Emperor Chongzhen's decree did not wait for the night, and was refuted by the cabinet. At a time when state affairs were difficult, urgent documents from all over the country flew to the capital like snowflakes, and several old ministers in the cabinet worked overtime overnight and couldn't deal with it. As soon as the emperor's decree to promote Li Xin to the rank of chief soldier of the Three Guards was transmitted to the cabinet hall, it aroused the unanimous opposition of the cabinet ministers on duty, among whom Fan Fucui and Xue Guoguan, who were scholars of the cabinet, resolutely disagreed with the vote.

The little eunuch who passed the decree had no choice but to return to the Wenhua Hall and inform the emperor of the opposition of the ministers one by one. Zhu Youzhen was furious, these ministers emptied their minds one by one to figure out his thoughts, and did everything they could to drill the camp, but once it came to the critical moment, they always pulled themselves back, especially in Li Xin's matter, and repeatedly came forward to make things difficult. From the initial meritorious service that could not be rewarded, to Xiong Kaiyuan's false accusation case a few days ago, it turned out that Li Xin was wronged, and the relevant people waited for him to be punished before he had time to punish, and there was a great disaster of thieves.

Without waiting for Zhu Youzhen to summon him, Fan Fucui and Xue Guoguan jointly asked to see him. Zhu You didn't come to check the qi, and then asked:

"Now that the thieves are everywhere, and they are out of control, I want to use the other person you oppose, and use this person you still oppose. I want to ask you, but I can't mention anyone, but if you mention one, I'll do it! ”

Xue Guo watched Fan Fucui look low and pleasing to the eyes, so he didn't speak, there are only a few people who know soldiers all over the world, who should he go to? Not to mention that such an exceptional promotion to the ancestral system is not in line with it, and it is definitely not a blessing for the court to march in such troubled times, as civil servants, they naturally want to provoke the emperor and stop it. Besides, they didn't come for this purpose, but for other things.

Who knew that Fan Fucui actually spoke, and I also recommended someone.

"Long live, there really is a candidate for the minister, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi."

Xue Guoguan glanced at him dissatisfied, reproached him for climbing along the pole, and forgot what the two of them were here for? Besides, this person is not on good terms with Yang Xiang, and now Yang Xiang is newly defeated, if he is the prime minister to suppress the thief affairs, where will Yang Xiang be?

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, obviously disapproving of Fan Fucui's suggestion, Xue Guoguan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly changed the topic. Liaodong Sun Chengzong asked for three copies a day, but the household department really couldn't come up with this lot of silver, as the saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the cabinet ministers were at a loss, so they had to give this mess to the emperor and let him find a way to go. So, he handed over the piece of Sun Chengzong's request for more than a dozen points in his hand.

"Long live, the salary can't be delayed any longer, seeing ......"

Does the great tomorrow have any money, to be honest, not only does it have, but it is also a lot, and there are tens of millions of taels of silver in the treasury of the Inner Treasury, but if you don't spend it, how can you stop these loser ministers from squandering?

Looking at the ministers who were arguing, Zhu Youzhen was upset for a while, and before Li Xin's matter was resolved, he threw another problem at him, in the final analysis, these ministers of his, one by one, can solve fewer problems, but the problems created are more than one another.

Zhu Youzhen knew how much money the household department had, and he really couldn't do it, so he could only pay hundreds of thousands of taels from the internal treasury to deal with the emergency, but he had to decide who would kill the thief.

In the end, the three of them bargained, and the two ministers saw that the emperor was paying out of his own pocket, and his words were full of sadness, but they still compromised, and agreed that Li Xin would be promoted to General Zhengsanpin Zhaoyi and be appointed as the general of Shanxi.

The difference between one word, but the difference is still not small, first of all, the Shanxi General Army is to make it clear that Li Xin is only the errand of the Shanxi General Army, not a real promotion, although General Zhaoyong was promoted to General Zhaoyi, but he still did not get off the rank of the third grade, and in fact, the Shanxi Town General Soldier must at least award a hussar general of the second grade to be considered in accordance with the rules. To put it bluntly, he has no name and no points, and he has to do a work that may not be thankless, after all, if Li Xin really wants to sit firmly in the position of the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, he must have the credit of real swords and guns.

Zhu Youzhen, the great son of tomorrow, does not want to quarrel with the ministers anymore, he is already physically and mentally exhausted, and he can have this result, I believe that Li Xinzhi's ability should not disappoint him, and when he defeats the thieves, he will be transferred to fight the Manchu Qing Tartars......

The night was like ink, and Zhu Youzhen, under the guidance of the eunuchs, walked towards the dormitory step by step, and suddenly there was a spring breeze, which was actually cool......

Outside the city of Daizhou, the drums were beating, and the army of thieves was dense like thousands of ants, shouting and roaring like a tide of killing, if it was the first time to see this scene, they would definitely wonder if this group of people Lang would tear the rammed earth walls of Daizhou apart. The Ming battle flag on the city is still hanging high, and the Ming army defending the city is not panicked, mechanically doing various tactical actions to prevent the thieves from attacking the city.

Due to the plague and the death of the governor of Daizhou, most of the officials of the government fled, and even many of the hereditary officers of Zhenwuwei died. The thieves suddenly arrived overnight, and at the last moment, it was Huang Yongfa, a great merchant in Daizhou, who organized his servants to form a team of thousands to help defend the city. The guards were rotten, and at the beginning of the war, the generals, guerrillas, and capitalists had already fled. The thieves attacked the city, and the squires in the city recommended Huang Yongfa to lead the army to defend the city.

Huang Yu, who went home to visit her father, naturally ran back and forth for this, until the army of thieves gathered more and more, and she found that the thieves would not stop if they did not conquer Daizhou. At that time, Huang Yongfa actually changed the true character of a businessman to pursue profits, and was determined to live and die with Daizhou City, and the soldiers and civilians in the city also heard too many jokes about the cruelty and murder of thieves, and they all felt that it was better to fight to the death than to be captured.

At this time, the news of Sanwei's dispatch to Beiloukou had already spread into the city, and Huang Yu burst into tears when she heard it, knowing that he would come, but she didn't want him to come in her heart. There are 60,000 thieves outside Daizhou City, and she knows best how many soldiers Li Xin has under her hands.

"Zhang Shi, tell me about your teaching in Gaoyang!"

Standing behind Huang Yu turned out to be Zhang Shishi, the officer of the Minzhuang team under Li Xin's command when he was teaching in the Gaoyang Guard War, but now Zhang Shishi has an extra terrifying scar on his face, whether he laughs or talks, the scar makes the whole face look terrifying, and people dare not look at it directly.

It was precisely because of Zhang Shi and Zhang Shi's mention of an experience under Li Xin when he was in Gaoyang, that Huang Yu used him to plan the tactics of defending the city, but he didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good, and he insisted on it for many days and nights in a row, and he stayed until today.

Zhang Shi talked about how Li Xin built the city, how to form a musket team, and how to give full play to the effectiveness of various firearms, until how to kill Ao Bai and capture Yue Tuo, Huang Yu was thrilled and fascinated. but he complained in his heart, but he never heard of these things.

"Zhang Shi, you say, will you come to Daizhou?"

Huang Yu looked north from the top of the enemy tower, as if she wanted to see through the mountains and water that blocked her vision.

"Wait, the teaching will definitely win by surprise and make a blockbuster!"

"Really?" Huang Yu opened his round eyes and looked at the man in front of him who was so cold that he could almost turn water into ice, in this person, he seemed to see another side that Li Xin had never shown.

After the battle, the scouts returned from outside the city of Daizhou, and the news brought back made many people extremely depressed, seeing that there were no less than 100,000 thieves, and the city of Daizhou was almost impassable, and their two thousand soldiers and four thousand auxiliaries rushed up not enough to stuff their teeth.

Li Xin's face was grim, and he looked in the direction of Daizhou City from afar, since he sent troops to fight to the death with the thieves and drive them out of Shanxi, he only hated that there were too few soldiers available to his subordinates, and they couldn't withstand the attrition. After pondering for a while, he decided to change his previous plan to fight a local war in Daizhou.

"Bring me the map!"

As soon as Li Xin got off his horse, a soldier took out a map from the oilcloth bag he was carrying, spread it on the ground, and he lay on it for a long time to study, and finally fixed his finger on a city south of Daizhou.

"Since there are many thieves, let's mobilize them, and once they divide their troops, we will give the Three Guards a chance to take the opportunity to annihilate them!"

Tian Fuzhen, the head of the Ordnance Bureau, was also by Li Xin's side, and he deeply believed in this plan, and it was the most suitable choice at this time not to fight hard, but to seek an opportunity to fight.

"Didn't the state of Dai save it?"

Some people raised their own doubts.

"Don't you hear about Wei Wei to save Zhao? As long as it is attacked, it will be saved, and the siege of Daizhou will be solved without a fight. ”

"Is that really so?" Some people pouted disapprehensively when Tian Fuzhen surrounded Wei to save Zhao Zhi, but Li Xin nodded and said: "That's right, the Three Guards Army immediately got up, accelerated their footsteps, bypassed Daizhou to avoid its edge, and went straight to Xinzhou!" ”

Xinzhou is the gateway to the north of Taiyuan City, the position is very important, after several big victories before, the thieves will inevitably be paralyzed carelessly, as long as the Ming army suddenly appears will be able to attack its unpreparedness, and the thieves will inevitably divide their troops to rescue. In this way, the purpose of mobilizing the thieves was initially achieved......

After determining the target of the attack, the first thing in front of the Three Guards is the matter of time, they must arrive and capture Xinzhou before the fall of Daizhou, and the effect of this surprise attack will be exerted to the extreme, so the Three Guards must race against time, but also avoid the scouts of the thieves, and it will definitely not work to take the official road, as long as they cross the big river and enter the north foot of Wutai Mountain in the south, and then take a shortcut to kill Ben Xinzhou.

The local guides brought from Beiloukou played a role, and with their leadership, the march speed of Li Xin's Three Guards Army would not be slowed down too slowly, who knew that as soon as he entered the mountainous area, he saw several plumes of curling smoke rising in the distance, and it didn't look like the people were cooking on fires, could there be a situation ahead......