Wang Qinian saw Xu Liang's expression smiling, and couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, in fact, the commander of the patrol department Tietou was desperately asking to enter Suzhou. Whether Xu Liang is alive or dead, he should always confirm it with his own eyes, just listen to the nonsense of the people in the Governor's Palace, and Tietou will never admit it.

Wang Qinian glanced at Tie Tou worriedly, but Tie Tou had been immersed in the joy of Xu Liang's safe return, but he really didn't pay attention to Wang Qinian's eyes.

Wang Qinian explained embarrassedly: "Originally, Admiral Tie insisted on entering Suzhou Pass, but the lower officials were worried that once all the troops in Chang'an were exhausted, it would give some people an opportunity to take advantage of. If you want to blame, please punish the lower officials. ”

After saying that, Wang Qinian knelt in front of Xu Liang, closed his eyes, and pleaded guilty and accepted punishment.

Xu Liang stepped forward, smiled gently, helped Wang Qinian up, and said with a smile: "Ah Tie is worried about the safety of his own official, and he has been going to enter Suzhou, which is not wrong." However, there is nothing wrong with Qi Nian being able to take care of the overall situation and stabilize the rear. Well, whatever you say, your intentions are good. Now that the official has returned safely, all problems will be solved. Hurry up. ”

Wang Qinian was helped by Xu Liang, got up, and looked at Xu Liang with a grateful look.

Xu Liang took a sip of tea, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said leisurely: "This official returned to Chang'an from under Hong Chengchou's nose, presumably at this moment Hong Chengchou and they are searching for the whereabouts of this official all over the world. The border guards suddenly closed the border passes, and the Suzhou guards dared to detain the grain transport officers and soldiers of our Liang army. Hmph, their guts are too big. Is it really the official who is dead? Ah Tie! ”

"In!" Admiral Tietou of the Patrol Division was in good spirits and said loudly.

Xu Liang's eyes flashed with a fierce look, and he shouted in a deep voice: "The Patrol Division left 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Chang'an. The rest of the people are ready to go to Suzhou with their officials! I want to see what Hong Chengchou wants to do while I'm away! ”

Hearing this, the iron head geared up and went out to arrange the manpower in a hurry. Subsequently, Xu Liang ordered Wang Qinian to call He Zhun, Deng Shuiqing, Qi Chu and others in Chang'an City into the governor's yamen, Xu Liang talked with his subordinates, and the officials saw that Xu Liang returned safely, and the rumor that Xu Liang died in Shazhou was self-defeating. So everyone was in high spirits, and they all obeyed Xu Liang's arrangements for Chang'an City, and no one dared to object.

At nightfall, another man strode eagerly into the governor's yamen. Duan Zhigang, the original deputy of the Jinyi Guard, and now Duan Zhigang, the head of the Tsing Yi Guard Detective Department, walked in, saw Xu Liang, and saluted happily: "Subordinate Duan Zhigang, see the Governor, the Governor has returned safely, congratulations." ”

Xu Liang chuckled: "It turned out to be Zhigang, it's almost rude." ”

Duan Zhigang grinned and sat down on the side. After greeting Xu Liang for a while, Duan Zhishen's expression became serious, and he arched his hand towards Xu Liang and said: "My lord, my subordinate is in charge of the detective department, and he has just been reported. Moreover, the Detective Department found out that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, had led 6,000 Hong soldiers, starting from Suzhou, all the way to the direction of Chang'an City, and now he has entered the boundary of Fengxiang Mansion. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he remembered Yu Huatian, the governor of Dongchang Factory, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, who he saw in Suzhou Pass, and the two looked close, most of them were colluded together.

Moreover, in Suzhou Pass, Yu Huatian killed the chauffeur disguised by Xu Liang's personal guard captain with a knife, this Qiu Xu Liang has not had time to repay, and now Yu Huatian dares to search for it in Shaanxi!

Xu Liang sneered a few times and said to Duan Zhigang: "Zhigang! This officer has a task for you! ”

"My lord, please. The subordinates guarantee the successful completion. Duan Zhigang said loudly.

Xu Liang snorted lightly, waved his right hand vigorously, and said in a deep voice: "Most of the people in Dongchang have forgotten whose territory Shaanxi is!" I asked you to lead the people from the Tsing Yi Guard Detective Department and the Garrison Department to assassinate those Dongchang fans who stayed in Shaanxi without leaving behind! ”

Duan Zhigang was stunned and said, "Don't leave one? ”

Xu Liang nodded and added: "No one is left, even if it meets Yu Huatian, the superintendent of Dongchang, it is a killing word!" ”

Duan Zhigang was enthusiastic when he heard this, and shouted: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

If Hong Chengchou's men want to enter Chang'an, they must first pass through Xianyang. About fifty miles west of Xianyang City, there is a desolate valley that is two miles long. It's summer, and the valley is full of vegetation on both sides.

Under a large maple tree, Xu Liang sat behind the tree, his eyes aimed at the valley. More than 20 meters away from Xu Liang, the flying eagle guns of the 20th Artillery Battalion were scattered on the ground, and the muzzles were aimed at the direction of the valley.

By Xu Liang's side, the commander of the patrol division was squatting on the ground, his eyes were firmly fixed in the direction of the valley, and his palms were full of sweat.

Xu Liang glanced back at him and scolded with a smile: "Ah Tie, why are your hands shaking constantly?" ”

Tietou wiped a cold sweat, and his voice changed tone: "Young master, I, I'm nervous......"

"What are you nervous about!" Xu Liang said disdainfully: "Isn't it the first time you have done the sneak attack on people?" ”

The iron head blushed and defended: "This, this time is different, this time we are going to sneak attack, but the governor of the three sides!" The Ming Dynasty counted the big officials. ”

Xu Liang snorted and chuckled, "What's wrong with the trilateral governor?" No matter how big Hong Chengchou is, he doesn't have two eyes and one mouth! ”

Iron Head scratched his head and smirked, "That's the same." ”

The two whispered for a while, and then saw a Tsing Yi guard trotting to Xu Liang and reported: "My lord, the idea is here!" ”

Xu Liang and Tietou stopped talking and looked in the direction of the valley together. I saw that in the valley, a long team of Ming troops walked out with neat steps. At the head were a thousand pikemen, followed by archers, shield-bearers, fluttering banners, and neighing horses. You can't see the tail at a glance.

The team in the valley is none other than Hong Chengchou's Hong soldiers. The leader of the team was about to reach the mouth of the valley, but he saw several piles of dead grass one man high in the middle of the road, blocking the road that was not wide.

The general of the Hong soldiers, who walked in front, scolded and ordered his soldiers to clean up. Suddenly there was a loud bang, and I don't know what shook down into the valley, and the general was stunned for a while, looking around, and finally heard a scream in the middle of the rear team, screaming and scolding in anger.

The general suddenly felt a chill and hissed: "Enemy attack!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the roar of artillery fire continued, and several shells exploded in various parts of the valley in succession, falling into the close flood of soldiers, killing and wounding. The generals finally discovered the source of the artillery, and halfway up the mountainside on both sides of the valley, a row of cannon muzzles in the black hole was spitting out flames that killed people!

"Quick, retreat!" The general screamed, and then ran quickly to the back of the group. The expedition of the Hong soldiers was personally led by the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, but the carriage of the governor of Hong was at the back of the team, and the general went here to report the situation of the advance to the governor Hong as soon as possible.

The valley has been chaotic, the artillery fire is constantly roaring, and there are arrows falling like rain on the top of the mountain on both sides, and the flood soldiers are crying wolf howling, hiding everywhere, and the soldiers are cursing and trampling each other! The general squeezed away the panicked Hong soldiers with difficulty, and finally arrived in front of Hong Chengchou, and reported in a panic: "My lord, we have been attacked!" ”

Governor Hong looked at the shadowy figures on both sides of the valley with a gloomy face, the muscles on his face jumped sharply a few times, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Don't panic, gather people and horses, and withdraw from the valley the same way!" ”

Since the attacking part was the captain's striker, but the center and rear were relatively stable, under the command of Hong Chengchou, the rear team of the team became the front team and ran out.

After running for about a cup of tea, suddenly everyone felt that their eyes were bright, and they looked up in shock, and they were shocked to see that two large fireballs made of dead grass on the mountainsides on both sides were beeping and burning, rolling down from both sides!

Those who rushed to the front could not dodge, and they were drowned in the sea of fire. As soon as the fireball fell, it ignited the dead grass on both sides of the valley.

Hong Chengchou's face turned cold, he found these dead grass when he passed by a quarter of an hour ago, and he only thought that it was cut down by the local people, but he didn't think that someone deliberately placed it here, waiting for the fireball to fall as a starting thing.

Hong Bing couldn't hold back any longer, and retreated in horror one by one.

Hong Chengchou raised his eyes to look at the top of the valley, only to hear the buzzing sound, and countless silent arrows came down from the top of the mountain on both sides, and immediately killed and injured a large number of people.

Hong Bing was even more frightened.

The general cried to Hong Chengchou: "Lord Governor, this is a Jedi! What to do? ”

Hong Chengchou pursed his lips, didn't say a word, turned around, the sound of artillery fire behind him seemed to be closer, and not far behind him, Hong Bing had already pushed.

Retracting his gaze fiercely, Hong Chengchou stared at the two big fireballs in front of him, gritted his teeth, and ordered someone to put the carriage he was sitting in in the middle of the road, and stabbed the buttocks of the two horses pulling the carriage twice!

Blood burst out, the horses ached, and Herod neighed fiercely, pulling the carriage and rushing towards the fireball.

"Everyone! Rush forward with the opening of the carriage! Hong Chengchou hissed loudly and rushed out with the carriage first. Seeing this, the pro-soldiers and the generals of the Hong soldiers around him shouted and rushed over.

With their drive, the other Hong soldiers seemed to see a life-saving straw and rushed forward one after another.

Originally, the two large fireballs were burning next to each other, but due to the rapid collision of the carriage, the dry grass piles that had been burned up finally could not withstand the impact of the carriage, and were scattered with a bang, and the sparks flew!

Hong Chengchou and his subordinates took advantage of this gap to pass through the fireball and rush over. Behind them, all the flood soldiers did the same, and many people rushed out for a while, although there were also people who were inappropriately moved and ignited, but compared to the fire in the valley and the stray arrows in mid-air, it was thankful that they could pick up a life.

Hong Chengchou rushed out of the fireball, ran out for hundreds of meters, and stopped when he saw that the stray arrows in the valley could no longer shoot. Seeing that there were constantly Hong soldiers rushing out behind him, his face, which had been gloomy, finally relaxed a little. Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and his hands couldn't help but clench tightly!

I saw that above the position of the fireball that had been knocked away, two large fireballs with a diameter of two meters rolled down with a bang, and after falling, the road out of the valley was blocked again.

The fireball fell, and the valley was filled with screams of despair.

Then, two more big fireballs fell, and Hong Chengchou couldn't help but close his eyes in despair. The bottom of my heart is cold!

Vicious! It's so ruthless!

"Your Excellency?" The general, who had just escaped from the valley, was shocked and asked Hong Chengchou carefully.

Hong Chengchou closed his eyes in pain and shouted, "Withdraw!" Back to Guyuan! ”

Although the number of people has not yet been counted, looking at these people around them, there are less than 200 people in total, that is to say, in the battle of the valley, Hong Chengchou's thousands of Hong soldiers who have worked hard to cultivate can be regarded as a complete explanation. Hong Chengchou's heart was dripping blood, while he was frightened of some people's drastic methods, and on the other hand, he was also angry that he was greedy for merit and too confident, thinking that in broad daylight, even if Xu Liang noticed that he was leading his troops into Chang'an, he would not dare to act excessively!

Now that the lesson of blood is in front of him, Hong Chengchou only hates that time cannot be turned back, if he does it again, Hong Chengchou will definitely not venture into this valley of death.

Uh, no, Hong Chengchou will definitely tie up the old wizard at the first sight of him!

It's a pity that one wrong step, one wrong step.

Hong Chengchou was heartbroken, Xu Liang saw from a distance that Hong Chengchou still used that strange method to escape from the valley, and couldn't help but sigh very regretfully: "In the end, he still let him run." ”

The iron head smashed his hands hatefully and scolded: "Those stupid people in the patrol department, their movements are still a little slower, if the six fireballs are put down at the same time, even if Hong Chengchou dares to use the carriage to rush, he will definitely not be able to rush over!" ”

After that, the iron head said to Xu Liang unfinished: "Young master, Hong Chengchou has no horses by their side, and the speed of retreat must not be fast, do you want me to take someone to chase after them?" ”

Xu Liang thought about it, in order to cover the entire valley as much as possible to attack Fan Zhuan this time, the 10,000 officers and soldiers of the patrol division brought by Xu Liang have all been distributed on both sides of the valley. Moreover, there are no less than 200 people around Hong Chengchou.

To be honest, Xu Liang almost wanted to nod his head for Tietou's proposal, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, Hong Chengchou can escape, and he shouldn't die." I believe that the lesson given to him in this sneak attack will be enough for him to reflect for a long time. Let him go for the time being, and the crime of chasing and killing the governors of the three sides will not be light. ”

Tietou listened, only smacked his lips regretfully, and then got up, as if he wanted to vent his regret for not being able to kill Hong Chengchou to the Hong soldiers who were still dying and struggling in the valley, Tietou got up and waved his hand, and the officers and soldiers of the patrol division who had long been on standby suddenly got up, holding weapons in their hands, shouting killing, and rushed towards the Hong soldiers in the valley.

There is only one fate waiting for the Hong soldiers in the valley, and that is Xu Liang's traditional practice, pit killing.

Three days later, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides who had withdrawn to Guyuan in a hurry, received a copy of the report submitted by the governor of Shaanxi to the imperial court, which read: On June 21, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the officers and soldiers of the patrol department of the governor of Shaanxi Province carried out a war exercise in the valley of fifty miles west of Xianyang City, and encountered a huge force of bandits, and the officers and men of the patrol division fought bravely and killed nearly 6,000 bandits!

Burst! Hong Chengchou spurted out a mouthful of black blood, and fell to the ground with his head up. (To be continued.) )