Because of the unified command and coordination, the generals admired Chen Qiyu from the bottom of their hearts, and they were willing to use their lives, fought more than ten times, and captured more than 1,700 thieves.

Subsequently, Yu Jiagou defeated the thief army and won more than 1,080 heads. Soon, he set up an ambush in Zhuxi Valley and won more than 300 heads, and chased to Lion Rock, where he won more than 720 heads.

Yang Hualin, Yang Shien, Zhou Renfeng, Yang Zhengfang, etc. also made their own gains, and caught the thief leader Chuang Wang, the mountain tiger and others.

In addition, according to the plan, they entered the mountains to clear and suppress, and the deputy general Liu Qian and others searched for the remnants of the cavalry in Zhuxi Valley and Pingli, chased them to the Five Wolf River, and captured the first twelve thieves. The general He Renlong and others pursued the Liukou for eight days and eight nights to reach Ziyang, and the number of thieves killed was as high as more than 10,000.

When Chongzhen heard the report, he praised it and ordered the military department to send people to the front line to offer condolences.

Chen Qiyu was overjoyed, hospitable, and tried his best to stammer. After being sent on a business trip, the three armies were rewarded, and the celebration banquet continued day and night.

The other way is to enter Shaanxi through Sichuan, and go straight to Gongchang from Yangping Pass.

At that time, Hong Chengchou happened to be in Qinzhou.

After learning the news that the imperial court ordered Chen Qiyu to be the governor of the five provinces to suppress the bandits, Hong Chengchou secretly praised the imperial court for finally making the right move, but he was sad because the imperial court did not ask for his opinion to promote his subordinates.

On this day, after the general told Chen Qiyu about his actions, he couldn't help but think: "This Chen Qiyu, although he has some skills, but he has no ambitions, hum, what a little achievement, and he is happy to be like this?" ”

Thinking about it, he faintly felt a trace of danger for Chen Qiyu, and thought: "After all, he was our subordinate, should we remind him?" Why should we remind him? Besides, he is no longer the same as when he was the governor of Yansui, if we talk more, he will think that we are jealous of him. ”

After thinking about it, he still felt that there was something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it clearly for a while, so he turned to his subordinate generals and said, "What do you think of Yuxuan?" ”

The generals didn't know what he meant, but they listened to his affectionate call, and because Chen Qiyu was the person who walked out under him, guessing that they must have complimented them, they said: "There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and Governor Chen was once a person under the governor after all. ”

Hong Chengchou stared at them with both eyes and said, "Do you really think so?" ”

What does he mean by that? Could it be that they are testing us again? Well, definitely, doesn't he do that often? Thinking secretly, although the generals were still a little hesitant, they still nodded one after another.

Hong Chengchou snorted coldly and said solemnly: "I think it's the opposite, Yuxuan is in danger." ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes.

Hong Chengchou said thoughtfully: "In a famine year, the number of displaced people has increased unabated, how easy is it to completely exterminate the wanderers?" Therefore, it should be the alarm bell ringing for a long time, where can I dare to have the slightest slackness, let alone get carried away......"

Before he finished speaking, the Chinese army hurriedly came in and said, "Your Excellency Governor Qiqi, there is a group of rogues coming to Gongchang, the former army asks for instructions, what should our department do?" ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and then thought: "Let's just ensure that there are no bandits in our jurisdiction, suppressing bandits is your Chen Qiyu's business, aren't you Chen Qiyu very capable?" We'll keep it for you. ”

Thinking about it, he said, "Beat the flag and drive them away." “

The Chinese army understood and was busy giving orders.

Chuang Wang Yingxiang led his troops to Gongchang, heard the report, and asked, "Where are the officers and soldiers from?" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Hong Chengchou, a dog thief, I don't know when he came to Qinzhou. ”

Chuang Wang Yingxiang hurriedly opened the map to look, and after a while, he pondered: "Hong Chengchou, a dog thief, has slaughtered countless righteous soldiers, and it is time to teach him a lesson, but he has no choice but to divide his troops, and his troops are insufficient, so he may not be his opponent." ”

As he spoke, he turned to the generals and suddenly asked, "Where did they go when they came back?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said pessimistically: "I just came to the news, saying that the old man returned to their five roads, and the progress was quite smooth, and I don't want the imperial court to suddenly order Chen Qiyu to be the governor of the five provinces, and he was dispersed by Chen Qiyu, a thief, and now I don't know where to flee." ”

King Chuang Yingxiang seemed to comfort him, as if he was comforting himself, and said: "There is no need to be pessimistic, as long as you can survive, there will be righteous people who rebel against the court." ”

After speaking, he looked at the generals one by one, saw that they nodded one after another, and continued: "In this way, it is impossible to turn back the original way, so you can only continue to stay in Shaanxi, if you want to stay in Shaanxi, you will inevitably have to fight with Hong Chengchou, the evil thief." ”

Li Zicheng said: "Not necessarily, if you really don't want to touch the moldy ......head of Hong Chengchou, a dog thief," he said, walked to the map, and pointed: "I might as well cross the two dangs and raid and occupy Feng County."

Then the troops were divided into two routes: all the way to Hanzhong, copying small roads to attack Chenggu and Yangxian; One route runs from Fengxian County to Baoji and Wangyang.

This road of attacking Chenggu and Yangxian can converge with tens of thousands of righteous troops between Pingli and Xunyang, and then capture Shiquan and Hanyin to the east, gain a firm foothold, and wait for the other road to rush over, and then fight Hanzhong and Xing'an, and peep into Shangzhou and Luonan. ”

After saying it in one breath, he looked up at Yan Yingxiang.

"It's self-contained." Sighing, Yan Yingxiang was happy in his heart, and saw Li Zicheng looking at him with an inquiring face, and he didn't speak, turning his head to look at the other leaders.

Everyone was at a loss, and nodded one after another: "Hong Chengchou, this dog thief, is different from ordinary officers and soldiers, it is best not to touch his moldy head, in this case, it can only be like this." ”

When the news reached Chen Qiyu's camp, Chen Qiyu had just sobered up, and Chen Qiyu said disapprerovingly: "There are not many people, so don't worry." ”

Zhongjun persuaded: "Naturally, there is nothing to worry about, but the mouths of those magistrates can't help but worry, these people are useless in protecting the territory and the people, but they are invincible in the world when they report to the black." ”

Chen Qiyu thought about it, stood up, stretched his waist, and said: "This is easy to do, it's still the old way, the 'chasing rabbits' tactic." ”

'Chasing rabbits' tactics is a word that Chen Qiyu suddenly remembered. Zhongjun didn't understand and looked at him strangely.

Chen Qiyu smiled smugly, and said sarcastically: "First cut off the retreat route for them, and then we brought people to chase and kill from the middle, isn't this like chasing rabbits?" Hmph, the battle just now proved that this trick was actually a trick to exterminate the rogues. ”

Zhongjun hurriedly complimented: "After what the Governor said, think about it again, it's really like this, Gao, the Governor is not only good at fighting, but also can summarize, and he will definitely be praised and promoted by the emperor." ”

Chen Qiyu has heard a lot of such words recently, and he has become accustomed to it, and when he heard this, he only smiled faintly and said: "Order, guerrilla Tang Tong to defend Hanzhong and protect the vassal king; The generals He Renlong, Liu Qian, and Xia Hao guarded Luoyang and Chuxian to prevent the thieves from fleeing westward.

Adjutant generals Yang Zhengfang and Yu Shiren guarded Xiangcheng to prevent thieves from fleeing north; The governor personally led his lieutenants Yang Hualin and Liu Guozhen to be stationed in Yangxian County to prevent the thieves from fleeing eastward.

At the same time, he issued a letter to Lian Guoshi, Lu Xiangsheng, and Yuan Mo, asking them to guard the critical areas and intercept the enemy's escape.

The above orders shall be executed immediately on the day they are received, and there shall be no errors. ”

After saying that, he ordered the people to prepare, and beat the drum on the day to march westward.