Although nearly 200 Shandong recruits were recruited after entering Shandong, and they really wanted to jump over the wall and mobilize the old and weak dependents to go into battle, but these recruits and their dependents had not been trained at all, and they were all based on their blood and courage to go into battle, and if they really wanted to fight with hundreds of thieves with nearly 100 horse teams, their side would definitely suffer, and not every thief leader was like Chang Jingyi.

And Liu Yongxi felt a little unbelievable when he heard the news, although he had rested in Cangzhou for a day and a half before, but because the fleet was responsible for the main force of transportation, the speed of action on the side of Chengyi Bofu was not slow, and Li Zicheng could not rush to his front even if he sent light cavalry to pursue.

Therefore, he didn't think that the thief in front of him was really Li Zicheng's subordinate: "First find out where the thief came from?" I think this should be the officers and soldiers who retreated south at the same time as us, and it is absolutely impossible for it to be the team of the thief Li Zicheng. ”

It's just that no matter what, the fleet, the horse team, and the infantry team all stopped at the first time and began to organize defense, and Tong Yili, who rushed over from the imperial boat in a hurry, also felt incredible after hearing this: "How could the thieves run in front of us?" This is completely impossible, could it be a group of bandits under the banner of Li Zicheng? I knew that I wouldn't be resting in Cangzhou. ”

Liu Yongxi felt that there was indeed such a possibility: "Anyway, it's either the official army or the local bandits, it can't be the thief Li Zicheng!" ”

It's just that although Tong Yili can only talk on paper, he is also known for his "knowing soldiers", and immediately put forward another possibility: "Even if this thief Li Zicheng is a thief, it should be a joint army of thieves and bandits, and it is not a problem!" ”

Liu Yongxi also made up his mind: "Don't worry, this branch of thieves is a total of four or five hundred, it's not so easy to eat us, and I think it's absolutely impossible for the pursuers sent by the rogue Li Zicheng to run in front of us!" ”

Liu Yongxi said this, Tong Yili was reassured: "The little uncle said very much, I will go to repay the Virgin, so that she doesn't have to worry too much!" ”

With Tong Yili supporting him, Liu Yongxi also calmed down, and he continued to send scouts while preparing for war: "Let the soldiers not worry, the only fearsome person in this thief army is only a few dozen cavalry teams, and now we also have dozens of cavalry teams in our hands, and our side occupies an absolute advantage on the water!" ”

It's just that Liu Yongxi didn't have much confidence when he said this.

With the batch of war horses captured in the Battle of Cangzhou, the horse team led by Liu Yongxi has expanded to fifty horsemen, and there are still several wounded in the Battle of Cangzhou lying on the boat to recuperate.

However, since the rogue cavalry recruited can only be used as infantry for the time being, two-thirds of the cavalry in the horse team are now just transferred from the infantry two days ago, and they are not at the same level as the nearly 100 elite cavalry on the opposite side.

What's more, Liu Yongxi's confidence did not last long, and immediately a scout ran over to report further news: "Little uncle, this thief army is by no means an ordinary bandit, but a genuine elite thief, the advance and retreat camping are very orderly, and the horse steps can be called Jianrui!" ”

Liu Yongxi originally hoped that the enemy in front of him would only have a relatively elite cavalry, and the infantry team would only be a rabble that had been temporarily encouraged, so that he could have a chance of winning, but when he heard the scout say this, he knew that it was a big trouble.

Rogues and bandits are completely two different things, bandits are just a group of small thieves, although sometimes they also pay attention to rabbits do not eat the grass by the nest, but most of the time the scope of activities of the bandits is very limited, basically looting near the hometown, even if there are a few elite horses, but the infantry team is completely a rabble, and they can completely solve their cavalry with the strategy of horse and foot attack like Cangzhou.

But the so-called "thieves" are completely different, not only there are elite horse teams, but also Jianrui Bu team, the power of horse and step joint operations is naturally doubled, but there are too many recruits on the side of the sincere Bofu, and the best outcome of encountering this kind of brigade of thieves is to lose both.

Therefore, Liu Yongxi couldn't help frowning: "How can you be sure that this is an elite thief and not a local bandit?" ”

The scout with a Shandong accent on the other side lowered his voice and said, "Little uncle, I'm Wen Qing and Wen Wuyue, do you remember me?" This is my grandfather's house! ”

Although Wen Qing said it more implicitly, Liu Yongxi understood it at once, because he had a deep impression of Wen Qing and Wen Wuyue, because this was the first bandit leader to come to Chengyi Bofu with his dependents since he entered Lu, and he also brought six or seven brothers and a group of dependents to join Chengyi.

According to Wen Qing himself, he was originally a well-off family who was rich and charitable, and even had a wife and a concubine who lived a good life, but the Qing army entered Kou twice and the Wen family in Shandong was the first to bear the brunt of the death, and the family business was also gone, so the rich son of the past could only take a wife and a concubine and the clansmen and domestic slaves to fall into the grass, but fortunately met Liu Yongxi who went south and resolutely surrendered.

Wen Qing's self-description is very watery, but since he used to be a coward and is still a standard "Tukou", he naturally knows the difference between "Tukou" and "rogue", not to mention that this area is still Wen Qing's grandfather's house.

Therefore, Liu Yongxi's expression immediately became serious: "It seems that he is not an ordinary bandit, either an official or a thief!" ”

As soon as Liu Yongxi thought of this, the scout in front rushed over again: "This group of thieves is very alert and has already moved!" ”

"They sent a sentry out, too, and almost got into a confrontation with us!"

"The sentries sent by these thieves are all veterans!"

"The thieves are still under the banner of Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng!"

It didn't take long for Zhao Zhijie to rush over: "It's a big trouble, I ran it all in person, and I saw that the formation of this group of thieves was almost no different from that of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and the horses and steps were all elite!" ”

Tong Yili was also shocked when he heard the news: "How is this possible, how can the thief run so fast?" Ran ahead of us! ”

Zhao Zhijie said with great certainty: "But the problem is that the formation of this group of thieves is indeed not much different from that of the thief Li Zicheng!" ”

Li Huaiqing, who had been standing behind Liu Yongxi, immediately said: "What's so great about Li Zicheng? Why don't you fight a battle first and try the quality of this group of thieves! ”

Liu Yongxi didn't understand that Li Zicheng's pursuers would actually run in front of him, but he quickly thought of something: "Zhijie, you said that this group of thieves is not much different from Li Zicheng's formation?" ”

Zhao Zhijie said with great certainty: "A few years ago, I went out of Beijing to fight with thieves a few times, and now this is always the work of fighting at that time!" I can confirm that this thief is not much different from the thief Li Zicheng in terms of arranging the troops! ”

Liu Yongxi breathed a sigh of relief: "I know who this passer-by is?" Although it is also an official army, everyone must be careful, otherwise you may suffer a big loss! ”