For the emperor, the eunuchs are the cronies around him and the objects that can be trusted, and sending them to the army to act as eyes and ears to prevent the civil and military attaches from deceiving them is a good intention, but these eunuchs are best at coaxing the emperor's trust with clever words, and they are completely amateurs in the military.

Don't look at the bottom of the eunuch's position, but the power in his hands is not small, the people close to the emperor, that can't be measured by official qualities, these eunuchs are either chaotic commands, or they just take the opportunity to collect money, which has no effect at all, not only has no effect, but it must hinder the great cause of suppressing bandits.

Lu Haoshan was really speechless to Chongzhen.

"Lu Qianhu, come, I'll toast you, you have a hard setback, this is a great achievement"

"Mr. Deng, the lower officer will give you a glass."

"General Cao, come, drink."

"Father-in-law Zhang, I want you to help me a lot in the future."

"Let's raise a glass and go!"

……

In the drunken moon building, the cups are staggered, one by one smiling faces, respectful to each other, each other's feelings seem to be sublimated in the wine glass, the smiling faces and laughter, as if returning to the prosperous era of Daping, there is no disaster, no riot, no foreign invasion......

I thought it was to talk about the plan to suppress bandits, but I didn't expect it to be a dinner at the beginning, Lu Haoshan was also a little helpless, talking about business at the dinner table, and pulling the relationship in the wine glass, this is a major feature of Huaxia, that is, it is inevitable that this cliché will be in the future generations, Lu Haoshan doesn't like it in his heart, but he has to deal with it with a smile.

Just when Lu Haoshan Committee and the virtual snake and those officials and squires raised their glasses and exchanged lamps, a flying pigeon quietly stopped in the temporary camp of the Sichuan Army's Wenchong Department outside Mengxian County, Zhao Gongchang skillfully took off the bamboo tube on his feet, checked that the fire paint was correct, opened it to see, the corner of his mouth showed a sneer, and not long after, he ran three horses from the camp and disappeared at the turn of the road in the twilight. The leader is Zhao Gongchang.

Since blackmailing Fan Yongdou, Lu Haoshan has felt that there are a lot of eyeliner around him, needless to say that Fan Yongdou arranged it, he is the head snake in Shanxi, Lu Haoshan not only pinched his weakness, but also owed him a huge debt, and it is reasonable to be wary of Lu Haoshan, this is the reason why Lu Haoshan knows that he is a traitor and has been standing still, and the feeling of being watched has slowly disappeared after Taiyuan.

I had planned to deal with Fan Yongdou for a long time. Lu Haoshan left an ambush on the road without a trace, but all his henchmen stayed by his side, swaggering and swaggering through the city, mainly to be seen by others, and there was no need to suspect himself if something happened at that time, and Zhao Gongchang received the news that the road was about to be dug through, so he set off quietly.

Of course, Zhao Gongchang was not fighting alone, in Yuci City. There are also people from Lu Haoshan who are busy.

Yuci, known as "Wei Yu" in ancient times, is located in the Taiyuan Basin in central Shanxi, bordering Shouyang and Heshun in the east. It is adjacent to Qingxu in the west, Taigu County in the south, and Taiyuan City in the northwest.

Since ancient times. Yuci was an important commercial market town, especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the germination of capitalist industry and commerce. It has also achieved unprecedented development. Merchants, pawns, money villages, and ticket numbers are all over the country, making the Yuci Merchants a strong force of the Jin merchants, and the Zhai Tang of the Zhai family is the best among the Yuci merchants.

Speaking of Zhai Tang, many people gave a thumbs up and said that the Zhai family's business was originally not hot, but after the old man of the Zhai family left, he handed over the business to Zhai Tang, but he didn't expect this business to get bigger and bigger, and the more prosperous it became, the rice shop, silk shop, money village, crude medicine shop, ticket number, pawnshop, etc. opened more and more, and finally became the most famous and leading businessman in Yuci.

Of course, no one knows that this prosperous Zhai businessman made a fortune by colluding with Houjin.

Zhai Tang is in a good mood now, under the introduction of a familiar broker, he connected with a mysterious seller, mainly pouring items such as grain and weapons, these are in demand, how much money will be paid, the price has been very good, Zhai Tang was moved on the spot, because the treasury was empty, the food and salary were delayed again and again, and many generals did not hesitate to sell materials in the army to damage the public and private, which was no secret among businessmen, and the broker was also a famous broker, Zhai Tang did not doubt him.

In these years, starving the cowardly, supporting the bold, and daring to do things to seduce the enemy and commit treason, what are these things?

At the thought of making a lot of money from changing hands, Zhai Tang's mood was extremely comfortable.

Just when Zhai Tang was smiling, Zhao Gongchang had already joined the soldiers who had secretly left in front of him, and at this moment Zhao Gongchang led his men to hide in the dense forest, watching closely with clairvoyance, in the clairvoyance, a long convoy was advancing along the official road, walking on the front carriage, with a big "Fan" word, which was the mark of the Fan family's convoy.

Fan Yongdou has been operating in Shanxi for many years, and his convoy walks in Shanxi, as long as the word "Fan" is inserted, the merchants will be a lot.

"Instructor Zhao, how can these traitors deliver so many supplies with swagger? That's too lawless, isn't it? A squad leader named He Jun asked with some puzzlement.

Zhao Gongchang explained patiently: "This is simple, they themselves are businessmen, and they may also have the identity of merchants, as long as they sell through the officials to obtain the formalities, and then do tricks in the process of transportation, some of those goods are for the government, and a large part of them are trying to sell them to the back money, whether it is in the name of consumption, bribing officials to modify the amount, as long as they are willing to spend money and use means, there is nothing that cannot be done." ”

"Won't you, that's fine?" He Jun said in surprise.

"What's not to do?" Zhao Gongchang sneered: "Those black-hearted businessmen who collaborate with the enemy and treason will not fly to the sky or escape to the ground, can he still turn things into Houjin?" It's just that we have too many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, and we only care about getting promoted and making a fortune, and we don't pay attention to the hardships of the soldiers in front of us. ”

Everyone was dull for a while, and many people secretly rejoiced that they were soldiers in Wenchong Qianhu, following a good general like Lu Qianhu who loved soldiers like a son.

Just when everyone was silent, a soldier came with a bamboo tube, saying that there was news from Yuci, Zhao Gongchang took the letter and opened it, and after reading the information, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he held the information in his hand and said coldly: "Inform the brothers, do it tonight." ”

There is finally good news from Yuci, it's time to act, and the time is just right.

"Yes, Instructor Zhao." Everyone agreed in unison.

The night is silent, there is no moon, only a little starlight dots this quiet, difficult land, war and banditry, so that the night in the suburbs seems particularly silent, only the Tiger Leaping Gorge is an exception, this night the Tiger Leaping Gorge lit a lot of bonfires, many people sit on the ground, while laughing while drinking wine and eating meat.

It is the caravan of the Fan family and the prey of Zhao Gongchang.

"Instructor Zhao, these thieves have a good life, with wine, meat and women." A squad leader surnamed Zhao said with some jealousy.

Zhao Gongchang nodded and said: "In these years, the war is in chaos, and the business is to pin the head to the belt, today I don't know what will happen tomorrow, I can eat, drink and have fun, of course I won't let it go, people are under high pressure, the spirit is highly nervous, and they have to use some things to distract their attention, like the military camp prostitutes are the same reason, like they not only go to business, but also kill the head of the business, can the pressure not be great?" ”

After speaking, Zhao Gongchang said to himself: "But this caravan still has a little discipline. ”

Tiger Leaping Gorge, that is a long and narrow canyon, it is said that only tigers can jump through, so it is called Tiger Leaping Gorge, Fan Yongdou's caravan chose to camp in Tiger Leaping Gorge, they blocked the two ends with goods and carriages, sent heavy troops to defend, and from time to time there were patrols to patrol, which seemed very cautious, so that they only needed to defend the entrance and exit at both ends, saving trouble and effort.

"Instructor Zhao, he has a total of one hundred and thirty-two carriages, thirty-eight coachmen, three hundred guards, these rabble, although we only have a hundred people, but taking this caravan is as simple as eating, as long as you give me people, the small ones will take the lead in the charge, and they will all be wiped out in less than half an hour." He Jun said confidently.

Zhao Gongchang shook his head and said: "Don't be reckless, this caravan has firearms, bows and arrows, and many of them are still outlaws. ”

"Instructor, what do you say? We'll listen to you. ”

"Go and prepare a strong rope, we will quietly touch the cliff, and wait until the third watch to climb down from the cliff with a rope, and give them a magic soldier to descend from the sky." Zhao Gongchang sneered and said: "These scumbags, send them all to hell tonight, and after they succeed, they will be transported to the Chenghuang Temple outside Yuci City to trade with the people of the Zhai family." ”

Everyone agreed softly, and then closed their eyes one by one, waiting for Zhao Gongchang's next order.

Three watches, that is, from eleven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning, it is said that this time is the time when people are the most sleepy, not light yì wake up, the guards of the Fan family never dreamed that the cliff more than ten zhang high will also be sneak attacked, for the soldiers of Wenchong Qianhu, cliff climbing and rope gliding, that is a must-practice project, three watches and one arrive, the soldiers quietly appeared at the station of the Fan family's caravan one by one, wearing black night clothes, they are like ghosts.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gongchang, the group first quietly killed a five-person patrol team at the same time, and then changed into the clothes of the patrol team, and put down those who were watchful one by one by "patrolling", and when they went to the back, they assassinated the sleeping coachmen and caravan guards one by one, and when the people of the Fan family caravan found out, most of the caravan's manpower had already been lost, and the rest of the people were the opponents of Zhao Gongchang and others, and more than 300 people were wiped out in less than half an hour (to be continued......