When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he was first surprised, then sneered, staring at Xu Liang, Cao Wenzhao sneered: "Is the governor trying to buy me?" Like He Huchen and He Renlong, the two spineless scum, there is only you Xu Liang in their eyes, and there is no emperor and court? I'm really sorry, I can't be so cheap! ”

Xu Liang frowned, looked at Cao Wenzhao, and gently tapped the coffee table with his right finger rhythmlessly, and his tone turned cold: "This official is completely looking at General Cao's martial arts and outstanding talents, and he can't bear to bury General Cao's talents so much, so he made such a kind invitation." General Cao might wish to think again. ”

"Don't think about it!" Cao Wenzhao resolutely shouted: "Cao was cultivated by the court, how could he do such a betrayal of the court!" The governor's kindness, forgive Cao can only live up to it. ”

"General Cao is so resolute?"

Cao Wenzhao snorted coldly and turned his head away with disdain.

Xu Liang thought for a while, and persuaded again: "According to the news that this official has received, the three thousand iron cavalry that General Cao brought from Liaodong are now dead. Even if General Cao returns to Guyuan City safely again, it will be like a situation where soldiers are available! The cavalry of the Liang Army, newly formed by this officer, has as many as 5,000 cavalry, all of which are high-quality war horses, well-equipped and well-trained, and the only thing missing is a member of the leading generals! Why didn't General Cao commit himself here, lead 5,000 cavalry, and lead them to fight on the battlefield again? ”

Cao Wen stood up and said coldly to Xu Liang, "Lord Governor doesn't need to say any more. Cao has made up his mind. If the governor has nothing to do, Cao will leave! ”

"Why is General Cao in a hurry to leave?" Xu Liang couldn't help but be angry when he saw Cao Wenzhao not on the road like this. His tone turned cold, and he said, "When this official heard that Luo Rucai led the army to rescue General Cao. General Cao once knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, looking sad. In addition, he has not eaten or drunk for the past few days, and his body must be damaged, so the general will recuperate here for a few days, and after his body recovers, he will return to Guyuan. ”

Cao Wenzhao's eyes suddenly turned red, glared at Xu Liang angrily, and shouted in a deep voice: "Xu Liang, you still have the face to mention this!" Why were there more than 1,000 cavalry soldiers under my command beaten to nothing? All of this is thanks to your Xu Liang! ”

"How can this be blamed on the official?" Xu Liang was quite surprised.

"Humph!" Cao Wenzhao shouted indignantly: "The people in the northwest are in turmoil. Looking at the huge momentum, in fact, the number of troops that can really confront the court is twelve out of ten! And there are 100,000 officers and soldiers in Shaanxi, if it weren't for you, the governor of Shaanxi, who blindly avoided the war, why would this general and the governor of the three sides, Lord Hong, be so desperate! Poor General Ben waved down 3,000 iron horsemen, and since the day he came to the northwest, he has been running east and west, and he has never rested for a day! War attrition, coupled with insufficient supplies. My soldiers will fight less and less! ”

Cao Wenzhao glared at Xu Liang angrily and shouted angrily: "The current situation in the northwest is all caused by you Xu Liang!" The demise of my three thousand Liaodong Iron Cavalry is also inseparable from your Xu Liang! On that day, I Cao cried on the battlefield. It's for the dead cavalry soldiers! They shouldn't have died, but they died! ”

"Cao Mou hates to ask you Xu Liang for justice for them! And now thou hast pretended to persuade me to come to thee? What a dream! ”

After listening to Cao Wenzhao's words, Xu Liang was silent. Long. Xu Liang let out a long sigh, "I really didn't expect it." General Cao has such a deep misunderstanding of this official! No matter what, General Cao is so resolute. It's not easy for the official to force it. Come on, send General Cao down to rest. ”

Hearing Xu Liang's instructions, four guards walked in and beckoned to Cao Wenzhao: "General Cao, please." ”

Cao Wenzhao looked at Xu Liang coldly, and said disdainfully: "If the governor has the ability, he will kill me!" What kind of ability is house arrest! ”

Xu Liang's face was gloomy, and the guard pushed Cao Wenzhao and shouted, "Hurry up!" ”

Cao Wenzhao was taken out, and the commander of the patrol division walked in, and when he saw Xu Liang's ugly face, he said angrily: "My lord, this Cao Wenzhao is so ignorant, why do you like this person so much!" Isn't it just a cavalry general, thinking that I have tens of thousands of Liang troops, can't I find someone who can lead the troops out? ”

Xu Liang squinted at Tie Tou, sighed regretfully, and said, "Ah Tie, you don't understand the truth that thousands of troops are easy to find, and one general is rare!" I have carefully read the investigation materials of Jinyiwei and Tsing Yiwei on Cao Wenzhao. The information that Duan Zhigang of Jinyiwei Qianhu transferred from Jinyiwei in Liaodong, I have seen some words on it. ”

"What?"

Xu Liang thought of those words, and couldn't help but be moved: "Cao Wenzhao, this person, the cabinet minister, the scholar of Wuyingdian University, and Sun Chengzong, who led the affairs of the governor of Jiliao, once commented on this person: a good general in the world, a genius who is not born in the world!" ”

Xu Liang looked at Tietou's surprised expression, sighed faintly, and said: "What kind of vision is Sun Ge Lao, to be able to get such a high evaluation from Sun Ge Lao, which shows that Cao Wenzhao has extraordinary skills!" It would be a pity if such a person could not be used by me! ”

The iron head was also helpless, "Then, do you want me to find someone to persuade him again?" ”

"You?" Xu Liang smiled, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The official governor of Shaanxi came forward in person, and he couldn't persuade Cao Wenzhao to join him, and it was even more impossible for you!" Cao Wenzhao has the ability and temper, this matter is not urgent, you have to take your time. Xu Liang said, and then instructed Tie Tou: "By the way, Cao Wenzhao is temporarily under house arrest in the governor's yamen, as long as he doesn't go out of the governor's yamen, you must not interfere with what he wants to do!" ”

"Yes." The iron head answered.

Xu Liang said again: "By the way, I will bring a message to the Trilateral Governor's Mansion in Guyuan, saying that General Cao is seriously injured and needs to be carefully recuperated in the governor's yamen, as for whether he can be cured and when he can be cured, it depends on the attitude of the court." ”

It has been more than 10 days since Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, learned that the Pingliang guerrilla general Luo Rucai had led his army to attack. However, Li Dusi of the People's Army has been forced to stay away from the Guyuan range, while Cao Wenzhao, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, has not heard from him.

Governor Hong also wrote to ask Luo Rucai, but received no response. Until a letter sent from the Yamen of the governor of Shaanxi.

After reading the letter, Hong Chengchou's face became gloomy.

Cao Wenzhao was recuperating from his injuries in the governor's yamen, whether he could heal or not, and when he would be able to heal. It depends on the attitude of the court! As for the implicit meaning of Xu Liang in the letter, Governor Hong could understand it. Xu Liang was telling Hong Chengchou. Cao Wenzhao is in his hands, whether he lets people go or not depends on how well Governor Hong promised Xu Liang to do it! That's it. Cao Wenzhao is also the deputy chief soldier of Shaanxi. If it can't be done well, Cao Wenzhao may be a dead man.

There are too few generals available under Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao is a very effective general, and his safety cannot but be taken to the heart of Governor Hong.

Governor Hong called several staff officers from the governor's palace into the house, and a group of people discussed it for a day and a night, and after dawn, finally sent an urgent letter of eight hundred li from the governor's palace on the three sides.

A few days later. It was handed to the General Secretary and then quickly transferred to the Cabinet. After checking the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, felt that the matter was serious, and hurriedly called Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi, two cabinet elders, and the three old men hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint.

The cabinet ministers gathered in the Yangxin Palace, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was dealing with official business, was also startled, and put down the matter in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the three pavilion elders in surprise and asked, "Three pavilion elders." Again, what's going on? ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't ask what happened, but what happened to him! It can be seen that for Emperor Chongzhen, things are happening in the court every day. And to be able to alarm three cabinet ministers at the same time must be a huge thing!

The first assistant Zhou Yanru presented the recital of the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou with both hands, and handed it to Wang Chengen, the waiting celebrant Bingbi. After the prince sent the fold to Emperor Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru and the other three bowed down and reported: "Your Majesty." The governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, made an urgent report, and the Northwest People's Army revived. The momentum is huge, and the soldiers have surrounded the original city several times! Governor Hong and General Cao sent troops to recruit and suppress several times, but with little success...... Half a month ago, Cao Wenzhao, deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, led more than 1,000 cavalry to attack Li Dusi, the leader of the people's army, but was besieged and the whole army was annihilated......

Zhou Shoufu said, he couldn't help but cry, and said with a bowed head and a crying voice: "Your Majesty, the chaos in the northwest is out of control, the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, has no troops to send, no generals are available, Governor Hong is guilty of the crime, please ask the emperor to choose another merit to quell the chaos in the northwest!" Your Majesty, the Northwest is in danger! ”

Seeing this, Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

Emperor Chongzhen listened and watched the folds, and slapped the folds on the table with a snap, because of the excessive force on his right hand, the green tendons on the back of his hands protruded, Emperor Chongzhen's hands and feet were cold, and he sat down on the dragon chair in a dejected manner, looking at the three cabinet ministers kneeling side by side in the middle of the Yangxin Palace, he couldn't help but have red eyes, and tears were rolling in his eyes.

Seeing this, Si Li Bingbi Wang Chengen stepped forward and gently patted Chongzhen's back, and said softly: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body." ”

Emperor Chongzhen took a few deep breaths of air, waved his hand at the three pavilion elders, and said, "Three Aiqing, get up and speak quickly." ”

"Emperor Xie ......"

Zhou Yanru and the other three stood up, looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and lowered their heads.

"Governor Hong has no soldiers and no generals, and he is helpless against the situation in the northwest." Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said, "According to your Aiqing's opinion, where can the court send troops over?" ”

Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, and Xu Guangqi each looked at the shield, and then bowed their heads at the same time and did not reply.

"Speak!" Emperor Chongzhen shouted helplessly.

Zhou Yanru reluctantly took a step forward and bowed his hand to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the heavy troops of the court are distributed in Jiubian and Liaodong, and the situation in Jiubian and Liaodong is tense, so it is not appropriate to transfer troops. The only force that can be used is the Jingying ......"

"The Jingying has the heavy responsibility of guarding the Jingshi, how can it be easily called!" Emperor Chongzhen categorically vetoed.

"Then, Dai Feng, the former general soldier of Tongzhou, is currently stationed in Zunhua," Zhou Yanru thought for a while, and then arched his hand and said: "Dai General soldier has 50,000 elite soldiers, but it is the only force that can be used at present. ”

After Zhou Yanru finished speaking, Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi both looked at Zhou Yanru with surprised eyes, and they both felt that Zhou Shoufu was purely looking for scolding. Dai Feng, the chief soldier of Tongzhou, himself is Xu Liang's old father-in-law, and his generals are all from the Liang army. After Xu Liang left the Beijing Division, the cabinet and the military department also tried their best to mix sand into the Tongzhou soldiers, but the generals sent over mysteriously disappeared in just a few days, and no one was alive or dead! Later, the Ministry of War wanted to send military generals to serve under Dai Zongbing, and those selected generals would rather be idle at home than live or die. Later, the court was gone, so that until now, the 50,000 elite soldiers under Dai Feng are still firmly in the hands of the chief soldier Dai Feng and the general Sima Qiudao. And Dai Feng and Sima Qiudao are Xu Liang's people, to put it bluntly, this army is Xu Liang's private army.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen glared at Zhou Yanru angrily and scolded: "Zhou Aiqing didn't sleep well last night?" Can such a bad idea be raised? ”

Zhou Yanru didn't seem to have the slightest consciousness of being scolded, and he didn't quibble when he heard the words, arched his hand and retreated.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru helplessly, then at Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi, and asked, "What is the best plan for Wen Aiqing and Xu Aiqing?" ”

Wen Tiren does not have a good impression of Xu Liang, and Wen Tiren will never give any favorable advice to Xu Liang except for falling into the ground. Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's question, Wen Tiren lowered his eyelids and was determined to be deaf and blind.

Xu Guangqi was very aware of the situation in the northwest, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren and saw that these two were ready to be shrunken turtles, he scolded in his heart, and said with a hard head: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is not appropriate to transfer the Beijing battalion or the Tongzhou soldiers, and the chaos in the northwest can only be solved from within the northwest." The trilateral governor Hong Chengchou has no soldiers and no generals to use, but as far as the old minister knows, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, and if the governor Hong and the governor Xu can work together, the crisis in the northwest is not to be worried. As for how to get Shaanxi Governor Xu Liang to sincerely cooperate with Governor Hong, Hong Chengchou made it very clear in his recital. ”

After Xu Guangqi finished speaking, the hall began to fall silent, and everyone in the hall carefully waited for Emperor Chongzhen's reaction with their breath.

Emperor Chongzhen's face was complicated, and emotions such as anger, unwillingness, and helplessness were staged on his face.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "Isn't there any other way for you Aiqing?" ”

Wen Tiren watched the situation develop, and the emperor was likely to agree to Hong Chengchou's request and arrange officials for Shaanxi according to Xu Liang's wishes, which would undoubtedly make Xu Liang more arrogant and more difficult to deal with.

At this time, as a qualified politician, Wen Tiren stepped forward to make a suggestion, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, if you say a way, the old minister suddenly thought of one. ”

"Wen Aiqing said quickly." Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed and said enthusiastically to Wen Tiren.

"Your Majesty, since the officers and soldiers of Jingying and Tongzhou cannot be mobilized, the old minister thinks that there is still a place where soldiers can be mobilized." Wen Tiren said slowly.

Well, everyone in the Heart Cultivation Hall was staring at Wen Tiren, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were full of expectation, Xu Buqi listened, but frowned slightly, Ren felt, Xu Ge Lao thought that Wen Tiren did not have any good intentions.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the strength of our Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Nine Sides, Liaodong and Jingshi, there is also a place where there are 100,000 heavy soldiers!" Wen Tiren smiled confidently, and then exhaled lightly: "The court can transfer troops from Nanjing!" (To be continued.) )