When I came to the Yamen of the Political Secretary, the officials who were ranked high and small had already gathered, and Su Chenwu, who was one step ahead, was also among them.

The political envoy of Zuo Bu concisely repeated the reason for summoning everyone to come to the meeting, but it was the silver deposit in the treasury of the Henan Dashui Department that was insufficient to deal with it, so he sent people to Guangzhou to summon the news, and ordered the Guangdong political secretary to escort a batch of collected commercial taxes in advance to Henan for disaster relief, totaling 500,000 taels.

Guangdong's commerce and trade are prosperous, and this silver is enough, but there is a problem in the escort, and it is a critical period for the suppression of bandits, where should this force come from. You must know that 500,000 taels is not a small amount, even in the peaceful years, seven or eight hundred soldiers will have to be escorted north, not to mention that there are bandits in Guangdong now, and without 2,000 men and horses, they dare not go on the road at all. When it comes to the matter of troops, it is natural to ask Shen Chongming, the current governor of Qincha, "Lord Shen, I invite you to come this time to see if you can allocate some troops to escort the disaster relief silver taels." This official knows that it is a critical moment to suppress bandits, don't you dare to ask for more, you must send a thousand people, otherwise there is a problem with the tax and silver, and we will lose the official is small, and it will be a pain for hundreds of thousands of victims in Henan. Zuo Bu said worriedly.

"Don't worry, my lord, the disaster relief cannot be delayed, and there must be people and horses in charge of escorting. Now there is no peace in Guangdong, and this silver is very important, I am afraid that 1,000 people and horses are not enough, what do you think of 2,000 people? Shen Chongming directly doubled the number of people, but he was displeased with the few political officials present.

I am happy to be happy, I have received such a great favor, and the political envoy Zuo Bu is inevitably a little embarrassed, "Lord Shen, thank you so much." You've got it. But the suppression of bandits is also a major matter, and the official also knows that the troops are insufficient, so will it affect your plan to suppress bandits if you transfer 2,000 men and horses at once? "You must know that this escort tax is not a simple matter, and it is not bad that the two thousand men sent out in one go can come back in a month.

"Hehe, thank you for your concern. There is no urgency to crack down on bandits for the time being, and now disaster relief is the top priority, so you can rest assured. Shen Chongming arched his hand and said, and Zuo Buzheng made peace of mind.

Looking at him like this, Su Chenwu couldn't help but shake his head secretly, how can this Lord Qincha like to slap a swollen face and become fat, his troops are already stretched, and now he can pull out two thousand men and horses in one go, which is even worse.

Such a complaint could only be made in the bottom of his heart, but Su Chenwu didn't dare to say it, but nodded his head.

The matter has been decided, and it is very carefully arranged to borrow it, and the silver taels are ordered in advance, and the escort is arranged, and it is agreed to set off in the early morning of the tenth day of the lunar month.

Out of the political secretary, Su Chenwu said: "Lord Qincha, the political envoy said that there are already a lot of 1,000 people, why do you have to add another thousand, now there are only 8,000 soldiers left in the city, and I am afraid that the matter of suppressing bandits will have to be delayed again." ”

"Hehe, Master Su, don't worry, and listen to what the official says." Shen Chongming explained his latest plan in detail, and stood there with his arms crossed and looked at Su Chenwu with a smile on his face.

Su Chenwu was indeed surprised, what was in the head of this Lord Qincha, why did he come up with a plan just in the evening, this is not the second watch, and a new plan has been released, which is comparable to Kong Ming's three-step plan.

"Master Su, what do you think of this new plan?" Seeing that Su Chenwu hadn't come to his senses for a long time, Shen Chongming had no choice but to ask.

"High, really high. But my lord, isn't it too dangerous to use disaster relief silver as bait, in case something goes wrong, this crime is not small. Su Chenwu always likes to think about the worst in everything, and when he thinks of the robbery of 500,000 taels of disaster relief silver, he can't help but shudder.

"Master Su, it's wrong for you to think so. If the bandits really pay attention to the disaster relief silver, let's not use it as bait to call it dangerous. Think about it, is it 2,000 people escorting safety, or 10,000 horses escorting safety? ”

This is a simple addition and subtraction, Su Chenwu came to a conclusion without thinking, "Of course it is 10,000 horses escorting safety." ”

"That's it, let's use disaster relief silver as bait, not only to absolutely ensure the safety of disaster relief silver, but also to take the opportunity to lead the bandits into the ambush circle and annihilate them, isn't it a good thing to kill two birds with one stone?" Shen Chongming patted Su Chenwu's shoulder very unceremoniously, you must know that this guy is a member of the second grade, although he is a Qincha, but his official position is much smaller than others. And when it comes to age, it's twice as old.

Su Chenwu was not surprised, and gave a thumbs up with a smile and praised: "Lord Qincha is very strategic, and the officials admire and admire." ”

"Okay, since you have no opinion, then this matter is settled, time is pressing, hurry back and arrange." Shen Chongming said excitedly, 500,000 taels of silver is enough to make the bandits who ransacked the silver vaults of the two county towns tempted.

"Guangzhou City, the people of Qingfu and Nanhaiwei can't move for the time being. There are spies in these three places, and once the movement of troops and horses is very likely to be detected by the spies, then our plan will be aborted. While looking at the topographic map, Shen Chongming said.

"Lord Qincha is right, so we can only transfer troops from Qingyuan, but there are only 6,000 garrisons there, except for the necessary left-behind people, we can only mobilize 5,000 people at most, I'm afraid the number is not enough." As the capital of Guangdong, Su Chenwu knew everything about the garrison of soldiers and horses in various places, and he raised a difficult problem without thinking about it.

"Five thousand is indeed a little less, so how many garrisons are there in Conghua?" Shen Chongming pointed to the county seat of Conghua in the northeast of Guangzhou City and asked, Conghua is a small county town, and there are not many soldiers and horses, and it is not too far from Guangzhou, so I am afraid that there are also spies lurking in the city.

"Conghua County has a garrison of one thousand eighteen, I am afraid it is not easy to transfer troops from here, and it is very likely that there are spies in the city, once the troops here are regulated, the news will leak." Su Chenwu was a little embarrassed.

Shen Chongming thought about it, and finally made up his mind, "Take a gamble, transfer 1,000 troops in Conghua, plus 5,000 in Qingyuan, plus 2,000 men and horses escorting Yinliang, 8,000 men and horses to ambush, the odds are very high!" ”

Su Chenwu nodded, and also thought that this risk could be taken, "Then the adult is going to ambush the bandits there?" ”

"Here, if Zeng Yi is not stupid, he will definitely choose to ambush us here, so the men and horses of Qingyuan and Conghua must rush to the ambush one step in advance, and then the two phases can be flanked." Shen Chongming said with a sneer.

Su Chenwu squinted and saw that the place where Shen Chongming's finger was was the Lion Ridge thirty miles north of Huaxian County!

Shiling Su Chenwu is very familiar with it, where the terrain is dangerous, but it is the official road from Guangzhou to the north. In the early years, there were hundreds of gangsters who gathered in the mountains and forests to rob merchants, and took advantage of the terrain to repel the officials and soldiers who went to clear and suppress them several times, and finally spent a lot of money to buy the hands of the second masters on the mountain to exterminate them.

"Your Excellency is good, if the bandits really intend to loot this disaster relief silver, Shiling is the best place to start."

Shen Chongming smiled: "The hero sees the same thing. Lord Su, without further ado, immediately sent an order to the generals of Qingyuan and Conghua, ordering their men and horses to be stationed in Shiling to occupy a favorable terrain and hide before June 11, otherwise as soon as our escort team leaves Guangzhou, the news of this disaster relief silver will reach the ears of the bandits. ”

As Shen Chongming expected, because of the bandits, the news of the disaster relief silver only spread when the silver was escorted out of the city, and when the spies in the city sent the news to the county seat of Shunde to Zheng Tianshi, it was already noon that day, although the speed was a little slower, but it was very detailed, which listed that the disaster relief silver was 500,000 taels, and the escort of the officers and soldiers was 2,000!

"Disaster relief silver?" Zheng Tianshi raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help laughing, he just learned about the matter of the big water in Henan yesterday, and the news of the government must be faster than his own, so this disaster relief silver should be real, and in normal times, when the tax silver is transported to the capital, at most a thousand people will be dispatched, and this time it will be two thousand, and it is definitely not fake.

"Heavenly Master, what's the news coming from Guangzhou City?" Zeng Yiyi's figure appeared quickly, Zheng Tianshi frowned, what kind of spy did this guy ambush beside him, and the news was also well-informed.

Shaking his head, Zheng Tianshi didn't bother to worry about these little things anymore, and nodded: "There is news, it says that Guangzhou City shipped 500,000 taels of disaster relief silver to Henan for disaster relief. ”

I didn't hear anything else, but the 500,000 taels of silver stunned Zeng Yi. robbed two county towns in a row, and the silver taels obtained by scraping three feet of land were only 200,000 taels, but I didn't expect that the fortune of Guangzhou City was 500,000 taels, how could Zeng Yiyi not be surprised.

"Heavenly Master, we must rob this silver!" Zeng Yiyi clenched his fists, and his two eyes were round and round.

"Don't worry, such a large sum of silver, the government must be heavily guarded, we have to find out before we can do it." Zheng Tianshi acted cautiously, and everything must be done with seventy percent certainty.

"Oh, what else to check, there will be no such shop in this village, no matter what, I have to settle this silver!" Zeng Yi was impatient, 500,000 taels of silver, plus the previous 200,000 taels, enough to buy more than 100,000 acres of fertile land!

"Master Zeng, this kind of thing can't be rushed, in case the officials and soldiers have a plan, we will suffer a big loss, and when the chickens and eggs are beaten, don't blame you for not reminding you." Zheng Tianshi forcibly endured the disdain in his heart and persuaded him, although Zeng Yiyi was a little clever, but this impatient temperament would suffer a big loss sooner or later, and when his use value was almost used this time, he must be slaughtered.

"Hehe, don't be angry, Heavenly Master, please show me how to do it, and follow it." Zeng Yiyi said with a grim face, such meticulous work has to rely on his surname Zheng.

"Henan is flooded, and the government must be in a hurry to provide disaster relief, so they will definitely approach the road when they march, so they will inevitably pass through Shiling. If the island owner really wants to rob the disaster relief silver, it is most appropriate to set up an ambush in Shiling. Now that the disaster relief silver has been shipped from Guangzhou City, it is time to wait for me, so we will take two steps. First of all, he led his men and horses to avoid Guangzhou and went straight to Shiling, and then ordered people to investigate in detail whether there were signs of movement of the officers and troops in several nearby cities. If not, we can rest assured that we can do it boldly, if there is, it may be a trap set by the official army, we can't take the risk of letting it go, after all, silver can only be spent if it has a life. Zheng Tianshi arranged in detail.

This plan is very comprehensive, Zeng Yi nodded and said, "Okay, just do what the Heavenly Master says." ”