Liu Qingshan, with the mountain troops who were dressed up as a caravan, went out of Shanxi and Henan to Bozhou, Zhongdu Fengyang Prefecture, Nanzhili. They met Xu Yian, the commander of the detective office who came to greet them. As the commander of the Detective Office of the Po Nu Army, Xu Yian came to Nanzhili for several months. Thanks to the strong support of Duke Wei Xu Hongji, he was prosperous in various prefectures in Nanzhili. The well-known nobles in Nanjing City all invested in the Yinzhuang built by the Po Nu Bo Zhang Ping'an. The nobles in Nanjing City made a lot of money in the transaction of the Yinzhuang.

Although everyone's interests are the same, some time ago, when the Canal Cao Gang made it difficult for Po Nu Bo to sell "sanitary napkins", the officialdom of Nanzhili knew that it was the salt merchants who supported the Cao Gang, and the nobles in Nanjing did not dare to take on the matter. This shows how terrible the Yangzhou salt merchants were in the Nanzhili power. Xu Yian had no choice but to write a letter to Zhang Dashuai, asking for instructions on how to solve the Cao Gang. Zhang Dashuai, a gangster who was so ill-hearted, replied to Xu Yian, saying that he wanted to use force to deal with the rich people and their thugs Cao Gang.

Liu Qingshan stood out in the competition with Zuo Erya and was promoted to the commander of the second mountain troops of the Po Nu Army. However, Tian Peng still suppressed Liu Qingshan. General Zhang of the Po Nu Army issued a commander: Tian Peng, the commander of the Po Nu Army's mountain troops, was promoted to the second-class commander, and Liu Qingshan had already received the commander of the mountain troops. Zuo Erya served as the second-class deputy commander of the Po Nu Army, and was in charge of the Po Nu Army's inspector team under Xu Yi'an.

During this meeting, Xu Yian knew what he was responsible for. Liu Qingshan was better than him in the battle. After all, Liu Qingshan participated in too many combat experience and was Zhang Dashuai's favorite student. Therefore, Zhang Dashuai was given a commander to the battle against Cao Gang: Liu Qingshan would be the main general of the battlefield, while Xu Yian was responsible for food, intelligence, and aftermath outside the battlefield.

Xu Yian arranged the troops camp in Lin Village, southeast of Yimen, southeast of Bozhou. Xu Yian took over the house of the landlord Lin Huwei as a temporary garrison. After the army staff Wang Hua led more than ten staff members to arrange the map, he reported to Xu Yian and Liu Qingshanhui: "Di Tong Xu, Deputy Commander Liu, in accordance with the instructions of Chief of Staff Gu Xin, the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff, please instruct the two Shangguans!"

After saying that, Wang Hua raised his hand to salute them. After listening to Wang Hua's report, Xu Yian couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the official position, Liu Qingshan relied on the title of Marshal Zhang's favorite student. In addition to the old commander Lu Deyin and Tian Peng gave face, he was famous for his thorns. Staff Wang Hua is also one of the young staff members who have been following Marshal Zhang for the longest time. Apart from Marshal Zhang and Chief of Staff Gu Xin, he was also a thorn that no one was convinced. The two thorns touched each other and made him the head of the commander.

"We are all brothers who take food from a pot, don't be dissatisfied. We should do things according to the orders of Zhang Dashuai. Qingshan has rich practical experience in combat. You will definitely be able to take charge. But when you fight, you must obey my orders and plan the combat plan, Wang Hua, you are also an old staff officer in the General Staff Department, so I don't need to say more."

Xu Yian first carried out the tiger skin of Marshal Zhang, flattering and educating the two thorns not to be arrogant. The tradition in the Po Nu Army is about qualifications. Xu Yian's qualifications in the Po Nu Army are not much better than you two. After saying that, Xu Yian did not talk nonsense, and pointed to the red dots marked on the map on the wall with his hand.

"The chief gang of Caogang is located in Baiyanghe Town, Huai'an Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, facing the Yellow River in the east (Author's note: In the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River entered the sea from Jiangsu) and had 10,000 acres of fertile land in the west, which is not a place to defend. The difficulty is that I am not accustomed to water warfare. Once the important figures of the Caogang run to the water, the commander to kill the enemy leader will not be completed. After more than three months of on-site investigation by the detective and attacking office, the terrain of Baiyanghe Town was basically understood. The town has a three-meter-high river embankment three miles away from the canal, and the rice fields are mainly on the north, west and south sides. After the autumn harvest, vegetables were planted. I once went to Baiyanghe Town in person, and the terrain was exactly the same as the map mark."

After Xu Yian finished speaking, he pointed to the map of Hong County, Fengyang Prefecture (Si County today): "Three months ago, after receiving the order from the commander to remove the Cao Gang, I led people to build a large cargo warehouse in the northeast of Duke of Wei to use it to hide our soldiers. It is more than 500 miles away from Baiyanghe Town. According to the plan of the General Staff, we hiked out during the day and went out at night and quietly entered Guirenji. I bought a farm in the south of Guirenji for this time. According to the plan of the commander's blitzkrieg, our mountain troops must surround the Baiyang River as soon as possible, and the heavy armored cavalry will disperse the thugs of the Cao Gang."

After talking about the plan to send troops arranged by Marshal Zhang, Xu Yian took back his arm and picked up the teacup on the table and drank two sips to moisten his throat. He talked about the specific time of the troops: "According to reliable insider intelligence, Yangzhou salt merchants sent 400,000 taels of silver from the Cao Gang. At the end of the year, the Cao Gang General Headquarters will hold a flow table to pay dividends. We will launch an attack at this time."

After hearing this, Liu Qingshan and Wang Hua nodded repeatedly. Before they set off, they received a reminder from Marshal Zhang that they would just follow Xu Yian's arrangements in war. In particular, Liu Qingshan knew Marshal Zhang's methods well. If he dared to disobey Marshal Zhang's military orders, Marshal Zhang would definitely feel uncomfortable.

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On the ninth day of the 12th month of the fourth year of Tianqi, Baiyanghe Town was very lively despite the cold weather. Today is a good day for the Cao Gang to give dividends. The rudders of various branches gathered in Baiyanghe. First, three days later, the birthday of Bai Wentao, the brothers wanted to celebrate the birthday of the rudders. Second, the rudders brought back the money for the New Year to their brothers, so that their brothers could have a good New Year.

Bai Wentao, a birthday boy with a beard and bronze face, sat alone on the big chair of the gang leader. He looked worried at the moment when facing the empty Juyitang. He got an unsure news that Ponu Bo Zhang Ping'an might have to attack the Cao Gang. A few months ago, he collected 50,000 taels of silver from Yangzhou salt merchants and raised the freight of Ponu Bo Zhang Ping'an's shameless goods. His aide Wu Kewang objected on the spot.

Wu Kewang said that Ponu Bo Zhang Ping'an could not be provoked, and that man was a powerful figure who would revenge. In the capital and Nanjing, even the official army and the Jinyiwei were suppressed by his subordinates and vomited blood. In order to revenge on a small sect of the Jianghu Sect, the flying knife sect actually used the most elite heavy armored cavalry in the border of the Ming Dynasty to run errands for him. If our Cao Gang offends Ponu Bo Zhang Ping'an, he would definitely not have a good end.

Bai Wentao, who was dazzling with silver, didn't care at the time. No matter how powerful Bo Bo was, he could not go deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Cao Gang. The Ming Dynasty court would never let the Po Nu Army run to Nanzhili, not to mention that the Nanzhili official army was basically bribed by Yangzhou salt merchants. Could it be that the Ming Dynasty court would still travel thousands of miles to Nanzhili to Nanzhili? So he rejected Wu Kewang's suggestion. Po Nu Bo sent someone to negotiate with the Cao Gang. Seeing that the Cao Gang had too much appetite, he could only take a dry road to transport goods to Nanzhili. But what Bai Wentao did not expect was that there was a big chaos in Shaanxi this year, and the court actually transferred orders to let the Po Nu Army enter the pass to suppress the thieves.

Now the trouble is coming. Bai Wentao can take the throne of the leader of the Cao Gang, because he is cruel and ruthless. He has seen too many battles in the officialdom. In the officialdom, the balance of meanness requires transactions. If there is transaction, the pawns who will get in the way will be sacrificed. The Ming Dynasty court needs Po Nubo to lead a large army to eliminate Shaanxi rebels, so it is very likely to trade with Po Nubo, a nominal foreign vassal. Po Nubo Zhang Ping'an's reputation for loving money has become a huge street in the Ming Dynasty. Sacrifice Po Nubo, which hinders Po Nubo's transactions, may become the content of the transaction between the court and Po Nubo.

As soon as the Slave Army entered the pass, Wu Kewang, a staff member of the Cao Gang, vomited blood and became sick, and returned to his hometown in Luzhou. Bai Wentao felt very guilty. Wu Kewang, a staff member of his for more than 20 years, has a very experienced official experience. He helped him, the leader of the gang, give advice and work diligently to manage the Cao Gang, but his thoughts may lead the Cao Gang into the abyss.

In Bai Wentao's guess, Po Nubo might send someone to assassinate him, the leader of the gang, so he sent the branch rudder along the canal to post heroes and summon the heroes of the rivers and lakes who have a deep relationship with the Cao Gang to Baiyanghe. In less than a month, more than 500 heroes from the Cao Gang gathered in the Cao Gang headquarters, which gave Bai Wentao a certain confidence. He thought about having a good chat with the Po Nubo's Xuanwei envoy in Yingtian Prefecture after the New Year, and then explain to Yangzhou salt merchants to completely resolve the misunderstanding with Po Nubo.

Bai Wentao, who was determined, stood up and walked out of Juyitang slowly. He issued an order: strictly investigate strange faces appearing in Baiyanghe Town. Any stranger who was a stranger would be given gifts to Baiyanghe. He was afraid that his subordinates would misunderstand his orders, so he specifically emphasized that no strangers with a northern accent would be arrested, and he would persuade them to leave. If someone reported the name of the Slave Army, such people must be treated well and must not be provoked.

At the 13th day of December 13, the fourth year of Tianqi, the hall of the Cao Gang Head of the Baiyanghe Cao Gang was brightly lit. Bai Wentao, the leader of the Cao Gang, wore a red birthday robe and accepted the celebrations of his subordinates and his brothers. The merchants who were looking for the Cao Gang to trade on the canal did not leave any room to curry favor with Bai Wentao, the leader of the Cao Gang, and the gifts he sent filled the Cao Gang Head of the Cao Gang Courtyard.

The Cao Gang held a banquet for a large stream of water. The Cao Gang brothers and hundreds of heroes from all walks of life filled the entire Juyi Hall. The east and west wings of the Cao Gang headquarters in the three-enterprise were also filled with merchants who came to flatter and slap horses. The first person on the main table was Yang Pinshan, the eldest son of the Huaian Prefecture magistrate. He came to celebrate on behalf of his father Yang Fuchang. Zhang Guoren, the magistrate of Taoyuan County, Huaiyang Prefecture, accompanied him. Even the eunuch in Nanjing sent Cui Futai's nephew Cui He to come to the Cao Gang to congratulate him. The government and eunuch in Nanjing gave enough face to the entire Cao Gang.
Chapter completed!