Hong Chengchou took the throne, not only did he not get the reproach of the young Chongzhen in the several failed battles to encircle and suppress Lu Shi, but was reused by Chongzhen because he radiated a dazzling light when thousands of troops were in dimmation.

With the failure of Yang He, who vigorously promoted the Fu-based, was imprisoned, and Hong Chengchou, who has always advocated suppression, was favored by Chongzhen, mainly because Chongzhen, who has always been motivated, is in a hurry, but he does not have much ability to govern this huge empire, and the statecraft is unruly and changeable, so when everyone unanimously advocates appeasement, he advocates appeasement, but after the failure of appeasement, Yang He was very large in Qingliu Donglin, Chongzhen naturally turned to encircle and suppress.

At this time, in the entire imperial court, Hong Chengchou, who was still Qingliu Donglin, or advocated encirclement and suppression, naturally became the mainstream, so that although Hong Chengchou, who had repeatedly failed in the battle of encircling and suppressing Lu Shi, his rational ability was extremely correct, so he was recommended by Donglin again and accepted and appreciated by Chongzhen, so Hong Chengchou was placed high hopes on Chongzhen.

As a result, Chongzhen added Hong Chengchou as the new governor of the three sides, added the title of prince and Taibao, and the title of secretary of the military department, and the military affairs of the five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan, and became the main military commander of the Ming court to suppress the peasant uprising.

The new official took office, of course, to make a difference, in line with the principle of easy first and then difficult, the Ming court has been helpless against Lu Shi, at least for now, but, although the governor of Shanxi has become a real existence because of the fall of Shaanxi, however, the remaining titles are very useful, so, Hong Chengchou once again enabled He Renlong, raised 30,000 elite officers and troops in Shanxi, Henan and other places, and led the troops into Henan to block Li Zicheng, who had become the last force of the Liukou, Don't let the rogues trouble and destroy the foundation of the Ming Dynasty again.

There is a small town more than 60 kilometers southwest of Lushi County, called Zhuyangguan. In the past, only people north of Hubei and Nanyang knew about this place, and everyone else was unfamiliar with it. Zhuyangguan is an ancient town, belongs to the land in history, is the throat of the three provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Hubei, because of its strategic position is prominent, the Tang Dynasty Wude six years (623 AD) set up a pass here. After the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were also counties, towns and prefectures under the command of the state. Although Zhuyang Pass is a pass, because it is located in the deep mountains, most of the time the mountains here are lonely and empty, only the old stork river in the south of the town flows day and night.

But at the beginning of the fourth year of Chongzhen, it suddenly became lively here, and countless Ming officials and soldiers entered the narrow Nanyang Pass one after another with a large number of baggage, and there was a big pole standing silently on the broken wall of Nanyang Pass. On the top of the big mountain, a big Hong character shows that Hong Chengchou is here.

Hong Chengchou did come, after he became a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, in order to repay the emperor's kindness, he did not place his yamen in Luoyang, which had favorable conditions, but directly set his line on the front line of the triangular confrontation between Lu Shi and Li Zicheng - Zhuyang Pass facing Shangluoshan and Lu Shitong Pass.

In a cotton tent that had been set up in the tent temporarily, several good honeycomb coal stoves were placed in the four corners of the tent, and the fine coke exuded rumbling heat, and a few Xiao Si were busy inside and outside the tent, constantly sending in a steady stream of everything needed, so that it was convenient for the chief officials and masters here to access it at any time.

"Add some charcoal." Buried in the case, Hong Chengchou, who was brilliant in a python robe, commanded Xiao Si with light hands and feet without raising his head.

That Xiao Si immediately bowed down and saluted, but did not make a sound, at this time, who disturbed the adult's train of thought, a board is small, and it is possible to cut off the head, and now this adult does not regard himself as a civilian official, but appears as a supervisor, and everything he does is military law.

The honeycomb coal stove is the most convenient utensil for the army, this thing comes from Shaanxi, it takes more than one or two silver to buy, but it is expensive, but this thing does bring great convenience to the officers and soldiers in the winter camping and marching, not only easy to carry, but also his practicality, because of this small thing, so that the officers and soldiers can drink the hot water that originally seemed luxurious in the march at any time, and there is a hot meal, which makes a military salute, so that the morale of the officers and soldiers who are extremely low in morale did not find escape and frustration.

The soldiers burned honeycomb coal from Shaanxi, but although it was convenient, it still smelled of smoke after all. However, honeycomb coal made of fine coke has strong firepower, no green smoke, no smelly good things, although this one bought something from the thieves in Shaanxi, but it made the upper officials of the court love it very much, just this one, I don't know how many thieves in disguise.

Heartache is heartache, and use it is still necessary.

So, a little guy carefully put a piece of honeycomb coal made of coke into the furnace quietly, and then gently moved it with an iron hook to make the fire stronger, and then put a large iron kettle on it, and immediately, there was a slight sound of water in the iron kettle, and in less than half a moment, the pot made the sound of boiling water.

This kind of thing allows adults to drink tea made from someone who turns it over at any time.

Holding the tea that Xiao Si had just poured and taking a sip gently, the aroma of tea was fresh and clear, which made Hong Chengchou, who had worked hard day and night, feel refreshed, and the fatigue of the day and night was reduced a lot.

"Go, the herald, General Long He, come, I have something to say." Hong Chengchou instructed a small Si with quick hands and feet.

That Xiao Si didn't answer, just gave a slight salute, and then turned to go out.

"You go and invite Lord Zhou Ji to come over again, I have something to say."

Zhou Ji, the original governor of Yan'an, was extremely relied on by Hong Chengchou, and now he still carries the title of governor of Yan'an, however, Yan'an is already a thief in the world of Lu Shi, and his governor is just a name, of course, if according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Ji, as the governor, lost the training land, it is a capital crime, but because of Hong Chengchou's efforts to protect, Zhou Ji was not only exempted from the death penalty, but also continued to follow Hong Chengchou as the official of the governor of Yan'an and served in the army. With gratitude to Hong Chengchou, Zhou Ji was more diligent than before, and conscientiously did a good job in the logistics of the army assigned by Hong Chengchou.

The first to arrive was Zhou Ji, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he bowed down and called his husband Zu.

Hong Chengchou hurriedly turned out behind the table, pulled up Zhou Ji, and said with a smile: "You and I are brothers, why do you always use this vulgar ceremony?" Didn't I say that? Isn't it the official military discussion in the army that talks about the righteousness of the same year? ”

Hong Chengchou is in the top position, but it is rare not to show official authority in this week and the same year, the reason is not only that Hong Chengchou does not pay much attention to hypocrisy, but more importantly, this week and Ji does have real talent and real learning, and when Hong Chengchou was in trouble several times, he has solved the problem for him, and now, it is to take into account the heavy responsibility of the army's logistics, and in the extremely difficult, the task was successfully completed, which made Hong Chengchou most grateful.

Last time we said, the Ming army fought in the interior, all the logistics were dependent on the supply of local officials along the way, and the original was to send supplies, grain and grass, but the civilian officials in order to "suppress" the corruption of the generals, so they simply sent cooked food, but in order to save, they had to send it late and send it less. However, as a result, the officers and brigades often did not have one meal a day, and the entire unit starved.

The most obvious example is that this time, the army from all over the country was ordered to serve Wang Jinggi, and along the way, they starved and scattered the reinforcements from Shanxi Province, so that these scattered officers and soldiers did not dare to go home, so they simply fell into the grass or simply joined the pole rogues, so that the strength of the originally poorly equipped and untrained rogues immediately increased greatly, making it more difficult for the officers and troops to encircle and suppress.

As a result, Hong Chengchou was the first emperor to write Shangshu Chongzhen, and the right to carry heavy logistics was taken into his own independent ownership at the local level, and the places along the way only provided grain and grass or simply only provided silver money, which was also a key change in the Ming army.

"How's our logistics?" Before Zhou Ji sat down, Hong Chengchou asked impatiently, the army went out, grain and grass first, this is the most common sense, and once the governor of the nine sides asked the court for food, and in the fold to describe the tragic situation of the soldiers without pay for a year, made a detailed description, and as the Qingliu Donglin of the household book, but to serve the country with soldiers, can dig up rats and birds, in order to express the suggestion of reporting to the emperor, and refused to send, the result is a Datong mutiny.

Let the soldiers fight while digging rats and birds? This is something that an idiot can come up with, and this is something that Hong Chengchou can't do no matter what, so he arranged the most capable and capable Zhou Ji in this position.

Zhou Ji did not disappoint Hong Chengchou, he did achieve the task of almost satisfying the supply of the army.

"It's okay now." Zhou Ji saw the benefactor asking, and hurriedly cocked his butt again and bowed down. "Not to mention the ordnance, just the grain and grass, we have enough to store for the army for a month."

For this news, Hong Chengchou is very satisfied, as long as there is enough food and grass, the army will not disperse, there will be combat effectiveness, at this time, the soldiers are still to eat enough food as the basic requirement to join the army to fight.

"This time, the emperor took out his own body to support our army, which shows how much hope Banzai places on us, therefore, we must not live up to Banzai's high hopes, solve the hidden danger of Li Zicheng hidden in Shangluo Mountain, and solve the hidden danger that may erode Hubei and Henan, and the rest is to continue to pressure Lu Shi on the thieves, not to win, but to make Lu Shi dare not move at any time, so as to give the court a respite, and then fight with the thieves after recovering his vitality."

"My husband is far-sighted, this is the proper handling of the king's affairs." Zhou Ji really admires this old man and ancestor, and such a move is indeed the most appropriate way, and it is up to Hong Chengchou to exterminate the Liukou.

Hong Chengchou had to say something, at this time, there was a rapid sound of boots outside the big tent, and with the sound of hurried footsteps, a loud voice shouted excitedly: "Lord Governor, good news, good news, the thief Lu Shi sent troops to suppress Li Zicheng's rogues." ”

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he was stunned on the spot, "How is this possible?" Lu Shi, send troops to suppress Li Zicheng? Isn't that a big joke? ”

"Your Majesty this time