heard very clearly underground.

Feng Ying and Zhou Qiyuan were sweating profusely, looking at Park Chunhai nervously, Pu Chunhai listened with a frown for a long time, and said softly in a strange tone: "It's okay, the past two people, maybe we have to be careful." ”

Feng Ying took out the pocket watch produced by Fort Weiwu and confirmed, it was not yet a child, and there were still several hours before the time they agreed to set the tree benchmark, so there was no need to worry.

"Be careful" Feng Ying admonished, and put away the pocket watch in Pu Chunhai's envious eyes, which is the standard configuration of the chief officer or temporary mission captain, and it needs to be returned afterwards, many low-level chief officers hope that they can have one privately, but because of the price, the pocket watch is still one of the luxuries that countless people look up to in Lushun.

When they were ugly, Feng Ying and the others finally arrived at the exit above the ventilation shaft, and the three of them moved away from the stone at the exit, and then picked up the covered soil, under the vigilance of the two, Feng Ying carefully poked his head out of the ground.

"The air is so fresh!" Feng Ying took a satisfied breath of the cold wind and let out a long sigh. The exits were mostly located on unobtrusive hills or slopes, at the farthest or even a mile or two from the main pit being advanced, so they needed to pick up their speed.

"I know that girl, her name is Han Fangmei, she is a good girl, but it's a pity, alas, ......" Pu Chunhai helped Zhou Qiyuan carry the special benchmark on his body to the ground, and faced the vigilant Feng Yingdao on the other.

"Oh? Broken body since childhood? ”

Feng Ying was a little stunned, he looked left and right for a moment, and said softly: "When I defeat the Tartars, I will definitely go to the door to propose ......" (to be continued......)