The dog thief who was led to Shi Zhenji was the personal soldier of Chen Shisan, the great traitor of the Taiping Army, Ji Rongxian, named Zhang Wen, who looked a little obscene and did things even more obscenely. - That's right, it's the feeling of longing.

"Shi Guozong, the little one thought that he would never see you again, and he would never return to Raozhou again! I can still see you today, and I can return to Raozhou, the villain is really the ancestral tomb with green smoke, the ancestors accumulate virtue, and go lucky! Guozong, you don't know how much the little one misses you, how much he misses Raozhou, and how much he misses the brothers in Raozhou! ”

It's a pity that the touching and heartfelt crying is useless, Shi Zhenji, who has a blue face, first drank and told Zhang Wen to shut up, Zhang Wen didn't listen or cried non-stop, which provoked Shi Zhenji's heart to fire and ordered to step forward to slap his mouth, Zhang Wen quickly covered his mouth, sobbed and nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, yes, the little one shut up, the little one shut up." ”

"You dog thief, with Ji Rongxian and Chen Shisan, these traitors betrayed the kingdom of heaven, and you still have the courage to come back?" Shi Zhenji shouted, "You are guilty." ”

"Small convictions, small convictions." Zhang Wen hurriedly kowtowed again and again, and said: "The little one shouldn't betray Heaven with Ji Rongxian and Chen Shisan, the little one should die, and the little one is guilty." But Shi Guozong, the little one was also forced to do it at that time, if the little one didn't listen to them, Ji Rongxian and they would kill the little one! ”

"In order to save your life, you helped Ji Rongxian and the dog thieves betray the kingdom of heaven and betray Zhentianhou and them?!"

Shi Zhenji shouted angrily and asked, Zhang Wen was finally speechless, so he could only quickly kowtow and beg for mercy, "Guozong spares his life, the little one is greedy for life and afraid of death, the small one deserves death, and the little one is willing to atone for his sins, and he is willing to atone for his sins." ”

"I don't need your work to atone for my sins! Come on, push this dog thief out and cut it down! ”

Shi Zhenji's roar made Zhang Wen's soul scatter, taking the opportunity of the guards on both sides who had just pounced, Zhang Wen hurriedly shouted again: "Guozong spares his life, the small one brought a handwritten letter from General Chen Shisan, General Chen, he wants to take us anyway, and he also wants to kill Ji Rongxian to atone for his crimes, Guozong, you have a lot of adults, and then give the small one a chance, and then give the small one a chance." ”

Hearing Zhang Wen's words, Shi Zhenji was of course quite curious, waved his hand to let the guard let go of Zhang Wen temporarily, and asked Zhang Wen where the letter was, Zhang Wen took out a letter from his arms and put his hands above his head. When Shi Zhenji asked the guards to deliver the letter to him, he opened it and saw that the handwriting on the letter was crooked, and the payment was indeed Ji Rongxian's subordinate Chen Shisan, and the content was that Chen Shisan's confession that he should not be forced by Ji Rongxian to betray the Hukou Taiping Army, and planned to defect again and return to the Taiping Army, and sincerely asked Shi Zhenji to accept it.

Seeing that Shi Zhenji had already finished reading the letter, Zhang Wen, who knew the content of the letter, hurriedly kowtowed again and again, and said: "Guozong, originally General Chen planned to come back directly with some brothers, but Hukou is too far away from Raozhou, and there is no army from Heaven to respond, and coming back directly is purely a dead end, so General Chen didn't dare to act rashly. ”

"In addition, General Chen, he is afraid that Guozong will misunderstand that he is greedy for the glory and wealth of the demon soldiers, and voluntarily follow Ji Rongxian to betray our heavenly kingdom, and refuse to accept him, so he sent a small one to come back with a letter to contact you first, asking Guozong to forgive us for our crimes and give us a chance to atone for our sins. Guozong, if your lord gives us this opportunity in large quantities, our General Chen will immediately come back with the brothers who are unwilling to surrender to the demon soldiers, and find a way to bring back Ji Rongxian's dog thief. ”

Listening to Zhang Wen's introduction, Shi Zhenji was of course skeptical in his heart, and asked thoughtfully: "Chen Shisan, that dog thief, really has a heart of repentance and wants to return to heaven?" ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, our General Chen's loyalty to the Kingdom of Heaven and the Emperor of the Kingdom of Heaven can be learned from heaven and earth!" Zhang Wen hurriedly swore an oath, and said: "And the transcendence demon is not too good for our heavenly army, before the Hukou City was broken, he promised to take the head of Zhentianhou and reward half of the city's wealth, but after Ji Rongxian took us to help him lay down the lake, the transcendence demon said that Ji Rongxian did not hand over Zhentianhou's head to him, refused to fulfill his promise, and only gave Ji Rongxian himself a heavy reward, and there was no big reward for General Chen and us, we were tired and tired of casualties so many brothers, and the result was only cheaper Ji Rongxian alone, General Chen and he was even more." ……。 ”

"Shut up! Shameless villain! Shi Zhenji interrupted Zhang Wen angrily and shouted: "Betraying Heaven for the sake of silver, and betraying Ji Rongxian for the sake of silver, I think Chen Shisan, a dog thief, is even more shameless than Ji Rongxian's dog thief!" ”

Zhang Wen finished defending Chen Shisan, and hurriedly defended himself: "Guozong, the small one is different from General Chen, the small one is not for the silver rebellion, but was forced by Ji Rong and them first. General Chen asked the little one to come back to deliver the letter, but the little one didn't even blink an eyelid, and immediately came back at the risk of killing his head. The little one is loyal to the kingdom of heaven, please check it clearly. ”

Shi Zhenji ignored Zhang Wen's boasting, and after a little calculation, Shi Zhenji asked again: "If the National Sect gives Chen 13 a chance, what is he going to do?" ”

"Please send troops to meet us." Zhang Wen hurriedly said: "When the villain set off, General Chen was following Ji Rongxian to the south to fight Tutang, and there were only two battalions of demon soldiers behind him to monitor, General Chen said that this is a good opportunity, as long as Guozong sends an army to reinforce Tutang, our General Chen will immediately contact the brothers who are unwilling to surrender the demon soldiers, and take them to help Shi Guozong kill Ji Rongxian, and return to heaven anyway." If there is a chance, we will also try to help Guozong kill the two battalions of demon soldiers who are monitoring Ji Rongxian. ”

After that, Zhang Wen hurriedly added another sentence and said: "Guozong, our General Chen also said that he originally wanted to kill Ji Rongxian's dog thief directly, but Ji Rongxian's dog thief is cunning Shi Guozong You also know, kill him directly Our General Chen is not at all sure, and when he contacts the brothers, he is even more afraid of leaking the news, so there is no way, you have to ask Guozong to send troops to respond." ”

"Could it be a trick to trick me into sending troops, and then take the opportunity to ambush our heavenly army?" Shi Zhenji was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't rush to break it, but just asked again: "Then let me ask you again, why did the little demon send Ji Rongxian's troops south to fight the earth pond?" ”

"I don't know this little one, and General Chen doesn't know either, Ji Rongxian dog thief just said that he was going south to fight the earth pond, but he didn't say the specific reason." Zhang Wen shook his head and admitted that he didn't know anything about the purpose of the Wu army's invasion of Tutang Town, and then Zhang Wen said: "However, our General Chen suspects that the dog thief who surpassed the little demon wanted Ji Rong to deliberately send the dog thief to death and kill our army with your hand, Guozong." ”

"Why did Chen Shisan say that Transcendence wanted to borrow a knife to kill people?" Shi Zhenji hurriedly asked.

"Because the little demon beyond doesn't trust us at all, let us separate the battalion, and send the army to monitor us, and prevent us from rebelling at any time." Zhang Wen explained, and said: "And the transcendence demon obviously doesn't want to see Ji Rongxian, because Ji Rongxian secretly hid a woman's business, and almost didn't directly cut off Ji Rongxian's head." Therefore, General Chen suspected that in addition to wanting to test whether Ji Rongxian was really reliable, he also wanted to deliberately let Ji Rong die first and kill our army that was not reliable at all. ”

General Shi Zhenji was suspicious, and after thinking for a long time, in addition to asking some more about Wu Jun's specific situation, he did not agree to send troops to meet Chen Shisan on the spot, but just asked his own soldiers to take Zhang Wen down for temporary detention, and then asked Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade, who had been accompanying him: "What do you think?" Could it be a trick to surpass the little demon? ”

"It's possible to lure the snake out of the hole." The slightly older Shi Dade replied: "Beyond the little demon took Ji Rong as a bait to lure us out of the army, took the opportunity to arrange an ambush to ambush us, and annihilated the army we went to meet, this is beyond the demon's consistent style of using troops." ”

"I also suspect that it was luring the snake out of the hole." His younger brother Shi Zhenchang also opposed the risk, and said: "Ji Rongxian's gang of dog thieves are despicable and capricious, and they can't be trusted at all, it's not strange to help surpass the little demon to deceive us for the sake of glory and wealth, be careful, it's best not to be greedy for this cheap." ”

Shi Zhenji, who was also suspicious, nodded, but he was a little unwilling, so he asked again: "But what if it's true?" Chen Shisan, that dog thief, really wants to do it anyway, and the Transcendence Little Demon really deliberately let Ji Rong go south to die first, we don't send troops, wouldn't we miss a good opportunity in vain? ”

Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade couldn't answer this question, but fortunately, Shi Zhenji was not a person who didn't know the importance and only wanted to take advantage of the moment, and took the initiative to say: "But you are right, Ji Rongxian's gang of dog thieves is not reliable at all, and they can't risk sending troops in order to meet a group of traitors who have surrendered to the demon soldiers, so let's ignore it for the time being, and then wait and see, and wait until we find out the details of the demon soldiers." ”

Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade said yes together, Shi Zhenji then discussed with them how to deal with the problem of the Wu army going south to attack Tutang, but because the area around Tutang was sparsely populated, the supply was relatively difficult, and at the same time it was a little far away from the capital city of Raozhou, Shi Zhenji quickly made up his mind and decided not to pay attention to the southern invasion of the Wu army for the time being, and ordered the Tutang garrison to defend it, and Zhang Wen retreated to Zhangtiandu, shrinking the defense line and waiting for the Wu army's reaction.

It was precisely because of Shi Zhenji's order that the Tutang garrison of the Taiping Army, which was already weak, could not resist the southern attack of the Wu army, and a day later, before the Wu army, who was monitoring Ji Rongxian's newly surrendered army, personally participated in the battle, Ji Rongxian's rebel army, who was familiar with the situation in Tutang, easily took Tutang, and also unceremoniously killed a number of Taiping soldiers who had no time to escape back to Zhangtiandu. When the military intelligence report was sent to Raozhou Prefecture, Shi Zhenji was furious, and he hated Ji Rong more and more.

Although the two battalions of Wu Army who stayed in Tutang did not directly participate in the battle, they lent four Russian field guns captured from the Hukou battlefield to Ji Rongxian's rebels, and at the same time replenished a batch of guns and ammunition to Ji Rongxian's rebels, Ji Rongxian's rebels became more and more arrogant, storming Zhangtiandu and killing their former comrades, while openly shouting the arrogant slogan of hitting Raozhou Mansion and capturing Shi Zhenji alive. And after the military intelligence report was sent to Shi Zhenji, Shi Zhenji was furious, and suddenly issued a strange order, "Give up Zhangtiandu and retreat to Tongzidu!" ”

"Brother, do you want to lure the enemy deeper?" The clan brother Shi Dade guessed Shi Zhenji's sinister intentions.

"That's right!" Shi Zhenji said viciously: "If Ji Rongxian, that dog thief, still dares to fight Tong Zidu, I will give up Tong Zidu again, lead him step by step to the vicinity of Raozhou Capital City, and then suddenly send troops to kill this shameless dog thief!" ”

"Brother's brilliant plan!" Shi Zhenchang also suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Lure Ji Rongxian's dog thief here, let the junior brother lead the troops out of the battle, and go to take the head of this dog thief for my brother!" ”

"I don't need you to go, I'll clean up this dog thief myself!" Shi Zhenji gritted his teeth, and he couldn't wait to catch Ji Rong in front of him immediately, and cut him to death with his own hands.

"Brother, you are the master of the whole army, you can't move lightly, let's let the younger brother go." Seokjin often insisted.

"What's the hurry, I'll talk about it then." Shi Zhenji said angrily: "The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, wait until Ji Rongxian's dog thief has lured Tong Zidu." ”

The distance was not far away, and Shi Zhenji's order was sent to Zhangtiandu in the evening of the same day, and after receiving the order, the defenders of the ferry, who had been bombarded by Ji Rongxian's rebel artillery, were amnesty, and abandoned their positions overnight and retreated to Tongzidu. Ji Rongxian's rebels swaggered across Zhangtiandu in the early morning of the next day, and then strode south under the hateful eyes of the Taiping soldiers and the expectant waiting of the Shi brothers, and really strode towards Tongzidu.

The Tongzidu defenders, who had been ordered by Shi Zhenji in advance, were defeated again, and only resisted for one morning before taking the initiative to abandon Tongzidu, Ji Rongxian's rebels easily captured the ferry, and then the whole army crossed the Tongzi River, which was not very large, and the whole army set foot on the south bank of the Tongzi River. At the same time, the two battalions of Wu Jun, who were monitoring Ji Rongxian's rebels, were still standing still in Tutang, watching Ji Rongxian's rebels go deep alone and gradually approach the capital of Raozhou.

The military intelligence report was sent to the capital city of Raozhou, and in addition to the main force of the Raozhou Taiping Army immediately preparing to attack, the brothers of the Shi family were also caught in a dispute over who would lead the troops to attack, but just when the brothers of the Shi family were fighting, the unexpected news came again - Ji Rongxian's rebels had just crossed Tongzidu, and they immediately marched eastward and killed directly in the direction of Jingdezhen!

I believe that there is no need to be verbose about how important Jingdezhen's porcelain income is in terms of economy, so after receiving this news, Shi Zhenji was not only surprised, but also suddenly filled his chest with anger and roared: "Dog mongrel, you dare to beat Lao Tzu's Jingdezhen, it's just looking for death!" ”

"Ji Rongxian, that dog thief, coveted the silver porcelain in Jingdezhen for a long time and not for a day or two." Shi Dade also said: "He has wanted to garrison Jingdezhen several times before, and if he is allowed to defeat Jingdezhen this time, Jingdezhen will definitely suffer a big disaster." ”

"Troops immediately!" Shi Zhen Ji Tie said with a blue face: "I will personally lead the troops to rescue Jingdezhen, and by the way, kill Ji Rongxian, the dog thief!" ”

"Brother, let me ......."

"Say no more!"

Shi Zhenji waved his hand to interrupt Shi Zhenchang's struggle, and said arbitrarily: "I am the commander of the whole army, I have the final say, I will personally lead the troops to clean up Ji Rongxian's dog thief, and you and Xian Tianyi (Hu Dingwen) will stay in Raozhou!" ”

The thin arms couldn't twist Shi Zhenji's thick thighs, Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade had to honestly accept the order, but fortunately, Shi Zhenji was also a thick and fine person, and explained: "Remember, if the demon soldiers attack from the water, if they can block it, they will block it, and if they can't stop it, let our sailors retreat to the upper reaches of the Pojiang River, you hold on to the city, and when I come back, I will kill Ji Rongxian's dog thief as soon as possible, and I won't delay for a long time." ”

Shi Zhenchang and Shi Dade agreed together, and then Shi Dade kindly reminded Shi Zhenji to be cautious in using his troops, and not to chase the enemy too far and too deep, Shi Zhenji nodded and said: "Of course I know this, you just have to rest assured." ”

"Brother, bring that Zhang Wen with you." Shi Zhen often suggested: "If it is true that he came to ask for surrender for Chen Shisan, send him to contact Chen Shisan secretly, and let Chen Shisan raise troops to meet you, and your battle will be easier to fight." ”

"Of course, I'll take him with me." Shi Zhenji agreed, and at the same time said secretly in his heart: "I hope that Chen Shisan's invitation will not be fake, so that my certainty is much greater." ”

The Raozhou Taiping Army, which had been prepared, sent troops quickly, and only more than an hour later, Shi Zhenji personally took most of the main forces of the Raozhou Taiping Army to set off, and went to Jingdezhen to find Ji Rong to settle the account first. But what Shi Zhenji never expected was that he had just left with most of the soldiers, and not long after, a gray pigeon suddenly flew out of the castle town of Raozhou, spreading its wings and flying in the direction of Jiujiang............

After Shi Zhenji personally led the army to find Ji Rongxian's rebels to settle accounts, the news was sent to Ji Rongxian's army, and a white carrier pigeon also flew out of Ji Rongxian's army, which also flew in the direction of Jiujiang. Before releasing this cute carrier pigeon, Ji Rongxian also kissed the little pigeon a few times, with a lewd smile on his face, as if kissing a beautiful woman, and said with a smile: "Pigeon, pigeon, glory and wealth, promotion and wealth, it's all up to you." Obediently help me deliver the letter, and I will give you a few beautiful hen pigeons, so that you can also live a good life with three wives and four concubines. ”