"You repeat what you just said......"

Yang Sichang raised his head slowly, his eyes were full of shocking coldness.

His voice was extremely cold, and the atmosphere in the Chinese military tent was overwhelmed by it for a moment.

Yang Sichang has been in a high position for a long time, not only served as the governor, in charge of the military and political power of several towns, but also as an official in the court, as the military department of the Shangshu to control the towns, and then was promoted to the cabinet, a prominent life, can be described as a minister, has its own majesty.

The messenger kneeling in the tent fell to his knees, just bowing his head and trembling.

All the generals didn't dare to look directly, they all looked down at the ground, they were all cautious and didn't dare to speak.

The tent was quiet, almost audible of falling needles, and no one dared to touch Yang Sichang's moldy head at this time.

"You didn't hear me clearly?"

Yang Sichang spoke again, his voice cold, as terrifying as if it came from under the Nine Shadows.

The tone was as calm as water, and there seemed to be no fluctuation.

But everyone knows that Yang Sichang is definitely on the verge of rage.

All the pressure was on the messenger who knelt on the ground.

The messenger tried his best to control his body, to open his mouth to say what had been said recently, but to no avail.

The pressure brought by Yang Sichang was far beyond the scope of his bearing, and the messenger was already speechless from fear.

"Say."

Yang Sichang's cold voice sounded again, as if it was an amnesty, and people didn't dare to refuse from the bottom of their hearts.

The messenger on his knees froze, and his heart was even more frightened, but this time he spoke it all.

"Zhang Xianzhong's department suddenly diverted from Taiping County to the south, passed through Dazhou from Dongxiang, and went straight to Bazhou by way north......"

"Okay."

"Okay."

"Very good......

Yang Sichang slowly stood up and said three good words in a row.

His gaze slowly swept over the bodies of the generals in the tent condescendingly.

Yang Sichang's face sank like water, and he did not hide the fierce light in his eyes.

"Cao Bianjiao."

"The end will be."

Cao Bianjiao, who was standing on the left side of the tent, took a step forward, half-knelt on the ground, and replied neatly.

"Fifteenth."

"I'll give you fifteen days."

Yang Sichang's eyes were cold, and his voice was cold.

"Within fifteen days, I will see Zhang Zuokai's head in the tent."

Yang Sichang's words fell, and the already depressing atmosphere in the tent became more and more depressing.

"Obey the Prime Minister's military orders!"

Cao Bianjiao bowed down suddenly, stretched out his hands, and respectfully accepted the Shang Fang sword handed over.

Yang Sichang's power can be said to be the largest among the previous prime ministers.

As a minister, he served as the prime minister of the six provinces, and was ordered by the Son of Heaven to lead the aid and suppression of the towns, and all battalions and horses were under his command, and the governors of various places were under his control.

The sword is given to Shang Fang, and the holy decree is clearly stated, and the deputy commander-in-chief and the general can be cut first and then played.

Yang Sichang's military order now is to kill Sichuan's general Zhang Zuokai, which is reasonable, compliant and legal.

All the military academies in the tent are looking at each other, no one has the slightest meaning, and there is no sad idea of a rabbit dying a fox, because Zhang Zuokai really deserves to die.

After learning that Zhang Xianzhong went north to Taiping County, Yang Sichang ordered Chen Wang to guard the provincial border tightly, and at the same time urgently ordered Qin Liangyu to go north from Wanxian County and enter Dongxiang County north of Dazhou to block Zhang Xianzhong's retreat.

As long as Qin Liangyu rushes to Dongxiang County, he can completely cut off Zhang Xianzhong's way and trap Zhang Xianzhong in Taiping County.

Zhang Xianzhong was blocked in Taiping County, basically a trapped beast, and there were only three ways to go.

One is to go north, straight into Shaanxi and Li Zicheng's division.

The second is to go east and return to Huguang and Luo Ru to make peace.

These two roads are the most likely choices, so Yang Sichang's continuous deployment of troops will enhance the strength of the two roads.

The third road is to run south into the hinterland of central Sichuan, which is the most unlikely.

However, out of caution, Yang Sichang still chose to send troops to defend.

Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghua held against Zhang Xianzhong for a long time in Dazhou at first, although the defeat caused Zhang Xianzhong to go north to Taiping County, but they also held on for a long time, guarding the pass to Sichuan, and did not let Zhang Xianzhong run into the hinterland of Sichuan.

The strength of the two battalions was heavily damaged, so Yang Sichang moved the headquarters of Zhang Zuokai, a staff general who was originally stationed in Bazhou, to Dazhou.

Then Zhang Xianzhong suddenly took the road to the south, which exceeded everyone's expectations, and directly bypassed Dongxiang County and went straight to Dazhou.

Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghua will join forces with Zhang Zuokai to resist.

Originally, the battle was a stalemate at the beginning, although the Liukou offensive was fierce, but after the first defeat, Chen Yilong and Wu Shenghua began to continuously build camp defenses to fill the defense line, so the Liukou never broke through the defense line and crossed the thunder pool.

However, in the midst of the fierce battle, a rogue army broke through the outer defenses.

Zhang Zuokai was afraid of the battle and cowardly the enemy, so he abandoned the camp and fled, so that the entire Dazhou defense line was broken and collapsed.

Liukou took advantage of the situation to cover up and enter, broke through the gap, and defeated the Sichuan army guarding Dazhou in one fell swoop.

Deputy Chief Soldier Chen Yilong died in battle, with four swords and three shots, and all his subordinates were killed in battle.

General Wu Shenghua was seriously injured and was desperately snatched back by his family, so he was lucky to stay.

After the war, only 5,000 soldiers and horses of the two battalions had to be returned, more than half of them were killed or wounded, and nearly 10 people were killed in the guerrilla and garrison generals.

Yang Sichang stood on top of the first seat, looking at the generals in the tent, his tone was cold and fierce.

"In the future, if there are any more people who are afraid of the enemy and cowardly and flee from the war, they will not be forgiven regardless of the reason or who they are!"

……

After leaving the Chinese military tent, Yang Sichang looked gloomy and returned to the camp directly.

After arriving at the camp, Yang Sichang could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

Zhang Xianzhong fled into the central Sichuan region and went straight to Bazhou.

Now most of the soldiers and horses in Sichuan Province have been transferred to the north to suppress Li Zicheng, which is the most empty time.

Zhang Xianzhong went to Sichuan, like a fish in water.

"The anger is extremely hurtful, Ming Gong, please take care of your body."

Ye Guanming followed Yang Sichang into the big tent, he waited for Yang Sichang to vent, and then stepped forward to comfort.

Although Yang Sichang is only 52 years old this year, he has been in poor health because he suffered from a serious illness when he was young.

When he was middle-aged, he served as a military garrison in Liaodong, and then served as the governor of Xuanda, and he was mostly in a bitter cold place, so his physical condition was getting worse and worse.

And this time he went south to supervise the teacher, the wind and frost along the way, and the water and soil after arriving in the south, Yang Sichang's physical condition actually had some problems.

Yang Sichang's face was now sickly flushed, and the violent fluctuations in his mood had a great impact on him.

"Zhang Xianzhong is going to Sichuan, all the deployments will be changed, if there is another accident in the follow-up attack, not only Sichuan, but also the entire southwest will be affected."

Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Nanzhili, and other places have become more and more difficult in terms of taxation year by year because of the poison of the rogue bandits.

Sichuan is not only a strategic location, but also a major province of taxation and food.

Although the outbreak of the Luxury Rebellion in the southwest has been suppressed, the poison is still there, and the toasts in many places are antipathetic, if Zhang Xianzhong enters it, I am afraid that it will make the originally stable southwest region become more and more complicated.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is in all directions, the northwest is plagued by famines, and there is a Jurchen threat in the northeast, and there are wars every year, and the situation is getting worse and worse year by year.

Tens of millions of salaries dragged down the finances of the imperial court every year.

Only the southeast and southwest are still living in peace, supporting the heavy responsibility of taxation and grain and rice.

If Sichuan is affected, the southwest will inevitably be affected, and how can the southeast alone support the whole country.

"Zhang Xianzhong is now in Bazhou, and the road to central Sichuan is unimpeded."

"This trip to the middle of the river is like a horse running to the flat river, a thousand miles of smooth road, and wanting to exterminate it in the short term is tantamount to a fool's dream."

The most important thing is that in order to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong, he wrote to ask for salary, and sent an additional salary of 7.5 million taels of silver per year.

Although when playing the right game, Yang Sichang said that it would not increase the burden on the people too much.

But in fact, Yang Sichang is very clear about the impact of such an increase.

Raising wages is to drink water to quench thirst.

But in the current situation, if you want to quickly solve the many rogues in the pass, you must drink this cup of wine.

The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and it has become the norm for the towns in the Guannai to be in arrears, and many times the military salaries are not paid, and the generals cannot command the troops below at all.

Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo and other departments, after more than a year of rest, have long been different from what they used to be, and they can no longer be looked at from the eyes of the past.

It is necessary to mobilize a large number of troops, pay them sufficiently, and strengthen their armaments in order to win the war.

It is acceptable to drink water to quench thirst, and it only needs to be able to completely exterminate Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng within a year or two years, all of which are acceptable.

As long as they are exterminated, the rest of the rogues will be beheaded out of fear, and the ordinary people will be forbearant out of fear, and the direction of the civil rebellion will be completely changed.

When the time comes, minus the additional taxes, it will be a happy situation for all.

"The situation has deteriorated to this point, and I am already to blame."

Yang Sichang's face was ashen, and his voice was low.

"If Zhang Xianzhong goes north to Shaanxi, or Luo Rucai in the east, it proves that although Zhang Xianzhong has converged a lot, in the end, it is still the habit of being a rogue that is difficult to change."

"But Zhang Xianzhong's southward entry into Sichuan this time already proves that the situation is developing in the worst direction."

Yang Sichang sat back on his seat, looking extremely tired.

"Zhang Xianzhong is murderous, brutal, and murderous, but he can keep his light and cultivate for a long time, which is enough to see that his plans are very big."

"If it is not for the intention of secession, and the ambition to swallow the world, it is impossible to choose to enter Sichuan."

Ye Guanming's expression was solemn, and he had actually seen some things that Yang Sichang said.

But at this time, Ye Guanming knew very well that he couldn't go along with Yang Sichang.

Although Yang Sichang understood these things in his heart, he echoed it at this time, which would inevitably make Yang Sichang's mood even more depressed.

"The defeat of Dazhou caused Zhang Xianzhong to run into Sichuan, and this matter is a foregone conclusion and is irreparable."

"Although Zhang Xianzhong's entry into Sichuan is a bad thing, it is not without benefits for the overall situation today."

Ye Guanming took a step forward and said in a loud voice.

"The cabinet department went south to supervise the division, and the military order was conveyed to the towns, and it was difficult to implement it."

"Those who have been in arrears for a long time, have weak combat effectiveness, and have low morale and are difficult to listen to orders, such as Chen Hongfan, Fang Guoan and other battalions."

"There are also important town generals who are arrogant and arrogant because of their merits, and shirk those who avoid war, such as Zuo Liangyu, Zu Dabi and other generals."

"The governors of various places have him in their hearts, and there are many people who have him in their hearts, led by Shu Fu Shao Jiechun."

Ye Guanming stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

"This time, after the Ming Duke sent Cao Zong's soldiers to kill Zhang Zuokai, the towns will be intimidated by the prestige of the Ming Gong, and the Ming Duke only needs to be enthroned in the future, and the towns will not dare to disobey easily."

"Ming Gong's prestige is enough, and the follow-up only depends on the reward."

"Now that Luo Rucai has retreated from Yiling, after being defeated by our army, he retreated to Xing and returned to the mountainous areas, and the reward is not as good as when the various departments are attacking and suppressing, and directly reward according to the number of military merits."

Yang Sichang's eyebrows were fine-tuned, and he had already recovered from his previous sluggish mood, and his brows were still frowning.

"These methods, I'm afraid they still can't deter Zuo Liangyu much."

Ye Guanming bowed his head and said.

"Zu Dabi has left, after Cao Zongbing went south, Zuo Liangyu has also changed his arrogance in the past, and this is the time to accept his heart."

"Zuo Liangyu and Xiong Wencan have a long-standing grudge, this time Xiong Wencan went north and handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, and the Ming Duke can collect Zuo Liangyu's loyalty for the matter of executing Xiong Wencan."

"Liukou descended to Ding, Liu Guoneng, Wang Guangen and others all looked forward to Zuo Liangyu's horse, if Ming Gong can accept Zuo Liangyu's heart, it will be easy to control the rest of the camps."

Yang Sichang's expression was slightly softened, what Ye Guanming said was indeed reasonable, but it really woke him up.

He had been carried away by anger for a moment, but he hadn't thought of these deeper things.

Sending Cao Bianjiao to kill Zhang Zuokai was also extremely angry, and the main purpose was only to kill Zhang Zuokai and then quickly, with the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys, and the rest didn't think too much.

"The Lord must not be angry and raise his army, and he will not be discouraged and cause war, this sentence is indeed not wrong."

"This time, I lost my temper."

Yang Sichang sighed lightly, the plan fell short, after all, he was not able to keep a cool head.

Ye Guanming stepped closer, then lowered his voice a little, and continued.

"And the most important thing is that Zhang Xianzhong's entry into Sichuan Province this time also happened to solve the biggest trouble for Ming Gong."

Yang Sichang's expression was slightly condensed, and Ye Guanming's words made him a little puzzled.

Zhang Xianzhong's entry into Sichuan Neizhong obviously brought him huge trouble, how could it be that he solved the trouble instead.

The doubts on Yang Sichang's face were not hidden, and they were all caught in Ye Guanming's eyes.

Ye Guanming smiled indifferently and slowly spit out three words.

"Shao Jiechun."

Yang Sichang's eyes lit up, and he understood.