"Father-in-law, what do you mean is that the thief leader wants to take full authority to take over the rewards of the generals under his command, and wait for the order of the court to give an order before he can be allowed to caress him?!"

Zhang Zongheng was not moved by the cry of the eunuch who announced the decree, only grabbed a little question, and at the same time was annoyed in his heart, he was really a good thief, and he actually asked the court to bargain as his own family, if it wasn't for the fact that the court was still unable to come now, how could he be so passive, but sooner or later the thief would be captured, and the five horses would be divided. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Seeing that it was useless to cry, the eunuch put on another face, with a righteous expression that represented the court's reprimand, "Yes, Governor Zhang, you have such a madman under your rule, you have to do your duty for the court!" ”

"Your Majesty and the princes of the court have all made a plan and are determined to appease the matter, why do you repeat it?" It is said that according to Zhang Zongheng's long-term experience in officialdom, these words should not have been spoken, once the political opponent grabbed the handle, a vain discussion of the government and politics, the disgruntled hat was buttoned down, and he was also called to sit on wax, but unfortunately the Shanxi affair was already in a mess, and he couldn't take much care of it now.

After the troubles, things always need to be solved, the thief will not be touched for a day, Shanxi will never have peace, who calls the situation stronger than people, so he got up and said, "That's it, it's useless to talk to you about how much, wait for me to hurry up for another 800 miles, and hand the book to the court, please Your Majesty to break it." ”

In addition to the words, he did not regard the eunuch who announced the decree as a person, and after saying it directly, he no longer paid attention to him, only asked the housekeeper to take the pen and ink, and directly wrote it carefully on the eunuch, and when the ink was dry, he found his own soldiers and instructed him in person, "According to the previous matter, 800 miles will be sent to the capital urgently, and there will be no delay along the way." ”

Thinking about this back and forth, and delaying time, even if the imperial court immediately approved and issued a holy decree, it would have to take a few days, this way, if the thieves repeatedly, once the outbreak broke out, Shanxi territory, there was no soldier to stop it, this is making him unbearable, this fate depends on the attitude of the thief and the court, it really makes the heart hesitant and helpless!

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"I think the imperial court will definitely do something to appease you, but I'm afraid that it won't be able to catch up with the speed of our evacuation of Yangqu for a while."

In the main hall of the backyard of the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, Li Jing held the list of materials in his hand and said to Li Denggao, who was standing next to him with joy, that the harvest of this attack on Yangqu was really too big.

Shanxi Town alone gathered the taxes that Yangqu had no time to transfer, there were 60,000 taels of silver, and more than 8,000 stones of grain and grass, counting the total silver obtained from the raid of the shops of the big clans, no less than 17.8 million taels of silver, tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and countless other antique jade.

You must know that Yangqu is the capital of Taiyuan Town, Shanxi, and it is also the birthplace of Jin merchants and the base camp of the first business, almost all Jin merchants have a branch or main shop here, and the backlog of goods is countless.

"It's a pity that these things are too complicated, my lord, if we are all asked to transport them back, it may take some time." Li Denggao did not agree with what Li Jing said, and his family allocated 20,000 young and strong, and gathered 800 wheelbarrows and a few mules, horses and donkeys, and continued to transport supplies to the north day and night.

After four or five days of doing this, more than half of the collected materials, money and grain were transported, and the rest may take as much time, Li Denggao thought of this city, which was about to be returned to the imperial court, and felt a pity in his heart, "Lord, this city is strong and tall, if we take it as a barrier, then the south must make the officials and troops unable to go north, why should they be lost to the Ming court?!" ”

Li Jing shook his head, "Having said that, but in the world, how can everything go well, our current strength is not enough to overthrow the imperial court, then let the imperial court move its edge elsewhere, although the city of Yangqu is high and deep, but after all, it is conspicuous, and it is the capital of a province, if it is occupied, the imperial court will lose face, and it will not be able to give up. ”

But after speaking, he walked back and forth a few steps, and said with a smile, "Besides, we have a siege weapon in our hands, what city in the world can not be broken in our hands in the future?" It's just a city, even if it is lost to the imperial court, if we want to take it again in the future, it's just a matter of hand. ”

In the final analysis, he still has fears and doubts about that earth-shattering explosion, how could such explosive powder in the past be wrapped in cotton linen in the hands of the lord and used in cotton linen, and when gathered together, it can have such great power, which is really exciting to think about, but fortunately it is in his own hands.

"Okay, you go down first and order, in the past few days, you must carry all the materials and set off, and you must not leave a trace for the imperial court."

When Li Denggao heard this, he immediately went down with satisfaction, "Yes, I will go down and arrange for urging." ”

"Tell the lord, General Zhao asks to see you!"

Just taking advantage of the rare effort to rest for a while, he suddenly had to listen to the report of the guards outside, Li Jing turned over, straightened his clothes, and "Let him come in." ”

"Lord, Li Mao in the west reported that there is a thief army of about 3,000 people, which cannot stand in Pingyang Mansion in the south, and retreats to Yongning Prefecture, and the army of my West Road has encountered this thief army in Ningxiang County, and is now facing off, General Li has led the army to Ningxiang, please write to ask the lord what to do."

As soon as Zhao Mosheng came in, he hurriedly told him that he was also in a hurry, and he happened to inspect the city, and asked the messenger who sent the letter from Li Mao to meet the right one, and he didn't dare to delay at all, so he went directly into the city to find Li Jing.

"What? A thief army heading north? Under what flag? When Li Jing heard this, he wondered how the thieves from the south had come to the city he occupied.

Zhao Mosheng took out the letter to him, and said quickly, "According to the report of the Western Road Army, its department is a mess, that is, a group of chaotic people, capturing its vanguard young and strong, speaking of the Qindi thieves who avoided the pursuit of the official army and lit the lamp department, the previous time in Pingyang was beaten by the official army fiasco, the rest of the army could only flee north, met our department, and thought it was the official army defending the city, seeing that our soldiers were few, they dared to besiege the city. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Mosheng couldn't help but feel angry, you must know that since the start of the army, even the officers and soldiers have been defeated again and again, and his spirit has also risen a lot.

Li Jing only took the letter, and immediately understood that after Li Mao captured the city of Yongning Prefecture, the army scattered to attack, and had to be instructed in advance to strictly guard the west, so the army only divided a small number of men and horses to the south, and one of its troops went out of Ningxiang County, after capturing the siege, he went to the countryside to mobilize the people, and there were less than 200 people in the county to guard, so naturally the thieves had an opportunity to take advantage of. (To be continued.) )