There was no chaotic scene or messy picture as he had imagined. Shen Gongbao stood in front of the two middle-aged people who were eating and drinking with some trepidation, lowering his head and not daring to look directly at each other.
It turns out that the Jin leader in Xian'an City is not a real Jin!
There was only one thought running through his mind, but the two people opposite him seemed to have not seen him and were talking to themselves.
"Brother Shuda, although you and I have thought of a place to go, this matter is not easy to handle. How to handle it well and in a watertight manner is the most difficult thing!"
"Isn't there a way in front of us?" Li Yongfang glanced at the North Koreans standing respectfully in front of him, and said casually: "Brother Kuiyang, I'm not saying that even people like Wei Qi can join the Ming Dynasty. You and I are deeply in love now.
Why can't we do this kind of thing when we are trapped behind enemy lines?"
Li Yongfang was nicknamed Shuda, and Li Sizhong was nicknamed Kuiyang. Although they were both generals, they still called each other by their nicknames.
This can be regarded as a characteristic of the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty who were born in the Ming Dynasty. At least, the Hou Jin Dynasty has never banned such titles.
"Just him?" Li Sizhong glanced at Shen Gongbao with disdain and shook his head slightly. He didn't look down on the North Korean in front of him at all.
It's a bit pitiful to say that the news of the battle in front of Zhenjiang Fort more than a month ago only reached Xian'an City today, and the news was only obtained through the mouths of a few refugees who were lucky enough to come from Malanyu.
Li Sizhong was not convinced of the news. He had to go to Li Yongfang to meet Li Yongfang, hoping to get more information from Li Yongfang.
Sure enough, it lived up to his expectations. Li Yongfang really knew more information than him. At least, he knew about you about Daishan's defeat more than ten days ago. However, his source of information was from Pyongyang.
Among the caravans traveling to and from Pyongyang were people from Li Yongfang.
While eating, the two of them chatted about their plans for the future. They talked about how Hou Jin had abandoned the two of them as if they were walking together. Then, they naturally talked about what if Zhenjiang Fort did not let go of their lone army.
Send the army to deal with them. How should they deal with it?
This is not a wild guess. Both of them are generals who lead troops and know the terrain of Kuandian area well. Now that they have made such a deal with Zhenjiang Fort, they exchanged the passes they garrisoned for this breathing space. Naturally,
I always worry that this place of respite will not last long.
It turned out that they still had a glimmer of hope, counting on Hou Jin's army to march eastward and completely solve Dongjiang Town after pacifying the Ming army in Liaoyang. But now that Dai Shan's 20,000 army was completely defeated in front of the Ming army in Zhenjiang Fort, then the two of them
It is really like a widow whose son is dead - there is no hope at all!
Save yourself, save yourself quickly!
Even if the Ming army in Zhenjiang Fort is unable to deal with these thousands of remnant soldiers now, once they are free to deal with them again, they will not have many choices.
In addition to seeking refuge with the Ming Dynasty, they actually have another option, which is to move around North Korea with their own soldiers and horses. If they cannot defeat the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses, can it be that their thousands of elite soldiers cannot defeat the incompetent soldiers and horses of the Koreans?
However, when Li Sizhong proposed this idea, this fantasy was quickly extinguished by a basin of cold water from Li Yongfang.
"Nowadays, Ping'an Road is almost controlled by the Ming Dynasty. On top of Pyongyang's city walls, the people guarding the city are actually Ming Dynasty troops. Do you dare to believe such a thing?"
Li Yongfang's spies actually didn't get a lot of information, but even if it wasn't a lot, it was enough to make him give up. Not only in Pyongyang, but even over Iron Mountain, the Ming army openly occupied the Korean iron mines.
Weapons were forged in the Korean cities, and they even established a port nearby to facilitate the Ming people to transport various people and materials in!
In other words, even if they abandon the city and flee, they will probably have nowhere to go. They are now surrounded by Ming people on all sides!
When the topic reaches this point, there is no need to think about what they will talk about in the end. Instead, they have not finished the wine and dinner. What they are talking about is not whether they should defect to the Ming Dynasty, but how to defect to the Ming Dynasty.
Over there, you can try your best to preserve your own strength and get some good conditions.
Anyway, this is much more honorable and more economical than being beaten to the city gates by the Ming Dynasty and forced to surrender.
"There are rumors that someone from your Shen family is serving as an official in Tieshan...?"
Li Yongfang asked Shen Gongbao slowly: "I heard that there are Ming people everywhere in Tieshan City?"
"General Mingjian, my cousin Shen Juncen used to be a governor in Tieshan, but he was summoned by our king last year. As for whether he has another appointment now, I don't know at all..."
Shen Gongbao had a look of fear on his face: "I don't even dare to have any contact with the people of the Ming Dynasty!"
"If you don't dare to interact with people from the Ming Dynasty, it's useless!" Li Sizhong said with a straight face: "Here comes someone!"
Several tiger-like and wolf-like guards came in at the door, looking like they were going to bite you.
"The villain dare not associate with the people of the Ming Dynasty, but the villain's cousin has an official status, so he must dare to associate with the people of the Ming Dynasty..."
Shen Gongbao shouted loudly. No matter what order the black-faced Jin general was going to give next, he absolutely did not want the other party to say it.
Anyway, in front of Koreans, it is definitely not good for Jin people to get angry!
"Go down!" Li Yongfang waved his hand and drove away the guards: "If I had said so earlier, it would have been fine. General Li doesn't want me to be so easy to talk to. He will kill people when he is angry!"
"Yes, yes!" Shen Gongbao wiped his head with cold sweat. In such a cold weather, his clothes were soaked with sweat in an instant.
"Send a letter to your cousin and ask him to send someone over, or write a letter according to what I said, and he can act according to the words in the letter!"
Li Yongfang said: "As long as you do this for me, no matter what the outcome is, I guarantee that no one will harass you and your family in Xian'an City again. If you are willing, I will let you govern this Xian'an city."
It’s not impossible in Anseong, what do you think?”
"this……"
Shen Gongbao hesitated: "This, I'll try my best!"
"You can't do your best!" Li Sizhong said with a dark face: "If you can't handle this matter, what's the use of your life, what's the use of your whole family's life, why not just kill them all, they are a bunch of trash!"
"From Xian'an City to Tieshan City, if you use a fast horse, ten days will be enough!" Li Yongfang looked at Shen Gongbao: "I have people and horses. Please write a letter. If I don't get it by then,
If you reply or your cousin is unwilling to do this little thing for me, then you will be in some trouble!"
One red face, one black face, it was almost driving Shen Gongbao to death. The expression on Shen Gongbao's face changed, as if heaven and man were at war.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind and asked: "I want to ask the general, if my cousin is willing to help the general, what does the general want him to do with the Ming people?"
"It's none of your business!" Li Sizhong yelled again.
Li Yongfang shook his head at Li Sizhong and looked at Shen Gongbao thoughtfully: "It seems that you and your cousin should have always been in contact. Anyway, even if I don't tell you, your cousin
My brother will also reveal the news to you after reading the letter, so I might as well tell you that we feel that the city of Xian'an is in chaos. Your so-called royal court of Joseon has governed Xian'an city in a mess, but we are only good at commanding troops.
But they are not very good at managing cities, so we want to imitate Pyongyang!"
Shen Gongbao suddenly relaxed and let out a long breath. If this were the case, then things would be much easier to handle.
However, he was worried that the other party was deceiving him, so he asked uneasily: "Pyongyang is also the jurisdiction of our royal court. The general may have misunderstood something!"
"Just say yes!" Li Yongfang smiled and shook his head: "However, you should understand what I mean very well. There is no need to test me. In front of you, your life is in my control, and I don't need to tell lies.
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"If that's the case!
Shen Gongbao gritted his teeth: "General, there is no need to go to Tieshan City to find my cousin to deliver news. General, please wait patiently for a few days. Perhaps, my cousin will return to Xian'an City to visit the bride in the near future!"
"Province relatives?"
Li Yongfang asked suspiciously.
Shen Gongbao gritted his teeth: "That's right, it's a marriage visit!"
"How many days?" Li Yongfang asked.
"Counting the days, it can take as long as three to five days, or as short as one or two days!" Shen Gongbao said: "Maybe tomorrow morning, he will appear outside the city, I can't say for sure!"
"Okay, okay!" Li Yongfang suddenly laughed: "Come here, send him back, and send someone to protect the Shen family. From now on, someone will protect Mr. Shen for twelve hours, but you are not allowed to stop him from doing anything.
matter!"
Someone outside the door responded in unison.
He looked at Shen Gongbao with a smile: "I'll arrange it this way, you won't have any objections, right?"
Shen Gongbao shook his head, how dare he have any opinions.
After a while, Shen Gongbao was sent away, but Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong no longer had any interest in eating or drinking. They looked at each other with solemn expressions in their eyes.
"I'm going to arrange the defense!" Li Sizhong stood up: "These North Koreans and Ming people have colluded for a long time. If that North Korean official dares to come back at this time, he must be bringing troops from the Ming Dynasty?"
"Why set up defenses!" Li Yongfang shook his head: "Starting today, I will order the city defenders to open the city gates and not close the city day and night. However, they are only allowed to enter but not to leave!"
"How can that be done!" Li Sizhong shouted: "If the Ming army suddenly attacks and we are unprepared, the number of casualties will not be a small number!"
"Didn't we agree to join them?" Li Yongfang's face darkened: "You regretted it?"
"What if they don't intend to accept our surrender?" Li Sizhong snorted heavily: "We have no soldiers and horses, we are nothing, seize the enemy and defend the city, this is what we should do, we must
If you sell yourself, you have to sell yourself at a good price!"
Li Yongfang pondered for a moment: "Okay, this time you are right, I will do as you say. However, without our two orders, we must not take the initiative to attack. If the Ming army thinks that we really intend to fight them,
This situation is not easy to deal with, and you and I both have to grasp the appropriateness!"
"I know it in my heart!" Li Sizhong waved his hand and strode away!
Less than five miles outside Xian'an City, the Ming army was slowly gathering together. In the darkness, they had even begun to build their own camp, and skillfully began to dig trenches around the camp.
The cavalry battalion sent out scouts thirty miles away from Xian'an City, but what surprised Wu Sangui and Zu Zehong was that they did not see even a single enemy scout until they arrived at the gates of Xian'an City.
On the high slope of Wulidi, you can already faintly see the lights of the city. There are not many, but there are indeed a few lights everywhere in the city, and Shen Juncen and his people who are leading the way have sworn that Xian is in front of them.
You can never go wrong in Anseong.
As for why the city seemed completely undefended and why no scouts could be seen outside the city, Shen Juncen said he didn't know.
"How about sending some troops to steal the city tonight?"
Wu Sangui was also a little confused. Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong were both known as good defenders in the Hou Jin Army. They wouldn't have had such a strange situation in Xian'an City!
"Facing the enemy head-on, we are not afraid of them now!" Zu Zehong did not express his opinions to Wu Sangui: "In this case, why use this strategy and directly let your artillery team go to the city to fire a round of artillery to test theirs?
Isn’t it enough to be fictitious?”
"What if they are really unprepared and successfully steal the city?" Wu Sangui did not give up. He still preferred to take risks. He started his career by taking risks, knowing that the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
"What if it's a trick?" Zu Zehong said expressionlessly: "Anyway, our cavalry battalion will not do such risky actions!"
"Tsk!" Wu Sangui sucked his balls in pain. If he failed to steal the city, at least hundreds of people would have to get in. He really couldn't afford to take this risk in the Nanhai camp now.
"Two generals!" Shen Juncen, who was on the side, suddenly said: "My Shen family's soldiers and horses are familiar with everything in Xian'an City. Why don't we let my Shen family's soldiers and horses test the enemy's strength for the army?
Even if it’s a trick, if my Shen family’s soldiers sneak into the city, there won’t be much loss!”
Li Zicheng and Zu Zehong glanced at the team: "Okay!"
Wu Sangui even patted Shen Juncen on the shoulder: "Master Shen, no matter how successful or unsuccessful your troops are on this trip, you are the first to take down Xian'an City. I will definitely ask the commander and the military and political yamen for your credit!"
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"Don't dare, don't dare!" Shen Juncen said with a smile on his face and humility: "It's just a small effort. To conquer this city, we still have to rely on the power of the two generals!"
"Then go down and get ready. We'll start in an hour?"
"No rush!" Wu Sangui shook his head: "At least wait until our artillery team has set up the position before you take action. We are all here now. There is no difference between starting an hour later and starting an hour earlier!"