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Chapter 238 Deja Vu
(PS: The climax is coming, and the monthly pass is strongly called.)
Zhangjiakou is the first border market where Ming and Mongolia trade. In order to facilitate businessmen from both sides, Ming and Mongolian merchants are not strictly inspected by the guards when they enter and leave the Zhangjiakou border fort. Basically, as long as they don’t carry weapons, there is no big problem when they enter and exit. Even now The Mongolian army with ulterior motives is pressing down on the border. As long as they hold the certificate issued by the officials of the Ming army in the border city of Laiyuanbao, Han and Mongolian merchants can still easily enter and leave the Zhangjiakou Fort Pass.It is precisely because of this that Ma Guozhu and his party of five, who held the road issued by Zhang Zhongzheng in their hands, easily sneaked into Zhangjiakou Fort without much effort, and came to live in the Dafa Inn agreed with Zhang Zhongzheng. And a coded sign was hung outside the window of the long-term booked room on the second floor, ordering Zhang Zhongzheng to come here for the meeting.

There was still some time left, Ma Guozhu took the opportunity of shopping, and secretly peeked at the situation of the Ming army garrison in Zhangjiakou Fort, and found that, as Zhang Zhongzheng introduced, the Xuanfu Ming army had indeed concentrated their elite main forces in Zhangjiakou. In the first fortress of Xuanfu, the original barracks in the pass could not accommodate so many troops. The government had to temporarily requisition the warehouses of several streets to garrison troops-in fact, they were the original warehouses of the unlucky eight locust merchants in Zhangjiakou.At the same time, the Zhangjiakou Wall is also surrounded by troops, with three steps and one sentry, and five steps and one post. Patrolling troops, large and small, are constantly coming and going on the nearby Great Wall. Twenty Hongyi cannons were obtained, and the defense was very tight. ——Ma Guozhu secretly estimated that if the [-] Mongolian army attacked head-on, as long as Lu Xiangsheng was not stupid enough, the possibility of the Mongolian army attacking this fortress was not even [-]%.In this way, Ma Guozhu inevitably strengthened his determination to bypass Zhangjiakou and attack the rear of Xuanfu.

When it was getting dark, Ma Guozhu and his party returned to the Dafa Inn, and Zhang Zhongzheng sneaked into the inn with a young man, and met Ma Guozhu in the room Ma Guozhu had booked.As soon as he sat down, Zhang Zhongzheng first introduced his companion to Ma Guozhu——Zhang Tiechui, Zhang Zhongzheng’s younger brother, and then asked impatiently, “Mr. Joint? Are you not afraid of being discovered by our army?"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger's cub?" Ma Guozhu sneered, then squinted at Zhang Tiehammer and said, "You are quite courageous. How dare you bring an outsider to join me? Is this person reliable?"

"It's absolutely reliable. He and I grew up together when we were young wearing open crotch pants. We are brothers and sisters. I also helped him get his job in the army." Zhang Zhongzheng explained: "The last time I met Cao Zhenyan, he also He is here, so we don't have to hide it from him. I brought him today to introduce you to Mr. Ma, because I act as an agent for Lu Futai, and I often have to get away. When necessary, I can only send him to talk to Mr. Ma. You contact."

"That's right, even if you have some brains, you have considered these details." Ma Guozhu nodded, and then hummed: "You know better than me how secret and dangerous this matter is, so I'm sorry you don't dare to play tricks. Gossip less, I want you to get the topographic map of mountains, rivers and rivers in Xuanfu, have you got it?"

"This... this..." Zhang Zhongzheng hesitated, his eyes rolling wildly.Ma Guozhu observed the words and expressions, and shouted decisively: "Stop playing tricks, did you get it? Do you want me to hand over the thing you wrote to your barbarian government?"

"Mr. Ma, did you bring what I wrote last time?" Zhang Zhongzheng asked tremblingly.Ma Guozhu knew something was wrong, so he deliberately sneered and replied: "I brought it, what do you want to do?" After speaking, Ma Guozhu winked at the four accompanying master slave builders, telling them to get ready.

Sure enough, when Zhang Zhongzheng heard that Ma Guozhu brought his confession with him, Zhang Zhongzheng immediately showed joy, suddenly reached into his arms, pulled out a pistol, pointed it at Ma Guozhu's nose, and shouted: "Hand it over, or I will kill you." I'm going to shoot!" Zhang Tiehammer over there rushed forward, pressed Ma Guozhu on the table, and shouted at Ma Guozhu's four followers in a low voice: "Don't move around, or we will shoot and kill you. master."

The incident happened suddenly, and Ma Guozhu didn't expect that Zhang Zhongzheng would turn his face faster than turning over a book, and was caught off guard by Zhang Tiehammer. But after taking a closer look at the pistol in Zhang Zhongzheng's hand, Ma Guozhu burst out with joy. A follower was also laughing up and down, making Zhang Zhongzheng baffled, and whispered repeatedly: "Don't laugh, be serious, I'm taking hostages! I'm going to kill people, I'm going to shoot!" Zhang Tiehammer came back to his senses. Lai glanced at Zhang Zhongzheng, and immediately stared and exclaimed: "Brother, your musket and matchlock didn't even ignite, what did you use to shoot?"

"Ah?" Zhang Zhongzheng was a little dumbfounded. He took a closer look at the matchlock pistol in his hand and found that the matchlock used to ignite the fire was indeed not ignited.Seeing this scene, Zhang Zhongzheng's face changed greatly, and he screamed in a low voice, and hurried to touch the flint and cotton, "Oh, I forgot to light the fire,... Unfortunately, I didn't bring the flint! Hammer, do you have the flint? "

"You dog barbarian, bring it to you." A follower stepped forward, snatched Zhang Zhongzheng's musket, and kicked Zhang Zhongzheng to the ground. Zhang Tiehammer was pressed to the ground, full of punches and kicks.Ma Guozhu lightly dusted off the dust on his body, stood up unhurriedly, walked to Zhang Zhongzheng who was lying on the ground trembling, kicked Zhang Zhongzheng's leg, and said with a smirk, "You savage, you are so brave. Still want to snatch the confession back and kill people to silence it?" As he said that, Ma Guozhu kicked Zhang Zhongzheng again, and said with a sinister smile: "How can there be such an idiot as you in the world? How could I carry your confession with you?" Take it with you? If something happens to me in Zhangjiakou, someone will take your confession and drag you to be buried with me, understand?"

"Mr. Ma, please forgive me." Zhang Zhongzheng is indeed a character who can turn his face faster than a book. Just now he pointed a musket at Ma Guozhu aggressively. Now he will cry with snot and tears, curled up in the corner of the wall and cried. I begged bitterly, "Mr. Ma, I was confused for a while, and I was confused for a while. You are a big man, so please forgive me. I will treat you like a cow and a horse, and tie a grass ring. I will definitely repay you. I will do whatever you ask me to do." ...."

"It's late!" Ma Guozhu interrupted Zhang Zhongzheng's pleading with a sly smile, kicked Zhang Zhongzheng hard again, and said in a dark tone: "You bastard dared to point a musket at me. I'm already angry. I'll give you an order." , Let my people send your confession to the barbarian Lu Xiangsheng—I believe that Lu Xiangsheng will be very happy to find out the traitors around him."

"No—!" Zhang Zhongzheng screamed, sat on the ground and hugged Ma Guozhu's leg, crying and begging: "Mr. I really don’t dare anymore! Please, you can ask me to do whatever you want, I’m still useful to you, I’m still useful to you, please…” Crying and shouting, Zhang Zhongzheng’s nose and tears Ma Guozhu's pants were all smeared, and he was sincere and sincere.

"Is it useful to us?" Of course Ma Guozhu would not be so stupid as to casually give up such an insider who can get in touch with the secrets of the Ming army, so he smiled grimly and said, "Since you think you have some use value, then I told you to do it." Why haven't you got the topographic map of Xuanfu's mountains and rivers?"

"I got it." Seeing a glimmer of life, Zhang Zhongzheng quickly reached into his arms again, took out a huge map from the stick, and explained crying: "The map used by the Xuanfu army is too big, and I don't want to If you dare to steal it, you only copy the paintings secretly when no one is around, so now you only have a small half of the painting, and it is not all finished yet."

"Trash!" Ma Guozhu kicked Zhang Zhongzheng again angrily, grabbed the map and unfolded it on the table, and he was relieved. It turned out that the part of the map that Zhang Zhongzheng stole was drawn by Ma Guozhu. A map of the northwest of Xuanfu along the Zhangjiakou Great Wall!On the map, the roads, rivers, mountains, forests, cities, fortresses, gates, and terrain heights of the rest of the Yin Mountain are clearly marked. There are even military deployments of the Xuanfu army at various gates, beacon towers, and cities. It has to be detailed, and it is clear at a glance that it is definitely from the hands of the army, and the civilians will never find such a confidential map.Moreover, the ink is very new, obviously it was copied by Zhang Zhongzheng.

"Mr. Ma, give me another five days..., no, three days." Probably because he was afraid that Ma Guozhu would be angry and turn his face, Zhang Zhongzheng begged again, wiping away his tears: "Just give me three more days, and I will be able to save the rest of my life." I can get you all the details of the deployment of troops in Zhangjiakou Fort and Laiyuan Fort, as well as the details of weapons and equipment."

"Stop talking nonsense, let me take a closer look." Ma Guozhu rudely interrupted Zhang Zhongzheng's begging, asked his attendants to bring an oil lamp, and stared at the map to study carefully.Soon, Ma Guozhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stared at the northern part of Wanquan Youwei (now Wanquan County) in the west of Zhangjiakou - at this position, not only was there no Ming army's pass, but there was also a winding path passing through Yutai The valley between Yehu Ridge and Yehu Ridge can lead directly to Wanquan City from outside the pass!And on this road, although there is a new opening fort, it is not marked on the map that there are Ming army guards stationed there!Puzzled, Ma Guozhu waved his followers to let go of Zhang Zhongzheng, called Zhang Zhongzheng to the map, pointed to Xinkaibao and asked, "Why is there no garrison in this Guanbao? You missed it?"

"Mr. Ma, I didn't write anything wrong. The Xinkaikou Fort has been abandoned." Zhang Zhongzheng explained tremblingly: "The Xinkaikou Fort was originally a fortress to prevent the enemy from this small road. Some unscrupulous businessmen bought the Xinkaikou Fort. General Xu Bazong used this small road to smuggle and evade taxes. Later, the case of the eight major firms in Zhangjiakou colluding with the Dajin army to smuggle capital to the enemy was discovered, and Xu Bazong was implicated. Xu Bazong confessed that this small road often In the case of smuggling, he also confessed that every soldier in Xinkaibao had accepted bribes. In a rage, Lu Futai sent someone to block the path with stones and trees, and completely abolished this road, which has never been used since it was built. Once a fort, so there is no garrison here."

"Then is there any possibility of re-opening this road?" Ma Guozhu asked in surprise.Zhang Zhongzheng hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Ma, in fact, this road has been reopened quietly, and Zhang Tiechui and I sent people to open it up."

"Why?" Ma Guozhu was even more surprised.Zhang Zhongzheng hesitated for a while, and then said with a blushing face: "I gave Zhang Tiehammer an official position in Wanquan City, and asked him to use this small road to secretly smuggle salt and make a little money by taking advantage of the patrol. Broken silver."

"Is this kid the general manager of Wanquan City?" Ma Guozhu asked overjoyed, pointing to Zhang Tiehammer who was pressed to the ground.Without waiting for Zhang Zhongzheng to answer, Zhang Tiehui hurriedly said: "Mr. Ma, I am indeed the general manager of Wanquan City. I am here to discuss with elder brother whether to expand the business. Now, we discussed to get the handle back, I deserve death. Mr. Ma, please forgive me, I am willing to honor you 20 taels of silver, if you want private salt, I can also help you find a way."

"God help me too!" Ma Guozhu roared in his heart, then slowed down his face, and waved his hands to order: "Let them go, you two brothers, sit here, I have something to discuss with you." The entourage let go Opening Zhang Tiehammer, Zhang Tiehammer thanked him, and then carefully came over and sat side by side with Zhang Zhongzheng.

"Let me ask you, how is the current situation in Wanquan City?" Ma Guozhu asked softly: "Who is the guard inside now, can they fight? How many troops are there? Are there many people and food? To be honest, I will be rewarded."

"I just came from Wanquan City, and I know the situation there best." Zhang Tiehammer rushed to express his merits: "The main force in Wanquan City has been transferred to Zhangjiakou, and there are only more than 3000 second-line troops left. The general is Gao Gen, that money-greedy and lustful idiot, can’t fight wars, and is worse than anyone else! There are more than 2 people in the population. As for the amount of food and grass, I don’t know the details, but it’s definitely too much!”

"Why are there too many?" Ma Guozhu asked suspiciously.Zhang Tiechui replied: "Wanquan Youwei's military village and civilian fields have just finished harvesting grain, and the grain is piled up in the city, and Zhangjiakou heard that there is going to be a war, and many merchants are afraid to send grain and cloth to Zhangjiakou. Sending it back to Xuanfu Town is too far away, and the freight is too high, so it is temporarily stored in Wanquan City, which is the closest to Zhangjiakou, so there is already so much food in Wanquan City that there is no way to increase it."

"Oh, so that's the case." Ma Guozhu nodded noncommittally, but was so happy that he almost yelled.After thinking for a while, Ma Guozhu winked at his entourage, and one of the entourage immediately took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, held them in front of Ma Guozhu, Ma Guozhu took them, shook the banknotes and said with a smile: "Zhang Zhongzheng, Zhang Tiehammer, You two brothers dared to plot against me, you deserved to die. But seeing that you are so considerate in your work and honest in your words, I don't have to pursue it. The 200 taels of silver bills are also reward Here you go."

As he said that, Ma Guozhu threw the silver bills in front of Zhang Zhongzheng and Zhang Tiehui. The eyes of the two brothers lit up at the same time, and they rushed to grab the stack of twelve taels of silver bills, and counted them with their fingers dipped in their saliva. After counting several times to confirm that the number was correct, the two brothers immediately burst into smiles, and Zhang Tiechui complained to Zhang Zhongzheng: "Brother, you said that Mr. Ma is so generous? We worked hard to get rid of the illicit salt. Man-made horse feed and filial piety to the superiors can’t earn five taels of silver, and if they are divided equally, each person will get two taels of silver—that’s like doing business for Mr. Ma, and it’s 200 taels for every move?”

"I'm also afraid. I'm afraid that Mr. Ma will sell me out because I haven't finished the work." Zhang Zhongzheng explained with a sad face.Ma Guozhu sneered, and snorted: "Idiot, you are such a useful person, how could I be willing to sell you? Don't worry, as long as you are obedient, I will reward you with more money. In the future After I wipe out the barbarian army in the Xuan Mansion, I can take you to Liaodong, let you meet your cousin Cao Zhenyan, and let both of you uncle and nephew serve our Great Golden Khan together."

"Yes, yes, I will be obedient." Zhang Zhongzheng nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.Zhang Tiechui couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Ma, I heard that the Khan of your Dajin Kingdom is very generous and treats us Han people very well. He even married a beautiful granddaughter to a Han. As long as the Han people surrender to Dajin, You can become a high official, isn't it true?"

"Of course it is true." Ma Guozhu nodded with a smile.Zhang Tiechui was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Ma, can you take me there too? I am too angry to always be here. I am an official, and I have to bow and kowtow to them when I meet, so I My dream is to be a high official and let others kowtow to me."

"Of course you can, but you have to do something for me." Ma Guozhu said slowly: "As long as you help me complete this matter, I can not only take you to Liaodong, but I also ask you to be sealed by the Khan." A big official can reward you with another 1000 taels of silver and two beauties!"

"Really? I haven't married a wife yet!" Zhang Tiechui was overjoyed. He stood up and knelt down in front of Ma Guozhu with a plop, flatteringly said: "Mr. Ma, Mr. Ma, Mr. Ma, just tell me, I can do whatever you want If I frown, I will be caught by Zhang Xiantai or Lu Futai personally when I was smuggling salt, and the marching law will beat me to death!"

"Very good." Ma Guozhu smiled, patted Zhang Tiehammer on the head and said with a smile: "You don't need to go up the mountain of swords, and you don't need to go into the sea of ​​fire, as long as you quietly open the gate of Wanquan City for me when I need it. "

"Open the gate of Wanquan city? Mr. Ma, what do you want to do?" Zhang Tiechui was taken aback.Ma Guozhu nodded with a smile, and said in a seductive tone: "Don't you know what I want you to do by opening the city gate? Aren't you married yet? As long as you open the city gate and let my army enter the city, Wanquan City Those two little ladies are the prettiest, so you can have those two little ladies, understand?"

"That little lady in Wanquan City is the most beautiful, can I have those two little ladies?" Zhang Tiechui murmured, and the saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth before he knew it. Suddenly, Zhang Tiechui grabbed Ma Guozhu's hand again, He begged: "Lord Ma, can I have three beauties? I want General Gao to marry the concubine, and the youngest daughter of the rich man Zhou in the north of the city and the little widow from the Xu family in the silk and satin village. I want three of them." It's not a day or two."

"Widow? I can't see that you still have this hobby?" Zhang Zhongzheng asked Zhang Tiehammer in surprise.Zhang Tiechui blushed, and said shyly: "Although she is a widow, her husband died the day she got married and was happy, so she must still be a virgin now."

"Virgin and widow? Can you give it to me?" Zhang Zhongzheng, who had a face like Brother Pig, also let out a sigh.Over there, Ma Guozhu couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, three beauties are just three beauties! Don't worry, Zhang Zhongzheng. When we take down the Xuan Mansion, you can pick any beauties in Quanxuan Mansion!"

"Really? Thank you, Mr. Ma!" Zhang Zhongzheng and Zhang Tiehui thanked in unison, and they bowed their hands together to thank Ma Guozhu—the proficiency seemed to be the same as doing this kind of thing often.Zhang Tiechui hurriedly asked again: "Master Ma, tell me, when do you want me to open the city gate quietly? I'll be ready! Don't worry, I often smuggle salt out of the city, and I know all the city gate officials well. Feed me."

"Don't worry, let me think about it carefully, and I will inform you when the time comes." Ma Guozhu smiled happily, "But I can warn you in advance, if you imagine playing tricks like today again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Lord Ma, don't worry, we will never dare!" Zhang Zhongzheng and Zhang Tiehammer said in unison, with extremely serious expressions, "If we dare to play tricks again, tell us to fall into the Yellow River and drown right now, and be struck by lightning when it rains." Die, choke to death when eating, and die immediately when you go to a brothel and take off your penis on a woman's belly!"

(End of this chapter)