The battle at Yimaguan in Anhua County hovered in He Renlong's mind all the time.

He was praised as a madman by Liukou, relying on the tenacity of fighting and not being afraid of death, this title, with the fear of Liukou, but after the first battle in Anhua County, this title slowly disappeared.

He was escorted to the capital with the commander Hong Chengchou, He Renlong was still a little unconvinced, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and he can't be beheaded by the court because of a defeat in a battle, if this is the case, who would dare to lead the army to fight.

But the battle of Yimaguan in Anhua County, the losses were too heavy, two 5,000 sergeants, only 4,000 escaped, the remaining 21,000 sergeants, most of them were killed, a small part surrendered, such a fiasco, it can be described as the shame of He Renlong's life, if you can't gallop on the battlefield again, exterminate the Liukou, and get the biggest victory, don't think about raising your head for the rest of your life.

Fortunately, Sun Chengzong interceded with him for Hong Chengchou, and the Ministry of War also put forward the opinion of lenient punishment.

Zhu Youzhen adopted Sun Chengzong's opinion, and after imprisoning Hong Chengchou and He Renlong for a period of time, they were released, Hong Chengchou stayed in the capital, and did not arrange anything for the time being, and He Renlong was sent to Shaanxi to obey Sun Chengzong's dispatch.

He Renlong is known as He Maniac, and there is another detail, that is, he is also an unruly character.

Fighting tenaciously and bravely, this is an advantage, but after a long battle, it is inevitable that there will be some rudeness and arrogance, ordinary people do not look at it, and regard the sergeants under their command as their own private property, which is quite unrestrained.

Speaking of which, He Renlong is a Wujinshi, a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, and to some extent, there are some similarities with Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others.

This time. He Renlong was sent to Shaanxi to follow Sun Chengzong, which can be said to be a very good opportunity.

In front of Sun Chengzong, He Renlong still didn't dare to be arrogant, Sun Chengzong's qualifications were different. In front of Sun Chengzong, he is a complete junior, and Sun Chengzong also interceded for him, not to mention that he is a dragon, any general who follows Sun Chengzong is honest.

Fortunately, Sun Chengzong did not care about He Renlong's defeat, and after He Renlong arrived in Shaanxi, he was appointed as a general as a thousand households. He commands 5,000 sergeants at any time.

Sun Chengzong's decision to start a comprehensive eradication of the rogues made He Renlong ecstatic, and he felt that his chance for revenge had arrived.

When He Renlong entered Sun Chengzong's Zhongjun tent, he strongly suppressed his excitement.

Sun Chengzong sat in the tent of the Chinese army, and was making arrangements before the war, and many officers were coming in and out. Apparently all of them accepted military orders.

"General He, you lead the people of the headquarters. As fast as possible, rush to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, and obey the dispatch of Su Tiancheng's commander of the Jiangning Battalion, remember, your responsibility is heavy, Zhang Xianzhong led 50,000 Liukou. Having broken through the encirclement of the army and fled to Shanxi, it is absolutely impossible to let these people continue to wander around, and it is best to exterminate them in Shanxi, if these people flee and return to Shaanxi. Affected the deployment of the army, for you is asking. ”

"Yes, my subordinates rushed to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, but it was just ......"

"Commander Su is currently in Yueyang County, which is under the jurisdiction of Pingyang Mansion, and you rush directly to Yueyang County."

"The subordinates know what to do, and they will set off immediately."

Sun Chengzong looked at He Renlong, and his words changed.

"He Renlong, I know that you have a nickname, known as He Maniac, which shows that you are very good at fighting, and the Liukou is afraid of you, it is precisely because of this that I give you a heavy responsibility, the courage of the Jiangning battalion, the imperial court is knowledgeable, and the people are fighting by hard skills, in the first battle of the capital, 4,000 people faced tens of thousands of Liukou, desperately resisted, and the Jiangning Battalion finally exterminated nearly 50,000 Liukou, so when you arrive in Yueyang County, you must obey the command, and you can't make decisions without authorization, understand."

He Renlong's body shook a little.

When Sun Chengzong arranged the task just now, He Renlong had other ideas, and entered Shanxi, how to arrange it, he had a number in his heart, at least he had to face to face with the rogue, and he couldn't be a turtle with a shrunken head.

"My lord, my subordinates know what to do, and when they arrive in Yueyang County, they immediately report to Commander Su and wait for dispatch."

"Okay, you go and prepare, set off early tomorrow morning, find the quartermaster department for the food and grass you need, carry as much as possible, try not to trouble the local government along the way, and rush to Yueyang County within five days."

The military order was like a mountain, and the task was accepted, and He Renlong simply began to arrange and coordinate.

A large part of the 5,000 sergeants led this time are veterans from the past, including the sergeants who broke through after the fiasco at Yima Pass, the quality of these people is still good, and the execution of military orders will not be discounted.

Although the number of people is a little small, He Renlong is also satisfied, he suffered such a big defeat not long ago, and it is enough to cut off his head, this time he came to Sun Chengzong's command, and it is very good that people can ignore their previous suspicions and let themselves lead the army to fight.

As long as there is a fight, the rest does not need to be taken care of.

For the Jiangning battalion, He Renlong has some curiosity, the brilliant achievements of the Jiangning battalion have made him puzzled and suspicious, many officers like to exaggerate the results of the battle, and even kill the good and take the risk, what is the magic of the Jiangning battalion, capture Zijinliang alive, force the old back to commit suicide, especially the battle of Fengyang, the capital of the central capital, beheaded and captured 50,000 rogues, including 30,000 elites.

It is impossible to falsify the battle of Zhongdu, such a record has passed the test of many parties, and said that Zijin Liang and Lao Hui Hui did die in the hands of Jiangning Ying, such a battle feat, it is already very remarkable, Zijin Liang even said that Liukou will eventually fall into the hands of Jiangning Ying, this time, he is going to Shanxi, directly under Su Tiancheng's control, as an officer who has been fighting all year round, he also wants to see what kind of person Su Tiancheng is, how can he have such a great ability.

Su Tiancheng has already received a letter from Sun Chengzong.

This will have a certain impact on the arrangement of the Jiangning battalion's operations, and Sun Chengzong's letter made Su Tiancheng a little depressed. What is even more annoying is that according to the course of previous history, He Renlong was beheaded by Sun Chengzong, although Sun Chengzong was ordered by Zhu Youzhen to prevent the general army from sitting big and not listening to the dispatch of the imperial court, so he killed He Renlong.

Sun Chengzong arranged for He Renlong to lead 5,000 soldiers and obey his own dispatch, which seemed to increase the strength of the Jiangning battalion, but in fact, if He Renlong obeyed the dispatch, everything would be easy to say, if He Renlong wanted to make meritorious contributions and think about heroes, it was very likely to affect Su Tiancheng's plan. In addition, He Renlong suffered a crushing defeat a few months ago, and the 25,000 soldiers led by him were almost all wiped out, such a shame was unbearable.

There is a more secret reason here, which Su Tiancheng will not say.

The extermination of the Liukou is a huge achievement, everyone wants to get a piece of the pie, the court is optimistic about the Jiangning battalion, and also thinks that the Jiangning battalion will be able to achieve a complete victory in Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou, on the contrary, Sun Chengzong took the army of the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou in Shaanxi, it has been a few months, there is not much frontal contact, although this is Sun Chengzong's tactics, but the officers below are anxious, eager to immediately make war exploits, get promoted and promoted.

Affected by this level of thinking, some officers may not be able to wait, but forced by Sun Chengzong's prestige, they dare not act rashly, and now that the opportunity has come, Sun Chengzong has decided to exterminate the rogues on a large scale, and everyone is thinking about coming out.

In such a situation, it is impossible for Sun Chengzong, who is old and serious, not to know the way.

Impatience and rashness are taboos in battle, and Sun Chengzong must have adopted steady and steady tactics, which will inevitably affect the morale of many officers, especially officers like He Renlong.

Now sending He Renlong to himself is not a bit of a diversion of the burden.

Anyway, He Renlong has already brought five thousand sergeants over, and most of these sergeants are those who suffered a fiasco last time, I don't know if Lu Dao has come out of the shadow of the fiasco.

The reason why Su Tiancheng took the rear army and set off a day later was actually waiting for He Renlong.

His idea has matured, the Jiangning battalion has all left Yueyang County, a day or two is not a big problem, but after a long time, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, and the sergeants of the Yueyang County Inspection Department are on guard on the periphery, it is impossible not to know such a thing as Lu Dao, if the five thousand sergeants led by He Renlong are here and can be stationed in the camp, they can completely confuse the officials of Yueyang County.

If the Jiangning battalion wants to exterminate the rogue led by Zhang Xianzhong, its actions must be absolutely secret, and there must not be the slightest leakage, otherwise Zhang Xianzhong is very likely to change his intentions temporarily, and the arrangement of the Jiangning battalion will fall short.

Of course, there is difficulty.

He Renlong came to Shanxi, thinking that he was going to do a big job, but he accepted the order, stationed in Yueyang County, and watched the Jiangning battalion go to exterminate the Liukou, such an arrangement was uncomfortable for any officer.

Su Tiancheng has been very hesitant and repeatedly thinks about his arrangements.

Su Tiancheng doesn't know much about He Renlong, the officer, and he can't say that he has any opinions and opinions, anyway, he is very brave in battle, as for the fact that there may be some tendency to support the army and respect himself, it is also very normal, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, many officers had such thoughts, not only He Renlong.

Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang and Xiong Zijian, with 20,000 soldiers from the Jiangning battalion, have already left the camp and gone to Wuxiang County, Su Tiancheng cannot delay too much time, according to the time requirements of Sun Chengzong's letter, He Renlong should have arrived in Yueyang County this afternoon, and this news, Zhang Xianzhong is likely to know the truth, so it is not necessarily a bad thing for He Renlong to come to Yueyang County, to a certain extent, it can confuse Zhang Xianzhong.

Perhaps Zhang Xianzhong thought that He Renlong came to Yueyang County to command the Jiangning battalion to fight on the orders of Sun Chengzong, or maybe the Jiangning battalion should stick to Yueyang County, according to Sun Chengzong's deployment, and take care of the middle, so that the opportunity to wander would not come. (To be continued......)