The county hall of Sanshui County, Guangzhou Prefecture has been rearranged, and the four adults are sitting in the hall according to their seats.

Tang Youzeng, the envoy of the general government, and Saltai, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, had already arrived in Guangdong, and Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Liangguang, and Man Pi, the governor of Guangdong, the two bigwigs of Guangdong, had arrived in Sanshui County to pick up the Qincha. The reason why it is in Sanshui County is because the governor's yamen is in Zhaoqing, and the governor's yamen is in Guangzhou, and Sanshui County is just in the middle of the two yamen, which can demonstrate the principle of peace between the governor and the governor.

It's just that this made the two Qincha suffer, although they were able to enter Guangzhou and settle in the Yamen to try the two cases of Yang Jin and the Inspectorate, but they came all the way, and they had to toss in the small place of Sanshui County first.

What was even more annoying was that as soon as they arrived, they ran into the Shaozhou banditry, and although the banditry was only in northern Guangdong and did not affect Guangzhou, the governor, the governor, and the officials of the Shaozhou prefecture and county were bound to concentrate their energies on dealing with the bandits, and the trial of the case did not receive the full support of the localities. Originally, the trend that the two of them wanted to stir up was naturally covered by the tide of bandits.

looked at the official servant Saltai on the main seat, and then looked at the governor Zhao Hongcan and the governor of Guangdong, Man Pi, who were sitting in the accompanying seat, Tang Youzeng's heart trembled, and his thoughts slipped away from business. Saltai and Manpi are both Manchurians, and although Zhao Hongcan is a Han Chinese, he is a martial artist. He, a Hanchen literati, is simply alone.

"Shaozhou...... By the way, the curtain friend Ke Wu mentioned happened to be in Yingde, and I don't know if this bandit is okay? ”

Tang You once sighed, the original plan was completely disrupted, and he was in turmoil.

"The situation of the bandits in Shaozhou is unclear, and the governor has recently said that he has to bury himself in military affairs, and the trial of Yang Jin's two cases can only be done with two more Qincha."

Zhao Hongcan was the number one landlord after all, so he had to open his mouth first.

"The production of Taiwan is strategizing and quelling this chaos, but it is just a matter of talking and laughing."

Saltai squeezed his Han knowledge hard and praised it.

"With Shi Wenbing here, I am an ambassador to military Taiwan, and the good news should arrive in a few days." 【1】

Zhao Hongcan and Saltai are not familiar with each other, so they hurriedly drained this flattery.

"Then why do you still say that the situation is unclear?"

Saltai's Erlenzi face was suddenly revealed, and together with the Manchurian Man Pi, they all glanced at Zhao Hongcan, and the words in their eyes could be read by Tang Youzeng on the side: "This stupid pretend." ”

"The key is what the content of this good news is, presumably Zhao Zhitai and Shi Junmen don't want to become Fan Lan's second ......"

Tang You once interjected a sentence without yin or yang, which caused Zhao Hongcan and Man Pi to look at him again.

"Isn't this Brother Tang here? Hehe......"

Man Pi also opened his mouth, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively. The topic circled around the Shaozhou bandits, but no one mentioned Yang Jin's case.

All in all, the weight of the hands and feet is all on Shi Wenbing. It's not enough to quell the banditry, if you don't catch the bandit Yang Chun, the bandit will continue. Although you are all uncomfortable, he has to carry this matter after all. ”

Tang You once dominated the topic, so the other three nodded.

"It's really important to be like Fan Shichong, who is holding a wooden sign all over the mountains to beg the bandits to come down the mountain, and has to look forward to the bandit leader Yang Chun binding himself and begging for death, then Shi Shibiao has to go to Beijing to make up with Lan Li."

Saltai smiled and gloated.

Shi Wenbing saw that he was going to be transferred to the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, and suddenly came out like this, and he felt that he wanted to cry. But there is no way to do it, I am a civil official, and the Taiwan is also across the civil and military, so he can only carry this trouble. If you don't have a good hand and don't get rid of the saints, we can't help it. ”

Man Pi sighed endlessly, but his eyebrows didn't even wrinkle.

"Brother Xiya, how to write this question, I have to ask you."

Zhao Hongcan looked at Tang Youzeng, there were more things in his eyes, Tang Youzeng was very familiar, he had a meritorious hand, and he had escaped. Look at Man Pi again, it's the same look.

"As long as there is no erosion in northern Guangdong, you are certainly the winners here."

Tang Youzeng smiled slightly.

Thirty miles north of Yingde County, in a hastily built camp, Shi Shibiao sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, listening to his subordinates discuss the military situation.

"Bai Daolong's Zhenbiao Middle Battalion has reached Dabu, sixty miles to the northwest, and there are about 1,300 people in the battle belt, and it seems that he is doing his best. His left battalion was guarded in Liwu according to the order of the military gate, and the right battalion was placed in the county seat to guard against the sneak attack of bandits. ”

"Gu An, the deputy general of the Nanxiong Association, has arrived at Shakou and is crossing the river, but there are not enough boats, and it is estimated that he will not be able to cross today."

"Li Shibang, the general of the battalion after supervising the standard, and Li Shun, the garrison of the left battalion, are rushing here, and they have already passed the Zoumaping fifty miles southwest. They didn't dare to ignore the promotion of the military gate, but because they were soldiers who controlled Taiwan, it is said that many villages were trampled along the road. ”

"The Lianyong Township soldiers of Shaozhou Prefecture, Qujiang County and Ruyuan County are blocking the mountain passes in the north and northeast, at most, they are blocking the displaced people, but they are not expected to be able to block Yang Chun himself."

"The Lian Yong Xun soldiers in Yangshan County also blocked the western mountain pass...... The military gate, the momentum of the encirclement has begun to form. It's just that...... Really no longer waiting for the front and right battalions to arrive? ”

Luo Huaien, the general of the middle battalion, asked Shi Shibiao with obvious worry on his face.

"When the overseer arrives, we will have less than 4,000 people combined, and it is said that there are tens of thousands of bandits......"

The words of the guerrilla Xu Jincai in the right camp were choked by Shi Shibiao with a cold snort.

"Tens of thousands!? Tens of thousands of homeless people, half of them can have hoes in their hands, it is good. The front battalion and the right battalion were transferred, just to prevent the lack of manpower in the search mountain, not Yang Chun is very interesting, not only I don't move these two battalions, but I am too lazy to use the people who supervise the standard! ”

Shi Shibiao got up, and the sense of oppression brought by his thick figure seemed to support the military tent, making the space suddenly narrow.

Syllable!

He waved his hand and slapped the horsewhip on the map, and the thin eyes on his broad face shone with a complex light.

"Yang Chun, who has repeatedly used fishing tactics to plot against Lian Yong and Bai Daolong's incompetent subordinates, is really not a simple bandit! He gathered the bandits of the southern Lianshao Road, bewitched the homeless people without food, and walked around the mountains in the north. Shaozhou City didn't take any advantage, and it should have been expected that the surrounding nets had been weaved, and they had to sacrifice their lives! ”

Shi Shibi hugged his arms, looked beyond the military tent, and cast his eyes on the mountain shadow in the distance.

"Since he has the courage to fight, how can I, Shi Shibi, disappoint him? But there are only two or three thousand bandits who dare to fight, and the others are simply coerced, and they are not soldiers, and 100,000 can't withstand the drive of a thousand officers and soldiers. Since he had been a pawn before, he should know this. ”

"So...... He's going to do it again! ”

Speaking of this, Shi Shibiao waved his hand: "Raise my banner!" Let Yang Chun know that I'm here! I, Shi Shibiu, are waiting for him here! ”

Luo Huaien of the Chinese army made a final effort: "Junmen, how can you be compared with bandits?" Isn't it a bit risky? ”

Shi Shibiao shook his head with a cold face and said: "Yang Chun alone, of course, is not worth my risk, but my enemy is not in front, but behind!" ”

When these words came out, the generals in the military tent all bowed their heads silently, and what Shi Shibiao said was naturally those civil officials who were gathering in Sanshui County.

"Lan Li! The general who followed his father to conquer Taiwan back then, why did he suffer? ”

Shi Shibiu's face was full of sarcasm.

"Slaughter good people!? Fart! He just didn't catch the thief leader Chen Wuxian, and let things continue to rot! This is the handle for those civil officials. ”

"It's a peaceful year now, and we martial artists pay much more attention to doing things than in troubled times! If you are not careful, you will be eaten by those civil officials to the bone! This bandit, even if there are millions of people, it is not terrible, as long as Yang Chun is caught, whether it is dead or alive, our warriors will be considered to be dutiful. The rest of the troubles, it's all the poor settlement of the place, and it has nothing to do with the martial artists! ”

He pointed at his subordinates, and his words were as powerful as gold and iron: "Don't think about how many heads you will cut!" What you want is the bandit leader! I, Shi Shibi, just use myself as bait, lure that Yang Chun to the knife, and rely on you to get it in one fell swoop! ”

There was an uproar, and the generals all knelt down in unison: "I am willing to die for the military gate!" ”

Shi Shibiao nodded with satisfaction, and said with a happy smile: "Then Yang Chun is just a little history, a soldier's thing, his little bit of Taoism, don't try to escape my eyes!" I really didn't expect that before leaving Guangdong, I would be able to accept such a feat. ”

Turning his gaze to Yutu, he muttered, "I'm the real winner." ”

Dozens of miles away in the mountains and forests, the sounds of birds and beasts are mixed with countless broken sounds and gathered air streams. On a rock, a group of people were discussing in a low voice, and thousands of people in the valley below were waiting with bated breath, although the outfits and blades were messy, there was a faint aura of elite soldiers who ordered and forbidden.

"Ten miles to the north is the North Bird Road, from where the displaced people will go south. With Deputy General Meng Kuimeng in command, how can you shake the officers and soldiers and let them take the bait! ”

Yang Chun slashed the stone with the tip of his long sword, surrounded by a circle of fierce-looking sturdy men, listening attentively.

"Shi Shibi's banner has been raised, just forty miles to the southeast! Looking at his camp, it is estimated that there are less than 2,000 people! Originally, I was still staring at Bai Daolong and Zhou Ning, but they were shrinking very tightly in the big cloth. Unexpectedly, Shi Shibiao is really arrogant. Just waiting with such fanfare, all he wants is a battle! ”

"With the battalion soldiers who followed behind, there were more than 3,000 people under him. It is best if Vice General Meng can disrupt them, if he can't rush them, he will retreat to the north according to my arrangement, and the officers and soldiers will definitely pursue, so we will rush out of this horizontal stone pond, pocket it to the back of the officers and soldiers, and smash it in one fell swoop! ”

With a clang, the tip of Yang Chun's sword slammed into the crack in the stone, splashing a few sparks.

"After defeating the superintendent and raising the standard, there will be no more available officers and soldiers in the whole Guangdong, and at that time, Guangdong will be our world!"

Yang Chun's words made everyone's faces turn red, and the brilliant prospect floated in front of their eyes.

"I heard the general say that Shi Shibiao is a very powerful commander, he shouldn't even be defenseless behind him, right?"

One teenager asked, scratching his head, and another, who was younger than him but had a similar face, nodded.

"Yo, you two boys are so clever, Vice General Meng will definitely laugh so hard when he hears your words."

Yang Chun patted the heads of the two teenagers.

"Shi Shibi is a veteran, of course he will guard behind him, but he doesn't have so many soldiers, and he doesn't look down on our bandits, so he won't care too much. So to help him look behind him, it will only be some waste master, or a country mud leg......"

Yang Chun's eyes were raised, and his eyes were leisurely.

"I will definitely win this battle!"

Shi Shibiu's banner was erected, and ten miles to the west, in a stretching hill, Li Shi stood on the highest hillside in the center of the hill, with a trace of apprehension on his face.

"It's really called Li House!?"

Xiao Sheng on the side replied weakly: "Yes, it's called Li Wu, there used to be a village, and then it ......"

He pointed to the two ditches that had silted up into ponds on the left and right in front of him: "The mountain rain has washed away the river channel in front of us, and the village has been destroyed, but the name of this Li Uk village has remained. ”

The corners of Li Shi's mouth curled, and his eyes were shining: "Good name......" [1: The military station is also a military station, and the ambassador is a petty officer who is in charge of the warehouse. 】