Cao Wenzhao did not break his promise, and Hong Chengchou did not break his promise, and when he heard that he was coming with a great victory, he hurriedly welcomed him in and said very happily.

Cao Wenzhao suddenly sighed and said: "The decision of the Governor to lay a big net and eliminate the Liukou in 6 months is undoubtedly correct, but now a new situation has emerged, and we can't ignore it." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Hong Chengchou, and saw that Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned, that is, his eyes were staring at himself, encouraging himself to continue, and secretly admiring Hong Chengchou's old way, he continued: "The rogues are grouped, often tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people, even if the strength of Wen Zhao is combined with Zhang Quanchang and Zhang Waijia's troops, there are only 6,000 people, and the difference between the two sides is too great.

Such a huge disparity is not only not conducive to the officers and men defeating the enemy with one blow and expanding the results of the battle, but sometimes they are even controlled by the rogue bandits. ”

Hong Chengchou sighed and said: "What Wen Zhao said, Hong has also noticed it, and he has complained to the imperial court many times, perhaps because the imperial court is busy dealing with the Fengyang incident, and there has been no reply so far.

However, I have already reminded the generals that they must make new adjustments according to the new situation, be cautious, be cautious, and be cautious! ”

Just as Lord Wu said, his strength is so small, he will not take the slightest responsibility, I don't know if what he said this time is true or false. Even if it is true, he should not just be a reminder, but should make relatively safe adjustments according to the current situation. ”

Thinking secretly, Cao Wenzhao was about to speak, and a Chinese army hurriedly came in and said: "Your Excellency the Governor of Qiqi, according to the reports of various ministries, the Liukou has re-entered Shaanxi, with no less than 200,000 troops, and the company camp is fifty miles, and it is approaching Xijing, please make a decision quickly." ”

"Two hundred thousand? Fifty miles? Where did they come from? Hong Chengchou was startled, walked quickly to the map, looked at it, and said: "Xijing is different from other places, and orders all departments to wait for help. Tell them that if any of them fail, the sword of Shang Fang in the governor's hand will not be merciful. ”

The Chinese army took the order and left.

Cao Wenzhao questioned: "Although there are many Liukou, they should not have the ability to capture Xijing, could it be that they have another purpose?" ”

"Hmph, he's really uninteresting, and he dares to question our decision?" Thinking secretly, Hong Chengchou said: "If you talk about kung fu immediately, Hong is ashamed of himself, but when it comes to strategizing, Hong is not inferior to asking himself, haha, haha." ”

"Why the hell am I losing my words again?" Cao Wenzhao blamed himself, and was thinking about how to get it back, when another Chinese army hurriedly came in and said: "Your Excellency Governor Qiqi, report in the direction of Pingliang, there are small groups of rogues rushing into Pingliang, and there seems to be a movement to attack Pingliang." ”

Hong Chengchou said briskly: "Fate Ai Wannian to destroy them." ”

Cao Wenzhao faintly felt that it was inappropriate, because he had just eaten the "soft nail", and he remembered that Ai Wannian was his former brother, so he had to swallow it back.

The fact was as Cao Wenzhao expected, at that time, Ai Wannian had less than 3,000 men and horses, and the soldiers were difficult and timid, and he had the intention not to fight, but he did not dare to disobey the order, so he had to reluctantly lead his troops with the deputy general Liu Chenggong.

This small group of rebels is Li Zicheng's bait. When he saw the officers and soldiers coming, he spread his feet and ran. Ai Wannian also knew the truth of poor Kou Mo's chasing, but because of the order, he chased all the way.

Chased to Ganjiazhai, Xiangle Town, Ningzhou, a small stream of rogues disappeared, and it was strange, tens of thousands of horses shouted and surrounded them.

Ai Wannian was shocked, but he did not give in and led his troops to fight hard. Following the capture of Liu Honglie, the vanguard of the Chinese army, Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen died in battle.

Besides, Hong Chengchou likes the feeling when he gives an order, and after giving an order, he usually has to enjoy it for a while before he can have the heart to do something else.

Although he was interfered by Cao Wenzhao this time, it did not affect his enjoyment, because when he enjoyed, he would look at the map intently, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After enjoying it, seeing that Cao Wenzhao was still standing there, with an embarrassed face, he thought that he had to let him help build his career, so he humbly asked him for tactical advice.

Cao Wenzhao is obsessed with tactics, not to mention Hong Chengchou, who is his boss, even if ordinary people ask him for advice, he can make him talk.

Hong Chengchou naturally knows this characteristic of him: people, when he has an emotional attack, if he can arouse his interest in talking, his emotions will pass away naturally.

Sure enough, after more than an hour, Cao Wenzhao's eyebrows were already dancing.

Hong Chengchou smiled secretly and said, "Okay, what a Wen Zhao, this life has the help of Wen Zhao, Cheng Chou is enough." ”

As soon as the words fell, the battle report had been sent in: except for the deputy general Liu Chenggong who led more than 1,000 people to break through, the rest had all been killed or captured.

Hong Chengchou looked at it, the smile on his face was replaced by heaviness, and he handed the battle report to Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao took it over and looked at it inexplicably, and couldn't help but be angry, pulled out his knife and slashed the ground, and scolded: "The rat dares!" ”

Hong Chengchou said happily: "If it weren't for you, General Cao, no one would be able to eliminate this group of thieves." But my forces have been dispatched, and I can't send out a team to meet you. After the general departs, I will rush from Jingyang to Chunhua to be your backing. ”

Cao Wenzhao said, "Thank you, Lord Governor", turned around and led his troops away.

When he arrived at Hutou Town, Zhenning County (now southeast of Zhengning County, Gansu Province), he encountered the righteous army blocking the road. Cao Wenzhao has experienced countless scenes like this, so he naturally won't take it to heart and rush forward first. His nephew Cao Bianjiao didn't dare to fall behind, and he entered the enemy formation, as if he had entered a no-man's land.

The rebels didn't want to fight hard with them, and when they saw these two brave, they pretended to be invincible and ran for their lives.

Cao Wenzhao was bent on avenging his former brothers, where could he distinguish the truth from the false, and led his department to chase for more than 30 miles.

Suddenly, the whining horn sounded, and tens of thousands of righteous soldiers were wrapped in yellow cloth or red cloth on their heads, riding horses from all directions, and a yellow cloud rose from the horse's hooves, surrounding Cao Wenzhao and his subordinates in the heart.

The rebels shouted in unison, earth-shattering, arrows shot like flying locusts, and Cao Wenzhao's troops fell to the ground one after another, all of them did not change color. After only a while, Cao Wenzhao's headquarters was scattered by the righteous army, and it was divided into several places.

"Today, we have never encountered it since we joined the army, the crockpot will not be broken from the well, and the general will inevitably die in battle, is today the end of our Cao Wenzhao?"

Thinking secretly, Cao Wenzhao gritted his teeth, jumped his horse and speared, and rushed out to kill, and his subordinates followed closely behind him and desperately protected him.

Cao Wenzhao was already extremely brave, and he was even more brave at the moment of life and death, and the encirclement was broken through layer by layer, and it seemed that he was about to break out. A pawn who was tied up by the rebels saw Cao Wenzhao fighting beside him, and shouted loudly as if he had met a savior: "General Cao save me." ”

"General Cao? Could it be that he is Cao Wenzhao? Well, no wonder he's so brave. ”

They all secretly thought that someone had already found the soldiers of the officers and soldiers to identify them.

One of them happened to know each other, and shouted: "This person is the chief soldier Cao Wenzhao." ”

The rebels who died under Cao Wenzhao were more than 10 million, eager to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin, and when they heard it, they actually bumped into Cao Wenzhao, and when they gave up other officers and soldiers, they rushed over like a tide, and surrounded Cao Wenzhao like an iron wall.

Cao Wenzhao was like a lonely boat in the stormy waves, and like a trapped tiger that fell into the wolves, jumping left and right, rushing to kill, killing hundreds of peasant soldiers, covered in blood. In the smoke and dust, he fought for several miles, and finally ran out of energy, knowing that he could not be spared, and killed himself with a knife.

In the battle of Zhenning, Cao's army was 3,000 people, and more than 1,000 people were killed, and more than 20 officers below Cao Wenzhao and Guerrilla Ping'an were all killed.