Hanzhong, Xingyuan Mansion.

A group of officials sat at the yamen of the transfer department, and the atmosphere was quite solemn.

The officials present were:

Lizhou Road transfer envoy Xu Fuyan, transfer deputy envoy Liu Huiyuan, transfer judge Wang Minwen, sentencing envoy Liu Ying, Changping envoy Han Siyan, Xingyuan prefect Li Shishi......

"Can I get more information?" Xu Fuyan asked.

This person is proficient in the Book of Changes, good at yin and yang techniques, has been a member of the imperial history and the Chinese scholar, and was promoted by Cai Jing to be a waiter in the criminal department. Last year, he was squeezed out by Wang Huang, and he was originally going to be demoted to Guangnan, but the emperor came forward to protect him and transferred Lizhou Road to be the number one.

Liu Ying said: "Everything is normal in Yangzhou City, only a few officials have been killed, and they are all notorious. ”

When Tong Guan conquered Western Xia, due to insufficient military spending, he proposed to mint a lot of money in Shaanxi. Liu Ying resolutely opposed this matter and offended Tong Guan ruthlessly.

Historically, Liu Ying would soon be transferred to Hebei. The forbidden army killed good people and took the risk of merit, and actually did the work of slaughtering the village, and Liu Yang cut down the leading officer. Tong Guan impeached him for indiscriminate killing, well, indiscriminately killing officers, and threw it directly to the south to collect liquor taxes.

Liu Huiyuan asked: "There are no loyal people in Yangzhou to recruit villagers to fight against traitors?" ”

Liu Ying wanted to roll her eyes when she heard this, and her words were sarcastic: "With the government's expropriation in the past few years, I am afraid that there are more people in Yangzhou who follow thieves than people who kill thieves." ”

"Liu Tixing's words seem to be resentful of the imperial court." Liu Huiyuan's face was displeased.

Liu Ying said: "It's not that I am resentful of the court, but I am just dissatisfied with Wang Huang and Tong Guan. ”

Wang Minwen, the transfer judge, suddenly spoke: "You have a grudge against Tong Guan, my brother didn't harm you, don't go crazy and bite people indiscriminately." ”

Wang Minwen is Wang Huang's younger brother, and he was still in mourning at this time, but he was allowed to come back after a few months of filial piety. Maybe it's too ugly to say and there is a suspicion of unfilial piety, so he was exiled as a magistrate.

Liu Xuan sneered: "If it weren't for the traitorous ministers who caused trouble in the world, how could the Zhu family's father and son rebel?" ”

"I think you're secretly colluding with the thief!" Chang Ping made Han Siyan angry, this guy is also Wang Huang's henchman.

"Okay, okay," Xu Fuyan hurriedly played a round, "The top priority is to recruit troops to suppress thieves, don't mess with yourself at this time." Even if you wait to win or lose, can the Zhu family's father and son bow down and surrender? ”

Wang Minwen asked, "How many troops do the anti-thieves have?" ”

Liu Ying no longer scolded the traitorous party, and began to get down to business: "According to the report of the spies, there are thousands of elite soldiers, and they are well-trained and well-armoured. Zhu Guoxiang is still recruiting soldiers in Yangzhou, and many unemployed young thieves don't know how much they have recruited. The above are just the thieves in Yangzhou City, and I don't know what the situation is in Zhenfu and Xixiang County. ”

On the side of Xingyuan Mansion, I don't know that Zhu Ming has occupied Jinzhou.

Han Siyan said: "It seems that there are not many thieves, gather the Lizhou Luxiang Army, and recruit some township soldiers, and the officers and soldiers will be able to wipe out the thieves." ”

Liu Ying immediately poured cold water: "Zhu Guoxiang has been running Yangzhou for many years, and his folk prestige is extremely high. He rebelled and occupied Yangzhou City, but Yangzhou was not chaotic at all, how could it be easily exterminated? You have to report to the imperial court and send the Western Army and the Shu Army to suppress it! ”

Li Shishi, the prefect of Xingyuan, said coldly: "Can you recruit An?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at this guy and thought of him as an idiot.

Han Siyan said: "Zhu Guoxiang just rebelled, and he was immediately recruited, what did he want?" ”

Xu Fu said: "You can try to recruit An, but you have to fight a few battles." Regardless of victory or defeat, Zhu Guoxiang must be let know that rebellion is not so easy. frustrated his spirit, it is possible to recruit an successfully. ”

"I'm afraid that Xingyuan Mansion won't be able to hold it." Li Shishi said worriedly.

Wang Minwen mocked and said: "It's better for Governor Li to go in person, the brothers of the Ling clan have an old relationship with the Zhu family's father and son, maybe they will recruit An." ”

"Nonsense," Li Shishi was furious, "how can my brother be the deputy prime minister, how can he have an old relationship with the thief?" Don't spew blood! ”

Li Shishi is Li Bangyan's brother (in fact, he is a fellow villager, and his blood relationship is already very weak).

Relying on the relationship to enter the Taixue study, and relying on the relationship to give the Jinshi background, he has become the prefect in a few years.

Xu Fuyan had a headache and stopped the quarrel again: "It's time like this, don't get involved in personal grievances, and discuss the strategy of suppressing thieves." ”

Liu Ying said: "The official document has been issued, and the states and counties are recruiting soldiers and collecting food. I propose that if the thief army attacks, they can abandon Chenggu County and gather troops to hold on to Xingyuanfu City. The city of Xingyuan Mansion is tall and strong, and it can be defended for at least three or five months. At that time, the thieves' morale has been frustrated, and the Shu army and the Western army have also come to the rescue, and they can break the thieves with one blow! ”

Wang Minwen said: "From Yangzhou to Xingyuan Mansion, there is no danger to defend. As...... The officers and soldiers were evacuated to Lizhou, taking advantage of the dangers of the mountains and rivers, and the troops were stationed along the way. In this way, it is guaranteed that nothing goes wrong, and you will be able to wait for friendly forces to rescue. ”

"Confused!"

Liu Ying scolded: "If you don't defend Xingyuan Mansion, the entire Hanzhong will be lost, how can the Western Army come to the rescue?" You are greedy for life and afraid of death, if you want to escape, run away quickly, stop talking nonsense and ruining the situation! ”

Wang Minwen muttered a few words in a low voice, as if he was scolding his mother, but he didn't say anything more after all.

Xu Fuyan has already seen that there are so many officials in front of him, and Liu Yang is still relatively reliable, and the rest are some wine bags and rice bags.

Of course, Liu Huiyuan can also do things, but he can only engage in logistics.

When Fang La rebelled, Liu Huiyuan served as the Jiangdong Yun Judge, and he was promoted for Tong Guan's grain transportation.

Xu Fuyan made a decision: "I am the commander of the thieves, Liu Tixing is the deputy marshal, and Deputy Envoy Liu is fully responsible for transporting grain and grass." You can recommend some more capable generals to train the township soldiers. ”

The meeting ended, and they dispersed.

Wang Minwen returned to his mansion and immediately instructed his wife and children: "All the goods should be packed in boxes, and a big boat and dozens of mules and horses should be prepared." Once the thieves are killed, they will flee to Shaanxi quickly, and don't go out again in recent days. ”

Han Siyan also thought so.

However, it was said that Liu Huiyuan ordered the collection of ships to transfer money and grain from various states and counties, and soon found that the two largest official ships had been detained.

After inquiring carefully, I learned that the two boats, one was requisitioned by Wang Minwen and the other was borrowed by Han Siyan.

Liu Huiyuan was furious, ran to Xu Fuyan to complain, and scolded: "Wang Minwen, Han Siyan, are all villains!" Before the thieves arrived, they tried to flee and diverted the largest official ship for their own personal use. ”

Xu Fuyan could only appease: "Wang Minwen is the younger brother of Wang Xiang, and Han Siyan is also Wang Xiang's confidant, don't argue with them about anything." ”

Liu Huiyuan was also barely Wang Hao's person, and immediately debunked: "What kind of clan brother is Wang Minwen?" He couldn't fight with Wang Xiangba, he was just a fellow villager with the same surname, and somehow he climbed into a relative. There is also Han Siyan, who is just a gift to the king's servant, was invited in to sit for a while, and boasted that he was a guest in the king's mansion. You can bluff others, but you can't bluff me! ”

Xu Fuyan persuaded with kind words: "In a time of crisis, there are very few ministers like Deputy Envoy Liu, so don't worry about those corpse vegetarians." ”

Liu Huiyuan asked: "Can I do anything, should I be angry with those birdmen?" ”

"Calm your anger, calm your anger, and endure each other for the country."

Xu Fuyan felt that he had become a grandson, and he, the Cai Dang, who was excluded by Wang Hao, had to stand up and mediate the contradictions between the three Wang Parties.

……

The five counties of Jinzhou were basically stable, and Zhu Ming immediately took a boat to Yangzhou, passing by Daming Village without stopping on the way.

When they met, he asked, "How is Yangzhou?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Everything is going well, what about Jinzhou?" ”

"It's about the same," Zhu Ming said, "The matter of adjusting the system and Yulu will be talked about when Hanzhong is defeated, but we should all officially open the government." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "There are not enough talents. ”

Zhu Ming said: "Even the grass platform team has to be set up. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Let's talk about the arrangements in Jinzhou first, and one of them has to be transferred to preside over the overall situation." ”

Zhu Ming said his thoughts: "Zhang Guangdao has the most prestige and the most seniority, and at present, he is the only one who can guard a state, and no one else can convince the public." My plan is to let Zhang Guangdao be the chief general of Jinzhou, command the soldiers and horses of the five counties and be responsible for military training. and then promoted Liu Shiren to be the governor of Jinzhou, and the two of them worked together with one writer and one martial arts. ”

"Yes." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

Jinzhou is the east gate of Hanzhong, and if the Zhu family father and son want to expand to the west and south, they must leave a general to sit in Jinzhou.

Zhang Guangdao's military talent has not yet been revealed, but he can convince the public and make the generals below obedient, and this alone is enough.

Zhu Ming said: "Dean Zhu, you can make yourself an official." ”

Zhu Guoxiang had already thought clearly: "How about the Sichuan Gorge Jingluo appeasement?" ”

"Yes," Zhu Ming said, "I will be the general of the Sichuan Gorge Soldiers and Horses, and I will engrave the official seal and then release the text to tell the world." ”

The father and son opened their own mansions, clarifying the administration and military affairs, so as not to cause confusion in the order.

Zhu Ming's "Commander-in-Chief's Sichuan Gorge Soldiers and Horses General's Mansion" quickly set up a drafting team.

Zheng Fatzi and Bai Erlang were recalled by him from Xixiang County.

That is, Shi Yuangong, Bai Sheng, Zheng Hong, Dai Chengsi, Bai Chongwu, these five people gathered under Zhu Ming's account to listen to the order, and then got a group of scribes to come over and fight.

After the expansion of the army in Jinzhou, 5,000 troops were transferred over for reorganization, and military law teams, miscellaneous service units, and so on were formed.

Zhu Ming's personal soldiers, more than 180 people.

Gu San served as the captain of the pro-soldiers, and most of the corporal under his command were teenagers from Shangbai Village, and some brave teenagers were added to enter. The other is the musketeers, all of whom are trained by the Orion of Golden State.

Gong Xiu, the head of the gold mine, compiled a new one, and added 1,000 soldiers.

After half a month of emergency drills, the recruits in each department looked a little bit like this, and Zhu Ming couldn't wait, so he pulled the troops to Chenggu County.

He can continue to train new soldiers, but so can the government.

It is necessary to take advantage of the lack of troops in Xingyuan Mansion and quickly kill the past and take the city.

This decision is correct, the government is too slow to gather troops.

In less than twenty days, Xingyuan Mansion gathered several thousand troops. Farther afield, Xingzhou (Luoyang), Lizhou (Guangyuan) and other places, the county magistrates are still pulling Zhuangding, and they will have to wait at least a month before they can send the soldiers.

By the way, there is also a Sanquan County (Ningqiang) between the state capitals, which is located in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and belongs to the county directly under the central government.

Sanquan County nominally stationed 2,500 Xiang troops, and one of them commanded the town. But the birds there are so poor that they don't, and they all rely on the financial transfer of Hanzhong, and the empty salary is outrageous.

Looking at the Sanquan County army that rushed to defend the city, Xu Fuyan's face suddenly darkened.

There were indeed 2,500 soldiers, but less than 500 were fully armoured, and many of them were like beggars.

I'm afraid it's really a beggar!

First ordered the rural security chief to send Qingzhuang, and if the number was not enough, he arrested people in the county seat and gathered 2,500 people to rush to Xingyuan Mansion immediately.

Xu Fuyan is not qualified to reprimand, because he is directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, and he is not under the management of the Lizhou Road transfer envoy at all!

"The thieves are coming, the thieves are coming!"

A clipper boat came from the east, and the messenger jumped onto the shore and ran and shouted.

(End of chapter)