Yang Chendong smiled and said sentence by sentence. And every time he said a word, Nie Zhengyi's whole body couldn't help but shudder. Zhonggong is really omniscient and omniscient, and even he, a small head of a hundred households, has felt the situation so clearly, doesn't that mean that the details of their thousand-person mission have long been lost?

Nie Zhengyi was still surprised, but after listening to Yang Chendong's words, he opened his mouth even more in shock, enough to stuff an egg in. "If I say that your mother will be fine even if you join the mercenaries, and I allow you to choose an unmarried female soldier as a wife in the performance team, what will you choose?"

"There's... Is there such a good thing? Nie Zhengyi was indeed shocked, and couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

"Haha, I guess there is no need to lie to you with my identity." Yang Chendong didn't answer directly, but this sentence was indeed the answer.

What is Yang Chendong's identity, that is, even the Emperor of the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty are very jealous, even the king of the grassland, he will be frightened when he hears his name, how can such a person joke with a little centurion like him at will?

As soon as this sentence came out, Nie Zhengyi knew that what he was thinking was superfluous. That is really such a good thing, where is there any reason not to agree, at that moment he knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Yang Chendong three times in a row and said: "Subordinate Nie Zhengyi is willing to join the mercenary army, and he will not change for the birth of the grandfather of the country." ”

"Haha, okay." Nie Zhengyi finally made a choice, Yang Chendong stepped forward and helped him up with great joy, and then looked at him again and said: "Yes, looking at your pure eyes, you must be a man who promises a lot of money, even so, I will accept you." ”

Nie Zhengyi was impressed by Yang Chendong, but he did not stay in Shicheng, but was put back with the three hundred soldiers of the Northern Ming Dynasty who were captured, and returned to the inn. In other words, Nie Zhengyi is loyal to Yang Chendong, but the nature of his work is different, and he has become a chess piece buried in Datong Mansion, passing on important military intelligence in peacetime, and it can play a decisive role when it is critical.

Yang Chendong was still good to Nie Zhengyi, and directly proposed that after returning to Datong Mansion, there would be a special person in charge of his affairs, and there would also be a special person to contact him, so that he could avoid his identity being exposed as much as possible, and there would be danger. At the same time, he also prepared a lot of silver taels for Nie Zhengyi, and Yang Chendong had only one request, that is, to buy off his superiors as soon as possible, and then continue to be promoted.

It's just a centurion, and the position is still a little too light. What Yang Chendong wants is a general who has real power and can access more secrets. Nie Zhengyi also assured that he had no doubts about his own ability, he was still so young, he was already a centurion, which fully explained everything. If there is gold and silver to open the way, he is very confident that in a short period of time, he will rush upwards and obtain a higher position.

Zhang Quan went to the City Lord's Mansion, and soon after, Yu Mian personally went to the military camp to communicate, and asked for the three hundred captured Beiming soldiers one by one.

What Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi didn't expect was that none of the three hundred Beiming soldiers came back with injuries, that is to say, they went to the mercenary camp only to be interrogated, and were not tortured and questioned. At this point, Xu Deyi was very emotional, thinking that the mercenaries were really an army that talked about the rules, and I was afraid that only such an army could win a hundred battles against the Mongolian cavalry.

"Humph! It's just some ordinary soldiers who don't enter the stream, how can they be valued by mercenaries. Zhang Quanzhen had a different opinion, and he believed that it was precisely because the level of the captured soldiers was too low that it did not arouse the interest of the mercenaries.

That's how a farce ended. According to what Nie Zhengyi thought before, sure enough, whether it was Zhang Quan or Xu Deyi, they didn't punish the three hundred soldiers, but only warned them, and it was still very reasonable for this law not to blame the public.

After the farce, Zhang Quan and Xu Deyi went to the City Lord's Mansion again. This was delayed for nearly a day in vain, and the negotiations still had to continue.

In the Yang Mansion, Yang Chendong was closing his eyes and pondering, and Yang Er stood aside and didn't dare to say a word. It wasn't until there was movement outside the door that Hu Mang's figure appeared, and Yang Er left the house with light steps.

"What's going on, what's going on?" Hu Mang heard from the guards that after the sixth young master came back from a trip, he didn't even eat dinner, so he hurried over from the barracks. At this moment, he naturally asked Yang Er, who had been staying by the side of the sixth young master.

"This... It's hard to say. Yang Er shook his head, not knowing how to answer.

"It's hard to say what you say, but what you say is what you say." Hu Mang glared at Yang Er, looking like a guilty question.

Hu Mang's loyalty to Yang Chendong is naturally undoubted. If there is only one person in the army who did not betray Yang Chendong in the end, it must be Hu Mang. Because of this, Yang Er also trusted him very much, and immediately told the sixth young master about leaving the mansion and going to the military camp to see Nie Zhengyi privately. "Tiger Head, as soon as the young master came forward, Nie Zhengyi was subdued, but at the same time, he also said something about the situation in Datong Mansion. According to him, the upper echelons of Beiming have been saying bad things about the young master in the army, and they have always said that the young master is a person with backbones, and they have been on guard. And I heard that many soldiers in the Northern Ming Army believed this statement. ”

Yang Er's answer finally clarified what was going on. I didn't know before that I wouldn't be worried, but now that I knew, I smiled and said: "What a big deal I thought, don't worry, the young master has a big heart, and he will definitely not worry about this little thing." ”

"Yes, the young master won't worry about this little thing, but not long ago, the Security Bureau sent information about the Northern Ming Imperial Court, and I heard that many people there have now put forward suggestions, saying that they want to order the Nuer Gandusi area to cut off our supply route from the sea."

"What, do they really dare?" Hearing this, even Hu Mang's expression couldn't help but change, and then he glared at Yang Er, "If you don't finish all the farts together, you have to say them one by one, hum." ”

After saying this, Hu Mang immediately strode towards the house, and as soon as he entered the room and came to Yang Chendong, he said in a straight voice, "Young master, don't worry, I will immediately take the independent group to the Nuer Gandusi area, don't they want to cut off our supply route?" Then we'll settle them first. ”

"Huh?" Yang Chendong, who had been closing his eyes, sat on the chair, and opened his eyes at this moment, "The Independent Regiment has such a powerful combat power, can it destroy the entire Northern Ming army of the Nuer Gandu Division with the strength of a single regiment?" Can you also control each city and keep our supply routes safe? ”

"Huh? This one... We can't do it. Even if Hu Mang is so confident, he can't say it with a bitter face at this moment.

It has long been recorded in the intelligence of the Security Bureau that there are many Beiming Guards in the Nuer Gandusi area, with about hundreds of thousands of troops, and they are very widely distributed, and the farthest two guards are thousands of miles apart. With such a large territory, how could an independent regiment say that it could occupy it?

Not to mention the independent regiment, even if you send all the troops in the city now, or you can defeat the Northern Ming Guard, it is impossible to occupy it and maintain the stability there.

The place is too big, and there are too many guards, unless you have enough troops, otherwise, you can't control it. Not to mention, Yang Chendong is not ready to turn his face with the Northern Ming, according to his meaning, whether it is the Northern Ming or the Southern Ming, they are composed of Han people, and if you want to lead the Han people to the top of the world in the future, a strong population base is essential. Unless necessary, he doesn't want to embarrass the Han people, let alone become enemies of the Han army, otherwise, this is tantamount to digging his own foundation.

If he didn't want to fight, if the Northern Ming Dynasty really ordered to block the supply route, Yang Chendong would really be uncomfortable. After all, the ability of self-hematopoiesis in the Origin City is too low, if there is no continuous entry of the material resources of the Red Embedded City, let alone the development of the grassland, it is questionable whether it can persist in survival.

Hu Mang stopped talking, Yang Chendong once again fell into silence with his eyes closed, he now needed to think of a way to prevent the Northern Ming Imperial Court from giving orders to the Nuer Gandusi region. And how to do this is really difficult.

The negotiations are still going on in the city lord's mansion, and they are getting smoother and smoother, perhaps because Zhang Quan's attitude is very resolute, and in the end Yu Mian still took a step back, he didn't mean to ask the other party for military salaries, of course, Zhang Quan never mentioned that the first city should be under the management of the Northern Ming Dynasty. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, that is, to issue a joint statement, indicating the alliance between Datong Mansion and Shicheng, that is, one side is in trouble, and the other side will unconditionally send troops to support.

The agreement was finally reached, and presumably after knowing the news, he had to think about some more things when he was about to do it, which made Zhang Quan seem very satisfied. When he had completed his errand, he rejected Yu Mian's suggestion that he stay in the city for a few more days, and left the city with the thousand guards who had arrived. After Yu Mian sent Zhang Quan away, he strode to Yang's Mansion to meet Yang Chendong.

In the hall of the Yang Mansion, Yang Chendong looked at the joint statement made by the two sides, and smiled: "It's just a piece of waste paper." ”

There is a reason why Yang Chendong would say this. The statement only said that the two sides were allies of each other, and if one side had something, the other side would support, but it did not specify how many reinforcements would be sent. In other words, if one side really has something, the other side can send 10,000 people, or 1,000 people, or even 100 people. And such a big loophole is in front of him, Yang Chendong doesn't believe it, Yi Mian and Zhang Quan's shrewdness will not be seen, but neither side has pointed it out, which already represents a lot of meaning.