Yang and Wei stood firm in the vast sea ravaged by the Tartars, and did not passively defend, during which time Mao Weizhang sent a large number of scouts to investigate the enemy situation in all directions, as well as the tragic situation of the looting in all parts of Datong Mansion.

After gathering all kinds of information, the route of the first Turg to the south has been very clear, they went south from the east of Datong City fifty miles all the way through Xi'anbao, Wulizhai, Yingzhou, Shanyin, Mayi, and finally arrived at Ningwu Pass. It is reported that there was a major battle at Ningwu Pass, and it seems that the officers and troops guarding the pass did not have the upper hand, and since the scouts sent south were shot nine times out of ten, and very few people returned, so there was very little accurate information after crossing Ningwu Pass.

Li Xin was not very worried about this, because since Li Xin took over the defense of the three outer passes, he had greatly improved them, and the generals guarding the passes were all replaced by reliable and capable people, and those military attaches who had been in the army in the past were all transferred from important posts. He believed that all the cities in the entire Taiyuan Prefecture, even if they did not have their own Three Guards, even if there was no chance of winning the field battle, it would be impossible for the enemy army to take advantage of it.

It was imperative for the army to move south to annihilate Turg, but before that, Li Xin decided to deal with one person first, and that was Lu Zhifan. This person is now like a lost dog, and he is even more desperate all the way to the south, not seeking escape, just to leave a name for meritorious service, but even if this fame makes him established, I am afraid it will be infamous for all eternity.

Li Xin sneered again, and wrote a long letter with a stroke of his pen, ordering Kuaima to send it to Lu Jiu, and telling Lu Jiu that he must capture and kill Lu Zhifan and his people like this. At the same time, he also decided not to wait for Lu Jiu, and the army set off immediately. However, Mao Weizhang said to him at this moment: "The general is slow first, and the lower officials are not happy to vomit or be unhappy." ”

Mao Weizhang was commendable in this battle of the Tartars, not only to keep Yang and Wei from losing, but also to explore a large amount of available information in advance for the counterattack of the main force of the Three Guards.

"Mao Zhenfu has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak!"

After receiving Li Xin's affirmative reply, Mao Weizhang first got up and bowed, and then said solemnly:

"Does the general know about the unfavorable messages circulating among the Jingshi now?"

Li Xin has only heard about this, but he doesn't know what kind of Cheng dù it has spread, and now that the war is urgent, most of his energy has been exhausted, and he has the heart and power to marry someone who is going to rain these days.

Mao Weizhang did not wait for Li Xin's answer, but took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Xin respectfully with both hands.

"This is when President Huang passed through Yang and Wei, he entrusted Xiaguan to be presented to the general no matter what, you can see it at a glance!"

Huang Sheng is really a person with a heart, and he is responsible for collecting all kinds of information about Shanxi and himself. Li Xin took the letter from Mao Weizhang's hand, and after only a few glances, he was extremely angry. The various versions of the Jingshi have long been passed on to the gods, especially to accuse himself of building slaves for a long time, and even pointing out that he Li Xin and the Lu Zhi Domain, who had taken refuge in the Tartars, had been old friends, and the Jiannu also passed the Guò Lu Domain to allow him to be a high-ranking official, so there was today's Shanxi Rebellion.

Li Xin resisted the urge to tear this letter full of nonsense to pieces, turned to look at Mao Weizhang, who had been waiting for his response, and asked: "Ben Shuai never imagined that the public opinion of the Beijing division has been eroded to this point, and Mao Zhenfu can build a building?" ”

Although these words are chasing after the wind, there is one thing that is extremely lethal, that is, all the fatal rumors are conjured up through the facts, which makes Li Xin difficult to argue. He really couldn't think of any good countermeasures for a while. Mao Weizhang seemed to have been waiting for Li Xin's inquiry for a long time, and replied without thinking: "Rumors have always been like floods, as long as the guidance is appropriate, there will be no danger!" ”

Li Xin immediately arched his hand and said, "Please Mao Zhen to teach me!" ”

Mao Wei hurriedly dodged to the side. "Don't you dare, Xia Guan should be a general! The general should first dispel the emperor's doubts, as long as the emperor's doubts are removed, the rumors and rumors in the civil officialdom will lose his due lethality, and he can deal with it calmly when the time comes! ”

Li Xin high-fived and praised: "Good idea, when the time comes, Ben Shuai only needs to come again to present the prisoner and make the rumors self-defeating!" ”

Mao Weizhang obviously had this idea, but he frowned and said worriedly: "The difficulty now is that there is no suitable Tartar captive as a candidate for the prisoner. ”

Li Xin laughed, "Mao Zhenfu doesn't know, there is someone in Ben Shuai's hands right now." ”

Hearing that there are suitable captives to sacrifice prisoners, their status will definitely not be low, Mao Wei opened his eyes and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Nurhachi's seventh son, Dorobel Abatai, Mao Zhenfu said that it was peaceful?"

"It couldn't be more suitable, the general's success in this battle, there will definitely be a great reward!"

Mao Weizhang praised it happily, but this did prompt another hidden concern of Li Xin.

"Ben Shuai doesn't want the saint to add more officials to the knighthood, it's better to give Shanxi more benefits."

Looking at Li Xin's worried appearance, Mao Wei opened his heart for a while, the general in front of him, who was born as a horse thief, has only taken less than a year to transform from a horse thief prisoner to a sealed altar general, this speed is unique in the country, it is difficult not to arouse the vigilance of the old ministers in the court, and it is no wonder that this general is uneasy. But it's always good to have this kind of sense of crisis, which shows that Li Xin is not carried away by this drastic change in identity and status, and is a person who can do great things, as for what kind of big thing this big thing is, Mao Weizhang's subconscious is not willing to subdivide it clearly.

Just when Mao Weizhang was still immersed in a chaotic thought, Li Xin said: "It is better for Mao Zhenfu to preside over this matter of surrendering prisoners, this matter should be done sooner rather than later, let Jingshi know the news of the victory in the Datong battle as soon as possible!" ”

"This, how does this make it, how can the subordinate He De ......?"

Mao Weizhang is messy, Li Xin is doing this to give himself a great achievement.

"General, Yang Hewei has not completely eliminated the alarm, and there is a Mobei Mongol coalition army outside the side wall...... which is about to excuse but was stopped by Li Xin.

"Bai Yintu is not worried, he has the Mobei Mongol coalition army, and the commander has the Mongol alliance of the Monan Mongols, as long as the battle situation in the border wall is not inclined to the Qing court, this person has always been cautious, and he will not dare to go south, I am afraid that the news of the defeat of the Lu Zhifan will spread to the grassland, and they should also withdraw in a hurry! Besides, doesn't the Xuanfu still have Hong Chengchou's Xuanfu soldiers, and if he dares to come, he is not afraid that he will not be able to go back? ”

Li Xin actually mentioned the Xuanfu Army in the end, but it fell on Mao Weizhang's ears, but it was a little sarcastic, satirizing that Hong Chengchou had selfish interests and did not move.

Hundreds of miles away, Hong Chengchou sneezed twice in a row, he rubbed his somewhat sour nose and cleaned up the court clothes on his body. At this moment, he is a big hero in the Beijing Division, a new celebrity in the eyes of the emperor.

Because of his proper handling in the fire in the inner city, he stood out among the ministers and finally won the heartfelt appreciation of Zhu Youzhen, the son of the great tomorrow. Not to mention the continuous rewards, more importantly, he has also been favored by the emperor, and the extremely popular minister is no longer out of reach, and his ambitions can finally have the conditions and space to be displayed.

When he entered the palace today, he planned to bid farewell to the emperor and prepare to return to Xuanfu to clean up the mess. The little eunuch didn't let the big celebrity in front of the emperor wait too long, and soon trotted out of the palace gate.

"Hong Butang come with our family, long live this will be a nap at noon, you have to hurry up on this, and the ministers should enter the palace in a while......"

The little eunuch chattered, but Hong Chengchou, who followed him, was infinitely emotional, and wanted to see the emperor to a local governor like him, if he had to hand over the line of papers and wait for the number in the past, he would only be allowed to meet when the emperor was free. And this situation has changed after the fire in the inner city, basically he can see the emperor anytime and anywhere, as long as the little eunuch passes in, the emperor will squeeze out time no matter how busy he is.

With this, Hong Chengchou also understands how Li Xin's horse thief went from a prisoner to a general in a year.

Hong Chengchou followed the little eunuch to a convenient hall, and the emperor was not in the Wenhua Palace. The atmosphere in the hall was good, it was obvious that the emperor was in a good mood, and when he saw Hong Chengchou coming in, he asked the little eunuch to bring the embroidered pier to sit.

After Hong Chengchou knelt down three times and bowed nine times to thank him, he sat down, but where did he dare to sit down in front of the emperor, only a small half of his buttocks went up, and most of the entire buttocks remained in a suspended state, in order to show his trembling in front of the emperor.

"Hong Qing is leaving Beijing?"

Zhu Youzhen looked at Hong Chengchou, and there was an elusive love in his eyes. Hong Cheng hurriedly got up and replied: "The minister is not at ease with the war in Xuanfu, and he is sitting on pins and needles every day......

This confession won Zhu Youzhen's heart, and Hong Chengchou did not have to be restrained, and he could sit and reply. After Hong Chengchou thanked him again, he sat on the embroidered pier again.

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The world is impermanent, some people are happy and proud, and some people are bound to be lonely and desperate, if Hong Chengchou is the former, then Lu Zhifan is definitely the latter.

For a few days, Lu Zhifan only felt that he had put himself into a huge pocket, and was exhausted by the horse thief named Lu Jiu, and his heart was beating, thinking that he was arresting thieves when he was a pawn in Gaoyang, and the bandits around him heard that he Lu Dian made his name change, and later in Gaoyang during the first war, he was even more proud, and with the support of Sun Chengzong, he was in charge of Gaoyang's military and political power, even if he voted for the Tartar Dolgon, he has always respected him, how could he have imagined the fate of such a lost dog today.

Fleeing for his life in the dense forest and bushes, his robe had long been scraped and tattered, the soles of his feet had long been covered with blisters, and every step was painful, but he did not dare to stop.

Suddenly, Lin Wai's voice shouted, "The Three Guards Lu Jiu is here, and Lu Zhifan will be captured before he comes out, saving his sword and hurting his life without eyes......"

Lu Zhifan's heart is angry, he is a good Lu Jiu, he is really too deceitful!