Just as the two were talking, the room had quieted down, and then the door was pushed open from the inside, Liu Donkey saw that the house was already full of corpses, and a few minutes ago he was still intriguing with himself, and several leaders who were fighting with themselves were already lying on the ground, and everyone was at least stabbed seven or eight times, especially He Wenhu, who was the most arrogant on weekdays, was cut like a blood gourd, and if it weren't for the clothes on his body, he wouldn't have recognized it at all.

"It's all done!" Du Guoying whispered.

"Well, cut off all the heads, and the corpse was swept away by two beds, and thrown into the backyard!"

"Yes!"

Looking at all this, Liu Donkey'er's body trembled violently like a leaf in the autumn wind, and suddenly fell to the ground, and kept kowtowing: "President Liu Qian, Lord Liu, General Liu, please spare the villain's life!" ”

"Leader Liu, why are you doing this?" Liu Cheng pulled Liu Donkey up from the ground and patted the dust on his body: "If I want to kill you, why should I pull you out of the house?" What's the difference between having more of you and less of you in the house? “

Liu Donkey thought about it, but she was still uneasy in her heart: "Then why did you kill them?" "Hey, I really don't know how to be good!" Liu Cheng sighed: "Aren't I doing all these things for you?" Think about it, which of your companions is a fuel-efficient lamp, and if you don't kill them here, they will obey you? With them, are you in this position? “

"So, then why did you choose me?"

"Then I can only say that you and I are in love!" Liu Cheng laughed, in fact, the reason why he chose Liu Donkey was very simple - he wanted to choose the stupidest, most incompetent, and easiest person to control, only in this way could he ensure that he could control the other party and not have to worry about the other party's backlash, of course, this reason could not be taken out.

"Affinity?" Liu Donkey looked at the corpses that were carried out, these people were still alive a few minutes ago, arguing with him and scolding and drinking people, but now they have become breathless, bloody pieces of meat, and the reason why he was not carried out like them was because of his fate, and his body shook violently like chaff.

"Liu Donkey." Liu Cheng seemed to see the psychology of the other party, he gently patted Liu Donkey's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Don't think too much, not only will I not kill you, but I will also let you be a wife and a son, rich and rich, as long as you are obedient!" ”

"My lord, I will be obedient!" Liu Donkey replied reflexively: "Don't worry, if you say a word, I will move, and I will never make you embarrassed." “

"That's good!" Liu Cheng patted Liu Donkey's shoulder with satisfaction: "Now tell me how many people you have and where you are." “

The Ming army was marching, Yang He sat in the signing room, holding a document in his hand and reading it carefully, his face was happy and sad, unpredictable. Suddenly, he stood up, sighed, and said, "Since ancient times, there have never been powerful ministers, and generals can make meritorious contributions to outsiders!" King Wu Mu is loyal and brave, and disaster is inevitable, but Yang Mou? “

Yang He was sighing, and a voice came from outside: "General Du has arrived!" Yang He's face showed a hint of joy when he heard this: "Please, please!" “

With the sound of the news, a general in armor entered the house, judging from the gray hair exposed under his helmet, he was not young, but his back was still straight, and his bronzed face was blown by the cold wind of Shuobei, and his face was full of firmness and peace that only people who had experienced countless hardships and pains could have, this person was Du Wenhuan, the chief soldier of Yansui Town, who was the commander of the Shaanxi army at that time, and the first military general in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

"Martial arts, come on." Yang He's attitude towards the visitor was very enthusiastic, and he pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Sit down and talk, sit down and talk!" “

"Don't dare!" Du Wenhuan solemnly bowed, sat on half of his buttocks on the chair, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the Governor summons the last future, I don't know what to discuss?" ”

"There are two things, one happy and one worried!" Yang He sighed, handed the letter to Du Wenhuan, and sighed: "This is the imperial court's newspaper, it arrived yesterday, you can also take a look!" ”

Du Wenhuan took the newspaper, opened it and looked at it, his two thick eyebrows immediately wrinkled, and after a while, he handed the newspaper back to Yang He, and said: "Impeachment of ministers is also a common thing, and the Son of Heaven Shengming will definitely be able to understand the hardships of the superintendent." “

"I hope so!" Yang He smiled bitterly twice: "I sold salt to raise military funds, and the officials impeached me for competing with the people for profit to enrich myself, everyone knows who is behind it, but what can I do?" The Son of Heaven left it in the middle and didn't send it, but he didn't reprimand the official who said the excerpt? I didn't say whether I was right or wrong to do this. This is obviously waiting to see if I can calm down the chaos in Shaanxi. If it is done, it will naturally be a write-off, if it is not successful, I am afraid that the new accounts and old accounts will be counted together, and I am afraid that I, Yang He, will end up beheading Dongshi. “

"Your Excellency!" Looking at Yang He in front of him, Du Wenhuan wanted to say something to comfort the other party, but he didn't know what to say for a while, and in the end, he held back a sentence from between his teeth: "Please rest assured, Du will definitely wipe out the Shaanxi thieves this time, and there will be no one left." “

Looking at Du Wenhuan's resolute and simple face, Yang He didn't know what to say for a while, although the general in front of him was joined by Yin Xu (through the shadow of his ancestors), he had served as a guerrilla general, a staff general, a deputy general soldier, and a general soldier

After decades of hard fighting, it can be described as hard work. After he served as the governor of the three sides, due to the five general soldiers leading the troops and the king, after the chaos, he had to appoint him to Yansui general army, and the governor of the original army (the station of the trilateral governor), this time the Shen Yiyuan and Shen Yikui brothers were in turmoil, Du Wenhuan's hometown was also affected, and his family was scattered, but Du Wenhuan has been fighting hard under Yang He's command, and in a sense, the political fate of the two has been closely linked.

"Tao Wu, you and I are not young anymore, this battle is for the Son of Heaven, for the Ming Dynasty, and for ourselves, we must cleanly sweep away the thieves and block the mouths of those officials in the court!" Speaking of this, Yang He held Du Wenhuan's forearm tightly.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured." Du Wenhuan also held Yang He's forearm: "Although there are many thieves, most of them are rabble people seeking food, and there are no more than 10,000 border thieves who are good at fighting, which is the same as the number of our army, but they belong to many shares, and the hearts of the people are different. “

"Not bad!" Yang He showed a smug smile on his face, he picked up another piece of letterhead from several cases and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Tao Wu, please see, this is the happy event I just said!" “

Du Wenhuan took the letterhead, looked at a few lines and said with a smile: "It turns out that the superintendent has already had a temple in his chest, and the thief already has an internal response, so the odds are a few points more." “

"Well, it's also the Son of Heaven Hongfu, I sent that Liu Cheng a few days ago, and I didn't expect that there would be results so soon, I didn't expect that in Tongguan, I would get a talent!" Yang He stroked his beard under his chin and said with a smile, as he himself said, he sent Liu Cheng at that time, but he just had the mentality of gambling, if he won, he will earn, and if he loses, he will lose an officer at most, but he didn't expect Liu Cheng to be so profitable, and he had actually persuaded the two sides to cast on his side. Thinking of this, Yang He couldn't help but feel complacent about his vision.

"Governor Hongfu!" Du Wenhuan read the letter aside, and returned it to Yang He: "In this case, tonight's reward, then send troops tomorrow, by the way, how many silver taels do you have there?" “

"There are about 40,000 taels, this battle has been won, if you can seize some from the thieves, you can survive." Yang He sighed: "This time it's thanks to Jiansheng, if it weren't for his method of selling salt to raise money, where would he have survived until now." ”

"Well, yes, if this battle is won, it should be the first in terms of merit!" Du Wenhuan said with a smile.

"Hehe, the first is General Du!" Yang He said with a smile: "Strategizing and making the army flawless, this is the duty of a civilian official, killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions is the mission of the general, each performing its own duties, and the civil and military forces can defeat the enemy and win." ”

"The Governor is taught!" Du Wenhuan stood up: "Since it has been agreed, let's gather the generals to assign errands." ”

According to the old practice, the military discussion began with Yang He's speech, he brushed his beard under his chin, and began to speak, he first praised the generals for their hard work and military exploits for more than a year, and then praised Du Wenhuan's strategy and meritorious service, after saying these words of encouragement

, Yang He's tone became heavy: "Since the apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty has suffered internal and external troubles, and there has been no peace for a day. The thieves are more and more numerous, and the catastrophe is more and more intense. In the past two years, the people of the northwest have died and been displaced, like water and fire, often thousands of miles of red land, the smoke of cooking has been cut off, and the people have changed their children and eaten, which is unbearable. In the past 300 years, I have never been in the Ming Dynasty today, and the people are exhausted and exhausted. However, Dongyu was waiting for an opportunity outside the border, and he was in deep trouble for me, and the year before last, it was even more appalling to be shortlisted for the Beijing Division. Since ancient times, the outside must first be settled, if the internal thieves are not removed, how can the external troubles be calmed? Fortunately, thanks to the spirit of the two ancestors, the group of thieves came from the opposite side, and many of them abandoned the darkness and turned to the court. I hope that the rank will inspire the soldiers tomorrow, and compete for complete success in a battle, and we will report to Jun'en and save Li Min in this battle! ”

When the generals heard that there was already an internal response in the peasant army, they all became agitated, and many people's faces showed joy. Yang He coughed lowly, and his face became grim: "But if you cower and don't move forward, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of military law, my generation would rather die at the hands of thieves than die in military law!" ”

Speaking of this, Yang He looked at the fearful expressions of the generals, and was secretly satisfied in his heart. He smiled slightly, turned his head to Du Wenhuan on the side and asked, "Master Du, do you have anything to say?" ”

Du Wenhuan was not humble, his eyes swept to the generals on both sides, compared to Yang He, the generals were much more afraid of him, seeing his gaze swept over, most people subconsciously held their breath.

"Rank, you have all heard the words of the Lord of Taiwan, tomorrow's battle is not enough to defeat the thieves, but also to kill the thief's head Shen Yikui, Bu Mud, Huang Lai'er and others, or capture them alive, to be considered a complete achievement." Speaking of this, Du Wenhuan walked to the map, pointed to it and explained: "The thieves are in battle along the river, if our army attacks, they will definitely be the first to make the homeless people attack our formation, and the old thieves will stand behind the formation and find a gap to enter." Therefore I intend to divide my troops into two routes, and I will lead the infantry and the standard battalion to take the main road and approach the enemy camp; General He Huchen He led 2,000 cavalry to take the path, through Heshan Cliff and He Jiayuan to the side of the thieves, and when the enemy soldiers attacked me, the thieves would be ignited, and General He would lead the troops to attack on the side, and I would cross the river to attack! Speaking of this, Du Wenhuan's right hand clenched his fist and slapped it fiercely into his palm.

"Catch all the thieves!"

"What if it is supposed to be false, and no one among the thieves responds?" It was a black-faced man who spoke, it was He Huchen who had just ordered Du Wenhuan to command the cavalry to take the path.

"Ready to fly, I have to send it!" Du Wenhuan said coldly, his gaze swept over the rest of the generals: "Is there anything else to ask?" “

The generals shook their heads.

"Then stand down!"

Li Hongji's old camp.

The ground was wet and slippery, and Li Guo stepped on it with one foot and almost fell. Half of that was due to the light rain last night, and half to the blood shed in yesterday's bitter battle. He laboriously walked through the corpses, in fact, many of them were not dead, the uninterrupted hard fighting from yesterday morning to the present had exhausted the survivors, and many simply took advantage of the battle to lie down among the corpses and take a nap, the only thing that could distinguish them from the corpses was the undulating chests and snoring.

Li Guo sat on a corpse with a tired buttocks, and couldn't help but let out a painful ** when his back was against the earthen wall. He knew very well that the current situation was very bad, since his uncle went to Shen Yikui's old camp not long after, the attack began, at first it was a common trick of the peasant army - stealing the camp, dozens of men who claimed to be Shen Yikui's own soldiers said that they were ordered to send gifts, but Li Guo, who had been told by Li Hongji for a long time, was very vigilant, and he ordered him to be searched, which became the fuse that triggered the battle. The first raid was repelled by Li Guo, but what happened next was beyond Li Guo's ability - more than 2,000 people surrounded his old camp, and several loud men said that Li Hongji had taken refuge in the government and wanted to sell his brothers to the official army in exchange for his own wealth, and now Li Hongji had been captured. Most of Li Guo's troops have fled, most of these people are small poles that took refuge a few days ago, but those who stayed are Li Hongji's fellow villagers and relatives, they are very tenacious to defeat the enemy's attack, but their numbers are limited, and finally they can only retreat to a big house in the old camp, the house originally belonged to a local people, the courtyard wall is built with a stone foundation, more than two zhang high green and strong wall, Li Guo ordered his subordinates to demolish a few houses inside, used as rolling stone sasswood, killed a lot of people, The outside can't get in for a while.