In the sixteenth year of Liyang, the sixth day of the second month

Yan Kui led the army to Hongyang Mansion City and met Fang Rui, the general of Hongyang Town and the general of Anbei.

This Fang Rui was born as a son of Xungui, and his family was originally the founding candidate, but the people in power of the Fang family were useless in their brains, and they stood on the wrong side when Emperor Kanghua succeeded to the throne.

At that time, Fang Rui had already been born, but he was still too young, the Fang family had hated the first emperor, and Kanghua had no chance to rise again, until he was on the throne today, and the old things of the Fang family were finally in the past.

With the opportunity to make a comeback, the Fang family is also competitive, the men of the whole clan have fought the battlefield to make some military achievements, plus the ancestors had some connections in the Xungui circle back then, relying on the incense left by the ancestors, the Fang family finally got up slowly.

Fang Rui is the most outstanding one in the Fang family, he became the general of Anbei at the age of seven Chinese New Year's Eve this year, holding military power and sitting on the border, which shows that he is also ranked first in the heart of Emperor Liyang.

If the development goes smoothly in the future, it is difficult to say why Fang Rui will bring the Fang family back to the glory of the ancestors, but it is not a big problem for the Fang family to gain a firm foothold in the Northern Jin Dynasty.

As a result, the Fang family thought very well, but unexpectedly, there were unforeseen circumstances, Hongyang rebelled, Fang Rui did not deal with it properly, and ended in a big defeat, losing a lot of points in front of Emperor Liyang and the imperial court, and the bright future was covered with dust from then on.

The only thing to be thankful for is that no matter whether Emperor Liyang misses the old love, or cares about the overall situation and is unwilling to change the general before the battle, Fang Rui's Hongyang town guard position has finally been retained, and there is still a chance to make meritorious contributions in this counterinsurgency.

This result made Fang Rui breathe a sigh of relief, so much so that he put his attitude towards Yan Kui, who was sent by Emperor Liyang to quell the rebellion, extremely low.

not only greeted Yan Kui at the gate of the city in person, but also behaved respectfully, and even flattered Yan Kui, a junior with lower qualifications than him, and called him the last general.

Of course, Fang Rui is right to call it so, Emperor Liyang issued a decree to enshrine Yan Kui as the governor of the rebellion, and Fang Rui was subject to it, which means that Yan Kui is the main general of this rebellion, and his status is above Fang Rui, and it is not wrong for him to call Yan Kui the last general.

But after all, the two of them are officials at the same level, even if Yan Kui is the main general, Fang Rui only needs to respect and obey orders, and now he is so flattering, it is really a bit ......... Flattering.

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Yan Kui also thought so, so seeing Fang Rui like this, he reminded him a little uncomfortably.

"The general and Yan are ministers in the same hall, and they are colleagues at the same level, so there is no need to be so polite, if you don't dislike it, the general can call me directly to the word Yuanhan."

Yan Kui originally had good intentions, but Fang Rui was really frightened by this turmoil, and shook his head again and again: "The governor is the main general, and the last general is the next general, how dare he be rude and arrogant." ”

Yan Kui was helpless, and persuaded two more words, but seeing that Fang Rui was still like this, he had no choice but to let it go.

But to tell the truth, seeing Fang Rui so knowledgeable, Yan Kui was still very happy in his heart, after all, this rebellion, he still needs Fang Rui's full help, if Fang Rui is not united with himself, and he is playing with his life, although Yan Kui is not afraid, he is also troublesome.

Now seeing Fang Rui's honest and obedient attitude, Yan Kui has a bottom in his heart, the two of them have a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus the tens of thousands of government troops in Hongyang, even if the people are not united with the Jin army and cannot recruit too many people, the Jin army's strength advantage is also large enough.

In the past, Yan Kui fought most of the battles with less, but now he has the advantage of troops, and he is dealing with a group of rabble who have just thrown their hoes not long ago, how can they be invincible.

Yan Kui was very confident in this counterinsurgency, but the reality was far from as smooth as he thought............

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In the sixteenth year of Liyang, the ninth day of the second month

After a few days of brief repairs, Yan Kui joined Fang Rui's department, raised 100,000 troops from Fucheng, and killed Hongshi County.

This place is currently occupied by the Cheng brothers, one of the other two rebels outside Li Jiwai, there are not many rebels, only more than 20,000 people, among which there are many women, children, old and weak, and the young and strong who can really go to the battlefield are estimated to be six or seven thousand.

This is the idea that Xu Yu gave him before Yan Kui set off, and now the whole court is staring at the rebellion on Hongyang's side, Yan Kui had better win the battle as soon as possible when he sends his troops, and with the heart of the court, he also shows his strength.

Naturally, you have to ask for a jackpot.

Hongyang three-way rebels, Li Ji sits on four counties, many generals, the most difficult to deal with, Gao Xinggong is located in Gao County, the terrain is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In contrast, only the four brothers of the Cheng family in Hongshi County have the least number of troops and are the easiest to win, just so that Yan Kui can ask for a jackpot and report to the imperial court, and at the same time, he also touches the bottom of the rebels by the way, and counts them in one fell swoop.

Yan Kui adopted Xu Yu's advice, and after coming to Hongyang, he was the first to take Hongshi County, where the four brothers of the Cheng family were located.

Coincidentally, Hongshi County is the closest to the three-way rebels from Fucheng, Yan Kui proposed to take the redstone first, and no one under his command raised objections, Fang Rui also took the initiative to introduce Yan Kui to the situation of the rebels in Hongshi County.

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Hongshi County, as the name suggests, is famous for its abundance of red stone, this kind of red stone, the color is like terracotta, the texture is extremely strong, it is a good material for construction, Hongyang large official eunuchs want to build houses, all use this stone as the material, the price is several times that of ordinary bluestone.

And the production of this kind of red stone is relatively not very high, and there are only a few mountains in Hongshi County that have this specialty, so whoever controls the mountain range that produces red stone means that there is a cornucopia of rich resources.

Therefore, since the birth of Hongshi, the disputes around these mountains in Hongshi County have never stopped, until the last ten years, the four sons of the Cheng family, Cheng Fu, Cheng Gui, Cheng Xing, and Cheng Wang, who are big families in Hongshi County, have grown up.

These four brothers are all good at martial arts, entangled a group of people in the green forest, subdued the gentry of the Hongshi family, seized control of the Hongshi Mountain Range, and were known as the four hegemons of Chengmen, suppressing the whole county.

After the Jin and Zhou wars, Hongyang Mansion changed hands, and the Northern Jin Dynasty, which was the master of the house, did not have the Western Zhou Dynasty to speak.

The county order also knew that things could not be done, so they did not let the Hongshi Mountains directly belong to the county government, but only increased the taxes of Hongshi, and the Cheng family had to pay the corresponding taxes to the county government as long as they sold Hongshi.

This county order felt that this matter was done quite properly, and he was ruthless, taking advantage of the chaotic period of land division between the two countries, he made a big stroke and directly took back the Hongshi Mountain Range and confiscated it, no matter how much the Cheng family hated, would they dare to rebel?

The answer is: dare!

The four brothers of the Cheng family have been powerful and blessed in Hongshi County for so many years, and when have they suffered such a big loss, they have hated the Northern Jin Dynasty from then on.

When Di Yi was there, the army was in charge, and the people below naturally did not dare to think rashly, and as soon as Di Yi left, Li Ji took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, and the situation in Hongyang gradually began to erode.

When Fang Rui failed to send troops to quell the rebellion, the prestige of the Jin army in Hongyang plummeted, and the four brothers of the Cheng family, who had endured it for more than half a year, felt that the Northern Jin Dynasty was nothing more than that, and despite the old father's stop, they took their group of Green Forest men to pull the flag and rebel in Hongshi County.

The four brothers of the Cheng family proclaimed themselves generals, and the first thing they did after the rebellion was to lead people to rush into the county government and peel the skin and cramp the county order that did not have time to react, in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts.

After killing the county order, the four brothers of the Cheng family thought that they had no way back, so they simply decided to do a big job.

Over the years, the Cheng family has saved a lot of money by selling red stones, and the eldest Cheng Fu is in charge, taking out all the money and food in the family to recruit troops and horses.

The Jin army was already unpopular in Hongyang, plus Fang Rui was defeated, Li Ji was powerful, the hearts of the people in Hongyang were floating, and the Cheng family pulled the flag, and it became the climate in just half a month, occupying Hongshi County, with more than 20,000 people, and six or seven thousand soldiers who could fight.

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Although their Cheng brothers are domineering in Hongshi County, they are bullying and bullying the people and suppressing the gentry, and the government will never dare to provoke them.

Now that the flag is being pulled and rebelling, tens of thousands of horses under his command, and the life and death of the people in the county are all in their own thoughts, this kind of power makes the four brothers of the Cheng family fluttering and intoxicated.

It wasn't until Yan Kui sent troops to Hongshi, and the 100,000 army swung outside the county seat, that the four brothers of the Cheng family finally calmed down, and then they were frightened.

One hundred thousand vs six thousand.

Not to mention the quality and combat power of the soldiers, how can you look at this gap in strength?

Although the Cheng brothers have some courage, they don't think that they can defeat the 100,000 Jin army with 6,000 people.

But now it's too late to say anything, if you don't kill the county order sent by the Northern Jin Dynasty, maybe the Cheng family brothers still have a chance of life, but now they kill officials and rebel, and the means are still so cruel, if you don't kill anyone, you still put the Northern Jin Dynasty court in your eyes.

Therefore, these people who followed the rebellion may be able to live, and the Cheng family will definitely die.........

This truth, the Cheng family brothers understand in their hearts that it is impossible to surrender, so they can only fight to the end.

Cheng Xing, the third elder of the Cheng family, is the one with the highest martial arts among the four brothers, and he is also the most irritable one, he looked at the sad expressions on the faces of the other three brothers, and he didn't want to be too entangled.

"The head has a big scar on the bowl, I'm afraid that he will do a lot of things, the eldest brother and the second brother, the Jin army is here, and the foothold is unstable, I want to lead the troops to rush into battle to frustrate its spirit."

"The third brother has good intentions."

The eldest brother Cheng Fu praised it, and secretly pondered in his heart, under the Jin army Chen Bingcheng, the new soldiers recruited by his own subordinates were panicked, and his third brother was brave, so it was better to let him lead the troops to rush outside to boost morale.

Otherwise, if it goes on like this, the army's heart will be chaotic, and once the Jin army attacks the city, how to resist.

Thinking of this, Cheng Fu couldn't help asking, "How many people does the third brother need?" ”

Cheng Xing pondered for a moment: "There are few soldiers in the city, it is not appropriate to bring more soldiers and horses out of the city, a thousand elite soldiers are enough." ”

That's one in six.........

Cheng Fu was a little reluctant, but thinking about the current situation, he still gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement: "Okay, big brother will allocate you a thousand elite soldiers, but you must be careful, if you can't do anything, you should withdraw immediately, and you should put safety first." ”

"Don't worry, brother, brother knows it."

The third Cheng Xing nodded, dressed in a drape, let people take his tiger's mouth broadsword, and went out of the city with all the soldiers and horses.

On the top of the city tower, the remaining three brothers looked at Cheng Xing, who led the troops to kill the Jin army, and their faces were full of worry............