Chongqing, stone pillars.

Shizhu is one of the six major Tusi in the southwest of the Shizhu Xuanwei Division's territory, controlling Jiuxi and Eighteen Mountains, east to Lichuan, Hubei, south of Qianjiang, west of Fengdu, north of Zhongzhou, east and west vast hundreds of miles.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was Xuanfu Division, Jiajing was changed to Kuizhou Wei, Wanli 22 years Xuanfu made Ma Qiancheng die, and his wife Qin Liangyu performed Xuanfu on behalf of his young son, Qin Liangyu pacified the stone pillar after sending troops to serve the court many times, because of merit, the court promoted the stone pillar to the Xuanfu Division.

The stone pillar belongs to the Tusi, although it is under the territory of the imperial court, but the imperial court allows them to have a base, manage their people, unify their soldiers, hereditary their positions, govern their places, enter their streams, and receive their seals. In fact, this is a country within a state. However, the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and the Shizhu Tusima family has also been hereditary for more than ten generations, and the Ma family is relatively loyal to the imperial court.

The contemporary Xuanwei made Ma Xianglin stride into the front yard, looking a little hurried.

"Mother, I heard that the thief has entered Sichuan again."

In the courtyard, an old woman with silver frost and white hair is waving a spear, although she is full of silver hair, but her body is very tough, and she is dancing with a white pole and spear, like snow flying, and pear blossoms are falling.

"Well, I already know that." After saying that, the old woman continued to dance the spear, without the slightest fluster.

The spear in her hand is a weapon unique to the white-pole soldiers who are famous today. It is Qin Liangyu's weapon created according to the characteristics of the mountainous area in eastern Sichuan, with a strong white wood to make a long pole, no need to dye, with a small hook on the top of the spear head, with a hard iron ring below, when fighting, the hook can be cut and pulled, the ring can be used as a hammer weapon, if necessary, dozens of spear hooks and rings are connected, it can be used as a tool for climbing the wall over the mountain, the cliff can be climbed instantly, it is very suitable for mountain combat.

"Mother, the thief broke into eastern Sichuan. Why are you still so calm, it is said that this time Cao Cao also brought several battalions of bandits into Sichuan together, and the thieves are not good. ”

The woman who danced the spear was the legendary female general Qin Liangyu of the dynasty, who led the troops to battle many times, and won the respect of the emperors of Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen. While continuing to dance the gun, she said, "In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the thief once entered Sichuan. also captured Kuizhou, but in the end, it was not an embarrassment that we beat out of Sichuan! Just bandits, what a fear. ”

Qin Liangyu is sixty-five years old this year, but she is still healthy, this female chief soldier does not take the famous eight kings in her eyes at all, and she also has her own conceited qualifications, when she was in her twenties, her husband led the troops to quell Yang Yinglong's rebellion, and she had already personally led the troops to escort the grain and grass. The town is guarded.

After that, she took the position of husband, quelled the rebellion, aided Liaodong, and then quelled the rebellion of Luan. Sent troops to assist the Central Plains to suppress bandits, led troops to the north to King Qin, she has fought countless battles in her life, and she can be said to be a well-deserved female general. Years. The stone pillar and white pole soldiers under her command have also become the world's famous elite, and the battle of the Hunhe River was fought that year. The white pole soldiers and the Qi family army fought against the Qing army, giving the Qing army an unprecedented heavy blow.

I have seen how many winds and waves, so the little bandits Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai really haven't been taken seriously by Qin Liangyu, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong and others are still defeated by her subordinates.

"Rui Zheng, you are now the consolation envoy of the stone pillar, the nine streams and eighteen mountains that control the stone pillar, and the hussar general, the commander of the capital, and the deputy chief soldier of the emperor's edict, you must be calm and atmospheric."

Ma Xianglin lost his father when he was a child, and his mother brought him up. He is extremely brave, heroic and chic, can also write and write, and is even more brave in battle, often riding alone to charge into battle, taking the head of the enemy general.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Ma Xianglin and his mother led 3,000 white pole soldiers to guard the Shanhaiguan Pass, fought the Hunhe River bloodily, and were shot by the Qing army, but he couldn't bear the pain and pulled out the arrow cluster, and refused to retreat, and still rushed to kill bravely. Because of that battle, he was crowned a commander, and he also became famous in the first battle, and his courage was known to the world. Because he has been missing an eye since then, his nickname has been changed from the original Pony Chao to the one-eyed horse.

Over the years, Qin Liangyu has grown old, and he has gradually handed over the power of Shizhu Tusi to him, and even the white-pole elite soldiers of Shizhu are also under his command.

"Mother, I got the news from Kuizhou, now the new Inspector Mei is in Kuizhou, and Yuan Jixian, the governor of Huguang, and Li Changgeng, the governor of Yunyang, are all in Kuizhou, in case these adults have the slightest mistake, we will definitely be implicated." The white pole soldiers of the stone pillar are also assigned under the Kuizhou guard, in other words, the thieves commit Kuizhou, and they have the responsibility of defending the land.

When Qin Liangyu heard the news, he couldn't help but stop what he was doing.

"Your information is reliable?"

"I got the news from the businessman, but I haven't confirmed it yet, but it should be somewhat credible." Although the one-eyed horse didn't know why the new prime minister of the six provinces and the two new governors had come to Sichuan, since they came, they had to protect them well.

"How many soldiers and horses did the Inspectors bring?" Qin Liangyu immediately guessed that Mei Zhihuan was here to intercept the thieves.

The one-eyed horse sighed a little and said, "I heard that they brought seven battalions of men and horses. ”

"Seven battalions of men, one battalion is generally two to three thousand people, and the six battalions are at least 10,000 and at most 20,000. I have also heard of the new prime minister, who once patrolled Gansu in his early years, and was known as a soldier. He should have come with 10,000 or 20,000 horses, and he should be sure. Mei Zhihuan was appointed as the prime minister, and he specially added the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, so Mei Zhihuan, the prime minister, can actually be called the supervisor, this is the top minister of the Ming Dynasty, and it is only half a grade lower than Yang Sichang, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Qin Liangyu believed that even if the emperor's newly chosen Mei Du could not defeat Zhang Xianzhong, he would at least be able to protect his own safety.

"However, as far as I know, the seven battalions of soldiers and horses of Meitu and the Second Governor are not worth counting."

"Oh, why?"

"Because of the pacesetters of the battalion under the names of the two governors, Governor Li's Fubiao was brought from Huguang, but it is said that they were temporarily recruited from Huguang before the departure, but in fact they were just people, and they came to transport grain and grass. And Governor Yuan's battalion Fubiao was temporarily transferred after Fengjie, and it was formed from the regimental training of Qutangwei and Kuizhouwei, as well as Fengjie and Wushan counties. ”

When Qin Liangyu heard this, he also understood that the standard camps of these two governors were only a few. However, there are also five standard camps of the prime minister.

"Two of Meidu's five standard battalions are actually the township regiment he brought when he was in the township in the past, and now they have been changed to two standard battalions. One of them is better, and half of them have practiced before. But the other one turned out to be just a group of homeless people who were in charge of helping the defense. ”

"And what about the three battalions?" The more Qin Liangyu listened, the worse he felt.

"Those three battalions were commanded by the guerrilla general Liu Jun, and Liu Jun was the young man who was directly named a guerrilla in the newspaper with President Lian, and he seemed to be only twenty years old." When it came to this Liu Jun, the one-eyed horse was still a little amazed, a twenty-year-old guerrilla general.

"I remember that Liu Jun was because he won a big victory, annihilated a battalion of bandits with 600 regiments, and repelled a battalion of bandits? Since the emperor has made him a guerrilla, it must be very difficult to fight. Maedu used this person as a standard general, and it was also appropriate. ”

"Mother. If you know that the remaining three battalions of Meidu have actually just been expanded by Liu Jun's 600 regiments, it is estimated that you will definitely not be relaxed now. The one-eyed horse sighed.

"Really?" Qin Liangyu was amazed and couldn't believe it. The new prime minister of the six provinces with the two new governors actually took such a group of improvised patchwork troops all the way to Sichuan to intercept the thief.

"Hey, that's what happened. Now the imperial army led by Inspector Yang is still in Huguang and Shaanxi, if there is something wrong with Meidu, we will have to take responsibility, but how can we take this responsibility. "At the end of the day. Now the soldiers who can fight near Kuizhou are only their stone pillar white pole soldiers. If Mei Zhihuan has an accident at that time, the court will not blame them for who they blame.

Qin Liangyu couldn't help but be anxious, "Then what are you waiting for, why don't you go and gather people quickly." ”

"Are we going to Fengjie?"

"Do you need to ask?" Qin Liangyu glared at his son. Discontented Dao. Over the years, the white pole soldiers have fought in the south and the north, and have made great achievements in the east and west. became one of the three most elite Tusi soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Valued by the imperial court, Qin Liangyu has recruited many stone pillar soldiers to train them over the years, and the stone pillar also has an elite native soldier who is ready to stand by at any time.

In any case, she must not let a few governors and important ministers lose her territory.

I hope it will come in time, Zuo Liangyu thought to himself. She couldn't figure out what these governors were thinking, should they say that they were courageous or scholarly?

Hey, no matter, I hope it will come in time.

On the same day, the horn of the stone pillar sounded again, Qin Liangyu put on his armor and mounted his horse again, took his son Ma Xianglin, and led the five thousand white-pole soldiers who were urgently assembled to go north to Kuizhou.

Huguang, Valley City.

Yang Sichang kept urging all the soldiers and horses that he had originally arranged on the border of Hubei and Shaanxi to quickly enter Sichuan and pursue the bandits.

However, Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, had a sloppy fight with Yang Sichang, and only walked less than 30 miles a day, and he was not able to enter Sichuan for many days. Yang Sichang knew that Zheng Chongjian was worried that as soon as he entered Sichuan, Shaanxi would be empty, and when the time came, the first-class bandits would kill them and go directly to Shaanxi.

Zuo Liangyu is working very hard now, but he is far away from Dachang, so he has to go to Taiping first, and then turn south to Dachang.

At this time, the bad news is continuous.

The bandits led by the bandits of the headquarters led by the bandits of the Heavenly Star Hui Dengxiang have broken through Daning City in the north of Dachang City. And there is also news that the thieves and bandits have captured Wushan City, and the two thieves Zhang Luo have sent the Shuntian King and the King of the Mixed World to attack Fengjie with thousands of bandits.

At this time, he was in no mood to pay attention to Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng and Yuan Jixian, who did not listen to his orders. The thief is so fierce, these three scholars will definitely not be able to stop it, if they die at the hands of the thief, although it can make him breathe a little. But if that really happened, and the newly appointed prime minister of the six provinces and the two governors were killed by thieves, then he, the governor, would be immediately drowned out by the officials.

It is imperative that those people who celebrate the festival put it down for the time being, and now they can only count on Qin Liangyu. In front of the thieves, only the stone pillar white pole soldiers were the closest to them, and they were also the strongest.

It's just that I don't know when the messenger he sent will be able to send his dispatch to Chongqing Shizhu, and I don't know if it will be in time.

"Inspector, Inspector!" An officer and soldier with a dusty face was led into the hall, knelt on one knee, and reported to him, "The little Prime Minister of the Six Provinces Military Affairs Lord Mei has marked his own soldiers, and he has come to report to the Yang Pavilion Department on the order of Lord Mei!" Some time ago, Lord Mei and others expected that Zhang Luo's two thieves would inevitably enter eastern Sichuan, so they took a boat from Hubei to enter the middle of Sichuan in the starry night. Just the day before yesterday, the thief army that had captured Dachang City divided its troops to attack Wushan City, and Master Mei sent a guerrilla general to lead the troops to reinforce in the starry night, rushing to enter Wushan before the thieves arrived. The thieves followed, and were attacked by General Liu's troops, and when they retreated from the city in panic, they were ambushed and intercepted by General Liu Jun, who was ambushed outside the city. After a fierce battle, General Liu Jun had annihilated more than 5,000 thieves from the two divisions of the Sweeping King and the Ten Anti-Kings. In this battle, more than 1,200 enemies were killed, more than 4,000 people were captured, and more than 200 thieves and generals including the thief head sweeping king and Cao Wei and the ten anti-king Yang Youliang were killed! ”

"Liu Jun led his troops to annihilate more than 5,000 bandits from the two departments of the Sweeping King and the Ten Anti-Kings, and also killed the two thieves of the Ten Anti-Kings and the Sweeping King, and rescued and protected Wushan County?"

Yang Sichang looked shocked and asked loudly.

"If you go back to the Cabinet Department, that's exactly the case." The messenger was articulate, "When the little one came, Master Mei had already sent the heads of the two thieves and the good news to the Beijing Division.

"Just annihilated more than 5,000 bandits?" Yang Sichang's voice became a little trembling.

The person who reported the news nodded violently, "Back to the cabinet, it is true, more than 5,000 thieves have all been annihilated, and no one has been caught." ”

Yang Sichang's heart was excited, he annihilated more than 5,000 thieves in a war, and he will also behead two thieves, this is excellent news, great news, and when this news reaches the front of the Jingshi Emperor, the emperor will also be happy, he can continue to trust him, and he can also block the mouths of many officials who impeached him in the Jingshi now.

"Liu Jun fought this battle well, annihilating more than 5,000 thieves, this is a great achievement. Liu Jun's casualties should not be small, right? ”

"Back to the cabinet department, in the first battle the day before yesterday, General Liu led three battalions of soldiers and horses to fight, and after the war, after investigation, a total of two people were killed and 17 people were injured."

"How many casualties do you say?" Yang Sichang's voice has a sharp tail.

"Two people were killed in the battle, 17 were wounded, and both of the war dead were shot by stray arrows, and because of their serious injuries, they were not rescued. The remaining 17 injured are not in serious condition and will be able to recuperate for a while. ”

Yang Sichang's heart turned over like a river and a sea, it was really hard to believe that Liu Jun was so powerful, destroying more than 5,000 thieves, but only paying for the casualties of two dead and seventeen wounded. This Liu Jun, this Liu Jun, is really a fierce general.

At this time, his initial excitement subsided, and after calming down, he suddenly realized that although this victory helped him change the disadvantage in front of him, the biggest benefit would be Mei Zhihuan.

Mei Zhihuan is now using a beautiful victory to prove to everyone that he is the right person, and he is the one who has merit. In contrast, he, the supervisor, is a person who misjudged the situation, if it wasn't for Mei Zhihuan leading Liu Jun to win this battle, the situation might be out of control.

As soon as he thought of this, the little joy in Yang Sichang's heart disappeared.

This good news is almost like a stalk in his throat, and he is uncomfortable.

At this time, he remembered that Mei Zhihuan won the battle, and did not send the head of the two thieves to him, but sent it directly to Jingshi, which was to leave himself aside and invite merit alone.

Okay, you Mei Zhihuan, you never put me in your eyes as a supervisor at all. (To be continued......)

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