"Lu Qianhu, at this time, you should assist in the defense of Yuzao Pass, how did you come here, this is an unauthorized departure." As soon as they met, Cao Wenzhao reprimanded Lu Haoshan mercilessly.

Now Cao Wenzhao is in a good mood for a long time, so naturally he is not so easy to speak, if it weren't for the two of them, it would be a bit of a relationship, and Lu Haoshan is the confidant of Han Wendeng, the commander of the Sichuan capital, maybe Cao Wenzhao has already made a fortune and let people serve Lu Haoshan's military stick who left his job without authorization.

Cao Wenzhao was angry, but Lu Haoshan didn't care, and said indifferently: "As the saying goes, if you don't have anything to do, you can't go to the Three Treasures Palace, and the lower officials came this time to ask General Cao for a favor." ”

"Oh? Looking for Cao's help? Cao Wenzhao shook his head and said: "Lu Qianhu's top boss is Deputy Chief Deng Bing, you are now going over to your superiors to ask Cao for help, will this not be appropriate, if people say that Cao interferes in Sichuan military affairs, wouldn't it be a matter of giving someone a handle?" ”

Skipping the level of reporting, this is a taboo in officialdom, and the two belong to two different metropolitan systems, which is that Cao Wenzhao also has some scruples.

"General Cao doesn't have to worry, now that General Deng is handling military affairs in Yuci, he can't reach the whip for a while, and the fighters on the battlefield are fleeting, all of them are for the court and the emperor, I think General Deng will understand, and the court has ordered our Sichuan army to be controlled by General Cao, so this matter is not a transgression." On the way, Lu Haoshan had already prepared his rhetoric.

Fan and Zhai fought inwardly and attacked each other, but this matter could not be made public, and they could only compete in secret, because the two families did things that were not honorable, so the two of them fought in the name of bandits, which is why Deng Xi was transferred to Yuci to assist in quelling the rebellion, which created a rare opportunity for Lu Haoshan.

"What warplane?" As soon as he heard that there was a fighter plane, Cao Wenzhao's eyes lit up and he immediately asked.

"It's the old return" Lu Haoshan didn't hide it, he roughly talked about the information collected by his subordinates, and also said his own combat plan, and then said with a sincere face: "My lord." We Wenchong Department and Lao Hui have a deep feud in the sea of blood, this revenge must be avenged, please make it complete, and we are all cavalry, strong impact, flexible and flexible, those mobs drag their families, it is most appropriate to use cavalry to contain them, but it is only used to help defend the pass, which is really a bit overkill. ”

Different classes need to be used in order to be effective. The biggest advantage of cavalry is that it has a fast reaction speed and strong impact power, and using an elite cavalry as a pass defense is not overkill, it is simply a waste.

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao still had some hesitation, Lu Haoshan immediately said again: "General Cao, we have to do something extraordinary in extraordinary times, and now that the imperial court has sent Beijing battalion soldiers, it is obviously disappointing with us, if we don't do anything more." If we can't get some achievements, not only will we be looked down upon by those Beijing soldiers, but even the emperor will no longer value us, and the lower officials can guarantee it. If it is meritorious, it is General Cao's guidance, and if it is committed, it is Lu Mou's transgression. Never drag General Cao down. ”

For fear that Cao Wenzhao would not agree, Lu Haoshan even said that he would share the merits and misfortune himself.

"Good!" Cao Wenzhao said loudly: "Since Lu Qianhu is so confident, Cao will not discourage your enthusiasm." According to your words, I hope that your 800 horsemen can play the role of a surprise soldier and earn back face. ”

Now that the battle situation has become a hanging, it can also be said that it has entered a situation where it is not embarrassing to advance or retreat, and it really needs to change its thinking, anyway, it is just like this, no matter how bad it is, it is not much worse, rather than doing nothing here, it is better to let go and fight and inject some unstable factors, maybe there are some gratifying changes, and Lu Haoshan's combat ideas also made Cao Wenzhao very interested, so he thought about it and quickly agreed.

You don't have to send troops by yourself, you don't have to pay your own food, you can share the merits, you don't have to carry the misfortunes, where can you find such a good thing?

"Thank you, sir!" Lu Haoshan was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly thanked.

Cao Wenzhao smiled bitterly and waved his hand and said: "Lu Qianhu, don't thank you first, this time is different from the past, now the emperor has sent a eunuch to supervise the army, and the eunuch of the general military department of Deng is Gonggong Zhang, and this matter has to be approved by Gonggong Zhang." ”

Sadly, you have to apply for such a thing with the money-hungry father-in-law Zhang, and these eunuchs' hands are stretched out.

"My lord, let's go to Gonggong Zhang to inquire about this matter." Lu Haoshan took the initiative to take care of this errand, saying that this old boy had accepted so many bribes from himself, so he had to give himself some thin noodles.

"Okay, there you go." Cao Wenzhao nodded and agreed.

That's okay, this eunuch of the army has just received such a big gift from himself, and at this time, it is estimated that he is not good at saying anything, but fortunately the progress is good, Lu Haoshan also has a helpless feeling in his heart: The eunuch who was originally serving people in the palace and trying every possible way to speculate on the master's mind has now turned around and become the person who affects the fate of the army, and it is estimated that this kind of strange situation will occur in the Ming Dynasty.

The transfer of civilian officials to military positions was also the most common in the Ming Dynasty, and I don't know how to evaluate this phenomenon.

The two discussed for a while, and Lu Haoshan said goodbye and left, and went straight to Zhang's father-in-law, Zhang Maolin

Taking people's soft hands and eating people's mouths short, after receiving Lu Haoshan's generous gifts, Zhang Gonggong became very negotiable, not only agreed to Lu Haoshan's request, but also commended Lu Haoshan for taking the initiative to ask for war, for the court, for the emperor's practice, promised that if he made a meritorious service, he would ask the emperor for Lu Haoshan's merit, Lu Haoshan naturally thanked him again and again, and left a hundred taels of silver as a meeting gift before leaving.

The matter of asking for war was finally done, Lu Haoshan breathed a long sigh of relief, although he is now also a member of the Ming soldiers, but he also secretly sympathizes with these soldiers in his heart, to be honest, it is not easy to be a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, in the case of lack of food and salary, to fight with the enemy, but also to be embarrassed by these eunuchs, I heard that the war has to use firearms, and the soldiers have to spend money to bribe those eunuchs who guard the treasury, at that time I felt that it was not realistic, and now I understand that in the Ming Dynasty, nothing is impossible.

When he was the county commander in Jiangyou, Lu Haoshan spent money to secretly buy a lot of firearms from the secret arsenal, including two powerful red-coated cannons, but unfortunately he didn't dare to take them out now, otherwise a few cannons would definitely bombard the old returnees to cry and call their mothers.

After returning to Yuzao Pass, Lu Haoshan waited for other armies to change their defenses while preparing supplies, and on April 26, a thousand households in Shaanxi Province came to replace Lu Haoshan's defensive position, and Lu Haoshan could finally lead the remaining 700 or so horses into the Gyeonggi area to suppress bandits.

Clearing old hatreds and hatreds is just a piece of liquidation.

"Brothers, are you ready?" Lu Haoshan stood on the makeshift point. He looked at his soldiers who were ready to go, and asked loudly.

"Always be ready!" The soldiers responded with all their might.

Lu Haoshan didn't say anything more, nodded, and waved vigorously with his hand: "Let's go!" ”

At the sound of the order, hundreds of horsemen rushed forward as if they were flying, small in number but mighty, like a powerful whirlwind, and like an unstoppable torrent

Time flies, and before you know it, you have entered May, and the pleasant weather is a thing of the past, and now the sun is shining. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and on an unknown mountain in Yuanshi County, south of Zhending Mansion, Lao Huihui was resting with his subordinates.

There are men and women, old and young, and there are people who drag their families with their families, and most of them are like this every time the rebels, there is no way to do this, some are people or soldiers who can't survive, and of course there are people who are coerced in, as leaders. Lao Hui can't give these subordinates food, so they come and go quite freely, and how many people can be raised and gathered depends on the leader's ability and personality charm, and his own ability and personality charm. I was very confident.

Even if the attack on Zhending Mansion suffered a lot of damage, but these did not make Lao Hui discouraged, and it has been several years since the rebellion, and I don't know how many ups and downs over the years. Lao Huihui's heart has become very strong.

used to be just an unknown soldier, unable to eat enough and not covered with clothes, but after the rebellion. I'm tired of eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas that I haven't eaten before, and I've worn the clothes I haven't worn before, even the woman who can only look up to me before doesn't know how much to push down, and I have no regrets in life, and I feel that this life is worth it, and it doesn't matter if I die, so I have been facing it with an indifferent mentality, and I can face it indifferently in the face of many emergencies.

However, there are times when you lose your mind:

"What? Brother Wang is dead? This, this, how is this possible? The old man cried out in a lost voice.

Lao Huihui's eyes widened, his face was stunned, and he stood up from the ground with a thud, and because he stood up too quickly, he didn't realize that the wine in the wine glass was poured on his body.

"Hey, what's the matter, Chief?"

"It's just, it's such a gaffe, nothing big will happen, right?"

"Brother Wang is dead? Which brother Wang, isn't our leader surnamed Ma? ”

Seeing that his own leader was so out of shape, his subordinates and followers immediately discussed, and some good deeds asked the senior people in the team what was going on.

One of them, wearing a chain mail seized from the officers and soldiers, and a machete in his hand, lowered his voice as if he was showing: "You don't know, can let our leader call Brother Wang, it is estimated that only Zijin Liang Wang is in charge, Zijin Liang Wang's surname is Wang, his name is for his own use, that is the recognized leader of our rebel army, the leader was first with Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai and others as border soldiers to jointly unveil the rebel flag, the relationship has always been very good, and later all the rebel armies gathered together to form 36 battalions to deal with the official army, These thirty-six battalions are headed by the king of Zijin Liang for his own use, and our leader is also one of the leaders of the thirty-six battalions, Wang Da is the eldest brother of our leader, he has saved the leader's life several times, and he can have a life-threatening friendship, if he guesses correctly, the big brother Wang in the leader's mouth should be Wang Da Dang. ”

"What? Wang Da Dang is dead? This, how is this possible, Wang Dadang's family is strong and strong, and he is the strongest among us. Someone exclaimed.

An old man with a little gray hair and beard lowered his voice and said: "This matter I old man said hanging, I Lao Liu was originally with the Eight Golden Dragon King, and only yesterday he took refuge in the old Hui leader, because he was close to the Zijin Liang team, and knew a lot of news, that Wang Da was surrounded and suppressed by the officials and soldiers when he was in Wu'an, and he was hit by a hidden arrow in a battle, and I heard that he was seriously injured, and then he was chased and killed by the officers and soldiers, maybe."

Everyone said "oh", and there was a feeling of sudden realization.

In fact, this old man was really right, the information that Lao Hui got back to his hand was the death of King Zijin Liang himself, the letter said that Wang Ziyong was injured in the battle, the wound was pus, and finally died of illness in the mountains.

"Brother Wang" always returned to the center of grief, pinched the letter into a ball, and his eyes were red.

Lao Hui is brave and strategic, his soldiers are strong and strong, but he does not have much ambition, at the beginning of the uprising to help himself a lot of Wang Ziyong is very respectful, has always been commensurate with the eldest brother, Wang Ziyong can be the leader of the 36th battalion, and has been pushed by the righteous army from all walks of life as the leader of the alliance, which is inseparable from the support of Lao Huihui, the two take care of each other in the battle, secretly also married Jin Lan, as a border soldier, Lao Huihui is also a warm-blooded man who is grateful for the picture, and heard that the king of Zijin Liang died of illness by himself, and was very sad for a while.

After the encounter between Taiyuan and Yichong Qianhu, Lao Huihui immediately withdrew the people and horses to Zhending Mansion, thinking that he would join forces with Wang Ziyong to get out of this predicament, but he didn't expect that before joining forces, Wang Ziyong died of illness in the mountains.

"Chief, let the mourning be good."

"Yes, Brother Ma, people can't be resurrected after death."

"These dog officers and soldiers, kill them all to avenge the king's family."

"Cheer up, Chief, there are thousands of people here, all counting on you."

Everyone saw Lao Huihui's sad and indignant expression, and hurriedly comforted, some even scolded the officers and soldiers, and some people wanted to say that the king had been the leader for so long, and he had enjoyed everything, even if it was worth dying, but when he saw Lao Huihui's face as black as the bottom of the pot, he didn't dare to say anything more.

After half a ring, the old man replied and said, "Come on, gather the team, and prepare to go." ”

"Chief, where are we going?"

"Take! Quiet! Lao Hui said word by word.

A big man who followed Lao Huihui hurriedly persuaded: "Big brother, no, the gentleman takes revenge, it's not too late for ten years, now there are so many officers and soldiers, we can't be impulsive." ”

The henchmen thought that Lao Huihui wanted to avenge Zijin Liang, and hurriedly dissuaded him, at this moment, the imperial court gathered heavy troops, and even the Beijing battalion soldiers were dispatched, and the various armies vied with each other, and they couldn't hide, who would send it to the door, this is not the birthday boy hanging himself, and he is afraid of a long life?

Lao Huihui said calmly: "No, this transfer is to save my life, Wu'an is located at the junction of Shanxi, Henan and Hebei provinces, the mountains are complex, easy to hide, we can attack and retreat, we can attack, retreat and defend, as soon as we find that something is not good, we will immediately transfer to another province, this is an excellent place for activities, how can I go back to the old Hui because of my own selfishness, let so many brothers fall into fire and water?" ”

Of course, there is another reason that Lao Hui did not say, that is, to find an opportunity to worship the Zijin Liang King who has saved his life.

You can't die on the same day, the same month, and the same year, but you can't save a handful of paper money in front of the grave. (To be continued......)