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Chapter 312 Planned Abortion
On the morning of March 28th in the tenth year of Tianqi, after rigorous investigation and clearing, more than 81 core members of the Shanzong held a top-secret meeting about the survival of the Yuguan Shanzong in the secret room in the back garden of the Liaodong Governor's Office.Because the content of the meeting is absolutely confidential, Yuan Chonghuan repeatedly warned the participants before the meeting started, demanding that the content of the meeting be kept absolutely confidential. [-] knives, by the way, kill the whole family of the prisoner!At the same time, for the sake of prudence, Yuan Chonghuan also dispatched a large number of Shanzong's direct troops to guard the inside and outside of the governor's office. Even a fly would never want to fly in. It is also strictly forbidden to approach the venue within [-] steps!

The meeting was so top-secret, the discussion was of course whether Shanzong should accept the request made by the enslavement envoys, openly change flags and invest gold, and act as a pawn for the army of slaves to attack Shanhaiguan?Faced with this difficult choice, the Shanzong, which used to be monolithic and impenetrable with needles and water, finally split. Some people supported the public change of flags and directly invested in gold. The imperial court is determined to settle Shanzong's old and new accounts together. Instead of waiting to die and wait for that terrifying mad dog of Young Master Zhang to deal with Shanzong, it is better to seize the last chance and take Shanhaiguan for Jiannu!And if this is done, the members of the Shanzong sect will not only save their wealth and lives, but also enjoy the glory, wealth and beauty provided by the Jiannu court!

Yuan Chonghuan, who knew that he was the most wanted criminal in the Ming Dynasty, for his own sake, of course agreed to openly change the flag and rebel, but some members of the Shanzong who opposed this move also had good reasons-Jiannu has been weakened in recent years, and its vitality has been severely damaged. It is very difficult to stop the Ming court's strategic counterattack. Once Shanzong changes banners and surrenders to the enemy, the Ming court will definitely send Master Zhang's terrifying mad dog back to Liaodong to launch a full-scale counterattack against Shanzong and Jiannu. Even if Shanhaiguan can win , in the face of the mad dog army's crazy counterattack, whether it can hold it must be a big problem!And the more important point is that after Shanzong openly changed flags and invested gold, not only became the main target of the Ming army's all-out revenge, but also greatly reduced its role in front of Jiannu. Acting as cannon fodder to consume the ammunition of the Mad Dog Army, that would be a ghost!Therefore, for Shanzong, it is still the best policy to maintain the status quo and preserve its strength, and then sell them at a better price according to the actual situation when the Ming army and the Jiannu army start the final decisive battle. The life-saving trick of all warlords in ancient and modern China and abroad.

The two factions insisted on their own principles and refused to give in to each other. After arguing for two full days, they failed to reach a unified opinion. On the first day of April, which was also the last day Yuan Chonghuan promised to give Fan Wencheng an answer, Yuan Chonghuan lost his composure. , At the beginning of the meeting on the third day, he uttered harsh words. Even if the meeting was discussed until dark, a unified conclusion should be drawn. No matter what decision Yuan Chonghuan makes at that time, all members of the Shanzong must obey unconditionally.With Yuan Chonghuan's words, in order to let the Shanzong organization act according to their wishes, members of the Jiangjin School and the Waiting and Watching School of the Shanzong fought desperately, trying to make Yuan Chonghuan accept their opinions.But still the same sentence, both sides have a reason, in the case of uncertain prospects, the two factions have always been difficult to persuade each other, so the meeting was held from morning to afternoon, and there was still no result at all.

When it was Shenshi, Yuan Chonghuan, who was exhausted from listening to the quarrel, was closing his eyes and resting his mind. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of the meeting room. He found that the person knocking on the door was Zuo Liangyu, the deputy captain of his own soldiers.Zuo Liangyu, who was sent undercover by Young Master Zhang but betrayed countless court insiders, looked nervous, and walked to a place where there was no one with Yuan Chonghuan, then put a small note into Yuan Chonghuan's hand, and said in a low voice: "Zhongcheng, The subordinate led people to patrol around the venue just now, and when he returned to his post, there was this under his teacup."

"Where is your position today?" Yuan Chonghuan asked quickly.Zuo Liangyu replied honestly: "Back to Zhongcheng, today's job is at the back door of the venue, and a table is set up in the backyard. This note was found on the table." After finishing speaking, Zuo Liangyu was terrified again He added: "My subordinates have asked carefully. When my subordinates led people to patrol, although some soldiers, attendants, and several generals' confidantes went to the table to drink water, and some left the meeting place to go to the toilet. Several generals also passed by the table, but no one saw who put the note under the humble teacup."

"It's amazing, you actually broke into my governor's office!" Yuan Chonghuan's face changed drastically—in order to keep the content of the meeting absolutely confidential, in the governor's office these days, except for the soldiers and attendants selected by Yuan Chonghuan himself, Only the absolute confidantes of the core members of the Shanzong can follow in, and the eyeliner of Young Master Zhang can still contact Zuo Liangyu under such tight guards, which proves that among the core members of the Shanzong that Yuan Chonghuan trusts the most, someone has already Betrayed Shanzong, that is, he had been set up by Young Master Zhang to have an eyeliner!Frightened, Yuan Chonghuan quickly opened the note, only to see that it read crookedly on the note: "The investigation is strict, there is no need to take the risk of finding out the content of the Shanzong meeting, self-protection is important." At the end of the note, there is a signature "Beifeng "The two characters and the secret notes dedicated to the secret work of Dongchang.

"Beifeng?" Yuan Chonghuan read the name in a low voice, with a fierce look in his eyes, and murmured: "This Beifeng, if you don't have to take the risk of inquiring about the content of the meeting, it proves that he must have found a way to get our meeting content." , it seems that this Beifeng is not simple."

"This subordinate also thinks so." Zuo Liangyu echoed, and said in a low voice: "Zhongcheng, this subordinate also feels that this Beifeng is probably someone close to you, and there is a way to get the content of the meeting these days, otherwise , how could he give such an order?"

Yuan Chonghuan nodded slightly, agreed with Zuo Liangyu's opinion, and then lowered his voice to order: "Go and send an order to Cai Yilei, asking him to lead people to secretly arrest two secret agents of the imperial court that we already know. Feng's true identity! Also, you have to pay attention, you are my confidant, this Beifeng will definitely contact you to find out our specific action plan! Remember, even if you know his true identity, You can't act rashly, I still want to pass on information to you, Zhang Haogu, little mad dog." Zuo Liangyu understood, knowing that Yuan Chonghuan wanted to deceive Young Master Zhang and the Ming court with false information, and quickly replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, Zhongcheng, The subordinates understand."

As Yuan Chonghuan expected, at the beginning of the evening, the core members of the more than [-] Shanzong still did not come to a unified conclusion. Yuan Chonghuan, who had no time and mood to continue listening to the quarrels of the Shanzong members, also fulfilled his promise, Gan Gang arbitrarily finalized the conclusion —— Directly change flags and invest money to help Jiannu take the Shanhaiguan to seize the strategic initiative, while Shanzong himself gets rid of the direct threat of the Ming court to protect himself!After hearing the decision announced by Yuan Chonghuan, the members of the Shanzong Surrendering Faction cheered thunderously, while the members of the Waiting and Watching Faction remained silent, but no one stood up to object—after all, Wei Zhongxian and Young Master Zhang were surprisingly consistent in their methods and attitudes in dealing with traitors. That is cruel and cruel, no matter how cruel, as long as the members of the Shanzong, there is no one who does not worry about being settled by Wei Zhongxian and Young Master Zhang after returning to the Ming court.

"Zhongcheng, since you have decided to change the flag, then you can give an order. When shall we change the flag?" Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan's number one confidant, asked hoarsely.Yuan Chonghuan's face was solemn, and he replied: "No hurry, in order to help Dajin win Shanhaiguan, we can't rush to change the flag before we attack Shanhaiguan, let me discuss with Mr. Fan carefully before making a decision." After that, Yuan Chonghuan He added with a dark face: "I'll emphasize again, the content of today's meeting and the decisions we made must be kept absolutely secret from the outside world. If anyone dares to leak a single word, they will be severely punished by family law!" So Li agreed, Yuan Chonghuan waved everyone to dismiss the meeting.

That night, Yuan Chonghuan met Fan Wencheng again in the underground secret room, and told Fan Wencheng his and Shanzong's decision. Fan Wencheng, who dreamed of killing all his compatriots and letting the slave masters enter the Central Plains, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and praised Yuan Chonghuan for knowing the destiny Know Dali, follow the sky, and in the future, you must be a prince for thousands of generations, rich and honored for life, and keep asking Yuan Chonghuan when to do it, and said that the sooner you do it, the better, otherwise it will be a big deal if the barbarian army hears about it.Yuan Chonghuan told Fan Wencheng coldly: "Mr. Fan, don't be too happy. Although our Shanzong decided to help Dajin take Shanhaiguan directly, I also made some arrangements in advance to win Shanhaiguan at any time, but The strength is too weak, once the barbarian Xiong Tingbi guarding the Shanhai Pass knows our plan in advance and prepares, then we will be in big trouble."

"You mean, the eyeliner that Zhang Haogu's little mad dog set up in Ningyuan City?" Fan Wencheng asked suspiciously.Yuan Chonghuan nodded, took out the note that Zuo Liangyu voluntarily handed in, first described what happened today in detail, and then said with a gloomy face: "Mr. Fan, I think you also know that Ningyuan is less than two hundred meters away from Shanhaiguan. In other words, once our plan is discovered by the barbarians, it only takes one day at most for fast horses and six hours for pigeons at most. Send the news to the barbarian army in Qiantun! If this happens, do you think we still have a chance to capture Shanhaiguan by surprise?"

"That's right." Fan Wencheng nodded slowly, gritted his teeth and said, "Before we do anything, we must get rid of all the secret operations of the Manzi court in Ningyuan City, otherwise, even if our plan is well kept secret, the Manzi's secret operations will not be able to find out. When the general and the army are dispatched, the barbarian will still have enough time to send the news to Shanhaiguan, and the old barbarian Xiong Tingbi will still have time to make adequate preparations."

"I think so too." Yuan Chonghuan's face became more and more gloomy, and he said gloomily: "But it's okay, we still have a little time. The best time to attack Shanhaiguan is in late May, and today is the first day of April. It took more than a month to completely eradicate the barbarians!"

"Late May? Why is it in late May?" Fan Wencheng asked in surprise.Yuan Chonghuan hesitated for a moment, and looked at the personal soldiers Cai Yilei and Zuo Liangyu who were guarding the door of the secret room. Cai Zuo understood and immediately left the room together.Yuan Chonghuan then leaned into Fan Wencheng's ear and whispered: "Mr. Fan probably doesn't know that at the end of May every year, in order to free up warehouses and accommodate the new rice from Jiangnan, the grain storage warehouse in Tongzhou in the capital will put Chen The rice was sent to military camps in various places for military rations—since the start of the Liaodong War, these old rice were basically sent to Shanhaiguan every year to be used by the barbarian army to compete with the Dajin army."

"What do you mean?" Fan Wencheng became more and more confused the more he listened.Yuan Chonghuan replied with a grim smile: "Li Qifeng, the Governor of Water Transport who took office at the beginning of last year, is my younger brother Yuan Chongyu's life-and-death acquaintance. Taking advantage of this relationship, I arranged several reliable generals to serve in the army to protect the water - because according to the rules, Those who transport the old grain by water to Shanhaiguan are all the soldiers who protect the grain!"

"It turned out to be like this!" Fan Wencheng was overjoyed, slapped his thigh and cheered: "When the time comes, the soldiers escorting food and grass will arrive at Shanhaiguan. We will take advantage of the opportunity. They will cooperate inside and outside Shanhaiguan. It will be difficult for us not to take Shanhaiguan!"

"Mr. Fan, please keep your voice down." Yuan Chonghuan gesticulated and then said in a low voice: "Mr. Fan, this is the last trump card for me to fight against the old barbarian Xiong Tingbi. People, I didn’t dare to let them know, it can be said that, besides me, you are the only one who knows this secret in Ningyuan City.”

"Yuan Zhongcheng did the right thing. Such a confidential matter should not be leaked casually." Fan Wencheng, who knew that he had lost his composure, nodded quickly, rubbed his hands and said in a low voice: "Okay, at the end of May, at the end of May, the dog potatoes and dog potatoes planted in Shaanxi and Gansu The high-yield grains of taro can’t be harvested until at least June. As long as we keep our secrets well, Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, won’t have the slightest time to assemble the army and send reinforcements to Shanhaiguan! But our Dajin army can calmly assemble , secretly ambush to the north of Ningyuan, and provide reinforcements for your Ningyuan army to take down Shanhaiguan." Speaking of this, Fan Wencheng thought about something fiercely, and then smiled: "There is also Wu Sangui, with more than a month, it is enough for Wu Xiang Call him from Shaanxi to Ningyuan, let us take it easy."

"That's right, within a month or so, I can completely eliminate the dissidents in the army, lest they refuse to surrender to Dajin and spoil our affairs." Yuan Chonghuan also nodded, and said in a dark voice: "But What I'm most worried about now is the secret work and eyeliner arranged by the old dog Wei and the little mad dog Zhang Haogu in Ningyuan, because our actions are too big, whether it is to eliminate dissidents or secretly attack Shanhaiguan, and the Dajin army is secretly in the north of Ningyuan The assembly and the actions are too big, and it is impossible to keep it secret. So if we don't kill all the barbarian eyeliners in Ningyuan City, we won't be able to sleep in peace."

"Don't you have a traitor named Zuo Liangyu?" Fan Wencheng asked, "Why don't you use him to follow the clues and wipe out all the barbarians in Ningyuan City?"

"I thought so too at first." Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth and said, "Some time ago, I thought I had figured out the identities of all the barbarians in Ningyuan City, but I just thought Zuo Liangyu was still valuable, and I could use Zuo Liangyu when necessary." I was not in a hurry to scare the snakes by plotting countermeasures against the little mad dog Zhang Haogu. But it was only today that I found out that in my governor's office, there was actually a savage spy codenamed "North Wind" lying in ambush! And from Judging by this barbarian's careful tone, he is likely to have access to a large number of my secrets, so if we don't find out this 'Northern Wind', the secrets may be revealed at any time, and our previous efforts will be wasted!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Chonghuan added dejectedly, "Also, I have secretly arrested two barbarian secret agents, tortured and tortured Beifeng's true identity, but after exhausting all kinds of punishments, the two barbarian secret agents said they didn't know. He also said that he had never even heard of the code name of this Beifeng. From this point, it can be seen that this Beifeng must have been hidden very deeply, and even the other secret agents in Ningyuan City did not know his identity."

Fan Wencheng stopped talking, picked up the note written by the spy 'Northern Wind', and carefully read it over and over again. As a result, Fan Wencheng also quickly discovered that, judging from the tone of the note, this North Wind did have He may have come into contact with a lot of secrets of the Shanzong, which is why Zuo Liangyu didn't have to take the risk of stealing the secrets, but his tone was too vague, making it impossible for Fan Wencheng to analyze the true identity of Beifeng.But after looking at it for a long time, Fan Wencheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed, "Wait! How can this handwriting be so ugly? It's even worse than a schoolboy who just entered school."

"It must be written by the left hand." Yuan Chonghuan replied casually.Fan Wencheng asked in a deep voice: "Yuan Zhongcheng, this Beifeng contacted Zuo Liangyu, why did he use his left hand to write? Zuo Liangyu's identity as Shan Zongfan has not been revealed yet. He told Zuo Liangyu that it is important to protect himself, and he believed Zuo Liangyu is still spying on the military situation for Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog, so there’s no need to worry about Zuo Liangyu checking his handwriting everywhere to find out his true identity, why bother writing with his left hand?”

"Yeah? Why did Beifeng add to the snake?" Yuan Chonghuan also had some recollection.Fan Wencheng said with a smirk: "There is only one explanation. This barbarian is careful about the north wind. It is likely that Zuo Liangyu often contacts people he is very familiar with. As long as he writes with his forehand, Zuo Liangyu can immediately distinguish his handwriting and know who he is. His true identity, that's why he kept a hand, just in case!"

"Yes, there is only this explanation!" Yuan Chonghuan slapped his thigh, and then analyzed it carefully. Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help sweating, and murmured: "If this is the case, then there will be big troubles. Zuo Liangyu is my personal deputy. Captain, you have stayed by my side for many years, and among the people I have frequent contact with, apart from my other personal soldiers, there are only those from Shanzong. But among my personal soldiers, the only ones who can read are Cai Yilei and Zuo Liang Yu two, Cai Yilei is someone I brought from Dongguan, and has never left my side, it can't be him, the rest..."

"Only the people in the Shanzong." Fan Wencheng added for Yuan Chonghuan with a livid face.The expression on Yuan Chonghuan's face changed from cloudy to sunny, and after a while he said in a hoarse voice, "Get it out! You must get out this Beifeng! I'm going to chop it up myself, chop it up, chop it up—!"

Originally according to the plan of Yuan Chonghuan and Fan Wencheng, coupled with the internal cooperation that everyone could not imagine, at the same time, Master Zhang's army was destined to not be able to rush to Shanhaiguan for reinforcements in time. After all, the distance between Liaodong and Shaanxi is here, and the main force Scattered in various state capitals and various places in Xuanda on the Shanxi-Gansu battlefield, whether it is dispatching troops to assemble the army and rush to the battlefield, or preparing ammunition, food, grass, military supplies and other supplies, it will take a long time to do it, so Shanzong and Jiannu's joint plan to attack Shanhaiguan has a high probability of success!But what Yuan Chonghuan and Fan Wencheng could not have imagined in their dreams was that at noon the next day, the double-faced spy Zuo Liangyu handed another note from Beifeng to Yuan Chonghuan, and reported in a low voice: "Zhongcheng, this The subordinate found it in his room today. In the morning, the subordinate led the soldiers to stand guard in the court to receive and deliver the official documents for Zhongcheng. This note inexplicably appeared in the subordinate's room."

Young Master Zhang's secret work dared to be so rampant that he openly went into the backyard of the Liaodong Governor's Office to contact Zuo Liangyu. Yuan Chonghuan's face was naturally as ugly as it was ugly, but when he opened the note that was also written with his left hand, Yuan Chonghuan and Fan Wencheng Can't help but gasped, the note clearly read: "Shanzong has decided to change the flag and rebel against the Ming, and sneak attack Shanhaiguan to offer and build slaves. It is necessary to find out the time of Shanzong's action and action plan for future use. Beifeng."

"The news finally leaked out. The plan to attack Shanhaiguan is destined to be aborted!" Yuan Chonghuan and Fan Wencheng felt a burst of despair, and Fan Wencheng hurriedly asked: "Zuo Liangyu, those outsiders have been in the governor's office today." Yamen backyard?"

"There is only one." Zuo Liangyu replied tremblingly.Yuan Chonghuan's eyes lit up, and he said that he had no chance to sneak attack Shanhaiguan, as long as he caught Beifeng, he quickly asked, "Who is it? Tell me!"

"Sub...subordinate...don't dare to say." Zuo Liangyu hesitated, not daring to speak clearly.Yuan Chonghuan yelled angrily: "What are you afraid to say? Who is it? Tell me!"

"Yes..., yes...." Zuo Liangyu gave an answer that both Yuan Chonghuan and Fan Wencheng couldn't believe, and was furious at the same time, "It's Zu Dale, the second general of Zu."

(End of this chapter)