As soon as Qianlong's words came out, everyone immediately fell silent, weighing the pros and cons, no one answered for a while, and Qianlong was annoyed when he saw this situation: "Is it true that no one of you is willing to stay with Xiaoyu to attract the attention of the seventeenth road smoke?"

Seeing that Qianlong was angry, He Shen took the initiative to ask Ying: "If you don't have a slave, I will stay and fight the enemy with Xiaoyu and them." ”

"You have a fart to stay," As soon as He Shen finished speaking, he heard Prince Shuo say coldly: "If someone really wants to stay, then the one who stays is also the prince and me, you have a fart to stay, as we all know, it is the prince and me who are in command this time, and I will not stay, do you think those people will be fooled?" Besides, although Fang Xiaoyu's kid is a little annoying, in the end, he is also my disciple, not to mention that in addition to him, there are so many masters and guards in our Shuo Wangfu who are left here, do you say that I can leave them and slip away by myself, besides, since ancient times, how can there be a great enemy, but the boss has left his subordinates and fled alone, if I do this, who will serve the prince and me in the future?"

Qianlong's face softened slightly: "I didn't expect our Hutu prince to still know the general situation, so let's do it, and the second you will stay and cooperate with our foolish prince and Xiaoyu here to deal with the seventy-two road smoke and dust, and the rest of the people are divided into three roads for me, avoiding the main force of the seventeenth road smoke and dust, raiding the bandits' cottages, Yongyan all the way, Fengshen Yinde all the way, Laofu and Bai Zhen all the way, and the other Eight Banners are all scattered and incorporated into these three teams of bandits. ”

"Yes!"

Everyone was naturally in a hurry, you must know that Qianlong came out this time to bring the elite cavalry and Da Nei masters of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and it is not the same as playing to exterminate the smoke and dust of the Seventeenth Road, they are in vain to pick up the merits of the war.

Fang Xiaoyu said at this time: "Those bandit leaders and diehards who have committed heinous crimes will be killed if you kill them, but if those minions are not very strong and the resistance is not fierce, you had better catch them alive, because these live bandits are worth more than death, so it is really a pity to kill them like this, and after the smoke and dust of the seventeen roads are exterminated, there will definitely be local governors who come to us to rub the heat, see if we can make some war achievements, and then we can sell those prisoners of war to them at a high price and earn some pocket money." ”

Prince Shuo turned his suspicious gaze to Fang Xiaoyu at this time, "Are you sure that those local governors will come to grab merit?" You must know that these are all the children of the Eight Banners of the imperial court, the nobles and the ancestors, and those officials have always been afraid of them, how can they take the initiative to move forward.

"Can they not come?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "Let's suppress bandits on other people's territory, to put it mildly, that is, we are slapping other people's faces, losing people's face, it is reasonable to say that we can't show up before, but the bandits are all suppressed, is it reasonable to say that we don't flash our faces again?" You must know that the seventeenth road smoke and dust is registered on the side of the imperial court, before they did not come for fear of losing the battle and losing their own records, after all, the seventeenth road smoke and dust is not an ordinary bandit, but a real bandit, now they do not show up, one is sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and the other is not believing that we can really extinguish the seventeenth road smoke and dust, but the bandits are all suppressed, and they do not show up, and the court really can't explain it. ”

Everyone nodded their heads when they heard it.

"Even if they don't come, so what, those bandit minions are all strong and good laborers, and all of you here don't have thousands of acres of fertile land in their houses, in the past, these fertile fields need you to hire workers to cultivate, and you have to give people money and food for these hired workers, but with these bandits and minions it is different, they are all free good laborers, you don't need to hire workers at all, just send some clothes from the house to watch them work, in the past, you just need to give them a bite to eat, you say how much less you have to spend in this way, if you don't want to, then pull them to the population market and sell them, for some pocket money, if you are luckyIt's no problem for a laborer to sell for a few dozen taels of silver, but if you take their heads to receive a reward, how much can the government give you?"

Lao Niu Colu was moved to hear it: "It is naturally better to catch alive than to kill it directly!"

In fact, he is not the only one who is excited, those people from the Eight Banners meritorious relatives are all excited, just as Fang Xiaoyu said, there are a lot of fertile fields in each of their families, and they don't know how to farm at all, they have to spend a lot of money to hire people to farm every year, if you want to hire workers, you have to pay money and grain, and if you don't have enough, it's not okay, but if these bandits can be captured alive, they are all free labor.

"Then catch it alive?"

It was the Suo Luo family who said this.

Prince Shuo naturally listened to it and rolled his eyes upward: "Aren't you bothering, none of us have thousands of acres of good arable land in our house, and don't it cost you to find someone to hire someone to cultivate all year round?"

"Then try to catch it alive. ”

He Shen is the final word.

Fang Xiaoyu said at this time: "Those who want to catch the work will be caught alive, but the premise is that you can't put yourself in danger, you must know that everyone has only one life, if it is because of labor, it is not cost-effective to take your own life." ”

Everyone nodded their heads again and again, but the old Niu Colu clan followed: "But I have a question, that is, how can so many of us quietly bypass the main force of the seventeenth road smoke and dust?"

Fang Xiaoyu spoke at this time: "Leave this matter to me!"

He Shen was a little surprised: "I'll leave it to you, what can you do?"

"I'm going to catch up first, and I'm going to take a precaution against the seventeen roads of smoke and dust. ”

Prince Shuo couldn't help but say, "Aren't we going to leave the main force of the Seventeenth Road Smoke and Dust to be eliminated at the end, why do we still have to meet it?"

Fang Xiaoyu explained" Fighting with them, and leaving them at the end to eliminate is not in conflict, more importantly, this battle is for those who are ready to come to grab the merit, you think that if we lose this battle, those who are ready to rob the merit of the governor still dare to jump out and rush out with us to grab the merit, I estimate that even those who have moved will immediately retract, and when they come back, the seventeenth road smoke and dust have already let us extinguish seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, and even if they come, the initiative will be in our hands, and if they perform well, give them a little merit, let them go back and make good deals, otherwise there will be no fart。 ”

He Shen nodded at this time, and then turned his gaze to Qianlong: "Master, you see ........"

"Hmm!" Qianlong nodded: "The strategy is very perfect, but the question is who are you going to find to fight this battle with the bandits." ”

"Of course it's our Shuo Wangye, on the surface, he is the master of our bandit team, if he doesn't go, it's useless for others to go. ”

Prince Shuo immediately refused: "Don't look for the prince and me for losing the battle, I don't want to touch this mold, defeating the battle will damage the image of the prince and my tall and mighty, who do you like to go, anyway, I won't go to the prince." ”

"In fact, this battle is the finishing touch of the entire campaign deployment, without this battle, the plan behind it cannot be carried out at all, and this battle has to be the prince, you have to go out, as we all know, you are the commander of our army of bandits, if you don't come forward, how can people outside take the bait, those people don't take the bait, our entire combat deployment may fail. ”

Regarding Fang Xiaoyu's words, Prince Shuo was skeptical: "This battle is really so important, you kid shouldn't be fooling the prince and me, right?"

"How dare I fool you, Lord Wang, I don't believe you to ask Uncle He and Uncle Dongfang. ”

Prince Shuo naturally turned his attention to Qianlong and He Shen.

Qianlong is also an eloquent emperor, although he has never fought a big war in his life, but the most basic military quality is still there: "Xiaoyu is right, this battle really has to be confused The prince you can't take it, otherwise those people outside really won't believe it, so let's do it, if you are willing to lead the team in person, this battle against bandits, we will remember your first credit." ”

Prince Shuo suddenly perked up: "This is what you said, you have no jokes?"

"You don't joke, in addition, your Shuo Wangfu can give priority to 20,000 taels of silver. ”

"That's pretty much it," Prince Shuo continued, "It's not impossible to let this king and I go out in person, but this kid Xiaoyu has to go with the prince." ”

"Okay," Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "Actually, I don't need the prince, I will also go with you, you must know that things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and if you are not careful, a fake defeat will become a real defeat. ”

Qianlong's eyebrows were worried: "Why don't you leave ten guards for you?"

This time he came out of the Great Inner with a hundred internal guards and five hundred iron horses, he only brought so many masters, the biggest reason is that he can't trust those Eight Banners, those people are eagles and dogs, and they are good at fighting chickens and dogs, if they really want to swing a knife and cut I'm afraid it will be a soft foot scare, and more importantly, this matter is making a lot of noise in the capital, he doesn't want that Yanguan to see the jokes of these people, and these people are now led by He Shen and Feng Shen Yinde father and son.

Fang Xiaoyu thought about it for a while, and finally shook his head and refused: "Forget it, in addition to the masters and guards of the Shuo Wangfu here, there are also peerless masters like Aunt Han and Baimei Daochang, even if you lose the battle, your own safety is definitely not a problem, but it is different with you, although the seventeenth road smoke and dust is the elite out, but in the final analysis, it is a fortification, once the offensive is launched, it must take down the bandits' cottage at the minimum cost." ”

Qianlong nodded: "Anyway, be careful, Uncle doesn't want anything to happen to you, otherwise your father's uncle won't be able to explain." ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "I know, after I and the prince of Shuo led the troops to set off, you will follow behind us, choose a place to lurk, once the seventeenth road smoke and dust chase us in front of you, you will immediately move in the opposite direction to the bandit cottage, as for Uncle and Princess Heshuo, stay in the cottage, once the bandits follow us to attack the mountain, you will immediately order the archers on the mountain to shoot them back." ”