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In Lushun, the Ming army was resettling the Han people who had migrated from various places in southern Liaoning. There were more than 6 people in total. Except for 6000 young and strong people who were selected, the rest were stationed in the army according to the Baojia system.

In the battle of crossing the sea last year, the Jinzhou Army relocated more than 28 Han people from the Liao area. More than 5 people died of cold and starvation halfway, and less than 23 people survived in the end.Among them, 17 people were transported by the Jinzhou Navy to Dengzhou for resettlement, which took four months.The remaining 6 people were resettled in Lushun nearby.

Lushun used to be the Zhongzuo of Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing army captured Lushun, the castle was expanded on the basis of the original Zhongzuo.When Huanglong led the army to attack Lushun, the buildings in the city were damaged to a certain extent. After the Jinzhou Army recovered Lushun, out of consideration of establishing a bridgehead in southern Liaoning, Dayong ordered the renovation of Lushun Fort, thinking that it would restore the frontier of Liao in the future.

In front of Lushun is guarded by Nanguan, and in the back there is Lushunkou military port, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can get support from the sea at any time. It can be called the best outpost in southern Liaoning.

Dayong plans to build Lushun into a military base with a population of 10 and a garrison of [-] to [-] troops. With Lushun as the central axis, it will establish a business center extending from North Korea and Pidao in the east to Jinzhou and Ningyuan in the west and Denglai in the south. .

To put it bluntly, this business center is to transport the special fur products of Liaodong to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and then transport the goods of Ming Dynasty from the mainland to North Korea, so as to support the Jinzhou army with the profits of the business.

Dayong has started to use the navy to buy food from Jiangnan and other places. Now the Jinzhou Army is not short of gold and silver, but food.

Dengzhou and Lushun are limited by the terrain, so it is difficult to maintain a large-scale army. Due to the impact of natural disasters, the output is also limited. However, the Jinzhou Army in the Dayong plan will expand to [-] troops, so it is difficult to support Dengzhou and Lushun alone. from this army.

Since ancient times, wars have been fought with money and food. Without money and food, this battle cannot be fought.Of the two, the latter is the heavier one. What's the use of taking a pile of silver if you can't even eat your stomach full.

Although sea trade can bring huge profits, it is not easy to convert this profit into food.

Fortunately, everything has already started, and it won't be long before the envoys sent to the south of the Yangtze River should be able to bring back good news. After all, Dayong now has high-quality goods that the merchants can't even dream of, and there are also big treasures robbed from the Eastern Captives. A sum of gold and silver could support his large expenses.

Merchants are profit-seeking, and Dayong believes that as long as the price he offers is enough to tempt those merchants, the grain he needs will be delivered in a steady stream, and even part of the grain that should have been on the canal will be sent to Dengzhou.

Everything started to go on track, but with the surge in affairs, the restructuring of the Jinzhou Army and the addition of local affairs yamen in Dengzhou and Lushun became more urgent.

Dayong is a headache. He has never been an official who is good at civil affairs. For this reason, he decided to use a group of exonerated traitor officials to let these educated guys act according to their wishes.But it is really difficult to give them a name. Dayong does not have the power to appoint and dismiss officials. Even he in the Jinzhou Army is temporarily holding an official position appointed by him Shi Dayong. There are only a few who really have military positions in the court.

The name is not right and the words are not right. Dayong now really wants to be recognized by the court and delegate power so that he can have the military and political jurisdiction of Dengzhou and Lushun.But these are purely extravagant hopes under the premise that Dayong will not go to Beijing for a day, and even after Dayong enters Beijing, he can't guarantee that the court will give him what he wants.

Time, Dayong needs time now, he is waiting for the day when the court no longer suspects him but longs for him.

After all, this day is not far away.

When he saw the latest Tang newspaper saying that Chen Qiyu had surrounded Gao Yingxiang in Chexiang Gorge, Dayong became more confident about the arrival of this day.

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Under the lure of Zuo Liangyu, Gao Yingxiang led his troops into a valley. The road in the valley was relatively flat, but it was only about ten feet wide, making it difficult to travel quickly.

The night was getting dark, and the thieves lit torches for lighting, but the mist in the valley was steaming, and it seemed to be a fire dragon. What you could see was only three or five feet away, and the mountains and rocks on both sides became misty. To come rushing.This kind of strange image made the thieves speculate from top to bottom.

After walking for nearly an hour, it is estimated that the brigade behind has also entered the valley, so Gao Yingxiang ordered An to build a meal, and led Zhang Miaocai, Gao Yigong and others to inspect the front, but saw Li Zicheng rushing over with Gu Junen, and asked: "King Chuang, what is this place?"

"It must be the Chaxiang Gorge. Where's Zhang Debao? Call him over and ask."

Gao Yingxiang looked around, but there was no sign of Zhang Debao, so his heart sank.Seeing that Zhang Debao was gone, Zhang Miaocai and others were also anxious, and sent people to search for him, but they couldn't find the person. At this moment, everyone became anxious, and realized that they seemed to have been fooled.

"What should I do?" Li Zicheng asked Gu Junen in a low voice.

Gu Junen frowned and looked up at the surrounding terrain, and then said to Li Zicheng: "Chuangjiang, it doesn't matter whether the carriage canyon is here, what matters is that the two peaks in this valley are facing each other, the situation is dangerous, easy to enter and difficult to exit, we have tens of thousands Crowded in such a narrow place, once the officers and soldiers guard the valley entrances on both sides, attacking back and forth, it is impossible to escape, so you must not camp here!"

Li Zicheng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Then you tell King Chuang quickly!" Before he finished speaking, there was a cannon sound on the top of the mountain, and a shower of stone rain fell. With countless rockets shot down, the tent food and grass ignited raging flames in an instant .

Everyone screamed and ran around, Li Zicheng yelled, "Rush out with me!" He swung his knife and rushed forward. After walking for less than a few miles, countless rocks had already piled up in front of him, blocking the entrance of the valley tightly. , The lanterns and torches on the mountain were shining brightly, dozens of battle flags were fluttering, and a big man under the banner laughed loudly: "Little thief, do you still recognize us?"

Li Zicheng took a closer look, and it was Zhang Debao who was missing. His heart felt like a heavy hammer hit him, and he shouted violently: "Zhang Debao, he is a hero. He came down to meet us to win or lose. What kind of hero is he with such poisonous calculations?"

"Hahaha...you reckless grass bandit, you still keep your tongue in this situation! To be honest with you, we are not some Zhang Debao, we are Changping deputy general Zuo Liangyu! Hmph, wait for the bandit to be trapped here, and live It's retribution! Let me tell you, Marshal Chen came up with such a clever plan, and it's useless if you can't hold back your breath, I'm afraid you won't see him." Zuo Liangyu waved his command flag, and arrows rained down from the mountain , Li Zicheng and others hurriedly retreated.When the arrows rained down, at least thousands of bandit soldiers were shot, and the valley was full of wailing for a while.

The Ming army only surrounded the thieves in the valley, and did not attack. They only suppressed the thieves to counterattack based on the geographical advantage.Gao Yingxiang commanded the leaders to organize daredevils to rush several times but failed to break through the siege of the Ming army. Instead, they killed thousands of heroes. On the contrary, the Ming army had almost no casualties. This made the tens of thousands of bandits in the valley feel desperate.

In the middle of the night, it rained heavily, drenching the Yijia tent.After tossing all night, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Miaocai, Chuang Tatian and others were hungry, cold and exhausted.

As the sky was getting brighter, Gao Yingxiang sent an order, and all the leaders gathered in the camp of the Chinese army to discuss countermeasures.Li Zicheng told Li Guo and the others that the officers and soldiers only wanted to defend themselves, they would not go into the valley to fight, be careful of the cold arrows on the mountain, and not act rashly, and then hurried to the camp with Gu Junen.Along the way, looking up and looking around, I couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.I saw the steep cliffs on both sides, like knives and axes, straight into the sky.It was early summer, the forest and grass were dense, and the thorns were all over the place.

At this time, Gao Yingxiang also saw the terrain in the valley clearly, and couldn't help crying secretly, he was careless for a while, and he was lured into a desperate situation, there was no way to go to heaven, no way to go to earth, he was trapped to death here, this is the lives of tens of thousands of brothers!Immediately covered with cold sweat, remorse.

The camp was built in a narrow and winding cave, with torches lit, and a flat boulder surrounded by Gao Yingxiang, Xie Zikuai, and Zhang Miaoshou. Blood soaked half through.He stepped forward and asked, "Is King Chuang injured?"

"It doesn't matter, I was hit by an arrow. The arrow has been taken out, and the golden sore medicine has been applied." Gao Yingxiang smiled and raised his right arm slightly to show that the injury was not serious, but the corner of his mouth twitched twice, and a thin bruise appeared on his forehead. beads of sweat.

Xie Zikui looked at Li Zicheng, and said with a sinister smile: "They all hurt the bones, how could it not be serious? Brother Zicheng, you led a good way! I'm afraid I won't be able to escape this time. You must be with that Zuo Liangyu Colluded and sold us?"

Li Zicheng was stunned, his heart was so sad that he didn't know how to explain, someone shouted at the entrance of the cave: "If he dares to be so unjust, Lao Zhang will be the first to spare him!"

Following the words, Zhang Xianzhong strode in, sat down, and said to Xie Zi: "If he has joined the army, what is he doing in the camp? It's fine to stay on the hill and wait for the corpse to be collected. Why come with us!"

Gao Yingxiang also said strangely: "I asked Zuo Liangyu to lead the way, what's the matter with Guan Zicheng?"

Xie Zikuai knew that he had gone too far, so he gave a wry smile, and covered it up: "It's a blessing to have brother Zicheng collect the corpse for me. Getting a whole corpse, maybe a coffin, is better than being chopped up by those officers and soldiers with knives." It's rotten and fed to the tigers and wolves in the mountains!"

Zhang Xianzhong slapped him, and shouted: "Why are you so frustrated! Let's stay in the valley, if he comes, we will kill one, kill one more and earn another, what are you afraid of?"

"It's good that the officers and soldiers are willing to come in. Fight to the death, or there is a glimmer of hope of escape. I'm afraid they will stick to it and not fight. Our food and grass have been burned a lot. Can we survive for a few days? If we are hungry, we will starve to death." .”

Gao Yingxiang's face was serious, he sighed, and said worriedly: "There are heavy soldiers lying in wait at the north and south exits of Chexiang Gorge, and there are cannons and crossbows on the east and west mountains. Nearly [-] of our brothers were besieged here, and many soldiers were wounded by arrows. It was raining heavily again, and there was nowhere to hide, the sword armor was covered with rust spots, many arrow feathers fell off and could no longer be used, morale was low, and people’s hearts fluttered. We must think of a solution as soon as possible, or if we delay for one day, we will be in danger for one more day.”

Zhang Xianzhong patted his thigh and said, "Rush out! Otherwise, if you nest in this narrow valley, you will die sooner or later."

Gao Yingxiang shook his head and said: "It is not a good way to break through. We are at the bottom of the valley, and the officers and soldiers are at the heights. We are guarding against the danger. It can be said that one man blocks the pass, and ten thousand people cannot open it. Even the birds are afraid of escape! If we blindly charge and kill, it is tantamount to taking Life is on the edge of the knife. Now morale is low, and if you lose again, you will only mess up your own position. Once the army's mind changes, it will not be restrained."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Li Zicheng suddenly felt that the moisture in the cave had increased a bit.Gao Yingxiang saw that everyone looked different, so he got up and bowed to everyone: "I, Gao Yingxiang, will live and die with all the brothers, and I will never forget the benefits and sell myself for glory! The matter is urgent, so don't be suspicious of each other. As long as we are united, we will be here Not desperate."

Zhang Miaoshou didn't take it seriously, and asked instead: "What is it if it's not a desperate situation? Let's take it easy! In my opinion, it's all about fighting! When you're so hungry that you can't hold a knife or gun, you'll have to let others slaughter you!"

Xie Zikuai said: "It's better to break up the gang, break it up into pieces, everyone cares about each other, and pretend to be a woodcutter and mountain people. Let's escape this hurdle first."

Zhang Xianzhong joked: "Brother's appearance has been painted for many days. I'm afraid there are not many soldiers in Chen Qiyu's battalion who don't know you. If you don't have a good disguise technique, it will be hard to fool you." speechless.The crowd quarreled for a while, unable to think of a perfect solution for a while, they looked at each other and remained silent.

"I have a plan. I wonder if the leaders are willing to listen?" Gu Junen stepped forward and bowed deeply.He has been standing in the shadows, so that no one has noticed.

Gao Yingxiang greeted: "So it's Jun En! Come here and sit down, and speak directly if you have something to say, what are you doing hiding in the dark?"

Gu Junen bowed to all sides, and said, "The only way out for now is to feign surrender."

"Surrender? I thought it was an astonishing trick, but it turned out to be nothing more than picking on people's teeth. Shen Yikui and Wang Jiayin have long been tired of using this trick to coax ghosts. The officers and soldiers have suffered so much. How can they trust us again?" Zhang Xianzhong clapped his palms and sneered, and everyone felt that the question was important, and they all waited for Gu Junen's answer.

"Eight Great Kings, what you said is also true. But since ancient times, soldiers have never been tired of deceit, so there are many ingenious strategies that have been tried and tested. If they are used to Yang He, they will naturally be used to Chen Qiyu."

"How can you tell?" Zhang Xianzhong was quite conceited when he heard what he said, how could he believe it?

"Back then, Shen Yikui and Wang Jiayin were recruited by Yang He, but we took the initiative to ask for surrender, which is more sincere. First. Second, we are in a desperate situation, and the soldiers are unable to fight anymore, so the officers and soldiers will have less to do with us. Soothe the vigilant heart of rebellion. Third, the officers and soldiers are greedy for profit and meritorious deeds. Let us act for profit and dedicate all the jewels we get to Chen Qiyu. Reasonable."

Gu Junen looked around at the leaders, saw them nodding slightly, and then said: "This is the most important thing. Hong Chengchou has killed too much, and the emperor is angry. The emperor is a little alienated from him. Chen Qiyu probably doesn't want to learn from Hong Chengchou. Besides, we can go out of Guanping and Liaodong As a bait, if it can eliminate internal strife and eliminate external troubles, Chen Qiyu is not a fool, he also wants to leave a name in history, how can he give up such an inexorable achievement to others?"

"Who can take on this important task?" Gao Yingxiang's eyes flickered, "I have injuries..."

Li Zicheng said without hesitation: "Going to King Chuang will make people look down on us. If you agree with this plan, I will go to see Chen Qiyu!"

Gao Yingxiang thought: "Zicheng, be careful that Chen Qiyu takes you as a hostage."

"If he takes me as a hostage, he will be sincerely accepting the surrender, otherwise he will use his tricks to lure us out of the valley to hunt and kill us, so we must be careful." Li Zicheng looked serious.

"Then what should we do? Isn't it a dead end?" Xie Zikuai and Zhang Miaoshou turned pale with shock.Gao Yingxiang smiled slightly and said, "At that time, we can't help him. Let's die and survive. Brothers, which one doesn't work hard to fight to the death?"

Zhang Xianzhong shouted sharply: "My old Zhang first cut off Chen Qiyu's head to make a wine bowl!"

"You don't need to cut him down, Chongzhen probably won't be able to spare him." Gao Yingxiang stood up and said, "Bring some wine, let Zicheng Zhuangzhuang do the trick!"

Seven or eight large bowls were filled, and the cave was immediately filled with the aroma of wine, diluting the moisture a lot, "Take care!" Everyone gulped down and smashed to the ground.