Shaanxi General Soldier Yamen, Hong Chengchou, who temporarily took the post of General Soldier, was promoted here to point troops.

Yulin General Soldier Wang Wei, Yansui General Soldier Wu Zimian, and Guyuan General Soldier Chang Gongxin arrived one after another.

"Futai has issued an order, ordering us to train our troops into an army and annihilate the evils in a hurry."

Hong Chengchou was unambiguous and explained the situation straight to the point: "Without further ado, we must act as soon as possible and extinguish the epidemic before it reaches the point of being out of control." ”

"It's easy to say, no money and no food, what kind of training can you take." Wu Zimian opened his mouth with a negative attitude: "If you want the horses to run, you have to let the horses eat grass, my Yansui soldiers have not received a salary for four months, and even eating is a problem, and if it goes on like this, I want to be a rogue to rob it." ”

Hong Chengchou suddenly frowned.

But when he took office as a new official, Wu Zimian had been in the army for many years, so it was inconvenient to reprimand.

Fortunately, Wang Wei, the chief soldier of Yulin, opened his mouth for him.

"It's nonsense, we are generals of the imperial court, not thieves."

Wu Zimian raised his eyelids and sneered: "You Yulin is one of the nine sides, there has never been a shortage of military salaries, no matter how tight the court is, it has never been tighter than your border army, standing and talking does not hurt your back, how is it like our local soldiers, my father does not love my mother." ”

These words made Guyuan General Soldier Chang Gongxin also wait for a while, frowned and said: "What do you mean that our border army does not have a backache when standing and talking, when we fight, it is not our border army that is the first to rush forward, in the past few years, how many of our border troops have died, how many of you have died." ”

"Thief, mom." Wu Zimian slapped the table: "If you don't have anything to eat and are hungry, it's better to die and count the ball." ”

Seeing that the three of them were about to scold, Hong Chengchou had to hurry down to dissuade him.

"Don't worry about the three generals, they are all doing things for the imperial court, they have done everyone's work, and they can't do everyone's work, at this time, we must work together."

"Together, okay." Wu Zimian sat down and opened his mouth to ask for money: "First settle our arrears of Yansui, and Lao Tzu will immediately lead the troops to fight the rogue." ”

"Dog's love doesn't fight, don't roll." Wang Wei scolded.

"Who are you scolding?"

"How can you scold you?"

Wu Zimian jumped up again: "You scold again." ”

Wang Wei rolled up his sleeves: "Scolding you? I'm still beating you! ”

After that, a punch smashed into Wu Zimian's face, which is good, the two actually fought.

The two of them were not in the way of fighting, and the soldiers they brought outside the key hall were all guarding, and as soon as they heard the movement, they all rushed in, and when they saw their master general move, they even drew their knives.

"it all!" Hong Chengchou roared, and the guards in the General Army's Mansion also rushed in, pulling out their swords one by one.

Well, the main hall of the Yamen of the Shaanxi General Military Mansion, the three floors inside and the three floors outside are all soldiers.

Obviously, they were all wearing the armor of the Ming Dynasty, but at this moment, they were divided into four or five camps, drawing swords and glaring at each other, eager to splash blood on the spot.

Wang Wei and Wu Zimian finally gave up at this moment, and each sat opposite each other with bruises and blood on their faces.

"Both of you are the chief soldiers of my Ming Dynasty, but you are fighting in the yamen like a scoundrel, spreading it out, so that people don't laugh!" Hong Chengchou's lungs were about to explode, and after speaking, the two of them shouted angrily at a large group of pro-soldiers not far away.

"Whoever let you in, get out!"

A group of big-headed soldiers silently put away their swords, each with seven disobedience and eight resentment on their faces, but there was a heroic-looking pro-soldier who was dissatisfied, not only did not retreat, but also took a step forward.

"Lord Commander, the little one has something to say."

"There's your!" Wang Wei turned his head, and when he saw that it was his own soldier, he scolded: "Is it your turn to speak here, get out!" ”

The soldier was scolded and pulled his neck, and retreated.

Hong Chengchou was interested in this pro-soldier, but now was not the time, so he didn't bother to ask, and concentrated on mediating the contradictions between Wang and Wu.

"General Wang, General Wu, now our Shaanxi is an eventful season, the more this time, the more we must be united, I also know the arrears of Yansui, I will talk to the court about this, and let the court allocate money and grain to help the army as soon as possible."

Wu Zimian raised his eyelids: "Didn't the emperor ask about Shaanxi?" ”

Wang Wei and Chang Gongxin on the opposite side almost drew their knives on the spot.

Both of them are border towns, eating the court's Yulu, Zhu Youzhen has ascended the throne so far, and the only ones who have not been short of money and food are Jiubian, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places.

Therefore, when they heard that Wu Zimian dared to criticize Zhu Youzhen, Wang Chang and the others were furious.

Fortunately, Wu Zimian also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he raised his hand and slapped himself.

"My old Wu can't speak, palm mouth, but brothers, my old Wu is really not easy, I haven't been paid for four months, and my people are waiting to be fed, I don't dare to go back to the barracks now, for fear that the army will make a noise at night and kill my old Wu to fill my stomach."

Hong Chengchou sighed, looked at Wang Wei and Chang Gongxin, and said in a low voice: "Two generals, can you squeeze out some money and food from you to General Wu first, Hong will ask Your Majesty as soon as possible, please allocate military funds." ”

Wang Wei wiped a handful of blood from the corners of his eyes, looked at Wu Zimian, and snorted angrily.

"This punch Lao Tzu doesn't care about you, they are all soldiers, I know that you are difficult, since General Hong has opened his mouth, Lao Tzu is hungry himself, and he will also give you a 2,000 stone army ration to come out, but don't think about the money, the arrears of the nine sides are not a matter of one or two years, and the Liao salary has not been collected, you also know this."

Chang Gongxin over there also opened his mouth: "There is no money, there is still some food left, I will pay a thousand stones, you can deal with it first." ”

Wu Zimian stood up, knelt down with a pop, and was so panicked that Hong Chengchou hurriedly pulled him up.

"I can't do it, I can't do it."

Wu Zimian solemnly hugged his fists: "Thank you two brothers." ”

Wang Chang didn't talk, but he also got up and hugged his fists as a return salute.

Seeing that the three of them were in harmony as before, Hong Chengchou could be regarded as relieved.

"Let's talk about this military ration first, as for the salary, I'll find a way, let's put the bandit in the first place now, the epidemic is expanding day by day, and it will be too late if we don't extinguish it, my idea is that the three of them will send troops together, let's suppress northern Shaanxi first, eat Wang Zuogui and Miao Mei, and give Gao Wei a heavy blow.

Subsequently, the two armies of Yulin and Yansui went out to encircle, drove Gao Wei across the Yellow River, and forced it to the east. ”

"Eastward?" Wang Wei understood it at one point: "What does the general mean, drive the Gao Rebellion Department into Shanxi?" ”

"Yes." Hong Chengchou admitted frankly: "At present, only by pulling Shanxi in, can we completely eradicate the epidemic, the two provinces work together, the east and the west are attacked, and there will be no possibility of survival in the high adversity, and Shanxi is much richer than us, and the Jin merchants are so big, once the war burns into Shanxi, even if the court does not pay the money, the Jin merchants will have to pay." ”

The three of them were all blinded.

Reasonable.

The introduction of the flames of war into Shanxi will not only be a matter of Shaanxi Province, but will also be a matter of erosion of two provinces.

And from the perspective of the overall situation, it is better for the two provinces to work together to suppress the bandits than for Shaanxi to find a way on its own.

"Just do as the general says."

The three of them all responded, which made Hong Chengchou very happy: "In this case, the three generals should go back to the headquarters to prepare." ”

"I'll take my leave."

Seeing that the three of them were about to leave, Hong Chengchou suddenly shouted to Wang Wei.

"General Wang, who is your personal soldier just now, judging by his unusual appearance, and he is not small in courage to speak."

Wang Wei stopped and responded: "Oh, you said that just now, called, it seems to be called Zhang Xianzhong, he is not the last general's personal soldier, he is the army that he only joined some time ago, according to him, he was still a head catcher before, I see that this kid looks pleasing to the eye, so he left the tent to listen to the tune."

What's the matter, General Hong fell in love? If it's in the picture, it's the general, this kid is quite clever. ”

"A gentleman does not take the favor of others." Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said with a smile: "I won't stay." ”

"Harm, just a soldier."

Wang Wei walked out of the house and shouted, "Zhang Xianzhong." ”

"Humble duty."

Zhang Xianzhong, who broke into the hall, ran out and answered loudly.

Wang Wei said: "You kid is blessed, General Hong has taken a fancy to you, stay here." ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face was overjoyed, and he immediately knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists: "Yes, I will take my life." ”

"Gone." Wang Wei didn't say anything more, strode past Zhang Xianzhong, and walked away with his own soldiers.

Hong Chengchou raised his chin at Zhang Xianzhong: "Get up, you will leave me to work hard in the future." ”

"Yes! Thank you, General, for your knowledge. ”