Yang Feng naturally knew Xiong Tingbi's change in attitude and his thoughts. This is also a natural person. If he changed himself, his first reaction would definitely be won over when he encountered such a well-equipped and well-trained army. Even if he could not win over his own hands, at least he could not make the relationship between the two sides an enemy.

However, although Yang Feng is understandable about Xiong Tingbi's behavior, he only showed that he did not refuse but did not accept the olive branch he handed over to Xiong Tingbi, and Xiong Tingbi was also helpless about this.

After all, strictly speaking, Yang Feng and his troops are all military households of Jiangning Guards. His direct superiors are Nanjing Ministry of War and Beijing Ministry of War. Now he has only been seconded to Liaodong for battle. Although he has to obey the command of the Liaodong governor Sun Chengzong in combat, and his food, salary and weapons are all provided by himself. Xiong Tingbi wants to win over people, he can't just talk. If there is no benefit in this day, who will be with you?

Just when Xiong Tingbi was still trying to speak, a ray of dust appeared in front of him, accompanied by a dense sound of horse hooves.

After seeing the dust and smoke, the sergeant in the front had already stopped. Under the order of a hundred households, dozens of sergeants in the front row had already begun to reload ammunition for the muskets and began to guard.

Soon, a team of cavalry wearing iron armor and a big red cloak appeared in everyone's sight. The leader of the hundred households breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "Cancel the alert, it's their own people!"

Soon, dozens of cavalrymen came to the team. They did not stop, but ran directly into the middle of the team. They stopped until they were stopped by several servants. After a while, they were found behind them and led them to Yang Feng. The knight in charge jumped off the war horse and came to Yang Feng. He saluted and said loudly: "Sir, when we were ordered to explore the way forward, we encountered the whistle of six Tartars. After a fight, we annihilated them all. Now bring their heads. Please check!"

This knight was not someone else, but Yang Daniu, who was the captain of the cavalry at the time. He opened a bag and fell down several of his heads together. He rolled on the ground for a while before he stopped.

At Yang Feng's instructions, a servant on the side picked up a head and walked to Yang Feng and handed it to him with his hands. After Yang Feng took the head, he did not feel disgusted, but looked at it carefully. The head's skin was rough and dark, with a typical big pie face and flat nose, as well as a mouthful of yellow teeth.

At this time, Xiong Tingbi, who was standing beside him, also came over to see him for a while and said in a affirmative tone: "This is the head of the real Tartar."

Yang Feng asked curiously: "How can I see it?"

Xiong Tingbi explained: "Since some soldiers and officers on the border like to kill good and make achievements, officials must first learn to distinguish the authenticity of the head level. There are two steps to distinguish whether the head level is a real Tartar or a fake Tartar. First, you can make a basin of water and put the head level in the water to see if the head level is facing up or the back of the head is facing up. If it is indeed a man's head level, the head level will float in the water face up.

Secondly, look at the braids. If they are shaved for a long time, their braids must be soft and weak, otherwise the same. Finally, they need to look at the mouth of the teeth. The Tartar soldiers have a lot of meat and their teeth are different from those of the Ming Dynasty. The Tartars did not have the habit of brushing teeth. Most of their teeth were covered with decay and yellow. In addition, their noses were mostly flatter than those of the Ming Dynasty. Finally, they had to be tested in light, etc., so we won’t finish them all. Although this head level has not been verified in detail, it was just cut down and the bloody smell is so strong. According to what I saw, it is probably the real head level of the Tartars.”

After hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, Yang Feng couldn't help but be amazed. There was so much knowledge to test the head level, and Xiong Tingbi, a high-ranking official in the court, looked so calm when he saw such a bloody head level. If it were other officials of the court, he would have been scared to death.

Yang Feng did not answer, but asked Yang Daniu, "Have you ever got any survivors?"

Yang Daniu shook his head: "These Tartars are all elite whistle-snooping from Zhenghong Banner. They are extremely skilled in riding and kung fu. It would be difficult for the brothers to keep them with hand guns, let alone capture them alive."

"No, you are seven or eight times the number of them!" Yang Feng was a little unbelievable at first, but when he saw Yang Daniu's wry smile, he realized that the other party was not joking.

Xiong Tingbi, who was standing by, also said solemnly: "General Yang Shen, Yang Baihu is right. The Tartars' whistle-seeking are unusual. Their martial arts are not necessarily the strongest, but their riding skills are the best and the most alert. This is the same as the night of our Ming Dynasty. It is already very impressive that Yang Baihu can keep them all. If you want to catch them, it depends on luck."

"Are you injured?"

"No!" Yang Daniu shook his head, then said with shame again: "When we first started to contact the Tartars, several brothers were shot by the Tartars' heavy arrows. If the adults had not equipped the brothers with such excellent iron armor, we would probably have lost at least ten brothers today."

"hiss……"

After stopping Yang Daniu's words, Yang Feng realized that he had underestimated these Jurchens. After all, China, which has a population of only hundreds of thousands, is a hundred times the population of foreign races. How could its combat effectiveness be weak? Dozens of well-equipped cavalry had an encounter with the opponent, and they had to catch the opponent off guard with their exquisite armor and the hand guns in their hands to win. This was enough to show the opponent's combat effectiveness.

After learning about the power of the Jurchens, Yang Feng not only did not feel afraid, but instead felt an excitement in his heart. He had been in the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year and had a certain feeling for this empire that had reached the end. Moreover, he did not hope that the Chinese nation in this time and space would be ruled by those barbaric Jurchens in the future like another time and space. After all, the three massacres of Jiading and the ten-day Yangzhou would have happened once.

Yang Feng pondered for a moment and asked again: "Yang Daniu, you have been in Liaodong for three years and you must have known about the habits of the Tartars. Does this happen often?"

Yang Daniu shook his head: "Although the Tartars are rampant, they rarely cross Jinzhou. After all, this is the territory of our Ming Dynasty. No matter how rampant the Tartars are, they have to worry about it."

Hearing this, Yang Feng curled his lips secretly. Now you can say this. In a few years, let alone cross Jinzhou, they will even go south to invade the Ming Dynasty and encircle the capital. You will not say that then.

However, Yang Feng naturally would not say too much about what had not happened. He continued to ask: "So now that the Tartars are so far into my Daming defense line, what do you think is the reason?"

"The Tartars are going to attack the Jinning defense line!"

This time, the voices of the two people rang out in unison. Yang Feng looked up and saw that it was Xiong Tingbi and Yang Daniu who shouted out at the same time.

After saying that, Xiong Tingbi looked at Yang Daniu with a little surprise. It was not surprising that he could make this judgment. After all, when he was a manager in Liaodong a few years ago, he managed Liaodong very well. If he had not met Wang Huazhen, his teammate, Yizhou and Guangning would not have been lost, and the situation in Liaodong would have been much better than it is now.

However, it is a bit strange that Yang Daniu, a small cavalry team, can also make such a judgment on the situation. This not only requires a certain view of the overall situation, but also requires a very sensitive sense of the battlefield. It seems that Yang Feng's subordinates are also talented.

After stroking his beard, Xiong Tingbi said with some concern: "Originally, the imperial court gave us the order to directly rush to Jinzhou. After hearing the orders of Sun, the commander-in-chief will be dispatched. But now the Tartars will inevitably have heavy troops to attack the Jinning defense line. If we go there at this time, wouldn't we fall into the trap? I thought it would be better to go back to Daxing Fort first, and then make plans after exploring the situation."

At this time, the generals around also rushed over after hearing the news. More than ten officers surrounded him and looked at Yang Feng. The atmosphere was a little depressed for a moment. After all, this kind of decision was bad, which determined the fate of the 6,000 soldiers in the entire army, and no one dared to speak randomly.

Yang Feng pondered for a while and suddenly smiled. His sharp eyes swept across everyone's faces before saying, "Everyone, do you think that we must be trapped in our own trap when we go to Jinzhou at this time?"

Everyone still didn't say anything. Although most of the people present fought two battles with Yang Feng. One of those two battles was fought with the Japanese pirates and the other was fought with the soldiers of Nanjing, these two battles were different from the opponents they were about to face. You should know that the Later Jin Dynasty was the most arrogant under the leadership of Nurhaci. The slogan of the invincible people was shouted in the past two years. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty, with a hundred times more population and tens of times more financial and material resources than the Later Jin Dynasty, would not have been defeated by the Later Jin Dynasty.

Yang Feng's voice suddenly became excited, "When I was not coming to Liaodong, I always heard people telling people how great the Jurchens were, how brave they were, and they seemed to be heavenly soldiers and generals descending to earth.

But I just don't believe in this evil. Everyone carries a head on both shoulders, and if they cut it down with one knife, the Jurchens will still be seen as two pieces. This can be seen from the heads Yang Baihu just sent, and the Jurchens will also die. The silver reward given by the imperial court a few years ago was a silver reward of twenty taels of silver for the head of a Jurchen Tatar. I will tell you here that in addition to the twenty taels of silver given by the imperial court, I will give you twenty taels of silver for the brothers, and ten taels of heads of Mongolian Tatars. As for those Baoyun slaves who are accomplices for tigers, they will be five taels of silver. What do you think?"

"Majesty!"

"Wan Sheng!"

After Yang Feng finished speaking, there were bursts of cheers around him, and many soldiers were filled with joy. What did they say from Nanjing to Liaodong? To put it bluntly, isn’t it just to win the wife and son and get rich? It’s a bit farther to talk about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism with these soldiers who had just had a few days of meals. For them, it’s still the most real money. Now, when they heard Yang Feng’s personal promise, they would add more than twice the silver reward, how could they not be surprised?

Looking at these soldiers who were cheering constantly, Yang Feng smiled and said to Xiong Tingbi: "Mr. Xiong, the morale of the army is available. Besides, our army came to Liaodong this time to fight the Tartars. If we avoid it before we met the Tartars, it will be a big blow to our army's morale. Therefore, the General of the United States is determined to lead the Jiangning Army to Jinzhou according to the scheduled plan, but Mr. Xiong can rest assured. The General of the United States will send someone to escort the General of the Army to Daxing Fort."

Xiong Tingbi did not say anything, but looked at Yang Feng deeply and suddenly laughed: "Good you Yang Zhongqing, you underestimate me, Mr. Xiong too much. Even you, a mere commander and general, have the courage to go straight to Jinzhou City. As the Liaodong governor, if I go to Daxing Fort alone, I will not be as brave as you? Now you are the chief general of the entire army. Since you have decided to go to Jinzhou, so what if I will accompany you? At worst, this great head will be handed over to you!"

"Mr. Xiong is so bold!"

Yang Feng laughed and gave a thumbs up. Those who could leave their names in history are not brave people. If Xiong Tingbi had not been framed and chopped up by Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party, his reputation in history might not have been weaker than Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong.

Yang Feng stopped talking nonsense, but ordered loudly: "All of us will obey the orders, and the entire army will go to Jinzhou according to the plan. Yang Daniu, you will lead the cavalry team to inquire about the enemy's situation around you, and report it immediately whenever there is any situation!"

"clear!"

Yang Daniu saluted awe-inspiring military salute, and then immediately rode his horse forward...

Just when Yang Feng led his army to Jinzhou, Dai Shan also led the army of the rear army to start a tentative attack on Jinzhou.

Dai Shan first used the army of 10,000 red flags as the central army to suppress the formation, and then ordered Gurbush and Jengoer of the Korqin tribe who came with the army to lead two banners to start a tentative attack.

“Woo woo woo woo…”

The desolate sound of ox horns floated in the sky. Gulbush and Jengour led 6,000 Mongolian soldiers to the battlefield. Seeing that the city of Jinzhou was full of Ming troops, Gulbush, who was in his prime, smiled and said to Jengour, "Look, before we started fighting, the Han people began to be nervous. It seems that the Ming army will definitely be defeated this time!"

The lord laughed and shook his head, raised his whip, pointed at the city wall and said, "Don't be careless. Seeing that there are no artillery on the Ming army's city wall, the Ming army has not done anything these days. Let's complete what Big Beller told me first."

"Okay... Then let me send someone to rush for a while today!"

Gulbush laughed and waved his hand to the back and said loudly: "My people of Changshengtian, let's warm up the Han people first. Zhu Gutai, it's time to show off. Let's take your children and start with me. May Changshengtian bless you!"

"God of Eternal Life blesses his people!"
Chapter completed!