A spy flew in, knelt down in front of Shao Jiechun, and shouted urgently: "The big thing is not good, the generalissimo of the thief army, led 8,000 thieves, bypassed the Jianmen Pass from Qingchuan County, and attacked Mianyang by surprise, at present, Mianyang has fallen into the hands of the thief army, and the generalissimo is reorganizing the army, peeking into Chengdu ......"

As soon as Shao Jiechun heard this, he jumped up half a day high when he brushed the ground. With the speed of this jump, no one believes that others say that he is a civil official, and this level of agility is not a drama if you stage a martial arts field to test the martial arts champion. Shao Jiechun was shocked by this, and when he fell, the back of his head almost hit the back of the chair.

He lifted up the governor's robe and rushed out of the yamen. The staff and guards around him knew that something was wrong, and they hurriedly ran out with him, only to hear Governor Shao commanding loudly: "Go and invite General Qin and tell her to meet at the Shu Palace...... Fast...... Hurry up and ......."

Half an hour later, in the hall of the Shu Palace, a bunch of officials sat in the dark.

Sitting in the first place, of course, is the prince of Shu Zhu Zhishu, this person is the tenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the tenth grandson of Ming Taizu, the son of King Shu Gong, in the forty-fourth year of Wanli to attack the king of Shu, has been in power for more than 20 years, is a fat man in his fifties. Sitting on his left was Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, who had just performed "light skills" and ran over from the governor's yamen, while sitting on his right was a white-haired female general wearing armor.

This female general is the Tusi of the Shizhu Tujia family, the world-famous commander of the white pole soldiers, Qin Liangyu. She was born in the second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1574 AD), and now it is the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638 AD). Now he is sixty-five years old, and he can be regarded as a veteran.

Qin Liangyu's maiden family is the Qin family of Zhongzhou, born in Zhongzhou, Sichuan, and later met the Tusima Qiancheng of the Ma family of the Shizhu Tujia family because of a martial arts competition (folklore), and married him. Later, Ma Qiancheng was killed by the eunuch Qiu Chengyun and died in prison, Ma Xianglin was still young and could not be a director, so the position of Tusi of the Shizhu Tujia family was temporarily replaced by his mother Qin Liangyu. He was named the Stone Pillar Xuanfu Envoy. Commander in chief.

Her women do not let her eyebrows, whether it is strategy or martial arts, she loses to men, and she is loyal and brave and loves the people, because of her outstanding ability. After his son Ma Xianglin became an adult. He also thinks that his mother is more suitable for the territorial family than himself. Therefore, he did not take the position of Tusi from her, which was a rare thing in ancient China.

Apocalypse. Yongning Xuanfu Chongming entangled 100,000 people to rebel and almost captured Chengdu, but Qin Liangyu led his troops to drive them away.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the Qing troops made a detour to Xifengkou, captured Zunhua, and arrived in Beijing, and the situation was grim. Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to recruit the world's soldiers and horses to King Qin, Qin Liangyu heard Xun, "a monk with wealth and salary", and led the white pole soldiers to the north to King Qin. At that time, King Qin's army had more than 100,000 people, but when they saw the Manchu Tartars, everyone was afraid to go forward, and only Qin Liangyu led his troops to attack bravely, and captured Yongping, Zunhua and other four cities to solve the crisis in Beijing. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen wrote a poem to praise her.

The robes of Shu brocade are hand-cut, and the peach blossoms are immediately long. How many strange men are there in the world, who is willing to travel thousands of miles on the battlefield?

Later, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai entered Sichuan twice, and Qin Liangyu led the white pole soldiers to snipe, at this time, Qin Liangyu was already recognized by everyone as the first general in Sichuan, and the second was Zhang Ling, the crossbow general stationed at Jianmen Pass. Sadly, Qin Liangyu, the first general in Sichuan, was sixty-five years old at this time, and Zhang Ling, the second general, was also sixty-nine years old.

In addition to the King of Shu, the Governor of Shao, and Qin Liangyu, there are many other chaotic people, what are the Sichuan political envoys, supervision envoys, Chengdu prefects, and inspectors of the imperial history...... In short, the mansion was full of people, and everyone was talking about it, and there was panic in their hearts.

The fat on the face of Zhu Zhishu, the prince of Shu, kept trembling, and he said in a panic: "Today, I invite everyone to come to this palace, I want to talk about Zhu Ba's thief army that has attacked Mianyang......

In fact, the officials in the hall had already known the news, and his words were simply nonsense.

Zhu Zhishu sighed a few times and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please hurry up and think of a good way to retreat from the enemy...... Ah...... If those thieves really rush into Chengdu, this king ...... Ben Wang ...... This king had no choice but to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well......" When he said the words "suicide by throwing himself into a well", he actually shed a few tears, and it seemed that he was really frightened.

A petty official walked out of the hall and said loudly: "Chengdu has General Qin Liangyu in charge, how can it be broken by thieves?" Lord Wang, you can rest assured, with General Qin's methods, a few stupid thieves were captured without a backhand. This person came out and said a lot of nonsense, all of which was patting Qin Liangyu's ass, but he didn't see half of the useful things.

The white-haired old general Qin Liangyu couldn't help but glance at him and didn't bother to speak.

At this time, Lord Shao Jiechun and Master Shao spoke, he made a gesture at Qin Liangyu, and then said seriously: "General Qin, I heard it not long ago...... The noble son Ma Xianglin was ordered to guard the Yinping Ancient Road, why did the thief army penetrate from there? ”

Qin Liangyu smiled bitterly and said, "My dog was captured by the thief army...... As a result, the Yinping Ancient Road was lost. ”

As soon as she said this, the officials in the hall were immediately shocked, especially Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, who was so frightened that the fat on his whole body jumped, and shouted: "Oh, what a hero General Ma is, he will be captured by the thief army?" This...... This...... How good is that? Ah...... Did I really have to commit suicide by throwing myself into a well? ”

Shao Jiechun was also shocked when he heard that Ma Xianglin was captured by the thief army, and said depressedly: "What should I do now?" After the thief army enters Mianyang, it will definitely take Chengdu directly...... And from Mianyang to the first line of Chengdu, all belong to the Chengdu Plain, a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend, and the thief army may appear under the city of Chengdu at any time. ”

Qin Liangyu frowned, thought carefully for a while, and then said: "Lord Shu, Lord Shao, according to the opinion of the last general, this thief army that captured Mianyang is not worth paying attention to...... You must know the danger of the Yinping Ancient Road, even if the thief army can turn over with its feet, but the grain truck is absolutely not passable...... The last general guessed that this thief army no longer had the strength to attack Chengdu, and it must first capture Jianmen Pass. Only after opening up the grain route can we continue to advance southward. ”

When she said this, there were immediately a few petty officials in the hall who knew a little about fighting. Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, was also overjoyed and said: "I see, huh...... It seems that I don't have to commit suicide by throwing myself into a well......" This person committed suicide by throwing himself into a well without leaving his three sentences, and the end was speechless, and the hundreds of officials in the hall couldn't help but roll their eyes at him, thinking: If the thief army really enters Chengdu, do you dare to throw yourself into the well? I'm afraid you don't even have the courage to throw into the well, and it's almost the same to change the well to surrender.

In fact, this is the officials who blame Zhu Zhishu by mistake, although this prince of Shu has no ability. It's a little bit bigger. But I really have the courage to throw myself into the well. If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang mixing up history. Zhang Xianzhong will capture Chengdu in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644 AD), and this Shu prince Zhu Zhishu will commit suicide by throwing himself into a well with his concubines and palace maids...... Don't look at him full of fat and very timid. But it really came to a crisis. He is also rather broken jade. Not for the tile! This is much stronger than many spineless civil officials.

To test a person's character, it is often the moment between life and death......

I heard Qin Liangyu say that the thieves had no food, so they had to wait for the grain road to be opened. Many petty officials expressed their support, but there was a group of civil servants with black faces and did not say anything to agree. These civil officials have been in the officialdom for a long time, and all of them are old oils, and after rolling their eyes for a while, they spoke: "General Qin, the lack of food for the thief army, did your spies see it personally, or did you guess it based on the steepness of the ancient road?" ”

Qin Liangyu said: "Guess! Because of the Yinping Ancient ......Road, she was about to introduce in detail the steepness of the ancient road, the difficulty of the grain truck, etc., but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the civil officials. A group of civil servants exclaimed, "Just a guess? That...... That's too unsafe, isn't it? ”

Qin Liangyu said: "Although it is a guess, it is not far from ten, because the Yinping Ancient Road is ......."

A civil official interrupted again: "What if the Yinping Ancient Road is dangerous? No matter how dangerous the Shu Road is, aren't your white pole soldiers also running on it? We've heard that the thieves have a black pole soldier, and maybe they also have the ability to be a white pole soldier, which is terrible. ”

Another civil official chimed in: "Yes, yes! Although the Shu Road is dangerous, we have been transporting grain on the Shu Road, and for thousands of years, the army in Shu has not been blocked by these rugged and difficult roads......"

Qin Liangyu knew that these civil officials usually sat in the city and stayed at home, even if they knew a little about Shu Road, they had never been to Yinping Ancient Road, and they didn't know that even if the Motianling there was a mountain march ability of a white pole soldier, they couldn't go up easily, how could the grain cart get in? Although she knew it in her heart, it would be too difficult to tell these civil officials about it...... Most of these civil servants are stubborn and stubborn, and they can't listen to others at all. Moreover, their party is accustomed to fighting, and once they encounter someone who disagrees with their viewpoint, they will talk about it and find something irrelevant to them, and they have to tell the other party about it.

Sure enough, those civil officials said: "Based on General Qin's speculation alone, he thinks that the thief army has no food, which is too dangerous, and the lower officials think that we must attach great importance to this thief army that has only entered Mianyang, and we must strengthen the defense force of Chengdu...... Only by deploying more troops and horses into Chengdu can we ensure our safety. Now there are only 5,000 Tujia soldiers led by General Qin in Chengdu, and 5,000 Han soldiers, with a total strength of only 10,000 people. ”

There was nothing wrong with what he said, it was a serious policy for Lao Cheng, so Qin Liangyu didn't argue with him, and nodded: "Hmm...... It is indeed necessary to transfer some more troops and horses into Chengdu, and when the thief army arrives, we will have the strength to go out of the city to fight, otherwise we can only be trapped in the dry city. ”

Hearing that Qin Liangyu also echoed the words of this civil official, everyone wiped away the question of whether the thief army had food just now, and did not consider it for the time being, an official stood up and said: "According to the opinion of the two adults, it is time to transfer troops, but ...... Yang Ge Lao took a large number of Sichuan soldiers to pursue Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and the troops in Sichuan are already insufficient, where are we going to transfer troops? ”

A civilian official said: "Qiang soldiers ......"

As soon as he made a start, Qin Liangyu said: "The Qiang soldiers are no longer available, and they have been bought by Zhu Ba. ”

Another civilian official said: "Luo Wangba strong soldiers......"

Qin Liangyu nodded and said: "This can be recruited, the last general has a good relationship with the Zhuang family Tusi, and if they repair a book, they will definitely come to help, but they have very few troops, at most they can draw out two thousand people, which is a little thin." ”

"Miao Bing ......" someone proposed, and then there was a humane next to him: "Miao people do not accept Wang Hua." Most of the Miao villages do not listen to the orders of the imperial court, at most only two or three Miao troops are friendly with our Han people, and it will be the end if they can give us two or three thousand soldiers. ”

At this time, Shao Jiechun suddenly spoke: "In front of the Sword Gate...... We still have 3,000 Sichuan soldiers there, and the leading general is Zhang Ling, the second general in Sichuan, and he can't help but let him abandon the pass and return to Chengdu. ”

Hearing him say this, all the officials in the hall applauded: "General Zhang Ling is a famous general of my Han family, and he can only make me feel at ease when he is in Chengdu, otherwise the city will be full of chaotic barbarian people." There is not a single Han general. How? ”

"That's it, call General Zhang Ling back!"

The crowd was shouting, when suddenly a broken shout was heard: "Don't! The officials looked at it, and it was Qin Liangyu who drank this. She said with a dark face: "Jianmen Pass is the northern gateway of the Chengdu Plain. It's important. The defenders must not move, and the garrison of the old general Zhang Ling must not be moved......"

Shao Jiechun said: "Why can't it be moved? Now that the thief army has bypassed the Jianmen Pass and appeared in Mianyang, the Jianmen Pass has lost its effect. What are you doing guarding that place at this time? It's a waste of a general in my middle of the river, it's better to transfer the troops there back, and the good steel will be used on the blade......"

Qin Liangyu was anxious: "Although the thief army has bypassed the Jianmen Pass, as I said just now, the Yinping Ancient Road cannot transport grain, and the Jianmen Pass just chokes their grain route, this pass still has an important role and must not be abandoned." "This can be regarded as a rehash of the old thing, and the issue of grain transportation that has just been pressed down has once again been raised to the surface.

"Here it is again, and it is said that Yinping cannot transport grain." A civil official did not follow the Tao: "The so-called thing is man-made, the lower officials think that there is no mountain road in the world that can't transport grain, no matter how dangerous the Yinping Ancient Road is, it can't hinder the will of people, the foolish man dares to move the mountain, Jingwei has the courage to reclaim the sea, in case the thief army used what method to transport the grain through the Yinping Ancient Road, so what?" ”

His words were loud and righteous, and several civil officials suddenly shouted: "Lord Xu said it well! Lord Xu is awe-inspiring and upright, we might as well wait! ”

At this time, a small military attache jumped up and said angrily: "You civil officials know a fart, what is going on?" It's nonsense, do you think that as long as you move your brain and say some nonsense like 'man will conquer heaven', food will fly over the rugged mountain road? Do you know how to fuck a war? If you don't understand, get out of the way! ”

The civil official was scolded by the military attaché, but he was not angry, he took a fan out and unfolded it, and said with a smile: "Vulgar people, full of swearing, what people like you say, don't stain the ears of all the adults in the hall, don't listen." ”

"You ......" the military attache was furious: "The mountain roads are rugged, and the grain carts are difficult to travel, this is a necessary consideration for the strategy of the soldiers. ”

At this time, a large group of civil officials stood up one after another, how can these scholarly guys understand the difficulty of transporting grain in the mountains, in the minds of these nerds, there are only some inexplicable, empty truths, they don't know how to analyze the actual situation at all, a group of civil officials are one opinion: "There is no mountain road that can't transport grain, the thief army can definitely transport grain from the Yinping Ancient Road, and the Jianmen Pass is useless." ”

There are no Fuso cartoons these days, and if there were, the civil officials would know that what they are saying now is a bit like the plots of the cartoons that deceive children, and what kind of willpower can overcome all difficulties; Don't be afraid of any enemy you can't beat, as long as you have justice in your heart, you will definitely be able to defeat it; As long as there is love, everything is not a problem......

They are so powerful that they keep turning their mouths, and after a while, the white can be said to be black, and the black can be said to be white, and if they want to say that something is white, they can quote scriptures and list a lot of nonsense to show that this thing is really white. If they suddenly think that this thing is black, then they can quote scriptures and say a lot of words from the ancients to prove that it is black.

You must know that many of the words spoken by the ancients are conflicting, and the key lies in how you understand them, or where you use them, for example, the ancients said that "man will conquer the sky", but at the same time, the ancients also said that "manpower is sometimes poor". It seems that if the ancients who said these two sentences got together, quarrels would be inevitable.

If you want to prove one thing, you have to tune out what the ancients said, it is really nonsense.

Qin Liangyu looked at the noisy civil and military officials, she couldn't help but be physically and mentally exhausted, she was sixty-five years old, she was really not in the mood to talk nonsense with these guys, and she had been an official for decades, she had experienced so many things in this life, and she was also hurt by the big quagmire of officialdom, and she had long since lost her impulsiveness.

If it was Qin Liangyu when she was young, she would not be allowed to take a sword out and cut down all these nonsense guys, but at this time, she knew that there were some decisions that she really could not control, maybe this was because manpower was sometimes poor.

I only heard the quarrel in the hall for an hour, and finally, Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, announced loudly: "I have decided, and I will transfer Zhang Ling, the guard of Jianmen, back and garrison Chengdu...... Ensuring the safety of Chengdu is the top priority......"

A group of officials below responded and said, "Your Excellency is wise......

Qin Liangyu shook her head, straightened her armor, straightened her helmet, and slowly left this boring place, the sunset slanted and sprinkled on her face, she looked up at the red glow in the sky, and felt that the huge Ming Empire was exuding an aura of dying old man......

She couldn't help but sigh: "Da Ming, is it my old bone that takes the first step, or do you take the first step?" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )