Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was already out of anger, and after hearing the news of the people's army's large-scale breakthrough, he was stunned for a long time, and then beat his chest and feet, crying.

Cao Wenzhao, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, angrily gathered his cavalry, and rushed into the night to pursue the people's army.

The next day, when Luo Rucai, a guerrilla general in Pingliang, saw Hong Chengchou in the big tent of the Chinese army, Hong Chengchou was as if he was seriously ill, and he was so weak that it made people feel distressed.

After Luo Rucai saw the salute, he smiled and said to Hong Chengchou: "Your Excellency Governor, General Cao pursued the civilian army last night and has not returned yet, don't you think it's better not to send troops to pick it up?" After all, there are rioting civilian troops everywhere outside, and there are tens of thousands of people at every turn, which is too unsafe! ”

Hong Chengchou listened stunned, raised his eyelids to look at Luo Rucai, and said faintly: "When are you going to leave?" ”

"Huh? I...... I didn't want to rush to leave. Luo Rucai's mind was seen through by Governor Hong, and he explained embarrassedly: "I came today to say, what if...... I mean, if the Governor has no other orders, then I will also lead the Liang army back to Pingliang. There are rebellious civilian troops everywhere outside, and Pingliang City is the base of the Liang army, and there is no room for failure. ”

Hong Chengchou's expression remained unchanged, and he couldn't see whether he heard what Luo Rucai said, Hong Chengchou waved his hand lonely, and said abruptly: "Let's go, let's go!" ”

When Luo Rucai heard this, his face turned red, he rubbed his hands in a daze, took a few steps back, and saw Hong Chengchou's lack of energy, his heart softened, and asked, "If the Governor needs the last general, just give the order." ”

Hong Chengchou glanced at him, snorted lightly, and asked directly: "This governor wants you to follow General Cao." Lead the army to pursue the people's army, will you go? ”

Luo Rucai's face changed. Hurriedly retreated: "That...... The last general will go back to Pingliang to see the situation first, and then ......"

Hong Chengchou watched Luo Rucai retreat in embarrassment, and couldn't help but sit back on the Taishi chair. His expression was disillusioned and his eyes were unfocused.

Governor Hong sat for a long time, and finally gave birth to a trace of strength, and called out of the tent: "Someone is coming." ”

Hearing this, the guards of the Chinese army walked in and asked, "My lord?" ”

"Did Chief Cao's men come back?"

"Not yet."

Hong Chengchou was silent for a while, then waved his hand helplessly and said, "Pack your bags, let's go." ”

The soldier hesitated for a while, then asked inquiringly, "My lord." Where are we going? ”

Hong Chengchou glared at him, and said angrily: "Where else can I go?" Back to Guyuan! ”

After Hong Chengchou rushed back to Guyuan with thousands of Hong soldiers and entered the governor's palace, Hong Chengchou wrote a letter with extremely harsh wording and sent it to the yamen of the governor of Shaanxi in Chang'an.

Four days later, the letter was placed on the desk of Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi.

After Xu Liang finished reading, he stood in front of the window and looked at the railing, the black clouds outside the window pressed the trees, and the mountain rain was coming!

Xu Liang sighed faintly, "Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou." Although you and I used to have some friendships, but you asked me for soldiers with empty hands, and I promised Liang to do such a loss-making deal. That's to give you face, do it two or three times, that's me stupid! I gave you a month for the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi. If you don't make good use of it, you have to make something around and not fight! ”

Xu Liang sneered. Muttering.

There was a boom, and there was a thunderclap outside the window. Then a bolt of lightning flashed through the clouds and struck the ground.

Wow! It was pouring rain outside the window.

Lou Xian'er, the third lady of Xufu, came in and saw that the windows in the house were open, and the rain was drifting in, which had already wet the curtains, so she stepped forward and closed the windows.

Xu Liang left the window and said, "Don't close it all, leave some cracks, and let some wind in." ”

Lou Xian'er left two windows without closing them all, and when she saw that the room was dark, she ordered Yahuan to light a candle.

"Xianggong, Sister Feng in Jingli has sent a letter." Lou Xian'er said.

Xu Liang sighed lightly and asked casually, "What did Suqin say?" ”

Lou Xian'er glared at Xu Liang, pursed her lips, and said angrily: "Sister Suqin praised Xianggong in the letter, saying that Xianggong is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he is particularly capable!" Even Queen Yi'an in the deep palace can climb to make friends! ”

"Huh?" Xu Liang touched the tip of his nose and said, "This doesn't seem to be a good word." ”

Lou Xian'er stood in front of Xu Liang, glared at him, pulled up her waist, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Sister Suqin said that Xianggong also sent Zhang Yan a box of jewelry!" The grade is better than the one given to Xian'er! ”

Xu Liang smiled bitterly, grabbed Lou Xian'er's waist, felt the soft elasticity in his hands, and persuaded Wen Yan: "Suqin, this is wrong." The best things are left to your sisters, as for Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan, Xianggong is just a courtesy greeting, after all, people have helped Xianggong a lot! Sending some jewelry is also a thank you, isn't it? ”

"Really?" Lou Xian'er was comforted by Xu Liang's kind words, and her heart had actually softened, so she turned her head to look at Xu Liang and asked.

"I promise!" Xu Liang solemnly raised his right hand and said.

Poof! Lou Xian'er couldn't help laughing.

The two of them were warm for a while, and Lou Xian'er saw the commander of the patrol division walking in from outside, so he walked away with a red face.

Xu Liang looked at Tietou and asked, "What's the news?" ”

Tietou said: "According to the report of Tsing Yiwei, the Red Army friend, Li Dusi has successfully broken through from Xihao, and the two of them have divided their troops, one to the south and the other to the north!" Cao Wenzhao, deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, bit the army of the Red Army friends to the death and did not let go, and in four days, the two fought three battles, and the Red Army friends suffered heavy losses! ”

Xu Liang nodded and asked, "Wan Wenshan led his troops to Gongchang Mansion, how is the situation there?" ”

"Young master, don't worry." Tietou said with a smile: "Fourth Miss Li Ting cherishes her soldiers the most, General Wan just arrived, and Fourth Miss Li Ting withdrew when she heard the news. Now that Lu Chengyuan, the prefect of Gongchang, is reinforcing the fortifications, with 10,000 generals and 30,000 Liang troops in charge, there will be no big problems in Gongchang Mansion! ”

"What's going on with Governor Hong?"

Tietou's expression became serious, and he said: "In the first battle of Xihao, due to He Huchen, He Renlong and the two tiger generals withdrew their troops one after another, and the siege plan was a failure!" Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou both played the impeachment of He Huchen and He Renlong, but He Huchen and He Renlong were not people who could not fight back and scolded back. According to the report, He Huchen and He Renlong also handed explanations to the court one after another. ”

Xu Liang nodded. He waved his hand and said, "Inform the troops." As long as those rebellious people's troops do not take the initiative to attack Hanzhong, Gongchang, Pingliang, Xi'an and other four prefectures, they will not need to pay attention to them. As for sending troops to suppress bandits, hum, when did Hong Chengchou fulfill what he promised to his official, when will we send troops again! ”

The iron head responded, and then said, "That's right." Young master, I have already collected the war horses collected outside Zhenyuan City according to your wishes, plus a batch purchased from Tulupan, plus the war horses raised in the four bases of Pingliang Mansion, there are five or six thousand, which is enough to re-establish a cavalry battalion of the Liang Army. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he laughed and said, "Okay! Post a notice and go out to recruit cavalry in the whole province of Shaanxi! This official wants to rebuild Liang Qi! ”

Xu Liang gave an order, and Tietou was responsible for recruiting soldiers on the one hand. On the other hand, Luo Baiguan, the tax collector, is responsible for preparing equipment and materials. In the next half a month, a brand new Liang cavalry once again formed a formation in the barracks outside Chang'an City! Since there is no suitable cavalry commander for the time being, Xu Liang is not at ease to hand over such an important force to someone who is not close enough. Think left and right. Xu Liang simply went into battle himself and trained cavalry recruits every day.

Fortunately, the training courses of the cavalry are ready-made, and Xu Liang just uses them to learn and use. After half a month, he actually looked decent.

The weather in September is blazing. In the cavalry training camp, it was dusty. Xu Liang divided the cavalry battalion into two teams, and personally led one team and the other team to practice charging and counter-charging, the horses neighed, and the shouts rose higher and higher.

During the intermission, Xu Liang walked to the shade of the tree to drink water, and saw Luo Baiguan, Tietou, He Zhun, Qi Chu and others all standing there waiting patiently for him.

Xu Liang drank two large glasses of cold water, and then smiled at his subordinates: "A few adults have come together, what are the bad things to tell me?" ”

Luo Baiguan and the others laughed. Luo Baiguan first said: "My lord, the Jedi that the lower official wants to report is a great joy!" Woodside's caravan was trading in Turpan with a booming force, more than doubling the number of trades, and had already been received by Sutan on the recommendation of Karmanra. Officially recognized by Turpan! Wu has already chosen a place in Turpan and is ready to set up a fixed contact point. ”

"Well, very good!" Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction.

He Zhun saw that Luo Baiguan had finished speaking, so he stepped forward to report: "My lord, at the beginning of the year, the crops in the fields that were reclaimed and restored in Xi'an, Hanzhong, and Pingliang were growing very well, and it seems that there will be a better harvest in the autumn!" ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly and said, "It seems that more reservoirs in various places can always start to store water!" However, the recent turmoil in the people's army, Lord He must arrange people to do a good job of inspection, and can't let the wandering people's army trample on the food! Xu Liang looked at Tietou and said: "Regarding this point, Ah Tie, you have given an order to the leading soldiers and guards of each province to work with the local government to ensure this year's harvest!" ”

The iron head should be down.

Qi Chu, the prefect of Xi'an, stepped forward and said: "My lord, the matter that the lower officials want to report is different from the good news of Lord Luo and Lord He, although this matter cannot be said to be bad news, it is a little tricky!" ”

"What's the matter?"

Qi Zhifu said: "It's that Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, has recently returned to Chang'an City......

Xu Liang, Luo Baiguan and others were stunned when they heard this. After Qi Chu finished speaking, Xu Liang and others understood the reason: Originally, after Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, was basically squeezed dry by Xu Liang, he ran to Guyuan and asked for help from Yang He, the governor of the former three sides, but Yang He was escorted into Beijing for his crimes, and the king of Qin also followed into Beijing, crying in front of Emperor Chongzhen, asking the court to make decisions for him.

However, after wandering in the capital for half a month, Emperor Chongzhen was able to say kind words and comfort to him at first, but later, he gradually became annoyed and ignored Zhu Cunshu much.

Zhu Cunshu dangled in the capital for more than half a month, and finally understood that the court's attitude towards Xu Liang was eager to kill him, but he was worried. wanted to suppress Xu Liang in one fell swoop, but he couldn't draw out these tens of thousands of court soldiers and horses! So the situation is so dry and draining, no one can help anyone.

After Zhu Cunshu understood it, he knew that the hope of begging the emperor to send troops to avenge his grievances was extremely slim, and he was disheartened, and the money he originally brought into Beijing was not much, and he spent it for more than half a month.

Under the shyness of his pocket, Zhu Cunshu left the prince of Qin in the capital to study, and he took the princess of Qin back to Chang'an with a disgraced face.

Qi Zhifu said: "After King Qin returned to Chang'an, he went to the palace to find a subordinate several times, and King Qin wanted to see you. ”

To be honest, Xu Liang really didn't have any special bad feelings towards the timid and cautious Qin King Zhu Cunshu, especially after more than ninety percent of his money fell into Xu Liang's pocket, Xu Liang never moved to get rid of King Qin.

Listening to the tone of the Qi Governor's Mansion, this King of Qin was made by himself to be pitiful, the dignified vassal king, he didn't have the courage to see himself, and he had to pretend to be someone else's mouth! Xu Liang said: "Tomorrow afternoon, the prefect of Qi and the king of Qin will come over together, the official has not seen the king of Qin for a few days, just to chat." ”

Qi Zhifu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly: Zhu Cunshu, Zhu Cunshu, this official really didn't take your silver in vain! The official has done the things you have explained.

Finally, the commander of the patrol department stepped forward to report, and he said: "The people's army besieging Hanzhong Mansion and Qingyang Mansion withdrew after He Huchen and He Renlong led the army back to help. In the past half month, our officers and men in Shaanxi have focused on sticking to their fortifications and rarely took the initiative to attack. In terms of the court, Cao Wenzhao, deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, led his 3,000 cavalry to pursue the Red Army friends of the People's Army, which lasted more than ten days, and fought in Pingliang, Gongchang, Fengxiang and other prefectures, and finally exterminated the Red Army friends! However, according to the report of the spies of the Tsing Yi Guard Detective Department, Cao Wenzhao's Liaodong Iron Cavalry also suffered a lot of damage, and fell into the trap and encirclement of the people's army several times! The number of soldiers is seriously reduced, if it were not for the fact that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was assembled as a cavalry for Cao Wenzhao from the Hong soldiers, I am afraid that the last remaining Liaodong iron cavalry of Cao Wenzhao is less than a thousand. ”

Xu Liang sighed faintly and said: "The leaders of the four major people's armies under Shen Yikui, Du San and Yang Laochai, were killed, and now the Red Army friends have also been killed. The remaining lone seedling Miao Li Dusi is estimated to have been killed and killed, which is what happened in the past few days! ”

Xu Liang sighed: "We have to admit that although Cao Wenzhao's style is annoying, it is indeed very beneficial to lead troops to fight. ”

Luo Baiguan and the others all nodded in agreement, only Tietou listened, but shook his head and chuckled: "My lord, although Cao Wenzhao is at stake, it is not easy to exterminate Li Dusi. ”

"Huh?"

Xu Liang and the others looked at Tietou suspiciously.

Tietou raised his chin slightly, made a smug expression, and said: "In the process of chasing and killing the Red Army friends, Cao Wenzhao also has a cavalry under the Red Army friends, although the combat power is not as good as the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but it is also much stronger than the ordinary people's army foot soldiers. Cao Wenzhao's troops were seriously reduced, and now the establishment of 3,000 people, the real Liaodong cavalry is less than 1,000 people, and the rest are all new recruits from the Hong army. Cao Wenzhao's cavalry combat power is not as good as before, and the training of recruits also takes time. ”

Xu Liang's eyebrows moved, and he smiled: "So, the always heroic General Cao is also dumbfounded?" ”

Tietou grinned and said, "At least in the past few days, General Cao has not made any moves. (To be continued.) )