After eliminating the threat from the west, Pei Xiaoer promoted Liu Zhizu to the rank of General of Zhenxi, leaving Huixian behind and responsible for guarding all prefectures and counties west of Lueyang. After that, he ordered his troops to join Hanzhong.

When leaving, Pei Xiaoer grabbed Liu Zhizu's arm and said with some reluctance: "Brother Zhizu, I didn't expect that our brothers would be separated just after we met. I will entrust you with the affairs of the west. These states and counties can abide by the rules."

, if you can’t defend it, you should put your own safety first.”

pLiu Zhizu nodded and said: "Don't worry, General, I know." In fact, how could someone as strong as Liu Zhizu give up the prefectures and counties he had already obtained so easily? The agreement here was so easy, in the final analysis, it was just for the sake of

Just let Pei Xiaoer feel at ease.

After hearing this, Pei Xiaoer left with satisfaction. That afternoon, he led 8,000 elite troops to withdraw towards Hanzhong.

When he reached Lueyang, Pei Xiaoer was surprised to find that this small county town was still holding on. Pei Xiaoer looked at Li Yinbin, who was staying in Lueyang, hoping that the other party could give him an explanation.

Unexpectedly, Li Yinbin smiled and said: "General, don't worry, if you wait patiently for one more night, something will happen tomorrow."

Pei Xiaoer agreed hesitantly, "That's fine, it's getting late now. It's not too late to stop and rest for a night, and continue traveling tomorrow."

Sure enough, that night, the city of Lueyang burst into flames, and there was a faint sound of fighting. Pei Xiao21, who originally wanted to take a rest, was suddenly woken up, picked up his sword and walked out.

Only then did he realize that Li Yinbin had been waiting outside the account for a long time. After seeing Pei Xiaoer, Li Yinbin said: "General, if nothing else happens, Lueyang City will be the headquarters of my Pei family army in a while."

As Li Yinbin spoke these words, the sounds of fighting in Lueyang City seemed to be getting closer and closer, gradually approaching the city gate quickly. Standing at the Pei family army camp and looking towards Lueyang, there were many figures on the city head, and some people seemed to

It turned into a wild beast and charged towards the former robe, while the other part resisted desperately.

But unfortunately, their number became smaller and smaller, and they were finally submerged in an angry crowd. Gradually, the movement on the Lueyang City Tower calmed down. Just when Pei Xiaoer secretly wondered whether to take action, the Lueyang City Gate suddenly

Slowly opened it. A group of people walked out from the city gate. The first person held a knife and the other person carried the head, and walked towards Pei Xiaoer.

When he came to Pei Xiaoer, the man threw the knife in his hand, raised the head above his head with both hands, and said: "Gu Guangzu, a common man, is willing to surrender to the Pei family's army. This is the head of Lueyang County magistrate. Please take a look at it, the general."

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Pei Xiaoer looked at the ferocious head, his eyes still wide open unwillingly, as if asking something.

Li Yinbin waved his hand, and the 3,000 people he led rushed towards Lueyang City. Within a short time, they controlled the gate of Lueyang City and planted the flag of the Pei family army on the top of the city.

"General, you can enter Lueyang." Li Yinbin ran over, got in front of Pei Xiaoer, and whispered.

"No need." Pei Xiaoer waved his hand and said to Li Yinbin, "You took Lueyang, so you will guard it. As for the magistrate of Lueyang," Pei Xiaoer thought for a while, "No matter what he did during his lifetime.

What, since the other party is dead, don’t worry about his body, just hide it.”

After a lot of twists and turns, the sky began to light up, and the night passed unknowingly. Pei Xiaoer did not stay in Lueyang for more, and led the army to continue eastward, arriving on February 29th.

Nanzheng.

The fall of Hanzhong, such a big event, instantly caused shock in the surrounding area. Wang Weizhang, the governor of Sichuan, was one of them. Since ancient times, there is no one in Long who does not look forward to Shu, not to mention that the Pei family army fled to Hanzhong from Shanxi.

Although he was shocked, Wang Weizhang was not idle. On the one hand, he urgently submitted a letter to the court, impeaching the governors of the three sides for indulging the bandits and beggaring their neighbors. The court ordered the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, to exterminate the rebels as soon as possible. On the other hand, he mobilized the army to control four key points to defend the Pei family army.

possible attack.

At the same time, Wang Weizhang also asked Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangzhou, and Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, for help.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou also wrote a letter to defend himself. He put all the responsibility on Wang Pu, who was suppressing bandits in the Central Plains. If the other party had not failed to control Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others, they would have allowed the other party to invade Shaanxi and surround Xi'an.

At this time, he might have recaptured Hanzhong and expelled the Pei family's army.

The memorials from the two governors arrived in the capital at about the same time. Chongzhen was already overwhelmed by the scattered rebel armies. He did not understand that the world had already stabilized at the beginning of the new year. Who would have expected that in just over a month, the rogue bandits would

Why did the 4 abuse start again?

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First, the bandits leader Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng invaded Shaanxi, disrupting Hong Chengchou's process of annihilating Pei Ni. Later, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai invaded Huguang, plundered Nanyang, Xiangyang, Suizhou and other places, and even moved to Wuchang Prefecture, the capital of Huguang Province. At the same time,

The outlaw Zhang Xianzhong is still wreaking havoc in Runing Mansion.

One by one, like the impending rain, they were pressing towards Chongzhen, making him unable to breathe. Now the rebels are no longer suffering from scabies as they thought before. Instead, they are rapidly moving in the direction of serious troubles for their henchmen.

change.

Faced with such a critical situation, Chongzhen was exhausted mentally and physically and was at a loss to do anything, so he could only hold a court meeting and hope that some important ministers would come up with some clever ideas to bring him back to life.

In the palace, sitting firmly on the throne, a tired face tried his best to show the majesty he should have, but the court officials were no longer so afraid of the imperial power. Chongzhen's voice was a little hoarse: "My dear friends, since this year, thieves have spread throughout the Qin Dynasty.

, in the suburbs of Jin, Chu, and Henan, there are sudden and unsettled flows. How can the imperial court stop it? I hope all the ministers can speak freely."

As Chongzhen's words came out, the ministers in the palace began to discuss in low voices. Yang Yipeng, the minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the rogue bandits are becoming more and more popular because the local governors have neglected their duties and pushed them down. I am at fault.

It is thought that the evil officials among them can be selected and severely punished to serve as a warning to others, so that the governors of various places can be frightened and work conscientiously, so that the rogue bandits can be eradicated."

"Oh?" Chongzhen said: "Then judging from my love, who is derelict in his duty and who should be severely punished?"

"This" Yang Yipeng couldn't answer. In fact, when he said this, he already risked offending his colleagues. However, he did not point the finger at anyone, which can be regarded as a little bit of private space he left for himself.

, so as not to openly offend a certain governor. On the contrary, Chongzhen's questioning forced him into a corner, leaving him with no room for maneuver, which was extremely embarrassing.

Chongzhen saw that he couldn't answer, and he had a bad impression of Yang Yipeng, who was also a boastful person. Chongzhen looked at Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, and asked: "Zhang Aiqing, what do you think should be done?"

What should be done, how does he know what should be done? Zhang Fengyi said he was the Minister of the Ministry of War, but in fact he knew nothing about military affairs. Sun Chengzong had previously commented that he was talented but cowardly, aware of darkness and cunning, working hard to gain profit, and skillful in avoiding danger.

, it’s really true knowledge and insights.

However, now Chongzhen Huguang was staring at him brightly, and all the officials in the palace also stopped talking and looked at him, asking him not to speak. Fortunately, his mind moved quickly, and he said immediately: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry.

I believe that the main problem caused by rogue bandits is that each town has different administrative powers and watches each other. It is better to use important ministers to open the governor's house and command all the Taoist soldiers to fight against the bandits."

"This is a note." Chongzhen thought in his mind that he would use his ministers to command all the Taoist soldiers to fight against the thieves, and then return to the court when the trouble was over. He should not make the country bigger again, so he asked the others, "Shall we see the other beloved ministers?"

At this time, the other ministers looked at each other and said one after another: "I think it is feasible."

"Then who is suitable?"

"I recommend Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three border areas," one minister said.

"No, he was born by bandits from the three border areas. He can't leave Hong Chengchou in one day. I recommend Chen Qiyu, governor of Yansui. Chen Qiyu has made many military exploits in Yansui and can be reused." Everyone followed the reputation and turned out to be Li Changgeng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

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"Okay, then it's settled." Chongzhen said slowly, "In accordance with the cabinet's decree, Chen Qiyu, the right minister of the military department of Yansui Governor, Governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan Military Affairs, will follow the direction of the thieves.

In the campaign to suppress the fugitives, the bandits must be exterminated within this year without any mistakes.”
Chapter completed!