Since Wang Ziyu said such a thing, Xu Yixian and Yu Dahai have nothing to say.

Without saying a word all the way, the ships soon arrived at the Left Banner Battalion.

There were two other people behind Wang Ziyu, both of whom looked like young men, one was tall and had a slightly dark complexion, and the other was also dressed as a scholar, like Wang Ziyu, both of them were carrying long knives.

In the city, the group first went to the mansion of Xu Qianhe, the head of the water division.

In the Ming system, although Xu Qianhe was subordinate to the Xiangyang Navy Guerrilla, and Qi Shangyou was subordinate to the Yunyang Governor, since both families were stationed in the Zuoqi Battalion, Xu Qianhe usually had to live in the city and be controlled by Qi Shangyou.

Of course, once there is a water war, Xu Qianhe can make his own decisions and ignore Qi Shangyou.

But let the generals live in the city, firstly, to balance, and secondly, to make the generals more comfortable.

Unlike Xu Yixian, Xu Qianhe is a slender, handsome and dashing military general in his twenties, not long after he was admitted to the martial arts, it was the time of "imperial grace", even if Xu Yixian, the patriarch and scholar, did not necessarily persuade him to join the Xiaoqiang brigade.

However, as Xu Yixian said before, Xu Qianhe was taken aback when he learned that the person who came with him was actually a person from Xiaoqianglu.

Obviously, although Xu Yixian had mentioned the matter of defection with him before, Xu Qianhe did not take it to heart.

In his heart, my Daming is only a slight setback, and the fortune of the country is still very long, and the thieves and Jiannu will be defeated after all.

However, the powerful small strong brigade was near the left, and the left banner battalion was on the east bank of the Han River, which did not allow him to immediately rise up with righteous indignation, and for him, most of his sailors lived on ships, and if things changed, he could still take the boat down the river.

"Even if the national fortune is not good, you can row the river and rule, and at that time, it will be the time for me to wait for the sailor to show his skills."

So, he didn't embarrass Wang Ziyu, but he was just vain and aggrieved when he spoke.

Knowing that the three of them were still preparing to visit Qi Shangyou, he warned, "First, don't say that you have been here with me, otherwise you will be my enemy immediately!"

"Second, don't underestimate Qi Shangyou, his family has lived in Shennong Mountain for generations, known as the descendants of the Shennong clan, and has been a hereditary Tusi since the Tang Dynasty, which has lasted for thousands of years, for them, there is no imperial court and no eternal status for them."

(Shennong Mountain, later Shennongjia)

"Therefore, they are more loyal to the imperial court than ordinary people, not to mention, during the Chenghua period, Qi Shangyou's ancestors also participated in the rebellion, but the emperor still pardoned his family, which made him even more grateful, and now he still has the hereditary position of Tuqianhu in Zhushan County, and he has also been promoted to battalion guerrilla."

"The limelight is unique among the Tusi in Jingxiang Mountain, which makes him more loyal, otherwise with the strength of your department, if it were an ordinary person, he would have run to the west bank of the Han River, and now Jiang Yunyi, the governor of Yunyang, and Yang Wenfu, the general of the guard, ran to Zhushan County, although they fled in embarrassment, but it is obviously also a trust in the Qi family."

"Also", Xu Qianhe's expression suddenly became extremely serious, "There is a banner under Qi Shangyou, who is also from Shennong Mountain, hereditary Tubaihu, called Tao Wanjun, who can subdue the tiger, and really has the courage of ten thousand people, even if Qi Shangyou is willing to see you and others, he will definitely take Tao Wanjun with him."

"Do you know who this Tao Wanjun is?"

Wang Ziyu and the others shook their heads.

Xu Qianhe said: "During the Three Kingdoms period, it was its general Chen Dao who guarded Kuizhou, and his army was called Bai Yu Bing, which was taken from the mountain people in the north and south of the Yangtze River near Kuizhou Prefecture, they were all Ba people, and this Tao Wanjun was the descendant of Bai Yu Bing general."

"In Zhushan County, the Qi family is naturally the largest family, but the Tao family is not far behind, the Qi family controls the financial power of the county, and the Tao family controls the military power, yes, don't underestimate this Tao family, although they are small in number, they are all brave and good at fighting."

"Although the Qi family is not as good as the Tao family, there is an edict from the imperial court, and the number of people is more than the Tao family, and the Tao family has to be subservient, but the two families have been married to each other for a long time, and they have long been regarded as the same family by outsiders."

Wang Ziyong secretly thought: "This person is not familiar with us, but he tells the details of the Qi family, which is not his heart

We waited, but it was caused by the long-term struggle between his Xu family and the Qi family near the Zuoqi camp for that little money, and he wished that we would deal with Qi Shangyou."

"Since we are 'thieves', no matter what the result is, it will be unfavorable to Qi Shangyou, he looks like a gentleman, but in fact he is a good plan!"

......

Guerrilla General's Palace.

Short, concise, and dark-faced Qi Shangyou learned that his master had brought the thief, although he brought it in quietly and did not make a noise, he was still furious.

It was almost dusk, Qi Shangyou was sitting in the place where he usually convened the generals, a person was sulking, only to hear the bead curtain of the side door shaking, and soon a big man came out.

I saw that this person's figure was not too tall, but it was extremely thick, the whole person seemed to be square, and the head was huge, but his face was very upright.

About thirty or so, with an extremely thick beard and only a net scarf on his head, showing that he was extremely close to Qi Shangyou in the General's Mansion.

Dressed in a big red fat jacket of a Ming military attaché, wearing a cowhide tunics, and a weapon that was extremely rare at this time hung on the left side.

It was a halberd made of fine iron, the handle of the halberd was about two feet long, almost the thickness of an ordinary man's forearm at this time, such a halberd weighed at least twenty pounds, but it hung on the man's waist as if it were nothing.

This person is Qi Shangyou in Xu Qianhe's mouth, also called Tao Wanjun of Chengxuanguan, the surname Qi and the surname Tao are said to be descendants of the Shennong clan and have lived in Shennong Mountain for a long time.

At this time, there are many tigers, leopards, bears and wolves in the mountains between eastern Sichuan and western Hubei provinces, and the people who can make a living in the mountains are obviously braver than the people under the mountains.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, according to the local chronicles of Kuizhou Prefecture, there were "three major evils" in the local area:

The first harm is naturally the Qing soldiers who have just entered Chongqing Prefecture;

The second harm is the remnants left by Zhang Xianzhong in the local area after his repeated wanderings in Sichuan-the remnants of shaking the yellow;

The third pest is tiger damage.

According to the report sent by the magistrate at that time to the governor Wen Anzhi, due to the vast land and sparsely populated area, tigers appeared near and even in the city, and these tigers not only preyed on domestic animals, but also did not let go of the common people.

The tiger was able to enter the city with a big grin, and you can imagine how much the population withered under the scourge of the Qing soldiers and the remnants of the Yellow Army!

There are tigers in Kuizhou Mansion, and there are naturally a lot of them in Jingxiang Mountain, since Xu Qianhe said that Tao Wanjun can subdue tigers, this person is obviously very double-minded.

Tao Wanjun originally had two halberds, but he usually only carried one when he was in the general's mansion, and he would naturally bring both when he went to war.

Later, when the Qing soldiers purged the "Thirteen Families of Kuidong", Qi Shangyou, who surrendered to the Qing soldiers, and the descendants of the Bai Yu soldiers under his command made a lot of contributions.

"Uchidai"

Qi Da is Tao Wanjun's private name for Qi Shangyou, although Qi Shangyou is a little dissatisfied, but for the sake of his loyalty, he still ignores it.

"How?"

"It's better to see"

"Why?"

"You think, although they are all small characters, but after all, they are thieves, and at the moment, almost the entire north of Hanshui is the territory of thieves, if we wait for them to be expelled, or killed, the thieves will definitely pour out to attack the Zuoqi battalion, and even Yang Wenfu will be defeated, let alone me?"

The Yang Wenfu in his mouth is also the Tusi of Yunyang Mansion, but he was born in Wuju, although his reputation in the Tusi is not as high as Qi Shangyou, but he is more valued by the imperial court.

"It's better to just perfunctory a few times, and then send it out, forget it, if they want to use force, I'm not afraid."

Qi Shangyou knew what he meant, and in the end, if the two sides were stiff, Tao Wanjun would come forward to show a few martial arts to make him retreat.

Qi Shangyou thought about it again and again, and finally listened to Tao Wanjun's opinion.

In the evening, the lights of the Zuoqi camp city were first released, and in the guerrilla general's mansion, Qi Shangyou took Xu Yixian and Tao Wanjun to receive Wang Ziyu and other three, and he also invited Xu Qianhe, Xu Qianhe didn't want to come, no

After thinking about how this famous little powerhouse dealt with Qi Shangyou, he was also a little curious, so he reluctantly came.

As soon as Xu Qianhe came, Qi Shangyou couldn't help but smile.

"Since Xiao Xu is also here, if the time comes, if the news is revealed, I will not bear it alone."

In fact, in the current situation, unless the head is dizzy, facing a small strong team that has been killed all the way from Shanxi and has hardly encountered the opponent, no one will blindly use the strong.

When he saw that Wang Ziyu and the other three were all young men who were less than twenty years old, Qi Shangyou was even more relieved.

"It is said that the big leader of this small strong brigade, Long Thirteen, is a young man, and his subordinates are all young people, and when I saw it today, it was right, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it was these teenagers who were so powerful."

Although I think so, but in the face of some young men, there will naturally not be much respect between the words, and after a few rounds of drinking, with red faces and red ears, it will be even more unscrupulous.

Among the three Wang Ziyu, except for the one who started the first to look like a great man, Wang Ziyu and the other person are more like weak scholars than generals, of course, as long as you look closely, you will find that the hands of these two people are dark and rough, and they have obviously worked hard.

In the end, without waiting for Tao Wanjun to speak, in a hazy drunken eye, Qi Shangyou said: "I heard that there are many strong men with high strength in the Xiaoqiang Brigade, you and the other three dare to come to us alone, obviously there are two sons, this person ......

He pointed at Tao Wanjun and said, "I am the first warrior among the descendants of my Shennong clan, who is capable of subduing tigers, and once killed a big black bear with a punch on the mountain, can you demonstrate it with him?"

As soon as these words came out, Tao Wanjun left the table and came to the middle of the hall.

At this time, from the perspective of Wang Ziyu and others, I saw that Tao Wanjun's huge body almost completely blocked the light behind him, and his purple begonia face and beard after drinking added a bit of prestige.

However, Tao Wanjun didn't support it, he shook it and said, "I'll wait for the martial arts to meet friends, and I will just add to the wine banquet."

As a result, everyone, including Xu Yixian, Xu Qianhe, and Liu Jinfu, the "Nine Dragons" who was fortunate enough to be brought over by Xu Qianhe to the banquet, were all looking forward to it.

Liu Jinfu is about thirty years old, a native of Shaanxi, a native of Jingyang, originally a bandit in the area of the Jing River, followed by a rebellion after the thieves rose up, and later followed the brigade to accept Zhao'an, due to the long-term drought and no rain in northern Shaanxi, the imperial court placed some of the thieves in Hanzhong Mansion, Liu Jinfu is one of them.

Unlike Yu Dahai, who wanted to take refuge in Xiaoqianglu, Liu Jinfu, who was already quite wealthy, still wanted to wait and see, and learned that Qi Shangyou was going to set up a banquet to entertain Wang Ziyu and his party, and after receiving Xu Qianhe's message, he happily agreed to the banquet.

Everyone looked at Wang Ziyu because he was the leader of the three.

"Wait!"

However, it was the tall man who sat at the bottom of the line who spoke first.