Shandong is located in the north, since entering September (lunar calendar), the weather is cool like a day, especially in late September, the temperature difference between day and night is particularly large, the day is quite warm, and it is very cold at night.

On the evening of September 25, Xu Jin finished bathing under the service of the pretty maid Mingxi, put on his regular household clothes, covered with a cold-proof armor, and sat behind the desk in the study to carefully study the map of Shandong Province.

Since receiving the holy decree and the flag issued by the Ministry of War on the 15th of this month, Xu Jin immediately began to transfer troops and send generals. First, Linqingwei was transferred to Feicheng, and the remnants of Tai'anwei there were joined forces, and Qingzhouwei was transferred to Qingshiguan in the north of Laiwu County, and then Andongwei on the coast of Qingzhou Prefecture was transferred to Mengyin County in the southeast of Xintai County.

And today Xu Jin has received a report that all the guards have been stationed in the designated place according to the order, so that the four counties occupied by the thieves (Tai'an, Laiwu, Xintai, and Surabaya) have completely fallen into the encirclement of the Ming army. The total strength of the Ming army was Guidewei, Yanzhouwei, Linqingwei, Tai'anwei, Qingzhouwei and Andongwei, with a total strength of nearly 30,000.

During this time, Xu Jin was deploying troops, and the thieves were obviously not idle, constantly recruiting troops and buying horses, and going out to plunder and accumulate grain, actively preparing for the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, and it will soon be winter!

It is worth mentioning here that in addition to the two rebellious thieves in Shandong Province, there are also two thieves in Le'an County, Qingzhou Prefecture and Yi County, Yanzhou Prefecture. The leader of the rebels in Yixian County is called Pan Jinliang, and Xu Jin has sent two thousand Yanzhou guards to suppress it, but until now he has not exterminated the bandits.

Tuk Tuk ......

Xu Jin was pondering the map when there was a knock on the door of the room, and he said lightly: "Come in!" ”

The door of the study opened, and Jin Biaoxing, a hundred households in Jinyiwei, hurriedly walked in, and walked to the bookcase to report: "My lord, the brothers below have found out that Song Chi did raise a concubine outside, named Ma Rong'er, and had a son, whose nickname was Aman. However, Ma Rong'er's mother and daughter disappeared after the Song Chi incident, and after a period of open investigation and secret visits by the brothers, Ma Rong'er's mother and son are estimated to have fallen into the hands of Luo Xiang, the eunuch of Shandong Town. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but think of the two carriages in the team when Luo Xiang left Yuncheng County that day, he felt strange at the time, now that he thinks about it, Ma Rong'er's mother and son should be in one of the carriages, no wonder Song Chi would rather commit suicide than confess Luo Xiang, nine times out of ten he wants to leave a stick of incense for the Song family, but is this possible? A ruthless guy like Luo Xiang would let Ma Rong'er's mother and son go?

At this time, I only heard Jin Baihu continue: "My lord, do you remember that some time ago, Luo Xiang transferred troops to encircle and suppress Jima Mountain? ”

Xu Jin naturally remembered that he also sent two groups of people to inform Luo Xiang and asked him to transfer Tai'an Wei back to defend Tai'an Prefecture, but this eunuch didn't listen, and he also sarcastically controlled himself too leniently, and finally caused Tai'an Prefecture to fall into the hands of the Mine Thief King Hall.

"What's wrong? Could it be that Luo Xiang's encirclement and suppression of the Horse Mountain has something to do with this matter? Xu Jin asked in a deep voice.

Jin Baihu nodded and said: "The thief entrenched in the Horse Mountain is called Tang Jing, who calls himself the King of Xiao Tang, it is said that he attacked Eunuch Luo's team, and also robbed a beautiful woman as the lady of the village, this woman is Ma Rong'er out of ten!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly, no wonder Luo Xiang moved to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Horse Mountain, this is the reason for daring, now if he wants to pry Song Chi's mouth open, it is estimated that it will fall on Ma Rong'er's mother and son, so he said decisively: "Pass on the official's order, order Lin Qingwei and Tai Anwei to extinguish the horse thief Tang Jing in the Horse Mountain, and be sure to bring Ma Rong'er's mother and son back to the official." ”

Now there are more than 5,000 people and horses in Linqingwei, and more than 2,000 remnants of Tai'anwei are stationed in Feicheng, and the horses across the mountain are more than ten kilometers north of Feicheng.

"Yes!" Jin Baihu took the order and turned to leave, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw a bewitching maid walking with a tray, it was Mingxi, the pretty maid who was in charge of serving the adults recently.

Jin Baihu flashed to the side, peeked at Mingxi's bulging bra and beautiful face, and swallowed his saliva secretly, saying that the maids in the Yansheng Mansion are not much worse than those in the palace, hey, my lord is really a good blessing.

Jin Biao waited for Mingxi to enter the study with a tray, then stepped out of the threshold, and closed the door very intimately.

"My lord, it's cold at night, and the slave and maid specially made ginseng soup for you to warm up." Mingxi brought a bowl of ginseng soup to Xu Jin and said coquettishly.

Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, Mingxi's maid is undoubtedly very good at serving people, but she is too enthusiastic, and she has been cooking some tonic soup recently, which makes Master Xu a little unbearable, and his gums have bleeding from brushing his teeth recently.

"The official is busy, put this aside for now, and then drink it later!" Xu Jin smiled politely.

"Oh!" Mingxi put the bowl of ginseng soup on the bookcase, but he had no intention of leaving, and a pair of bright eyes looked straight at Xu Jin's face.

"What else?" Xu Jin looked up and asked.

Ai Ai said during the Mingxi period: "My lord, the night is cold and heavy, it is better to rest early, and the slave maid will warm the bed for you first." ”

The pretty maid said that her face was flushed, this was a warm bed, which was clearly a euphemism for recommending a pillow mat. Xu Jin only didn't understand, shook his head and said: "No need, the official still has to be busy, you go to sleep first, you don't need to serve here." ”

"Oooh!" Mingxi exited the study in disappointment, stomped his feet after closing the door and left angrily.

The words showed that Xi had served Xu Jin for more than half a month, and what made her feel strange was that this handsome young Qincha obviously enjoyed his bathing service, but he could not help but not touch himself, and several times he took the initiative to hint and was unintentionally refused.

The pretty maid was both strange and a little unconvinced, Xu Jin was not the first "distinguished guest" she had served, most of the other men did her on the first night, she didn't believe that a young man like Xu Jin could hold it back, so these days she frequently boiled some tonic decoction for Xu Jin to drink, but she was still rejected tonight. This made the pretty maid who believed in herself a big blow, and even began to wonder if she was old and decrepit, of course, she suspected that Xu Jin had a problem with that.

After Xu Jin waited for Mingxi to leave the study, he casually poured the bowl of ginseng soup out of the window, although this pretty maid is the best choice in appearance and figure, and it is definitely not worse than Yue'er, but he is not an animal dominated by the lower body, not to mention that this woman's motives are not pure, and at first glance she is the kind of water-based woman who entertains people with sex, Xu Jin naturally doesn't want to have anything to do with her, it's okay to serve in the bath and comb her hair, but you have to do the "negative distance" thing.

Xu Jin continued to look at the map for a while, then took out a piece of rice paper and drew a sketch portrait, the night was very quiet, only the rustle of charcoal was left. About half an hour later, a single portrait was formed, but there were seven or eight copies of the resemblance to Zhao Quan.

Xu Jin took the pen and wrote the word "Zhao Quan" on the portrait, and then continued to paint another picture, and soon, a mixed-race girl with a cold temperament jumped on the paper.

"A beautiful woman, why be a thief!" Xu Jin looked at the cold girl in the painting and sighed lightly, picked up the pen and wrote the words "Xue Bingxin" in the blank space, and then wrote the word "Wanted" on the top.

White Lotus Sect, Xu Jin never dreamed that he would let a White Lotus Sect disciple protect him for a month, and his head was still good and he didn't move, this is really a miracle.

It is said that the White Lotus Sect in Xu Jin's image only exists in movies and TV series, so when he learned that Zhao Quan and Xue Bingxin and his gang might be White Lotus Sectists, he was stunned at first, and then sweated.

It is worth mentioning here that since the outbreak of rebellions in several provinces across the country, the authorities have now characterized these rebellions as rebellions by the White Lotus Cult. Because the rebels everywhere have played the slogan "Maitreya Buddha is born", and Maitreya is the largest branch of the White Lotus Sect, and these people have missionary activities.

Although Zhao Quan did not sign the rebellion document, but in the first battle of Qufu, Xu Jin captured a large number of prisoners, as long as he was interrogated, he asked out, and among the people who attacked Surabaya County, there were indeed Zhao Quan and Xue Bingxin and others, and their identity as White Lotus Sect was confirmed.

In addition, in the Yanbei area of Shanxi, Lu Mingzhen, the head of the Maitreya Sect, has openly erected a flag to rebel, and the Wenyuan dart lines in various places have also been ordered to be seized by the imperial court. Of course, these dart shops have long been empty, and it is estimated that they have joined the rebellion.

Xu Jin drew the pretty portraits of Zhao Quan, Xue Bingxin and Qiu Fu with his memory, as for the appearance of that Sun Cai, he can't remember it clearly, people's memories have a "shelf life", Xu Jin only saw that Sun Cai once in Baoding, Hebei two years ago, where will he remember clearly.

After Xu Jin finished painting the portrait, he pulled the rope bell, and a brocade guard pushed the door in, and said respectfully: "What do you command?" ”

Xu Jin handed over the portrait to the brocade guard and instructed: "Find someone to copy 300 copies of these portraits, and then send them to the state capitals to post them, and order the magistrates at all levels to immediately arrest these three white lotus remnants." ”

The brocade guard glanced at Xue Bingxin in the portrait with a complicated expression, and withdrew from the study.

Xu Jin took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and found that it was almost twelve o'clock in the morning, and in another three or four hours, the battle on the side of Surabaya County was about to start.

It is said that since the Battle of Qufu, Gui Dewei has been training for a month, and whether he can play morale and prestige depends on the battle against Surabaya County tomorrow. In addition, the cavalry army formed by Qi Jingtong will also have a small test in tomorrow's battle.

It has taken half a month to mobilize and deploy the army, and it can't be delayed any longer, Xu Jin plans to recover several counties occupied by thieves in a quick way, otherwise once the road is closed by heavy snow in winter, this battle will not be easy to fight.

In addition, Xu Jin also fantasized about being able to return to the capital to accompany his wife a year ago, of course, this may be very little, because even if the thieves are exterminated, I am afraid that the aftermath will have to be busy for several months, and it is now the end of September, so what can I do!