Mo Li snorted coldly, and said without being arrogant or humble: "Gonggong Cui, you have also seen it, it is getting late, and the soldiers have marched for another day, even if the soldiers are willing to pull out, this war horse can't bear it,"

Cui Dabao's face changed, and he said sharply: "General Moshen, you mean to put Gonggong Gao to death and not save him." ”

Cui Dabao is a eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, second only to the palm seal and the young eunuch in the prison, and he has to be valued by Gao Qiqian, and he can be regarded as a high-powered person.

You must know that this imperial horse prison is actually the military department of the inner court, in addition to the Yongwei battalion of this prison, it also has an army of 100,000 Beijing battalions, and its status is very respectful.

Most of the eunuchs in its prison are high-ranking and powerful, and unlike the eunuchs in other prisons, they have to lead troops on weekdays, so they are all infected with some martial arts temperament.

Seeing that Mo Li didn't seem to want to buy it this time, he immediately sent troops to rescue Gao Qiqian, and Cui Dabao suddenly felt a little angry. He has been on duty in the palace for a long time, and he can be regarded as favored by the emperor, and he is often respected and welcomed on weekdays, so he is unnaturally infected with some high-minded habits.

And the first few times Gao Qi sneaked out of the outer prison army, he didn't follow, so he didn't deal with Mo Li, in his opinion, Mo Li is just a small general, and he has to be respectful when he sees himself, not to mention that he is a small general, where do you need to be polite to him.

"Grandpa Cui, there is an ancient adage that you can't eat things indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense, haven't you heard of it? When did Ben Jiang say that he would not save Gao Gonggong. It's just a matter of letting the soldiers and horses rest and recover their strength before going. Mo Li said seriously.

"Take a break. General Mo, don't you know that the military situation is urgent. If the fighter plane is delayed and the city of Binzhou is broken, wouldn't it be dangerous for Gonggong Gao," Cui Dabao said unhappily.

Mo Li asked unhurriedly: "Gonggong Cui, I will ask how many soldiers and horses there are under Gonggong Gao." ”

"Two Thousand ......"

"Two thousand Beijing battalion soldiers, plus the defenders in Binzhou City, standing in the city, can't they last a day and a half. , doesn't it mean that most of the rebels are hungry victims who were coerced by Kong Youde. Could it be that the soldiers of the Beijing camp can't even defeat some hungry people? Mo Li sneered.

"This ......" Cui Dabao's fair face turned red, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while. Gao Fu was also ashamed and embarrassed on the side, and he didn't know how to talk.

Mo Li saw that the two of them were silent, and continued: "Don't worry, the two of you, the general will never die without help, but now the horse's physical strength has reached the limit, and if you run down, everyone will have to lie down, and when the soldiers rest for a while, the general will definitely send troops to suppress the rebels,"

"Hmph, we can't talk about you." Cui Dabao finally spoke: "General Mo only needs to remember, and must not let Gonggong Gao make any mistakes, otherwise the emperor is there, and General Mo is probably really difficult to explain,"

"Don't worry about Cui's father-in-law."

"Okay, our family still has to inform General Zu and ask him to come as soon as possible and leave," Cui Dabao snorted slightly, turned around and left.

"Wait, Lord Gao hasn't answered the general's question yet, how is the rebel army's equipment?" Mo Li stopped them and asked.

Gao Fu's face flushed, and he said: "General Mo, the equipment of the rebels is on par with that of my Ming soldiers, which is also the reason why my Beijing camp has to temporarily avoid its edge. However, after a day of great battle with the Beijing battalion, although it failed to annihilate the rebels, it also inflicted heavy losses on its troops, killing two or three thousand enemies, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. ”

Mo Li snorted lightly from his nose, these two people said nicely, but in fact, I don't know the virtues of Jingying. He also killed two or three thousand rebels. Joke, I'm afraid that if I encounter the rebels, I will turn around and flee, otherwise how can I kill another two or three thousand enemies when I suddenly face a strong enemy without casualties (there are about 2,000 people in the high diving department).

It is about 60 miles away from Binzhou, and if you want to get to Binzhou, you must pass through Putai, otherwise you will have to go around a big circle from the north and walk two or three hundred miles more.

According to Gao Fu and Cui Dabao, Kong Youde's rebels left a large number of ambushes in Putai, and this Gao Qiqian asked Mo Li's troops to rush to Binzhou. In other words, this will inevitably encounter Kong Youde's rebels.

Gao Fu said that the rebels still had seven or eight thousand people, while Moli only had more than 2,000 people, and he must be at a disadvantage in terms of troops.

However, what Gao Fu said should also have moisture, and it is not ruled out that he deliberately exaggerates the strength of his opponent in order to cover up the incompetence of his own Jingying.

What's more, his more than 2,000 cavalry are all selected elite soldiers, well-equipped, with flintlock pistols, bows and arrows, sabers or spears and other cold weapons and hot weapons, and they are all experienced in dozens of battles, large and small, and they are not even afraid of Tartars, how can they be afraid of thousands of rebels in this area.

Mo Li nodded at the moment and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then the general will send troops as soon as possible, enter Putai, and rush to Binzhou,"

Gao Fu and Cui Dabao breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and got on the horse, and said goodbye.

Mo Li asked Sima Jian to convene the generals to discuss sending troops to Putai, Guan Feng hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "My lord, do we really want to rescue Gao Qiqian overnight." Looking at the domineering appearance of the bird eunuch just now, the brothers couldn't be angry,"

"Of course we have to save it, although this bird eunuch didn't do anything good, but after all, it's our boss, if we don't save it when we die, hehe, then we have to go back to be the king of the mountain," Mo Li smiled: "But not now, we must let everyone have dinner, and then let the war horse recover its strength." ”

All the generals came to him, and they all saw the scene just now from a distance, and they all felt that the bird eunuch was too blind to the people.

Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but said indignantly: "The thief and eunuch, a little eunuch even dares to shout to the general, and wants my old horse to say, let's just rest for one night, and let him be scared for one night."

Zhou Yuji was originally from the Beijing camp, and there was no one here who knew the virtues of those Beijing camp soldiers better than him, so he frowned and thought for a while, and said: "General, the moral nature of the Beijing camp must also be clear, the last general feels that if the rebels really have seven or eight thousand men and horses to besiege Binzhou, I am afraid that the two thousand Beijing battalion soldiers of Gao Gonggong alone will not be able to hold it, and besides, the general has just promised that Cui Gonggong and Gao Fu, should we discuss how to enter the army......"

"I said, Lord Zhou, why are you so nervous about diving that eunuch. You also saw how he did to the general, why do we have to rush to save him," Xiao Yang said dissatisfiedly.

"I ......"

"Xiao Yang, don't talk nonsense," Mo Li looked at the generals and said, "No matter what Gao Qiqian does to us, he is still a eunuch of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he is still in charge of our top boss, so we must save him,"

After seeing that Xiao Yang and the others were silent, Mo Li said again: "But you don't have to worry about Yuji, now that it's dark, Gonggong Gao is guarding the city, and the rebels don't have any siege weapons, and they are not used to fighting at night, so Gonggong Gao will not be in any danger at present." ”

Zhou Yuji nodded, and the generals also felt that what Mo Li said made sense, and they all began to discuss the details of sending troops at the moment.

When Mo Li was discussing with the generals how to send troops, the rebels in Putai City were drinking and having fun in the military camp in the city, so it was not lively.

The leading rebel general is none other than Pan Yanfei, the right-hand man under Kong Youde.

Pan Yanfei and Kong Youde are both from the old department of Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang, originally from Haikou, and later recruited into the army by Kong Youde, and have been obeying orders under Kong Youde's account, and they are quite bold in fighting.

After the Phi Island mutiny, Pan Yanfei went away with Kong Youde and others and threw himself under the tent of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai.

Sun Yuanhua, who was anxious to organize and train the new fire-type army, was overjoyed when he learned of the return of the Dongjiang generals, and immediately appointed Kong Youde as the general of the left infantry battalion, Geng Zhongming was sent to Dengzhou Fortress, and Pan Yanfei served as a guerrilla in Kong Youde's left infantry battalion.

In the past two years in Denglai, it cannot but be said that Pan Yanfei has been the most alive in his life.

Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, attached great importance to their group of Liao generals who came from the Dongjiang River, and the military salaries were extremely sufficient, and the supplies were also very sufficient. Pan Yanfei, who had been adrift at sea all his life, thought that he would spend his life in Denglai, and even took his wife, but who knew that the heavy snow in Wuqiao changed his fate.

In the end, at the instigation of Li Jiucheng, who lost all the money he bought and was worried that he would not be able to explain when he went back, Pan Yanfei followed Kong Youde to set up a counter-flag in Wuqiao. After that, he immediately revealed his true nature, and even ignored his wife at home, led his troops to attack the government and plunder the county, and became Kong Youde's right-hand man.

Kong Youdedong went to Denglai, but he was afraid that the court officers and soldiers would pursue along the way, so he left Pan Yanfei behind Putai to block the pursuers.

In order to appease Pan Yanfei and let him rest assured that he would be cut off for himself and have no worries, Kong Youde gritted his teeth and sent 400 elite soldiers from the 1,000 old departments of the Dongjiang River to him, and about 7,000 people from the rabble were stationed in Putai.

Putai is the place that must pass through the east to Denglai, if you don't pass from here, you have to detour more than 200 miles through Shandong.

The terrain around Putai is flat, and the city is not tall, so there is almost no danger to defend. But Putai, which had no danger to defend, stubbornly blocked the high-diving Jingying and the Ming army in Beizhili.

At noon, Gao Qiqian led more than 2,000 people in the Beijing camp and about 3,000 troops in the northern Zhili garrison to encounter the rebel Pan Yanfei.

Pan Yanfei entrenched in Putai for a few days, and saw that the surrounding officers and soldiers did not dare to come to suppress him, and even more in their eyes, they plundered wildly, and even left only more than 1,000 old and weak soldiers in Putai for two days in a row, and then divided the troops into several roads and plundered in all directions.

Although the harvest is not good this year, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat, and the number is considerable, and no matter how poor the place is, there will always be some rich people, so the harvest of these two days made Pan Yanfei feel that staying in Putai was not so boring, but it made him start to be a little fluttering, feeling that he was simply the emperor of the soil here, and the pleasure of holding the power of life and death made him more and more excited.

What Gao Qiqian encountered was one of the plundering armies led by Pan Yanfei himself, and when he went out to sweep and came back, there were only less than 2,000 people in total.

Because it was a sudden encounter, both sides were taken aback, and after being stunned for a while, they didn't know which side started to attack first, in short, a scuffle began.

In terms of numbers, Gao Qiqian must have an advantage, and the equipment of the Beijing camp is naturally much stronger than the rebels' various miscellaneous weapons. So at first, Pan Yanfei was a little worried, and he was ready to order a retreat at any time and flee back to Putai.

Who knows, it is this soldier of the Beijing camp who has superior strength and weapons, but when he encounters this rabble of rebels, he is afraid of the enemy, and no one dares to rush to kill, only a face to face with the rebels, and he has not fought much, and he does not know that the soldier in the Beijing camp suddenly shouted, turned around and ran away.

Subsequently, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the 3,000 Beijing battalion and the Ming army of Beizhili were like paper paste, just fleeing for their lives, where were there still people who mentioned the task of suppressing bandits and counterinsurgency.

The Beijing camp was really about to collapse at the first touch, and Gao Qiqian had no choice but to order the whole army to withdraw in the direction of Binzhou.

Pan Yanfei was afraid that it was a trick to lure the enemy, so he didn't chase after him, but just followed the Beijing camp and pursued proudly and rampantly for a while, and then collected his troops and returned to Putai.

The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp were so weak and incompetent that they were vulnerable to a single blow, which made Pan Yanfei and other rebels even more fearless, and they were empty-eyed, and they ate and drank in Putai that night, and did not take the Ming officers and soldiers in their eyes at all......