"Yang Yanwang is here." Kong Youde suddenly reminded Zhang Pan with a little nervousness, and subconsciously called out the nickname he had given to Yang Jie in private.

Zhang Pan's mentality is not like Kong Youde's. Although Yang Jie is cruel, he does not treat his own people, or he does not deal with others for no reason.

If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. Zhang Pan is a man of integrity, so why should you be afraid of him?

"Master Yang." The two of them bowed and greeted him.

"Generals, polite, polite." Yang Jie also bowed in return. He looked at the horses in the circle, nodded, and said, "These horses are good. After autumn, they will be fatter and stronger, ready to gallop on the battlefield."

Zhang Pan laughed and said, "Lord Yang knows the art of judging horses? He can tell good from bad at a glance."

"I know a thing or two." Yang Jie said modestly, then turned to business. "The spies I sent out have reported that several Liao people are about to rebel against Jin and join Ming. I would like to ask the two generals to send troops to support them."

Zhang Pan's face straightened, he glanced at Kong Youde, and extended his hand, saying, "Sir Yang, please come over here to discuss important military matters."

Kong Youde then said, "Just when I wanted to send the new recruits out for some training, Lord Yang presented me with a great opportunity."

Yang Jie chuckled and followed the two of them to the command center to plan without any hesitation.

After Liu Aita rebelled in Fuzhou and returned to the Ming Dynasty, Nurhaci became increasingly violent and brutal. The Han people in Liaodong also started to rebel one after another, and even many Han officials and generals participated in them.

The spies sent out from Liaonan and Dongjiang Headquarters became more in-depth and bold in their activities.

Han soldiers who were captured in previous battles or who voluntarily surrendered returned to the areas occupied by the Later Jin Dynasty after a period of special training, inciting the Liao people to revolt against the Jin Dynasty.

For example, Zhao Huaiyi, the former bondservant who killed a high-ranking official of the Later Jin Dynasty under the city of Ningyuan and then surrendered voluntarily, was looking at a group of villagers with a cold expression.

This is his hometown and also the area occupied by the Later Jin Dynasty. Among those who look at him with awe or fear are several of his fellow villagers.

Raising his hand, Zhao Huai put the pistol in his left hand back to his waist, and skillfully loaded ammunition into another flintlock pistol. As far as his eyes could see, there were two dead bodies lying there.

The stout one is Kena, the Jurchen man and the slave owner of these Toksos. The shorter one is Kena's son.

Tokso, translated into Chinese as "manor", is called "nongmu" by Koreans. In fact, it is collective production labor under the slave system, and the Jurchen family head is the slave owner.

A toksos may have as few as three or four people, or as many as seven or nine. Powerful slave owners may own many toksos, with the largest number having more than fifty.

The slaves in Toksone were called Aha, and their bodies were completely owned by the Jurchen masters, who treated them like livestock, cruelly exploiting and savagely abusing them.

Aha could be bought and sold by the owner of the house, given away, or distributed among his descendants at will. Abuse, insults, vicious beatings, and even torture to death were not uncommon.

Moreover, according to the laws of the Later Jin Dynasty, Aha could not flee from his master, and any captured fleeing Aha would be beheaded without mercy.

Kena had fought in many battles and was rewarded with several toksos for his military achievements.

However, he was so brave that he only rushed to within ten meters of Zhao Huaiyi before he was shot down. His son was also killed by Zhao Huaiyi without mercy.

Zhao Huaiyi had been abused. Both the father and the son were not good people. When he was sent here, he thought about killing them countless times to relieve the hatred in his heart.

After loading the pistol with quick and skillful movements, Zhao Huaiyi saw that several of his companions had also completed the task and were gathering together.

"Sir." Zhao Huaiyi bowed to the captain who was running towards him.

The captain nodded, briefly glancing at the bodies on the ground. He then looked up at the crowd, some surprised, some delighted, and spoke loudly, "Enough talk. We are the Ming army from southern Liaoning, and we are here to rescue you from this sea of ​​suffering. If you're willing to go, pack up quickly and follow us in two quarters of an hour. A large army will arrive to meet you tomorrow morning."

After a pause, the captain's voice was slightly sarcastic, "Of course, those who want to continue to work like slaves for the Jiannu can stay."

Zhao Huaiyi, upon noticing the captain's gaze, quickly shouted to the others, "Hurry home and pack! Food is most important. Don't bring any heavy or bulky items, including bedding and clothes. The imperial court will provide them once you get there. Don't buy them yourself!"

A few villagers believed in Zhao Huaiyi and took the lead in taking action. With someone taking the lead, the rest of the people had suffered enough and hurried back to clean up.

"After sending them away, we'll go to your village. It's not far, right?" The captain looked at the people leaving and patted Zhao Huaiyi on the shoulder.

Zhao Huaiyi smiled, but with a hint of bitterness. After being away from home for so long, they must have thought that he was dead. He had no idea how his relatives were doing.

In fact, Zhao Huaiyi and others were just one of the groups that sneaked into the Later Jin-occupied areas to incite and agitate. In addition to these small teams, spontaneous riots and escapes by Liao people also occurred one after another in Liaodong.

The Han people in Zhangtun, which belonged to Haizhou, secretly contacted the Ming army in southern Liaoning to send troops to attack the Jurchens in their own village, and then fled back to southern Liaoning; armed struggles against the Jin also broke out in more than ten places including Fengcheng, Xiuyan, Shuangshan, Pingdingshan, Anshan, Shoushan, and Zhangyi.

The Liaonan and Dongjiang headquarters launched attacks at the right time, constantly harassing and restraining the Jiannu and helping the Liao people escape back.

The Jiannu army was not very adaptable to the hot summer, and strategic adjustments were underway, so they had neither the energy nor the mood to engage in further entanglement with the Ming army.

The various Ming army units were also storing food, fodder, and ammunition, and supplementing and training soldiers, so it was impossible for them to launch a large-scale attack.

There were no major battles, but small ones continued. Although the Liaodong region was not peaceful, neither side had any intention of making any major mobilization or launching any major offensive.

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