Just when the 50,000 bandit army was about to go south to start a war, Ye Zongliu also learned the news through various channels, especially Liu Juntao also led the 25,000 army to the south together, which made Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng really frightened.

At this time, Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng's men had gathered an army of 180,000 by plundering various places, which could be described as a large number of men and horses.

Of course, the 180,000 horses under Ye Zongliu also have a lot of water, most of the soldiers and horses are rabble, they don't even have blades, and they are also equipped with wooden sticks and farm tools, which is very worrying in terms of combat effectiveness.

During this time, Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng had completely occupied the entire territory of Yanping Mansion, while Deng Maoqi led Jiang Fucheng and Landlong to operate in Jianning Mansion and Funing Mansion, almost all of the two prefectures were defeated, and even some troops rushed into southern Zhejiang to wreak havoc.

Deng Maoqi and others led the main force of 500,000 thieves and horses to run rampant, which can be described as incomparably beautiful.

At the same time, Deng Maoba led 200,000 thieves to the south and west, rampaging in Tingzhou Mansion and Zhangzhou Mansion, constantly rushing towards Guangdong and Jiangxi.

However, because the 200,000 thieves under Deng Maoba's command still had to take care of garrisoning Quanzhou Mansion and concentrating tens of thousands of thieves to threaten Fuzhou Mansion, the troops could not be used in a centralized manner, so the officers and men of Zhejiang and Jiangxi were able to hold on for the time being and did not let the thieves rush into the hinterland of Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

At this time, the news that the imperial army was about to go south was already flying all over the sky, Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng discussed it, and then gathered all the 180,000 thieves under his command back, preparing to train elite soldiers and stick to Yanping Mansion.

At the same time, Ye Zongliu also sent people to urgently inform Deng Maoqi and other leaders, warning everyone to be careful about dealing with Liu Juntao's troops who accompanied the official army south.

But all the thieves turned a deaf ear to Ye Zongliu's warning, they still went their own way, and they were still running rampant everywhere, no one took the imperial army that was about to go south in their eyes, thinking that the imperial court officials and soldiers were nothing more than that, all of them were soft-footed shrimp like the guards from all over Fujian.

Seeing this, Ye Zongliu was very anxious, so he asked Wang Neng to hurry up and reorganize the soldiers and horses in Yanping Mansion and prepare for war, while he led a team of soldiers and horses to Jianning Mansion City.

At this time, Deng Maoqi had already changed the prefect's yamen in the city of Jianning Mansion into his temporary palace, and when Ye Zongliu came in the dust, Deng Maoqi was messing with the daughters of several eunuchs~.

Seeing this, Ye Zongliu was also angry, and said, "Bulldoze the king!" Now that the official army has been overwhelmed, our top priority is to repel the official army, and we must not let these women confuse their minds! ”

At the same time, Ye Zongliu secretly said in his heart: "I don't care if you want to die, don't bother me!" ”

Deng Maoqi was also a little generous, so he repelled the daughters of the eunuchs and said to Ye Zongliu: "General Ye, sit!" ”

Ye Zongliu couldn't say anything when he saw this, and after sitting down, he gave a detailed account of the situation of Liu Juntao's department in the official army, and then said: "King Pingping, this official army is good at using firearms, and their firearms can pierce the armor a hundred steps away, which is very sharp!" Moreover, there are 20,000 officers and soldiers in this army, and there are thousands of iron horsemen, so we must deal with it carefully! ”

Deng Maoqi said with some disapproval: "We have millions of people, even if the official army has sharp firearms and the power of iron horses, we can use people to kill him!" ”

"Raze the King! Although there are millions of people under our command, most of them have not undergone any training, and they do not even have all weapons, so we can't win by numbers alone! ”

"Then what do you say!"

Speaking of which, Deng Maoqi was also a little angry, this Ye Zongliu not only disturbed his own pleasure, but also sat here and pointed fingers, teaching himself how to fight?

Deng Maoqi said secretly: "I went from a grass man to a million troops, won't I be able to fight?" It's up to you to teach! ”

However, Deng Maoqi also knew that he couldn't fall out with his generals now, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked again: "You say, how is it good!" ”

Ye Zongliu said in a deep voice: "King Pingping, I think that now our righteous army should suspend its expansion and withdraw all the men and horses who are attacking the city and pulling out the fortress from all over the country, so as to concentrate our forces and fight a decisive battle with the official army!" ”

"Well, that's fine! However, the soldiers and horses in Zhejiang in the north can only be withdrawn to hold on, and there is no need for the soldiers and horses in the south and west to retreat! ”

Deng Maoqi was quite sober and immediately agreed to this suggestion, but he didn't agree to all of it.

Ye Zongliu sighed slightly, and continued: "Besides, the men and horses of all departments should start consolidating the cities that have been occupied, repair internal affairs, train soldiers and horses, hoard grain and grass, stop continuing to fight on the move, and use the defensive advantages of the city to offset the advantages of the officers and troops in terms of combat power!" ”

Deng Maoqi laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "Speaking of which, do you still want me to withdraw the soldiers and horses from all over the country?" ”

Ye Zongliu was about to continue to persuade, but saw Deng Maoqi slam the table and said loudly: "Do you know how many brothers the righteous army has lost in today's chassis?" With a word, you will let the rebels give up the initiative! What heart do you have? ”

Ye Zongliu was also furious at this time, and said loudly: "Now that the official army is menacing, our righteous army's combat strength is not as good as the official army, the military equipment is not as good as the official army, and even the grain and grass have to rely on looting, and the supply cannot be stable, what can we do to fight hard with the official army?" Now if you don't concentrate your forces on the city, how can you defeat 50,000 officers and troops! ”

"I have a million soldiers, but can't I still reach a mere 50,000 officers and soldiers? What a joke! ”

"The soldiers are not more than the fine!"

Ye Zongliu said eagerly: "Flatten the king!" Now the rebels have millions of soldiers, but the vast majority of them are still unarmed farmers, how many elite soldiers are there? Even if there are a million more soldiers and horses, what can they do? It can only be a gift of heads and war exploits to the officers and soldiers in vain! ”

Hearing this, Deng Maoqi also listened a little, and sat on the chair with a frown and was silent.

Ye Zongliu still thought that his words had worked, and Deng Maoqi probably listened to it.

But at this moment, Deng Maoqi suddenly raised his head and said, "Hmph! Now that the official army has gone south, even if the king wants to train the elite soldiers, it is too late, so start fighting first! See you later! ”

Ye Zongliu sighed when he heard this, and said secretly: "As long as you want to do it, how can there be any reason to be too late?" On the one hand, the army is used to resist the attack of the official army, and on the other hand, the elite soldiers are trained tightly, and only in this way is the way to survive! ”

However, Ye Zongliu didn't say anything like this, because Deng Maoqi's attitude was already very clear, that is, he wanted to continue to follow the route of the Liukou and continue to live a life where he could be happy for a day, and he didn't have any long-term plans at all!

Even if such a righteous army has millions or tens of millions of soldiers, it will inevitably be defeated one day!

At this time, Ye Zongliu had already made up his mind to support the army with Wang Neng to defend Yanping Mansion, as for the future, let's see how the battle situation develops.

As for Deng Maoqi and the others, Ye Zongliu had already decided to abandon them, such a person would not be able to succeed at all!

However, on the surface, Ye Zongliu is still respectful to Deng Maoqi, at least the nearly one million men and horses of Deng Maoqi's department are also a huge force, at least it can greatly consume the strength of the official army and buy time for his own development and growth!

"Since the king has made up his mind, his subordinates will obey the order! The subordinates returned to Yanping Mansion to rectify the soldiers and horses, and listened to the dispatch of King Hou Pingping at any time. ”

Deng Maoqi showed a smile when he heard this, and said, "That's right!" ”

When Ye Zongliu said goodbye to Deng Maoqi and was walking outside, the laughter of the daughters of the eunuchs came from behind him, as well as Deng Maoqi's unbearable words.

"It seems that we have to plan ahead!"

Ye Zongliu thought about it as he strode out.