The first day of February. The forces of Li Zhen and the governor of Shandong converged at Fei County.

At this time, Shi Dakai had already retreated and was approaching in the direction of Anhui. Li Zhen was not surprised by this result. When he got the news, he didn't chase after him, but still rushed with the soldiers without arrogance. Converging with the governor of Shandong, Li Zhen has already reached the request of the governor of Shandong, and he feels that there is no pressure at all.

County office, in the hall.

Li Zhen sat on the main seat on the left side of the hall, and on the right side sat the governor of Shandong.

On the left side of the hall are the generals under Li Zhen, and on the right are the generals and officials under the command of the governor of Shandong. The generals on both sides all had serious faces, and Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou, Long Xi, Dong Haichuan and others were even more fierce, completely suppressing the generals under the command of the governor of Shandong in terms of momentum. Even, faintly, the generals under the command of the governor of Shandong did not dare to face the eyes of several people, all of them were like mice meeting cats, with fear in their eyes.

Actually, it's no wonder that they.

Whether it is Huang Shihai, or Long Xi, or Yang Banhou, they are all first-class masters. Especially with Dong Haichuan and Yang Luchan, two great martial arts masters, it is normal for the generals under the command of the governor of Shandong to have no heart to resist.

When the governor of Shandong saw this, he was surprised.

The so-called seeing is believing and hearing is false, and now that he has seen the situation of the soldiers and generals of Li Zhen's army, he is already convinced. The governor of Shandong looked at Li Zhen with a kind face, and there was a faint look of flattery on his face, and said respectfully: "Admiral Li led the army to come, and the long-haired thief immediately left in disgrace. This time, the danger in Shandong was lifted, and I thank Admiral Li for his help. ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "It's okay, you and I are colleagues, this is a matter of duty!" ”

Having said that, Li Zhen kept staring at the governor of Shandong.

Obviously, Li Zhen waited for the other party to fulfill his promise. Li Zhen is not a good-looking person, he pays attention to reality, and what he gets in hand is the most real. It is impossible for him to listen to a few words of praise from the governor of Shandong and not know why.

Seeing this, the governor of Shandong clapped three times in a row.

Applause rang out, and soldiers walked into the hall carrying a mouthful of boxes. The boxes were densely packed in the hall, taking up most of the space. The governor of Shandong told the soldier to stand back, got up and walked to the front of the box, and opened one of the boxes. In an instant, a silver light flashed. And the rest of the boxes were opened, and each box was full of silver and shining with dazzling light.

The generals under the command of the governor of Shandong knew the situation, so their expressions remained unchanged, but Huang Shihai and the others swallowed.

That's not a small amount of money!

The governor of Shandong arched his hand and said: "In order to thank Admiral Li for his kindness, and in order to assist Admiral Li in suppressing bandits, Xia Guan specially raised 500,000 taels of silver to fund Admiral Li to suppress bandits. Not only that, but 10,000 guns and 300,000 catties of grain were handed over to Admiral Li, hoping to help Admiral Li exterminate the bandits. ”

Li Zhen looked at it, and he was extremely surprised in his heart.

At that time, the letter of the governor of Shandong clearly wrote 200,000 taels of silver, 10,000 guns and 100,000 catties of grain. Now it's 500,000 taels of silver, which is almost doubled, how can Li Zhen not be surprised! However, Li Zhen looked at the Shandong Governor's slightly flattering expression, and his heart brightened and understood the Shandong Governor's thoughts. Obviously, this money is not only a gratitude, but also an intention to stammer, after all, Li Zhen has a strong influence.

Li Zhen smiled and said in return: "The money, food and firearms have been accepted by the official, thank you!" If there is anything, just say it. As long as the official can help, he will definitely not refuse. ”

When the governor of Shandong heard this, he was overjoyed.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver with white flowers, and sure enough, there are no white flowers.

Li Zhen talked to the governor of Shandong about some things, and then got up to take his leave, leaving with money, food, and firearms. After leaving the county, Huang Shihai followed Li Zhen and said excitedly: "Dashuai, I made a lot of money this time." We just came to Shandong with soldiers, and before we used a single soldier, we harvested 500,000 taels of silver, as well as food and guns, which is really good. ”

Lu Shaochuan also said: "There is too much silver in the white flowers, and my eyes are spent." ”

Yang Banhou said: "How good it would be to come a few more times like this!" ”

Li Zhen laughed and said, "What's the hurry, there are many good things like this, let's continue to make money." As he spoke, Li Zhen took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Huang Shihai.

Huang Shihai read it quickly, with a surprised look on his face.

Lu Shaochuan seized it, and he quickly glanced at it, and exclaimed: "Marshal, the governor of Anhui asked you to lead troops to suppress bandits?" and money, food, and ...... This, this, such money is too cheap to come by! If Shi Dakai is running back and forth between Shandong and Anhui, and we are constantly catching up, wouldn't it be a big profit. It's so cool! ”

The letter Li Zhen took out was a distress letter from the governor of Anhui.

When Li Zhen and the governor of Shandong converged, Shi Dakai had already entered Anhui with his soldiers.

The number of Shi Dakai's soldiers has always remained at about 60,000, and after he died in the battle, he recruited some elite supplements, but it definitely did not continue to increase. Along the way, the soldiers under Shi Dakai's command have gone through the baptism of war and have become more and more powerful. In particular, Shi Dakai also grabbed money and food, so the more he fought, the more courageous he became. Shi Dakai's army was like locusts, which frightened the governor of Anhui, so he followed the example of the governor of Shandong to ask for help.

Li Zhen said: "Now, we are not in a hurry to catch up with Shi Dakai and go to Anhui. ”

Huang Shihai got the order and happily conveyed the order.

Li Zhen and Long Xi looked at each other, and a hint of smugness flashed in their eyes. After the army left Shandong, it entered the territory of Anhui. At this time, Shi Dakai had already swept around the border between Anhui and Shandong and continued to move south.

On February 22, Li Zhen and the governor of Anhui converged.

This time, Li Zhen received 300,000 taels of silver, 5,000 guns, and 100,000 catties of grain from the governor of Anhui. In addition to the food and guns, the 300,000 taels of silver given by the governor of Anhui became silver tickets, which were more convenient to carry. Li Zhen got the money of the governor of Anhui, so he naturally wanted to collect money to eliminate disasters for others, and began to go south to chase Shi Dakai.

At this moment, Shi Dakai had already entered Jiangxi with a large army.

This place is the area of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it is also the place where Shi Dakai was often stationed, and many generals are Shi Dakai's old department. Shi Dakai left Anhui and entered Jiangxi, which was like a dragon entering the sea. However, Shi Dakai had doubts in his heart, because Li Zhen had been following his ass, slowly, without really catching up.

He believed that Li Zhen would catch up and definitely catch up.

However, Li Zhen did not do this, what is the reason?

ps: The third shift, call it a day;