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With many years of experience in the Jianlu Army, Fan Wencheng immediately recognized the sound of hoofbeats that could only be made by a well-trained cavalry army. Suddenly, he became nervous. How could there be Ming army cavalry here?

Fan Wencheng subconsciously turned on the lamp, picked up the letters, and wanted to run out. But at this time, he suddenly heard something again, and stopped his movements. After listening carefully again, he sat back, unfolded the letter paper, and flattened it again.

There was a sound outside the door, and Fan Gou pushed the door open. Seeing Fan Wencheng's appearance, he couldn't help but admire him. Just now, he was frightened and thought it was the Ming army coming to arrest them.

"Brother, there was a group of cavalry passing by on the official road outside the temple just now. Judging from their flags, they were Guan Ning Cavalry, New Army Cavalry and Dongjiang Cavalry. There were about 800 cavalry in total. .Looking at the direction, we are heading towards the capital." Fan Gou reported in a low voice.

When Fan Wencheng heard this, he frowned. Aren't these three cavalry armies confronting the Qing Dynasty at Anshan Posthouse? Why did they send some of them back to the capital? Could it be that the Ming army won another battle in Liaodong?

He never thought that the Qing Dynasty could win the war, because he knew that no matter how capable the army was, it would be impossible to win the war if it did not have food and supplies. With the current strength of the Qing Dynasty, if it can maintain the situation before he left, it would actually be considered good!

At this time, Fan Wencheng was very worried. He frowned and thought for a while, then asked Fan Gou: "Is there anything going on outside now?"

It was also because of the situation in Yongping Fucheng that Fan Wencheng was very cautious. Not all of his men were around, but they were scattered outside to keep watch.

When Fan Gou heard this, he hesitated for a while and then replied: "It seems that the world is not very peaceful. From time to time, some people in the world can be seen outside, looking menacing. It's almost the end of the year, and it hasn't stopped yet!"

Upon hearing this, his brows furrowed even more. Because the strong man who was arrested before was a member of the Jianghu.

Seeing Fan Wencheng's expression, Fan Gou knew that he was worried, so he expressed his opinion: "Brother, this is a bit far from Yongping Fucheng. There are no big gangs who are involved in the gangs and lakes over there. It's impossible. It affects this side. Besides, it’s just a gangster who died. Even if they find the body, who will know that it was us?"

In ancient times, ordinary people basically lived within a few dozen miles of the place where they were born. Generally speaking, few people travel far. A road of 100 kilometers like that in later generations would only take less than an hour by driving on the expressway. But for people in this era, it takes at least six or seven days to walk. It costs a lot of money and the price is very high.

When Fan Wencheng heard what he said, he felt relieved when he thought about it. Then he straightened his face, folded the letter paper in his hand and handed it to Fan Gou, saying: "Go back to Shenyang immediately and give this letter to the Emperor. Remember, this letter is very important and must be handed over to the Emperor in person. I am writing this letter You also ask the emperor for several times the amount of property, and the emperor will give it to you."

Fan Gou was a little surprised after hearing this. No one else knew the total value of the belongings he brought with him when he came out this time. As Fan Wencheng's true confidant, he naturally knew.

He was thinking this in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface. He just nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will set off immediately and I will definitely send the letter back to Shenyang."

Not long after, Fan Gou took only one person with him and walked out of the temple gate to leave.

At this time, I happened to meet the abbot of the temple walking towards me. Fan Gouhe asked: "Master has come back from doing the ritual?"

When the host saw Fan Gou, his face seemed a little strange. He nodded and said something, and then led the monks under him into the temple.

Fan Gou didn't take it seriously, thinking that the host was tired after being invited to perform rituals for a day and a night.

But he didn't know that in a forest opposite the temple gate, a group of people were surrounding a thin man who seemed to be quite ill. The leader among them asked: "Hou San, do you recognize him?"

This thin man was Hou San. He had been freezing in the wild all night and his body was already suffering from cold sickness. But even so, whenever he found something unusual somewhere, he would insist on rushing there to confirm with his own eyes whether it was Fan Wencheng's gang of traitors. Only in this way can we minimize the possibility of alerting the enemy.

Because Hou San provided clues that Fan Wencheng and his group were pretending to be monks, therefore, temples in various places were the focus of attention. The monks who had ordered the order came to this temple. Although the number was not enough, the local heroes still came forward to verify the situation on the grounds of asking the abbot to perform a ritual.

At this time, Hou San just took one look and became excited. He stared at Fan Gou and others and said through gritted teeth: "Sir, these two people are from Fan Wencheng's group. Cao Mian dares to guarantee it with his life!"

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Jin Yiwei Baihu was overjoyed. He immediately ordered his men to follow them quietly and find a place where no one was around to catch the two men.

This time, in order to capture traitors like Fan Wencheng, both Jinyiwei and Dongchang mobilized their elite personnel. A large number bullies a small number, and another sudden attack. It didn't take long for Fan Gou and the two to be tied up and escorted to Baihu.

Fan Gou was very shocked. When he saw the clothes of these people, he quickly begged for mercy: "Heroes, please spare your life, this poor monk is just..."

However, before he finished speaking, he saw the person who captured his leader reported to one of them: "Sir, the person has been captured."

As soon as he heard this, Fan Gou was immediately struck by thunder. If he was a member of the Jianghu, it would be easier to say that if he used money to throw money at him, he might be able to find peace. But this sir's call revealed the identity of these people, who turned out to be official servants.

After the belongings on his body were presented to him, Fan Gou was in despair and said with one tenth of a millionth of hope: "Sir, this villain is just doing things out of necessity. As long as you can let me go, I can give you as much money as you want. This I will work harder than you all my life..."

He was thinking that there was money mentioned in the letter, and the amount was so large that even people from the government might be able to buy it off.

However, before he finished speaking, he saw the person who was reading the letter suddenly slapped the letter paper and said with great joy: "Confirmed, the thief Fan Wencheng is in the temple. This is the letter he wrote to the slave chief. Haha, this time our Jinyiwei finally caught someone before Dongchang..."

Fan Gou could no longer hear the words that followed, because when he realized that these official officials in front of him were actually Jin Yiwei, he knew that his last hope was gone.

The Jin Yiwei are the emperor's personal troops. If it's just one or two, there's still hope of buying them off. But it is absolutely impossible for such a large group of Jin Yiwei to be bribed.

When Hou San heard this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and cry out sadly: "Brother, have you heard in the spirit of heaven? The thieves who harmed you have now been caught. That night, you would rather die for the sake of my little brother. I opened my eyes angrily, now I can rest in peace!"

Jin Yiwei Baihu was in a good mood. Seeing that Hou San was ill and still insisted on going to various places to identify the culprits, he was really moved and said to him: "Don't worry, you have done a lot of credit for catching Fan Wencheng and the gang of traitors this time. I will report it truthfully and submit it to the emperor."

After that, they began to interrogate Fan Gou and the two. The bones of the two of them were not as strong as those of the strong men. Jin Yiwei just used a few tricks to recruit whatever he wanted them to do.

In the temple, Fan Wencheng spent almost all night completing the letter to Huang Taiji. Just when he was lying on the bed and wanted to close his eyes, so quietly, suddenly, the door of the wing was kicked open. , a line of big men came in. Even though Fan Wencheng claimed to be both civilized and military, a large group of big men suddenly swarmed him and immediately pressed him on the bed like a stack of arhats, and even almost squeezed out his feces. After tying him up tightly, he was escorted off the bed.

At this time, Fan Wencheng no longer had the grace of a feather fan and silk scarf. He looked panicked and stammered: "You...who are you? I have never offended you..."

This attack was really too fierce. He had read a lot and had never seen such a scene. There was some clear despair in my heart, but also a little bit of luck.

"Have you ever offended?" Jinyiwei Baihu sneered, "What you offended are your ancestors, the people of Ming Dynasty, and the emperor. You, a person who has forgotten his ancestors for countless times, are helping the emperor to do evil, Fan Wencheng!"

Even Fan Wencheng, who was both civil and military, was paralyzed when he heard his name being called out. Because he knew that if the things he had done fell into the hands of Ming Guo, it would be completely over.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately learned the news that Fan Wencheng had been captured alive through the chat group, and immediately sent an order to escort these traitors to Beijing. At the same time, after learning about the contributions made by Hou San and others, he added an imperial edict to let Hou San go to Beijing together.

After exiting the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile, thinking that this traitor was caught at this time, just in time for the ceremony he was preparing for. Is this the wish of the souls who were killed by him?

On his side, there was good news one after another, but on King Togotalong's side, there was bad news one after another.

Over the past year, he has been bent on implementing the New Deal, but things always go against his wishes. Things that go against him always appear in various places, especially in the northern region. Flattened one wave after another. What concerned him most was the constant escape among the Ahmedan people. These are the foundations of his rule. If something goes wrong, he will be in big trouble. Therefore, it can be said that during this year, his energy was mainly focused on Ahmedan.

But this is not over yet. Now he is furious in the hall, and bad news from the north is coming one after another. First, the Ming army raided and Mubang fell, and then the entire Mubang area fell in a short period of time. Then Mengmi, Mengyang and other places were also declared lost. The Ming army attacked the entire northern line almost at the same time, without even giving him time to react.

Actually, if that's all, it's nothing. After all, these places were originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty. They had taken them away before, but now they are lost. However, the Ava area that he cared about most was now exposed to the Ming army's front. That is the most important grain-producing area in Dongwu. He had already made plans to move the capital to Ava in the next two years because it was very important.

Ava must not fall into the hands of the Ming army! King Talong broke another cup and swore in his heart. Although he deployed heavy troops there, he was also guarded by his trusted subordinates. However, the Ming Dynasty was absolutely aggressive this time, and it turned out that Mubang, Meng Mi and Meng Yang all attacked at the same time. He was very worried that Ava would also be taken away by the Ming army.

He has always had military power, and because of this, he was able to wrest the throne from his nephew. To be honest, he can be considered a promising king in Togo's history. It's just a pity that in this plane, he was affected by the butterfly wings.

Although he didn't know how many troops the Ming Dynasty would attack, King Talong had prepared for the worst. It can be said that he mobilized all the troops in the country. Artillery, sailors, elephant soldiers, infantry, archers, bucklers, long shield soldiers, palace guards and Shan soldiers all went out with him.

In fact, if he failed in his personal expedition, Dongwu would be a small place, not comparable to the Ming Dynasty, and there would be no place to escape. To the Ming Dynasty, this kind of war might be just a war on the frontier, but to him, it was a war that would overwhelm the country!

King Talong was also a ruthless man, just like the previous kings of Dongwu, he was most wary of the Han people. In conjunction with the war in the Ming Dynasty, he immediately issued an order to arrest all the Ming people in the Ava area, take them to the riverside, kill them, and then push them into the river.

Suddenly, the lower reaches of the Great Jinsha River almost turned into the red Great Jinsha River. The tragedy of the Ming Dynasty was once again under the butcher's knife of the aliens, and blood was spilled on the earth.

King Talong's new policy was almost completely invalidated along with this war, and the whole country of Dongwu immediately entered a state of war. But when King Talong's army entered Ava City, he was relieved and finally arrived before the Ming army attacked.

King Talong was used to fighting, so he immediately sent out scouting horses to the north to listen for the movements of the Ming army. More than half a month later, the situation of the Ming army was finally clear.

I don't know if this is a good thing. After finding out, he, King Long, suddenly felt a lot of pressure. Because he discovered that the Ming army did not take advantage of the victory to attack, but instead garrisoned the northern area after capturing it, and went out to calm the people there. Apparently they planned to stay there for a long time.

The army is stationed in the north and can move south at any time. The terrain is convenient. If it attacks Ava from below, it will be like building a high-rise building. As a result, the pressure on the Ava region can be imagined!

For King Talong, he couldn't afford this war. Although the Ming army did not attack further south, he did not dare to withdraw. But with all the armies from across the country gathered in Ava, the logistical pressure was also very great, and it also consumed a lot of Dongwu's national power, which he didn't want to see.

So, he continued to spy on the news while thinking hard about good strategies.

Not to mention, he is indeed the famous King Talong in history. He really found a fatal point in this strategy of the Ming army!