"Back to your lord, Mr. Lu is still here. Do you want your servant to call him over?" Wang Chengen said respectfully.

"No need," Chongzhen waved his hand. In his heart, he was still resentful about Lu Xiangsheng's rejection of the soldiers in the Beijing camp. However, now was the time to employ people, so Chongzhen could only hide his dissatisfaction in his heart, "I will donate 100,000 yuan."

Two, send them to Lu Xiangsheng, asking him to recruit warriors on his own, and immediately go to Hanzhong to destroy the traitor Pei Xiao2."

"My slave obeys the order."

In fact, speaking of Lu Xiangsheng's rejection of the soldiers from the Beijing camp, I really don't blame Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng trained the Tianxiong army based on the kinship relationships within the Tianxiong army. In the Tianxiong army, all the soldiers are fellow villagers and friends.

Brothers, family members, etc., often one person's death in battle can arouse the anger of most people, so the fighting spirit is very strong.

Once an army composed of such people encounters the enemy, they will fight to the bitter end without peeling off their skin. Of course, such an army is not without its shortcomings, that is, if only one person escapes, they will

Many people fled, causing the battle to collapse.

However, precisely in response to this, Lu Xiangsheng and the scholar often charged at the front during battles, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire army and could be regarded as a patch for this army.

However, what kind of people are there in the Beijing camp given to Lu Xiangsheng by Chongzhen? Ruffians, scoundrels, or they are either octogenarians or young children. Even adults in their prime years are still in trouble due to year-round arrears of pay and the occupation of officers at all levels.

He was forced to work for free in the homes of various powerful people, and became as skinny as a stick.

What's the use of such people, no matter how many there are? What's more, if there are too many people, the 100,000 taels of silver given by Chongzhen to Lu Xiangsheng is not enough to feed these people, so how can Lu Xiangsheng be willing to accept it?

It had been more than ten days since Lu Xiangsheng came out of the prison, and he had been staying in a post station near the capital. Every day, after Lu Xiangsheng got up and changed clothes, he would not go out after breakfast. He would either stay in the room and read a book, or dance at the door.

1. He can sword. Although he is a scholar, he is good at sword dancing, otherwise he would not be able to charge forward in every battle. In addition, Lu Xiangsheng almost never leaves the inn.

On this day, Lu Xiangsheng had just finished lunch when Wang Chengen's voice came from outside the door. Lu Xiangsheng walked out immediately following the sound, and happened to see Wang Chengen leading dozens of young eunuchs and dozens of strong men to pack boxes one by one.

Take it off the carriage and carry it to the yard.

Lu Xiangsheng realized something. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lu Xiangsheng walked quickly to Wang Chengen, cupped his hands and said, "I have met Wang Eunuch."

Wang Chengen helped Lu Xiangsheng up, then walked to the center of the yard and said loudly: "There is a will."

Several of Lu Xiangsheng's servants hurriedly worked back and forth, setting up the incense table and burning incense. Then Lu Xiangsheng and other servants knelt down in front of the incense table and said loudly: "I accept the order."

"By God's blessing, the emperor decreed that today," Wang Cheng'en's voice was mellow, cheerful and clear, and he read out Chongzhen's imperial edict once, "I have specially ordered Lu Xiangsheng to resume his official post and lead an army to Hanzhong to annihilate Pei Ni. There must be no mistake."

"I accept the edict and thank you for your kindness." It was not until the moment Lu Xiangsheng received the edict from Wang Chengen that he finally realized that the unbearable experience in the prison was gone.

Lu Xiangsheng thanked him. After he stood up, Wang Chengen walked to his side and whispered: "Congratulations, Mr. Lu, on your reinstatement."

"Don't dare."

"Master Lu, I wonder when Master Lu can wipe out Pei Xiaoer of Hanzhong?" Wang Chengen asked casually.

Lu Xiangsheng's heart tightened, and he turned his head to look at Wang Chengen's half-smiling eyes. He knew that Chongzhen had asked the question through Wang Chengen's mouth, so he said seriously: "Please tell your Majesty that the minimum is one year, and the maximum is two years.

I will capture Pei Ni and offer him to the prison."

"One year?" Wang Cheng'en asked dissatisfiedly, "Master Wang has a powerful army in his hand, and it will take him another year to deal with Pei Ni.

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The emperor thought that one year was too long? Lu Xiangsheng had a bad feeling. He said that one year included all the time he went out to the capital, recruited soldiers, trained soldiers, built equipment, and then went to Hanzhong to fight Pei Xiaoer.

In total, one year has been compressed to the extreme. Unexpectedly, the emperor still felt that it was too long.

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth, took several deep breaths, and then said: "Ten months, as long as the emperor gives me ten months, I will definitely defeat Pei Xiaoer and regain Hanzhong." This time Lu Xiangsheng did not say that he would take Pei Xiaoer.

When Xiao 2 presented the prisoners to the prison, he only mentioned the word "defeat".

"Half a year." Wang Chengen said flatly, "Lord Lu may not know that Pei Xiaoer is so bold that he actually tried to get involved in Sichuan. Currently, Sichuan is in emergency. Governor Wang Weizhang sent the humanitarian capital to ask for help. Lord Lu still needs rescue when he leaves the capital. 4

Chuan, stop Pei Ni."

Lu Xiangsheng's brows furrowed into a frown. Not to mention defeating Pei Xiaoer in half a year, even the army was not well trained, let alone intercepting Pei Xiaoer who was attacking Sichuan.

Wang Chengen saw Lu Xiangsheng's inner hesitation and said: "Of course, with the emperor's arrangement like this, he will not force himself to agree with you. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, will also attack Hanzhong with all his strength to contain Pei Xiaoer's main force and give Mr. Lu enough time."

Wang Chengen's words were all meant for this reason. In this era when the king wants his minister to die and the minister has to die, what else can Lu Xiangsheng say? Lu Xiangsheng's lips moved and he said with difficulty: "My minister, I obey the order." Wang Chengen left with satisfaction.

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On the tenth day of March in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng set out from the capital with the imperial edict and hurriedly returned to the name. He served as the prefect there for several years, and he promoted everyone from top to bottom. Only there, he

Able to take to water like a fish in water.

At the same time, the emperor ordered Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, to temporarily abandon the troops of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng who were fleeing abroad, and attack Hanzhong with all their strength to contain Pei Ni's troops and buy time for the four rivers.

On the other side, under Chaoyangguan City, layers of corpses blocked the road. The Pei family army, which had been attacking for the past few days, was unable to advance even an inch. The morale of the army became increasingly low.

In the direction of Pingwu, Zhang Bangchu has been besieging Pingwu County since he captured Beixiong Pass. However, half a month has passed, but there is still no success.

The situation on the battlefield seems to have reached a stalemate. In this case, for Wang Weizhang, the governor of Sichuan, it is the best situation. Sichuan is a country of abundance, rich in products and densely populated. If it can fight with the Pei family army from Hanzhong,

If it is consumed, the conditions of Sichuan can completely destroy Hanzhong.

"I thought the Pei thieves from Sichuan were so powerful, but I didn't expect that they would only have this much weight." Wang Weizhang's tone revealed such relief and disdain. It was in vain that he was so nervous when he heard that the Pei family army was attacking from the north. He didn't expect that.

The so-called Pei Xiao2 is just a straw bag.

There are no heroes in the world to make Shuzi famous. At this time, Wang Weizhang only felt that he had a chance to win. Suddenly, he found that Chengdu where he was was seemed to be too far away from the battlefield. If it was too far away from the battlefield, it would be difficult to get the credit for the battlefield.

Although it can be said that he is responsible for strategizing, such a credit cannot be compared to that of a frontline commander.

"Come here, I am going to Lizhou to supervise the war."

It was easy for Wang Weizhang to say it, but the people below had to run away and break their legs. Tens of thousands of people began to rush around for Wang Weizhang's words, including gathering food and grass, gathering animals, surveying routes and making arrangements in advance, and recruiting masters.

To transport grain and grass, troops were mobilized to protect the governor's safety along the way.

The entire city of Chengdu mobilized following Wang Weizhang's order. After three days of busy work, on March 12, the seventh year of Chongzhen, Wang Weizhang, who was well prepared, finally left Chengdu and headed for Jianzhou and Lizhou.

Just when Wang Weizhang mobilized his troops and rushed to the vicinity of Jianzhou to grab the credit, no one noticed that far away in the mountains of Micang Mountain, an army of 20,000 people had crossed the longest stretch between Ziyang County and Taiping County.
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