In fact, what Yan Zizhang said still has some truth, if you delay too much time on the road, it will definitely not be appropriate, this is like fighting a guerrilla war, there is no fixed base area, the results of the battle will definitely not be great, and there is a bit of a taste of temporary coping. It is necessary to rush to Mengjin as soon as possible, so that the people know that the relief of the imperial court has arrived.

After a brief thought, Su Tiancheng made a decision, Yan Zizhang took a hundred sergeants, and 100,000 taels of silver, and rushed to Mengjin in four days, and began the disaster relief work on the spot.

The news of the imperial court's relief from Henan spread quickly.

This is also the result of Su Tiancheng's relief of the victims all the way, and vigorously publicized, the imperial court has already known the disaster situation in Henan, and specially sent people to ask many displaced people to quickly return to their hometowns and wait for relief.

At the same time as the news spread, it also attracted the attention of bandits from all over Henan.

These bandits, occupying the mountains as kings, are accustomed to the life of burning, killing and looting, coinciding with the past few years in Henan, encountered many disasters, many peasants, no food, in order to survive, simply fell into the grass, the bandit team, rapid development and growth, there are several bandits, claimed to be more than 10,000 people.

When Chongzhen was four years old, there were several bandits into Henan, although they were killed by officers and soldiers, but some sergeants, fortunately survived, and also joined the bandit team, some of the rogues used to be the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, familiar with the combat habits and experience of the officers and soldiers, after their training, the bandits faintly had combat effectiveness.

It is said that this imperial court disaster relief was originally a very happy thing, and there were more than 1,000 sergeants to escort it, bandits should not have bad ideas, but there are still bandits who are not afraid of death.

Du Laosan is one of them.

Du Laosan is a native of Qi County, Weihui Prefecture, and his ancestors are farmers. In the second year of Chongzhen, Du Laosan had a quarrel with his neighbor, beat someone to death, and in order to escape the punishment of the government, he left his hometown and hid in the mountains. He was physically strong. With a brute force, in order to survive, he slowly began to rob the house, and after more than a year, he slowly gathered a lot of people and became the king of the mountain.

In the four years of Chongzhen, Du Laosan's team has grown rapidly, thanks to his team. There is a military advisor, the military advisor is a showman, his name is Deng Hui, it seems that he has suffered some grievances, and he has no choice but to fall into the grass.

This down-and-out Deng Hui is not simple, he is familiar with the matters of marching and fighting, and he can pinch and calculate. Every action is carefully planned. According to Deng Hui's arrangement, several robberies, all of which were full of loads, and also robbed a few women, which made Du Laosan famous, and he defected. There are more, in a short period of time, nearly 10,000 people have gathered in the cottage.

Du Laosan's self-confidence swelled dramatically, and he no longer considered himself a bandit.

Imperial court relief. Sending troops to escort him, Du Laosan thought that if he exterminated the officers and soldiers of this group and got a large amount of silver, wouldn't he be able to develop towards a higher goal. He is a rough man, he has heard the story of the Water Margin, and thinks that he has developed and grown, and the court has recruited peace, so he can be an official and glorify his ancestors.

When Du Laosan found Deng Hui and discussed robbing the imperial court disaster relief team, Deng Hui fiercely objected, thinking that such a thing could not be done, and also said a lot of the truth of a saint and gentleman, Du Laosan was very disgusted.

He sent bandits, dressed as homeless people, secretly observed, and got the news that there were only more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and there were more than 100 people, with a small amount of silver, had already gone to Huaiqing Mansion, and the rest of the disaster relief team, with a large amount of silver, was estimated to be a million taels, and they had to continue to help the displaced people and disaster victims along the way, and the speed of the march was very slow.

Hearing this news, Du Laosan's eyes turned green, no matter what danger there was, he insisted on robbing, if he succeeded, with so much silver, he could do anything.

In order to prevent Deng Hui from doing bad things, Du Laosan kept it strictly confidential and secretly arranged.

Du Laosan is still not stupid, the way he thought of was to let the brothers in the cottage pretend to be homeless people, and suddenly attack when they were relieved, but more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, each of whom spat and drowned.

Deng Hui still knew about Du Laosan's arrangement.

He felt afraid, for more than a year, the reason why the cottage was able to develop and grow was to follow a principle, never go against the government, and the invaders were businessmen and wealthy households, including some ordinary people. If you really want to work against the government and attract attention, the future will definitely be difficult.

Two consecutive bitter persuasions have no effect, and Du Laosan is already stepping up planning.

Deng Hui felt that danger was coming, if the silver for disaster relief in the imperial court was robbed by bandits, the imperial court would not send a large army to suppress it, not to mention that you have thousands of bandits, even tens of thousands, and you can't help such a formation.

His words are not as good as before, in the bandit team, some so-called rebels have come in, these people are very bold, they just want to fight against the government, and the strategy he formulated before was slowly thrown aside.

Committing to bandits is a great shame for scholars. Deng Hui's choice was originally an expedient measure, but at this time, his mind quickly changed, and Ji Lu left Du Laosan.

While relieving the victims and displaced people along the way, Su Tiancheng was not idle.

In Henan, there are a lot of bandits, he has long known the way, so, after entering Henan, the cavalry camp is tight and loose, always on guard, he constantly warns many soldiers, don't underestimate the bandits, although the bandits have no organizational ability, but most of them are outlaws, do things without caring about the consequences.

Following the disaster relief team, the number of victims and displaced people is slowly increasing, this is a big problem, the speed of the disaster victims and displaced people, it is impossible to be very fast, if you take these disaster victims and displaced people, it greatly affects the speed, but it is not appropriate to leave these people behind, after consideration, Su Tiancheng began to discuss with the county officials along the road to resettle these disaster victims and displaced people on the spot.

Placement requires silver, and in this regard, Su Tiancheng is not stingy at all.

The soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, in accordance with Su Tiancheng's requirements, did not trouble the local government, did not increase the burden on the local government, brought their own dry food and tents, and refused local banquets.

Entering the territory of Henan, Su Tiancheng's fame slowly spread, and the local officials who contacted him found that this disaster relief inspector could not be fooled at all, and he was very familiar with the relevant relief matters.

By the time we passed through Xinxiang, the displaced people and victims who had followed the disaster relief team had already been resettled.

The team accelerated the speed of travel, according to this speed, two days later, it could reach Yangwu County under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, and on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, it could reach Kaifeng Prefecture.

The news sent by Jin Yiwei made Su Tiancheng, who was a little more relaxed, quickly become nervous.

He summoned the officers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to discuss the situation, and it turned out that after investigation, Jinyiwei learned that Du Laosan, a bandit in Weihui Mansion, noticed the disaster relief team and might have some action, as for how to act, Jinyiwei did not have a specific situation.

Du Laosan claims to have a team of 10,000 people, and in the face of such an outlaw, he must not be taken lightly.

The specific measures discussed are, first, to strengthen vigilance, and second, to speed up the march, because it is impossible for a cavalry battalion of 1,000 people to suppress bandits, and the important task is disaster relief.

On the fifth day of the first month of August, the disaster relief team met a group of displaced people, about 100 people.

The situation of these displaced people is a bit strange, most of them are young and strong, and most of the displaced people I have met in the past are old, weak, sick and disabled, and most of them are elderly, children and women.

These homeless people, with no vegetables on their faces, although they are dressed in tatters, try their best to show a decadent appearance.

Seeing these homeless people, Su Tiancheng quickly thought of the information sent by Jinyiwei, he vaguely understood something, he really wanted to thank Dong Chang, who had always cared about him, and ordered Jinyiwei in Henan to send a lot of information to him. Otherwise, ignoring these circumstances could lead to great disaster.

The officers of the cavalry battalion also discovered this problem.

After some secret discussion, Su Tiancheng took out the inspection documents and talismans, and secretly ordered five sergeants to quickly go to Xinxiang County with these things, and mobilize the sergeants of the inspection department, including the officials of the county government department, to come for reinforcements quickly.

At the same time, he ordered the sergeant to keep a close eye on the hundred or so people and find out the leader inside.

Deng Hui is in this group of displaced people.

After Du Laosan made up his mind, Deng Hui no longer objected, nor did he make any suggestions, but just put forward a request to follow the action.

Deng Hui changed, and Du Laosan was of course happy.

Therefore, when arranging the first batch of bandits in disguise, Deng Hui was asked to be responsible.

After following the disaster relief team for half a day, Deng Hui was invited to a makeshift tent.

He has been observing this disaster relief team, and feels that this team has an extraordinary momentum, and he expected that Du Laosan's actions would suffer a major setback, but he was invited to the tent so quickly, which was unexpected.

Entering the tent, he saw a young man with his back to him.

Inside the tent, the furnishings were very shabby, and there was hardly anything visible, and it seemed that it was ready to set up camp at any time.

"Tell me, what is your identity, disguised as an outcast, what do you want to do."

The young man's words made Deng Hui's body tremble, and some of them couldn't react, he didn't have the slightest special place, he had always been well disguised, how could it be exposed.

The young man turned around.

"I'm Su Tiancheng, who is in charge of disaster relief in Henan, looking at your appearance, it seems that you are a scholar, you had better directly say the purpose, what exactly do you want to do, this is your chance, if you don't want to say it, just hurry up, I don't want to delay time." (To be continued.) )