Chapter 205: Chickens and Dogs
In Bazhou City, the door must be opened and sit at the back of the hall.

He was so focused on eating the food in front of him that he didn't even take a sip of the wine.

When he heard that Liu Liu decided to move again, he looked neither sad nor happy, and seemed very calm.

When everyone had finished eating and drinking and got up to return to their respective residences, Menbi Kai also returned to the yard that he had robbed earlier.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi are bandits. If he doesn't rob, he will seem out of place and be easily targeted.

But compared to other commanders who would kill entire families at any time, Men Bikai was much more merciful.

After he robbed the yard, he imprisoned the original owner and provided him with a lot of food and drink every day.

There is a small hole in the yard, which was originally for the yellow dog at home to enter and exit, but now it has become a place where the door must be opened to communicate with the outside world.

At this moment, in the yard, there was a dishevelled man eating steamed buns. When he saw the door open, he stood up, bowed and said, "Gate Guardian!"

"Well, the leader has ordered that we will set out tomorrow and move to Zhending Prefecture." Men Bi Kai said calmly.

"Yes!" The man responded, then his shoulders slumped, and his originally strong body became slender in the blink of an eye. This was the Beggar Gang's bone-shrinking technique.

He held the steamed bun in his mouth and crawled out of the dog hole. In the blink of an eye, his figure disappeared into the darkness.

Relying on his tattered clothes, the man hid all the way, avoided the patrols of the rebel army, and successfully reached the city wall.

After making sure that no one noticed this side, he immediately used the Beggar Gang's Light Kung Fu - Eight Steps to Chase the Cicada and climbed over the three-meter-high city wall.

After landing safely, he ran all the way and finally arrived at a place called Erbao Town at the hour of Mao, where Jie Bai was waiting for him.

"Messenger White Lotus, the sect's guardian has sent a message that the rebels will move to Zhending Prefecture tomorrow!" the man said, panting heavily and with an excited look on his face.

"Good man, you are worthy of being a disciple of our Beggars' Sect!"

Jie Bai patted the other person's shoulder with emotion, and instructed the Beggar Gang disciples beside him: "Take the brothers down to rest, and remember to arrange food and drink."

"Yes!"

Two Beggars' Sect disciples stepped forward and helped the man down.

Jie Bai walked to the table, wrote the information on a small piece of paper, and then put it into a small bamboo tube.

A disciple of the Beggar Gang came in carrying a small cage. After Jie Bai tied a small bamboo tube to the pigeon's legs, he let it fly away.

Guided by the first ray of sunshine, the gray pigeon flew towards Cangzhou.

By the time Ou Zanghua received the message, it was already noon.

He immediately walked to the map and observed it. He found that Zhending was a more suitable location to kill Liu Liu and Liu Qi than Bazhou, and immediately shouted, "Officer Pigeon!"

"I'm here!" A short man stood up and bowed in response.

"Immediately report the news that Liu Liu and Liu Qi have moved to Zhending to Lord Xianning! Our troops will move to the Jizhou area."

"Suggest to the Earl of Xianning, and ask the Zhending Guard to do their best to hold back Liu Liu and Liu Qi."

"Yes!" The pigeon officer responded, and immediately took out a small brush to write down what Ou Zanghua was going to say. Then he ran out quickly and selected a strong black-headed gray pigeon from among the many pigeons.

After tying the small bamboo tube, release it directly.

Ou Zanghua turned to look at the other generals and ordered, "Pass the order down, the whole army prepares food, breaks camp at noon, and marches to Jizhou as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The speed of carrier pigeons is undoubtedly the fastest in this era. Cangzhou Road and Yongqing County are more than 600 miles apart. If riding a horse, it will take at least three hours.

If it was a carrier pigeon, it would reach Qiu Yue's camp in just one hour.

Seeing the news sent back by Ou Zanghua, Xianning Bo had all kinds of thoughts in his mind, and said to the soldiers: "Officer Ge, send a letter to Censor Peng, Liu Liu and Liu Qi's next target is Zhending Prefecture. Order him to immediately reorganize the Taiyuan Guards and rush to Zhending Prefecture for assistance."

"Pass the message, everyone eat half full, load up your muskets, and go get some work!"

"Yes!" Following Qiu Yue's order, all the soldiers in the Three Thousand Camp put on cotton armor, picked up long-handled iron guns, carefully loaded gunpowder and ammunition, and then pressed them tightly with wooden chisels to prevent the gunpowder and bullets from falling out when they were riding horses.

The horses neighed and galloped away. Led by Qiu Yue, more than 3,000 cavalrymen rushed out of the makeshift military camp at an astonishing speed like a thundering army.

The team of more than 3,000 people was like a giant dragon, winding and circling, majestic and irresistible.

Yongqing County is only 150 miles away from Bazhou, which is only an hour and a half for cavalry.

When the Three Thousand Battalion arrived at Bazhou, many bandit troops had not yet had time to withdraw.

Qiu Yue originally wanted to bypass the city and pursue the enemy, but he did not expect that these bandits were in such a hurry that they did not even close the city gates.

So Qiu Yue made a prompt decision and led three thousand troops directly into the city.

If these bandits admitted defeat and squatted on the side of the road with their heads in their hands, Qiu Yue might have ignored them and released them as innocent civilians.

But these people dared to take up weapons and resist, so Qiu Yue would not tolerate them. From a distance of twenty feet, the first row of cavalrymen skillfully used fire starters to ignite their muskets.

With a loud "bang", the chest of the bandit soldier in the first row burst into pieces, and he fell powerlessly to the ground. Then the cavalry rushed over with his still warm body.

With three consecutive knocks on the door, a large number of bandits fell down and were then trampled by horses' hooves.

When the three rounds of bullets in the iron guns were used up, some of the bandits thought that these cavalrymen would be greatly weakened without their firearms.

At the end of the street they brought out the chevaux de frise, a wooden cross with spear tips threaded onto the crossbar so that the tips were facing outwards. It was the only way to deal with cavalry.

Next, they just have to wait for the cavalry to crash into the chevaux de frise, and then it will be their turn to kill these tall cavalry in return.

This is what they did when they encountered cavalry before, so they have rich combat experience.

However, the person they met this time was not some random person, but the Earl of Xianning who had fought against the Mongolian Tartars since childhood!

As a fierce general of the time, when faced with this kind of chevaux de frise, he thrust out his spear without hesitation, then burst out an extremely powerful force with one arm, and with one spear, he knocked away a row of chevaux de frise.

"Kill!" Qiu Yue roared, and swept out with his spear, directly knocking away the bandits blocking his way.

He was like an arrow, leading the cavalry to charge.

The sound of horse hooves rolled like thunder, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The long-handled iron guns in the hands of the cavalrymen turned into hammers of death and smashed towards the enemy fiercely.

After one round of charge, the thousands of bandit soldiers who were left behind were defeated by Qiu Yue.

"Zhang Baihu's troops will stay and count the military achievements. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!" Qiu Yue controlled the horse to continue forward, and shouted loudly: "After the military achievements are counted, wait for the government office to open and then quickly return to the team!"

"Yes!" Captain Zhang's troops immediately separated from the majority and stopped in Bazhou.

Qiu Yue led a large number of cavalry out of Bazhou City and rushed towards Xiongzhou City.

At the same time, the commander of Jinan Guard, Xuancheng Earl Wei Zhang, had received the imperial edict from the court and knew that the emperor's favorite, the Minister of Honglu Temple Ou Zanghua, would come to inform Jinan Guard.

Wei Zhang was the second generation Earl of Xuancheng. His father Wei Ying was awarded the title of Earl of Xuancheng for his contribution in the "Seizing the Gate" campaign to help Emperor Yingzong of Ming, and the title was inherited by his descendants from generation to generation.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi had defeated Jinan Wei three times, and Wei Zhang was the unlucky one who was defeated once. Although he saved his life, he was still ordered by Emperor Zhengde to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion. The post of commander of Jinan Wei also fell into the hands of Zhang Shen, a member of the eunuch party.

As a result, Zhang Shen was defeated twice in a row by Liu Liu and Liu Qi, which made Emperor Zhengde so angry that he directly dismissed Zhang Shen from his post, demoted him to a commoner, and re-employed Wei Zhang.

Wei Zhang, who regained control of Jinan Wei, swore that this time he would wash away his previous shame!
During this process, it is not a bad idea to listen to Ou Zanghua's command, as long as he can help him defeat Liu Liu and Liu Qi.

It's just that Wei Zhang is a little strange now.
The imperial edict has clearly arrived two days ago, so why hasn’t the Minister of the Ministry of Rites arrived yet?

Forget it, a little impatience will ruin a big plan, let’s wait a little longer!

"Liu Liu and Liu Qi, this time, I, Wei Zhang, will definitely kill you!" Wei Zhang looked into the distance, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

(End of this chapter)