With Zhu Cihong's words, Zhang Jiayu, who was dark-faced, short and capable, opened the curtain, and a very large topographic map of mountains and rivers was displayed in front of everyone.

"Huo!"

Several people sighed meaninglessly, also amazed at the size and complexity of this map.

It's not that Da Ming hasn't drawn a map of the emperor, but compared to the one in front of him, it's too far away.

Zhu Cihong looked at everyone, pressed his hand on the map, and it happened to be at the junction of Shanxi and Henan, and his hand was first pressed on the large area between Xu Huai, and then went north, Jining, Tai'an, Jinan, Dezhou, continuous into a line, and the tips of his fingers were of course Yanjing with the appearance of the city.

However, Zhu Cihong's hand still swiped down, falling heavily on Suizhou, and he turned to Zhang Jiayu and said, "You come and talk to them!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhang Jiayu has been standing respectfully on the side, at this time he stepped forward at the order, saluted calmly to everyone, and then said loudly: "Last night, the Internal Affairs Bureau had an urgent report, the night before yesterday, Gao Jie, the chief military officer of Xuzhou Town, led the crowd into Suizhou to inspect the defense, accompanied by Henan Patrol Yue Qijie and others......"

It's also difficult for this Zhang Jiayu, although he speaks the official dialect of Guangzhou, but the words are correct and round, and he quickly explained the matter clearly.

………… Time rewinds to the early morning when Zhu Cihong rushed back from Shanyang.

The weather is very hot, this is the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, in the lunar calendar, it is the beginning of the hottest season of the year.

On both sides of the road, some sparse crops are planted in the fields, and under the heat of the sun, their heads are lowered and they look listless.

On the official road, even in the morning, it is full of floating soil, and when people's straw sandals and ruts pass by, they will kick up a cloud of dust from the boss.

The cavalry of the brigade wearing red cotton armor or iron armor and cloth armor galloped forward, and on this official road, the dust they stirred up was more than ten zhang high, and there was no head in sight.

This period of time the weather is hot and rainy, although it is the second half of the night to hurry, after noon to rest, these days of travel still make these knights are stained with dust, the original copper light shining armor has become dull, stained with dirt and dirt, in the military formation, they from time to time to raise water hyacinth, with water to moisten the throat, however, no one leans up their necks to drink, in the army, always keep reserves, not waste, just from this point of view, this cavalry can also be called elite soldiers.

Among the cavalry of the brigade, there were more than 100 officials wearing various colors of robes, and of course, there were also some generals wearing phoenix-winged cherry helmets and cloak of various colors.

This is the official road close to the south gate of Suizhou, separated by the old distance, you can see the official pavilion close to the city gate, the dilapidated archway, and some scattered officials under the archway.

In the middle of the team, it is a middle-aged man in his fifties, with bright armor and bright armor, and his eyes are full of energy. Although it was not deliberate, this team was vaguely dominated by him, and naturally, they gathered around this person.

Such a powerful general, in fact, is a minister of the imperial court who lives in a high-quality official residence, a Jinshi born in the Eight Classics, and one of the few civil officials in the Ming Dynasty who can lead troops.

In the official pavilion, there are a few group of officials, the largest is just a state official in a blue robe, and then a large group of officials in the same state, as well as the county officials of the first county in the state, the county or something, adding up to twenty or thirty people, each of them is far away from the sedan chair and the entourage of the long class, and they dare not stay in the pavilion.

"The lower officials and others knock to welcome Lord Sima!"

Sun Chuanting's previous official position was to supervise the military affairs of the five provinces, and he held the official title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War. If you bow down to greet him, just call him the Overseer.

The current title, of course, is related to his new position.

Soon after the establishment of the Generalissimo's Mansion, he had already taken office and served as the Generalissimo's Sima, Changshi and Sima, the former was completely fictitious, and he was only led remotely, and the generals of the Generalissimo's Mansion joined the army, all of which were led by the crown prince himself, and no one else could interfere.

But Sun Chuanting's Sima can be recruited, and the crown prince has officially issued an edict ordering Sun Chuanting to specialize in Xuzhou and control the military affairs of Shandong and Henan provinces.

This appointment is just right, so in the past few months, Sun Chuanting has been working with Gao Jiexu and the snake, and at the same time asked for food, enriched materials, purchased war horses to train cavalry, enriched his own battalion of governors and commanders to more than 4,000 cavalry, and also set up general camp in several important places, with about 1,800 auxiliary soldiers per battalion, just like the military system of Pingyu.

After several rectifications, with Sun Chuanting's face and the support of the crown prince, although the strength and weakness of Gao Jie cannot be reversed, it is better than the state of complete dependence a few months ago.

Today, he came to lead all the cavalry under his command, even the mules were used, and the smoke and dust stirred up by the team covered the sky, and he couldn't see the head at all, with Sun Chuanting's status and status, coupled with such might, these officials in front of him knelt on the ground, trembling, and did not dare to raise their heads at all.

"Where is Xu Dingguo?"

Sun Chuanting didn't answer at all, sneered, subconsciously stroked his chin and beard with his right hand, and said coldly: "Speak quickly!" ”

Although Xu Dingguo is a general of Gao Jie, he is very old, and there are thousands of soldiers under his command, so the imperial court awarded him the post of Henan General Soldier a month ago.

I didn't expect Xu Dingguo to cross the northern expedition to the north, or conquer Guide, Luoyang and other places, the imperial court did not have this idea for the time being, and it was able to maintain the defensive line, thank God.

Anyway, he was the chief soldier of a town, Sun Chuanting called him by his name, unceremoniously, and for a while, the officials in Suizhou were all stunned.

After half a ring, the governor replied: "Back to Lord Sima's words, Xu Shuai occasionally felt the cold, rested at home, and instructed the officials to greet him respectfully, and after Lord Sima entered the city, he personally went to the next place to apologize." ”

After saying this, Sun Chuanting didn't pay attention to it at all, but just looked at the state official coldly and was silent.

The other party's forehead was dripping with sweat, and after a while, he was sweating through his heavy clothes.

Sun Chuanting laughed, and the laughing officials were frightened, and then he turned around and smiled at a middle-aged official in a scarlet robe beside him: "Lord Governor, what did the old man expect?" ”

"As Sima expected."

was called the governor, and the man just smiled reservedly, owed a debt on the horse, and said with a smile: "I expect that Xu Dingguo is also in a hurry!" ”

Sun Chuanting's face was grim, and with a wave of the long knife in his hand, he shouted: "Follow me into the city!" ”

"This, this, Lord Sima......" arrived near the city gate, the city gate was half-covered, but there were vaguely many armor soldiers hiding near the city gate, Sun Chuanting took the lead, without hesitation, pointed with a long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Let the city gate open, Xu Dingguo conspired to rebel, the court already knows about it, only the first evil, the rest do not ask, all will be pardoned!" ”

If it is someone else's identity, Xu Dingguo's subordinates have followed him for many years, and it is difficult to say whether he is on the side of the court or the master.

But Sun Chuanting is still the boss of Xu Dingguo's boss, many of these soldiers and horses in front of him are from the Qin army, although the adult in front of him is more than fifty years old, not as good as ten years ago, but old and spicy, who dares not to put him in his eyes?

Besides, the imperial court issued an edict, and the rest did not ask, Xu Dingguo was still commanding the pro-army to besiege Gao Jie and others who were hiding in Yuan's mansion, but the large force of cavalry led by Sun Chuanting was already close at hand!

Even if it is blocked for a while, can it still be blocked for a lifetime?

At the moment, with such a little bit of difficult work, Sun Chuanting and his personal soldiers had already rushed in, and a large number of ironclad cavalry poured out like water, and a small army suddenly stood up, probably scared stupid, but it was slashed by Sun Chuanting's personal army, and his head was in a different place!

"The villains are willing to surrender, and the rebellion of the country is not related to the villains."

Everyone fell to the ground, swords and halberds, and threw them to the ground.

"It's a shame to have no guts and bandits, and if you go down all of them, you won't even rebel." Sun Chuanting's face was as pale as iron, he has always been known for his fierceness in leading troops, if not, how could he bring out a large army after several setbacks?

If he had been tempered before, even if he said that the descendant was not guilty, hundreds of people at this city gate would have been able to order all of them to be beheaded.

It's just that at this time, his thoughts turned, he sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Let's take them all down, leave someone to guard, and the rest of the people will go with me to save Gao Jie." ”

………… At that time, Gao Jie was indeed embarrassed, and his life was in danger.

This Suizhou city is only more than ten miles square, the largest building is Yuan Shangshu Mansion, Gao Jie is in a bad mood, in Xuzhou gradually pressed down by Sun Chuanting, the prince's side is getting stronger and stronger, Huaiyang is one, he can't move at all, the whole person is like being trapped in the quagmire, and in recent times, he feels out of breath.

Breaking the law and prohibiting things, is no longer afraid to let his subordinates do anything at will, but it is difficult to make up for the past, Xuzhou place, the people hate him to the bone, the gentry are not attached, except for tens of thousands of troops, nearly 10,000 mules and horses can be fundamental, nothing else can be relied on.

He was depressed in his heart, and Sun Chuanting kept saying in his ear that Xu Dingguo was unreliable, and the recent rumors in Henan were very wrong, Zhu Dadian's house led a battalion of soldiers straight to Shandong, and through Xie Sheng's relationship with the old people of the East Palace, most of Shandong fell into his hands, even if there were some thieves who were difficult to pacify, Zhu Daqu also led the foot cavalry, and kept killing, seeing that Shandong was about to be pacified, Henan Governor Fang Kongzhao used the excuse that Xu Dingguo was unstable, so he refused to cross the river.

All kinds of things are added up, Gao Jie is angry, surnamed Suo with his own generals, as well as Governor Yue Qijie and others, go straight to Suizhou, but I want to see, what does Xu Dingguo dare to do to him?

That's what Gao Jie in history thought and did.

And Xu Dingguo didn't teach him to be disappointed, ambushed the armor soldiers, and assassinated Gao Jie in the deepest courtyard of Yuan Shangshu's mansion.

This is the strongest of the four towns in history, and the most willing to fight the general army of a town, and that's it.

His subordinate Li Chengdong later surrendered and fought all the way to Guangzhou, and his combat effectiveness was staggering.

Now Gao Jie is also surrounded by the most elite subordinates led by Xu Dingguo in the mansion, and there are fires everywhere, and there are guns and arrows shot out of the fire guns everywhere flying through the air, and from time to time there is a scream, and the people who are smoked with blood and smoke are dizzy, Xu Dingguo rode a horse to supervise the battle, and desperately urged the soldiers to rush into the house.

(To be continued)