As soon as Wang Zhizheng's arrangement information arrived at the prefect's yamen, the prefect Li Jingbai listened to the report, immediately stood up, and said to the soldiers who came to deliver the message: "Lord Hou's plan is really ruthless, lead the snake out of the hole, gather and annihilate it!" He is worthy of being a bandit general! ”

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The guard nodded and said: "Master Hou is not only willing to take command in person, but also heard that the Taiping Mansion is in short supply, but also donated all the silver taels on his body to the official uniform to purchase weapons!" ”

Li Jingbai shook his head and said, "Ashamed, ashamed!" Hou Ye understands the righteousness so well, but it makes my generation feel ashamed! ”

Immediately instructed the master beside him: "You quickly call Li Yan and Zhang Bin, I want to assign tasks!" ”

The master took the order and left, and after a while, two people in official uniforms came in, one was a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, who looked burly and strong, and the other was a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, who looked tall and slender, and had a good manner.

The young man's name is Zhang Bin, he is a general in the Taiping Mansion, and the young man's name is Li Yan, who is the eldest son of Li Jingbai. Li Yan has been an official with his father since he was a child, although he is only eighteen years old.

But he is already a junior military attache in Taiping Province.

Li Jingbai paced in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said with a long beard in his hand: "Bandits are rampant in Wuhu County, Lord Wang Zhizheng of Chongguo Mansion came to Wuhu, almost killed by the bandits, and was furious, and asked the government to raise troops to suppress it, Lord Wang was willing to personally take command of the expedition, and explained that he would send 500 soldiers to help, and the government has decided to raise troops. But the soldiers and horses can't be killed in a big way, because the bandits are good at sports warfare, and Lord Wang designed to lure the snake out of the hole to gather and annihilate it, so 500 people and horses must disguise themselves as civilians and enter Wuhu in three phases, and all the weapons and equipment, grain and grass are prepared by Wuhu County, and we only need to send people! This government has decided to send the two of you to cooperate with Lord Wang's attack! ”

When Li Yan heard that he was going to go on the expedition, the young man bowed his hand and said, "Please give an order!" ”

Li Jingbai looked at his son, and then looked at the general Zhang Bin and said: "Neither of you have any experience in fighting, remember not to be reckless, your main task this time is to lead the troops, and the troops will enter the city in three phases, and the organization and arrangement are your job. ”

Li Yan and Zhang Bin both arched their hands and said loudly: "I understand my humble duties!" ”

Li Jingbai looked at his son and said coldly: "You are different from Zhang Bin, Zhang Bin has rich experience in leading troops, and you are a fledgling junior. ”

Although Li Yan was a little unruly, he was really respectful to his father, and hurriedly said: "Humble and orderly!" ”

After the arrangements were made, Li Jingbai suddenly called out to his son and said: "You go to the treasury to withdraw 16,000 taels of silver tickets and send them to Lord Wang, it is originally a matter of our Taiping Mansion, let Hou Ye pay the money, and it will reach the emperor's ears in the future, it will not be good, although Hou Ye does not ask about the government, but he is a great hero who assists the emperor, and he is the emperor's cousin, you must not offend!" ”

Li Yan said with some embarrassment: "However, the taxes have not yet been collected, and the taxes of the counties have not yet been submitted, so I am afraid that it is a little stretched to take out 16,000 taels." ”

Li Jingbai sighed and said, "Then take the eight thousand taels from our family with you!" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Yan took the Wuhu County signal troops to the Wuhu County Yahu first, while the general Zhang Bin was responsible for deploying 500 people into Wuhu in batches.

When they arrived at the county office, it happened that Wang Zhizheng was discussing the conquest with Tong Zhixian, Huang Zongxi, the county lieutenant and others.

Li Yan strode in and bowed his hand: "Li Yan, the general of the Taiping Mansion, has seen Master Tong!" ”

Tong Yingqiu hurriedly helped Li Yan up and said, "Ouch, why did the prefect send the eldest prince!" ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "Uncle Tong, how can there be any eldest son, my father sent me to be responsible for gathering the five hundred soldiers and horses who rushed from Taiping Mansion, and secondly, to greet the prince. ”

Tong Yingqiu pointed at Wang Zhizheng with his hand and said, "This is Lord Wang of the Chongguo Mansion!" ”

Li Yan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Xiaguan Li Yan see the Hou Ye!" ”

Wang Zhizheng likes heroes from all walks of life, looking at the situation of the young man in front of him, he is decent, sturdy, and elegant, he is indeed an outstanding character.

So he smiled and helped Li Yan up and said: "What kind of gift, I'm not a prince, I'm just a prince of the country's mansion, I can't afford your big gift, your name is Li Yan, and you are the eldest son of Li Jingbai, the prefect of Taiping Mansion, right?" ”

Li Yan said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Please sit down, you are here, just make a battle plan together!" ”

Li Yan sat down respectfully, then took out a silver ticket of 16,000 taels from his arms, presented it to Wang Zhizheng with both hands, and said: "Father told me that he was grateful for Hou Ye's assistance to the Taiping Mansion, and he was grateful, but this incident happened in the Taiping Mansion, and he was frightened by the Hou Ye, and he didn't have time to give you the guilt, but it was really a great crime to let you donate two silver taels to buy weapons!" ”

Wang Zhizheng saw that Li Yan, the kid, actually brought over more than 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and said with a smile: "You tell your father, don't slap your swollen face and become fat, do you have a silver ticket in Taiping Mansion, I know best in my heart, although you are a rich state in the south of the Yangtze River, but the agricultural production is not high, most of the farmers make money by doing small business, and the taxes on official uniforms are pitiful, and the sixteen,000 taels of silver tickets are for me, it is the pocket money for me to eat, drink and have fun in Jiangnan, But the Taiping Mansion that is the money for you is not a small amount, I am in the house of the rich and noble prince, and I run the industry in many ways, not to mention more than 10,000 taels of silver tickets, that is, one million taels I can earn enough in less than a year, so I will accept it! ”

Wang Zhizheng said this, but he was embarrassed to Li Yan, he was still an eighteen-year-old boy, and his experience was limited after all, so he put the silver ticket on the table again and said: "My father said, you can't make trouble for the Hou Ye, please take back the silver ticket!" ”

Wang Zhizheng saw that Li Yan forced it into him, so he said a little angrily: "Take back the money and tell you Governor Li, if he doesn't want this silver ticket, he will take the weapons and relieve the victims, don't stuff it for me again!" ”

Tong Yingqiu, who was next to him, saw that Wang Zhizheng was angry, and quickly dragged Li Yan and said in a low voice: "Eldest son, put it away, Master Hou is angry!" ”

Li Yan hurriedly nodded and said, "Please calm your anger, I just follow my father's orders." ”

Then honestly put the silver ticket into the cuff.

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said: "Very good, you are still young, you don't understand the importance of money, for a government, any penny may lead to major events in people's livelihood, you don't know how many disaster victims are enough to feed more than 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

Then he changed the topic and asked: "Can the gathering of three groups of people be guaranteed within the third phase?" ”

Li Yan said loudly: "Go back to the Hou Ye, I guarantee that the assembly is completed!" ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, your eldest son, my side is just short of manpower, and you are here just in time." ”

Then he turned around and asked Tong Yingqiu: "Yingqiu, have you chosen the address to lure the snake out of the hole and encircle and suppress the bandits?" ”

Tong Yingqiu arched his hand and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, I have already chosen, and there is a friend inn in the Jiangkou." ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded and asked, "Does it meet the conditions I said?" ”

Tong Yingqiu hurriedly stood up and pointed to the map and said, "Yes." First, the inn is located at the mouth of the river, and there is an open area around it, which can be enough for us to set up. Second, the owner of the inn is my younger brother Tong Yingming, and I promise that it will not be leaked. Thirdly, there are no mountains around, only the Yangtze River on the west side, and the southeast, north and south are open plains, and the thieves have nowhere to escape, and fourth, the dense forests around are enough to accommodate our six hundred people to ambush! ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!" ”

Tong Yingqiu hurriedly brought tea to Wang Zhizheng and said: "Shen Jia, the liaison between me and the thief's nest, will go to Nanping Mountain on time to worship the mountain gate the day after tomorrow, and he will lie at that time, according to my information, the adult lives in Jiangkou Youpeng Inn, with a number of gold, silver and jewelry, and when the thief donkey scraper and cow scraper are short of money, and hate Hou Ye to the core, he will definitely come as promised!" ”

Wang Zhizheng pondered for a moment and said: "You pick out twenty death row inmates from the prison, tell them to dress up as me at Youpeng Inn, and give their families a resettlement fee of 1,000 taels per family, remember, this resettlement fee must be paid first, otherwise if the death row prisoners turn against the water, it will not be conducive to our progress!" ”

Tong Yingqiu nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Master Hou, this is not a problem!" ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded, then held a black chess piece in his hand and thought about it for a moment, thinking about what would be missing.

Tong Yingqiu asked, "Can the chest of gold and silver jewelry contain bricks and tiles?" ”

When Wang Zhizheng heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Okay, you are a Tong Yingqiu, but you are really an iron rooster, how good it is for you to put that real money in it, what bricks and tiles are used, think about it, after exterminating the thief, isn't the real money still yours?" ”

Tong Yingqiu smiled awkwardly: "It's all the lower officials' thoughts." ”

Wang Zhizheng pointed at him and said with a smile: "You are either thoughtless, or you don't have a hundred percent to take me, are you afraid that the thieves will snatch the gold, silver and jewelry?" ”

Tong Yingqiu hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, Master Hou blames me, with you personally in command, how can you not exterminate hundreds of bandits?" ”

Wang Zhizheng laughed, and then said to Li Yan: "Master Li, since you are here, you have to work, your father sent you over, I will not hesitate to let you go into battle to kill the enemy!" ”

Li Yan hurriedly stood up and said: "Master Hou, I came to Wuhu to kill the enemy, what will I do if I don't kill the enemy!" You don't have to assign! ”

Wang Zhizheng pointed at Huang Zongxi and said: "Huang Zongxi has four hundred big sword battalions, I'm afraid he won't be able to command, the two of you are half, how about making him a deputy commander?" ”

Li Yan said excitedly: "The lower officials must obey the military order"