stubborn thief

Chapter 496 Manic Depression
It took only four days for Liu Chengzong's letter to be sent to Xining City, a thousand miles away.

But this is not because his messenger has a pair of swift legs, but because he is too calm. Mr. Liu was so panicked that he couldn't sleep all night in Xining Mansion, so he sent more than 800 people to the southern foot of Qilian Mountain. , forming a temporary courier shop for fast delivery of messages, covering all the mountain passes that may be used to report military information.

The most cutting-edge courier shop has even spread to Sunan at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, and the shop soldiers simply live in the tribe of the five tribes of Huang Fan.

Although the situation in Hehuang was very critical last month, Liu Xiangyu was unwilling to send a letter to Liu Chengzong unless he had to, so he could only hang his neck and carry it to death.

I don't talk about the battle situation here because I don't want to worry Liu Shizi; I don't ask about the battle situation over there because I can't help you.

In fact, this matter is strange to say, Liu Chengzong who led the army to march east was not panicked by the battle situation, Liu Chengyun who guarded Hehuang was almost panicked, and only Liu Xiangyu, who was unable to exert his strength, panicked.

Even though Chengyun repeatedly sent people to appease him, saying that the second uncle should not panic, the situation is very stable, as long as Lanzhou is fine, the Ming army would not dare to enter Hehuang.

Liu Xiangyu always said it was all right, I didn't panic, and turned around and set up two temporary express delivery shops, with more than 800 people in one, from Xincheng all the way to the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, almost one person per mile.

The other is from Xinchengpu to Dongguan, three hundred miles away, with more than 900 people, all of whom are good shooters. This time, they don’t even need to run. The militiamen from the five towns are responsible for delivering meals to these people. Walking alone, there is an eight-foot-square arrow stack beside it, standing there every day, and shooting a letter away with a swish.

The panic is on the one hand, the main reason is that since the two sons went north to Gansu, Mr. Liu did a little calculation and found that although the lion baby took away most of the savings of the handsome mansion last year, they turned around this year.

Under the management of Mr. Liu, the Xining Mansion is extremely productive, and a group of hungry people from northern Shaanxi almost doubled the amount of land they cultivated.

They originally had 65 mu of grain land in Hehuang, and in the second year after coming here, they opened up 14 mu of military farmland in Xincheng. In the north of Xining and west of Xincheng, [-] mu of military farmland was set up.

Moreover, the leaders of the indigenous people living in the Hehuang Mountains were influenced by them, and they were also frantically reclaiming the fields in the mountains... Food can be exchanged for money, and they can buy everything they want in this world at the Baigong Bureau.

In the past, food could also be exchanged for money, but the locals in Hehuang used to grow oil-producing crops and did not have such a large demand for food. Now it is different. No matter how much food you have, as long as you can buy things from the Marshal’s Mansion, the Marshal’s Mansion is willing to accept it. your food.

Mr. Liu was originally a person who lived a tight life and calculated carefully, but after doing the calculations this year, he found that the Marshal's Mansion became rich.

Although it is a drought year, the impact of snow-capped mountains and melting water has little impact on Hehuang's harvest. This year, they can earn more than 15 shi of grain income from farming alone. They can buy more grain by relying on the policy of equalizing the land to buy grain. Grain to more than 30 shi.

This is actually similar to the grain received last year, which is not a fortune in itself, but there is a problem this year, the Marshal's Mansion has no grain eaters in Hehuang.

When there was no one in the yamen of Xining Prefecture, Liu Xiangyu giggled happily when he thought of this matter: all the people who eat food have gone out to fight.

For so many years, since his son started the incident, every day when Master Liu opened his eyes, his mind was full of math problems. How many people need to eat how much food? When will the food in hand be enough? Where will the food for next year come from?
Only this year, Lanzhou has Lanzhou's grain, Gansu has Gansu's grain, and all those who eat grain in Xining have gone out to fight, and they can save 40 million shi of grain at once.

Happy, so happy.

He was so happy that Liu Xiangyu took Yang Dingrui, and mobilized the original team that built the granary in Xining, and planned a big granary in the west of Xining again... There is not enough food, so we have to find a place to store it.

With this financial foundation, Mr. Liu came up with two urgent delivery routes, and he didn't feel bad at all. However, when his son's letter arrived, Mr. Liu closed his eyes with mixed joy and worry when he saw it.

The good news is that the war in the north is going well. There is a map of Gansu hanging in the government office of Xining. He reads it three times a day. As long as there is a place on the map, as long as it is mentioned in the letter, Mr. Liu will know when he closes his eyes. where.

Counting from the time when the army arrived outside Jiayuguan, it took 46 castles and fortresses in one pass and four cities in three months. After annihilating, defeating, and incorporating, the eight battalions of the Ming army were cut off. This battle can no longer be said to be smooth. up.

Liu Xiangyu can be sure that there is a high probability that Hong Chengchou of Zhuanglanghe will launch a crazy counterattack against Hehuang in a short period of time, otherwise his army can only retreat towards Ningxia, because as the news of this great victory spread to Hexi, the Ming army has full power It is inevitable to withdraw from Longxi.

Because Longxi has no danger to defend, no food to supply, and no soldiers to use for the Ming army, it is absurd to expect the 2 people in Hong Chengchou's hands to fight against the [-] troops on both sides of the Marshal's Mansion Gansu and Lanzhou at Zhuanglanghe. talk.

To be precise, it is [-], because now there are two battalions of the Eight Kings of Xiying who are stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River and the west bank of the Zhuanglang River to confront the Ming army.

Cao Wenzhao tried to be a reckless man, and he easily repelled Xie Erhu and entered Hehuang.

Xie Erhu knew this well-known barbarian, so he didn't fight him at all. As long as you dare to enter Hehuang, I will dare to retreat, and I won't make any formal retreat with you. You scattered and chased me.

Cao Wenzhao suffered a loss once, so he didn't dare to disperse the army, so he pursued more slowly. When he chased to Dongguan Town, he saw Liu Chengzong repairing the five sharp-edged enemy towers. , found no one behind him, hurriedly pulled out the camp and ran back.

The three battalions of Chai Shihua, Bai Guangen, and Ding Shaoyin behind were all held back tightly, but if he ran an hour late, Wang Wenxiu could successfully mobilize heavy troops to encircle him and trap him to death between Dongguan and Hekou.

But because Cao Wenzhao ran away, the Marshal’s army suffered a small loss in that battle. The main reason was that there were Ming army spies in Shixiang’s Lintao Brigade. He Renlong found out when the troops were mobilized. This guy found an opportunity to beat Shixiang. After one meal, more than 300 people died.

However, apart from the personnel, the loss was not great, because after the battle on the front foot, He Renlong's luggage team was detained by Yang Yanchang, the god of war in Yan'an.

Ren Quan'er wrote a letter of apology to He Renlong, "I'm sorry, General He, our god of war has not seen well recently. When he sees the convoy, he thinks he's a rogue."

Zhang Xianzhong lived this month like a new year. He had never felt such a great sense of security in his life. Even though the Ming army was close at hand, he didn't dare to go forward. This is the embarrassment, the marshal army occupies the west, south, and east sides of Zhuanglang River, and the Ming army entered the pocket formation when they came down from Zhuanglang River, and they were beaten on three sides.

Moreover, his military burden is not heavy. After all, Zhang Xianzhong is an independent leader. Even if he made an agreement, his first priority is to preserve his own strength. Like Cao Wenzhao, who looks difficult to fight, he will not go up. .

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong didn't pay much attention to promises, but the Marshal's Mansion was like a mountain, and it was the only mountain he could rely on, so promises must be taken seriously.

However, in his opinion, it would be too costly to kill Cao Wenzhao alone, and he would rather cooperate with other Marshal's troops to kill this guy in a planned and tactical manner.

He needs a stable rear too much. In fact, he has thought a lot in the past two years, and it is too difficult to gain a firm foothold in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Especially after Liu Chengzong went to Qinghai, he was the first one among the heroes of Shaanxi to lead his troops to the west. He wanted to go to Sichuan, but found that he could fight Zuo Liangyu back and forth, but he really couldn't beat Qin Liangyu. Had to back out again.

Especially when I saw Wang Wenxiu transferred to try to encircle Cao Wenzhao's army, Wang Wenxiu's army was completely different from other Shaanxi leaders' armies, and they were completely self-sufficient in military equipment, so at that time Zhang Xianzhong especially wanted to go to the west, the west of Liu Chengzong's territory .

Liu Chengzong proved that people can live a good life when they go outside. Didn't he just bring 2 people to Qinghai, and he has looked good in recent years.

Zhang Xianzhong likes Liu Chengyun so much. He knows that Chengyun can't fight, but he doesn't appreciate people who can fight. Who can't fight?I am the best at fighting in the world, and if the gang of bastards under my command listen to me, they will surely win the battle.

What he lacks is someone like Chengyun, who can keep the rear in order. Even though he obviously doesn't know how to fight, and there are only a group of Mongols under him who are about to collapse, he still dares not to transfer the Lanzhou army into Hehuang to ensure the strategy of the current pocket formation. He has the guts to be brave.

You need courage and courage, you need talent and talent, talent!

Zhang Xianzhong respects talents the most. In his two battalions, except for the elite soldiers, they are masters, and no other idlers are left behind. What is a master?It is a scholar.

Regardless of whether you are a child or a scholar, even if you are a storyteller who can read and write, whether you like it or not, as long as the Eighth King sees you, you will be tied up as a master. Even if it was a robbery, Zhang Xianzhong would give them white rice and flour, silk and satin, gold and silver jewelry, and give them whatever they wanted.

for learning.

When Zhang Xianzhong was young, he had no chance to study. He was a policeman and often contacted scholars. He was very aware of the importance of study. Now that he has the conditions, he asks the military master to give him lectures every day. Many things that sound drowsy to others, He listened with gusto.

Because the same thing has little practical significance for others, but he can fully use these things in his life. He not only learns by himself, but also lets his trusted generals and adopted sons learn together.

These things cannot be done by yourself. For example, in the Book of Rites, it is said that persuasion is a courtesy of a minister. If you do not show admonition, if you do not listen to three admonitions, you will flee.

It's very reasonable. If you don't listen to the remonstrance three times, it means that the monarch and his ministers have different views on the matter. There must be a big fool among the two, but it is not clear who is the big fool for the time being, so we will look at it separately. Look.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong discovered that Liu Chengyun was a talented person, and he couldn't tie him away, so he specially threw his adopted sons to Liu Chengyun, and asked them to serve tea and water behind his uncle's ass, and study hard.

Only later did he realize that the place Marshal Liu occupied was farther than his knowledge of the world.

That's too far, goodbye!

That's why Zhang Xianzhong always leans over to Chengyun recently, and asks, "Third General, tell us the truth, what is the relationship between the three Tartar brothers who the Generalissimo followed up in Tibet?"

Chengyun knew what Zhang Xianzhong wanted to do, so he quickly waved his hands: "That place is too high, my brother didn't even dare to go up from Changdu, Brother Bingzhong, you just stay at Hezhouwei, I don't know how many people will die if you climb up that place people."

Zhang Xianzhong was stunned when he heard this, and stared at Chengyun with a pair of big nervous eyes, like a tiger that would prey on someone.

He was originally a taciturn policeman. Over the years, he has narrowly escaped death and fought in the world. Every day is like the last day of his life. He has not even slept for a few days. He ordered to break camp and continue walking.

The severe lack of security in his life made him irritable and restless, not only him, almost all the adopted sons and generals around him had this situation. This kind of thing was created by experience and had nothing to do with blood relationship.

It's just that Zhang Xianzhong liked Chengyun so much, he stared at Liu Chengyun abruptly adjusted his depression, his complexion changed suddenly, and he said with a smile: "Haha, I don't know where Changdu is, but I have fought for so many years, so long ago I want to rest, the dead ball is pulled down!"

Chengyun accompanied the smiling face. He was too familiar with Zhang Xianzhong's nervous and crazy feeling. When the Lion Camp was in northern Shaanxi, he was in charge of the wounded soldiers. Many people looked like this. The person with the most obvious symptoms was his second brother Liu Chengzong .

Sometimes I am full of energy, restless, talkative, easily distracted, and jump out of my mind. I often think of other things suddenly while talking about this; No sleep, low mood.

But his second brother is not the one with the most severe symptoms. Apart from those abnormal behaviors, many people also have more terrible rage and self-destruction. If they feel unsatisfactory, they will beat and scold others, or have a serious tendency to self-destruction. For example, when General Feng Ru was hungry, he didn't want to live because of a little thing.

Chengyun once believed that it was a disease related to the pressure on people’s mind, but he didn’t know how to cure it. He only knew that this kind of disease often occurs when the pressure is too high. If the pressure can be released, the symptoms will be relieved.

For example, his second elder brother, who lifts the stone lock and sweats every day, will feel better. After a victorious battle and killing corpses all over the field, he immediately becomes the normal version of Liu Xiucai who is compassionate and compassionate.

But it seems that when his second brother's symptoms were at their worst, they were much milder than Zhang Xianzhong's normal state.

For Chengyun, why do you provoke such a person, right?He smiled and said: "Since Brother Bingzhong wants to find a place, he will stay in Hezhou Weitun first. When my second brother comes back, I will go and tell him, don't worry, there are so many people in the world, my brother attaches great importance to Shaanxi The township party, as long as it is a township party, can talk about it, and there is nothing that cannot be talked about.”

Zhang Xianzhong was also happy, and geared up his fists: "The three generals can rest assured, the Generalissimo wants me to kill anyone, I can kill anyone, there is no one who cannot be killed!"

At the same time when Chengyun and Zhang Xianzhong reached a basic agreement, on the other side of Hehuang, Mr. Liu was writing hard with a face full of displeasure. He finally managed to save some money in Hehuang this year. A letter from his second son came, happy times always So short!

Immigrants, immigrants have to eat again.

However, for Liu Chengzong's request, Master Liu is like Liu Chengzong seeing Bai Yiqing's long letter of complaining about Chen Gansu's long-standing disadvantages: "Dingkou was the biggest problem in Hehuang in the past, but now this problem does not exist. You just say how many people you want, don't say one." Ten thousand households, ten thousand households with a population of [-], or ten thousand households with a population of [-], can be moved there for you!"

　Good morning!

　　Duoluhou and Zhang Xianzhong wish the reader a New Year greeting, let's knock one!
　　I wish you all good health and good luck in the new year!

　　
　
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