To the southeast of Tianshui County, in a noisy and chaotic military camp, soldiers were in groups, coming in and out of the camp, escorting stolen food, money, goods, and women.

This small camp where two to three hundred people were stationed was not firmly established. It just had some tents placed casually. It didn't even have the most basic fences and trenches, let alone horses and traps. From a distance, it looked like a shack.

Although they had only been stationed for less than two days, various unpleasant smells were already emanating from the entire camp, garbage and blood were everywhere, and there were more than a dozen naked bodies in a ditch not far from the camp.

After yesterday's looting, women's screams and cries continued to be heard from the tents in the camp.

The rebel soldiers under Gao Jie robbed all the way from Shaanxi to Southern Zhili and gained a lot along the way. However, they did not know what prosperity was until they arrived in Southern Zhili. Shaanxi and Henan had not been robbed for decades.

How many times have they been hit by natural disasters and have been robbed and impoverished for a long time. They can only rob the poor, food, young men and women, but it is different in Nanzhili. There is also a lot of silver and jewelry.

This unit sent to Tianshui County is not an elite force just by looking at the camp, but it is already the most capable soldier under Gao Jie besides his servants. However, if it is robbery, they are definitely among the elite.

Soldiers are among the best in the Ming army in terms of experience, speed and sense of proportion.

In the open space in the camp, some soldiers were making fire and cooking, laughing loudly. Some soldiers who came out of the tent where screams came from were holding up their pants and walked out with a grin, and then joined the conversation and laughter.

, and some of the soldiers who were talking and laughing excitedly took off their pants and rushed in.

In a large tent in the middle of the camp, several officers were discussing the details of dividing the spoils with poor arithmetic skills.

Moreover, since it was Gao Jie who connived at the looting by his troops, and the local officials turned a blind eye, and Zhou Shixian, a powerful man with unknown intentions, was watching from the south, the entire looting process must have been planned.

Yes, the proceeds from plunder must be managed everywhere.

"The general said, we can keep the food for ourselves, but we have to use the silver, jewelry, and women to manage and honor your lords."

A middle-aged officer with a slovenly beard said in a rough voice: "We will keep five thousand taels of the things stolen this time. The two ladies from wealthy families are filial to the general. No one is allowed to touch the others.

Silver, jewels, and those maids and women, the brothers can do whatever they want with them."

"Five thousand taels are divided, which is less than 20 taels per person. I think we should rob one more time, come quietly, and don't rob any prominent big households, those who have no background, it doesn't matter. Hasn't Magistrate Zhou already given it to us?

"Have you given our list, which ones can't be grabbed?" Another officer also asked immediately.

"I think we shouldn't be in a hurry. We'll have lunch later and then go rob the town in the south. It's close to Yangzhou and has a lot of goods. We can get at least 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver at a time. Then we'll keep 20,000 taels for ourselves.

, hand over the rest, and this trip will be considered not in vain."

Another officer touched the silver in front of him and analyzed: "We five brothers will share half of the remaining part, and the rest will be distributed to the brothers. Naturally, everyone is tight-lipped. And I don't believe that others haven't kept it secretly.

Don’t be afraid if word spreads.”

Hearing this, other people also nodded in agreement, because they wanted to open up relationships and respect their superiors, and they did not dare to go to Yangzhou to rob, resulting in the income from the robbery being less than expected. This made these soldiers quite dissatisfied and always wanted to do it.

Big ticket.

Seeing that the brothers were all eager to try, the slovenly-bearded officer just now also smiled ferociously and said: "It's okay, the situation is so chaotic now, and I, the King of Heaven, can't control us. I have long wanted to try those things."

What does it feel like to be a sweet-smelling young lady?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter in the tent, and someone immediately responded. These rebels were difficult to control. Even Gao Jie, it was impossible to really control them. The best he could do was to use coercion.

After all, he himself wasn't much better.

"That town is too close to Yangzhou. I'm worried that by then..." an officer frowned with worry, but before he could finish, he was interrupted.

"What are you afraid of? The prince-in-law has returned to Nanjing a long time ago. We are all soldiers of the imperial court. How dare they come to Fengyang to control us? Liu Zeqing's soldiers came here to make trouble before. What was the result? We haven't beaten him back, so be good now.

There are too many.”

After hearing this, the officer felt a little relieved, but before he could say anything to defend himself so as not to be thought cowardly by others, a soldier suddenly rushed outside the tent and shouted in panic: "No.

Well, Liu Zeqing’s men are here again!”

When the five officers in the tent heard this, they all jumped up immediately. They were worried that Liu Zeqing would come to take revenge after his failure last time, and might also be eyeing the money they robbed, so they all reacted fiercely.

Several people rushed out of the camp and looked to the north. Sure enough, they saw several war horses standing on the hillside in the distance. There was also a commotion in their own tents. Dozens of soldiers put on armor and picked up weapons in a panic.

, facing such an unexpected situation is simply unprepared.

In order to lure this rebel army into a trap, Zhou Shixian did not send out a large group of troops at once. He was worried that if he was too strong, the opponent would surrender directly, and he would be the only one who didn't know what to do. Therefore, the two men he brought with him on this expedition

The Qian headquarters were parked behind the hillside. This group of rebel soldiers did not even send sentries, and they did not know that Zhou Shixian had come in person.

Zhou Shixian and six personal guards were observing from the rear. The only ones who went to provoke were a hundred generals and eight additional sentries. The strength of the troops seemed very weak, and the camp was deliberately messed up, creating an unorganized appearance.

Look.

In order to show weakness, Zhou Shixian could be said to have tried his best, but he was afraid that if he showed too much strength, his opponent would not dare to challenge him.

Zhou Shixian originally wanted Zheng Chenggong to watch the battle from the rear like himself, but he did not expect that the other party would go to the front. After seeing the appearance and marching performance of Zhou Shixian's army, he had no doubts about the combat effectiveness of this army.

He was already very courageous, and Zhou Shixian couldn't stop him.

However, this is fine. After Zheng Chenggong observes the battle process of his army at close range, his impression will be more profound. This is highly consistent with Zhou Shixian's original purpose.

As for the so-called attack by Liu Zeqing in the mouth of the rebels, it was just a smoke bomb by Zhou Shixian. His men did not say anything about Liu Zeqing, but deliberately said that they were under the orders of General Liu, and because they came from the north, they were naturally attacked.

Misunderstood.
Chapter completed!