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Chapter 239

"Eldest prince, great joy, great joy!" As soon as he entered the large cowhide tent trimmed with copper and gold leather, Ma Guozhu's face, which had been majestic for a long time, was full of smiles, he pulled up his oversized pants, looked down at the two birds, Rolling and crawling, he rushed to E Zhe who was drinking in the arms of a woman, and made a very chic kiss, knelt down on one knee, and shouted with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to the eldest prince, congratulations to the eldest prince! The servant gave Congratulations, Eldest Prince——!"

"Where does the joy come from?"——Unfortunately, Er Zhe's Chinese level is really poor, so he couldn't make fun of this question. He could only listen to the slow translation of the general translator, and Er Zhe continued to snuggle up to the woman He said slowly in his arms: "What do you wish me happy? What happy event do I have? Is my brother dead or my father dead? Or my father is about to kick his legs, send someone to call me Chahanhot, let me Inherit Khan?"

"Is your brother dead or is your father dead?" Ma Guozhu was a little dumbfounded, it was the first time he realized that there was such a son in this world.After secretly admiring Prince Ezhe's childlike words, Ma Guozhu said with a smile on his face again: "Prince, although the Great Khan didn't send someone to inform you to go back to Chahanhaote to take the throne, I believe that day will not be too much." It's been a long time——as long as the great prince and his teacher take over the Xuanfu, join hands with our Dajin to destroy the Ming Kingdom, and reappear the great power of the Great Yuan on the land of the Ming Kingdom, even if the Mongolian Great Khan does not want to make you a Khan, the people of Mongolia I won't agree either."

"Oh, so you've figured out a way to help me win the Xuanfu?" Er Zhe asked with some interest, sitting up straight in the woman's arms.Ma Guozhu took out the map that Zhang Zhongzheng had secretly drawn from his bosom, held it in both hands and smiled happily: "Prince, this servant not only thought of a way for you to take down the Xuan Mansion, but also thought of a way for you to enter the Great Wall and open up borders at the lowest cost." The method of Tuotu. After careful interrogation of Zhang Zhongzheng's insider, the servant learned that there is a trail in the Yinshan Mountains just south of Angke Nao'er Lake, which can bypass Zhangjiakou Fort and Laiyuan Fort, which are heavily defended by the barbarian army, and directly enter In the hinterland of the Xuan Mansion, you can also directly take down the Wanquan right guard behind Zhangjiakou—the eldest prince, this Wanquan City is an important granary for the Xuan Mansion!"

"Really? Barbarian's granary, this is a good thing! Bring it to me to see!" E Zhe was overjoyed, and quickly grabbed the map from Ma Guozhu's hand to unfold it, and E Zhe laughed from ear to ear.On the map, just south of the Mongolian army camp, there is indeed a small road that can bypass Zhangjiakou and directly enter the hinterland of Xuanfu, and it also coincidentally avoids the garrison fortresses built by the Ming army along the Great Wall. In the canyon between them, without anyone noticing, they went straight into the hinterland of Xuan Mansion, reaching directly under Wanquan City.But E Zhe took a closer look, and immediately discouraged and cursed: "Idiot, do you know how to read a map? At the exit of this small road passing through the Yinshan Mountains, there is a barbarian's new fortress, which happened to block the way out of the mountain. Is it easy for us to get by with you?"

"Prince, don't worry, your blessings are as good as the sky. This Xinkai Fort has been abandoned by the barbarian army." Ma Guozhu laughed happily, and hurriedly told the story of his meeting with Zhang Zhongzheng, and Zhang Zhongzheng's brothers. The confidential military situation was introduced in detail.Who would have thought that just after Ma Guozhu finished speaking, E Zhe immediately yelled, "Come on, hurry up, blow up the account number, I want the whole army to dispatch!"

"Wait!" Ma Guozhu was both angry and funny, and quickly pulled E Zhe to persuade him: "Prince, don't worry, although that bastard Zhang Zhongzheng has already joined us, the time is still too short. Whether the words are reliable or not, we still can't fully believe it, so we can't act impulsively, we can only think about it in the long run."

"Isn't that nonsense?!" E Zhe suddenly became angry and shouted: "Since you don't believe Zhang Zhongzheng, that bastard, then why did you go to Zhangjiakou to contact him, and what did you say to me when you came back with this broken map?" Happy event? Want to play tricks on me and make me happy for nothing?"

"Eldest prince, don't worry, let the servant tell you slowly." Ma Guozhu had no choice but to explain quickly: "The servant means that Zhang Zhongzheng, that bastard who just joined us, we must believe the information he provided. You can’t believe it all. Therefore, the slave thinks that we should first send a small number of scouts to explore the road according to the map. If the map is correct and the barbarian garrison in Xinkaibao has indeed been withdrawn, then we can fully trust Zhang Zhongzheng is a barbarian. If the map is fake, we can make another plan." Speaking of this, Ma Guozhu added cautiously, "Eldest Prince, you also know that although the Jufan Canyon trail can be used to take shortcuts and unleash surprise soldiers, but It is also extremely dangerous, if you are not careful, you may fall into a trap and wipe out the whole army, so we have to be careful."

"Then why are you still staring blankly?" E Zhe roared with golden fish eyes, "Why don't you send someone to scout the road? See if this road is going to work, and if there is an ambush?"

"I obey." Ma Guozhu clasped his fists in agreement, but added uneasy, "Prince, for the sake of caution, this slave wants to go to explore the road in person, learn the situation first-hand, and get in touch with Zhang Zhongzheng's clan brother by the way, let him When our army raided Wanquan City, open the city gate to welcome our army into the city."

"Then why don't you go quickly? You can decide how many people you want to bring, and it's all up to you to arrange." E Zhe urged anxiously: "Go and come back quickly, don't waste time, if my father Khan and Manzi reach an agreement, Then it will be too late." Ma Guozhu also knew that the opportunity was rare, and he was afraid of accidents if he delayed, so he hurriedly agreed, arranged twenty capable scouts to pretend to be Mongolian businessmen, and brought four followers he brought from Liaodong, and pressed the button. As shown on the map, hurried to the canyon between Yutailing and Yehuling to explore the way.

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Angke Nao'er Lake is far closer to Yutailing Canyon than to Zhangjiakou. Ma Guozhu and his party did not stop, and it only took half a day to reach the entrance of the canyon.But when he got to the destination and took a closer look, Ma Guozhu himself was taken aback. It wasn't that the map provided by Zhang Zhongzheng was fake. The Ming army was indeed stationed here. The actual situation was exactly the same as Zhang Zhongzheng introduced. The cut-off Xuanda Great Wall is dilapidated, and even the beacon tower has been completely abandoned. It is difficult for the Ming army to find the Mongolian army entering and leaving here. What really surprised Ma Guozhu was the dangerous terrain at the exit of the canyon!On both sides of the canyon, Yutai Ridge and Yehu Ridge are soaring into the clouds, with dense trees on the ridges, it is easy to ambush. At the same time, the narrowest part of the canyon is less than half a mile, and the cliffs on both sides are as straight as a cut. As long as three thousand Ming troops lie in ambush here, waiting for Mongolia After the army entered the valley and blocked the entrance of the valley, even if the Mongolian cavalry had an army of [-], they would never want to rush out of the valley!

"It's such a dangerous terrain, no wonder the barbarians don't garrison here. I'm afraid it's because no enemy army dares to take this road." The Mongolian army is not our Dajin army taking risks, so it’s okay to go in and have a look.Thinking of this, Ma Guozhu waved his hand again, and shouted: "Keep walking inside, pay attention to whether there are traces of a large group of people walking on the road, and also pay attention to whether there is an ambush by the barbarian army."

Passing through the canyon between Yutai Ridge and Yehu Ridge, the terrain is a little more open, and some places even allow large groups of cavalry to gather and garrison, but the surrounding area is still embraced by mountains with dense trees, making it easy to enter and difficult to exit. At the same time, Ma Guozhu discovered that this place is The water source is also obviously insufficient, and it is impossible to garrison troops for a long time. Obviously, because of this, the Xuanfu Ming army did not choose to build a fortress at this location and stick to it for a long time.At the same time, the experienced Mongolian scouts and Jiannu scouts also found a small path in the grass. The road was narrow and the ruts were old. They also found a few broken sandals worn by the peasants, which fit the characteristics of the smuggling trail described by the Zhang Zhongzheng brothers. , and the weeds on both sides of the road are withered and piled up, the thorns are overgrown, and there is no obvious trace of a large group of people walking. In addition, even the Ming army has not walked this remote path for a long time.

It was gradually getting dark, and when sleeping on the small road for the night, Ma Guozhu went up to the high ground to observe in person, and found that there were no bonfires and patrolling torches in the forest on both sides of the road, which proved that the scouts of the Ming army were not on the road. Patrol surveillance.In the early morning of the next day, Ma Guozhu and his party continued to travel southward, and soon discovered the traces of Lu Xiangsheng's troops blocking the path that Zhang Zhongzheng had introduced, but the large rocks and miscellaneous trees that blocked the road had been cleared to allow vehicles to pass through. This proves that Zhang Zhongzheng did not lie, and that this place was indeed used by him for smuggling.While secretly rejoicing, Ma Guozhu quietly estimated the time it would take to fully clear the road. He felt that as long as there were enough people, it would definitely not be a problem to clear the road in at most two hours.

After passing the trail secretly opened by Zhang Zhongzheng and other smugglers, and walking south along the not too narrow road for nearly two hours, a long-abandoned earth and rock fortress appeared in front of Ma Guozhu and the others. Ma Guozhu sent people to investigate in the fort, and found that there was no one in the fort. The garrison houses, stables, and warehouses were all empty, only some broken bowls and pots, and no one could be seen.Not long after passing the bunker and heading south, the road that was not too narrow suddenly opened up. When they climbed to the top of the mountain, Ma Guozhu and others could even directly see the smoke from the people's cooking in Wanquan City. Besides the idle farmland, there was no sign of the Ming army stationed there. After waiting for a long time, I finally saw a Ming army patrol. Set up a place to light a fire to cook, drink and eat meat, completely in the style of soldiers of the second-rate army in the rear.

Seeing this scene, Ma Guozhu, who had walked the mountain road for a day, secretly rejoiced, and the Mongolian scouts and Jiannu entourage all smiled, and rushed to say: "Master Ma, it is absolutely no problem to take this road, as long as we hurry up and bring more torches , At most eight or nine hours, you can definitely kill Wanquan City.” “It’s just that the water source is less, but our Mongolian army has never been afraid of water shortage. As long as we carry a water bag with us, we don’t have to worry about water source problems when we walk this way.” "Master Ma, that barbarian Zhang Zhongzheng didn't panic. This road will indeed allow us to surprise the rear of the barbarian army."

"Don't worry, let me think about it." Ma Guozhu tried to calm himself down from the ecstasy. First, he waved his hands to silence the scouts. After careful consideration for a long time, Ma Guozhu took out the map and ordered: "How about it, ten Two Mongolian scouts stayed in the canyon to watch, and the other ten went back to report, asking Prince Ezhe to lead the army to take this small road to surprise Wanquan City, and lead the way for the eldest prince. The remaining Liaodong people, follow me to Wanquan City Contact Zhang Zhongzheng’s brother, Zhang Tiechui, and get him ready to welcome him in Kaesong.”

"Decree." The scouts happily agreed.Ma Guozhu dragged the Mongolian scout who went back to report the news and said: "Remember to tell the eldest prince that soldiers are precious and fast, and it will be bad if the barbarians are prepared, so the eldest prince must arrive at Wanquan City on the night of August [-]th. I will open the city gate with Zhang Tiechui, but just in case, I ask the eldest prince to prepare for a strong attack and attack the city directly if necessary."

"Understood, the villain will remember." The scout commander respectfully agreed.Ma Guozhu also reminded: "Also, when the eldest prince sends out troops, he must divide the army into three groups. The first group of light cavalry leads the way and is responsible for the surprise attack on Wanquan City. The second group of Chinese troops is led by the eldest prince himself. Before the Manzi army reacted, they crossed the Yinshan Mountains and directly entered the Manzi's hinterland. The rear of the third line reared up and killed the Manzi's scouts, trying to let the Manzi army know that we took this route to attack Wanquan City later. Do you understand? ?”

"Understood." The Mongolian scouts agreed in unison.Ma Guozhu also gave the Mongolian scouts the signal to communicate with each other, and immediately asked them to return from the original road and go to the bank of Angke Nao'er Lake to inform Ezhe. The four followers Ma Guozhu brought from Liaodong were watching each other. He couldn't figure out why Ma Guozhu became so courageous that he volunteered to go to Wanquan City to act as an internal response.It wasn't until the Mongolian scouts were gone that a follower asked in a low voice: "Master Ma, contact the barbarian traitors and send a few random people there. Why do you want to take this risk yourself?"

"Stupid! It's the safest way for me to do this." Ma Guozhu waved his hand and said darkly: "The road of Yutailing can indeed bypass the main force of the barbarians and surprise the hinterland of the barbarians, but the road is too dangerous. If you are accidentally discovered by the Manzi, you may be made dumplings by the Manzi! Anyway, that idiot E Zhe is determined to go to war with the Manzi, so it is better to let him take the risk. We will take the risk to contact the Manzi traitor on the surface If you are in danger, you can run away at any time, but it is safe. Otherwise, we will march with that idiot E Zhe, and if we are in danger, we may be buried with that idiot."

"My lord is wise, that's the reason." The four Jiannu guards cheered together, admiring Ma Guozhu's selfless spirit of endangering others and leaving a way out for himself.But there was also a guard who built a slave and said worriedly: "My lord, the slave is worried that if that idiot Ezhe is really made dumplings by the barbarians, and the [-] Tartar army is wiped out by the barbarians, wouldn't our previous efforts be wasted?"

"Who said that our previous efforts have been wasted?" Ma Guozhu said with an extremely treacherous smile, "For us, as long as we can provoke an all-out war between the barbarians of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Tartars, and make the barbarians and Tartars turn their faces to war, we have already done it for everyone. Jin Guo made a great achievement! Being able to let the idiot E Zhe succeed in surprise attacking Wanquan City is of course the icing on the cake, and the credit is even greater! But if that idiot E Zhe was slaughtered by the barbarians, or his army suffered heavy casualties, that old man Lin Dan How can the idiot be willing to give up and come to the barbarian to settle accounts? Haven't we completed the task as usual?"

"That's right, that's the truth." The four slave guards suddenly realized, and they scrambled to flatter: "Mr. Ma really has a clever plan, and he has no plans to leave. Slaves and others."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, if I can really get the reward of the Great Khan, I will definitely not forget you meritorious ministers." Thinking of the rewards he won after successfully instigating the Mingmeng War, Ma Guozhu's old face almost turned into a flower , and waved his hand again and said: "Don't be dumbfounded, follow me into Wanquan City to contact that barbarian traitor Zhang Tiechui. Don't worry, we have the deadly handle of that barbarian Zhang Zhongzheng in our hands, and he will never dare to sell it. Let's, let's enter Wanquan City, it is actually absolutely safe."

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Seeing Ma Guozhu appearing at the contact point agreed with Jiannu, Zhang Tiechui, who was wearing a general military uniform, was really shocked. He secretly rejoiced that he came to Wanquan City to go through the appointment formalities immediately after the last breakup, otherwise he might have been spotted There is a flaw.Under nervousness, Zhang Tiechui stammered and asked, "Ma...Master Ma, why did you come to Wanquan City in person? Are you not afraid of being exposed?"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid." Ma Guozhu said proudly: "But when I think that if something happens to me, someone will definitely be buried with me, so I'm not afraid anymore."

"Of course, of course, my elder brother has repeatedly told me that I must obey Mr. Ma, otherwise he will not be the first to spare me." Zhang Tiechui agreed with a nod and bow.Ma Guozhu waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't gossip, I came to Wanquan City to inform you, so that you can get ready. Within three or two days, we will do what you promised."

"So fast?" Zhang Tiechui was taken aback, and asked nervously, "Master Ma, what night is it? The villain should be prepared."

"We will let you know when we start on the specific day. You just need to make preparations first." Ma Guozhu said arrogantly: "In short, you have come to contact me every day in the past few days. Also, this is a reward Your deposit." As he said that, Ma Guozhu handed over the 200 taels of silver to Zhang Tiehammer, and said with a smile: "After the matter is completed, I will give you the remaining 800 taels of beauties in Wanquan City. You can choose whatever you want."

Zhang Tiechui took the bank note with joy and greed, made an appointment with Ma Guozhu for the next meeting, and hurried out to say goodbye.Ma Guozhu has always been cautious, so he winked at a Jiannu attendant and asked him to follow Zhang Tiehammer. The Jiannu guard took the order and left. After a long time, the Jiannu guard came back and reported: "Master Ma, it's okay. I returned to the army station, and the servant has been watching outside for a long time, but I haven’t seen any changes in the barbarian barracks, so it seems that he didn’t sell us.” The other two slave guards who were watching the movement outside the inn also quickly reported back, Said that there was nothing abnormal outside the inn, Ma Guozhu felt relieved, and began to wait patiently for the agreed time to break the city, and contacted the Mongolian scouts who stayed in the trail every day to find out the specific situation.

Not to mention, Zhang Tiechui was quite obedient. For the next two days, Zhang Tiechui came to the inn on time every day to contact Ma Guozhu, listen to Ma Guozhu's orders, and report the movements of the troops stationed in Wanquan City.On the third day, at noon on August [-]th, when Zhang Tiechui came to the inn again, Ma Guozhu first carefully inquired about the mobilization of troops in Wanquan City, and found that Zhang Tiechui's introduction was exactly the same as what he secretly spied on. , Only then was he completely relieved, and told Zhang Tiechui: "Get ready, just tonight, after midnight, when you see three red lanterns rising outside the north gate, open the city gate immediately, understand?"

"Tonight?" Zhang Tiehammer was startled.Ma Guozhu nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, tonight——I received news that the Mongolian army has already set off. When you go back, just be prepared, and you don't need to contact me again. After midnight, you open the city gate, Then you can receive the three beauties you want."

"After I go back, I just need to be prepared, so I don't need to contact you, Mr. Ma again?" Zhang Tiehammer repeated, then looked at Ma Guozhu suspiciously and asked: "Master Ma, in this way, after I leave this inn, you also have to contact me." Leaving this inn? Even leaving Wanquan City?"

"It's none of your business. If you're smart, don't ask too many questions." Ma Guozhu replied impatiently.Unexpectedly, Zhang Tiechui, who has been better than his third grandson for the past few days, suddenly raised his voice, and shouted angrily: "Why is this none of my business? You ran out of the city first, and I will stay in the city to open the door. If you go out If something happens, you can just run away, what should I do? Stay and die?"

"Keep your voice down, you want to court death?" Ma Guozhu was furious, and just stood up to threaten Zhang Tiechui.Unexpectedly, a grinning voice suddenly came from the next door, "I'm afraid you are the one looking for death?" Before he finished speaking, the walls on both sides of Ma Guozhu's room suddenly broke at the same time, and seven or eight men in various casual clothes rushed out with steel knives. The two Jiannu guards in Ma Guozhu's room were caught off guard, and they were immediately hacked until they were covered in blood, screaming and falling down in a pool of blood.

"It's been tricked!" Ma Guozhu reacted quickly. He rushed to the window and was about to jump out. He never thought that Zhang Tiehammer would grab his waistband and pull him back and fall to the ground.Ma Guozhu screamed frantically without giving up: "Outside, run, it's a trap!"

"It's too late." A waiter with a knife stepped on Ma Guozhu's face, and said with a smile, "I've disguised myself as a waiter and have been monitoring you here for three days. The few people you brought have been watched by us." Tighten up." Sure enough, the two Jiannu guards that Ma Guozhu left to let the wind out were quickly carried up by a group of young men, and one of the young men smiled at Zhang Tiechui: "Brother Zhang, if the two Jiannu dogs want to run, they both They were slaughtered by us! Damn it, if we let them run away, will there be any place for our East Factory to save our face?"

"You are the Eagle Dog of Dongchang?" Ma Guozhu screamed like a pig, and snarled at Zhang Tiechui: "Zhang Tiehammer, you dare to inform Dongchang Eagle Dog? Do you believe it or not? I will drag you to be buried with you?" Zhang Tiechui smiled. Answer, just waved his hand, and immediately two men stepped forward, one stuffed a rag into Ma Guozhu's mouth, the other put a sack on the head of Ma Guozhu's head, turned the handle of the knife around, and slapped Ma Guozhu's head hard, Immediately knocked Ma Guozhu unconscious...

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When Ma Guozhu woke up from the coma, an unknowingly long time had passed, and he found that he was already in the prison, and Zhang Tiehui was gone. Guard yourself.Seeing this scene, Ma Guozhu, who knew he was doomed, immediately went crazy and shouted, "Grandpa of Dongchang, grandpa of Dongchang! I surrender myself, I want to make meritorious service and atone for my crimes, and I want to report a big traitor among you. If you catch him, you can Make a great contribution——!"

"Oh, which traitor are you going to expose?" A soldier from Dongchang became interested and asked Ma Guozhu as he put down his wine glass.Ma Guozhu yelled frantically: "His name is Zhang Zhongzheng, and he is the deputy boss of your Lu Futai. He is related to the big traitor Cao Zhenyan. He once helped Jiannu with affairs, and even leaked the deployment of the Xuanfu army." I gave it to the Mongol Tartars, and I still have a confession letter written by him! You will surely make great achievements by arresting him and torture him!”

"Zhang Zhongzheng? Is there such a person next to Lu Futai?" Several Dongchang soldiers were a little puzzled, and their team leader smashed the wine glass into Ma Guozhu's face and shouted: "Fart your mother! Dog traitor, catch Zhang Zhongzheng, you want to kill me?"

"Head, who is Zhang Zhongzheng?" Several fan servants asked in surprise.The team leader roared: "Who else can it be? Of course it is the nine thousand-year-old son of our eldest brother, the second elder brother, Eunuch Song, and the third elder brother, Mr. Xiao, who are worshiping brothers-Zhang Haogu and Zhang Xiantai! The name is Zhang Xiantai! He came here to torture you, Jiuqian Sui and Eunuch Song, it's no wonder they don't skin you!"

"Fuck you! Traitor, you want to kill me? Brothers, let this traitor taste the torture of our Dongchang!"

"What? Zhang Zhongzheng is Zhang Haogu's little mad dog? Impossible, absolutely impossible! How is this possible—! You lied to me! You absolutely lied to me—!"

(End of this chapter)