The loess in the sky was blown by the howling north wind, which filled the entire land of Sanqin, making the heavens and the earth chaotic, and the branches and leaves of the dead grass and trees could not help but fly up and down in this strong wind, and they did not know where they would be taken by this huge storm and where they would go? Everything is left to fate.

In this stormy yellow sand, there are constantly a figure riding horses, with a flaming red order flag on their backs, covering their mouths and noses with a piece of rotten cloth, desperately beating horses and galloping, and the loess brought up has increased the concentration of dust and smoke in the sky.

Pucheng was defeated, Weinan was easily lost, this blow to the entire Ming Dynasty of Shaanxi, no less than a landslide and earth cracking, the loss of Tongguan was even worse, so that Yang He and other officials were shocked.

The loss of Tongguan is equivalent to closing the door connecting Henan and Hubei in the southeast, and completely closing the hope of reinforcements from the south. At present, the entire eastern part of Shanxi has completely fallen into the hands of thieves in the Guanzhong Plain of Weinan, and the remaining barren land in western Shaanxi has no danger to defend and no soldiers to defend.

And now the officers and soldiers from all over the country who have just been recruited and pieced together have not had time to train and train at all, and they can only retreat in Xi'an City in a hurry, panicking all day long.

Hong Chengchou ignored the fatigue and dust, asked the governor of the three sides to send him, and rushed to Xi'an with a small number of people and flying horses, and hurriedly met the king of Qin, who was still in a daze, and then went directly to the yamen of the governor of Xi'an, and came to see Li Yingzhi in the same year.

Li Yingzhi was in the lobby like an ant on a hot pot, discussing the military situation with the silent Du Wenhuan.

Suddenly, a loud voice outside the lobby asked loudly, "Master Li, where are the thieves?" How's the military situation now? “

When Li Yingqi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then turned to joy, just like a drowning person who suddenly saw a small boat sailing towards him to rescue him.

Although Hong Chengchou is a literati, he has a lot of strategies and courage, and he has the legend of carrying 300 families and defeating tens of thousands of rogues with the official position of a small governor of the grain road, but he is not comparable to himself as a real literati official, and now when the sky is falling apart, he can come in a hurry, and he is much stronger than himself to deal with this huge catastrophe. Especially now that he has lost most of Shaanxi, it is regarded as a body to be punished, and it has become a fact that he was impeached by his colleagues and the court, and all that remains is a helpless death, but the arrival of Hong Chengchou made him see hope, at least he was pulling the same year to dive.

Regardless of tidying up his robes, he strode out of the lobby to greet him, shouting as he ran: "Is Brother Yan Yan here?" It's so timely. “

Hong Chengchou had already strode up the steps at this time, and the two met at the entrance of the lobby, but at this time, time was pressing, and there was not so much courtesy, just seeing each other, Hong Chengchou couldn't wait to ask: "Where is the army of thieves, how many people can come?" We've got a well-defended city here—"

Li Yingqiye, who was forced by Hong Chengchou to be questioned like a cannon, ignored Hong Chengchou's abruptness, took Hong Chengchou's hand and walked in, and came directly to the huge map of Shaanxi, ignoring Du Wenhuan's greetings from the general army, and directly pointed to the map and said to Hong Chengchou: "Brother Yanyan, please see, now the thieves are powerful, and they have entered the gate of Xi'an, Weinan City, Weinan is only seventy miles away from Xi'an, and the army is only going forward in the morning and evening, and now it can be said that the soldiers are coming to the city." And now, the 70,000 troops integrated in Xi'an City have not been trained and stopped, and the command and dispatch are not smooth, and the government and military orders are from many gates, in case the thieves and soldiers come to the city, it is difficult to deal with them. Looking at Hong Chengchou, who was full of seriousness and heaviness, he swallowed his saliva and said, "I went to meet King Qin early in the morning and asked King Qin-"

Hong Chengchou raised his hand and waved it gently, meaning to stop Li Yingqi and go down. The prince of the Ming Dynasty has taught too much, and he is simply a useless greedy and lustful person, and he implores them to contribute, that is in vain, and now he has said it, and the following are suspected of trespassing, "I wait for the king to eat, share the king's worries, and fulfill the righteousness of the courtiers." Hong Chengchou followed with a laugh.

"Brother Yan Yan is educated, but how can this current situation be handled? I also want Brother Yan to teach me. Li Yingqi also knows Hong Chengchou's good intentions, now the time is urgent, the situation is difficult, no one will say anything about the prince, but once the matter passes, it must be written down by someone with a heart, and at that time it will be a handle, and if you can't say it, you will be criticized and impeached, and at that time, in the eyes of the little emperor who protects his shortcomings, he will be a big stain, and maybe he will lose his official position and resign. Therefore, after accepting Hong Chengchou's love, he quickly changed the topic.

"The responsibility of losing the city and losing the land is inevitable, and now the top priority is to prepare for defense when the army of thieves hits the city of Xi'an, Xi'an must not lose again, if Xi'an has a mistake, then our officials in Shaanxi will be the end of a personal head." Hong Chengchou said solemnly.

"What Brother Yan said is that now, I am already waiting for sin, and the only one who looks forward to being exempted from crime is to defend the city wall of Xi'an, but." When he said this, Li Yingqi didn't feel embarrassed, and said with Ai Ai: "If you can't die, it's a fluke, and during this period, you have to take a brother and a brother." “

has said this, in fact, how does Hong Chengchou know that the current little emperor is mean and unkind, and he recalls the officials of the previous dynasty at every turn, and demotes them lightly, regardless of the situation at all, Li Yingqi's resignation is already a sure thing, and the rest can only be to fight this battle well, so that Li Yingqi will not lose his head.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou turned around and gave Li Yingzhi a salute, and comforted him with a wrong mouth: "This is indeed a brother's worry, now is the time for the court to employ people, you have been in Shaanxi for many years, anyone should know that changing generals in times of crisis will be a big taboo, so on the ground, you still have to wear the time of meritorious service, as long as you hold Xi'an, as long as you block the attack of the thieves, then, we have a chance to turn the tables, and we can turn around in front of the emperor." “

Saying this, in fact, he is also listening to the general soldier who is like a stuffy gourd, don't think that you can fall into the well at this time, it is our literati who really dominate Shaanxi, you are just a dog called to and fro, as long as our Wenchen is here, you will have no chance to turn over.

Of course, Du Wenhuan is not a fool, in this answer, he already knows that the governor who came in a hurry was at the mercy of the governor of the three sides, and now at this time, he is already in the same boat, and Xi'an is lost. It's not just the governor who loses his head, the first one is definitely himself, the general soldier.

Therefore, he took a step forward and cautiously arched his hand: "The last general knows the severity, dare not fight to die?" But please tell me everything. “

Hong Chengchou didn't even have the interest to look at Du Wenhuan, and said to Li Yingqi: "I was sent by the governor this time to assist Brother Nian's plan, everything I just refer to the detailed plan, and everything has to be decided by Brother Nian." “

Li Yingzhi heard this, there was no joy at all, just an embarrassed smile, in fact, anyone knows that the governor of the three sides has completely lost confidence in himself, or he will not break the rules of the imperial court, let another governor come to him to point fingers, but, although it is Brother Nian, someone has helped him in this troubled era, the most important thing is to give himself a top tank, that is what he needs most, the thieves are in the city, the gains and losses of Xi'an are in an instant, at this time, there is a person who can share the infinite emotion, in fact, this Hong Chengchou still dares to come, If it is placed in others, beggar-thy-neighbor is this good opportunity, where can you wade through this troubled water?

"Everything is based on Lord Hong's head." At this time, to release his posture, in fact, he let go of his responsibility, and Li Yingzhi gave up his rights as soon as possible.

"The guest does not oppress the master." Hong Chengchou didn't know the thoughts of this young brother, and threw this hot potato back as soon as possible, "I came by the governor of the three sides, Lord Yang, but I did my best to help the young brother fight against the crisis. "Gently kick this ball back, my heart is extremely relaxed, joke, I'm here to help, not to carry the black cauldron, Brother Nian is not fake, but, when it comes to officialdom, I can't say, I can only help, do my best to obey the destiny of heaven, where will I carry the big black cauldron for you?

What's more, the governor asks the emperor to give you the title of governor, which is a rare honor in the Ming Dynasty. ”

At this time, he called the rank of governor without calling the word, and saw that Hong Chengchou was resolutely willing to be his subordinate, that is, he resolutely did not want to carry this black cauldron.

That being the case, what else is there to say? stretched out his head and shrank his head, and even more famous as a literati supervisor, Li Yingqi felt a little bit of a loss.

Du Wenhuan heard the governor's report to the literati inspector by his side, and after a burst of sadness in his heart, he hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate him. Now, the power of life and death is in the hands of Li Yingqi, a literati, and then he is a stuffy gourd, and he can't say that a Shang Fang sword is on his head, and a scribe killing a military general is like slaughtering a dog, and he is definitely not a good bird.

"That being said, but, brother, I don't know military strategy, and I still have to enjoy the help of the ninth brother." In the Chengping era, the literati supervisor was a title that could be boasted of, but at this time, it was a matter of going to the soup and fire, and he knew his own catties, and it was only right to count on the help of this young brother who knew the soldiers.

"Dare not do your best?" Hong Chengchou replied with a solemn face, indeed, as a complete minister of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou is willing to devote himself to the king's affairs without too much risk.

At this time, a hoarse report resounded in the lobby: "Report - the thief is in Weinan." ”

This report immediately made the officials in the hall suddenly feel a sense of desperation, a feeling of seeing the sun through the clouds, everyone began to celebrate with their crowns, and everyone almost cried with joy.