Chapter 144

Baokang.

After more than ten days in the mountains and forests, the five provincial governors and two chief military officers of the Ming Dynasty finally returned to the county.

At the moment, almost everyone was dressed in rags and looked like a savage. Maybe it was the five Liang silver promised by Marshal Zuo when he ran away. Besides his servants, he was accompanied by more than 2000 people. It was really a miracle.

Qin Ming was miserable, leaving only a few dozen servants and a general commander, and almost all the others ran away or were killed by hunters.

"Sir, have a drink! It's the county ahead. Hey, I finally came out. "

Wang can scooped some water with a bamboo tube and handed it to Xiong Wencan. He sighed with emotion. It felt like an isolated world.

Xiong Wencan took the water and drank it with confused eyes. He is still confused. He can't figure out why he failed and had to be so miserable?

They had more than 20000 troops. They didn't fight a decent battle. All the soldiers and horses ran away. They almost confessed in the deep mountains and forests.

What the hell is this war?

Why is it different from what is described in the book of war?

Compared with Xiong Wencan and Qin Ming, they seem to have lost their soul.

Zuo Dashuai was very open-minded. After washing his face, he asked everyone to hurry into the city, have a good meal first, and then find some girls to calm down. We'll talk about other things later.

………

"Kunshan, this Baokang city will be handed over to you. You must guard it, or the whole Xiangyang will be in danger. Don't worry. I'll raise a batch of food and pay to transport it to you immediately after I go back."

After a night's rest and changing his clothes, Xiong Wencan regained the true colors of the governor and told Zuo Liangyu about the temperature and.

"Don't worry, as long as you have money and food, you will be able to train a large army again before the end of March to fight the thief army to the death!"

Zuo Liangyu clapped his chest.

There's no way. Baokang is poor. Without Xiong Wencan's money and food support, it might take a year or two to restore strength.

"That's good. I still trust Kunshan's ability." Xiong Wencan nodded and appreciated Zuo Liangyu's defeated but not discouraged nature.

The two chatted for a while. Xiong Wencan and Wang can got on the carriage and returned to Xiangyang under the escort of a team of servants. Qin Ming followed behind with dozens of people looking like death.

From beginning to end, they both regarded Qin Ming as a dead man, because this time they had such a big defeat, they must catch one person and take the main responsibility.

Xiong Wencan could not play for Chongzhen, saying that his improper command led to the defeat of the army.

Zuo Liangyu still has more than 2000 elite soldiers in his hand and has to rely on him to defend Baokang. Therefore, Qin Ming, who has few soldiers and horses left, will not be the scapegoat. Who will be the scapegoat?

As for Liu Guoneng, he is not qualified.

Anyway, the chief military officer of Daming could not directly play for Chongzhen. The official documents were sent to the military headquarters at most.

But those big men of the military department won't pay attention to the official documents of a vulgar martial artist. They are mostly too lazy to read them. They just burn them. They can't be perfunctory at most.

The military attache wants to have direct contact with Chongzhen. That's dreaming.

It is the consensus of almost all civil servants to cut off the connection between the emperor and the generals. Whoever dares not to believe in evil will be killed.

Generals don't believe in evil, kill generals, emperors don't believe in evil, kill emperors. Several emperors who don't believe in evil have tried this.

So how to say, Xiong Wencan has the final say, only his official documents and the cabinet will not be seized, and finally sent to Chong Zhen's desk.

As a result, generals keep their strength and dare not fight to death, because only with soldiers in hand can they have a sense of security, otherwise you are a fart in the eyes of civil servants.

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Hanzhong mansion.

On the official road to Yunyang mansion, a team of Ming army is marching in a hurry. The team stretches for tens of miles. At least there are more than 20000 people, but few people speak in the middle.

Moreover, the faces of these soldiers were not as confused as those of other officers and soldiers, and their faces were quite energetic.

Although it is not complete in armor, almost everyone has weapons, and their clothes are clean and tidy.

Looking at the whole Ming Dynasty, there are really few officers and soldiers with such military capacity.

Especially in the middle of the team, there were more than 3000 cavalry. Almost everyone rode high headed horses. The knights on the horses had a fierce look on their faces, and most of them still hung bows on their backs.

In the procession, in a rather luxurious carriage, a middle-aged man dressed in civilian clothes narrowed his eyes, shook his body from side to side with the carriage, like falling asleep, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Zhiyuan, where are you?"

"My Lord, it's almost Jinzhou. After Jinzhou, Zhuxi County is more than seventy miles south." The middle-aged scribe on one side replied quickly.

"Send orders to let the army rest in place and bury the pot for cooking."

When the scribe heard the speech, although there was some accident, he quickly opened the curtain of the car and gave an order to the herald beside the car. A cry rang out outside the car.

"Zhiyuan, in your opinion, how should we encircle and suppress the Xiaohua king this time?"

"Adults must have a plan in mind, so students won't show off." The scribe named Zhiyuan smiled.

"Ah! It's a great pity to let the intruder get away this time. I'm sorry to the emperor! Therefore, we must finish our work this time and never leave future troubles. "

"Why do you blame yourself, my lord? There are only a few more than ten bikes left for the intruder to escape to the mountains and forests. In the opinion of the students, it is no longer a worry. But from the Tang newspaper these days, the newly rising anti thief is not simple. If it is not eliminated in time, I'm afraid it will be the second intruder. I'm afraid this great situation will not be eroded again."

"Well, that Xiaohua king is really cunning. I'm afraid I can give him more than that Cao Cao. However, in the final analysis, Xiong Wencan underestimates the enemy and advances rashly, otherwise it won't ruin the situation to this extent."

The middle-aged civil servant nodded. When talking about Xiong Wencan, a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the carriage had stopped, and there was a rapid sound of hoofs outside the carriage.

Not long after, a tall and powerful general dressed in bright light armor rode to the front.

"Commander, the end will ask for war. I'm willing to lead an iron horse to attack Zhushan all night!"

"Change Jiao, didn't I tell you? Yunyang is located in the mountains and at the junction of several provinces. It is not conducive to cavalry operations. You don't have to worry. "

The curtain of the car opened and looked at the recklessness of his confidant. The middle-aged civil servant was not unhappy at all, but his tone was mild.

The general on the horse is Cao Bianjiao. He is very brave. He has made great achievements since he joined the command of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides to suppress thieves.

Last month, Chuang Wang was killed. He lost his wife and abandoned his son. He took more than ten horses and fled to the mountains. He thought Chuang Wang was destroyed, and the eight kings stroked him. In the future, if you want to make meritorious contributions to kill the enemy, you have to go outside the pass. Who ever thought there was another giant thief in Yunyang.

My heart was overjoyed. Naturally, I've been itching since I went south. I wish I could go day and night to kill the thief army's nest and catch the thief's head. It can be seen that the supervisor said this again. He opened his mouth and had to droop his head.

The Chinese officer of Che was Hong Chengchou, the butcher of the rebel army. He also knew the temperament of this confidant and was afraid that he would suffocate, so he restrained his expression and said:

"If you attack by cavalry, the bandit army may not have to flee to the mountains and run around again, so the governor doesn't intend to encircle, chase and intercept again this time, but to invite the king into the urn. Well, it's not far from Jinzhou. You lead the cavalry to Xunyang North, Baihe, and then cross the river to Nanyang..."

At this point, he took out a brocade bag from his arms and handed it to him, charging: "remember, after crossing the Han River, open the brocade bag and act according to the plan. Don't be reckless, okay?"

"The end will understand."

Cao Bianjiao took the brocade bag and put it into his arms. He was not surprised by this trick. He had also seen the romance of the Three Kingdoms. The supervisor liked to think of himself as Zhuge Liang, which was well known in the army. He was also happy to be the fierce Zhang Fei.

Cao Bianjiao didn't ask why the governor sent himself to Nanyang, although the thief army was in Zhushan Fang County, but he divided his troops with 3000 cavalry.

After Cao Bianjiao left, Hong Chengchou was still in no hurry to enter Jinzhou and go down Zhushan. Instead, he kept dividing troops and sending them everywhere.