Originally, Xiao Tianjian wanted to marry Fan Yutong a year ago, but because of the large-scale invasion of the Shanxi official army, this matter was delayed, although there was some time after the war, Xiao Tianjian was always busy, so his marriage with Fan Yutong has been delayed.

Fan Yutong also knew Xiao Tianjian's hard work, and did not urge Xiao Tianjian in this matter, and silently took on the burden of managing the financial affairs of the Xingtianjun for Xiao Tianjian, and Fan Yutong had a natural sensitivity to financial matters, coupled with the influence of her father since she was a child, making her the best financial manager Xiao Tianjian could find, so with Xiao Tianjian's permission, the matters related to the income and expenditure of the Xingtianjun were basically transferred to Fan Yutong after the year.

Although Xiao Tianjian was too busy to officially marry Fan Yutong, the main generals of the Xingtian Army also knew the relationship between Xiao Tianjian and Fan Yutong, and the people in the village had begun to treat Fan Yutong as their housewife.

Seeing that all the affairs of Xingtianjun were developing smoothly, Xiao Tianjian finally chose an auspicious day in July to marry Fan Yutong in a low-key manner in Lotus Village.

Originally, judging from Xiao Tianjian's subordinates, Xiao Tianjian's marriage was a big event, and they couldn't be pulled down in a so-so way, and they wanted to give Xiao Tianjian a beautiful wedding and celebrate it well.

But he was rejected by Xiao Tianjian, his reason is very simple, his marriage is small, and the various affairs of the Xingtian Army are big, and the economy in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army is very difficult now, and it is really unreasonable to have an extravagant wedding ceremony, not to mention that Fan Yutong's identity is not easy to disclose at present, so that more people know, so he will only have a simple wedding, and it will not be too late for him to compensate Fan Yutong after the world is decided one day.

In this matter, Fan Yutong also showed her generosity, agreed to Xiao Tianjian's arrangement, and on the day of July 26, a simple wedding was held in the lotus village, and a small number of major generals of the Xingtian Army were invited to watch the ceremony and complete their marriage.

On the Fan family's side, Fan Yaoshan had already announced that his daughter was dead, so it was impossible to come to Lotus Village to watch the ceremony in person, but only sent Fan Xi to secretly come to Lotus Village to participate in the wedding of Xiao Tianjian and Fan Yutong.

And Xiao Tianjian has no father or mother here, so naturally everything is simple, only Fu Deming is the master of ceremonies, and presided over their wedding ceremony.

But even so, Xiao Tianjian's subordinates still drank a good wine in Lotus Village, these guys completely let go of the sense of awe they had for Xiao Tianjian on weekdays, and after the ceremony, they pulled Xiao Tianjian to pour Xiao Tianjian a big wine before putting Xiao Tianjian back in the cave room.

Fan Yutong did not express dissatisfaction with this simple wedding, in her heart, all the things arranged by Xiao Tianjian should be, she just wanted to stay by Xiao Tianjian's side and do something for him, for such a simple wedding, she was also happy to accept it, the husband and wife naturally enjoyed a beautiful scenery in the cave room that night, for outsiders, it is naturally not suitable to say.

But Xiao Tianjian was not blessed to enjoy such a wedding day for too long, and on the third day of his marriage, Feng Gouzi hurried to the lotus village and told Xiao Tianjian an important news.

"General! Something is wrong! The humble post has just received news that Gao Yingxiang was ambushed and defeated by Sun Chuanting in the Zhouzhi area of Shaanxi, and was captured alive! Now he is about to be escorted to Jingshi and handed over to the current emperor for disposal!

Moreover, he also heard that the imperial court was about to transfer Lu Xiang to the north, and the governor Xuanda and Shanxi military affairs, this Lu madman is not very easy to deal with, if he comes to Shanxi, the Tianxiong army under his command will follow to Shanxi, so we have to take some precautions! It is said that the Tianxiong army under the command of Lu Xiangsheng is quite capable of fighting, and many rebels, including Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, have suffered big losses under his hands! Otherwise, they wouldn't have been beaten back to Shaanxi now! As soon as he saw Xiao Tianjian, Feng Gouzi hurriedly said to Xiao Tianjian.

When Xiao Tianjian listened to Feng Gouzi's words, he paused slightly, and immediately asked Feng Gouzi, "Oh? Is the message reliable? ”

Feng Gouzi nodded and said: "The news should be reliable, the news of Gao Yingxiang's capture has now spread outside, and the news of Lu Xiangsheng's northward journey has come from Taiyuan!" ”

Xiao Tianjian stood up and walked around the house twice, to be honest, Xiao Tianjian did not have a good impression of Gao Yingxiang, this person acted arrogantly and resolutely, and was still a little narrow-minded, although he was the head of the righteous army from all walks of life, but he lacked strategic vision, his defeat was actually a predestined thing, half a year ago, Xiao Tianjian learned that Gao Yingxiang led his troops back to Shaanxi, he already had a premonition, and now it seems that his premonition is quite accurate, fate of this thing, sometimes it is not okay not to admit it.

Although this era has changed to a certain extent because of the emergence of Xiao Tianjian and Xingtianjun, Gao Yingxiang still has not been able to escape the fate of defeat, since Gao Yingxiang was captured, then the name of King Chuang will fall on Li Zicheng, compared with Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng is not much stronger, but Li Zicheng is still firm in resisting the tyranny of the imperial court, compared with the general rebels, and in terms of strategic vision, it is also stronger than Gao Yingxiang.

But this matter is a big deal after all, Gao Yingxiang's capture will definitely have a great blow to the morale of the rebels from all walks of life, and it is estimated that even after Li Zicheng takes over the banner of King Chuang, the situation of the entire rebel army will also enter a trough.

Then in the next step, Gao Yingxiang was sent to the Beijing Division, and he was bound to be inched, and with Chongzhen's hatred for Gao Yingxiang, it would never be easy to spare him, so since Gao Yingxiang had been captured, he Xiao Tianjian had no choice.

And about Lu Xiangsheng to be transferred to the governor Xuanda Shanxi military affairs, Xiao Tianjian should pay more attention, although he does not know much about many civil ministers and military generals in the late Ming Dynasty, but for Lu Xiangsheng, Xiao Tianjian can still be said to understand, he has heard a lot of stories about Lu Xiangsheng in later generations, and among these courtiers in the late Ming Dynasty, if he wants to say who he admires the most, then he will only recommend Lu Xiangsheng first.

Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, there are really a lot of civil ministers and generals, but those who really think about the country can be said to be rare, and if the Ming Dynasty has the ability to turn the tide and the generals, in Xiao Tianjian's view, there are only a few people such as Lu Xiangsheng, so Xiao Tianjian still admires Lu Xiangsheng.

The reason why he didn't wade into the muddy water of the pool in Henan some time ago can also be said to be reluctant to fight Lu Xiangsheng head-on, facing such a person, he doesn't know if he can make up his mind to kill Lu Xiangsheng.

But fate sometimes can't be avoided, since he chose the road of rebellion, then he can't bypass the head-to-head confrontation with a famous minister like Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng is in Henan It's okay to say, he doesn't want to go to Henan to provoke him for the time being, but now Lu Xiangsheng is going to come to the governor Xuanda and Shanxi military affairs, so sooner or later, they will have to go head-to-head.

After Xiao Tianjian thought for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay!" I know, although Gao Yingxiang was captured a little suddenly, there is no way to do it! This is his fate, and no one can do it! However, Lu Xiangsheng came to Shanxi, we have to guard against it, the Tianxiong Army under his command is indeed a more difficult character, if he brings the Tianxiong Army to Shanxi, it is inevitable that he will come to us for trouble! ”

Feng Gouzi nodded and said: "The humble official is in such a hurry to inform the general, just to let the general be prepared, but the humble official came this time, but he also has something to inform the general!" ”

Xiao Tianjian rolled his eyes and glanced at Feng Gouzi, and reprimanded him dissatisfiedly: "You are talking a little bit today, what is the matter?" Why not all together? ”

After Feng Gouzi hesitated for a moment, he smiled at Xiao Tianjian before replying: "It's not that it's despicable, but this matter is a bit difficult to say!" The day before yesterday, over there in Yuanqu County, our people caught a person from Shaanxi, who happened to be doing business in the ancient town, and they saw this person, speaking of which is an old acquaintance with the general! Therefore, I didn't dare to deal with it privately, and after thinking about it again, I still felt that it was better to be dealt with by the general! ”

Xiao Tianjian glared at Feng Gouzi and said angrily, "Who is it?" What do you dare not dispose of? Come on! ”

Feng Gouzi said to Xiao Tianjian at this time: "This person is not an outsider, it is Tian Jianxiu, the general under Li Zicheng, after he was caught by our people, he repeatedly claimed that he was the general's old acquaintance, and he wanted to see the general!" Brother Yan and the lowly position both felt that it was okay if this person was gone! It's better to drive him away, and it is estimated that now that he comes to the general, nothing good will happen! But after thinking about it again, I still think it is better to tell the general about this! So I rushed back! ”

After Xiao Tianjian paused for a moment, he immediately asked, "So where is Tian Jianxiu now?" ”

Feng Gouzi replied: "I have been taken to the village by my humble position, waiting for the general to fall!" ”

Xiao Tianjian stood up and scolded Feng Gouzi: "What is there to hesitate about this kind of thing? Although Li Zicheng and I are at odds, Tian Jianxiu has a good personal relationship with me! Since he came to me, how could I not see it? In the future, you are not allowed to decide this kind of thing privately, bring him over quickly! Besides, send me a banquet for him!" ”

Feng Gouzi hurriedly said, "Yes! Let's arrange it! ”

Not long after Xiao Tianjian welcomed Tian Jianxiu into the courtyard at the gate of the courtyard, when he saw Xiao Tianjian standing at the gate of the courtyard from a distance, Tian Jianxiu took three steps and made two steps and strode towards Xiao Tianjian. ”