Sun Chuanting was in the midst of a torrential rain.

He looked solemn and let the rain hit his head, and the soldiers next to him tried to hold up Zi Xinxiang's umbrella for him, but he pushed it away. He was like an ordinary soldier, completely exposed to the autumn rains.

The wind is biting, and the water is cool.

But there was a fire burning in Sun Chuanting's chest.

He is good at military training, and he can be regarded as the most talented person among the last governors of the Ming Dynasty, and he can also be ruthless in his heart, not the kind of hypocrisy of hypocrisy and hypocrisy. He was the one who forced Li Zicheng into the mountains of Hanzhong at the beginning, but just like Lu Xiangsheng, the more talented he is, and how great his ability is, it means that the more he is suspicious of the princes of the current dynasty. What is even more unfortunate than Lu Xiangsheng is that he also went to prison and stayed in prison for two years before he was released because of the chaos in the Central Plains.

At that time, he didn't quite understand the situation, and when Chongzhen asked him about his countermeasures, he said that he only needed six months of military training, three months to stabilize the situation, and another three months to basically control the troubles of the rogues. But after leaving Beijing, he found that he, the governor of Shaanxi, could not even enter the territory of Shaanxi, and only joined the new army at the junction of the north of the river and the west of the mountain, and Li Zicheng did not give him the opportunity to train into a soldier at all, and after less than three months, he once again attacked the officers and soldiers.

Sun Chuanting has played six times in a row, first asking for food and ordnance, then asking for food, and then begging the court to allocate some food to fill the stomachs of the 10,000 officers and soldiers under his rule, but so far, there is nothing.

He also knew that the imperial court was helpless, and Li Chuang captured Xu'zhou, which cut off the north-south transportation. Grain from the south could not supply the north, and the imperial court had many places to use grain, and now it was hanging on a little rice grain sent by Xinxiang's grain ship.

"Have you collected all the chestnuts?" He calmly turned his head and looked at the soldiers beside him.

There is no end to the road, and here they found a chestnut forest, and the chestnuts that had grown into them had not yet been put away, so the officers and soldiers went into the forest one by one. Chestnuts are picked regardless of the shell thorns. The scale of this chestnut forest is not small, and when you put it all away, you can always get dozens of stones. and then mixed with wild vegetables or something, barely making the whole army have something in the stomach.

"I took it all, and got twenty-one stones. Some soldiers couldn't help it and ate half of it first......"

"It's up to them, it's the official who is sorry for them......"

"It's not that the commander is sorry for us, it's the court that is sorry for us!"

The pro-soldiers behind him suddenly became intense, where did Sun Chuanting not be able to deal with them, Sun Chuanting shared food and clothing with them, and sold all his family wealth to replenish military funds, even if he was an old soldier, he didn't say that Sun Chuanting did something wrong. But how did the court treat them, arrears of military salaries. Keke military rations, engulfing war exploits...... I heard that those in the court who have never been on the battlefield at all are always feathering!

"Don't mention this again, if you provoke a mutiny, the first person I can't spare is you." Sun Chuanting turned around and said sharply.

That's when it happened. In the distance, the sound of galloping horses could be heard. Sun Chuanting frowned, in such a rainy day, the fast horse galloped, which hurt the horse very much, and it was even possible to make the horse fall, so that a good horse would be disabled from then on. Why didn't the knight take care of the horses, could it be...... What's wrong?

When this thought came to him, he felt the hair on his body stand on end.

In the blink of an eye, the sound of the horse's hooves was before his formation, and someone had stopped drinking and leading the knight before him, and in the pouring rain the knight fell to his knees in the mud.

"Governor, Daimyo's Mansion...... The Daimyo's Mansion is lost, please send troops quickly to save the Daimyo's Mansion, right? ”

"What? How did the Daimyofu fall? ”

Sun Chuanting changed color, of course he knew the importance of the strategic location of the Daimyo's Mansion, the loss of the Daimyo's Mansion meant that the southern gate of the Jingshi was opened, if it could not be recaptured in time, Li Chuang's army could continue to cross the Yellow River here and wave its army north. And now the army in the Beijing Division, counting the imperial camp, is only tens of thousands!

"Li Chuang blew up the embankment on the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanyang Huangpan Road, broke the Yellow River, and caused the river to overflow, breaking the defense line of officers and soldiers, and the entire Daimyo's mansion became Zeguo. The muskets and artillery of the officers and soldiers were accidentally soaked in water and could not fight back, so when Li Chuang took advantage of the situation to advance north, no one could stop him! ”

"Fried ...... Exploded the north embankment of the Yellow River? ”

This is another shocking news, when Li Chuang flooded Kaifeng, he dug the Yellow River embankment once, and now he has blown up the north embankment of the Lanyang section of the Yellow River (later Lankao), and that side was originally the old road of Huang Pan, this blow-up, millions of people downstream will fall into extreme pain!

Although there has been a lot of water in the Yellow River in recent years, it will still be a catastrophe for the unprepared people downstream. And at this time, it was the time when the autumn harvest had not yet ended, and the winter food in the people's homes had not yet been prepared.

"Li Chuang's dog thief, sure enough, is the Qiang species, and he actually did such a heartbreaking thing!" Sun Chuanting drew his sword and hit the ground, almost vomiting blood, Li Zicheng's hand completely destroyed the imperial court's defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is more terrible than the defeat of officers and soldiers, because if defeated, you can also collect the defeated soldiers, but if you are swept away by the river, there is death and no life, unless it is the Dragon King of the East China Sea, who else can close the endgame?

At this moment, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but think of someone in his mind.

Yu Guozhen!

As the Great Ming Nanhai Bo, his strength on the sea is no different from that of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, except that he cannot travel clouds and rain. And the financial resources and strength in his hands are enough for him to support the current endgame of Daming. If the Son of Heaven can trust him wholeheartedly and put the overall situation of the world in his hands, perhaps...... And hope for redemption?

No, it can't be undone......

Sun Chuanting pulled out his sword and turned around, his soldiers were all frightened, the news of the Yellow River bursting, for these soldiers in the Central Plains, it was very terrible news, some soldiers' homes were on both sides of the Yellow River, at this time, they were even more anxious, and they couldn't wait to rush home to see how their parents and families were doing.

"Inspector, now the Daimyo Mansion, the only way to rescue it is by the Inspector......"

"The official will go to the aid quickly, don't worry, you can take a rest, the official will go to the Daimyo Mansion immediately when he has food." Sun Chuanting is categorical.

As soon as the messenger was relieved, the fatigue of the night set in, and he fainted. Sun Chuanting looked at him, his face was slightly unbearable, but he still waved his hand to a cronie, who stepped forward to help the messenger up, and then exclaimed: "What's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?" ”

The messenger opened his eyes again, looked at Sun Chuanting blankly, reached out and touched the short dagger in front of his chest, his eyes became resentful and incomprehensible. But he didn't have time to say anything, so he lost his breath, and Sun Chuanting's cronies probed his snort, and then got up and said: "Junmen, the messenger came with an injury, and now he is injured and has been martyred." ”

"Good life and burial." Sun Chuanting said with a heavy heart.

He can't go to the Daimyo's Mansion, that's a dead end, he only has more than 10,000 hungry soldiers less than 20,000, if he goes to the Daming Mansion, why fight with Li Chuang's 100,000 army, is it possible for him and Lu Xiangsheng to rely on eating ice and snow to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers?

Or is it just a chestnut with only twenty stones?

If there is a chance to win, Sun Chuanting will not be stingy, let alone afraid of death, and rush to the rescue for hundreds of miles, but he knows that his army is already the only force that the imperial court around the Beijing Division can rely on, and the most important thing he should be is to return to the capital, as long as he holds the capital, Li Chuang will not be able to attack it no matter how capable he is, so he can survive the most difficult moment, and he can wait for reinforcements from the Quartet Qinwang.

No matter how bad it is, with more than 10,000 troops, he can also escort the southern tour of the Son of Heaven!

"Back to the barracks." Sun Chuanting's heart was sad, and he said hoarsely: "Go back...... Drink some hot water and porridge! ”

But when he returned to the barracks, he heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping outside, and Sun Chuanting's heart thumped.

At the same time, in the Forbidden City, Chongzhen grabbed Gao Qiqian's hand and instructed: "Sun Chuanting is afraid of the enemy and avoids the war, it is difficult to be a heavy trust, Gao Companion, this time I have to work hard for you, after you go this time, if Sun Chuanting listens to the order to fight, then it will be up to him, if he finds an excuse and directly prosecutes, you personally lead the army, you must stop the thief!" ”

"Yes, the emperor just rest assured, the slave and maid are favored by the emperor, and the only way to repay them is death!" Gao Qiqian's fat face was covered with sweat, but he still responded in an impassioned voice.

After finishing speaking, he got up and left, looking at his decisive back, Chongzhen was silent for a long time before sighing: "When the matter comes, only the internal supervision is reliable...... Wang Chengen, do you think Gao will accompany you...... Can you stop the thieves? ”

"Gonggong Gao is the most knowledgeable soldier among the ministers, and he must be able to restrain the rogue. But...... Gao Gonggong is best at dealing with the Jianyu in the north, and I don't know if he can be equally handy when dealing with the Liukou. Wang Chengen said in a low voice: "The slave maid has little knowledge, and I really don't know, but since Your Majesty thinks that the internal prison is reliable, why not select brave and strong people from the inner prison and train them into an army. ”

"Well, Wang Chengen, you are right, you will handle this matter. I heard that Yu Guozhen trained his Tiger Guard in this way, don't we have his drill manual, you also take out the drill manual, and I will practice with you. Yu Guozhen can train the Tiger Guard, and I can train the Dragon Commander who is stronger than him! ”

"Yes, slave and maid." Wang Chengen secretly rejoiced in his heart, since Cao Huachun left his post and retired, he was the most arrogant in the potential internal prison, and he was almost suppressed. If there is chaos everywhere today, the internal supervision committee of the soldiers is more promising, and the high potential is so, relying on the fact that he once mixed in Liaodong. If he can also accumulate some military experience, then he will be able to compete with Gao Qiqian in the future.

"However, training cannot be done without ordnance, and those garbage in the military department can not be used, you have to find Nanhai Bo and ask for some good muskets." Wang Chengen thought so in his heart. (To be continued)