Three One Three, Hong Chengchou's determination

July of the fifth year of Chongzhen! It is midsummer and the air is unbearable.

A few times before, Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui of Ming Dynasty, Wang Chengen and others commanded the horses, and 3,000 infantry soldiers joined the army of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and launched a fierce attack on the peasant uprising troops entrenched in Mizhi and Jiazhou. Zhang Cunmeng was defeated in the battle and was captured and beheaded by the official army with Liu Minyue.

The most popular 17th Strikes and Sixty-Four Villages were finished. Zhang Cunmeng failed to become the second Wang Jiayin... Cough... In fact, even if it was done, it would be useless, because Wang Jiayin is dead now.

In short, the officers and soldiers finally took a breath and began to stare at the next prey.

Yan'an Prefecture, the camp of officers and soldiers...

Hong Chengchou, the thin-faced governor of the Three-sided side, was sitting upright behind the table, holding a bowl of herbal tea in his hand, savoring it carefully. He is an official who pays great attention to being decent. Even in such hot weather, his official uniform is dressed upright and does not show any confusion. However, the official uniform is very hot. If he wants to maintain his official power in the summer, he cannot do too many moves... It would be a bit bad if he sweats.

The authentic tea was opened, and a general wearing armor came in. This man was the deputy general of Yansui, Zhang Fushun! After Zhang Fushun suffered a defeat in Baishui, Wu Yan was killed, but he was fine. He rode alone and ran out alone. Not long after, he found more than a dozen servants who had escaped from the roadside, and then slowly gathered hundreds of fleeing defeated soldiers and returned to Yansui with these defeated soldiers.

Generally speaking, after such a big defeat, he could not become an official anymore. It would be almost the rest of his life to be impeached until he died. But he was lucky because the new three-sided governor Hong Chengchou belonged to the Donglin Party! Zhang Fushun was also from the Donglin Party... In this way, he saved his life.

Finally, the result of the Donglin Party's report to the court was: Zhang Fushun and Wu Yan fought fiercely with the bandit Zhu Ba in Baishui. The two of them were in charge and fought bravely. The censor Wu Yan was accidentally killed by the bandits' arrows, and Zhang Fushun retreated the bandits and saved the county town.

By the way, can it be possible to lie to the court so blatantly?

The answer is: Can do it!

In the Ming Dynasty, reporting the result of the war was simply a matter of childhood. Any military officer who came out had done such a thing, especially in Liaodong, where a small defeat was one in three days and one in ten days. However, the defeats that were reported to the court were only a few that could not be hidden, and the other ones were the Ming army.

After Baishui's great defeat, if the county town was lost, it would be impossible to hide it from the court, because it would be impossible to hide it from the court if the county magistrate was re-appointed. But the county town was fine. Cao Baoxiang and Xin Lancheng, both county magistrates, lived well and submitted documents to the court as usual. In this way, it would be a foregone conclusion that the county town was not lost. As long as the Donglin Party is sure that the county town is still there, Zhang Fushun must have won the battle. Who dares to say that the officials of our Donglin Party were defeated? If you have the courage, stand up and say, we have clearly saved the county town!

In short, this is the case. Zhang Fushun is still living well in Yansui and is still his deputy general! He walked to Hong Cheng, saluted, and sat down: "What's wrong with the Governor looking for a senior official?"

"Well... please help me see these letters." Hong Chengchou took out three letters and threw them to Zhang Fushun. These three letters were letters written by three county magistrates of Baishui, Chengcheng and Dali. In fact, these letters had been kept in Hong Chengchou's pocket for a long time, but he kept holding them and didn't take them out until he wiped out the mud, so he had time to deal with this matter.

Zhang Fushun picked up the letter and read it slowly. After reading it, his face changed slightly: "These three letters are all nonsense, such as leading the village heroes to repel Zhu Ba... I'm sorry, Cao Baoxiang and Xin Lancheng are not Zhu Ba's opponents at all. The letters written by Xin Lancheng are particularly unreliable. They are fighting with the thief army for 18 rounds... He can't hold on for a single round."

Hong Chengchou did not comment, but said lightly: "The official articles are all about this. I asked you to see another meaning in the letter."

"Oh?" Zhang Fushun stopped the unnutritional topic just now: "Well, are you talking about the Baishui Zhuba River going to Shanxi?"

"Yes!" Hong Chengchou tapped his fingers on the table: "My original plan was to first wipe out the Butan Mud-in-Mi who was in trouble in Mizhi, and to solve all his seventeen squads and sixty-four villages, and then to move south to pacify the Huntianhou first, then march into Baishui, and pull out Baishui Zhu Ba's tough nails. Unexpectedly, he abandoned Huanglong Mountain, which was easy to guard and sadly, and rushed into the west of the mountain. This always made me feel strange!"

"Where is the blame?" Zhang Fushun was puzzled.

Hong Chengchou said, "Baishui Zhu Ba is not simple... The bandits who were in charge of the early Chongzhen year were all wandering around the world, and he was the only one. From the early Chongzhen year to the fifth year of Chongzhen, he has been stably steadily in Huanglong Mountain. I regard it as a great enemy and plan to suppress him well this time. Unexpectedly, he was fine. He guessed that I was thinking, patted his butt and ran away... I always felt... He seemed to have not run away, and his butt was still sitting in Huanglong Mountain, just stretched his hands and feet to the west of the mountain."

"What does the Governor mean?" Zhang Fushun asked carefully.

"I want to send you two thousand people to Baishui, Chengcheng and Dali to see if these three places are really like letters written by the three county magistrates." Hong Chengchou said.

"Ah? I'm going to go to Baishui again?" Zhang Fushun's face changed slightly. To be honest, he didn't want to go, or he didn't dare to go. The last time he went to Baishui, he threw away his colleague Wu Qi's head, and almost killed his servants and soldiers. Now the new batch of servants and soldiers he has not trained well. Isn't it a situation of death and death to bring two thousand troops to the place where the dragon and tiger den?

"Secretary...Secretary..." Zhang Fushun stuttered two times, trying to say he couldn't go, but he didn't dare. He wanted to say he wanted to go, but he didn't have the courage.

When the embarrassment was approaching, the door of the house opened again, and a civil servant in the robe of the censor quickly walked in. The man was named Jin Lan, and his official position was the inspector's censor. That is, the official position of Wu Yan was not high, but he could make a few words about anything.

Jin Lan walked into the house, bowed to Hong Chengchou and Zhang Fushun, handed a Tang Dynasty newspaper, and sat on the side. She first accused Hong Chengchou and Zhang Fushun and disturbed Hong Chengchou and Zhang Fushun, and then said: "Governor General, there is a very embarrassing bad news from the Tang Dynasty newspaper that the lower official just delivered."

"oh?"

Jin Lan shook her head and said, "The news came from the west of Shan* that Puzhou was captured by the guy Zhu Ba of Baishui... The whereabouts of the governor Ge Wen were unknown..."

"What?" Zhang Fushun almost jumped up in shock: "Zhoucheng...Zhoucheng was actually broken?"

"Yes! The city of the state was broken!" Jin Lan's face was heavy: "The emperor already knew about this. He was so angry that he cursed all officials at the court meeting and kicked the eunuchs beside him. You know... The emperor has always been steady and even walked very slowly. He never lost his etiquette in front of all officials. This time he jumped up and kicked someone... Alas..."

Hong Chengchou Gujing Wubo's face also changed slightly. He quickly grabbed the Tang newspaper and read it carefully: "So that's it... the seven thousand army... Zhu Ba's strength has improved again. Building a long wall scares him to find Ge Wen in the city to fight? Ha... the foolish magistrate..."

While reading, he casually expressed some thoughts: "Ratchet the wealth of the rich in the city? Humph... This sentence is definitely untrue. If it is really robbed, it should have been killed, right? But the Tang newspaper also said that the rich people jointly wrote a letter to recommend the wise man Liu Xiudao... From this, it can be seen that Zhu Ba was not ruthless in robbing, and the rich people paid money to buy their lives."

He continued to read, and at the end of the message, he frowned: "Did Zhu Ba flee into Zhongtiao Mountain?"

Seeing his brows locked, Zhang Fushun couldn't help but say, "Governor General, what's wrong with Zhongtiaoshan?"

Hong Chengchou said unhappily: "Zhongtiao Mountain is fifteen miles southeast of Puzhou. It starts from Puzhou and connects to Taihang. Once you enter this mountain, you can drill into Taihang Mountain along the ravine or ridge... Taihang Mountain is a big mountain, much larger than Huanglong Mountain. If Zhu Ba flees into this mountain, it will be difficult to suppress him... Alas! Jinlan, please help me to write a memorial to the emperor. Please quickly transfer troops from northern Henan to block the block. Try not to let Zhu Ba flee into Taihang Mountain."

"Yes!" Jin Lan responded: "When the official returns, he will write the memorial immediately."

At this time, Zhang Fushun came over again: "Governor General, since Zhu Ba has appeared in the west of the mountain and has also captured Puzhou City, then Xiaguan has gone to Baishui, Chengcheng, Dali?"

Hong Chengchou frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "Since even the city of the state is broken by bandits on the west side of the mountain, the emperor is furious, I guess the emperor will soon issue new instructions to us to go to the west of the mountain to suppress the bandits... In this case... Before the emperor's appointment is issued, I must wipe out the bandits in Shaanxi and West, otherwise the front foot will be in chaos again. At this critical moment, don't lead troops to Baishui... Stay here to help me attack Tiejiao City."

"Huh!" Zhang Fushun breathed a sigh of relief.

Hong Chengchou ordered: "Help me pass the order, and ask Ma Ke to lead 3,000 people to go south to wipe out the Huntian Monkey Tribe. The rest of the people headed west, went to Tiejiao City and Suzi Mountain to arrange it, and prepared to catch Hao Lin'an, Lotus Wolf and others in one go."

"yes!"

Hong Chengchou's brows were not relaxed yet. He thought for a while and said, "Although there are no extra soldiers to be sent to Baishui, Chengcheng, and Dali, I still want to know what the situation is in these three counties. Jinlan, please visit it..."
Chapter completed!