Lu Shanji is a Mongolian, with a bold personality, after hearing Sun Chengzong make it clear what he meant, and Su Tiancheng made some explanations, he immediately agreed to come down, and after returning home, he immediately packed up and followed him to Nanjing City to found Zhongxing Society.

Lu Shanji's mansion is not in the county seat, and it is still more than 80 miles away from here.

This made Su Tiancheng feel surprised, this seems to be a little unlikely, living in a village or town, it is very unsafe, if the Houjin cavalry comes to harass him, what should he do, Lu Shanji must be a big local family, will the Houjin cavalry not pay attention.

Lu Shanji also discovered Su Tiancheng's doubts, and explained with a smile that he had nothing at home, he was poor, and he didn't need to move to the county seat, besides, there was not so much silver at home.

Su Tiancheng was in awe when he heard it.

When the team arrived at a village or town, they set up camp on the spot, not at home, nor in the county seat, there was not so much exquisiteness, and the rented house was mainly used to house Sun Chengzong's family.

Su Tiancheng insisted on spending the night in the tent, saying that he was young and had no problem.

Lu Shanji was very interested, and when he had dinner, he drank a lot of wine.

Most of the food along the way was brought by the sergeants, and the villages and towns may not be able to provide food for more than 100 people.

Early the next morning, when Lu Shanji got up, he was in good spirits.

Su Tiancheng was secretly surprised, he drank a lot of wine at night, and he was a little scared, Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji, one is seventy-one years old, the other is sixty years old, they are all old, don't get drunk. It hurt the body, and I thought about what they didn't do. At this time, he was relieved, it seemed that the health of the two old men was really good.

The team kicked off, along the way. Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji talked and laughed, but Su Tiancheng mostly listened and rarely interjected.

Walked twenty miles or so.

The scout who had sent out had returned, with a nervous look on his face.

Su Tiancheng knew that there was something wrong with Lu Dao, and his heart chuckled, could it be that he was lucky to meet Hou Jin's cavalry.

"Report to your lordship, about ten miles ahead, a small force of cavalry has been found. Looking at the attire, it should be the Houjin cavalry, this cavalry, there are about 20 people, and the subordinates have arranged brothers, and they are still continuing to investigate to see if they have reinforcements. ”

Su Tiancheng didn't speak for a long time, and sure enough, he met the Houjin cavalry.

He listened to the scout's report alone. The two adults, Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji, were not informed.

"If you continue to investigate, you must find out the details. Tell the investigating brother not to expose himself and remember to report the situation as quickly as possible. ”

A quarter of an hour later, wolf smoke rose from the sky.

Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji's faces changed. This is the wolf smoke wafting out of the fire road pier, indicating that the Houjin cavalry is coming, they didn't expect that at this time, the Houjin cavalry is coming. How many people are on the other side, what is the purpose of coming, I don't know what kind of consequences will happen to Lu Dao, if it is a large group of people and horses, there is no Houjin cavalry surrounding, who knows what kind of consequences will appear in Lu Dao.

Su Tiancheng's face, with a smile, didn't seem to care at all.

Sun Chengzong suspected that Su Tiancheng might not know the meaning of the wolf smoke.

"Master Su, wolf smoke is floating in the sky, this is the alarm of the Houjin cavalry's harassment, and the sergeant of the fire road pier sent it, the old man thinks that it is better to be careful."

Lu Shanji also nodded, agreeing with what Sun Chengzong said.

"The two adults don't have to worry, the scouts have already detected the situation, the Houjin cavalry, ten miles away from here, they have more than 20 people, the scouts are still scouting, see if there are more Houjin cavalry, they will report soon."

Sun Chengzong looked at Lu Shanji, and his face changed slightly.

"Master Su, such a big event, you should inform the old man, the old man and Shanji are familiar with the situation of the Houjin Cavalry, and you can remind one or two."

Su Tiancheng hurriedly faced Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji on the horse.

"This is a lack of consideration by the juniors, for fear of disturbing the two adults, and the juniors must pay attention to it in the future."

Sun Chengzong nodded slightly.

"Lord Su, you can't underestimate the enemy, the Houjin cavalry, harassing the customs, the sergeants dispatched, are generally a banner, 7,500 people, they go to the villages and towns to harass, they are used to Niulu as a unit of activities, they are used to running thousands of miles, here is not far from the Jingshi, I don't know what the Houjin of the road means, do they want to attack the Jingshi, when Chongzhen was in the second year, there was such a situation."

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong groaned.

Su Tiancheng couldn't cry or laugh, Sun Chengzong thought too far, or deal with the situation in front of him, and then said, the hundred scouts he brought were by no means vegetarians, even if the Houjin cavalry was brave, they might not be able to deal with these hundred people, unless the Houjin cavalry really dispatched a banner of 7,500 people.

"My lord, don't consider the intentions of the Houjin cavalry for the time being, deal with the situation in front of you in the past, the scouts will have news soon, the younger generation thinks that the Houjin cavalry, the main intention, I'm afraid it is still to plunder, send a flag of sergeants, attack the capital, I'm afraid they don't have such a big climate, if a large force moves, it is impossible not to have the slightest news."

Sun Chengzong shook his head and sighed.

Lu Shanji spoke.

"Master Su, the situation here, you don't know very well, the news of the Ming army is extremely closed, the second year of Chongzhen, this is the situation, the Houjin cavalry is going to fight to the Beijing division, and the soldiers don't know it, this time, the Houjin cavalry, must have gone through a long-distance attack, they are good at long-distance running, surprise, besides, among the Han people, there are also some scum, who are reluctant to make a living, to provide news for the Houjin cavalry."

Su Tiancheng became serious, he couldn't imagine that the situation was so bad, what did the border army do, could it be that such a big military operation, don't you know the way, can't confront the cavalry of the Eight Banners head-on, at least the official post has to pass on the news, if the border army is afraid of the cavalry of the Eight Banners, all of them are turtles with shrunken heads, not only the people here have no support, but the Beijing division is also in danger at all times.

Suddenly, Su Tiancheng thought of Wu Sangui and thought of Guanning Tieqi.

After such a long time, he realized that the real Guanning Iron Cavalry had been completely lost in the Battle of the Daling River, and today's Guanning Iron Cavalry could not be compared with before, that is to say, in the Liaodong area, the army that could really fight against the Eight Banners Cavalry no longer existed.

No wonder so many people think of Jiangning Camp.

"Two adults, these situations, the juniors really don't know the way, but the two adults don't have to worry too much, the soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, and there is nothing great about the Eight Banners, the younger generations are the brothers of the Jiangning Battalion Scout Battalion, they have experienced a hundred battles, they are brave and brave, even in the face of three hundred Full Eight Banner cavalry, they will not be afraid."

As soon as the words fell, the scout came.

Looking at Su Tiancheng, the scout seemed a little hesitant, and by Su Tiancheng's side, there were also Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji.

"What's the situation, just say it."

"Yes, the subordinates have already reconnoitred clearly, there are more than 80 Houjin cavalry in this unit, divided into two groups, a wave of more than 20 people in the front, a group of more than 50 people in the back, the distance between the front and back is three miles, a radius of ten miles, no other Houjin cavalry has been found, they are only about seven miles away from us."

"Is the situation absolutely accurate?"

"The subordinates have pledged their lives to send out five teams of scouts, divided into four directions, southeast, northwest and northwest, except for a group of scouts who have not yet returned, the remaining four teams of scouts have all returned, and there is no other situation around."

There was a hint of blood in the scout's eyes.

Su Tiancheng was keenly aware of what the scout should have seen.

"If there is anything else, tell me everything."

The scout gritted his teeth.

"Those Houjin cavalry are beasts, and their subordinates have seen it with their own eyes, they cut off the heads of ordinary people, tie women to horses, and some women are dragged behind the horse's tail with human heads on their bodies, and some women, because they can't walk, are even dragged forward by horses."

Su Tiancheng blinked.

"Did you see my Ming army along the way?"

The scout looked at Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji, and it seemed that he couldn't say anything.

Sun Chengzong sighed again and spoke.

"Needless to say, the old man also knows that the fire road pier must be closed, and no sergeant will come out, at this time, they don't dare to make any moves at all, they can save their lives, even if everything is fine, the people here are used to this situation, and when they meet the harassment of the Houjin cavalry, they can only flee for their lives."

As soon as Sun Chengzong finished speaking, Su Tiancheng spoke to Liu Tiehan who came over.

"Liu Tiehan, call all the brothers, prepare for battle, exterminate this brute, leave no one behind, whether you surrender or not, you will be killed."

Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji looked at Su Tiancheng and thought they had heard it wrong.

There are more than 80 people in the Eight Banners, facing such a group of cavalry, even if it is a thousand Ming Army foot soldiers, they dare not face it in the field, and the sergeants of the Jiangning Battalion led by Su Tiancheng are particularly heroic, but after all, they are in the south, after all, they have not directly faced the cavalry of the Eight Banners.

Moreover, when the Jiangning battalion exterminated the Liukou, it was very brave, but the combat method of the Liukou was completely different from that of the Manchurian Eight Banner cavalry, the Manchurian Eight Banner cavalry had no humanity and bloodthirstiness, and besides, they hunted for a long time and worked hard immediately, which was indeed good.

"Master Su, the old man is talking too much, isn't it more cautious."

Su Tiancheng shook his head lightly.

"These brutes have repeatedly gone to the customs to do evil and exterminate human nature, if the younger generations see such a situation and don't exterminate them, their conscience will be uneasy, the soldiers of my Jiangning battalion are not comfortable in their hearts, the two adults can rest assured, the younger generations will not be reckless, in the face of more than 10,000 rogues, the younger generations have never been afraid, not to mention the beasts who are more than eighty years old." (To be continued.) )