Chapter 560 The Tartars are out!

Liaodong, Shenyang.

Sliced ​​snowflakes kept falling, rendering the earth white. There were very few pedestrians on the streets, and stalls were gone long ago. All the shops closed their doors. The business trips and traveling to and from Liaodong were strictly controlled. There were no traces of Han people on the streets. Except for a very small number of Han people, all other Han people were centrally controlled.

On the first day of November in the eighth year of Chongzhen (the ninth year of Tiancong), Huang Taiji issued an order to secretly reorganize the army and prepare for war. From then on, the atmosphere of war deeply enveloped the city. Many Tartars were preparing weapons for combat, including scimitars, arrowheads, longbows, bowstrings, etc., and people were sewing silk underwear. The busiest at this time was the weapon workshop opened by Han slaves. Under the surveillance of the Tartars, Han slaves built a large number of weapons to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Tartars.

Many stables inside and outside Shenyang stocked up a large amount of forage. These forages were piled up like hills, and there was no sign at all. These forages were obviously prepared for the long-distance expedition of war horses. At the doorsteps of many Tartars, air-dried beef jerky was hung. This is a must-have food for the Tartars' long-distance expedition. Experienced people only need to infer the range of possible attacks by the Tartar cavalry based on the amount of these beef jerky.

When Genghis Khan, a genius of a generation, led tens of thousands of Mongolian troops to fight against the Eurasian continent, he often put the dried beef jerky in the calf skin and carried it on horseback. Because the beef jerky has many characteristics such as small size, rich nutrition, not easy to deteriorate, not afraid of bumps and breakage, and silent during the march, it played an important logistical support role for the Mongolian army to make repeated military achievements and is called "Genghis Khan's military rations".

When the Tartars were on the rise, they learned how to make beef jerky and promoted it. In fact, the method of making beef jerky is still quite complicated and there are many procedures. However, after it is done, it is indeed an excellent dry food. You only need to be a little bigger than your arms and soaked in hot water to meet the needs of a meal.

After accidentally smelling the fragrant jerky smell, Ma Yi felt like he wanted to curse himself. Because at this moment, he was indeed very hungry. He really wanted to run out quietly and steal a few pieces of jerky to fill his stomach. The north wind roared and the snow was flying, and most of the Tartars were hiding in the house to avoid the cold. Only Ma Yi was curled up outside the house and shivered quietly. He was hungry and cold, and could only whisper in his heart: "Damn, dog-daddy Tartars..."

The weather is so cold this dog days, much colder than Shandong. It was already snowing in November. His slave status made him unable to eat enough, not wear warm clothes, and he had to stand in the strong wind all day long. Even though his physical fitness was very good, he could bear it. If it weren't for a strong belief, he might have been unable to hold on. But Laha has been running towards the little fairies in recent days. Other Tartar followers hid in the room beside him to keep warm, and only he was forced to stand outside and let go,

But this is also good, which is beneficial for Ma Yi to think about many things alone, and it is beneficial for Ma Yi to combine all kinds of information and then infer the upper-level strategy of the Tartars. Ma Yi actually cannot get in touch with too many secrets. As a slave of the Han people, he was discriminated against and guarded by the Tartars everywhere. It is already very good that he was not killed by the Tartars for no reason.

However, he followed Laha after all, and he usually came into contact with many people and things. Laha is Yuetuo's son, a status Tartar, and of course there are many secrets that can be found. As long as Ma Yi spends a little effort, he can learn about the movements and stills of Yuetuo and Daishan from Laha's mouth, and then speculate on Huang Taiji's actions.

Raha was following Durba, and he was very brave in fighting, but he had no brains. Durba was also very concerned about the movements of Yuetuo and Daishan, mainly because he hoped to return to the battlefield as soon as possible. He liked to joke about Ma Yi to show his superiority. When he was joking, Ma Yi could also get a lot of valuable information from him.

By combining all aspects of information, Ma Yi can infer the approximate amount. For example, the Tartars' troops continued to increase. After the last information was sent out, more indigenous people came. Kaolangwuwei and Fultiwei (both of these guards are near today's Ussuri River). Hundreds of people also came from the Mowen River guard (near Vladivostok, Russia). It seems that the Tartars' help is still quite a lot.

However, the most visited were the Mongolian cavalry. For more than ten days, a large number of Mongolian cavalry came to Shenyang one after another. The leaders of various Mongolian tribes led them to come. Huang Taiji invited them to Shenyang, and the purpose was naturally self-evident. Durba was also called by Yue Tuo and held a Nadamu meeting with the Mongols. He was really excited for several days. While complimenting and flattering, Ma Yi also learned more information about the Mongolians.

According to the description of Laha and Durba, Huang Taiji, Daishan, Haoge and others were very busy during this period. The main reason for their busyness was to receive the heads of these Mongolian tribes. Since there were too many Mongolian tribes and the names of the heads were very difficult to remember, Ma Yi only remembered a few major tribes, such as Korqin, Tumote, Chahaner, Hanha, and Haoer. Even Laha was taken to serve for a few days of reception.

Raha was receiving a little princess from the Tumot tribe of the Tatar tribe. It seems that Raha is likely to marry this little princess to strengthen the connection between Jianlu and Mongolia. However, this little princess is indeed not very good-looking and has a very bad temper. She always likes to use whips to slap people. Raha received her twice, but she was beaten several times. She was really depressed. Perhaps this is why Raha often ran to the little fairies recently.

Suddenly, Ma Yi noticed that the gasps and moans in the house had calmed down, so he calmed down and prepared to welcome Raha. Sure enough, after a while, Raha appeared listlessly. It can be seen that the little Mongolian princess was really stimulating him. After all, Mongolian beauties like Bumubutai were very rare. It was not Raha's turn to beauties of this level.

"Go back."

Laha yawned weakly and came to his war horse.

Ma Yi still bent down obediently, letting Laha step on his shoulders and get on the horse, then carry the war horse and come all the way back. Durba opened the road in front to prevent accidents. From time to time on the street, teams of Tatars walked by in full arms. If Durba had not opened the road, someone might have come up to be unfavorable to Laha. This is the time when the Tartars are adjusting the forces of various Niulu, and it is also the most likely time for accidents to occur.

Every time you invade, it is a feast for the distribution of troops among the slave chiefs within the Tatars. What the Tatars value most is military merit. If you want to obtain enough military merit, you must have enough army. If you do not have enough military merit, how can you obtain great military merit? Therefore, even the slave chiefs who are least willing to participate in the battle must be vigilant at this time. Otherwise, when others complete the operation, you will suddenly find that there are only a few elderly, weak, sick and disabled left in your Niulu.

Obviously, this military distribution feast was the most unfavorable to Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid White Banner. Because the owners of these two banners were surrounded by Zhang Zhun in the distant city of Dengzhou. Without the existence of Dorgon and Duoduo, Huang Taiji would certainly not be polite. He transferred all the most elite Niulu from Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid White Banner, and then added some of the most trashy Niulu.

After adjustment, the number of Niulu in each flag remained unchanged, but the quality changed greatly. The strongest combat power was of course the Zhenghuang Banner led by Huang Taiji himself. The second strongest combat power was the Inlaid Yellow Banner led by Haoge. The third strongest combat power should be Yuetuo's Zhenglan Banner. In other words, the elite Niulu of the Tatars were basically in the hands of Huang Taiji's confidants.

As soon as he returned to Beile Mansion, a follower hurriedly came up and said to Raha: "Third Prince, Master Beile is invited."

Raha hurriedly looked straight and followed the follower.

Ma Yi's eyes rolled, as if he felt a little nervous, and then took a breath and calmed himself down. Similarly, Durba and others around him were also a little nervous, walking back and forth around Ma Yi.

Not long after, Raha came out. He looked at Durba, then looked at Ma Yi and others, and said helplessly: "Ama won't let me go on the battle, let me stay in Shenyang."

Durba and others were all disappointed. It was Durba and others' idea that encouraged Raha to take the initiative to fight. Now, Raha's request was rejected by Yuetuo, so of course they would be disappointed. These people, such as the ones who follow him, are good at killing people. As long as they go to the battlefield, they can get spoils. If Raha doesn't go to the battlefield and play women all day long, they will not be able to get spoils. How many rewards can they be with Yuetuo alone?

The most important thing within the Tartars is military merits. Only with military merits can you gain. In other words, only by going to fight yourself can you get the most. If you rely on others' rewards, it is absolutely impossible. Similarly, if Raha wants to improve his status, he must go to fight himself to get military merits. Unfortunately, Yue Tuo obviously is not going to give Raha this opportunity.

Ma Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Ma Yi's heart certainly didn't want Raha to go to the war. If Raha followed him, he would definitely have to go to the war. Once he left Shenyang, he would not be able to send information to the outside world. Besides, what should he do if he encountered the Han people being slaughtered on the battlefield?

It may be a good thing for Raha without going to the battlefield. Therefore, he was in a good mood. Later, he announced that another good thing was that he was named Karkhun by Huang Taiji. In the customs of Manchus, it was a very honorable thing to be named by the Great Khan. Ma Yi didn't know what Karkhun meant in Manchu language, but it must be good.

Karkhun was in a good mood and became much gentler to the people around him. Ma Yi finally found an opportunity to sneak out. He followed the code to go to the joint location of the past. As a result, what he saw was a stranger. The stranger was very young, like a beggar, dirty and with a strong smell, as if he had come out of the dung pile. His hair was a little yellow and his skin was a little white, and he didn't look like a pure Han. But the code between each other was accurate.

"You are..." Ma Yi frowned.

"My name is Shafes." said the young man of the mixed race.

"You... are not from the Hu Ben Army." Ma Yi said cautiously.

"I used to be from the Scented Sect." Chafes replied briefly.

"Smelling the Incense Sect?" Zhang Zhun was stunned and did not react at once.

"The Scent of Incense has disappeared. The White Lotus Holy Mother has ordered that the Scent of Incense will be incorporated into the Hu Ben Army from then on. All of us have become members of the Hu Ben Army." Xia Feis said expressionlessly.

Ma Yi nodded to show that she understood.

Before the Tartars were about to launch a third invasion, Zhang Zhun would definitely find a way to solve the problem of the Winning Sect, which is an imperative thing. The Hu Ben Army wants to free up troops to deal with the Tartars' Nan Kou, of course, it is impossible for the Winning Sect to pull the back from behind. Now it seems that Zhang Zhun has successfully surrendered to the Winning Sect and has effectively incorporated the Winning Sect's intelligence network into the Hu Ben Army's intelligence system. In the long run, this is definitely a good thing.

Ma Yi is well aware of the hardships in the establishment of the intelligence system. Maoyansi started from scratch and tried all the hardships in it. Since it started from a piece of white paper, Maoyansi's current intelligence network is still very fragile, with few tentacles that can be extended out, and the valuable intelligence that can be spiked is good. Now that Brigadier General Zhang's intelligence network has joined in, it will greatly increase Maoyansi's intelligence network strength, increase the tentacles of the intelligence network, and can spike more intelligence.

Xia Feis seemed to be not interested in Ma Yi. The merger between the Wind Xiang Sect and the Hu Ben Army was relatively sudden. The perfect fusion of the two personnel took time. He said coldly: "I bring you this thing."

After that, he raised a cage from the back room.

Ma Yi's eyebrows suddenly jumped.

Carrier pigeon!

White carrier pigeon!

Shafes actually sent a carrier pigeon!

This is a real good thing! It takes about half a month to send information back to Fushan City from Shenyang without a carrier pigeon. You have to go on land first, then water, and finally land. However, after having carrier pigeons, the information can be accurately transmitted in one day and one night. More importantly, he can also receive instructions from Zhang Zhun in a timely manner, without worrying about the change of time and things and people changing.

Shafes opened the cage and took out the pigeon. A small bamboo tube was tied to the pigeon's legs. The written information was placed in the bamboo tube, then sealed, and finally released the pigeon. He said cautiously: "After you write the information, I will send it out. Ten hours later, the pigeon will be able to return to Shandong smoothly."

Ma Yi nodded and said excitedly: "Okay!"

Shafes said again: "According to the arrangements of the superiors, one piece of information will be sent at most every half month."

Ma Yi nodded, indicating that he understood completely.

Both of them worked with their heads in Shenyang, and everything must be cautious. All around them are Tartars, and as long as there are a trace of clues, they will be finished soon. If they fall into the hands of Tartars, they will die quickly, which is absolutely undesirable. Speaking of the Tartars' torture methods, even Ma Yi is shuddering.

Don’t think that the Tartars would not notice it if they flew in the sky. In fact, the Tartars’ eyes were still very powerful. If the Tartars frequently appeared, it would be strange if they did not arouse the Tartars’ vigilance. Moreover, the Tartars also got some eagles from the Mongols. After training, these eagles would catch pigeons. If the Tartars discovered the pigeons and released the eagle, their air contact with Shandong would be very likely to be cut off immediately.

Ma Yi immediately sat down and began to write information carefully.

There are really a lot of information he wants to write down.

First of all, it was the vanguard of the Tartars that had set off.

According to the information disclosed by Raha - well, now it is called Karchuhun - the vanguard of the Tartars, under the leadership of Haoge, had already set off on the third day of November. The vanguard of the Tartars led by Haoge has a total force of about 5,000 people. They will first arrive at the Korqin grassland in Mongolia. There, Haoge will discuss the attack route with the heads of the Korqin tribe of the Mongolian Korqin tribe.

The Korqin tribe in Mongolia (also translated as "Halashen") is one of several large tribes in Mongolia. The Korqin grassland is rich in aquatic plants and raises a large number of Mongolians, horses, cattle and sheep. Data shows that the war horses produced in the Korqin grassland account for more than 30% of the war horses produced in the Mongolian grassland. At the same time, the geographical location of the Korqin tribe is also very special, just cutting off the relationship between Shanhaiguan and Liaodong.

The Mongolqin tribe has always been the target of the Ming Dynasty and Jianlu. In the past, in the era of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, the strategy of winning over Korqin and jointly dealing with Jianlu was implemented. The Ming army used money to buy the heads of the Tartars from the Korqin tribe at a high price. Each head was calculated based on thirty taels of silver. Therefore, the Mongols of the Korqin tribe were very active in fighting with Jianlu, which often made Jianlu miserable.

However, such a policy changed when Yuan Chonghuan was in power. Yuan Chonghuan refused to collect the heads of the Tartars from the Mongols. As a result, the disappointed Mongols no longer fought with Jianlu. Jianlu took the opportunity to send people to win over the Mongolian princes and princes of the Korqin tribe, and finally successfully turned this large Mongolian tribe into a solid ally of Jianlu. In history, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, and Empress Fulin all came from the Korqin grassland in Inner Mongolia. It can be seen that the relationship between the two is close.

Every time the Tatars invaded, they would ask the Mongols from the Korqin grassland to serve as guides and vanguards. Because the Mongols here knew the best of the defense line of the Ming army. It was basically difficult to hide the movements and movements of the Ming army from the Korqin tribe. Therefore, every time the Tatars invaded, they could choose the weakest place in the Ming army's defense to launch an attack, and then break it in one fell swoop. This time, of course, is no exception.

Secondly, the troops that the Tartars went to fight were finally determined to be 46,000 Mongolian cavalry, 24,000 Tartar cavalry, and then 10,000 indigenous people, 5,000 Han flags, and 5,000 Korean minions, with a total force of 90,000. Such troops are definitely unprecedented. It is even more than the total force that the Tartars invaded in the first two times.

Among this strong military force, the Mongolians obviously acted as the main vanguard. The number of Mongolian cavalry was almost twice the number of Tartar cavalry. In addition, the Han army flag was also dispatched. The two great traitors who led the Han army flag were Geng Zhongming Kexi. This is also a special place. The Han army flag did not follow the first two invaders.

The dispatch of Han military flags means that the tactics of the Tatar cavalry may change, and more Ming generals may be successfully lured to surrender. The morale of the Ming army is very low now. If they are surrounded by the Tartars, then two big traitors, Geng Zhongming Kexi, come forward, and they are very likely to surrender.

Again, Huang Taiji personally led his army to an expedition.

Huang Taiji attached great importance to the third invasion. In addition to appointing Haoge as the vanguard, he also personally wore armor to fight. Huang Taiji took away most of the elites of Zhenghuang Banners. Daishan and Ajige stayed in Chenyang. On the front line of Shanhaiguan were still Zhenghong Banners and Yinghong Banners.

Huang Taiji's personal battle means that the Tartars are indeed going to do a big fight. Whether it is a show or sincere intention, Huang Taiji must work hard to save Dorgon and Duoduo. Otherwise, it will be an unprecedented blow to his reputation.

Again, the Tatars' left-behind troops in Liaodong were still relatively strong.

Thanks to the assistance of a large number of Mongolian cavalry, the Tatars' troops seemed to be relatively sufficient. At present, the Tatars' troops in Liaodong still have 30,000 to 40,000 troops, and more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry. In addition, there are indigenous people who have arrived one after another, and some Korean minions.

Ma Yi felt that it was necessary to remind Zhang Zhun not to blindly attack Liaodong at this time. It was better to find a way to consume the Tatars' live power, and then launch a large-scale counterattack on Liaodong. The Tatars are very strong in their own lair.

At the same time, Ma Yi expressed high concern for the Mongols. If the Mongols always had such close relationships with the Tartars, it would add a lot of combat power to the Tartars. Therefore, it would be strategically advantageous to be able to alienate the relationship between the Mongols and the Tartars.

“I’ve written it.”

After a moment, Ma Yi put down his pen and said slowly.

"Um."

Shafes nodded, took the information and rolled it carefully.

In fact, there is no handwriting on the white paper. Even if the Tartars find it, if they do not have the corresponding skills to display characters, they will not be able to find the information above.

Shafes stuffed the rolled paper into the bamboo tube and sealed it with fire paint. After all, he held the pigeon in his hand, walked quietly outside, looked around, and found that there was no one, so he let go.

"Flipping!"

The white dove quickly shaking its wings and flew up to the sky, quickly disappeared into the south sky, without any trace.

Looking at the gradually disappearing carrier pigeon, Ma Yi's heart gradually became eager.
Chapter completed!