"That Jiang shopkeeper beckoned, Li Yongfang is in Shimenfang, and Wu Jianzhong will immediately lead people to set off."

On Chaotianmen Street, Zhou Shifa held back the excitement in his heart and said to Chen Xin in the dark.

Chen Xin didn't talk about Li Yongfang immediately, but asked, "Have other people tried it?" Are there any other works in Dengzhou Town? ”

"The review is being intensified, and there are still four detailed works in Dengzhou Town, all of which are sending news to Wantong. They used to use their own fishing boats to send the news, and the last time they crossed the Liaohai Sea suffered heavy losses, now they have changed to Ningyuan's merchant ships, and they are planning to buy one for themselves. The guys in Wantong are all Jiannu spies, including the beggar on the first day, Li Yongfang's family has five, and the other few people are transferred from Beijing, all of them are veterans who have been lurking in Jingshi for many years, and they have already confessed two strongholds of Jingshi that we have not discovered, plus the profiteer den discovered by Zhang Dong in Zhangjiakou, Jiannu's intelligence line in the north of the Ming Dynasty is clear. ”

Chen Xin smiled coldly, "Jiannu is still a little tender, all the clues in Dengzhou are concentrated in Wantong, and the spies here know the address of Jingshi." As soon as Wantong is finished, all the lines are exposed. When you are in the post-gold distribution point, remember to make one-line contacts, rather reduce some efficiency, but also ensure the independence of each intelligence line, and those who do this business would rather be troublesome than careless. ”

"My subordinates have thanked you for your advice."

Chen Xin discussed a few words with the officers of the guards battalion behind him, and then asked Zhou Shifa, "Do you still need the guards battalion to block Shimenfang?" ”

Zhou Shifa stared at the officials behind him, these people are all martial arts students who graduated this year, and there are also students from vocational schools, because of the Lushun War, the military newspaper agitation is particularly frequent, resulting in a particularly large number of people who want to join the army this year, so the Military Affairs Department has increased a batch of recruits. I have just completed the centralized training, and a group of people have been transferred to the chamber to become trainee adjutants, these people can write and draw maps, know how to calculate grain and grass, understand the application of various formations, and the most lacking is actual combat experience, but they are very fanatical about fighting, and they are seen in Zhou Shifa. They were all carried away by the romantic depictions of war in the military newspapers.

After thinking about it, he whispered to Chen Xin: "There shouldn't be any need, there are six intersections inside and outside Shimenfang, and the Intelligence Bureau can control it." ”

Chen Xin did not insist, at this time Wu Jianzhong and Zhang Dong both led the action team to arrive, and Chen Xin only took the guards and a few young officers to set off together. followed Zhou Shifa to Shimenfang. The steps were light along the way. The action team escorted the shopkeeper Jiang, gagged him with a cloth ball, and led all the way to Shimenfang.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were generally several gates in the workshop, but Shimenfang was located in Chaotianmen, because the prosperity of commerce became an open street, and part of it was burned down during the Dengzhou Rebellion, and now many are newly repaired. The north of the city burned the most, and Dengzhou Town occupied the place north of the grass bridge to build a military camp, and put a thousand headquarters there as a deterrent force to balance the various factions in Dengzhou City. There is not much forcible occupation elsewhere.

The officials of Penglai County and Dengzhou wanted land in the city, and some of the desperate families were occupied by these officials, and many of the houses and shops in Shimenfang were built by them. Mostly used for rent. With the resumption of commerce in Dengzhou Town, more and more people came here to do business. Housing rentals and sales were booming, so these grassroots officials actually made a fortune after the Dengzhou Rebellion.

The problem arising under this condition is that the previous housing pattern has been broken, and these officials do not care about the alley and drainage when they occupy it, and whoever is the official will draw a big piece, causing the alleys of Shimenfang to twist and turn, which looks very messy.

Wu Jianzhong in front was determining the place in the dark, so he didn't care whose property it was, as long as it was an order from Dengzhou Town, he would enter even if it was Wang Tingqian's house. The team members who escorted Lao Jiang pointed in the direction that Lao Jiang was looking, and while talking in a low voice, confirming the place with the old Jiang, Lao Jiang's mouth was blocked, and he could only nod his head.

When the target location was confirmed, several henchmen leaned over, there was no condition to look at the map here, Wu Jianzhong pointed to the alley in front of him and said to the two: "It is the place with the attic, it is unlikely that Li Yongfang will live in the attic, because it is the most inconvenient place to escape, it should be in the main house." ”

A subordinate wearing a fur hat whispered: "The place Li Yongfang chose is very good, that location is in the middle of the alley, and the alleys on both sides can be observed from both sides of the attic, so I am afraid that there will be a vigil at night." ”

The leader of a squad next to him scolded: "Who the hell is okay to keep vigil, and he doesn't know when someone will come." ”

Wu Jianzhong nodded, "Most of them should be guarded during the day, but to be safe, behind their courtyard wall is another alley, and the second team enters from there, and I will take the first team from here, or take the patrol of the Bangzi as the number." Remember to be quiet and swift. ”……

In an ordinary courtyard in Shimenfang, Li Yongfang is turning over on the bed, this is his real lair, only two family members live with him, these two family members usually take the porter as a cover, take turns to go out to work, never go to Wantong shop. No one knows about this place except Lao Jiang, and even his family leader Li Ken is hidden, because Li Ken is in Chen Yijing's house, and the exposure may be relatively large, and Li Ken is easy to be impulsive, and Li Yongfang does not trust him.

Even with multiple covers, Li Yongfang has been worried lately and often can't sleep at night. The news of Dengzhou Lushun's victory soon spread throughout Denglai, and it was a hot topic in the market. He began to not believe it, as the former high-level Han people of the Later Jin, he knew the actual combat power of the Later Jin, as the main force of the Manchu Eight Banners was only more than 40,000 strong, and the replenishment was very slow, and the raw girls in the north lived in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was not easy to capture or surrender, but the battles were very fierce, and he didn't believe that he could lose nearly 5,000 at a time.

Later, Dengzhou Town was showing the results of the battle in the north gate urn city, and all the people could go to see it, and he also went to see it, and there were several hills in the head piled up, one of which was all Zhenyi. Although Li Yongfang could not see the teeth, the facial contours and facial features of the Tungusic race were quite different from those of the Han people, and he could roughly judge that they were all Zhenyi.

According to the battle report of Dengzhou, more than 5,000 Zhenyi were beheaded in the Battle of Lushun, more than 5,000 Mongols, and tens of thousands of coats. After seeing the head, Li Yongfang knew that Houjin would turn into decline because of this, not only because of the loss of strength, but also because of the prestige of Huang Taiji. That's a more troublesome thing, once the Eight Banners are reduced to their own affairs, then Jin will be completely finished.

So Li Yongfang couldn't sleep every night, always thinking about the past and thinking about his life. When Nurhachi besieged the city, Li Yongfang surrendered at the beginning, but continued to prepare for defense at the head of the city, but the Eighth Banner Army climbed to the top of the city in the first battle, and he quickly surrendered. At first, it was just to save his life, but with Houjin's successive victories, he calmed down and became a slave to Nurhachi. However, he never thought that Houjin would be able to seize the Central Plains, but he just thought that the Ming court would not be able to recover Liaodong. Until after Huang Taiji ascended the throne. showed that the political talent was much higher than that of the old slave, and the Houjin was a little stronger, especially when Mongolia also took refuge in the Houjin, and he felt that it might really be possible to enter the Central Plains.

But the rise of Dengzhou made the shape of the shì mutate, especially after they landed in southern Liaoning, that kind of aggressive posture far exceeded the most powerful of Dongjiang Town.

The longer he spent in Dengzhou, the more frightened Li Yongfang became. Because he still has a few scattered along the line, thousands of displaced people arrive in Denglai every day and become part of Dengzhou Town, and the land population of Pingdu and Changyi is swept away by Dengzhou Town. Dengzhou's forces are also infiltrating the borders of Qingzhou Prefecture, absorbing Qingzhou's peasant households, and according to the organizational power of Dengzhou Town, these people will soon become part of this war machine.

It was only in Dengzhou that he first learned the power of propaganda. Everywhere you heard, there were newspapers, storytellers, theaters, and missionaries. Even including the teachers of the school, over time, everyone regards Jiannu as a beast in the mountains and forests, what everyone wants most is to pick up a musket and fight the beast, including a few old ladies in the alley where he is, when he takes insoles at the entrance of the alley on weekdays, he also scolds Jiannu a few words, and exchanges with each other about the evil deeds of Jiannu, this kind of human heart power is the most palpitating for him.

According to Li Yongfang's estimates, the population of Dengzhou Town will be more than one million this year, and the standing army will be more than 20,000, and the reserve army will not know how much it can reach. The number of those reserve troops also made Li Yongfang frightened, and he didn't dare to imagine how much it would reach next year.

He thinks about it now, the decline of Houjin has appeared, and Dengzhou Town is full of vitality, but others may surrender, Li Yongfang has no way out, because he is the first traitor, the so-called everything is difficult at the beginning, and the person who leads the traitor is the most hateful.

Li Yongfang stared at the dark roof, recalling fragments in his memory. At this time, the first rooster crow sounded outside, followed by a dog barking, Li Yongfang didn't care, there were a few dogs outside that often barked when the rooster crowed. It's almost dawn again, and it's another sleepless night for Li Yongfang, he is now old, and the time to sleep is short, and he has been worried recently, so the quality of sleep is very poor.

The roosters outside crowed one after another, Li Yongfang couldn't sleep, he simply got up from the bed, sat on the edge of the bed and sorted out his thoughts, he had already found a ship in Ningyuan, sent two people to Ningyuan by boat, and then returned to Liaodong to send a letter, the most important thing is about Zhangjiakou, Huang Taiji needs to be prepared in advance, if necessary, he can also send troops to threaten those Mongolian tribes in winter, that trade route is very important to Houjin.

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he was brought back to reality by the pain in his shoulder, and he pounded his shoulder so hard that his whole body was sick. The traitor Tong Yangxing of the same period as him died of illness not long ago, and now the people with power in the Han people are people like Gao Hongzhong, Shi, and Bao Chengxian.

Shaking his head and sighing, the gray-haired Li Yongfang propped himself up on the edge of the bed, tiptoed to put on his shoes, and the shouts of the patrol rang outside, and then there were a few bangs, Li Yongfang didn't care at all, and continued to put on his shoes.

The sound of the stick only knocked three times, and when it stopped, there was a sudden change, the door slammed, the deadbolt rolled through the air, the door leaf slammed against the wall, a figure pounced in with the door leaf, and the window pane also shattered like shredded paper, and the figure also rushed in.

Li Yongfang shouted, and reached out to grab the short knife at the head of the bed, he didn't want to resist, he just wanted to break it himself.

But the old body made him move slowly, and before he could touch the handle of the knife, he was crushed to the ground by two people, those hands were like iron tongs, clasping his hands tightly, one of them was sophisticated, and quickly dislocated Li Yongfang's chin, and then pressed Li Yongfang's head firmly to the ground, unable to move at all.

Then a few more people entered the house, they carried short knives and short guns, searched the house vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no threat, they lit torches, and one of the torches came close to Li Yongfang's face.

The torch light flickered, casting black shadows on the gray-black wall, and Li Yongfang whined on the ground, he knew who these people were, and he knew that they were lighting torches to confirm their identity. He would rather die than fall into the hands of these people. But his struggle had no effect, Li Yongfang finally gave up, he lay on the ground, his eyes wide in despair, staring blankly at the shoes of the man in front of him.

A cold and smug voice sounded beside him, "I haven't seen the horse for many years, don't come to harm?" ”