Between the two of them, dozens of horses in the distance rushed to Wu Sangui and his party, and they dismounted on the riverbank to salute, and everyone gathered in a circle under the shade of the tree, Chang Yu said that he planned to enter the mountain and capture the thief, and all the generals bowed their heads to express their approval, and Lu Daqi said with a smile: "I thought I would enter the mountain when I hit De'an, but I didn't think it was here."

"I met in Nanjing for the first time today, I saw Lu Shangshu's smiling face" Chang Yu quipped, he admired Lu Daqi very much, he was a rare civil official in this era, and there were only a few people in the Manchu Dynasty, Shi Kefa was one of them, he was also one of them, nearly sixty years old in this era, he was considered an advanced age, but he was willing to brave the scorching heat to wade through mountains and rivers with the soldiers to sleep in the open is admirable.

"The white thief has been entrenched in Jiujiang for several years and has become a stubborn disease, and this time he went north to make a demon make several mansions smoky and miasma...... Hey, Xiaguan and Zuo Liangyu have been fighting with him for several years without hurting their fur, who would have thought that the Lord would collapse it like a lost dog in the mountains in just over a month, Xiaguan is happy! Lu Daqi changed his usual calmness, and he was foaming at the mouth of his words, and everyone laughed when they saw him like this.

"The last general originally thought that it would take a lot of trouble to do this, at least a few cities to get close to De'an's nest, and then we would have the strength to go into the mountains to chase after it, so how could it be considered that it would be past the Mid-Autumn Festival or even winter......" Wu Sangui also looked relaxed: "It is a pleasure to fight with the overseer!" ”

Everyone echoed one after another, and Chang Yu looked at Wu Sangui with a smile: "It's happy, it's more comfortable than being outside the gate, there is a battle, there is merit, and General Wu is happy."

Wu Sangui smiled silently, and everyone didn't know much about the gap between the two of them except Ma Ke, so they just echoed and laughed.

After some jokes, Chang Yu entered the topic again: "Don't be happy too early, Bai Wang will not die, thieves will not be destroyed, as soon as we walk behind him, we can immediately pull up a team to continue to make trouble, so it must be uprooted, so the real vicious war has just begun, we have all the way from Nanjing to the river, although we have won many battles, but we have also suffered a lot of losses, and jungle warfare guerrilla warfare is what the thief army is best at, you must not underestimate the enemy."

When the generals heard him say this, their expressions became serious.

"If it is in De'an, Bai Wang has been operating there for several years, and he is blessed with people and people who want food, and we are very passive when we enter the mountains, but the mountains in front of us are all wild mountains, and Bai Wang's eyes are black when he enters, and he has no soldiers and no food, as long as he pulls his tail, he can pull out his head!" Wang Tizhong analyzed that his words carried a lot of weight, after all, he was born in the thief army and was once Bai Wang's most valued subordinate.

Chang Yu nodded slightly: "But it's also not good for us, there is no way to go, war horses can't enter the mountains, grain and grass can't be supplied, and even artillery can't be equipped on a large scale, all rely on eating dry food and drinking spring water to cross the mountains and mountains on two legs, plus mosquitoes and miasma in the hot mountains, etc., all of which must be psychologically prepared."

"The last general has long been accustomed to it in the mountains, and this time he is willing to take the lead" Wang Tizhong smiled, this is very confident, and in fact, no one here can stand out from drilling into the mountains and forests to fight guerrillas, and Hao Shaoqi, who is also a thief, can't do it.

"This time into the mountain, regardless of the front and back, you can fight separately or join forces, this governor does not ask about the process but only looks at the result, if anyone captures Bai Wang, whether dead or alive, will be a great achievement!" Chang Yu smiled faintly and swept his gaze from everyone's faces one by one, and the generals understood that they were about to enter the mode of grabbing merit, but they didn't know what price the little eunuch offered.

"Dare to ask Lord Overseer, what is the reward for capturing Bai Wang's court?" Wang Tizhong was more curious about this, the cake he drew when Chang Yu recruited him was not small, and he said at that time that if he could kill Bai Wang, he would give him a great future, and at this time the cake was on his lips, and he had to ask clearly.

"General Wang asked the point," Chang Yu laughed, stood up and walked half a circle behind everyone before saying: "You must have heard that the imperial court promised to capture Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng to be knighted in order to suppress the bandits and quell the chaos."

Everyone couldn't sit still for a while, and their expressions were slightly excited: "Don't you capture Bai Wang and enter the knighthood?" Is he enough of this? Wang Tizhong was the first to speak and asked what everyone thought.

Chang Yu smiled: "The heart of the imperial court to suppress bandits and quell chaos is resolute, and the soldiers will be rewarded for their merits and are not ambiguous at all, very sincere, it is a sure thing to capture the thief and offer the thief to the knight, originally Bai Wang was indeed not qualified to stand side by side with the two thieves, but because it has been too fierce in Jiangnan in recent months, the court has a generous reward in order to quell the chaos as soon as possible to motivate the soldiers, and the governor has asked the emperor for a reward before leaving Beijing, no matter who it is, as long as Bai Wang is captured, the governor will ensure that he enters the knighthood!" ”

The generals were suddenly in an uproar, who did not want to be knighted as a general, this is the ultimate goal, but if you want to be knighted, how can it be so easy, many people have never touched the edge in their lives, but it is precisely because of this that the attraction of knighthood is incomparably great. Everyone even complained a little about why Chang Yu only said it now, wasn't it to boost morale, he should have said it earlier.

Chang Yu also expressed his helplessness in this regard, good steel should be used on the blade, he originally planned to announce this reward when the battle situation entered a predicament to motivate and boost morale, but who knew that this way south, although the bones were hard, but not yet the teeth, and even the progress was so fast that he expected it in the distance, and it was not bad to hide until this time to take out the icing on the cake, or at this time, Bai Wang's escape into the mountains was also a dilemma in a sense, but it was also the best time to announce the reward.

The generals couldn't hide their excitement and talked endlessly, Chang Yu saw that Xu Hongji's faces were slightly calm, and he knew that this knighthood was very attractive to them, after all, they already had a knighthood, for example, Xu Hongji was the duke of the country and the duke was at its peak, where would he look at an earl.

But Chang Yu had his own way to make them unable to calm down, "You have to listen clearly, those who capture Bai Wang will be added to the official and enter the knighthood, and those who have the title can advance or shade their heirs!" When Chang Yu said this, his eyes swept over the faces of Xu Hongji, Zhu Guobi and others, intentionally or unintentionally.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Xu Hongji and the others immediately couldn't sit still, Zhao Zhilong stood up and blurted out: "Grandpa Chang won't tell us to wait."

This was a bit reckless, Zhao Zhilong himself felt that something was wrong, and was about to apologize, but Chang Yu smiled slightly: "No matter how bold this governor is, he will not fake the holy decree to play tricks on the lords and generals."

Xu Hongji and others said yes again and again, their faces were so calm and even a little flushed just now, even if they can be added to the knighthood, then the original earl can be promoted to marquis, and a prince like Xu Hongji can't be promoted but can be transferred to the heir.

Jin Jue, this is tantamount to a stimulant that makes the generals surging with blood, that is, Wu Sangui, who had been secretly promised by Emperor Chongzhen, is also itchy, although Emperor Chongzhen promised him to be knighted after quelling the chaos, but he must have military exploits, this time he showed bravery to participate in the war several times but the combat exploits were not outstanding, so he had to get himself a double insurance, that is, to catch Bai Wang!

Although everyone was ready to move, they were not stunned and went directly into the mountain, but they had to plan first, such as how many troops they sent into the mountain was the most appropriate, as well as dry food, wound medicine, etc., all of which needed to be prepared.

At this time, there were 20,000 troops in Chizhou, and it was impossible for all of them to enter the mountain, so after some discussion, everyone decided to send 1,000 troops into the mountain, and the rest were deployed outside the mountain.

In addition to Lu Daqi, Ma Ke, Wu Sangui, Jin Shenghuan, Xu Hongji, Zhao Zhilong, Chang Yanling, Zhu Guobi, Wang Tizhong, Ji Jike, Hao Shaoqi, and Dongchang Sanwei and even Wu Weiying all asked for orders to enter the mountain to chase Bai Wang, plus Wang Zamao, who went first, attacked thirteen people.

The purpose of entering the mountain is mainly to train soldiers to adapt to mountain and jungle warfare, and by the way, to supervise the soldiers and horses not to do evil in the mountains.

And Lu Daqi didn't enter the mountain because he was too old, and secondly, Chang Yu needed a calm and experienced boss to sit outside the mountain to handle military affairs, and no one was more suitable than Lu Daqi.

Having a hasty lunch, just after noon, the generals each transferred their troops and sent their generals to cross the water into the mountains by boat, as for whether they fought separately or joined forces to form a group, this is not Chang Yu's concern, and he is not worried at all, after all, most of them are experienced old fritters, and more than 10,000 people have entered the mountain this time, whether they are fighting alone or fighting, as long as they meet Bai Wang, he will not escape.