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Tang Shiji was disturbed by the emperor's urgent secret decree.

Because of the rampant Liukou in Shanxi, the imperial court sent He Renlong, Li Bei, and Ai Wannian three generals to enter Shanxi to assist Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, to exterminate the Liukou, but Zhang Zongheng and Xu Dingchen competed for the leadership of the three generals in order to consolidate their own strength, which made He Renlong and others at a loss.

The 240,000 rogues in Shanxi, known as the 36th Battalion, saw that the imperial court had increased their troops, and divided the army into three groups, and acted separately, taking the opportunity to attack Taiyuan, Fenzhou, Qinzhou, and Liaozhou.

Zijin Liang and Zhang Xianzhong captured Liaozhou, and in the process, Li Chengzhang, the governor of Liaozhou, was killed in battle.

Because Liaozhou was attacked, Zhu Youzhen was furious and ordered the imperial army in Shanxi to step up the extermination of the Liukou. The capture of the county seat by the Liukou cannot be regarded as a big deal, but the capture of the state city is a bit serious.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Zongheng and Xu Dingchen did not dare to continue to fight for power, and if they didn't do well, their heads would fall off.

The rogues began to encounter strong pressure, and suffered a number of defeats in succession.

In order to get out of this unfavorable situation, Zijin Liang summoned the leaders of the 36th Battalion to discuss and began to transfer from all sides.

Zijin Liang led some of the Liukou into Henan, there are some places here, the mountains are sparsely populated, it is a good place to hide, but his life in Henan is not good, the people here do not support the Liukou, and even resist the Liukou.

Zijin Liang didn't expect such a situation, so he could only leave Henan, and next, he had two choices, one was to enter Huguang, and the other was to choose. Enter Nanzhili.

The whereabouts of the rogues are erratic, here today, there tomorrow, it is difficult to find an accurate direction, and many state capitals and counties are panicked. I don't know when the Liukou will attack themselves, the situation of the government and the state government is better, and it is difficult to say in the county, and it is difficult to have enough strength to resist.

When the Liukou and the imperial army were fighting, it could be more than 10,000 people, or thousands of people, or even hundreds of people, and they met the army of the imperial court. They never like to fight, and they retreated very quickly, but when they attacked the county seat, they were ruthless and did whatever it takes.

The county town that was breached had a very miserable ending, with gold, silver, jewelry, and grain looted. Officials were also killed.

The emperor's secret decree was not explicitly stated, but Tang Shiji was very clear. This is to remind him to prepare for everything, if Liukou arrives in Nanzhili, there will be no situation where the county seat or even the state city will be attacked.

It is unlikely that Liukou will enter Nanzhili, after all, there is Nanjing Jingying here, and the strength is still very good, Tang Shiji thinks. The biggest possibility of Zijinliang is to enter Huguang, and possibly even to Sichuan.

The habit of the Ming Dynasty was that civilian officials led the army, and there were still benefits. That is to say, civilian officials are generally knowledgeable, can see some problems, do things more cautiously, and after a period of tempering, can quickly understand the mystery in the middle of the battlefield and predict problems.

However, on the whole, civilian officials leading the army do more harm than good, after all, civilian officials are civilian officials, and their grasp of the war situation and the appointment of soldiers are not very clear, especially civilian officials cannot share weal and woe with soldiers and soldiers, and it is difficult to get the approval of soldiers and soldiers.

After reading the secret decree, Tang Shiji quickly invited Qin Sande and Zhang Taining.

After the two of them finished reading the secret decree, Tang Shiji spoke.

"What does Father-in-law Qin think?"

"Lord Tang, our family thinks that it is unlikely that this Zijin Liang will come to Nanzhili, unless he doesn't want to live."

Tang Shiji nodded and looked at Zhang Taining.

"I think that Gonggong Qin's opinion is accurate, Zijin Liang is very likely to enter Huguang, but these rogues, their whereabouts are erratic, if they leave Henan, enter Nanzhili to harass them, and after getting some benefits, it is also possible to go to Huguang."

Zhang Taining's opinion, after all, is more mature.

Tang Shiji frowned, this is what he was worried about, if such a situation occurs, it will be a little troublesome, Liukou left Henan, if you want to enter Nanzhili harassment, there are multiple routes, you can go to Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion or Anqing Mansion, judging from the current situation, it is unlikely to enter Fengyang Mansion, Fengyang Mansion is the central capital, the garrison there is still good, the rest is Luzhou Mansion, or Anqing Mansion, the guards of these two places exist in name only, and the sergeants have almost no combat effectiveness.

"Lord Tang, the Sprinkle family thinks that what General Zhang said is very correct, so we should send two battalions of sergeants to Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion to strictly prevent the harassment of the rogue."

Zhang Taining immediately turned into a bitter gourd face.

"Father-in-law Qin, you know the situation of the two battalions, and the troops that can be deployed at present are already very limited, if you transfer three teams of men and horses to Anqing Mansion, Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion respectively, it is really difficult."

Qin Sande also knew the situation of the Dao, and the imperial court had transferred a lot of troops from the two battalions, but in this case, he had to say.

Tang Shiji spoke.

"It's unlikely that Liukou will go to Zhongdu, the garrison there is good, and the emperor is likely to give an order to Zhongdu, I think we still have to pay attention to the guards of Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion."

Qin Sande looked at Zhang Taining and spoke again.

"Our family has a suggestion, the two battalions do have difficulties, so we will send a team of men and horses to Luzhou Mansion, there are quite a lot of sergeants from the Jiangning County Inspection Division, so let Su Tiancheng of the county lead some of the sergeants of the Inspection Division to Anqing Mansion."

Tang Shiji was stunned for a moment, the sergeant of the Jiangning County Inspection Department was a local militia group, and it was not very suitable to participate in the campaign to exterminate the Liukou, besides, the possibility of the Liukou entering Nanzhili was very small.

After thinking about it carefully, he somewhat understood that Qin Sande was thinking that Su Tiancheng would be able to make meritorious contributions.

Such a good thing, who doesn't want to do it, the court will pay money, not to mention the high probability that the rogue will not go to Nanzhili.

In this case, he will not raise objections, as long as the emperor's will is implemented, the rest does not matter.

"Gonggong Qin's suggestion is very good, this official thinks that it will be carried out in two steps, the two major battalions in Nanjing will send 5,000 sergeants to Luzhou Mansion, and the Jiangning County Inspection Department will send 3,000 sergeants to Anqing Mansion."

"Our family has another suggestion, General Zhang, whether to lend the seven hundred sergeants of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to Jiangning County temporarily, these sergeants have very good combat effectiveness, and they have followed Su Tiancheng, the magistrate of Jiangning County, and they are also familiar with each other."

After receiving the edict from the Nanjing Military Department, Su Tiancheng was dumbfounded. He couldn't believe that Tang Shiji would actually issue such an order, this is playing the piano indiscriminately.

Liukou entered Henan from Shanxi, unable to gain a foothold, the biggest possibility is to directly enter Huguang, generally will not come to Nanzhili, even if Tang Shiji is not at ease, casually transfer the sergeants of the two battalions in Nanjing, it is also able to deter Liukou, besides, there are sergeants from various places, at least they can resist for a while.

The fifteen prefectures under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, two Zhili prefectures, two large battalions are stationed in Yingtianfu, and the elite army of the imperial court is stationed in Suzhou Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and Fengyang Prefecture, and in the rest of the places, the number of the army of the guard is not much, and it is more than enough to deal with general affairs.

There is no need for the sergeant from the Jiangning County Inspection Department to dispatch.

It's a pity that Su Tiancheng didn't have a chance to think about these things, since the military department issued an edict, he had to prepare, no matter what, it was necessary to make a show, besides, take advantage of this opportunity to pull the soldiers out of the army to experience it.

There are also things to be happy about, the 700 sergeants of the Xiaocai battalion are temporarily under the control of the Jiangning County Inspection Department and assigned to their own command, this is the best opportunity, this campaign is over, after returning to Jiangning County, this army will not be returned to the two battalions.

Su Tiancheng is unwilling to do useless work, from Jiangning County to Anqing Mansion, you need to pass through Taiping Mansion and Chizhou Mansion, according to the normal speed, it will take about ten days, time is precious, just in case you will soon arrive at Anqing Mansion, and you are still on the way, isn't this frustrating.

After receiving the imperial order, Su Tiancheng was ready to leave the military department, of course, accepting the imperial order, the military department at least needed some care, and it was good to take advantage of this opportunity to ask for some things.

"Xiaguan meets Lord Tang."

"Master Su, this time you have to take the sergeant of the Jiangning County Inspection Department to Anqing Mansion, this official hopes that you can establish meritorious deeds, if the Liukou dare to come to Nanzhili to make trouble, they will definitely not return."

"The lower officials must do their best to exterminate the rogue."

"This time I went to Anqing Mansion, the road is far away, what else do Jiangning County need."

Su Tiancheng was very happy, this is a good opportunity to rip off the bamboo, although Tang Shiji said kind words, but he will definitely not be polite.

"Xia Guan has thought about it carefully, and he still needs some war horses and armor."

Tang Shiji frowned, he is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the governor of Zhejiang, and the counselor of military affairs, that is, the supreme commander of the army of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and there will be no problem if he provides the necessary materials, but the wealth of Jiangning County, who doesn't know the way.

"Master Su, the military department is also in trouble."

Su Tiancheng blinked, the battle needs silver, and the military department will definitely not be able to pull out a dime.

"My lord, the Jiangning County Inspection Department is also a little difficult, this time to Anqing Mansion, you have to be fully prepared, the lack of war horses and armor, the county government really can't think of a way."

"Then tell me how much you need."

"Four hundred horses and a thousand sets of armor are needed."

To create a good pair of armor, it takes more than a hundred taels of silver, which is not low.

Tang Shiji frowned, he didn't speak for a long time, he would also settle accounts, these two things, worth close to 100,000 taels of silver, are in short supply.

"Master Su, the military department can't take out so much, this official sees, four hundred war horses, can be solved, as for the armor, at most two hundred sets can be taken out."

Su Tiancheng didn't continue to insist on his opinion, it was originally a lion who opened his mouth, besides, it didn't make much sense to continue to fight, it was already very good to be able to get these equipment. (To be continued.) )