Chapter 373: Mountain rain destroys the building

"Yingzhou has not been paid for half a year..."

Jing Kuanwu said to himself.

Chen Yan nodded approvingly: "The official still knows about the affairs of the military department of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and the soldiers under the command of the Jingdu Governor have to prepare their own salaries and rations, and this tuntian can only be managed, and there is no money, so the sergeants will not buy it." ”

"Dare to ask Lord Chen, what are you selling?"

Chen Yan stroked the green beard on his chin: "This official has some connections in Jiangnan, and he asked the local Hui merchants to buy a large amount of Chen grain from Songjiang, which has been transported to the territory of Beizhili, and it is not a secret, the official has already made an appointment with the buyer, but the quantity is too large, and the other party asked to discuss with the official in detail in order to verify the authenticity..."

Chen Yan didn't finish his speech, and deliberately let Jing Kuan guess.

The well is wide but an old fritter, and I also smell a clue from it, the current food prices in Beizhili are a little high, and food is the heavy weapon of the soldiers, who will fight if you don't eat enough?

If you sell grain, it is also a profitable business.

"Lord Chen means to go out of the secret meeting?"

Jing Kuan can now figure it out that as soon as Chen Yan arrived in Yingzhou, he asked to inspect the three passes in the afternoon, which turned out to be this idea.

Chen Yan saw the mouth of the well, so he nodded: "Governor Jingdu, this official has budgeted, once this batch of grain is sold, this official can make a profit of at least two million taels of silver." ”

Jing Kuan gasped, such a huge amount of income made him red-eyed: "Lord Chen, there is a lot of grain in this batch..."

Chen Yan nodded: "Everything is borne by the officials, but the number is too much, the officials in Shanxi are controlled by the Jin merchants, they have to draw too much from the middle, and the road is far away, it is easy to go wrong, and it is much easier to go directly to the defense line of the Great Wall of Yingzhou..."

Jing Kuan understood now, so he took the trouble to ask: "So, if the lower officials cooperate with Lord Chen?" ”

"Hahaha..."Chen Yan nodded with satisfaction: "As long as the Jingdu Governor cooperates, after this transaction is completed, the official will be in charge, and he can give the Jingdu Governor a profit of 100,000 taels, and take another 100,000 taels to reward the guards..."

Jing Kuan is not stupid, the extra 100,000 taels are used to buy the soldiers guarding the pass, these soldiers have not been paid for more than half a year, as long as everyone gives two taels of silver, and then says some good things, one by one is happy.

Thinking of this, Jing Kuan silently calculated how much money he could extract from the defenders, and he was overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

When Chen Yan saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, and his disdain for Jing Kuan was a little more.

"So Master Chen has a plan for Zhou Xiang?"

"Dare to ask the governor of Jingdu, which one of the three passes can carry a large number of carriages, and it is remote and easy to walk?"

There is nothing wrong with this question, after all, it is to transport grain, so it involves horse-drawn carriages, and in order to hide people's eyes, it is natural to choose so.

Jing Kuan was already immersed in dividends, he didn't think much about it at all, so he raised his head and thought about it, and said for a long time: "Ma Lanyu is close to Dongsheng Right Guard, it is really inconvenient, although it is remote, but it is difficult for a large number of carriages to pass, only Huangyayu can still choose, but although Huangyayu can go on horseback, but only rely on the general stone pass, if you want to pass, Xia Guan still recommends acting in the evening." ”

"Okay..."Chen Yan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "With the help of the Governor of Jingdu, the business of this official has become most of it, so in the name of the official meeting, the soldiers of Huangyayu will be temporarily transferred, and my Qincha will be defended with the marching soldiers." ”

"Then how do the lower officials need to cooperate?"

The corners of Chen Yan's mouth rose: "Jingdu Governor only needs to let go of Huangyayu's defense for three days..."

...

Outside Huangyayu, Chen Yan was followed by only two family members, and it was twenty miles away from Huangyayu, an unknown small village.

It was evening, and the sky was gradually darkening, and several people wearing felt hats and Liaodong clothes rode into the village.

Chen Yan met the person who came, and at the meeting place agreed in Ningyuan, he only changed from Kuandianyu to Huangyayu, which took half a day.

In the small house, the oil lamp was very dim, and the person who came spoke a pure Ming official dialect, Chen Yan was sure that this person must be a Han from Liaodong or a sergeant who surrendered in Guannei.

"How's the line of defense?"

Chen Shiyi said that the two family members went out to guard, and then glanced at the two shadows behind the sitting person, and then said: "This official has taken over Huangyayu as promised, and there are only three days, and within three days, you must enter the customs from here." ”

The person who came turned his head to look at the two people behind him, nodded slightly, and then asked, "How is the defense of Yingzhou?" ”

Chen Yan handed over the Yingzhou defense map that had been prepared long ago to the visitor: "You remember, only Huangyayu can be passed, and there are heavy guards everywhere else, as long as your cavalry crosses the valley, it will be as if you came in from Xifengkou back then." ”

The visitor glanced at the map, then put it away and handed it to a shadow behind him, and then continued: "In the second year of the Apocalypse, I entered the Northern Zhili Iron Cavalry, and also captured a lot of capable people, the map of the Northern Zhili has already been fully prepared, and this time to enter the Northern Zhili, it will not be Chen Cao's conspiracy." ”

Chen Yan smiled indifferently: "You can see how my prince acts." ”

Before the visitor could speak, a shadow behind him asked in a gloomy and non-standard Ming dialect: "Chen Cao is not trustworthy, what is the explanation for the sneak attack on North Korea?" You southern barbarians have a lot of tricks. ”

Chen Yan didn't look up, because even if he looked up, he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, so he stared at the visitor: "There is only this opportunity, you can grasp it yourself, this official finally advised, the heavy troops of Beizhili are now in the territory of Gaoyou in Nanzhili, if you wait until the 500,000 troops return to Beizhili, and then want to make a difference, it is not something that my prince can control." ”

"My Manchurian iron cavalry crisscrosses the territory of the Ming Kingdom, and the southern barbarians, go back and tell Chen Cao that when my Qing Heavenly Soldiers arrive on the north bank of the Yangtze River, let Chen Cao wash his neck and wait."

It's that shadow again, but now Chen Yan understands that the one who is really in charge is the mysterious person behind the person who came.

"Hmph..."Chen Yan shook his hand and walked out of the house, and before leaving, he left a sentence: "There are only three days, today has passed, you can control it yourself." ”

The person who came chased him out after a while, grabbed Chen Yan, and made the family behind Chen Yan very nervous, and when he was about to step forward to make a move, the person who came whispered in Chen Yan's ear: "Go back and tell the prince that the Li family in Liaodong is the vanguard of this attack on Shanhaiguan, and 100,000 Mongolian people and 10,000 Manchurian soldiers will enter the customs from Huangyayu first." ”

Before Chen Yan could ask a rhetorical question, the person who came had already scolded angrily in Jurchen words, and then turned around and left.

Chen Yan left, and immediately reacted quickly, and asked him to tell the prince that this was obviously the spy arranged by Chen Cao beside Jiannu, and he couldn't help but look solemn, and then took the two family members to ride their horses and leave.

...

"Empress Zhang was not named the queen mother, but lived in Kunning Palace with the current Empress Zhou, according to the purchased eunuch, Empress Zhang now lives in the west side hall of Kunning Palace."

Xu Kaixian and his subordinates were looking at the topographic map of the Forbidden City, which was extremely detailed, and his hand was drawn on the map: "The only way is to take advantage of the chaos to enter directly from the Shenwu Gate, and after passing the Shunzhen Gate, you can rush directly from the Imperial Garden to the Kunning Palace." ”

Xu Kaixian looked at the people around him: "The speed must be fast, the prince said that once the capital is broken by Jiannu, Chongzhen is likely to choose to commit suicide, and his queen concubines will definitely be given death, and the prince has reason to believe that Queen Zhang is also among them." ”

The special combat team was set up at the request of Chen Cao himself, and the commander was selected from Zhang Fengnian's personal team, and all the team members were top-notch sergeants.

A captain beside him said, "Lord Xu, why don't you use flying kites?" ”

Xu Kaixian was stunned for a moment, and then immediately enlightened: "Yes... What might your special forces use? ”

The captain nodded: "This is a must-learn skill, the prince said, the sudden action of the flying kite can hit the morale of the opponent, although we are saving people, but we can fly down from the top of the Imperial Garden Coal Mountain and land in the Kunning Palace, isn't it as fast as Lord Xu said before?" ”

Xu Kaixian slapped his forehead, and suddenly came to his senses, so he patted him on the shoulder: "You are right, as long as you rescue Queen Zhang, this official will definitely give you credit in front of the prince." ”

Chongzhen five years, the first day of the fifth month

Just now, as soon as the gates of the Jingshi were opened, several knights rushed into the city from the Anding Gate, and the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop them, because the knights were behind them with the banner of Qincha.

After a while, more than a dozen horsemen scattered into Andingmen from different directions, all of them ragged sergeants.

Chen Yan was the first wave to enter the city gate, he did not go to the palace to make a business, but directly rode a horse to Zou Weilian's mansion, the first day of the new year was the day of the dynasty, Zou Weilian was not in the mansion.

Xu Kai met Chen Yan first.

"Lord Xu?"

Chen Yan had seen Xu Kaixian a few times in private, recognized him, and opened his mouth and said: "Lord Xu, Xia Guan is fortunate not to be dishonored, the army of more than 100,000 Jiannu has broken through Yingzhou, and now tens of thousands of troops are divided to rush to Beijing, and the other is going to Shanhaiguan." ”

Xu Kaixian immediately turned his head and ran away when he heard this, ignoring Chen Yan at all.

Zou Weilian hurriedly returned home, he was a cabinet member, just at the time of the Great Dynasty, Yingzhou reported urgently, more than 100,000 Jiannu Tartars broke through the defense line of the Huangyayu Great Wall in Yingzhou and entered the Guannei.

After getting the news, the entire Taihedian Square became a pot of porridge, and Zhu Youzhen fainted at that time.

"Hair Saint..."

Zou Weilian shouted anxiously: "What's wrong? ”

Chen Yan stood up: "Brother Dehui, everything is according to the plan, go to the Japanese Jiannu army of 110,000 to break into Huangyayu, Jing Kuan has no idea, I have taken the first step, but I was still caught up by Jiannu, fortunately I was protected by the family, the Qincha team has been dispersed, and Yingzhou will inevitably fall;

When I arrived, I received news that Jiannu had divided tens of thousands of troops and headed for Shanhaiguan. ”

"Whew..."

Zou Weilian let out a sigh of relief, and then said, "Have you exposed your whereabouts?" ”

Chen Yan shook his head: "Brother Dehui, don't worry, although I came back under the banner of Qincha, I didn't expose it, and I came straight to your house." ”

"Good, good..."

Zou Weilian looked happy, and then ordered: "I don't want all the gold and silver at home, you go back to your home and take someone to Tianjin, Xu Kaixian is escorted along the way, holding a waist card..."

As he spoke, he handed him the waist card of the Jinyi Guard: "Leave quickly, after it is outdated, the capital will be under martial law." ”