The cavalry chased out of the camp, and the infantry rushed out. After a while, Zhang Wen saw that the infantry were rushing to cut off their heads.

Zhang Wen turned back to Shen Jing and said: "Seeing that our Ming sergeants like silver, Mr. Shen is right, as long as there is silver, there will be brave men under the reward." Shen Jing smiled and said, "That's not the case." ”

There were a few corpses on the ground, but there were more than a thousand corpses in total, and the Ming army's vision was not clear, and they all fired guns indiscriminately, but they frightened the Mongols, and they ran away directly when they saw that the fire was too fierce.

Juniper pursued for a while, and then led the cavalry back, leaving a group of men and horses to strengthen the garrison at Changsheng Fort, and the large army entered the city to rest for one night, and returned to Shenyang early the next morning. Zhang Wen went over with the army, just to ensure safety.

Along the way, Zhang Wen observed the surrounding terrain and landforms, recorded all of them in detail, and asked the generals to ask about the distance between the cities, the geometry of the marching distance between the infantry and military vehicles, the military horses, etc., all of which were recorded in the notebook, and the impression in the mind was deep when written down, and it was generally not forgotten.

The information recorded in Zhang Wen's notebook is very detailed, such as the bird's stacking array and round shooting, estimating the time to shoot sixty times per moment; The mixed army marched for more than 20 miles in an hour, the cavalry marched for more than 40 miles in an hour, and marched 80 miles in a hurry. He also meticulously understands the logistics of transporting grain and grass, guards, and so on.

Shen Jing, Huang Renzhi and Zhang Wen sat in a car. Shen Jing saw that Zhang Wen had been busy, and was greatly moved, so he found a notebook from his thick cotton jacket and said: "Ten years ago, I traveled to Liaodong and wrote down some of the mountains and rivers and the distance between the cities, but I didn't go to Jianzhou, only the place west of Liaoyang in Shenyang, and my lord may be able to use it." ”

Zhang Wen took it and looked at it for a while, as if he had obtained a treasure, he was fascinated, and talked about the information with Shen Jing, day and night, and soon arrived in Shenyang.

Zhang Wen entered the city with the army, and saw that the city was majestic, and the moat was very spectacular, and the width was at least three zhang. The city wall is tall, built of bricks and stones, the circumference of the city is about ten li, the height is more than two zhang, there are two cities, the width of the city wall is about three zhang, the depth is about eight feet.

The army entered the city from the Yongchang Gate at the west gate, and the tower on the city gate stood tall and hung a big bell. When they entered the city, they saw a straight avenue crossing from east to west, and in the middle of the city, they saw that there were also avenues in the north and south, and the two roads were cross-shaped. Jun Song took Zhang Wen to turn to the north street, walked north for a while, there was a street extending from east to west, and after the archway, there were many yamen on the street, which was the place where the government was located.

Jun Song arranged for Zhang Wen's place to stay and brought Zhang Wen's entourage over, while Jun Song himself personally took Zhang Wen to the governor's residence to meet Yuan Yingtai, and at the same time he also had to report the results of the battle, so that Yuan Yingtai could write to him to invite credit. The capital of Liaodong is Liaoyang, so Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Shenyang, was also temporarily renovated.

Yuan Yingtai took a pair of officials to greet each other, Yuan Yingtai said: "The old man is busy with military affairs, and he is not welcome, please forgive me for it." ”

In fact, according to the system, the governor greets the patrol, and at most he can only welcome the Yuanmen, and no matter how far he goes, he will be suspected of deliberately currying favor. In the local area, the governor is the second rank, and the governor is the seventh rank, with a difference of ten levels, but every time these two kinds of officials sit on an equal footing, they are only divided into front and back when they meet the holy decree, and the collapse of etiquette can be seen.

"Where, where, the military gate is more polite." Zhang Wen returned the salute with a smile on his face and looked at Yuan Yingtai. Yuan Yingtai is of medium stature and has a thin body, but he is dressed simply, which makes people feel very capable, but now his little eyes show a tired look, which shows that the governor of Liaodong is not a worry-free errand.

Juniper saluted his boss Yuan Yingtai again, and then the group went to the hall to speak. There are a number of military generals sitting on the left and right in the hall, and the boss of these generals is Yuan Yingtai, a civil official. At this time, the imperial court wanted to give military power, and generally appointed civilian officials, because the trust in the military generals was low, and they were afraid that they would want to rebel once they had a heavy army.

Zhang Wen looked at those generals, they basically didn't know each other, they were tall, short, fat and thin, and the armor they wore was almost the same, but the old and new ones were different. At this time, Zhang Wen suddenly found an acquaintance, Qin Liangyu, she was the only female general in the hall, so Zhang Wen found her at a glance. Qin Liangyu smiled and nodded lightly to Zhang Wen, and it was inconvenient for Zhang Wen to only greet one general. Yuan Yingtai introduced Zhang Wen, and after the generals greeted Zhang Wen together, Zhang Wen sat at the front of the east.

Yuan Yingtai said some kind words to Zhang Wen again, and then continued to discuss affairs with the generals, although Zhang Wen is not from the Donglin camp, but he is the emperor's person, and he is not an enemy at the moment, Yuan Yingtai tried to treat Zhang Wen politely, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Juniper reported on the state of the battle, how many beheadings, how many casualties, etc. Yuan Yingtai said that the official would definitely give credit to the imperial court and reward Juniper and the like. Zhang Wen thought that the governor and the generals had a tacit understanding at first, but Yuan Yingtai just said that he wanted to reward Juniper, and Juniper immediately said in a somewhat unkind tone: "The last general has just finished fighting the Mongols, but the military gate has received the Mongols who came to Shenyang in the city, aren't you afraid of changes?" ”

Yuan Yingtai said: "The Mongols besieging Changshengbao are not the same tribe as the Mongols who came to Shenyang, and the Mongols in Changshengbao are cavalry raiders, and most of the herdsmen who went to Shenyang are hungry and cold, how can they be treated the same?" If the court doesn't save them, they will go to the enemy as mercenaries, isn't this in vain to increase the strength of the Jianzhou rebels? ”

The two quarreled about this, and Yuan Yingtai was so angry that he was furious: "Presumptuous, contradicting the official, do you still have military law in your eyes!" Come on, drag Juniper out of the gate, stick fifty, to set an example! ”

When the sergeant entered the hall, he was about to catch Juniper, and when the generals saw it, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded for Juniper. Yuan Yingtai groaned when he heard this, pondering the relationship, and it was difficult to make up his mind for a while. All the generals knelt on the ground and pleaded, but Zhang Wen was the only one who sat alone, which made him very embarrassed.

At this moment, a sergeant walked to the door of the hall, knelt down on one knee and said, "Bow to the military gate, Qin Qian always has something important to report." ”

"Spread it in." Yuan Yingtai said a word, glanced at the general kneeling on the ground again, a trace of helplessness and exhaustion flashed in his eyes, sighed, and said, "Get up, Juniper, this official will bypass you this time for the sake of your first victory over Xiyi, and for the sake of the generals." And you know, there will be a next time, and this official will not be spared. ”

The generals listened, and then thanked Yuan Yingtai. At this time, a female general had already walked to the door of the hall, and was taken aback when she saw everyone kneeling on the ground. At this time, Yuan Yingtai had already promised to spare Juniper, and everyone got up from the ground, and the female general didn't know what was going on, so she only knelt down on one knee and said: "Yu Junmen, the front sentry spur reported, Jiannu has increased troops in Fushun and Sancha'er Fort, there are signs of a western attack, and the last general will fly to report to the military gate after learning about it, and ask the military gate to decide." ”

I saw that the female general was a young woman, Zhang Wen heard that she was called Qin Qianzong, and she was a relative of Qin Liangyu? Zhang Wen couldn't help but take a look, and saw that Qin Qian was no more than twenty years old at most, with healthy wheat-colored skin, single eyelids, thin lips, and a heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes.

Yuan Yingtai listened and said: "The official knows, you stay and listen." ”

"Yes." Qin Yulian arched her fist and stood up, and her inquiring gaze fell on Zhang Wen, who was sitting at the front of the east. She observed Zhang Wen not because of Zhang Wen's name, but because Zhang Wen was too eye-catching among the burly and strong soldiers in the room. I saw that he looked like a sword eyebrow and starry eyes, his posture was clear and chic, although he was not short, his body was twice as small as the soldiers on the side, and the other soldiers were wearing military uniforms, but he was wearing a robe, and he was suddenly "weak".

How could such an official come from this place, and he should still sit at the front......

Zhang Wen only glanced at Qin Qianzong just now, but he didn't pay attention to her, and he didn't care about her gaze. He did not know much about Jiannu's combat effectiveness and combat methods, nor did he know the terrain to the east, nor did he have much experience in military affairs, but he was self-aware, did not say a word, and did not interfere in military affairs. Zhang Wen can only look at people, and always feels that this Yuan Yingtai is not very courageous.

Yuan Yingtai continued: "Since Jiannu took the initiative to approach, I have a large army in Shenyang, and I can arrange a battle to annihilate the enemy...... There are many Mongolian herdsmen in the city, which can be recruited as the vanguard, and the main force of our Ming Dynasty follows behind, confronting the enemy with Jiannu and reducing casualties. ”

After saying that, Yuan Yingtai sent a general to select the Mongols, and then deploy the plan. The generals said goodbye, Zhang Wen also said goodbye and went out, just walked out of the gate, suddenly a strong blow on his back, Zhang Wen was not careful, fell to the ground, and gnawed a mouthful of mud.

Zhang Wen was immediately furious, hurriedly got up from the ground, and turned to see which bastard lifted him. At this time, I heard a woman's voice say: "Ouch, apologize, apologize, the end will not be intentional......"

The person who caused Zhang Wen to fall was Qin Yulian. Qin Yulian was also taken aback, she was observing Zhang Wen for some reason today, and unconsciously walked out with him, but she didn't expect that this adult was really weak, and she couldn't help but touch her. However, there are many such bumps and bumps in the army, and the soldiers have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and they are all insignificant people, and most of them are laughing and passing when they encounter this kind of thing.

Zhang asked to see that it was the female general who had just entered the lobby to report the military situation, and listened to her say apologies, but there was no apology on her face, and she was a little annoyed in her heart. But thinking that the general was a woman, and her surname was Qin, it was very likely that Qin Liangyu was a person, and Zhang Wen didn't want to offend the general, so he endured a murderous breath.

With Qin Yulian's temperament, he naturally couldn't see that Zhang Wen was holding back his anger, and said with a smile: "The last general, Qin Yulian, I'm really sorry just now, the last general didn't expect that the adult would look tall and tall, but he would ......fall down when he touched it."

Qin Yulian's Sichuan dialect reminded Zhang Wen that Qin Liangyu was also from Sichuan, it seemed that this Qin Yulian did have something to do with Qin Liangyu, and suddenly he had no chance of killing.

Qin Yulian didn't know that she had just walked back and forth from the Ghost Gate.

Zhang Wen spat out the mud and sand in his mouth, if he charged Qin Yulian with beating Shangguan, he could kill her. However, at this time, Zhang Wen thought that she might be Qin Liangyu's person, and thought that this girl had no malicious intent, so he restrained his murderous intent, and only said coldly: "A person with soldiers, you have to be cautious in order to live a long life, you can do it yourself." "Then lift your legs and go.

Qin Yulian muttered in the back, "Talking like an old man." ”

Zhang Wen ignored her and asked someone to take him to the residence, which was a three-entry courtyard, his guard Xuan Yiwei usually lived in the second courtyard, and Huang Renzhi and Shen Jing, two men, lived in the front courtyard. As soon as Zhang Wen went back, he asked where Huang Renzhi and Shen Jing were, and the guards took him to the door of a room, knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Huang, my lord is here." ”

Huang Renzhi opened the door, Zhang Wen suddenly smelled a smell of wine, and when he walked in the door, he saw that Shen Jing was sitting on the edge of the bed drinking, already drunk. When the two of them saw Zhang Wen, they both stood up and saluted, and Shen Jing smiled embarrassedly: "This weather in Liaodong, I really can't bear it without drinking some wine...... Sit, sit, sit. ”

Shen Jing took another bowl for Zhang Wen, poured wine, Zhang Wen raised his head and poured it down, and then said: "Jiannu is in Fushun and Sancha'er Fort, they want to fight Shenyang's attention?" ”

Shen Jing sighed, took a sip of wine and lowered his head in thought. And Huang Renzhi didn't speak, half-squinting his eyes and touching his beard there.

"Now that Jiannu is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there is a famine in Jianzhou, the situation is not very optimistic if they do not seek an opportunity to break through the blockade, they must want to capture more territory and get more supplies." Shen Jing said, "Now Shenyang has more than 100,000 heavy troops, and the greatest threat to Jiannu is the most, I am afraid that they want to eat Shenyang's soldiers and horses and make the entire Liaodong chess lively." ”

Zhang asked: "I heard that Jiannu only has 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in the court, and I have more than 100,000 around Shenyang alone, so I really can't beat Jiannu?" The day before yesterday, Mr. Shen also saw that the Juniper Division's formation was orderly, and it was not an army that could be broken at one attack, what method did Jiannu want to use to eat hundreds of thousands of troops? ”

Shen Jing said: "The most elite army in Shenyang is Juniper's 60,000 people, and other soldiers and horses are scattered in the surrounding forts for defense...... If there is a general to coordinate from it, and there is a Ma Lin Department of Kaiyuan Tieling to threaten the right flank of Jiannu, the Ming still has an absolute advantage, but when I entered the city, I found that the Han and Mongolian people lived in the city, and I suddenly felt that this Yuan Yingtai was not of great use......"

Zhang Wen nodded and said, "When I entered the governor's station, they were also talking about that question, Juniper was against receiving the Mongols, but Yuan Yingtai disagreed, and was busy recruiting Mongolian vagrants as strikers. ”

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and then Huang Ren touched his beard and said: "The old man has a plan, since the lord has no military power, it is useless here, it is better to use the excuse to inspect various places and go to Kuanma, so that Liu Ling can lead the army to take the opportunity to attack and disturb the rear wing of Jiannu, and there is no fault." ”

Zhang Wen sighed and said: "Although I am not good at military affairs, I can also see that so far, the situation of the Ming Dynasty against Jiannu is still very good, besieged on all sides, if there is a big defeat, let Jiannu occupy the important place, and spread in the vast land of Liaodong, with the current ability of the imperial court, how easy is it to extinguish the fire?" I don't know who in the DPRK and China has the great ability to annihilate Jiannu with the current advantage...... I think it might be better to let Xiong Tingbi master Liaodong at this time, to see if he can trap Jiannu to death in Jianzhou and not be able to stretch. ”

After Zhang asked, he muttered: "Should I go to the emperor to explain the situation here?" ”

Huang Ren immediately dissuaded after hearing this: "The concert will first go through the General Administration Department, and now there are a lot of Donglin in the imperial court, and it is easy to let the minister know that the eunuch Wang An, the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the seal, is also in contact with Donglin, if the adult impeaches the person recommended by Donglin, I am afraid it will arouse public anger." Moreover, the battlefield is changing rapidly, even if Xiong Tingbi can be the master of Liaodong, there is no guarantee of complete success, in case something goes wrong, the adult will be attacked by Donglin, and no one can protect the adult at that time. ”

Huang Renzhi only counted Zhang Wen's black gauze hat, and didn't say a word about the overall situation of Liaodong, Zhang Wen felt that he was a little narrow-minded in his heart, but after thinking about it, Huang Renzhi said that it did make sense. When the time comes, what is the use of not getting things done, but paying yourself in?

Zhang Wen thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of any results, so he had to say: "I think it's better to wait and talk, I'll run away now, I always feel that it's not a taste...... We should understand that our glory and wealth are closely related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhang Wen felt that he did not have the talent for military calculations, so he couldn't think of how things would develop, let alone come up with useful solutions to solve them, so he was anxious and very depressed. He worked harder to go around and learn military knowledge. Relying on the identity of the imperial history, Zhang Wen constantly talked to the veterans to understand the information, no matter how big or small, whether it was the past that the veterans talked about, or the experience that the veterans said, Zhang Wen carefully recorded and thought.