After the pre-war meeting, the various units went back to each battalion to prepare according to the plan. Dai Feng followed Xu Liang towards the yamen of the Governor's Mansion, and whispered: "My lord, the art of war is cloudy, don't be forced to be poor, and the siege of the master will be que." The Governor's plan is to arouse the will of the thieves in Pingliang City to resist desperately, even if Pingliang is captured, the army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”

Xu Liang looked around as he walked, and caught a glimpse of several East Detective Factory fans wandering around the corridor. suppressed Dai Feng's words, and hurried out of the governor's palace without saying a word. The two returned to the post house and ordered their Tsing Yi guards to guard the door, Xu Liangcai pulled Dai Feng to sit down, and said earnestly: "General Dai, you are new to Shaanxi, and you don't know much about the situation at the top. Governor Wu is a good man, and Wang Tiqian of Dongchang is also a messenger, and with him stirring up peace in the court, Governor Wu cannot ignore the opinions of the princes. ”

Dai Feng glared and said: "Wu Zhiwang is the governor of the three sides, that Wang Tiqian, a eunuch, doesn't understand fart." ”

Xu Liang smiled bitterly, and secretly said With your thoughts, it is no wonder that the garrison general of Jinan Mansion could not sit steadily. Xu Liang said: "Dai Feng, the subtle relationship between Wang Gonggong and Wu Zhiwang is not clear in three or two sentences. You and I are both first-time in office, with little experience, and there is nothing wrong with what we say. Those dissatisfied words can be kept in your heart, and you must not show them in front of outsiders. The heart is sinister, beware of the evil that comes out of the mouth. ”

Dai Feng nodded curtly, "My lord, I will also talk about it in front of you, and I won't say anything about others." ”

Xu Liang nodded reassuringly. Ordered the guards to pack up their things and return to Zhenyuan County immediately.

Out of the post house, I saw a group of generals surrounded by Anton Zhongwei's commander Ye Yanqing walked towards the post house with a smile, and Xu Liang and others who were about to go out met unexpectedly at the door of the post house.

When Commander Ye saw Xu Liang, he burst into laughter, and smiled at the new commander next to him, Huang Ziren, "General Huang." Come, let me introduce you to this old general with white hair is the new Pingliang guerrilla general Dai Feng. I heard that General Dai was also from Jianchang County. Speaking of which, you two are still fellow countrymen. When this old folk meets, the scene must be touching. Ahh ”

Xu Liang and Dai Feng looked at Huang Ziren, who was dressed in brand new clothes, both frowned, Dai Feng arched his hand, and said in a stiff tone: "It turned out to be Huang Tongzhi, fortunately." ”

Huang Ziren's face was embarrassed, and he clenched his fists and squeezed out a smile and said to Xu Liang: "Big brother, are you back?" ”

Xu Liang interrupted him and said, "General Huang." You are the commander of the third grade, and you are a sesame petty official of the fifth grade, but you don't dare to climb high. After that, Commander Shiye and Huang Ziren and the others walked over from one side with a sinking face like transparent people.

The smile on Huang Ziren's face was like a freeze on his face, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

Walking on the road, Dai Feng smiled, clapped his hands and said: "Happy, really fucking happy." As he spoke, Dai Feng clamped the horse's belly between his legs. Rushed forward and walked parallel to Xu Liang, and smiled with relief: "My lord, you didn't see Huang Ziren's face just now. Like a decaying chrysanthemum. Ha ha. ”

Xu Liang exhaled, shook his head lightly, and said, "I didn't expect Huang Ziren to be such a person, just saw him, I didn't scold him, it's good." It's just that in the future, he Huang Ziren and we are strangers, and the well water will not interfere with the river water. ”

Dai Feng snorted and said, "With such a poor character, the old man looks down on him from the bottom of his heart." ”

All the way without stopping. The two entered Zhenyuan City and went directly to the Liang army camp. Gather the conscripts and prepare the battle food and grass. rescued the wounded medicinal materials, and discussed with the generals to arrange the personnel who stayed in Zhenyuan, and all the arrangements were made, Xu Liang left the barracks and returned to Xu's mansion.

Because Xu Liang's current identity is the Tongzhi of Pingliang Mansion, Huang Daozhou took over the Zhenyuan Zhixian County, and Xu Liang has a bit of a dove occupying the magpie's nest when he is in the Zhenyuan County Ya Office, although Huang Zhixian has repeatedly said that he will not mind, but Xu Liang still regards Xu's Mansion as a temporary office. When Feng Suqin, the young lady of the Xu Mansion, saw that Xu Liang had returned to the house, she happily called the people to bring the prepared dinner. I diligently accompanied Xu Liang to dinner.

Seeing Xu Liang even eat two large bowls of rice, Feng Suqin's eyes were about to squint into moon buds. When Xu Liang put the chopsticks, Feng Suqin brought up the matter of Dai Yingying.

Xu Liang was stunned and said, "This, when did this happen?" ”

Feng Suqin said: "When you were in Beijing, you were locked up in Jinyi Wei Prison, and the concubine was worried about your safety all day long, and there was no one around you who could even speak except for Miss Dai, and I saw that Miss Dai was also sincere to her husband, so I agreed." Besides, in order to save you, Miss Dai can even give up her life, such a beautiful woman, don't refuse it. ”

Xu Liang looked at Feng Suqin with tears and laughter, and scolded with a smile: "Such a big matter, how can you be a woman and a Taoist family to make your own decisions?" ”

Feng Suqin stuck out her tongue mischievously when she heard this, shook Xu Liang's arm and said, "I don't care, anyway, I, the young lady of the Xu Mansion, agreed to this matter." Besides, I think this girl Dai has a dignified character and treats people sincerely, and she can be my companion if she marries into our Xu Mansion. No matter what, it's stronger than that Lou Xian'er. Xianggong, are you just going to follow it? ”

Xu Liang couldn't resist Feng Suqin's sugar-coated cannonballs, nodded with a wry smile: "Okay, when I recover Pingliang, I will ask General Dai to mention this matter." ”

Feng Suqin listened, then let go, and happily beckoned his subordinates to come in and clean up the dishes and chopsticks. When Xu Liang looked up inadvertently, she was long gone, and it was estimated that she was looking for Dai Yingying to reveal her tone in advance.

The Liang army was busy for a day, and the troops were assembled, and more than 4,000 Liang soldiers were ordered to go out. Dai Feng, a Guerrilla General of Pingliang, and Xing Zhongshan, an adjutant general of the Liang Army, came to Xufu to ask for instructions on when the troops would be deployed.

Xu Liang frowned and said: "I haven't received the order conveyed by Governor Wu, so I will stand by first and wait for the order." ”

After two days, there was still no news from the direction of Guyuan. Xu Liang was surprised and personally rushed to the Guyuan Trilateral Governor's Mansion to inquire about the news.

Under the question, Xu Liang was dumbfounded.

The matter is with Qingyang guarding He Renlong. As soon as He Garrison returned to Qingyang to summon the order of the general general Wu Governor, the generals blew up. I don't want to go on the expedition even if I live or die, and the reason is that it's still a matter of military salary. Xu Liang remembered that when he was in the capital, the Qingyang garrison camp mutinied because the army did not pay money for four months, and killed the garrison general who had just taken office. Now they are making trouble again because of the problem of arrears of military salaries...... How did this He Renlong lead the soldiers!

In fact, in the Northwest Army, it has long been common for several months not to pay salaries, and the situation of arrears is everywhere. Governor Wu was very annoyed, and found He Renlong to scold, after scolding, the matter has not been resolved, and at that moment, the trilateral governor's mansion came forward and gave four thousand taels of silver to the local rich gentry in Guyuan, and first repaid the salary of the Qingyang soldiers for one month, and then invited these old soldiers to move.

On June 26 of the first year of Chongzhen, Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, gathered the four official armies of Qingyang, Yansui, Guyuan, and Zhenyuan, and finally marched violently towards Pingliang City, which had been captured by thieves for nearly two months.

According to the plan, the Qingyang garrison He Renlong led the army to attack the east gate of Pingliangcheng, the general army of Yansui He Huchen and the remnants of Andong Zhongwei attacked the west gate of Pingliangcheng, the guerrilla general Li Ying attacked the south gate, and the guerrilla general Dai Feng attacked the north gate. The four-way army attacked the city at the same time, and according to the statement of the prince of Dongchang, he will be able to take Pingliang City in one fell swoop!

The sound of killing under Pingliang City shook the sky, and the artillery roared. On a high ground a mile away from Pingliang City, Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, personally sat in battle to supervise the battle. Shaanxi participated in the politics of Hong Chengchou, and Pingliang accompanied Xu Liang to watch the battle. Directly in front of them was the unit of Li Ying, a guerrilla general directly under the Governor's Palace.

After only hearing a row of deafening artillery sounds, thousands of Ming soldiers rushed towards the south gate of Pingliang City like a tide shouting and killing, fifty steps away from the city wall, the archers fired a volley, and shot a lot of thieves who poked their heads out of the city, and then took advantage of this gap in the ladder of the Ming army, and the city car leaned towards the city...... At the head of the city, countless rogue soldiers returned fire, bows and arrows, stones, wooden blocks, iron pots, and everything that could be thrown and smashed to the ground fell down the city wall like hailstones. The sound of angry killing, screaming, and panic weaved into a life-and-death struggle under the South City Gate.

Governor Wu watched for a while, and said with relief: "Lord Hong, Lord Xu, please see, the thieves at the head of the city are born with mud legs after all, and they don't know how to defend the city, and they don't know how to seize the opportunity and don't let the attacking weapons get close to the city wall." Now it seems that General Li has another round of charge, and this southern city gate will be broken. ”

Xu Liang and Hong Chengchou nodded yes. It is true that the thieves defending the city are obviously inexperienced and poorly deployed, Li Ying's first round of charge, more than a dozen Ming soldiers rushed to the city tower, and the thieves started hand-to-hand combat, although in the end they were still pressed down by the thieves who pounced, but from this alone, it can be seen that although the thieves are numerous, the combat power is not high.

Xu Liang smiled, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen the annoying Dongchang prince here, so he asked with a smile: "My lord, why haven't you seen the prince?" Our army is so brave, wouldn't it be a pity that the prince didn't see it with his own eyes? ”

Governor Wu's face changed slightly, and he was silent for a while before he snorted and said, "The prince followed He Huchen's troops to attack the West City Gate. ”

Xu Liang sighed, and said in surprise: "The sword and gun have no eyes, what is the prince going to do with the siege troops?" Ah, yes, the prince is from the East Factory, he is well-informed, and he must have personally commanded the battle. ”

Governor Wu snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "He Huchen, the chief soldier of Yansui, is a veteran who has fought for many years, and there are no less than 100 battles in large and small battles. ”

Xu Liang heard this, knowing that Governor Wu was also beginning to get tired of this Dongchang Wang Tiqian, who had more than enough success and more than defeat, exchanged glances with Hong Chengchou, and quietly accompanied Governor Wu to watch the battle.

Suddenly, they heard a loud shout of killing in the direction of Pingliang City, Xu Liang and the others guessed that it was the guerrilla general Li Ying who had launched another attack, so they stared nervously at the direction of the South City Gate, and after watching for a while, the faces of the three suddenly changed. (To be continued)