At the end of April, the sun slowly rose by the hour, and when a red sun flashed on the horizon, Tuhai's personal army rode horses to count.

At this time, the baggage battalion composed of tens of thousands of family members had just lined up in a long and winding line outside the gate, and the team referred to the military system, with ten households as a team and a team commander; Ten teams are a team, with a captain; The 10 teams are a battalion with a commander. There are a total of fifteen conductors, who are directly under the control of Tuhai.

Li Tingyu's team was in charge of nearly 200 carts and carts in the baggage camp, and the carts were full of large wooden boxes, which were carried by Liu Liangzuo's troops overnight last night and tightly tied. The boxes were nailed with iron nails and sealed with paint, and even Li Tingyu didn't know what was inside, so he could only infer from the fact that after loading these wooden boxes, the wheels were deeply sunk into the ground, and it should be a very heavy thing inside.

Tuhai asked his soldiers to count the number of people, and he called all the captains and commanders and held a meeting. Arrange the marching sequence of the procession, announce the discipline.

The captain and commander are all soldiers in Liu Liangzuo's army, and these people are all Liu Liangzuo's cronies without exception, and they took the opportunity to be placed in the baggage camp, waiting to be used as the vanguard after arriving in Xuzhou, so as not to let these tens of thousands of family members arrive in the place, and no one will coordinate up and down, and end up and down.

Li Tingyu also served as a commander, but the number of subordinates under this command was small, and he only commanded more than 500 people, he didn't care, anyway, he didn't really lead the troops.

What really hurts is that Tuhai divided the 508 banner soldiers into three parts, one part of 100 people opened the way at the front, and the other part of 100 people fell at the end, leaving 50 personal soldiers to follow him in the middle of the team, and the remaining 200 people were scattered among the battalions of the team. And Li Tingyu's team, which was arranged close to Tuhai's pro-soldier team, was under Tuhai's gaze on every move.

Li Tingyu came back from the meeting, with a worried face, and discussed with Wang Huan in a low voice: "Qing General is wary of us with such an arrangement?" ”

Wang Huan looked at the formation, but he understood it in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, the Qing soldiers are not guarding against us, but protecting us." ”

When Li Tingyu heard this, he frowned and thought about it, thought of something, looked at the convoy with huge wooden boxes, and said, "Could it be ...... Is it because of these boxes? ”

"Yes!" Wang Huan smiled and said, "My lord, guess what's in these boxes?" ”

Li Tingyu has been marching and fighting for so many years, of course he is not a fool and a stupid person, but he didn't think much about it in his mind, Wang Huan reminded him like this, and immediately reacted: "The wheels are deeply sunk, and the cattle can't move much, it should be an extremely heavy thing, in addition to ordnance, what else can be so heavy in the army?" Could it be gold and silver? ”

Wang Huan also looked at the long ox cart, and the trolley that followed behind and pushed it very laboriously, and said in a low voice: "Eight or nine are not far from ten, Yangzhou City is rich and prosperous, and after the city is broken, the Qing army closed the door and slaughtered the city, and I don't know how much gold and silver property in the city was robbed." Duoduo was in a hurry to attack Nanjing, and his troops were particularly insufficient, and it was impossible to leave valuable troops to keep these belongings, and it was impossible to lose them, so he could only choose to escort them away. And we are the coolies who deliver these goods. ”

Li Tingyu looked at the slipping car, and couldn't help but say: "**** mother, so much!" How much did Qinggou rob! ”

Wang Huan smiled and said, "My lord, this is God helping us." ”

Li Tingyu was puzzled: "What do you say?" ”

"We were worried that there was no boat in Hongze Lake, so the Qing army sent us a boat." Wang Huan smiled, whispered in Li Tingyu's ear, and after a while, Li Tingyu nodded again and again, and laughed.

"Okay, good, worthy of being my military advisor, this idea is one after another!" Li Tingyu gave a thumbs up.

"What's even better is that this figure is a sea urchin, and he dares to divide the already small Eight Banners soldiers into several parts, which is far away, which is even more convenient for us to do." Wang Huan's smile was even more joyful.

The two stood side by side, looking at the Qing army array for a while, and then looking at the convoy with big boxes, laughing heartily, which made Li Yan, who was standing behind the two, very strange and unclear, but the two didn't tell him clearly, of course, it was even more inconvenient to inquire, and he was very depressed.

Tuhai in the distance, after giving orders, watched his soldiers return to their positions according to the order, and under the urging of the soldiers, the huge baggage battalion like a giant python finally began to move slowly, and immediately led people to ride horses and stand on a dirt slope to observe the movement of the queue from a high place.

"Leader, isn't it inappropriate to separate our banner soldiers like this?" A soldier in iron armor rode close to him on horseback and said in a deep voice.

Tuhai glanced sideways, and the one who spoke was his subordinate Sui Jia Sule, this person was eighteen years old, with a wide forehead and fine eyes, a handsome face, tall and healthy, bear arms and bee waist, but fair skin, because of the relationship between his parents, when he was a child, he was a companion in a Baylor Mansion in the flag, apprenticed to learn art, and could read and write words, not like a hero who came out of the white mountains and black waters, but a little bit of Han scholars, if it wasn't for the natural divine power, bravery, often taking the lead in battles, breaking into battle and making many miraculous achievements, he would not look down on this kind of white-faced scholar.

It is precisely because of Su Le's outstanding bravery that Tuhai changed his opinion, took him as his dependence, and discussed with him when he had something to do. That's why Sule dared to come forward and speak.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Tu Hai said lightly.

"The art of war is cloudy, and the outnumbered soldiers gather up. We have only 500 men in total, so it is a taboo in the art of war to scatter the front, middle and rear points, and disperse in each battalion, if there is an incident, the soldiers are scattered all over the team, and it is impossible to gather in time, and it is easy for the enemy to break through. Seeing the question, Su Le hurriedly expressed his worries in one go.

Tu Hai has always had the intention of cultivating this young Suijia, and even made an exception for him to bring twenty cavalry armor soldiers as his personal companions, at this time, listening to him speak the truth, in one go, his heart was naturally happy, and he nodded approvingly: "Sule, your idea is good, you can see the shortcomings of my arrangement, and make progress." ”

When Su Le heard this, of course he understood the meaning of the words, and hurriedly bent down on the horse and bowed down and said, "It turns out that Lord Zuo Ling already has a perfect plan, but I am too worried." ”

"Sule, you're right, we are such a small number of people, thrown in the ranks of tens of thousands of people, we would not have bubbled, and if we are so scattered, we can't even see the shadow." Tu Hai waved his horsewhip and pointed to the brigade slowly moving forward under the dirt slope and said.

The confusion on Sule's face was even deeper, but he knew that Tuhai must have something to do, so he just looked at Tuhai and didn't dare to interject.

Sure enough, Tu Hai continued: "However, this is for those who have enemies, if there is no enemy, with these tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled, not to mention that we have five hundred, even if you are the only one, you can smoothly escort them to Xuzhou!" ”

Tu Hai looked at Su Le with a smile: "So, you tell me, from here to Xuzhou, where is the enemy?" ”

Su Le suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Zuo Ling, Prince Yu's army went all the way south, like a bamboo, the Ming army did not dare to fight a general, did not dare to hold the city, even the Ming Dynasty cabinet history can be defended Yangzhou, but only one day, the south of the river, into the hands of my Qing Dynasty is just around the corner, from here to the north, all my Qing Dynasty land, where the enemy came from." ”

Tuhai laughed and said, "Not bad! In the south of this great river, don't look at the population of 10 million, in my eyes they are all local chickens and dogs! Where are there any enemies, so what do we have to be afraid of! ”

The Qing soldiers who followed the two of them heard this conversation clearly, and they also laughed with Tu Hai, and the rough laughter floated down the dirt slope to all sides, causing a burst of echo in the air.

Su Le laughed along, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, and the laughter couldn't help but be a little dry****** Hai laughed for a while, put away his smile, and said to Su Le: "But it's always right to be careful, but it's not to be careful of anything else, the main thing is to protect the safety of that team." ”

He raised his whip and pointed it to one section of the large procession, and Su Le followed his whip and saw a group of Ming soldiers driving ox carts and pushing carts.

Sule was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "That's a team of soldiers, what are we protecting them for?" ”

Tu Haidao: "It's not to protect the cart, it's to protect the box on the cart, and inside the box is two million taels of gold and silver seized by Prince Yu in Yangzhou." ”

Su Le was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Two million taels? How are there so many! ”

"It's because there are so many that we will be escorted with us." Tu Hai's face gradually became solemn, and he said slowly: "These gold and silver will be transferred in Xuzhou and transported to BJ, our task is to ensure that they arrive in Xuzhou safely, and as for Xuzhou to the north, it is not under our control." ”

Su Le knew the seriousness of the matter, after the Qing army entered the customs, there was a tradition, that is, every time they went to a place, they would scrape three feet of the ground, collect the precious metals of the Ming Dynasty's official warehouses and people, and transport them all to the outside of the customs, and hide them in a secret place that only the Aixin Jueluo royal family knows, and keep them properly. It's just that he didn't expect that in just ten days, Duoduo grabbed such a large amount of property near Yangzhou.

Tu Hai glanced at Su Le and said in a deep voice: "I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that this group of Ming soldiers will steal the things in the box and escape while we are not paying attention. I'm taking you to keep an eye on them personally, you know why, right? ”

Su Le's eyes flashed with murder, and he stepped forward and arched his hand: "Don't worry, I will keep one eye open even if I sleep, if anyone dares to defy the law without opening his eyes, my Eight Banners Erlang's knife will not be sheathed without blood!" ”

Tuhai laughed and said happily: "Okay! It is worthy of being my Qing Dynasty general, I will rest assured that you are there, and when I arrive in Xuzhou and the delivery is completed, I will definitely recommend you to the Counselor. ”

Su Le followed with a smile: "So, thank you in advance!" ”

Another burst of wild laughter sounded, raising his voice everywhere, the voice was rough and unscrupulous, Wang Huan, who happened to be passing by the dirt slope, frowned, glanced at the dirt slope with some disgust, and happened to see a group of Qing cavalry laughing unscrupulously on it.

"Laugh! Laugh! Wang Huan gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "In a few days, Lao Tzu will make you look good, and when the time comes, see if you can laugh or not!" ”