Yongli Ming Dynasty

Chapter 412 Spy
Jiangshanji, the Qing army suddenly rushed in, and the town was instantly in chaos

A group of cavalrymen galloped back and forth in the alleys. Whenever they saw Ming soldiers holding weapons or gathering to resist, they would immediately shoot them to death with arrows and bows.
The streets were in a mess. Rice, wheat, grain, beans, even gold, silver, jewelry, brocade and silk were all dumped on the ground. The Ming army had looted the property with great difficulty, but now no one cared about it.

Jiangshanji was the hub where Huang Binqing's troops looted in the south of the city. There were actually no less than a thousand Ming troops gathered in the town.

But these people had already dispersed and were out looting. The Qing army suddenly attacked, and the Ming army in the town did not even have time to gather.

In fact, it would be useless even if the Ming army in the town gathered. The 700 Qing troops who rushed into the battle array this time were the elite servants raised by Chen Tianchong. They were not something that Huang Binqing's Zhoushan Camp could resist.

These 700 cavalrymen rode on Liao horses, all wearing green cotton armor, and equipped with bows, arrows, swords and spears. The horses and weapons of this battalion were of high quality, and could even catch up with the elite Eight Banners Manchu soldiers of the Qing court.

Other military leaders wanted to expand their elite forces, but the first thing they had to solve was money, food, war horses, and weapons.

Armor and weapons are not cloth or silk. These things cannot be obtained with money, but this is not a problem for Chen Tianchong.

Chen Tianchong's identity is very special. On the surface, he is the Ninghai General of the Qing Dynasty. In secret, he is an inner spy planted by the Ming Dynasty on the front line of the Qing Dynasty. Smuggling Jiangnan commercial goods makes him have sufficient sources of income on the surface.
The cavalry under Chen Tianchong's command had horses from the Qing army and armor and weapons from the Ming army. In addition to the horses, the Ming court could provide Chen Tianchong with almost unlimited quantities of all the weapons he needed.

Chen Tianchong has channels from both sides and is able to expand his cavalry to more than a thousand cavalry at any time.
It was just a border town general, but he had a thousand armored cavalry under his command. It was too conspicuous, so Chen Tianchong limited the number of cavalry to 700.
In the back hall of the mansion, Chen Tianchong sat in the back hall, his blue cotton armor was dyed dark red.
The courtyard was full of soldiers, and from time to time there were cries of fighting on the streets outside the courtyard, but the sounds were getting weaker and weaker. It was obvious that the war in the town had gradually stopped.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and Ninghai Deputy General Zhong Mo quickly walked into the hall with a general in a disheveled state.
This general was about fifty years old, wearing a scarlet military uniform, and his face was covered with dust and dirt. Who else could it be but Huang Binqing, the general of Zhoushan?

Huang Binqing saw Zhang Jiayu, Zheng Cai and others leave, but he became greedy and took over Ningbo City directly.
Huang Binqing took over Ningbo on the 16th and immediately ordered his troops to plunder. They robbed to their heart's content, but at night, Huang Binqing discovered something was wrong.

When Zheng Cai and others were here, he still felt that these people were annoying, but now that Zheng Cai and others really left, Huang Binqing felt that Ningbo had suddenly become full of dangers.

Ningbo was dead silent on the night of the 16th. Under the looting of the Ming army in Zhoushan, almost all the people in Ningbo had fled the city.

Zheng Cai and Zhang Jiayu's 6,000 men left, and the remaining 2,000 men of Zheng Cai also looted outside the city. Even most of Huang Binqing's own 3,000 soldiers and horses also went out of the city to loot under his orders.

Ningbo is so big that it becomes eerily quiet like a ghost town at night.

Huang Binqing spent the night in fear in the city. This morning, he immediately ordered people to load the city's treasures onto the boats, and he headed straight to the south of the city.
Huang Binqing was reluctant to leave Ningbo, but after Zheng Jia and others left for only one day, he began to want to leave.
Jiangshanji is Huang Binqing's most important base outside the city. Most of the loot Huang Binqing looted outside the city was stored in Jiangshanji.

Huang Binqing rushed to Jiangshan Market to personally supervise the transportation of the wealth in the market town. After transporting the wealth in Jiangshan Market, Huang Binqing will leave Ningbo directly.
But Huang Binqing's luck was obviously not very good. Huang Binqing entered Jiangshan Market in the morning, and was directly attacked by Chen Tianchong and others in the afternoon.
Although Huang Binqing was also guarded by 300 personal soldiers, they could not hold out for even half an hour. The Qing cavalry charged for only two rounds before the personal guards collapsed and Huang Binqing was captured.
This is also a matter of course. Not to mention that the number of Huang Binqing's personal soldiers is far less than that of the Dinghai Cavalry, in terms of the quality of the soldiers, these personal soldiers are far from being comparable to the Qing army.
What kind of soldiers are under Huang Binqing, and what kind of soldiers are under Chen Tianchong?
Chen Tianchong was a regular Qing army general. Although he was a secret agent of the Ming court, his identity was top secret in the Ming court. Only a few people in the Ming court knew Chen Tianchong's identity.
Chen Tianchong was stationed in Dinghai, and he was really fighting with the Ming army.
Every year when the Ming army sent out elite soldiers to raid for food, the cavalry under Chen Tianchong would go out to intercept and kill them. The cavalry battalion in Dinghai was the elite that could really fight against the imperial guards of the Ming court.

On the other hand, what kind of people are under Huang Binqing? The Zhoushan Battalion under Huang Binqing is a naval force, which is good at naval warfare but not land warfare.

Since Longwu, Huang Binqing has been hiding on the island. His soldiers have hardly fought in the past five or six years. How could such weak soldiers stop the elite border troops of Ninghai?
Chen Tianchong looked at Huang Binqing below, a strange color flashed in his eyes, but his face was expressionless, and he waved his hand directly.
The soldiers at the door immediately closed the door when they saw Chen Tianchong's gesture. Soon, only Chen Tianchong, Zhongmo, and Huang Binqing were left in the hall.

Chen Tianchong threw the iron helmet on his head onto the table, and the iron helmet hit the table, making a crisp sound.

"I heard that you have something important to report to me?"

At this time, the hall was extremely quiet. Huang Binqing heard the sound of the iron helmets colliding, and his expression immediately became nervous. He also spoke quickly.

"Yes, yes, the criminal is the pseudo-Ming Sulu Bo, Zhoushan General Huang Binqing, and he has important information to report."

"The Qing court has a valiant army and is feared by the world. How dare I go against the imperial majesty? It was only because the false Ming court threatened me that I had no choice but to follow them. Now I truly regret it."

"As far as I know, the real mastermind behind the attack on Ningbo is the pseudo-Ming Dynasty of Guangdong Province." "The attack on Ningbo was also manipulated by Zhang Jiayu, the pseudo-Southern Zhili Governor of Guangdong Province."

"The Guangdong Province's pseudo-dynasty secretly invaded the Qing court under the banner of Zhoushan. This is a heinous crime. I am here to report this matter to the emperor. General Chen must not be deceived by the pseudo-Ming court."

Huang Binqing looked at Chen Tianchong above him with a flattering look on his face, but he didn't notice that the Ninghai Lieutenant General Zhong Mo behind him had changed his expression.
Chen Tianchong stared at Zhongmo, but there was no strange expression on his face. Suddenly, Chen Tianchong slammed the table, his face was furious, and he shouted loudly:
"What nonsense! Do you really think I don't know what's going on in Ningbo?"

"The troops that attacked Ning this time were all Zheng Cai and other Zhoushan bandits. How dare you, a bandit, still make random comments at this point?"

"What a loyal thief general who defended his master. Even when he was about to die, he still wanted to fish in troubled waters and exonerate Naru Ni."

"I will report the truth to the court this time and ask the court to send a large army to wipe out the bandits on Zhoushan Island and send King Nalu to meet you in the underworld."

Huang Binqing was also stunned when he heard this, but then he immediately reacted and cried out in injustice. This Tartar surnamed Chen obviously thought that he wanted to divert the trouble to save Lu Jianguo and others on Zhoushan Island.

But God has mercy on him. He really has nothing to do with Regent Lu. It has nothing to do with him whether Regent Lu lives or dies. How could Huang Binqing possibly affect his own life for Regent Lu?
Huang Binqing didn't care about much at this time, and spoke loudly
"General, please be wise. Everything I said is true."

"As far as I know, the Guangdong Pseudo-Dynasty attacked Ningbo this time for a batch of commercial goods. The Guangdong Pseudo-Dynasty Maritime Trade Department secretly smuggled goods from Jiangnan, and one batch of the commercial goods was seized by the upper country in Ningbo."

"The Maritime Trade Bureau is the money bag of the fake emperor of Guangdong Province. The fake emperor has always been greedy for money. He was very angry when he learned that the merchant goods were robbed, so he planned to attack Ningbo to take back the lost property."

"But the Guangdong Province's pseudo-dynasty had just signed an alliance with the Qing Empire, so it was difficult for the pseudo-emperor to send out his own troops, so he encouraged the Zhoushan army to attack. This is absolutely true, and I am not lying at all."

Chen Tianchong looked at Huang Binqing who was anxious below him. Although his face was cold, he felt a little relieved in his heart.

Although the court has repeatedly said that his identity is top secret, no one knows the actual situation.

But after hearing what Huang Binqing said, Chen Tianchong was relieved. Zhang Jiayu must have acted very cautiously this time. At least Huang Binqing did not discover the real purpose of the court's action.
Huang Binqing became more and more anxious when he saw Chen Tianchong suddenly stopped talking. He kept thinking about the intelligence he had.
Huang Binqing's mind raced, and soon his eyes lit up, and he spoke again

"I have another matter to report, which will be of great help to you, General!"

"Two days ago, the pseudo-Governor Zhang Jiayu summoned our Zhoushan army and forced us to withdraw, saying that the Qing army was coming."

"Only two days later, the general led his troops here. This shows that the Guangdong Province Pseudo-Government must have planted spies in Ninghai!"

"General, as long as you carefully check the people who have entered and exited Ninghai in the past few days, you will definitely be able to find the pseudo-Ming spy and eliminate this major threat."

Chen Tianchong's face was filled with anger, as if he was shocked by the spy's story.

Chen Tianchong and Zhongmo looked at each other, their hearts suddenly sank. Huang Binqing knew too much.
It was nothing that Chen Tianchong arrived just after the main force of the Ming army left. Ningbo was in the rear and the front line was not lost. The Ningbo Ming army should have left quickly after looting.

Chen Tianchong was lucky at best to arrive just after the Ming army left.

But if the Qing court knew that the Ming court had already determined that the Qing army would come before the Qing army arrived, and Chen Tianchong happened to be the first to arrive after the Ming army left, then there would be a big problem.
The Ming army knew the Qing army's movements in advance, so they could say that there was a spy in Ninghai. However, if the Qing government really investigated further, it would most likely lead to Chen Tianchong.

Chen Tianchong looked at Huang Binqing, who was flattering him, with a blank expression on his face, but his eyes gradually became cold.
(End of this chapter)