Wu Xingye was the officer who looked treacherous in the Ten Princes' Mansion at the beginning, but in fact, like Zhang Hong, he did not change his face at all after being beaten by the fifteenth military stick, and Zhou Shixian still had a little impression of him.

and was suddenly recommended by Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye was unprepared at all, but he could only listen to the order.

However, as soon as he heard that there was a group of more than 200 people outside the city, and the leading officer was called Sun Hu, he seemed to have a grasp again.

Sun Hu is a hundred general managers of the Shenji Battalion, very good at firearms, and Wu Xingye are fellow villagers, and they are brothers who drink wine and eat meat together, and the two have a great relationship.

It is precisely because he knows this relationship that Zhang Hong will introduce this old brother, he and Wu Xingye have fought twice together, and he knows that the other party is a reliable person.

Zhou Shixian asked a few words briefly, and after confirming the relationship between Wu Xingye and Sun Hu, he still had some concerns in his heart.

But he also knows that at this time, the use of people must not be suspicious, and the suspects cannot be used, otherwise there will be a bigger mess, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Zhou Shixian asked a few more questions, and after some thought, he quickly made a decision and explained Wu Xingye's next task - to conduct reconnaissance in the name of solicitation.

These former elites of the Beijing camp, if they can recruit them to escort them, it will naturally be good, but if they can't, then Zhou Shixian will have to be ready to fight a bloody road.

He also wants things to go smoothly and be able to break out without knowing it, but that is not realistic, these soldiers are not good, and they must prepare for the worst.

Wu Xingye was also neat, clasped his fists, and responded directly, completely losing his sleek and cunning appearance on weekdays.

Zhang Hong is loyal, but Zhou Shixian doesn't know that he must strictly control this kind of recommendation, not only to prevent internal and external collusion, but also to prevent internal tandem, otherwise the army under his command is very likely to be controlled by these soldiers again.

After getting Zhou Shixian's explanation, Wu Xingye rode out of the city with a few soldiers and arrived at Sun Hu's camp in the west of the city first. About three quarters of an hour later, they headed for a rebellious camp in the north of the city.

However, this time, Wu Xingye had an extra officer by his side, as well as seven or eight cavalry of the chaotic army, and it seemed that Sun Hu should be acting with him.

Zhou Shixian has been staying above the city, always paying attention to the changes in the situation outside the city, and there is not much time left for him. Although he advocated collecting these soldiers and horses for his own use, if the rebels outside the city had already formed an alliance and it was difficult to divide them, he would choose to break through immediately.

This is not a contradiction, the specific problem is to analyze the specific situation, according to different situations, to make different decisions, the key is to be fast, accurate and ruthless. Nothing is guaranteed to be done, and the world is cruel.

There are rebellious armies on all sides of the west of the city, north of the city, east of the city, south of the city, and Yongqing City, Sun Hu's camp is in the west of the city, and there are two rebel armies in the north of the city that are the same as him, only two or three hundred soldiers and horses, and the east of the city is a team of nearly 1,000 people, and in the south of the city, there is also a rebellious army of more than 200 people.

Wu Xingye mainly went to test the wishes of these army leaders, so that Zhou Shixian could unite the majority, isolate the minority, first divide the chaotic army outside the city, and then pull out the thorns, and the problem would be much easier to solve.

The banner is naturally the banner of Li Banghua's old man "Minister of the Qincha", which is also a test of the position of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and it is also to borrow the influence of Li Banghua, a minister who once was in charge of the Beijing camp.

Wu Xingye ran around the city wall, and under Sun Hu's guarantee, he entered the other four rebel camps, and after two hours, he finally returned to the city wall.

"In this way, of the five rebel armies outside the city, only Sun Hu and Weng Dajie are concerned about the imperial court, and the others still want to negotiate conditions!" After listening to Wu Xingye's report, Zhou Shixian frowned and concluded.

"Horse, according to the observation of the last general, Pang Lun in the east of the city should also be tempted after hearing that the military salary was allocated first, but he has a lot of soldiers under his command, and this army is not all his old subordinates, I'm afraid he can't fully control it at all." Wu Xingye's face was worried, and then he continued:

"In fact, the most important thing is that his troops and horses, and the others are just looking at the wind. It was Sun Hu and Weng Dajie, I am afraid that before Pang Lun made a decision, he would not dare to act rashly. They have the heart, but they don't have the guts. ”

Where can Wu Xingye not understand these old brothers in Jingying? At this time, who else will have any loyalty to the imperial court. Even he himself took the risk for the sake of the rich reward and the dragon's work in the south.

After all, Wu Xingye had also heard of the scenery of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, and he wanted to take a look at it early in the morning.

"Don Ma, I'm afraid we still have to find an opportunity to break through, this matter is sooner rather than later, we have to act immediately tonight, otherwise if the army pursues, the situation will be completely out of control." Li Banghua said anxiously.

He has been in charge of the Beijing camp in the capital, and he has also managed the Beijing camp in Nanjing, and he has entered Zuo Liangyu's camp alone, and he knows what these Qiu Ba can do. But Zhou Shixian, a young man, was born in a family of eunuchs, so I am afraid he doesn't know the importance of it.

Let's say that if Li Banghua was alone, he would not be afraid of these chaotic troops, but the problem was that Emperor Chongzhen was in the city, which made him fearful, but he didn't think about the morale of the army.

"Lord Li is right, donkey, the rebels outside the city are not ready to attack the city at this time, and the five rebel armies are impossible to twist into a rope to deal with us, and it is most appropriate to break through tonight." Xue Lao Er also persuaded on the side.

Zhou Shixian kept a calm face, holding the "telescope" that Wang Chaodong snatched from Tang Ruowang in his hand, and kept looking in the direction of the east of the city, without speaking.

Of course he understands the situation, but if he breaks through like this, whether it will cause the army's morale to loosen is also something that Zhou Shixian has to consider, after all, most of the soldiers and horses in the escort team are from Beijing, and the people on both sides are very familiar.

Moreover, the chaotic army outside the city was not united, just as Wu Xingye said, as long as the strongest Pang Lun was defeated, the other four forces naturally did not dare to have any dissent, and it was not difficult to subdue it.

Not to mention, Pang Lun's soldiers and horses seem to have the advantage, but they are nothing more than a rabble. Once the fight starts, whether he can control it or not is another matter!

There are risks, but as Zhou Shixian thought before, this is probably the least risky thing all the way south. If you don't hit this punch and continue to cringe, I'm afraid that even if you want to fight in the future, you won't have a chance.

The morale of the escort team was not very high, and after the successful breakthrough from the capital, it barely recovered some, so it was even more lost, which was what Zhou Shixian was most worried about.

"If Pang Lun is effectively loyal to the heart of the imperial court, Sun Hu and Weng Dajie will lobby again, how successful will this matter be?" Zhou Shixian still didn't want to give up. Moreover, after listening to Wu Xingye's report, he quickly realized that something was wrong.

"Wu Xingye, you just told them about the military salary and reward, if these people have any crooked thoughts, I'm afraid it will be even more impossible to let us go like this."

When Wu Xingye heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he immediately understood that he had said the wrong thing, even if he was smooth on weekdays, he was already stunned at this time: "Don...... Colt ......"

Originally, he just wanted to lure these soldiers with military salaries and win their submission. After all, the escorts and horses in the city are not superior in numbers, but after all, they are a hundred and thin.

"Don't be nervous, you can't blame you for this." Zhou Shixian paused, and then said: "They may have just wanted to go into the city to grab some money and food, but now that they know that we have money in our hands and no advantage in soldiers and horses, it is inevitable to move some crooked thoughts in such a chaotic situation now." ”

"Colt, if that's the case, we'll have to break out faster." When Zhang Hong heard this, he also said anxiously: "Don't you know the virtue of these bastards in the army, once you have bad intentions, if the soldiers and ruffians in the camp make a fuss, I'm afraid they will be immortals, and they won't be able to stop them." ”

When the others heard this, they also showed anxious expressions, none of them had the intention of fighting, although they successfully broke through from the capital, but the confidence of the officers and men in the army had not been reshaped at all, and the heart of avoiding war and fearing war was still not small.

In fact, this is also the reason why Zhou Shixian said, "If you can fight this punch, you will open a hundred punches in the future".

"It's too late, they're already around." Zhou Shixian held the "telescope" in his hand, his eyes looked in the direction of the east of the city through the "telescope", and said in an extremely calm tone.

"Xue Laoer, Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye, gathered soldiers and horses, and prepared to fight.