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Zhang Fengyan replied: "The villain's army has always been stationed in Phoenix City, and only went out with the army when they attacked North Korea. The villain...the villain..."

Lu Xiangsheng scolded: "Speak up if you have something to say, don't hesitate!"

"The villain has important military information to tell you!" Zhang Fengyan said.

"Let's talk." Lu Xiangsheng said.

Zhang Fengyan said: "The defenders in Phoenix City are divided into Han Army Banners and Manchurian Banners. Most of the Han Army Banners are locals, and the Manchurian Banners are foreigners who have been stationed in recent years."

Lu Xiangsheng felt that this information was useful, and asked, "Is there a contradiction between the Han army flag and the Manchurian flag?"

Zhang Fengyan said: "The Han Army Banner in Phoenix City has lived around Phoenix City for generations. I used to look down on the Jianzhou Jurchen. Then it was edited as the Han Army Banner and won the land of the Han people in Phoenix City. This is why I really belong to the Manchurian Tartars. But Datong After the army came to Liaodong, Dorgon felt that there were few soldiers in Phoenix City, so he sent hundreds of Manchurian banner soldiers over."

Lu Xiangsheng probably understood, smiled and said, "Go on."

Zhang Fengyan said: "The local Han army banners originally occupied the most fertile land. After the Manchurian banners came over, they brought their families. Especially the general Nao Dai, who is Nurhachi's nephew, his Manchurian soldiers did not Take our Han army flag seriously. So, the new Manchurian flag occupied the fertile land of the local Han army flag, forcing the Han army flag to reclaim other land. The local Han army flag has always been resentful!"

"You Jurchens of the Han Army Banner, can you speak Chinese?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Zhang Fengyan replied: "Not only can they speak Chinese, but they all have Chinese names and surnames. Jianzhou Jurchens are barbarians, but our Jurchens in Phoenix have long admired Wang Hua. Jianzhou Jurchens live outside the Great Wall of Liaodong, and our Phoenix Jurchens live in Inside the Great Wall of Liaodong. Our Jurchens in Phoenix City are also the people of the Emperor of Heaven, and they are going to pay the Han army government!"

Cultural dissemination, there is such a useful.

After more than 200 years of assimilation, the Phoenix Jurchen has a sense of superiority and looks down on the Jianzhou Jurchen who fish and hunt in the mountains.

If the Manchu Qing continued to gain power, the Phoenix City Jurchen would naturally fall to the Jianzhou Jurchen, and would be proud of their Jurchen identity.Once the Manchu dynasty showed signs of decline, the obviously Sinicized Phoenix Jurchen would feel that they should actually be Han Chinese.

Zhang Fengyan looked up at Lu Xiangsheng: "If the general trusts the villain, he can let the villain go back. The villain pretended to escape, and secretly contacted the Han army flag in Phoenix City to rebel!"

"Are they willing?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Zhang Fengyan said: "If there is no reinforcements, Phoenix City will definitely fall. As long as the general promises that after the Han army flags in the city rebel and dedicate the city, they will not care about everything in the past and leave us some land for farming. Most of the Han army flags will not be given to the Tartars. Work hard. Because we people are not of the same race as Jianzhou Jurchen!"

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, you can go back."

It's just an officer of the Tartar Han Army Banner, so it's the best to get miraculous results, and it doesn't matter if he takes the opportunity to escape.

Lu Xiangsheng has already made a long-term plan to attack the city, first dig trenches and attack the bastion, and then dig trenches and attack Phoenix City.The shortest time is three months, and at least half a year if things go wrong.

But it was said that Zhang Fengyan was released in the evening, and he ran all the way into the mountains.After climbing over the mountains, he picked up a stone and slammed it at his calf.

He didn't break the bone once, and he smashed the second time with pain, breaking the calf bone before stopping.

He slid down the hill, in a mess all the way, and his clothes were scratched all over his body.At the foot of the mountain, he tried his best to climb towards Phoenix City, but was discovered by the defenders the next morning.

When the doctor was setting Zhang Fengyan's bone, the chief general Nao Dai came over to question him in person.

Zhang Fengyan struggled to get up, lay down in pain and said, "The Nanmanzi is cunning. They set up a lot of ropes with bells outside the camp. If they accidentally touch the ropes, they will ring the bells. Our Eight Banners warriors who attacked at night touched the enemy camp. The outer area was discovered, and then was hunted down by cavalry. The humble worker managed to escape back to the mountains, but accidentally broke his leg, so he escaped now."

Nao Dai asked some more details, and then said: "You are taking care of your wounds, and you will be able to reuse them when you recover."

Chapter 552 [There are so many betrayers]

After Zhang Fengyan returned to Phoenix City, he did nothing but heal his injuries.

He didn't take the initiative to contact anyone. First, he came back too late, and Naodai might send someone to monitor him.The second is that Lu Xiangsheng was blocked by the bastion. If the bastion could not be breached, it would be difficult for the Sinicized Jurchens in Phoenix City to rebel with him.

At this moment, the Eight Banners soldiers sent to Shenyang for help came back.

"Beizi, Shengjing (Shenyang) can't come to the reinforcements, Yaozhou is besieged by the southern barbarians, and the regent is fighting in Yaozhou."

Nao Dai's heart sank, he seemed unable to wait for reinforcements.

On the other side of the river, the hot air balloon of the Datong Army took off again to observe the battlefield. .

Nao Dai went to the bastion in person, took out the binoculars to look at it, and felt his scalp tingling.

Lu Xiangsheng suffered a night attack. Although he had no losses and won the battle because of it, he became more vigilant.Instead of digging trenches, they continued to reinforce the camp, as if they wanted to make their camp airtight.

Nao Dai would rather Lu Xiangsheng attack earlier, so that he can rely on defense to kill the enemy.

Now Lu Xiangsheng doesn't attack, he doesn't even dig trenches, and he doesn't give Nao Dai any loopholes to take advantage of.

Lu Xiangsheng sits in the camp and observes the bastion from a distance with a telescope.

He likes fighting like this, doing whatever he wants without anyone intervening.

In the past, in Daming, civil officials withheld food and pay, eunuchs commanded indiscriminately, friendly troops were unwilling to cooperate, and the court kept urging troops to advance.The frontline generals are very thoughtful, and at least eight points must be left to deal with their own people.

The camp was reinforced for three full days before Lu Xiangsheng ordered again to continue digging trenches towards the bastion.

Half a month later, Lu Xiangsheng was still digging a trench, almost reaching the outer slope of the bastion.

Distraught, Nao Dai said angrily, "Order a thousand soldiers and horses to attack and kill the enemy's peasants. We can't let them dig like this!"

"Da da da da!"

Nao Dai was in the midst of counting troops, and came galloping from Phoenix City on a fast horse: "Bei Zi, there is an important military situation!"

Nao Dai opened the letter to read, and suddenly felt chills down his back—Ximu City fell.

Ximu City is the southern gate of Haizhou.

If this place is lost, the Datong Army in Xiuyan City can directly attack Haizhou.

a month ago.

Yang Zhenqing led an independent regiment and sent troops from Xiuyan to attack and harass the surrounding villages of Ximu City.

Dorgon was afraid that Ximu City would fall, so he ordered Saihe to lead 1500 troops to Ximu City to help defend it.

As soon as Saihe arrived at Ximu City, he knelt down when he saw the general: "The last general, Saihe, pay homage to Duke Zhen!"

Fu Lehe was very useful, nodded and smiled: "Get up."

Fu Lehe is the second son of Azig, and his father and brother died, so he took over the Dukedom of Zhenguo.Analysis of Mucheng is extremely important, and Dorgon can't afford to make mistakes. A Zhen Guogong and the 1500 Banner Army still feel unstable, so they call in another [-] people.

"Dare to ask my lord, what is the situation here?" Sai He asked.

Fu Lehe said: "The Nanmanzi didn't have many bandits, they didn't even dare to attack the city, they only attacked and killed the bannermen in the ravine. Now, the surrounding bannermen have already brought their families into the city, and the Nanmanzi probably should Withdrew."

Saihe said: "Grandpa, the last general will personally lead the troops out of the city to investigate."

"Why do you need to go by yourself?" Fuller shook his head.

But Saihe said: "The last general will fight with Taizu, and he must personally investigate every battle, otherwise he will not be sure."

"Sure enough, he is a steady veteran, then you go." Fu Lehe said with emotion.

Saihe only took more than 20 soldiers, and the next day he went out of the city and went into the ravine, and then went in groups of two to investigate.

"Regimental Commander, two Tartar soldiers have been captured!"

Yang Zhenqing was in the mountains, thinking about how to harass him next.Hearing that two enemy troops had been caught, he immediately laughed and said, "Are these Tartars stupid? They are so far out of the city, and only two of them dare to come here."

"Wish to surrender, wish to surrender!"

The two Tartar soldiers were brought in and immediately spoke poor Chinese.

Yang Zhenqing had already learned Manchu, and asked, "Are you Manchu Sentinels?"

The Tazi soldiers replied: "We are here to contact the general. Our master is willing to surrender."

"Who is your master?" Yang Zhenqing asked.

The Tazi soldiers said: "The son of the first-class Angbang Zhangjing Ashan, the brother-in-law of the eldest princess Gulun...General Saihe."

Yang Zhenqing thought he heard it wrong, so he stood up abruptly: "What did you say?"

Angbang Zhangjing means the general soldier.

The first class, Angbang Zhangjing, is the chief soldier in charge of a large area of ​​land.

And Saihe is the eldest son of Ah Shan, who can inherit the position of general soldier in the future.

The eldest son of the powerful general, and the brother-in-law of the Manchu Dynasty, actually took the initiative to contact the Datong Army?

"Where is your master?" Yang Zhenqing asked.

The Tazi soldiers said, "It's in the mountains."

Two hours later, Yang Zhenqing saw Saihe.

Saihe took the initiative to kneel down: "Pseudo-clearing general Saihe, pay homage to the general of the Datong Heavenly Dynasty!"

Yang Zhenqing frowned and said, "Why did you surrender?"

Saihe actually said: "General Rongzhi, my father and I have surrendered to Ming Dynasty twice. The first time we surrendered to Daming, not only were we not reused, but we were discriminated against. We had to return to the Puppet Qing Dynasty and continue to fight with Nurhaci, the Tartar Chieftain. The second time I surrendered to Daming, my father sent two confidantes to Huangniwa to contact the Ming army, but they were killed by the Ming army, and they couldn't find a way to surrender."

"Is there such a thing?" Yang Zhenqing felt that he had learned a lot.

In fact, not only Sai He and his son defected to Daming several times, but his uncles, uncles, cousins, and cousins ​​also defected to Daming twice in a row.

It's not that I admire the celestial dynasty, it's just that I'm unhappy working in Manchuria.

After Nurhachi raised troops, the Ashan brothers wanted to make contributions, so they took seven villages to join Nurhachi.

The first time he defected, he was not reused by the Qing Dynasty.

The second time he defected, he was involved in a power struggle, and he got involved in a muddle-headed way.

At that time, Huang Taiji had just ascended to power, and the interior of Houjin was turbulent, and a large number of generals and tribes defected to Daming.

As long as Daming is good at receiving these descendants, Hou Jin will inevitably suffer heavy losses.However, none of the civilian officials and generals of Ming Dynasty took this matter seriously.Many post-gold generals, even post-gold nobles, wanted to surrender but had no way out, so they had to go back in despair.

Huang Taiji was very magnanimous, he only killed a few of the worst ones, and treated the rest of the defectors kindly, and even entrusted them with important responsibilities.

Ah Shan, who defected twice, was reused by Huang Taiji.Not to mention being the commander in chief all the way, Huang Taiji also betrothed his daughter to Ah Shan's second son, and married Ah Shan directly.

Sai He said: "My father and I are not from Haug's faction, but we are not Dorgon's cronies either. My cousin Arzin is Dorgon's confidant. However, my father and I are both related to Arzin. There is a grudge. My uncle Adahai was reported and executed by Arzin."

"You were suppressed by Dorgon?" Yang Zhenqing asked.

Sai He said: "No, but we were ignored by Dorgon."

Dorgon didn't take Saihe and his son seriously at all, didn't reuse them, and didn't suppress them.However, the ambitious Saihe is very upset when he sees his vengeful cousin keeps getting promoted, and his father and son have made great achievements, but they keep turning around in their original positions.

Coupled with the fact that the Qing Dynasty was at sunset, Saihe thought about taking the opportunity to change jobs.

He has defected twice before and after, and he has long been used to it. It doesn't matter if he defected for the third time.

As for parents, wives and children, Saihe didn't think about it at all.The first two times he and his father defected, they never brought any female relatives with them, and it was all the male members of the family who fled.

Dorgon sent Saihe to guard Ximu City, just in time for the meat bun to beat the dog.

It can't be blamed on Dorgon's carelessness. There are too many generals of the Qing army who have defected or attempted to defect. How can they fight if they are all on guard?What's more, Ah Shan has already become a first-class general, which is a real high position and power, so it is impossible to defect again.

Ah Shan did not think of defecting, but his eldest son Sai He felt that he was still young and did not want to perish with the Qing Dynasty.

Even if Dorgon didn't send him to Ximu City, Saihe would rebel.

Either rebel elsewhere, or turn against each other when the two armies are at war.

Sai He said: "General, if I dedicate the city to make meritorious service..."

Yang Zhenqing interrupted directly: "Don't talk to me about conditions, I have no right to make decisions. If you want to surrender, you should first make meritorious service, and the Ministry of War will consider it based on your merit."

Saihe was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I will set fire to the city. Once the fire starts, the general will attack the city immediately. I only have 1500 soldiers in my hand, and only two or three hundred will really follow me to rebel. If there is no general to respond, I will definitely fail to capture the city."

This time it was Yang Zhenqing's turn to be silent, what if Saihe pretended to surrender?Didn't he take people to die!

After thinking about it for a quarter of an hour, Yang Zhenqing felt that he could gamble.

The Manchu side is similar to Li Zicheng's side, and the internal conflicts are more serious than Li Zicheng's.

In the bitter cold land of Liaodong, more than [-] soldiers and horses were raised, and all the places that could be robbed were robbed, and the people at the bottom of the interior could only be squeezed.

This situation is very similar to that of Nurhaci in the late period.At that time, it was almost a collapse, and a large number of Manchu generals defected, but Daming didn't accept it, and he didn't take it seriously at all, and there was even a phenomenon of bullying and surrendering.As a result, in the ensuing war, these generals turned their backs one after another.

Saihe went back with his own soldiers. In the first few days, he did not show any abnormalities, but let his confidants secretly arrange.

On the eighth day, Saihe hosted a banquet for the generals in the city.

Lord Fu Lehe of Zhen Guo went to the appointment happily, and Saihe also said: "I have neglected my father-in-law. It is a pity that there is no good wine to entertain me during the battle. When I return to Shengjing, I will invite my father-in-law to drink."

Ever since Fu Lehe took over as the Duke of Zhen, he has been flattering a lot, and he only treats Saihe as flattering himself.

The generals defending the city pushed cups and changed cups. When the wine was hot, Saihe laughed and said, "My lord, the last general has prepared a surprise."

"What surprise?" Fuller asked with a smile.

"Clap clap clap!"

Saihe clapped his hands.

Immediately there was a shout of killing outside the house, but it was Saihe's personal soldiers who were attacking and killing the personal followers of other generals.More than a dozen other soldiers rushed into the house with their knives in hand.