"I don't think about anything else." Liu Zhigan frowned and said: "One is that Min Yuanqi can defeat more than a thousand bandits and pirates, in the end, he is a capable person, and he is not a master who can be manipulated by others. Second, there is the recommendation of Zhou Lianggong of Huaiyang Road, and now this guy is also a guerrilla. If we send troops, I'm afraid the imperial court will not sit idly by. The third is that I am worried that if I fight hard and destroy the salt pond, it will be worth the loss. ”

This Liu Zhigan is also worthy of being the son brought out by Liu Zeqing, and he has thought about things quite thoroughly, and it is not good to report this matter directly to Liu Zeqing before thinking about it clearly.

"Brother, your thoughts are right, but if Uncle knows, he will definitely kick your ass." Li Huajing's face was full of smiles, and he said to Liu Zhigan: "Why are you worried about the imperial court? Our uncle has to explain to the court what he is doing now? Don't talk about beating a little Min Yuanqi, even if he fights with Gao Jie, the court can only pinch his nose and send a big man to resolve it, do you dare to reprimand him strictly, let alone dismiss the official. Do you think, what the uncle called the generals to say today, which one of them was a crime in Chongzhen's early years, if it is the apocalypse, during the Wanli years, a hundred heads of the uncle are not enough to cut off. What time is it now? The imperial court is already an empty shelf, to put it mildly, our uncle and Ningnanhou, Guangliangbo, Xingpingbo, as well as Jingnanhou Zuo Liangyu, these generals want to protect the court, this court is here! If we don't protect each family, this court will not be there! As for Min Yuanqi's ability, he may have it, but he has killed one or two thousand soldiers and hundreds of soldiers, are we still afraid of him? If there is no benefit, the uncle does not want to go to the seaside and the wilderness to fight a local guard family, if there is a benefit of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year, how can the uncle let it go? If you know that you are late to return to the matter, brother, you are afraid that you will really have to do it. Now I am here to preside over the matter of vacating the house, you hurry up and ride back to the uncle, I estimate, as soon as the uncle knows about this matter, he will send troops, which troops and horses to send, I can't guess now, but this errand is very important, the uncle will definitely send you to follow, you are afraid that there is no way to do this errand of vacating the house with my brother and me. ”

There was no lack of jealousy in Li Huajing's words, but he hid it well, and it sounded like he was just envious of Liu Zhigan's good luck.

As Liu Zeqing's henchman, if he hadn't been sent to make room for the errand of building a house, Li Huajing might have been sent to Yunti Pass, and when he got there, as long as the territory was knocked down, Liu Zeqing would probably have sent his own henchmen and nephews to guard the salt pond.

As the caretaker of Yanchi, of course, he also has to take into account production and shipment, there is a lot of room for his hands here, even if Liu Zeqing is ruthless, it is impossible to put an end to the corruption of his subordinates, so the errand of the oil and water is to send his own henchmen to preside, so it can be regarded as a fertilizer and water that does not fall into the field of outsiders.

In fact, most of the dozens of generals under Liu Zeqing's department have followed for many years, and they can also be ordered and prohibited, but after all, there is still a difference between distant and close relatives, and it is impossible for everyone to become a confidant.

"Thank you for the point." Liu Zhigan is not a stupid thing, he understood it all of a sudden, and a smile appeared on his face at the moment, and he hugged his fists and saluted, and he hurriedly beat the horse and left.

More than half an hour later, Liu Zeqing's station sent a summons to Tangma and urgently summoned a number of generals to his mansion to discuss matters.

In the evening, Li Huajing saw Liu Zhigan surrounded by Liu Zerun, Yao Wenchang, Liu Kecheng, Ruan Yingzhao and other generals and left the city, surrounded by more than 1,000 pro-army cavalry.

Only then did Li Huajing understand how important the salt pond with an annual output of hundreds of thousands was in Dashuai's heart.

Liu Kecheng and Ruan Yingzhao were originally on an errand to Shandong and were preparing for the trip.

Liu Zeqing fled south in a hurry, in order to survive and should not be called to pay attention to the affairs of Shandong, but at this moment, when Li Zicheng has captured the Beijing division and the Eight Banners have entered the Shanhaiguan, Shandong's defense is quite weak, and there should be a governor in Shandong, but now it is the time when the Liukou, the remnants of the Ming army, and the local armed dogs are staggered, and then the Qing army entered the customs, and the Shun army retreated sharply, and the Qing army first sent the Eight Banners to Shandong, and laid down most of the state capital, and drove away the Shun army that entered Shandong.

Then set up the governor of Shandong and a number of general soldiers, but the main force of the Eight Banners was divided into three divisions, one was ready to go south with Duoduo, and the other was the Azig Division, which was the strongest. There is also a part of Haoge's department, preparing to enter Sichuan to fight Zhang Xianzhong.

Shandong is the emptiest place, with only a few thousand miscellaneous soldiers left by the governor of Shandong, as well as a number of local armed forces.

Liu Zeqing sent Liu Kecheng and Ruan Yingzhao to Shandong to move their families at this time, and the two led more than 1,000 elite horsemen to swagger into Shandong, and more than 1,000 soldiers and horses swaggered around Shandong, not only bringing Liu Zeqing's family out, but also recruiting hundreds of strong men along the way, and then returning to Huai'an safely.

At that time, if the four towns were intended to recover, when the main force of the Qing army fought with the Shun army in Henan, it could go straight to Shandong, and even threaten Beijing.

If this is the case, the Qing army can only give up all its strength to attack Shun, and the process of its southward march to the south of the Yangtze River will also be disrupted.

Hundreds or thousands of soldiers could run rampant in Shandong Town, which shows how embarrassing the strength of the Qing army was at that time.

When Duoduo went south, the remnants of Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, most of Huang Degong's subordinates, and Zuo Liangyu's department, nearly one million Ming troops surrendered in an instant, and many of them were proud and fierce.

The remnants of Nanming were wiped out by this group of surrendered generals, and its shamelessness is simply difficult to describe.

Now for the sake of Yanchi, Liu Zeqing is sending his younger brother, nephew, and confidant generals all out, if it weren't for Li Huajing's errand, I am afraid that he would also be sent to Yunti Pass.

The generals went out first, and then the infantry stationed in the city also marched in formation to the sound of rumbling drums.

In front of the eyes of everyone in Huai'an Mansion City, more than 6,000 battalions of soldiers from all over the city poured out from all over the city, and most of these guest soldiers were the elite of the garrison city, and they should also be the main force of this battle.

Li Huajing knew that most of the troops sent were not the soldiers in front of him, and the soldiers and horses stationed in various places outside the city in Shanyang Guannan should also send thousands of soldiers, thousands of main forces with more than 1,000 cavalry elites, plus thousands of cannon fodder, for a military attache of the guard post with two or three thousand troops, this time sending more than 10,000 soldiers can be regarded as fighting rabbits with lions.

It is estimated that it is because the salt pond is important, Liu Zeqing should be afraid that the delay of the war will damage the salt pool, and the plan is to strike a thunderous blow, and the army will overwhelm the resistance of Min Yuanqi and others, and successfully settle in, and then be able to receive the salt pond at the minimum cost.

The people in Fucheng didn't know what was going on, so they saw a large number of Shandong soldiers swarming out from various garrisons, and everyone showed a worried look on their faces.

Most of them wore fanyang hats, a small number of soldiers and military attachés wore iron helmets, and most of them carried spears or knives, as well as long axes, halberds, knives, clubs, maces, and other weapons.

Only a small number of iron helmets had armor on their bodies, or cotton armor or leather armor, the cavalry had already left the city early, and those who left the city later were all on foot, and only a very small number of military attachés were qualified to ride horses, and they were mixed with the infantry, and their attitude was arrogant, and when they swept towards the onlookers of the city, they were a kind of arrogant look of being on top and controlling the life and death of people.

The guests used to do this, and even when they were marching, they kicked and beat the hawkers and people who stood in the way, and after they dodged the people with their faces covered in blood, the guests burst into indulgent laughter.

These people, almost all of them have no human flavor, they followed Liu Zeqing in Chongzhen for ten years or so, and the recruits of a unit were added in, and they would be transformed and changed by the original atmosphere in a few days, even if some people were not bad, but after entering this army for a long time, they had been soaked in the dye vat for a long time, and the good people had become heinous villains.

These guest soldiers, in Henan, Shandong, and then to Huai'an, looted, killed, and kidnapped tickets everywhere, probably for the need to fight for food at the beginning, and later many people killed and looted and raped. Sexual immorality and other things are already completely for the purpose of releasing animal nature.

This group of guest soldiers is a group of humanoid beasts.

These soldiers are also the same as Liu Liangzuo's soldiers, they are all full of evil deeds.

Yangzhou, Jiading and other massacres of the city were mostly done by these soldiers.

Even as far as Guangxi, Guangdong was also slaughtered, and Guangzhou was slaughtered, which was done by Li Chengdong's troops, who are now Gao Jie's subordinates in the four towns.

It can be said that many tragic events in the Southern Ming Dynasty, including the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the four towns of Jiangbei and the King of Sanshun, Wu Sangui, these Han generals are the most hateful and contemptible traitors.

Among the four towns, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo had the worst military discipline.

At that time, the records of the people were: the detachments of various towns were collecting grain in villages and towns, and Liu Zeqing was particularly ruthless, sweeping away the people!

In a few words, what cannot be said is Liu Zeqing's arrogance and cruelty, and what cannot be described is the tragic situation of the people in the prefectures, counties, villages and towns under Huai'an Prefecture.

The people in the city dared to come out first, and saw that the guests were coming out more and more, everyone was shocked by the momentum, and they didn't know what was going on, and the city gate was not closed until dark, and there were still guest soldiers out of the city one after another, and rumors were already spreading in the city.

Zhu Renzhong stood upstairs of his mansion, and when he saw the guest soldiers flowing out of the city, he couldn't help but be worried.

Zhu Wanhe was also standing with his father, and when he saw the situation of thousands of elite soldiers leaving the city, his face was even more pale.

"The eldest brother is still in the ...... of Yunti Pass" Zhu Wanhe said half a sentence, and he focused his attention on the guests around him.

The guests have been to Huai'an Mansion for many days, and they have not explained the purpose, but they are just like playing in the mansion city, and they have no intention of leaving after living in Zhu's house for more than ten days.

The Zhu family didn't care, not to mention the guests of these Cloud Ladder Passes, it didn't matter if there were ten times more people coming over.

Which gentry is extremely rich and does not raise a dozen or twenty Qingke? The old relatives and friends who came to the door to sue the gang, lived for ten days and a half months, and then gave a sum of money to pass the walk, this is the confidence of the wealthy businessman family.

The awkwardness of Zhu Renzhong and Zhu Wanhe is that these visitors to the Cloud Ladder Pass are almost inseparable from their father and son, and they follow them every day.

Even at this moment, when such a big event happened in the city, and the father and son wanted to discuss secretly, there was still a cloud ladder to follow them upstairs, not leaving the left and right.

"Old man Zhu has something to say, you can say it bluntly." Yunti Guan came to wear a gray robe and arrows, with a bamboo hat on his head, looking like a martial artist, and like a bodyguard hired by a merchant, speaking straightforwardly and happily, although the martial arts aura on his body is not obvious, but he has a neat and capable atmosphere, which makes people feel that he is also a character.

It was Liang Shifa who spoke, this time he was ordered to come to Huai'an, one to see Liu Zeqing's movements, and the other to keep an eye on the Zhu family, so as not to be affected by the Zhu family when something big happened, or something that should not have changed.

Seeing that the father and son of the Zhu family frowned and were silent, Liang Shifa continued: "These guest soldiers made a big move, the incident happened suddenly, there has been no movement in the north and south directions recently, when it is not to deal with the attack of the rogues, the spies we planted in the city found that Yang Shili sent people to the city again, judging from the movement, most of them are going to our Yunti Pass, and the target is naturally our Lord Min and our salt pond." ”

Zhu Renzhong has this consideration, and feels that this is most likely the case.

When Zhu Wanhe heard this, he also implemented the conjecture in his heart, and his face became even more difficult to look at for a while.