Liao Daheng talked casually, which made the officials below, including Chen Shiqi, blush. Pengshan was occupied, and the magistrate committed suicide, but they didn't even know it. If the imperial court takes responsibility for the loss of land, not a single one here will be able to escape.

"Ben Fu secretly plotted against Zhang Guangpei, the brother of the thief, and kept abreast of the movements of the thieves; On the one hand, he secretly mobilized the Tianquan Tusi soldiers, and together with the pacesetters of Benfu, they secretly assembled in Renshou County, Shuangliu County and other places. When the thief leaves Pengshan Jiancheng, besiege it immediately!

The day before yesterday, Zhang Thief led 35,000 thieves to leave Pengshan, cross the Min River in the north, and attack Chengdu! Our army took advantage of its half-crossing and suddenly attacked from all sides, annihilating all the thieves in one fell swoop. More than 10,000 people, including Zhang Guangzu, the chief of the thieves, his brother Zhang Guangqiang, and the general Chen Huaigui, took 8,000 prisoners, and drowned countless people in the river!

Li Jiacheng of Shuangliu Zhixian County said that our army fought with thieves, and tens of thousands of people in Shuangliu and Pengshan counties came to the battlefield to cheer for the officials and soldiers! The sound of killing on the battlefield shook the sky, and the corpses of thieves were more than ten miles away! The river is red, and the water does not flow! It is reported that only Chen Huainian, a general of the Zhang clan, led the remnants of less than 1,000 troops to flee westward. ”

After speaking, Liao Daheng instructed his master to pass on Li Jia's submission from Shuangliu Zhixian County for Chen Shiqi and other officials to watch carefully.

With such a large-scale battle and so many witnesses on the spot, it seems that there will be no fake.

"If the record of the lower officials is correct, this is the first great victory in this province since the rebellion of Lu'an was quelled! This victory and this victory are all the tricks of Liao Gong! Some officials immediately turned their rudder when they saw the wind and sang praises.

Chen Shiqi was very annoyed in his heart.

Blame the damned rebels! blocked the four doors and turned himself into a deaf and blind man, who didn't know anything beforehand! The day before yesterday, I heard that hundreds of Fubiao's cavalry rushed out of the south gate, and their whereabouts were unknown. However, some of the combat effectiveness in Fubiao is a few hundred Dong Bu cavalry, and the rest of the battalion soldiers are not much better than the Weisu army. Therefore, those who participated in the war were likely to be the cavalry of Dong Bu's department.

These hundreds of cavalry want to exterminate the Zhang thief, and the strength is definitely not enough, so the main force to suppress the thief must be the Tianquan Tusi soldiers! Chen Shiqi thought to himself, since his impeachment recital had been issued, it was too late to take it back. It's better to let go of Tycoon Liao today, and then secretly find out the truth later, or find out Tycoon Liao's other mistakes!

Fighting a lawsuit in the court, Chen Shiqi felt that he was still quite sure. wants Liao Daheng to get out, but Chaozhong is not alone. For example, the Shu Wangfu suffered heavy losses in this civil unrest, and Liao Daheng owed Zong Lu and refused to pay, and he was already very dissatisfied with him. If you can let the Shu Wangfu come forward to rush, the princes of the court will definitely have a good effect.

Chen Shiqi thought to himself while planning his next move. Unexpectedly, Liao Tycoon seemed to be unsatisfied, and shook out some fierce news:

"This time the remnants of the thieves have caused trouble in Sichuan, and the Shu Domain has suffered heavy losses. In the eleven counties in the irrigation area, the number of people who were destroyed in Wangzhuang is unknown. However, if the army is used too early, it will surely make the thief chief aware of the escape. For this reason, Ben Fu once folded the original commission to the Ming Palace. It is rare that the palace understands the righteousness and approves the invitation of this fu! In order to confuse the spies in the thief city, the palace issued documents urging Benfu on the one hand, and implored the government to ...... on the other."

Oh! Some officials finally understood that the palace had been singing a duet with the governor's yamen! No wonder the palace sent a letter urging Lord Liao to send troops, everyone in Chengdu Mansion knows about it!

Liao Daheng is not finished yet.

"At the time of the Minjiang War, the prince was ordered by his mother to pacify Wang Zhuang outside the city. Hearing that the officers and soldiers were suppressing thieves, the prince did not avoid arrows, but came to the battle in person, beating drums and cheering, and inspiring the soldiers! When the soldiers heard it, they all rushed to kill; When the enemy heard it, they were all terrified and invincible; When the people heard this, they were all overjoyed!

Ben Fuwen Shizi, only fifteen years old, has such a great loyalty, filial piety, courage and righteousness, it is really commendable! I have added another thousand miles to my heavenly family! I have added another virtuous king to Shudi! ”

After Liao Daheng finished speaking, he actually left his seat, knelt northward, his eyes were full of tears, and he congratulated:

"Your Majesty! The minister Liao Tycoon congratulated His Majesty on behalf of the Shu people! ”

Chen Shiqi sighed in his heart: "I want to build an archway when I am a bitch!" ”

However, all the officials knelt with Liao Daheng, and he couldn't stand upright alone. Otherwise, a number of notes of impeachment against him will be sent to the capital tomorrow.

After crying and crying, kneeling and kneeling, Liao Daheng finally sat down again.

He sighed, "The thieves hid in the mountains, causing civil unrest, and Benfu was overlooked for a while, which is all my fault." Ben Fu intends to lead the performance and ask the saint for sin. At the same time, the situation of this battle is clarified, and the meritorious soldiers are rewarded! ”

"Liao Tycoon led the performance, and it was clear that he wanted to kidnap the officials, and he wanted me to eat my back!"

Chen Shiqi is old in the eunuch journey, and Liao Daheng's purpose can be understood as soon as he hears it. He didn't express his stance on the matter of the joint performance, and first asked coldly: "The head of the thief has been killed, so in this way, this civil unrest is going to be settled." Xiaguan, may I ask Lord Futai, the four gates of this provincial capital have been blocked for half a month, when can we go out of the city to breathe? ”

"The Art of War: Capture the thief and capture the king first, we are entrusted by the king, and we dare not fight!" Liao Daheng blocked back.

Chen Shiqi said a few words of cruelty, and he wanted to resolve the dilemma? It's not that easy! Liao Daheng knows the truth of beating the water dog, and will never let Chen Shiqi go easily when he has the advantage. His purpose is to completely defeat this political opponent once and for all, so that he can never turn over!

"The soldiers who can fight in the province are almost all in the hands of the generals Fang (Guoan), Gan (Liangchen), Liu (Zhen Fan), and Ding (Xianjue). In the first battle of Minjiang, Tianquan Tusi soldiers and Fubiao were seriously injured, and they were unable to fight again in the near future. Now that the thief chief has been crowned, the rebels have become frightened birds. I have a plan here, and I want to discuss it with you: I plan to draw out all the guards in the city and form an army tomorrow. Early the day after tomorrow, our four gates were opened, and the army went out of the city to quell the chaos together! ”

"The lower officials and others are only looking forward to the adults of Futai!"

"Lord Futai is clever, and the end will not disappoint Lord Futai!"

……

One by one, the officials stood up to express their positions, and the result made Liao Daheng very satisfied. It seems that the great victory in the Battle of Minjiang did inspire Sichuan officialdom.

"Lord Chen is about to take over the post of military garrison of this province in the near future. I wonder what Lord Chen thinks? Liao Daheng was very sincere and cordial to ask Chen Shiqi's opinion.

What else can Chen Shiqi say?

You let someone else kill the thief, and someone else will send you the head of the thief chief; You let others put down chaos, and others immediately deploy four doors to attack. Can you still oppose the attack and demand that you be trapped in the city?

Chen Shiqi was furious in his heart, and he had nowhere to send it, so he could only stand up and express his approval. Chen Shiqi does not object, then the matter is settled. As a result, Liao Daheng made detailed arrangements for various military affairs, and repeatedly emphasized the secrecy before the war. Seeing that all the officials had no opinions, he nodded with satisfaction.

It was past noon, and the stomachs of Chen Shiqi and other officials were already growling. Liao Daheng talked about an urgent matter again. He judged that the Zhang clan's subordinates would flee Chen Huainian's less than 1,000 people to the west, and they would definitely pass through Qiongzhou. The west of Qiongzhou is a big mountain, and if the thieves enter the mountain, it will be extremely difficult to completely exterminate them. In order to get rid of the Kou, he wanted to ask Chen Shiqi to make a hard trip, and after clearing the chaotic people outside the provincial capital, he hurriedly led 3,000 officers and soldiers to pursue and suppress, and strive to intercept the remnants of the thieves on the plain and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Chen Shiqi instinctively felt that this was not a good errand. But even if he refuses now, he won't be able to refuse it in a few days. He has always prided himself on being familiar with military affairs, and the court also valued him for his familiarity with military affairs. He was always reluctant to admit the Minjiang victory that Liao Daheng boasted about, thinking that there must be ghosts in it. Now he really wants to personally lead the troops, go and cut off the heads of a few thieves and come back, and show this "Liao Joiner". He thought about it and put forward a few conditions for Liao Daheng.

Liao Daheng did not hesitate and agreed to come down. Three thousand soldiers and horses became four thousand, and Chen Shiqi selected the elite among the five guards, and the food and salary were absolutely guaranteed. In the end, Liao Daheng also patted his chest and said, in order to make the trip a complete success, he gave Chen Shiqi another hundred elite soldiers.

At the end of the meeting, the limping Liao tycoon personally sent Chen Shiqi out of the middle gate of Fuya. He looked at Chen Shiqi's sedan chair and slowly walked away, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull out a few sneers.

At your level, you still dare to impeach me? Lao Tzu's 100 elite soldiers, I'll accompany you to hell!

The Minjiang River, like a rapidly burning fuse, spread the outcome of the Battle of Jiangkou to the prefectures and counties around the river.

The chaotic people gathered outside the four gates of the provincial capital have been much fewer than in the past few days. Especially in the direction of the south gate, there are very few people who dare to stay.

The people who participated in the rebellion have said that the Tusi soldiers in the mountains in the west have driven to the vicinity of the provincial capital, and the number is as high as tens of thousands. The people also say that it is estimated that the government will go on a killing spree in the next two days. Those Tusi soldiers were fierce people who killed people without blinking, they couldn't understand Chinese, and they only liked heads that could be exchanged for silver, so it was useless to kneel down and plead for them. If you don't want to become the head of the toast soldier to receive the silver reward, it's better to run home and stay. Of course, the safest place is still Wangzhuang. No matter how fierce the Tusi soldiers were, they didn't dare to rush into Wangzhuang to kill people and steal things.

The rumors of the common people are often more accurate than the official proclamations of the government.

In the early morning of 19 February, the outline of Longquan Mountain in the east was smeared with a golden edge by the rising sun.

Just when many of the rioters had just woken up and were about to pack up and go home. The four gates of Chengdu Mansion were wide open, and thousands of officers and soldiers rushed out. As soon as these officers and soldiers changed their original appearance as a turtle with a shrunken head, they killed people when they saw them, and robbed things when they saw them. Many of the rioters did not have time to escape, so they turned around and jumped into the Funan River and floated south down the river.

More than a dozen prefectures and counties around Chengdu Prefecture also opened their city gates on the same day and began to purge the chaotic people. As soon as noon arrived, Liao Daheng received a report from his subordinates that there was no rebellion in the east, south and west of Chengdu Mansion. However, the soldiers of Ningchuan Guard, who went out of the city from the north gate, were fiercely resisted by the rebels.

Liao Daheng hesitated slightly, and then issued an order for Dong Bu's cavalry to reinforce Ning Chuanwei, and at the same time asked the Tianquan Tusi soldiers to move to the north gate, thinking that they would be the backup of the cavalry. As for Chen Shiqi, the task remains the same, and he continues to prepare to pursue Chen Huainian.

The situation in the north of Chengdu is indeed more severe and complex than in the other three sides.

The birthplace of the "Eliminate the Five Worms" movement is Peng County and Xinfan County north of Chengdu, so the most chaotic people in these two counties are the most determined. Among the rebels were not only yeoman farmers, tenants, and nomads, but also many small and medium-sized landlords and craftsmen, and even sergeants of the guards. It can be said that the rebels here include the entire middle and lower classes of society in the Ming Empire. They were cornered by the heavy taxes of the Ming Dynasty, so they had to join the ranks of the rebels.

There is another problem that makes it more difficult for the officials and troops to quell the rebellion, that is, the two county towns have been occupied by the rebels. The government is just trapping the county government. The attack of officers and soldiers out of the city made the rebels in the two county towns more concentrated in the county seats. However, if the city was to be attacked rashly, the officers and soldiers were not prepared.