Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo, the two generals, returned to Yan'an with their men, as well as the captured thieves and rescued people, and found that in addition to them, the other two thieves had returned.

Curious, the two generals asked the battalion officer when the other two men returned?

The battalion officer replied, "It's not two days ahead of you. I heard that the two of them drove the thieves to Shanxi and came back, but the two people didn't make any gains, and your people and horses also brought back the captures. ”

"Yes, these thieves ran away to Shanxi, but they are not under our control, right?" Liu Renyu asked the battalion officer.

"This is not something we can know, you have to ask Hong Junmen about this." The battalion officer laughed for a moment and replied.

"That's right, that's right, I'm going to go to Hong Junmen to report later, and I'll just ask myself when the time comes, oh, by the way, is our camp still in the same place?"

"It's still in place, the two generals just need to bring their subordinates to settle in."

"Got it." Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo agreed, and then took their men and horses to the barracks to settle in, and when all the affairs were completed, Liu Renyu invited Liu Wuguo to go to Hong Chengchou to report on their work.

The two generals went to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army tent, and Hong Chengchou's cronies were very familiar with Liu Renyu, and directly let Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo enter the Chinese army tent.

The two entered the big tent of the Chinese army together, and saw Hong Chengchou sitting upright, his face was obviously much better than a few days ago, and his expression was also relatively happy.

When the two generals of the Liu family saw Hong Chengchou, they first greeted Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou bowed his head and saluted, and then asked with a smile: "The two are back, how is the battle?" ”

"Military Gate, our army engaged with the main force of the Lone Wolf Department, beheaded the head of the lone wolf and below the head of the lone wolf, a total of 2,000 heads, captured 2,500 real thieves, rescued more than 6,000 people, and the captured real thieves and rescued people were all placed outside the camp, waiting for the disposal of the military gate." Liu Renyu replied.

"Yes! It seems that you still have some skills, not only can you fight the thieves, but you can also have so many gains, this battle is very good. The other two of our people did not engage with the thieves, and when the thieves heard that the heavenly soldiers of our court were coming, they all fled and fled into Shanxi, and they didn't even have the opportunity to fight, I am very interested to know how you got so much? ”

Hong Chengchou didn't think that Liu Renyu had the habit of killing good people and risking merit, so he believed that Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo's men killed the real thief, but how this real thief was killed, Hong Chengchou was very interested in knowing.

"Military gate, mark down to know that the thief is as timid as a mouse, if you directly take all the horses to find the lone wolf, I am afraid that most of the lone wolf will also run away and run to other places to do evil, so the mark will only take 200 people to find the lone wolf, and then intercept the thief's sentry to hide the strength, General Liu Wuguo will take the rest of the men and horses as an ambush.

The lone wolf saw that there were few people under the target, so he dared to engage the 200 people under the target. When the mark was engaged, he also used the method of agitation, which provoked the lone wolf to lose his mind, and fought with the men and horses under the mark, and after the lone wolf was bitten, General Liu Wuguo took the ambush to attack, so that he could reap the full success. ”

"Renyu, you are really different, you like to use wisdom, very good. The meritorious personnel in this battle, you can write it on the paperwork, and when I report it to Yang Zhishuai, naturally they will be rewarded. ”

"Yes, the military gate, mark (the last general) and wait for the soldiers under him to thank the military gate." Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo thanked each other.

After Liu Renyu finished thanking him, he asked again: "Dare to ask the military gate, the thieves fled to Shanxi, do we still need to pursue?" ”

Hong Chengchou heard this question, pondered for a while, and then replied: "Shanxi is the jurisdiction of the Xian Ke Jin Xian Junmen, and it is not under the jurisdiction of our Yang Zhishuai, the thieves went to Shanxi, so naturally the Xian Jun Gate should be responsible for killing them, so we don't have to worry about it." ”

"Yes, military gate, I know. Dare to ask the military gate, can our thieves in Shaanxi be wiped out? Are we going to continue to fight thieves? Liu Renyu asked.

"That's not necessary, we fought bravely, killed countless thieves, and the thieves have all fallen into fear. At present, our Shaanxi is really a thief, all the thieves are pacified, and the rest are all thieves and bandits, so don't worry, after this battle is over, we can collect our troops, and you can all go back. Hong Chengchou replied with a smile.

When Liu Wuguo heard this, his face immediately showed joy, but Liu Renyu's face did not show any emotional fluctuations.

"Okay, this time we have won a big victory against the thieves, and you have all worked hard, Renyu, your reward has not yet arrived, only when you return to Jingbian Fort, can you send the official uniform, farewell, and token to you, you don't have to worry."

"Don't be in a hurry when you mark it, you will always come when you should come, and you can't run." Liu Renyu replied calmly.

"It's very good that you can think like this, okay, you have worked hard, so let's go down and rest, and when the matter is dealt with, we will go back to the division." After Hong Chengchou finished talking to the two generals of the Liu family, he gave a send-off order.

"Military gate, the last general will retire." When Liu Wuguo heard this, he naturally planned to leave.

But Liu Renyu didn't react, he still stood still and didn't move, Hong Chengchou was a smart person, and he knew at a glance that Liu Renyu still had something to say, so he said to Liu Wuguo: "General Liu, you go down to rest first, and I'll have a few more words with Renyu." ”

"Yes, Junmen, the last general will retire." After Liu Wuguo finished speaking, he flashed out of the Chinese army's tent, leaving Hong Chengchou and Liu Renyu to talk alone.

"Renyu, do you have something to tell me?"

"Yes, Junmen, there is indeed something to tell you under the mark."

"There's no one else here, just say it."

"The military gate, the mark will marry Sun Yuyun, the daughter of Sun Kuisheng, the deputy general of Yan'an on the 18th of next month, as his wife, but the parents are dead, and there are no parents when they get married, but they are afraid that they are not beautiful, so they are brave and beg the military gate to be the master of the mark, and the right to be the high hall under the mark, and to witness the marriage under the mark."

When Liu Renyu said this, he knelt on one knee and pleaded.

"Hehe, Renyu, you are my first favorite general, such a trivial matter, and it is also a happy event, how can I not allow it, when the time comes, as long as there is no particularly urgent official business, I should come to Jingbian Fort to witness your marriage."

"Thank you for your kindness." Liu Renyu was grateful.

"It's okay, it's okay, I agreed to this, do you have anything else?"

"And."

"What's the matter? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Junmen, mark the courage to ask, you said that we will exterminate the thieves this time, will the thieves come back?"

Hong Chengchou heard this question, frowned and groaned for a while, and then replied in a helpless tone: "Since the first year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi has been plagued by famine and cannibalism for many years, but the imperial court is still urging Liaoyu and forcing the people to rebel. ”

"What the military gate said is extremely true, so I think that in a few days, there will inevitably be thieves who will rebel again, and we are only afraid that we will send troops to suppress it at that time."

"This is all helpless, these hungry people have no food to eat, but they refuse to do An'an starvation at home, they have to come out to make trouble, especially those bandit leaders who take the lead in making trouble, and they are even more hateful Diao people, and they should be killed to deal with such people, but it is a pity that Yang Zhishuai is kind-hearted and does not know the true face of the thief, so he has to do something to recruit An.

As a result, the thieves had no fear, and the persecution was not urgent, so they killed wantonly; The persecution was urgent, so he surrendered immediately, and at worst it was an end. And after the place was placed, these thieves did not change their nature, they only did not burn and kill, but they plundered as before, and the people suffered greatly, and the local officials did not dare to take care of it for fear of destroying the overall situation. In my opinion, the people who were coerced must be innocent, and some of the real thieves may be forced by life, but those thieves who take the lead in making trouble are hidden dangers.

Now they have to eat, drink, and make a fortune, and they may not want to rebel, but once the situation deteriorates, they will inevitably rebel again, and then when the matter is urgent, it is a big deal to surrender again. The thieves are fearless, and Zhao'an is just drinking to quench his thirst. ”

Liu Renyu never expected that Hong Chengchou would say such things to such a newly recruited henchman as him, that really didn't treat him Liu Renyu as an outsider, so Liu Renyu continued according to Hong Chengchou's meaning: "What you said is really right, when I was still in Zhenbeibao before, I once received a little red and other thieves who were placed in my place. ”

"Well, in fact, in my opinion, such a bandit leader who dares to rebel should be killed, lest the situation change in the future and these people rebel again." When Hong Chengchou said this, the green tendons on his forehead were suddenly exposed, and his face was very hideous, and he didn't have the gentleness that a scholar should have.

"It seems that what the history books say is right, Hong Chengchou is a ruthless and vicious atypical reader, if it weren't for Wang Zuohang, Wang Zishun and these thieves were taken to Jingbian Fort by me, and it is estimated that they have all been killed by you."

Liu Renyu listened to Hong Chengchou's words, first said a few words in his heart, and then he replied: "Junmen, there are a few thieves in the hands of the mark, although they have been recruited, but they are dissatisfied with the status quo, always thinking that one day they can live the kind of lawless life that they can do whatever they want, and they are worried that they will rebel again." ”

"Yes, the nature of the thief will not change after all, and it is really a scourge to stay, it is better to kill them all." When Hong Chengchou heard this, his eyes were cold and hateful.

"The military gate, catch the traitor and catch the double, take the thief and take the stolen goods, the leaders of these thieves are just dissatisfied with the status quo, but there are no words and deeds that are too out of line, so rashly killing them is only afraid that it will cause Yang Zhishuai to be dissatisfied, saying that the mark deliberately destroys the overall situation, so the mark plans to wait for the leaders of those thieves to show their feet, and then kill them all. When the time comes, I will ask the military to speak in front of Yang Zhishuai. ”

"I'm in charge of everything, you just have to do it freely." Hong Chengchou smiled.

"Yes, Junmen, I know what I know." Liu Renyu smiled and replied.

"Okay, the matter of suppressing the thieves this time has been over, and you should return to Jingbian Fort to continue to fight hard and prepare to go on another expedition."

"Yes, military gate, mark that I will hand over the merit request to you tomorrow, and I will lead the troops back to Jingbian Fort under the mark."

"Well, when you get married, you have to inform me in advance, and I can make arrangements in advance."

"Yes, Junmen, you will definitely be notified in advance under the mark, and you will retire under the mark." After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he took his leave and left.