What is Yueyang's mind, Hong Chengchou belongs to one of the most vocal people, since Hong Chengchou made a stupid move in Shanxi, he has felt the ubiquitous influence from Yueyang.|Whether it is in Henan, Hubei or Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou will feel a lot of pressure whenever he wants to do something, especially Yueyang has also played the imperial court several times to punish him, if it weren't for Yang Sichang's protection, I'm afraid he would have been taken down by Chongzhen who couldn't withstand the pressure. Later, even with Yang Sichang's protection, he had to come to Sichuan in the name of suppressing bandits, but the problem now is that Yang Sichang actually died of illness, which also means that no one in the court will speak for him from now on, which is what worries him the most.

In fact, Hong Chengchou didn't think about playing a thief and self-respect, but soon this idea was thrown away by him, because now the situation in the Ming Dynasty is not as good as in the past, with the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the demise of Li Zicheng, the external environment and internal environment of the entire Ming Dynasty have been greatly improved, plus the improvement of the economic situation in Shanxi and Shandong, now the annual taxes paid by these two provinces alone are four million taels, which is already worth the taxes of the whole country in previous years, and how can Chongzhen allow the war in Sichuan to drag on any longer. Hong Chengchou can be sure that if he can't annihilate Zhang Xianzhong in a short period of time, the holy decree of revoking his position will soon appear in front of him, and once he annihilates Zhang Xianzhong's department, then he will inevitably be transferred back to the imperial court.

Seeing the unconcealed sadness in Hong Chengchou's eyes, Sun Chuanting shook his head helplessly, although he and Hong Chengchou were ministers in the same hall, but he didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing. lest the benefits be unreaped but provoked a commotion.

Just when the two of them were relatively speechless, suddenly a hurried footsteps came in from outside, and soon a pro-soldier ran in from the outside at a trot, came to the two of them and knelt down on one knee and said, "The two adults are not good, there is news from the front." The convoy sent by Shanxi was intercepted by thieves on the way through Leshan, and the convoy is currently blocking in situ, so please send reinforcements to support as soon as possible. ”

"What...... The grain convoy has been hijacked! ”

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting stood up at the same time, with a horrified look in their eyes, this is really a wave of unsettled waves, seeing that the problem of grain and grass is about to be solved. But halfway through, he made a trip to bite the gold, this is to make their tens of thousands of troops drink the rhythm of the northwest wind!

Hong Chengchou's eyes widened, and he asked viciously, "Say ...... Who intercepted the convoy and how many of them? ”

Sun Chuanting also asked: "How many soldiers does the fleet carrying grain have, and how long can they hold on?" ”

Looking at the eyes of the two adults as if they were about to kill. The soldier swallowed his saliva in fright and stammered, "Little one...... The small one is not clear, the small one just received the news from the defenders in the direction of Meishan, and the news from the direction of Meishan is not careful, but it is very general to say that it was observed that the fleet transporting grain was hijacked on the way to Leshan, and the two sides are still fighting fiercely, but it is not known how long the fleet transporting grain can support. ”

"This bastard!"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou could no longer suppress his fist and slammed it on the table with a loud "bang", and he immediately shouted: "Pass on the official's order." Immediately transfer the official's supervising battalion out to rush to Leshan, those grain ships are the lifeblood of the army, and they must not be lost! ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers wanted to go out, but they were stopped by Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "Lord Hong, there are less than 2,000 people left in your supervision battalion after repeated fierce battles, if you encounter the army of thieves, I am afraid it will be difficult to protect yourself, so you should send your own official's supervision battalion out." And this is not enough, we have to immediately send a large army to follow, in short, there is only one purpose. There must be no room for loss of grain and grass, otherwise we will have to make chaos without thieves fighting our army. ”

"Hmm...... That's right. It's still Lord Sun who thinks thoughtfully. Hong Chengchou nodded again and again, and then shouted to his own soldiers: "Did you hear it?" Just do what Master Sun says. ”

"Yes!"

Just when Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou were in a hurry to deploy troops everywhere, on a riverside in Leshan, a huge transport fleet was docked at the riverside, and on the riverside, a group of thieves wearing various costumes were attacking the fleet one after another, and on the fleet was standing a sergeant in a green military uniform who was shooting at the front with a musket to shoot at the front, and the originally slightly dull gunfire echoed on the river surface and looked particularly crisp.

"Bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

As the gunshots continued to ring, one by one the thieves who were desperately rushing towards the fleet kept falling, but these thieves showed no signs of stopping and still rushed desperately towards the fleet, with a look of not giving up until they reached their goal.

On a piece of beach about two miles from the river, a middle-aged general in black armor with a dark complexion was looking at the long fleet by the river with a stern expression, and an anxious expression appeared between his eyebrows. This person's name is Liu Wenxiu, and he is a general under Zhang Xianzhong, and this time he came to intercept this fleet on Zhang Xianzhong's orders.

Seeing that his men and horses couldn't rush up several times in a row, Liu Wenxiu was anxious, he called the herald and ordered: "Come on, order Wang Lao Wu to organize another attack, there are not many firecrackers on the other side's ship, as long as you work harder, you can rush up, you tell the brothers, if you can intercept this batch of grain this time, Lao Tzu will reward each of them with ten taels of silver, and Lao Tzu, who is the first to rush up, will also reward him with a girl!" ”

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, under the temptation of silver and women, the thieves who had gradually become powerless regained the courage to attack the fleet, both the thieves and Liu Wenxiu firmly believed that although the firearms of these officers and soldiers were sharp, as long as they rushed to the opponent's camp, with their own brave hand-to-hand combat ability, these officers and soldiers who would only set fire to the guns from afar would soon collapse.

At this time, the grain fleet on the riverside was already very dense and close together, and there were more than 10 officers and soldiers standing on each of the more than 30 ships at the front, and the green uniforms on the officers and soldiers and the firecrackers in their hands showed that this group of officers and soldiers was now known as the most elite Xuanda army in the Ming Dynasty.

Fang Yizhi stood on the deck, his eyes unblinking, looking at the thieves who were rushing towards him, looking very anxious, he asked a rough-skinned ship boss beside him, "This old man." Now that the thieves are strong, can we sail the ship to the middle of the river, so that the thieves will not be able to attack our fleet. ”

The boat boss smiled bitterly: "This lord has never begged for a life on the river, this section of the river is already narrow, and the river is turbulent. It would have been difficult to anchor, and it would have been nice to say that there were only a few ships, but now we are more than a hundred cargo ships full of grain. Do you think, what is the consequence of more than 100 cargo ships all crowded on the river and anchoring together, so many ships are crowded in one place? I'm afraid that our ships will collide with each other without thieves attacking us. ”

"Shhh...... That's true. ”

Fang Yizhi suddenly realized, and he shuddered a little when he thought of the scene of hundreds of boats densely crowded on the river and sinking after colliding with each other. No wonder the boat bosses stopped moving after they docked their boats at the river's edge.

He thought about it and asked a little unwillingly: "Uncle, then can we break through the obstacles below and rush out?" ”

The boat boss shook his head: "The obstacles set up by the thieves with wooden boats and wood seem simple, but if you want to clear them, it will take at least a few hundred people to clean them up for a few hours, and the thieves will have already killed them before we can clean them up." ”

Hearing this, Fang Yizhi felt that his head was big, but he didn't expect that this seemingly simple journey of transporting grain turned into a dangerous journey. In recent years, Yueyang's status has been changing. The official positions of his generals and subordinates have also been continuously improved, the most typical is Hailou, this guy who was originally just a small official is now the governor of Shanxi, and other officials such as Tang Hu, Mao Xiang, Chen Zhenhui and others are also five-grade general judgments, only Fang Yizhi is still a six-grade master in Hunyuan Prefecture, and the most important thing is that Mao Xiang and Chen Zhenhui can follow Yueyang now.

It stands to reason that Fang Yizhi has only been in the official career for a few years, and it is already very good to be a six-grade master bookkeeper. But as the old saying goes, it's better to compare goods. Seeing that the original old friends could all win the favor of the boss and be promoted rapidly, but he could only be promoted step by step slowly, Fang Yizhi was a little unwilling. He summed up the reasons and thought that there was only one way for Yue Yang's errand to get a quick promotion, and that was to make military achievements. A few days ago, he inquired that Shanxi was going to transport a batch of grain and grass to the extent that it was going to be transported, so he found Hailou and took the initiative to ask Ying to hand over this messenger to him, and Hailou agreed to his request after consideration. Originally, the envoy was safe and sound all the way, but after coming to this part of Leshan, he was blocked by Zhang Xianzhong's department. Now it's going to be a dead man, Fang Yizhi understands. If he let this food fall into the hands of thieves, it would be good for him to be promoted, not to mention that he would be able to save his head.

Look at the thieves who are surging in the distance. Fang Yizhi felt that his heartbeat kept accelerating, and he called Mr. Qian, who was in charge of guarding this time, and asked: "Mr. Huang Qian, the thieves are powerful, do you have the confidence to protect the grain and grass from falling into the hands of the thieves?" ”

Mr. Huang Qian is not tall, but his figure is very stout, and he said very simply: "Lord Qiyu, this time we only have 1,000 escort troops, but there are tens of thousands of thieves and I don't know if the other party has any reinforcements, so I can only say that I will do my best, and I swear to live and die with this batch of grain and grass!" ”

Fang Yizhi said hurriedly: "Alas...... The official is not asking about your determination, but he wants to know how long we can resist according to the current form? ”

Huang Qian always thought for a while before saying: "My lord, since we are carrying out an escort mission this time, the soldiers are not carrying a lot of medicine, according to the current way of playing, we can support it until about noon tomorrow at most, if there are no reinforcements, we will have to fight with the thieves hand-to-hand." ”

"What...... Fight bayonets! Fang Yizhi was a little dumbfounded, although he was only a civil official, he had seven tips and six tips for fighting a war...... There is nothing left to understand. But he had also been in the Xuan army for a few years, and he knew very well that under the leadership of Yue Yang, the Xuan army never played hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and once the soldiers were going to fight with bayonets, it meant that the battle situation had reached the most dangerous time.

"No way!"

Fang Yizhi shouted, jumped Huang Qian and the boat boss, and saw the two of them looking at their strange expressions, Fang Yizhi realized that he was a little out of shape, and he hurriedly said: "Huang Qian, if the reinforcements have not arrived after the medicine is finished tomorrow, let's drive the boat to the river, throw all the grain into the river, and never leave them to the thieves, all understand!" ”

"Yes!"

The two of them couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts. hurriedly agreed in unison.

The gunshots continued to ring, and the thieves on the shore continued to rush towards them, and then they were knocked down by the soldiers of the Xuanda army on the boat, and the thieves continued to work the riverside, but fate seemed to play tricks on them, it was just a little worse, as time went by, the corpses on the riverside piled up layer after layer, and the entire riverbank was dyed red.

"Bastards, you bastards...... It's just a little bit worse. You just need to push harder to get through, why is this happening! Liu Wenxiu on the shore was so angry that he couldn't stop waving the long knife in his hand to drive the thieves forward. But the ancestor also said that after one blow, then decline, and three exhaustions, the morale of the thieves and soldiers who had been fighting for so long had slowly faded to the point that it was almost gone. Although the leaders of the thieves kept cheering them on, the offensive inevitably slowed down.

Although Liu Wenxiu was so angry, he also knew that it was impossible to take down this grain convoy in a short period of time. However, he was not discouraged, because he sent another magic weapon, that is, the crowd tactic. But there is no one who can't use crowd tactics, and Liu Wenxiu brought more than 10,000 rogues this time. Except for the men and horses of the more than 1,000 old battalions, the others were all cannon fodder. Although Liu Wenxiu's military talent is not very high, he also has a very simple reason, since you are here to transport grain, then the medicine you carry must be limited, I will use up your medicine even if I use people, and then you will be slaughtered without medicine.

Liu Wenxiu thought so and did so, although the morale of the thieves had fallen, he still ordered the thieves to launch small-scale attacks from time to time to consume the medicine of the Xuan army.

His wishful thinking was quickly seen through by Mr. Huang Qian. In order to save the medicine, Mr. Huang Qian also conveyed a new order to put those thieves in and fight again. When a famous thief rushed to a distance of forty or fifty paces from the fleet, a fragment of gunfire rang out, directly naming these thieves who were close at hand.

Under the pressure of this terror, by the time of the afternoon the thieves finally broke down, because they could no longer bear this mental torture, and by this time the thieves had left more than 5,000 corpses by the river. The entire bank of the river was already covered with these corpses. I don't know who roared wildly, threw away the weapon in his hand, turned back and ran away desperately.

With this example, the other thieves followed suit. In the end, the whole team turned into a rout.

The way things turned out was also beyond Liu Wenxiu's expectations, before he came, he patted his chest and promised Zhang Xianzhong that he would definitely get this batch of grain. But now that the food has not arrived, his men and horses have retreated first, how can he have the face to go back to see Zhang Xianzhong.

Annoyed and angry, Liu Wenxiu waved his hand, and the old battalions who were supervising the battle behind immediately raised their bows and arrows and shot at the retreating rogues, and in a scream, the retreating rogues fell in a pool of blood.

Liu Wenzhong rode his horse and rushed to the front of the retreating rogue, and with a wave of his sword, a head rose into the air and then fell to the ground. Looking at these suspicious rogues in front of him, he shouted loudly: "Whoever dares to retreat will blame me Liu Wenzhong for being ruthless, I tell you the truth, before I came, I patted my chest with the Eight Kings and made a military order, if I can't annihilate this army of officers and soldiers, I will never go back to see his old man!" If I can't go back, you don't want to go back alive, so if any of you dare to pull the sloppy belt in today's battle, Lao Tzu will give him a white knife in and a red knife out, do you understand? ”

"Got it!" There was a sparse and weak sound all around.

Looking at these ragged and beggar-like rogues in front of him, Liu Wenxiu felt irritated in his heart, as a professional rebel leader, he naturally said that these rogues were basically useless except for being cannon fodder, but he really couldn't do without these people. After thinking about it, he can't persecute these people too much, otherwise if the oppression is too much, it will be troublesome for these rogues to disperse, and then he can't let those old camp brothers go to death, right? Those cannon fodder will die if they die, so he won't feel distressed, but if the people in the old camp are too dead and injured, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely not be able to spare him.

"Okay, let's take a break first, get a delicious meal first, and ask the cook to put more minced meat in the soup of these muddy legs, and if there is fat, put some more, and give each of them an extra steamed bun at night."

The emperor is not hungry, Liu Wenxiu still knows, because the sky has gradually darkened, he simply ordered to stop the attack, let the people below eat first, and wait until dawn tomorrow.

In this way, when the sky became bright the next day, each of the rogues drank a bowl of gruel with more than half of wild vegetables, and then they were pushed out by the leaders to prepare to attack the fleet by the river, and soon a dull gunfire rang out on the riverside......

Just when Liu Wenzhong was desperately attacking the fleet, Zhang Xianzhong, who was in Yibin City, was also in distress.

"You said that those who escorted the grain were all people from the Xuan army?"

"Eight kings, those who are the food of the Asian Games are the people of the Xuan army, and the villain can see it clearly, it is absolutely right!" One of the ringleaders hastened to answer.

"It's them!" Hearing the ringleader's affirmative answer, Zhang Xianzhong fell into distress. (To be continued)