Ling Jingyang laughed at Wan Liyun why he was so confused: "We gathered stragglers on the road, as long as there were people, we took all the local people away, and when we arrived in Shanxi, General Zhang was too late to be happy, how could he treat us as deserters?" ”

Wan Liyun seems to understand Ling Jingyang's intentions, Ling Jingyang wants to plunder the population of Beizhili to Shanxi, so that Jiannu can only get an empty Beizhili, although along the Great Wall to Shanxi, there are not many people along the way, but one can be taken away.

Ling Jingyang also put forward new requirements with each department, on the way to Shanxi, no large-scale escape is allowed, and each ministry must also select young and strong people from the people to supplement the forces, Qin Lie and Ling Jingyang proposed that there are many Ming army posts on the way, and these guards can be supplemented to the stone camp, which is not bad, Ling Jingyang is very happy to let the generals expand the army, and at the same time emphasized that every time you go to a big place, it is not allowed to rob large households, let alone kill the lives of the people.

After unifying the thoughts of the soldiers, Ling Jingyang began to prepare for the most important two things, one is silver, the other is grain and grass, these two things are indispensable, for this reason Ling Jingyang found Zhu Youzhen, and he talked about silver and grain and grass, how can Zhu Youzhen have this ability, Li Zicheng broke through the capital, he was poor and had no silver to reward the army, and watched the Dashun army break through the capital.

He said that there is no silver, no grain and grass, the entire northern Zhu family vassal king, was robbed by Li Zicheng almost, speaking of this is even more ruthless Li Zicheng, defeated his Ming Dynasty, but lost to Jiannu, these days he is here, how did he meet Li Zicheng and Dolgon two heroes?

Zhu Youzhen's clothes are poor and I have a reasonable attitude, Ling Jingyang didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to bring him silver, but he found a suitable position for Zhu Youzhen and served as the internal affairs department in Shiying.

Zhu Youzhen originally wanted to follow Ling Jingyang and follow the flow, but who knew that Ling Jingyang gave him this position, which made him feel absurd, but he was eager to try. "You asked me to serve as the internal affairs department for you, isn't it the rest of Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory?"

He asked Ling Jingyang to consult Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen is better than him, Ling Jingyang doesn't want to use Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen will gradually go behind the scenes in the future battle, after all, there are too many people who know him.

Among the soldiers of the stone camp, Ling Jingyang thought that the soldiers of Jizhen would know Wang Chengen, but fortunately, these soldiers of Jizhen were of low level and no one knew them, and later Qin Lie and other officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army joined the stone camp, but fortunately they did not know Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen could also continue to serve as the head of the artillery battalion.

"Wang En is not suitable, you will be responsible for this internal affairs in the future, you can also show your face less, protect yourself, and be able to distinguish for me who can be used and which people are traitors."

Ling Jingyang does this, in fact, there is a certain reason, he has the impression that Zhu Youzhen is the kind who can answer all the 100 judgment questions incorrectly, let him serve as the internal affairs, he thinks that the person who can be used, Ling Jingyang can use it, or not, but he thinks that the person who can't be used, Ling Jingyang will definitely reuse it.

Zhu Youzhen saw Ling Jingyang's warm invitation, and if he didn't agree, he was afraid that Ling Jingyang would be angry, his little life could be in Ling Jingyang's hands, if Ling Jingyang was ruthless, he could give his head to Li Zicheng tomorrow, and finally agreed, Ling Jingyang gave him the first task, which generals in the army did not want to be enemies with Jiannu?

The more Zhu Youzhen listened, the more confused he became, the person in Shiying did not have a blood feud with Jiannu, which Guanning army soldiers and their families were even more eager to cut Jiannu's flesh alive, how could anyone surrender to Jiannu?

"You don't understand, people will become, in front of silver, some people choose to betray, in front of the iron knife on the neck, the happiest person will also rebel, and some people, just can't see that you are better than him, obviously harming others and not benefiting themselves, but still have to do rebellious things."

Ling Jingyang felt that he had become a master of psychology, and Zhu Yousong was stunned for a moment, and Ling Jingyang gave him an introduction, which family of people used to be the Ming army and later surrendered to the Dashun army, and these people are likely to surrender to Jiannu at one time.

Zhu Youzhen said that it was impossible, there were many generals in Shiying who were Ming border troops, only Lao Mantou and Fang Xiaoyan were coated, and almost everyone else was Ming Army, so how could he carry out his work?

"Leng Pang, don't be anxious, this way to Shanxi, the road is far away, some people will choose to fall behind, and some people will choose to find another way, you quietly watch in the team, who has signs of rebellion, just tell me."

Zhu Youzhen is not too accustomed to the name Leng Pang, he once asked Ling Jingyang to send him to Yingtianfu at the end of this year, Ling Jingyang put his upper hand on his chest, and in his mind, it was true that the blessed king Zhu Yousong inherited the ceremony in Yingtianfu, and without the protection of strong force, Zhu Youzhen went to Yingtianfu, either he was killed by the fake emperor, or he hid behind the scenes forever and could not see the light.

Zhu Youzhen agreed to the task given to him by Ling Jingyang, and Ling Jingyang then came to Li Daoli's military camp, Li Daoli's headquarters was lost in Shanhaiguan, and now his subordinates are all routed soldiers gathered along the way, the battle is weak, the army is unstable, and there are not many degrees for him.

When Ling Jingyang came, he was sharpening his knife in the barracks, and his subordinates told him that Captain Ling was coming, and he hurriedly stood up to greet Ling Jingyang, as if Ling Jingyang was a mighty general and his top boss.

Although Ling Jingyang crushed Li Daoli in terms of troops, both of them were lieutenants, and they couldn't look down on Li Daoli because his power was not as good as before, Ling Jingyang asked Li Daoli not to be polite, he had one thing, asking Li Daoli for help.

Li Daoli was very happy to help Ling Jingyang, and Ling Jingyang talked to him about the cities in Datong Mansion, Shanxi, which cities were garrisoned by the Dashun army, and which cities were garrisoned by Jiang Huang's Ming army.

"Ling Jingyang, do you really want to swallow the Ming army of Datong Mansion?"

"How can I have that strength, the stone camp needs a piece of land, and it also needs a garrison that can be used to garrison troops, obtain grain and grass, and taxes to feed the soldiers, without these, there is no need to build slaves and kill them, and the stone camp will be torn apart."

Li Daoli was a little dissatisfied: "Then you can't blatantly go to Shanxi to loot, if you force Jiang Jiu to rebel, how can you and I be worthy of those soldiers who died in battle?" ”

Ling Jingyang came to Li Daoli, not to occupy some county seats, but to talk to Li Daoli about another thing, he needed a white glove to get silver, Li Daoli was very suitable for the role of white gloves, and he mysteriously mentioned the merchants in Shanxi to Li Daoli.

Li Daoli's neck was crooked, and he wondered how Ling Jingyang could talk to him about those businessmen in Shanxi?

In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, some bad businessmen in Shanxi hooked up with Jiannu for silver, betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty tried their best to encircle and suppress Jiannu, forcing Jiannu to the end of the mountain, Shanxi businessmen played a very disgraceful role in this, secretly selling grain and grass and other important military materials to Jiannu, relying on the continuous blood transfusion of Shanxi's bad businessmen, Jiannu survived the days of the imminent collapse, and also made the Ming blockade strategy completely bankrupt, wasting countless manpower, material and financial resources, and did not have a strategic effect. On the contrary, it dragged down the precarious treasury of the Ming Dynasty.

These bad businessmen should be killed, Li Daoli is not a border army, I don't know that Jin merchants and Jiannu have such a trade and doorway, but I have also heard that these Jin merchants and Jiannu have a close relationship, if there are bad Jin merchants and Jiannu eyebrows, they should be killed.

Ling Jingyang squinted his eyes and tempted him to make white gloves: "If Captain Li is willing, you and I will join forces to divide the property of those traitorous merchants, those merchants may also have grain and grass, war horses, salt, pig iron, etc., you can use silver to recruit troops and horses, and quickly restore the troops, and the soldiers of my stone battalion also have military salaries, so you don't have to worry about the troops mutiniing without salaries, and they will not let the soldiers fight with Jiannu hungry." ”

Li Daoli was a little moved: "Captain Lingdu, these businessmen have been operating in Shaanxi for many years, with the strength of my army, I'm afraid I can't shake their foundation?" ”

"So I need your help."

Li Daoli didn't kill, but it was a pity to kill the bad businessmen who hooked up with Jiannu, but he felt that he didn't have that ability: "How can I help you, I am not familiar with the place in Shanxi, and General Zhang's subordinates are not familiar with it, but there are a few acquaintances in Datong Mansion, but their level is not mine, and they are all middle-level generals in each battalion, so they can't help much." ”

"Let's go to Shanxi, wait for an opportunity to capture a city that is not heavily garrisoned and has a low strategic position, and with the territory, I will give you a soldier and horse, and you can destroy those traitorous merchants as much as you want, but you must find ironclad evidence that these people are hooked up with Jiannu, so that other forces have nothing to say."

Li Daoli did his best, Ling Jingyang transferred twenty cavalry from the cavalry battalion to him, and followed him to Datong Mansion to fight the front station, Li Daoli suddenly thought that he really had a friend who served as the flag commander in Ulzhou, Datong Prefecture, and was stationed in Changning Town, maybe he could ask him for help.

Ling Jingyang was very considerate to give him a hundred taels of silver, Li Daoli was curious about how these Ling Jingyang had silver, Ling Jingyang looked at the captive, Li Daoli understood, he took the silver, and twenty cavalry rushed to Shanxi.

At the time of departure, Ling Jingyang told him that he would wait for a while in the Santun camp, waiting for him to report the information, if he found a garrison in Shanxi, he would lead a large army to rush there, if he did not find a garrison, he would also find a territory that could be attacked, and he led the stone battalion to capture the territory in one go.

After Li Daoli left, Ling Jingyang summoned Lao Mantou and Quan Tiefeng, and asked Lao Mantou how much grain and grass he had, and Lao Mantou put all the grain and grass of the whole army together, and reported to Ling Jingyang, each person has two meals a day, one meal is thin, and one meal is dry, which can last for seven days.

Ling Jingyang asked Quan Tiefeng again, how many days does it take to go to Sanyingtun here, Quan Tiefeng replied to him, it will take at least four days to walk along the foothills, and it will take three days to reach it by taking the official road, Ling Jingyang thought about it, or for the sake of safety, he continued to choose to advance from the foot of the mountain, and after arriving at Sanyingtun, he waited for Li Daoli's news in Sanyingtun, which would take another one to two days, and there was only one day of grain and grass left, and Ling Jingyang had to find more grain and grass to be able to unite the team.

The old steamed bun proposed to continue to grab the grain and grass of Jiannu: "Duwei, only Jiannu has grain and grass in this vicinity, and we can only go to rob Jiannu, otherwise this grain and grass will not be able to support Shanxi." ”