The news of Nurhachi's release of Zaisai and the subjugation of the Mongol Ulut tribe reached Yang Chengying's ears from a thousand households in the Ming army who were familiar with the border situation.

This Qianhu was a native of Liaoyang, and later fled to Guangning, and then fled to Shanhaiguan with Xiong Tingbi.

He was sent by Wang Zaijin to Liaoxi to inquire about intelligence.

Three thousand herdsmen took refuge in Nurhachi, and he easily found out about such a big movement and reported it to Wang Zaijin.

Wang Zaijin thought that Yang Chengying should gather the people in the court, so he sent this thousand households to the court to inform Yang Chengying.

At this time, Yang Chengying stayed in Zhenjiang Fort.

Due to the defeat of Li Yongfang, Yang Chengying took advantage of the situation to recover Zhenjiang Fort and other places.

He arranged the Ming army under his command and the 2,000 Ming troops brought by Chen Liangce in Zhenjiang Fort and the surrounding area for vigilance.

Xu Guangqi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was the nominal governor, and Geng Zhongming actually carried out it, and with the cooperation of the local government of Chaoxian, thousands of people were transported by ship to Dachangshan Island and other places for resettlement.

Mo Mazi led the Perak battalion to be responsible for the escort, and after the people were transported to Dachangshan Island, Ning Wan and I were responsible for resettlement and other matters.

As for the generals such as Tong Yangzhen captured in this battle, as well as the heads captured, they were transported to Dachangshan Island with the first batch of ships, and then sent to Denglai and handed over to the governor of Denglai for disposal.

So, Yang Chengying met with this thousand households in Zhenjiang Fort.

"How did the Ulut surrender to Nurhachi willingly?" Yang Chengying asked.

"That's because the Ulut tribe is desperate and has no choice but to surrender."

Chiho replied.

"Who persecuted them?"

"Da Ming and Hudun Rabbit Khan."

"Oh? Where does this begin? ”

"The Ulut Department is very weak, and Hudun Rabbit Khan often uses the Dao, and the forces have begun to infiltrate the Ulut Ministry. Daming caressed the Hudun Rabbit Khan and ignored the Ulut Department as the cause.

After receiving a reward, Hudun Rabbit Khan greatly expanded the Mongol army. This was followed not by a war with the Jianlu but by the oppression of the Mongol tribes, and the Ulut tribes were the appetizers. ”

Regarding Wang Huazhen's reward strategy, Yang Chengying felt inappropriate early on, but he didn't expect it to have such a bad impact.

He asked about the details of Huduntu Khan Lindan.

Thousands of households to talk about.

It turned out that Hudun Rabbit Khan was rewarded by the Ming Dynasty, and the tribes under his command were organized into six battalions, and each battalion was in charge of his wife. Hudun Rabbit Khan had eight wives, five of whom served as commanders of the battalion.

The head of the six battalions is under the personal jurisdiction of Lin Dan himself, known as the "Escort Army", and there is also a "Konot", that is, a heavy cavalry guard with armor.

In addition to the money purchased from the border troops of the Ming army, a large part of their equipment came from the weapons and baggage discarded by the Ming army in Liaodong.

Lin Dan's favorite retainer Gui Yingqia also belonged to this army, and Gui Yingqia did not say anything about the evil in the Ulut Ministry, and also violently beat the fried flowers who came to make peace, forcing the Ulut Ministry to move south and take refuge in Nurhachi, who was staying in Quang Ninh at this time.

The second battalion, Ah Qi Heshao, was in charge of Namu Zhong, the eldest wife of Lin Dan Khan.

The third battalion, Goltumen, was dominated by Mongols.

The fourth battalion, Hana, that is, the black army of ten thousand households, is mainly composed of people of other nationalities.

The fifth battalion, Doutumen, that is, the "gradual Ding army" in the Mengyuan and Yuan dynasties, was mainly underage.

The sixth battalion, Alakeyt, was acquired by Lin Dan after the death of Brain Mao.

This thousand households knew the situation in Mongolia to this point, which made Yang Chengying amazed.

"What's your name?"

Yang Chengying clenched his fists and asked politely.

"Back to General Yang, the villain's name is Zhang Cunren." Chinohe replied politely.

When Yang Chengying heard this name, the whole person was happy.

Historically, Zhang Cunren was a deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, and later surrendered to Huang Taiji with Zu Tianshou. The official was the governor of Zhili, and he also forced Kong Youde to death.

Zhang Cunren, who was born in Lao Qiuba, has the same delicate mind as Wenchen, which is indeed very rare.

"You don't want to be a thousand households in the future. I will write a letter to Lord Wang, and keep you by my side as a personal guard, and you will have a greater future in the future. ”

Yang Chengying was unabashedly solicited.

This made Zhang Cunren very surprised and very excited.

"I have heard of Yang Shuai's prestige for a long time, if I don't give up, I am willing to serve the dogs and horses."

After that, Zhang Cunren was about to kneel down and kowtow.

Yang Chengying hurriedly held him up and said with a smile: "In my place, I don't want to kneel down and kowtow." When you see me in the future, just clasp your fists and salute. ”

"This ...... It's not right. ”

"Hey, it's not a face-to-face meeting with a member of the court, you and I are comrades, since we are comrades, we don't need those false courtesies."

"Yes, my subordinates obey." Zhang Cunren clasped his fists and saluted.

Yang Chengying asked Wu Sangui to arrange a place for him to live, and he wrote a letter to Wang Zaijin, firstly to explain the situation, and secondly, to warn him to be cautious in the use of troops.

It is also necessary to pay attention to the movements of the Mongols, and do not open the door to the Mongols easily.

There were more than 60,000 people in the area of Zhenjiang Fort and Kuandian Fort, and about 400 ships of all sizes in Yang Chengying's hands plus ships supported by the DPRK and Xian, all of which were put into transportation.

There is an endless stream of ships on the entire sea, and even so, Yang Chengying estimates that it will take at least a month to transport them all.

In order to prevent accidents, Yang Cheng should make a decision.

"We moved point by point, which was too time-consuming."

"And it's not safe, and a new approach has to be adopted," Yang said. ”

"What's the solution?" Chen Liangce and others asked.

"We moved all the people to Phi Dao and other places, and concentrated from Phi Dao, not like now."

Yang Chengying said: "Li Yongfang doesn't dare to come for the time being, and we can just gather the troops and reduce the transportation distance of materials." ”

"Yes, the subordinates will go." Chen Liangce and others obeyed.

After they left, Lear came to him.

Yang Chengying invited him into the account and asked what he meant.

Li Erzhan said: "I can't hide it, I have a bad premonition, I always feel that something is going to happen in Beijing, so I come to you to avoid it." ”

Yang Chengying thought about it for a while, and according to the time calculation, the big event of "Renzu Anyway" will happen in another month.

"Renzu anyway" is that the Westerners replace the northerners and hold the power of the Chaoxian Kingdom.

Thinking that Li Erzhan was still useful, Yang Chengying generously said: "No problem, you can stay with me in the name of assisting me in relocating the surname Bai." ”

"Thank you." Li Erzhan knelt down happily.

Yang Chengying asked Wu Sangui to arrange a place for Li Erzhan.

At this time, an uninvited guest came to Yang Chengying's residence.

Gongsun Sheng came to report: "Dashuai, an old man who claims to be your has come to visit. ”

"The deceased?" Yang Chengying asked, "Do you know each other?" ”

Gongsun Sheng shook his head, "I haven't seen it." ”

"Interesting, just after leaving Learzhan, another old man came."

Yang Chengying touched his chin, "Maybe it's my opportunity, you invited him here." ”

"Yes."

Soon after Gongsun Sheng retreated, he led a gray-haired old man to come.

How old is this old man? looks more than ten years older than Xu Guangqi.

Yang Chengying looked him up and down, "May I ask how Your Excellency counts my 'old man'?" ”

"Like-minded people are 'old people'." The other party said with a smile.

"Oh? Dare to ask the name of the next step? ”

"No, Li Yuanyi."

It's him!

Yang Chengying listened to it and was shocked.