Hong Chengchou was urgently ordered to turn back, and he thought that Yang He had changed his mind and was unwilling to prepare grain and grass like that. He entered the inner signing room, and saw Liu Guangsheng, the governor of Shaanxi, sitting in the guest seat, holding his fat belly with both hands, and coldly looking at Hong Chengchou, who was still a little panting, as if he was smiling, pointing to the book on the case and saying: "Look, Wang Zuohang is going to rebel again!" ”

Hong Chengchou saw Yang He frowning, his expression was a little annoyed, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said carefully: "The humble and former chief soldier Du Wenhuan defeated the king in Hancheng, the king thief was extremely frightened, disarmed and returned to the imperial court, and the remnants of his seven hundred people were scattered to the ground, and the king thief and fifty-seven of his cronies were handed over to Suide County to take care of, and the king thief had already lost his soul and could not become a big deal......

Yang He waved his hand to stop: "If there are only a few descendants, why is the headquarters so anxious? Check it out! They actually want to be the internal response of the thief Bai Ruxue. ”

Hong Chengchou respectfully took the book, read it at a glance and ten lines, and asked as if hesitantly: "Lord Junmen, how many people are there in Bai Ruxue?" ”

"Eight hundred."

"That Bai Ruxue is just a gangster in Suide City, and the eight hundred rabble want to make trouble, and they also look down on the officers and soldiers." Hong Chengchou secretly sighed, only to feel that a lot of sweat had already soaked in his body, and his front heart and back were damp and hot.

"The loaches in the soil will take the opportunity to change when they encounter wind and rain, you don't want to underestimate these thieves, they are all barefoot and not afraid of boots!" Liu Guangsheng raised his fat hand and wiped the corners of his mouth, and teased: "However, even a thief like Wang Zuojiao is a defeated general under you, Bai Ruxue is a grass people, and he has never even touched a sword, so naturally it is not a problem." ”

Hong Chengchou listened to his sarcastic words, but as a subordinate official, it was difficult to pull down his face and argue, and said respectfully: "Lord Futai, I am willing to mention the division of the first brigade......

"That's natural, you still need to tie the bell to the bell! You surrendered to Wang Zuohang, and he was cute and rebellious, so it is most appropriate for you to go. Men and horses, there are 300 soldiers in the main courtyard, and you can't bring them with you? Liu Guangsheng laughed and said: "If there are soldiers and horses, which one can't fight?" Have you forgotten that the people and horses who relieved the siege of Hancheng last time were still the soldiers of King Qin who were approved by the military gate of this Fuyuan, if there is anything wrong with Shenjing, this is a sin of losing your head. The two of us are willing to take such a risk, but we don't mention anything about the excerpt on the imperial history Li Yingji, just saying that you are a thief, what is your intention? Isn't this intended to hurt the hearts of loyal courtiers? What, scared? If you don't have someone to give you, you won't dare to go? ”

“……？” Hong Chengchou couldn't help but be stunned, stunned for a moment, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "For the king's precursor, how dare you be afraid of death!" The intention of the humble position is not to ask for people, but to ask the two adults to give the lowly position the right to make decisions on the spot. Hong Chengchou's heart was sour, and he felt aggrieved.

Yang He nodded and said: "This Ministry of Governorship, the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, as long as you keep one side safe, you don't need to ask for anything, you can make your own decisions." Besides, the main department will be out for a few days, and your whereabouts are uncertain, so it is inconvenient for you to ask for instructions. The matter of appeasing the king's left hanging, the headquarters has played the emperor, and there must be no more mistakes. He paused slightly, his eyes swept over Hong Chengchou, and sneered: "I heard Lord Futai just say that Li Yingzhi gave a special fold to the imperial court, and said that you are not boasting about your courage in Hancheng, right?" ”

"I don't know about it." Hong Chengchou felt a chill welling up in his heart.

"I don't think you're a disrespectful person. What kind of thing is it that Hancheng broke the siege, and the headquarters also knows a thing or two, is Du Wenhuan really rushing to the aid of the police to receive grain and grass? The headquarters had no intention of asking about this matter, but fortunately, Hancheng defeated Wang Zuohang, and the merits were worth it. The military situation is urgent, you go! ”

Hong Chengchou's heart was extremely heavy, knowing that the battle of Hancheng had offended the two adults, and he couldn't help but blame Li Yingqi, he was frank and outspoken, and he refused to take care of the situation. does not give a single soldier, but checks the work on time, which is clearly intended to make things difficult. Looking at the gloomy face of the Governor, and listening to the sneer of Lord Futai, he walked out of the Governor's yamen in a hurry and angry, and said angrily: "It doesn't matter if there are no soldiers and horses, there will be no human resources to the enemy." When he came back, he changed into his official uniform, hurriedly wrote a short message, and ordered his personal guard *** to fly Du Wenhuan, called Cai Jiuyi, and each of them rode a fast horse out of the city overnight. After running for three whole days, the two came to the outside of Suide City and rested in a small restaurant.

It was already March, and spring was deep in northern Shaanxi, which should have been the season for farmers to be in the wilderness, but years of drought have left many fields uncultivated, leaving them barren. The yellow fields that are everywhere are exposed to the hot sun of late spring, and they look more and more dry and hot. Just after noon, there were only two people in the restaurant, Hong Chengchou and Cai Jiuyi, and there were no other diners, and a hunchbacked shopkeeper led a young shopkeeper to be busy before and after. Hong Chengchou ordered a plate of Suide oil swirls, two bowls of Qiaomai dumplings, a plate of haggis, two rice fat donkey intestines and a large pot of sand cover gnocchi soup, but he didn't taste anything, and his eyes kept looking at the official road. There were few pedestrians on the official road, and from time to time hungry people walked by in rags and sluggish expressions. "Hehe----hehe----" A few shouts were heard loudly, and a shepherd drove the sheep with a long-handled whip with the thickness of a cup, and shouted in front of the restaurant: "Little Er, is there any room available?" ”

Xiao Er saw that the shepherd's eyebrows were extremely thick, his cheekbones were high, his nose was straight, and his appearance was dignified, but the scars on the corners of his mouth and cheeks had not healed, and his expression was a little vicious, so he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother wants a single room?" ”

"Hmm!"

"Come with me." Xiao Er looked at the shepherd suspiciously, and wondered: If you eat alone, you also need a private seat, dare to be so poor that you are crazy, but you want to talk about pomp and circumstance, and go to pick up the whip in his hand. But the shepherd stretched out his hand to stop him, saying, "No more labor." He drove the sheep into the door.

Xiao Er smiled and said, "Do you dare to drink water for the sheep?" The well is at the back of the house. ”

Unexpectedly, the shepherd sneered: "These are my lord's sheep, and they are so noble!" Such a hot sun still has to be baked outside, can you pay for the death of heat? I couldn't help but say, drove the sheep into the house, took out a large handful of copper coins and said: "Come to a big pot of mung bean thin soup, twenty catties of Qiao Mai dumplings, and ten catties of donkey plate intestines." ”

"If you want to eat so much, how can my brother eat alone?"

"Mouthy! Giving you money is, asking what to do? The shepherd shrugged his eyebrows and scolded, his appearance was a little hideous, and the little two were snorting and muttering to himself. The hunchbacked shopkeeper hurriedly ran up from behind the counter, slapped Xiao Er, and scolded: "You plagued donkey, you haven't helped in the kitchen, just pour some chews here?" He apologized and led the shepherd in with a smile.

Hong Chengchou watched Xiao Er cover his face and go down to the hall silently, and the shepherd raised his head and went inside, secretly thinking: What a generous shepherd! For the first time in his life, he saw the sheep feeding in the house, and whispered to Cai Jiuyi: "I heard that there is a small fried meat in the palace, and the pigs used are fed soybean milk every day, I really don't know that there are such sheep feeders, you don't ...... blame" He saw Cai Jiuyi winking at him, and stopped his words, Cai Jiuyi came over and said: "My lord, can you hear those sheep cry?" ”

"I didn't hear you."

"He wasn't driving sheep in the first place, so naturally there was no sound of sheep."

"If it's not a sheep, it's still a human?" Hong Chengchou was shocked and puzzled.

"Yes, it is those people in sheep's clothing, who do such an unseemly deed in broad daylight, they must be thieves and strongmen somewhere. Do you think this shepherd is familiar? When he entered, he turned around and looked at the adult a few times, afraid that he recognized the adult. ”

Hong Chengchou's heart flashed like a flash of lightning, remembering the fierce guard in front of Wang Zuo during the Battle of Hancheng, and couldn't help blurting out: "Li Zicheng!" "Is it really him? It seems that Wang Zuojiao has been rebellious for a long time and has been planning very closely. The more Hong Chengchou thought about it, the more he felt that his heart couldn't help sinking.

"My lord, the enemy is outnumbered, don't sit back and wait for General Du, let's go into the city!" Cai Jiuyi got up and beckoned the store to settle the account. The shopkeeper said yes in the room, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, more than a dozen big men poured out of Hula, surrounding Hong Chengchou and the two. The shopkeeper untied his wide placket, removed an iron pot from his back, straightened his waist, wiped the mud off his face, and Xiao Er on the side was so frightened that he couldn't shake his tongue and said in horror: "It turns out that you are not our shopkeeper, so where is our shopkeeper?" ”

Miao Mei sneered: "That damn camel, we were upset when we saw him, and we had already chopped him into minced meat, you kid Bai has been with him for so many years, and you secretly ate meat buns that night, but you didn't eat human flesh stuffing?" Kicked Xiao Er to the ground, stepped forward and arched his hand, "Lord Hong, don't come to harm." Do you still recognize our Miaomei? ”

Hong Chengchou shouted: "You follow the king's left to return to obedience, and you are not good at living and being ordered to live in peace, but what are you doing here?" ”

Miao Mei grinned and said, "When Lord Hong arrived outside Suide City, he must have heard some rumors, so we don't have to hide it." To tell you the truth, we don't want to be separated from the boss, we are here to save him. ”

"The heavenly soldiers in Suide City are waiting for the day, and the moths are throwing fire, do you want to kill yourself?"

"You just don't know one or the other, half of the officers and soldiers in Suide City have already surrendered to us, and they promised to do internal response with the chief scoop handle. Lord Hong didn't expect it, right? If we don't have a good chance of winning, why should we go to great lengths to ask for our own hardships! Miao Mei looked back at Suide City, and hesitated: "In a few hours, Suide City will be ours, Lord Hong doesn't have to waste any more efforts, please go back!" If you insist on staying, let's get you a few drinks in the city. ”

Hong Chengchou sneered: "Thank you for your kindness. Now that I'm here, I can't tolerate you being so presumptuous! Come, take him down! ”

"Hahaha...... Miao Mei let out a long laugh and pointed: "Just the two of you master and servant still want to do it, don't look at how many of us have manpower!" It's still tied up by your own family, and we don't have to do it. The men behind him burst into laughter. Cai Jiuyi couldn't bear it anymore, she screamed, rushed to bully herself, Miao Mei couldn't dodge, she was hit by a heavy punch in the neck, dodged and screamed in pain: "Damn, there are really ghosts who don't know death, hit me!" Ouch---- "Cai Jiuyi followed her like a shadow, threw several punches in a row, knocked Miao Mei to the ground, leaned over and grabbed it, suddenly felt the wind in the back of her head, hurriedly shrank her head and leaned over to dodge, and jumped out a few steps. Li Zicheng kicked in the air, but his palms were like meteors catching the moon, hitting one after the other. Cai Jiuyi saw that he actually had the kung fu of Wudang Baguazhang between his moves, and he didn't dare to be careless at the moment, and he used his life's skills, and after only a dozen rounds, he had the upper hand.

Hong Chengchou shouted: "Don't let Li Zicheng go!" Cai Jiuyi's tricks became closer and tighter, and Li Zicheng was already unable to parry, and scolded in a rough voice: "Grandma, are you watching the show, don't you come up to help!" Ouch----" distracted speak, and his palm suddenly slowed down, and he punched a few times. Only then did everyone come to their senses, take out their hidden swords, and rush up with shouts. Cai Jiuyi shouted, the enemy was against several people, and his fist was not chaotic, but Hong Chengchou, who was suffering on the side, did not have any martial arts, only danced the sword in his hand indiscriminately, chopping, slashing, stabbing, and cutting...... In a hurry, the people around him saw that he had danced his sword in a silver white, and took a few steps back, but they couldn't see any rules, and gathered up again. After all, there is a huge disparity in numbers, no matter how much Cai Jiuyi's kung fu is not weak, it will be too tired to support it after a long time, Hong Chengchou is even more at the end of the strong crossbow, his steps are staggering, and the danger is full of dangers, the sword collides several times, and he almost flies away. At the time of crisis, a sudden sound of horses' hooves came, and the dust on the official road was raised, Hong Chengchou didn't have time to turn around to look, and asked loudly: "Is it General Du who is coming, come and save me!" ”

"It's Wen Huan. Lord Hong was frightened. Du Wenhuan held a big knife, beat his horse and rushed into the battle group, brushed a few knives, and saved Hong Chengchou, and those soldiers then surrounded the restaurant and fought separately. Hong Chengchou took a breath and said hurriedly: "General Du, don't let go of a thief, lest you leak the news." ”

Du Wenhuan has always been grateful to Hong Chengchou since the siege of Hancheng was lifted, and after receiving his secret letter, he personally brought 500 men and horses to rush to help, and happened to encounter Hong Chengchou being besieged. Miao Mei had seen Du Wenhuan's might in Hancheng, and she had seen so many soldiers, and she was already so frightened that she was already frightened, and within a few rounds, she was cut off by Du Wenhuan's arm. "Leave people under the knife----" As soon as Hong Chengchou's words came out, Du Wenhuan had already cut off his head by a yaksha to explore the sea, and Miao Meide's subordinates surrounded the soldiers, slashed with guns and bayonets, and killed them all in the morning. Li Zicheng saw that the opportunity was not good, and turned back to the store.

"Don't teach him to jump out of the window and escape!" Du Wenhuan waved the big knife in his hand, and dozens of soldiers outflanked the left and right behind the store, but Li Zicheng took the whip from the store, pulled out the tip of the whip, and turned it into a simple knife, dancing with both hands, shouting, jumping out, and slashing like a mad demon. He was full of brute strength, swords and guns struck each other, and the weapons of the soldiers were almost ready to be taken off, and none of them could get close. Cai Jiuyi hurriedly sent a mourning nail and hit him on the shoulder, Li Zicheng didn't realize it, only stopped slightly, and threw the Pu knife in his hand back, and the Pu knife with the sound of breaking the air, the strength was very amazing, and it flew straight towards Hong Chengchou. Cai Jiuyi hurriedly fired several nails in succession before hitting the head of the knife off, but Pu Dao was not finished, and a soldier passed through his chest and nailed to the ground. Li Zicheng took advantage of the panic, grabbed a horse, and fled, not wanting to drop a wooden plaque in his arms.

The soldiers got on their horses to chase after them, but Du Wenhuan stopped: "Let him go!" Don't fall into his way. He is just a thief, and the king of the city is a big fish. He took the ebony brand, handed it to Hong Chengchou and said, "Jiugong is frightened." ”

Hong Chengchou took it, saw that there was a vermilion character engraved on it, put it in his arms, and bowed his hand and said: "It's really a pleasure to see Brother Tao Wu take the thief!" This time it's going to be borrowed again. ”

"It's just a trivial matter, and Jiugong's words are heavy."

"Not heavy, not heavy." Hong Chengchou shook his hand and said with a smile: "If the grace of saving lives is a trivial matter, isn't this cheap life of my brother too worthless?" ”

"This, this...... I didn't mean that, Jiugong didn't want to ......" Du Wenhuan was originally a martial artist, clumsy in words, in a hurry, he couldn't help but look forward to it, seeing Hong Chengchou and Cai Jiuyi holding back the smile on their faces, they knew that he was laughing, and laughed: "You, your Jiugong's acquaintance is great, great kindness, Wen Huan has not repaid it, let's settle it." Hahaha...... "Seeing Hong Chengchou before the battle, he was still talking and laughing, and secretly admired his calmness and calmness.

The two of them entered the store and sat down, Xiao Er was busy serving two large bowls of mung bean soup, Du Wenhuan said: "After entering the territory of Suide, I was in a hurry, so I went to a mountain col for convenience, but I saw two big cars with cloth canopies, dozens of sets of clothes were piled up messily on the car, and there was no one around, it didn't seem to be unintentionally lost." Besides, the hot day is covered so tightly, obviously there is something unseemly. I finally looked for a few passers-by and asked, saying that a big man drove a flock of sheep from the car and went to the city. How can anyone in the world graze sheep in a car? On such a poisonous day, if there is a car that does not sit but drives sheep into the city, it is either a fool or a fool. I hurried after all the way, not wanting to save Jiugong. ”

Hong Chengchou looked around at the dilapidated walls of the store and said: "It seems that Wang Zuohang's operation is extremely secretive and thorough, and he wants to take advantage of our unpreparedness to take Suide in one fell swoop." Now in Suide City, I don't know how many eyeliners have been planted by Wang Zuohang, they are in the dark, we are in the light, this battle is not easy to fight! ”

Du Wenhuan said disapprenously: "Hey! What's not to fight? All the soldiers I brought with me were elite soldiers, and I wanted the king to hang those rabble, and he didn't run away when he saw him? ”

"The dog jumped over the wall when he was in a hurry! These people have done everything to survive, and they can't be careless! I'm afraid that something will happen and I won't be able to explain to the military gate, so I think it's best not to attack Mingdou. ”

"What does Jiugong mean by calculating?"

"It's naturally best if you don't show your face, but as soon as you and I come forward, we will recognize it to others, and I'm afraid that if you don't want to attack Mingdou, you can't do it." Hong Chengchou frowned and pondered for a moment, and asked, "Are there any relatives and friends in Suide City who are old or acquaintances with Wang Zuohang?" ”

"Last time, I sent someone to send Wang Zuohang to Suide, and I heard that he had a distant relative who killed pigs on the West Street of Suide City."

"Can you have a famous surname?"

"The surname is Zuo, and the first name is ...... By the way, it's called Zuo Guangxian. ”

"Zuo Guangxian, the name is a little familiar." Hong Chengchou got up and paced, patted his forehead and thought for a while: "When I was in charge of the work, I once read a speech from the Ministry of War, Zuo Guangxian was originally a member of the Liaodong general, but because of discord with his boss, he was sent back to his hometown and deposed. I thought I might as well borrow this person and lure the snake out of the hole. After catching the king's left hanging, the others will not have to worry. ”

"How many people does Jiugong want to bring into the city?"

Hong Chengchou pointed at Cai Jiuyi, and said with a smile: "He's the only one." ”

"Didn't Wen Huan run away in vain?"

"Don't be anxious, Bai Ruxue outside the city will be handed over to you, and when he attacks the city, he can attack him in the back, and he will definitely win."