Li Xin was entangled in Baiyintu and confronted each other on the grassland for more than ten days, and Baiyintu miraculously reunited everyone in the shortest possible time after the surprise attack of the Chinese army and the right flank. After the Three Guards Army and the Mongolian tribal alliance army separated and went south, they went to Maoerzhuang, more than 50 miles south of Qi'er Sea, and set up an ambush.

The ambush army was also apparently wary of Li Xin's Three Guards, and after an encounter, they remained on high alert. And for Li Xin, this is not the worst, the worst thing is that the ammunition that the Three Guards rely on to maintain their combat effectiveness has long been exhausted, and the hand-to-hand combat of real knives and guns is definitely not the opponent of these grassland peoples who have been licking blood since childhood.

Fortunately, it is comforting to know that the ambush set up by this Baiyintu does not seem to know that the Three Guards have long since run out of ammunition and are now a beast that has lost its claws. They were not in a hurry to attack, and their intention was very obvious, that is, to drag Li Xin's Three Guards out of the side wall.

This also means that if the Three Guards force a breakthrough, they will inevitably engage in a fierce battle with this large-scale ambush army, and even if they succeed in entering the side wall, the price will be extremely heavy. After several trade-offs, Li Xin made a difficult decision, the Three Guards no longer made a gesture of rushing south, but opened a posture near Maoerzhuang, so that the other party thought that he was really according to their intentions, and it was difficult to continue to go south.

During this period, there was constant friction between the big and small, and if Li Xin wanted to take the next step south, this ghostly ambush army was like a demon eyeing him at any time. This feeling is really terrible, everything is out of control, Li Xin's connection with Taiyuan has been cut off, he can't understand what happened inside the border wall in time, and the scouts sent out to contact various places have not moved.

What made Li Xin even more worried was the capture of the Acropolis, he learned from the captured Tartar scouts that the city was still strong, and he was eager to go south to relieve the siege, but he was suffering from the enemy's entanglement and threatened that the entire Three Guards could only make a posture of long-term confrontation as before.

However, this worry was soon replaced, and just one day earlier, Li Xin did not wait for an envoy from within the border wall, but encountered a caravan from Liaodong to return to Shanxi via Datong. And it was precisely this caravan that included the eyeliner of the United Trading Company, and brought back a piece of news that was definitely called the Big Bang.

This made Li Xin reflect more deeply, and at the same time admired the opponent he had never met, he originally thought that he had everything under control, but in the end he found that all the qiē was in this person's calculations, and he walked into the big pit that others had dug a long time ago.

"What? The Qing army has been dispatched? ”

Li Xin was the first to consult with Huang Sheng, who had a pivotal position in the trading company, and he couldn't believe it.

"It is said that the slave chief is no longer in the Shenyang Palace, and the major Baylors are no longer in the city, plus there has been a large army transfer before, and all kinds of things are summed up to judge, I am afraid that the ultimate goal of the Qing army is the Ningjin defense line!"

"How is this possible? The Ningjin defense line is generally operated by the iron pass, the time and place are favorable, and the people are no longer building a slave side, so forcibly attacking is not the style of the slave chief Taiji! ”

Huang Sheng's judgment was very reasonable, and Li Xin also nodded, but Li Xin's next words made him slow down for a long time.

"The situation has changed, the balance has been tilted towards the Manchu side, it is reported that Sun Ge, who is sitting in Shanhaiguan, has been unable to see things, and the court has sent Yang Sichang to the north to the governor of Liaoxi military affairs!"

The entire defense line of Liaoxi is all from the hands of Sun Chengzong, and the general soldiers of each department and the big clans of Liaoxi are not Sun's old subordinates, or they are used by Sun's obedience, which is the right time and place, and the defense line of Guan Ningjin looks like an iron bucket when it is raised up and down. However, this qiē is closely related to Sun Chengzong alone, if there is no helmsman, whether this big ship of the Guanningjin defense line can still withstand the harsh wild waves of western Liaoning, Li Xin's judgment at this point, like Huang Sheng, is skeptical.

However, this also made Li Xin's eyes suddenly brighten, and his eyes were not limited to Datong Mansion, but at the same time, he also saw the true intentions of the opponent who could strategize thousands of miles away.

"Yang Sichang? According to rumors, this person's talent seems to be difficult to handle the heavy task of running the Guanning Jin defense line! The crisis of the Ming court is not far off! ”

Huang Sheng obviously did not have a very good impression of this Yang Sichang, mainly because Yang Sichang was jealous and disgusted with businessmen compared to other cabinet ministers, and had always been hostile to Jin merchants and had many blows, but he never really made a cadre break his muscles and bones, if it were not for the emperor's favor, I am afraid that he would have been conspiracy to step down. Of course, Huang Sheng would not say that he knew about these behind-the-scenes activities, but it did not prevent him from commenting on Yang Sichang.

"But I can't afford this task, so I have to start Plan B in advance for the sake of today!"

Hearing this, Huang Sheng's eyes immediately flashed with excitement and excitement.

"The 'coin plan' that the general formulated a few months ago is simply a stroke of genius, it should have been activated a long time ago, give the Tartars some color and see!"

Li Xin was worried, "The reason why it has not been started for a long time is because the time is not ripe enough, and once the whole plan is put into practice at the current time, a large number of underground workers will inevitably be exposed, and our intelligence network in Liaodong will suffer heavy losses at that time!" These talents are the precious non-renewable wealth of our Three Guards, and it is not worth sacrificing them in vain! ”

Huang Sheng agrees with Li Xin's comparison of secret agents to wealth, and the starting point of businessmen looking at problems and thinking about things is different from that of scholars at that time, and all of them start from practical interests, and from this pragmatic point of view, these people are indeed the incomparably valuable wealth of the trading company, and they cannot be lightly exposed and sacrificed. This made him very proud, indicating that his work in running the Liaodong Intelligence Network has been affirmed by Li Xin, no, it should be said that it is extremely highly praised.

However, if the same words fall into the ears of Tian Fuzhen and others, I am afraid it will sound different. will feel that Li Xin's utilitarian heart is too much, and he is completely a profit-making person!

"I'll leave for Liaodong tonight!"

Li Xin pondered for a moment, "You don't have to go in person, the news can be reached!" It's useless for you to stay, this caravan came at the right time, they are ostensibly Manchu convoys, Bai Yintu will not be embarrassed, you just mix in it, return to the side wall with it, and inform Tian Fuzhen of what is happening on the grassland now, let him beware of the Manchu army besieging the Acropolis, these drunkards don't mean to drink, and those who care in the end are afraid that it is the foundation of the entire Three Guards! ”

"Obey the general's order, I don't know if Tian Fu Zun asks how to deal with it, how should he answer?"

"It's time for the 10,000 new troops trained in Taiyuan Mansion to pull out and practice their hands, the first line of the outer three passes must not be allowed to break through, most of the factories and farms of our Three Guards Army are in Taiyuan Mansion, once the Qing army is allowed to enter, the consequences are unimaginable."

"But I thought that the Tartar was more interested in the general himself......"

Looking at Huang Sheng's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Li Xin smiled: "How?" Can't you plan to use Ben Shuai as bait to lure the enemy? ”

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Turg was extremely depressed, he didn't expect that the town guards, who had always been very strong, would be so vulnerable, those Ming troops who resisted desperately actually gave up resistance, and the Mongolian Eight Banners were suppressed by Lu Zhifan for too long, and they ignored his repeated orders to ban Kecheng, and took down this castle that had been broken but stubbornly resisted so far in less than half an hour!

How can he explain this to Mr. Lu? Before Mr. Lu left, he repeatedly instructed him not to take down the town guards, as long as he kept this castle, he would plant a seed of disturbance in Li Xin's heart, so that the three guards were in an inexplicable crisis at any time. But once this seed disappeared and brought back to his senses, he Turg really became a supporting role in this trip to Datong.

Mr. Lu's words already carried considerable weight, and Dolgon himself had sent him to assist him, and he had written a letter to him to urge him to obey his words. Turge's attitude towards Lu Zhifan also changed from suspicion and contempt to deep admiration in the run-in between the two.

What's even worse is that Turg was too jealous of Li Xin's performance in the Battle of Gaoyang. First, he captured the prince of Su Hauge in the camp of the Chinese army, and then killed the deputy marshal Yue Tuo under the trickery and raid, which finally made the plan to fight the grass valley completely failed last year, and Dolgon even lost the title of the prince.

And he Turge still has this sober understanding of his own ability, far worse than Dolgon, more than Yue Tuo, and compared with Hauge, it seems to be half a catty, once Li Xin returns to the mountain, there is still one less nail that Mr. Lu has told him a thousand times......

After thinking about it for a long time, Turg slapped his thigh, and suddenly he had an idea.

"Come on! Order: Go down ......"

In the middle school field of the Acropolis, Qian Tai experienced the most unbelievable scene in his life, and finally the total number of guards and pickets gathered around him was only more than 500 people, and everyone was injured. With the roar of the Tartar charge, they were ready to shatter the jade and die in the city.

Qian Tai had even seen clearly the irrelevant appearance of the Tartars who rushed to the front, but at this critical moment, those Tartars somehow withdrew their troops, like a low tide, how they poured into the dilapidated little castle of the town guards, and how they retreated.

The whole castle gradually fell into a dead silence, and Qian Tai and the others waited in this dead silence until dark, and finally couldn't resist their curiosity and sent spies out to investigate, but the news they got back was too unacceptable.