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Zhuang Youfu also saw that Gao Junshan was in danger, at this critical moment, he didn't think about it, jumped off the horse, and threw himself on Gao Junshan's body, just when he protected Gao Junshan, Zhuang Youfu's back was shot into a hedgehog, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Cao Wenzhao, who was behind Gao Jun Mountain, was completely enraged, he also got off his horse, drove to the enemy formation, shouted to avenge Zhuang Youfu, and the rest of the dozens of soldiers also abandoned their horses and killed them.

"Longevity! Longevity! Gao Junshan, who was sitting on the ground, hugged Zhuang Youfu and shouted desperately.

Zhuang Youfu opened his eyes slightly, tried to laugh, and said intermittently: "Qin, King Qin, I can't follow ...... Fight with you......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he died.

"My good brother! My good brother! Gao Junshan hugged Zhuang Youfu tightly, he remembered the scene when he was punished by Gao Yingxiang with fifty military sticks just after he crossed over, and remembered the scene when Zhuang Youfu raised the military stick fiercely but fell gently, "You just beat me with fifty military sticks!" Beat me with fifty sticks!" It's all my fault, my good brother! ”

Tears blurred Gao Junshan's eyes, he really couldn't believe that Zhuang Youfu's death was a fact, just a moment ago, he was still so brave and straight, fighting hard to kill the enemy. He regretted himself, if he could stand up immediately just now, Zhuang Youfu would not have pounced on him so impulsively.

In fact, even if Gao Junshan couldn't stand up, with the ultra-modern equipment on his body, those arrows would not kill him, at most they would be flesh wounds.

Fortunately, the follow-up troops rushed up in time, and the defeated Ming army was no longer able to organize resistance, and they had already fled on all fronts.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the rebels killed 1,763 and annihilated 893 enemies, which was another crushing victory.

Gao Junshan personally buried Zhuang Youfu's body, he sat in front of Zhuang Youfu's grave and refused to leave, and a picture of Zhuang Youfu appeared in his mind, and his heart was as distressed as a knife.

"King Qin, it's time for us to set off, it's going to be dark in the sky." Bai Wenxuan urged on the side.

Gao Junshan stood up and swore to the sky: "Xu Dingguo, in the future, when you encounter Xu Dingguo's people, you will never accept his surrender!" ”

Bai Wenxuan, as the guard of Gao Jun Mountain, is with Zhuang Youfu every day, the two have been together for a long time, and they also have a brotherly friendship, he knows that if it is not for Zhuang Youfu to protect King Qin with his body without hesitation this time, the person buried here is likely to be ......, he dare not think about it, he secretly made up his mind that Zhuang Youfu must not let Zhuang Youfu die in vain, and he must do his best to protect King Qin.

On October 9, Gao Junshan's army arrived in Puzhou. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's men and horses had also occupied Puzhou, and the three groups of men and horses met in Puzhou.

Originally, Gao Junshan was going to Tongzhou, because Luo Rucai, who was in Puzhou, sent people to contact Gao Junshan in advance, so Gao Junshan's men and horses turned to Puzhou.

"Hahaha......" As soon as he saw Gao Junshan, the bold Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said, "Brother Gao, let's meet again, but it's really difficult for me to see you, I ...... in Baoji last time."

Luo Rucai interrupted Zhang Xianzhong's words and said: "King Qin, the eight kings have prepared a banquet for you in the camp as early as the year, and will wash the dust for the king of Qin. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Yes, yes, yes! Let's meet friends with wine, and ask Brother Gao to give face. ”

Gao Junshan smiled: "Little brother, I would like to thank the Eight Kings for their hospitality, I must go to this banquet." ”

Zhang Xianzhong made a gesture of please: "Please!" ”

Gao Junshan led the Red Army Friends, Tian Wenju, Liu Hongru, and Bai Wenxuan and Sun Kewang into Zhang Xianzhong's military camp.

After losing Zhuang Youfu, Gao Junshan transferred Sun Kewang to his side, Sun Kewang was called "a wall" in history, Gao Junshan did not know.

Gao Junshan selected a calm and composed literati among the disciples of Chongwen Academy as the deputy of the detective team to assist Feng Shuangli in his work. This person is strong but has a girl's name, called Tian Fang, the word Ji Miao.

In Zhang Xianzhong's military camp, the guests and hosts sat down, Bai Wenxuan and Sun Kewang stood behind Gao Junshan, Zhang Xianzhong invited them to sit down and drink, and they were unmoved.

In the banquet, in addition to Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, there were also Wang Shangli, Ma Yuanli, Zhang Hualong, Wang Guangen and other generals who came to accompany them. After three rounds of drinking, Luo Rucai first praised Gao Junshan greatly, and then explained to him some details of getting rid of the encirclement and suppression of the Ming court.

Luo Rucai made a bowl of wine, put the bowl on the table heavily, and said: "After the carriage gorge, our righteous army from all walks of life quickly assembled in the areas of Baoji, Xu, and Juxian in southern Shaanxi, and their morale was greatly boosted. In order to win the victory of the official army, our righteous army spread the rhetoric of attacking Xi'an everywhere, and put on a posture of moving troops to Xi'an. ”

Zhang Xianzhonghao said with a smile: "Hahaha, he Chen Qiyu was really fooled, and ordered Tang Tong, Liu Qian, Xia Hao, and Yang Zhengfang to gallop to save Xi'an in the starry night." ”

Luo Rucai said to Gao Junshan: "I didn't expect you to rush over from Pingliang. ”

Gao Junshan said: "So you mobilize us to go back to Pingliang again." ”

Luo Rucai explained: "I see that you have a movement towards Hanzhong, and I know that there are heavy troops in Hanzhong, and you can't get through, so I strongly recommend that you go back to Pingliang." Of course, you didn't go back in the end, but went to Pizhou. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "At that time, our men and horses from all walks of life bypassed Xi'an without attacking, advanced to the east, broke Chengcheng, and surrounded Haoyang. The official army chased east again, and at this time we got rid of Chen Qiyu and turned back to the west. ”

Luo Rucai said: "We took advantage of the void to enter the Pingliang area and occupied Huating, Chongxin, Jingzhou Lingtai, and Zhenning. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Then, you will go back to the division to attack Xianyang." ”

Luo Rucai smiled: "Exactly." You should know the rest of the action, and you also participated in the action, taking the initiative to abandon Bizhou and move to the same state. ”

Gao Junshan asked puzzledly: "Since you know that I am going to Tongzhou, why did you pull me to Puzhou again?" ”

Luo Rucai said: "King Chuang is no longer in Tongzhou, they have already crossed the Yellow River and gone to Henan. ”

Gao Junshan asked again: "Why don't you go to Henan in Puzhou?" ”

"In order to cross the Yellow River with you, the Eight Kings and I are specially waiting for you here."

Gao Junshan bowed his hand to Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai: "Thank you two for secretly helping!" ”

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November of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Beijing, Qianqing Palace.

In November, the city of Beijing has entered the cold winter season. In recent years, the sky has been extremely abnormal, with very little rain throughout the year, and the cold of winter has intensified its attack on the earth.

Taihe Palace, Zhu was promoted to the dynasty by the inspection. He was reviewing the results of this year's imperial examination rankings, and above the court, there was silence.

The first class is three, the second class is fifty-seven, the third class is two hundred and forty-two, a total of three hundred and two people are admitted, so many people The emperor will not examine and approve them one by one, but the first and second ones must be approved by the emperor himself.

Zhu Youzhen is carefully reviewing:

Liu Lishun ranked first in the first class, Wu Guohua ranked second in the first class, and Yang Changzuo ranked third in the first class.

The first three are champions, Bangyan and Tanhua.

Zhu Youzhen admired Liu Lishun's article very much, and his judgment and concern for the country and the people were highly praised by Zhu Youzhen, and he was kindly approved as the first champion.

After Zhu Youjian finished reviewing the first three people, he continued to audit the second class:

The first place in the second class is Li Yan, the second place in the second class is Yan Maoyou, and the second place is the third place in the second class, Chen Gushou、...... The second and fifty-seventh kings consulted.

After Zhu Youzhen finished demarcating, put down the imperial pen, lowered his head and pondered, the eunuch Cao Huachun asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, did you miss someone?" ”

Zhu Youzhen ignored Cao Huachun, he stretched, took a sip of tea, raised his head and said to the ministers: "I have learned from the palace that the Ming Dynasty lacks talents!" There are very few good articles that can make my eyes light up. But today I saw a good article, and this Liu Lishun deserves to be the champion of this year's current department. ”

The ministers said: "The emperor is sage! ”

Zhu Youjian said: "Now that the country is employing people, Liu Lishun should be reused, do you have any objections?" ”

The emperor said so, which of the Manchu courtiers dared to say no? Therefore, Zhu Youzhen Feng Liu Lishun revised for the Hanlin Academy, responsible for the "Living Note", the management of the Six Cao Chapters, and the compilation and revision of the "Ming Hui Yao".

Of course, Zhu Youzhen would never have imagined that Liu Lishun was an undercover agent sent by Gao Junshan. And Zhao Shichun didn't pass the exam this time, he has already returned to his home in Changshu, Jiangsu Province to prepare for the exam, and is ready to fight again in three years.

After looking at the roster for nearly an hour, Zhu Youzhen was a little tired, and he said casually: "There is a morning performance and no retreat." ”

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said, "Weichen has a book to play the emperor." ”

"Speak!"

"Chen Qiyu, the premier of the five provinces, sent a report from Tang, Shaanxi encircled and suppressed the anti-thieves for several months, and fought more than 30 battles with it, winning every battle, and the anti-thieves in Shaanxi have been completely annihilated, and only a few fish escaped to western Henan."

Zhu Youzhen nodded with satisfaction: "Chen Qiyu has eliminated the anti-thief, and I am very relieved." Tell Chen Qiyu that if he wants to make persistent efforts, he must cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

Patrol Shi Fu Yongchun poured cold water on Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Chen Qiyu's report is untrue. The news from the front said that Chen Qiyu blindly appeased the anti-thieves, so that the anti-thieves had a chance to breathe, and after the first battle of the carriage gorge, there was a resurgence, and now there are more than 100,000 people in western Henan. ”

Gu Guobao said: "What the emperor and Chen Qiyu said is to cover up the facts, avoid the important and trivialize. Chen Qiyu exaggerated after a few small victories, but in fact, he missed the fighter plane and let the anti-thieves go, and he should be punished. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face changed greatly: "Chen Qiyu, who is so bold, dared to bully the king, and I was almost deceived by it." Be punished, be punished! ”

Shoufu Wen Tiren said: "The emperor is angry, Chen Qiyu has won more than 30 battles in a row in the extermination of anti-thieves, and his contribution is indispensable, if he is killed, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers before the battle." Moreover, who else can replace Chen Qiyu after killing him? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked around at the ministers and said, "Zhong Aiqing, who can replace Chen Qiyu?" ”

Zhang Fengyi said: "Weichen recommends one person. ”

"Who does Aiqing want to recommend?"

"Hong Chengchou."

Zhu Youzhen agreed: "Last time, Aiqing recommended Hong Chengchou, this time I will do what Aiqing said!" ”

Zhang Fengyi said: "Weichen obeys the order. ”

Zhu Youzhen said to Wen Tiren with a blushing face: "Chen Qiyu is not effective in suppressing the bandits, escort him to the capital, and punish him on a certain day!" ”

Wen Tiren was respectful: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”