"Xia Guan is still gratifying, I have seen Lord Zhong who killed Mang Gurtai." A Liaodong Han came to meet him, and said to Zhong Laosi with an excited expression, "Shang's father and brother and millions of Liaodong Han people who were killed have thanked Lord Zhong, and you have avenged everyone." ”

"Lord Shang is polite." Zhong Laosi said in a loud voice, "It is the duty of a soldier to kill thieves for the country, and he should not be thanked." When the adults were born and died, they attacked Liaodong, and we also talked about it in our martial arts, and Lord Chen also said that Shang Kexi dared to fight with the Tartars, and he was a good man in my Dengzhou Town. Lao Tzu is the same as Lord Shang, he likes to fight Tartar the most, this time let's fight hard and take revenge more. ”

Shang Kexi laughed, he originally thought that the generals who killed Mang Gurtai might have the same temperament as Chen Xin and Zhu Guobin, but this person looked rough and arrogant, and he was very angry with him.

"If you can get into the eyes of Lord Chen and Lord Zhong, the lower officials will not work in vain. Lord Chung, please. "Shang Kexi pointed to the Yellow Bone Island Fort.

Zhong Laosi was about to take a step, Zhao Xuan pulled him from behind, Zhong Laosi hurriedly asked Shang Kexi to go first, Shang Kexi was more careful, and when he saw Zhao Xuan's armband, he knew that he was the trainer of Dengzhou Town. He has been dealing with Dengzhou Town for a long time, and those officers in charge of the army are straightforward and easy to get along with, but the instructors have a lot of crooked intestines and have a lot of power in the army, so they can't be offended.

He was a little excited when he saw Zhong Laosi just now, and then he knew that he had treated this trainer slowly, and hurriedly greeted Zhao Xuan again and invited Zhao Xuan to enter the castle together.

When he arrived at the fort, Zhong Laosi looked at the defense first without saying a word, this is the back road of this operation, and there can be no problems. Last year, the Yellow Bone Island Fort was helped by Dengzhou Combat Engineer Instructors, and it was continued later. The details of the first qiē are well organized, and the weapons used to defend the city such as gunpowder and gunpowder are also sufficient. Zhong Laosi put his mind at ease.

Shang Kexi won Zhong Laosi's approval, and he was also a little proud in his heart. After all, it is Zhong Caisheng, who is famous in the imperial court, the story of this man killing Mang Gurtai has been compiled into a storytelling and drama, and the last time Dengzhou Town specially sent a performance troupe to Guanglu, Shicheng, Phidao, Huanggudao Fort, Tieshan and other places to perform, and the story of "Meeting on the Narrow Road" in the commentary is the story. Because Mang Gurtai is notorious in Liaodong and has killed a lot of Liao people, the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town love to listen to this paragraph, and then there are "Mandarin Ducks in Troubled Times" and "Homeland", as long as it is a person who came out of Liaodong back then, there is no one who does not cry after watching it. Therefore, Zhong Laosi's reputation in the Dongjiang River is very loud. may be second only to Chen Xin, the protagonist in "Home".

Zhong Laosi walked all the way in the fort, the news of the arrival of the hero who killed Mang Gurtai came slowly, and everywhere he went, the Dongjiang soldiers looked at him with reverent eyes, and finally when he walked to the temporary mansion of Shang Kexi, the onlookers of the Dongjiang soldiers cheered in unison, and the voice of "hero" resounded in the sky.

Zhong Laosi was not cramped at all, and proudly bowed his hands to the surroundings, Shang Kexi laughed very happily on the side, and did not feel that Zhong Laosi had stolen the limelight at all. He is now following Chen Xin with all his mind. Together with more than 100 children of his brother Shang Keyi, they were sent to Dengzhou to make their position clear, and they were already half of the people in Dengzhou Town.

After being lively for a while, Zhong Laosi entered Shang Kexi's mansion. Shang Kexi said respectfully to Zhong Laosi: "Lord Zhong, the lower officials have prepared a reception banquet, let's ...... first."

"Let's look at the military situation first. Although I have seen the sand table, I have not really been there after all. Lord Shang knows Liaodong well, so please tell us in detail about the shape around Xiuyan. ”

Shang Kexi also knew the style of these officers in Dengzhou Town. It is not strange that Zhong Laosi is like this, and Zhu Guobin, who is more senior than Zhong Laosi, is also like this, and he will talk about business first.

Shang Kexi came to the front of the sand table of Dengzhou instructor system, "Then let's talk about it first, Xiuyan this place, I have come and gone countless times, it is located in a flat valley among the mountains, the road extends in all directions, the most important thing is to lead to Gaizhou, Haizhou, Lianshanguan and other places, the road is mostly along the mountain valley or the old river, from Haizhou Gaizhou are more than 200 miles, there are three roads to Lianshanguan, the distance is up and down 300 miles, the best one is to go north through Tongyuan Fort, and then go north along the Jinjia River valley after passing through Tongyuan Fort, From Phoenix City to Lianshan Pass is also through this road, the road is relatively wide, and it is also the tribute road for North Korea in previous years. ”

Zhong Laosi pointed in the direction of Phoenix City and said, "Are the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town who sent troops from Phoenix City this time under Shen Shikui's department?" ”

"Yes, the leader of the troops is called Shen Zhixiang, and my brother Shang Keyi led the troops to Kuandian, and he may attack Jianzhou Weihetuala."

"Shen Zhixiang?" Zhong Laosi didn't have much impression of this person, and looked back at the intelligence staff officer behind him, and the young staff officer hurriedly said: "Shen Shikui's nephew is also the deputy chief soldier, and he can get by in the war." ”

Zhong Laosi nodded, and didn't take it to heart, the official position here in Dongjiang Town is not very valuable, and there are thousands of people on all the islands, and some people even have only a few people under them, and they are also known as guerrillas.

This Shen Zhixiang was the successor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the original history. After Shen Shikui became the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, he was ready to kill Shang Kexi, but as a result, Shang Kexi was forced to vote for Houjin. Later, Azig and others broke through Phi Island, Shen Shikui was killed again, Shen Zhixiang ran to Shicheng Island, and he sealed his own general army, of course the Ming court did not recognize it, and after cutting off his salary, Shen Zhixiang invested in Houjin, only 2,500 people, but there were nine deputy generals, eight generals, eighteen guerrillas, and 31 Dusi, all of which were sealed by Shen Zhixiang himself.

But now that Dengzhou Town has come to southern Liaoning, and the rivers and rivers are declining, Shen Zhixiang will naturally not go to Houjin again. In this spring offensive, he was sent by Shen Shikui to attack Phoenix City and go straight to the front line of Maji Fort.

Shang Kexi continued: "Xiuyan and Phoenix City gave up in the last winter, and Jiannu was not stationed, and only a small number of sentinels were left after the beginning of spring, blocking us from exploring to the north. Guanglu's Deputy General Mao is also on this road, and he should also set off with his troops. As for the people over there in Dongjiang Town, Xia Guan didn't know too well when they would do it. ”

Zhao Xuan heard Shang Kexi call Shen Shikui and them Dongjiang Town, and couldn't help but glance at Shang Kexi, feeling that this Deputy General Shang didn't regard himself as Dongjiang Town.

Zhong Laosi looked at Shang Kexi, "In other words, Xiuyan and the Jiannu people north of Phoenix City are not quite sure at the moment. ”

Shang Kexi nodded a little uncomfortably, and immediately added: "The special service team of Dengzhou Town has already set off to Xiuyan to help drive away the Jiannu scouts, with them, it will not be a problem to explore the north of Xiuyan." ”

Zhong Laosi took the thin wooden branch on the ground, pointed to the location of Phoenix City, and said, "What is the approximate number of Shen Zhixiang's soldiers?" ”

"There are about 2,000 people who fight, and there are generally 2,000 more people who go to dig ginseng and mink."

Zhong Laosi frowned and looked in the direction of Phoenix City, this time it was different from the past, usually Dongjiang Town fought its own, but this time it invested the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou Town. Phoenix City is the flank of Xiuyan, and the mountains in the middle of Xiuyan to Phoenix City are blocked, and the army's actions can only detour to the south or go through the far fort, which is not as good as rescue. If this side collapses, then the middle road is very dangerous, and Jiannu can go straight to the rear of Xiuyan and cut off the retreat of the second battalion of the guards, and the other roads in Xiuyan lead to places in Jiannu's hands.

Zhong Laosi looked at Lianshan Pass for a while, this combat target was issued by the Military Order Division, only more than 1,000 people knew about it, Shang Kexi didn't know, because there might be a fine work of Jiannu in Dongjiang Town, and Shang Kexi would be officially informed after arriving in Xiuyan.

Zhong Laosi stayed for a while, and the bamboo branch pointed to the location of Tongyuan Fort, "Lord Shang, what is this place in Tongyuan Fort." ”

"Tongyuan Fort is the same as that Lianshan Pass, it is a junction in the Jinjia River Valley, it is not a dangerous place, here is the place to the north of Lianshan Pass, southwest to Xiuyan, southeast to Phoenix, east to Caohe Fort, if it is important, it is more important than Xiuyan."

Zhong Laosi looked at Zhao Xuan and Zhu Feng, this is similar to the analysis of important places in Liaodong issued by the Military Command Division, and Tongyuan Fort is really a key point. Controlling this place will be able to curb the main marching route from central Liaozhong to the eastern coast of Liaodong.

Shang Kexi said again: "It is said that Shen Zhixiang is in charge here, and I don't know if he is gone." If you want to occupy this place, I'm afraid we'll have to leave early. ”

Zhu Feng in the back came over and said: "Lord Zhong, now that Liaodong is civilized, the roads are muddy in some places, Mao Chenglu is afraid that he will not be able to reach Xiuyan as accurately as the time of the Military Orders Division, and the main force of Shang Kexi has just left, and if the three groups of men and horses march together, they may be blocked in the middle of the road." ”

After hearing this, Zhong Laosi said to Shang Kexi: "Lord Shang, in this spring offensive, I will cooperate with your department in Dengzhou Town, but the smooth flow of military orders in the army is the top priority, and I still have to explain to Lord Shang here." ”

Shang Kexi immediately said solemnly: "Lord Zhong rest assured, Lord Chen's general order is clear, Lord Zhong is the chief official of this road, but Lord Zhong has been sent, that is a military order, and the subordinate officials all obey it." ”

Zhong Laosi and Zhao Xuan immediately had a good impression of Shang Kexi, and the unification of the military order was the thing they were most worried about before, for fear that all kinds of hidden dangers would arise from it.

"Lord Shang is happy, this official also said, our Dengzhou Town called the temporary road a battle group, a certain is only a temporary dispatch position, because the road is narrow, I am afraid to ask your department to set off in advance, a part of my town ashore will go to Xiuyan with you first. I won't drink alcohol at today's reception. Zhong Laosi glanced at Zhao Xuan next to him, "There are military regulations in Dengzhou Town, come back from the battle, let's get drunk again."

Shang Kexi immediately waved his hand, "Your Excellency, please." ”

Zhong Laosi bowed his hand and thanked him, then turned around and whispered to Zhu Fengdao, "Tell the director of the Moqian Headquarters, according to our plan, after arriving in Xiuyan, we will send two bureau monks and Shang Kexi to Tongyuan Fort, and we must seize this place, even if Shen Zhixiang occupies it, I will also grab it for Lao Tzu." (To be continued......)