As Lu Xiangsheng expected, Henan Chengping for many years, panicked about Li Zicheng's intrusion. Local gentry jointly submitted a memorial to seek help. After Emperor Chongzhen received the news, he was furious. The court, which had just wiped out the Denglai Rebellion, immediately fell into turmoil. Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru used this matter to attack each other. It was really a mess to sing and let us go. As for the people of Henan in dire straits, they were forgotten.

Wen Tiren's response was extremely simple. He changed from the previous policy of eliminating Zhou Yanru's party members to directly targeting Zhou Yanru, instructing his party members to constantly impeach Zhou Yanru as the chief minister of the cabinet, the people have lived in vain and the bandits are rising, which is actually the culprit of the current dilemma of the court. He also said that the danger of bandits entering Henan may cause trouble to Yanhuguang, Sichuan, and Nanzhili. These impeachments made Chongzhen, who had a strong sense of frustration, increasingly impatient with Zhou Yanru.

Since the Denglai Rebellion, Zhou Yanru's party members were cut off by Wen Tiren one by one, and their power in the court became increasingly thin, and it was difficult to deal with Wen Tiren's attack. He could not do so, but on the one hand, he had to write a letter to defend himself, claiming that as long as he guards the Yellow River, the bandits would not spread to Huguang, Sichuan and other places. On the other hand, he gathered Zhou Shipu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and other Donglin party members to discuss solutions day and night.

Zhou Shipu and others agreed that as long as the bandits who flee to Henan were wiped out, all attacks and slander would be solved. However, at present, there were very few ministers in the Donglin Party, and Hou Xun could only survive.

What's more, Hou Xun was deeply trusted by Chongzhen. When Hou Xun and You Shiwei were patrolling the border, they encountered a gunpowder depot explosion in Huanghua Town. They were seriously injured and asked to resign. Emperor Chongzhen said: "The border martial law is strictly prohibited, Changzhen urgently needs to be prepared." He ordered him to rest and treat, and he should not resign. This shows how Emperor Chongzhen's trust and dependence on Hou Xu.

So, Zhou Yanru and the Donglin Party members turned their attention to Hou Xun, the assistant secretary of the Tongzhou Town Army.

A cavalry flew out of the capital and headed towards Tongzhou.

Hou Xun just took office in February and encountered this incident without even understanding it in Tongzhou. Hou Xun sympathized with Zhou Yanru politically and knew clearly about Zhou Yanru's plight. When the news of the bandits entering Henan came, he had been in the midst of his officialdom for many years and knew that Zhou Yanru, who was in trouble, needed his rescue this time.

But what to do with military pay? What to do with food and grass?

Hou Xun felt a headache when he thought of these two problems! Tongzhou Town has been owing wages for three months, and the army is already in a state of unstable situation. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Revenue is empty, so how could it be possible to deliver food and wages?

But soldiers must be sent out, what should we do?

After pondering for a long time, Hou Xun believed that the troops could not be sent too much, but they must be elite Changping soldiers. Two thousand was the upper limit. If you demolish the east wall and repair the west wall, you can at least meet the temporary needs. As for who will be sent as generals? Yes, let Zuo Liangyu be sent! Thinking of Zuo Liangyu, Hou Xun couldn't help but show a proud look.

At the beginning, Zuo Liangyu served as the commander of the Liaodong Border Army. He was implicated in the Ningyuan mutiny in the first year of Chongzhen and was demoted to the people. He had no choice but to go to Changping to join Hou Xun. At that time, Hou Xun was the Minister of War. Although Zuo Liangyu was illiterate, he was skilled in martial arts and was extremely courageous. He was even more amazing in his skills in shooting from one hand and left and right. He was promoted to deputy general and now he was the deputy general of Changping Town. He treated Hou Xun as his parents and obeyed his plans.

After Zhou Yanru learned that Hou Xun was willing to cooperate with him to eliminate the thieves in Henan, he was overjoyed and immediately wrote a letter to Emperor Chongzhen. Chongzhen was the elite soldiers of Changping under Hou Xun. Zuo Liangyu was good at fighting. With a red pen, he was allowed to report and ordered Zuo Liangyu to hurry to Huaiqing Prefecture to put out the fire.

However, Wen Tiren was unwilling to let Zhou Yanru pass this level comfortably. After discussing with Liang Tingdong, the Minister of War, the one who was allocated to Zuo Liangyu was not the elite Changping soldiers! Liang Tingdong's sneer was so cold that it almost made the dripping water turn into ice: "Old Master Zhou, let you save Huaiqing, if the defeated general is dead, you can just wait to save yourself!"

Hou Xun fell and sighed: "The traitors are in trouble! The traitors are in trouble!" As a last resort, he summoned Zuo Liangyu and sighed: "A careless move will push you into the fire pit. How can more than 2,000 ordinary soldiers be the opponent of tens of thousands of rioters?"

Zuo Liangyu was very tall, with a red face, half kneeled on the ground, and said aloud: "Don't worry, 2,000 ordinary soldiers, Liangyu has his own way to defeat the thief!"

Thinking of the Changping soldiers trained by Zuo Liangyu, Hou Xun felt relieved and said, "Li Zicheng, the general who entered Henan, has always been cunning and good at fighting. He has more than 2,000 elite cavalry soldiers on hand, so he must not take it lightly!"

Zuo Liangyu smiled and said, "Sir, Li Zicheng will carry tens of thousands of people. If he wins, he will be as powerful as a tiger; if he loses, he will be as strong as a mountain. Liangyu thought about the queen of Huaiqing, and chose one of them to fight hard. If the other one was defeated, he would inevitably impulse the bandits. Once the defeat is achieved, Liangyu will chase him to the fullest success!"

Hou Xun smiled and said nothing. As expected, he was a good general. Even if he had few soldiers, he would dare to fight. Moreover, the strategy proposed was the only feasible at present.

Hou Xun reminded: "Be careful and never be greedy for merits and advance. The bandits' elite cavalry are in hand and they will be caught off guard if they are not careful! Besides, I can only raise such a little food and grass at present. After arriving in Henan, you have to find a way yourself."

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Ten days later, Zuo Liangyu ordered the generals of the army to bid farewell to Hou Xun and headed south!

Hou Xun sent Zuo Liangyu away. After thinking about it, he felt unsure: he might have really pushed his confidant beloved into the fire pit!

Besides, if Zuo Liangyu and two thousand soldiers were damaged, they would just lose a piece of flesh. Although it hurts, their lives would be worry-free. If Wen Tiren and Liang Tingdong blamed himself for defeat, he might lose his head. The person in the Forbidden City has always liked to shirke responsibility, and this is not a random thought.

Going further, if Wen Tiren, Min Hongxue and Liang Tingdong seized on this matter and attacked Zhou Yanru, maybe Zhou Yanru would resign as the chief minister of the cabinet because of this matter, which would be very detrimental to the Donglin Party!

Hou Xun kept wandering around the house, thinking hard about his good plans. Suddenly, his servant informed the military officer Feng Yuanbiao to visit.

Hou Xun hurriedly welcomed Feng Yuanbiao into the back garden and retreated to Si Pavilion. The two of them sat down. Hou Xun said, "Brother Ertao will teach me something when he comes to the humble house!"

Feng Yuanbiao smiled and said, "Brother Dazhen has achieved remarkable results. Jian Zai Zhen is very impressed by his brother. He dares to show off his skills and make me laugh at me. This time I came here just to play chess with me!"

Hou Xun was overjoyed. Both of them love Go. They usually meet opponents when they meet good talents. They can be killed in a difficult way.

But today, Hou Xun had something to do. In the first set, he abandoned his son and gave up in less than half an hour. The two continued to play the second set.

Feng Yuanbiao looked at Hou Xun who was thinking hard, and smiled and fell a son in the heart of the chessboard.

Hou Xun was shocked and looked at Feng Yuanbiao in confusion. Feng Yuanbiao fell to this son and almost wanted to die.

Feng Yuanbiao smiled and said, "It was originally a wonderful chess game, but someone made a mistake, but the wonderful chess turned into a dead chess!"

This was exactly what Hou Xun was thinking and stared at Feng Yuanbiao in a daze.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yuanbiao fell straight next to the upper part without waiting for Hou Xun to make a move, and said, "As soon as this guy falls, Dazhen and I become evenly matched again!"

Hou Xun didn't know how to answer, but just talked about chess: "How can there be a reason to put two pieces in a row in the world?"

Feng Yuanbiao stared at Hou Xun's eyes and smiled, "Yes, it's in the heart of the emperor, why bother to lose three sons?"

After saying that, another piece was dropped on the chessboard, and the game that Hou Xun saw would definitely lose.

Hou Xun hurriedly said, "Brother Ertao teaches me!"

Feng Yuanbiao pointed to the second finger and said, "I have already found this son for me, the general Deng Sheng and Shi Zhu chieftain Ma Fengyi! Now it depends on whether I am willing to submit a memorial to the emperor. I am very grateful to the emperor. It is no problem for me to fall behind this son!"

Hou Xun was overjoyed. Deng Qi's Sichuan soldiers had just returned from Denglai to suppress the rebellion. The number was as high as 6,000. The possibility of Zuo Liangyu being able to accomplish something increased greatly! Besides, the White-Spike Chieftain's White-Spike Soldier was famous all over the world after the battle in Dahunhe River. His combat power was extremely outstanding. He could get help from White-Spike Soldiers, and his success coefficient was much higher!

Feng Yuanbiao continued: "According to the report of Lu Censor, the total number of bandits fleeing to Henan is more than 20,000, and there are two or three thousand elite cavalry on hand! Even if there are three soldiers of Zuo Liangyu, Deng Qi and Ma Fengyi, it cannot ensure that the war will definitely be won. If you want to win, you must return a son!"

Hou Xun hurriedly asked who it was.

"Lin Chunhong, Jingzhou!"

Hou Xun had never heard of Lin Chunhong and asked, "Who is Lin Chunhong? Do you have such skills?"

Feng Yuanbiao replied: "This person's official title is not obvious, but the experience of Jingzhou Prefecture, and the manager of rebuilding the Jingzhou city walls. This person is a normal official, but he has trained more than 5,000 elite archers! It's okay if more than 5,000 elite archers. This person actually supports archers with one person and set up military preparations. It is particularly valuable when the Ming Dynasty was short of food and pay!"

Hou Xun looked disbelief and said, "Five thousand elite soldiers, the food, grass and silver alone can reach more than 100,000 taels a year, and the weapons of soldiers and armor are even more of a bottomless pit. How could Lin Chunhong provide for 5,000 people by his own strength?"

Feng Yuanbiao took out two letters from his sleeve and handed them to Hou Xun, saying, "Brother Qitian and Brother Xiangxian saw it with their own eyes."

Hou Xun received two letters and became more and more frightened as he read them. Lin Chunhong actually founded such a huge career in Jingzhou, and supported five thousand archers effortlessly!

Feng Yuanbiao pulled the Xilan Cap brocade placed on the stone bench and smiled and said, "This thing was purchased from Jingzhou. I don't know how much silver Lin Chunhong has plundered from Brother Dazhen!"

Hou Xun knew the soldiers and put two letters on the chessboard and sighed: "Five thousand archers have never experienced the battle formation, so what can I do?"

Feng Yuanbiao laughed and said, "Brother Dazhen doesn't know anything. In the second year of Chongzhen, Lin Chunhong wiped out the Jiang bandit Zhang Zhao. In the third year of Chongzhen, Dangyang County was trapped by the bandit Wu Gan. Lin Chunhong only relied on more than a hundred archers and got Wu Gan's head. Isn't this a battle formation that has never been experienced?"

After saying that, Feng Yuanbiao took out the copied memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Hou Xun.

This memorial was written by Lu Xiangsheng, who said that Jingzhou's bows and soldiers were well-armed and well-known in the methods of fighting formations.

Hou Xun was still hesitant. His years of experience told him that hearing is unreliable, and only what he sees with his own eyes is true.

Seeing that he still couldn't convince Hou Xun when Feng Yuanbiao took out so many things, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious and said loudly: "Brother Dazhen, if Huaiqing is defeated again, Master Zhou is likely to be unable to settle his position. Then after Wen Tiren gained power, our disaster will not be far away!"

Although Hou Xun despised Zhou Yanru's character, he had no good feelings for Wen Tiren. Compared with the two, it would be better to let Zhou Yanru settle down and continue to be his cabinet chief. However, by destroying the bandits who flee to Henan, can Zhou Yanru be preserved?

Hou Xun said: "A few days ago, the court discussed that the emperor seemed to be increasingly impatient with Master Zhou, and Master Zhou seemed to have not been long?"

Feng Yuanbiao was very excited and stood up. Dayi said with a stern voice: "Wen Tiren is a traitor. As the world knows, the power is difficult to cure, and the emperor is even more deceived. All loyal people wish they could eat their flesh and drink their blood. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I, Feng Yuanbiao, will fight to the end! In addition, being able to successfully wipe out the bandits in Henan can also be considered as doing their part to the imperial court as the emperor. It is the great righteousness!"

Feng Yuanbiao used righteousness to suppress Hou Xun, but Hou Xun could not refute it, and his face turned red.

In the end, Hou Xun agreed to Feng Yuanbiao's request and wrote a letter to Emperor Chongzhen, recommending Lin Chunhong.

Zhou Yanru's counterattack made Wen Tiren unexpectedly. The unprepared party members had to seize Lin Chunhong without fame and not be promoted. However, this opposition was pale and powerless. Zhou Yanru and others took out examples of the Taizu's time, proving that without fame and fortune, he could not only be promoted, but even enter the cabinet!

Emperor Chongzhen did not doubt Hou Xunxin, and without hesitation, ordered Deng Yan and Ma Fengyi to go to Henan to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu to suppress the bandits. However, he was very concerned about the voices of the court opposing the continued civil service to Lin Chunhong. He considered it again and again, and with a big stroke, he changed Lin Chunhong to a military position and was granted a guerrilla general, and was controlled by the deputy general Zuo Liangyu. Emperor Chongzhen was able to promote Lin Chunhong in an extraordinary manner, mainly because of the good impression Lin Chunhong left on him.
Chapter completed!