"Nine thousand men and horses, hehehe, the government really underestimates my previous one, the last time 10,000 officers and soldiers were not opponents, this time sending 9,000 men and horses is not self-defeating? Evil hahaha! "Zeng Yi's face was full of arrogance, and several big victories had already made him invincible, and he didn't put the officials and troops in his eyes at all, if it weren't for the Heavenly Master's repeated admonition to make up for his classes, he would have robbed the money and grain of the whole territory of Guangdong a long time ago.

"That's right, but the owner of the island must not underestimate the enemy, this time he led the troops out of the city from the capital, and the spies he sent a few days ago successfully escaped, I'm afraid that this person is not easy to deal with!" Although he wanted to greatly reduce Zeng Yi's strength, Zheng Tianshi couldn't watch him ruin all the 6,000 bandits he had gathered with great difficulty, and he still planned to rely on these horses to disrupt Guangdong?

"Hehe, with the guidance of the Heavenly Master, what is there to be afraid of the Qin Messenger of the Imperial Court, Heavenly Master, the owner of this island thinks that we don't have to pay attention to the nine thousand men and horses who went out of the city, and directly avoid them to attack Guangzhou City, once we succeed, we will make a fortune!" Zeng Yiyi said with an excited smile on his face, as if Guangzhou City had been occupied by himself, and the gold and silver treasures inside were at his disposal.

Looking at this shrunken face, Zheng Tianshi was even more sure of his opinion just now, he must have been confused by Zeng Yi's surface, think about it, a few years ago, the pirates from all over the country were defeated and annihilated, but Zeng Yiyi, who was entrenched in the coastal area of Guangdong, escaped, the reason for this is not as simple as he imagined, it was that the imperial court saw that his power was not big and did not pay attention to it, but Zeng Yiyi had some brains and stopped in advance.

Thinking of this, Zheng Tianshi secretly made up his mind that when he defeated the official army this time, he must find an opportunity to get rid of Zeng Yiyi, otherwise sooner or later he would be a trouble.

"The owner of the island is high, but the intentions of the officials and soldiers are too obvious, and I suspect that there is some conspiracy here, so we must be careful, and we must investigate clearly before making plans!" Zheng Tianshi became more and more respectful.

Zeng Yiyi didn't notice anything wrong, but he admired Zheng Tianshi even more, not to mention, this old Taoist priest just thought one step deeper than himself, and with him by his side, the officials and soldiers were not opponents.

"What the Heavenly Master said is reasonable, then what should I do, please ask the Heavenly Master to teach me!" "Now that the enemy situation is unknown, the first thing we need to do is to hide our traces, lest the officers and soldiers really come to fight with us, the difference in strength is not small, and we will suffer too much in frontal combat, so Lubu Town can't stay!"

"In that case, how about we rush to Guangzhou immediately, if there is no problem, it is better to take advantage of the lack of help from the official army to win the contract of Guangzhou City in one go: the young master can no longer cheat and read the whole party!" Thinking about the money and food that will belong to him, he once coveted the city of Guangzhou.

"Don't worry, for the sake of safety, it's best to find out the true intentions of the officers and soldiers, otherwise if something goes wrong, it will be a catastrophe!" Zheng Tianshi shook his head and vetoed, and Zeng Yiyi also nodded, this is the truth.

In the south of Shunde City, 3,000 men and horses went south cautiously all the way, but the road was much slower, except for Guangzhou City, which took a full five days to arrive at Shunde County.

This is indeed a lot safer, just the spies lurking nearby have caught dozens of them, in the face of such a situation, Shen Chongming couldn't help but smack his tongue, this is just caught, what is not caught must be several times the number of people, such a meticulous investigation, it seems that this Zeng is really not simple!

Now out of Shunde County, the road ahead is even more dangerous, not only to prevent the ambush set by the bandits, but also not to let the other party tear through the 9,000 army division, so along the way, the 3,000 men and horses from beginning to end are as long as three miles, and the 500 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are even more busy, running back and forth with a few branches tied to the saddle, and the dust brought up is overwhelming, and they can't see the situation of the team clearly a hundred steps away.

As a result, the 3,000 men and horses also fell into bad luck, they didn't walk much in a day, their bodies were covered with mud, plus the sweat from the scorching sun, and the 3,000 moving terracotta warriors and horses were alive.

"My lord, one day's journey will be to Lubu Town!" The accompanying general of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division walked into Shen Chongming's small tent and said.

Originally, it was more than half a day's journey from Shunde to Lubu Town, but now the army is grinding and grinding, and it has taken two days.

"It's here so soon, then the spies we sent out have found traces of bandits nearby!" Shen Chongming frowned and asked, he couldn't help but worry in his heart, it seemed that he still underestimated the IQ of the bandits, and scattered nearly a hundred spies on the left and right sides of the south, sweeping the range of fifty miles long, but there was no trace of the bandit army, and it was clear that he was not fooled!

"It's not yet, my lord, the bandits are not fooled, what should we do now!" The general said a little melancholy, once the bandits are not fooled, they are likely to think of setting up an ambush to deal with their own people, now there are only 3,000 people, I am afraid that they are not the opponents of the bandits!

Shen Chongming also had this concern, three thousand officers and soldiers against six or seven thousand bandits, if all of them were soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, they would definitely be able to capture them, but now mixed with the two thousand five hundred soldiers of the guards who were demoralized, this is a bit inaccurate.

After thinking about it, Shen Chongming raised his head and said: "Don't worry, let's be cautious all the way, it's difficult for the bandits to find out our bottom line, it's difficult to eat nine thousand people in one breath with their numbers, so don't worry too much, just be careful!" ”

"Yes, the Admiral understands!" The general answered, turned around and went out to arrange camping, 3,000 men and horses to pretend to be 9,000 men and horses, it is not a simple matter, every day marching and camping is a big problem.

Late at night, a group of people hurriedly appeared by a small river twenty miles north of Shunde City, and under the moonlight, Zheng Tianshi, who had ripped off his white beard, had a cold face.

"Protector, this is the last place where the official army was stationed before entering Shunde County!" The subordinate followed him and introduced.

"Have you investigated carefully here, have you found anything boring!" Zheng Tianshi asked as he looked at it.

"Dharma protector. Although we have lost a lot of manpower, we have been under our surveillance since the official army was not long in addition to Guangzhou City, and we have not found any problems for so long, and we can't see the number of people clearly when the dust is stirred up during the daytime march, so we can't figure out their specific number for so long, but 9,000 men and horses are only a lot more! "The subordinates talked in detail about the situation obtained from this heavenly surveillance, and when it came to the specific number of people, they couldn't help but chill in their hearts, this time the officers and soldiers marched cautiously, and it was impossible to ambush them, so many people were going head-to-head, I was afraid that the chances of winning were not great!

"No more, no less, tell me how long their marching ranks are!" Zheng Tianshi knew that these subordinates were just ordinary people, and it was impossible for those who had not been soldiers to get the exact number from the distance.

"It's not short, it's three miles long!" The subordinate said with a sigh of mouth, how many people are here!

"Three miles long!" Zheng Tianshi frowned, there were more than 10,000 people in such a long distance: "Hehehe, carving insect Xiaojier, go, count the pots and stoves in this place!" Zheng Tianshi sneered, and had already guessed that Shen Chongming was really bluffing.

The pot stove was quickly counted, and when he heard the number, Zheng Tianshi couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, such a pot stove is only four thousand people at most, where did the three-mile-long marching team come from, hum, playing such a trick on the battlefield is simply self-defeating!" ”

Knowing this, the worries in my heart were all confirmed, this matter was a trap set by Shen Chongming from beginning to end, in order to let Zeng Yi br> but once the conspiracy and tricks were revealed to the world, it would be much simpler, Zheng Tianshi immediately made up his mind, first surrounded the bluffing thousands of men and horses and slowly eliminated them, and at the same time, the news of their siege should be spread to the city of Guangzhou, there were Qin messengers from the imperial court, so I didn't believe that the officials and troops of Guangzhou City would not come out to rescue, so they would steal chickens and rice.

The 6,000 men and horses in Zeng Yi's hands had already left Lubu Town, and traveled more than 50 miles to the northeast to hide in Shawan Town, east of Shunde County, and now Zheng Tianshi had a plan in his heart, and immediately said that Zeng Yiyi led half of the men and horses to turn back to the west to intercept Shen Chongming's retreat in Shunde County, and Zheng Tianshi led the rest of the men and horses to rush to the front of Shen Chongming, and Zhun Ben also bluffed to force him into the encirclement.

At this time, Shen Chongming didn't know that his plan had been completely exposed, and the 3,000 men and horses he led also fell into a dangerous situation.

The army did not move the horses first, and after a while the horses that had gone to the front to explore the way returned, and a large force of bandits appeared ten miles ahead, numbering no less than five thousand.

Hearing Tanma's report, Shen Chongming couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately realized that the plan had been revealed. Although it is still unknown whether the victory or defeat is in a head-to-head battle, even if it is a victory, it is a miserable victory, and it is not known how many of the three thousand men and horses can be left, such a situation is what Shen Chongming does not want to see.

After a pause, he raised his head and shouted: "Pass the order, explore the horses first, and the army will immediately rush north back to Guangzhou City!" ”

Along the way, Shen Chongming gave several accompanying generals the feeling that he was extremely disdainful of the bandits, but at this time, he ordered the withdrawal of troops without fighting, and such a big contrast immediately made the generals stupid.

"What are you stunned about, why don't you go and gather people soon!" Shen Chongming's eyes widened, he was still in a daze at this juncture, waiting to play with his life?

Several generals hurriedly responded, turned around and walked out of the military tent: "Alas! Looks like we'll have to think of something else! Shen Chongming said with some distress, it has been almost a month since he left Beijing in the blink of an eye, but there has been no progress in the suppression of bandits so far, and he is afraid that Xu Jie, the central government, will be in trouble again.

Although the combat strength of the guards is not good, it is also a proper way to say it, and the ordinary formation is also fast, waiting for Shen Chongming's military tent to be packed up, and the three thousand men and horses have been lined up.

Without too many words, Shen Chongming stepped on the war horse and led the severely shrunken team to hurriedly return to the north, and at this time, the men and horses led by Zheng Tianshi also appeared in the eyes of the soldiers of the two hundred Shenji Battalion who were in charge of the broken back.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were about to escape, Zheng Tianshi smiled coldly, and then decided to put some pressure on them, and with an order, the bandits rushed up with a roar,