Yang Bo looked at the recent Tang newspaper summarized by the Intelligence Department with a smile, and he didn't have any admiration in the face of the two rising stars of the Ming Dynasty, but his eyes kept staring at the name of the place, the carriage gorge......

Lu Xiangsheng, the word Jiandou, No. Jiutai, a native of Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, in the south of the Apocalypse, was a jinshi, loyal and righteous, outstanding political performance, and the assessment over the years was "outstanding governance", the most rare thing is that although Lu Xiangsheng is a literati, he is brave and courageous, and has the ambition of "the king of the world", so he was promoted by the Ministry of Officials to serve as the governor of Yunyang, and the reason for the unanimous vote to appoint Lu Xiangsheng as the governor is very simple, and none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are willing to go.

Although Lu Xiangsheng was born as a scholar, but carrying a big knife to cut people unambiguously, every battle was the first soldier, touched a lot of simple soldiers, are willing to die for him, Chongzhen at the end of the sixth year, Liukou bribed the eunuch to cross the Yellow River from the south of Mianchi County, Chongzhen seven years, Ma Huihui, Guotianxing, Mantianxing and others ransacked the six counties of Yunyang in Hubei, west into Sichuan, broke through the important town of Kuizhou in eastern Sichuan, the world shook, the imperial court urgently transferred Lu Xiangsheng to patrol Yunyang, at this time Ma Huihui and others returned to Huguang, in Yunyang's Huanglongtan and Lu Xiangsheng fierce battle, At that time, there were more than 400,000 rogues from all walks of life gathered near Yunyang, and Lu Xiangsheng's situation was very difficult, but he relied on his courage to win successive battles.

He himself once said: "The difficulties and sufferings of Yun are not found in the sea." In the past two months, he has supervised and suppressed the Liukou, won nine battles, beheaded more than 10,000 people, the place has been leveled, the victims have cleaned up the devastation, and Tuwei has cleaned up the aftermath. ”

As he cut off more and more heads, his fame grew, and the terrified rogues called him King Luyan without a name. Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to be in danger, but he was not the one who took the lead, and the real mainstay was Chen Qiyu, the new governor of the five provinces.

Chen Qiyu organized 23 battles in the four months since taking office. After successive battles, the Liukou could not gain a foothold in the plains, so they had to run into the mountainous areas around Hanzhong, Xing'an, Yunyang, and Fangxian, and after entering the mountainous areas. The soldiers and horses of the bandits from all walks of life began to be afraid and refused to enter the mountain, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately discovered this situation. The order severely reprimanded the governors of each town, Chen Qiyu formulated a strategic plan to close the door and fight the dogs under pressure, the governor of Shaanxi practiced state affairs, and Yunyang pacified Lu Xiangsheng. Henan Governor Xuan Mo. Huguang governor Tang Hui is like four big nets, the Liukou net in the middle of the mountainous area, and Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng led the soldiers and horses from the mountains near Yunyang all the way to encircle and suppress, repeatedly captured, Liukou was forced to move from Huguang to the mountains of Hannan in Shaanxi, this time the trouble is a bit big, Chongzhen seven years in early June, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Scorpion block, Zhang Miaoshou and other departments under the pressure of the official army. Strayed into the Chezhou Gorge south of Hung Yen.

Carriage Gorge, also known as Dog Spine Pass. The gorge is about 40 miles long, its width is not more than a zhang, the strange peaks on both sides are abrupt, the strange rocks are craggy, the vicious waves are rolling, it is easy to enter and difficult to get out, the situation is dangerous, according to the records of the Tang newspaper, there are about 45,000 of the trapped various departments, almost all the leaders of the Liukou are trapped in this, the officers and soldiers surround the carriage gorge and condescendingly, throwing stones and torches from the mountain, etc., Yang Bo calculated according to the time of the Tang Newspaper, these Liukou have been trapped for nearly a month, the grain and grass are exhausted, and the heavy rain continues, the flash floods, the gorge water rises sharply, one foot of the Liukou, has collectively stepped into the ghost gate!

Yang Bo naturally knew about the later things, and Liukou once again sacrificed a tried and tested nirvana stunt - deception. If these rogues are exterminated, although Da Ming will not be able to improve the current situation of internal and external troubles from the root, it will take a long time to grow from ordinary rogues to giant robbers, and Da Ming will at least get a chance to breathe, Yang Bo knows that Da Ming failed to get this opportunity in the end, and the rogues once again miraculously completed the impossible task, the reason is very simple, Emperor Chongzhen personally nodded and agreed to appease!

Emperor Chongzhen confiscated a cent of gold from Liukou, and half a year ago, Liukou crossed the Yellow River in the south and ravaged several provinces without a straight day, how could Emperor Chongzhen nod and agree? Yang Bo speculated that on the one hand, it was Emperor Chongzhen's character who was very happy, the main reason was that Houjin was Koubian again, Liaozhen was in a few urgent situations, and Yundong slave soldiers pointed directly to various places outside the pass, and Emperor Chongzhen was eager to dispatch elite soldiers and horses to the north, so he would nod and agree with Chen Qiyu's appeasement plan, and occasionally make mistakes called carelessness, but make mistakes in the same thing in a row, in addition to the two words stupid, is there a better metaphor? Emperor Chongzhen nodded that the price was very large, and it directly buried the root cause of the fall of the Ming Kingdom.

Under Chen Qiyu's arrangement, the trapped 36,000 battalion rogues walked out of the plank road known as a natural danger, and along the way they were accompanied by the soldiers who were escorted by the same clothes, food, and friendly relations. But just out of the plank road, the Liukou rebelled again, the Michidu incident repeated again, the Liukou will pacify the sending officer or kill the head, or cut off the ear, and slaughtered 5,000 to escort the Ming army, and then sent troops to trap seven counties, burning and killing and plundering along the way, in this way, the Liukou got rid of the predicament, realized the strategic transfer, and entered the Central Plains region of "the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds fly", and the combat effectiveness of the Liukou has also undergone a qualitative change, from avoiding the officers and soldiers all the way to the enemy to the dignified decisive battle of leading troops, After Hong Chengchou received the seal of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, he once lamented: "In the past, the thieves avoided the troops and fled, but now they meet the enemy with troops, ambush left and right, and repeat the succession, so it is difficult to kill." The thieves all have fine horses, or straddle two horses, and the officers and soldiers have three steps and seven horses, so it is difficult to chase. Since then, the internal troubles in the late Ming Dynasty have entered a new stage, and Emperor Chongzhen has no ability to stop the growth of Liukou.

After reading the Tang newspaper, Yang Bo sighed, the imperial court indulged the Liukou several times, they thought that the Liukou was a small miscellaneous fish, which could be caught at any time, but they didn't know that the next time they fished out was a man-eating monster, and the rising Ming Dynasty star fell more like a meteor, although it was Emperor Chongzhen who nodded in person, and the military department agreed, but in the end, Emperor Chongzhen, who was thin and cold, still pushed Chen Qiyu out as a scapegoat, and Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces in the heart of the emperor, was removed from the list, and the Ming Dynasty never gave Chen Qiyu a chance to recover, until the Tang King of the Southern Ming Dynasty called him, Chen Qiyu did not go to the call until he died.

Yang Bo doesn't care about the tragedy of Chen Qiyu's life, Chen Qiyu is greedy and ignores his subordinates' strong opposition to the main force, even if he accepts gold and silver, he must at least maintain a trace of vigilance against the rebel and impermanent rogue, right? As the key figure who caused the evil consequences, Yang Bo felt that Chen Qiyu had nothing to sympathize with.

He had another question to think about, after the rogue left the Carriage Gorge. The old state reverted and continued to loot in Shaanxi and Gansu. Emperor Chongzhen was ashamed, and continued to mobilize people from all walks of life into Shaanxi to encircle and suppress, and the rogues were divided into three roads, and after scourging Shanxi, Huguang and other places, they suddenly entered Henan in a big way, and Yang Bobu played the chess pieces. The bandit army is in Nanyang Mansion, Henan!

In what way will the bandits confront these bandits?

Yang Bo was sure that the tragedy in the Carriage Gorge would not be repeated, and through Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi of the military department, he was very likely to stop Emperor Chongzhen's plan to take charge of the appeasement. But he can't do this, he needs to raise a coward, and without a rogue, he can't open a knife on the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty. And the latter is the root cause of the collapse of the Ming Empire.

June 14. Chen Qiyu wrote for the first time to ask to appease the trapped Liukou, the court was in an uproar, Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet discussed several times, and gradually unified their thoughts, Wen Tiren took into account that the Tatar slave Kou was about to be, and agreed to the main caressing, and Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, also agreed to the main fu because he and Chen Qiyu were sons and daughters. However, five days later, Lushun General Yang Bo suddenly went to the court to impeach Chen Qiyu for corruption. Coercing the self-respect, Yang Bo said in the song: "The thieves in Hannan are all in the plank road, and the governor of the five provinces, Chen Qiyu, does not want to serve the country, and the left and right are privately bribed by the rogues, misleading the country and the people, and the thieves are bound and begging to surrender. Qi Yu insisted on going his own way, regardless of the boiling of material discussions, and his troops stopped the soldiers, and the ministers did not know the actual number. And see Qi Yu Shu, the eight kings of the department of 13,000 people, the scorpion block department of more than 500 people, Zhang Miao's hands of more than 9,100 people, and the eight kings of another more than 8,300 people, the minister does not feel that he looks up to the sky and sighs, within a month, more than 40,000 people of Fuqiang Kou, all from the plank road into the mainland, how to eat and drink, and have no plagiarism? How can there be more than 1,000 handsome generals, and the thieves support more than 10,000 people? Can Ann be disciplined? That is, the number of people in Yan'an County has increased by more than 40,000, where is Anji? With less than 20,000 troops and more than 40,000 thieves, how can the inland troops be able to support it? Zhao'an thieves, the most appropriate to be cautious, the ambition of the wolf, the power is difficult to ambush, the border land is poor, there is no food, only to avoid death, so willing to worry about it? Once the rebellion is revived, it will fall into a famous city and cannot be saved, and if it is a corrupt place in the future, it will be the poison of Qiyu, and it will be too late to regret it......"

Yang Bo played a sparse, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, the current Shaanxi governor practiced state affairs, Shanxi governor Wu Xian and so on also sparse, all said that appeasement is not feasible, and cited the old example of Michidu to refute, Chen Qiyu did the Ministry of Rites to give things, eloquence is higher than his military literacy, when the twenty-four impeachment of Wei Zhongxian was sharp-toothed, the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian was not embarrassed, this time he connected a few recitals to refute the opponents, what is the rogue is also a child, etc., said with emotion, tears together, two days later, Emperor Chongzhen immediately issued an order, saying that the thief's heart has been reformed, He was not allowed to be interrogated on the way, and sternly warned the local officials and gentry not to bother the Fu Bureau, arrested the governor Lian Guo and ordered Li Qiao to patrol Shaanxi, and sent Jinyi Wei and Ti Cai to arrest more than 50 people, including Li Jiayan of Baoji Zhixian County and Sun Peng, the squire of Fengxiang, and all of them were imprisoned. It turned out that the soldiers went to Fengxiang when the rogue first surrendered, these rogue held Chen Qiyu's death-free card, deceived the defenders in the city and said that they were ordered by the governor to come to Fengxiang to settle, the local squire Sun Peng and others saw through the intention of the rogue and refused to open the city gate, and ordered someone to bring the rogue into the city, and killed all the thirty-six people who entered the city first, the rogue Ke Fengxiang did not turn to Baoji, and was recognized by Li Jiayan of Baoji County, and suffered heavy losses, Chen Qiyu heard it, gritted his teeth with hatred, hated Yang Bo in his heart, practiced state affairs, etc., and sued in the name of destroying the Fu Bureau, With Lian Guoshi and Li Jiayan, the chickens that were killed, all the objections in the court disappeared, so a few days later, Emperor Chongzhen officially issued an order and ordered Chen Qiyu to take charge of pacifying the matter......

Yang Bo received Emperor Chongzhen's stern questioning, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, it is really not easy to brush up a reputation in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, they have been imprisoned for punishment of state affairs, and Chen Qiyu and a large number of other masters are also coming to an end, Emperor Chongzhen can always do things to lose both, and then said sadly and indignantly, those who die in the world, all of them are also ......

On June 20, on the shore of Dengzhou Water City, many people were waiting, the crowd was led by Yan Kunzhi, the Jiliao Governor of the second grade official uniform, followed by the supervisor Zong Yuanfang, Yang Bo took Lushun guerrilla Li Zhizhan, He Jiu and others stood far behind, he whispered and Li Weiluan, Tan Yinghua, Shang Kexi and others talked, the noble and the martial arts, the military generals in the back, and a large group of Deng, Laizhizhou, prefect, Zhixian and other civil officials in the middle, today Denglai Governor Yang Wenyue took office, they naturally want to come over to catch the wind.

Yan Kunzhi stood at the front with a complicated expression, he officially took over the position of Jiliao Supervisor after the handover was completed today, and he would immediately start from Tianjin. Inspect Tianjin all the way, Jizhen, Liaozhen and other jurisdictions, and may have to pass through Ningyuan. According to the return of Liaozhen, the Tatar vanguard has approached, whether he can successfully survive this test is enough to make him upset, except for the Lushun guerrilla battalion, there are really not many soldiers and horses he can command. Of course, the Guanning faction will not bird him, and maybe they will disobey him, waiting to see his jokes. For this reason, he wanted to promote Chen Hongfan, the former commander-in-chief of Denglai, as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, but Yang Bo strongly opposed it, and Yan Kunzhi knew that Chen Hongfan could not fight, so he transferred unambiguously. But he was very reluctant as an overseer. It's unthinkable right now.

In a trance, a dark shadow appeared in the distance, and the crowd on the shore made a noisy noise, "Coming, coming......"

After another half an hour, the ship of Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, finally docked at the Shuicheng Wharf, and for a time the drums and trumpets sounded on the wharf, about fifty years old. Yang Wenyue, who had a delicate face, stepped off the springboard with the support of his entourage.

"The lower official greets the Inspector," Yang Wenyue first bowed to Yan Kunzhi.

Yan Kunzhi took a step forward enthusiastically and said, "Douwang." Why be polite? ”

Yang Wenyue said cautiously: "The national etiquette law should not be ignored."

The two looked at each other and smiled, Yan Kunzhi patted his arm to show affection, and said, "There is still a deal to be handed over in Denglai in the next few days, and there is still a fight between you and me......

Yang Wenyue smiled slightly: "This is a matter within the official duty, and it should be like this."

Yang Bo had been silently observing this person in the crowd, and Yang Wenyue suddenly looked through several civil officials in the front row, and met his gaze, Yang Bo saw him nodding slightly, and he was also pretending to smile at the moment.

Yan Kunzhi nodded, pulled him and said, "Come on, Dou Wang, this is the Denglai Prison Army Zong Yuanfang, Master Zong, you two should be closer in the future."

Before Zong Yuanfang could speak, Yang Wenyue hurriedly said: "It turned out that it was the Lord of the Prison Army in person, the Lord of the Prison Army stuck to Lushun, flanked Jinzhou, pacified Phi Island, and worked hard, although the lower officials were far away in Beijing, they also heard the name of the Lord and the soldiers for a long time."

Zong Yuanfang raised his voice politely a few times, and did not talk much, and there was still a battle between them when the next delivery was made, so naturally he would not be too enthusiastic.

After the three highest-level officials met, Yan Kunzhi introduced Yang Wenyue to civil officials at all levels in Denglai, and Yang Wenyue didn't have much affection for these lower-level officials, just nodded and gestured, and occasionally commented a few words and refused to say more.

When Yang Bo was introduced, Yang Bo honestly knelt down to salute, and Yan Kunzhi said lightly: "This is the general of Zhenguo, Lushun General Yang"

Yang Wenyue grabbed Yang Bo's arm fiercely: "General Yang Shen invites up, this official has long heard that the guerrilla battalion in Beijing has unparalleled combat strength, and it is famous in the world, there are generals guarding southern Liaoning, and it is difficult for Tatar slaves to please well, and when I see it today, it is really a loyal and righteous man......"

"Adults praise falsely, the last general is ashamed to be" Yang Bo sincerely looked up at Yang Wenyue and said: "A little bit of merit, it should not be praised by adults, this is all my adults' strategy, Lord Yan, Lord Zong, Lord Liu of Haiphong Dao, Lord Zhizhou Wang, Lord Li of the general soldier ......"

Yang Bo smiled and raised the names of all his bosses, Yang Wenyue held Yang Bo's arm with one hand, and listened with a smile, without an impatient expression on his face.

At this moment, Zong Yuanfang scolded with a sharp voice: "Yang Bo, you don't know anything, Shangguan supported you, but you were holding on to yourself, but where did you put Shangguan?" Where is the law of the imperial court? ”

As soon as Zong Yuanfang's words came out, the faces of many lower-level officials changed, and Yang Bo seemed to be full of panic and said: "Yes, yes, the last general is rude."

Yan Kunzhi stroked his beard and smiled slightly, Yang Wenyue's eyes flashed, he took Yang Bo's hand and lifted it up forcefully, and said, "General Yang, please get up."

Yang Bo stood up.

After introducing everyone, everyone went to the governor's yamen under the leadership of Yan Kunzhi, Yang Bogang wanted to retreat to the ranks of the military generals behind, and did not want Yang Wenyue to say: "Idle, come, this official will ask you for some strategies in southern Liaoning."

Due to the presence of the superintendent, Yang Wenyue was not good at pointing fingers, so he could only listen to Yan Kunzhi explain Denglai's defense and other matters, and waited until the governor's yamen sat down, and after listening to Yan Kunzhi finish talking about this year's Denglai strategy, Yang Wenyue had the opportunity to ask: "Lord Junmen, the guerrilla battalion has entered Gyeonggi, and the military headquarters has already written to Denglai, why is the guerrilla battalion slow to move?" ”

Everyone's eyes focused on Yang Bo, Yang Bo said with a calm expression: "My lord, the guerrilla battalion was ambushed by the Tatar slaves before the tenth day, and suffered heavy losses, the entire family Ding team suffered casualties, and the soldiers and horses such as the odd barracks were not neat, plus the imperial court food and salary were delayed, and the soldiers had no heart to fight, plus our guest soldiers were allowed to raise their own food, this is ......."

Yang Wenyue was a little worried, especially when everyone's eyes were focused on him, he originally wanted to have a relationship with Yang Bolala, after all, if he wanted to sit firmly in the position of governor of Denglai in the future, the guerrilla battalion could not help but use it for himself, but if Yang Bo casually found an excuse to delay, if the deadline did not come, it was he Yang Wenyue who was impeached by the imperial history of the imperial court, but what Yang Bo said was also true,

After all, Yang Wenyue has lived in officialdom for a long time, and he hummed and chirped at the moment, and there was no practical solution, but he saw Yan Kunzhi and Zong Yuanfang turning their heads to look away, as if they had nothing to do with themselves, and everyone below nodded very tacitly, Yang Wenyue felt that he had encountered an iron wall for the first time.

At the request of Yang Wenyue, Yan Kunzhi ordered the two sides to start handing over warehouses, equipment, armaments, etc., Yang Wenyue was the chief official, so naturally he would not participate in these trivial matters, and went to rest under the pretext that he was tired from the journey...... (To be continued......)