The army traveled, and the reconnaissance rode twenty miles ahead.

Thick smoke rose above Liuhe Village, and immediately a cable newspaper was sent back.

Instead of stopping, the marching column began to accelerate. On the side of the road, several horsemen stopped, and the Jurchen sentry who came back knelt down and reported: "Master, there are rebels in Liuhe Village who have set fire to and looted. The fire in the village was so strong that the minions could not get close. ”

There was a young Jurchen in the middle of the stoppage, medium height, in his twenties, with a thin money rat tail on the back of his head, and a red face, but he looked extremely energetic. He wore a piece of iron inlaid armor, his face was sharp, and his expression was indifferent, but several guards around him looked anxious and stopped talking.

This young Jurchen was Huang Taiji, the owner of the White Flag of the Jianzhou Ministry, who looked coldly at the layer of gray smoke rising in the distance of the mountain, and said calmly: "My fifth brother traveled a day earlier for the pioneer, and he should have arrived in Liuhe Village. If he had been in the village, it would not have been. It is very likely that my fifth brother left the village in a hurry to attack, and someone sneaked over to attack. This man is ......, and he is not small. ”

Huang Taiji guessed that he was not far from ten, but he was not busy rescuing Liuhe Village. He only sent more scouts to determine the situation ahead, and the two thousand soldiers under his command only slightly quickened the pace.

When the army arrived at Liuhe Village, the entire village was almost burned to the ground, and there were corpses everywhere in the smoke and fire. Huang Taiji dismounted and stepped into the still hot ground, examined a few corpses among the ashes, and said, "Strange, many of these burned to death are not our people, but soldiers who have come to attack and loot. ”

The corpse was charred black, and everyone else hid their noses. Huang Taiji picked up a waist knife and cut open the abdomen of the corpse to check the food in the stomach and intestines. He was even more surprised and said, "These attackers have eaten well, and they should be the enemy's elite soldiers." But how did they die so much, it seems that they were deliberately burned to death. ”

After a while, the scouts who were searching everywhere came with two people. One of them was wounded in the shoulder and back, and it was Darkhan and Yang Jian, who had fled earlier. Darkhan was covered in blood, his face was pale, and when he saw Huang Taiji, he immediately knelt down and told about Mang Gurtai leading his troops to attack and fight Chu Ying, and also told about Zhou Qingfeng's ambush and raid, breaking the village and plundering. When he had finished speaking, he wept bitterly and begged for death, and said no more.

Yang Jian also knelt on the ground to tell about the situation at that time, only saying that Zhou Qingfeng was cunning and treacherous, and he also learned the way of the military formation, and this scourge must be eliminated as soon as possible.

Regarding the situation that the two said, Huang Taiji looked at it for a long time and asked Yang Jian: "What is the origin of Qingfeng this week?" It would be terrifying if he was only eight years old and had the courage and talent he has today. And why does he have to be the enemy of my state department? My state ministry didn't treat him badly? ”

Huang Taiji's tone was calm, unanxious, and he was not angry because Zhou Qingfeng burned a village on his side. It's just that the question he asked cut to the point, making Yang Jian hesitant and difficult to answer.

"Zhou Xiaozi ......, he is a little incompatible with my master. In fact, he was forcibly taken in as an apprentice by my master, and he himself has always wanted to escape. Yang Jian was glared at by Huang Taiji's cold eyes, and only felt that his heart and liver trembled, so he could only avoid the important and lightly push the problem on his master's head.

Huang Taiji didn't know what was going on, and he didn't continue to ask, just nodded and accepted the explanation. He turned his head to look at Darhan again, and his tone suddenly became a little stern and scolded: "You Darkhan is also a warrior of the Urabu, the house slave of the concubine of Abahai, you failed to protect the concubine last time, but caused the concubine to fall, which made my father Khan worry all the time, and you should have been beheaded."

Let you wear the guilt and make meritorious service to Ekhkulun guarding the concubine, but today you have lost the face of my Jianzhou Department, and you were actually defeated by a young doll. This Liuhe Village was originally a place for my army to hoard rations and rest soldiers, but it was burned down by someone because of your negligence. I have missed you for many years of hard work, but the military law established by my father Khan cannot spare you. ”

Huang Taiji's words were cold, and the guards behind him were also fierce, and their hands were on the hilt of their knives. Darkhan was already badly injured, and sweat was dripping from his forehead, and now he didn't dare to tell the difference, so he buried his head in the dust on the ground and let it be disposed of.

But after Huang Taiji frowned and scolded angrily, he said to the guards behind him: "Take this waste to wrap up the wounds, we are about to hit Ehekulun, let him go first when he rushes to kill, and it is better to die in front of the battle than to be cut by me." ”

Two guards stepped forward and dragged Darkhan away.

Darkhan hurriedly thanked and shouted: "Thank you for the grace of the master, thank you for the grace of the master." ”

Seeing Darkhan being dragged down, Yang Jian was frightened as if he was standing in front of the ghost gate. It's just that Huang Taiji looked at him but his face was much gentler, and he asked about Zhou Qingfeng carefully, and arranged for his servants to take him to rest.

Looking at the burned Liuhe Village again, Huang Taiji's face was gloomy again. Originally, he thought that if his fifth brother Mang Gurtai arrived here, he would definitely be able to keep this outpost stronghold safe and sound. But now that a fire has been burned, the trouble is not small.

The travel of the army is not just a brave soldier, but the key is to eat, drink and stay along the way. If you don't eat and drink well, no matter how powerful the army is, you will become a soft-footed shrimp.

Don't look at Huang Taiji's indifferent appearance, he is actually extremely vigilant against Zhou Qingfeng, who burned Liuhe Village. In his guess, Zhou Qingfeng probably found the traces of his army and couldn't resist it, so he didn't have time to gather his subordinates and evacuate, so he simply burned the entire Liuhe Village, this kind of enemy was already a ruthless word in his eyes!

At present, Liuhe Village must be rebuilt, and troops must be sent to garrison this place, which will be delayed for at least half a month. This disrupted Nurhachi's plan to conquer Ekhkulun.

After another half a day, Mang Gurtai rode the earth dragon and returned with more than half of the casualties of the guards, and he was also furious when he saw the burned Liuhe Village, "What about Darkhan's minion?" He didn't even manage to hold the stockade? ”

"There is a kid named Zhou Qingfeng who attacked this place and burned down the stockade." Huang Taiji also sighed at this: "I have ordered people to speed up repairs, and I have also sent people to ask my father Khan for help." I'm afraid that this time I'm going to have more trouble destroying Ehekulun. Fifth brother, you fought against Chu Ying, how did you win or lose? ”

Speaking of Chu Ying, Mang Gurtai was even more angry. He shouted angrily: "Today, the news came out of the city of Ehekulun from Abahai that the kid named Zhou Qingfeng is not an Ansheng goods. He fled from Ekhkulen, leading Chu Ying and Utcha to pursue him. I originally wanted to fight Chu Ying, but who knew that Chu Ying was ambushed five miles away from Liuhe Village and attacked me.

I defeated Chu Ying and pursued him, only to run into Utcha and the others on the way. I killed many of their subordinates, and when it was dark, I had to come back. Who knew that Liuhe Village was actually attacked and burned down, and now that I think about it, Zhou Qingfeng is the most hateful. But I didn't meet him when I came back, otherwise I would have had to arrest him and put him to death. ”

Mang Gurtai was furious and resentful. Now Uncle Zhou has become a rat crossing the street, making enemies everywhere, and no one likes him. The ones who want to get rid of it are all powerful characters, and many of them are well-known cattle people.

"Although I didn't catch Zhou Qingfeng, I caught a minion who escaped from his team." As soon as Mang Gurtai waved his hand, someone took a guy from the saddle and threw it in front of Huang Taiji.

Waiting to untie the rope and tear off the rags of the gag, this guy hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, two masters, I am a loyal and good slave." My name is Mao Ada, and I have a blood feud with Zhou Qingfeng. That kid ......, that kid snatched my son and killed my wife. He ruined my family, and I don't share it with him. ”

Looking at Mao Ada who was crying on the ground, Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel disgusted in his heart. Mang Gurtai also thought he was noisy, kicked him over, and said, "Don't be verbose, tell Babel what you just told me again." ”

"Yes, yes......." Mao Ada told how he followed Darkhan to Ekhkulun to serve Concubine Abahai, how he was forcibly recruited by his enemy Zhou Qingfeng to become a carpenter, how he fled with him to Liuhe Village, and how he found an opportunity to escape. He also said that he saw Zhou Qingfeng flee from Liuhezhai with his own eyes.

"Defeated and fled?" Huang Taiji was surprised by this.

"This Liuhe Village is guarded by a brave master like Babeile, how can the boy be an opponent that week? I saw that there were more than 200 people when he led the team to kill Liuhe Village, but when I saw that he escaped, there were less than 50 people left. The hurried embarrassment naturally suffered a loss at the hands of Babel and fled in defeat. ”

Mao Ah didn't know the situation, and only relied on his own imagination and a little experience to determine that Zhou Qingfeng had suffered a lot in Liuhe Village and fled. Huang Taiji couldn't help but cry and laugh when he heard him distinguish like this, and secretly thought that if he was really stationed in this Liuhe Village, how could he let others turn this place into ashes?

However, Huang Taiji was a little concerned about Zhou Qingfeng's escape from Ehekulun. He couldn't help but be amazed when he heard that the latter did not take the main road and took the waterway, and then approached Liuhe Village on the waterway, and hid and disappeared along the way.

"This son is not small, and he is very careful. My fifth brother fought with Chu Ying, but he dared to come out and break through Liuhe Village. I could have escaped, but I didn't hesitate to retreat before I arrived. He was quite decisive in his impromptu response, and he was a formidable enemy in the course of time. ”

Hearing Huang Taiji's high evaluation, Mang Gurtai snorted coldly: "This kind of person who hides and hides is not bumped into by me, if he is bumped into by me, he will die if he can react on the spot." ”

For his fifth brother's words, Huang Taiji could only smile bitterly, and the topic stopped. At the moment, no matter who it is, there is no way to conjure up a house out of thin air in Liuhe Village. They could only arrange for their subordinates to camp in the open air, and send people to the rear to step up and send the minions who were doing the work up. In addition, they can only send more detectives to search around and guard the place of Liuhezhai.

And what about Zhou Qingfeng at this moment? He is retreating into the mountains with the last forty or so backbones of his treasure, calling the heavens and the earth unspiritual, and he doesn't know what to do with a sad face?

"Fuck it, I should have left a day earlier if I knew it would be like this." Zhou Qingfeng first scolded himself for the best time to escape, but after thinking about it, "Nurhachi looks like he is going to overthrow Ekhkuren in Ucha." What are my opponents doing now? ”