Chapter 183: Jianzhou Jurchen

Next, the four people discussed arranging secret spies again, and the first meeting ended. Half an hour later, several military warehouses on the banks of the Taizi River on the eastern suburbs of Liaodong Town began to be busy. Hundreds of small boats were moored on the shore. The civilians and soldiers brought bags of food and other military supplies onto the boats. These small boats would go down the Taizi River and enter the Liao River, and finally reach the estuary to the south. At this time, the north wind was just beginning. If the road was smooth, it would be possible to reach Lushun Port in about eight days. Time was indeed a bit tight.

The sky was getting darker. Hundreds of torches were lit on the dock, illuminating the dock like daytime. The situation was urgent. Du Zhuo transferred nearly a thousand soldiers to transport grain. Li Wei and Chen Zhian, the Tongzhi of Jinshanwei, stood on the dock and watched the grain transport silently. Chen Zhian felt very moved. Li Wei was indeed extraordinary. He got 50,000 stones of grain in less than two hours and got 100,000 jin of money. This was something that he dared not think about before. In the past, he and his former commander came to ask for grain, and his mouth was worn out, but people ignored it. It was really different!

"Mr. Chen, please escort this batch of food and food back to Jinshanwei and improve the food for my brothers as I promise." Li Weizheng repeatedly reminded him.

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely deliver it safely." After a pause, he asked again: "Sir, are you going to Jianzhou Wei?"

"I originally planned to go to Guangning. Since I have met His Highness the King of Liao, there is no need to go again. I plan to go to Jianzhou Wei tomorrow."

At this time, an officer came forward to report to Li Weizheng and said, "Sir, the food has been loaded and the boatman has been prepared. When will he set off?"

"Notify the boatman and leave immediately."

The officer went to give an order, and Chen Zhian bowed and said, "Sir, then I'll take a step first."

Li Weizheng also replied, "You should take care of yourself all the way."

With a shout, the fleet began to set sail. Li Wei was standing next to the revet, watching the ship full of food leave until it disappeared, and then he got on the horse and headed towards Liaodong Town.

It was the beginning of Zimo Chou (1:30 at night). All the city in Liaodong Town was silent. The city gate had been closed. Because of the special circumstances, the city gate officers and soldiers specially opened the door for them. Li Weizheng and his party entered the city. Li Weizheng suddenly stopped his horse and asked an official who accompanied him to inspect the food. "I feel a little uncomfortable. I guess I am an old disease criminal. I want to ask, can there be a good pharmacy or famous doctor in Liaodong? The kind that can be effective quickly."

The official hurriedly said: "Sir, there are several pharmacies in Liaodong City, but there is a famous doctor in Zhengrentang, nicknamed "Yitie Ling". He is the first doctor in Liaodong. Why don't I take the adults there?"

Li Weizheng looked at the sky and frowned. The official understood and hurriedly said, "Whoever has no emergency illness? It's okay. When you knock on the door, Zhengrentang will be opened. We all know."

"Okay! Then I'll go and have a look."

Li Wei turned his horse's head and followed the officials to the east of the city, surrounded by nearly a hundred people. On the way, Li Wei shook his eyes at Shisanlang. When Shisanlang met, he quietly retreated and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

Soon, the group of them arrived at the pharmacy shop. The pharmacy shop was close to the street and was also a century-old house. Although it was midnight, there was still a faint light in the pharmacy shop, guiding the officials to come forward and knock on the door: "Open the door quickly! Open the door!"

At this time, Shisanlang appeared mysteriously again. He nodded to Li Wei, saying that everything was done. After knocking for a while, the door of the medicine shop opened with a creaking sound. A medicine boy came out and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Call the famous doctor to get up quickly. An adult was unwell and came to see the doctor."

"You please come in, Dr. Gao is just taking the medicine."

The official took Li Wei in, and the rest of the entourage were waiting outside. Li Wei was taken to a room by the medicine boy. He said to the official: "Sir, I'm sorry, only patients can enter the ward. Please wait outside."

"Mr. Li, then I'll wait outside." The official was very tactful. Maybe this Lord Li had any hidden secrets.

As soon as Li Wei entered the room, the famous doctor in the room immediately knelt down, "See benefactor!"

Needless to say, you can guess that Zhengrentang is the medicine shop run by Li Weizheng. One is in Peiping and the other is in Liaodong Town. Doctor Gao is one of the two famous doctors rescued by Li Wei from the Jinyiwei Zou Prison in the Zhou Dexing case. It turned out that his surname was Huangfu. He had lived in the north in anonymous for nearly two years. Li Weizheng had already obtained another identity for him, and his wife and daughter were also secretly picked up from the capital. Just now, Shisanlang came to inform them quietly that the lord was coming soon.

Li Weizheng quickly helped Dr. Gao up and smiled and said, "How is it? You live well here!"

"Mr. Meng's kindness, I lived a good life in Liaodong, and Dr. Ma was very comfortable in Peking and had a good reputation. This is all due to the kindness of Mr. Meng."

"Everyone is my own, so don't be polite." As he said that, Li Weizheng looked at the inner room again and asked with a smile, "Where is Shopkeeper Sun, why don't you see him?"

Doctor Gao said with a look of dismay: "He is still in Goryeo and has not come back. I heard from a businessman who escaped and said that more than 100 people in Goryeo's border town were all caught by Goryeo, and Manager Sun was among them."

Li Wei was just startled and asked hurriedly: "Why don't you tell me about this?"

"It was the shopkeeper's wife who refused to let her say it. She was also very anxious. She went to Peking a few days ago to discuss countermeasures with her father. I guess she wanted to use the money to redeem people."

Li Weicheng received news of Goryeo's troops in advance, that was that Sun Ji sent a pigeon letter from Anbiancheng. Unexpectedly, he could not escape. This made Li Wei really not expect it. He pondered for a moment and said to Doctor Gao: "When your shopkeeper's wife comes back, tell her not to act rashly. I will find a way to do this. No matter what, I will definitely rescue Sun Ji."

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely convey it." After pausing, Doctor Gao said again: "Sir, since he has come to Liaodong to serve, should we follow him?"

Li Weizheng shook his head and smiled, "You have now become the number one doctor in Liaodong. I have realized my first step of the plan. In the next step, your attention should be turned to Guangning and try to find opportunities to approach the people in the Liaowang Mansion."

Doctor Gao suddenly laughed, "Sir, it's really a coincidence. I just picked up a patient a few days ago, a eunuch. I came from the Liao Prince's Mansion in Guangning. I prescribed him a few doses of medicine. I guess he will come to me in two days."

"Very good, just contact him slowly. Don't be anxious. Come slowly. In a few days, I will ask Shisanlang to send you something, and he will contact you in the future."

"yes!"

Li Weizheng smiled. He turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something again, and said to Doctor Gao: "Chen Zhian, the chief minister of Jinzhou Wei, had worked in the Liaodong Dusi for six years. Today I see that he is very familiar with many people. If you have the opportunity to treat the officials of the Liaodong Dusi, ask me about Chen Zhian's background. He has a relative who works in the Jinyiwei, so it is best to ask me the name of this person."

Li Weizheng had always had doubts about Chen Zhi'an in his heart. He knew too much about him, which was inconsistent with his identity. Li Weizheng was born into the Jinyiwei. He knew Zhu Yuanzhang's control over the ministers too much and came to Liaodong to lead troops. Although he was the prince's person, with Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion, he could not have sent people to monitor him. Who would this person be? In any case, Li Weizheng must find this person.

"Sir, how is the situation?" The voice of an official came from outside the door.

"Okay, I'll end it now." Li Weijing patted Dr. Gao's hand gently, turned around and went out with a smile.

The door opened, and Doctor Gao sent Li Weizheng out, "I just worked hard all the way and was a little unacceptable. I will give you twenty pills. I will take three pills a day and be fine after three days."

"Thank you, Dr. Gao, for being disturbed so late, I'll say goodbye."

Li Weizheng ordered his personal soldiers to give him a reward, so he left Zhengrentang, turned over and rode his horse, and surrounded him and headed towards the Dusi Yamen.

The next morning, Li Weizheng set out to rush to Jianzhou Guard. To be precise, Jianzhou Guard did not belong to the Liaodong Dusi. It was set up by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Jurchen settlement area in the 20th year of Hongwu. On the one hand, in order to control the Jurchens, but more importantly, it suppressed Goryeo's expansion northward. In the 21st year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to set up the Tieling Guard again, but encountered strong resistance from Goryeo. A small-scale conflict occurred between the two sides. The Ming army lost due to too few people. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was facing the eve of the decisive battle with the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang had no time to look east to Goryeo, so he temporarily put the establishment of the Tieling Guard. The 6,000 troops transferred from the Liaoxi Corridor did not return to their original guards, but were temporarily placed under the Jianzhou Guard, thus forming a situation where the Jianzhou Guard and one guard were in charge of two armies.

Because the Jianzhou Guard is located in the Jurchen settlement area, many of its soldiers are from the Jurchens. For this reason, two Jurchen Thousand Houses were specially established, and all of the Jurchens were served by the Jurchens. The Jianzhou Guard Commander was originally surnamed Ma, but half a month ago, he was transferred to the Liaoxi Corridor as the Ningyuan Guard Commander, and gave the position to Li Weizheng.

Due to the insecurity of the Jurchen area, Li Weizheng's guards increased to 500. A team of cavalry ran east along the Taizi River. The eastwards the forest became denser and sparsely populated. The forest here was mainly birch and pine trees, and it pierced into the sky tall and straight. Many big trees were dozens of feet tall, and the tree surrounded by more than a dozen people could be hugged. The black forest was like a curtain cloth on this endless black soil. The river water was dug from the forest and winding through it. At this time, it was almost the dry season. Some riverbeds were exposed, covered with cobblestones of all sizes, and became a natural road. Four days later, the cavalry team left the Jaw Falcon Pass and finally arrived at the Jianzhou Guard.

Jianzhou Wei is a huge city, located on an open plain, close to another river, Suzi River, and three fortresses were built along the Suzi River. Unlike other guards, there are no military households here, only troops stationed. Amid the loud sound of trumpets, Jianzhou Wei welcomed its third commander.

With the warm welcome of commanding the Tongzhi and more than a dozen other thousand households, Li Wei was riding a horse into Jianzhou Acropolis. The city was a typical military structure, with no business or residential buildings. Ten military camps were neatly arranged along a central axis. There were shouts in the barracks, murderous intent, and rows of soldiers were lined up to train.

Commander Tongzhi's surname was Han, and he introduced to Li Weizheng: "Most of the soldiers of Jianzhou Guards are Han from Liaodong, and they are elite soldiers drawn from the Liaodong Dusiguards. They have three thousand muskets, eighty general artillery, and four thousand cavalry. Their combat power is very sharp."

"Mr. Han forgot to say we."

A muffled sound came from behind him. Li Weizheng turned around and saw that it was two Jurchen Thousand Households. Li Weizheng had noticed them as early as when he entered the city. One of them was Mengge Timur, the leader of the Jurchen Odori tribe, and the other was Ahachu, who led his troops across the Tumen River in early May to attack the Jurchen leader of the Yungangkuo tribe. Three months ago, a Jurchen Thousand Household in Jianzhou Wei died of illness. Since most of the Jurchen Thousand Households were from Uryanha tribes, they unanimously recommended Ahachu as a Thousand Household.

Mengge Timur is tall and burly. Although Ah Ha is not tall, he is extremely strong. Both of them are bare-headed, with long braids behind their heads, and wearing Ming army armor. Both look very fierce.

Han Tongzhi quickly smiled and introduced: "Our two Jurchen Thousand Households are also good at fighting, especially in jungle warfare. Their bows and arrows and close-knit fights are very fierce."

After saying that, he pointed at Mengge Timur with unsatisfactory feelings and added: "Mengge Qianhu is known as the number one warrior in Jianzhou Wei, and some people say they are the number one warrior in Liaodong."

There was sincere praise in the front, but the last comment contained a derogatory meaning. Li Wei couldn't help but glance at the Jurchen man, but he didn't know that the Mengge Temur in front of him was the ancestor of Nurhaci later. Seeing that the Mengge could not understand the derogatory meaning in his words, he clenched his fists at him in a sensation, which was a kind of show-off and expectation, perhaps expecting that he would use him well.

Li Weizheng smiled and refused to comment on Han Tongzhi's comments. Seeing that Li Weizheng did not respond, the smile on his face disappeared and asked unhappily: "Don't you believe it?"

"Bold!" Han Tongzhi said with a heavy face: "Do you speak like this to the commander?"

Li Weizheng waved his hand and smiled faintly, "It's okay, Meng Ge Qianhu is a person with temperament. I believe I want me to see his bravery."

Both Jurchen Qianhu's faces changed drastically. Mengge Timuer narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "I don't know what the adults want to see, do you want to come down and walk with me twice in person, or do you think I'm a monkey."

The thousand households around him didn't say anything. They also wanted to see how Li Weizheng dealt with the arrogant Jurchen Qianhu. Another thousand household Aha, who was embarrassed when he saw the scene, gently touched Mengge Timur and signaled him not to be willful. Mengge Timur shook his hand and walked towards a huge rock. The huge rock weighed three or four hundred kilograms and was covered with moss. Mengge Timur hugged the corner of the huge rock and shook it hard. He roared suddenly, "Get up!" The huge rock was shaking and was pulled up by him. He gradually raised it above his head, his face turned purple and red. He burst out again and yelled, 'bang' the huge rock on the ground, and the ground shook slightly.

Mengge Timur slowly straightened his waist. He gently patted the moss on his palm, glanced at Li Weizheng, and sneered. At this time, the soldiers training in the military camp next to him surrounded him and watched from here through the wooden fence.

Li Wei was looking back at Shisanlang. Shisanlang nodded, and walked forward and said, "I am Lord Li's entourage, I'll compete with you!"

He threw away his outer robe, and the surroundings were suddenly filled with an uproar. The man had one arm, his right hand broke with his wrist. Shisanlang strode to the rock, waved his hand with one hand and said, "Please get out of here!"

When Mengge Timur saw that he was thin and shorter than him, his eyes couldn't help but be filled with a look of surprise. He knew that since this person dared to stand up, he must have some ability. When he saw Shisanlang walking towards him, he took two steps back at a loss.

Shisanlang half-squatted down and pushed the rock with one arm. He suddenly shouted softly. The rock was slowly pushed by him, but he just pushed the rock up and pressed it against the rock with his shoulders. He squatted down slowly and found a center of gravity support point. With a shout, the rock was actually carried by him with his shoulders and one hand. As Shisanlang slowly stood up with a rock, there was a burst of exclamation around him, and then applause was thunderous. A thin one-armed man could actually carry a huge rock weighing three or four hundred pounds. What a power.

Li Weizheng smiled confidently. He knew that Shisanlang had picked up two big men in Wuchang and ran like flying. Even if he broke his arm, the huge rock was still not a problem for him. At this moment, Shisanlang had no intention of letting go. He tried to support the point little by little. Finally, he concentrated for a while and shouted suddenly. The huge rock was raised high by him with one arm. He pushed it all the time. The huge rock was thrown to the original place ten feet away, and it was inlaid into the original pit. This hand further aroused a cheering sound around him, "Good Kung Fu!"

Even Li Weizheng couldn't help but applaud. He turned around and looked at Mengge Timur and smiled, "How about it, do you want to compete again?"

Ahazi saw Shisanlang's power. He saw that Mengge Timur was stunned and was about to step forward to admit defeat. Unexpectedly, Mengge Timur roared like a beast and pulled out his wide-back long sword from his back. This long sword was made of pig iron, two feet long, with a back of a knife of one and a half inches and a weight of at least forty or fifty kilograms. He held the knife and said proudly: "Soldiers are going to fight to kill the enemy, but they are not playing with stones. Do you dare to compete with me for the sword?"

Shisanlang turned around and looked at Li Wei. Li Wei was nodding and made a gesture to him. Shisanlang pulled out the black embroidered spring knife he had been using from the horse's back. The knife weighed only a dozen pounds, but the cold air was so cold that it was afraid to look at him.

Seeing that he really dared to compete with him, Mengge Timur couldn't help laughing to the sky, raising his hand and slashing in the air, making a "woo!" sound. People around him scattered to both sides. Everyone knew that Mengge Timur's sword was extremely powerful and had amazing force. He once cut off a big tree as thick as a bucket with one knife. If he was chopped by him, it would have to be split into two with one knife. His reputation as the number one warrior in Jianzhou Guard was obtained from his sword technique.

Shisanlang's face was solemn. He slowly walked forward. He stopped when he was still ten feet away from Mengge Timur. He pointed his left knife at the ground. He lowered his head and stared at the tip of the knife.

Seeing that he looked down on him, Mengge Timuer raised his head and let out a long roar. He slashed at Shisanlang's thin body with a sudden sword. The knife was fierce, like a mountain and a sea. In the blink of an eye, it reached Shisanlang half a foot. Everyone around him held their breath and looked at Shisanlang who was motionless in horror, unable to even make a scream.

Mengge Timur was extremely proud. He was about to listen to the wonderful sound of the bone being cut off. Unexpectedly, he slashed in the air, unable to control his gravity, and staggered forward for two steps. He was stunned, his hair was spread on his shoulders, and slowly turned around. He saw Shisanlang looking at him with a smile on his back. At this time, everyone opened their mouths and looked into the air. A thick braid was broken in the air, and the thin hair was fluttering in the air.
Chapter completed!