readx; The situation was unknown, and Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered the whole army to line up and wait. In the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, Cao's uncle and nephew led five hundred Guanning iron cavalry to the forefront, and when the noisy people gradually approached, Cao Bianjiao almost didn't laugh out loud: What kind of army is this?

I saw that this army was all on foot, and there was no armor on their bodies, and the strangest thing was that they did not even have a decent weapon, most of them were wooden sticks, shovels, and even dung rakes for picking dung. And there was no formation at all, just rushing forward in a mess, the morale was very high, and they were frowning and staring at each other, which was really a desperate posture.

"Lord Governor, this is a thief?" Cao Bianjiao couldn't hold it back, and asked Lu Xiangsheng with a smile, "Such a thief, it's okay for us to take care of 50,000 people with 500 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was also stunned, and looked at it carefully for a while, but smiled with relief: "It's not a thief, it's the common people of the Daimyo's Mansion." ”

As he spoke, he urged Wu Mingji to step forward, and waved his hand and shouted loudly from a distance: "Fathers, please don't misunderstand, we are all officers and soldiers, and Lu Xiangsheng is here!" ”

The three words "Lu Xiangsheng" seem to have a kind of magic, and hundreds of ordinary people were stunned when they heard this name, and then they threw away their weapons one after another, knelt down on the spot and shouted with tears: "Lu Qingtian, your old man can come back!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng and the others didn't know why, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take back their weapons and slowly step forward. At this time, the people on the opposite side had already greeted him, led by an old man with white hair and strong spirits, Lu Xiangsheng looked at it and said happily: "Isn't this Old Master Yao?" ”

"Lord Prefect!" The old man took two steps before he was about to give Lu Xiangsheng a big salute, and Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly jumped off the horse and grabbed his hands.

The old man took Lu Xiangsheng's hand, looked at him with tears in his eyes, and said, "Lord Prefect... Ah no, you must have risen to prominence now, and you used to call the prefect in the past, but you can't change it for a while! ”

"We, Lord Lu, have just been promoted to the governor of the three sides by the Holy Lord." Lu Xiangsheng's lieutenant officer Yang Lukai was also familiar with the old man and kindly reminded him.

"Hey! Congratulations, my lord, it seems that today is really Mingjun! The old man said with emotion, "Lord Lu has been the prefect of this little daimyo for several years, and if he changes to another official, he will be promoted early." However, Lu Da was upright and dedicated to the people, and never knew how to go to the top, so he couldn't be promoted for a long time. Now that I have finally met the master, my lord will be able to show my ambitions, and the people of the whole famous mansion will be pleased! Hey, these two behind you, and these five hundred iron horsemen? ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to explain his mission to the old man, so he simply introduced: "These two are the two generals Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, and the five hundred cavalry behind them are the 'Guanning Iron Cavalry'. ”

"Oh! I've heard of it for a long time! The old man said in surprise, "Guanning Iron Cavalry loyally protects the Lord, repeatedly frustrates the Tartars, and the folk storytellers have made up stories, but no one knows about my Ming people!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng introduced the old man to Cao's uncle and nephew and said: "This old gentleman's surname is Yao, and his name is from the east to the east, and he is a well-known scholar in the Daimyo Mansion. A few years ago, when the students were in the name of the official, thanks to the old master Yao's many contacts, he helped the students form this 'Tianxiong Army'. ”

At this time, the people in the city had already learned that it was Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army, and they opened the city gate early to welcome them. Many of the officers and men in the Tianxiong army are big celebrities, and now it is equivalent to going home to visit relatives, looking up, there are relatives and friends everywhere, and the soldiers and civilians are all ecstatic and thunderous.

Lu Xiangsheng and his entourage were surrounded by the people and entered the Daimyo's mansion, and he said with some anxiety as he walked: "Old Master Yao, the student has the emperor's order, and the time is urgent, so it is not suitable to enter the city." However, since I came, I also wanted to meet the current prefect, submit a document to the military department, and support some grain and grass before leaving. But why don't you see the people in the government? ”

"Hey, don't mention it!" As soon as this topic was mentioned, Yao Dongzhao said angrily, "That prefect has run away!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng and the others were taken aback when they heard this, and they hurriedly asked the reason, and Yao Dongzhao introduced them one by one.

It turned out that after Lu Xiangsheng was urgently transferred to the governor of Xuanfu, the new prefect was named Zhang Jinyan, but his style of behavior was very different from Lu Xiangsheng. This person only likes to send affection to the mountains and rivers, and does not ask about any official affairs, let alone take the initiative to recruit troops to chase down the thieves like Lu Xiangsheng.

And Zhang Jinyan is as timid as a mouse, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded the city more than two months ago, he wanted to leave the people in the city and escape, but because the Qing army did not cross the Baoding Mansion, he stayed.

But the good times did not last long, a few days ago, suddenly rumors, saying that the emperor Zhu Youzhen because of his violent behavior, caused public indignation, was assassinated in Tanzhe Temple, and civil and military officials from all over the country publicly recommended King Luoyang Fu to succeed to the throne. Soon, an unknown person approached the government and demanded that Zhang Jinyan pledge allegiance to King Fu. Zhang Jinyan is not stupid, of course he knows that King Fu is not qualified to inherit the throne at all, but if King Fu really ascends the throne, he does not support it, it will be a big crime to destroy the nine clans. So this guy simply came to the soles of his feet to smear oil, under the pretext of "Ding Worry", and did not wait for the approval of the ministry, so he rolled up his cover and fled back to his hometown.

Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but scold angrily when he heard this: "What kind of parent official is this, run away first when something happens?" But it's okay to run away, the saint himself said to me, 'If you don't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes'! ”

Everyone couldn't help but look sideways when they heard it, first, they felt that this word was quite slang and should not come out of the emperor's mouth; Second, I don't know what a "sweet potato" is. However, Lu Xiangsheng didn't pay attention to this, and he asked Yao Dongzhao again: "Just now, the old gentleman led so many people out of the city, and he was still holding sticks and other things, but what was the reason?" ”

Yao Dongzhao hurriedly said: "The student is really old and confused, and I almost forgot to talk about this big thing!" Your Excellency the Governor, bandits on Mafu Mountain in Handan have been very rampant recently, and they have robbed dozens of villages in several nearby counties. Now that the prefect is not there, and the government is leaderless, the students feel that they can't let this group of bandits succeed so easily, so they organize hundreds of people to prepare to meet them. I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the north just now, and I thought it was a bandit coming, and I hope that the governor will forgive me! ”

"Oh?" Lu Xiangsheng frowned and said, "When the student was the prefect, didn't you hear that there were bandits on Mafu Mountain?" ”

"This group of bandits has not been around for a long time, only a few months, and the adults have already left their posts at that time, so I don't know." Yao Dongzhao said, "It is said that the leader of the bandits is called 'Drill Sky Monkey', and there are more than 1,000 bandits under him, and they do all kinds of evil to kill people and set fires!" ”

Before Lu Xiangsheng could speak, Cao Bianjiao came to his senses and asked, "Old man, you said that these bandits often leave the cottage and come to the plains to rob?" ”

"Exactly, I was still in Linzhang two days ago!"

Cao Bianjiao immediately excitedly asked Lu Xiangsheng for instructions: "Your Excellency, do you want to take this bandit?" ”