Yang Huairen threw this question out, and Xiao Qi and Tianba were also stunned.

Xiao Qidao, "In this way, things are even more strange, we have come all the way to suppress bandits, no matter where we go, the local yamen only provides some food and guide help, but there are almost no troops sent to help suppress the bandits." ”

Yang Huairen nodded, "It's no wonder that they, those mountain bandits and bandits, the places where they gather are generally easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are not enough troops in the local area, they don't have the strength to help."

As for the Xiang army in some places, that is, the army, their combat ability is estimated to be inferior to that of the general capture of the people, plus the transfer of troops, the procedures are cumbersome, and the generals of the Xiang army are also powerless, and they cannot count on them at all. ”

Tianba's younger brother said, "What this brother said is true, those van soldiers have never fought before, and their usual training is not systematic.

The Cao army, in my opinion, seems to be the same thing, it may be a little stronger than the local Xiang army, but it is not much stronger, it is not strange to say that they exterminated a group of water bandits, if the difference in strength is huge.

It's strange that the Cao army led by Zhao Bin that day, it seems that there are only two or three hundred people, when I arrived, they were finishing the water bandits in Huangtoubo and preparing to leave, it seems that there is no Cao army sacrificed, and there are not even a few people who hang the lottery. ”

Tianba's younger brother recalled again, "Now the more I think about it, the more strange I feel, the Cao army I saw that day was obviously equipped with a strong bow, but I didn't see a feather arrow shot out in the water bandit village."

Those water bandits who were exterminated and cut off their heads by the Cao army did not have arrow wounds on their bodies, all of them were knife wounds. This...... How is that possible?

If they are successful in the raid, then the first thing must be to use a strong bow to carry out the first round of strikes on the water bandits, the advantage of the long range of the strong bow, first to a large degree of damage to the water bandits, and then when the water bandits are panicked, rush in and slash for a while, this is in line with common sense.

But they didn't move a bow or sword, and rushed directly into the water bandit village? No matter how stupid Zhao Bin is, he won't understand anything, right? ”

Xiao Qi smiled, "Isn't it, and they also wiped out all the water bandits in Huangtoubo, without losing a single soldier, even if it is a few of us, I'm afraid we can't do it, right?"

We have a new type of artillery, when we go to suppress bandits, there will be soldiers injured, the combat effectiveness of the bandits is still not bad, but the organization and discipline are just a little worse, and many of the personal martial arts are even above our soldiers.

If it weren't for the fact that we have powerful weapons and are well-trained, I'm afraid that we will be able to successfully destroy them, although we can successfully destroy them, but we will definitely have losses or injuries among our soldiers.

According to this, that Zhao Bin can be described as a god, hehe......"

Xiao Qi deliberately teased, and Tianba's younger brother also laughed, "Yes, our brothers don't have that ability, that fat pig Zhao Bin can do it?" That's. ”

Yang Huairen summed up what Tianba's younger brother said, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and had a bad idea in his heart.

It's just that judging from the appearance, his thoughts are very possible, but all the information at the moment, and the results deduced from this information, are all associated with Yang Huairen by listening to the story, what the truth is, he feels that it is too early to draw conclusions.

Yang Huairen said, "If this is the case, there must be a big secret behind the Cao Army's suppression of bandits, but we can only feel strange from the surface, and there is no solid evidence to prove that this matter is related to Zhao Xianqiu, and what is hidden behind it."

Push forward little by little from the point in time, it doesn't make sense for the Cao army to suppress the bandits, is it possible, Zhao Xianqiu knew that the two guards and forbidden troops I brought were suppressing bandits along the Grand Canal, so he sent the Cao army to Huangtoubo at such a special time?

The water bandits in Huangtoubo will definitely not be as few as forty or fifty people after that, so where did the others go? There hasn't been any news about these people for a few days, and they can't just disappear into thin air.

Little Brother Qi, you send a few clever people to go back to Huangtoubo again, to see the current situation there, and it is best to visit the people in the surrounding villages to see if they have encountered any strange things these days. ”

"Well, I'll send someone to do it in a moment."

Brother Tianba asked, "What about me?" ”

Yang Huairen patted him on the shoulder, "You fill your stomach first, and tomorrow, we will secretly go back to Yangzhou!" ”

……

Two days later, the Caoyun Yamen.

A place like Caoyun Yamen has always been very busy, with a lot of people coming in and out, but when a big cheeked man and a big fat man appear, those merchants who come to do business have to make way for him, and then salute respectfully.

Zhao Bin walked out of the door of the yamen with a big belly, picking his teeth with a toothpick in his hand, and boasting to the two followers behind him, "How is it?" Lao Tzu is right, right? Follow Lao Tzu, eat fragrant and drink spicy, never have to worry.

My godfather is in the Jiangnan area, but this! He gave a thumbs up, "Just special code Lian Qincha, what kind of prince came to Jiangnan, and he also wanted to give my godfather three points of thin noodles, this is called Niu Bi, understand?" ”

The two little soldiers nodded and praised vigorously, "What General Zhao said is that Zhao Geling is indeed this, and General Zhao is the same, a few of us followed General Zhao, and no one dared to say a word when we walked sideways on the street!" ”

"That's nature! Hiccup......"

Zhao Bin took a full distance, "Let's go, go to Qunfangyuan, I will take you two to see and see, Lao Tzu doesn't spend money to eat in Yangzhou, go to the kiln and sleep with the lady, and no one dares to ask Lao Tzu for money!" ”

The three of them swaggered down the street, and suddenly Zhao Bin shouted, "Ouch! ”

Then he saw a bloody stone falling on the ground, and immediately looked up from front to back, left and right, and scolded in his mouth, "I'm going to smash you with a stone?!" ”

The two minions also shouted angrily, "Dog daring, someone dares to hit our General Zhao with a stone, and the dog lives too long on time!" ”

The people around were afraid of causing trouble, so they hid as quickly as if they were smoking.

Zhao Bin didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, grabbed a lame man who was running slowly, and grabbed the lame man's collar and threatened, "Cripple, is it your stone to hit Lao Tzu?" Do you believe that Lao Tzu broke your other leg for you too?! ”

The lame man hurriedly raised his two hands to prove, "Master Guan is wronged, you see Xiaodi's two hands, one hand is holding a dish, and the other hand is holding a chicken, how can you have time to throw stones?" ”

Zhao Bin looked at it, it was true, the lame man was holding both hands, as if he really couldn't pick up a stone and throw it at him, but Zhao Bin still pushed the cripple to the ground, "Dead lame, get out of here!" ”