Jiaocheng is very small, the circumference is only seven miles, the city has four gates, and there is another acropolis outside the west gate, of course, it is even narrower.

Because it is located on the official road in Jinzhong, Jiaocheng City is small but very lively, there are many residential houses spontaneously built outside the city, the scale is even larger than the county seat, the official road crosses from it, the houses on both sides are built between the roads, the flags of all kinds of shops and shops are as dense as the reeds by the river, in the daytime, the pedestrians who come and go are bustling, the welcome of the shopkeepers on the side of the road is high-pitched and tactful, the street is critical, on the second floor of the street of the only sister kiln in the whole county, the red makeup and pink of the red makeup and pink add infinite color to the gray street, as long as it is a man, he will swallow saliva and look greedily at the kiln sisters who are waving handkerchiefs and smiling.

But this kind of bustling scene has not been seen for a long time, the neighborhoods outside the city are like ghost towns, not a single person can be seen, and the noisy shops of the past have all fallen off the door panels, and the thick dust on the door panels shows that these businesses have not opened their doors for at least several months. Some of the houses were also demolished, leaving only the bricks and tiles, and the beams, pillars and timber were moved to the city as a matter of defending the city.

The four city gates of Jiaocheng, three gates are closed, open the south gate alone, the south gate is open outside, flat and solid, there is the magnetic kiln river on the left and the tile kiln river on the right, it is a good camp, the army of nearly 20,000 in Kuizhou is set up in the middle of the camp.

Erect a wooden fence, dig a deep trench, the trench is as deep as one zhang, about two zhang wide, the spoil dug out, piled up on the side of the trench close to the camp, build up about half a person high, like a low city wall, there is a gap left on it for the bird to shoot with the hand, every certain distance, there is a small flying cannon, this kind of cannon is the single mortar of this era, one person can operate it in a critical situation, and fire a fist-sized flowering projectile, although the range is only fifty steps, but it is extremely lethal.

Wang Huan found the flying cannon from the Xi'an City Treasury, and immediately cited it as a treasure, and all the more than 50 cannons he found were distributed to the baggage battalion. When encountering the enemy, the large carts of the car battalion are connected from end to end, and there is inevitably a gap between the two vehicles, although the horse is rejected, but it still cannot block the breakthrough of the strong enemy army, and with the flying cannon, it can be erected on the wheel, and the flowering shell is fired violently, and the shooting distance of dozens of steps is used as a long-range projection fire outside the throwing distance of the exterminating bomb.

The leaders of the rebel army enjoyed the hospitality of Wang Chunming, the lord of Jiaocheng, in the city, and were invited to Wang Huan's military camp to discuss matters when they were full of wine and food.

To tell the truth, the reason why these people were able to abandon Jiang Jianxun, a native of Shanxi, and be willing to belong to Wang Huan, in addition to Wang Huan's identity as the general soldier of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Han Zhaoxuan's demagogy played a very big role, he and Yu Yin were very powerful in Jinnan, and the leaders of the rebel army had heard of it, and subconsciously felt that the people who could get the support of these two people should be no different.

In addition, the Jiang family is pressing, and everyone is afraid that they will be attached to the past, and it will be difficult to get ahead in the future, so in the choice outside Fenzhou City yesterday, everyone chose Wang Huan's side.

When they arrived at the edge of the camp, those wide ditches and deep trenches and towering solid wooden walls left a deep impact on the leaders of the rebel army, and the javelin-like bird commanders behind the low walls and the Shenwei cannons equipped by Zunzun in accordance with the regulations for concentrated fire shooting made them feel an inexplicable cold air rising on the backbone of their backs, and then the Kuizhou sergeant who followed the guide walked into the gate, and the murderous aura on the white-armored soldiers on both sides of the line, holding long hooked sickles and spears, seemed to float like a thick fog, and this cold air penetrated into the bones and directly spread into everyone's hearts.

"This soldier's might, I'm afraid that Datong Jiang doesn't have it, right? I have been to Datong and met Datong soldiers. The leaders began to talk to each other.

"What's more, I see, this soldier is no worse than the Eight Banners of Dongyu, last year Azig brought the troops over, and those Eight Banners soldiers wearing animal skins looked like this."

"No wonder Han Zhaoxuan said that Pingliang waited for two hours to capture Pingyang Mansion, looking at this military situation, I am afraid that two hours will not be used up."

"Fortunately, fortunately, we didn't follow Jiang Jianxun yesterday, that guy just retreated from Xinzhou, all the remnants of the defeated army, where is there such an elite soldier as Ping Lianghou, and he has won consecutive battles, and his morale is high, how can Jiang Jianxun compare?"

During the exchange of eyes, everyone finally came to a conclusion that this trip to Jiaocheng was the right one.

Wang Huan was quick and left the table in advance, so when the leaders of the righteous army walked to the tent of the Chinese army, he had already changed his clothes, from a long robe and a scarf, to a armor and a sword, and sat in the tent with a heroic posture and waited.

Li Tingyu and Li Dingguo greeted each other at the door, let the leaders rush in, everyone stood in the empty space in the middle of the tent, and respectfully saluted Wang Huan, Wang Huan smiled and beckoned, and asked them to sit down in turn on the horses prepared on both sides.

Han Zhaoxuan and Yu Yin were divided into their respective first maza on both sides, and their faces were facing the sky, very proud.

After they settled down one by one, Wang Huan stood up, his eyes were like electricity, he scanned the audience, and suddenly the leaders who were still whispering to each other all stopped and looked at him in awe.

Wang Huan put his hands on the case, and said in a deep voice: "My lords, since the Chongzhen period, God has been troubled, disasters have continued, thieves have taken advantage of natural disasters to start incidents, bewitched the public, bewitched the homeless people to follow, and messed up the great tomorrow. And the kings of the court are busy, loyal ministers and good generals are useless, treacherous and pedantic people are full of high positions, and the huge country can easily fall into the hands of foreign races, isn't it funny? ! ”

"Ben Hou was ordered by the Son of Heaven to lead the troops out of Qin Pass and cross the Yellow River, just to recover Shanxi! Ben Hou rushes to help, carries the sword of the Son of Heaven, acts on behalf of the sky, no matter who you are, you must obey the order of this candidate, if there is a violation, you can cut it first and then play! ”

The words are like knives and guns, the sonorous will be powerful, and the tent is silent, only a heavy breathing sound comes and goes.

Wang Huan paused, and then said: "Before Ben Hou left, there was an edict to arrive, the emperor made it clear that Shanxi is in danger, and the eastern captives are going west with the troops of the country, and there is also a chieftain, the pseudo-regent Dolgon, if he can conquer it, then the entire territory of Shanxi can be taken by Ben Hou on his behalf, and the military, government and civilian, and officials can act cheaply." Ben Hou thinks, the emperor is so trusted, how can he let the monarch down, plus Ben Hou is a foreign general, even if he is in the position of governor and minister, he should also be assisted by locals, so after slaughtering and building slaves, this local official in Shanxi should choose the virtuous one who has contributed more in the war. ”

At this point, it is already very clear, Wang Huan said very clearly, follow me, as long as you contribute, I will give you an official position, the position with more effort is high, and the position with less effort is low, choose it yourself.

The leaders below were silent for a while, and someone spoke in a muffled voice: "Master Hou, a few days ago, Zhongguan Ma Mingtu sent some edicts, and many of us were assigned official positions, this is a court document, but it can't be faked!" ”

Wang Huan glanced at this person and recognized that it was a leader of the general army who had been sealed by Ma Mingtu, so he immediately said: "The official is divided into real posts and false posts, and the edict of Ma Zhongguan is of course valid, but when the time comes, when the candidate assigns the position, it is in accordance with the intention of the candidate, and the one with high merit will be in a high position and serve in a real position." No matter how high your official rank is, you will not have real power, and you can only receive it every month. ”

There was a buzz, and the leaders immediately began to discuss with each other, which became more clear, Ma Mingtu's edict was not counted, and he would not follow Wang Huan to contribute, and in the end, he would not have an inch of territory in Shanxi, and at most he would be a member of the staff who received Lu Mi.

Let them discuss in a low voice, before Wang Huanao filed the case, his demeanor was free, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he waited.

Those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die! For the first time, the heroes of Shanxi felt Wang Huan's unparalleled domineering.

(End of chapter)