The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 146 There is such a tyrannical horse thief?

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan directly asked about the last siege battle as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Yongnian thought that this man was as honest and unkind as the rumors said.If a general commander-in-chief takes office, he must first put on a smiley face and get in touch with his subordinates to get closer, and then get to know each other before talking about business.

This one is good, when he came up, he first invited out the imperial decree and the emperor's sword, and kept saying that he cut first and then played, which made people panic.The second thing I said to myself now was to ask about the last battle, and I really lived up to the nickname "barbarian".

After all, Li Yongnian was mature and prudent, so he quickly calmed down, told the whole story of the last time, and then added: "Reporting to the supervisor, since the Tartars withdrew, the last general sent people to investigate everywhere, and found two things: First, the wreckage of a destroyed red cannon and the traces of a large army fighting were found on Yezhupo, two hundred miles north of Datong City. Second, before the Tartars attacked, within a hundred miles of Datong Many people fled their homes and headed east, and their whereabouts are unknown."

Yuan Chonghuan has been listening intently, and after Li Yongnian finished speaking, he thought for a while and said: "What Li Zongbing means is that once there was a battle with Donglu near Yezhupo, and the object they blocked was Donglu's artillery. team? In addition, the whereabouts of these people who fled their homes are related to the person surnamed Jiang you mentioned earlier?"

Li Yongnian was surprised. He didn't expect this Yuan Dushi to be so keen-sighted. He nodded and said, "Exactly. According to the traces of various investigations, it was this team surnamed Jiang who stopped Donglu's artillery team, so This will lead to the hasty retreat of the Eastern Captives after the final siege of the city was fruitless. And someone once reported that a cavalry came to their village and declared that Mr. Jiang could protect them, and asked the people to abandon their homes and follow them."

"Then can you investigate the whereabouts of these people?" Yuan Chonghuan asked with a frown.

"After the last general sent scouts to search around, he found that all the people had entered a valley called Calabash Valley in the northwest of Datong City. This valley used to be the lair of a horse bandit named Hai Dongqing. But it seems to be occupied by this Jiang." Li Yongnian said.

"Absurd. Li Zongbing is saying that it was a horse bandit that blocked Donglu's artillery team and forced Donglu to withdraw? And these horse bandits still have people in their hearts, and they take the initiative to send people to take the people into the valley for refuge? When did the horse bandits actually have This kind of strength, this kind of benevolence and righteousness, isn't Li Zongbing joking?"

Before Yuan Chonghuan could speak, Cao Bianjiao on the side had already sneered, obviously not believing Li Yongnian's words at all.

Li Yongnian's complexion darkened, he stared at Cao Bianjiao and said coldly, "Have you asked about Gao's name?" He has guarded Datong for many years and has made great contributions. Although he respects Yuan Chonghuan, he will not swallow his words for a member of Yuan Chonghuan's general.

Moreover, the commander-in-chief of Ming Dynasty is also divided into levels. Generally speaking, the commander-in-chief of the town is the highest rank among the commanders, and the other commanders are one level lower than him.And Li Yongnian happened to be the commander-in-chief of the town, so he was able to command the Datong frontier army for many years.

"Mr. Li, this is Mr. Cao Bianjiao. He is a well-known fierce general under the command of the Governor. He has made great achievements in the battle against bandits. Mr. Cao is young and energetic, but he just thinks this is a bit weird, not right. Li Zongbing is disrespectful, please please Li Zongbing Hai Han." Hong Chengchou, who had a round face and a medium stature, saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and hurriedly stood up to make things right.

Although Hong Chengchou's words seemed to be a mediation, they were actually helping Cao Bianjiao, and he also expressed his opinion indirectly, thinking that this matter was unreasonable.

Regarding Cao Bianjiao's question, Yuan Chonghuan didn't say anything, but looked at Li Yongnian, waiting for his explanation.

This is something a normal person would doubt.First, the relationship between horse thieves and officers and soldiers has always been hostile. It is impossible for horse thieves to help officers and soldiers beat Tartars.Second, even if this team of horse thieves still has the integrity of the family and the country, they don't have the strength to fight against the Tartars, and they can also destroy the Tartars' artillery.The cannons in red are military weapons, and they must be guarded by at least [-] troops.The fighting power of the Tartars is no match for even the officers and soldiers, let alone a horse bandit.Thirdly, it is even more incredible that these horse thieves would take the initiative to protect the people with a radius of hundreds of miles.Not to mention that there are many old and weak women and children among these people, but what will the horse thieves do to feed them after these people go?
These three things are the biggest doubts, and each of them is unbelievable, unreasonable, and cannot be explained at all.Not to mention that there are more detailed problems in it, which is even more illogical.

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan's attitude, Li Yongnian also knew that it was not appropriate to have a conflict with Cao Bianjiao at this moment, so he turned his head and smiled wryly at Yuan Chonghuan: "Master Supervisor, the general is also puzzled by all the unknowns. But all the evidence so far proves that this person surnamed Jiang has a lot to do with this matter. And the general also heard about an even more unbelievable thing."

Li Yongnian's words successfully attracted the attention of the other three people, and Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?"

"The last general's spies Feige, who was placed in Liaoyang City, told the last general that when Donglu attacked Datong last time, a cavalry team of about 3000 people took advantage of the emptiness to attack Liaoyang City and broke through Liaoyang. The 5000 Tartar defenders stationed in Liaoyang were all wiped out. The general who led this cavalry was named Jiang Chuan. This man only stayed in Liaoyang City for one night, but he gave porridge and food and built a standing tree In order to believe it, they finally withdrew from Liaoyang City the next day, and took away more than [-] people. Moreover, the spies also said that this group of troops also used cannons in the city, and it seems that some important figures from the Eastern Prisoners were captured.”

If Jiang Chuan heard these words, he would definitely be surprised. He didn't expect that the intelligence work of the Ming army was so good, and he almost knew half of the things.

In fact, the Ming army has always attached great importance to intelligence work, not only the scouts on the battlefield, but also Jin Yiwei, a notorious secret service agency, has made a lot of contributions in intelligence collection, especially foreign intelligence collection.

In many of the Ming cities occupied by the Qing army, there were eyeliners lurking from the Ming army and Jin Yiwei.Even the city of Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty, that is, Shenyang, also had spies from the Ming army.

Li Yongnian's words surprised Yuan Chonghuan and the others even more, and the doubts in their hearts deepened.

Could it be that such a group of horse thieves not only stopped the artillery team that wiped out the Tartars, but also took the opportunity to attack and capture Liaoyang City?
How do you think this thing is so weird?How could there be such a powerful horse thief in the world?If this is called a horse thief, then what is the Ming army who has repeatedly fought and defeated in front of the Qing army?Beggar or street gangster?
Everyone had incredible expressions on their faces, looking at Li Yongnian one by one, as if he was telling a fairy tale.

　The first one arrives.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)