The Mifenshui originating from Mishen Mountain enters the city from the small water gate in the south of the city, and after flowing into the city, it is called the painting river, which crosses the east city of Dengzhou to the north, turns to the west after crossing the secret branch bridge on Chūn Shengmen Street, blocks the Zhenhaimen Street at the waist, and then goes all the way to the west, exits the city through the water gate in the northwest corner of the city, and joins another river outside the water gate, crosses the gap between the water city and the Fucheng, and goes around to the east of the water city and enters the sea.

The grass bridge is the stone bridge across the painting river on the sea gate of Dengzhou Chengbei Town, it is the traffic artery of Dengzhou North City, although the river is frozen in winter, but from the bridge you can overlook the river on both sides, and the passage from the ice will be exposed to the attack of the other party, so the grass bridge is still the most convenient and safe passage.

Geng Zhongming took twenty family members, did not dare to go directly to the Dengzhou Bridge looted by Wang Bingzhong's department, but went to the direction of Caoqiao, there are barricades on this side of Caoqiao, at least there are officers who can speak, Dengzhou Bridge is said to be full of chaotic soldiers, Geng Zhongming has led troops for many years, and knows that once these Qiu Ba kill Red Eye, they will not care if you are an officer or a civilian official, they all speak with a knife.

They excitedly came out of the doors of one house after another, ignoring Geng Zhongming and other officers on the road, and immediately broke open the door of the next house, rushed in and began to slash and kill without saying a word.

Geng Zhongming's family was red-eyed, and the head of the family came over and said to Geng Zhongming: "Da Jin, if we don't do it again, we will all be robbed by these Qiu Ba, and when they pay it, they must be hiding most of it, and our brothers will make some money." ”

Geng Zhongming waved his hand impatiently, he was also very dissatisfied with Li Jiucheng's arrangement for him to negotiate with Wang Bingzhong at this time.

The head of the family continued: "He Li Jiucheng went to rob his own capital, but let us go to find Wang Bingzhong, now the army is in chaos, Wang Bingzhong still doesn't know where to be happy, it's strange to find him, these Dongjiang brothers have been sent away, and it's strange that we can stop it if we fight hard." ”

The head of the family kept agitating all the way, Geng Zhongming finally couldn't resist the temptation in front of the bell tower, he pointed to a large mansion with a wall with a light wall, where a group of rebels were rushing to the door, and it seemed to be resisted inside, "This is our white spoon, no one is allowed to it." ”

There is the home of the largest salt merchant in Dengzhou, the family has been an official for generations, Ping rì is very oppressive to the Liao soldiers, Geng Zhongming wants to take revenge and make a fortune, the head of the family also knows the wealth of this family, and rushed over with the family, and beat the rebels with a scabbard, those rebels were startled, and they retreated for a while, and the leader scolded the head of the family and said: "You fucking thousands, this is the place where Chen Dusi is divided, no one wants to rob it." ”

The head of the family opened his mouth and scolded: "Chen Guangfu is divided into Xicheng, this is the middle of the city, when will it become Chen Guangfu's place, open your white spoon dog eyes, this is our Zhongying General Geng." The head of the family pointed to Geng Zhongming behind him.

The one who always heard Geng Zhongming's name flinched slightly, but he looked at the door panel that was already a little broken and reluctant, this salt merchant has a rich foundation, even if he robs a thousand ordinary people, it may not be able to compare with this one.

He couldn't make up his mind for a while, and was about to call in to find Chen Guangfu to call the shots, when a random soldier suddenly scolded behind him: "Everyone knows that this family is rich, and you want to rob us of white spoon silver, Lao Tzu is not a thousand." As soon as the words fell, a waist knife flew out, and the waist knife was powerful and heavy to Geng Zhongming, and the two family members hurriedly blocked the front, and the waist knife slashed on the helmet of a family member, and the family Ding suddenly broke his head and bled out.

The head of the family shouted, and all the family soldiers rushed over with their blades, and the rebels over there had just been killed, and both sides were in an abnormal state, and they were more than a little more courageous than usual, and the two sides were fighting at the door.

Geng Zhongming was frightened by the waist knife, and when he saw that he opened his head at this time, he couldn't persuade him, and he urged the remaining few around him to rush over to join the battle group, those chaotic soldiers had limited combat skills and equipment, and they were quickly killed and turned over a few times, and the general took the lead in sobering up, and took the lead in turning around and running away, a group of birds and beasts scattered in a blink of an eye, and the remaining five or six wounded were moaning and struggling on the ground.

The head of the family raised his knife and was about to slash, but Geng Zhongming stopped him and said, "Don't cut it, go in first to grab the silver." ”

"Da Jin, they hacked one of our brothers to death, and also injured two people."

"Lao Tzu will go to Chen Guangfu to talk and grab the silver first."

The family members listened to the silver, divided a few into the door, the others into the ladder over the wall, the inner courtyard swished out two arrows, but they shè ordinary, a family member was shè in the shoulder, not only did not retreat but provoked the fierce xìng, endured the pain and jumped into the courtyard, and the inner courtyard struggled, these families were inspired by the silver, those guards were not the opponent of these veterans at all, they fled to the backyard, Geng Zhongming kicked in front of the gate, and the door panel that had been smashed collapsed, Geng Zhongming shouted loudly: "Don't be busy looking for girls, search for money." ”……

Penglai Tiger Mountain, the snow has not disappeared, the black sè rocks and white snow on the mountain form a black and white sè color, and the dry branches on the mountainside are also covered with a layer of white sè, under the shade of dense branches, the situation under the mountain can not be seen clearly from the mountain.

More than 2,000 soldiers of the Wendeng battalion quietly hid under the southern slope, and a pond horse came to Chen Xin around the foot of the mountain, he said with a white breath: "Report to the big entry, there are no rebel sentry horses near Pingshan, the special service team sent in front of us has connected with us, this morning the rebel sentry horses have rushed to the north, and even the vicinity of Ma'anshan has withdrawn." ”

Zhou Shifa said in a low voice: "That Dengzhou City must have been broken, and the beam horse just now reported that he could see smoke rising in the north, and those sentry horses must have gone to grab things." ”

The corners of Chen Xin's mouth smiled, these rebels must have robbed things, this is an army that only fights for interests, and they have not formed a strict military discipline and distribution system like Jiannu, whoever grabs it is whoever, and the gap between them and the professional army can be seen at this critical moment.

Chen Xin instructed Zhou Shifa: "The rebels should be very chaotic now, you send your soldiers to wear rebel clothes, take the path to blend in, go to Beicheng to inquire about the news, and if it is dangerous, the agreed fireworks will be set off." Zhou Shifa nodded in agreement.

Chen Xinyou said to the adjutant: "Inform Zhu Guobin that the whole army will march to Pingshan, and the sentry horses can only enter Ma'anshan, and they must not cross the Ma'anshan ridge." ”

The horses drew their horses away, and after a few moments the flags waved in front, the voices of the officers came one after another, the soldiers stood up, and the queue began to continue to advance north......

On the official road from Ninghai to Fushan, the long marching army column is marching westward, all kinds of weapons are shaking regularly in the queue, the Wendeng camp on the road is lined up in four columns, and there are auxiliary soldiers and oxen and horse-drawn carts walking next to it, and there are beams and horses holding green flags on the hills on both sides, and they are in control of the surrounding situation.

Zhou Shao'er also walked in the queue, his 1,000th headquarters is the vanguard of this time, they have been stationed at the south gate of the state city, closer to Dengzhou than the Jiaoshan camp, after the order to pull out, they should pull out the camp first, set off to Fushan County before dawn, all the way through Jiejiazhuangji, Guishan, Laishanji, and march forty miles, at this time it is almost close to the boundary of Fushan County.

Although he had made meritorious achievements in the first battle of Shenmi Island, there was no extra position to vacate, so he was still the captain of the killer flag, and the Central Military Department converted his merits into a level of promotion, and he would be given priority promotion after the expansion of the army, and he felt a little regretful in his heart.

There was a horse and two corpses on the side of the road in front, the armor and cotton clothes of the two had been stripped off, only the underwear remained, and there was a thin layer of hoarfrost on the corpse, this was the third time Zhou Shao'er saw the rebels' sentry horses, they were also dead, and the sentry horses of the Wendeng camp drove in advance when they rested at night, blocking the key points on the official road, and all the sentry riders who tried to take the official road to report the news were killed on the side of the road.

Armor and cotton clothes are always trophies that need to be collected, including the bows and arrows and other weapons they use, so they are not surprised to be stripped like this, the only thing that makes Zhou Shao'er strange is that the underwear of these sentry riders is quite luxurious, either silk or satin, Yan Sè is still very beautiful, and I don't know which big family entered the house and grabbed it.

Zhou Shao'er walked to the outside of the queue, patrolling his team while walking, the whole flag team did not fall behind, and did not see the situation of lack of support, the veterans were calm, some were gnawing on cakes while walking, and some were holding snow in their mouths, those recruits were only a little nervous, but there were so many veterans as the backbone, and their white spoon tension had actually eased a lot.

Zhou Shao'er was satisfied, these recruits were replenished after the arrival of Mi Island, they had completed the basic training by the training team before, and they also had a foundation in their skills, which made the combat strength of the combat unit recover much faster than before.

There was a sound of horses' hooves in front, and two pond horses with flags on their backs rushed to the two horses, Zhou Shao'er hurriedly approached the queue, giving way to the gap on the left, and the two horses whistled by with the wind.

Chen Ying said to Zhou Shao'er as she walked: "Is it the Tang horse sent by Chen Dajin, their white spoon mark is the Chinese army light cavalry." ”

Zhou Shao'er shook his head, "Who knows." ”

He looked back at the back, and the two Tang Horses stopped at Lu Chuanzong's Qianzong Banner, and were taking out the military order to Lu Chuanzong, "I'm afraid it's really from Chen Dajin." Zhou Shao'er muttered to himself in a low voice, the two pond horses left quickly, and continued to hurry back, they should have gone to give Dai Zhenggang an order.

Lu Chuanzong's Qianzong rushed out of two cavalry, ran to both ends, and when he passed through their white spoon bureau, he shouted to Baizong: "Speed up the march immediately, you must keep up with the leading flag, and the next rest location will be changed to the foot of Dongshan Mountain in Fushan County." ”

After receiving the order, Mr. Bai stood next to the queue and shouted: "Speed up and keep up with the front army." ”

The steps on the official road became denser, and the speed of the whole army increased, rolling forward under the guidance of the front team flag......

Under the Dengzhou Bell Tower, Geng Zhongming was still excited, the piles of silver in the cellar of the salt merchant completely shocked this group of old hat soldiers, Geng Zhongming drank the blood of soldiers for many years and ate empty salaries, only saved a thousand taels of silver, never thought that there would be so much money in the house, with his unprofessional eyes, the cellar was no less than 50,000 taels of silver, not including other gold ingots and jewelry.

So he is now also in a state of excitement, the bell tower in front of him is one of the commanding heights in the city, the layout of Dengzhou is not the cross street of the general city, the bell tower and the drum tower are also separated, the drum tower is on the west side of the book bridge, the location of the bell tower is probably in the center of the city, it is supported by four thick pillars below, there is no wall, the line is directly from the downstairs to guò, to the south is the south gate of Dengzhou towards the gate, to the west about 100 steps and then to the north, is Zhenhaimen Street.

He left some family members to occupy the mansion, and planned to take the wives and concubines, maids and courtyards of the merchant together, as his future residence, and a happy life beckoned not far away, he was originally because he was unwilling to be implicated in the affairs of his younger brother Geng Zhongyu, but now he has discovered the benefits of rebellion, if he is honest and loyal to the court, when will he be able to have such a good rì, he can't help but be glad that he made the right choice.

Geng Zhongming thought of Shang Jin's few flower-like concubines, with a satisfied smile on his face, and just walked out of the bell tower, he suddenly saw the sound of swords and swords in front of him, hundreds of soldiers were slashing and killing on the street, blood was flowing all over the ground, and seven or eight had fallen, and there were many silver ingots and jewels scattered around.

These are all Ming army clothes, Geng Zhongming can't tell who is fighting whom, he can't care about going to Caoqiao, and hurriedly ordered his family to be on guard, the fierce battle in the field is in full swing, both sides are red-eyed, he doesn't dare to rush in, that will lose a lot of his precious family.

He sent a family member to shout loudly from a distance of more than ten steps, "They are all brothers of Dongjiang, they are not allowed to fight, General Geng of the middle camp is here, and the leader comes to speak." ”

The soldiers who fought turned a deaf ear, and the family Ding shouted a thousand words but none of them responded, Geng Zhongming grabbed a three-eyed gun, let the family take the fire rope, and ignited it against the brick wall next to it.

The three-eyed guns wrapped in sharp iron thorns made three sounds, and the rebels were stimulated by this, and a few of the leading followers saw the generals on horseback, and loudly restrained their men, and the two warring sides slowly disengaged and retreated to both sides of the street.

Geng Zhongming then ran over and asked loudly: "They are all brothers from the Dongjiang River, and the southern soldiers in the city have not finished suppressing them, why do they want to kill each other." ”

An officer on the left covered his arm and said loudly: "Geng Da entered, Xiao Jin is Chen Dusi's subordinate general, these are all Kong Da into the left camp, a few of my brothers made a fortune nearby, and when they met them, a few people entered with a white spoon, and those few entered had to let us give up the benefits, and if we didn't agree with each other, we would start to kill, and only two of my five brothers ran out, and Lao Tzu naturally wanted to seek revenge on them." ”

An officer on the opposite side scolded: "Let your mother's fart, Lao Tzu's entry is only killed by you, you are evil and sue first, Geng Dajin, if they didn't kill first, I would have eaten enough to support it, and I didn't make a fortune, and I worked hard with them, but they deceived too much." ”

Geng Zhongming jumped off the horse, called the two officers, suddenly waved his hand, and slapped the two into one into the face, "What the hell are you stupid, how difficult it is for us to enter the Dongjiang River to survive to Dengzhou, seeing that you are blessed, you don't know how to rob those big households, and you are desperate to enter with yourself here, believe it or not, Lao Tzu cut you." ”

The two officers were stunned, stared at Geng Zhongming for a while, and finally retreated, glared at each other viciously, and scolded and went back to their own group.

With Geng Zhongming here, he couldn't fight, and the two were about to take in and leave, when a green skin who took refuge in the left camp suddenly ran to the middle of the road, picked up a bag of jewelry left on the ground and put it in his arms, and quickly returned to the left camp.

Chen Guangfu's subordinates scolded in unison, raised their knives and guns and were about to rush over, but the general shouted loudly: "That's Lao Tzu robbed, give Lao Tzu back." ”

Geng Zhongming hurriedly asked the family to the middle space, personally dragged the green skin, and whipped it indiscriminately, the green skin was beaten and couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly threw out the jewelry, Geng Zhongming lifted the cloth bag and threw it back to the original owner, and the two sides were quiet again.

Geng Zhongming just breathed a sigh of relief, and two chaotic soldiers ran in front of him, and they shouted as they ran, "There is a fight at the bridge of Shuqiao, the brothers of the left battalion go to help, and the right battalion and Chen Guangfu have killed our brothers." ”

The two sides of the confrontation were like hornets exploding their nests, guarding each other and rushing towards the book bridge.

"Your mother's things are all eye-opening things." Geng Zhongming scolded, he had already forgotten about going to find Wang Bingzhong to the clouds, and hurriedly followed to the book bridge, after running dozens of steps, the head of his family suddenly pointed to the left, and several soldiers just broke open a house door and rushed in, and said to Geng Zhongming: "Da Jin, aren't those few people the sentry horses you sent to Ninghai and Qixia?" How did you come back so quickly? ”

Geng Zhongming went to the door to take a look, sure enough, a few of the sentry horses sent in, he was watching these people entering and leaving the city, needless to say that they didn't go far, most of them went around outside the city, and ran back directly from the south gate to grab things.

He hadn't figured out how to deal with it, there was a three-eyed gun and a bird gun in front of him, Geng Zhongming didn't care about anything else, and hurried to Shuqiao on horseback, while saying to the head of the family: "Don't worry about these little things, Wendeng Camp has been in Ninghai Prefecture recently, this is cold and snowy, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that they can come in a hurry, go to Shuqiao first." ”……

At the south head of the Caoqiao Bridge, Wu Rong rushed out of an alley, followed by several action teams, all wearing the clothing of the Ming army, one of them was wounded by a knife, and Wu Rong hurriedly walked to the middle of the bridge. There was a barricade of wood, bricks, and stones, guarded by thirty soldiers, and twenty soldiers on either side of the bridge to the north, guarding against the entry from the river.

Wu Rong said to Li Tao, who was guarding there: "If you are injured, you can help send it to the north gate." ”

Li Tao asked the two soldiers to pick up the wounded and asked Wu Rong in a low voice, "How is Qiande?" ”

"Zhang Dong's method is good, Lao Tzu is divided into several groups, pretending to be the entry of various departments everywhere, they are fighting by themselves, now the situation is very chaotic, they can't take care of the north gate for a while, if there is an entry, you say that Wang Bingzhong doesn't know where to go, no one is allowed, anyway, pretend to be a little."

Li Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, did you grab something?" ”

Wu Rong got closer, took out a handful of jewelry from his arms and stuffed it to Li Tao, "Grab some, you give some points to the brothers." ”

Li Tao hesitated for a moment, pushed it away and said: "Don't give it to me, here are all soldiers, not your intelligence bureau, the soldiers are privately seized, and the military judge knows that he will be killed." ”

Wu Rong pursed his lips, put away his jewels and waved his hand, and disappeared into the alley with a few of his subordinates.

Li Tao looked up at Xiao Sè and said to himself: "It's past noon, why hasn't the army arrived yet." ”