Zhang Kewang and the other captives were taken to Lu'an City, where they were sent by Xu Dingchen.

Xu Dingchen is also a ruthless person, and after only two days of trial, he pulled out more than 600 heinous crimes and beheaded them.

The remaining 400 or so prisoners who were willing to change their minds and serve the imperial court were all organized into various battalions and let them suppress bandits for the imperial court.

Zhang Kewang is among them.

Xu Dingchen is a scholar, and he believes that people are good at the beginning, and in his opinion, Zhang Kewang is still young, and he can still be transformed into a pillar of the imperial court.

But Xu Dingchen soon regretted it.

Within a month, Zhang Kewang fled with more than 100 prisoners.

……

Zhang Bingzhong killed Hui Dengxiang and annexed the thousands of men and horses, and then brought a return flow in Licheng, Shexian and Linxian, and annexed small groups of rogues everywhere, and in less than two months, he had another 20,000 soldiers and horses.

The names of the eight kings are still loud.

Zhang Kewang also quickly found Zhang Bingzhong, and when the father and son met, they sighed.

After learning that Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were also taken away by the surname Qin, Zhang Bingzhong was furious, scolded in the direction of Lu Liangshan, and made a poisonous oath: I will not kill the surname Qin in this life, and I will not be reincarnated in the next life.

After a long addiction, Zhang Bingzhong took Zhang Kewang and 20,000 troops to Wangwushan and Yuanqu to join Gao Yingxiang, Li Hongji and others.

Not long ago, the Liukou of Wutai Mountain had nothing to eat on the mountain, and after staying for a long time, they ran down and up, went around in circles in the mountains to avoid Lu Xiangsheng and Liang Fu, and then ran back to the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and then were beaten by Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and others, and finally ran to the area of Wangwu Mountain to find King Chuang and cry.

Luo Rucai, who wanted to bypass Tongguan and enter Shaanxi, and more than a dozen other rogues were also beaten by Li Bei, Hu Dawei, and Fierce Tiger under Zhang Zongheng, and they had no choice but to run back.

Seeing that the encirclement of the Ming army was shrinking smaller and smaller, Luo Rucai became more and more uneasy, and simply went back to Wangwushan to find Gao Yingxiang and others to discuss countermeasures.

In November, the main force of the Liukou gathered in the area of Wangwu Mountain.

Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, Zhang Bingzhong, the eighth king, Li Hongji, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, etc., many well-known Kui capitals gathered here, in order to deal with the shrinking encirclement of the Ming army, and gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Li Hongji didn't say much, because he boasted to King Chuang that the Yellow River would freeze in less than three months, but now that three months have passed, the Yellow River still shows no signs of freezing, causing King Chuang to be driven into a desperate situation where there are mountains on three sides and water on the other.

If the Yellow River does not freeze, they will not be able to cross the river, and it will not be long before they will be completely surrounded by the Ming army, and when the time comes, none of them will be able to escape.

After discussing for a while, Luo Rucai suddenly proposed to surrender to Jingying.

Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, Li Bei and the like are not very good, in contrast, the two generals of the Beijing camp, Wang Pu and Ni Chong, are much better, these two have been here for more than half a year, and they have not made any great achievements, if they surrender to them, they will definitely accept it gladly.

Recruiting so many rogue leaders is a great achievement.

Moreover, I heard that Lu Jiude and Yang Jinchao, the eunuchs in their army, were greedy for money and took some gold and silver treasures to those two eunuchs, and this matter was nine times out of ten.

As long as they can stabilize the officers and men, drag on for a while, and wait for the Yellow River to freeze, they will be able to escape.

As soon as Luo Rucai's plan came out, Gao Yingxiang and others patted their thighs and applauded, and unanimously decided to act according to this plan.

……

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu and other soldiers and horses from all walks of life continued to win battles, and the more and more credits were fought, Wang Pu and Ni Pet were anxious.

They have been here for so long, and they haven't won many battles, and seeing that the rogues are cornered, if they don't hurry up and fight a few big victories, I'm afraid they won't get any credit for this trip.

As a result, the two kept urging their subordinates to speed up their marches, trying to find the main force of the rogue before the other soldiers.

When they arrived in the area of Jiyuan, the two suddenly received a messenger sent by the Liukou, saying that they were willing to surrender to the two generals, and asked the two to stay in Jiyuan for a while, and then come to surrender after they captured and killed several leaders who had surrendered not far away.

At the same time, Lu Jiude and Yang Jinchao each received a lot of gold and silver treasures, and the two of them were very happy, so they waved their hands and asked Wang Pu and Ni Chong to wait for a while, and then the Liukou would come to surrender.

At the same time, Lu Jiude and Yang Jinchao sent people to inform Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, Li Bei, He Renlong, Deng Xi and other friendly troops, saying that they were negotiating with the thieves to surrender, and asked the friendly troops from all walks of life to slow down for the time being, so as not to be too eager to persecute the thieves, lest the thieves panic, and the dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry and could not be surrendered, causing their efforts to be in vain.

After Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and the others received the news, they slowed down their march, after all, they didn't want to bear the responsibility of sabotaging the surrender of the rogue.

In this way, the crisis of the rogue has been temporarily alleviated.

Wang Pu Ni Chong and Lu Jiude Yang Jinchao waited for more than ten days, but they did not wait for the thieves to come down, but waited for the news that the Yellow River was frozen.

A few people were shocked, and suddenly realized that they had fallen for the rogue's delaying tactics.

The weather plummeted, the cold was incomparable, and the Yellow River would inevitably freeze, so that the thieves could cross the river in a big way and escape.

Several people regretted it, and hurriedly led a small number of light horsemen and fast horses to the bank of the Yellow River in Wangwu Mountain.

But when they fell, there was not a single figure to be seen.

As early as the day when the Yellow River was frozen, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Bingzhong, Li Hongji, Luo Rucai and other leaders led tens of thousands of troops to cross the river from the ice overnight and raid the Ming army on the south bank.

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Bingzhong, Luo Rucai and others immediately divided their troops and rushed to Luoyang, Dengfeng, Xingyang, Kaifeng and other rich Central Plains areas.

At the time of the drought in Henan for many years, the locust plague is coming, and there are groups of hungry people wandering around in groups, and there are countless rogues who have risen up.

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Bingzhong and others were like fish in water, coercing the hungry people one after another, annexing small groups of rogues, rapidly growing to 200,000 people, and swept the land of Henan like locusts, and in just one month, they were trapped in more than a dozen prefectures and counties.

North of the Yellow River, Wang Pu, Ni Chong, Lu Jiude, Yang Jinchao and others have green faces.

……

Lou Annoy, Fort Montenegro.

Qin Chuan sat in the reinforced concrete office on the southern city wall, carefully looking at a letter.

This is an order sent to him by Xu Dingchen, ordering him to go to the area of Yicheng in Pingyang Mansion to quell the bandits.

After reading it, Qin Chuan threw away the order and smiled indifferently: "Hehe, it's cold and freezing to transfer me south, but I'm afraid that when I get there, the Liukou will cross the Yellow River and run away." ”

Luo Daniu on the side picked up the order, squinted slightly, and looked at it seriously.

Qin Chuan kicked him angrily: "If you don't understand, don't pretend, tell you to go to the school to read more, it's good for you to run to Li Anru's boudoir all day long." ”

"Hey, hey, hey."

Luo Da Niu rubbed his buttocks embarrassedly, and then handed the order in his hand to Wen Cheng next to him.

Wen Cheng took a few glances and said, "My lord, Xu Dingchen will not be unaware of the hardships of the cold winter march, and at this time, I am afraid that there will be fraud in transferring you to the south." ”

Qin Chuan frowned, and soon laughed again: "It seems that Zhu Youzhen is going to kill me." ”

Wang Jizong on the side said with a solemn face: "My lord, you have to prepare early, once the imperial court exterminates the Liukou, it will be able to free up about 100,000 soldiers who are good at fighting to surround Luliang Mountain." ”

"Don't worry, they won't be able to exterminate the rogue."

At this time, a Guan Emperor suddenly came from outside the door, and said respectfully: "My lord, a caravan has come outside, about 400 people, saying that they want to buy Lou Fu Iron and Iron Pot. ”

Qin Chuan nodded: "Well, just let Luo Wentian talk to them." ”

"My subordinates can't find Mr. Luo."

"Go to Cuixiang Building to find it, nine times out of ten, it's there."

"Yes."

"By the way, a messenger has sent a letter to Mr. Wang."

As he spoke, the Guan Dijun took out a letter from his arms, walked in and handed it to Wang Jizong.

"I'm tired."

Wang Jizong took the letter, opened the wax seal, took out the letter and read it.

After only two glances, his face suddenly changed drastically, and his hands trembled slightly.

Qin Chuan frowned: "What happened?" ”

Wang Jizong closed his eyes and sighed: "Xu Ge died of illness. ”

"What?" Wen Cheng also turned pale.

"Xu Ge died of illness, just on the eighth day of the first month of last month."

Wen Cheng was speechless in a daze, and sighed gloomily for a long time.

Qin Chuan didn't know what to say, so he had to sigh.

He admires Xu Guangqi, an enlightened man of the Ming Dynasty, who has done a lot of good things in his life for the benefit of the country and the people.

He spared no effort to promote new crops, wrote the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" and "Taixi Water Law", made a lot of contributions to the development of agriculture, and also wrote "Geometry Originals", "Examination Notes" and other mathematics and industry-related books.

It's a pity that he was born in the late Ming Dynasty, born in troubled times, and has no talent but nowhere to display.

If you are born in the middle of the Ming Dynasty or the early Ming Dynasty, the people of the world will be blessed.

"Go, let people set up an incense case, and say goodbye to Xu Ge Lao."

After sighing lightly, Qin Chuan said to Luo Da Niu next to him.

"Yes."

Luo Da Niu got up and walked out quickly.

Not long after, an incense case was set up outside Black Mountain Fort, and Qin Chuan led Wang Jizong, Wen Cheng, Chen Zhan, Li Xuejing and others, as well as a group of officials, to worship incense on the incense case.

Among them, Chen Zhan and Li Xuejing couldn't kneel and couldn't cry.

They were officials of the Ministry of Industry before, and they were also Xu Guangqi's subordinates, and when Sun Yuanhua went to Denglai, they recommended themselves to Xu Guangqi and went to Denglai to assist Sun Yuanhua in making cannons.

In the blink of an eye, it has been a few years, and now it is a farewell between heaven and man.