After Cao Wenzhao returned to the camp, he immediately sent someone to report to the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, what had happened here. For the sake of insurance, he ordered Yang Jiamo to be informed that the 10,000 soldiers and horses who had stayed in their camp would come closer. Unexpectedly, Wu Fa, the staff general who stayed behind, adopted a strategy that he thought was safer, took the people out of the camp, ran all the way, escaped fifty miles to Yaodian Town, and stopped, if it wasn't for Hong Chengchou sitting in Yanchang Mansion, maybe he would have fled back to Yan'an Mansion.

Receiving the information sent by Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou watched it repeatedly and did not figure out what was going on. Although Yang Jiamo led his troops to attack Yanchang County a little recklessly, there was no big mistake, after all, Cao Wenzhao was camped not far from him, and Cao Wenzhao could meet him as long as he held on to the attack, but now Cao Wenzhao reported that Yang Jiamo was gone, and the 30,000 officers and soldiers with him left thousands of corpses, and the rest were gone, neither reporting how thousands of people died, nor saying where the more than 20,000 people went. Could it be that Zhang Chuzhen would kill all these people overnight with some evil magic. It's also horrible.

Hong Chengchou immediately ordered Cao Wenzhao to be stationed on the spot, not to rush to attack first, and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive before starting the battle. The prolonged operation of the offensive had begun, and it was impossible not to achieve any results, and it would have become a big joke to cancel the operation after losing 30,000 men.

Among the soldiers and horses of all walks of life, Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Shaanxi, moved the most slowly, he was not a deliberate delay, nor was there no one, he had no money, and he scraped together to give the soldiers some food and salary, and the soldiers drove all the way to Yan'an Mansion, and then the news of Yang Jiamo's defeat also came.

Wang Chengen was shocked when he heard this, when did the power of the security army become so strong. Although Wang Chengen has been in Shaanxi for many years, he has never felt how strong the security army is, the biggest reputation of the security army outside is that he does not talk about morality, guarding his own territory, who wants to clean up on him, whether it is an official army or a thief, as long as he crosses the line, he will fight, in recent years, the officials and soldiers themselves have no food to eat, how can they find the bad luck of the security army, so the two sides are safe, and the most ruthless one in the middle is now the time when the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou led his troops to attack the security army.

This time the troops ate 30,000 officers and soldiers at once, I really don't know how they did it. I don't know, I can't do it, this is not the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou, Lord Hong ordered Wang Chengen to go over for questioning, and he must ask about the situation of this thief known as the "security army", how is this good.

Although this Lord Hong was born as a Jinshi and was a genuine scholar, he acted ruthlessly and used tough methods, and his officials were stunned when they saw him.

Hong Chengchou met Wu Chengen in the lobby, and only after some greetings did he get to the point, after all, only this Chief Wu soldier still has a large number of people in his hands. "Lord Wu can deal with this thief who calls himself the 'Security Army'?" Hong Chengchou asked about the situation of the security forces.

"This thief has been entrenched for some time, the former trilateral governor Yang He has appeased him, and the court has also granted the thief the first Chu garrison, and he has also led troops to serve the court, and it is said that after the defeat of the Beijing Division, the golden cavalry. Some time ago, wandering on the grassland outside the border wall, somehow attacked the officers and soldiers again. "Wang Chengen tried to say as much as possible about the security army, so as not to let Hong Chengchou think that he knew nothing, and at the same time clear of responsibility, although this thief has been there for a long time, but he has been recruited by Yang He, and he has also contributed to the court, and he has not made trouble here recently, so what are you doing with him.

"I know all this, let's talk about the strength of the thief." Hong Chengchou said in his heart that I know these things better than you, and I have been repaired by him, but this can't be said. Hong Chengchou only wanted to know why the security army had suddenly become so powerful. In the past few days, sporadic news has come back that Yang Jiamo's men and horses are sure to have been ambushed by the security forces, and most of them have been taken prisoner.

"This gang of thieves rarely coerces the homeless, the number is not very large, and unlike other thieves, they rarely wander, and all the troops are scattered and stationed everywhere, so the number of troops that can be gathered will not exceed 10,000." Wang Chengen analyzed according to the routine.

"No more than 10,000 people, so why don't Yang Jiamo's 30,000 horses?" Hong Chengchou finally broke out, and couldn't help but say loudly.

"I don't know about this subordinate official." Wang Chengen also heard the news that Yang Jiamo was eliminated, but he really didn't understand that the 30,000 army was wiped out by the thieves overnight.

"How are your soldiers doing, and are they able to fight?" Hong Chengchou didn't expect to be able to ask a reason from Wang Chengen, so he suppressed his anger and asked about the situation of the Shaanxi soldiers.

"Due to the lack of food and salary, the morale of the army is very unstable." Wang Chengen thought to himself, you don't want us to die at this time.

"What does Lord Wang think should be done to exterminate this gang of thieves?" Hong Chengchou was unwilling, how could the current official army be so corrupted.

"Now that our army has trapped the thieves in Yanchang so that they cannot escape, I implore the court to send additional troops and horses to surround and annihilate the thieves in one fell swoop." Wang Chengen's words are very good, and the meaning is also very clear, thieves will not run, increase troops and then go to encircle and suppress, let me do this work by myself, I can't do it.

Hong Chengchou saw that he couldn't hear any useful advice from him, so he waved his hand and let Wang Chengen go down. Hong Chengchou felt distraught, and when he returned to the back hall, his master Zhang Shaotang was waiting there, and when he saw Hong Chengchou's face was not good, he knew that he was still worried about the affairs of the thieves. poured a cup of tea and brought it to Hong Chengchou and said at the same time: "Isn't the condition of Shaanxi's soldiers and horses very good?" ”

"At the beginning, we shouldn't have counted on the two people of Shaanxi and Gansu, they went north to Qinwang, and they were owed food and wages, and it was good that they did not mutiny like the soldiers and horses in Shanxi. It's just that this security army is really incomprehensible, the combat method is different from other thieves, the firearms used are very powerful, and the strength is far beyond our estimates, Yang Jiamo's tens of thousands of people were wiped out overnight, which is too unbelievable. Without outsiders, Hong Chengchou said more of his true thoughts.

Hong Chengchou's master Zhang Shaotang is over 40 years old this year, and he was admitted to the examination when he was young, but after that, he tried many times, so he had to join Hong Chengchou's account as a staff member, resourceful, gave Hong Chengchou a lot of help, and won Hong Chengchou's trust. But today he also felt that things were a little tricky. After thinking for a while, he said: "Don't worry about this matter, the top priority is to stabilize the situation first, you can order Wang Chengen to lead troops to make peace with Cao Wenzhao, hold on to dangerous places, and do not attack rashly when the enemy situation is unknown. The reason why Yang Jiamo failed should be that he was greedy for merit and was ambushed by the thieves, if he fought steadily, the thieves would definitely not be the opponent of the army. Now it is important to find out the reality of the enemy, to find out their weaknesses, and then raise a large army and destroy them in one fell swoop. ”

"What Mr. said makes sense, I will order Wang Chengen and Cao Wenzhao to join forces, and transfer the remnants of Yang Jiamo to defend according to the danger, and then talk about the thief's way. But this group of enemies is very cunning, and the scouts I sent either did not return, or could not see anything useful. It's hard to find a thief's weakness. ”

Hong Chengchou felt that he still knew too little about the security army.

"I'll take a trip to Yanchang County to take a look at the situation of the security army on the spot, and maybe I can find something." Seeing that Hong Chengchou had nothing to do and was at a loss, Zhang Shaotang decided to take the risk of examining this security army that was different from other thieves and help Hong Chengchou solve this problem.

"No, no, it's too dangerous." Hong Chengchou hurriedly stopped Zhang Shaotang. (To be continued.) )