Hong Chengchou is in the Tongguan area of Shaanxi.

In order to solve the situation of different powers and mutual wait-and-see among the people who had been exterminated by the Liukou, Chen Qiyu was appointed as the right attendant of the military department and the military affairs of the five provinces, in order to achieve the purpose of concentrating troops and comprehensively encircling and suppressing them.

Because of Chen Qiyu's failure to exterminate the Liukou, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was given the title of Prince Taibao and the Secretary of the Military Department, commanding the military affairs of the five provinces, and continued to start the matter of exterminating the Liukou.

At this time, Hong Chengchou had become the main military commander of the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou.

The governors of the provinces are just the rank of the third grade, but Hong Chengchou is the rank of the second grade, and he can completely dispatch the guards of the five provinces, and he does not have to be like Chen Qiyu, who needs to coordinate with the governors of the provinces.

As early as the third year of Chongzhen, the governor of the three sides, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, exterminated the Liukou, and advocated the suppression of both the Liukou and the Fu, and the Fu-oriented, Hong Chengchou, who was still the governor of Yansui, was sensitively aware that the rogues were not dead, did not pay attention to faith, and would not surrender sincerely at all, so in the process of exterminating the Liukou, he started to kill, even the Liukou who had surrendered, did not let go, and the Liukou he killed at that time were as many as tens of thousands.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, as the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, formulated the policy of all-out clean-up and suppression, first suppression and then pacification, in Qingyang, Henan, commanded the imperial army, launched a fierce battle with the Liukou, and killed the leader of the Liukou, Du San, Yang Laochai, etc., and achieved a major victory, and the battle was called the great victory of Western Australia by the imperial court.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the war to exterminate the Liukou was once unfavorable, and the Liukou were accustomed to mobile combat, and the Ming army had to divide the troops to guard. Exhausted by the pursuit and suppression, the battle line was stretched too long, so that he was exhausted and did not achieve effective results, in this case, Hong Chengchou changed his strategy. The Liukou were surrounded by heavy troops in the center of their activities, and they carried out key attacks in order to cope with all changes without change, resulting in the Liukou being defeated in Henan and Shanxi one after another, suffering heavy losses, and having to move into the mountainous areas.

Based on Hong Chengchou's achievements, the imperial court appointed him as the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, and was fully responsible for the extermination of the Liukou.

Hong Chengchou is a little conceited, probably because of these years of conquest. has made some achievements, was awarded the crown prince Taibao by the imperial court, and after hanging the title of secretary of the military department, this conceit is more clearly reflected, he has been exterminating the rogue for a long time, and he has a lot of experience, when fighting. Most of them follow their own decisions and generally do not listen to the opinions of others. Even if the military department comes down to write an edict, he will still be the actual situation and strive for it.

It should be said that such a character is beneficial when commanding operations. It is impossible to command thousands of troops, especially in the face of extremely mobile rogues, and the fighters are fleeting.

He had heard of the Jiangning Battalion, and he also knew that the Jiangning Battalion had fought several big victories, but for the results achieved. There are still some suspicions, anyway, civil and military officials at all levels falsely report their military exploits, receive more rewards, and hope to be promoted, and there are many things, even if they are some of their subordinates, they will occasionally falsely report their military exploits.

Several times, he thought that he would return Jiangning's revenue to his command, and with such a strong team, he would be able to achieve better results, but such a suggestion was not supported by the emperor and the imperial court.

He has no impression of Su Tiancheng, and he has never seen this person who will take the examination and the palace examination.

Su Tiancheng is too young, pushing himself and others, Hong Chengchou thinks that this Su Tiancheng may be lucky, or there is an excellent staff behind him, so he has made these meritorious achievements, where does the young man in the year of the weak crown have such great ability.

After the military affairs of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou temporarily forgot about the Jiangning battalion, and he had more than 70,000 imperial army in his hands, which was a great force, relying on these 70,000 people, he would definitely be able to completely exterminate the Liukou.

Of course, there is one thing, Hong Chengchou still admits, that is, Jiangning County handed over a large amount of gold and silver to the imperial court, and the imperial court can barely guarantee the expenses required to suppress bandits, because the military salary has been basically implemented, since the fifth year of Chongzhen, there have rarely been sergeant mutinies in various guards, which is Su Tiancheng's greatest credit.

Therefore, in Hong Chengchou's eyes, Su Tiancheng is a good hand at financial management, after all, he was born in a family of businessmen, and he may have received this aspect of cultivation since he was a child.

When the Liukou held a conference in Xingyang, Henan, Hong Chengchou knew about it, and led the main force out of Tongguan in the west, ready to do his best to exterminate the Liukou. Unexpectedly, after the Liukou held a meeting in Xingyang, they began to divide their troops to fight.

When Hong Chengchou hurried to Henan, Liukou had already left Henan, part of the troops entered Nanzhili, part of the troops returned to Shaanxi, and part of the troops entered Shanxi.

Hong Chengchou turned his head to deal with the Liukou who entered Shaanxi, he believed that the elite main force of the Liukou would definitely return to Shaanxi, which was the birthplace of the Liukou after all, and as for the other two Liukou, they were just trying to distract the attention of the officials and soldiers.

A few days later, Hong Chengchou found out that something was wrong, and he followed him to Shaanxi, and the information that came said that Liukou had entered Huguang.

In the rush of going around in circles, Hong Chengchou became more and more uneasy in his heart.

The emperor trusts him so much, after he takes office, he must fight a big victory in the shortest possible time, so that he can also show that he is capable.

It's a pity that I haven't had a chance, and I can't catch the main force of the rogues.

It was at this time that he received an urgent letter from the Ministry of War.

Gao Yingxiang and other leaders of the Liukou led 200,000 people, and after entering Nanzhili, they entered Fengyang Mansion in the east and directly attacked Fengyang, the central capital.

After receiving this information, Hong Chengchou trembled, this move of the Liukou was something he never imagined, since the rebellion of the Liukou, basically he has not entered the southern area, especially Zijinliang led more than 10,000 Liukou, entered Nanzhili, thinking of reaping some benefits, was surrounded and suppressed by the Jiangning battalion, and after the whole army was annihilated, the Liukou did not set foot in the Nanzhili area.

Unexpectedly, after the Liukou held a meeting in Xingyang, 200,000 people actually entered Fengyang Mansion.

What is Fengyang Mansion, of course Hong Chengchou knows, there is the land of Longxing, the imperial city, the imperial tomb, Longxing Temple, all these are symbols of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that Fengyang, the central capital, to a certain extent, is the spiritual pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, he has just taken office, and the Liukou is bold and reckless, directly attacking Fengyang, the central capital, and he, the supreme military commander responsible for exterminating the Liukou, has not been slapped in the face.

The army is at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan, day and night, and it will take about ten days to reach Fengyang, thinking about rescuing Fengyang, it is impossible, and the military department has written an edict, and it will take at least two days on the road.

Hong Chengchou has been commanding operations for many years, and he is very sensitive to time, and the imperial court gets the news that the central capital Fengyang is attacked, it will take at least two days or so, and the news sent from Fengyang will arrive in Beijing in two days at the earliest, and then the military department will send an urgent edict from Beijing, and it will take two days.

Hong Chengchou was angry, and he was even more worried.

He thinks that this is the dismount that the rogue gave him, and it is the most vicious dismount.

So far, being annoyed and angry doesn't have much effect, you still have to think about the next countermeasure, if something like this happens, the emperor must be exposed, and you can only speak with the results.

The commander-in-chief, He Renlong and Zuo Guang, entered the Zhongjun tent first.

These are Hong Chengchou's most trusted and valued two general soldiers, both of them are able to fight, and they are both desperate San Lang roles, He Renlong is known as He Maniac, and he is the general of the Ming army who is feared by Liukou.

"General He, General Zuo, this is the edict of the Ministry of War, take a look."

He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian were stunned, because they were respected and trusted by Hong Chengchou, when the two met, Hong Chengchou was smiling, he had never been so serious, and the scene was not so depressing.

The two of them don't know what big things are going on in Ludao, they don't read much, and if they read the imperial court's edicts, it will be a little difficult.

Seeing the dazed appearance of the two, Hong Chengchou sighed, took the edict himself, and read it out.

He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian's bodies also began to tremble.

As soon as Hong Chengchou finished reading, He Renlong spoke.

"Dashuai, the rogues are so frustrated, they dare to attack Fengyang, the capital of China, and the last general asks to lead a team of sergeants to the rescue, and they must exterminate the rampant rogues."

Zuo Guangxian calmed down a little, looked at Hong Chengchou, and did not speak.

"General He, do things and use your brains, the edict of the Ministry of War said that the Liukou attacked Fengyang, it is estimated that it will be from September 14th to 15th, and today is already the 17th, from here to Fengyang, the central capital, you can fly over, even if you fly over, will Liukou wait for you."

He Renlong scratched his scalp, lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Dashuai, Liukou's move is a demonstration, 200,000 Liukou, attacking Fengyang, the emperor and the court must be angry, maybe they will blame Dashuai, and the general will think that Dashuai still has to be prepared."

Hong Chengchou nodded, Zuo Guangxian's prediction was very reasonable.

"I'm looking for you, I want to tell you that the Liukou is so crazy that it has slapped us in the face, and we can't show mercy to our subordinates, I thought about it, or wave the army into Shaanxi, where is the Laokou's lair, no matter what, the Liukou will not give up Shaanxi, we have to work hard to completely exterminate the Liukou in Shaanxi."

When He Renlong was about to hug his fist, he saw that Zuo Guangxian did not move, and he hesitated not to clasp his fist and salute.

"Marshal, the last general thinks that it is better to wait a few days, the military department already has an edict, the last general thinks, it will not take long, the imperial court must have a holy decree, if the Liukou really captured the central capital Fengyang, and made a big rebellious move, the imperial court must have a new will, and it will not be too late to act." (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )