Yu Huatian was stunned when he heard this, and asked suspiciously, "What did Lord Luo say this?" ”

Luo Yangxing let out a cold laugh, walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said: "As long as we can afford the price, there are masters in the rivers and lakes who work for us!" ”

Yu Huatian sighed lightly and was surprised: "It turns out that the governor wants to invite the masters of the rivers and lakes to come out?!" It's a good idea. It's just that the governor called our family here for what? ”

Yu Huatian thought to himself, since Luo Yangxing already had a way to deal with Xu Liang, then it would be enough to pay someone to assassinate Xu Liang. Among them, there doesn't seem to be anything going on in the East Detective Factory.

Luo Yangxing's face showed a look of anger, and he sighed hatefully and said: "Father-in-law Yu doesn't know, Shaanxi Governor Xu Liang not only cleaned up the Jinyi Wei Xi'an Thousand Households in one fell swoop, but also arranged for Duan Zhigang, a traitor to Jinyiwei, to carry out a large-scale purge of the Jinyi Wei lurking in Shaanxi. Now Jinyiwei's strength in Shaanxi is very weak, and he can't play a role in monitoring Xu Liang at all. The Governor hopes to cooperate with Father-in-law Yu, and the East Investigation Factory only needs to be responsible for monitoring Xu Liang's whereabouts and providing information to the Governor's people. ”

Yu Huatian has suffered a big loss at the hands of Xu Liang, and he is afraid and hated for Xu Liang, and now Jinyiwei wants to deal with Xu Liang, and he only needs to arrange for Dongchang to provide information. Such a small favor, Yu Huatian is still very happy to serve.

The two hit it off, and each sat down with a grim smile to discuss the details of dealing with Xu Liang.

In the Beijing court, there were still disagreements about Xu Liang's dispatch of troops to Turpan. Emperor Chongzhen convened the cabinet and the three scholars had been discussing for several days, and they were all hesitating. It was not until the General Administration Department presented the recital of the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou, and after Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet scholars read the recital, they finally agreed on their opinions.

However, a few days later, the high-level officials of the court suddenly fell silent about Xu Liang's dispatch of troops. Emperor Chongzhen held a daily court meeting and kept silent about the situation in the northwest.

When Xu Liang's army marched to the territory of Qilian Mountain, he suddenly received a letter from Huang Daozhou, the imperial historian of the Imperial Palace. In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Liang finished reading the letter, and when he saw that Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, wanted to see it but didn't dare to look at it, he handed it over. "Lord Qin, the report of our army's dispatch to Turpan was reported to the court half a month ago, and this is a letter from Huang Daozhou, the imperial history of the capital."

Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, took it with a smile, looked at it, and then was silent for a while.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals who went out this time, He Renlong, He Huchen, and Luo Rucai. Wan Wenshan, Cao Bianjiao and others all looked at Xu Liang and King Qin, with a sense of exploration in their eyes.

Xu Liang groaned, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Emperor Chongzhen is silent, what does this mean?" ”

Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, was originally not interested in Xu Liang's expedition this time, but he was forced to take him on the road under pressure from Xu Liang and went on the expedition for half a month. King Qin will never open his mouth if he can do everything without speaking, and he should be dumb.

He Huchen shouted in a loud voice: "My lord." Our army has reached Qilian Mountain, no matter what the attitude of the court is, we have decided this battle. ”

Xu Liang thought about it, He Huchen was right, he led 60,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. Forty artillery pieces arrived at Qilian Mountain, and a short distance further on, they could hit the city of Tulupan, so there was no reason to hesitate.

So the army continued to advance, and in five days, the army reached Suzhou. Stationed outside the city of Suzhou, the magistrate of Suzhou was sincerely afraid to bring his officials, prepare wine and meat, and go to the barracks to entertain them.

Xu Liang met with the magistrate of Suzhou in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Liu Zhixian, how far is this place from Turpan?" Xu Liang was in front of the camp, looking at the mountains in the west, and couldn't help but ask the county magistrate of Suzhou, who was accompanying him.

Liu Zhixian hurriedly arched his hand and said: "If you go back to your lordship, Suzhou is the closest city to Tulupan in our Ming Dynasty, and twenty miles ahead, it is the border pass, and out of the pass is the border of Tulupan." ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly and asked, "Liu Zhixian has lived here for a long time, do you know how many troops Tulupan has deployed at the Suzhou border pass?" ”

"My lord, as far as the lower officials know, two hundred miles away from Suzhou City, the nearest Tulupan city is Chijin City. There are about 10,000 defenders of Turpan in the city. ”

Xu Liang looked at Cha Kexi, the third prince of Tulupan, who was following him, and asked, "Cha Kexi, what Liu Zhixian said, but the truth?" ”

Cha Kexi said fearfully: "This Liu Zhixian is right. Chijin City is indeed the closest city to Suzhou, and the leader of Chijin City is called Yeha, who once followed my father to conquer the west in the early years and made a lot of contributions. However, how many troops there are in the city, Xiao Wang does not know. ”

Xu Liang snorted lightly, "I hope you don't lie and deceive people." ”

Chakosi winced, "No, don't dare." ”

Liu Zhixian couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw that this Chakexi was so familiar with the situation in Turpan, and after learning that Chakexi was actually the captured third prince of Turpan, his eyes began to look disdainful. Presumably, Liu Zhixian also looked down on Cha Kexi's greed for life and fear of death.

Suddenly, Luo Baiguan, the tax collector of the Yamen Yamen, the governor of Shaanxi Province in charge of grain and grass affairs, pointed to the outside of the camp in surprise, where a team of people was slowly approaching.

"Where are these centaurs?" Luo Baiguan asked in surprise.

Xu Liang and the others looked up, and saw the Liang army generals who were in charge of guarding the perimeter of the camp stepped forward to check, and after a while, the Liang army generals rushed into the camp, ran to Xu Liang, and arched their hands and said: "Lord Qiqi, the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, has arrived." ”

Xu Liang was taken aback, Governor Hong has not heard from him since he left Chang'an City, this time Xu Liang led the army to Suzhou City, Governor Hong actually followed here, what did he want to do?

After all, Governor Hong was the governor of the three sides, and although Xu Liang didn't want to see him, he had to go out of the camp to welcome Governor Hong into the camp.

The news of Governor Hong's sudden arrival soon made the Qin King Zhu Cunshu and other generals in the army know, and everyone went to the Chinese army's tent to meet and meet Governor Hong.

In public, Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, was the most noble, and he was the generalissimo of the march, so he sat on the main seat.

Governor Hong didn't seem to see the displeasure on Xu Liang's face, he arched his hand towards the prince of Qin, and said with a smile: "When the Japanese governor left Chang'an, he was in a hurry and failed to say goodbye to the palace of the king of Qin!" It wasn't until he returned to Guyuan that he learned that the prince of Qin was personally in command and set out to conquer Tulupan. Ahem, such a happy move is due to the fact that the governor has not seen the court's statement for a long time. It's not easy to express your position. However, from the bottom of his heart, Ben Du very much agreed with the crusade of King Qin and Lord Xu. ”

Xu Liang couldn't help but scoff at Governor Hong's words. Xu Liang had been preparing for half a month in Shaanxi, and even those who were begging for food on the streets knew that Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, had decided to send troops to attack Turpan, but the governor of Hong had been indifferent. Now that the army has reached the border, Governor Hong suddenly jumped out and pretended to say that in fact, he also agreed with this crusade!

Xu Liang didn't want to pay attention to him, so he lowered his head and drank tea from his cup. The others saw that Xu Liang did not answer. There was no one to answer, and there was a brief cold scene in the big tent.

Governor Hong's face was embarrassed for a while, he looked at Xu Liang, coughed lightly, and then arched his hand towards Prince Qin: "This governor heard that Lord Qin went on this expedition, and he didn't bring many entourage guards with him!" Cough, cough, the prince is a daughter, how can there be no one around to protect and wait? The Governor brought with him twenty good guards. I am willing to dedicate it to the prince to protect the prince's thoughtfulness. ”

The matter was implicated in Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, and the king of Qin could not continue to sit there and pretend to be deaf and dumb, he glanced at Xu Liang carefully, and saw that his expression was as usual, so he said to Governor Hong gratefully: "Your Excellency the Governor has a heart." Don't hide it from Lord Hong, this king is also worried about the fact that there are no reliable guards around him, and now Governor Hong is actually thinking so thoughtfully. But the king was disrespectful. ”

The whole army was Xu Liang's people, although the king of Qin was the generalissimo of the march. But he is the most insecure one in the whole army. Now that Governor Hong has sent people to protect him, of course the King of Qin has to rush to accept it.

Governor Hong said again: "Lord Qin and Lord Xu sent troops to Tulupan, but the governor really didn't have the energy to go together because of the complicated things around him. However, in order to express the Governor's determination to support the battle. The governor has already taken out 300 loads of grain from the military rations of the border army and sent them to the prince of Qin to replenish the military rations. I wish King Qin and Lord Xu a victorious start and return victorious. ”

When King Qin heard this, he saw that Xu Liang was still indifferent and had no intention of answering. Then he smiled and said: "Your Excellency the Governor is very good for this move, and this king is grateful for Lord Xu's strong support." ”

"Where is it, the prince of Qin is too outside, and this governor is just doing a little bit." Governor Hong said softly. Lord Qin laughed with him.

However, when the King of Qin and the Governor of Hong talked about it, the entire Chinese army tent only heard the voices of the two of them, and the other generals, because Xu Liang did not speak, the others sat in the tent, looking at their noses and noses, and kept their mouths shut. Whether Governor Hong sent guards or military rations, no one responded except for the King of Qin.

Even if Hong Chengchou cultivated three feet thick, he couldn't hang it anymore. The unwelcome of the generals of the whole army to the governors of the three sides made the Great Horde cold again.

Hong Chengchou had some regrets and rushed to Suzhou from Guyuan. It can be seen that Xu Liang's dissatisfaction with himself has expanded to all aspects, and the two cold scenes made Governor Hong extremely angry in his heart, and suppressed the anger surging, Governor Hong said in his heart: For my own strategy, I will endure! Hong Chengchou's face was ugly, and he sat down for a while, then got up and said goodbye awkwardly.

Prince Qin got up and sent Governor Hong away.

Xu Liang waved his hand, and the generals dispersed. Regarding Governor Hong's intention, Xu Liang felt that it was worth playing.

The Beijing court maintained a collective silence about Xu Liang's dispatch of troops, and it was impossible not to know about Governor Hong's connections. If Xu Liang himself is in the position of Governor Hong, the best thing to do is to keep pace with the court, follow the pace of the court, keep silent, do not support or oppose, and wait and see what happens.

However, when Xu Liang's army arrived at the border pass, Governor Hong appeared in Suzhou City with guards and five hundred loads of military rations.

Xu Liang pondered Governor Hong's intentions, and when he did this, it was inevitable that he would add some insults, and he would do this more!

However, Xu Liang still didn't figure out what Governor Hong was planning until the army pulled out of the pass. Because Governor Hong has not been seen since he left.

More than 60,000 Ming troops suddenly appeared in Turpan, which frightened the city leaders in various parts of Turpan. He Huchen's vanguard team conquered six or seven small cities one after another, and after conquering them, according to Xu Liang's intentions, they pasted a crusade against Turpan in the city.

Xu Liang's army appeared suddenly, and the border guards in Turpan were very few, in the middle of March of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Xu Liang's army of 60,000 arrived at the important town of Turpan, Chijin, forming an encirclement outside the city.

The Great War ensued.

According to the arrangement, He Renlong led 5,000 infantry to make a tentative attack, but it quickly failed. In Chijin City, in addition to being excellent cavalry, the Turpan soldiers defending the city are also good at archery. He Renlong led the army to attack for a while, and most of them were suppressed by the archers of Tulupan, so that they could not raise their heads.

After three failed attempts to siege the city, Xu Liang withdrew his troops.

Xu Liang immediately called Cha Kexi, the third prince of Tulupan, and asked Cha Kexi angrily: "Didn't you say that the defenders in Chijin City do not exceed 5,000 people?" What to say now? The soldiers who guarded the city saw that there were more than 10,000 people. Cha Kexi, you dare to hide from your own official! ”

Cha Kexi wanted to cry without tears, and explained to Xu Liang anxiously: "Lord Governor is angry! When Xiao Wang and Carl Manchu entered Chang'an, they passed by Chijin City and stayed in the city. Judging from the situation at that time, it was impossible for the defenders in Chijin City to exceed 5,000 people! ”

"Now there are tens of thousands!" Xu Liang stared at Cha Kexi and reminded.

Cha Kexi wiped his sweat, and was stung by Xu Liang's threatening eyes, and anxiously defended: "That governor, Xiao Wang passed through Chijin City last time, and it has been more than a month now, and the leader of Chijin City, Ye Ha, was the most heroic general under my father, and most of them were formed and increased by the leader of Ye Ha after Xiao Wang entered Chang'an. ”

Xu Liang snorted lightly, temporarily let go of Cha Kexi, and ordered someone to take him down.

As soon as the army arrived at the foot of Chijin City, it lost the first battle, and the ten spirits of each battalion were a little low, and it seemed that the plan of a night sneak attack would not work.

At night, bonfires were lit everywhere in the army, and a Tsing Yi guard hurriedly walked to Xu Liang's side and presented a secret letter. Xu Liang Diankai couldn't help but nod slightly. According to the news sent back by the spies hidden by the Tsing Yi Wei in Tulupan, there were indeed not many guards in Chijin City in front of them, and they were only five thousand to six thousand.

When Xu Liang led his army to the foot of Chijin City, because on the road, the vanguard officer He Huchen waved his army to attack when he saw the small town all the way, and a lot of time was delayed on the road, which gave the leader Yeha time to fully prepare for the enemy. So the leader of Yeha gathered the combatable soldiers in the area under the management of Chijin City, distributed weapons, and asked for help from the surrounding cities on the one hand, and sent people to Turpan Sutan to report the emergency!

According to the estimation of the Tsing Yi Wei secret agent, weapons have been distributed in Chijin City, and the number of troops capable of fighting should be about 20,000.

Xu Liang sighed lightly: "It seems that it is time to send the Flying Eagle Cannon again." (To be continued.) )