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It's December.

Winter wheat has long been sown, into December, indicating that the Spring Festival is coming, after the Spring Festival, Su Tiancheng is going to rush to the capital, the time of the test, very annoyed, respectively in the ninth day of February, February 12 and February 15th, that is to say, around the tenth day of the first month, he is about to set off, to the capital, can not spend the fifteenth day of the first month at home.

Shanxi is not too far from the capital, if it is a person from the south, for insurance, you can't even spend the Spring Festival at home.

This Spring Festival, because I have to go to Taiyuan Mansion, it is said that on the twentieth day of the lunar month, the nurses and subordinates of Su Mansion will gather together to eat, which can be regarded as an early festival.

Preparing a dinner for more than 3,000 people is not an easy task, although it is said that there are more than 100 people in the kitchen.

The atmosphere in Su Mansion is very lively, and everyone also knows that a few days later, Su Tiancheng will go to Taiyuan.

The mansion was still preparing, Su Pingyang hurriedly walked to Su Tiancheng's side, and whispered that someone outside the mansion asked to see him, and the person who came was veiled, saying that there was an emergency.

Su Tiancheng stood up suddenly, he had always had a premonition.

When he came to the front of the mansion and saw the masked man, Su Tiancheng was shocked, not only him, but also Xiong Zijian's personal beside him, who also showed a look of surprise.

This masked man has a special temperament, which is similar to the temperament on the nursing home, which shows that the identity of the masked man is not simple.

"It's Su Tiancheng down there, since you're a guest of Su Mansion, can you go in and talk about it."

The masked man shook his head, didn't speak, took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Su Ertong, and after clasping his fists at Su Tiancheng, he quickly left.

Su Tiancheng quickly returned to the room and opened the envelope.

Looking at it, Su Tiancheng's body began to tremble, and his face slowly turned red.

He handed the letter to Xiong Zijian.

A quarter of an hour later, all the nursing homes were concentrated.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"I received a letter, there is a small group of rogues, ready to wait for the opportunity to plunder, probably because I know that my family is rich, thinking that I have come to harass, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, tenants in the suburbs, build houses, they see it, think it is a big family."

It's quiet all around.

"The Liukou chose this time, it must have been planned, every household is ready for the New Year, the Liukou is here, and after grabbing some things, they leave, they are brutal by nature, killing people like hemp, and doing things by unscrupulous means."

After a little quiet, Xiong Zijian spoke.

"Master Su, we will all obey the arrangement, what arrangements do you have, just say it."

Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang and others all clasped their fists and saluted, saying that they had misheard the arrangement.

"So I'll make arrangements, General Sun, you are all responsible for all command matters, I have two requirements, one is to find out the details of the rogues, know yourself and know that the other side will win all battles, and the other is that the rogue dares to invade the Su family, we will kill him without leaving a piece of armor."

Su Tiancheng was in the room, walking around anxiously, an hour had passed, and there was still no news.

When Sun Yuankun entered the house in a hurry, he felt that he almost couldn't hold on.

"Childe, the rogues are indeed coming towards the tenants, there are about three hundred people, thirty of them on horseback, and they are very fast."

"Are you sure that they are coming towards the Su family's tenants?"

"It is certain that they took the small road, and they did not harass others along the road, and they were in a hurry, directly in the direction of the suburbs, and this little bit of men and horses definitely did not dare to attack the city, and the only purpose was to leave quickly after plundering the tenants."

"Well, General Sun, please."

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, the army of the imperial court is limited, it is impossible to exterminate the small groups of rogues in various places, and the small groups of rogues are very mobile, not to mention the army of the imperial court, that is, the soldiers stationed in the locality, and there is no shadow of the rogues before they move.

When Lu sees such a thing, it is necessary to dispatch local militias.

The expenditure of maintaining the militia requires a lot of money, and the imperial court cannot come up with the money, so it can only let the local government find a way.

In order to avoid the invasion of the rogues, taxes were increased in various places, and the taxes collected were said to be necessary to prepare for war.

Unfortunately, this is not necessarily the case.

The strength of the militia groups in various places, some strong and some weak, but most of them are not good, the greed of officials has become a trend, most of the silver has entered their own pockets, and they continue to cry poverty to the imperial court, that is, the officials of the imperial court, when it comes to military expenditure, they are also crying poverty to the emperor.

Local militia groups have, in a sense, become private armed forces.

The so-called local militia is composed of two parts in real time, one part is the inspection department, and there are inspection departments in various places, and the responsibilities of the inspection department are mainly to check the gates, arrest thieves, and commit treachery and fraud. The inspection department is a typical local armed force, and as for the number of errand officers and archers, it is directly controlled by the government.

The other part is the government servants, anyway, the government officials do not have a salary, at most a little subsidy a year, and they have also become the main source of strength for the local militia groups.

In peacetime, the inspection department was stationed at the city gate to maintain law and order, and the officials obeyed the arrangements from above and engaged in tax collection and other matters, and in wartime they were militia groups.

The situation of Pingyang Prefecture is somewhat special, and several invasions of the Liukou have been highly valued by the government and county government.

There are more than 1,000 officials in Pingyang Prefecture, and there are more than 500 people in the Inspection Department, which can be regarded as a good armed force.

Is it to go to the prefect, Su Tiancheng was a little hesitant.

The officers of the inspection department, as well as the officials, when facing the people, are vicious, as if they are extremely brave, but they really go to the battlefield and disturb the morale of the army, it must be these people, who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and have no rules, it is no wonder that those officials are originally a rabble, and it is rare to have combat effectiveness.

It is a matter for the government to exterminate the Liukou, and it is impossible for him to act on behalf of Yue Yu, such a thing must be reported, but Su Tiancheng got the news from Qu Qingze, and Weng Tongzhang may not believe it.

Three hundred rogues are not many, and the Su family's nursing home does not need to be dispatched, and one-third of them will be able to completely annihilate this gangster, and it is best not to ask the militia to come forward.

Su Tiancheng finally arrived at the mansion and met Weng Tongzhang.

After some retribution, Weng Tongzhang slowly spoke.

"Kun Yuan, this official hasn't gotten any news, where did the rogues come from, besides, the rogues are all active in Ningzhou and Lu'an Mansion, don't be alarmist."

"Teacher, students will never dare to lie, the Sufu Nursing Institute has already found traces of the Liukou, and it is not far from the Fucheng."

"This official knows the way, only 300 rogues, how dare they attack the city, isn't it looking for death, isn't it looting everywhere, this matter is known to the official."

Su Tiancheng had already guessed Weng Tongzhang's thoughts, there was really a rogue, close the city gate, there was nothing to do, as for taking the initiative, it was impossible.

Time is pressing, since Weng Tongzhang has such an attitude, he doesn't want to waste time, and he still has to participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou.

Shen Shi, in the city, suddenly a little nervous, on the street, running through a team of messengers and officials, holding a bright big knife in their hands, towards the direction of the city gate, that is, at this time, the news spread quickly, there is a small group of rogues, towards the city, the distance is less than ten miles.

The peaceful atmosphere of the city was completely destroyed, the sound of crying came out, and the people on the street began to increase, many people were like headless flies, asking for news, the Liukou was only ten miles away from the city, and the attack on the city did not exist, but the countryside might suffer.

At the moment of Shen, the gate of Pingyang Mansion City was closed, which means that the Mansion City is safe.

Sioux is very quiet.

Everything was expected by Su Tiancheng, and Weng Tongzhang really thought so.

The nearby lieutenant chief and the head of the first have already reported the news, and Weng Tongzhang also knows that there is a small group of rogues who have come to Pingyang Mansion to harass them. It is impossible for these rogues to attack Fucheng, and it is impossible for the soldiers of Pingyang Wei to be dispatched, besides, most of the sergeants have gone to Ningzhou and Lu'an Mansion to help exterminate the rogues.

Small groups of gangsters, come and go without a trace, the main purpose is to plunder, relying on the militia to deal with them, Weng Tongzhang is not sure, to say that to hold the city, hold on for a while, the problem is still not big.

Su Tiancheng had already left the city with a thousand protectors.

Among them, there were 600 cavalry, and 400 foot soldiers.

When he was about to go out in person, Xiong Zijian and Sun Yuankun resolutely disagreed, their arms couldn't twist their thighs, and Su Tiancheng didn't give in at all in this matter.

Judging from the reports of the scouts, most of these rogues are homeless, they are dressed in rags and have vegetables, and those who ride horses must have different identities.

These thirty rogues on horseback must be wiped out, and not a single one of them can escape.

As for the rest of the rogues, depending on the situation at that time, Su Tiancheng does not have compassion for others, and he can't do it if he wants to raise these homeless people.

Riding to the outskirts, it was only half an hour.

In the end, it is a sergeant in the pro-barracks, who moves very quickly, does not drag mud and water, and moves in a uniform manner.

After arriving at the place where the tenants lived, Sun Yuankun immediately made arrangements, and the six hundred cavalry were scattered around, front, back, left and right, leaving only the direction where the liukou came, and as for the foot soldiers, they were ambushed around the house.

The continuous houses have become the best hiding places.

Su Tiancheng insisted on being around the house, and he wanted to personally participate in this fight.

In fact, from the moment Sun Yuankun arranged it, Su Tiancheng knew that this was a battle without suspense, one thousand people against three hundred people, and there were six hundred cavalry, there would definitely be no surprises.

It's just that Su Tiancheng wants to see how long it will take to exterminate this stream of rogues.