Therefore, don't look at Hong Chengchou now as an official, there are many soldiers and horses under his command who obey the command, but the soldiers and horses that can be used are really limited, and it is estimated that 30,000 or 40,000 will be mobilized!

This is also in response to that sentence, there are great difficulties, don't look at the great cause of the Ming family, in fact, there are not as many soldiers and horses that can be used as everyone thinks!

Otherwise, Sun Chuanting in history would not have taken 5,000 soldiers and horses to exterminate Li Zicheng, who had already had hundreds of thousands of troops, as an official of the governor of the three sides, and finally died a heroic martyr!

In the time and space where there is no Wanhua, Hong Chengchou at this time, as the governor of the three sides, is in Shaanxi to suppress thieves, and the soldiers and horses around him are only in their early 10,000s.

But just this bit of soldiers and horses, for the righteous army, is already Mount Tai!

All the rebels in Shaanxi were almost wiped out by him Hong Chengchou, and in the end, in desperation, they all hid in Shanxi, which saved a cheap life!

From this point of view, the combat strength of the rebel army and the official army at this time is actually very different, many times, the official army to exterminate all the way against the king, the number of troops dispatched is only one or two hundred people and,

Just these two hundred people, in the eyes of many rebels, are already considered a "big army"! This is no joke!

Later, the strength of the righteous army, that was because of the problems of the Ming Dynasty itself, because of the inability to pay money, so many officers and soldiers joined the ranks of the righteous army, and from this time on, the righteous army became stronger and stronger!

In the final analysis, the financial bankruptcy of the Ming Dynasty is one of the important reasons for the demise of the dynasty!

To get back to the point, the three generals dismounted far away from Hong Chengchou, and then led the horse to Hong Chengchou with great respect.

The three of them all knelt down on one knee to Hong Chengchou respectfully, and said in unison: "The last general Liu Dazhong, "Wang Denglin" and "Zhao Deyang", meet the governor!" ”

Hong Chengchou nodded with satisfaction, and then calmly helped them up one by one, and said: "The three generals have come from afar, and they have worked hard all the way, so hurry up and follow this governor into the city to talk!" ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, please!"

When the group of people arrived at the Yamen, Hong Chengchou asked the three generals: "How many soldiers and horses did the three generals lead this time?" But Gu is an elite soldier! ”

Liu Dazhong, a general in Ningxia, was the first to stand up and clasp his fists and said: "If you want to say to the governor, this time the last general will lead 4,000 troops, and come to obey the orders of the adults, and the 4,000 troops are all elite soldiers, and they will never dare to miss the important things of the adults!" ”

Then Guyuan General Wang Denglin also came out and hugged his fists and replied: "The last general led 5,000 troops to come this time, Gu is the elite of the army, please rest assured!" ”

Zhao Deyang, a general in Gansu, also said: "The last general also led 5,000 soldiers, all of whom were good in the army, and they were at the disposal of the governor!" ”

"Good!"

Hong Chengchou listened to it and was very happy, these generals didn't fool around, they were almost full, this time, there were 14,000 more soldiers and horses in their hands, and the big thing could be done!

This is actually thanks to Hong Chengchou's own prestige, you must know that today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the time of Emperor Taizu Gao.

At that time, a general had five or six thousand, seven or eight thousand, and even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands.

But more than two hundred years have passed, and it has become commonplace to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, and now it is considered good for a general to have two or three thousand people in his hands, and some even have only more than a thousand people, which is almost the same as a thousand households before!

Originally, the three of them were also dissatisfied, but their chief soldier did not dare to offend Hong Chengchou, for fear that Hong Chengchou would blame them and scold them for being perfunctory, so they all gave them three generals to make up for them, which is why there are so many people!

Hong Chengchou praised the three generals with satisfaction, and then said to the generals: "The generals come with this governor!" ”

Saying that, Hong Chengchou took the three generals, as well as Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong, Hao Sanbao, and You Shijin to his study.

As soon as I entered the study, I saw a huge sand table in the study, and everyone came to the front, which was to see clearly that it was a geographical map of the mountains and rivers of the whole Shaanxi.

At this time, Hong Chengchou picked up many small black flags placed aside, and said: "Generals, you should know that there are already many rebels and thieves in my future tomorrow, especially in Shaanxi!" ”

All the generals nodded one after another, they naturally knew this clearly, although there were traitors in other places, but where could they compare with Shaanxi!

Now the documents sent by Shaanxi to the imperial court are not a request for the imperial court to suppress bandits, which shows how serious the bandits in Shaanxi are!

Hong Chengchou said again: "Now the bandits in Shaanxi are far beyond everyone's expectations, generals, please see, Mizhi, Qingjian, Yanchang, Yichuan, Dingbian, Ansai, Yanchuan, Yonghe, Fugu ,,,"

Every time he said a county, Hong Chengchou put a small black flag on the sand table, slowly, there were more and more black flags on the sand table, and after Hong Chengchou finished speaking, there were already sixty or seventy small black flags in the entire sand table!

Everyone was amazed when they saw this, they only knew that there were many traitors before, but they didn't expect there to be so many!

Is this Shaanxi still the Shaanxi of the imperial court? Is this still my Ming Shaanxi? It's a bandit's den!

At this time, Cao Wenzhao, who was standing beside Hong Chengchou, couldn't help but say: "It's really a side of water and soil, raising a side of bandits, at a glance, where is there still good land in Shaanxi!" ”

He Renlong, You Shijin, and Hao Sanbao were not happy when they heard Cao Wenzhao say this, and they all looked at Cao Wenzhao angrily!

They are all natives of Shaanxi, didn't Cao Wenzhao even scold them for saying this!

are all martial artists, so they just can't hide things in their hearts, don't look at everyone getting along well during this time, but if you say such a thing, then you're not welcome!

I saw that He Renlong said unceremoniously to Cao Wenzhao: "General Cao, what you said is not right, what do you mean that I am a side of the water and soil in Shaanxi, and I have raised a bandit?" Co-authored with me He Renlong has fought for the court for so many years, and when I come to you, I have become a bandit? ”

Hao Sanbao also followed and said: "That is, that traitor is a traitor, we are us, which of us is not fighting for the court to live and die, fathers, grandfathers, no one sacrifices his life for the country!" You can't knock over a boatload of people with a single stroke! ”

Even if it is You Shijin, he can't help it, although he saved his uncle last time, he Cao Wenzhao played a key role, but one yard is one yard, this matter can't be mixed up!