After hearing the knight's report, everyone hurriedly mounted their horses and headed towards the county seat.

When they arrived at Fushui Pass, He Chuyi had ordered his troops and horses and was waiting for the army.

Wanjun considered the importance of Fushui Pass and asked He Chuyi to stay. "Fushui Pass is the east gate of Lucheng County. It must be guarded. You guard here. If our army is invincible, we can go eastward through here."

Retreat and take refuge in the former stronghold."

After making arrangements for everything in Fushui Pass, Wan Jun led two companies of troops to the west to support the county.

When they arrived at Wulipu, they happened to encounter the second wave of reporting soldiers. Wanjun left a company of troops to help gather supplies and personnel in Wulipu.

Take the troops and horses first and rush to the county seat.

After entering the east gate, Zhao Boyuan and others were waiting in front of the county government office.

Wan Jun couldn't wait to ask when they met, "How is the situation? How many enemies are coming?"

Zhang Wuyang said, "Our scouts discovered the enemy's situation and passed the news back. There are about 5,000 soldiers and horses in Shangzhou Prefecture. They came from Danfeng yesterday."

"Have you passed Xiguan?"

"Now the soldiers in Xiguan and Nanguan have withdrawn. We don't know what the enemy's situation is."

Wan Jun led people to the west gate and asked as he walked, "Who is the enemy's commander? Danfeng is only a hundred miles away from here. You came from Danfeng yesterday, why haven't you arrived yet in the afternoon?"

Zhang Wuyang, Zhao Boyuan and others did not say anything. Everyone climbed up to the west gate wall and watched from a distance. There was still no movement in the west.

After waiting for some time, Wan Jun said, "Send some scouting horses out. Why is the incoming army so slow?"

Then he said to Zhao Boyuan, "Bo Yuan, go to the east gate to meet us. The master craftsmen from Wulipu have all moved back to the city. You can arrange a place for them to live."

Everyone waited for a while, but still saw no movement in the west. After a while, the west door opened, and several detective horses ran out.

"Call the entire army to rest and recuperate to prepare for war."

Wan Jun turned to Zhang Wuyang again and said, "Arrange soldiers to patrol the city to appease the people. We don't want to cause chaos before the army arrives!"

Wan Jun waited until the sun was about to set and there was still no movement in the west, so he arranged for someone to keep watch and went back to the county government office to see Zhang Xiaoyan.

Xiaoyan was sitting in the back hall, with a trace of panic on her face. When she saw Wan Jun coming back, she hurriedly got up to greet him. She stretched out her hand to hug Wan Jun, but then she remembered the etiquette and took her hand back.

"Sir, you are finally back, I am still worried about you."

Wan Jun stretched out his hand and touched Zhang Xiaoyan's head, "I'm back, everything is fine!"

Zhang Xiaoyan said, "Now that the imperial court has sent a large army, how can we be the opponent of the imperial court? It is better to retreat to the stronghold and hold on to the danger!"

A voice shouted from outside the house, "What kind of court does Li Zicheng belong to? You, a woman, know nothing about military affairs. Stop talking nonsense."

While talking, Zhang Sheng walked into the room with a wooden cane and said to Zhang Xiaoyan, "Why don't you go back to the boudoir!"

Zhang Xiaoyan glanced at Wan Jun, left the back hall, and went back to the boudoir.

Wan Jun saw this and came over, "Are you able to walk on your own now? It seems that you have recovered well!"

Zhang Sheng limped up to Zhang Sheng and said softly, "Thanks to Duke En, I have gotten much better recently, and I will be fully recovered in another half month."

Wan Jun nodded, "That's good, Shun Jun is coming!"

Zhang Sheng said, "Our army has been training for a long time. The soldiers are just rogues, so it's not a big problem. But I feel that my benefactor has been busy with things recently and forgot one important thing!"

Wan Jun felt that Zhang Sheng's expression was a little different from before, but he couldn't tell the difference, "What's important?"

Zhang Sheng said, "My dear benefactor, think about it, the hypocritical army and horses passed Danfeng and were almost killing me at the gate of Lucheng County, and we didn't know the news until we got the news. What's the difference between this and being deaf and blind?"

Wan Jun thought for a while and understood what Zhang Sheng meant, "We don't have an intelligence network."

During the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei intelligence agency was so unpredictable that it even knew who was inviting guests to dinner in the capital, how many glasses of wine they drank, and what dishes they ate.

The great men in history commanded decisively, and the armies passed through the gaps between thousands of besieging soldiers and horses. This was all supported by the intelligence of countless underground workers!

Wan Jun said, "I have indeed neglected this matter. Now our army is almost blind. The intelligence we have received from various places recently has been delayed for half a month or a month. This is extremely detrimental to our security. Indeed,

We need to build our own intelligence network!"

Zhang Sheng's eyes flashed and he said, "Leave this matter to me, Zhang Sheng. I will definitely help my benefactor solve his problems!"

Wan Jun said, "Now that the Manchus have entered Beijing, their power has expanded to central Shanxi and northern Henan. The Ming Dynasty has established a new emperor in Nanjing. Although Li Zicheng was defeated, the army that returned to Shaanxi is still hundreds of thousands, and there are still hundreds of thousands of troops from Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong, if we accidentally bump into any of them, we will be easily destroyed!"

Zhang Sheng said, "So before we are strong enough, we must be alert and alert to avoid encounters."

While they were talking, someone came to report, "Sir, please report back from the scouting horse. The troops from Shangzhou Prefecture have arrived!"

Wan Jun hurriedly said to Zhang Sheng, "I trust you, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember to keep it extremely confidential and don't let others know!"

Zhang Sheng said happily, "Thank you sir, I understand this!"

In Zhang Sheng's heart, everything suddenly became quite clear, as if he had an epiphany.

People who do intelligence work are like chanting Buddha's name. First of all, they say some Sanskrit words that others cannot understand or understand, just like saying Amitabha. If others don't understand, the information transmission will be safe.

Secondly, you need to replace your names, just like a monk who doesn’t use his real name and only takes some dharma names!

Finally, and the most important thing is, no matter whether you believe it or not, let others believe it anyway and don’t make others suspicious!

If you doubt that the Buddha the monk said is false, then you can believe it or not. Just say a few words and your heart will be sincere.

But if you are doing underground work and are suspected of being a spy, they will definitely kill you regardless of the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month!

With Wanjun's approval, Zhang Sheng couldn't help but feel happy. He stood in the hall and thought about the strategy carefully.

Wan Jun left the county government office and led his people quickly up to the west gate.

The sun has set below the western mountain, and the sky is still bright. At the foot of the western mountain, a large, dark mass of people and horses can already be seen.

The Shun army held a blue flag, with cavalry in front and infantry behind, and slowly pressed towards the county seat!

The city wall in Lucheng County is only two feet high. Only the east gate relies on the county river as a moat. The west gate has no moat because the terrain is the highest point in the city. Even if a moat is dug, there will be no water.

At this time, many wooden and rolling stones have been prepared on the city wall.

When the Shun army arrived four miles away from the county seat, they all stopped. A group of knights approached the city gate and shouted loudly, "The troops of the Shangzhou Prefecture of Dashun Imperial Court have arrived. The bandits in the city surrendered quickly. My lord will only kill the leader, and the rest will be killed."

Xie never asked."

After waiting for a while, when no one responded, the knight shouted again, "If you don't surrender, when the soldiers break the city, no one will be left alive in the city!"

Then when no one responded, he rode back and resumed his life.

At this time, Li Qingyan, the prefect of Dashun Shangzhou, was riding his horse to watch under his banner.

Li Qingyan's original name was Li Chengyan. After Li Zicheng became emperor in Chang'an, he changed his name to Qingyan in order to avoid the taboo of the emperor's name.

In October last year, Li Zicheng captured Shangzhou Prefecture and Li Qingyan was appointed as the chief official of Shangzhou.

Zhou Wenwei, the former magistrate of Shangzhou in the Ming Dynasty, fought a bloody battle in the city and was eventually defeated and captured. When Li Zicheng summoned Zhou Wenwei to surrender, Zhou Wenwei cursed angrily. Li Zicheng then put Zhou Wenwei's son Zhou Yuansheng in front of him with a knife and forced him to surrender. Unexpectedly, the father and son surrendered.

The two cursed loudly together, and finally the father and son were chopped into pieces by Li Jun!

It was in front of Zhou Wenwei's meat sauce that Li Qingyan was appointed by Li Zicheng as the military officer stationed in Shangzhou Prefecture. Later, during the founding of Dashun, he was appointed the prefect of Shangzhou Prefecture!

Now that Dashun was defeated and returned to Shaanxi, most of Zhili and Shanxi had surrendered to the Manchus.

In Shandong and Henan, many local officials from Dashunfeng were arrested and killed.

After the emperor killed the Li Yan brothers, the whole of Henan was completely out of control. There were more than 10,000 people in each village controlling several state capitals, and a small number of thousands of people controlled a state or county town.

People in Dashun were in panic. Half a month ago, Li Qingyan received news that a group of bandits had invaded Lucheng County.

It was just a county town. Li Qingyan didn't take it seriously and didn't want to cause trouble.

However, there was a letter from the palace ten days ago, asking Li Qingyan to ensure that the road back to Henan is clear.

Lucheng County has a special geographical location. It is on the main road from Xi'an to Shangzhou to Henan. To ensure the retreat of Shangzhou to Henan, Lucheng County must be taken back.

Li Qingyan was secretly worried. What did it mean to ensure that the road to retreat to Henan was clear? Could it be that the emperor wanted to retreat to Henan?

Shaanxi is the foundation of the emperor. He only proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an last year, and now he has to abandon it. Has the situation really become so corrupt?

Li Qingyan is also a man who has been fighting for a long time. Everyone knows that if Shanxi cannot be defended, Guanzhong cannot be defended. Since the battle of Shanhaiguan, the barbarians have been so fierce that the emperor is afraid that he will really give up on Shaanxi. I wonder what the fate of the country will be like in Dashun.

How about it.

After putting his thoughts away, Li Qingyan saw that it was getting late, so he ordered the army to camp on the spot.

It was just a bandit that would collapse tomorrow, so Li Qingyan didn't take it to heart.

It’s just that the morale of Dashun’s troops is very low now. It’s only two hundred miles from Shangzhou Prefecture to Lucheng County. In the past, it only took one day and night for Dashun’s troops to make a long-distance attack. Now it takes ten days from gathering the troops to fighting to the city!

When the Chinese army's camp was set up, Li Qingyan entered the camp full of sorrow. After the troops built their camps, they all gathered in the camp to rest.

On the city wall, Wanjun looked over and over again, "It's already getting late, and the Shun army will not attack today."

Zhang Wuyang said, "Sir, the Shun army is not well-defended. Taking advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold at this time, I will lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to suddenly rush out and I will definitely defeat the enemy!"

Wan Jun thought for a while and said, "There are many enemies, so our army can just hold on and there is no need to take risks!"

After arranging for everyone to take turns to rest, Wan Jun came to Wang Lihui and asked, "How many rockets have we built now?"

Wang Lihui said, "We have only built about twenty rockets during this period, but we have gradually become familiar with the technology, and we should be able to do it faster in the future!"

Wan Jun nodded and an idea came to his mind.
Chapter completed!