In the past two days, the small and dangerous city of Yanchuan has been heavily guarded by large armies.

The east side of Yanchuan is backed by the mountain, facing a branch of the Yellow River, Qingjian River, Qingjian River has become the natural moat of Yanchuan, there is no west gate, only three city gates in the southwest and north, the only three streets in the city are narrow and dilapidated according to the direction of the mountain, the whole county is a cave excavated by the mountain, the only few civil and masonry buildings are the county government office, the original barren and dilapidated county town has suddenly poured in countless brightly dressed military horses these days, as well as the signs with ragged faces and withered faces.

As soon as the officers and soldiers who drove in arrived, each city gate was guarded by a thousand soldiers and soldiers to strictly check the entry and exit. Outside the city, all the strategic places, such as Tongyan, Yan'an and other places in the crutches and nearby villages, have added countless signs and guards of the army, stationed full of horse infantry troops, not only every household is occupied by the army, but also the suburbs are lined up, and the war horses are in groups. At night, the drums and horns played against each other, the horses neighed constantly, and no one knew how many officers and soldiers there were. Pedestrians from the north to the south had to go through layers of interrogation and retention, and those from the south to the north were not allowed to pass, and were simply detained.

The crown prince and the Taibao military department are still the secretary of the military department and the title of the right capital imperial history, and Yang He, the governor of the Yansui trilateral and the civil and military affairs, came to Yanchuan before dusk today. When he came, he did not use honor guards and deacons and gongs and drums to open the way, nor did he sit in a sedan chair, but gathered up the banners of the generals, wore civilian clothes, rode horses, mixed in the middle of a large group of staff, and suddenly came in front of hundreds of cronies, generals, and guards.

The local governor of Yansui, Yue Hesheng, was already sick and couldn't get up, and the Yan'an prefect was preparing the army's grain and grass in the rear.

Since the order of the governor of the three sides came down, it can be regarded that he Lu Changwen has been busy with his hands and feet.

The guard has been in ruin for a long time, and this sudden start of war, where can it still be used? Thousands of households in various places were scraped off, and only in the original Qingjian, Yanchuan, Yanchang, Xiuyan (Zichang) and other places, plus their own direct subordinates in Yan'an, a total of 5,000 people were scraped together.

According to the governor's warrant, he ordered the above counties to sign with the governor's official document, and handed them over to thousands of households from all over the country to lead, and also rushed to Yanchuan to wait, so he barely managed to scrape together 15,000 people. Then, coupled with Yanchuan's unsparing desire to behave in front of the governor, there were 4,000 people including the old and weak, a total of less than 19,000 people, and 25,000 to Shangfeng.

Lu Changwen was the first to rush to Yanchuan, and began to arrange everything to come to the army from all over the country, not daring to make the slightest mistake or omission, and even more afraid of the slightest news leakage of the northern strict defense, which scared away the thieves, and was really busy in the dark.

Fortunately, the Yanchuan County Commander cooperated vigorously, and the governor also dispatched Qian Zanhua, who had been promoted, to be regarded as a talent, so that his behavior was not chaotic.

When Yang He arrived, only the commander of the Yan'an Metropolitan Commander Lu Changwen was temporarily notified, asking him to keep quiet and vacate the lobby and signing room of the county yamen for the governor's urgent use.

Lu Changwen gave an order, and the small Yanchuan City immediately calmed down the streets, and every house was closed, and no idle people were allowed to walk on the street. The gates were guarded in case of accidents, and sentry officers were sent to patrol the streets. Outside the gate of the yamen, many guards were added, divided into two rows, the arrows were wound, the swords were unsheathed, the helmets were bright, and the majesty was solemn.

Lu Changwen changed into the official uniform of a second-class military general, greeted the thousands of households from various places gathered here in accordance with the general's order, and the local governor of Yanchuan, led a few people to follow, and rode out of the west gate of Yanchuan. Run to the ten-mile long pavilion from Yan'an to Yanchuan, dismount and wait.

In less than half an hour, Yang He arrived.

Lu Changwen led all the civil and military officials, on the left and on the right, according to the size of the grade, kneeling on both sides of the official road. Yang He dismounted and returned the salute, smiled and nodded, said a few words of consolation to everyone, and then continued to hurry, taking advantage of the twilight smoke to enter Yanchuan City.

Yang He, the word Xiuling, is a native of Wuling in the Ming Dynasty. Wanli thirty-two years of Jinshi. Tired of the official to the right of the military department, the prince Taibao hung the military department of the book and the right capital of the imperial history title, the governor of Shaanxi trilateral military affairs. is a good official who is quite upright, but he does not know the soldiers, and he is bent on taking care of them, and as a result, without the support of money and food, the thieves in Shaanxi have intensified, and then Yang He was taken by the imperial court and replaced by Hong Chengchou. He has a very famous son, who is Yang Sichang.

Because he has a good official reputation, he does not speak harshly to his subordinates, and he is more tolerant and concealed for his subordinates, so his generals are willing to work for him, so officials at all levels in Shaanxi are not jealous of him, and the jealous and suspicious emperor also relies on him very much.

This time, against his will, he launched an encirclement and suppression of the Lu Shiren of Woniu Mountain for two reasons.

The first one is, this Lu Shi is too noisy, the most important thing is that Qian Zan said in detail this time, Mi Zhi's first battle against Woniu Mountain Lu Shi's various performances, for a person who rushed up the mountain just for his two nephews, in just half a month, the original homeless camp like Woniu Mountain became a main force attacking the county, and during the process, the reinforcements of the official army were completely annihilated, and the internal strife between the poles was reconciled by force, which shows the mental ability of his people, and the most important thing is that this Lu Shi also engaged in the division of military and civilian rule, Opening a position to help buy people's hearts is not an ordinary rabble's pole, this is a hidden danger with ambitious ideas, which cannot be eliminated.

At the same time, before leaving Yulin, he received an edict from the emperor and a letter from the Ministry of War, asking him to supervise the governor Yue Hesheng and the local border army of Yansui, and the generals in Shaanxi to quickly annihilate the thieves of Lu Shi, and not let them become a big erosion in Weinan.

Although he always exaggerated the number of people in Woniu Mountain in his recitals to the emperor, and described the difficulties of the officials and troops such as the lack of food and horses, as if he was not sure of victory, in fact he understood that Lu Shi did not have many men and horses, and he was exhausted and isolated all the way south.

When he arrived at Yanchang Yamen, he went to the signing room to rest for a while, sorted out his clothes and washed briefly, and met with Lu Changwen and the thousands of households who came from all over the country, and simply inquired about the military situation at the front, and then ordered Lu Changwen and Qian Zanhua to stay, and the rest of the generals immediately returned to the defense, rectified the signing and building equipment, and prepared for the big battle.

Retreating, he said a few words of greeting and encouragement to Lu Qian and the others, and said with a smile: "The dispatch of men and horses in the past few days has been quite strict and smooth, this is all the credit of General Lu, as long as in this war, this group of thieves is exterminated, the head of the star is cut off, and His Majesty Lu Shixian is captured, you and I will be a great achievement." ”

Lu Changwen stood up in fear and said: "The thieves are blocked by the officials and soldiers in front of them, and they are just waiting for those thieves who don't know whether they are alive or dead to fall into the trap and never let them escape." At that time, if he cannot be captured alive, he will definitely be beheaded, so as to make Shaanxi a full success in suppressing thieves, comforting the emperor and reassuring the people. However, this is all due to the fact that the temple of the Governor is like a god, and the dispatch is well-organized, and the presence of the former enemy in person to boost morale. ”

Yang He laughed, and said with his hands: "It's been up and down for many years, why do you want to be so polite, sit down and say." ”

When Lu Changwen was said by this, his heart was even warmer, his eyes were about to burst into tears, and after thanking him again and again, he sat down with half his buttocks.

"Actually, the military and civil affairs situation in Yanbian is complicated, and I don't have much spirit, to say that this temple is still the result of Qian Zhongjun's hard work, but the credit cannot be extinguished."

This is Yang He's personality, he is not greedy for the merits of his subordinates, and he can always open his eyes for those subordinates who do things in front of others, so he has to be loyal to his subordinates.

Lu Changwen hurriedly turned around and handed over his hand to Qian Zan, from a small county master, in just two or three months, he was like sitting on a feather arrow, and jumped to the governor's army, which can be described as a thousand miles in a day, this is a great joy that ordinary people can't dream of, not to mention that in the governor's words and demeanor, he also has a lot of appreciation for this money in the army, this time the victory has been decided, the governor is slightly promoted, and Feihuang Tengda is also within reach, and he will have to communicate more in the future.

Qian Zhongjun was praised by Yang He, there was no sincerity and fear on his face, nor was he a little proud, he still thanked Lu Changwen for his blessing so modestly and respectfully, and then said: "The kid is only a shallow learner, but he met the Governor, this is my life experience, this plan is not that I am at the forefront, I see it really, and I put forward my opinion to my husband, and my husband's encouragement and teaching are only today." How dare students be greedy here. “

The words are neither humble nor arrogant, but between the lines there is a feeling of the governor's kindness, listening to it makes people feel as comfortable as a spring breeze, and the sycophants have to be filmed like this, Lu Changwen couldn't help but secretly praise, feeling that he was inferior.

Yang He stopped the conversation between the two with a smile and said: "Don't be too humble either, it's good not to be public, but whoever has the credit is whoever's credit, and being too humble is hypocrisy." ”

The two hurriedly stood up and said that they were taught.

When the two of them sat down again, Yang He said with a full face: "Lu Dusi, this governor received your secret report on the road, and I know that you have acted according to the will of my Qian Zhongjun, I don't know how many people and horses there are in the places where Ding Wei is coming now?" The thief will be able to flee to the local area tomorrow morning, and all the ambushes are ready? ”

"Your Excellency the Governor of Qiqi, the Ministry of Duty transferred Yansui to sign Ding Wei, a total of 25,000 men and horses, and now in accordance with the intention of the Governor and Qian Zhongjun, the ambushes on all sides of Yanchuan are ready, just waiting for the border army to suppress the thieves and surrender."

"Enough soldiers?"

"The number of people is enough, but these signatories have just entered the battle formation, and they have not been rehearsed, but they are a little worrying in terms of combat power." Lu Changwen said truthfully.

Yang He was very satisfied with such a person who did not deceive Shangguan, leaned back in the chair and said: "I came here this time, and I brought 5,000 men and horses with my own soldiers, and this time I allocated 4,000 and handed it over to you, is this enough?" ”

"It turned out that the troops were still insufficient, but fortunately the governor gave permission, and the 4,000 standard battalion was temporarily controlled by the last general, and the troops were already very strong. Lu Changwen said excitedly at the time. "As long as we can capture the traitors alive and solve the worries of the imperial court, we must go all out, and there must be no slackness, and Qian Zhongjun will temporarily go to General Lu's side to help."

"Thank you, Master!" "Look, will the thief know that there are heavy guards here, so he will change direction tonight and escape by rushing through a bloody road elsewhere?" "Your Excellency the Governor is very worried. However, the last general and Qian Zhongjun had already arranged to lure him to come and surrender himself. "What's the arrangement?"