On the first day of February in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Su Tiancheng left the capital and went to Sichuan.

The military affairs of the five provinces of the governor, the identity is extraordinary, pivotal, the entry is the court dignitary, out is the head of the military and political of a party, the governor, the general soldier must obey the governor's orders, that is to say, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan and Huguang five provinces of the military, political and civil affairs, the governor can interfere, very momentary, the governor can directly appoint and dismiss the four grades of officials below, when the military situation is urgent, the governor can even order the governor to temporarily suspend office.

According to the usual practice, the governors of the five provinces are generally set up in Kaifeng, Henan or Taiyuan, Shanxi, which is also because the rogues often raid these two places, according to the etiquette of everyone, the governor's palace should be set up in Shaanxi, but unfortunately the governor is also a human being, and will not put himself in a particularly dangerous place.

Governor of the five provinces, although this position is enviable, can be called the first important task of Wen Shuai, but the governor has always been not very good, this is also normal, the governor's power is very large, the responsibility is also very heavy, shouldering a direct mission, the governor set up by the Ming Dynasty, most of them have specific responsibilities, either to exterminate the Liukou, or to fight against the Golden Tartars, but these two tasks are not so easy to complete, one is not careful, if it is not done well, the ending cannot be very good.

To say that Lu Shanji's luck is still good, although it is said that he has not been able to achieve good results in the eradication of Liukou, he has also entered the imperial court and has become the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, as for Sun Chengzong, needless to say, he is now classified as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Su Tiancheng understands that all this is because he has crossed over, according to the course of previous history, it is impossible for an official in this position to have such a good ending.

Su Tiancheng's office location has not been fixed, in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Huguang. There are basically no rogues, if you talk about these places, it is completely unnecessary, besides, with the Jiangning battalion, he is not ready to mobilize the rest of the guard army. These sergeants don't have much combat effectiveness, and if they really encircle and suppress the rogues, it may be counterproductive.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng, the governor of the five provinces, is actually not worthy of the name.

After the emperor's decree came down, Su Tiancheng immediately made arrangements and directly gave Hong Chengchou an order to assemble the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, except for the 10,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who stayed in Anningbao and Jingbian City. The remaining more than 60,000 soldiers were all mobilized, detoured to Huguang, and stood by in the area of Shizhouwei, and then ordered 3,000 people from the pro-military battalion to be marched to the capital.

Hong Chengchou served as the commander of the Jiangning battalion, but he did not come to the capital, and the emperor's will went directly to Shaanxi. This is also because the Jiangning camp is about to be opened, and Hong Chengchou came to the capital. There is no need to delay time.

In the process of assembling and setting off, there were also troubles, mainly because Sun Yuankun put forward his opinions, unwilling to stay in Shaanxi, thinking of following the Jiangning battalion to exterminate the Liukou. Fortunately, before Su Tiancheng set off to the capital, he left a letter, saying that before the Jiangning camp assembled and set off, he handed the letter to Sun Yuankun. After Sun Yuankun read the letter, he was still a little depressed. But he finally agreed to stay.

When Su Tiancheng gave Hong Chengchou an order, he wrote a letter, mainly to tell Hong Chengchou that in the area of Shizhouwei in Huguang, the mountains are sparsely populated and the terrain is complex, so you should be especially careful along the way.

When the three thousand soldiers arrived in the capital, it was when Su Tiancheng set off.

The safety of him, the governor of the five provinces, is very important, which is related to the imperial court's plan to exterminate the Liukou, but more important is the safety of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, which must not have an accident.

When he set off, Su Tiancheng wrote a letter to the governor of Huguang, telling them that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and himself passed through Huguang, and did not want to interfere with the local government, so there was no need to do anything to welcome the send, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and himself were in need, they would summon relevant officials. Such a greeting must be said in advance, otherwise many ministers will definitely greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ceremoniously, the future emperor, who doesn't want to be able to please.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, after ten days of travel, Su Tiancheng and his entourage finally arrived at Shizhouwei.

The reason why I walked for so many days was mainly because I took the crown prince Zhu Cihong.

Premier Zhu Cihong's extermination of the Liukou is not such a simple matter, the prince travels, there are still the necessary factions, there are five hundred Jinyi guards personal guards, the commander of the Jinyi Guards is responsible for the command of the Jinyi Guards Tongzhi Yao Yong, and the Ministry of Rites Lang Fang Fengnian and Zhan Shi Yao Minggong are accompanied, and the main task of the two is to make the prince not be able to abandon his studies.

Of course, the main security guard is still in charge of the Jiangning battalion's own soldiers.

The origin of Jinyiwei is not small, especially the Jinyiwei who followed the prince's side, but these Jinyiwei, in front of Su Tiancheng and Jiangningying's personal soldiers, seem to be very regular, and they dare not show off at all, first, they know that Su Tiancheng is only twenty-five years old, he is the governor of the five provinces, and he can persuade the emperor and the queen to fight with the prince, this is not simple, secondly, the prestige of the Jiangning camp, Jinyiwei is very clear, it can be said that although Jinyiwei thinks that his kung fu is very good, he has the courage of ten thousand people, but in front of Jiangning Ying, They did not dare to say such things.

After leaving the capital, Su Tiancheng didn't pay so much attention to it.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong was originally in a carriage, but after leaving the capital, Su Tiancheng proposed that the prince ride a horse, ten-year-old Zhu Cihong was very happy, and followed Su Tiancheng on horseback every day, Fang Fengnian and Yao Minggong would never object, before leaving the capital, they also accepted a special entrustment, and all matters were subject to Su Tiancheng's arrangement.

Su Tiancheng was not in a hurry to educate Zhu Cihong, and explained to Zhu Cihong what he saw along the way.

Ten-year-old children, the nature is naturally revealed, seeing some low houses on the side of the official road, including the lofty mountains, Zhu Cihong is very curious, and when he sees some people in tattered clothes and kneeling on both sides of the official road, his eyes also reveal sympathy.

Su Tiancheng was satisfied with Zhu Cihong's overall performance, but fortunately, Zhu Cihong did not learn the cunning and capriciousness in the harem, and his nature was still good.

Jiang Ning battalion's order forbidden, gave Zhu Cihong a great shock, Su Tiancheng ordered, along the road not to harass the people, it is the spring ploughing season, along the road can see a lot of crops, sometimes, the army would rather detour, than harass the people busy in the field, when Zhu Cihong asked, Su Tiancheng told him that the people are precious, involving the second son, the king is light.

This kind of education is a hundred times stronger than the knowledge that Zhu Cihong obtained from studying in the deep palace.

Shi Zhouwei.

The Jiangning camp was set up in camp.

The surrounding security was very strict, Hong Chengchou and the supervisor Qin Sande both knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had followed.

After entering the Zhongjun tent and everyone saluted, the crown prince Zhu Cihong and Su Tiancheng sat down on the left and right.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has begun to deploy military affairs."

"Lord Su, please, I am here to learn, please make a decision on everything."

Zhu Cihong's calmness was beyond everyone's expectations, and it was very good for a ten-year-old child to be able to perform like this.

"Commander Hong, report on the situation of the Jiangning battalion."

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, my lord, the Jiangning battalion set off from Shaanxi, lasted seven days, and arrived at Shizhouwei, and the soldiers who arrived this time, a total of 62,000 people, are now waiting for the day with a pillow and obeying the arrangements of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and your lord."

"Father-in-law Qin, can you add anything?"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, my lord, the slave maid has nothing to add, the slave maid thinks that the Jiangning camp is extremely brave, and it will definitely be able to wipe out the Liukou ......"

Qin Sande's habitual praise was probably due to Zhu Cihong's presence, Su Tiancheng had no expression on his face, according to the previous rules, he would have interrupted such a speech a long time ago, speaking in the army, concise and clear, and the words of praise were not necessary.

After Qin Sande finished speaking, Su Tiancheng felt that he had to remind him, even if he offended Qin Sande, after all, Zhu Cihong had to receive a positive education.

"Father-in-law Qin, the war is imminent, father-in-law and Commander Hong lead the Jiangning battalion and shoulder heavy responsibilities, in the future, when I wait for the discussion in the Chinese military account, try to be as concise as possible, my father-in-law has just arrived in the Jiangning camp, and some things in the Jiangning camp are not very clear, this official is here to remind me, and I hope that my father-in-law will not mind."

Qin Sande nodded again and again, with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prime Minister to exterminate the Liukou, this is the greatest encouragement to us, this official has decided, this time to exterminate the Liukou, mainly to the Jiangning battalion, if it is not a last resort, will not dispatch the troops of the guards, so you must be mentally prepared, this time to exterminate the Liukou, the task is arduous, the official still has to remind you, the Jiangning Battalion has fought with the Liukou many times, and has achieved a major victory, you may despise the Liukou, feel that the Jiangning Battalion after a large-scale expedition, will be able to completely exterminate the Liukou, capture Li Zicheng alive, But this official should be highly respected, this time and that time, Shibei three days should be impressed, the rogue has changed a lot, if you look at it with old eyes, you may encounter failure. ”

"The terrain of Sichuan is complex, the mountains are sparsely populated, most of the rogues are concentrated in Kuizhou Mansion, Baoning Mansion, Long'an Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture, and some of them have entered Chongqing Prefecture, these places, the terrain is different from the south, Shaanxi and even Henan and Shanxi, which increases the difficulty of our extermination, at the same time, the rogues are strictly disciplined and never harass the people, so they are supported by some people, and there are many hiding places in critical moments."

"Jiangning camp arrived in Sichuan, the place is not familiar, we must pay special attention, Sichuan pacification department, town department is a lot, some local people, many of them are ethnic minorities, and our living customs are different, after entering Sichuan, we must respect the local customs, must not violate local customs, violators will be dealt with in violation of military orders."

"That's what the official needs to order, after you go back, get ready, and the army will march out and enter Sichuan the day after tomorrow."

"Commander Hong and Gonggong Qin, please stay, and the rest will go to prepare." (To be continued......)