"On July 13, the Guanning Army began to build the left thousand households in the middle of the Daling River, the city of the Daling River is located on the west bank of the Daling River, more than 30 miles away from Jinzhou, and more than 30 miles away from the right tunwei of Guangning, and there are large areas of hills and mountains between the Daling River and Jinzhou."

In the conference room of the Wendeng camp, Liu Pojun pointed out with bamboo branches on a large map of western Liaoning made of cloth, and the officers above the general level sat below, which was a routine summary of military information, once every two months, in order to cultivate the officers' ability to view the overall situation and analyze the situation, and at the same time let the army maintain a state of psychological alert at any time.

The officers below used charcoal pens to record, and the few words that could not be written were crossed by them, in short, they were varied, but they were much better than the illiterate old rough appearance at the beginning.

Liu Pojun pointed to the location of Dalinghe City, "This city was built in Xuande for three years, and the city is twelve steps in three steps, one zhang wide. Jiajing forty-two years, the governor Wang Zhihao rebuilt, built two zhang five feet high, since the construction of the Nu Xingbing has been destroyed twice, the battle of Ningjin was demolished by the Houjin soldiers, did not rebuild, but the city base is still there, judge that the repair of the city should be on the original city base to build a wall, the demolished stone and so on are in the vicinity, the speed will be faster than the repair of the new city, the plan of Liao Town is to be completed within a month, including several trenches around the city. ”

Liu Pojun was always a little nervous when he explained, but after a few battles, he became proficient in business, his self-confidence increased greatly, and his voice was very loud, "The soldiers and horses dispatched by Liaozhen are Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zu Kefa, and Zu Zerun, with about 5,000 soldiers, 5,000 Shizhu Youyang Baipole soldiers, Qin Yiming, and 13,000 soldiers from Shandong and Henan, and about 10,000 businessmen and men with the army. Dalinghe City is still far from the Sancha River. It is still unknown whether Jiannu will make a big move for this. ”

Lu Chuanzong raised his hand, and after Liu Pojun nodded, he said, "It's still good for the Guanning army to defend the city, if the city is repaired and the slaves come to it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take it." ”

Most of the officers agreed with Lu Chuanzong's view that Jiannu had been clumsy in attacking the city in recent years. On the contrary, Guan Ningjun has gained experience, so everyone is not very optimistic about Jiannu's prospects this time.

Zhu Guobin shook his head and said: "According to the intelligence collected this year, since last year, a large number of people have been looted. Houjin's spring ploughing this year is all covered with clothing, so the time for Jiannu to send troops is no longer limited by farming, but they can't come. It's really hard to say, we can all get information in Guanning, Jiannu is closer to Liaoxi, if you want to send troops, now it's time to gather troops, what is the movement of Jiannu? ”

"It just so happens that the following is Jiannu's military intelligence report, we don't have a grasp of Houjin's movements at present, and the current intelligence on Jiannu is still a summary of scattered information from Guanning and Dongjiang Town, and the authenticity cannot be verified. If they want to deal with the construction of the city of Dalinghe this time, the Jiannu army is expected to be similar to the battle at the entrance, and the composition is still the Jurchen Eight Banners, the left and right wings of the Mongols, and the submission of the Mongol tribes. All of them are composed of Han people-epithe-grained coats, with 1,600 marching soldiers and 1,600 garrisons, most of whom are equipped with firearms, among which there is a kind of artillery called Tianyou Cheering General, which is similar to the Hongyi cannon. The weight is between 4,000 and 6,000 catties, and after repeated interrogation of the prisoners by the Intelligence Bureau, it was judged that their number did not exceed three, and there were hundreds of old-style generals, three generals, and Franco, etc., and the rest of the soldiers were all using bird guns and three-eyed guns. ”

Chen Xin said to Zhou Shifa, who was sitting on the side: "Is there anything else to add to the intelligence bureau?" ”

Zhou Shifa calmly opened his booklet, stood up and said loudly: "One point, please pay attention to the chief officers, Dongjiang Town found a batch of tiger squat guns in the Xuanchuan camp of Jiannu, which were also not maintained, but they were found around with lead bullets and pressure iron bullets, as well as particle gunpowder scattered on the ground, it can be seen that after the Battle of Gu'an last year, Jiannu paid attention to this kind of artillery, and they may use this kind of artillery. Special attention should be paid to the development of different tactics of warfare. ”

The officers below raised their heads one after another, and some looked at each other, Jiannu seemed to have quickened the pace of firearms, and the Wendeng battalion might also suffer firearms strikes on the battlefield in the future.

Chen Xin did not look at the slave soldiers of Wuzhen Chaoha, in terms of the number of Wuzhen Chaoha, it is also pitiful, it can be seen that the other flags are quite resistant to the transfer of their manpower, but the Houjin began to equip Hongyi cannons, but it is worth paying attention to, at this time, the Houjin is fighting every year, and the learning ability for war is very strong, at this point, from the old slave to the Huang Taiji are not conservative people, the Wendeng battalion gave them three heavy blows, they will naturally summarize the combat characteristics of the Wendeng battalion, as well as the use of firearms, What will become of Wuzhen Chaoha in the future, no one can guess, it is very urgent to strengthen the intelligence work of Houjin, if it is not for the capture of a large number of prisoners on Shenmi Island this time, I am afraid that even Wuzhen Chaoha has been established.

Although all the officers want to talk about the firearms of Jiannu, but the military meeting is strict, and it is not allowed to talk casually, Huang Yuan finished recording this paragraph, turned his head to look at his Qianzong Lu Chuanzong, and in a blink of an eye, he actually saw Zhong Laosi, he was on the side of the peasant soldiers, and he was also recording carefully, last year Zhong Laosi came back and said that Huang Yuan commanded indiscriminately, and used the soldier's life to exchange for promotion, Huang Yuan was annoyed and angry, and it happened that the Central Military Department wanted the departments to recommend the officer candidates to go to the peasant soldiers, so he sent Zhong Laosi to the peasant soldiers, I didn't expect the peasants to be promoted to the reserve battalion so quickly, the third company and the fourth company were merged into the second reserve division, and Zhong Laosi became the general manager of the third company because of the blessing of misfortune.

Zhong Laosi noticed that someone was looking at him, looked over and saw that it was Huang Yuan, smiled crookedly, looking proud, without any respect for the old leader, Huang Yuan glared at him coldly, didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned his head and continued to listen to the explanation.

Chen Xin glanced at the officers in the venue, and said: "To add to the matter of Wuzhen Chaoha, Huang Taiji has a tendency to reuse Han officials in recent years, according to the news from Mongolia, in the congratulatory gifts of the Jin Dynasty after the New Year this year, the Han officials have been ranked before the Mongolian officials, and in October last year, Huang Taiji inspected the banners and Dingkou in the Houjin country, one is to clean up the hidden field and the hidden Ding, and the other is to prepare for the establishment of Wuzhen Chaoha, and the purpose of Wuzhen Chaoha is to alleviate the contradiction between Han and Yi. Recruit more traitors who do not want ancestors to serve the Houjin, this army is currently more than 3,000, and the battalion soldiers who can be recruited are 1,600, accounting for only a very small part of the number of Houjin's coats. It should be regarded as the same as a slave, and once encountered, it should be attacked with all its might. Leave no room for deterrence from those who are willing to be accomplices. ”

After he finished speaking, there was silence in the backfield, and Chen Xin said to Liu Pojun: "You continue." ”

Liu Pojun cleared his throat and continued: "The following is a summary of the intelligence of the Shanxi Liukou. Shaanxi trilateral governor Yang Daren's appeasement strategy did not reap the long-term effect, Shen Yikui, light the lamp, the heavenly monkey, the heavenly monkey, the heavenly dragon, Wang Laohu, the lone wolf, Hao Lin'an and other departments have accepted the appeasement, but the rotation of the rebellion, in May suddenly difficult to capture the golden lock pass, Yang He has no silver, Shaanxi this year again drought, the displaced people have no way to live, chaos will be inevitable. ”

"Shanxi-shaped shì is even more severe, and its liukou all originate from the liukou from Shaanxi to Jin, with dozens of large and small strands. Among them, Wang Jiayin, the Eight Kings, the King of Chuang, the General, Cao Cao, the old Huihui, and the Eight King Kong departments have strong combat power, mostly concentrated in Pingyang, Jinzhong, and the southeast of Jin, Wang Jiayin was killed in June, and the general who killed him was our old friend Cao Wenzhao of Wendeng Battalion, and his right prime minister Bai Yuzhu surrendered. But Prime Minister Zuo escaped, and this person's name was Wang Ziyong, and the bandit name was Zijin Liang ............

After the meeting, all the officers stood up and saluted, exited the conference room in order, and Chen Xin rubbed his forehead. He did not plan to go to the Daling River, according to the original historical situation, the Houjin is a clear siege to send reinforcements, with the population captured last year, the Houjin has really had a strategic advantage, the battle of the Dalinghe proves that the Houjin has been able to maintain a longer mobilization state, and it is transforming from a soldier and a civilian integration to a professional army.

He only knew Sun Chengzong in Liaoxi, and he had a very bad relationship with a faction like Zu Dashou, and more importantly, most of the Guan Ning army were transferred to masters, and he went on an expedition with them, which was equivalent to fighting with two enemies.

Of course, Chen Xin would not tell those officers that he was unwilling to go to Dalinghe, and that the war served the government, but the soldiers could not be keen on politics, so he often said selectively that one of the purposes of Huang Taiji's establishment of Wuzhen Chaoha was to contain the Manchu Eight Banners, and he would not analyze this kind of political purpose with the officers, lest they think too much and lose the simplicity that the Wendeng camp has always maintained.

There were only Liu Pojun and a few staff officers left in the conference room, they were still sorting out the records of their speeches, Chen Xin took a little rest, and was about to leave, when he saw Zhou Shifa shaking at the door, Chen Xin said to Liu Pojun beside him: "Pojun, tomorrow I want to inspect an army department, you go to see the training plan, which departments are in charge, list them for me to choose, and you go to inform Mr. Liu, ask him to inspect the military factory with me tomorrow afternoon." ”

Liu Pojun had been in the Central Military Department for a long time, and he also knew Chen Xin's habits, so he immediately beckoned a few staff officers to leave the conference room, leaving only a sea dog in the conference room.

After they left, Zhou Shifa walked in, he bowed his head in front of Chen Xin and said: "My lord, I missed the few people from Dengzhou, Dengzhou Station once received a message that three people brought silver to the sea, but the stationmaster did not pay attention to it and let go of the clues, this is a dereliction of duty by his subordinates, please punish him." ”

Chen Xin smiled kindly, "Sit down and say." ”

After Zhou Shifa sat down, Chen Xin put away his smile and thought for a while before saying: "The intelligence bureau has done well since its establishment, even more than I expected, Shifa, you don't have to be burdened by an omission, the more things you do, the more mistakes you make, and only those who don't do things don't make mistakes, this time it's not your own mistake, but you are the chief officer of the intelligence bureau, so naturally you should also be punished accordingly. ”

Zhou Shifa glanced up at Chen Xin, and nodded with emotion, now he is the spy leader of Wendeng Battalion, his level is not high, but his power is still very heavy, and Chen Xin treats him very well, and he has done a good job in this position, and he has a great sense of achievement, but this time he made a big omission.

Chen Xin stood up and paced two steps, "But there are mistakes and omissions, we must learn a lesson in the future, we can't make the same mistakes, if it weren't for Wang Changfu taking the initiative to tell me this time, we wouldn't know that Master Sun came to such a hand, which also reminds us that the intelligence bureau is currently spreading too wide, our focus is still on Dengzhou, Guanning should not go too deep for the time being, Dongjiang Town is mainly to maintain the relationship with the generals." ”

"Yes, my lord, what should the three people in Dengzhou do?"

"Lord Sun has a good calculation, if you want to give me an official position casually and take away my people, how can it be so easy in the world. Have the identities and whereabouts of those three people been clarified? ”

"It has been found out that one of the three is a relative of Sun Yuanhua, and the other two are the praise paintings of the governor's office, after they arrived in Wendeng, two of them tried to meet the generals in Weihai, and the other was near Jinghaiwei Port to investigate, in addition to Wang Changfu, among the officers above the thousandth general, Zhu Guobin was in the Wendeng camp, and there were Dai Zhenggang, Lu Chuanzong and Scar in Weihai, and the two people who were sure to be in Weihai had seen Lu Chuanzong, and they had also appeared outside Dai Zhenggang's house, but I don't know if they had seen Dai Zhenggang." After Zhou Shifa finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Chen Xin's face.

Chen Xin frowned, didn't speak for a long time, and the sea dog standing behind him looked back and forth at Zhou Shifa and Chen Xin.

Zhou Shifa said tentatively in a low voice: "My lord, my subordinates feel that even if they meet, they may not necessarily agree, and my Wendeng camp is not an ordinary battalion, not a general can take it away if he wants to, and it is not impossible to leave any general." ”

Chen Xin suddenly smiled and said: "But Lord Sun doesn't know, he wants to use this victory on Mi Island as an excuse to transfer my subordinates and battalions in the name of promotion, thinking that he can swallow my generals by giving him an official position, not only expanding his standard battalion, but also allowing them to turn to contain his own officials, hehe, he is the general of the regular barracks and the general of the pacesetter battalion, and Lord Sun's chips are not low, but he also underestimates me too much." ”

"Then, do you want to take down a few people first?"

"Don't alarm them, wait until they are done with their visit, catch them alive when they return to Dengzhou, I want to know what the result of their visit is, and then ......" Chen Xin made a decapitation action, "This matter can only be known to you, and you can't talk about it to anyone, including interrogation, and you can only try it alone, and this matter must not be lost, these three people must die in Wendeng." ”

Zhou Shifa's heart trembled, he nodded and agreed to leave, he just walked to the door, Chen Xin added lightly, "When it's time to do it, kill Huang Gongcheng together." ”

Zhou Shifa nodded, opened the door and left.

Chen Xin took the inkstone in front of him, slowly began to grind, and the sea dog didn't dare to disturb him, after a long while, Chen Xin picked up a piece of paper, lifted the pen and dipped it in ink, paused for a moment, and then began to write fluently, "Wang Changfu is hereby appointed as the commander of the reserve battalion, and Zheng Sanhu is the fourth general officer of the reserve battalion......"