Xi'an Prefecture, Chunhua County.

Hong Chengchou sat on the Taishi's chair, quietly listening to the report of the messenger in the hall, and in his hand, there was an unfolded letter.

After reporting all the military information, the Courier got back to his feet and walked briskly out of the lobby.

The lobby was quiet again, silent and dreary.

The generals in military uniforms on both sides of the hall bowed their heads and were silent, staring at the ground, no one said anything, and no one moved.

Hong Chengchou's city government is deep, deeply respected by Chongzhen, high and powerful, not only the governor of the three sides, but also added the title of the secretary of the military department, and the power is extremely heavy.

Since the civil engineering change, the status of civil officials has continued to improve, while the status of military generals has been declining, and a system of civil control of military has gradually formed.

Later, in the event of a major war, civilian officials will be in charge of military affairs, and the general soldiers, deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrillas from all walks of life can only be at their disposal.

The war is endless, and this situation has not changed much, but has intensified.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan boarded Dongjiang Island in the name of a military parade and killed Mao Wenlong with Shang Fang's sword.

As the chief soldier of a town, he was directly beheaded without even deciding the responsibility and without accepting the trial.

As soon as this incident came out, the world shook and everyone was in danger.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan was sentenced to prison and sentenced to Ling Chi, but Mao Wenlong was still not rehabilitated.

Mao Wenlong, as the chief military officer of Pingliao, also received Shang Fangjian, was crowned the title of governor of Zuodu, and was in charge of a town, but he ended up like this.

All the generals in the hall were controlled by Hong Chengchou, their power was not comparable to Mao Wenlong's, and they did not dare to disobey Hong Chengchou's military orders.

Although Hong Chengchou has not killed any generals like Yuan Chonghuan, he has more means to rectify it.

Cao Wenzhao, as the head of the generals in Shanxi in the past, has also been pressed by Hong Chengchou.

Cao Wenzhao won tens of thousands of first-level awards in Shanxi, and went through dozens of battles, but because he offended Hong Chengchou, he was finally pressed very low by the reward after the meritorious service.

Governor Fan Fucui and Governor Wu Fu argued for Cao Wen's edict, but they were both forced to suppress by Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou put down the letter in his hand with a look, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

The period during which the imperial court ordered the thieves to be pacified was getting closer and closer, but not only did not come from the front line, but bad news came one after another.

The forward was ambushed in Xiangle, Ningzhou, and Liu Honglie, the vanguard of the Chinese army, was captured, and the deputy generals Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen died in battle.

In the end, only the deputy general Liu Chenggong and the guerrilla Wang Ximing brought back less than 1,000 remnants.

Then Cao Wenzhao led the Datong soldiers to attack again, but they were ambushed in Zhenning, and the danger was full of dangers, with more than 500 casualties and most of the generals.

And even worse news than the defeat in the war, the thieves' army now has a fleet of Fran cannons, as well as several powerful cannons.

The two defeats were both ambushes.

It is understandable that Ai Wannian and others were ambushed, but Cao Wenzhao, as a veteran of the battlefield, was actually ambushed, and this thing is not quite right.

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, I am afraid that there are capable people among the thieves, and they can no longer be looked at with their previous eyes.

Hong Chengchou raised his head, and his gaze swept over the bodies of the generals and guerrillas in the hall.

The land of Shaanxi has been suffering from natural disasters for many years, it has been a depression, and it has just recovered a little, and the thieves have entered Shaanxi again, and they have quickly wrapped up tens of thousands, and now the rogues are constantly developing and growing, but the military strength under his command is becoming more and more thin.

In May, Gao Yingxiang and the leaders of all walks of life will join forces in Shaanxi, with a combined army of 200,000 troops approaching Xi'an.

The company camp is fifty miles, and the beacon fire shines on Xijing.

Relying on the tall walls of Chang'an City, he finally repelled the thieves.

"Li Zicheng, Hui Dengxiang, Tuoyangkun......"

Hong Chengchou looked at the letter from Cao Wenzhao and fell into deep thought.

After the thieves retreated from the city of Xi'an, one attacked to the northwest to attack Pingliang, and the other attacked Qingyang Mansion to the north.

The number of rogues who attacked the northern part of Qingyang Mansion was much smaller, and there were only two in total, namely Li Zicheng and Tuoyangkun, with more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 30,000 people from Guotianxing, Mantianxing, and Chaotianxing.

Li Zicheng and Tuoyangkun are one, and Hui Dengxiang, who is a star in the sky, and Mixed Sky Star is another.

The two divisions did not plunder the counties as expected, but first joined forces and ambushed the officers and soldiers who followed the pursuit.

The number of rogues who went to the west was large, the most powerful, and they were the main force of the thieves, Gao Yingxiang, the self-proclaimed king of Chuang, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, and the king of one word, the king of hitting the sky, etc., the number of people was as high as tens of thousands.

Hong Chengchou originally wanted to first exterminate Li Zicheng and Hui Dengxiang who attacked Qingyang Mansion in the north, first cut off one of the Liukou's arms, and then freed up all his hands to deal with those Liukou who attacked Pingliang Mansion in the northwest.

He had already mobilized troops from all over Yansui Town to encircle and suppress him, but he never thought that the Liukou was waiting for him to march and fell directly into the trap of the Liukou.

The broken arm now is his arm.

Hunting geese all day long, but the geese pecked their eyes, how not to make Hong Chengchou angry.

"How's the situation in Pingliang Mansion?"

Hong Chengchou raised his head and asked to the side.

Now that the northern front has suffered a series of crushing defeats, the troops have been lost, and he does not know the news from the northwest for the time being.

Guerrilla Sun Shoufa stood up, he was responsible for the central mobilization, and he received the military intelligence in the northwest.

"General Soldier Zuo and General Soldier He won two battles in a row in the east of Jingzhou City, beheading seven hundred and twenty-seven levels, but the follow-up reinforcements of the thieves arrived, so they could only temporarily retreat."

"Pingliang Mansion is in an emergency, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers in the mansion, please rush to the military immediately."

Gao Yingxiang and other troops broke through Jingzhou for several days, and now they are looting everywhere, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and other generals have few soldiers, so they can only hang in the rear, waiting for the opportunity to move, and the results achieved so far are still extremely limited.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Hong Chengchou sighed helplessly in his heart, there were only tens of thousands of generals under him, and he couldn't tell how many of them.

Gao Yingxiang ordered a group of soldiers and horses to go north, directly cutting off the road he wanted to pursue.

Because if you don't solve the soldiers and horses in the north and directly pursue Gao Yingxiang, once the north Liukou goes south, it is very likely that the back road will be cut off, and tens of thousands of troops will be trapped at the junction of Pingliang Mansion and Xi'an Mansion.

Hong Chengchou closed his eyes, and his fingers lightly tapped the armrest of the chair, as if he was thinking about something.

The generals in the hall are still silent, and this situation is normal.

Hong Chengchou has always been arbitrary, and asking for their opinions is only for reference, and will not change his mind for them.

came and went, if Hong Chengchou didn't take the initiative to ask, they wouldn't take the initiative to speak.

After half a ring, Hong Chengchou finally opened his eyes, and the first sentence he just said made all the generals raise their heads.

"Ordered He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu to temporarily retreat to Yilu Town, and then ordered Yansui to divide a detachment of partial divisions to go south to Qingyang Mansion to Huai County."

Hong Chengchou slowly stood up, his voice low and terrifying.

"Order Zhang Waijia to lead the troops forward and attack Zhenning again!"