Baokang.

After traveling through the mountains and forests for more than ten days, the governors of the five provinces and two general officers of the Ming Dynasty finally returned to the county town.

At this moment, almost everyone was dressed in a mess, like a savage. It was probably the five taels of silver that Zhuang Zuo promised when he ran away. In addition to the servants, he was accompanied by more than 2,000 people. This was a miracle.

Qin Ming was terrible, leaving only dozens of servants and a general of the gangster, Qian Zong. Almost all the other men and horses were separated or killed by hunters.

"Sir, have a drink of water! I'm going to the county town ahead, hey, I finally got out."

Wang Can scooped some water with a bamboo tube and handed it to Xiong Wencan. He sighed, feeling like he was a different life.

Xiong Wencan took the water and drank it with confusion. He is still confused and confused. He can't figure out why he lost. Is it so miserable?

Their army of more than 20,000 was defeated in a decent battle. As they ran, all the troops were gone, and they almost confessed that they were in the deep mountains and forests.

What kind of fucking battle is this?

Why is it very different from the ones depicted in military books?

Compared to Xiong Wencan and Qin Ming, they were like losing their souls.

Zhuang Zuo was very open-minded. After washing his face, he called everyone to go into the city quickly, have a meal first, and then find a few girls to suppress the shock. I will talk about other things later.

………

"Kunshan, I will leave this Baokang City to you. You must keep it, otherwise the entire Xiangyang will be in danger. Don't worry, I will raise a batch of food and money to transport it to you immediately after I go back."

After resting for a night and changing out for a while, Xiong Wencan returned to his true nature as a governor and told Zuo Liangyu in a gentle tone.

"Don't worry, as long as you have money and food, the last general will be able to train another army to fight the thief army to the death without three months!"

Zuo Liangyu's chest was slapped with a thump.

There is no way, Baokang is poor. If Xiong Wencan doesn’t have the money and food support, it will probably take one or two years to restore his strength.

"That's good. I still trust Kunshan's abilities." Xiong Wencan nodded, and he also had some appreciation for Zuo Liangyu's failure and undisdained nature.

The two chatted for a while, and 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 him with dozens of people in a state of dismay.

From beginning to end, both of them regarded Qin Ming as a dead man, because after such a big defeat this time, they would definitely arrest someone and take the main responsibility.

Xiong Wencan could not submit a memorial to Chongzhen, saying that he had improper command, which led to the defeat of the army.

Zuo Liangyu still has more than 2,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and he still has to rely on him to protect Baokang. Therefore, Qin Ming, who has few soldiers left, doesn’t come to be a scapegoat, who will be?

As for Liu Guoneng, he is not qualified.

Anyway, the generals of the Ming Dynasty could not submit a memorial to Chongzhen directly, and the official documents were sent to the Ministry of War at most.

But the old men from the Ministry of War would not pay attention to the official documents of you, a vulgar martial artist. Most of them were too lazy to read them, so they just burned them, and at most they were perfunctory.

If the military officer wants to contact Chongzhen directly, he is dreaming.

Cutting off the connection between the emperor and military generals is a consensus among all civil officials. Whoever dares not believe in evil will kill anyone.

The generals do not believe in evil, kill the generals, the emperor does not believe in evil, and kills the emperor. Several emperors who do not believe in evil have tried this.

So, Xiong Wencan has the final say. Only his official documents, the Ministry of War and the Cabinet, will not be detained and will be sent to Chongzhen's desk in the end.

This consequence leads that military generals preserve their strength and dare not fight to the death, because only with soldiers in their hands can they feel safe, otherwise you will be a big deal in the eyes of civil servants.

………

Hanzhong Prefecture.

On the official road to Yunyang Prefecture, a team of Ming troops were walking rapidly. The team ran for dozens of miles, with at least 20,000 people, but very few people were talking in the middle.

Moreover, these soldiers' faces were not as confused as other officials, and they were quite energetic.

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

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there are only a handful of officials who can have such military appearance.

Especially in the middle of the team, almost everyone was riding a tall horse with big heads. The knights on the horse were full of resentment, and most of them had bows hanging on their backs.

In the team, in a luxurious carriage, a middle-aged man in civil servant costume squinted his eyes and his body swayed left and right with the carriage, as if he was asleep. He suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Zhiyuan, where have you been?"

"Sir, you're almost here in Jinzhou. After passing Jinzhou, you'll be in Zhuxi County for more than 70 miles." The middle-aged scholar next to him quickly replied.

"Send an order to let the army rest on the spot and bury the pot and make rice."

Although the scholar was a little surprised when he heard this, he hurriedly lifted the curtain and gave an order to the messenger beside the car, and shouts rang out of the car.

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

"I believe that adults have a plan in their minds, so students will not show off." The scholar who called Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"Hey! It's a great regret to let the thief escape this time. I am ashamed of the emperor! So this time I must do my best to do my best and never leave any future troubles."

"Why do you have to blame yourself? The thief has only a dozen cavalry left, and fleeing to the deep mountains and forests. According to the students' opinions, it is no longer enough to worry. Judging from the Tang News this time, the newly rising thief is a bit difficult. If it is not eliminated in time, it may be the second thief. This great situation may not be corrupt again."

"Well, that little King Hua is indeed extremely cunning. I think I might as well give in more than Cao Cao. However, after all, Xiong Wencan underestimates the enemy and advances rashly, otherwise the situation would not have been corrupted to this point."

The middle-aged civil servant nodded, and when he spoke of Xiong Wencan, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the carriage had stopped, and a burst of rapid horse hooves came from outside the carriage.

Soon, a tall and mighty general wearing bright light armor rode a horse and ran closer.

"The commander, the last general asks for battle, and is willing to lead the iron cavalry to attack Zhushan overnight!"

"Bijiao, haven't I told you? Yunyang is located in a ridge of mountains and ridges, at the junction of several provinces, and it is not conducive to cavalry combat. You don't have to be anxious."

The curtain was lifted, and seeing the recklessness of the confidant general, the middle-aged civil servant not only did not feel displeased at all, but instead spoke in a gentle tone.

The general riding on the horse was named Cao Bianjiao. He was extremely brave. Since he joined the command of the governor of the Three-Border Territory Hong Chengchou to suppress the bandits, he has made many extraordinary achievements.

Last month, the King of Chuang lost his wife and son and fled to the mountains with more than ten cavalry. He thought that the King of Chuang would be destroyed, and the eight kings would be comforted. In the future, if he wanted to make meritorious service, he had to go outside the pass. Who would have thought that another giant thief would appear in Yunyang?

I was very happy, so naturally since I went south, I was already itchy and wished that I could go day and night to fight to the thief's nest and capture the thief's head alive. But I saw that the supervisor said this again, and opened his mouth and had to bow his head.

The Chinese official in the car was Hong Chengchou, the butcher who changed his bride's sarcastic rebels when they heard this. He also knew that the character of this confidant general was afraid that he would be so stifled, so he restrained his expression and said:

"If you attack the cavalry, the bandit army is afraid that it will not have to escape to the deep mountains and run around. Therefore, this time, this governor does not plan to surround and block it again, but wants to ask you to get into the trap. This way, this place is not far from Jinzhou. You lead the cavalry to Xunyang immediately to Baihe, and then cross the river to Nanyang..."

Speaking of this, he took out a secret bag from his arms and handed it to him, instructing him: "Remember, after crossing the Han River, take a break and act according to the plan. Don't be reckless, do you understand?"

"I will understand it."

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

Although Cao Bianjiao was confused, the thief army was in Zhushanfang County, so why did the governor send him to Nanyang? He didn't ask too much and took three thousand cavalrymen and divided the troops away.
Chapter completed!