Lu Ming

Chapter 666 Sharing the Great Cause ([-])

Xinyang Station is a new base in Henan, and it is currently the only base in Henan.

Before taking office in Guangzhou, Nan Wang had the honor to receive a one-on-one top-secret "strategic deduction" lecture given by the top-level traveler.Among them, with regard to Henan, the traveler does not recommend that Nanwang set up multiple strongholds from the beginning.

The proposal takes into account the reasons for the chaotic situation in the north, as well as various difficult factors such as resource allocation.

Of course, if the "collaboration" with Li Zicheng's department in the early stage goes well, then in the next few years, Wuhan Station will naturally be able to set up strongholds in Henan. Be prepared to say hello in advance.

Zhou Yi didn't know about these top-secret strategic plans, but this did not affect his implementation of the plans according to established procedures.

After the convoy arrived outside Xinyang City that day, it immediately unloaded its cargo in the yard of its own garage.

Since Xinyang Station is located in a "high-risk area", the intelligence bureau industry here was divided into two parts, inside the city and outside the city.

There is currently a car dealership outside the city, which was started from scratch by Xinyang Station.The car store occupies a large area and can provide accommodation services while accommodating team members, vehicles, and horses.

However, this kind of accommodation service is usually not available to the outside world, and is only provided to "our own people".

The reason why the car dealership is located outside the city is simple: it is convenient to transport materials, and the goods in and out do not need to go through the city gate for inspection.

Considering the frequent occurrence of wars in the future, the car dealership actually has a high level of security and is always vigilant, and can evacuate personnel and materials into the city at any time.

There are car dealers outside the city, but in Xinyang City, there are more than one industry.From its establishment to now, within a short period of time, Xinyang Station has set up an inn and a restaurant in the city.

According to the Intelligence Agency's standard configuration for high-risk areas, Xinyang City not only has regular properties to accommodate temporary personnel, but will also have safe houses in the future, as well as hidden shelters that require long-term concealed construction to build.

Zhou Yi is not interested in properties in the city, and he has no time to check the construction progress of Xinyang Station.Leading the team into the garage, Zhou Yi immediately ordered the guys to unload the goods and feed the horses.And he himself, in the telegraph room in the backyard, sent a contact telegram to Wuhan Station.

After that, Zhou Yi and the team members who came with him, including the bodyguards, all went to eat, wash and rest, to relieve the fatigue of the past few days.

Zhou Yi didn't start working until he got up the next day.

Check the condition of the fleet first.

Since they were all equipped with new cars and strong horses when they set off, even after a few days of fast driving, the car was in good condition.As for the horses, there is enough fine food along the way. Now they are delicious and delicious, and after two days of feeding, they will fully recover.

After turning around, Zhou Yi closed the door and checked the current situation with Fang Yanxiao, the station master of Xinyang Station.At the same time, Fang Yanxiao also sent back the telegram from Wuhan to Zhou Yi.

The palindrome was nothing important, Nan Wang just told Zhou Yi to be careful and follow the plan.

After reading the telegram, Zhou Yi got up and walked around the room for a few steps, then stretched out his fingers to count the days, and finally made up his mind: "It's not too late, I'll leave tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Fang Yanxiao was a little nervous: "Should I rest for a few more days?"

"It's too late." Once Zhou Yi made up his mind, he would not change it: "There are still hundreds of miles to go, so we should save some time to prevent accidents."

The calculation has been made, Zhou Yi immediately went out to find Brother Tian.

When I found it, I found that the two brothers had already got up and were buried in eating and drinking.A bowl of stewed noodles with a steamer of steamed lamb shank to take away makes the mouth full of oil and joy.

"You two, we're going to look for General Li tomorrow, can you hold on?"

The life in death row for several months has caused irreversible damage to Brother Tian's body.Although they have recovered these days, Zhou Yi is still worried. After all, Xinyang is still hundreds of miles away from the destination, and there is no carriage to ride this time.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's go tomorrow!"

Tian Da knew the seriousness of the problem, so he quickly put down the bowl and expressed his opinion: "Brother, please don't worry. Our health and bones are already in good shape, and this way is really no problem."

After taking a closer look, he found that Tian Da's mental outlook was getting better and better after he got out of the dead place, so Zhou Yi nodded in relief.

It's a bit cruel to say. The reason why they are so concerned about the physical condition of the two has nothing to do with friendship and love. Zhou Yi is afraid that they will not be able to last until the moment when they meet Chuang Wang.

"Just one place."

Speaking of this, Tian Da was a little worried: "The two of us broke up with Mr. Tian in Shangluo last year. Now Xu Riyue has passed by this year. Brother Zhou, you know that we really don't know where you are now. It’s unknown even on Shaanxi Road.”

"What are you afraid of?" Hearing what the family brother said, Tian San put down the bowl and wiped his mouth, and said nonchalantly: "There are more than a dozen generals, and there must be many brothers in Henan. Let's go out tomorrow and ask a few questions. I will know."

"That's nothing to worry about."

Zhou Yi nodded with a half-smile: "Brother, I know where Li Chuang will camp."

At this point in time, an important event in history is in progress.

At the beginning of the first month of this year (1635), the governors of the five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Hu in the Ming Dynasty, and the Minister of War, Hong Chengchou, went eastward and began to encircle and suppress the main force of the peasant army operating in the Central Plains.

Under pressure, the leaders of the 72nd Battalion Peasant Army of thirteen families gathered in Xingyang County, Henan Province in early May to discuss strategies against the enemy, which was known as the "Xingyang Conference" in history.

At the Xingyang General Assembly, Li Zicheng, who was unknown at the time and was a general of Gao Yingxiang's department, made a shocking statement: "One man is still fighting, but there are hundreds of thousands of people! The officers and soldiers are powerless. It is better to divide the troops to determine the direction, and the blunt listen to the sky."

The response plan of "dividing troops into one direction and attacking from four directions" was finally approved by the leaders of the thirteen schools, and everyone acted according to the plan.

Li Zicheng, who jumped on the stage of the late Ming Dynasty for the first time, has shown his edge and stood out since this conference.

That is, the Xingyang Conference started, and the peasant uprising movement in the late Ming Dynasty entered a new period.

Of course, in the information obtained by Zhou Yi, there will be no summary of the historical significance of Li Zicheng and the Xingyang Conference. He only knows that at this point in time, before the end of May, Li Zicheng's troops are stationed near Xingyang.

So he firmly told Tian Da: He knows the position of General Li Chuang.

After Hetian made a big deal, Zhou Yi went to the stable again.

In a separate stable in the backyard, several tall Mongolian horses were chewing black beans.Mongolian horses are resistant to rough feeding for long-distance travel, and were purchased at a high price from horse dealers in Hankou Town in advance.

After checking the horses, Zhou Yi finally went back to the house and packed all his luggage.Among them, the most important is a 15-watt military pocket field radio.

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As soon as the preparations were completed, in the early morning of the next day, Zhou Yi and his party of five rode northward.

In addition to Zhou Yi, the five-person team also has two capable agents, and the second is Tian Da.Their group, five people and seven horses, went northward along the official road, and the destination was Zhengzhou—[-] miles west of Zhengzhou was Xingyang County, which was under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture in this era.

As for the food convoy staying behind, they are not in a hurry now.In the next few days, after the repairs are completed, the food convoy will set off steadily with the goal of Zhengzhou.

According to estimates, if all goes well, without waiting for the grain convoy to move to the distant Zhengzhou, there will be a Chuangjun receiving the grain halfway. Anyway, there is a telegram connection between the two parties, and delivery can be made at any point between Xinyang and Zhengzhou.

It's different from when I was in the team before.Zhou Yi and the others are on the road this time, everyone is dressed up, with swords and swords, and the murderous look is leaking, the image of a standard gangster.

They travel day and night every day, mainly traveling north along the official road.Along the way, the five-person group did not enter the city, but only stopped at the post stations and towns along the way.

To be honest, it was the first time for Zhou Yi to travel long distances on horseback in the northern region, especially in Henan, where the social order is collapsing.And here we can see Tian Da's sophistication.Which restaurant to eat on the way, and which town to stay at night, all the old Jianghu arrangements like Tian Da are clearly arranged.

The five quacks, who are not easy to mess with at first glance, are a fairly elite force in themselves.For Xiaoxiao along the way, although this force has good horses and oily water, it is too blunt and not worth thinking about.As for the big forces, this group of people came and went like the wind, but they didn't give them any time to react.

In order to save horsepower, Zhou Yi and the others traveled at a constant speed of hundreds of miles per day.It took five days like this, and the five-person group roughly followed the straight line of Zhumadian, Luohe, Xuchang, ran 400 miles of official roads, and came to the vicinity of Xinzheng.

Zhou Yi originally thought that this seemingly dangerous journey would continue until the destination.I didn't want to be in Xinzheng, but encountered a small episode.

In the evening, Wulipu, north of Xinzheng County.

The group of five who had just finished eating and drinking at the post station and wanted to stay overnight in the town ahead was stopped by a group of cavalry.

Usually in this situation, Zhou Yi is not afraid.In his hand, he not only has the guides issued by the yamen at all levels, but also the private letter and official documents from the Wuchang governor's yamen to Henan Lingyin.

With these documents in hand, Zhou Yi can change his identity at any time to deal with the government's interrogation.These documents played a key role in their unimpeded clearance at various levels along the way.

But today it won't work.

The team of cavalry blocking the way didn't care about the official document that Zhou Yi showed.Immediately, these people made it clear that they were under the command of He Renlong, the new commander-in-chief transferred from Shaanxi, and they were the sentinels of the Chinese army.

Seeing the greedy eyes in the other party's eyes, and the request to Zhou Yi and the others to "get off the horse and go to Xinzheng Daying to check their identities", Zhou Yi and Tian Da looked at each other and nodded slightly at each other.

The next moment, Brother Tian drew his saber and beat his horse, while shouting, he rushed towards the nine Shaanxi frontier soldiers on the opposite side without hesitation.

And Zhou Yi, in the evening light that had already set, lowered his body and reined in his horse, and raised his arms to shoot out a series of lightning bolts that were as fast as thunder.

(End of this chapter)