Tell Ding Baokun that Zheng Jiajun is preparing to attack Shuangdao and Lushunkou, Zheng Xunrui is out of respect, and then Zheng's army is about to set off on the first day of the first month, and the news cannot leak out, the only regret is that it is impossible to figure out the military situation in Shuangdao and Lushunkou and other places, which cannot be investigated, across the vast sea, even if the scouts led by Wang Xiaoer have the ability to reach the sky, there is no way to investigate.

Back to Penglai City, Zheng Xunrui is going to rest, in fact, he has been thinking about how to carry out this battle, starting from Penglai City, there are many islands along the way, including Long Island, Xiaozhu Island, Dazhu Island and Huangcheng Island and other islands, the area of these islands is not small, after passing through these islands, it entered the old Tieshan Waterway, the landing site is in Shuangdao, here is the left of Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty, fifty miles ahead, and the sea is Lushunkou.

There is a lot of information that really needs to be mastered, including the Shuangdao and Lushun Kou occupied by the Houjin Tartars, whether the situation is still the same as before, whether the Houjin Tartars have carried out other constructions, what is the situation of the city, what is the situation of the Houjin Tartars here, etc., these key information, at present, nothing is known.

Not being able to grasp relatively accurate information means that the battle is not completely certain, which means that the soldiers of the Zheng family army will have to pay more sacrifices, although it is said that the main forces of the Houjin Tartars are concentrated in Korea, Shenyang and Gaizhou, but places like Shuangdao and Lushun, Huang Taiji will not ignore it, and will definitely send troops to be stationed for a long time.

Thinking of these things, Zheng Xunrui was a little depressed, and he also felt sorry for the imperial court not paying attention to the construction of the water division.

The sky has darkened, Penglai City is very quiet, it is already the twenty-ninth month of the month, and the next day is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. Zheng Jiajun's soldiers can't spend this Spring Festival, thinking of Wen Manshan and other family members in Huai'an, Zheng Xunrui is very emotional, after crossing, he did a lot of vigorous things, but when facing his family. There are still too many regrets.

Hong Xinyu entered the house and reported that Ding Zongbing had brought a sergeant and a businessman-like person to ask for a meeting.

Zheng Xunrui is very strange, Penglai City has become the station of the Zheng family army and the sailor, there is no businessman, this qiē arrangement is all for the secrecy of the operation, Ding Baokun brought people to ask for a meeting at this time, and it is a businessman, is there something wrong.

Suddenly. Zheng Xunrui thought of a possibility, and he couldn't help but stand up.

"Hong Xinyu, that is to inform Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Wang Yuncheng, Ma Xianglin, Su Congjun, Su Manzi and Wang Xiaoer and others to come here quickly."

Ding Baokun entered the house with a sergeant and a businessman, and when he saw the people in the house, Ding Baokun was stunned for a moment.

"My lord, this is Liu Afu, the water master of the hundred households, and this is Duan Zongkui, a local businessman. They have something to report to their adults. ”

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly and did not speak.

Liu Afu and Duan Zongkui entered the house. They all knelt down, they didn't have any fame, and when they saw Zheng Xunrui, they naturally wanted to kneel.

"You all stand up and speak."

Liu Afu and Duan Zongkui stood up.

Liu Afu looked at Ding Baokun and spoke with some hesitation.

"My lord, Duan Zongkui is a small one. They have been together since they were children, and they listened to the general soldier say that they needed to know the situation in Shuangdao and Lushunkou, and Duan Zongkui often did business in the waters of this area and knew some information. ”

Zheng Xunrui's eyes lit up. In this regard, he did ignore it, although it was said that the Houjin Tatars occupied Shuangdao and Lushunkou, but the merchants who could do business could not be completely banned, especially those who had a certain relationship and were flexible, they would definitely seize such an opportunity, Shuangdao, Lushun, Jinzhou and even Fuzhou and other places, and the material exchange with the south completely depended on the sea route, Liaodong was in danger of doing business, and the Guanningjin defense line was difficult to cross, and the transportation from the Mongolian steppe was too cost-effective and not cost-effective, so it was still necessary to rely on the sea route.

Duan Zongkui should be one of these businessmen.

As soon as Liu Afu finished speaking, Duan Zongkui spoke.

"The small ones are all small businesses, and they have traveled back and forth between Lushun and Dengzhou several times, and they have not made much money, and the small ones know that the government is not allowed to do this, and the small ones know that they are wrong, and the small ones will not dare to ...... in the future."

When Duan Zongkui was about to kneel down again, Ding Baokun opened his mouth with a red face.

"My lord, they are all late generals who are not strictly controlled, and local businessmen go to Shuangdao and Lushun to do business, and most of them stop on Zhifu Island, and the sailor should have investigated and dealt with it, but ......"

"Needless to say, this official will not hold you responsible, this official wants to know the situation in Shuangdao, Lushunkou, Jinzhou, Xinhui, Fuzhou and other places, Duan Zongkui, tell everything you know."

"Yes, Xiao only came back from Twin Islands a few days ago."

Zheng Xunrui concentrated, and the faces of Zheng Jinhong and others showed joy.

After a long while, Duan Zongkui didn't speak, Zheng Xunrui was a little strange, and looked at Duan Zongkui's somewhat blank expression, he suddenly knew why.

"Duan Zongkui, this official came to ask you, everything you know, you have to answer in detail, understand."

Duan Zongkui nodded, relieved.

"The first question is, whether the city has been established on the twin islands, and how many Houjin Tartars are stationed."

Duan Zongkui's face turned pale instantly, his body trembled slightly, and he quickly knelt down and spoke without hesitation.

"Small, small without fornication after the golden tartar ......"

Zheng Xunrui couldn't laugh or cry, stood up, and walked to Duan Zongkui's side.

"Duan Zongkui, the official just said, no matter what you have done before, you will not be held accountable, since you are a businessman, then the official will make a deal with you, if you can inform the official of the matter and help the official, then the official will consider letting you do business generously on this sea route."

At this moment, Duan Zongkui's eyes lit up, and his body stopped trembling.

"Yes, the little one knows some of the situation, and he says it all."

"The city of Shuangdao is still the same as before, there is no change, but the city has been repaired, the small one knows that there are a thousand Houjin Tatars stationed in the city, no, there are no thousand Houjin Tatars, only two hundred people, the rest are Han soldiers, there are two thousand people stationed in Lushunkou, including a thousand Houjin Tartars, the city of Lushunkou is also the original state, but the Houjin Tartars have raised the city wall a little, there are about five hundred Houjin Tatars stationed in Jinzhou City, there are no Han soldiers, Xinhui is not stationed Houjin Tartars, There are 2,000 Houjin Tartars stationed in Fuzhou, and there are no Han army ......"

Duan Zongkui said that the situation is very detailed.

After Duan Zongkui finished speaking, Zheng Jinhong couldn't help but ask, after all, he was engaged in intelligence matters, how could he know such a detailed situation if Duan Zongkui was just a businessman.

"Duan Zongkui, how do you know so much."

Duan Zongkui's body trembled, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Liu Afu helped speak.

"My lord, when a merchant does business, he must deal with the local government, otherwise he can't do it, and Houjin Tatar also wants to get more money, and he doesn't care much about the merchant......"

Zheng Xunrui waved his hand, he understood the mystery, a businessman like Duan Zongkui, doing business is mainly aimed at the Houjin Tartars and the government, otherwise what kind of money can be made by doing business with the people in the local area, it is impossible to say that the Houjin Tartars are all as clean as water, such a good opportunity to make money will also be seized, and the Houjin Tartars don't care about the Ming army at all, and they are not afraid of intelligence leakage, they don't look down on the Ming army at all.

Zheng Jinhong also understood this, and began to nod when Zheng Xunrui waved his hand.

"Duan Zongkui, you have made a great contribution, but the situation you just said is not very detailed, in this way, Zheng Jinhong, you ask Duan Zongkui in detail, everything that needs to be understood, you have to ask everything, everyone go to listen, and after the situation is clear, come and report immediately."

The room fell silent again, and Zheng Xunrui began to look at the map in detail.

Half an hour later, Zheng Jinhong came in with a happy face, and everyone who followed behind was also happy.

Zheng Jinhong quickly explained the situation clearly, from Shuangdao and Lushunkou all the way to Fuzhou, Yongning and other places, the garrison of Houjin Tatar was only 3,000 people, including 200 people from Shuangdao, 1,000 people from Lushunkou, 1,000 people from Fuzhou, 500 people from Jinzhou, and 300 people from Yongning.

The Han army stationed in this generation was under the command of Geng Zhongming, with a total of 3,000 people.

In other words, in a large area from Lushun to Yongning, the total number of troops placed in Houjin is 6,000 people.

This information is anything but ordinary.

When Zheng Jinhong was still reporting, Zheng Xunrui already had a rough battle plan.

"God help me, the plan of this operation is going to be adjusted, the Zheng family army must use the fastest speed to take all the areas from Shuangdao to Yongning, and cleanly destroy the Houjin Tatars stationed in this area, I originally wanted to block the counterattack of the Houjin Tatars at Lushunkou, but now it seems that there is no need to face the battle at Lushunkou, and the battle site of the Houjin Tatars is set up in Yongning City, this time, I think that Duoduo, Azig and Abatai stationed in Gaizhou will come to attack, When the Zheng family army let them have no return, if this point is really bigger, Huang Taiji is afraid that he will not have the heart to conquer Korea. ”

Seeing the smile on Zheng Xunrui's face, Zheng Jinhong was also very happy.

"Young master, my subordinates also think the same, such a good opportunity, we must seize it, my subordinates really didn't expect that Houjin Tartar only deployed 6,000 soldiers in such a big place, including 3,000 Han troops, if they can't take this large area, their subordinates feel that they have wasted the opportunity."

Zheng Jinhong's words represent everyone's thoughts.

Zheng Xunrui became stern.

"It is precisely because we know a lot of information that we must pay more attention to this expedition, we must work hard to take these places in the shortest possible time, and wait for the help of Houjin Tartar, our combat deployment can really be realized, which will form a heavy blow to Houjin Tartar." (To be continued......)