The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 171
The eyes of everyone in the tent had long been focused on Chen Wang. Although they were all prepared, they couldn't help being shocked after hearing Gao Yingxiang's name.

Then two soldiers dragged one from the left to the right and walked into the tent from outside the tent, everyone's eyes moved.

Because the person being dragged by the two soldiers was the dead body of Gao Yingxiang.

Chen Wang pointed to the side with one hand and reported.

"Seeing that the enemy's central army was empty, the humble officer led the armored cavalry and rushed all the way, chasing Gao Yingxiang to the foot of Dongshan Mountain."

"Gao Yingxiang led his personal guards to occupy Gaopo and guarded it, and the humble officer led his soldiers to attack the slope in the rain, fighting all the way, and finally killed the enemy chieftain Gao Yingxiang."

Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes slightly, with a cold light in his eyes, and leaned back on the back of the chair.

Sun Chuanting looked solemn, put his hands on the armrests of the seat, and leaned forward slightly.

Hong Chengchou's movements and expressions are much larger than Sun Chuanting's.

He leaned on the back of the chair, his heart was in a mess, and he couldn't believe everything in front of him.

Hong Chengchou's mind is now in chaos, a little groggy.

When he led the troops to Yukou, he saw the Chuangjun collapse in Heishuiyu.

After entering the barracks and meeting with Sun Chuanting, he learned from Sun Chuanting that shortly after Gao Yingxiang led the troops into the Meridian Road, Chen Wang actually followed him into the Meridian Road and followed him quietly all the time. back.

The reason why Chuangjun collapsed so quickly now was precisely because Chen Wang led the cavalry to attack all the way at the most critical moment of the battle, forcing Gao Yingxiang back.

I heard that Gao Yingxiang was already surrounded by Chen Wang's regiments, I'm afraid there will be news soon.

Hong Chengchou's first reaction at that time was that it didn't feel real, just like a fairy tale.

He didn't believe it, not because he didn't believe it, but because he couldn't believe it.

Even though Gao Yingxiang's corpse was right in front of him, Hong Chengchou still couldn't believe it.

Whether it was Wang Jiayin or Wang Ziyong, they hadn't been active for long and caused much damage, but Gao Yingxiang was different.

Gao Yingxiang did something that neither Wang Jiayin nor Wang Ziyong did.

He led hundreds of thousands of people to flee all the way, and escaped his siege and interception time and time again.

even……

They even broke Fengyang, the central capital, and directly dug up Fengyang's royal tomb...

When he heard the news that the imperial mausoleum was destroyed, Hong Chengchou felt that the sky was falling.

Although he is still the governor behind him, the power in his hands has been directly cut by more than half.

He and Gao Yingxiang have fought more than a hundred games, big and small. Although they win more and lose less, they can't help Gao Yingxiang no matter what.

Wins are small victories, and losses are big defeats.

Hong Chengchou wanted to kill Gao Yingxiang more than anyone else, but Gao Yingxiang escaped from him every time, without exception.

That's why, when he heard that Sun Chuanting had blocked Gao Yingxiang in Heishuiyu, he ordered all the fine cavalry, and personally led the Xingye army to come to help.

"After Yidou Gu Huanglong, Thousand Rooster Zhang Er and other generals who broke into the barracks identified this person as Chuangni Gao Yingxiang."

Hong Chengchou raised his eyes to look at the corpse of Gao Yingxiang being dragged by two soldiers in the tent.

With long beard and broad face, high nose and deep eyes, it is almost like the one in the portrait.

The half-body armor with indigo mountain pattern, the vermilion battle skirt inlaid with gold and dragon pattern, and the plain war robe are just like the description of the captive.

Gao Yingxiang had wounds on his chest and abdomen that looked like piercing wounds from a spear, but none of these injuries would have caused immediate death.

The real fatal wound was at the throat, the fatal wound was here.

A knife to seal the throat, clean and neat.

Hong Chengchou let out a breath of foul air slowly, and finally stabilized his mind.

When he confirmed that this was Gao Yingxiang's body, he finally believed all of this—Gao Yingxiang was really dead!

Compared with Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting is much calmer.

Unlike Hong Chengchou who has been fighting with Gao Yingxiang, he doesn't know much about Gao Yingxiang.

Although Gao Yingxiang was the leader of the 72nd Battalion and the co-leader elected by the rogues, beheading Gao Yingxiang only felt that he had solved a considerable problem, not Hong Chengchou's feeling of relief.

He had just become the governor of Shaanxi, and this was his first battle leading the Biaoying after arriving in Shaanxi.

"If this battle can be won, Chen hopes that you will take the lead."

With a smile on his face, Sun Chuanting looked at Chen Wang standing under the tent and said with a smile.

"If you hadn't led the troops to attack from the rear and cut Gao Yingxiang again, I'm afraid this battle would not be over."

For Sun Chuanting's compliments, Chen Wang naturally wouldn't just take them all.

Military merit is military merit, but being a man is being a man.

Taking the first merit does not necessarily offend others, but being a bad person will definitely offend others.

Actions are higher than others, and everyone must be wrong.

"This battle can be won, and the lowly position must never dare to claim credit. The reason why we were able to find opportunities and gaps is also because the intruders have been attacking Yukou for a long time, and sent all the parts to Yukou to help."

"The number of corpses piled up on the Yukou battlefield is extremely tragic. I heard that General Li Shen is still seriously injured and unconscious at this time, and more than half of his battalion casualties..."

"The first meritorious service in this battle should go to all the generals and sergeants in the whole army."

Chen Wang's words reminded Sun Chuanting of the situation in the Yukou battlefield, and his expression darkened.

"you are right……"

The fighting in the Yukou camp was extremely brutal, with less than [-] of the [-] guards left, and more than half of the [-] battalion under Li Yuchun's command was lost.

The [-] Supervision Battalion he sent to help killed more than [-] people in this battle.

Such casualties cannot be described as tragic.

Sun Chuanting glanced at the generals in the tent, but Li Yuchun was not there.

Li Yuchun was wounded several times, seriously injured and unconscious. Now the army is preparing to celebrate his victory, but Li Yuchun, who is guarding the Yukou camp, is in doubt about his life or death.

Wars are dangerous, on the battlefield, people are like ants, and lives are like worthless...

When everyone was cheering, only the camp of the guards and the camp of Li Yuchun's soldiers could hear bursts of crying.

Sun Chuanting fell into silence, and the eyes of the generals in the tent looking at Chen Wang became much more relaxed.

Regardless of whether it was a scene or not, Chen Wang's words brought him a lot of goodwill.

"The first victory in this battle should indeed be earned by all the generals and sergeants in the whole army."

Seeing Sun Chuanting's silence, Hong Chengchou took over the conversation directly.

"After the victory in this battle has been counted, I will personally write the Tang Bao to show your merits. The Ministry of War will definitely issue awards in a fair manner, and the compensation for the casualties of this battle will never be short of half a point."

Hong Chengchou's words broke the dull atmosphere in the tent, and everyone's eyes were all focused on Hong Chengchou.

What is the purpose of fighting against bandits? Soon it will be for military merit and money.

The meaning of Hong Chengchou's words couldn't be more straightforward. If he wrote the Tang Bao himself, the Ministry of War would never dare to neglect, and neither the rewards nor the money for pensions would be withheld.

Hong Chengchou glanced at Sun Chuanting from the corner of his eye, and then at Chen Wang.

Originally, his impression of Chen Wang was not good at first, but after Cao Wenzhao seemed to have said something to Chen Wang, Chen Wang has been keeping himself safe.

Hong Chengchou also received the letter written by Chen Wang in Ziwu Road from Sun Chuanting.

It can indeed be said to be bold and careful, with insight into the subtleties.

Just relying on subtle changes in the marching ranks, so much information can be analyzed, and then they dared to enter the plank road and follow them all the way.

After the Battle of Heishuiyu, Chen Wang did not attack based on the ground, and concealed it very well.

Being able to calm down and seize opportunities, Chen Wang already possessed all the conditions a good general should possess.

Able to train soldiers, able to fight, observant, bold and careful.

The most important thing is to be a human being and know how to advance and retreat. Compared with the previous ones, these things are more important in today's officialdom.

If you don't know how to be a human being, don't know how to advance and retreat, and you will be isolated in the future, I'm afraid the end will not be good.

Hong Chengchou waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to take Gao Yingxiang's body down.

After confirming that Gao Yingxiang was really dead, he felt much happier.

Hong Chengchou now feels extremely correct about his decision to promote Chen Wang to Hanzhong general and guard the Hanzhong mansion.

First, he solved the crisis in Hanzhong City and relieved the danger of King Rui. This incident also made him praised by Chongzhen.

Now Gao Yingxiang was beheaded in a row, removing his serious worry.

"Take a seat."

Hong Chengchou raised his hand, and pointed to the empty space beside Chen Wang.

Chen Wang bowed again and walked to his seat.

On the side of the seat, there is He Renlong on one side, and Gao Gui on the other side, both of them are acquaintances.

Chen Wang did not skip the etiquette, he bowed his hands to He Renlong and Gao Gui, and then sat down.

Gao Gui returned the salute with a smile on his face, cupping his fists. Gao Gui was a general from Ningyuan, and he followed Zu Kuan to the south to suppress the rebellion.

Gao Gui smiled a little more reservedly, while He Renlong was more bold and unrestrained.

If Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were not there, I am afraid that they would have laughed out loud by now.

Chen Wang sat down, and in front of him was Li Chongzhen, the deputy general.

Beside Li Chongzhen are Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao.

When Chen Wang read the history books, he remembered that Zu Kuan was regarded as a domineering and arrogant person.

In fact, a large part of the reason why Lu Xiangsheng asked Zu Kuan to go north to help Shaanxi was that it was difficult to control.

But now Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen didn't look arrogant and domineering, on the contrary they smiled at him.

Now that the nine sides have actually split, the treatment between Liaodong and other military towns is very different.

Generals of the Liaodong Army have always been domineering, this is already common sense, and they have always liked to ignore the generals of other military towns.

Zu Kuan is also a member of the ancestral family in Liaodong. He was originally Zu Dashou's servant.

But now both Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen have shown kindness to him, which is a bit unusual.

However, after only a short moment of astonishment, Chen Wang figured out the reason.

Although he does not belong to the sequence of the Liaodong Army, he is from Liaodong, and he is also from Guangning, and the Liaodong Wu family is also in Guangning.

I have the identity of Liaodong, although I am not an official or general in Liaodong, but in their eyes, I can be regarded as half of my own.

The ties between the local clans in this era are far closer than those in later generations.

During Cao Wenzhao's tenure as an official in Liaodong, he was actually in a marginal position, rejected by the generals of Liaodong, and never really entered the core.

Most of the camps commanded by foreign generals such as Cao Wenzhao were used by the governor to contain the local generals in Liaodong.

But the good thing about Cao Wenzhao is that when he was in Liaodong, most of his soldiers were from Liaodong.

During this period, a large number of people from Chen and Hu's two families joined their subordinates as servants and officers.

And Cao Wenzhao is modest, sociable, and capable of fighting, so he had a good relationship with other battalion generals when he was in Liaodong.

Facing the goodwill released by Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen, Chen Wang naturally did not ignore it.

Although it is useless now, if you can not offend, you will naturally not offend.

Chen Wang's eyes quickly swept over everyone, and he also saw Gao Jie who was sitting a little behind.

The temperament of Gao Jie at this time has changed a lot from the Gao Jie in Chunhua back then.

Today's Gao Jie is more introverted, most of the time he doesn't move his face.

At this time, Gao Jie was sitting on the seat, his eyes were lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After Hong Chengchou saw that everyone was sitting down, he talked with Sun Chuanting in a low voice, and then clapped his hands lightly.

Following his clapping, several soldiers slowly entered the tent pushing a huge map.

Sun Chuanting is the governor of Shaanxi, and Hong Chengchou is still the governor of the three sides, and his power is higher than Sun Chuanting.

"Although Gao Yingxiang, the bandit chieftain, has been put to death, there are still bandit activities in various places, and there is still an urgent need to eliminate them."

Hong Chengchou stood up and looked down at everyone.

"Today there are still four forces of rogues in the world. Only by eliminating these four rogues can the world be stable and the universe can be eliminated."

All the generals in the tent cast their eyes on the map.

On the map, the location of the four rogue bandits has already been indicated.

On the map, black and red are used to distinguish the rogue bandits from the local army and soldiers.

"The first group and the second group of rogues are all concentrated in Shaanxi today."

"The first group of rogues was led by Li Zicheng. There were about [-] bandits, and they are now trapped in the territory of Yan'an Mansion."

"The second group of bandits is led by Cao Cao and Luo Rucai, and there are also [-] people. They are now active in the Shangluo Mountain area in the south of Xi'an Prefecture. They communicate with and rely on each other with the bandits in Xunyang Mountain."

"The third wave of bandits is mainly concentrated between Nanzhili and Henan. Headed by Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, Ge Zuo Wuying and others, there are about [-] people."

"The last wave of rogues is mainly concentrated in the land of Xunxiang in Huguang. It is dominated by the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong, Chuangtatian Liu Guoneng and others. There are about 40 people, which is the head of all the rogues today."

"Gao Yingxiang, the bandit chieftain, is dead, and the rest of the people must be terrified."

Hong Chengchou stood at the top, his sharp eyes swept over everyone.

"Issuing an order to the lands of the eight provinces to inform the rogues in the world, if anyone is willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, he can still be exempted from the crime by following the edict."

"For this campaign, we will unite the eight provinces and gather a hundred battalions of soldiers to bring peace to the night and eradicate all wastelands!"

(End of this chapter)