The moon above the head is rising higher and higher, and it emits a brighter and brighter brilliance. The starry sky is also particularly beautiful. The whole sky seems to be filled with stars, and the head is full of twinkling stars.

It was a late summer night. The weather was quite warm, but it was already quite chilly. Cao Zhenyan added a jacket to the cocoon silk robe. He rode a horse at night and couldn't stand it without adding clothes.

Running in the open fields, horses shuttled between the barren roads and villages. It seemed that Cao Zhenyan himself was the only one between heaven and earth, with only the sound of horse hooves and the occasional sound of birds rushing by, no dog barking, and no beast roar. This is the core of the rule of the Later Jin Dynasty, but it is very deserted. There are only a few scattered Guanzhuangs and a few scattered Guanzhuangs are also far away. This is very close to Shenyang. Cao Zhenyan remembers that when he was a teenager, he once visited relatives and friends with his father. At that time, there were villages and towns everywhere. Although people were not living well, they could at least maintain food and clothing. During the Chinese New Year, everyone had a bright smile on their faces.

Now all this is like a ghost story. Everything that once disappeared without a trace, the village was abandoned, the houses collapsed, and there was almost no trace of human beings living here.

Only in the once flat land outside the village, it can be seen that in the past two hundred years, the Han people have come here from various places to reproduce and cultivate the land, and the graves covered with weeds can also prove that the Han people have lived and lived here for many years.

Cao Zhenyan restrained his lightness and realized that he had not had time to relax.

After running five or six miles, the shouts of killing in front were quite clear. Occasionally, a few hundred steps away, a sound of a whistle riding a horse passing by. Cao Zhenyan did not dare to be negligent, slowed down, and first dismounted and wrapped the horse's hooves with cotton cloth, so that his war horse could move forward with the lowest sound.

Whenever he heard the Jurchens talking or shouting, Cao Zhenyan tried his best to run to the other side of them.

From the sporadic words, he could also judge that the soldiers who came to attack this night were Dongjiang Town soldiers, but I don’t know which Dongjiang general sent them.

The original intention was not to sneak attack Tangquan, but there was a Guanzhuang Beiyu surrendering here, willing to take the entire village's troops and troops away, as well as some cattle, horses and food.

Such things are quite common, especially in the fourth year of the Apocalypse War and guerrilla warfare in Dongjiang Town, where spy wars and guerrilla warfare are the most fierce. At that time, almost all parts of Liaodong and Liaozhong could be regarded as the battlefields of guerrilla warfare, and it was also when Dongjiang Town's ability was at its peak.

To be fair, Dongjiang Town has never had the ability to fight head-on with the Later Jin soldiers. Whether it was the initial Zhenjiang Battle or the so-called Dingmao victory in Dongjiang, the Dongjiang soldiers did not have the ability to fight head-on with the Later Jin soldiers on the front battlefield.

There are many reasons, such as insufficient equipment, lack of strict training for soldiers due to insufficient food and salary, etc. It can be seen from the Dengzhou Rebellion that the powerful Dongjiang generals such as Kong Youde can defeat Shandong and Denglai Town soldiers because they were third-rate troops of the Ming army and were no different from a group of armed beggars.

When the Ming Dynasty transferred the Guanning troops to the Ming Dynasty, although the Guanning troops were no match for the Later Jin soldiers, there was no pressure to fight the defeated troops in Dongjiang. Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others were defeated and could only escape and surrender to the Later Jin.

Mao Wenlong's command and battlefield ability are only reflected in escaping. Dongjiang has never been bitten by the Later Jin Dynasty to destroy the main force. This is his strength and weakness. Soldiers who cannot fight tough battles and cannot fight head-on battles always lack truly effective means to the enemy and cannot become a real threat.

People often say that Dongjiang is not dead, Wenlong is not dead, and the Later Jin Dynasty cannot enter the pass and will not have strategic advantages, which is of course unrealistic.

In the sixth year of the Tianqi period when Mao Wenlong and Dongjiang Town were intact, Nurhaci invaded western Liaoning and won a great victory. And in history, Nurhaci sent troops to Chahar in order to stabilize the alliance with the Korqin people, but Dongjiang Town still had no choice.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji went deep into the pass, and besieging the Ming Dynasty's capital was considered to be the turning point of the Ming Dynasty's fall and Qing Dynasty's rise. Many people believed that Yuan Chonghuan could only enter the pass smoothly. This was not a fact. Mao Wenlong died, and Dongjiang did not immediately break away. The court appointed a new general. Dongjiang had no internal struggle at that time. The most important thing was that Huang Taiji brought only more than 6,000 soldiers and thousands of flag soldiers in the pass, but only more than 10,000 people, plus more than 20,000 Mongolian talents.

There are at least 40,000 to 50,000 people left in the territory. Dongjiang does not have the strength to take the lead. So what if Mao Wenlong is there?

It's amazing that if you attack three routes again, it will be useless. At most, you will return to the Niumaozhai area without success. Even if you accidentally, the left-behind Eight Banners soldiers can cause a big loss to Dongjiang Town.

Cao Zhenyan carefully shuttled through the gaps between various people and horses. He was looking for some signs, and his eyes were nervously observing around the ground, not daring to relax at all.

More than once Cao Zhenyan thanked the moonlight today. If it weren't for such bright and bright moonlight, it would be impossible for him to find the mark.

After nearly an hour of traveling through the wilderness, Cao Zhenyan finally found another mark. He followed the guidance and the horse was very fast.

Suddenly, Cao Zhenyan heard a sound similar to the broken branches, and he quickly said, "The mountains are far away at dusk."

A moment later, someone said in a deep voice: "I'll return on a snowy night?"

"That's right." Cao Zhenyan felt relaxed when he heard the code and reported his code name in the Military Information Department.

The Military Intelligence Department uses various code names A, B, C and D to determine the hierarchy sequence of its subordinate personnel and the representative departments. Cao Zhenyan's code name is C and B, which means he is a member of the military intelligence department. At the same time, Class B represents his hierarchy is the second level below Yang Qiu, second only to several top-level intelligence officials at the chief official level.

The person who asked the question in a deep voice seemed to smile bitterly. Cao Zhenyan was the intelligence chief in the region, responsible for all the hidden personnel, including operations and intelligence collection departments.

Of course, this level will be far superior to ordinary intelligence personnel, and it is on the same level as regional intelligence chiefs like Zhao Lide.

Cao Zhenyan's time to submit to him was very short, and he started with the grassroots intelligence personnel. Due to his own abilities, the Cao family's connections, and of course the trust and favor of the 14th Prince, he developed intelligence personnel very smoothly. Not only did he develop several directly under the line, but he also developed several branch lines.

Liaodong's intelligence work is quite outstanding and has sent a lot of useful information. Cao Zhenyan's administrative level has been rising, and finally reached the same level as Zhao Lide, who trained him.

"In the company-level officer of the operation group of Xiakuandian Branch, Chen Yan, has met the Cao Branch."

Although Cao Zhenyan reported the code name, Chen Yan's secret level is not low. Cao Zhenyan is the only one in Liaodong's chief official level, so there is no need to report a message. Chen Yan, who came to pay homage, knew that the intelligence officer dressed in the flag guard in front of him was Cao Zhenyan.

Cao Zhenyan nodded and saw that Chen Yan was the only one coming, knowing that this was a cautious middle-level intelligence officer, but he still reminded: "The officer of the team Chen doesn't have to be too polite, just call me by the code name."

"Okay, Lord B, Lord B." Chen Yan nodded and said in a deep voice: "We left the sign to see if there are any intelligence personnel nearby, but they led the Lord over."

Cao Zhenyan's face moved and said, "Is this action a cooperation between Kuandian Branch and Dongjiang Town?"

"It's not a cooperation." Chen Yan smiled in the moonlight, revealing a white teeth, and he said, "We were secretly following them and touching them."

"How did Dongjiang Town think of getting here?"

"After the last battle of Niu Maozhai, the old slave led his troops to chase Dongjiang and fought. Mao Chenglu and Mao Youjun were not angry. They also had some tricks here. They knew that the old slave had been in poor health recently, so they led the troops to touch Tangchi. They thought they could not fight and frightened the old slave."

Chen Yan smiled again when he said this, his smile was quite cold.

Cao Zhenyan also shook his head and said, "Old Khan has fought a war for a lifetime. I have never seen any scenes before. If this small incident shocked him, it would be too much to look down on him."

Chen Yan nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang has repeatedly said, don't underestimate your enemies, let alone discredit him. Disrespect your enemies means disrespect yourself. If your enemies are so stupid and incompetent, you can't do anything to him. Wouldn't you be more stupid and incompetent?

Cao Zhenyan laughed and bowed, "Your Madam said this very wonderfully, that's the truth."

Chen Yan could also see that Cao Zhenyan had a very outgoing personality, spoke crisply and loudly, and had a smile on his face, which made people feel close to him.

No wonder such people can quickly develop a mature intelligence network in a dangerous environment like Liaodong.

Of course, it is also related to the fact that the Later Jin Dynasty's military achievements were abolished. A few years ago, the intelligence work of the Later Jin Dynasty was quite outstanding and effective, and the battle with the military personnel of the Hezhuji in the capital was a success.

Later, Nurhaci suspected Li Yongfang and began to exclude and regain the power in Li Yongfang's hands. The intelligence work was greatly regressed until it was abandoned.

Now that it has become the opposite of the matter, Hutchison's military personnel began to operate in the heart of the Later Jin Dynasty and collected a large amount of information. This is called the retribution in this world, and it is still fast.

Cao Zhenyan laughed a few times and said seriously: "What do you mean when you come here?"

Chen Yan said frankly: "We came over more than a dozen operation teams, with more than 100 people. They are experienced and very capable veterans. They want to take advantage of the opportunity of Dongjiang to attract a large number of Eight Banners soldiers to come out to clear the enemy's troops to see if we can find an opportunity and raid into the Tangchi."

Cao Zhenyan was not surprised by this. If he hadn't expected this level to be a military intelligence officer, he would not have had to find Chen Yan and others. He asked in a deep voice: "Do you want to assassinate Lao Khan?"

"Yes." Chen Yan said frankly: "We have gathered Kuandian's best players and wanted to find this opportunity to avenge the Han people in Liaodong and wash away the great humiliation that has been ruthless for the years."

Cao Zhenyan seemed to be able to see the eager gazes behind this man, the most of which must be hatred. The Han people in Liaodong were empty, and as long as they were from Liaodong, they rarely had blood debts on their bodies.

As for his subordinates, Zhao Gui and others all had a lot of blood debts owed by the Later Jin Dynasty.
Chapter completed!