What Kong Youde was most worried about was whether it was because of his appearance that the butterfly effect was caused, and something happened in Liaodong. Then what did Huang Taiji have thought about Dengzhou, and he might even cross the Hainan and attack Dengzhou from Yaozhou and Gaizhou.

If that is true, then his situation will be very bad. As a result, the pressure he faces will increase exponentially. Not only will he have to come from the Huanglong tribe in Dongjiang, but he will have to send a large army of rebels that may reach 100,000 to the court in the future, but he will also have to face Jiannu who may cross the Bohai Sea at any time. Under the attack of so many enemies, he is not sure to win.

When he thought of this, Kong Youde's heart was raised and his breathing became a little rapid. He was really afraid that his worries would become a reality, so he could not think clearly about these problems and surrendered to Qin Zhiyuan's expectant gaze.

As Kong Youde's current think tank, Qin Zhiyuan was also very confused about this, but he did not think as much as Kong Youde. Instead, he fell into deep thought and began to analyze it in an orderly manner, and Kong Youde did not interrupt him.

After a while, he raised his head, but did not directly answer Kong Youde's question, but asked Xu Wenfei, "Mr. Xu Bai, do you say that the forces that captured Laiyang, except for the leading Tartars, most of the others were Han people? There were even some Japanese pirates among them."

Xu Wenfei said with certainty, "Mr. Qin, this is true. In addition to these thirty-three killed Tartars, there should be Tartars among the fifty or sixty enemies that ran away. It is unknown how many there are, but there should be no less than ten.

The remaining corpses were identified by Mr. Bai Qian and some prisoners of the garrison. More than 60 were from Japanese pirates. Most of the soldiers of those garrisons were from Dasongwei. During the Tianqi period, there were sporadic Japanese pirates. All of them should not admit their mistakes. Most of the other corpses were from Han people!”

"When they escaped, were they running in a fixed direction? Or, when they ran away, was there anyone directing them to run in a certain direction?"

Xu Wenfei sorted out his thoughts and said, "Mr. Qin, we attacked the city from the north. The fifty or sixty people who escaped were all fleeing from the east gate and the south gate. Ding chased the cavalry under the general command for a while, but they escaped into the deep mountains and forests, and it was inconvenient to pursue them, so they gave up!

I don’t know their specific direction, but they are roughly running southeast, not in other directions. As for whether they will change lanes in the future, we don’t know whether they will change lanes in the future!"

After hearing what Xu Wenfei said, Qin Zhiyuan said to Kong Youde, "Sir, judging from the current situation, these Tartars should not be sent by Shenyang, so you can rest assured that this!"

Despite Qin Zhiyuan's swearing, Kong Youde still couldn't calm down and asked quickly, "What is your basis? Tell me what you know!"

Qin Zhiyuan said slowly, "Sir, don't worry, let me analyze it slowly! First of all, not only the Tartars attacked Laiyang City, but even the Tartars only accounted for a small part, but they occupied a dominant position and were able to firmly control the larger number of Han people and Japanese pirates. In other words, they have established a complete ruling system, which takes time and cannot be done in a short period of time. This means that they have come to Shandong long ago and have been rooted in some places in Denglai for a while!

Secondly, their attack on Laiyang was very clever. Xu Yuanyong had just led 4,000 troops to leave, and our troops to attack Laiyang had not arrived yet. It was definitely not a coincidence that they captured Laiyang City at this time. Because this was a gap period, during this period, they did not need to deal with Xu Yuanyong's three thousand combat soldiers, nor did they need to deal with our army's two thousand troops. They only needed to deal with the few guards left by Laiyang.

They only need to pay a small price to quickly capture Laiyang City, then rob Laiyang City, looting it and returning with a full load! All of this requires extremely accurate intelligence support. Collecting such a complete situation is definitely not something that can be done in a short time!"

After listening to Qin Zhiyuan's analysis, Kong Youde immediately calmed down. He was too worried about the changes caused by this before, which led to Huang Taiji's thoughts on Dengzhou, so he could not think calmly. Qin Zhiyuan's reminder seemed to be the case.

After careful thinking, less than fifty Tartars led more than 300 Han and Japanese pirates. After their defeat, the remaining thirty or forty Han and Japanese pirates did not flee, and ran away in the same direction as the Tartars, indicating that the Tartars had already controlled them very stably.

In addition, they all have the purpose of going southeast, rather than running north, which means they are likely to come from the southeast, and they are likely to have taken root somewhere in the southeast of Laiyang.

Kong Youde, who had settled down, patted Qin Zhiyuan on the shoulder and said, "Old Qin, yes, your inference makes sense! These Tartars may have come to Shandong and taken root, but they did not cause much trouble, so they did not attract any attention. Maybe they were also afraid that things would make a big deal and would attract a large army to encircle them.

But the question is, where are they dormant? According to your analysis, they have been rooted in Denglai for a while, and have not been discovered for such a long time, so where are they most likely to be hidden? Denglai has been a densely populated area since ancient times, and it is almost impossible for these Tartars to not be discovered!"

Qin Zhiyuan did not answer immediately, but pointed to the map and drew his fingers along the coastline south of Denglai Palace, southwest and northeast, and said lightly, "Island!"

"Island? Are you saying these Tartars are hiding on the island?"

"Yes! Sir, if you want to talk about the best places for Tibetans, that is, the island. In the past few years, the Dengzhou Navy almost didn't ask much about the waters south of Denglai. If you hide these Japanese pirates, islands, and even Tartars, it would not be easy to be discovered.

They can pretend to be pirates, attack some coastal villages or garrisons from time to time, or rob passing ships, enough to obtain food and supplies to feed them. Even if the wind is tight, they can still not go out to rob and make a living by fishing, so it is not easy to be discovered!"

Kong Youde also thought this explanation was very reliable. Pirates have been there all year round and they were not clean. As long as the pirates were not too much, they were basically handled by local garrisons. The combat power of the garrison soldiers was not enough in front of the Tartars, and they probably didn't want to care about it after being beaten a few times.

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Chapter completed!