The generals looked at Hong Chengchou with some pity, how difficult it is for such a big official to become a big official, this will be gone in a blink of an eye. But soon it occurred to them that their heads were going to be gone, and they still had time to worry about others.

"You are all good, when the vassal king of Taiyuan was in trouble, he bravely followed the governor back to Taiyuan to ask for help. However, some generals fled with their teams in fear of the enemy, thinking that these people had taken refuge in the thieves, and it was also to blame that the royal army had no way to produce so many disloyal and unrighteous generals. I'll write to the emperor to ask for guilt. At this time, Hong Chengchou showed a sad expression.

Hong Chengchou's words completely blinded the generals. You look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what Governor Hong means.

At this time, Hong Chengchou continued: "I received an urgent letter from Taiyuan asking for help, a large group of thieves surrounded Taiyuan City, and they are bombarding Taiyuan City with artillery, and Taiyuan City is in danger. Therefore, I decided to immediately stop the encirclement and suppression of the thieves, and lead you back to Taiyuan, as for those generals and soldiers who dare not come back to join the thieves, they will definitely be punished by the court. ”

At this time, the generals understood that Taiyuan was in trouble and needed to go back to rescue, and they and Governor Hong withdrew not because of defeat, but to rescue the vassal king in Taiyuan City.

As for those lost men and horses, they did not dare to return to Taiyuan because of cowardice, and it can even be said that they were lost when they fought with thieves when they returned to Taiyuan. Since they took the initiative to return to the army, then the official army was not defeated, and the generals had no responsibility. Lord Hong is even more loyal to the country and deserves to be rewarded. This statement is high, but it is really high. If he dares to mention the defeat at this time, then he is sincerely the enemy of all the generals, and everyone will definitely not let him go. The generals couldn't help but look at Hong Chengchou with admiring eyes.

After unifying his thoughts, Hong Chengchou ordered the camp to be pulled out and went straight to Taiyuan to help.

In the past few days, the security forces have been using cavalry to harass the officers and troops, but seeing that more and more officers and troops have gathered, they have not taken the liberty of attacking, and only look for opportunities to eliminate some stragglers on the periphery. Seeing that the brigade of the official army pulled out of the camp and left, they chased after it for a while and saw that there was no chance, so they rushed and killed for a while, and returned to Yuncheng.

Hong Chengchou saw that the security army was no longer chasing, and his hanging heart finally let go. He didn't dare to slack off, and led the remaining officers and troops to the outside of Taiyuan City a few days later.

I saw that the gate of Taiyuan City was closed, but there was no shadow of a thief outside the city.

It turned out that after Yang Biao led the security army to bombard the city wall of Taiyuan City with cannons outside the city, he gradually reduced the number of cannons fired. In the end, it was completely stopped, and he secretly sent someone to pull the cannon back to Zhongyang. The officers and soldiers sensed this change and judged it based on their experience. The thief's artillery must have been damaged by firing too much, but now all the thieves' artillery should have been broken, and there was no danger on the city wall. But they still didn't dare to go out of the city to fight the security forces, because the first battle was too impressive for them.

No matter what movement is outside the city of Taiyuan, the defenders of Taiyuan are tigers who do not come out of their holes and hide in the city. Anyway, he has written to the governor of the three sides, Lord Hong Chengchou, for help, and the thieves will retreat on their own in a few days.

Things are really just as the officials and soldiers thought, and the security army's troops outside Taiyuan City are gradually decreasing. In the end, even the camp was demolished, and the thieves outside the city did not know where to go.

The commander used a lot of money to recruit some dead soldiers to inquire about the situation outside the city, but they were killed and wounded by the cavalry of the security army who suddenly appeared.

So that the soldiers in the city said that they would not dare to leave the city.

On this day, the soldiers guarding the Taiyuan city wall saw the dust on the avenue, which should have been the scene of tens of thousands of horses hurrying away.

The guards almost peed their pants in fright. The thieves retreated, and it turned out that they had called for reinforcements. Tens of thousands of people came over at this time, and it is unknown whether Taiyuan City can hold it.

The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to report to Yang Guohua, the commander of the capital. Yang Guohua hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, is there any good way for this thief to go and return.

The army outside the city gradually approached the city wall of Taiyuan. From a distance, it seemed that it was still under the banner of the official army, and a group of men and horses wearing official and military uniforms walked towards the city gate.

Yang Guohua stopped the soldiers' urge to fire their guns and arrows. Even if the thieves come to deceive the city gates, they must wait for them to get close and destroy them in one fell swoop, and they cannot be allowed to escape.

When the people arrived at the city, they shouted loudly: "We are the troops of the governors of the three sides returning to Taiyuan City, please open the city gate and let us in." ”

"How do you prove that you are Lord Hong's team?" Yang Guohua was very uneasy and asked loudly.

"Lord Yang, do you think the old man can prove it?" Someone in the city shouted.

Yang Guohua followed the prestige, but saw Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, riding a horse to the city. The governors of the three sides looked very haggard. Neither waved the governor's banner, nor did he bring the full governor's guard of honor, Yang Guohua was very moved. Lord Hong must have come in a hurry to rescue the siege of Taiyuan, threw all the bulky things behind, and then rushed back in the starry night.

"Kaesong! Kaesong now! "This Governor Hong is the savior of Taiyuan City, we must let him enter the city to defend, so that Taiyuan City will have no worries.

The gate of Taiyuan City was opened, and Hong Chengchou entered Taiyuan City with Cao Wenzhao. Although this Cao Wenzhao escaped while fighting the security army. But it was Cao Wenzhao who saved himself at a critical moment. This battle with the thieves also required Cao Wen's cavalry to serve, so Hong Chengchou kept Cao Wenzhao as a cronie and kept it by his side at all times. It can also save life at critical moments. Cao Wenzhao didn't think so, he just wanted to obey Hong Chengchou's orders, and he would do whatever Hong Chengchou ordered.

"Lord Hong has worked hard all the way." Yang Guohua hurriedly ran over to greet him.

"How's the thief?" Hong Chengchou made a concerned look and asked about the thief's situation. In fact, when he approached Taiyuan City, he had already sent people to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, and he didn't want to run to Taiyuan with great difficulty, and he would be attacked by enemies like the security army.

"The thieves bombarded the city wall with cannons a few days ago, but then there was no movement, and when they saw the arrival of the army led by the lord, they were already frightened and did not know where to run. Please also ask the lord to lead troops into the city to repair, and then send troops to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop. Yang Guohua reported.

"You don't have to go into town. I repaired outside the city and then I started to hunt down the thieves. The food and salary in the army also asked Lord Yang to think of more ways. Hong Chengchou knew that he had to be stationed outside the city, and he couldn't let people see that his team was less than half without a war. Only a few battles with the thieves can hide the men and horses that were lost earlier.

"In this case, please go to the city to rest first." Yang Guohua secretly complained in his heart, so he had to connect Hong Chengchou into the city first.

A few days later, Hong Chengchou learned that the security army had completely withdrawn, and Yang Guohua also looted the rich merchants and magnates in the city. The governor's money was not so easy to intercept, Yang Guohua only shed a small part and put it in his own pocket, and most of the rest was handed over to Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou took the money and immediately had his spirits, and led the officials and troops outside the city to carry out a huge anti-bandit operation.

After tossing outside the city of Taiyuan, Hong Chengchou pointed his troops at other rebel troops in Shanxi. (To be continued.) )