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It has long been a common practice for Qi Lin to ask local officials and squires for money and food. Please search (product % book ¥¥ net) to see the most complete! The fastest update

Since the imperial court is now often in arrears of military salaries for officers and soldiers, every time the officials and soldiers of the imperial court come down to the guard station to suppress bandits, they have to ask the imperial court to make up some arrears first.

And you have to pay a lot of money, otherwise these officers and soldiers of the guard will continue to delay slowly, and they don't like to sell their lives if they don't give money!

Because the imperial court is now defending Liaodong, most of the military salaries for the invasion of those Eastern Tartars are paid closely to the Liaodong armies, and local armies like them are often in arrears.

It is very common for three or five months to be a soldier, or even half a year, to not get a little military salary.

In addition, even if the imperial court issued a salary, which was allocated from the household department, I don't know how much it would be deducted by the corrupt officials at that level along the way.

In the hands of an official, the military salary will be deducted, and when it finally falls into the hands of the military general who leads the troops, ten percent of the silver has gone to seven or eight percent.

And the generals who lead the troops have to deduct some more to support their own families.

Otherwise, these generals will get money to feed the more than 100 elite families, which will be used to protect their lives, and of course they will be concerned.

So even if every time the salary is paid, when the soldier gets it, it is estimated that only one tael of ten taels of silver is really in the hands of the soldier.

Therefore, every time the imperial army went down to suppress bandits, they would only bring half of the grain, and the rest of the grain would be raised by local officials and squires.

It's really that the local officials and squires can't take it out, and there are not so many local people, it's enough to rob him of a few villages, and even make them a lot of money.

The reason why the 10,000-strong army led by Wu Laiyun stopped in Suzhou for so many days was to raise money for the soldiers.

If you want the officers and soldiers to work hard, you must first pay them some arrears, and then you need to pay them some more money, so that the officers and soldiers will set off obediently.

On this way, it is even more necessary to ensure that they eat and drink, otherwise if they are slightly hungry for a meal or two, there will be more mutinies among the officers and men.

Therefore, even if Wu Laiyun raised enough grain for five days of an army of 10,000 from Fengyang, he still had to get as much grain as possible out of precautions.

So Wu Laiyun asked Qi Lin's vanguard to take charge of the task of knocking out this money and grain from Yongcheng County.

Wu Laiyun had already given him an order to take out a sum of money and grain from the Yongcheng County government and squires to supplement the army.

That's why Qi Lin was so greedy and forced Yongcheng to give them more food.

Interrupted by someone, Qi Lin stopped dreaming of his promotion, and Le Ma stopped and looked behind him.

Qi Lin saw the continuous march, and the soldiers under him were quite tired, and the marching speed was very slow, and they were listless and weak.

It made him annoyed for a while, and shouted loudly: "All the eggplants that are beaten by frost seem to cheer up Lao Tzu and speed up the march." ”

Qi Lin beckoned a subordinate next to him and asked, "Has the spy we sent out a reply?" Why hasn't anyone come back to report the situation yet? ”

Qi Lin's personal soldier shook his head and couldn't say clearly, so Qi Lin had to urge the horse to go on the road again and drive in the direction of Yongcheng.

The speed of the White Dragon Army and the official army is simply worlds apart, and the speed of the White Dragon Army is probably the strongest team in the world.

In particular, the marching speed of the infantry may not be comparable to that of the cavalry, but in the marching speed of the infantry, the infantry of the White Dragon Army is absolutely unbeatable.

It only took half a day for the White Dragon Army to cross Suishui, and at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at the junction of Guide Mansion and Fengyang Mansion, which was already out of their actual control.

In fact, after crossing Suishui to the south, the south of Suishui is basically no longer the control area of the White Dragon Army.

The White Dragon Army had not attacked the landlords and gentry in these places before, so some local landlords and gentry did not suffer the devastating blow of the White Dragon Army.

The White Dragon Army did not even implement their land policy here, but the prestige of their White Dragon Army had already spread here, and even the people secretly hoped that the White Dragon Army would come over as soon as possible!

Nowadays, the large and small landlords in the villages here have basically built strong walls and forts to protect themselves.

Because when they arrived here, the White Dragon Army was out of their sphere of influence, and it was basically impossible to continue to maintain a covert march.

After crossing the river and Suishui, several villages and forts in the south of Suishui found traces of the White Dragon Army, closed the village gate early, and sounded the gong to warn.

Those landlords and gentry panicked and transferred the village Yongzhuang Ding to the village wall, and made a posture of strict defense, for fear that the White Dragon Army would break their Zhuangzi by the way and copy their old nest.

But this time, Li Zixiao didn't have time to deal with these landlords and gentry, and when he repelled the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, he would have time to deal with them in the future.

However, Li Zixiao still sent people to warn these villages and forts, so that they could not secretly communicate with the government and report to the officials and soldiers.

After some warning and deterrence, the White Dragon Army crossed their village fort and continued to rush south.

And the strong military might displayed by the White Dragon Army also shocked the landlords and squires in these Zhuangzi, and scared them so much that they did not dare to bring the townsmen out to attack the White Dragon Army.

Let the White Dragon Army pass through their territory safely, but after the White Dragon Army passed, someone immediately sent someone out of the village and hurriedly sent the news to Yongcheng County.

Since at this time, it is impossible for the White Dragon Army to continue to act covertly.

So Li Zixiao simply ordered the White Dragon generals to advance with great fanfare.

The appearance of the White Dragon Army really scared all the big landlords half to death, but the ordinary people were not afraid of the White Dragon Army.

After all, this place is very close to the area controlled by the White Dragon Army, and there are still a lot of contacts between the people.

The people here are very envious of the fact that the people of Yongcheng County on the north bank of Suishui can get the fields.

Even before, there were many poor people here, who simply abandoned the world of the landlord's house they rented and ran to settle in the area controlled by the White Dragon Army.

So much so that many tenants from large families here have run a lot in the past few months.

It can be said that the people here are eager for the White Dragon Army to come to this area and occupy this place.

Then they will be able to have their own fields to plant like the people on the north side of Suishui in the future.

But those rich rich people can hate the White Dragon Army to the bones, and I wish that this time the White Dragon Army could wipe out all the officials and soldiers and solve this powerful threat around them.

A large village near the official road leading north to Yongcheng in Suzhou Village, Pingding Village, was sacked once by a pole a few years ago, and since then it has decayed and become a dilapidated small village.

After the White Dragon Army arrived here, it didn't take much effort to take Pingding Village and set up the camp with Pingding Village as the center.

Because it was based on the village, it saved them a lot of effort to set up camp, and before it was dark, everyone in the camp served hot rice bowls and began to eat dinner.

At this time, Li Zixiao also held a bowl of rice, chatted with the generals while eating, and discussed the issue of tomorrow's combat deployment.

And a scout rushed into the camp quickly, rushed to Li Zixiao, and said to Li Zixiao: "Great Master Qiqi, we have found the vanguard of the official army ten miles south of this place, and they have stopped advancing and started to camp on the spot.

Captain Han is leading his brothers to clean up the official and military sentries coming towards us, and the fight has already begun. ”

Li Zixiao put down his rice bowl and clapped his hands and smiled: "It's finally here, Lao Tzu thought that this group of officers and soldiers would have to climb for a few more days." Can you find out how many people are in the vanguard of this officer army? ”

"Back to the big boss, there are about 2,000 people in the vanguard of this officer army."

"More than 2,000 people? It's getting dark, and it looks like there's no way to move them. Send an order to Han Tong, and ask him to clean up all the sentries sent by the official army, and don't let them touch us. ”

"Yes, boss." The scout took the order and pulled his horse away.

After a short time, there was a team of scouts, and they flew out of the camp in Pingding Village and went south to support Han Tong.

Before dark, within a radius of more than ten miles between the two armies, scout squads began to exchange hands in the area.

At the beginning, the officers and soldiers did not release many sentry agents to explore the way in front.

They thought that even if they wanted a large number of sentry spies, they would at least wait until they reached Yongcheng County, and then they might encounter a large number of White Dragon Army scouts.

Therefore, in the afternoon, Qi Lin only sent a team of sentry scouts to explore the way in front.

As a result, in the afternoon, the team of sentinels sent met two teams of White Dragon Army scouts led by Han Tongqin, and the two sides fought.

As a result, this small group of officers and soldiers was caught off guard, and was almost made dumplings by the scout team of the White Dragon Army.

In the end, only one sentry captain desperately broke out of the encirclement and reported the news back to the army.

After Qi Lin heard this, he was taken aback, but because this escaped officer and army sentry did not detect the enemy brigade.

But Qi Lin still couldn't believe that the White Dragon Army dared to take the initiative to fight, and still thought that this was just a thief's side, and sent a small number of troops to raid and plunder in this area.

So Qi Lin immediately ordered to send more sentries to find out the news, and at the same time get back the losses suffered by the first team of sentry spies, and clean up those thieves who dared to attack his sentry agents.

As a result, several sentry teams of officers and soldiers left the main force and searched north along the official road.

As a result, they ran into the White Dragon Army scout team led by Han Tong, so the two began to fight in this area.

Since those who can be sentinels in the official army are all people with some small skills, and the scouts on the side of the White Dragon Army are all elites, and as soon as the two sides fight, the fight is very fierce.

A small group of men and horses, you go back and forth to catch and fight, this time the two sides have mutual losses, this kind of battle between sentinels is still relatively cruel.

However, on the whole, the White Dragon Army still took advantage of it, and successively killed the sentry teams of the three official troops.

After Qi Lin received the news, he realized that something was not quite right, and the large-scale scouts of the White Dragon Army actually appeared here at this time, which was somewhat unexpected to him.

Sensing keenly that something might be wrong, Qi Lin hurriedly ordered his soldiers and horses to stop advancing and camp on the spot to wait for news.

As a result, he never heard of the return of the sentinel sent out before nightfall.

So he realized that something might have happened in front of him, and the sentry he sent couldn't come back if he didn't get it right, so he became a little nervous, and hurriedly continued to send people, and continued to search forward under the cover of night.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that a few local landlords and Zhuang Ding quietly touched the camp of the official army, and informed Qi Lin of the news that the White Dragon Army was mobilized in a big way and took the initiative to meet the official army.

When Qi Lin heard the news, he was first taken aback, and then he became furious.

He never expected that this group of white dragon bandits would be so arrogant, and when they heard that the officials and soldiers were coming, not only did they not run, but they also did not retreat into their cottage to hide.

On the contrary, he gathered troops and took the initiative to meet their officers and soldiers to find them, which in Qi Lin's opinion, he simply did not take him seriously.

If you encounter someone like the rumored Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong this time, it would be okay for a large number of rebels.

After all, like at this time, these two thieves have a large number of soldiers, and the rebellion has not been wiped out for so long, and the prestige of killing, if this is done, Qi Lin will not only not be angry, but will treat it solemnly.

But right now, this small group of white dragon bandits, with a strength of only one or two thousand people, actually dared to take the initiative to run to pick his tiger whiskers, this is really too much to take him seriously!

At this time, Qi Lin's understanding of Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army still came from the information given to him by Wu Laiyun, and the information of the White Dragon Army that Wu Laiyun discovered was already more than two months ago.

Until now, Qi Lin still thought that the White Dragon Army was only one or two thousand people, but he didn't know that the strength of the White Dragon Army at this time had already doubled.

Even if Wu Laiyun repeatedly warned him when he came, he must be cautious, this white dragon bandit is different from the previous pole.

Qi Lin still thinks that Wu Laiyun's move to use an army of 10,000 people to encircle and suppress the White Dragon Army is really a bit overestimating this group of thieves.

Even Qi Lin thought in his heart that this encirclement and suppression of the White Dragon Army only required him to have two thousand elites under him, so why bother adding the group of burdens behind.

However, after all, this is Wu Laiyun's decision, Qi Lin still expects to climb this high branch, even if there is any criticism in his heart, he can't say it.

What Qi Lin didn't know was that it was not only their 10,000 troops who encircled and suppressed the White Dragon Army this time, but also 5,000 officers and soldiers in the direction of Kaifeng.

I don't know what his expression will be when he learns the news.

Qi Lin asked the Zhuang Ding who came to report the news, where the White Dragon Army was stationed at the moment.

But the man said that when he came, he didn't dare to walk along the official road, and he only found this place after a big circle, so he didn't know where the White Dragon Army was stationed at the moment.

Only then did Qi Lin understand why the sentry he sent out would not return to the meat buns and beat the dogs.

It turned out that the White Dragon Army gave him a first strike, and he must have sent more sentries to outflank and eliminate his sentries, so that he could not understand the situation of the thief army.

If that's the case, I'm afraid it won't be good for him to lead his troops to fight the thief army in the next step.

If you don't find out where the opponent's main force is, this battle will not be easy to fight.

I have to say that the step taken by the White Dragon Army made Qi Lin never expect.

In the afternoon of the battle of sentinels, the White Dragon Army won a small game first, and the White Dragon Army took the lead, and he did not dare to take the initiative this night.

Seeing that it was already dark, Qi Lin immediately recruited his subordinates, and asked him to send sentry spies to go out at night and search forward, as far as possible to find out where the White Dragon Army was now.

In addition, it was ordered to set up additional sentry posts outside the camp to prevent the thieves from attacking the camp at night.

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