Chapter 146

Zhuxi County, county government library.

Hong Chengchou, dressed in civilian clothes, is leisurely practicing calligraphy, as if he came to play instead of suppressing thieves at all.

The county magistrate and his staff, Qian Gao, kept praising the governor's good calligraphy and elegance.

"Zhigao, is there anything about Wang Xiaohua?"

After putting down his pen, Hong Chengchou carefully looked at his landscape painting, nodded with satisfaction and asked.

If King Qin sees this appearance, he will only give it a coat and force it. I'm afraid it won't even break the bones in his hand.

"Lord Hui, the bandits in Zhushan haven't changed. They still practice outside the city every day as before, but there are more spies in various counties."

But the two people on one side were convinced by the governor's leisurely, not impatient demeanor, and quickly replied.

"Ha ha, it's interesting. If other thieves change their heads, they will flee in a hurry when they know that they are surrounded by the governor, but the Xiaohua King chooses to brake quietly to keep the same and deal with all changes. This thief is really not simple!"

Hong Chengchou came to the window with his hands on his back, looked at the bamboo mountain and smiled.

"Governor, it's just the saying that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The reason why King Xiaohua didn't escape is that he only heard the reputation of adults and didn't personally experience it. He also felt that he had defeated several government troops and thought that the imperial army was just like this, ha ha!"

The magistrate of Zhuxi County on one side smiled and inserted a sentence. He had long forgotten the difficult days of sleeping and eating some time ago.

"Your Excellency is right. The Xiaohua king is really not simple. According to the report of the spy, the nickname of Zhushan city is horn war, and the drums are constantly ringing, and the army is like a model.

Not only are there complete armours, but there are also unified costumes. It is said that they have also made a set of titles, so they almost didn't open a government and build a Yamen. By the way, Cao Cao escaped the day before yesterday and disappeared. " Qian Gao nodded.

"It's nothing more than going to valley city to meet the eight kings." Hong Chengchou said with a smile. Although he didn't say anything, he sneered at Xiong Wencan's five provincial governors.

Not only did he let Wang Xiaohua become big, but he also appeased an old thief like the eighth king and let him recuperate in the valley city. He was really stupid and incompetent.

So this time, he not only wants to wipe out King Xiaohua, but also Cao Cao and the eight kings who have already surrendered, who have broken into the waste of heaven, will be wiped out in one fell swoop to eliminate future troubles.

"Sir, will you march or continue to siege?"

"It's not urgent. Since the king Xiaohua trains his troops outside the city every day, let the generals go outside the city to practice one or two every day. The governor wants to see when he can bear it."

Hong Chengchou waved his hand. This time, he only brought 20000 infantry and 3000 cavalry. The terrain of Zhushan is steep. Judging from the reality of the thief army, it's better not to move.

As for the more than 10000 mobs of Chen Hongfan and the guards in various places, they are reluctant to strictly guard against it.

Zuo Liangyu's troops are worthy of a war. However, he was defeated by Xiong Wencan. Otherwise, he would not be so conservative.

Qian Gao nodded. He knew why the governor didn't want to make a quick decision.

It is because the imperial court has heard some news that your majesty wants to transfer the governor to Liaodong to preside over the overall situation.

But he could feel that the governor didn't want to go to Liaodong for some reason.

Qian Gao guessed right. Hong Chengchou really wanted to delay for some time, but more importantly, he felt that before he could completely eliminate the other party, he might as well let the thief army stay in Zhushan, Fangxian County. In this way, it was much less harmful than the anti thieves running around. They surrounded, chased and intercepted.

meanwhile.

On the official road of Yunyang south to the Valley City, a large group of people and horses are walking fast. How embarrassed they are.

There are both men and women, old and weak in the team. It is estimated that there are no less than 20000 people. It is Cao Cao, Lao Huihui and other 13 rebel troops.

Liu Guoneng, who was defeated by Qin Huan and fled across the mountains, was also mixed with hundreds of people's jackets.

Because Liu Guoneng escaped first, he directly crossed the mountains north of Zhushan, prepared to go up the official road through Wudang Mountain, and then go down the river to Xiangyang.

Unexpectedly, I just ran into Luo Rucai who had been entrenched at the foot of Wudang Mountain for half a year.

Although Chuang Ruitian has been subordinated to the imperial court, the old brothers are still tearful when they meet.

Originally, Luo Rucai saw that all the eight kings were counselled. He also wanted to find a way to submit to the imperial court for a while to avoid the limelight.

But when Chuang Wantian said that the imperial army who went to destroy King Xiaohua was defeated, he hesitated again.

Not long after that, when he learned that Zuo Liangyu and Qin Ming's troops were almost covered by the army, he was overjoyed. He not only put out the idea of obedience, but even invited Liu Guoneng and the eighth king to fight Junzhou.

Liu Guoneng really didn't want to recreate the opposition. The eight kings were Chen Hongfan who was afraid of Yunyang, so they couldn't agree.

As a result, it was dragged to Hong Chengchou. Compared with Qin Huan, Luo Rucai and other old thieves were very familiar with Hong Chengchou's Qin army and various generals, so they fled to the valley city overnight and dared not stay near Wudang Mountain any more.

"Brother Liu, do you really want to go back to Xiangyang?"

"Brother Luo, brother Ma, it's not that I broke into the sky and didn't speak of righteousness, but my wife and children and many brothers' families are still in Suizhou!" Liu Guoneng sighed.

"Brother Liu, why does a big husband have no wife? My son will be reborn in the future. Listen to my brother's advice. Xiangyang really can't go. Butcher Hong is no better than Xiong Wencan. Are there fewer old brothers who have been killed by him? "

Luo Rucai patted him on the shoulder and advised him painstakingly.

"But I obeyed under governor Xiong. Now I'm also the guard of Daming. Does that Hong dare to kill me?"

Chuang Wantian's face changed a few times and then said.

Obviously, he was also afraid. Hong Chengchou had always been ruthless to their rebel army. Let alone his famous leader, as long as he was caught, both men and women, old and weak, would be killed.

"Hum, you can't do it clearly, and you can't kill you secretly? At that time, you will have no time to cry. You'd better listen to your brother's advice and don't jump into the fire pit. "

"Yes, brother Liu, will brother Luo hurt you? How about we meet brother Zhang in Gucheng first? "

Luo Rucai shook his head and hummed. Ma Shouying hurriedly helped.

"All right! I haven't seen brother Zhang for more than a year. " Liu Guoneng hesitated for a long time and finally nodded.

Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying were immediately overjoyed, hugged his shoulder and laughed happily. Although Liu Guoneng had only a few hundred people, they were all elite.

After Zuo Liangyu transferred the soldiers away, although the eight kings did not occupy the valley city again, they also moved near the county. When they learned that the two old brothers came down to him with people and horses, their heads were as big as a fight.

"Brother Luo, you are going to kill your brother!"

"Brother Zhang, look what you said. Do you really want to be the running dog of the imperial court? Besides, my brother didn't come to harm you this time, but came to tell you the news, so that you won't be foolishly planted in the hands of Hong and be an unjust ghost. "

"Brother Luo, what do you mean?" Zhang Xianzhong frowned.

"Brother Zhang, Hong Chengchou's thief is coming to Yunyang." Ma Shouying explained.

"What? Is it over? " Zhang Xianzhong was shocked.

"Ah! Depending on the situation, even if it's not finished, I'm afraid it's almost the same. Otherwise, the ruthless surnamed Hong will never give up. " Luo Rucai sighed.

"Shit, I said there were twice as many merchant ships on the Han River a few days ago. It turned out that the dog surnamed Hong was secretly dispatching troops to Xiangyang to clean up me. It was all caused by the little beast. Otherwise, how could he attract the man surnamed Hong?"

Zhang Xianzhong was surprised and angry, and finally jumped to scold.

"Brother Zhang, let's talk about this later. By the way, do you still have grain there? Lend some to my brother first. My brother left in a hurry and the food was almost eaten up on the way. "

Luo Rucai waved his hand. At this time, if we engage in internal strife again and pull the previous broken things, we will definitely be finished.

"What? Brother Luo, are you kidding? You didn't bring any food. I'm going to borrow some from you. "

"No, brother Zhang, you've beaten down Gucheng. Will there be no food?"

Luo Rucai and other leaders looked at each other and felt that the eighth king was not as generous as before.

"That was all last year. People eat horses and chew them every day. They're already at the bottom."