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The spring breeze blows Weishui, and the eight rivers surround Chang'an.

Ancient Chang'an, since it was recovered by the general Xu Da in March of the second year of Hongwu, it was renamed Xi'an Mansion. There have been thirteen dynasties to build the capital here, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to "the world of mountains and rivers, only Qin medium for the danger of solid", so that the governor Pu Ying presided, on the basis of the old city of the Tang Dynasty to expand Xi'an City.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang named his second son Zhu Fan as the king of Qin. In the same year, the northeast corner of Xi'an began to build the Qin Palace.

In the eleventh year of Hongwu, the city of Xi'an was completed, the city circumference was twenty-seven miles in total, the wall was twelve meters high, the bottom of the wall was fifteen to eighteen meters wide, and the thickness of the city wall was greater than the height. There are four gates again, each gate is the city tower threefold, the gate tower, the arrow tower, the main building. There is a deep moat outside the city, and the corner towers are densely packed with enemy platforms, which can be described as stable as a mountain.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu and the seventeenth year of Hongwu, the drum tower and bell tower were built respectively, and its location was no different from the Jingshi Tower and the bell tower of the Yuan Dynasty.

Outside the city of Xi'an, it is the Guanzhong Plain known as the Qinchuan River of 800 miles, leaning on the Qinling Mountains in the south, bounding the North Mountain in the north, starting from Baoji Gorge in the west and reaching Tongguan in the east. The wind and rain here are smooth, the land is fertile, the agriculture is developed, and there is the Wei River traversing the Guanzhong Plain from west to east, the main stream and tributaries Jing River, Beiluo River, etc. all have the benefit of irrigation, and the famous water conservancy projects in ancient China such as Zhengguo Canal, Bai Canal, Cao Canal, Chengguo Canal, Longshou Canal are all drawn from these rivers. Therefore, it has been a grain producing area since the Qin Dynasty.

On the Guanzhong Plain, more than half of the planting area of tap wheat is established, which is the foundation of the eating habits of Shaanxi people, especially Guanzhong people, to take pasta as the first choice. However, over the years, man-made disasters have far outperformed natural disasters, and the war has been extended, and even the grain-producing areas have been starving for thousands of miles.

On the road to the Ba Bridge. Honor guards, flags, and sedan chairs and horses gathered, but they were the high-ranking officials in Xi'an City at this time, headed by Feng Shikong, the governor of Shaanxi, Huang Xun, the envoy Huang Xun, Tian Shizhen, the prefect of Xi'an, Jian Renrui, the prefect of Xi'an, Wu Congyi, the commander Cui Eryuan, Qiu Congzhou, and Wang Zhengren. Under the leadership of Sun Chuanting, the new governor of the trilateral region, he went out of the city to inspect the wheat harvest of the peasants in Guanzhong.

The weather in Guanzhong is already a little hot, and it is a long walk, which is inevitably a little tired. The civil officials in the sedan chair are better, and they can fan the wind in the sedan chair to cool off. Those military attachés with helmets and armor and bows and arrows on their backs were all sweating and miserable. But even so, there was silence in the procession, except for the sound of hooves and footsteps.

Sun Chuanting is a person who feels that he is very good and can shoot left and right. It can be called both civil and military, but the character is tough and decisive, very difficult to provoke, when he was the governor of Shaanxi, he vigorously rectified all affairs, regardless of the strong generals, he was obedient, and he was afraid of Sun Chuanting's name first.

The strength and uprightness of his character. Even his teacher, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides at that time, wanted to give him a few points. There is quite a bit of the taste of prosperity and death of those who go against it. At that time, Sun Chuanting was the governor, and many people lamented again and again, life was not good, and after he was dismissed from office, many people applauded.

in the team. It was Sun Chuanting's supervising standard pro-army, and the cavalry of the brigade was five horses and one column, and the hooves were rumbling. The riders on the horses were all dressed in bright red cloaks, and the polished cuirass, polished to a crystal clear, shone in the sunlight. Under the breastplate, there is iron-inlaid cotton armor, and the thick copper nails on the cotton armor shine brightly.

Most of the family members and their soldiers had firearms, the muzzles were carefully sealed with spear caps made of cloth to prevent dust from entering, spears in their hands, long knives hung from their saddles, and few people used bows and arrows. The kind of cold killing intent that permeates the body is also cold to the bones during this wheat harvest season.

In order to show his support for him, Emperor Chongzhen not only gave him a large amount of money and food, but also allocated more than 1,000 people from the elite of the Beijing camp to him to command, serving as his direct force. "These are all heroes who have seen battles with Jiannu, my Pixiu Tiger Ben, Qing can use it with confidence! But don't waste it! ”

With strong troops in hand, and a large amount of money and grain directly allocated by the emperor, Sun Chuanting returned to Shaanxi to serve as the governor of the three sides, compared with the previous governors of the three sides, from Yang Sichang's father Yang He, Hong Chengchou, who had been surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, to Wang Qiaonian, who died in Henan not long ago, Sun Chuanting's power and power to deter and control the leaders of Shaanxi's large and small armies are far more than that.

"What's up ahead?" On the horse, he was dressed in a big red official uniform, with two thick and high eyebrows, and his sharp eyes scanned the wheat field in the distance.

Although it is not as good as the harvests in Shandong and Henan, this year's wheat harvest should be good, and this is already the unanimous view of Shaanxi officials. With enough food, you can train the army and feed more soldiers and horses, so at this moment, Li Chuang, Cao Cao and others outside Tongguan are not worried.

Someone hurriedly stepped forward and told Sun Chuanting: "Back to the governor, there is a ten-mile slope of Baqiao in front of you!" ”

With an "oh" sound, Sun Chuanting dismounted and walked to the side of the road.

It didn't matter if he made this move, the long line immediately stopped on the official road, and the governor of Shaanxi, Feng Shikong, stomped on the sedan chair with a sedan bar, and the sedan chair drivers hurriedly staggered to stop the sedan chair.

"Lord Feng, where is the deputy chief soldier of Xing'an Town, He Renlong?"

Without waiting for Feng Shikong to come to the front, Sun Chuanting opened his mouth to ask.

Feng Shikong was taken aback, Sun Chuanting was the governor of the three sides, where was the army and horses stationed in Shaanxi, could he not know? I guess there's something to ask. In line with the principle of prudence, in order to avoid standing on the wrong side and offending Sun Deaf, who is now in the forefront, Feng Shikong replied quite rigorously: "At this time, I am in Xianyang. ”

"Wang Du died, He Renlong seized his post and looked at the crime, stationed in Xianyang for a long time, and prepared for the dawn and night. The adult said: The old general of the dragon minister is willing to punish his crimes, so that the ministers can serve themselves. The saint promised, the human dragon is a little at ease, and the night is no longer ready for ......"

Sun Chuanting raised his head suddenly, and in his eyes, the original arrogant sharpness that could not be concealed seemed to be deeply introverted and hidden, making him look even more profound: "Prepare for the dawn of the night? Who is he watching out for? Who? If you have this kind of thought, why don't you use it on the battlefield with the rogues and the thieves?! Damn it! ”

So that?!

However, he still hesitated: "What do you mean?" ”

Sun Chuanting said with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth: "The He family is in Mizhi, and most of their clans are among thieves, but he He Renlong is among the officials and soldiers. He Jinlong and He Yilong, the thieves, are all the best among the thieves, and they have been in trouble for many years! On the sparse feint, does he think. Will he be able to escape the punishment of national law? ”

"The county is noisy, and the fierce marshal is dedicated to the defeat of the lone army, and the two thieves of Cao are out of the sheng, and it has not been pacified so far. When the enemy abandoned the commander, he was defeated first, resulting in the loss of Xincai and Xiangcheng (Fu Zonglong, Wang Qiaonian). Do you want to wait for him to abandon me and end up with Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian? ”

Sun Chuanting counted He Renlong's actions one by one, and shouted: "He is my old department." How can you tolerate him? ”

Feng Shikong had already been scared into a cold sweat**, although since the Chongzhen Dynasty, killing ministers is not a new thing, and killing officials with troops is not uncommon news, but killing a fierce general like He Renlong is still unheard of: "What do you mean?" ”

Sun Chuanting changed his face, took Feng Shikong's hand and said, "Didn't the messenger come a few days ago?" In addition to sending money and food payment bills, there is also a secret decree from the emperor to congratulate the dragon! With the law of the country! Ben Governor would have wanted to do that! ”

Feng Shikong almost jumped up in shock: "Zhuhe Renlong? This is no small matter! ”

The charges were deducted one by one. Feng Shikong had nothing to say. Don't say that there are too many bad debts under He Renlong's ass, just a few people in his family who act as the backbone of the leaders among the rogues are enough to kill him!

"He Renlong is the chief soldier of Shaanxi, and he is the same as Li Zicheng, he has repeatedly killed thieves and made meritorious contributions, and many traitors and thieves have returned to him...... And although the human dragon is guilty, it cannot be punished. However, if it is because of the killing of He Renlong, the three armies will mutini and erode the place. I'm afraid it's ......"

Feng Shikong's words are also very clear, I have no opinion on you killing the madman He Governor, but have you thought about it, killing him is just a matter of a knife. But what about after you kill it? If the matter is not secret, he can't be killed, but let him take the opportunity to mutiny, loot Guanzhong, and run into the ranks of thieves. And how?

At present, it is easy to see a glimmer of light in Guanzhong, if the situation in Guanzhong is greatly damaged because of this incident, I am afraid that the emperor will kill you by then!

Sun Chuanting said with hatred: "If you don't come to the third place, the soldiers will return to the west, abandon the commander and flee first, and run away again and again, making the state affairs more and more out of control, if this generation does not die, who will die?" This generation of generals with troops, relying on some soldiers and horses, is selfish, and regards the major affairs of the country as child's play, thinking that he will not dare to kill him if he has soldiers in his hands? Think he can be safe and sound if he has soldiers in his hands? ”

Sun Chuanting waved his hand and motioned to Feng Shikong to look at his pro-army, "His reliance is just soldiers and horses!" Are his soldiers and horses stronger than the elite soldiers who have fought against the Liao thieves like Bentu?! This governor received the emperor's order to train a new army in Shaanxi, that is, in front of the generals, count their crimes, and bind the people and dragons to behead them, so as to set an example! Borrow him to congratulate the madman's head and set an example for the generals! ”

Seeing that Sun Chuanting's attitude was so resolute, and there was a large army, Feng Shikong was inconvenient to say more, so he simply sat down and deduced in detail with Sun Chuanting how to solve He Renlong.

One after another, military orders were issued from the city of Xi'an and garrisoned troops in all directions.

The content of the military order is very simple, tell the generals above the deputy general stationed in Guanzhong that the governor has the military salary, grain and grass allocated by the emperor, if you want, you will rush to the governor of Xi'an within two days after receiving the order! Outdated does not wait! If there is no time and it is noisy, it will be cut immediately!

For a time, the feather and the stars were galloping, and the horses came out in all directions, and the messenger with a small flag on his back rushed to the military towns in Shaanxi like a spark. kept beating the horses under the crotch fiercely, and the post stations everywhere didn't know how many horses were exhausted.

Naturally, the generals who received the order did not dare to slack off, nor would they slack off. One is that Lord Sun is majestic, and each is in the hearts of the people. The two of them, at present, the army has been in arrears for a long time, and those who go can get the money back, and those who don't go may lose their heads or be scolded to death by their subordinates. This account can be calculated clearly by a fool.

He Renlong, who was stationed in Xianyang City, because when Wang Qiaonian was defeated and died in the Battle of Xiangcheng, Sun Chuanting had pleaded for him, "The old general of Renlongchen is willing to punish him for his crimes, so that he can serve himself." Therefore, he was relieved, and only brought 200 relatives and guards, as well as Zhou Guoqing, Wei Daheng, He Guoxian, Gao Jinku and other henchmen beside him, and rushed to Xi'an.

When He Renlong took Zhou Guoqing, Wei Daheng, Gao Jinku and others to Xi'an, the commanders and deputy generals of the towns on the three sides also arrived.

Zheng Jiadong, the general soldier of Guyuan, Niu Chenghu, the chief soldier of Lintao, Wang Ding, the chief soldier of Yulin, Fu Min, the chief soldier of Ningxia, and Lu Guangzu, the deputy general of Lintao Town. Hui Xian, the deputy general of Yulin Town, etc., and the generals above the deputy general of each town, were not bad, and all of them arrived one after another.

The front of the three governors was full of generals in helmets and armor, and from time to time a team of horses galloped in, and some generals jumped down from their sweaty horses with loud shouts of joy.

Among the nine sides. The best military salaries are in the towns of Liaodong. The rest are soldiers and horses in Jizhen, Xuanda and other places. As for the towns on the three sides, Yulin, Guyuan and other places were originally barren land, and they could not be used as a reason to ask for food and wages like Liaodong. Therefore, the food and salary on the three sides are often in arrears, and these people are the generals who lead the troops, and their appearance and armor are much worse than the generals of the towns in Liaodong. Not to mention the tattered clothes and armor, they came rushing for a long time, and all of them looked like they were disgraced.

However, a large amount of military salary and silver in front of them are about to be received, and they can't help but look excited, all of them laugh and laugh, "Donkey Ball" and "Our Laozi" are all in front of each other to greet and discuss the scene of prostitution, gambling and drinking in a gold cave somewhere in Xi'an City.

He Renlong led a group of generals to arrive, and immediately a large group of acquaintances greeted his team: "He Shuai." "He Shuai."

"Lao He has arrived?"

"Hahaha, Maniac He is here?"

He Renlong greeted them. Grinning wildly. Zheng Jiadong, the chief soldier of Guyuan, and Niu Chenghu, the chief soldier of Lintao, are the same as He Renlong. They are all veteran generals, and they are all together with him who abandoned Wang Qiaonian and escaped from Xiangcheng, whether it is qualifications, friendships, or interests, they can be trusted with He Renlong.

The two old military sticks also swaggered up to greet the madman, and on their thick black faces, they looked like they were in the wind and frost, snow and rain. Those who don't know will think that the owner of this face is an old farmer in northern Shaanxi. The iron armor on the two of them is also mottled and uneven, and they have changed the nail leaves I don't know how many times. The suffering of the Qin soldiers can be seen from these two old military leaders.

"Lao Zheng, Lao Niu has worked hard!"

"Master Sun wants to pay us a military salary, it's very hard!"

He Renlongtong casually arched his hand. Squeezing eyes at the two old friends, motioning for them to look around. "What are the origins of these soldiers? Sun Deaf's family soldiers? ”

At the beginning of his entry into Xi'an City with his men and horses, he found that there were many soldiers guarding the city head and city gates. Although it was clear at a glance that it was a recruit composed of the Shaanxi Township Party, its momentum was completely different from that of the battalions in various towns. All of them stood on the head of the city in the scorching sun with swords and guns in their hands, letting the sweat drip down, but they were also motionless. With such military discipline and such a soldier, He Madman Rao is extremely arrogant on weekdays, but he also has self-knowledge, and it is absolutely impossible for his subordinates to do it.

When they entered the city, such soldiers abounded, and along the sides of the street, groups of three or five stood there. He Renlong observed it closely, these soldiers, with complete armor and sharp weapons, although their faces still had a bit of vegetable color, a little rustic, but the victory was that their bodies were strong and stout, and they faintly had the momentum of a hundred battle elite soldiers.

"These people, you say?" Niu Chenghu pointed to the soldiers on duty on the street in the distance, "Lord Sun has been ordered by the Holy Decree and spent a lot of money to recruit recruits on the ground in our Guanzhong. ”

"Recruits? My Lao He doesn't think it looks like it, but it looks a little familiar! He Renlong shook his head, these recruits had always given him a familiar feeling, but he couldn't remember for a moment where he had seen these soldiers.

"Seen? Where have you seen it? Whose subordinates? We have also traveled all over the world, which general can train such a new soldier? And what general is willing to pull these good soldiers under the command of Lord Sun? I haven't heard of any generals brought by Lord Sun from the capital. ”

Regarding He Renlong's doubts, Niu Chenghu and Zheng Jiadong both shook their heads, but their expressions were also envious: "It is indeed a good soldier." Although the family members in my camp are stronger than them, it is not easy for the family members to come by, so how can they be used like this? Could it be the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp sent by the emperor to Lord Sun? ”

When Niu Chenghu said this, he suddenly laughed dumbly, "Hahahaha!" Joked! Joked! Those soldiers in the Beijing camp look good, but they are actually embroidered pillow soldiers. You can't fight a tough battle, and you can't endure hardship. It can only be used by the emperor Lao'er to show his majesty! ”

Regarding Niu Chenghu's mistake, He Renlong returned with a disdainful sneer: "If there were such soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, the emperor would have cut off the heads of us countless times!" ”

Zheng Jiadong said: "Lao He is right, since the emperor ascended the throne, kill Wei Zhongxian, kill Yuan Chonghuan, kill this, kill that, never be soft, have you ever seen him say no words to the people of the ancestral family and the Wu family." You have to have a gun in your hand! ”

Niu Chenghu said: "Lao He, there is always a little uneasiness in my heart, you said that Sun Laohu put on such a big battle...... he looked around and said in a low voice: "Could it be that we are going to be held accountable for the crime of escaping at that time?" ”

He Renlong actually had such uneasiness, but he didn't believe that Sun Chuanting really dared to actually deal with them, as for killing their heads, this kind of thought would not be thought of in his heart, let alone dare to think about it!

There are soldiers who are the king of grass, and over the years, with the soldiers and horses in his hands, he congratulates the dragon and ignores the officials. With soldiers and horses in his hands, he doesn't bird Yang Sichang, Fu Zonglong, or Wang Qiaonian, what can they do? What can the court do to him and congratulate the madman?

really forced him to be anxious, he raised his arms from Mizhi's hometown, and coerced tens of thousands of people to become thieves, this is not easy to play! Therefore, even if he stabbed the big basket, at most one of them made meritorious service and redeemed himself, and he did not dare to punish him.

He can't remember how many times he has worn it, the emperor kills civil officials like mowing grass and killing chickens, and the only way to appease them, the military leaders who have soldiers and horses in their hands! Otherwise, aren't you afraid that you will make trouble and mutiny, or even go to the thieves? Anyway, his He family is not without people among the thieves, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, these are all big bosses who lead a battalion by themselves. is Li Zicheng, who is now in full swing, and his brother He Jinlong is also a favorite general that Li Zicheng valued very much at the beginning. Li Zicheng can even retain Chen Yongfu and his son, how can he not reuse a character like a madman? !

Therefore, Sun Chuanting is also as strong as the imperial court, and he just bluffs, and if he really does it, he doesn't dare to come to the real thing even if he borrows 10,000 guts!

He even heard that although Zuo Liangyu was said to be defeated in Zhu Xianzhen, all the elite soldiers and horses in his department were lost. But the court was still intimidated by his notoriety, but the disposition afterwards was really the same as he thought, the emperor only dared to use civil officials to be angry, and killed some general generals who had lost soldiers and horses, Zuo Liangyu was the result of self-redemption for his crimes.

He Renlong asked when he thought of it.

"Zuo Kunshan, how is that rabbit master now? Is there any news of him? ”

Niu Chenghu and Zheng Jiadong both knew about the festival between him and Zuo Liangyu, and both of them gloated about his question.

"He? claimed to be 200,000 elites, and was led by a hairy boy in the camp with more than 10,000 cutting-edge thieves, beaten to the ground, and fled from Kaifeng to Nanyang. Before the buttocks were hot, Hao Shaoqi and Yuan Zongdi's brigade killed again. At present, he is lingering in Xiangyang to recuperate from the wound on his buttocks. Zheng Jiadong's face had a lewd look, and his eyes were full of what you understand.

"Humph! I think, he can't stay in Xiangyang! "Niu Chenghu gave Zuo Liangyu a verdict." The four prefectures of De'an, Chengtian, Jingzhou and Xiangyang in Huguang are all places where grain and rice are abundant. If I were Li Zicheng, I wouldn't leave it to Zuo Liangyu! Such a good place, why don't you take it down and raise soldiers?! (To be continued......)