Chongzhen five years, July! It's the height of summer, and the air is unbearably hot.

A few days ago, Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Ming Yansui, Wang Chengen, the general soldier, and other commanders and 3,000 infantry joined the army of the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou and launched a fierce attack on the peasant rebel army entrenched in Mizhi and Jiazhou. Zhang Cunmeng was defeated and was captured and beheaded in Suide by the official army together with Liu Minyue.

The 17 whistles and 64 villages, which are the most in the limelight, are over, and Zhang Cunmeng has not been able to become the second Wang Jiayin...... Cough...... In fact, even if it does, it is useless, because Wang Jiayin is now dead.

In short, the officers and soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief, and began to widen their eyes again, looking for the next prey.

Yan'an Mansion, a large camp of officers and soldiers...... Hong Chengchou, the three-sided governor with a thin face, was sitting behind the table, holding a bowl of herbal tea in his hand, savoring it one bite at a time. He is an official who pays great attention to grooming and decency, and even in this hot day, he wears an official uniform neatly and does not show the slightest mess. But the official uniform is very hot in the body, and if he wants to maintain his official authority in the summer, he can't move too much...... If you sweat, it's a bit bad.

While sipping tea, the door opened, and a general wearing armor walked in, this person was the deputy chief soldier of Yansui, Zhang Fushun! At the beginning, after Zhang Fushun suffered a defeat in Baishui, Wu Fu was killed, but he was fine, he ran out alone, and soon found more than a dozen escaped soldiers on the side of the road, and then slowly gathered hundreds of fleeing defeated soldiers, and returned to Yansui with this group of defeated soldiers.

Generally speaking, after suffering such a big defeat, he can't be an official anymore, and waiting for someone to be impeached to death will almost end the rest of his life. But his luck was good, because the new governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, belonged to the Donglin Party! Zhang Fushun is also a member of the Donglin Party...... This time, he picked up a surname.

In the end, the result of the Donglin Party's performance to the imperial court was: Zhang Fushun and Wu Fu fought fiercely with the thief Kou Zhu Ba in Baishui, the two of them took the lead and fought bravely, Wu Fu was accidentally shot by the rogue with a secret arrow, and Zhang Fushun retreated from the rogue and kept the county seat.

In other words, is it possible to lie to the court so blatantly?

The answer is: Yes!

In the generation of the Ming Dynasty, panicking about the results of the war was simply a pediatric matter, and any military attache who came out did this kind of thing, especially in Liaodong, a small defeat in three days, and a big defeat in ten days, but the defeats reported to the imperial court were only a few that could not be hidden, and the others were all great victories of the Ming army.

After the defeat of Baishui, if the county seat is also lost, it is impossible to hide it from the imperial court, because it is impossible to hide it from the county order if it is necessary to reappoint the county order, but the county seat is fine, Cao Baoxiang and Xin Lancheng The two county orders are alive and well, and they submit documents to the court as usual, so that the county seat is not lost is a sure thing, as long as the Donglin Party bites that the county seat is still there, then Zhang Fushun must have won the battle, who dares to say that our Donglin Party officials have been defeated? If you have the courage to stand up and say, we obviously kept the county!

In short, that's the way it is, Zhang Fushun is still alive and well in Yansui, and he is still his deputy commander-in-chief! He walked in front of Hong Cheng, saluted, and sat down: "May I ask why the Governor is looking for an official?" ”

"Hmm...... You can read these letters for me. Hong Chengchou took out three letters and threw them to Zhang Fushun, these three letters are letters written by the three county orders of Baishui, Chengcheng and Dali, in fact, these letters have long been in Hong Chengchou's pocket, but he has not taken them out until he has eliminated the mud, and he has time to deal with this matter.

Zhang Fushun picked up the letter, read it slowly, and his face changed slightly after reading it: "These three letters are all nonsense, what kind of relatives led the villagers to repel Zhu Ba...... I'm sorry, just Cao Baoxiang and Xin Lancheng, those two pieces of material, are not Zhu Ba's opponents at all. The letter written by Xin Lancheng is particularly unreliable, what is the eighteen rounds of confrontation with the thief army...... He couldn't hold it for a single round. ”

Hong Chengchou was noncommittal, but said lightly: "The official articles are all like this, and the governor is asking you to look at another layer of meaning in the letter." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Fushun stopped the unnutritious topic just now: "Well, are you talking about Baishui Zhu Ba crossing the river and going to the west of the mountain?" ”

"yes!" Hong Chengchou's fingers tapped lightly on the table: "My original plan was to first exterminate the non-muddy gang that was making trouble in Mizhi, and solve all his seventeen posts and sixty-four villages, and then wave his army to the south, first level the monkeys, and then march to Baishui, and pull out the difficult nail of Baishui Zhu Ba, but I didn't expect him to abandon the Huanglong Mountain that was easy to defend and sad, and go into the west of the mountain first, this thing always makes me feel weird!" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Fushun was puzzled.

Hong Chengchou snorted: "Baishui Zhuba, this guy is not simple...... Chongzhen's early years of thieves, all in the world, only he alone, from the early years of Chongzhen to Chongzhen five years, has been firmly rooted in the Huanglong Mountain, I regard it as a big enemy, I plan to kill him this time, I didn't expect him to be good, guessed my thoughts, patted his ass and ran away...... I always feel ...... He didn't seem to have run yet, his ass was still sitting in the Huanglong Mountain, and he just stretched his hands and feet to the west of the mountain. ”

"What do you mean, Lord Governor?" Zhang Fushun asked cautiously.

"I want to send you to take 2,000 people to Baishui, Chengcheng, and Dali to see if these three places are really like the letters written to me by the three county magistrates." Hong Chengchou said.

"Huh? Going to Whitewater again? Zhang Fushun's face changed slightly, to be honest, he didn't really want to go, or he didn't dare to go, the last time he went to Baishui, he lost the head of his colleague Wu Fu, and his family soldiers were almost killed and wounded, and now his new group of family soldiers have not been trained well, with 2,000 troops to the land of the Longtan Tiger's Den, isn't there a situation of death and no life?

"Xiaguan...... Xia Guan ......" Zhang Fushun stammered twice, wanting to say no, but he didn't dare. I want to say it, but I don't have the courage.

When he was embarrassed, the door of the house opened again, and a civil official wearing the robe of the imperial history walked in quickly, this person's name is Jin Lan, and the official position is to patrol the imperial history, that is, the official position of practicing state affairs and Wu Fu at the beginning, the official position is not high, but he can interject two sentences in everything.

Jin Lan walked into the house, saluted Hong Chengchou and Zhang Fushun, handed over a Tang newspaper, sat on the side, and first accused Hong Chengchou of disturbing Zhang Fushun to talk, and then said: "Your Excellency, the Tang newspaper sent by the lower official just now has embarrassing bad news. ”

"Oh?"

Jin Lan shook her head and said, "There is news from the west side of the mountain that Puzhou has been broken by that guy from Baishui Zhuba...... Zhizhou Gewen's whereabouts are unknown......"

"What?" Zhang Fushun was so shocked that he almost jumped up: "Zhoucheng...... The state city was actually breached? ”

"Yes! The state city is broken! Jin Lan's face was heavy: "The emperor already knows about this, he was so angry that he scolded the hundred officials at the court meeting, and kicked the eunuchs around him, you know...... The emperor has always been steady, even walking very slowly, and never losing his demeanor in front of hundreds of officials, but this time he actually jumped up and kicked people...... Alas......"

Hong Chengchou's face also changed slightly, he quickly grabbed the Tang newspaper and read it carefully: "I see...... An army of seven thousand...... This Zhu Ba's strength has improved again, and he built a long wall to scare Zhou Gewen into opening the city to fight? Ha...... Fool Zhizhou ......"

As he read, he casually expressed some thoughts: "Looting the wealth of the rich in the city? Hum...... This sentence must be untrue, if it is really looted, it should be all killed, right? But in the Tang newspaper, it was said that the rich people jointly wrote a letter recommending the sage Liu Xiudao...... It can be seen that Zhu Ba is not ruthless, and the rich people have spent money to buy their lives. ”

He continued to read, and when he read the end of the message, he frowned: "Zhu Ba scurried into Zhongtiao Mountain? ”

Seeing his deep brows, Zhang Fushun couldn't help but say, "Lord Governor, what's wrong with Zhongtiao Mountain?" ”

Hong Chengchou said unhappily: "Zhongtiao Mountain is fifteen miles southeast of Puzhou, the first Puzhou, the end is Taihang, once you enter this mountain, you can drill into Taihang Mountain along the ravine or ridge...... Taihang Mountain is a big mountain, much bigger than Huanglong Mountain, if Zhu Ba is allowed to enter this mountain, it will be difficult to kill him...... Alas! Jin Lan, please help the governor write a letter to the emperor, and ask the emperor to quickly transfer the troops in northern Henan to block it, and try not to let Zhu Ba and his gang enter Taihang Mountain. ”

"Yes!" Jin Lan responded: "The next official will write a recital as soon as he goes back." ”

At this time, Zhang Fushun came over again: "Your Excellency Governor, since Zhu Ba has appeared in the west of the mountain and has broken through Puzhou City, will the lower officials still go to Baishui, Chengcheng, and Dali?" ”

Hong Chengchou frowned, thought for a long time, and then said: "Since even the state city on the west side of the mountain has been attacked by thieves, the emperor is furious, I guess the emperor will soon issue new instructions, asking us to enter the west of the mountain to suppress bandits...... Case...... Before the emperor's appointment is issued, I must wipe out the rogue in western Shaanxi, otherwise the front foot will be gone, and the back foot will be chaotic. At this critical time, you don't want to take troops to Whitewater...... Stay behind and assist me in my assault on Iron Horn. ”

"Whew!" Zhang Fushun breathed a sigh of relief.

Hong Chengchou ordered: "Help me pass the order, and ask Ma Ke to lead 3,000 people south to exterminate the Chaotian Monkey Department." The rest of the people all marched westward, going to Iron Horn City and Awl Mountain to arrange, preparing to wipe out Hao Lin'an, Lone Ranger and others. ”

"Yes!"

Hong Chengchou's brows hadn't stretched yet, he thought for a while, and then said: "Although there are no extra soldiers to send to Baishui, Chengcheng, and Dali, I still want to know what the situation in these three counties is now." Jin Lan, please pay a visit......"

When Jin Ban heard this, he hurriedly responded: "The position of the subordinate inspector according to the imperial history should be patrolling around...... Since it is the order of the Governor, the Governor must do his duty with all his heart and do his best! ”

(To be continued)