Xishan Town is located in a mountainous area, the road to the east is bumpy, a heavy snow blocked the mountain road, and also cut off the news, I did not expect Fangshan County to be captured by the Manchurians. Thinking that Xishan Town was only dozens of miles away from Fangshan County, everyone couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

"The others will go to wash and rest first, and Weiyang Liu can stay." Chen Yue commanded.

In two days, starting from Xishan Town, Fangshan County is to the north of Gongbei City, the situation has been touched, and the news of entering the Kou Qing Army has been found out, and the round-trip journey is more than 100 miles.

"You two drink saliva first, and then slowly talk about the situation in Fangshan." Chen Yue personally poured two bowls of tea and handed them to them.

"Thank you, Inspector!" Liu Neng happily took a bowl of tea, raised the tea bowl and drank it all, then touched a handful of water traces on his chin, and told Chen Yue and others about the enemy situation of the investigation.

"After we got out of the mountain pass where the Yamen of the Inspection Department was located, we divided into two roads, one to the east to Fangshan County, and the other to the northeast to the Yongding River. I agreed with them that no matter what the situation of the investigation was, I would return to the Yamen of the Inspection Department after one day. (The Yamen of the Inspection Division was the original abandoned compound of the Inspection Division, and Chen Yue had hired people to rest and recuperate, and then abandoned it after occupying Zhao Li's manor.) ）”

"I took Liu Neng and the two of them all the way east to Fangshan County, the last heavy snow was very heavy, a lot of snow sliding down from the mountain was piled up on the mountain road, and it was not completely melted, it was very difficult to walk, it took us half a day to pass through the mountain road into the plains.

As soon as I entered the plains, I noticed a hint of strangeness, under the blue sky and white sun, there was not a single pedestrian on the road. Although it is now a cold winter, it is not that there is no one on the road, in the past, there will always be some merchants or caravans passing, close to Fangshan County ten miles, we dare not go further, Liu Neng said that there are acquaintances in a nearby village, so we left the official road and went to that village.

Who knew that when I entered the village, the whole village was quiet, there was no life at all, and there was not a single living person in the courtyards. Every house was in disarray, and there was no food or valuables, as if they had been moved out of the village in a hurry.

Just as we were about to leave, someone suddenly touched into the village from the other side, rummaging through the houses, Liu Neng and I secretly followed forward and held him, but it turned out to be Liu Neng's distant relative, the three lepers.

The three lepers told us that when the heavy snow had just fallen a month ago, Fangshan County was captured by a group of Mantar cavalry, and the four gates of the county were sealed, and only a small number of people fled from the city.

Because of the heavy snowfall, the news spread very slowly, because a few Fangshan people fled to the village where the three lepers were, and the villagers found out.

Thinking that under the heavy snow, the Mantars refused to brave the snow to go out of the city to ransack, and the villagers hid in their homes in trepidation, and only after the snow stopped hurriedly looking for a place to escape.

There were several low mountains behind the village, and as soon as the snow stopped, the villagers hurriedly packed up their food and other things and fled to the mountains, hiding in caves and huts to avoid the Mantars. ”

"How many Tartar cavalry are there in Fangshan City?" Chen Yue interrupted Liu Neng's story, this long-winded problem is really annoying, and he hasn't gotten to the point for a long time.

"There are hundreds of people, in order to find out how many Manchu Tartars there are, we followed the three lepers to the mountains, found the few people who escaped from Fangshan, and asked repeatedly, they couldn't tell, but listening to their descriptions, at most three or four hundred people." The night on one side does not accept the leader Wei Yang Dao.

Alas, Chen Yue sighed, these nights are still inexperienced, and he hasn't even been able to figure out how many full tartars there are. But considering that they have only been established for a few days, it is good to be able to hear the news.

Waving their hands to let them go down to rest, Chen Yue and Yang Zhengping, Shan Minglei and others began to discuss the enemy situation.

"Lord Inspector, my subordinates thought that the number of Mantars would not be too much, I am afraid that there would be only three or four hundred people, otherwise they would not even be able to block the city gate, causing the people of Youfangshan to escape, and they did not send troops to raid and plunder the countryside, which is not in line with their robber nature! The only explanation is that they don't have a lot of people. Shan Minglei stroked his sparse beard and swore to analyze.

This guy has such a problem, he always looks confident, and everything in his mouth seems to be a pearl of wisdom in his chest and a bamboo in his hand!

"What do you think of Brother Zhengping?" Chen Yue turned his head to look at Yang Zhengping.

"The analysis of the single scribe is reasonable, the scale of the Manchu Tartars will not be very large, otherwise they will never stop in Fangshan County, they live in the bitter cold of Liaodong, and the heavy snow is not the reason for them to stop the army." Yang Zhengping thought for a while, and said slowly: "It is reported that the brigade of Mantars went south to rob, and the subordinates are thinking, maybe this batch of Mantars is part of the guerrilla army left behind by the Tartars, in order to plunder all over the country and intimidate the army from all over the court, so that the main force can go south to rob wholeheartedly, and the reason why they captured Fangshan County is probably to find a place to spend the winter and avoid this heavy snow." ”

Chen Yue looked at Yang Zhengping with appreciation, his personality is calm and calm, his martial arts are strong, he is really a rare talent, he can take such a person in his hands, he is really lucky!

"Since there aren't many Mantars, what should we do?" Chen Yue asked again.

"Since there are not many Mantars, why should we bother!" Shan Minglei took the lead again, "What we have to do now is to send troops to suppress bandits, in the Xishan Mountains, there are dozens of bandit nests, let's clean up the past, take their wealth to raise the army, collect bandits to expand the army, and strengthen the strength as soon as possible, if you can have a team of thousands of people before returning to the division of Mantar, and then take this team back to King Qin, the court will definitely reward you for your merits, and it is not surprising to give you a deputy general!" ”

A few words came out of Shan Minglei's mouth, with methods and steps, outlining a brilliant prospect for Chen Yue. Yang Zhengping was dumbfounded when he heard it, and Chen Yue was also moved when he heard it.

Isn't it what you want to be in the position of the commander-in-chief, have an army of your own, and build a career in this troubled world?

But the army formed by collecting bandits is nothing more than a rabble, how to fight against the fierce Tartars? It's not the life of food delivery! Chen Yue shook his head and threw out this temptation.

"Mr. Shan's plan is very good, and the official is very pleased, but the Mantar occupies Fangshan, and the Baixin of the city is being ravaged by the enemy. If you can't expel the Manchu Tartars, you can't appease the people on one side, even if you hold up the position of the commander-in-chief, what good will it do to the country and the people? ”

Chen Yue's words came out, and Yang Zhengping, who listened to it, admired it, but Shan Minglei rolled his eyes in his heart, they are all foxes who have cultivated for thousands of years, who will they show if they are coy?