h2 > the weather in July, the sun is like fire, the army passes everywhere, the yellow sand in the sky is blowing in the face, along the way are all wilderness thousands of miles, sometimes a day can not see a living person, but the market sees the rotting corpse lying in the grass on the side of the road, pecked by a flock of black crows, the white bones are exposed to the wilderness without any cover, the original field is overgrown with weeds, there is no trace of vitality at all.

Li Zicheng's army is still fighting fiercely with the official army in Henan, under the construction of Sun Shikang, Zhu Ping'an went out of Zhili, took Baoding Mansion all the way to the west, and arrived at Tongguan through Taiyuan Mansion, Fenzhou, and Pingyang.

Before leaving Beijing, Zhu Ping'an met with Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, alone, and he finally asked for some grain from the household department, which was barely enough for the army, but after arriving at Tongguan, the military rations were exhausted. Before entering the city, Zhu Ping'an had already received news from the military intelligence department that Fu Zonglong had led Shaanxi soldiers and horses out of Tongguan at the beginning of the month, and went to Xincai, Henan, to meet with Sun Chuanting to relieve the siege of Feng. Now staying in Tongguan is the right capital of the imperial history Wang Qiaonian. The defenders in the Tongguan area are currently less than 10,000 people, and the military rations are also frequently urgent.

As a result, Zhu Ping'an did not intend to rely on Shaanxi to supply his army. Before leaving Beijing, Wang Chengen had already informed the sub-colons of Fengxiantang and gradually joined the command of the Dengzhou Military Intelligence Department, and the sub-colons had already begun to raise food, and when Zhu Ping'an's army arrived at Tongguan, the localities had been continuously sending food to the army camp.

Tongguan is located in the east of the Guanzhong Plain, at the intersection of Qin, Jin and Henan provinces. There are Qinling Mountains in the south, Forbidden Valley in the east, Wei and Luo rivers in the north, and Huashan Mountain in the west. It is located in the middle of the mountain peaks and valleys, winding and horizontal, and the terrain is dangerous. Due to its important military location, the Ming Dynasty began to repair and improve it since the Hongwu period, and now it has become the strongest Xiongcheng in the west of Beijing.

Sun Shikang has been running around all year round, his body is very strong, and the march for more than a month has not affected his interest, and when Tongguan appeared in the army's field of vision, Sun Shikang suddenly became excited. On the contrary, Yang Tinglin was exhausted by the continuous march, and his face was much haggard.

On the tower of Tongguan City in the distance, the flag is like a cloud, and it seems that the traces of Zhu Ping'an's department have also been discovered, and he became nervous for a while, and he can vaguely hear the shouts from the city tower along the whirring wind.

Zhu Ping'an frowned, obviously a little disappointed in the level of the Tongguan defenders. I had already filmed a messenger to Tongguan to deliver a letter, saying that these days were about to arrive, but the defenders of Tongguan were still as flustered as frightened birds, obviously having great fear of the rogues who were everywhere.

Without waiting for Zhu Ping'an's orders, Shen Ke had already sent people to Pegasus to rush to the front of the pass, and sent the transfer of troops from the military department to the pass together with Zhu Ping'an's farewell. Only then did the city gradually regain its calm.

In a short time, the gates of the city were opened, and a group of military horses came out.

When he arrived, Zhu Ping'an found that the leader was actually a eunuch. Looking at the color of the grade uniform, it should be Qian Songli, the supervisor of the Tongguan soldiers and horses.

This Qian Songli was very respectful, and immediately turned over and dismounted before he got close, walked quickly to Zhu Ping'an's horse, reported his name, and his face was full of smiles.

Zhu Ping'an also said a few polite words, but still did not get off the horse. Qian Songli is the confidant of Cao Huachun, the minister of ceremonies and supervisors, and Cao Huachun gave him full responsibility for cooperating with Zhu Ping'an to clear the eight families on the right side of the mountain, and he has already received a letter from Cao Huachun. Du Xun is now emerging in the palace and is a great threat to Cao Huachun's position as the eunuch in charge of the seal, but Wang Chengen and Zhu Ping'an handed over a God-given opportunity to bring down Du Xun to Cao Huachun, so Cao Huachun also told Qian Songli to fully cooperate and handle the errand properly.

Qian Songli smiled, "Don't mind General Zhu, General Fu is now leading the troops to Henan, and he is not in the city." Wang Qiaonian, the right servant, is a stinky temper who doesn't eat oil and salt, and he refuses to go out to meet ......! ”

A few fluttering words threw Wang Qiaonian out, in order to highlight his importance and courtesy to Zhu Ping'an, this Qian Songli is indeed a character who has been rolling in the inner palace for many years, and it also makes Zhu Ping'an smile.

"It's okay, this official will enter the city to meet Wang Yanxian." Zhu Ping'an said nonchalantly. This Wang Qiaonian is a person, Zhu Ping'an understands. Although he is a civil official, he is jealous and hateful, and he is like a fire, and he originally stayed well in the court, because his personality offended too many courtiers, so he was sent to the battlefield in Shaanxi.

Qian Songli received a letter from Cao Huachun, and knew in his heart that Zhu Ping'an was now a role valued by Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the inner court, so he deliberately committed himself to making friends, besides, Cao Huachun also told him to do a big thing with Zhu Ping'an, in case something went wrong, the backer in the palace fell, and his future would be shattered, so although the black complaint had no effect, Qian Songli still looked smiling.

The army slowly entered the city, this Qian Songli can be regarded as a thoughtful character, now Shanxi is short of food, but he is preparing pigs, sheep, wine and meat to entertain Zhu Ping'an's subordinates, attracting the defenders stationed in Tongguan to drool, originally saw the equipment of Shandong soldiers and horses was shocked, and now look at Zhu Ping'an's subordinates with more jealousy and resentment.

Regarding Qian Songli's move, Zhu Ping'an and Yang Tinglin exchanged glances, and Yang Tinglin suddenly understood, even if he privately ordered Zhang Dingbian and Zhang Yaoxian, who led the troops, to distribute some wine and meat to the Tongguan defenders, it was not good to make too many enemies when they first arrived, and how to cooperate in the future war.

There are not many households in Tongguan, which is due to the fact that Tongguan was originally stored as a military facility. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the relatives and families of the Tongguan guards gradually settled here, and only then did they begin to form smaller-scale markets and residential areas.

After Fu Zonglong was ordered to garrison Tongguan, he took the official hall of Tongguan as the command center, and worked here on weekdays. Now Wang Qiaonian has also borrowed here.

The Tongguan guard commanded the yamen to be nothing more than a four-entry courtyard, and now it is heavily guarded. Out of distrust of the guards, the current commander made the yamen guard by the governor's personal guards.

After arranging the garrison of the army, Zhu Ping'an brought Yang Tinglin, Sun Shikang and a group of personal guards to the command of the yamen to pay homage to Wang Qiaonian.

But what I didn't expect was that Wang Qiaonian was already waiting at the gate. This made Qian Songli's face change, he didn't expect that this stubborn temper who didn't eat old and soft and hard would be waiting for Zhu Ping'an at the gate.

Zhu Ping'an was also taken aback. The right is the imperial history, which is second only to the cabinet ministers and the six ministers in the court, and they are waiting in front of the door early, which is extremely rare in the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Ping'an didn't dare to slack off, immediately jumped off the horse, and trotted all the way to Wang Qiaonian to pay respects. "Zhu Ping'an, the acting chief soldier of Shandong, see Lord Xian!"

Wang Qiaonian, the word year star, is a native of Sui'an, Zhejiang. Born in the second year of the Apocalypse, he successively served as the director of the Shaanxi Division of the Criminal Department, Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and Langzhong of the Ministry of Works. He was in his forties, dressed in a red official robe, with a thin figure, but a pair of ringed eyes kept examining Zhu Ping'an. A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Mr. Zhu is polite, the official has prepared a thin banquet to wash the dust for Mr. Zhu!" As he spoke, he led Zhu Ping'an into the official office. But he didn't pay any attention to Qian Songli who was following behind, and Qian Songli had to say goodbye with a smile.

When he arrived at a hall in the backyard, Zhu Ping'an followed Wang Qiaonian into the room, only to find that there was only a round table and a few dilapidated wooden chairs in the room. There were six dishes on the table, but they were all greens.

Wang Qiaonian smiled and invited Zhu Ping'an, Yang Tinglin and Sun Shikang to sit down. "Tongguan is located in front of the army, drinking alcohol is taboo during wartime, the official did not prepare wine, and now there is a shortage of materials in the city, and there are only a few plates of green vegetables.

Zhu Ping'an didn't even dare to say that the so-called courtesy to others must have something to ask for, Wang Qiaonian's reputation is outside, plus his official position and identity, but now he is demoted to greet him, obviously with other intentions, but I don't know what this picture is.

Wang Qiaonian really didn't adapt to this kind of interpersonal interaction, and just drank a cup of tea, he bluntly stated the purpose of this "banquet" to Zhu Ping'an.

Fu Zonglong was appointed governor of Shaanxi, and he and Sun Chuanting were jointly responsible for the conquest and suppression of Li Zicheng, but now the shape is becoming more and more difficult. Nearly half of the elite of the Shaanxi army was transferred by Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting's troops simply used all the recruited people to make a big move in Tuntian, Weinan. Fu Zonglong had less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but even so, military rations were still the biggest problem plaguing the officers and soldiers.

At that time, Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian were having a headache over the problem of military rations. Sun Chuanting went alone to relieve the siege of Kaifeng, and Fu Zonglong had no choice but to lead troops to the rescue, so the burden of collecting grain and grass was all on Wang Qiaonian's body for a hundred years.

There was no other way, Wang Qiaonian had no choice but to hit the Shandong army with his mind. Shandong has done a prosperous sea trade in recent years, and many businessmen in Shanxi have made a fortune in it, so this news can naturally not be concealed from Wang Qiaonian, especially the Dengzhou City Bosi keeps sending tax silver to Beijing. Everyone knows that Zhu Ping'an's Shandong Army has definitely been rich in recent years.

Therefore, Wang Qiaonian had to ask Zhu Ping'an for help with an old face, no matter what, he had to deal with the difficulties in front of him first, and then talk about relieving the siege of Kaifeng.

Zhu Ping'an didn't expect that he would be targeted as soon as he arrived in Tongguan, looking at Wang Qiaonian's hopeful eyes, Zhu Ping'an really couldn't refuse, but Tongguan has an army of 10,000, plus his own 10,000 people, which is an establishment of 20,000 people, and how much food is needed to barely support it. I have a lot of money, but I can't help spending like this! R1152