Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 847 Entering the Carriage Gap by Mistake (Two in One)

The elders in the cabinet didn't have much thought about Uncle Jing Liao appearing in the palace.

After all, it is normal for this man to be favored by the emperor because of his outstanding military exploits.

Wu Guojun thought to himself, I know about such a confidential matter, you have to thank me, Marshal He.

Chen Qiyu had previously been troubled by the governor and the commander-in-chief, who refused to send troops easily, and only thought of beggar-thy-neighbor.

Now that he has obtained the emperor's will, he finally has some confidence.

Each Fuzhen has an excuse that the governor's failure to arrive has led to bandits and poisoners, and they will be treated according to the situation of local accidents.

Although Chen Qiyu didn't get what he wanted, holding Shangfang's sword, but holding the imperial decree was effective. Under his command, the four governors guarded the east-west, north-south lines to curb the actions of the bandits.

He personally took people to a meeting with Lu Xiangsheng, and had an interview with him about the strategy.

The two came to the conclusion that blindly expelling and not sweeping up is definitely not the best policy, and they should work together to suppress them.

Lu Xiangsheng said that the six counties in Xunyang had experienced rogue officers and soldiers, and there were no people for thousands of miles. From Xunxian to Zhushan and Zhuxi, every step forward was a cliff, and soldiers often climbed trees on the edge of the cliff, so they could be caught by surprise. Kill bandits.

Chen Qiyu nodded again and again, and then cooperated with Lu Xiangsheng to lead the army from Zhuxi to Pingli. Lieutenants Yang Hualin, Yang Shi'en, Yang Zhengfang, Zhou Renfeng and others separated to intercept and kill, and they won many small victories.

Chen Qiyu, governor of the five provinces, immediately wrote a good report to the emperor. After all, he worked under Hong Chengchou's command and had quite good experience in writing official documents.

There were many victories in the middle of Chu, and there were almost no robbers at that time. Those who hid in the deep mountains were surrounded by ministers and soldiers from the village to guide them, and they searched for every hole.

How could Chongzhen be unhappy when such a good news was delivered?

Chen Qiyu led the army to focus on the encirclement and suppression. Even if Gao Yingxiang had heavy cavalry, he couldn't show his strength in this terrain, but was restricted everywhere.

Although Ningyu is gradually appearing in Chuzhong, Shaanxi is not peaceful anymore.

Of course, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others chose not to beat them, so they ran away.

Those people were blocked by Hong Chengchou before and ran back to Sichuan, but Gao Yingxiang and his group really felt that they could meet Hong Chengchou.

The big and the small Cao were abolished by He Jinzhao, how many good fighters are there under his command?
Therefore, the rebel forces temporarily avoided the imperial court and retreated into Hannan.

Hannan is the southern part of Shaanxi, including Hanzhong Prefecture.

It reaches Shiquan, Hanyin, Xing'an, Pingli, Xunyang, and Baihe in the east; Xixiang, Yangxian, Hanzhong, Mianxian, Ningqiangzhou, and Lueyang in the west. It is close to Huguang and Sichuan, and the situation is dangerous.

Chen Qiyu angrily scolded the governor and the general under his command for holding the idea of ​​beggar-thy-neighbor, but he himself drove the bandits to Hong Chengchou's territory, and reported victory to the emperor by the way, saying that he was quite successful in suppressing the bandits.

This matter made Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, very angry. My good guy, after the former subordinates became the governors of the five provinces, they came up and put him in the army.

He had to worry about reporting the potential danger in Shaanxi to the emperor:

There are tens of thousands of rogues in Pingli and Xunyang, and [-] to [-] people who entered Xixiang from Bazhou and Tongjiang in Sichuan. Hanyin and Xing'an.

And suddenly from Shang Luo, and the hammer bandits are watching the tiger in the East.

But the government didn't attack the hammer bandits from all sides. He was attacked by bandits in Shaanxi first.

For today's plan, it is necessary to return the soldiers of Shaanxi in other provinces to Shaanxi as soon as possible, and then save the important areas; it is necessary to transfer the salary of Shaanxi to those in other provinces as soon as possible, so that the army can flourish.

Hong Chengchou's worries are very reasonable, and of course it is also based on his own position as the governor of the three sides.

Focusing on the safety of Shaanxi, he believed that Chen Qiyu, Lu Xiangsheng and others gathered troops from several provinces in Huguang, which was the root cause of the thieves fleeing to Hanzhong, Xing'an and Pingli.

Hong Chengchou has been holding soldiers and horses for so many years, he has made up his mind long ago, he knows that the thieves are not easy to appease, and it is not easy to suppress them, he should be killed as soon as possible, and they cannot be allowed to run around.

However, Chongzhen received the good news from Chen Qiyu first, thinking that the person he promoted really has the ability.

Chen Qiyu took the imperial decree and put down all the thieves in Chu in one fell swoop. He won many times and is now hunting down the rest of the thieves.

As for Hong Chengchou's memorial, he is still exaggerating the danger facing Shaanxi, hoping to give him more money to make peace.

Chongzhen strongly disagreed with Hong Chengchou's remarks.

Obviously Chen Qiyu killed a lot of thieves, but according to Hong Chengchou, Shaanxi will be lost?

Just because of He Jinzhao's crazy appearance when he is successful, he harms the big yellow girl in Shanxi every day.

It disturbs the people very much, they play and sing every day, and they kill them if they feel unsatisfactory.

Not only did he eat women's hearts and livers raw for drinking, he also ate jujubes soaked in his virgin jade spring as snacks, his behavior was even more brutal than Huang Chao.

This kind of person will lose his heart in a short time, and a slight push can kill him with thousands of cuts.

According to Chen Qiyu's success report, Chongzhen believed that this was a favorable opportunity and place to wipe out the rogues, so he personally wrote and instructed Chen Qiyu to "supervise and mobilize all Fu towns quickly".

The reason is that the thieves are blocked in the Han River, and they often bring women with them, and they are suffering from dampness. They are being exterminated in the near future!

Then he instructed Lu Xiangsheng to cooperate with Chen Qiyu to follow the order and try his best to block and suppress them, to make peace, and not to let the expelled thieves leave the country.

After Chen Qiyu fought several victories in Henan and Huguang, he saw bandits moving to Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places. The beard on his face was raised every day, and he was very proud.

Compared with the hammer bandit He Jinzhao, these thieves are really easy to fight.

So when he heard the news that Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other troops had moved to Shaanxi, he followed them and planned to wipe out the rebel forces in one fell swoop.

Chen Qiyu didn't have Hong Chengchou's sense of crisis of "Qin affairs are worrying", nor Chongzhen's sense of urgency of "the extermination is in the near future", but believed that the situation was very good.

When Chuangwang's rebel army reached the Hanzhong Plank Road area, when retreating from Ziyang to Xing'an (now Baokang), they strayed into a dangerous place and got into a predicament.

This place is called Chexiang Gorge.

Xing'an Prefecture belonged to Hanzhong Prefecture at that time. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, it was not until the 47th year of Qianlong that it was promoted to the prefecture and separated from Hanzhong Prefecture.

Chexiang Gorge is located in the upper reaches of the Huangyang River in the south of Xing'an Prefecture. It is about forty miles long and surrounded by cliffs on all sides.

Gao Yingxiang looked solemnly at the soldier who was known as a good climber in the army and fell from the cliff and was seriously injured.

This wave of rebels not only faced the pursuit of the officers and soldiers and blocked the entrance, but was also attacked by the residents of the mountain.

They rolled down boulders and threw torches, causing the rebels to suffer considerable losses.

Morale has been dropping.

"Has the person who led the way been killed?"

"King Hui Chuang has already been slaughtered."

Gao Yingxiang sent someone to find a guide, but was deceived by the locals, and came out of such a predicament.

Li Zicheng and other leaders were anxious. After the officers and soldiers were on the surrounding mountains, they not only looked down from the heights to watch the excitement, but also built stones to block the road. The most important thing was that they didn't have much food.

The guide laughed loudly before being killed. Even if he was chopped to death by random knives, he had achieved his ultimate goal.

In other words, the guides were not prepared in advance by the officers and soldiers, there were always people who were satisfied with Ming's rule.

Killing thieves for the court is a matter of justice.

It can be said that Chen Qiyu picked up a big bargain!

"King Chuang, what shall we do?"

Gao Yingxiang stood on the spot and said: "No matter what, we can't just sit on the ground and wait for death, we still have to try to break through.

During the day, a small group of troops was dispatched to break through the siege, and the rest of them took the opportunity to weave ropes, and then found wedges to insert into the cliff, trying to get up. "

Everyone didn't want to stay here and wait to die. Now that they had listened to Gao Yingxiang's orders, it was better to order people to do things than to wait.

Otherwise, the longer you stay, the more cranky your thoughts will become, which will inevitably increase the probability of internal strife.

"Send someone to sneak out and cross the river to call Brother He to rescue us." Gao Yingxiang instructed his younger brother beside him.

Gao Yingen said suspiciously: "Brother, can He Jinzhao come to rescue us? He is not good at crossing the river, and he has almost never led an army out of Shanxi."

"Fart." Gao Yingxiang slapped his younger brother: "If brother He knew that I was under siege by the officers and soldiers, he would definitely come to rescue me."

He and He Jinchao went to the Tianjie Tianjie of the capital to trample on the bones of the princes, bombarded the Daming Ancestral Temple, tried to break into the imperial palace, and killed the dog emperor.

Gao Yingxiang didn't believe that He Jinzhao was the kind of person who would do nothing to save him.

The most important thing is that if one's own side is destroyed, He Jinzhao will be alone.

When He Jinzhao's strength was still weak, he always insisted on reporting to the group to keep warm, against Daming's will.

Now that he is powerful, he will not easily kill the leaders of the rest of the rebel army.

Gao Yingxiang knew that He Jinzhao was extremely proud, and he looked down on those uprising soldiers with poor military discipline.

Only now did he clearly understand that a better military discipline would bring many benefits, at least he would not be led to a dead end by a group of Ming people who "sacrificed their lives for righteousness" just because of a bad military discipline.

Although he has many constraints on his elite soldiers, the rest of them turn a blind eye to them.

"I also believe that Marshal He will come to rescue us when he knows the news."

Li Zicheng also added: "If we can pass the news smoothly."

Gao Yingen didn't talk nonsense, so he hurriedly found a few people who were good at hiding, and tried to find out to contact the hammer bandits.

Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others sat aside with serious faces, they were plotted by a group of people, and they were all slaughtered after they got out.

Damn, dare to plot against your grandpa and me!
You must die badly!
The weather in Shanxi is still hot, the summer seeds are all planted, and the ground also needs watering.

Soybeans, sorghum, upland rice, rapeseed, sesame, beans, etc. have all been planted.

As for the fact that cotton is planted in spring and harvested in autumn, it is not yet the time.

He Jinzhao looked at the big sun, sweating profusely from the same heat.

The ground is cracked, even if there is a water truck to water it, it will be of no use.

If the crops were cut off for a while, and a crop of grain could not be harvested, He Jinzhao's rule in Shanxi would be shaken, let alone start a war with the outside world.

Without a steady flow of food, it is really difficult to support.

The entire north is mostly in drought. Even if He Jinzhao wants to plunder food, how can there be so much food in Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Datong for him to rob?
Several counselors are talking about praying for rain.

In recent days, many people praying for rain have appeared in the Dragon King Temple outside Taiyuan City, competing to offer incense.

For this kind of thing, He Jinzhao is very conflicted.

Several staff officers also said that the commander-in-chief is a person blessed by the virtue of water. Last year, the Dragon King helped you flood the army and win a big victory.

Why don't we take the lead in worshiping the Dragon King Temple this year, and imitate Zhuge Kongming's offering to heaven and praying for rain.

This increases the image of the protagonist among the common people. After all, there are some rumors that it is after the commander-in-chief occupies Shanxi that it will not rain in the sky.

What kind of brains can a fool like this have?
After all, they all go to the gods in the sky to check their seats.

This kind of rumor designation will not be completely eradicated. Even if the technology of rumors is very advanced, there are still many people who are deceived, not to mention the current era when communication is even more difficult.

He Jinzhao was very resistant to the matter of asking for rain, and he was even more unwilling to put on a vest of theocracy.

"Have you ever thought that if I take the lead in praying for rain and it doesn't rain after a month, some rumors will intensify."

He Jinzhao stood up and took two steps: "Even if I succeed in praying for rain, will there be no drought next year?"

Zhang Fuzhen shook his head. According to Shaanxi's experience, the drought will not disappear in a year or two. Shaanxi has been in drought for so many years, but it has not improved.

"Once some things are done, there will be backlash."

"My lord, but the people's voice for rain is extremely serious. If you ignore it, I'm afraid it will be hard to reason in the future." Yang Wenyue slightly cupped his hands to persuade.

He Jinzhao pointed to the hammer hanging on the side: "I, the Hammer Bandit, like to reason."

"My lord, what is the meaning of this?"

He Jinzhao smiled, then sat on the chair and said with a smile, "Since the people of Taiyuan have a very strong desire to pray for rain, then I will grant their wish."

Yang Wenyue frowned slightly, he was afraid that He Jinzhao would directly start killing those ignorant people who wanted to ask for rain.

After all, he also knows that this kind of thing is unreliable, but there are people who believe it!

Public opinion and public opinion cannot be ignored after all.

"I ordered that the people around Taiyuan City who want to ask for rain have to bathe and fast for seven days, so as to show their respect to the Dragon King. After the eighth day, I will bring offerings to the Dragon King Temple by the Fenshui River to offer sacrifices."

"Yes."

Marshal He's order was quickly issued from the government office, and sent directly to the surrounding areas of Taiyuan.

Ji Gui shook his fan and thought to his master, how many people are going to be thrown into the river as sacrifices?

After all, the last time I played the old calendar of the Ximen Leopard, it bankrupted the teachings of the White Lotus Sect, and hooked up with the remaining members of the White Lotus Sect that survived on the grassland.

They tipped off the news on the grassland, and even found out the location of Lin Danhan, etc., in case of emergency.

But Ji Gui thought about it, but he didn't think of who had offended the lord recently.

Even in the Dragon King Temple near Fenshui, except for a few elderly monks, all young and middle-aged monks were ordered to return to vulgarity.

Either go farming, or join the camp, some monks have turned into hammer bandits, married wives and children, and lived a good life.

Ji Gui didn't even think about who the lord wanted to have the knife on.

Zhang Fuzhen looked at Ji Gui in deep thought, but he couldn't figure out He Jinzhao's thoughts at all.

He clearly refused to ask for rain from the Dragon King Temple, but how could he order those people who want to ask for rain to bathe and fast to show their sincerity?
This thing is not normal.

(End of this chapter)