In Liaoyang City, Yuan Yingtai stood on the city tower and watched the people in the city go in and out, everyone bought New Year's goods, and his face showed expectations for life.

This is what he wants to see, the people are no longer nervous, the acceptance of guest soldiers is gradually increasing, and the Liao and Mongols are gradually united by themselves.

People praised themselves as good strategists, praised themselves for their benevolence, justice, and integrity, and the court also trusted them.

However, there is a lot of money and food in the pass, and the military salary issued by Emperor Taichang will be used until next year, and Donglin Qunxian can still fight for another year of money and food for himself.

Therefore, next summer will be the time for a large-scale offensive and a peaceful level of Jiannu.

"Report!"

The scribe went to Yuan Yingtai's side and said: "News came from the front line in Shenyang, not only the grassland, but also the Jiannu side suffered from drought, and many refugees fled from Jiannu. He Zongbing, Sun Guerrilla and others thought that it was acceptable and spied on the enemy's intelligence. Vice Admiral You felt that it was inappropriate......"

"Approved! He Zongbing was the first general in Liaodong, and Sun Qing was a local general, so they were more familiar with the situation than You Shigong. ”

"Yes. One more thing. The Southern Army, stationed on the south bank of the Hunhe River, proposed to conduct covert screening of refugees to avoid spies among them. ”

"Well......" Yuan Yingtai thought about it, and his acceptance of refugees was strongly opposed by Zhang Quan, Tong Zhonghua and others, and the relationship was very stiff for a while.

This time, the Southern Army proposed to do some covert screening, which could be regarded as finding a step for both sides.

Anyway, it's not to stop refugees from entering, and how to screen is also a very difficult thing to operate, since they propose it, let them go to trouble.

"This is slightly approved, this matter is in Liaoyang by me and the patrol Zhang Quan is in charge, Guangning is in charge of the governor Xue Guoyong, and in Shenyang City is in charge of He Zongbing...... Outside the city of Shenyang, hand it over to Chen Ce of the Southern Army. ”

"Yes."

The scribe turned to quit and went to write a clerical herald.

"Wait a minute," Yuan Yingtai called out to the scribe, and after thinking for a while, he said: "One more thing to add, the matter of screening refugees and spies must not disrupt logistics, military training, and next year's expedition."

"Yes."

Originally, they agreed to this matter by giving each other a step, and they didn't really want to spend so much effort to screen refugees, after all, they couldn't miss the big event of stepping on Jiannu next year.

……

"As the third brother expected, Yuan Jingluo agreed to the request of the Southern Army, but only gave us the right to secretly investigate the spies outside Shenyang."

Of course, this matter was planned by Wang Hongyu, and Zhou Dunji and the generals of the Southern Army promoted it together, and now it can be regarded as having achieved some results, but the actual power is not big.

Wang Hongyu smiled, this Yuan Yingtai is very good at being a veteran of officialdom~

The face was given a step, and he didn't care about it at all. And there is no right inside.

Today, the Mongolian refugees in Shenyang are not like elsewhere, and most of the 30,000 people left behind have been incorporated into the army, and a small number are their families, and they are all in the city of Shenyang.

This one is in charge of the outside of the city, and the real power is very limited......

However, this was expected, and it was exactly the result I wanted. Because the area outside the city is very large, it is convenient to prepare for this big battle next year~

Zhou Dunji opened his mouth and said: "Yuan Yingtai does this, if something happens in the future, he can be impeached, if the third brother contributes, there is a way to get him away, right?"

The eldest brother's eyes were full of determination, I am afraid that he had been holding back these words for a long time, and he finally said it today.

Hehe, this is also the original intention of the third brother.

"It should be like this, but the situation in the capital is delicate, even if Yuan Yingtai is driven away, they will also go to the rest of the Donglin line. Forced impeachment will not only expose our intentions to tear the situation apart, but it will also turn out to be more difficult to manage. ”

The eldest brother said in his heart, then he doesn't need to be so obscure.

Wanli has made arrangements, and Taichang has also continued this arrangement.

However, the Donglin Party, which has the support of the British public and controls the apocalypse, is almost about to turn the table.

They would rather oppress the emperor, would rather have internal discord, and would rather try to get Yuan Yingtai back.

Because the British Duke in the capital is only their ally after all, the Donglin Party, which tasted the sweetness through military power this time, said that it would let others control the military power.

Liaodong naturally bore the brunt.

Therefore, at any cost, it is necessary to let Yuan Yingtai, who is newly recruited, be the economic strategy of Liaodong, and on the other side, Yang Lian will be unhappy for Xiong Tingbi, and he will be wooed by Huairou.

If you insist on persevering, your uncle and Father-in-law Wei will immediately become Donglin's mortal enemies, and even put Your Majesty in danger.

"English duke...... It is really chilling that the head of the military generals is mixed with civilian officials and still does nothing on this kind of issue. ”

Although Zhou Dunji's political struggle was not strong, he had heard a little about the affairs of the court, so he could see where the key problem was.

He hoped that the third brother would one day be able to restore the title of Marquis of Dingyuan and revive the decline of the martial arts since the Ming Dynasty.

"In fact, if you change people, except for individual candidates such as Xiong Jingluo, others may not be as good as Yuan Yingtai."

"That's true, although Yuan Jingluo doesn't know soldiers, he is an expert in logistics. He has enough food and armor for winter clothing in all his troops and horses. ”

The eldest brother thought the same as I thought, this time we will be given the power to investigate the spies outside Shenyang, and we can do some interesting things.

"Big brother, let's build a temporary fortress prison on the south bank of the Hunhe River~"

"Fortress Prison?" Zhou Dunji was a little stunned, but soon smiled and said: "It's really yours, but the scale can't be too big, otherwise Yuan Yingtai and He Shixian will feel a little strange even if they are not smart."

"The scale doesn't have to be big, it just needs to be in this shape." Wang Hongyu drew a star-shaped pattern on the sand table.

"This fortress prison is so strangely shaped, I'm afraid it's not easy to build, right?"

"It's okay, I have the drawings, and everyone will build a small fortress according to the drawings."

"Very good~"

The more Zhou Dunji looked at the third brother, the more he felt that it was the hope of the martial artist in the future: "This fortress is called a prison to the outside world, but it should also have a real name, right?"

Wang Hongyu wrote four big characters on the sand table:

Hun River Fortress.

……

Seeing that the generals and the people were building this kind of civil structure fortress prison with a wall height equivalent to 3 meters high and a circumference of 600 meters in later generations, the generals of the Southern Army always felt that its shape was a little strange, the height was not high, and the strength was relatively limited.

"After all, it's a prison~"

Wang Hongyu said, this fortress is about the same size as a football field. The height of the wall is only 3 meters in later generations, and those with dexterity can climb it directly.

The most important thing is that it is only a civil structure, which is easy to build with local materials, and it is relatively easy to damage.

What you want is that it is easier to damage~

Tong Zhonghua, the deputy marshal of the Southern Army, sighed, and said in a rather excited tone: "Our duties can only be responsible for the spies outside Shenyang, and if we don't arrest people indiscriminately, we won't be able to catch much at all."

"Don't worry, deputy marshal, you can put some gunpowder, grain and grass and ordnance in this prison first. For the time being, it will be used as a warehouse for our Southern Army. ”

Hearing Wang Hongyu say this, Tong Zhonghua was even more confused, isn't it possible for the prisoners in the prison to steal the ordnance and kill them out of the prison directly?

"Hehe~ That's how it's designed, so that the spies don't have to be raised~"

Chen Ce understood that this prison had no intention of letting the arrested spies live. The wall is relatively low, and these materials are placed, and if the person who is caught is a real spy, he will definitely want to escape or destroy.

Just fishing to kill......

Chen Ce ordered: "Then the next thing to arrange for screening and arresting spies is to set up more checkpoints in the direction of Jiannu and Mongolia, and all personnel will be strictly investigated, and suspicious people will be temporarily concentrated on the north bank of the Hunhe River, and those who find out can be released, and those who have problems will be imprisoned first."

"Yes!"

Zhou Dunji arranged the patrol post on the east side, returned to the fortress under construction, and said to Wang Hongyu: "You can start now."

"Well, the focus is not on Mongolian refugees, but on Liaodong smugglers and spies in the army." Wang Hongyu smiled warmly, because the spy was about to suffer.

……

Fan Wencheng and his brother Fan Wenhuan slowly walked towards Shenyang behind a large group of Mongolian refugees and Han refugees, together with a team pretending to be business travelers.

Half of them wore hats like them, and upon closer inspection, they all had their hair cut off and left in the middle with a small bunch of pigtails and three pigtails behind.

He actually knew very well that in addition to the two of them, most of the other coats mixed in the team had family members buckled in Hetunara.

But only the two of them have identities and missions, and those coats don't know at all.

Walking out of the mountains to the plains around Shenyang, the refugees saw the fortresses around Shenyang from afar, and their feelings were quite complicated.

Houjin is very strong, and Daming is also mobilizing the national field army to assemble, and there will be a big war next year. But the refugees, like duckweed, can't think so much, so let's get through this winter first.

Houjin Baoyi is not so easy to do, but Liaodong Yuan Jing slightly talks about benevolence and righteousness to give food to eat, so refugees of all ethnic groups flee here.

I saw Shenyang City from afar, but suddenly a group of Ming troops came on the road, intercepted them all, and did not let them continue to Shenyang.

It was Zhao Hannian, the general of the Zhejiang soldiers, who stopped them.

"Stop! You can't go directly to the city, you have to wait for us to carefully screen it! ”

Yes!

The refugees were shocked, they hadn't encountered this situation in the previous batches, why did they suddenly change now?

"Where are you from? Where are you going? Is there any intersection with Jiannu? The Zhejiang soldiers stepped forward and shouted.

"My lord, I was a farmer in the countryside of Kaiyuan, who was robbed and hid in the mountains by Jiannu, and now I really can't live." A group of hunched and talkative farmers immediately replied.

"I am a Mongolian, I have an intersection with Jiannu, and I have a grudge against them for killing my brother!" A Mongolian man who looked reckless replied.

"I didn't have anything to do with Jiannu, I fled normally...... a thin Han man replied.

Brother Fan Wencheng didn't speak, and looked at the black and thin man who spoke last. His name is Song Yuan, a clothed servant with a white flag, and Huang Taiji specially planted it to cover them......

At first glance, the Zhejiang soldiers felt that the Mongol had an intersection and seemed to pay attention to it, but they suddenly reacted that the person who spoke at the end was wrong.