Lianyun Island is very close to the coast of Gaizhou, can be spent on a raft, after the winter freezes, it is like walking on the ground, Dengzhou Town sent ships to attack Lianyun Island as early as when it just landed in southern Liaoning, and a small number of Houjin soldiers on the island were cleared, but it was not occupied, to the last two attacks on Gaizhou, here as a temporary base for the special service team and the naval division to harass the fleet, relying on Lianyun Island to attack everywhere, so that the entire coastal area of Gaizhou in Houjin is full of soldiers, and effectively cooperate with the frontal battlefield of Gaizhou.

Late at night on August 3, the moonlight was like water, and the sea on the west side of the Liaonan Peninsula was sparkling.

In a bush on the shore, the moonlight reflected a face covered with mud, Li Tao quietly looked at the sea in the north, this horseman during the Battle of Gu'an has become the captain of the special service team, and the place where he is now is called Lianyun Island.

Lianyun Island is located at the mouth of the Qingsha River (now the Daqing River), twenty miles north-west of Gaizhou, in the Ming Dynasty is a small island very close to the mainland, until later generations due to the continuous accumulation of sediment brought by the river, it became a peninsula.

Starting from Lianyun Island, enter the Qinghe River through the mouth of the West River and drive for 20 miles, then arrive outside the city of Gaizhou, the Qinghe River is about one mile away from the city of Gaizhou, which greatly saves manpower. Large sea vessels can be unloaded and transferred to flat-bottomed vessels at Lianyun Island or Xihekou to pull the fiber up to Gaizhou. It also makes the benefits of Gaizhou's passage to the sea more prominent, before Jiannu occupies Liaodong, Shandong smuggling ships are also coming and going here endlessly, the same as the cattle village of Sancha River, it is an important sea port in Liaodong, before the Daoguang of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Lianyun Island is the only maritime commercial port in Northeast China, which shows its superior geographical conditions.

After Jiannu occupied Liaodong, the people of Nansiwei were killed cleanly, Liaonan was uninhabited for thousands of miles, and the prosperous Gaizhou was barren, after the death of Nurhachi, the Huang Taiji was not binding enough on the flags, and Lianyun Island slowly became a smuggling transaction place in Liaodong, and the original history of Chongzhen was six years. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming surrendered and settled in Gaizhou, and Gaizhou got rid of the barren state.

Since the Battle of Lushun, the Manchus abandoned the eastern coast of the Liaonan Peninsula, and the western coast was also defeated, and Gaizhou was the last salt field they received sea salt, which was the place where Zhang Zhongqi served in the past years called "Yaozhou boiled salt". If this place is also lost, they can only smuggle salt, which is one of the reasons why Houjin wants to protect Gaizhou.

Lianyun Island is far away from the Dengzhou Front, fresh water is scarce on the island, and the distance from the land is too short, so it is not easy to defend in winter. Therefore, Dengzhou Town did not garrison in the place of Lianyun Island, but only temporarily occupied it every time it was fought. Usually Denglai, Liaoxi, smuggling ships come here, Dengzhou Town has the advantage of commodities, he made a lot of money in smuggling, sometimes he has to rob the smuggling ships in Liaoxi at sea, not only knock Liaozhen, but also train their own sailors. It's just that the scale has not been large. Chen Xin didn't want to overstimulate Liaoxi, so the robbery was just a matter of convenience, and it had not yet reached a professional level.

Lianyun Island became a gray area until the autumn offensive began, and Lianyun Island's position became important again, and the sailors soon captured or expelled all the smuggling ships that appeared near Lianyun Island, and there were no Houjin soldiers on the island, only a small number of stranded sailors. Dengzhou sailors can deal with it, and this place soon became the forward base of the Wendeng water camp, with more than 30 sand boats and bird boats.

The two detachments of the special service team were immediately stationed and went deep into the rear of Gaizhou to conduct reconnaissance by sea, and now the special service unit is more inclined to large-scale battlefield reconnaissance and sabotage raids, and there are relatively few things that served as the vanguard of the whole army in the Jinzhou period, and the front-line reconnaissance task is completed by each battalion's own sentry horse.

At the same time, the fifth detachment of the Intelligence Directorate was also stationed. Thinking of this, Li Tao couldn't help but glance back, beside him was the original white flag Baya Lazhang Jingbak Mountain that surrendered in Lushun, and he still had a money rat tail at this time. The few team members on standby in the bushes behind him were all smooth on the top of their heads, reflecting the bright light in the moonlight, and being in the middle of a group of Tartars made Li Tao feel quite absurd, he was always worried that he would suddenly can't help but take a knife to cut those bald heads.

These people with money rat tails are the fifth detachment of the intelligence bureau field service and the fifth detachment of the special service team, they are the two most special teams in Dengzhou, the number is about fifty people each, they all have a characteristic, that is, they are all Yi language, and their facial features are very similar to the Jurchen tribe, and the distribution and clothing are exactly the same.

The secrecy of these two troops is very high, in a separate military camp in the Qixia Mountains, where there are few people, their station is a separate village, all of them are dressed as Jurchens, they must speak in Yi and Mongolian to each other, and salute with hugs, just like a miniature version of the Jurchen Niu Lu, which even has Niu Lu Ezhen, Feng De Pashiku and other officials.

Among the nearly 100 people in the two armies, there are 12 Zhenyi and 5 Baoyi, most of whom were captured after the Battle of Lushun. These Zhenyi and Baoyi are mainly in the Fifth Field Service Detachment of the Intelligence Bureau, and there are only two people in the Special Service Team, the Fifth Detachment of the Special Service is more focused on battlefield reconnaissance, and the Fifth Detachment of the Intelligence Bureau is more inclined to obtain intelligence behind enemy lines.

This village is not only the two units themselves, but also many other captured Baoyi, if they can speak Yi or Mongolian, sometimes they are arranged to play different roles in the village, some intelligence bureau personnel, use this village to understand the living habits and social structure of the Jiannu, and other detachments of the special service team will often go there for training.

These two detachments are also different from the blue team of the Dengzhou Military Affairs Division, the blue team mainly imitates the tactics of Jiannu, wears Jiannu armor and plays the Jiannu flag, and after the training, the blue team soldiers also wear the Dengzhou military uniform, and their personal dress is no different from that of ordinary soldiers. And the special dress of the two fifth detachments has a consequence, that is, the villagers there are not allowed to contact the outside world, and they are not allowed to contact their families, Zhenyi and Baoyi are a little better, those soldiers from the homeless people and tunhu often have psychological problems, they wish to recover Liaodong as soon as possible, so that they can no longer dress like this, so if you want to say that Dengzhou wants to recover Liaodong the most, they can be counted among them.

Wu Jianzhong, Bakshan and others all worked as instructors in that village. After the Battle of Arthur, the chief instructor of the base at Buck Hill, codenamed "Village Chief", because he had a broken leg and could not perform high-intensity tasks, this was also the most suitable position for him in the Intelligence Bureau. Buck Mountain official to Houjin inlaid with white flag Baya Lazhangjing, in Dengzhou Town, the understanding of Houjin can be described as unparalleled, this decisive battle in Liaodong. He also went with the team. This time, they went to Lianyun Island, which is separated from Liaodong by a water, and served as a consultant for front-line intelligence analysis, and they were waiting for information for the past two days, and they also needed to observe the sea surface at night, and by the way, they also prevented the night attack of the Houjin soldiers.

Buckshan looked at Li Tao next to him, the captain of the special service team had a black face, and Buckshan had seen the special service team training many times at the base. It is said that human faces are most exposed at night, so you always have to apply something. Buckshan thinks that it is a little too cautious, the fifth detachment of the intelligence bureau values the details of life and dialogue the most, and does not have high requirements for field combat skills, but the people of the special service team have always been meticulous in this aspect.

Buck Mountain looked at the night sky to the east and was slightly distracted, and twenty miles away was Gaizhou. The last time he passed there, he went to fight Lushun, and he broke his leg in a daze, he was quite brave on the battlefield, but he was not afraid of death, and finally descended to Dengzhou Town, and the whole family was killed by Huang Taiji to only a little daughter, and now it is next to Gaizhou. I can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"There are lights." Li Tao said in a low voice.

Buck Mountain hurriedly concentrated, and saw that there was indeed a light flashing on the sea in the distance, which was the effect of a wind lamp wrapped in black cloth, and after three consecutive times, the intelligence officer in charge of the joint confirmed that it was the messenger, and the intelligence officer began to reply to the sea from the east side of the bush where Buck Mountain was located.

The lights on the sea flickered once in a while, and the distance slowly approached. There was a creaking sound of a strong crossbow winding around, Buckshan looked around, the people of the special service team were ready for battle, Lianyun Island was too close to the coast, and there were more and more Houjin troops in Gaizhou, and the island could be raided by a small group of Houjin troops at any time, so there were not only sentinel ships at sea at night. There are also sailors on the island who are docked on the boat and on guard at night. The intelligence bureau received the letter in the north of the island at night this time, and because it did not trust the combat strength of the naval division, it was unwilling to use those sailors, so it specially asked the special service team to dispatch to answer it.

Buck Hill has broken his leg. Bows and crossbows are inconvenient to use, he is equipped with a short gun, and then he bought himself a long flintlock pistol, this time when he registered the spear in the intelligence bureau and brought it to Liaodong, now he is not like a former Zhenyi in terms of weapons, but more like Dengzhou Tunhu.

There was a sound behind him, and Wu Jianzhong's voice came, "Have you landed on the island?" ”

Li Tao's voice replied calmly: "It's almost land." ”

Buckshan was a little curious, and he didn't know whose messenger it was, so that Wu Jianzhong, the military intelligence liaison officer of this campaign, came to Lianyun Island in person, but the intelligence bureau was strictly disciplined, and this kind of thing would never dare to ask, and if he knew, he would only ask for trouble.

Wu Jianzhong is not well-known in the military system of Dengzhou Town, but he is like a thunderbolt in the intelligence system. Buckshan saw Wu Jianzhong when he was in Liaodong, Wu Jianzhong was still Liu Xingzuo's henchman at that time, but he didn't expect to be in Denglai when he saw him again.

Wu Jianzhong also took out a pair of bows and arrows, and the ambush soldiers everywhere waited quietly for the light, and finally the light landed, and it could be seen clearly by the moonlight, the light was a small fishing boat, and there were not many people on it, so it was impossible to raid Lianyun Island.

The informant of the joint walked onto the beach, a dark shadow came down from the fishing boat, and the two whispered on the shore for a moment, and the informant turned around and whistled to indicate that the joint was correct.

Wu Jianzhong stood up from the bush and strode to the fishing boat with two of his men. Wu Jianzhong looked at the people who came by the moonlight, and he was still arguing with money rats on his head, and he was about forty years old.

The man also looked at Wu Jianzhong opposite for a moment, Wu Jianzhong was wearing a bereaked military hat on his head, and the moon pass was covered by the brim of the hat, forming a dark shadow on Wu Jianzhong's face, hiding Wu Jianzhong's face in the dark, with his straight figure, the whole person was like a rock polished.

The man was intimidated by Wu Jianzhong's momentum, and turned his head to look at the relatively familiar liaison intelligence officer, "This ...... This ......"

"This is Lord Wu from our Intelligence Bureau, this time he is in charge of the affairs of Liaodong, and you can tell Lord Wu what your master wants to say."

The man hurriedly took out a booklet from his arms, "Lord Wu, this is the list of generals above the rank of Jiannu who has been sealed. As he spoke, he took off his shoes again, took out the soles of his shoes and took out a letter: "What the other masters want to say is in the letter, and the master and the slave are all written in secret language, anyway, the slave doesn't understand." ”

Wu Jianzhong immediately took it and handed it over to the intelligence officer next to him, who left quickly and arranged for someone to translate the secret language.

"This time, I went back and told your master, Lord Chen's 100,000 strong troops gathered in Liaodong, and the defeat of Jiannu is imminent, your master is a smart person, and he will not think of dying with Huang Taiji. Last time your master made a request, Lord Chen agreed, for officials or business, choose one, Dengzhou Town to keep him safe, and he will not be held accountable for what he did in Liaodong in previous years. ”

The messenger stammered: "My master is still a little worried, he is not a small official in Jiannu, in case the Ming court ......"

Wu Jianzhong sneered, "Your master is worried, why did he send you to deliver the letter, since he sent the letter, that is, he chose our Dengzhou victory, and told him not to be the first rat at both ends, and if he didn't take some risks, he would get rich and noble, how could there be such a good thing." But there is no need to worry about those plain names, have you heard of the white flag Baya Lazhang Jingbak Mountain, he is still a true Yi, the battle of Lushun really took refuge in my family, and my family will keep him safe, at this time on the island, what is the imperial court. ”

"Can the slave meet the master of Buck Mountain......"

Wu Jianzhong waved his hand, "Take the messenger to see Buck Mountain." ”

Another attendant immediately took the messenger in the direction of the bushes, and after a while Buck Mountain came out of it, the messenger looked timid, but he was quite meticulous in his work, and even talked with Buck Mountain, even asking about the monthly salary and whether there were shops, and also asked about the relationship between Dengzhou Town and the imperial court.

Wu Jianzhong didn't urge, at this time there was still the last entourage left by his side, Wu Jianzhong looked at the back of the messenger and let out a long breath, and then whispered to the entourage beside him: "Gao Hongzhong has already gotten on the ship of our Dengzhou Town, he can't help but sway again, and the chance of betraying us is very small." This time, the two of you will go back with this person, disguised as Goshha in Gao Hongzhong, with this identity cover, it will be more convenient for you to walk between Gaizhou and Haizhou. Remember that your most important task is to awaken Hibernating Snake 1 and Hibernating Snake 2, and send them letters, which may be useful at critical times, but you can't tell the identity of Hibernating Snake Gao Hongzhong. After awakening the Hibernating Snake, you will disconnect from the Hibernating Snake and continue to hide by Gao Hongzhong's side, acting cheaply according to the situation on the battlefield. ”