Li Guo faded out of people's sight, and Li Zicheng also noticed that Li Guo was not dead. But he didn't chase after Li Guo, first, Li Zicheng knew Li Guo's temperament, as long as everything was decided, he would never change it. Second, the Ming army attacked in a big way, and the first to arrive was the brave general Cao Wenzhao.

Hong Chengchou's frenzied suppression of bandits in Shaanxi caused a large number of peasant troops in Shaanxi to enter Shanxi, and a large part of them defected to Wang Jiayin, who was the king of Hequ, and Wang Jiayin's power grew stronger and stronger.

At this time, Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, who was ineffective in suppressing bandits, and Sun Xianzu, the general soldier of Ningwu, had been dismissed, and Chongzhen appointed Xu Dingchen, the secretary of Guanglu Temple, as the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Yingchang as the general soldier of Ningwu. At the same time, the imperial court continued to send troops to Shanxi. The Yansui Town Army entered Shanxi under the leadership of generals Li Bei, Ai Wannian, and He Renlong.

Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Lintao, was brave and good at fighting, and was authorized by Chongzhen to control the soldiers and horses in Shanxi and dispatch the suppression of bandits in Shanxi. And Cao Wenzhao entered the Jin Dynasty to fight, and the men and horses he led were very different from before, and they were more sophisticated. In addition to military rations, the soldiers led by Cao Wenzhao are all selected one by one, one in a hundred, and have experienced countless battles, although there are only 3,500 officers and soldiers of Ma Bu, the combat effectiveness and morale are unprecedentedly high, and almost no one can beat them.

Cao Wenzhao is definitely leading an elite soldier now, and all the generals under his command can also fight well, and his nephew Cao Bianjiao is also the same as Cao Wenzhao, holding a big knife, and fighting against the peasant army is also like his uncle shouting and shouting, very brave.

Therefore, although Cao Bianjiao had few people, he was not afraid of the large peasant army at all.

You Shilu, the new commander-in-chief of Shanxi, was also bringing people to Hequ, and Cao Wenzhao and others launched an attack on Hequ after You Shilu arrived.

A skirmish encounter with the peasant army in the first few days intrigued Cao Wenzhao, who had always ignored such trivial matters.

It was a general of Cao Wenzhao's subordinates who was a sentry in the northwest outside the city of Hequ, and met a group of peasant troops, who were said to be carrying the banner of the White Tiger, and Cao Wenzhao was very interested.

Cao Wenzhao immediately judged that it was a tiger Li Guo, and it was Li Guo who killed Zhang Qianzong, who had followed him for many years. Cao Wenzhao sent someone to inquire after Zhang Qianzong was killed, and roughly knew Li Guo's name. Li Guo's position is very low, and the rest of the situation is not very clear to the Ming army.

"You mean that team is flying the White Tiger Banner? Do you see the leader of the gang? Cao Wenzhao asked.

"Tell the commander, I saw the leader of the gang below, a young man, dressed in white clothes and white armor, holding an iron spear." Put the total answer.

Cao Wenzhao nodded, it was Li Guo.

"And then?" Cao Wenzhao then asked.

"When the subordinates saw that there were many thieves, they followed the instructions of the commander and did not contact them, but the thieves were in a hurry, and the villain was brave for a while, so that the soldiers shot a burst of arrows backwards, and the leading white-clothed leader was killed with one arrow." Put the total answer.

"How do you know that the young man in white is dead?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

"Because there are many thieves, the small ones are only watching from a distance, but I heard the thieves crying, and later, the thieves went crazy and killed us, as if to avenge the white-clothed young general, so we returned to the camp." The general manager raised his head and saw Cao Wenzhao's face happy.

"Okay, come, let's reward ten taels of silver first, this merit has been recorded, and the reward will be doubled in the future." Cao Wenzhao thought that Li Guo had been killed, and he was in a good mood. Therefore, Li Guo is a person who does not exist in Cao Wenzhao and Ming Jun.

In Hequ City, Wang Jiayin and others regretted Li Guo's death, and they didn't believe it at first.

Wang Jiayin asked Li Zicheng to come forward today because of the urgent military situation, preparing to call Li Guo back outside the city, Wang Jiayin encountered difficulties at this time, and thought of Li Guo, Li Guo is brave and strategic, and he is a good man. Wang Jiayin pondered, why did he have to seal Li too old an official this time.

"Dead!" Li Zicheng saw that Wang Jiayin was looking for Li Guo, so he replied.

"Dead?" At this time, not only Wang Jiayin was surprised, but the rest of the leaders of the peasant army were also stunned.

Zhang Xianzhong frowned: "How is it possible?" The brother who made up for it is brave and good at fighting, and he is a brother, don't worry, what's going on? ”

Li Zicheng ordered someone to call in the three people who reported Li Guo's death to Li Zicheng.

"Our little General Li is dead!" The lead messenger had only said this, and then began to cry. The other two messengers couldn't hold it anymore and started crying.

When the three people subsided, they told the story that Li Guo was shot to death by the Ming army. Only then did the leaders of the peasant army know that this was true.

"But what about Li Guo's corpse? And what about Li Guo's subordinates? "Cao Cao and Luo Rucai are a little strange.

Li Zicheng believed that Li Guo was not dead, but since Li Guo didn't want people to know, Li Zicheng said for Li Guoyuan, "Then Li Guo has newly compiled more than 500 officers and soldiers in Hequ County, and the Hequ County Order is said to have also been imprisoned by Li Guo. ”

Luo Rucai didn't say anything, and Zhang Xianzhong on the side slapped his thigh, "Alas! I didn't expect to make up for the heroism and die like this, it's a pity! ”

So the whereabouts of Li Guo and Li Guo's subordinates were rumored to be within the peasant army, and after Li Guo was shot to death, Hequ County ordered Li Guo's troops to be defeated and the whole army was destroyed.

That is, Li Guo died, and Wang Jiayin arranged for other peasant armies to fight Cao Wenzhao. However, Cao Wenzhao's troops were brave, and although the peasant army was not defeated, it was also invincible, so Wang Jiayin led the peasant army to withdraw to the south of Shanxi.

At this time, there was no peasant army in the northwest of Shanxi, and the fighting stopped.

Cao Wenzhao was struggling with how to stabilize Hequ, and a soldier came to report, and Hequ County ordered Quan Zhihuan to come.

Cao Wenzhao walked out of the tent, and Quan Zhihuan knelt down with more than a hundred or so Ming soldiers wearing tattered cotton armor, full of dust.

Cao Wenzhao sneered, "Quan Zhihuan, as a county magistrate, you have the responsibility to defend the land, and the river meanders are so chaotic, you can be guilty!" ”

Quan Zhihuan was startled, knocked his head on the ground, and said in a loud voice, "Xia Guan is guilty, Xia Guan is guilty!" ”

There was a capable colonel next to Quan Zhihuan, raised his head, and said to Cao Wenzhao, "This time the city of Hequ is broken, although Quanzhi County is guilty, but there are tens of thousands of peasant army bandits, thinking that there are only less than a thousand people in Hequ, how can I hold on?" Please be careful! ”

Cao Wenzhao stared at the small school, although the little school was not very old, he did not see a panicked look. Cao Wenzhao nodded, this person still has some courage.

"What's your name?" Cao Wenzhao asked the little school.

"The villain's surname is Li, ranking twelve, and the little one is called Li twelve." The little colonel replied.

At this time, Quan Zhihuan seemed to think of something, and said to Cao Wenzhao, "It is up to Li Twelve to be able to meet adults this time." After the death of the thief Li Guo, the thieves and soldiers were in chaos, and Li 12 contacted the officers and soldiers to resist, and it was very heroic, so that we could defeat the enemy soldiers and see the commander. Later, we heard that the handsome Huwei had pacified the bandits in the river meander, so we came back. Even if you know that you are guilty, you must also repay the adults! After Quan Zhihuan finished speaking, he kowtowed to Cao Wenzhao again.

Cao Wenzhao knew in his heart that the original few men and horses in Hequ were no match for the peasant army. At this time, the war in the Hequ area had just subsided and was in ruins, and Cao Wenzhao needed officials who knew the local area well to pacify, but he didn't want to punish Quan Zhihuan and others.

But at this moment, Cao Wenzhao was interested in the little colonel named Li Twelve, "Li Twelve, Quan Zhihuan said that you are brave in battle, do you know some martial arts?" ”

"Tell the adults, the villains have learned a little since childhood." Li XII replied.

"Can you demonstrate!" Cao Wenzhao commanded.

Li Twelve agreed, and the drill began.

Cao Wenzhao nodded, this Li Twelve also has some ability, "Li Twelve, what position do you hold in Hequ?" ”

"Returning to the lord, the small one is in the regiment training to make Master Jiang Chang serve as the commander"

"You have such martial arts, it's a pity to be a leader, the river protection camp was killed, how about I promote you to be a thousand." Cao Wenzhao looked at Li Twelve.

"The big ones are kind, and the little ones are toothless and unforgettable." Li Twelve's eyes were blazing.

"Well, you have to train your troops well, train your best soldiers all the time, protect the river meander, if you are diligent, I will still lift you up in the future, you get up. It's just that we still have to suppress bandits, and we can't leave you behind. You go and recruit the soldiers of the Hebao battalion in person, and I will leave you a salary, and I believe that your appointment as the general manager will arrive soon. Now that the river meanders are also under my trilateral jurisdiction, my recommendation, presumably Lord Hong Chengchou will definitely agree. Cao Wenzhao commanded.

"Master Xie." Li Twelve shouted.

Cao Wenzhao turned to the county magistrate Quan Zhihuan and the group training envoy Jiang Chang, "Scolded, get out of here, remember the guilt this time for the time being, and never spare it next time!" ”

When Quan Zhihuan and Jiang Chang heard Cao Wenzhao say this, they knew that it was okay, so they quickly got up and complained and thanked Cao Wenzhao again and again.