Baihu replied: "Back to the King of Qin, the three-eyed gun is not loaded with lead, and it is an empty gun." ”

Gao Junshan patted this Baihu on the shoulder and encouraged him to train hard.

At this moment, Cai Zhishan ran over from a distance, and he only knew that King Qin was coming after listening to the report of his own soldiers.

Cai Zhishan said with a little complaint: "King Qin, your arrow wound is not completely healed, why did you come to the training ground without saying a word?" ”

Gao Junshan smiled lightly: "Bolan, there is no need to be so nervous, I am too stuffy in the house, come out and breathe fresh air." ”

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After Gao Junshan's troops were stationed in Pingliang, the weapons and equipment were greatly supplemented, and all of them came from the Han Wangfu.

The vassal palaces of the Ming Dynasty all had an armed force responsible for security and security, and the Han Wangfu was no exception. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, most of the vassal kings had heavy troops, with as few as 3,000 guards and as many as 19,000. Later, with the weakening of the feudal power, the number of troops gradually decreased, and in the Jiajing period, the Dongzhong Guard of the Han Wangfu had four left and right Zhongfu and 300 foot soldiers; In addition, there are 1,000 households in Andong herdsmen, with 210 banner troops, a total of 510 people. The left and right central guards occupy 800 hectares of fertile land as Tuntian, and its range extends to Lingtai in the east, Huating in the south, Guyuan in the north, and Jingning in the west.

Although the guards of the Han Wangfu were only a few hundred, there were 30,000 weapons and equipment stored in the arsenal, and all of these weapons and equipment were distributed to the rebels, and the most sophisticated weapons and equipment were allocated to Cai Zhishan's direct team.

Since Gao Junshan's troops were stationed in Pingliang, they have been given a valuable period of rest and recuperation for half a year.

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Huan County.

Since the withdrawal of the large army of Gao Junshan, Ma Jinzhong and Hui Dengxiang each led more than 10,000 men and horses to break through separately, all the way to the security, all the way to Shanzhou, was surrounded and intercepted by the Ming army, the two roads of people and horses went through hardships and dangers, in Chongzhen five years (AD 1632) October, crossed the Yellow River into Shanxi, and Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong in Xizhou and Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong rendezvous.

And Sun Jiye's 3,000 men and horses stuck to the Iron Horn City, stubbornly held on for three months, and was finally broken by Hong Chengchou, after the city was broken, Hong Chengchou killed Sun Jiye's troops, and Sun Jiye was not spared.

Since Hong Chengchou succeeded as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, Yang He's "while suppressing and appeasing" became "all-out purge", and concentrated many people to pursue the Shaanxi righteous army, to the autumn of the fifth year of Chongzhen, most of the righteous army in Shaanxi was wiped out, except for Gao Junshan to march to Pingliang, only Ma Jinzhong, Hui Dengxiang two people and horses entered Shanxi.

In Shaanxi, the governor of the war, Yu Shi Fan Fucui, highly admired Cao Wenzhao, who was able to fight well, and wrote in his excerpt to the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen: Shaanxi suppressed bandits, and there were more than 36,600 outstanding military achievements, Cao Wenzhao's military merits were the first, and Yang Jiamo was second.

Hong Chengchou was very angry with Cao Wenzhao, because Cao Wenzhao was defeated in Gaojun Mountain, so he suppressed Cao Wenzhao's military exploits and did not go to the emperor.

After Fan Fucui, he followed up with a book to commend Cao Wenzhao's merits, but the Ministry of War had already seen Hong Chengchou's recital, so he suppressed the recital that was submitted later and did not report it.

At this time, the Shanxi rebels were making a vigorous noise, gathering in Fenzhou, Taiyuan, and Pingyang, and the leaders of all walks of life, Zijinliang, King Chuang, King Chaoshi, Ji Guansuo, Eight Kings, Cao Cao, Breaking the Sky, etc., were more than 10,000 people, no less than thousands.

The Tang newspaper was transmitted to Beijing, and the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen Longyan was furious, and convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures, but the ministers were inconsistent, and they did not come up with a good plan for half a day. Zhang Chenji, the imperial historian, stepped forward and said: "The Qin general Cao Wen Zhaowei is famous, and the people are rumored to say, 'There is a Cao in the army, and the heart of the western thief is afraid to hear it'." and taste meritorious service, and the Qin thief is wiped out. It is advisable to enter the Jin Association to suppress it. ”

It was on the occasion of employing people that Zhu Youzhen adopted Zhang Chenji's words and ordered the generals of Shaanxi and Shanxi to be restrained by Cao Wen's edict and enter the Jin Dynasty to fight against thieves.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen dismissed Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, who was ineffective in encirclement and suppression, and stationed 8,000 troops of He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu with Xu Dingchen; Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng, Governor Zhang Yingchang, Po Ximu, and Ai Wannian had 7,000 soldiers blocking Fenzhou, trying to exterminate the righteous army in one fell swoop.

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However, it was said that Ma Jinzhong and Hui Dengxiang met with King Gao Yingxiang in Xizhou. At this time, Wang Ziyong, the leader of the Righteous Alliance, had died of illness, and Gao Yingxiang was elected by everyone as the new leader of the Alliance.

In Gao Yingxiang's big tent, Gao Peng was full, Ma Jinzhong and Hui Dengxiang were explaining in detail the Battle of Hongdong in Gao Junshan in June last year, because the traitor Gao Jian voted for Cao Wenzhao, the road map of the righteous army to the south was leaked, and the plan to go west had to be changed.

After listening to the two of them, Gao Yingxiang affirmed the combat policy of the Western Route Army, and expressed his gratitude to Ma Jinzhong and Hui Dengxiang, thanking them for helping their son when he was in danger.

When he learned that Hao Shaoqi was killed by Gao Junshan, he just sighed and said, "This is the will of heaven, Shaoqi owes my son a head!" ”

When he learned that he had two grandchildren, he was so happy that he raised a glass with everyone.

Zhang Xianzhong also came to contact the two people, Zhang Xianzhong raised his glass and said: "My eight kings sincerely befriended the two brothers of mixed 100,000 (Ma Jinzhong) and Guotianxing (Hui Dengxiang), if the two brothers look up to my eight kings, they will drink the wine in their hands with me." ”

Hui Dengxiang knew Zhang Xianzhong's personality very well, although he didn't want to have a deep friendship with him, he didn't want to offend him, so he raised his wine glass mechanically and took a sip, Ma Jinzhong just laughed, raised his glass lightly, nodded his head to show friendship, and didn't drink.

Gao Yingxiang got the news of the siege of the Ming court, led more than 200,000 righteous troops into Mopan Mountain, divided into three ways to resist the enemy, and got rid of the siege of the Ming court.

After that, Gao Yingxiang crossed the Taihang Mountain in the south, marched into Henan, attacked Jiyuan, Qinghua, Xiuwu, surrounded Huaiqing, and then sneaked into the West Mountain, smashed Shunde and Zhending, and entered Jinggi, and there was a big uproar in Beijing.

Zhu Youzhen urgently transferred Lu Xiangsheng, the deputy envoy of the famous military garrison, and Gao Yingxiang led the army to cross the Yellow River from Maojiazhai and moved to Henan

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Cool and cool.

However, it was said that Gao Junshan was cultivating himself in Pingliang, and the team had grown to 50,000. At this time, it was the end of the year, and Gao Junshan had healed from the arrow wound under the careful care of Ji Ya. The two of them live in the Cunxin Palace, like glue.

One day, Ma Zhi'an came to the council hall to see Gao Junshan, Ma Zhi'an's troops were the only cavalry team stationed outside the city, and they were responsible for the vigilance around Pingliang. Because there are more than 30,000 Mongolian horses in the horse farm of the Han Wangfu Qun Ranch, it provides a sufficient source of horses for Gao Junshan to form a cavalry team, and more than half of Gao Junshan's troops have cavalry.

Gao Junshan saw Ma Zhi'an coming in a hurry, and he couldn't help but be stunned, he subconsciously looked at the dial, wondering if there was an abnormal enemy situation.

At this time, Ma Zhi'an had already come to Gao Junshan: "Qi Qi King Qin, we have intercepted a batch of tributes to Beijing. How to dispose of it, please let King Qin decide. ”

Gao Junshan's heart relaxed, and asked, "Who is the owner of this tribute?" ”

Ma Zhi'an replied: "A few foreigners from the Western Regions. ”

Ma Zhi'an said excitedly: "I have already imprisoned them, just waiting for King Qin to fall." ”

Gao Junshan's face changed, and he ordered Ma Zhi'an to go back immediately to appease these foreigners, and he arrived later. How dare Ma Zhian slack off, and immediately returned to the barracks.

Tian Wenju asked puzzledly: "King Qin, it's just a few foreigners who have entered Beijing, why are you so nervous?" ”

Gao Junshan's stern gaze swept Tian Wenju: "Mr. also thinks that it is a few foreigners who entered Beijing to pay tribute to Zhu Youzhen?" Poor! ”

Tian Wenju asked cautiously, "What does King Qin think ......?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "They should be merchants from the Western Regions, I must go and meet them immediately." ”

Tian Wenju hurriedly said: "King Qin, I will go with you." ”

Gao Junshan nodded and said, "You invite Alan to come with you!" ”

Gao Junshan and his entourage walked out of the East City Gate and came to Ma Zhi'an's barracks, where they saw three Westerners, more than 20 Persians and five Indians, as well as a Ming court official with two interpreters.

This official of the Ming court was responsible for receiving these foreigners, and he was very arrogant in front of Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan asked someone to wipe him off on the spot, and the two translators were so frightened that they peed their pants.

Gao Junshan spoke directly to the Westerners in English, it turned out that this was a caravan from England, and it was not here to pay tribute to the Ming court, but for the purpose of doing business.

Gao Junshan learned from the British that the Ming court believed that the only reason for foreigners to come to China was to admire China's Dehua and come to pay tribute. They treated all foreign merchant groups as diplomatic missions, not as businessmen.

If a foreigner wants to do business in China, he must disguise himself as a diplomatic envoy before he is allowed to import goods into China. After entering China, it could not be bought and sold freely, so it could only be handed over to the Ming court and counted as tribute and sent to the capital. The emperor would reward the "messenger" with a large amount of money, which would not only cover the value of the goods, but also make more money than if he were buying and selling in the free market.

Gao Junshan saw their goods and offered to trade with them, but only barter, and the British needed silk, tea, and porcelain. These things are available in the Han Wangfu.

The caravan was a small caravan, with fifty camels and eighty horses, and carried ivory, spices, precious stones, and a small amount of wine, which were not valued by Gao Junshan, who had taken a fancy to the thirty pocket watches that the English had brought. To Gao Junshan's surprise, the British also gave two Indian maids and a Persian beautiful girl, and Gao Junshan had no choice but to laugh.

After the delivery of the goods, Gao Junshan left the guests to stay in Pingliang for three days, and when they parted, they sent dry food and fruits, hoping that the next time they come, they will be free of ivory, spices, gems, etc., and bring more high-end products such as pocket watches, and it is best to bring some guns and cannons.

The two Ming court translators did not let them go, and stayed in Chongwen Academy as a gentleman.

Gao Junshan gave all 30 pocket watches to Cai Zhishan, Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong, Red Army Friends, Li Busi, Ma Zhi'an, and their generals, and taught them how to read watches.

Gao Junshan asked his subordinates to wear pocket watches, the purpose was to give them a concept of time, to facilitate future battles, and to cultivate their habit of coming to Gao Junshan every day to make a pair of watches, Gao Junshan's watches are accurate to a million years and only one second. If they really couldn't come, Gao Junshan taught them how to adjust their pocket watches at noon with reference to the sun.

As for the two Indian maids, Gao Junshan handed them over to Han Yuyan and Ji Ya, and the Persian beautiful girl, Gao Junshan didn't know what to do with it for a while.