Wang Xingjian wore a black veil on his head, a red official robe, a gilded leather belt around his waist, and rode on a gray-blue war horse with a gloomy face. The Protector soldiers on the side of the street gleefully shouted a long line of dejected captives and walked out of town, showing no respect for him, a proper court official. Swords, guns, shields were littered on the streets, and occasionally a few bloody corpses could be seen.

Walking to the wharf, Wang Xingjian saw more than 1,000 women surrounded by spear-wielding soldiers on the bank of the river, sitting densely on the ground. In the midst of the women's pile, a young officer stepped on a table or something, and spoke loudly with a very powerful wave of his arms. In the other corner of the wharf, there is a banyan tree that shades the sky and the sun, the shade of the tree covers the ground for dozens of feet, and under the tree there are dozens of women tied by ropes, curled up on the ground and crying, I don't know whether it is a female bandit or the family of the bandit leader.

It's a pity that such a rich town! Wang Xingjian was secretly annoyed in his heart. He also wanted to make a fortune by making meritorious contributions, but Zhao Ronggui's troops were the only army he could hold in his hands now, and he could not easily throw Zhao Ronggui's troops into a battle that he was not sure of. At a time when the Chongqing gentry negotiated with Master Qian on the conditions of wasteland reclamation and joint venture shipbuilding, Liao Daheng, an old gangster, actually played hooligans, and transferred Ding Xianjue's department out of Chongqing, and let hundreds of the first battalion of the royal army be stationed. Isn't this using force to force the Chongqing gentry to obey?

Don't think that the gentry in Chongqing are all soft persimmons, just pinch them! Wang Xingjian sneered secretly in his heart. How did that old Wang Ba in Jiangding Town capsize? A few boxes of bribes were caught by the students of the school, and the posts were posted all over the city, and no one dared to overturn the case for him, even if he voted for the palace as a slave, it was useless!

The other conditions are easy to say, and the position of Chuandong Bingbeidao must be obtained! Wang Xingjian secretly made up his mind.

Zhao Ronggui, Ding Xianjue, Zeng Ying, Mo Chongwen, as well as Chongqing Wei and Shi Yan Tusi, as well as the Guizhou army and Chu army that will reinforce Sichuan in the future, are all within the boundaries of the eastern Sichuan military preparation road. With the military power, with the support of the Chongqing gentry, with the support of Zhou Xiang, plus a little icing on the cake, whose position as governor of Sichuan will be in the future is still undecided! In terms of the official grade, his own four grades are on par with the four grades of Liao Daheng's right imperial history!

A junior colonel rode up and whispered a few words to Zhao Ronggui, who was behind Wang Xingjian. Zhao Ronggui is a tall military man in his thirties, with a beard growing messily on his face, giving people a very rough feeling. However, Wang Xingjian knew that Zhao Ronggui's rudeness was only an appearance, and he was extremely shrewd in his bones, and he always suffered small losses and took advantage of big advantages in wars.

Wang Xingjian asked Zhao Ronggui with a little dissatisfaction: "Have you inquired clearly, how many people did the royal soldiers use to fight the town?" What is the strength of the bandits? ”

"Your Excellency, the royal army used three companies of about 600 people, and only three died, all of which were caused by a sneak attack in a street battle. There were more than 3,000 bandits, and not one of them escaped. ”

"With one against five, so easy to win? Is the message reliable? ”

"It should be reliable, it was the last general who spent money to ask Master Qian beside Liao Fu about it. Master Qian said, the White Lotus Sect bandits are a group of rabble, and they are not vulnerable at all! The elite of the bandits was only 500 people led by Ge Junci, the rebel general of Guang'an Shouyu Qianhu, but they had been completely annihilated by the Tusi soldiers in the battle of Yuechishui. Now the White Lotus Sect bandits are panicked, and they all want to retreat north to Qu County to join forces with the local tyrants, but the local tyrants only want to grab things, and they are not interested in their Hongyang and Baiyang sets. Therefore, the bandits had no choice but to stay here for the time being, waiting for the demon He Jia to discuss the results with the local tyrants. Who knew that Luo Du was surrounded by the royal soldiers early this morning, and they had no chance to run if they wanted to. ”

"How many people are there in Guang'an City?"

"It's hard to say. Some say more than 5,000, some say more than 4,000. It turned out that the news that Tanma got was 10,000, and they lost 3,000 in the battle of Yuechishui, and here it is 3,000. The last general calculated that there were only 5,000 bandits left in Guang'an at most. ”

"The local thugs won't send reinforcements?"

"The last general heard the news that this demon He Jia is a rich man. He hugged his treasure tightly, for fear that the local tyrants would rob him......"

"Then what does General Zhao mean to fight?"

"Of course the last general is willing to fight, but this army entering the city...... I also have to bother Lord Wang to say a thing or two to Liao Fufen......"

"This is natural! But you have to be sure of victory! Don't burden the official and lose his old face! ”

"The last general has a total of 6,000 soldiers. There are 3,000 recruits, and they have been training for half a year, and it is the time to see blood in battle. Three thousand veterans, battle-hardened. and two hundred iron horsemen. If it is a rabble of 5,000, 6,000 elite soldiers will not be able to win, and the last general will not lead the troops, so he can simply draw his sword and kill himself! ”

Wang Xingjian finally laughed, and it seemed that he was very satisfied with Zhao Ronggui's reply: "In the troubled autumn of the world, the imperial court still needs a general like General Zhao to make a contribution to the service, why should General Zhao throw it lightly?" ”

……

In the side room of the second hall of the tax customs yamen, Zhu Pingjin summoned Liu Mingsheng alone. Since announcing his punishment, Liu Mingsheng has still been conscientious and has no complaints, which makes Zhu Pingjin very satisfied.

"Zhang Guangpei, that bastard finally got in touch?" Zhu Pingjin asked.

Liu Mingsheng stood straight in front of Zhu Pingjin, nodded heavily and said:

"Yes! A few days ago, our people found Zhang Guangpei's mark on the dark stake in the north of Guang'an City. The minister speculated that he had entered Guang'an City with the local tyrants, so he sent a man to infiltrate Guang'an City to contact him. Last night, the news came out from this person: Zhang Guangpei is now under the pseudonym Chen Dong, nicknamed Bai Wuchang, and is the leading post under Yuan Tao, the king of heaven. After the Guang'an demon He Jia lost the battle of Yue Chishui, he pulled down his old face and asked for help from all kinds of local tyrants, Yuan Tao, the king of heaven, Liu Weiming, Chen Lin, and Shaotiandong all sent reinforcements to Guang'an Prefecture, with a maximum of two or three thousand and a minimum of five hundred. Only the Black Tiger Mixed Sky Star Wang Gao and Wang Guangxing did not send troops. Yesterday, all kinds of local tyrants have gathered in Guang'an City, and there are already 10,000 thieves in the city. ”

"His brother is a black whirlwind, he is white impermanence, black and white. Tell me, how did Zhang Guangpei get promoted to the leading post so quickly? ”

"He offered the silver you rewarded him to Yuan Tao, saying that he robbed it. As soon as Yuan Tao was happy, he gave him a hundred people and rewarded him with a leading sentry. He used to have only thirteen of our men, but now he has five hundred. ”

"10,000 taels of silver for a hundred?" Zhu Pingjin was a little surprised, "This Yuan Tao is so shameless, he must be a character!" ”

"This Yuan Tao is in Chuzhou, he was originally a landlord and young master, who is literate and knowledgeable. Later, he raped his aunt, which was not tolerated by the clansmen, so he fell into the grass. Zhang Guangpei said, Yuan Tao is different from other short-sighted local tyrants, a bit of the overall situation you said. A month ago, the local tyrant suddenly went south, which was Yuan Tao's idea, saying that it was to encircle Wei to save Zhao and relieve the danger of Bazhou. Zhang Guangpei said that Yuan Taozhi's original intention was not to encircle Wei to save Zhao, he wanted to continue to go south and cross to the south of the Yangtze River. Fortunately, the local tyrant is a local tyrant after all, except for Chen Lin, the other local tyrants don't do it. He Jiaqi firmly held his territory, and did not want other local thugs to pass ......"

"Why did Yuan Tao want to cross the river to southern Sichuan?"

"Yuan Tao said that the people in Bashan are barren and poor, and if you stay in Bashan, you will starve to death sooner or later, so it is better to go to southern Sichuan to develop now."

"Is there any other reason?"

"Yes. Yuan Tao also said that Bashan was sandwiched between the official army and the Qin thieves, and was either suppressed by the official army or swallowed by the Qin thieves. ”

"Crossing the river...... Cross the river......" Zhu Pingjin muttered to himself. He suddenly stood up and said loudly: "This Yuan Tao is not only a character, but also our fierce rival!" Tell Zhang Guangpei that you must think of getting rid of him! But Zhang Guang must not be exposed, his identity is not easy to come by, and this son will be of great use in the future! ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Pingjin stood, muttered for a long time, and then sat back: "Zhang Guang is trapped in a thief's den, people are not like people, ghosts are not like ghosts, seeing people talk about people, seeing ghosts talking about ghosts, life is the most tormenting." You've had this experience too, so you can understand it! Now that you're outside and he's inside, you have to think of ways to comfort him and don't worry about intelligence mistakes. This intelligence mistake, this Shizi punished you instead of him, there is this consideration. Tell him that he is safe and that he doesn't have to take any chances! ”

"Thank you for your understanding!"

"But you have to be clear, he's not like you! After all, he was born as a bandit, and he has been a bandit for generations! For him, it is not difficult to play a bandit, but it is difficult to be a protector. Moreover, he took refuge in this world because of personal grievances, and even the death of a woman. Protecting the country and the people, and the world is peaceful, these acts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are just things outside his body for him, and they have not penetrated into the bone marrow! He has changed from a six-master to a palace official, and from a palace official to Bai impermanence, changing back and forth, don't really become impermanent! Therefore, in the future, you have to find a secret place to train these expatriates regularly and irregularly, so that they can firmly put the concepts of Daming Jiangshan, the people of the society, and the protection of the country and the people firmly in their hearts! ”

"Obey the order!" Liu Mingsheng paused for a moment and knelt down on one knee: "In order to be foolproof, the minister has placed another person next to him, and even he doesn't know!" ”

"That's all right! There is another thing, this Shizi discussed with Miss Luo and decided to split up the intelligence bureau. The Intelligence Bureau and the Communications Bureau are listed separately, you continue to manage the Intelligence Bureau, and the Communications Bureau will let Duan Renxuan take care of it in the future. The Communications Bureau is responsible for normal military confidential communications, and secret intelligence communications can be carried out through the intelligence bureau's own channels, and intelligence can also be transmitted through the communications bureau. As for civil communications, it will be responsible for the SF Dart Bureau in the future. Miss Luo is very close to correspondence, and she will come up with some good solutions. ”

"Yes!"

"Don't think you're running out of business! The Intelligence Bureau has two sub-bureaus, one in charge of the current and the other stall, called the Military Intelligence Bureau, referred to as the Military Intelligence Bureau; A new stall is called the Shu Wangfu Security Bureau, referred to as the Shu Security Bureau. The business of the two sub-bureaus is different. The Military Intelligence Bureau is under the leadership of the General Staff Headquarters, and you are also the director of the bureau. You know that business is nothing more than war; The Shu'an Bureau is under the direct leadership of the prince, you are still the director, and Han Wendou assists you, and his duty is to collect all the information of Shu and the Ming Dynasty. This matter will not be announced for the time being, and we will talk about it after the battle is over, and you will make some arrangements in advance. ”

"Yes! Got it! ”

"Now you go and preach your will, and invite Liao Fu, General Song, and all the gentlemen to come here. You have to explain the deployment of Guang'an City and the situation of other local rioters, and you don't have to divulge the source of intelligence. ”

"Yes!" Liu Mingsheng saluted and turned to leave.

"Wait! What is your young lady doing? This son passed by Nanchong, and she didn't even come to visit! Didn't this son ask her to resign from her marriage to Mr. Shu, and she felt resentment in her heart? ”

"Miss has a boy's personality, and she is angry, but she will never betray the master!" The matter involved Liu Hongting, Liu Mingsheng immediately knelt down, "The prince of the world is a commendation festival for my lord, moving the bones to the Zhaozhong Temple, erecting a monument for a biography, admired by all generations, and the young lady of my family has great kindness, how dare she have any resentment!" ”

"The world often says, a family and a country are all over the world, and there is no country without a home! Nowadays, the country and the family are in difficulty. This son has the heavy responsibility of the family and the country, and governs Shu with benevolence, filial piety, loyalty and righteousness, so he has repeatedly postponed the marriage period with Miss Luo, and set an example for the officials and people of Shu. I hope your young lady understands the hardships of this son! ”

"Miss often uses King Wumu as 'loyal to serve the country', and she will live up to the high expectations of the world!"

"Okay, there you go!"

……

On the hill opposite Biaozi Mountain, Cui Chengru waited boredly for the sun to go down. Now the sun was still resting on the hill to the west, and it would be at least an hour and a half before it was completely dark.

In the morning there was a cannon roar on the river, which was clearly audible here; At noon, there was a faint burst of thunder on Luodu's side. Cui Chengru was very worried that the bandits had escaped, so he asked his brother Cui Chengjian to arrange for several groups of people to take turns to keep an eye on the stone village. Cui Chengjian reported just now that the bandits have not yet run. One of the guys stood on the wall, and he was dazed and peed out, as if he was not alert at all.

Just when Cui Chengru was half-lying on the ground chewing grass roots, a small soldier cringed and slipped over and asked him:

"Company commander, when are we going to eat?"

"Open the meal, what kind of food?" Cui Chengru was annoyed, and impatiently knocked back the words of the little soldier, "You are really a starving ghost reincarnated!" Hungry to death if you eat less? Now that we are under the nose of the enemy, do you think you can build firewood and make a fire? ”

The soldier nicknamed the Hungry Ghost hurriedly reminded his company commander: "Then eat dry food!" ”

"We'll bring a meal of dry food!" Cui Chengru's anger came up, and he couldn't wait to give this uncompetitive soldier two slaps, "If we can't fight it tonight, we must prepare for the siege until reinforcements come up." You've eaten dry food now, and you'll see what you eat then!"

"Since it's all started, then set up firewood to make a fire and cook rice!"

Cui Chengru's soldiers fully carried forward the spirit of the dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and immediately choked Cui Chengru to death.

"You!" Cui Chengru stared at his soldiers viciously, "If you dare to open the dry food without authorization, Lao Tzu will enforce the military law and kill your head!" ”

"If you don't eat, you won't eat! Why kill the head! ”

The starving ghost was dissatisfied with the company commander scaring him with killing his head, and continued to shake his head to reason with the company commander: "As the saying goes, people are iron, rice is steel, and I ate two bowls of hard bangbang. Company commander, do you think we are White Lotus bandits? People are full when they eat the wind, that's a spell! Shizi's recruitment list said, "We eat three meals a day." We had a meal this morning, didn't eat at noon, and now it's evening......"

The starving man's words were interrupted by his company commander. Cui Chengru grabbed him and asked, how do you know that the bandits are eating the wind?

"Smell it with your nose!" The starving ghost replied strangely, "From this morning to now, there has not been a smell of food in their village, and that is not eating the wind!" ”

"One or two hundred paces away, you can smell it?" Cui Chengru didn't believe it at all.

"When I ask Hanako to ask for rice, I can smell the smell of rice 300 steps downwind! Company commander, don't believe it, you call someone to ask, it's the ...... in the fourth platoon and the third squad."

"Okay, this company commander believes you!" Cui Chengru suddenly smiled, "Since you can smell it so much, then you follow the company commander to the village to smell it!" ”