Xiao Qi pondered for a moment the words of his younger brother Tianba, and asked, "Is it possible that the water bandits in Huangtoubo knew that the Cao army was coming, so they ran more than half of the way, and those who were killed by the Cao army just didn't run away?" ”

Brother Tianba shook his head, "It's not like, if the water bandits in Huangtoubo find out that the Cao army is coming to suppress them, and someone starts to run, why don't the others run together?"

Even if the people ran fast and slow, the situation at that time was completely different, and the water bandits' camp was full of blood splashing on the ground and walls, and it looked like a fierce battle had just taken place.

It should be the Cao army to exterminate them, they were unwilling to be captured, so they took up arms and resisted stubbornly, but they were annihilated by the more powerful Cao army in one fell swoop, leaving such traces. ”

Xiao Qi also felt strange at this time, and said to himself, "If what you see is the truth, then there is only one explanation, maybe the water bandit leader of Huangtoubo is a distressed subordinate, so he made a house for them to live more comfortably?" ”

"Sizzle...... Wrong. ”

Yang Huairen shook his head and vetoed this possibility, turned to Tianba's younger brother and asked, "Tianba, think about it carefully, since the yellow head is moored with water bandits, then they must have a boat, right?"

If the number of houses alone does not match the number of corpses of the bandits, then the number of boats of the bandits can also prove their number and scale from the side. ”

Brother Tianba thought about it, his mouth opened wider, and he said in surprise, "If my brother didn't mention it, I almost didn't even pay attention to this!"

When I led my troops to Huangtoubo by boat, I only saw the warships of the Cao army parked nearby, but ...... I didn't even see a grasshopper boat commonly used by water bandits on the canal! ”

"Ah?!?!h

Xiao Qi was also shocked, "How is this possible?" Could it be that the information you got was wrong, and the yellow head was moored, could it be that it was not a water bandit, but a wave of road bandits? ”

Tianba's younger brother argued, "That's not right, even if it's a road bandit, since they choose to set up camp in a water park with a dense network of rivers like Huangtoubo, there must be a few boats in and out, right?" ”

Yang Huairen waved his hand and said, "Feng Shenwei's intelligence will never be wrong. Maybe the details of the news they came back from the investigation may not be enough, but whether it is a water bandit or a road bandit in Huangtoubo, they will definitely not be mistaken.

And judging from a place like Huangtoubo, it must be a wave of water bandits.

Huangtoubo is located in the place where Yangzhou and Gaoyou Army meet, and belongs to a sparsely populated area with a dense network of swamps, lakes and rivers.

If it is a road bandit, they have no reason to arrange a camp or den in this kind of place, there is no big road here, and secondly, the surrounding villages are also poor fishing villages, and they are inhabited by poor people who have no money, who do they rob?

And if you take the land route here, it is also a thankless thing to get in and out, and it is very stupid for the road bandits to choose to set up a den in Huangtoubo.

Only the bandits would choose this kind of place, they enter and exit by boat, the water conditions and terrain are complex, and the lakes are full of shoals, sandbars and reeds, and it is easy for outsiders to get lost.

And from the Huangtou berth, is the Grand Canal, the Grand Canal is very busy with cargo ships coming and going, and the surrounding area is not in front of the village and there are no shops in the back.

They robbed passing merchant ships here, and even if the hijacked merchant ships went to the government to report the crime, it would take more than half a day to come and go, and the bandits had already returned to their strongholds, and the officers and soldiers could not find them.

Based on the above points, there is a group of water bandits living in Huangtou Bo, and this information will never be wrong.

It's just that what Tianba's younger brother said about the number of water bandits is also very reasonable, as for why you only saw forty or fifty corpses, this has to ask the general of the Cao army who led the Cao army to exterminate this group of water bandits at that time. ”

Brother Tianba thought for a moment, "The general of the Cao Army who stood up and talked to me that day is called ...... What's it called? That's right! His surname is Zhao and his name is Zhao Bin. ”

"Zhao Bin? General of the Cao Army...... is also a ...... surnamed Zhao," Yang Huairen thoughtfully .

Xiao Qi suddenly said, "Could it be that this Zhao Bin will have anything to do with Zhao Xianqiu of the Yangzhou Transfer Division?" ”

Brother Tianba suddenly laughed and said, "Little Brother Qi, you really know how to joke, that Zhao Bin is a fat man who is nearly forty years old, and his cheeks are as fat as a pig.

But if you want to say that he and Zhao Xianqiu are relatives, then you can't say it, Zhao Xianqiu is not a eunuch who talks like that, he can't give birth to such a fat-headed and big-eared son, right? Haha......"

Xiao Qi also smiled, "Then maybe, although eunuchs can't have sons, no one says they can't raise sons?" ”

Tianba laughed even harder, "Adopted son? Whose son is it to raise? Who would give their son to a bunch of eunuchs to raise? Who would be willing to fall and recognize a eunuch as a father? ”

Yang Huairen motioned to them not to quarrel, "It's really hard to say, what Brother Xiaoqi said is still reasonable, although those who are eunuchs can't have sons, there are really a lot of eunuchs who can raise sons."

Like the father-in-law Tong we all know, didn't he raise a few sons? The border soldiers who died in the battle at Qingping Pass that year, their orphans, were adopted by Tong Guan to recognize their righteous son.

This kind of thing is actually not difficult to understand, on the one hand, Tong Guan may do this to win people's hearts, on the other hand, as a eunuch, he is also afraid that no one will provide for him when he is old in the future.

So they took advantage of the opportunity to adopt a few orphans, even if they were to be given linen and filial piety in the future, it would be a little psychological comfort for them. ”

Brother Tianba nodded and said, "If my brother says this, I think it makes sense." Maybe that Zhao Bin is Zhao Xianqiu's godson.

Zhao Xianqiu raised him, and then found an opportunity to install him in the Cao army under his rule as an errand boy, which is really in line with common sense.

But...... If Zhao Bin and Zhao Xianqiu really have any intimate relationship, it will be even more difficult for us to ask something from Zhao Bin's mouth. ”

Xiao Qi answered, "Yes, there is something strange about Huangtoubo, let's guess out of thin air, we can't guess the truth of the matter at once, but if you want to ask Zhao Bin, he will definitely not tell us the truth, I don't know what story to make up to confuse us." ”

Yang Huairen connected the matter of the Huangtou Bo Water Bandit in his mind, but it seemed that something was missing, and it was always impossible to connect it, and it was difficult to connect the causes and consequences.

But he always felt that this incident, no matter the time or place, happened a little too weird. When he passed by Huangtoubo by boat, he only remembered admiring the natural scenery of the large swamps and water birds, but he did not expect that there were a group of bandits who plagued the people and passing merchant ships in the water.

Calculating the time, when Tianba's younger brother led the troops to Huangtoubo, he had already left Yangzhou and came to Jiangyin. This calculation made Yang Huairen feel that things were even more strange.

If Zhao Xianqiu wanted to put on a show in front of him to show that he was conscientious during his tenure, then he sent troops to exterminate the water bandits in Huangtoubo, which should have been when Yang Huairen first arrived in Yangzhou, and Zhao Xianqiu wanted to show favor through this incident.

But why did he wait for Yang Huairen to leave, and only send Cao Jun to suppress the bandits before Tianba's younger brother led his troops to suppress the bandits?

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