Messy snowflakes fell in the deep night sky, and the lanterns hanging high on the ground gave off a dim light, like a spotlight on the stage, illuminating the mischievous dance of the snowflakes.

There was snow on the ground, and there were two or three men in strong suits holding knives, trembling and chatting while patrolling.

Here, between the rivers and Fucheng, is an inn.

At the door, a group of well-dressed men pushed out three hotel guests.

He fell to the ground, feeling the coldness in his hands, and scratched his neck in dissatisfaction: "Why did you drive us out?"

Without saying a word, the man in front of him swiped his knife low, and the blade passed across the man's neck, severing the arteries in his neck. Hot blood spurted out, fell to the ground, melted the snow, and condensed into plum blossoms.

The two people standing next to them were so frightened that they wished they could grow wings on their backs and run away in utter turmoil when they saw how they were killing people without saying a word.

In the distance, behind a haystack, Shen Lian, Lu Jianxing, and Jin Yichuan retracted their heads.

That's right, it's still Shen Lian. The strength of Jinyiwei and Dongchang may not be easy to use outside the customs, but inside the customs, especially around the capital, they can only be used accurately. Shen Lian didn't find Zhou Miaoxuan and didn't know where he was going. He was so lost that he wandered around for two days before being captured.

Naturally, the consequences of being caught would not be better. He was taken to prison and tortured to make him reveal the whereabouts of the others. No matter how tough Shen Lian is, he can't handle that thing. The back and forth was that he didn't know, and some of the characteristics of those elites at that time. It's not that he doesn't want to say more, it's that he really doesn't know. After being tortured like this for several days, it was the same every time. There were no major differences, so it became believable.

Maybe it was to show this person who once threatened to let him live, what thunder, rain and dew are, and they are all kindness? Anyway, for some unknown reason, Zhu Youjian still spared Shen Lian's life as in the original plot and made him the general flag again.

At this point, I have to say that more than two months have passed, and Zhu Youjian and Wei Zhongxian indeed know that Wang Yan is there. So based on the reports of the Jin Yiwei and the Beijing camp troops who were beaten away at that time, as well as Shen Lian's confession, it is 100% certain that those hundreds of well-equipped men were Wang Yan's men.

Wei Zhongxian was a little better, because Wang Yan had been giving him generous gifts in the past two years. Although this was a bit offensive, it was not unforgivable for the sake of money.

The same can't be said for Zhu Youjian. Didn't he completely ignore him? A general guarding the border dared to send hundreds of well-equipped soldiers into the border so openly? What's this? It is provocation and rebellion. You can send people to intercept and kill the troops from the Beijing camp that Wei Zhongxian sent out. Can you also send people to intercept and kill the troops that he sent out? Can more people be sent to attack his Forbidden City?

It is no exaggeration to say that after knowing the exact news, Zhu Youjian didn't sleep well for three days...

It's just that no matter how angry and researched he is, it's all useless. He didn't even understand Wei Zhongxian, who was next to him, so he still wanted to study General Wang, who had a large number of troops? Besides, 300 can defeat his 3,000-strong Beijing camp. Would he dare to act rashly?

There are also domestic problems such as floods, droughts, snowstorms, etc. for many years, as well as the huge treasury in the Ming Dynasty. What can he use to study Wang Yan?

Relying on political skills or conspiracy? Wang Yan dared to send troops into the pass, but he was still trying to make a fool of himself. Moreover, the matter this time could not be put on the table, and he had no reason to trouble Wang Yan.

Besides, now is the critical period for the confrontation with Jiannu. Facts have proved in the past that the combination of Mangui, Wang Yan, and the civil and military forces of Liaodong is effective, and he does not dare to act blindly.

Therefore, he had to swallow this breath, and prepared to try his best to slowly rectify Liaodong and plan for it slowly. Anyway, Gao De had to chop up the man named Wang in order to relieve his hatred.

Withdrawing his head, the three of them looked at each other.

"Wei Zhongxian must be in this inn."

As he spoke, Shen Lian took out his trumpet arrow and was about to shoot it.

Lu Jianxing stopped Shen Lian: "The trumpet arrow cannot be fired."

"Do you just want the three of us to handle this matter?"

"This job falls on us. There are already many people in the yamen who are jealous, and hundreds of households are not happy. There is no guarantee that our people will not have their stakes. If our affairs are ruined, we may not even be able to save our lives when we go back."

Shen Lian looked at Lu Jianxing suspiciously: "Aren't you afraid that someone will take away your credit?"

Hearing this, Lu Jianxing glanced at Jin Yichuan who was silent next to him, and said very bachelorly: "Brother, haven't you had enough of this useless life? We have no money and no way out. We rely on opportunities. When the opportunity comes, take it. If you do, you can turn over."

Looking at each other with Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian looked at the silent Jin Yichuan at the beginning of the film: "Yichuan, tell me."

"Huh? I think..." Jin Yichuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect it to be rolled on him. He glanced at the two of them and was about to speak.

At this moment, there was a sound of dense footsteps coming from far away. The three of them looked up and saw a group of people running quickly, and within a moment they surrounded the inn.

A man who seemed to be the leader led a small group of people to stand in front of the three of them and said to Lu Jianxing: "I think you are right. If you have the opportunity, you must seize it."

While talking, Wei Zhongxian's younger brother in the inn also heard the noise and saw the strange man's hand. Without saying a word, he raised his knife to kill him. Immediately, there was a burst of intensive gunshots accompanied by screams from time to time.

When Shen Lian saw the familiar behavior and the familiar face armor, he was excited, and the crossbow arrow in his hand was activated. The arrow made a sound and rose into the sky, conveying the location information to other Jinyi guards.

The leader looked up at the trumpet arrows exploding in the air, then looked down at Shen Lian who couldn't stop shaking his head: "How can I say that I saved your life last time, so you are so disrespectful?"

Shen Lian smiled awkwardly and said: "I didn't mean to send out arrows, I just saw you..."

"Excited, right? I understand." Before Shen Lian could find an excuse to say more, the man nodded to show his understanding: "You too, how come you are all brothers, and you just recruited people to die like this?"

Without waiting for Shen Lian to speak, the man looked at Lu Jianxing: "Our adults have said that you are a useful person, do you want to consider coming with us?"

Lu Jianxing held up his hands blankly: "Thank you for your support, I'm just..."

"Don't rush to refuse. You will definitely not be able to kill Wei Zhongxian this time. If you go back without completing the task, you will die. You should think about it carefully now, and you will not wait until it is too late."

After saying that, the leader led several of his men around him and walked towards the hotel where the gunfire was fading away.

In the inn, Wei Ting and the remaining confidants surrounded the city, guarding Wei Zhongxian who was drinking in the middle.

The leader came in and looked at the scene. He cupped his hands and said, "Master Factory Master, you are so excited. His face did not change even after Mount Tai collapsed. He is really a big shot in charge of the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian, who was drinking with his back to everyone, knew that the person in charge was coming. He turned around and stared at the leader: "Taishan? Are you worthy?"

The leader shrugged his shoulders and didn't care, and held his hands with a smile: "It's useless to talk more. I believe you can understand the current situation. Come with us."

"Who do you belong to?"

"You will understand when the time comes." The leader waved his hand impatiently. They are Daozu. No matter how awesome Wei Zhongxian is, he is still a fish. It is useless to say anything like this. If my master hadn't told me to treat each other with courtesy, I would have been rolled into a ball and thrown into a sack.

The surrounding soldiers looked at the gesture, took out a rope from behind and put a gun to their head, tying up all the people in the circle outside. Then a group of big soldiers carried these struggling people down, and a path was naturally opened in front of Wei Zhongxian. The leader turned sideways and stretched out his hand: "Please, Eunuch Wei."

Wei Zhongxian took a sip of wine, turned around and looked at the table covered with cloth: "Give us all the gold and silver notes on the table."

The leader winked at the person standing next to Wei Zhongxian.

The big-headed soldier nodded, walked to the table in a few steps, lifted the cloth covering his face, and saw a piece of golden color that stung the eyes of everyone present.

Seeing his subordinates in a daze, the leader shouted: "What are you doing standing there? Huh? Are your eyes so shallow? Are you willing to take your life away from me? Huh? Move faster."

The boys near the table suddenly came to their senses and hurried forward to stuff gold into the lining of the leather armor.

The leader nodded with satisfaction, then looked to Wei Zhongxian aside, and said in a more serious tone: "Please, Eunuch Wei."

Wei Zhongxian smiled nonchalantly, his expression suddenly changed, he stared closely into the leader's eyes, and said with certainty: "You are Wang Yan's people!"

The leader paused: "Father-in-law, we will know when we arrive."

Wei Zhongxian put his hands behind his back and strolled downstairs first. "I didn't expect that in just two years, this kid would have such achievements. What a trick of fate...Old man, old man..."

He saw the twinkle in the leader's eyes just now. He couldn't be sure that it was Wang Yan.

Under normal circumstances, or even in most cases, he would not think of Wang Yan. It was only two months ago that he was slapped in the face, and he was deeply impressed by Wang Yan's audacity.

In addition, the group of desperadoes around him this time are no match for these people. The people he has heard of recently who have such strong combat power are Wang Yan's men, and it is easy to think of them. Besides, his power is still there, and there are not many people in the Ming Dynasty who dare to rob Wei Zhongxian. That is to say, Wang Yan has a criminal record and meets all the characteristics.

When they came outside, the leader asked his younger brother to escort Wei Zhongxian into a carriage. He glanced at the group of guards in uniforms who were rushing towards him in the distance. He walked up to Lu Jianxing and said, "What do you think? You don't have much time. "

Lu Jianxing cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Lu will come with you. What will happen to my two brothers?"

The three of them are all old bachelors who live alone. It seems that nothing can be done this time. It is obvious that they will not survive if they go back, so they might as well leave with this group of people.

"The two of them...my master has no instructions. I'm sorry, but we can't help." The leader shook his head and said to Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan, who were a little disappointed: "But you two don't have to worry, all the Jin Yiwei who came here will run away. If you don’t want to lose it, finally burn it with a fire to destroy the body and eliminate all traces. In this great world, you two can do whatever you want with your abilities."

After saying that, regardless of where the three brothers were parting, he directly took the knife and shot the Jin Yiwei who came over.

They came this time with 300 people as usual, and the Jin Yiwei only came with a few dozen of the three brothers' men. Even if these people might have uncanny skills, they would be in vain under their guns. They were just killing them for fun. of.

After a burst of gunfire, a group of people ran over to replenish their wounds, then dragged the people back and threw them into the inn. Together with Wei Zhongxian's men before, they poured fuel to support the fire and set it ablaze.

Then a group of people led Wei Zhongxian, Lu Jianxing and others away quickly and disappeared.

Only Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan were left looking at each other, speechless for a long time...

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In the past, I only came back once in early November to rest, bring back some captured heads, horses, etc., and after taking Ding Baiying naturally, I set off again until now in late December, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated in a few days. Just returned to Jinzhou City.

In these two months, Wang Yan's goals were successfully achieved.

A team of saboteurs in Houjin worked from Guangning to Changchun behind, helping Huang Taiji train his troops in the cold weather. This attack not only massacred the village, it also dealt a direct devastating blow to the town they had built, causing all the previous construction to go to waste. At the same time, in the past two months, more than 2,000 heads were obtained.

This devastating destruction caused Houjin, which had been stabilized, to become chaotic again. Huang Taiji spent this whole winter criticizing Wang Yanli.

The built town was destroyed, and the original residents here not only died of men, but also became homeless with their children, large and small. These are all bannermen, and Huang Taiji is here to provide disaster relief and resettlement. From north to south, there are not a hundred such towns, but there are also some thirty or forty. How much money and materials will this cost? The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who were being led away were a huge expense, and coupled with so many victims, it was a massive amount of supplies.

As for the impact of such huge damage on the Han people who were originally prisoners there, Wang Yan could only say sorry. But thinking about their original situation, they were not in a good situation. Now that they have their original master like them, they can feel a little warmth in this freezing snow and ice.

It was true that the Han people were saved, but they only left a thousand people in total. They had to deal with tens of thousands of people chasing and intercepting them, and they could only bring back some sporadically.

Wang Yan followed the approaching Mongolian tribe all the way north. It didn't matter if he was subdued by Huang Taiji, he could just switch to General Wang. After voting, Wang Yan provided material and military support in the coming year, and purchased beef, mutton, wool, etc. to help them improve their lives. If they don't surrender, the men, women, children, cattle, sheep, and horses will be killed. Some will be given as gifts to the next tribe that surrenders as a reward, and some will be sent back to Jinzhou City with the help of these Mongols.

Along the way, according to the political divisions of later generations, he controlled the Mongolian tribes in eastern Inner Mongolia, and the map of Hou Jin Dynasty has shrunk to the northeastern region.

Huang Taiji knew Wang Yan's actions, but he didn't send any more troops to teach these young men.

On the one hand, Wang Yan's men were far more destructive this year than last year, leaving him unable to send troops. After all, the logistical pressure of sending troops in winter is far greater than that of the other three seasons. He doesn't have much to begin with, so why send troops?

On the other hand, it was also because he looked down upon those Mongolian tribes. If he can defeat him once, he can defeat him twice. Verbal submission and compromise are of no use. When the time comes, iron hooves will be stepped on, and if you don't obey, you will die.

Huang Taiji was indeed a strong man when Wang Yan could not say anything. This kind of confidence in a strong person is necessary, but it is not good to be too confident, because Wang Yan has spoken out, and because the army will be stationed next year...

Ding Baiying helped tie up her hair, put on clothes, and wrapped her big leather jacket with a gentle face. Wang Yan said hello and went out with a smile.

He can guarantee that the dead ghost Lu Wenzhao is only a handful in Ding Baiying's heart, and this handful will disappear in a short time.

He went out on horseback and went straight to the government office, where a group of senior officers and three or two civilian officials who had taken refuge were waiting for him. I just came back yesterday, and today I will learn more about the past two months in detail.

Seeing Wang Yan come in, the group of people gathered around the fire to warm up quickly dispersed: "Sir."

Wang Yan nodded and sat at the front: "Okay, everyone, sit down and talk about the recent situation."

Sun Fugui was the first to speak without hesitation: "Your Excellency, now in our army..."

Now he is in charge of military logistics supplies, and another civilian is in charge of supplies for people's livelihood. Other officer training, recruitment, resident eldest brother, etc. have their own functions.

As for people's livelihood, although Wang Yan has made overall arrangements, his territory now is military control, and everything is basically military.

Wang made some explanations on a series of matters including material matters, existing business progress, scrapping the oil of traitorous businessmen, military households' advancement of soldiers, the recruitment of new military households, the training status of various ministries, the construction status of the territory, etc. Yan also has a clear understanding of his own strength.

In fact, the progress is not very great. In terms of people's livelihood, we can't do any projects in the winter, so we are basically staying in winter. The expansion of the army still depends on the training situation. Without good training, even more soldiers and horses will be wasted. It does not happen overnight.

Other supplies are okay, because there are no big projects in itself. Apart from supplying the army for consumption and ensuring the survival of tens of thousands of households, there are not many big expenditures. I expect to be able to save a lot of things before spring. It is foreseeable that next year it will be completely different.

After listening to the report, Wang Yan looked at Sun Fugui: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Are the New Year's gifts for the civil and military officials of Liaodong and those in the court ready?"

"Don't worry, sir. According to last year's regulations, the team that set off yesterday will be able to complete the delivery before the end of the year."

"Okay, I can rest assured that you can do the work." Wang Yan said: "How are our brothers in the military and the people preparing the supplies for the New Year?"

"It's easy to talk to the army. There are more than 40,000 civilian households, and you can't get much at a time."

Wang Yan waved his hand and said: "The army will be like last year. As for the civilian households...it doesn't have to be too good. Just let them all eat meat and have a full meal. That's it for this year. There will be a lot of things next year." , we are not rich either.”

"Yes, sir."

"Okay, that's it, let's all disperse."

Seeing that Sun Fugui hadn't left, Wang Yan asked doubtfully, "Is there anything else?"

"Sir, have you forgotten Eunuch Wei?"

"He is so rich, how could I forget him. How has he been here for more than a month?"

"That's great. All the fresh things in your back house have been given away." Sun Fugui said: "It's not too cold even if his goddaughter is waiting for him every day. Wandering around. Look at that body and bones, how many years can a serious person live?"

Once those in power lose their power, they will decline very quickly. Wei Zhongxian is turning 60 this year. From what Sun Fugui said, he seems to be unaffected and living quite comfortably?

"Let's go and meet our Ming Dynasty's Nine Thousand Years Old."

As he spoke, Wang Yan stood up and walked out...

Thanks to the four big brothers (eat spinach every day) (Yu Huang) (want to eat hamburgers) (too lazy to be stupid) for their continued support.

I would like to express my daily gratitude to the good brothers who vote monthly for their support.

Thank you to all the brothers who recommended me for your support,

Thanks to the big brothers who read silently for their support.

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