"Urgent news from the Ministry of War?" Hong Chengchou suddenly had a big head, and he went to Sichuan and Hanzhong, which is the meaning of the military department, could it be that Yang Sichang was scolded by the emperor and urged himself to enter the army?

will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!

Hong Chengchou's most annoying thing is that when he was out on an expedition, the people of the imperial court pointed fingers thousands of miles away, and the information was transmitted back and forth from such a long distance.

General, according to the changes in the battlefield situation, make reasonable contingency measures!

He took the message angrily, opened it, and the pupils of his eyes dilated sharply, and he slapped his head hard, "The court is wise......

Hong Chengchou immediately summoned Cao Bianjiao and handed him the urgent news from the military department, "This Yang Sichang can be regarded as relieving the siege for us." ”

"What do you mean, Lord Yang?" Cao Bianjiao frowned and said: "If you don't say it in Hanzhong, don't you want the whole of Sichuan?" ”

"The big man of the imperial court has his own deep meaning in doing things, we don't have to speculate," Hong Chengchou was reassured, and a smile appeared on his face, "I plan to leave tonight, what does Mr. Cao think?" ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Tonight? But it's getting late, and the trail is rugged......"

"You are stupid," Hong Chengchou smiled mysteriously, "Remember, we are all infantry, we are slow, we have not yet reached Xi'an, we have never seen the Liukou in Sichuan, received an urgent message from the Ministry of War, and immediately went south, from Lantian County, from Shangluo out of the Danjiang River, this is the nearest road to Huguang and Henan......"

"Ah......" Cao Bianjiao was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses, "Lord Overseer is really tall!" In this way, the king of Shu in Sichuan and the king of Rui in Hanzhong ...... Their life and death have nothing to do with us......"

"Haha," Hong Chengchou laughed: "It's good that Mr. Cao understands, only you know about this matter, and let the soldiers stop talking!" ”

"My subordinates understand!" Cao Bianjiao bowed and said, "Lord Overseer, will we withdraw now?" ”

"Withdraw, withdraw soon," Hong Chengchou smiled mysteriously and said, "Before withdrawing the army, I will send a messenger to the Heavenly Mandate Army to make Li Zicheng owe me a favor." ”

"This ...... Ah......" Cao Bianjiao unconsciously stretched out his thumb and praised: "The Overseer is a master, and his subordinates are far inferior to ......"

"General Cao should be cautious," Hong Chengchou's face did not have a trace of joy, "I can't help it, this Li Zicheng ......" He shook his head slowly and sighed softly.

Considering that the time of three days was approaching and Hong Chengchou showed no sign of withdrawing his troops, Li Zicheng convened Li Guo and Song Wen overnight to hold a military meeting, and decided that starting tomorrow, the Heavenly Mandate Army would officially regard Hong Chengchou as an enemy, and the relationship between the Heavenly Mandate Army and Hong Chengchou would change from secret peace talks to a state of household confrontation.

The three of them were studying the specific combat strategy, and He Xiaomi suddenly came in, "Metropolitan Governor, someone is coming over there......"

"Someone? Could it be that Hong Chengchou has figured it out? Or did you make a final decision? Li Zicheng thought for a moment, but he couldn't make a judgment, so he had to let the envoy come in and see what Hong Chengchou meant.

The envoys of the past few days are all the same person, he is already familiar with Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Song Wen, and after paying homage, he hurriedly said: "Dadu Governor, two generals, my family overseer basically agreed to the Dadu Governor's suggestion. ”

Li Guo and Song Wen were all happy, but Li Zicheng heard the word "basic", it seems that Hong Chengchou is going to bargain, but the price is not too high, he said lightly: "What does Inspector Hong mean......"

The messenger bowed, "The Overseer can withdraw tonight, but ......"

"But what? If there's a fart, let it go! When Li Guo heard that Hong Chengchou was leaving, he was a little disappointed, so he had to sprinkle his resentment on the messenger.

"Lord Overseer said that the Mandate of Heaven army must not leave Sichuan, enter Huguang in the east, and cannot threaten Xi'an, so that Lord Overseer will be embarrassed......"

Li Zicheng's heart moved, and said: "What does Overseer Hong mean, we can only maintain the existing territory, and we can't expand anymore?" ”

"That's what the Overseer meant," the messenger said, "as long as the Grand Overseer agrees to this condition, the Overseer will withdraw overnight!" ”

"Overnight withdrawal?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, could it be that there are bandits elsewhere, and Hong Chengchou is in a hurry to leave? Then he said, "Where will the Flood Overseer retreat?" ”

"Huguang, strengthen the encirclement and suppression of Huguang Liukou."

"Huguang?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, then it was not an urgent military situation, so he smiled and said: "From Hanzhong to Huguang, the road is smooth, and the governor of Pontus owes Hong a favor, so I will personally see him off this time!" ”

"No, Lord Overseer needs to return to Xi'an, from Lantian and Danshui to Henan, Huguang ......"

"Oh?" Li Zicheng arched his hand to the envoy, "As soon as the gentleman said, I hope that the envoy will tell the Governor of Hong that the governor of Bendu will strictly abide by the agreement between the two sides." ”

After the envoy left, Li Zicheng immediately asked He Xiaomi to give an order, and immediately released a large number of rangers to closely monitor the movements of the Ming army.

Hong Chengchou immediately withdrew his troops to the north, marched to Dasanguan, already north of the Qinling Mountains, out of the control area of the Heavenly Mandate Army, just set up a large camp, just had dinner, was about to rest, and the guards sent a military report: The emperor's decree, Fu Zonglong is the governor of Sichuan, fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Sichuan, and Shao Jiechun is appointed as the supervising army, and Luo Shangwen is the chief soldier, and he rushed to Sichuan on the same day.

I see!

Only then did Hong Chengchou understand that Yang Sichang transferred himself to Henan and Huguang to suppress thieves, but it was because the emperor handed over Sichuan to Fu Zonglong! With Fu Zonglong's ability, can he defeat the Heavenly Mandate Army?

Fu Zonglong came, and the Mandate of Heaven Army inevitably fought, if the defeat is better, the imperial court will completely discover the fact that the Mandate of Heaven Army has entered Sichuan, and when the time comes, between the imperial court and the Mandate of Heaven Army, there will inevitably be a big battle, who will kill the deer......

Hong Chengchou couldn't see the form clearly for a while, but he hoped that the two sides would fight as soon as possible, and he would choose a side......

He carried Cao Bianjiao on his back, transcribed the emperor's decree, and secretly sent it to Hanzhong.

When Li Zicheng received Hong Chengchou's message, he not only sneered, he had just sent Hong Chengchou away, and another Fu Zonglong came, but Hong Chengchou was not only the governor of Shaanxi, but also the governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan.

He originally planned to let Song Wen stay in Hanzhong and control Zhao Guangrui's second regiment and Zhang Ling's third regiment, but Zhao Guangrui was stationed in Chengdu and Zhang Ling was stationed in Kuizhou, and in the Hanzhong area, there were actually only 5,000 soldiers from the first regiment of the seventh battalion, so he left Li Guo's second battalion cavalry behind to assist in guarding Hanzhong and preventing Fu Zonglong from entering Sichuan.

If Fu Zonglong can only wander around the periphery of Sichuan, and can't get food and material supplies from the land of Bashu, he will definitely not last long, and he will have to go back.

After the victory of the war, Li Guo's second battalion was stationed in the area of Hanzhong Prefecture and Wudu County to ensure the smooth passage of the road between Longyou and Sichuan.

Subsequently, Li Zicheng summoned Zhao Guangyuan, the former Hanzhong general who was defeated and captured.

Zhao Guangyuan's body, has gone to the rope, can move freely in the city, but is not allowed to go out of the city, these days, he not only saw the singing and dancing in the city, but also learned the "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions" sung by the Heavenly Mandate Army, every night in the dead of night, is secretly sighed: No wonder the Heavenly Mandate Army can manage the Hanzhong Mansion in such a short period of time, it turns out that there is such a strict military discipline......

Hong Chengchou's information about the withdrawal of the army, he also learned it from the mouths of the people, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the dignified governor of the five provinces, when he saw the Mandate of Heaven Army, he ran away without firing an arrow, no, it was not a single arrow, the front of the Ming army, Cao Bianjiao, was approaching the city of Hanzhong, but it was annihilated, and it was inferior to himself......

Zhao Guangyuan's mind changed unconsciously, and at this moment, Li Zicheng summoned him.

"The villain has seen the Grand Duke!" Although Zhao Guangyuan was reluctant to pay homage to Li Zicheng, he felt admiration in his heart, and he was not as arrogant as before.

"Mr. Zhao, can you tell me now, who yours is?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "How is it better than Hong Chengchou?" ”

"Dadudu, the villain's father......" Zhao Guangyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The villain's father is the general Zhao Shujiao who fought fiercely with the Tartars and died on the battlefield, the villain...... It's really insulting to the ancestors......" He lowered his head, his face already red to the base of his ears.

"Zhao Shujiao?" Li Zicheng's heart moved, and he seemed to be a little familiar.

Zhao Guangyuan raised his head suddenly, "The Metropolitan Governor knows his ancestor?" ”

"The governor of Pontus is young and has never seen General Zhao, but General Zhao died on the battlefield of the decisive battle with the Tartars, and he admires him very much," Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, his heart moved, and said: "Do you know Zhao Guangrui?" ”

"Guangrui? That's the younger brother, the only son of the villain's uncle," Zhao Guangyuan said: "Could it be that the Metropolitan Governor knows the younger brother?" ”

"Not to mention acquaintance, he is now in the Heavenly Mandate Army," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I just heard your name, I was a little familiar, but I met but I was not an acquaintance, it turned out that your names were very similar, haha......"

"Guangrui in the Mandate of Heaven Army?" Zhao Guangyuan was very surprised, "My brother once served in Pingtan Fort, but later he was exiled, and his whereabouts are unknown...... It turned out to be the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

Li Zicheng did not blame Zhao Guangyuan for his slip of the tongue, but he laughed and said: "Hongzhou is now the commander of the second regiment of the seventh battalion of the Heavenly Mandate Army, with five thousand soldiers under him, with the rank of guerrilla general, stationed in Chengdu. ”

"Ah......" Zhao Guangyuan was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, how old is he, he is already a commander of five thousand people!

"Does General Zhao know why Hongzhou surrendered to the Mandate of Heaven Army?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Zhao has been wandering around the city for the past few days, don't you still understand Hongzhou's thoughts?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Guangyuan not only understood his younger brother's thoughts, but even the thoughts of the metropolitan governor were also very clear, but he couldn't put his face down for a while, and just froze in front of Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng still maintained a smile and said: "General Zhao, everyone has their own ambitions, the governor of Bendu will not be difficult for others, from today on, you are free, the Mandate of Heaven will no longer restrict your actions, you can go wherever you want!" ”

"Metropolitan Governor," Zhao Guangrui heard this, his legs suddenly bent and he fell to the ground, "The villain is willing to serve the Metropolitan Governor, and I ask the Metropolitan Governor to forgive the villain's mistakes at that time......"

"At that time, each was his master, what was Shifang's fault? Get up quickly," Li Zicheng waited until Zhao Guangyuan got up, and then said, "Is Shifang literate?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, the villain has been influenced by his father since he was a child, and he has studied for a few years......"

"That's good," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Now that Hanzhong Mansion has belonged to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, Shifang was originally the chief soldier of Hanzhong, so he naturally knows that the geography of Hanzhong is extremely important, and this position of Hanzhong Governor will be held by Shifang!" ”

Zhao Guangyuan bowed to the ground again, "Thank you, villain!" ”