The general of the Hong soldiers was helpless, roared, rushed to the edge of the city wall with a knife, and cut down a civilian soldier who climbed up from the ladder.

Hong Chengchou took a simple knife from the hands of his own soldiers around him, scanned the battle situation on the city wall with tiger eyes, and rushed over to help when he saw an emergency. Several personal soldiers of the Governor's Mansion followed Hong Chengchou closely, killing the enemy on the one hand, but more to protect Hong Chengchou's safety.

The offensive of the people's army under the city became more and more fierce, and more ladders reached the city wall. The Ming soldiers poked their heads out and fired back with bows and arrows, and after shooting a few civilian soldiers, they were killed by a wave of bows and arrows from the civilian army under the city tower.

Immediately the drums under the city were excited, and the attacking people's army was like beating chicken blood, screaming and climbing up the ladder to the city tower, the Ming army used bows and arrows, and used rolling stones to suppress the offensive of the people's army, but as more and more people's troops climbed the city wall, the suppressive power of the Ming army was weakened even more. The towers began to fall into hand-to-hand combat, and as more and more civilian troops rushed to the city walls, the Ming army began to retreat.

Hong Chengchou's whole body was wet with sweat, and the Pu knife held in his right hand trembled slightly, and he wanted to rush out again, but he was hugged by the soldiers behind him.

"My lord, get out of here!" The soldiers cried and shouted.

"I'm not leaving!" Hong Chengchou struggled and shouted.

Several pro-soldiers glanced at each other, one snatched the weapon from Hong Chengchou's hand, and the other two set up Hong Chengchou, half-dragging and half-pulling and hurriedly ran down the city tower.

"Bastard! Let go of Bendo! Hong Chengchou's eyes widened angrily and shouted.

"My lord, offended!" The soldiers shouted, ignoring Hong Chengchou's shouting. When it was empty, he hurried downstairs.

Several people escorted Hong Chengchou down the city to the halfway point, and suddenly heard a deafening shout of killing outside the city. Immediately, the Ming army on the tower of the city shouted in surprise: "Reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Several pro-soldiers were stunned, and Hong Chengchou shouted: "Let this official come down!" ”

After Hong Chengchou went to the ground. Looking back at the city tower, I saw that the people's army that rushed up to the city wall was in a panic, but the morale of the Ming army was high, and under the leadership of several Hongbing generals, they were counterattacking the retreating people's army!

Hong Chengchou climbed the city tower hand and foot, looked down the city, and saw that a team outside the city suddenly attacked the rear wing of the people's army, and the rear of the people's army was a scene of melee. In the middle of this team that suddenly arrived, a big flag was written in big characters. Looking at the equipment, it should be the men and horses led by the Pingliang guerrilla general Luo Rucai.

One of the generals in the Hong army ran to Hong Chengchou's side and cried out with joy: "My lord, we are saved!" Pingliang's reinforcements have arrived! ”

Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief, raised his knife again, and shouted at the civilian army that had been squeezed into the corner of the city wall: "Throw these rebels off the city!" ”

The soldiers of the Ming army responded in an uproar. Following Hong Chengchou, he covered the civilian army on the city wall.

After pushing the last of the people's soldiers who attacked the city wall down the city, Hong Chengchou looked and saw that the battle outside the city had entered a white-hot level, and the Liang army continued to cover up from the rear of the people's army. The Nationalist army resisted for a while, and finally began to inevitably rout, heading south.

Most of the Liang army chased after the people's army to cover the past, and some began to walk in the direction of the Guyuan City Gate. Luo Rucai, a Pingliang guerrilla general, rode to the city gate. Raising his head towards Hong Chengchou on the city tower, he arched his hand and shouted: "Governor Hong, the last general is specially coming to the rescue on the order of Lord Xu, the governor of Shaanxi!" ”

Hong Chengchou heard a burst of fire in his heart: My three-sided governor ordered you Luo Rucai to come to reinforcements three times, but I couldn't see Luo Rucai's people. Now it is said that it was ordered by Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi!

Although his heart was angry, it was Luo Ru who saved Guyuan City. Hong Chengchou had to suppress his anger and forced a smile: "General Luo has worked hard! If General Fei Luo arrived in time today. I'm afraid that Guyuan City will be broken by the people's army. This governor must ask for credit for General Luo! ”

Luo Rucai looked up to the sky and smiled, and said, "It's not necessary for the Governor to ask for credit for Luo. Luo was only acting on the orders of Lord Xunshan. If you want to express your gratitude, just say it to the Governor. ”

Luo Rucai said, arched his hand towards the city tower, and said: "The last general still has to pursue the people's army and clean up the battlefield, so it is inconvenient to enter the city to meet him." Farewell, Lord Governor! ”

"General, please!" Hong Chengchou said.

Luo Rucai left a battalion of men and horses to clean up the battlefield, and he led the men and horses to pursue and kill in the direction of the defeat and escape of the people's army. Hong Chengchou stood on the city tower for a while with a complicated expression, until Luo Rucai's men and horses were out of sight, and then he sighed and went down the city tower.

After a while, Cao Wenzhao also brought people over, and when Cao Wenzhao saw Hong Chengchou, the first thing he said was: "It was Luo Rucai who led the troops to relieve the siege of Guyuan?" ”

Hong Chengchou nodded and said in a deep voice: "Not bad." Luo Rucai said that he was ordered by Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi! ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he scolded: "Fart! Guyuan City has been besieged for more than a day or two, if Luo Rucai wants to rescue, he can lead the army to arrive in half a day, why not wait until Guyuan City is about to break! In my opinion, this Luo Rucai is deliberately watching us and the people's army lose both! ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Cao Wenzhao, frowned and waved his hand and said: "General Cao, no matter what Luo Rucai's intentions are, this siege of Guyuan was indeed rescued by Luo Rucai, so you can say a few words!" ”

Cao Wenzhao listened, looked at Hong Chengchou in surprise, saw the bitterness and helplessness on Hong Chengchou's face, couldn't help but be angry, and hit the stone wall on the side of the street with a fierce punch, shaking off half of the dust on the wall.

After counting the casualties after the war, Hong Chengchou's heart hurt a lot. In the first battle of Guyuan, the number of Hong soldiers and city defense troops stationed in Guyuan City reached more than 3,000 people who were killed or seriously wounded. The Hong soldiers under Hong Chengchou were almost reduced by more than half. As for Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry, more than 400 people were also killed and wounded.

In the governor's palace, Hong Chengchou was discussing with several staff officers with a sad face how to properly accommodate the hundreds of seriously injured officers and soldiers. Seeing the vice president of Shaanxi, Cao Wenzhao walked in indignantly.

Hong Chengchou looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Wenzhao shouted angrily: "It's so shameless! It's so shameless! ”

Hong Chengchou and several staff officers all looked at Cao Wenzhao in surprise.

"What the hell is going on?"

Cao Wenzhao walked up to Hong Chengchou, slammed the table with one hand, and scolded: "General Ben has never seen such a shameless person!" Just now I took people out of the city to clean up the battlefield. You know what? Weapons and armor of the civilian army outside the city. The war horses and chariots were all taken away by Luo Rucai's Liang army! In addition to leaving the corpses of tens of thousands of civilian soldiers killed in battle, outside the city. Nothing of value was left! ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, thought about it, and said with a wry smile: "This is in line with Xu Liang's consistent style!" ”

Cao Wenzhao jumped to his feet in anger and shouted: "Your Excellency the Governor! More than half of the civilian soldiers killed in the war were killed by our hard work. Luo Rucai wants to grab the loot, and General Ben doesn't object, but how can he loot them all?! ”

When several staff officers heard this, they were also indignant, and some staff officers encouraged: "How unreasonable! Mr. Cao, didn't you catch up and come back? ”

Cao Wenzhao listened. His face became even more angry, and he glared and shouted, "How can General Ben suffer such a big loss for nothing!" I led someone to catch up with Luo Rucai who returned to Pingliang and asked him to return the loot that belonged to us, and as a result, what do you guess Luo Rucai said? ”

Hong Chengchou was also curious and asked, "What did Luo Rucai say?" ”

"This bastard!" Cao Wenzhao shouted: "This bastard actually said that he only wants the trophies, and as for the military merits of the civilian army that he killed, he doesn't want any of them." Give it all to us! Let's go and ask the court for credit! ”

"Uh......"

Hong Chengchou and the others were stunned when they heard this.

The siege of Guyuan City was temporarily relieved, and under the pursuit of Luo Rucai, Ganzhou City was successfully recovered. However, the main forces of the repulsed Nationalist army did not go far. It is still making noise in the vicinity west of Guyuan City, and the total number of troops is still as high as 40,000. It seems that the leader of the people's army, Li Dusi, has also learned to be obedient, and he led the people's army to harass only around Guyuan City. Neither close to Pingliang nor Gongchang. Because these two places are stationed in Shaanxi's heavy troops, Pingliang has Luo Rucai. There is Wanwen Mountain in Gongchang, and it doesn't look easy to mess with. As for the surroundings of Guyuan City, although Hong Chengchou has the title of governor of the three sides, the troops that can be used by his subordinates are very small, and it seems that it is easier to bully.

The prefectures and counties attacked by the people's army were in a hurry one after another, and the official documents of the rescuers were sent to the governor's office of Guyuan City three times a day.

Hong Chengchou endured it for a few days, and finally couldn't bear it anymore! Because of the gateway to the west of Guyuan City, which had just been recovered, Ganzhou City was captured by the People's Army Li Dusi again, and the acting magistrate of Ganzhou County was killed, and the county government was burned!

Cao Wenzhao, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, who was slightly better, was angry and led the cavalry to Ganzhou again to relieve the siege, and attacked for a whole day, leaving behind 400 corpses and returning in vain.

And Pingliang City, which is close at hand, seems to have no idea about it, and there is no movement! Hong Chengchou sent someone to give the Pingliang guerrilla general Luo Rucai an order to send troops, and sent it three times, and Luo Ru replied once, with only one sentence on it: "Without the order of the governor, I dare not send troops without authorization!" ”

After Hong Chengchou looked at it with a gloomy face, he handed it to Cao Wenzhao to look at, and Cao Wenzhao smashed to the ground after reading it, and stomped on it a few times!

"Xu Liang, it's this Xu Liang again!!"

Hong Chengchou sighed helplessly: "General Cao, this official has to go to Chang'an City in person, and during the departure of this official, the safety of Guyuan City will be handed over to you." ”

Cao Wenzhao's eyes widened and he shouted, "What? Do you want to deign to go to Chang'an City? This will not work! It's not polite! ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Cao Wenzhao helplessly and asked, "Then what is the way for General Cao to take back Ganzhou?" Do you rely on the three or four thousand soldiers and horses in Guyuan City? ”

Cao Wen's edict was stopped.

Although Hong Chengchou was very reluctant in his heart, when he encountered this situation, he had to pinch his nose and go to Chang'an City in person. However, if he was the governor of the three sides of the party and had a noble status, if he went directly to see his nominal subordinate, Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, if this matter spread, his reputation would be unpleasant, and it would be very unsightly.

However, before leaving, Governor Hong found a good reason for his trip to Chang'an.

The carriage of the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, smoothly entered Chang'an City and stopped in front of the palace of Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin.

Visiting the King of Qin, this is the reason why Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, thought of it! The local governor visited the feudal king, and no one dared to say that Hong Chengchou was not.

The soldiers around him stepped forward and slapped open the door of the Qin Palace, and the men who ran out of it saw that it was the three-sided governor Hong Chengchou arrived, but he did not dare to slack off, and when he heard that the governor Hong was here to visit the prince of Qin, the men looked strange, and bowed his hand to the governor of Hong and said: "The governor is unlucky, early this morning, the prince of Qin left the house and went to the governor of Shaanxi Yamen!" If you are in a hurry to see the prince of Qin, you should go to the governor's yamen. ”

Hong Chengchou was very sad in his heart, and said that Xu Liang squeezed a lot of money from Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, and Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, should hate Xu Liang to the core. How do you look at this situation, Qin King Zhu Cunshu went to the governor's yamen early in the morning?

This plot seems to be that Prince Qin is deliberately repairing the relationship between Xu Liang and Xu Liang!

Hong Chengchou stomped his feet and said secretly: No matter, since King Qin also happens to be in the governor's yamen, it is just the opportunity to meet Xu Liang.

The Shaanxi governor's yamen is surrounded by bright posts and secret posts, and the guard is tight.

When Xu Liang heard the report that the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou had arrived outside the governor's yamen, he couldn't help but smile slightly, left Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, in the living room, and went to the main gate to greet Governor Hong.

Seeing Governor Hong at the main gate, after Xu Liang greeted him with a smile, Hong Chengchou's old face was slightly red, he looked around awkwardly, and said as if explaining: "This governor entered Chang'an this time because he wanted to visit Prince Qin. Uh, I heard that Prince Qin is in the governor's yamen? ”

Xu Liang nodded, made a gesture of invitation to Hong Chengchou, and said, "The Governor is right, the official is drinking tea with Prince Qin to catch up on the old days, and they have a good conversation." ”

Hong Chengchou just sneered in his heart when he heard this: Qin King Zhu Cunshu was framed by you Xu Liang and almost went bankrupt, just like that, can Prince Qin still sit down and talk to Xu Liang very happily? !

The two went to the meeting room of the governor's yamen one after another, and Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, was greatly satisfied with the fact that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, would personally rush from Guyuan City to Chang'an to meet him. Looking at Hong Chengchou, Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Governor has something important for the king to come forward to solve, just send someone to deliver a message, there is really no need to run by yourself." Your Excellency the Governor, it's been a hard work! ”

King Qin sat up straight, put on the majesty of a local vassal king, and looked at Hong Chengchou expectantly.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou felt tired for a while, and secretly said If I had to come to see Xu Liang for the reason of visiting you, I would still be idle with you here?

"Hehe, in fact, there is nothing particularly important." Hong Chengchou said, "After the matter between the governor and the prince of Qin arrives at the palace of the prince of Qin, the official will discuss it with the prince of Qin in detail. However, since he arrived at the governor's yamen, the governor also happened to discuss some things with Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, so let's talk about the things related to Governor Xu first. ”

"Okay, Governor Hong is important on business." King Qin looked very gentle, smiled, and said.

Hong Chengchou's eyes fell on Xu Liang, and after looking at Xu Liang for a while, Hong Chengchou said: "Guozhong, now the people in the northwest are rampant, and the men and horses of this governor and General Cao have been frustrated one after another!" I think it's time to ask Guozhong to make a move! (To be continued.) )