On the second day of the first month of June, on the official road fifteen miles away from Shenyang, the Houjin army returning from Guannai was slowly marching, and their rear team was defeated in Guannai, but in the end, they relied on Shuotuo's several counter-shocks to protect the formation in front, so most of the materials of the front team were still there. In addition to all kinds of belongings, some of them also had some Han women on horseback.

Zhang Zhongqi carried a knife on his waist and drove more than a dozen Han people to the side of the road with a stick. Finally returned to Liaodong alive, he came to Shenyang when he set off, and after half a year, it was like a world away.

He and Tak Tan escorted Niu Lu Ezhen to Yongping, and met a few of the armor soldiers of Niu Lu on the way, they fled to Yongping on the same day, Zhenglan Banner in Luanzhou more than 400 people, only escaped more than 70, but Zhenglan's leading minister did not die, he was broken by the Ming army. When Amin arrived in Yongping and began to slaughter the city, he led the team to withdraw first, walked a day earlier than the brigade, looted all the way, and captured some Han people, relying on this day, they ran in front of the brigade and escaped safely without being pursued.

Niu Lu Ezhen, who was rescued by Zhang Zhongqi, was lying in the carriage behind, this strong Jurchen hunter had a strong vitality, and his injuries had basically healed, but he was still a little weak.

The cow sat up, looked at the surrounding fields and scolded: "It doesn't rain on the thief's day, but fortunately I brought back some silver in February, otherwise I wouldn't have anything to eat." Zhang Zhongqi, you take a good look at those Han people, and let them farm when you go back. ”

"Yes, don't worry, master." Zhang Zhongqi nodded in response.

After Niu Lu Ezhen finished speaking, he frowned and looked in the direction of Shenyang, his Niu Lu went out more than sixty people, and only a dozen or so came back in total, and he didn't know how Mang Gurtai would punish him.

Taktan whispered to Zhang Zhongqi: "You really want to buy the dumb back?" You have already raised the flag, you are not a householder, it is better to buy a woman at random than to be dumb, what if you have a baby in the future, you will be dumb. ”

Zhang Zhongqi smirked: "The slave doesn't have those thoughts, he just wants her to eat better." ”

Taktan's expedition this time, Zhang Zhongqi was loyal, and he had a better attitude towards this coating. Treat him almost like a Jurchen.

Zhang Zhongqi quietly touched the blanket on the horse beside him, and there was a heavy amount of silver in it, he didn't know how much. He estimated that there were one hundred taels, and this was an empty horse pulled from Yongping, and they were all rewarded to him by Lord Niu Luzhen. There are a lot of dead people in the bunker this time, and there will definitely be people who want to sell the house. He plans to buy the next one and officially set up a household.

At this time, the men and horses in front suddenly stopped, and several Zhenghuang Banner Bayala rode over quickly, beckoning everyone to stop, and the Houjin soldiers in the marching army were all talking.

Then the hoofs sounded like thunder in the direction of Shenyang. Various banners led the arrival of the cavalry, and they came to the vicinity of Zhang Zhongqi's army, faintly encircling.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Zhongqi swallowed his saliva vigorously, he didn't know what would happen. Then the banner owners of each flag arrived and stopped where Amin was.

A group of yellow-flaged Bayalas came over and disarmed all the Niulu soldiers in front of them with blue flags, and collected all their gold, silver, and satin.

A Zhuda came over and glanced coldly at Taktan and the others. Then he looked at their Niu Lu Qi and asked, "Is it blue?" From which city? ”

Taktan agreed a little fearfully, "Yes." From Luanzhou. ”

When Na Zhuanda heard this, he did not let them search for their belongings, but waved his hand and said, "All the soldiers have entered the city, and all the above are left here." ”

Niu Lu Ezhen said anxiously when he heard this: "Brother, what are you doing here?" ”

Najenda did not answer, but went back again. Immediately, two soldiers with yellow flags came up to drive them away.

Taktan and the others had no choice but to say goodbye to Niu Lu Ezhen and walked forward to the position where the flag masters were standing. Both of them lowered their heads and walked briskly, and Taktan stole a look. Yue Tuo, the banner lord with a red flag, stood on his horse and shouted to Amin with a codex: "...... Luanzhou fought and lost, there is still forgivable, stationed in Yongping Belle Amin, Taiji Shuotuo and the ministers, etc., the Ming soldiers have not attacked the city, have not seen the enemy array, you and others did not open a bow to the enemy soldiers, send a arrow, that is, run back, did not collect the tail of the army, caused by the Ming people attacked. Carry it with the gold, silver, satin, python satin, and lame women of the Ming people; Ignoring our soldiers, the Great Khan sent me and all the ministers of the Eight Banners to ask the Great Belle why......"

The camp of the Wendeng camp was in a hurry, and the two divisions that had been reorganized last time had received an urgent departure order, requiring them to pack up within a day, and to leave tomorrow, and they would rush back to Wendeng immediately.

Several chief officials in Chen Xin's big tent gathered around the map, listening to Chen Xin's explanation.

"On May 10, Liu Xingzhi made a rebellion on Phi Dao, invited Chen Jisheng and others in the name of memorial to his brother, and then suddenly took down Chen Jisheng and others, and beheaded Chen Jisheng and other eleven people under the pretense of the center's order. All the islands of the Dongjiang River have been to Weihai, when Zhiyuan is richer than the islands, if you know that Weihai is empty, it is difficult to keep your mind, I have asked this soldier Liang to mobilize the Tianjin water camp to help transport, the two divisions of troops by Dai Zhenggang as the chief officer, Wang Changfu as the adjutant, the training team, the general army judge, the quartermaster officer each assigned personnel to accompany him. ”

Dai Zhenggang looked at Changshan's location and said worriedly: "Changshan is not far from Weihai, our two warships have gone to Tianjin to load, will we be able to go back in time." ”

Chen Xin shook his hand and said: "If you can't catch up, you have to rush, all the rebels who dare to land near Weihai will be killed." ”

"If the king of Denglai has other orders......

"You don't need to listen to him about this, remember what I said."

Wang Changfu still had a cotton cloth wrapped around his forehead, and asked: "What is this Liu Xingzhi doing, I don't seem to have heard of such a person in Dongjiang." ”

"Liu Xingzuo's younger brother." Several people around showed abrupt expressions.

This Liu Xingzuo is also a legend, he was originally a native of Kaiyuan, and the old slave was robbed of Jianzhou when he didn't make up the seven hatreds, and he also took a Jurchen name called Aita, because he was quite talented, and gradually became valued by the old slave, and was promoted to the deputy general, in charge of Jinzhou Gaizhou and other four guards.

This person still has a conscience, and Nurhachi's actions in Liaodong made this Liu Xingzuo slowly disgusted, and more importantly, he thought. According to Nurhachi's approach, he will collapse sooner or later, so he communicated with Da Ming and Dark, and once planned the collective escape of the people of Fuzhou in the eighth year of the Mandate of Heaven. Because of a hardcore traitor, he was arrested by Nurhachi, and the people of Fuzhou were slaughtered, but Liu Xingzuo has always been very good. The popularity is good, there are many Houjin magnates who intercede for him, and he is very calm in his own defense, the old slave did not believe that he would rebel, but killed the hardcore traitor.

But after this time, the old slave did not dare to fully trust the Han officials and Liu Xingzuo, and in the later period of the Mandate of Heaven, Nuerhachi almost frantically slaughtered the Han people and Han officials, and Dai Shan and other Houjin magnates also bullied him in every way, Liu Xingzuo felt precarious, he was cautious on weekdays, but his heart was more and more yearning for the Ming Dynasty, during this time, he established contact with Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong.

Houjin has always been uneasy about Liu Xingzuo. I also noticed some clues. But there was no evidence, so he was just kept under strict care and moved him from outside Shenyang to Shenyang City.

Under such harsh circumstances, it was very difficult to escape from this demon cave, but Liu Xingzuo really lived up to the weight of the old slave. A classic of the Secret Front was born.

Liu Xingzuo first had a bitter trick when he came up, and he directly hanged himself. Of course it was fake, and he was immediately rescued by his wife. After the news came out, Huang Taiji, out of the desire to appease other Han officials, felt that it was not appropriate to treat the Han man who had taken refuge too much, so he asked Liu Aita to go back to his former residence outside the city to recuperate.

Who knew that Liu Xingzuo's younger brother Liu Xingxian suddenly defected not long after, and before Huang Taiji's handling opinions came out, Liu Xingzuo began to cry and wipe the earth, this time he was determined to commit suicide, and he also wrote a suicide note to Sakhalian and others, saying that his younger brother had made a big mistake, and he was sorry for the care and trust of the Houjin leaders, and only one died, and the only request was to bury him in a place of his own choosing, near the border of Dongjiang Town, in Zamu Valley.

Sakhalian and others hurried out of the city after receiving the suicide note, they were busy to save people, and when they arrived at Liu Xingzuo's house, they saw only a raging flame, after Liu Xingzuo's house turned to ashes, they found a charred corpse inside, and they were still wearing the white jade wrench that Aita never left his body, several people had been preconceived by the suicide note, and then looked at the wrench, how could there be any doubt, after a hasty identification, he sadly reported back to Huang Taiji, saying that Liu Xingzuo was dead.

After all, Huang Taiji was not the kind of crazy person in Nurhachi, and he felt pity for Liu Xingzuo's death, so he treated Liu Xingzuo's family well, and let his son inherit the official position, and according to Liu Xingzuo's wishes, he asked his younger brother Liu Xingzhi to take Liu Xingzuo's remains to Zhamu Valley for burial.

Because Liu Xingzuo died, Huang Taiji no longer sent people to monitor, how did he know, in fact, the dead person was a drunk who was arrested, Liu Xingzuo himself had escaped by no one after faking his death, and his younger brother Liu Xingzhi in the name of funeral, safely arrived at Zhamu Valley, which was close to Dongjiang Town, and easily absconded, and then the two ran to Dongjiang Town together.

The whole escape plan was one after another, and the three brothers were divided into three times, and all of them arrived safely in Dongjiang Town. All the strategies were designed by Liu Xingzuo, whether it was the psychological grasp of the enemy, the subtlety of the design and the execution, they were all perfect, and the self-proclaimed heroic Houjin aristocracy was played in the palm of his hand.

In addition to his two younger brothers, Liu Xingzuo left all his family members, including his mother, wife, and son, in Houjin, and he was very single, and as soon as he arrived in Dongjiang, he was not low-key at all, and soon did something that made Huang Taiji even more violent.

After Liu Xingzhi ran away, Huang Taiji realized that something was not right, but there was no exact news to confirm, so he could only take care of other family members, and soon after, Liu Xingzuo couldn't wait to find the old club to collect debts, under his mention and planning, the Dongjiang army suddenly attacked Salhu City, and the people in the city should be Liu Xingzuo's original cronies, they quietly opened the city gate, and the Dongjiang Army killed Salhu Jiannu, and gave Huang Taiji a slap in the face.

Huang Taiji only knew the truth at this time, and he still reflected his unique city government while thundering, he did not kill Liu Xingzuo's family, but only strengthened the guard, leaving a leeway.

Liu Xingzuo was promoted to the deputy general of Dongjiang Town because of Salhu's merits, Yuan Chonghuan admired him very much, and asked Mao Wenlong for people many times, but Mao Wenlong just didn't give it, after Mao Wenlong's death, Liu Xingzuo managed one of the four associations of Dongjiang and began to have his own power.

This time after Jin into the Kou, Liu Xingzuo is good to die or not to die just in Guanning to meet Yuan Chonghuan, he did not bring people, so Yuan Chonghuan did not take him Qinwang, as a result, Houjin soon returned to the vicinity of Yongping, Liu Xingzuo still does not know how to be low-key, he took the initiative to ask for a team, relying on the familiar Houjin army, under the sneak attack everywhere actually killed a lot, this matter was known by Huang Taiji, strictly ordered the army to pursue, and finally found Liu Xingzuo, Liu Xingzuo finally died this time, he died in battle, after the body was transported to Huang Taiji, he was also ordered by Huang Taiji to break the corpse.

Liu Xingzuo is a Han man with a conscience, and his ability is also very strong, Chen Xin felt very sorry after hearing about him, and also sighed that there were indeed many heroes during the war years, and he thought that if Liu Xingzuo did the secret front, I am afraid that he would not be worse than Dai Li.

But Liu Xingzuo deceived people a lot, and he always had to pay it back, someone believed it last time he faked his death, but this time he really died, but no one believed it, because the body was not found, and many officials in the Ming Dynasty thought that he had surrendered again, so he was not clear about his reward.

His younger brother Liu Xingzhi held a grudge because of this, and he heard that the Houjin entry was like a bamboo, and he had a new view on the power comparison between the Houjin and the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Wendeng camp Qinwang, and the Qinwang army is often stationed together, so there are many kinds of news, everyone has heard some of Liu Aita's affairs, and he still admires this Aita, who abandons the darkness and turns to the light, and is not afraid of building slaves, but also a little regretful.

Lu Chuanzong said tentatively: "This Aita is still a good man, the court treats him like this, I feel a little unconvinced, his brother is naturally even more angry, and blame the pitiful, we really want to kill his brother?" ”

Dai Zhenggang listened to the scolding and said: "Aita is a good man, so what's the matter with his brother." ”

Wang Changfu also said: "If he doesn't come to rob us, we won't pay attention to him, if he dares to come, it doesn't matter whose brother he is, he will be killed." ”

Chen Xin clapped his hands and smiled: "That's right, no matter who it is, you can't come to our Weihai to grab things, and the two of you will handle this matter according to this center." ”

Dai Zhenggang and Wang Changfu agreed, and Chen Xin didn't say much, and sent them back to their respective units to arrange the departure. He himself closed his eyes in the big tent and meditated on the formation of the water camp.

It wasn't until the sea dog reported outside that someone had come to ask for a meeting, that Chen Xin closed his eyes and asked, "That from the yamen?" ”

Hai Gouzi replied: "It's not from the Jingshi Yamen, he said that he was sent by a guerrilla in Fujian, and the guerrilla seems to be surnamed Xu, and he said that he was introduced by a son surnamed Li." ”

Chen Xin's eyes opened suddenly, "Xu Xinsu! ”

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