readx; For the Ming Dynasty, the sixth year of the Apocalypse was really an eventful autumn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info≧ The top novel, first, a meteorite fell on the first day of the first month, causing a big explosion in Wang Gongchang, resulting in the death of Xizong and the succession of Chongzhen; Immediately after the fall of the eunuchs, the abandonment of Liaodong, and the entry of the Manchu Qing into the Kou... One after another, major events have affected the direction of history.

Finally, towards the end of the year, King Fu of Luoyang colluded with Hong Chengchou, the White Lotus Sect and the thieves to launch a huge rebellion. Under the pre-arrangement of the White Lotus Sect, the rumor of the assassination of Emperor Chongzhen spread throughout the country, especially in the vast area south of the Yellow River, from the day of the change in Tanzhe Temple, and it intensified.

As the main force of the rebels, Hong Bing marched north from Xiangyang in a mighty way, wanting to officially support Zhu Changxun as the new monarch, and even took the New Year's name and Zhu Youzhen's nickname. The new era name was set as "Hongguang", and Zhu Youzhen's emperor title was "abolished" and changed to "King Qin Li".

"Strong" is a typical evil slander, according to the king's law, killing innocent people is said to be severe, tyrannical and unrelated is said to be severe, ruthless and rude is said to be severe, helping evil and violating righteousness is said to be severe, and long tongue is said to be terrible. This is to equate Zhu Youzhen with the famous tyrant King Zhou Li in history, and even surpass it.

The imperial court also reacted quickly, because of the timely receipt of Cheng Ji's order and Dou fame's flying pigeon message, Zhu Youzhen decided to drive the expedition in person on the same day, and repeatedly dispatched troops. Jingshi entered a state of martial law again, nine of the twelve gates of the outer city were temporarily closed, and the Taiping Gate, Yongding Gate and North Pole Gate that remained open were also subject to extremely strict checks. For two whole days, these three gates were constantly entering and leaving the official army for the final preparations before the emperor's personal expedition.

However, although most of China was already in turmoil, Lu Xiangsheng, the new governor of the trilateral who had been promoted from Beijing earlier, and his Tianxiong army, did not know anything about the current situation, and were still hurrying to Xiangyang at the established speed, marching more than 150 li a day, and now they had come to the Daimyo Mansion of Beizhili, which was more than 800 miles away from Beijing.

In fact, this is not surprising, although the Tianxiong army is also equipped with carrier pigeons, but because it is in the process of moving, Lu Xiangsheng can only send a letter to the Jingshi. Unless the army stops, no letter will be received.

And Lu Xiangsheng felt the grace of God, and was anxious to rush to Xiangyang to hand over with Hong Chengchou, and then show his skills in office, so he passed by Baoding, Dingzhou, Zhending and other prefectures along the way, and the Tianxiong army also went around the city, and camped in the field at night. If he walked slower and entered Zhending two days later, he would have been able to learn the news of Hong Chengchou's rebellion from the flying pigeon biography of Jingshi.

On this day, the weather was rarely clear, Lu Xiangsheng rode the BMW Wumingji given back to him by Zhu Youzhen, and looked at the faintly visible Daimyofu City in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. Before being transferred to Xuanfu by Zhu Youzhen, he had been the prefect of the daimyo for several years, and was very familiar with every village and river here, and most of the Tianxiong army under his command was recruited from the daimyo and the nearby Guangping Province.

Now that he is revisiting the old place, although he has a smooth career, he is full of gloom and gloom along the way, which also makes Lu Xiangsheng's mood extremely heavy. The entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the early arrival of the cold winter made the life of the local people who were not rich even more difficult, and he couldn't help but think of the promise he made to the daimyo at the beginning of his tenure: "Give this official three years, and I will definitely let the daimyo have an end of life and a young child, and the road will not be left behind, and the night will not be closed!" ”

Now it seems that his promise has been completely disappointed. Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but sigh and said, "I'm ashamed of the famous people! I don't know when the sea will be peaceful and the people will live and work in peace and contentment! ”

In the rear of Wumingji's side, there are Cao Wenzhao, the general of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew, who have just been assigned to Lu Xiangsheng's control. In fact, according to the grade, Cao Wenzhao has just been promoted to deputy chief military officer, and he is a second-grade soldier; Lu Xiangsheng, the trilateral governor, is from the second rank, and Cao Wenzhao is half a level higher than Lu Xiangsheng. However, the Ming Dynasty has always used literature to control force, and Zhu Youzhen has no intention of changing this national policy, so Cao Wenzhao is still respectful to Lu Xiangsheng.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's emotion, Cao Wenzhao hurriedly smiled and said: "Lord Governor, according to the foolish opinion of the last general, this day will not be too far away!" Today, there is a Daoming monarch in the saint, and he has been on the throne for less than a year, and he has already conquered twice in person, and he has suffered a big loss to the Tartars. Now he has sent the governor to exterminate the thieves, as long as the thieves are destroyed, the imperial court can run Liaodong wholeheartedly, and the situation will soon change greatly! ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "General Cao, of course the students think the same, but you haven't dealt with thieves, they are not so easy to exterminate!" ”

After contact in the past few days, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao have learned about Lu Xiangsheng's personality. Although he was extremely strict in governing the army and ordered to do so, at the same time he loved the soldiers like a son, and all the standards such as food and accommodation were exactly the same as those of ordinary soldiers. And he is approachable, has an excellent memory, and most of the thousands of Tianxiong troops can be called by name. With such a coach, the soldiers can not be effective.

Cao Bianjiao was young and vigorous in the end, and he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was not improper, so he asked with a smile: "Lord Governor, are all thieves with three heads and six arms, more powerful than Tartars?" ”

"General Cao, the strength of the thieves does not lie in their ability to fight." Lu Xiangsheng said solemnly, "On the contrary, most of the thieves are rabble, and they fight in a disorderly manner, and they often collapse at the touch of a button. However, they have three major advantages, which the officers and soldiers do not have. ”

Seeing that Cao's uncle and nephew were listening carefully, Lu Xiangsheng also knew everything: "First, there are many thieves. It would be good to have a few thousand officers and soldiers in the guard posts in various places, but excluding the old and weak soldiers, there are not many who can really fight. The thieves often gather all the subordinates of dozens of leaders to act together, at the beginning there are often only dozens of horse thieves, but hundreds of Or, thousands of Or, suddenly, the old camp is there, often tens of thousands of people. After conquering a place, more people will join in, and it will snowball bigger and bigger.

"Second, most of the thieves rode horses, coming and going like the wind, and the officers and soldiers were restricted by the jurisdiction of the guard, so it was easy to defeat the thieves, and it was even more difficult to annihilate them. However, if you don't cut it down and eradicate it, especially the leader of the thieves, even if you win a great victory and kill the thieves, the remaining little bit will be resurrected in a few months.

"Third, the officers and soldiers need food and salary for combat, but the thieves don't need it, because they can rob it. The place where the thieves passed was ten rooms and nine empty, and they could not recover their vitality in ten years, let alone hand over the field endowment. And the more taxes cannot be collected, the less money the household department has, and the less money there is, the more unable it will be to support the officials and soldiers. The reason why the court has suppressed thieves for several years and the thieves have become stronger. ”

The two generals were indignant when they heard this, and Cao Bianjiao said hatefully: "This thief is too hateful!" Your Excellency the Governor, you just knock it out, just let the Guanning Iron Cavalry meet these despicable and shameless people..."

As he spoke, there was a sudden noise in front of him. Lu Xiangsheng immediately alerted: "Could it be a thief? The whole army is ready to fight! ”

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