On the official road leading to Shanxi in Beijing, the iron cavalry galloped, and tens of thousands of Tianwu troops rode through Baoding and Zhending, and poured into the territory of Shanxi and went straight to Taiyuan Mansion.

The momentum of the Tianwu Army is pressing, the momentum is like thunder, the states and counties along the way, the defenders from all over the country are dumbfounded, some well-informed people recognize the Tianwu Army with the red dragon flag, especially the many guards of Taiyuan Mansion, all feel that Taiyuan is going to change the sky.

The direction of the Tianwu army's march is Taiyuan City, as the guard of Taiyuan Mansion, everyone knows the hooks done by the eight families in the city, and when they saw the imperial army coming, they were all anxious, but they didn't dare to stop it.

Seeing this, the faces of some of the eight major families turned pale instantly, and they knew that the imperial court was going to take action against the major families, so they hurriedly sent people to Taiyuan Mansion to report to their respective family heads.

Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry of the Tianwu Army, the Beijing division is nearly a thousand miles away from Taiyuan, if you want to thunder it, you must attack with cavalry, the cavalry can march 300 miles a day and night, and generally can run 200 miles a day, the cavalry of the Tianwu Army is well-trained, and has arrived at the city of Taiyuan within a few days.

Taiyuan is one of the 33 large commercial cities of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the economic center of the whole Shanxi, the city is high and thick, not only the nest of the eight Jin merchants, but also the king of Jin lives in the city.

At this time, the defenders of Taiyuan City were looking at the outside of the city in fear, in the wind and snow, the flag was like the sea, the iron hooves roared, and tens of thousands of cavalry wearing fine armor ran around the city, exuding a thick evil atmosphere, which made people frightened.

The guerrilla general defending the city lay on the battlements, waved the flag, and asked in a trembling voice: "Dare to ask the general under the city, where are the people?" Why are you here? ”

Cao Bianjiao stepped out of his horse, holding an order and said: "By the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Tianwu Army will take over Taiyuan City!" ”

"It turned out that the Tianwu army that defeated Jiannu in Liaodong and captured Shengjing, no wonder there is such military might."

The guerrilla general sighed in a low voice, but he still dared to say: "Without an order from the military department, I dare not be ordered.......

Cao Bianjiao snorted coldly and said, "I don't know what to do!" ”

Seeing that the heavily armed army outside the city could break out at any time, the general guarding the city couldn't help but shrink his neck, his heart was extremely anxious, and he hurriedly sent someone to inform the eight major families.

At this moment, I only heard the general of the city shouting: "Lao Tzu is the new Shanxi chief soldier Wang Wannian, come to take office, quickly open the city gate to greet him!" ”

The guerrilla general stretched out his neck to take a look, then took out his binoculars and looked at it carefully, but saw that the general really had the documents and official seals in his hands, and he hurriedly shouted left and right: "Open the city gate quickly and greet the general soldier!" ”

In the face of the new boss, how dare he, a little guerrilla general, personally lead someone to greet him, with a smile on his face, as for what the old men in the city are preparing, it is no longer his concern.

A group of cavalry entered the city of Taiyuan, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves knocked on the bluestone bricks, like the hearts of the soldiers who defended the city, these guards almost never went to the battlefield, facing the murderous Tianwu army iron cavalry, all frightened, their faces turned pale, and they shrank back.

The Tianwu army came too fast, and the torrent of iron cavalry poured into the city, which made the officials and businessmen in Taiyuan City shocked and angry, and the imperial court really wanted to do it? How dare they make a move with the gentry?

In the Fan Mansion, Fan Yongdou was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, cold sweat faintly broke out on his brows, and he said angrily: "The emperor is crazy, and the prince is also crazy, all crazy!" Send the family to guard the various warehouses, quickly send someone to the capital to get through the relationship, and also, go to inform the king of Jin! ”

Not only the nobles of the Jingshi, but also the Jin Wangfu also has a lot of business dealings with the eight major families, if they are unlucky, they can only drink the northwest wind one by one, at this time Fan Yongdou only wants to use the Jin King to delay time, after all, the generals who lead the troops generally dare not move the royal family, especially the prince who wears a dragon robe......

Fan Yongdou did not receive any news warning from the court before, according to his judgment, this is the emperor or the prince's private hand, as long as the news reaches the Jingshi, the nobles and hundreds of officials will definitely not agree, and the gentry of the whole world will not agree, and then the emperor will have to retreat!

However, his abacus was completely empty, and he only heard the iron hooves rumbling in Taiyuan City, and from time to time there was a loud shout from the sergeant: "Cha Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa and others collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and by the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, all the traitors were taken away, and the family property was confiscated. ”

The cavalry soldiers of the Tianwu Army with excellent iron helmets went straight to the warehouses and mansions of the eight families, and the momentum of the iron hooves beating the earth seemed to destroy everything, and many merchants and residents in Taiyuan City looked at each other and hurriedly dodged.

"The whole city is under martial law, everyone is not allowed to stay in the streets, and violators will be killed!"

As the announcements sounded from the streets, the whole city slowly fell silent, only the sound of the torrent of iron hooves roared.

Cao Bianjiao came to the drum tower at the commanding heights in the center of the city, and commanded all the troops to raid the house.

Suddenly, a team of eunuchs came in a hurry, and the old eunuch shouted: "Who are you, the general, who dare to be presumptuous in Taiyuan City!" ”

Cao Bianjiao rode on the tall horse, raised the spear in his hand and shouted: "This general is the general Cao Bianjiao, who is ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to arrest the traitorous profiteers, who are you waiting for, didn't you hear the sound of the announcement, why don't you go home quickly?" ”

The old eunuch had no intentions, and he also shouted fiercely: "Bullshit to capture the general, I am the eunuch of the head of the Jin Palace, you dare to shout at me?" Don't get off the horse and make amends! ”

The old eunuch's face was full of arrogance, he represented the King of Jin, and he didn't even look at the governor of Shanxi, not to mention that this Cao Bianjiao was just a general.

"Look for death!" Cao Bianjiao urged the war horse violently, and with a fierce force on his right wrist, he pierced the old eunuch with a single shot, and shook it out with his hand.

The old eunuch's blood was spilled, his body fell to the ground, and there was no sound on the spot, which caused several eunuchs around him to scream again and again.

Cao Bianjiao said coldly: "Kill them all!" If you see anyone lingering on the street again, or anyone who stops our army, you don't need to ask for your life, you can kill them all! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang......"

A series of gunshots rang out, a group of eunuchs and a team of guards in the Jin Palace's palace fell to the ground screaming, Cao Bianjiao didn't even look at it, turned over and dismounted and boarded the drum tower.

Cao Bianjiao was originally a native of Shanxi, at the age of 12 he joined the army and followed his uncle Cao Wenzhao to suppress the Kou in Shanxi, and the accumulated merits were promoted to the guerrilla general.

After Cao Wenzhao died in battle, Cao Bianjiao gathered the remnants of his uncle's cavalry and formed an army, and began to take charge of himself.

Cao Bianjiao has been suppressing Kou in Shanxi all the year round, and he is very clear about the situation in Shanxi, and he has hated the actions of these traitorous profiteers for a long time.

I remember that before leaving, the crown prince also specially explained: kill these profiteers to death, dig three feet into the ground and raid the house, even if the vassal king dares to come forward to stop it, the palace will allow you to kick them over......