The two came to the back office.

Wang Lanping couldn't wait, "Kong Zhixian, I have long seen that you have something to say, speak, and please know everything, say everything"

Kong Rusong had a lethal and reborn expression, Da Ming can not have a small county, but he must not be missing the talent of the martial arts champion obtained from one in ten thousand.

"Okay, Wang Zhuangyuan, you can't go to General Liu's camp, if you want to go, it will take at least a month to go, and if you go now, you will die," Kong Zhixian said with certainty.

Wang Lanping was taken aback, it won't work in a month, in his memory Li Zicheng's army will break through the Beijing division in more than a month, although he himself doesn't know why there is such a distant view, but everything really seems to be happening, he can't wait a month.

When he left the capital, the emperor gave him a secret decree, nominally to run Anqing, but in fact, he wanted this selected person to help the emperor do a big thing and move south.

Everyone saw Li Zicheng's army coming out of Xi'an, all the way north, attacking the city and the village was unstoppable, and the emperor couldn't move the Ming army in the south at all, and the only army close to him was only Guan Ning Tieqi, but that army couldn't move, and the country would rather be left to Li Zicheng than lost to the Manchus, and the Manchu emperor's wolf ambition was understood.

According to Li Zicheng's marching speed, the slowest within half a year can form a siege of the Beijing division, and when Li Zicheng sweeps the periphery of the capital one by one, then the capital will die as a lonely city, and it will only be sooner or later when it falls.

For this reason, Chongzhen can think of the best way is two, one is to defend the capital, so that the king dies, but this has no effect, the second move south, the emperor sits in Nanjing, with the millions of troops in the south of the Yangtze River and Li Zicheng fight, the two are more meaningful than the latter.

But the difficulty of moving south is not only in the imperial court, how to leave the capital is the main thing, you can't escape from the capital, this face Chongzhen would rather die than break.

The southern Ming army can't be moved at all, the soldiers in the capital have been frightened, a battle and a rout, who will escort, from south to north, nearly 10,000 miles apart, the emperor's goal is so obvious, it is impossible to go quietly, Li Zicheng's cavalry will not be able to catch up in a few days, so Emperor Chongzhen will be the status of Wang Lanping, the champion of martial arts, again and again, because he has no one available, he can only use this person, and then ordered him to return to Jiangnan quickly, take over the Anqing cavalry, lead the army to the north, and escort the emperor south, Of course, it would be best if it could be said that Zheng Hongkui, the commander of the Jiangnan Naval Division, could lead the army north along the canal, but it was very difficult, and the emperor's holy decree could not transfer him, so what was the use of a mere general in the south.

Although the emperor has a will, but Wang Lanping does not want to go, because it is too late to come, there are not many days before the capital city is broken, all Wang Lanping wants to take another shortcut, sneak attack Li Zicheng's base camp, Xi'an, starting from Anqing, can arrive in ten days, from the day he left Beijing, he was planning this matter, and sent a large number of detailed works to the direction of Xi'an, and it was really ridiculous to get information, Li Zicheng almost poured out of the nest from Xi'an, took away all the elites, and used to defend the old camp in Xi'an There are only more than 20,000 people, Xi'an is the former capital of all dynasties, a megacity, how to defend with 20,000 troops, but it is 20,000 people, and no one dares to move the million-strong army in the south of the Yangtze River, and Li Zicheng's army has rushed into Shanxi at this time, which will be afraid that it has already set foot on the land of Hebei.

Li Zicheng has been in the northwest for more than ten years, and his wealth is basically all in Xi'an City, not to mention fighting Xi'an at this time, it is to take thousands of Ming troops around Xi'an City to wave the flag a few times, Li Zicheng must return to the army to rescue, here is all his belongings, there can be no slightest mistake.

Taking advantage of Li Zicheng's return to defense, Wang Lanping left all the army outside Xi'an, and returned to Jiangnan alone, with the emperor's white strip, the high position of the military department Shangshu said to move Zheng Hongkui's Jiangnan Naval Division to the north, you must know that the Ming Naval Division is known as invincible in the world, the naval division moves, and the siege of the capital is immediately resolved.

This bold idea is also the only way Wang Lanping can think of to save the Ming Dynasty, and the other methods are that far water can't save near fire.

Now Kongzhi County said that he would wait a month to take over the Anqing Daying Iron Cavalry, so how could there be any surprise attacks on Xi'an, and the Ming Dynasty was gone.

"Kong Zhi County, how do you know? Who wants to kill me, I haven't set foot in officialdom yet, and I don't have any enemies" Wang Lanping didn't know where the danger came from, but he vaguely felt that something must be wrong with the Anqing Mansion Army, this is not a joke, there can be no accident there.

Only then did Kong Rusong tell Liu Zeqing one by one how he ate empty quotas, how he harmed the localities, and how he cut the army.

After hearing all this, Wang Lanping was stunned, this is really unheard of, I have only heard of a large number of local generals in the troubled times to recruit troops privately to enrich their strength, and I have never heard of any general selling the army, the world is strange, if this is true, then this Liu Zeqing's self-motivation is too poor, in this chaotic era of the Ming Dynasty, you are a general military officer, even if you privately expand it by hundreds of thousands of troops, who can do anything to you, and finally become a warlord, maybe you can mix an emperor when you are a pawn, you are good, you reach out in the coffin to die for money, this world wants so much money and a fart, It's really a fight, that handful of silver is not as valuable as a handful of rice, I knew that I still bothered to do this, and I couldn't buy it directly.

Wang Lanping was anxious, "Kongzhi County, does the Anqing cavalry really not have a single war horse?" It's no joke."

Kong Rusong arched his hand awe-inspiringly, "If there is a word of emptiness, this county is not worthy of being a saint's disciple"

Wang Lanping was sluggish again, it seems that this Liu Zongbing wanted to get close to him several times in a row, and wanted to postpone my appointment time, it turned out that he was afraid that I would find out about his short-term quota and sell military horses, it was so dangerous, I was going to run away without knowing it, then he would definitely take a risk and find an excuse to kill me, this is too possible.

Kong Rusong said, "Wang Zhuangyuan, if you can directly write to the emperor and report the things here one by one, the emperor will definitely be convinced, although the lower official is a county, he is also willing to write with the champion to get rid of thieves for the country."

Wang Lanping secretly smiled bitterly, although Kong Rusong is shrewd, he is a civil official after all, how did he know that the emperor has no way to whip Jiangnan, and the saint is useless in the Jiangnan army, and if he really dies, he may pull the flag and rebel, besides, even if he is killed a thousand times, what is the use, the capital will be broken in more than a month.

Wang Lanping's self-confidence has fallen to the bottom, what should he do?

Suddenly, Wang Lanping grabbed Kong Rusong's official uniform violently, "Kong Zhi County, is there a garrison in Huaining City?" Are there any war horses? ”

Kong Rusong was taken aback and thought for a while, "There is a garrison, there have been bandits all these years, General Liu has a battalion in the west of Huaining City, there are about five or six hundred people, and there don't seem to be any war horses, it is a foot army."

"Then how many officials and officials are there in your county government, whether it is a war horse or a civilian one, one is counted as one, how many?"

These things are all in the stomach of Kongzhi County, Yoga thought about it and said, "There are one hundred and fifty-one officials and officials in each class in the county, horses, you are also from Huaining, you should know that a few years ago, the horses of the people have long been requisitioned and emptied, and now there are only a dozen old horses in the county in the county."

Hearing this result, Wang Lanping completely didn't hope, how could he rush to the city of Xi'an within a few days without a horse, how to transfer Li Zicheng's army back, and the sky would die.

Kong Rusong was confused, "Champion Gong, what do you want the war horse for?" ”

Wang Lan waved his hand and sighed, "Recruit troops and horses, reorganize the cavalry" Yes, recruit troops and horses, this is the fastest way at present.

"Kong Zhi County, do you know the whereabouts of General Liu's military horses?"

"Of course, this is ironclad evidence, a small part of it was sold to Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Fengyang, and most of it was sold to the bandits within a radius of 100 miles."

"What, bandit, this kid is crazy."

"Yes, outside the borders of Anqing Mansion, there are no less than 100 bandits, large and small, ranging from hundreds to thousands, all of whom have bought war horses from General Liu, and all of them have records."

"How do you know in such detail?"

"This official caught a Jiangyang thief before, and learned about it from his mouth, and later sent people to inquire around"

"Okay, Kong Zhi County, well done, although I am only a light general now, I promise that as long as this thing can be done, I will guarantee you to the emperor as the prefect of Anqing"

"For the country and the people, it is incumbent on the county to say"

"Kong Zhi County, you know these bandits better than me, I will give you three days to buy all these military horses back at double the price, no matter what method you use, which guarantee that you make a wish to those bandits"

"This, that's okay?"

"Of course this can't work, wait for this matter to be able to recruit An's Zhao'an, and if you can't recruit An's chance, you will be wiped out on the spot."

"Okay, but that's going to cost a lot of money."

"How much silver do you have in the county treasury?"

"There is no way to govern the county, and the county treasury of this county is almost an empty warehouse"

"Here, you wait, I'll go and raise money for you, and don't return the things that the magistrates and squires sent to my house, sell them all."

It's too late to think about it, and it doesn't matter if this method works or not, it's only this stinky trick.

Wang Lanping left the county government quickly, and now the only thing he can count on is the so-called dowry of 80,000 taels in Dufu, and he will buy a big tomorrow with 80,000 taels, this deal is worth a try.

Wang Lanping of Du Mansion was in the nursing home for five years, and he came to Du Mansion outside the Du Mansion at a trot, and the people at the door couldn't see the visitors before they had time to salute.

Wang Lanping went straight to the back hall of Du Mansion, everyone knew him, and no one dared to stop him, Du Ming was chatting with Du Ningning in the back hall, as if he was still talking about Du Ningning and his marriage.

"Du Yuanwai" Wang Lanping's appearance surprised Du Ming, but Du Ningning ran over excitedly, "Brother Lanping, why are you here?" ”

Du Ming is a shrewd person, when he saw this frame, there must be something urgent, and he hurriedly waved his hand to let the people who were busy in the hall retreat, and then stood up with a smile and saluted, "Champion Gong, when did you panic so much?"

Wang Lanping didn't want to waste more saliva and got straight to the point, "Du Yuanwai, you said earlier that as long as I and Ning Ning get married, you will marry you with 80,000 taels of silver, right?" ”

Du Ming nodded, businessmen are all creditworthy, "Of course"

"Okay, I'm willing to marry Ning Ning"

Du Ming didn't react a little, what does this mean, he hesitated, "This, this, good, good, good, good thing, the talented woman is a match made in heaven, the Du family has climbed"

Wang Lan was expressionless, and stretched out his hand, "Take it"

Du Ming was puzzled, "What to take?" ”

"The dowry of 80,000 taels of silver you promised"

"Now?" Du Ming was completely confused.

"Yes, now" Wang Lanping's tone was not negotiable.

Du Ming's head was a little dizzy, and he rubbed it vigorously, "Virtuous son-in-law, what does this mean, you haven't made a marriage yet, and you haven't been a matchmaker, how can a marriage event be so hasty, it's better to set a date first" Du Ming said it really sincerely, money, the Du family is not bad, the Du family marrying a daughter is a big deal, and climbing a high-ranking official is the top priority of the Du family.

Wang Lanping also knew that this was inappropriate, but there was no way, time waited for no one, he turned his gaze to Du Ningning, "Ningning"

No matter how arrogant Du Ningning was, when he heard someone say that he wanted to marry her, his face was so red that he couldn't blush, "What are you doing?"

Wang Lanping stared at Du Ningning's face, smiled slightly, quickly stretched out his hands and hugged Ning Ning in his arms, lowered his head, and put his four lips together.

At this moment, not only did Du Ningning's breathing stop, but even Du Ming's eyes widened and he was stunned.

All this happened so fast that even Wang Lanping himself didn't know how this could happen, but he really didn't have a move.

After a long time, Wang Lanping straightened his body, held the already delicate and weak Du Ningning in his arms, and said to Du Ming, "I, Wang Lanping, said that if I do it, I will definitely marry Ningning, but I will get 80,000 taels of silver now."

Wang Lanping turned his head sideways and solemnly said to Du Ningning, "Ningning, offended, from today onwards you are a member of my Wang family."

It took Du Ming a long time to come back to his senses, how can this kid be like this, it's too light, this has to be passed out, then Ning Ning, yes, this is also a certainty, but no matter how you say it, this marriage can't be a child's play, you have to come step by step, and the rules left by the ancestors can't be saved.

Du Ming didn't know how to answer.

"Dad, don't be stunned, take the silver" Du Ningning's voice came from Wang Lanping's arms, but he still didn't want to move his head out.

"This, this, what kind of system is this" Du Ming was really embarrassed, it was too child's play.

"Dad, go quickly" Ning Ning began to be coquettish.

"Hey, this, what's this called, okay, I'll go, I'll send it before dark, but Zhuangyuangong, when is this happy day set, do you want to pick up your mother to come over and discuss" Du Ming is both happy and embarrassed, what's going on, forced marriage.

"No, the wedding date is set for thirty days later, and I will definitely come to pick up Ning Ning through the door"

Du Ming is a businessman, the businessman is naturally unprofitable, take 80,000 taels of silver to buy a champion son-in-law as a real backer, then from now on who dares to compete with himself for profit, at this time he thought while walking, although this matter is a child's play, but this is also what he wants to do, I think that with the dignity of the champion, it should not go wrong, besides, the businessman, playing is a gamble, pressing the chicken dog to ascend to heaven, and not pressing the middle of the 80,000 taels of silver will not make the Du family hurt their bones.

The more Du Ming thought about it, the happier he became, and the wind was blowing under his feet, and he beckoned the bookkeepers of all the merchants to come to Du's house to discuss matters quickly, and did his best to collect 80,000 taels of cash before dark.