Just when Liu Fan and others turned around and headed westward for Qingyang, the situation on the front line underwent an astonishing change, and after Chen Qiyu met with the governors of the four provinces, he adopted the strategy of "shrinking the troops and stationing them in key areas" and quickly achieved results. For a while www.biquge.info the contrast between the situation between the officials and the army and the rogue was reversed, and those who ran into walls everywhere became the rogue bandits. The three-way rogue who came out of Huguang and Sichuan, because they did not have a strong and powerful leadership, scattered their operations, and gradually fell into disadvantage.

From the mountains of northern Sichuan, the five battalions of Lao Huihui, Guotianxing, Mantianxing, Breaking into the Sky, and Mixed World King united with men and horses, and rushed from Henan to Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province all the way to the north, but ran headlong into Hong Chengchou's arms, how could Hong Chengchou give up such a great opportunity, and immediately beat his head to the blood, and suffered heavy losses. Encountering a major setback, and facing Hong Chengchou's encirclement and interception, the Liukou could only turn around and return and flee to the mountainous areas south of Hanzhong and north of Sichuan to survive. The governors of the four provinces took Lu's, Shangluo, Nanzhang, and Xunyang as the fulcrum, and attacked everywhere to compress the living space of the Liukou, and gradually forced the Liukou into the mountainous areas at the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan provinces.

The net has been cast, the time is ripe to encircle and suppress the Liukou, Chen Qiyu immediately made a decision, converged with Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xunyang, and quickly attacked, starting from Zhuxi in Xunyang, and fought in Pingli, Wulinguan, Gouyangjie, Qijiagou, Ganxi, Lion Rock and other places, ten battles and ten victories, captured 12 people including the Kui Mountain Tiger, and killed more than 10,000 Liukou. He also sent generals Yang Hualin, Yang Shien, Zhou Renfeng, He Renlong and others to pursue along the way, and forced the Liukou into the Hanzhong Mountains before stopping. This battle is also the battle of Lu Xiangsheng's fame, although Lu Xiangsheng is a governor and a standard civil official, he is more brave than ordinary military attachés. Every time he fights hard, Lu Xiangsheng will take the lead. Although the knife is like a cluster and the arrow is like a rain, it will never take a step back. Therefore, it is often necessary for subordinates to fight to the death. The 136-pound broadsword was wielded with tiger and tiger, and the rogue people who killed it turned on their backs, and even Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other conceited and brave rogues did not dare to fight with them head-on. For a time, there was a rumor in the Liukou army, "Don't avoid the "King of Lu Yan" in battle! Lu Xiangsheng suddenly became the most feared officer and soldier of the three rogues alongside Liu Fan and Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao is cunning, witty, and has a myriad of means, just like an experienced hunter, he was unwittingly attacked and defeated by him. Liu Fan relied on elite soldiers, endless artillery, and a large number of people. Frontal engagement is like a torrent of steel that can destroy everything in an instant, and no one is its opponent in frontal hard steel. However, Lu Xiangsheng relied on his own bravery and the good combat power of the "Tianxiong Army" under his command. Compared with Liu Fan and Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, a civil official, is more like a military general in the era of leading weapons, and I have to say that there are no wonders in the world.

Chen Qiyu collapsed from the situation of Liukou into Henan to the battle of Xunyang, it only took two months to control the originally sinister situation, and was able to achieve the outstanding talent of the Ming Dynasty, even Liu Fan himself was extremely admired, and he was ashamed. After this battle, Chen Qiyu's prestige was greatly enhanced, and the armies were subdued, and he quickly established his own prestige, and at the same time controlled the initiative in the war, and the situation between the enemy and us was fundamentally reversed. And Liu Fan, Wang Pu and others have greatly reduced their role for Chen Qiyu, and now Liu Fan is like a "chicken rib" that is tasteless and a pity to abandon it.

And the most important thing is the Qingyang area that was originally scheduled for Liu Fan to go, because Hong Chengchou defeated the five-battalion coalition army, so the danger of Qingyang has been solved, and there is no point in going again. But considering the special identities of Liu Fan and Wang Pu, Chen Qiyu did not dare to cross the river and demolish the bridge. So after thinking about it again, Chen Qiyu sent an order to Liu Fan to turn around and go to Hanzhong, take Hong Chengchou's place, and attack the Liukou in Hanzhong from north to south.

At this moment, Liu Fan and others have arrived near Yuncheng in Shanxi, which is not too far from Xi'an Mansion, and it is also very convenient to transfer from Xi'an Mansion to Hanzhong. Therefore, Liu Fan did not continue to go west, but ordered to go south through Xi'an.

Unlike Liu Fan's safe order, Wang Pu and other generals of the Beijing camp complained after receiving the battle reports and orders from the front, and even brought people to Liu Fan to complain after setting up camp at night, "Governor Liu, Governor Chen's order has been changed every day, where are we placed?" I see that Governor Chen is not at ease, and he was very anxious when he urged us to set off, but when it was time to make meritorious contributions to the war, he left us aside, and if he had let us go directly to Lu or Shangluo, maybe we would have been able to catch up with the big battle. The worst can also be mixed with some credit, but now there are no benefits, not to mention that we have walked more than a hundred miles in vain, isn't this playing tricks on us? ”

Liu Fan was silent for a while before comforting, "General Wang, generals don't have to worry. I don't think Governor Chen has bad intentions, we are all soldiers, and we should know the ever-changing situation on the battlefield. It's been almost a month since we set off from Beijing, and it's not surprising that there has been a war on the front line for such a long time, didn't the war report say that Huguang Yi'an, the thieves have been broken into Hanzhong. As the governor of the five provinces, Governor Chen coordinates the overall situation, and it is natural for him to make adjustments according to the battlefield situation. As soldiers, we have to strictly follow the orders of our superiors instead of complaining, you know? ”

Wang Pu and the others' faces suddenly became a little ugly, and when they saw Liu Fan, they didn't support them, and they were a little unwilling, "Governor Liu, having said that, what if Governor Chen really targets us?" We can't go back empty-handed this time! ”

Liu Fan smiled and said, "General Wang, don't worry, although Governor Chen has achieved a great victory, in fact, the number of thieves exterminated is not much, more than 10,000 people, compared to hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, it is only a drop in the bucket." We still have many opportunities, and with our current strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that we are the best among the armies. Isn't Governor Chen a fool who would let us have such a powerful military without us? As for what you said about grabbing merit, you don't have to worry about it at all, he is the governor of the five provinces to coordinate the overall situation, as long as he wins, no matter who wins, he will have a share of the credit. You say it's you, what would you do? ”

Wang Puyan's face improved slightly when he heard this, and he bowed down and said, "What Liu Du said is very true, thank Liu Du for solving his doubts!" In fact, with Wang Pu's wisdom, can he not understand such a simple truth? Why did you find Liu Fan to complain? That's just the result of the instigation of the "gentlemen" under him. These people have a deep background, so it's better not to offend or not to offend! Wang Pu's small body is no better than Liu Fan, and they can't help tossing. Now that Liu Fan has solved the problem, Wang Pu is also secretly relieved,

With Liu Fan's persuasion, these people don't dare to make trouble, and after nearly a month of getting along, they know Liu Fan's character in the army. Moreover, the army of the Broken Captives is on the side, give them a few guts, and they don't dare to blow up with Liu Fan, otherwise no one will be able to save them. Deep background? In front of Liu Fan, it was a joke, no matter how deep the background was, could it be compared to Your Majesty? (To be continued.) )