For the change of Xiong Tingbi's attitude and his thoughts, Yang Feng is naturally well aware, this is also human nature, if he changes himself, when he encounters such a well-equipped and well-trained army, his first reaction must be encircled, even if he can't win it into his own hands, but at least he can't let the relationship between the two sides become an enemy.

However, although Yang Feng can understand Xiong Tingbi's behavior, he only showed a look of not refusing but not accepting the olive branch handed over by Xiong Tingbi, and Xiong Tingbi was also very helpless about this.

After all, strictly speaking, Yang Feng and the soldiers and horses under his command are all Jiang Ningwei's military households, and his direct superiors are the Nanjing Military Department and the Beijing Military Department, and now he is only seconded to Liaodong to fight, although he has to obey the command of Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong, in the operation, and people's food and ordnance are all self-provided, he Xiong Tingbi can't just talk about it if he wants to win people over, who will mix with you if there is no benefit in these years.

Just as Xiong Tingbi wanted to speak, a cloud of dust and smoke appeared in front of him, and along with the dust and smoke was a dense sound of horses' hooves.

After seeing the dust and smoke, the sergeant at the front had already stopped, and under the order of one hundred households, dozens of sergeants in the front row had already begun to reload the fire gun with ammunition and began to be on alert.

Soon, a team of cavalry wearing iron armor and a big red cloak appeared in everyone's sight, and a hundred households led by him breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "Cancel the vigilance, it's your own people who come!" ”

Soon, dozens of cavalry came to the front of the team, they did not stop, but rushed directly towards the middle of the team, until they were stopped by several family members before stopping, after a while they will be verified behind them before they came to Yang Feng under the leadership of the family Ding, I saw the knight led by the knight jumped off the war horse and came to Yang Feng saluted and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, when I was ordered to explore the road ahead, I met six Tartar sentinels, after a fight, they were all annihilated, and now bring their heads, Please check it out! ”

This knight was not a bystander, it was Yang Daniu, who was the captain of the cavalry at the time, and I saw him open a bag and pour it down, and several heads fell to the ground together, and rolled on the ground for a while before stopping.

At Yang Feng's signal, a family member on the side picked up a head, walked up to Yang Feng, and handed it to him with both hands. Yang Feng didn't feel disgusted after taking the head, but looked at it carefully, this head had a rough complexion and a little dark, a typical big cake face and a flat nose, and a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

At this time, Xiong Tingbi on the side also came over to look at it for a while, and said in an affirmative tone: "This is the head of the real tartar." ”

Yang Feng asked curiously, "How can you see it?" ”

Xiong Tingbi explained: "Since some border soldiers and officers like to kill good and take risks, those who are officials must first learn to distinguish the truth from the false. There are two steps to distinguish whether the head is a real Tartar or a fake Tartar. First of all, you can draw a basin of water and put the head in the water, and see if the head is face up or the back of the head is up, if it is indeed a man's head, the head will float face up in the water.

Secondly, look at the braids, if it is a tartar that has been shaved for a long time, its braid must be soft and weak, and vice versa. Finally, we have to look at the teeth, the Tartar soldiers eat a lot of meat, and the tooth decay is different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. There is no habit of brushing their teeth on the Tartar side, most of their teeth are covered with tooth decay and yellow, and most of their noses are flatter than the noses of the Ming people, and finally they have to check the light, etc., which will not be talked about one by one. Although this head has not been verified in detail, after all, it has just been cut off, and the bloody atmosphere is still so strong, according to what this official has seen, it is the true head of the Tartar. ”

Listening to Xiong Tingbi's words, Yang Feng couldn't help but be amazed, there is still so much knowledge in examining a head, and Xiong Tingbi, a high-ranking official of the imperial court, is so calm when he sees such a bloody head, if he were an official of other imperial courts, I am afraid that he would have been frightened a long time ago.

Yang Feng didn't answer, but asked Yang Daniu: "Have you got any live mouth?" ”

Yang Daniu shook his head: "These Tartars are all elite sentries of the Zhenghong Banner, and they are extremely skilled in both riding skills and kung fu on their bodies. If it weren't for the fact that the brothers were armed with handcuffs, it would have been difficult to keep them, let alone capture them alive. ”

"No, you're seven or eight times as many as them!" Yang Feng was a little incredulous at first, but when he saw Yang Daniu's wry smile, he realized that the other party was not joking.

Xiong Tingbi on the side also said solemnly: "General Yang, Yang Baihu is right. The Tartar sentry is unusual, their martial arts are not necessarily the strongest, but their riding skills are already the best and the most alert, which is the same as our Ming Dynasty's night non-collection, Yang Baihu can leave them all behind is already very good, if you want to catch them alive, it depends on luck. ”

"Are any of you hurt?"

"Nope!" Yang Daniu shook his head, and then said with a guilty face: "When we first started to contact the Tartars, several brothers were shot by the heavy arrows of the Tartars, if it weren't for the adults who equipped the brothers with such fine iron armor, I'm afraid we would have to lose at least ten brothers today." ”

"Hiss......"

After stopping Yang Daniu's words, Yang Feng realized that he still underestimated these Jurchens, after all, how could its combat effectiveness be weak if it could live in Huaxia, which had a population of only hundreds of thousands of alien races with a population of 100 times that of it. Dozens of his well-equipped cavalry had an encounter with the opponent, and they had to rely on the excellent armor and the handcuffs in their hands to catch the opponent off guard before they won, which is enough to show the opponent's combat effectiveness.

After learning about the power of the Jurchens, Yang Feng not only did not feel afraid, but a feeling of excitement came to his heart, he has been in the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year, and he also has a certain feeling for this empire that has come to an end. And from the bottom of his heart, he didn't want the Chinese nation in this time and space to be ruled by those barbaric Jurchens in another time and space, after all, it was enough for tragedies such as the three massacres in Jiading and the ten days in Yangzhou to happen once.

Yang Feng pondered for a moment and then asked: "Yang Da Niu, you have also worked in Liaodong for three years before, and you must have some understanding of the habits of tartars, does this happen often?" ”

Yang Daniu shook his head: "Although the Tartars are rampant, they rarely cross Jinzhou, after all, this is the boundary of our Ming Dynasty, and no matter how rampant the Tartars are, they have to be scrupulous." ”

Hearing this, Yang Feng pursed his lips secretly. Now you can still say that, wait a few years to see, let alone cross Jinzhou, they will even invade the Ming Dynasty and surround the Jingshi, and you won't say that at that time.

However, Yang Feng naturally didn't say much about what didn't happen, and he continued to ask: "Then now that the Tartars have penetrated so far into my Daming defense line, what do you think is the reason?" ”

"The Tartars are going to attack the Jinning Line!"

This time, the voices of the two people rang out in unison, and Yang Feng looked up to see that it was Xiong Tingbi and Yang Daniu shouting at the same time.

After finishing speaking, Xiong Tingbi looked at Yang Da Niu with a little surprise. The reason why he was able to come to this judgment is not surprising, after all, when he was a manager in Liaodong a few years ago, he managed Liaodong well, if it wasn't for Wang Huazhen, a pig teammate, Yizhou and Guangning would not have been lost, and the situation in Liaodong would be much better than now.

But it is a little strange that Yang Daniu, a small cavalry team, can also make this kind of judgment on the situation, which not only requires a certain overall situation, but also has a very sensitive sense of smell on the battlefield, it seems that Yang Feng's subordinates are also talented.

Brushing his beard, Xiong Tingbi said with some concern: "Originally, the imperial court's order to us was to directly rush to Jinzhou and listen to the dispatch of the Housun Inspector. But now that the Tartars want to attack the Jinning defense line, they must be heavily armed, so if we go over at this time, wouldn't we be throwing ourselves into the net? The official thought that it was better to turn back to Daxingbao first, and then make plans after hearing about the situation. ”

At this time, the surrounding generals also rushed over after hearing the news, and more than a dozen officers gathered around him to look at Yang Feng, and the atmosphere was a little depressed for a while, after all, this kind of decision decided the fate of the six thousand soldiers of the whole army if it was not good, and no one dared to speak indiscriminately.

Yang Feng pondered for a while and suddenly smiled, his sharp gaze first swept over everyone's faces before he said, "Everyone, do you think that we must be in the net when we go to Jinzhou at this time?" ”

Everyone still didn't speak, although most of the people present followed Yang Feng to fight two battles. But one of the two battles was fought with the Japanese invaders, and the other was fought with the battalion soldiers in Nanjing, but these two battles were not the same as the opponents they were about to face, you must know that today's Houjin is the most arrogant under the leadership of Nurhachi, and the slogan that the Manchurians are dissatisfied with the invincibility of Wanman is also shouted in these two years, otherwise the Ming Dynasty has a hundred times more population and more than ten times the financial and material resources of Houjin and will not be defeated by Houjin.

Yang Feng's voice suddenly became excited, "When I didn't come to Liaodong, my official always heard people say how good the Jurchens were, how brave they were, and how brave they were, as if they were heavenly soldiers and generals.

But the official just doesn't believe in this evil, everyone carries a head on both shoulders, and the Jurchens will still be seen as two when they are cut down with a knife. This can be seen from the few heads sent by Yang Baihu just now, and the Jurchens will also die. The reward given by the imperial court a few years ago was a Jurchen Tartar's head to twenty taels of silver, and the official told the brothers here, in addition to the twenty taels of silver reward given by the imperial court, the official gave the brothers a reward of twenty taels of silver, and the head of the Mongolian Tartar was ten taels, as for the head of those clothed servants who worked for the tiger was five taels of silver, what do you think? ”

"Your Excellency is mighty!"

"Wan Sheng!"

After Yang Feng's words fell, bursts of cheers sounded around him, and many sergeants were happy. To put it bluntly, isn't it for the sake of being promoted to an official and making a fortune by sealing his wife and son, it is really a bit far to talk about loyalty and patriotism with these sergeants who have just eaten a full meal for a few days, and it is still the most real money for them. Now that they heard that Yang Feng personally promised to double the reward, how could they not be surprised.

Looking at these sergeants who were constantly cheering, Yang Feng smiled and said to Xiong Tingbi: "Lord Xiong, the military heart is available." Moreover, our army came to Liaodong this time to fight the Tartars, if we avoid it before we meet with the Tartars, it will be too big a blow to the morale of our army, so the last general is determined to lead the Jiangning army to rush to Jinzhou according to the predetermined plan, but Lord Xiong can rest assured that the last will send someone to escort the Lord to Daxingbao. ”

Xiong Tingbi didn't make a sound, but glanced at Yang Feng deeply, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, you Yang Zhongqing, you also underestimate me Xiong someone." Even you, a commander and general, have the courage to go straight to Jinzhou City, if this official is a Liaodong economic strategy and goes to Daxingbao alone, doesn't this mean that this official is not as brave as you are? Now that you are the commander of the whole army, since you have decided to go to Jinzhou, then the official will accompany you for a while, and this great head will be handed over to you! ”

"Lord Bear is so courageous!"

Yang Feng laughed and gave a thumbs up, how can a person who can leave a name in history be a courageless person, if this Xiong Tingbi hadn't been framed and cut off by Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party, maybe his reputation in history might not be weaker than Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong.

Yang Feng didn't talk nonsense anymore, but ordered loudly: "All listen to the order, and the whole army will go to Jinzhou according to the plan." Yang Daniu, you lead the cavalry team to investigate the enemy's situation around, and report as soon as there is a situation! ”

"Understood!"

Yang Daniu gave a solemn military salute, and then immediately rode his horse and galloped forward......

Just when Yang Feng led the army to Jinzhou, Dai Shan also led the rear army to start a tentative attack on Jinzhou.

Dai Shan first pressed the army of 10,000 Zheng Red Banner as the Chinese army in the rear, and then ordered Gulbush and Fugol of the Horqin tribe who came with the army to lead two banners with a total of 6,000 Mongol soldiers to start a tentative attack.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The desolate horn sound floated in the sky, Gulbush and Golgol led six thousand Mongolian soldiers to the battlefield, seeing that the city of Jinzhou was already full of Ming troops at this time, Gulbush was in the prime of life and said to Golgol: "Look at it, we haven't started to fight yet, those Han people are starting to get nervous, it seems that the Ming army will be defeated this time!" ”

He shook his head with a smile, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the head of the city and said: "Don't be careless first, you see that there is no artillery at the head of the Ming army, and the Ming army is not completely useless these days, let's finish what Da Baylor explained first." ”

"Okay...... Then let me send someone to kill for a while today! ”

Gulbush laughed, waved his hand behind him and said loudly: "My people of the Immortal Heaven, let's warm up those Han people first." Zhu Gutai, the time has come to perform, take your sons and daughters and start up, may the eternal heaven bless you! ”

"Immortal Heaven bless his people!"

As soon as Gulbush's words fell, a Mongolian general in his twenties led a thousand cavalry to rush towards the city......