The old butler hurriedly entered the room and reported: "Lord County Guard, there are two hussar battalion generals outside who ask to see you. ”

Li Hongchang "hula" pushed the official document on the table aside, got up and said, "Please, slow, let me personally go to the door of the house to greet you." ”

Ma Yu and Xiao Chenggui were dressed in civilian clothes and hurriedly entered. Ma Yu squinted his phoenix eyes slightly and smiled: "Lord County Shou doesn't have to be polite, Ma is here to resign!" ”

Li Hongchang wanted to cry without tears, and after the guests and hosts sat down, Lijun said urgently: "Is there any arrangement for the suppression of bandits after the general goes?" Who will succeed? ”

"What is this--- Ma Yu peeked at Xiao Chenggui and sighed lightly: "Ma Mou originally had an arrangement, and sent an eight-hundred-mile fast horse to the capital in a starry night. It's just that --- there is no response now, and the time has come, and we have violated the military order if we don't move again, and the responsibility is not light. First, I would like to thank the county keeper for his kindness and support to my hussar camp. The second is to ask for guilt and resignation, failing to completely eradicate the banditry, Ma deeply regrets, every time he chokes his wrists and regrets, he always feels ashamed of the county keeper and the trust of the saint. ”

Li Hongchang stood up and saluted: "The general's words are serious!" According to the truth, when the hussar battalion walked, Li Mou's chest seemed to be scratching his heart with a hundred claws, and there was no landing up and down! ”

Ma Yu smiled, and also got up and said solemnly: "Ma is leaving, but there is a word, please keep in mind that no matter which general is appointed by the imperial court to preside over the suppression of bandits, there are two points that must be conveyed: first, although the red turban bandit is covered in bruises, his muscles and bones are not broken, and he must not underestimate the enemy; Second, the grass must be eradicated, and the start must be ruthless, so as not to leave future troubles. ”

Hearing the news that the hussar battalion was about to withdraw from the customs, the generals of the Red Turban Army were mixed, happy that this nemesis had finally slapped his ass and left, and worried that the series of big traps that had just been carefully laid did not come in handy, but the prey turned his head and walked away. After the hussar battalion left, the Red Turban Army did not attack immediately, but took advantage of this brief respite to recruit new troops, sum up experience, step up training, and even study and absorb some advanced tactics of the hussar battalion and integrate them into their daily training. If the hussar battalion is a whetstone, the original round iron rod of the Red Turban Army has finally been sharpened into a sharp blade, and when they meet again a few years later, the soldiers of the hussar battalion will painfully taste the sharpness of the sharp blade they have sharpened with their own hands.

The old butler was hurrying into the room to prepare to report, and was pushed by someone from behind. "Let's get up, I'll do it myself."

Li Hongchang frowned and raised his head when he heard the voice, but before he could see the face of the comer, the first thing that caught his eye was a pair of sparse eight-character eyebrows.

"Lord County Guard, the commander of the 80,000 royal divisions of my family's protector general was ordered to come to suppress the bandits, and now he is ten miles away from the city, please go out of the city to greet you." The person who came saluted slightly, then puffed up his chest and said loudly.

Lijun Shou swallowed and foamed, making sure that he was not choking, and then said lightly: "Who are you?" ”

"I joined the army under the account of the general of the protector, and my surname is Zhang." Li Hongchang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up and asked, "Who is the general who protects the country?" ”

Zhang joined the army, revealing a mouth of undulating big plate teeth, looking around with thief eyebrows, seeing that there were no outsiders, he still whispered: "It's your mentor, Dazai-sama's nephew General Zhu Xiaotian Zhu." ”

Lijun Shou hurriedly got up and dressed up, and shouted outside the door: "Prepare your horse and go out of the city to meet the general." ”

The Protector Army was encamped under the city of Pingzhou, and Zhu Xiaotian, the general of the Protectorate, only brought 5,000 followers to the city gate. This man is in his early thirties, with a fat head and big ears, and three folds of flesh on the back of his neck, which are very eye-catching. Li Jun guarded in front of the city gate and dismounted, Zhu Xiaotian waved his hand generously, and said, "The county guard doesn't need to be polite. I heard that Pingzhou City has made you govern well, why don't you see the people come out to welcome Wang Shi? ”

Lijun Shou hurriedly saluted: "Oh--- forgive Limou for acting in a hurry and didn't have time to make arrangements. ”

General Zhu waved his hand generously again: "Okay, let's not poke here, let's go in and talk." ”

The group arrived at the county guard's mansion in a majestic manner, and the county guard respectfully asked General Zhu to enter first. After the guest and host sat down, Zhu Xiaotian smiled and arched his hand: "This time I was ordered to suppress the bandits, and I hope that the county guard will help you, and after returning to Beijing triumphantly, I will inevitably say a few good words for you in front of my uncle." ”

Li Hongchang hurriedly said with a smile: "Where the responsibility is, do your best!" ”

Zhu Xiaotian waved his hand back from everyone, and asked mysteriously: "My uncle is your mentor, so we are not outsiders." In the capital, I heard rumors that Pingzhou is rich in beautiful women, but is there such a thing? ”

Lijun Shou's head suddenly widened, and he shook his head and said, "Falsehood." ”

"Oh" General Zhu nodded in disappointment, and then asked, "What are the specialties under the rule of the adults?" ”

Lijun Shou's head was a little bigger, and Baba said a few souvenirs.

General Zhu asked again: "Can the county guard fight crickets in his spare time?" I have a pair of top-grade ---."

Even if the temper of the county guard was good, he finally couldn't sit still, and got up and said, "General, let's discuss the matter of suppressing bandits!" Before leaving, Ma Yu, the general of the hussar battalion, instructed Li that no matter which general took over, first, he should not take the enemy lightly, and second, he should cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as not to leave future troubles. ”

The Protector General wondered, "Isn't it?" Before leaving Beijing, I heard that the red turban thieves were almost dead---".

Looking at the painful expression of the county guard who wanted to cry without tears, Zhu Xiaotian waved his fat hand and comforted him with an extremely dashing wave: "Don't worry, Lord County Shou, as long as you have sufficient money and food, I guarantee that there will be no one left of these thieves within two months." As he spoke, he took a sip of the tea cup on the table, spit out the tea foam and frowned: "Your tea grade is too low, I have the best Tieguanyin with me, and I will reward you with some tastes." ”

Rijun Mamoru suddenly laughed because he realized that he couldn't cry at all.

Pingzhou County Shouli Hongchang later wrote in a military report sent to the imperial court to suppress bandits: Fifteen days after the Protector Army arrived in Pingzhou City, they attacked the bandits' nest and ambushed them. The bandits were extremely fierce, and our soldiers were invincible and were killed more than 20,000. In the early part of the following month, our army moved to Pingzhou on the way to ambush. Although countless enemies were killed in blood, more than 30,000 soldiers were killed. At the end of the month, retreat across the Hengshui and ambush. Hit by a half-crossing. The general who defended the country fell into the water with an arrow and died a heroic martyr. None of the rest of the soldiers survived. Yong'an and Xin'an counties fell back into the hands of thieves.

In order to take care of the friends who can't understand the ancient text and are too lazy to read the ancient text, the music of the Lijun Shou is translated as follows:

The general was born bold and heroic, and his waist was crossed by the autumn water goose sword. The wind blows the drums, the mountains and rivers move, the lightning flashes, the flag is high, the sun and the moon are high.

The unicorn in the sky is originally seeded, and the ants in the burrow can not escape. On the day of the return of the edict, I and Mr. untied their robes.

It is said that fifteen days after the Protector Army traveled to Pingzhou City, it was boring to find something to do, so I went to the Red Turban Army to play. As a result, you can see this unlucky one, and he was ambushed. Moreover, these people are also very fierce and strong, and the Protector Army has not beaten --- they have been slaughtered by others. What to do? Accept the lesson, we can't afford to hide. At the beginning of the second month, I was thinking about going to Pingzhou City for a meal and extorting some money and food. Otherwise, this person will be unlucky to drink cold water and stuff his teeth, and he will be ambushed in the middle of the road. Although he sprinkled a lot of dog blood on himself, he didn't see how many people died on the other side when he closed his eyes and fought with others, anyway, when he came back a little, more than 30,000 people died on his side!

It's boring to keep doing this, right? The protector general is gone. Let's go home and stop playing with them! At the end of the month, he led the team to retreat and retreated to a big river called Hengshui. These second-generation children have a big heart, and they think again, they have been out for so many days, let's take a bath, and go home clean. Playing happily in the river, you see how bad this Red Turban Army must be, and they are ambushed again! I don't know which unlucky child adult didn't run near home to find a bow and arrow to play, shot missed, but pierced the general of the country, this official child is small and stupid, can't swim, so he drowned. When the others saw that they couldn't save him, they went hand in hand to save him, but they all drowned. The two counties of Yong'an and Xin'an were later robbed by the Red Turban Army.

Summing up: The Red Turban Army dug holes everywhere, and the Protector Army had the courage to fill the pits, which complemented each other.

As the so-called:

The hero holds the bow and shoots the eagle, and there are many stupid hats in the Protector Army.

Eighty thousand unjust souls pay flowing water, and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains shake with the wind.

There was jubilation in the camp of the Red Turban Army, several big victories in succession, countless war horses, weapons, grain and grass were captured, and what was even more rare was that there were twenty siege cannons refined by the government, which were much stronger than the self-made earthen cannons of the Red Turban Army. Later, these cannons were all lined up and placed under the city of Pingzhou.

At the celebration banquet, everyone let go of binge drinking, and countless people were already drunk and couldn't get up on the ground. Guan Yu, who had been promoted to general, held a large bowl of wine, raised his hands above his head, and said to Shi Junshi: "The second brother's serial tricks are infinitely powerful, and the younger brother admires them. I'll do it first! He drank it all down.

Shi Tiangong staggered, his face was full of red light, but his eyes were blurred, and he was already a little drunk. But he still insisted on brushing the beard on his chin, but he didn't catch the beard, but touched his neck. He laughed to himself: "I ran a horse and sent a (Zhu) pig." Our efforts have not been in vain! ”

Li Shiqing knelt in front of her mother's new grave and cried loudly, she hadn't cried like this for a long time, and there were too many things in her heart that needed to be vented in no one's place. In just a few months, she lost three beloved relatives one after another. The cruelty and coercion of fate overwhelmed this weak woman, and the most unbearable thing for her was that she didn't know who to blame for all this, and who to hate.

Before the crying stopped, a large hand gently pressed her shoulder. raised her hazy teary eyes, but saw her father slightly haggard, standing behind her without saying a word. Li Hongchang's originally fair and slightly chubby square face was full of sadness, and his beard, which was once untidy, also looked messy because of neglect, and his black sideburns actually added a few gray hairs.