In Jiezhou City, Han Zhaoxuan, who was still angry, returned to the state office, threw off his horse, went straight into the inner hall, sat on the Taishi chair behind the table, and said nothing with a straight face, like a young master who had lost in a fight for wealth with others, and his face was pale.

Several leaders of his cronies followed him, also acting indignantly, seeing him sit down, one brought him tea, the other handed him water, and the rest were scattered around Han Zhaoxuan, shouting nonsense.

These people are all subordinate officials and subordinates raised by Han Zhaoxuan when he was preparing for the army, both civil and military, and they have just cut off their braids at the moment, keep their hair up, and they don't look good on the top of their heads, and they all wear a hat to cover their ugliness.

"That Shaanxi Wang Huan is too rude, the adults are kind enough to receive him, but he is a leader, and he really treats the adults as a rebellious thief?"

"How can this be true? My lord, this is called anyway, is there any comparison of the rebellious thieves? ”

"Yes, I want to think that when the adults were preparing for the road, Wang Huan didn't know where it was, but at this time he dared to be so domineering, you must know that he Shaanxi soldiers came to Shanxi, and he can do without him, I heard that the Tartar emperors went back a few days ago, and this Shanxi is about to recover, but you can't let outsiders come to pick up the cheap."

"This is very true, my lord, after the recovery of Shanxi, the imperial court will appoint a provincial official, you and Yu Shuai are the strongest, in addition to the Jiang family, we have to get a provincial political envoy and other big officials, but we have to prevent Shaanxi soldiers from picking peaches and grabbing credit."

A few subordinate officials, you said a word, and Han Zhaoxuan was upset, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Enough!" ”

Several people trembled and quickly shut up.

Han Zhaoxuan blew his beard and glared and patted the table again, pointed at the noses of several people and scolded: "I know that I have the ability to knock down Yicheng and Pingyang, how many days have I had, and I haven't even taken the small Yicheng County, why should I go to recover the whole province?" Yes? Lip service? ”

He hated that iron could not become steel and continued to scold: "The Shaanxi soldiers have a holy decree and are ordered to support the Jiang family, what can we do?" Blocking the way and not letting people go? What if others have made meritorious contributions? It's not to blame you guys for not being angry, Yu Shuai attacked Pingyang, we attacked Yicheng, Pingyang is a mansion city, the city is high and the walls are thick, obviously we want to take advantage, but even the small city can't be broken, how can we afford to say tough words? ”

The crowd was silent, these words were true, and they could not answer.

Pingyang Mansion can mostly belong to the hands of Han and Yu, the main reason is that the surging anti-Qing movement in various places, all states and counties, there are old officials of the Ming Dynasty who stand up to take charge, gather people to kill officials, erect flags anyway, as if the spring breeze blows across the earth, and it did not cost the two of them much effort, these anyway states and counties, took the initiative to lean over, and sent people to join the table, Han Zhaoxuan and Yu Yin just sent some men and horses to garrison the local area, and the only ones who really used soldiers and horses to fight were Pingyang Fucheng and Yicheng County.

These two places, one is the government of the Qing court, the prefect of Pingyang of the Qing court is in the city, stationed in the Han army to defend, Xu Yanggao, the general soldier of the southern Hebei Province who fled from Fenzhou, took several county governors in the north and the generals of the Fenzhou battalion also rushed into the city, so that the city of Pingyang Mansion instantly became the city with the most Qing troops in the south of Shanxi; Another Yicheng, it is all built on the mountainside of the county seat, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the county order is a son of a Jin merchant, the whole family is in Taiyuan, lest the rash resignation will implicate the family in Taiyuan City, but also stubbornly defend.

But on these two places that need to be attacked with troops, Han Zhaoxuan and Yu Yin can't beat it, and it dragged on for some time, the Mongolian cavalry of the Qing army, Prince Jingjin Nikan, came to the aid from the direction of Zhending, and the two were even more nervous, Yu Yin was still carrying it outside Pingyang City, Han Zhaoxuan simply retreated and came back, leaving some bandit people to disturb outside the city.

The Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind, crisscrossing Pingyang, specifically aiming at the lonely men and horses of the righteous army, so that now Han Zhaoxuan did not dare to go out of the city casually, as soon as he left the city, there would be thousands of people and horses, otherwise there would be a danger of being attacked and eaten by the Mongols, and he would live a really bad life.

At this moment, seeing that several subordinates were disgraced and did not speak, Han Zhaoxuan became even more angry, and he was about to have a seizure with his eyes puffed up, but he saw a guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks rolled his eyes, and laughed weirdly with his small eyes open.

This man preached to Han Zhao: "My lord, and be angry slowly, my subordinates have a plan, which can not only make the Shaanxi military horse deflated, but also take Yicheng." ”

"Oh?!" Han Zhaoxuan knew that this person had a lot of ghost ideas, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to beckon him, and said, "If you have a clever plan, don't say it quickly!" ”

The man's cheeks puffed out, and he said in a sly manner: "Aren't the Shaanxi military horses boasting of being extraordinary?" Tomorrow, the lord will lead the old **** of the township, drink to the hearty, and by the way, point out the two places of Pingyang Fucheng and Yicheng, and go north from Jiezhou, both of which are necessary places, let him choose any one to attack, otherwise he will not be able to pass. In this way, if it is defeated, it will naturally be handed over to us Shanxi people, and if it can't be defeated, it has nothing to do with us, isn't it wonderful? ”

Han Zhaoxuan thought about it for a while, and then stroked his palm and applauded: "Wonderful, drive the tiger and devour the wolf, it's really a good plan!" However, what if the Shaanxi soldiers don't go? ”

The subordinate said suddenly: "If you don't go, the Shaanxi soldiers will definitely lose face, and we can also see their strength clearly. ”

Everyone laughed, thinking that it was indeed good, and after a while, it came back to the taste, no, can't we beat Yicheng ourselves? We are also underdogs?

Han Zhaoxuan kicked the sharp-mouthed person and scolded with a smile: "We can naturally take down Yicheng, but we just want to capture it, understand?" ”

Everyone realized, and they all patted their ass: "Yes, yes, yes, if you want to capture it, you want to capture it, you want to capture it, your adult is wise!" ”

……

Early the next morning, on the three poles of the day, the city of Jiezhou opened the city gate, Han Zhaoxuan led a group of old squires and old officials, carrying pigs and sheep, carrying wine and meat out of the city under the escort of a group of soldiers, there was a flower drum in front of the hustle and bustle, and there was suona advocacy in the back, which was very lively, Han Zhaoxuan just wanted to make a warm atmosphere, so that Wang Huan was willing to attack the city for him.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the place, there was a white ground in front of me, and the neatly erected rows of camp fences were left in place, and the camp tents and military horses that were all over the mountains were gone.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why.

Han Zhaoxuan turned around and asked suspiciously, "Yesterday, Lord Wang camped here, right?" ”

The attendant replied, "My lord, you sent them here yourself, how can it be wrong?" ”

Someone else replied: "Last night, the head of the city saw that the camp fire here was bright, and the Shaanxi soldiers burned the fire to cook, and the fragrance wafted to the city, and they must have camped here." ”

Han Zhaoxuan was dazed, standing in place, looking left and right, and then looking at the empty white ground, his eyes widened like a ghost, and he said to himself: "So, where did they go now?" ”

(End of chapter)