As soon as Hahamu's words came out, Meng Qiaofang was happy, Hanzhong on the other side of the Qinling Mountains was originally his territory, the terrain was critical, and it was the node of Sichuan in the south, but he lost it in a daze, and now someone wants to stand up for him, why not do it.

"Lord Ha is right, this person is scheming and extremely cunning, Prince Su just ate his secret loss, so he fell short and returned to the north with hatred." Meng Qiaofang touched his long beard and said: "Now this son has been awarded a high-ranking official by the Ming Dynasty and promoted to the general army of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the power is tilted to one side. ”

"Oh? Sichuan-Shaanxi General Army? But how many officials? Hahamu was interested and asked with interest.

"The military attache of the third grade, I heard that he still has the title of Earl Pingliang, which is more noble than the ordinary military attache of the third grade." Meng Qiaofang replied that he was originally a Ming general, so he was naturally familiar with the official rank and grade of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yay! This official position is high enough, beheading this kid, my future can increase by one point, and when I return from the counterinsurgency, I will definitely be promoted to Ali Haangbang! Hahamu was happy and grinned, and his fleshy face was even more hideous.

Wu Sangui looked at Hahamu expressionlessly, did not speak, his indifferent face did not show joy and sadness, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

And Meng Qiaofang and Huang Erxing are a little worried, this Hahamu doesn't look very smart, it seems that he is a rectum who can only fight and cut people, with a simple mind and developed limbs, is it really Wang Huan's opponent?

Meng and Huang both made a cross in their hearts.

Coincidentally, the two looked at Wu Sangui who was silent, it seems that this Jurchen nobleman can't count on fun, only King Pingxi, who looks more reliable.

Wu Sangui narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the map, his eyes flickering, his eyes stayed on the small black dot that represented Hanzhong, and he didn't leave for a long time.

……

Two days later, in the evening, the heat in the day is a little gone, the twilight is at the beginning, from Xi'an City nearly 100 miles away from Sanyuan County, it ushered in a large group of Qing troops, people and horses are endless, dragged a long line on the official road, people and horses step on the yellow earth, the dust raised up half of the sky, look at the flag uniform, are ironclad soldiers, different from the ordinary Shaanxi Qing soldiers, that huge flag, but there is no eight banners, only the words of "Pingxi King" are particularly eye-catching.

The county magistrate of Sanyuan County had already received the news, and drove some cattle, sheep, pigs and geese out with the village elders, and they didn't even see the main general Wu Sangui, so they were coldly driven away, and then retracted into the city with their tails.

The people in the city, the atmosphere did not dare to come out, they slipped home, closed the doors and windows, the already small county town, for a time like a ghost town, the streets and alleys were instantly empty, and no one haunted.

A few men who stood at the city gate, nodded and bowed, under the leadership of the county lieutenant, opened the city gate widely, waiting for the Qing soldiers to enter the city.

The county commander came back with a group of rusty faces and old villagers, he came back on foot, and the horses he rode were forced to stay in the army, and the county lieutenant came up and asked in fear: "My lord, how is it?" Which yard are you going to live in? How many girls do you want to stay with the bed? ”

The county magistrate rolled his eyes with a straight face: "What kind of bed to go with?" People don't want it at all! Hurry up and close the door, the grandfathers will camp outside the city. ”

"Huh?" The county lieutenant was a little incredulous: "They don't go into the city?" ”

There was also a hint of confusion in the county commander's eyes, and he shook his head and gritted his teeth and said: "It's better not to go into the city, save the disaster!" Hurry, hurry, hurry! The old man in the army said, let's close the door quickly, clear the wall, these days, there is a big battle around here. ”

The county lieutenant shrank his neck and stuck out his tongue: "Great war? Isn't it going to be like the thieves of previous years? ”

The county commander sighed and said helplessly: "Most of them, the situation is unstable now, there is chaos everywhere, the anti-thieves in northern Shaanxi have not been leveled, and the Ming army in Hanzhong is restless again. ”

When he said the sentence "the situation has changed", his tone was meaningful, and the county lieutenant, who was also a demoted official in the Ming Dynasty, immediately understood the meaning of the words, he touched the rat tail that was dragging on the back of his head, and looked at the county order with some uneasiness.

The county commander is a scholar, but at this moment, he showed a more resolute look than a martial artist, and he snorted fiercely: "It's just a braid, if it's cut, are we still selling it to Tartar?" Those who know the times are Junjie, and the good birds are perched on the wood, we are such small people, and the grass on the wall must not fall with the wind, and if the power is over there, we will fall to that side, no matter which side, in order to win the hearts of the people, we will not be too embarrassed to surrender to the ministers. ”

"But, sir." The county lieutenant licked his lips and said: "The Qing army has come back with so many people, and the leader is still Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, this is a ruthless character, I'm afraid it won't be defeated, right?" ”

"Hard to say!" The county commander shook his head and said: "Back then, a person as big as Haoge didn't retreat from Sichuan in a gloomy way, and he also lost Hanzhong. ”

He suddenly came back to his senses, slapped his hand on the city gate, and said angrily: "Why are you talking so much?" Close the gates, and the rest will wait! ”

The county lieutenant hurriedly agreed, and shouted at the soldiers to close the door, and the two heavy and solid wooden gates, under the joint efforts of several people, slowly closed with a "creak", and a huge barricade comparable to a beam was erected by the doormen in unison in the sound of the trumpet, and with a "clang", it fell on the iron door latch and sealed the door.

The county commander went back to rest, but the county lieutenant didn't have such a good life, he was strictly ordered by the county commander to pull his ears and send people to the city to guard in three shifts, as for what to guard, the county commander didn't know.

The county lieutenant had to go to the city with torches, and at the head of the city, some soldiers on duty at night were gathering in one place, farting and chatting, they were all regimental exercises in the county, leading some very few and very little equal to nothing.

It is not voluntary for them to be on duty here, and there is still a lot of farm work at home, and it is when they are busy, but they are pulled by the government to fill the house, so they naturally complain and complain together.

The county lieutenant came up and immediately heard it.

He waved his whip without mercy, and scolded while whipping it, and for a while, the chickens and dogs in the city jumped and made a noise.

The military camp outside the city has set up a camp, although the Liaodong soldiers are not used to the summer heat here, but they are quick to do things, a huge camp, trenches and wooden walls, gatehouses and fights, all built in a short period of time.

Wu Sangui rode on his horse and looked at the head of Sanyuan City, it was silent in the night, and the noise on the city head spread far away, he could hear it.

"Why are the local miscellaneous soldiers so unbearable? Let them guard the city well, why is it so loud? Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Are you afraid that others won't know that they are vulnerable?" ”

Huang Erxing, who was following him, blushed, although there was a regimental training envoy in charge of the drill, but as a governor, he was naturally inseparable.

He said embarrassedly: "These soldiers are all temporarily recruited for regimental training, in fact, they are farmers, and the training time is short, and they have not been trained yet. ”

In Huang Erxing's heart, he had already decided to let the deputy general in charge of the regimental training in Xi'an give him an extra amount of regular silver, just for the sake of the anger he received at this moment today.

Wu Sangui just snorted when he heard this, and he didn't do much to investigate, and rode his horse forward slowly.

He was followed by Xia Guoxiang, Li Benshen, Wang Pingfan and other generals under the command of King Pingxi, who looked at Huang Erxing with mocking eyes and did not speak.

Huang Er's face was red, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he had to urge the horse and follow.

At the beginning of the camp, the generals patrol the camp, it is Wu Sangui's habit, and he has been like this for many years, never falling behind, whether it is in the ice and snow of Liaodong or in this northwest desert, the true character of an excellent military general has made him stick to it.

As for Huang Erxing, it was Meng Qiaofang who sent him, Ha Ha Mu and Meng Qiaofang stayed in Xi'an, Wu Sangui led the troops to carry out his plan, Huang Erxing's task was to cooperate with Wu Sangui to fight as the governor of Shaanxi, solve all logistics chores, and be responsible for supplying grain and grass for the army and raising people's husbands.

(End of chapter)