Haifeng County, the former county yamen, has now been changed to the garrison of the white-robed army.

The backyard of this county government is not big, but it is very exquisite, in the middle of a small lake with rippling blue water, there is a pavilion in the lake, there is a stone boat by the lake, and a small boat, which is quietly parked on the shore. On the northeast edge of the small lake, in the midst of a cultivated bamboo, there is a fine house, surrounded by dozens of white-robed soldiers, as if facing a great enemy.

This fine house is Zhang Geng's study, that is, a temporary office.

In the study, Qi Jiguang and Zhang Geng sat opposite each other.

Qi Jiguang said carefully: "Great Chief, in the past few days, we have plundered all the strong men in the four counties, and selected those with good riding skills to join the army, and now there are 5,000 people. The number of our army is now 13,000 people, but, with all due respect, the big leader, these newcomers who have just joined the army are completely a burden ......."

"Strategist, don't say it!" Zhang Geng smiled bitterly and interrupted Qi Jiguang's words: "Let's go, send people under the fence, if we don't hurry up and quickly increase the troops, when the time comes, it will be even more despised." Those who can only fool fools and foolish women, where do they know what military affairs, but only know that a large number of people is powerful. Besides, how could the officers and soldiers guess that we would abandon the city and flee along the way? It's bound to be too late to react, there shouldn't be any war, you're too worried. ”

"Can't react?" Qi Jiguang saw that exquisite pocket array in front of him again, sighed in his heart, and said secretly, I hope so!

For this plan, he was very dissatisfied with this plan, although the White Lotus Sect is a professional rebel, but it is not for the sake of the common people in the world, it is purely relying on evil words to confuse the public, attracting those foolish men and foolish women to participate, and every time the world is peaceful and prosperous, it will also rebel and revolt, poisoning the living beings, and there is no reason at all. Qi Jiguang was born as an official eunuch, he was originally the hereditary commander of Dengzhou Wei, and he was also a senior military attache from Sanpin, although he was a thief later, but for the ambition in his heart, he naturally looked down on those White Lotus bandits.

Zhang Geng saw his thoughts and said with a smile: "Strategist, what you think, I know, in fact, I think the same." That's why we have to expand the scale even more, we have a lot of people, we are powerful, we can suppress them, even if it is noisy, don't you say? Okay, let's not talk about that. War horse, how is the grain and grass prepared? ”

"Twenty-five thousand war horses, this is already all the remaining war horses in the four counties, but it can also guarantee one person and two horses. The horsepower continues, anyway, this time across the North Zhili, it is only more than 500 miles, and the army can arrive in a day and night! As for the grain and grass, dry food and water have been prepared, and the soybean hay to eat the war horses has also been prepared. He hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I have privately sent people to loot a thousand young women, and they have already been filled into the military camp, and they will also accompany the army this time." ”

Zhang Geng sighed and said apologetically: "Military advisor, I have accepted you, let you do such a thing as a general!" It's really ......."

Qi Jiguang smiled faintly: "The big leader is polite, if there is nothing to do, his subordinates will retire first." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Geng nodded: "Tell the whole army, when the time comes, the army will be launched, and in addition, you must hide it from the people in the city, lest anyone report the news!" ”

"My subordinates are awake!" Qi Jiguang retired and went out, but saw a woman in green clothes walking slowly on the bamboo forest path, about twenty-three or four-year-old, with long hair and waist, soft appearance, and graceful posture.

Seeing Qi Jiguang, the woman hurriedly saluted: "I've seen the military advisor!" ”

Qi Jiguang avoided a step: "Madame is polite, Qi doesn't dare!" ”

The woman smiled faintly, nodded to him, and entered the study.

Qi Jiguang looked at her back, sighed, and was silent.

"Sir!" The woman in Tsing Yi pushed the door in and called softly.

"Oh? Snow is coming! Zhang Geng raised his head, with a hint of joy on his face, got up and helped her to the seat and sat down, complaining: "How many times have I told you, just call me a father-in-law, call me master, it's too angry!" ”

Xue Ning smiled softly, "The master is so good to me, but Xue Ning can't stand it!" ”

"You!" Zhang Geng knew that she was stubborn, pinched her nose affectionately, sat down next to her, and said, "It's all settled?" ”

"Hmm!" Xue Ning nodded: "Since the incident started a month ago, we have broken through the local government and raided the big households, and asked the rich merchants to pay the atonement silver, a total of 150,000 taels of silver, and the Zhou Mansion was raided, and the cash silver obtained from the raid of the house was 200,000 taels, plus these people looted the people and collected taxes and silver, a total of more than 400,000 taels." Those people are so pitiful that they have to leave some money and food for them to spend the winter. ”

"That's right." Zhang Geng sighed: "Born in Si and grew up in Si, these people are the fathers of my hometown, if you are not in a hurry to obey the power, how can you bear to scrape the silver from their hands?" ”

Xue Ning nodded, and said with a straight face: "As long as the master has this kind of thought, he will be defeated this time and escape, and he will definitely be able to do great things!" ”

Zhang Geng smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that once I enter Taihang, it is as deep as the sea, and I don't know if I can come out in this life." ”

"Surely!" Xue Ning's face was full of firmness: "The court is dumbfounded, and the local officials are as greedy and fierce as tigers and wolves. After our incident, Haizhou, Guidefu, Hanzhong, and Yulinbao all over the country have incidents, as long as there is still no good harvest next year, the world will be in chaos! ”

"I hope so!" Zhang Geng patted her hand: "Xue Ning, it's really thanks to you." There are a lot of things to do, and we don't understand it, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid that we would still be guarding Jinshan to ask for food! ”

Xue Ning pursed her lips and smiled: "We are husband and wife, didn't the master say this?" ”

―――――― dividing line ―――――― Daying, Ningjin County.

The sky was about to break, and the sky was revealing a touch of fish belly white, and the camp was already full of people, and many officers and soldiers got up to prepare for breakfast. Somewhere in the camp, there were bursts of neat shouts from time to time, and the whole camp listened to it really, everyone was not used to it at first, but now they are used to it, it is the soldiers of the Wuyi Army who are getting up early to practice.

At the beginning, when I saw Wu Yijun practicing, there were many soldiers from other guards who were laughing next to me, but now they didn't dare to go, the murderous aura of those Wu Yijun was really terrifying! Everyone was convinced, and they complained that people could fight, and they really practiced it.

What made everyone a little strange was that this early morning, not the time to walk the horses, all the cavalry in the camp were concentrated, and the avant-garde of the government army, the four guards, and even the personal guards of the marshal, were lined up in a neat phalanx on the side of the gate. Huotou Jun set up a big stove next to him, cooked soup for them, and each of them baked three large oil cakes in their arms.

There was a familiar one who came up to ask, but the cavalryman who was asked also shook his head, and they also knew what was going on, and they pulled it up early in the morning, and now they are still fighting!

In the handsome tent, Lian Zining and Zhang Yanchang sat facing each other across a table, their eyes were red, their faces were full of exhaustion, and they obviously hadn't slept all night. A burst of sleepiness hit, Lian Zining couldn't help but yawn a lot, infected by him, Zhang Yanchang also hit one, the two wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes, and smiled at each other.

But it was a wry smile.

After Lian Zining came to report his speculation to Zhang Yanchang last night, Zhang Yanchang knew the seriousness of the matter, these people sent by the White Lotus Sect were clearly the messengers who contacted Zhang Geng's White Robe Army, and it was definitely not the only way, I am afraid that now the two sides have been connected! And in this way, the actions of these white-robed soldiers can also be explained, people retreated to Haifeng County, and made the appearance of sticking to the city, just to paralyze themselves, and by the way, to loot money, grain, grass, and accumulate strength!

Zhang Yanchang knows very well what kind of consequences he will have to bear if he is escaped by the white-robed army, a sure and easy-to-reach victory is the first of its kind, the court will lose face, and it will be difficult to explain to the subjects of the world! In the face of the Queen Mother's aunt, she will definitely not be affected, at most she will think about it behind closed doors, but with this level of defeat, in the future, you will really be an idle relative who has no power at all. For him, who has become accustomed to holding power and calling Bainuo, this is worse than death! Not to mention, those civilian groups in the DPRK and China, which have always been hostile to the military generals of the Emperor and Qi, have never missed any opportunity to attack them, and they will certainly take advantage of this opportunity to attack them en masse.

Therefore, Zhang Yanchang immediately ordered to assemble the cavalry of the entire battalion and be on call at any time. At the same time, a large number of scout spies were also sent to the southwest and north of Haifeng County to investigate intelligence.

Neither of them could sleep, Zhang Yanchang was anxious, and so was Lian Zining. He has a strong sense of utilitarianism, what he wants is to keep climbing, and constantly grasp greater power, this time to exterminate the white robe, at least so far, it is still very smooth, if something goes wrong at the end, it affects the promotion of the career, it is really making people want to cry without tears. Even if Dai Zhangpu doesn't have any strength, if you want to be promoted as a military general, you have to rely on real combat exploits!

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and from far and near, both of them suddenly stood up.

The big tent was opened, Kang Lu strode in, glanced at Lian Zining, and said to Zhang Yanchang: "Back to the marshal, those white-robed soldiers have indeed escaped!" ”

Zhang Yanchang's face changed slightly, and in a blink of an eye, he returned to normal, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Tell me more details." ”

Not to mention anything else, just this kung fu of nourishing qi, Lian Zining admired it.

The last general received the order of the commander, led the brothers all the way to run wildly, and when he arrived in Haifeng County, the city wall was lit with lights, and there were soldiers patrolling. The subordinates did not dare to slack off, and immediately led a hundred horsemen to rush into the city, only to find that the city was full of dummies, the city was empty, and there was not a single white-robed army left! Kang Lu's face was ugly: "We interrogated a few residents overnight, and they didn't know, they just said that the white-robed army started a curfew at night, so that everyone stayed at home and couldn't come out." But they say there was a lot of noise outside! ”

"Hey? It's been three hours now. The white-robed army is all light cavalry, and it is not a problem to be seventy miles in one hour, but in three hours, they should be hundreds of miles away! Lian Zining calmly analyzed: "However, their army of nearly 10,000 people is moving, and the scouts we have arranged on the three sides of the southwest and north of Haifeng have not made the slightest movement, which can only explain one problem!" The white-robed army first went east, then south, and then west! In this way, it is too late for us to catch up! ”

After listening to this, Zhang Yanchang said, "Go find Wang Yancheng and Zhao Maxiang!" ”

Wang Yan's cost was the commander of the thousand households of the avant-garde of the government army, and Zhao Maxiang led 2,000 miscellaneous cavalry to resist 3,000 white robes in the previous battle without falling behind, which was also recognized by Zhang Yanchang, so he let him continue to lead those miscellaneous cards.

After a while, Wang Yancheng and Zhao Maxiang came by order, and last night, after they received the order, they were a little confused, and they guessed in their hearts, but they didn't know the point.

After coming in, Zhang Yanchang told him the truth, and after listening to it, the two of them also changed color.

Zhang Yanchang said slowly: "The two of you, one is the real power of Jingwei, and the other is the commander, and the official rank is higher than that of Lord Lian. But this time, the plan was put forward by even the adults, and everyone knew his ability. Therefore, the commander decided that this time the company master will lead all the cavalry in the camp and quickly intercept the white-robed army. ”

It's all said in this way, how can you have an opinion? The two saluted in unison: "There is no objection from the subordinates!" ”

"Good!" Zhang Yanchang's tone was solemn: "This time the stakes are very high, if these white-robed soldiers run away, this commander is a relative, and he can still support the past." But all of you, it's hard to say, the dynasty has always been harsh in its treatment of military generals, and the princes in the court will inevitably kill you as scapegoats! Moreover, if you are discovered by Ben Shuai this time, someone disobeys the yang and yin and misses the military plane, Ben Shuai will behead you first! ”

At this point, it's already cold and biting.

After all, he has been handsome for many years, and this kind of aura is not something that ordinary people can bear, Wang Zhao and the others were in their hearts, and they hurriedly expressed their attitude.

Lian Zining arched his hand to them: "Two, time is pressing, let's go, let's talk on the way!" ”

"Yes, Lord Lian!" The two had to salute Lian Zining. Wang Yancheng's face was as usual, but it was Zhao Maxiang, who was upright in his heart, and his face showed some dissatisfaction.

(To be continued)