Hong Chengchou didn't dare to put on a show in front of Yang He, and immediately replied respectfully: "Before the Heavenly Army grows stronger, ignore the other thief armies for the time being, immediately gather the elite of the army on the three sides, encircle and suppress the Heavenly Army with the momentum of a tiger fighting a rabbit, and strive to destroy it in one fell swoop!" ”

As he spoke, he observed his words and looks, and when he saw Yang He's noncommittal appearance, he explained in detail: "The letter said that the heavenly army is all cavalry, and it moves quickly, and if the number of officers and soldiers is too small, it will definitely be helpless. And if the heavenly army is allowed to develop, it will inevitably raise tigers in the future. ”

Yang He nodded at this time, his expression relaxed a little, and he stroked his long beard under his forehead with his hand and said, "What about the other strategy?" ”

"Another strategy is naturally to appease him." Hong Chengchou seemed to be confident, and said eloquently, "Before his ambition is full, he will first promise a high-ranking official Houlu, and after he surrenders, he will trap his leader, and he can also get someone who is proficient in artillery, and cast such a powerful artillery for my Ming Dynasty to use to deal with Jianyu, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone!" ”

At this time, he didn't know that the leader of the Heavenly Army was Hu Guang, and the person who was proficient in artillery was also Hu Guang.

Yang He was originally relatively calm, and the two strategies were in his expectation. It wasn't until he heard that Hong Chengchou had actually made a lure from a high-ranking official, and finally wanted to kill the thief leader, which made him slightly surprised, and immediately asked, "Why is this?" ”

Hong Chengchou didn't answer immediately, but solemnly looked at Yang He with a slightly serious face and said, "My lord, do you know the origin of this bandit called the Heavenly Army?" ”

"Oh, this?" Yang He groaned, and said a little puzzled, "This official is also having doubts, could it be that this thief doesn't know a single big character, and the bandit name of this thief army is taken from the name of the thief army, and the earth is not spiritual?" ”

Hong Chengchou was about to speak, but he heard Yang He continue: "Or." This thief leader wanted to hint to the court that they used to call the heavens and the earth to be ineffective, and to be thieves just forced? ”

Hong Chengchou was dumbfounded when he heard this, and immediately shook his head slightly and said, "My lord, it's the opposite. On that day, outside Fugu County, Xia Guan heard thieves shouting every day. Call the earth spirit! ”

"What?" When Yang He heard this, he involuntarily stood up from his chair and said in a lost voice, "What a bold man, he dares to make heaven and earth obey him, where is the son of heaven?" ”

The emperor of a country is the son of heaven, obeys the mandate of heaven, and rules the world on behalf of heaven. It's good to call it a heavenly army, but it's called heaven. Then the heavens will answer, and the earth will receive spirit. In this way, where is the emperor of a country, and where is the courtiers of the king's father?

Hong Chengchou saw Yang He's excited appearance, his face was serious, revealing a murderous aura, and he said fiercely: "That's why the lower officials want the thief to die." Otherwise, it will not be willing to wait for her! ”

After the initial shock, Yang He sat back down. After pondering for a while, he immediately instructed: "The thief army everywhere can't be ignored, otherwise the whole territory of Shaanxi will be in chaos and it will be impossible to explain to the imperial court." ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou heard this, he knew that Yang He was ready to adopt the second strategy.

Sure enough, Yang He continued: "You rush to Yansui immediately." Discuss with Governor Zhang Mengjing what conditions can be used to make the thief surrender. It doesn't matter whether the conditions can be fulfilled or not, as long as the thief leader feels reasonable and willing to surrender. Then it's up to you to act on the opportunity and kill the thief! ”

"Yes, the lower official will let the thief be the head of the law!" Hong Chengchou did not refuse, and immediately agreed.

In his opinion. As long as the conditions are tempting enough, I am not afraid that the thief will not enter the urn. As long as it falls into his own hands, life and death cannot be left to him.

In this way, there will be no stain on the resume of his own banditry.

Yang He immediately wrote a letter and gave the token, preparing to send Hong Chengchou to Yulin Town as soon as possible.

But they didn't expect that before Hong Chengchou could leave the door of the back hall, a person hurriedly came in, panting and saying, "My lord, urgent military situation!" ”

When Yang He heard this, he and Hong Chengchou glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of worry in the other party's eyes. They all know that the emergency military situation at this time is definitely not a good thing.

With the transmission of the letter, Hong Chengchou's eyes finally fell on Yang He's face, guessing the military content of the letter.

I saw that Yang He's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at the letter blankly, and was silent for a long time.

Hong Chengchou was a little strange, and after waiting for a while, he couldn't help but interrupt: "My lord, if there is nothing to do, the lower official will retire and rush to Yulin immediately." ”

When Yang He heard the voice, he slowly raised his head, looked at Hong Chengchou's eyes a little blank, and slowly ordered: "No need, transfer troops to encircle and suppress!" ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou heard this, he understood that this emergency military situation was related to the Heavenly Army. If the Governor can change his mind and change to a way that is not good for the imperial court, there must be a major change.

"My lord, but the Heavenly Army attacked Mizhi County?" Hong Chengchou guessed.

In the vicinity of Fugu County, only Mizhi County is relatively large, which can make the Governor change his mind and make up his mind to destroy the Heavenly Army as soon as possible.

After all, since the civil uprising that began last year, a total of four or five county towns have been broken by the thief army. This caused a great shock in the imperial court, and eventually led to the replacement of governors and governors.

Who knew that Yang He shook his head and said word by word: "Baodezhou City has been captured by the Heavenly Army!" ”

"What?" Hong Chengchou couldn't believe his ears a little, "It's just a cavalry army, just a few people, how did you capture it?" Even if it is a combination of inside and outside, a huge state city, they can also fight it? ”

It was the first time that the state city was lost at the hands of thieves. Among the so many thieves that Hong Chengchou has dealt with, he really has never seen that among the thieves army composed of hungry people, he has the ability to attack the state city. Even if it's called the Heavenly Army, it's impossible!

Yang He didn't have the interest to talk to him, but just forwarded the letter to Hong Chengchou to read. And himself, sitting in a chair in a daze. But he soon came back to his senses and immediately began to write.

It didn't take long for everything that should be written to be written, and he stood up and said to Hong Chengchou very seriously: "This official will immediately issue an order, mobilize all elites to be commanded and dispatched by you, and you must kill with one blow, and you can't let the heavenly army be a disaster again!" ”

Originally, Hong Chengchou was only an assistant to the commander-in-chief Du Wenhuan to suppress bandits, just because he was a civilian official and trusted by the governors of the three sides, so it was equivalent to him commanding Du Wenhuan to suppress bandits and was invincible.

And this gave Yang He confidence. At present, all the elites who have been transferred out are handed over to Hong Chengchou to command, which can be said to be a great trust.

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he was also surprised and delighted, but he didn't expect that because of the reason of calling the Heavenly Army, he would be able to lead the elites of all walks of life. Although he attached great importance to calling the heavenly army, he didn't think that this time he could escape the catastrophe.

His expression was serious, and he immediately received the order: "The lower official will definitely live up to the trust of the governor." (To be continued......)