"Go, why don't you go!"

Zhang Ke said with a smile, Qiao Fu was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed: "My lord, the court asked me to suppress bandits, and I didn't send you!" ”

"What? Can't Mr. Qiao be on his own? Aren't you a chief soldier in Shandong these days! It's a good job, although there are a lot of homeless people, but at least there is no uprising, a credit! ”

Zhang Ke smiled: "Write it down, and wait for Brother Cui to send you two widows in the future." ”

When Cui Chengxiu heard this, he laughed: "I will definitely give this gift, but two is not enough, people often say that a good man oversees nine wives, Brother Qiao, I will send you five, and all countries will find one." After all, the style is different, ring fat swallow thin, radish and cabbage, each has its own love, and it is not decent to put it at home. ”

Qiao Fu stomped his feet and said angrily: "Old Cui, keep it for yourself!" ”

turned around and said to Zhang Ke: "Lord Wang, can you do such a big thing as suppressing bandits?" At present, the governor of the bandits is Yang Sichang, and his father is a rice bucket, and he is no better. One general is incompetent, tired of thousands of troops, let me listen to his orders, it is better to kill me! ”

In a word, these arrogant generals in Liaodong, except for Zhang Ke, no one wants to be able to command. I thought that Chongzhen was relieved, and he should give all the power to Zhang Ke, but he only went to work, but he couldn't take charge of things, and the people below were not happy, which didn't let Qiao Fu make trouble.

Zhang Ke was very calm, he didn't speak, but looked at Cui Chengxiu and said with a smile: "Brother Cui, you can explain it to Qiao Fu." ”

"Yes!" Cui Chengxiu arched his hand and said with a smile: "Chief soldier Qiao, Yang Sichang's strategy to suppress bandits is called four positive and six corners, ambush on all sides. No matter what the plan is, but when it comes to the provinces of the Central Plains, he is just a civil official with no foundation, and the emperor can not care. If the prince sits in this position, wouldn't it mean that the power of the ten provinces has fallen into the hands of the prince. At that time, as long as the prince said a word, Daming Jiangshan would change his surname, and Zhu Youzhen would not do such a thing no matter how confused he was. ”

In the final analysis, the emperor was jealous of his ability, Qiao Fu pursed his lips and sneered: "What if you don't give it?" During my years in Shandong, in addition to the original 10,000 elites in Liaodong, I also trained 5,000 car battalions. 20,000 infantry, and 100,000 people, no need for Liaodong's men and horses, as long as Brother Ke says a word, I, Qiao Fu, will be killed in the capital and assist him to ascend the throne and sit in the palace. ”

The corners of Cui Chengxiu's mouth grinned, he thought that persuading Zhang Ke to rebel would be appreciated and reused, but compared to the one in front of him. It's just a small thing, people not only say it, but also take action, it's really bold and fat.

"Joeford. Don't say something that you don't have. Zhang Ke smiled lightly: "The court asked you to listen to Yang Sichang, can you not listen to it!" ”

Qiao Fu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Are you asking me to pull him back and cause trouble?" ”

"I don't need to!" Zhang Ke said: "His plan is even if it is implemented by this king." You can't do the same, all you need is to go south and look along the canal. Prevent the plague of the rogue in Shandong, and the area of South Zhili. As for Xuanda and Shanxi in the north, I will let Lu Xiangsheng keep an eye on it, so that we will trap the liukou in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan provinces. If they make a fuss, the people will inevitably flee in large numbers, and then we will move the fleeing people overseas, let them grow grain in the fields, and then transport the grain back to help the victims. ”

The terrible thing about the Liukou is not their combat effectiveness, but their phoenix-like nirvana-like vitality, as long as there are hundreds of people struggling with the death line, they have countless soldiers, even if they kill some leaders, there will always be fish that slip through the net, and they will resurrect. This is an unsolvable question.

Qiao Fu finally figured out Zhang Ke's thoughts, and said with a smile: "The prince has a plan in his heart, I am relieved, you say, what should I do first?" ”

"First recover Fengyang, give our emperor a face, and then you lead the troops to settle in the Huai'an area."

"Huai'an? It doesn't seem to be a strategic location! ”

"But it's a land of wealth!" Cui Chengxiu took the words and said with a smile: "Chief soldier Qiao, have you ever heard of a crane riding a crane under Yangzhou with a waist of 100,000?" ”

Qiao Fu scratched his head and said with a smile: "I seem to have heard it, Huai'an is not Yangzhou, what does it matter?" ”

"The relationship is big, the reason why Yangzhou is rich is because there is a large group of rich salt merchants, in terms of strong family background, the salt merchants of Lianghuai are no longer under the Jin merchants, Qiao Zongbing, the prince will give you a big fat difference, in contrast, Lao Cui has to suffer at sea, it is really more human than human death!"

Zhang Ke suddenly laughed and scolded: "Lao Cui, if you don't want to go, this king will change to someone else, I can tell you, Ryukyu is a key in the East China Sea, north and south, as long as we unify the sea, the shipping route is smooth, businessmen gather, sit and collect business taxes, and can also engage in finance, catering, Ryukyu does not need ten years, you can become the pearl of the sea, since you don't like it, give Xiong Hui it, he is my eldest brother's father-in-law, or our family!" ”

"Don't!"

Cui Chengxiu was frightened at this moment, hurriedly stood up, and begged for mercy.

"Lord Wang, it's all to blame for Lao Cui's cheapness, such a good errand, how can you push it to others, do this, tomorrow I will go to the Ryukyu King Shangfeng, and then the two of us will go to Ryukyu together, Lord, you must not change people!"

Saying that, Cui Chengxiu turned around and walked out of the mansion, seized the time to pack his bags, and prepared to go to sea.

As for Qiao Fu, he also figured out his mission, and he immediately reorganized his men, with 5,000 cart battalions in front, 10,000 infantry to follow, and another 20,000 civilian boatmen to be responsible for transporting grain and grass along the canal.

The army moved, mighty, and in less than half a month, it was killed in Fengyang.

It's just that they move fast, and there are people who move faster.

Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, as the commanders of the attack on Fengyang, made a fuss within three days of occupying Fengyang.

It turned out that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both killed in the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, and there were many little eunuchs in the Imperial Mausoleum, as well as the royal band honor guard, which was specially used for memorials.

There is a pipa, there is a yaoqin, there is a big drum, in short, there is everything. All of a sudden, the two rogue leaders were red-eyed, Emperor Lao Tzu just would enjoy it, they had been dead for so many years, and there were still people playing music, and they had never seen anything in their lives except for the high-pitched Qin dialect.

Li Zicheng immediately asked the little eunuchs to play for him, the little eunuchs didn't know anything else, they would only play the sacrificial music, which was for the dead, but fortunately, Li Zicheng didn't understand, and he was very happy to hear it, and rewarded the little eunuchs and let them follow him to eat and drink spicy food.

Of course, this is another blank check, Li Zicheng doesn't know how long he can live, in short, he can toss if he doesn't die!

Who knows, as soon as he turned his head, he actually let Zhang Xianzhong run into these little eunuchs, and he had the same mind and directly snatched the band away.

Because of such an incident, the two groups of people made a quarrel, and Li Zicheng was furious, turned around and marched westward. Gao Yingxiang saw that Li Zicheng had run away, and he was alone, so he also followed, and Fengyang was only left with Zhang Xianzhong.

He wanted to escape, but the original Shandong deputy general Qiu Lei came with 5,000 reinforcements to kill, wanting to recapture the central capital and make contributions. But he was greedy for merit, and as a result, Zhang Xianzhong was ambushed, and he was defeated and lost, and fled back alone, and fell ill and bedridden on the way.

This battle boosted Zhang Xianzhong's morale, and he thought that even if there was no one else's help, with his ability, he could still occupy a piece of territory and claim the king.

Hearing that Qiao Fu was going south with his people, he was not too afraid, but symbolically withdrew from Fengyang and ran to Fuyang to settle down. He also sent personnel and sent a secret letter to Qiao Fu.

"General Qiao, I have long heard that you are the number one general under King Anton, King Anton's surname is Zhang, and my surname is Zhang, and it was a family five hundred years ago. We all lead the troops, and there are tens of thousands of brothers under our hands, why bother to work for the emperor Lao'er, there is a saying that it is better to be a chicken tongue than a cow's tail. I was called king in Nanzhili and Henan, and King Anton was the emperor in Liaodong, regardless of size. You are also the founder of the country, wouldn't you be happy! ”

After reading this letter, Qiao Fu was so angry, he had seen a bastard, but he had never seen such a bastard!

"Pass my order, prepare three thousand elites, I will personally lead it, attack Fuyang, and cut Zhang Xianzhong, the bastard!" (To be continued......)