Batu twisted the two mustaches on his lips with two fingers, and his eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the Han man Zhang Jing through the cracks in his eyes. Zhao Dezhi smoked a cigarette and continued to speak to his Mongolian colleague Merlin Zhangjingbatu.

"Merchants from Shandong have been saying recently that the Ming Dynasty is going to send troops to recover Liao, and the bandits in the Central Plains have been almost wiped out. There is news that the Ming Emperor Yizi Zhennanhou has led his 100,000 male divisions to exterminate the bandits in the Central Plains, and has sent troops. ”

In addition, Emperor Ming also ordered Hong Chengchou to lead eight total soldiers of 300,000 horses to march to Jinzhou to fight Yizhou. I heard that Sun Chuanting from Shaanxi and Qin Liangyu from Sichuan were also transferred to lead 50,000 troops to the north. ”

At this time, Batu's eyes narrowed even smaller, revealing only a narrow eye, and he said, "The Ming army likes to exaggerate the number of soldiers and horses, and these armies claim to be 500,000, but in fact, I am afraid that it will not exceed 200,000. Moreover, even if the Ming army has 200,000, how many can really be fought is a problem. Brother Zhao also came from the Ming army, don't you know the situation of the Ming army, that is, some of the generals can fight, and the rest have a few who can fight. You're too worried. ”

After a pause, he said, "The emperor has been planning for a long time, and now he is sending all kinds of elite troops to Jinzhou. ”

Zhao Dezhi hurriedly said, "Oh, there is one thing you don't know, the army led by the Marquis of Zhennan is not going to Jinzhou, but is coming towards us." He has hundreds of ships and thousands of cannons captured from Xiyi, and they are going to float to the sea. ”

"Thousands of cannons, you're talking about tiger squat cannons, right?" Batu burst out laughing. In the early years, the Qing army did not build artillery, and only a very small number of cannons were captured from the Ming army. Later, the Qing army got craftsmen. Began to make their own Hongyi cannons, successively cast Zhenguo Longwei General Cannon, Tianqi Cheering General Cannon, etc.

"Of course it won't be the Tiger Squat Cannon, I heard that in the army of the Marquis of Zhennan, the Tiger Squat, the Exterminator, the Franc Machine and other general cannons are not included in the cannon. Their more than 1,000 cannons are all large cannons equivalent to Hongyi cannons. Some can even fire 48-pound cannonballs, and some cannons that fire 24-pound cannonballs can hit more than 10 miles away. ”

"General Zhao, you haven't drunk yet, why are you talking drunk, more than a thousand Hongyi cannons? Can you still fight more than ten miles away, and there is a cannon that can fire forty-eight pounds of shells? Hmph, hum! ”

"General, I'm not lying to you, I'm here to inform you because we have a good relationship on weekdays. The big warship of this town Nanhou has more than 100 Hongyi cannons on one battleship. Wherever you go on the sea, it's a fortress. And you don't know it yet, they also have a new type of firebolt, which can fire without a fire rope and has a range of up to 100 paces. The accuracy is also extremely high, and now half of the army is equipped with this new type of firearm. ”

Batu's eyes widened.

"You're not kidding me?"

"Brother, it's all this time, what am I kidding you about? The army of Zhennan Hou is about to arrive. But how many soldiers do we have in Lushun? It turned out that there were still 2,000 people, but the emperor had just transferred 1,000, leaving 1,000 soldiers and horses. A full banner is a bull, dozens of armor soldiers and more than 100 minions. Mengqi has two hundred cattle records, two Han army cattle records, and one North Korea cattle record, just our soldiers and horses, even for Zhennan Hou to plug the teeth. Let's make plans as soon as possible. ”

Batu's official position is Meilin Zhangjing, which is the official name in the Mongolian Eight Banners, which is actually equivalent to Niulu Zhangjing, which is also the name of the post after the reform of the military system in the Later Jin, which is equivalent to the preparation of the Ming army, and then up is Jiala Zhangjing, Melle Zhangjing and Gushan Ezhen, each divided into three classes, the third class Jiala Zhangjing is equivalent to guerrilla, the first and second classes are equivalent to the generals, and then the upper is equivalent to the deputy general and the general soldier.

In terms of position, Batu is the same as Zhao Dezhi, but the Mongol soldiers are more trusted than the Han soldiers. And Zhao Dezhi dared to come to Batu and said such a thing, in fact, he was very sure. This Batu is also a general like him, and he is also a prisoner who was captured after fighting with the Qing army.

Zhao Dezhi was captured in the battle of Shicheng Island and surrendered, and Batu led his troops to assist the Ming army in defending the city when the Qing army invaded Guannai the year before last and was defeated and captured.

"Brother, although we are now the generals of the Manchu Dynasty, if you think about it carefully, do those Manchus really regard us as their own? The Manchurians simply rode on our heads to do power and fortune, and treated us as servants. The dirty work is ours, and the benefits are theirs. Think about your brothers and nephews, and at whose hands did they die? In the past, we didn't have a choice, but now, the opportunity has come, the opportunity for revenge has come, brother, do you want to continue to coax Jianlu to be a cow and a horse, or do you want to rise up to avenge the blood hatred? ”

There was a fierce glint in Bada's eyes, and his fists clenched.

"Lao Zhao, tell me the truth, are you secretly in contact with the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhao Dezhi let out a light snort in his nose and said with a smile, "It's true, it's true." ”

"Lao Zhao, aren't you afraid that I will arrest you and hand you over to Acton?"

Acton is Niu Lu Zhangjing in Lushun, and his official position is the same as theirs, but he is the chief general of Lushun.

"Batu, are you really willing to do this? Dude, it's the other way around. ”

Batu took a big sip of wine from his wine glass, snorted and said, "Damn, you really have contact with that side, tell me, how did you discuss it, what did they promise you?" ”

"It's just a guerrilla, in fact, I don't care if the guerrilla is not a guerrilla, what I care about is that I can kill Acton. I also told you about you, and if you are willing to join me, then there will be a guerrilla. ”

"Do you think Zhennanhou can really win?"

Zhao Dezhi shook his sleeves, knocked on his pipe, and said with a smile, "Think about it, the bandits have been in trouble since the apocalypse, and they have swept the Central Plains for more than ten years, and so many generals in the imperial court have not been pacified, but this Zhennan Marquis only took more than half a year. Just destroy them, isn't this enough to make you believe in Hou Ye's strength? ”

With that, he stared at Batu's face and watched his reaction.

"Can you control your 400 soldiers?" Batu asked.

"There are several old brothers who are willing to follow me, and now there are hundreds of reliable ones."

Batu hesitated. "There are too few people."

"It's a lot, if you're willing to do it together, brother, not to mention your people together, even if you can only bring out forty or fifty, it's enough. As soon as we swoop out and kill Acton. This Lushun group of dragons has no leader, and no one else can turn the sky. What's more, it is enough for us to create a little chaos, and Hou Ye doesn't need us to take Lushun for him. ”

"I've had enough of Acton." Batu Dao.

"So what are you waiting for?" Zhao Dezhi said.

Batu slapped his palm on the table, "Fuck it, when will you do it." ”

"Tonight?"

"Tonight, so fast? Lushun hasn't gotten any news yet. Batu was surprised.

Zhao Dezhi said a little proudly, "Master Hou uses soldiers, how can he let us know." ”

Bohai Strait. It is known as the old iron mountain waterway.

The Beiyang Fleet is riding the nine-headed bird to ride the wind and waves and march towards the Liaodong Peninsula.

A speedboat arrived, and it was someone from the Military Intelligence Department under the General Headquarters of the Eastern Expedition.

The man sent by Lushun Li Yifeng.

"Lushun has only one thousand garrisons, and two hundred in Manchuria. There were 400 Han troops and 200 Korean soldiers. Now the generals of the Mongolian and Han soldiers, Zhao Dezhi and Batu, have been rebelled, and they are willing to be the internal response. About tonight, raid the full flag soldiers, and capture Lushun to welcome the king's division! ”

The sky was overcast. The sun is covered by clouds.

Liu Jun's heart is much more relaxed. He restrained his joy and gave the Messenger wine and meat.

The defenders of Arthur were rebelled. This is naturally a good thing. In fact, there is no need to rebel, as far as there are such a few people in Lushun, Liu Jun doesn't care about it at all. For the current Beiyang Fleet, Port Arthur, which lacks shore defense artillery, is really defenseless.

However, if Lushun has internal chaos, then this first battle will be smoother.

"Master Hou, don't we care about the coastal islands?"

"Don't worry about these islands in the sea for the time being, Lushun is extremely important, and if we want to shoot the first shot, we must make a sound. With the strength of our sailors, we don't have to pay attention to the soldiers and horses on these small islands at all, just go back and clean it up. ”

"The herald hastened forward and rushed to Lushun at night."

Lushun, it's already dark.

Lushun at night is very quiet, with a few sparse lights. There were no pedestrians on the streets, and a curfew was imposed after the capture of Lushun. When it gets dark, the gates of the city are closed, no one is allowed to go out into the streets, and troops are sent to patrol the streets, and those who are found to be in violation of the forbidden are immediately put to death.

On the silent street, a group of soldiers walked down the street, and a guard man looked at the team with some doubt in his eyes. In just a few moments, he saw three patrols passing.

After the first patrols, one more Mongol and one Han soldier passed in succession.

The husband shook his head, not wanting to bother to think about that, turned his head and continued to walk into the alley, shouting as he went, "It's dry, be careful of the candle!" ”

In the east of the city, not far from Gengfu, the Mongol and Han soldiers he had just met converged in the alley outside the backyard wall of a large mansion.

Batu was wearing cotton armor, and Zhao Dezhi was also wearing cotton armor, and the two glanced at each other.

Batu brought twenty people, and Zhao Dezhi brought fifty.

"I'll let the rest of the brothers take the gates." Batu whispered.

Zhao Dezhi nodded and introduced a young man beside him to him, "This is Lord Hou's person, Brother Li." ”

Li Yifeng smiled at Batu, "Master Hou will definitely remember General Batu's righteous deeds." ”

"Let's do it." Batu replied.

Li Yifeng beckoned, and several nine-headed birds who came with him walked out at night, and after a few runs, they rose into the air, climbed the wall, squatted on the wall and looked at it a few times, and jumped into the courtyard after confirming that it was safe.

Soon, the backyard door was opened.

Batu, Zhao Dezhi and others were amazed when they saw their movements flowing smoothly. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you to the left-minded people and brothers!