For the bandits on the border between Henan and Shandong, Zheng Jiang and Zheng Hai can be said to be the strongest and most powerful force. They not only have nearly 2,000 bandits, but also hundreds of fighting backbones with family as the bond, and even a total of 300 horse bandits.

This time, the attack on the canal and severely defeated Song Zhifu's Cao army, which made Zheng Jiang, and Zheng Hai even became a great hero in the eyes of nearly 100 bandits on the Zhilu border. Now these bandits are waiting for the Zheng brothers to commit a big case.

Zheng Jiang was amused when he heard the news of Haibei Town’s tactical adjustment: “Haibei Town and those officials said that the bandit suppression were empty talk, and in the end they were all the beginning and the end. It is not worth mentioning. Puzhou is still the world of our brothers!”

However, Zheng Hai, who was beside him, was not so optimistic: "There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Haibei Town. If they really want to interfere in Puzhou, our brothers can go back to their hometown in Kaizhou for three or five days first, and then slowly deal with them when they come back!"

But Zheng Jiang was happy: "Get away from the limelight? Now that the teams in Haibei Town have withdrawn, why are we still avoiding the limelight? Now that one is paying a high price to let us go to the canal to make a fuss first."

For these thieves, going to the canal with gold and silver everywhere is a turbulent moment in their lives. Now Zheng Jiang and Zheng Hai brothers have unparalleled prestige in the minds of tens of thousands of bandits in Caopu. This is because they not only robbed eight canal ships this time, but also defeated Song Zhifu's canal army.

For these Jiangyang thieves who were originally from Kaizhou, they also gained real benefits this time. Although the cargo on the canal was all about grain rice, it was only a few thousand stones of high-quality rice that had been robbed by eight grain boats.

But the actual interests of the canal ships all come from the cargoes. The various southern goods entrained on the eight canal ships far exceed the thousands of stones of good rice loaded on the ships. These bandits were dazzled by the sight. They felt that this case alone could make them boast about their lives.

However, although he returned with a full load this time, both Zheng Jiang and Zheng Hai felt that he was still a little less courageous. He only brought 300 bandits with him, but only eight bandits were robbed. If he could bring one or two hundred bandits, he might be able to grab dozens of baskets in one go and make money that he would never spend in his life.

Therefore, when Zheng Jiang heard that the person in Guide Mansion wanted his brothers to do a big case, he could no longer control his eagerness to try. However, Zheng Hai next to him sneered and said, "We will go there sooner or later on the canal, but now, Haibei Town has tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Although they have withdrawn, what is their quality? These brothers have to explore the way for us first!"

Zheng Jiang still wanted to persist, but Zheng Hai continued on the other side: "What's more, we must be careful when going to the canal in the future. Now there is no Seventh Brother to be our supporter!"

The seventh brother mentioned in Zheng Hai was Zheng Chengjun, a distant brother of Zheng Jiang and Zheng Hai brothers. Because he was ranked seventh, Zheng Jiang and Zheng Hai called him seventh brother. When the Zheng brothers had just become a slaughter, they happened to catch up with the defeat of the canal transport general Song Zhifu in Yuncheng and returned to the Bei Army of the Haibei.

At that time, in order to supplement the strength of his troops, Song Zhifu was recruiting new troops everywhere. Zheng Hai was very scheming and immediately asked Zheng Chengjun to join the Cao army with several tribe members. Because Zheng Chengjun brought a group of brothers to join the army, he was the small leader of the Cao army from the beginning. He made a lot of contributions in the past three years and became the general flag under Song Zhifu's command over more than 30 soldiers.

This time, the reason why Zheng Jiang and Zheng Hai dared to go to the canal to commit such a shocking case was because of the inner response of Zheng Chengjun. Zheng Chengjun not only led the way for the Zheng brothers, but also came to rebel in front of the battle, directly capturing nearly 100 Cao army's followers, and even caused the Cao army to suffer casualties and 70 or 80 people in the battle to defeat the army.

However, without Zheng Chengjun's introvert, Zheng Hai became careful. He felt that he should not show off his edge, so that these uninteresting guys could only draw conclusions after rushing to the front. However, Zheng Jiang said with a bitter face: "Brother, if we don't take action, we wouldn't have explained to the one in Guide Mansion! This time we have accepted his great favor."

But Zheng Hai laughed loudly: "No... we won't take action, sooner or later, that person will ask us for it, and sooner or later, they will spend a lot of money to ask us for it!"

In his eyes, these fierce lands who dare to run to the canal now commit crimes are just pioneers of the king.

For Ding Gong, that was a different feeling. He never dreamed that just after he let the main force go south, these Cao Pu bandits ran out to commit many major cases without knowing their own lives. Some of them were thirty or fifty people, some formed a bandit group of 180 people, and hundreds of bandit troops attempted to cut off the canal.

For a time, all kinds of battles occurred in Hedong. These thieves from the Yangtze River not only repeatedly broke villages and entered villages, but even dared to openly fight with prefectures and counties. The small number of garrisons left by Ding Gong in Hedong were directly involved in the battle.

"I really don't know how to live or die!"

Although Ding Gong looked down on the quality of these Cao Pu thieves, the current situation made Ding Gong, who was striving to advance south, seem very embarrassed. It is said that Bai Siwen had already sued Ding Gong in front of Liu Peng.

Although only a canal was lost, the losses suffered by Haibei Town in this round of bandit attack were not small numbers. More than 300 soldiers and civilians had been killed or injured. In the previous stage, the results of the Haibei Army in the Battle of Caopu were only 300. This also means that the Battle of Caopu in Ding Gong not only did not achieve any results worth mentioning, but also greatly stimulated these bandits.

These military and civilian losses were obvious and could not escape at all. You should know that the Yanzhou Guard Corps alone had more than 30 casualties in Hedong, and the water patrol team and the Cao army also suffered losses. What really made Ding Gong angry was that someone revealed to him that Bai Siwen had slandered Liu Peng, saying that he dominated the entire battle of Cao Pu and was willing to take all responsibilities.

Although Ding Gong's original words at that time were similar to what Bai Siwen said, it was not very meaningful to Bai Siwen say this. Moreover, Ding Gong always felt that it was not necessarily Bai Siwen's meaning, and the instructions behind the scenes must be Liu Fei.

Just when he thought of Liu Fei, Ding Gong sneered: "Even if Mr. Liu doesn't have a son yet, it's not your turn to Haibei Town. Liu Fei, I remember this!"

But he was angry and furious. Faced with the sudden attack of the Cao Pu bandits, Ding Gong adjusted his deployment again. This time he learned that there were many horse bandits in Cao Pu, so he temporarily formed a cavalry company, but also seconded two cavalry companies to Liu Peng, who was in charge of Qingzhou.

With the cooperation of several companies of cavalry, the battle was much smoother. After the main force of the Haibei Army returned to Hedong, the battle became smoother. Ding Gong led his team to defeat several bandits one after another. Although he suffered considerable casualties, the final winners were the Haibei Army.

After all, although many of these bandits were outlaws, they were all mobs after all. They were prone to losing control regardless of victory or defeat. In a few days, the Haibei Army had wiped out 500 enemies. However, seeing the main force of the Haibei Army returning to Hedong, these bandits immediately scattered, either fleeing north to Puzhou in Dongchang Prefecture or directly fleeing west to Henan.

Although Ding Gong immediately let the vanguard cavalry act according to the situation and not affected by the border, the combat operations of the Haibei Army were still greatly affected. Even if the troops crossed the border, they would fight according to Ding Gong's purpose of "fast in and out, not in depth", while some large bandits disappeared without a trace.

In this case, Ding Gong had to order the troops to retreat a little while, and he led several trusted officers to speed up to the east, hoping to get the right to act cheaply from Liu Peng.

But before he saw Liu Peng, Shi Qinming lowered his voice and said, "The news from Captain Yao Zheng and Captain Yao in Xuzhou is that Liu Xingzuo now has at least 1,500 more Liaodong soldiers under his command. Now Captain Yao requests to continue to expand his troops!"

Ding Gong was furious when he heard this. Although Yao Zheng was the captain of the Xuzhou Guard Corps, he did not have the authority to report directly to Liu Peng, but had to be conveyed through the Yanzhou Special Office. Although the situation reported by Yao Zheng is urgently in a military situation, in some sense it is the most standard request for instructions beyond the level.

It seems that he underestimated this Captain Yao. He thought that with Liu Fei's support, he could soar into the sky!

Although Haibei Town is the world of the Liu family, it is definitely not the world of Liu Fei!

But Ding Gong covered up his furious anger very well. He was just asking Liu Peng’s opinion: “Mr. Shi, what does Mr. Liu think about this matter?”

Shi Qinming didn't dare to reveal too much, but said, "Mr. Liu has been waiting for Commissioner Ding to come over. I will make arrangements immediately. The next one is Commissioner Ding!"

Therefore, Ding Gong only waited for a quarter of an hour before meeting Liu Peng. He originally thought that Liu Peng had any intention of blaming him. After all, he could have failed at both ends this time. He neither completely wiped out the thieves in Hedong nor solved the problem before Liu Xingzuo took over the defeated troops of the Guanning army.

But as soon as he entered the door, Liu Peng patted his shoulder and said, "Old man, since I had a little Haigai in southern Liaoning, all kinds of monsters and monsters have jumped out to trouble our Haibei Town. They seem to have forgotten Liu's original reputation!"

As soon as he heard Liu Peng say this, Ding Gong felt completely relieved. He smiled and said, "Yes! Mr. Liu has only been destroying 300,000 lotus demons in Yanzhou City for a few years. They have forgotten them all. Mr. Liu, how do you think you should deal with them!"

When he talked about Ding Gong, he suddenly laughed: "Mr. Liu, how many thieves are you going to kill to establish your authority, give me a number first!"

Liu Peng laughed: "These monsters and monsters are not enough to be together. The key is the villains hidden behind them!"
Chapter completed!