At the Trilateral Governor's Palace, Lu Xiangsheng gave a detailed briefing on the current situation in the Trilateral Governor's Office.

To sum it up in four words: a great piece.

At present, the main rogues on the three sides have all been annihilated, and only Zhang Xianzhong remains. Zhang Xianzhong now probably has more than 10,000 troops in his hands, but under the strong encirclement and suppression of the official army, he is also running around, and it is not a climate at all.

According to Lu Xiangsheng's grasp of the situation, Zhang Xianzhong is currently hiding in a mountain nest in southern Jinnan, there is a shortage of grain and grass, under Lu Xiangsheng's vigorous blow, no caravan dares to provide them with food, and the only one who can transport grain to them is the Zhang family - that is Lu Xiangsheng according to Qin Shuhuai's arrangement, to investigate Zhang Xianzhong's whereabouts.

Lu Xiangsheng was very smart and only "leaked" the caravan transporting grain to the Zhang family, so that Zhang Xianzhong had to cooperate with the Zhang family even if he was suspicious.

The caravan of the Zhang family set off half a month ago and should be back soon. If it goes well, it should be able to bring back the news of Zhang Xianzhong's hiding place. Once it is confirmed, Lu Xiangsheng will immediately transfer Cao Wenzhao to encircle and suppress.

Except for Zhang Xianzhong, there are no large-scale rogues in the three sides now, and at most only a few hundred people gather together to occupy the mountain as the king, and they should be able to eliminate it within the year.

After listening to this, Qin Shuhuai asked, "By the way, Lord Lu, has that Li Zicheng gone to Zhang Xianzhong?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "This subordinate doesn't know very well. However, even if Li Zicheng goes to Zhang Xianzhong, it doesn't matter, within the three sides, no, it should be said that there is no place for them in our Ming Dynasty. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's self-confidence is well-founded.

Not only because there are very few rogues in the three borders, but also because Chongzhen has implemented a three-year tax exemption policy on the three sides, which has completely calmed down the hearts of the people.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng also implemented a series of policies on the three sides.

Because it was not yet the spring ploughing season, he asked the imperial court for a batch of relief grain, and on the other hand, he asked the Jin merchants to contribute a sum of money, as a "salary", to encourage the common people to rebuild their homes, so that they have something to do, so that there are fewer people willing to rebel.

Qin Shuhuai was very satisfied with Lu Xiangsheng's work, so he passed on Chongzhen's holy decree and praised Lu Xiangsheng.

In fact, there was no shortage of capable and ambitious officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that with the Donglin Party, it's hard for them to get ahead.

After resting in Taiyuan City for a day, the next morning, Qin Shuhuai led the army to set off again.

Before leaving, Qin Shuhuai told Lu Xiangsheng that he must carefully watch the movements of the Gansu Demon Sect.

Just as the army was about to set out, a soldier from the Governor's Palace suddenly ran over.

"Your Excellency Governor Qiqi, Zhang Xianzhong's department has a whereabouts. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was pleasantly surprised, "The Zhang family caravan is back?"

"Yes! And the Jinyi guards who went with them have also returned, and it has been confirmed that they are indeed in the Wenxi area!"

"Where's the brocade guard? ”

"My subordinates will let him come over!"

Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed, and immediately personally urged the horse to run for two or three miles and catch up with Qin Shuhuai.

"Grandpa Guo, Grandpa Guo! Urgent, urgent!"

Qin Shuhuai stopped his horse and took a look, only to see Lu Xiangsheng riding a horse with his hat crooked, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Lu, what is the urgent report?"

"Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong's department has been found!" Lu Xiangsheng said breathlessly, "Can Grandpa Guo respond to a reluctant request from the lower officials?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled, "Lord Lu wants Bengong to lead troops to kill them?"

Lu Xiangsheng also smiled embarrassedly, "Grandpa Guo knows me! That thief is cunning by nature, Cao Wenzhao's station is far away, and it takes a lot of trouble to transfer over, and the lower officials are afraid that when they get there, Zhang Thief will run away again! Isn't Grandpa Guo going to enter Sichuan? It just so happens that Zhang Thief is Wenxi, but he is also on the way, so he ...... it."

Qin Shuhuai quipped, "Hehe, then Lord Lu is not afraid that his father-in-law will rob you of your credit?"

Grandpa Guo laughed. These three sides are originally leveled by the grandfather of the country, and the lower officials just did some sesame mung bean aftermath, how dare they take credit?"

"Haha, Lord Lu is too humble. That's okay, my father will go to Wenxi and take a look at this old rival. ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Guo! When you get over there, please wait for a while, and there are two brocade guards to accompany you, they should know where Zhang Xianzhong is. ”

It didn't take long for the guard to arrive at Qin Shuhuai with two brocade guards.

"My subordinates pay a visit to Grandpa Guo. ”

Qin Shuhuai asked, "Do you know where Zhang Xianzhong is?"

"The subordinates have personally investigated, and they are on a mountain in the east of Wenxi County. ”

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "Great! Then, let's go." Lord Lu, my father-in-law will leave first. ”

......

The army continued its journey.

Qin Shuhuai didn't expect to be able to suppress Zhang Xianzhong easily, and he was looking forward to it.

He has never seen the legendary killer demon Zhang Xianzhong, and maybe Li Zicheng is also with him, so it would not be an interesting thing to catch these two big guys at once.

Well, interesting!

For him, it is not difficult to defeat Zhang Xianzhong now, it is naturally an interesting thing.

Three days later, the army arrived near Xiangfen County.

It is not far from Wenxi County, only a few dozen miles away.

Qin Shuhuai ordered the army to be divided into three routes: the left wing, the middle road, and the right wing, with 10,000 on each road, to outflank the entire Wenxi County. The remaining 10,000 were distributed in various avenues on the periphery of Wenxi County to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's troops from escaping.

After making arrangements, the army moved on.

In the afternoon of the same day, the three-way army arrived in Wenxi County and outflanked the entire Wenxi.

Qin Shuhuai led 10,000 Chinese troops, and under the leadership of the two Jinyi guards, he went straight to a place called Yuantou Mountain in the east of Wenxi County. According to the intelligence, Zhang Xianzhong was hiding there.

Yuantou Mountain is not small, and an army of 10,000 cannot completely surround it. However, there were only three mountain roads up and down, so Qin Shuhuai first arranged 2,000 troops on each road, and then used cavalry as a mobile force to arrange around the mountain to monitor whether there was anyone coming down on the mountain.

Subsequently, Chen Jing and Lai San'er were sent to lead 30 soldiers each and go up to investigate first.

About half an hour later, Chen Jing and Lai San'er came down sweating profusely.

Lai San'er said depressedly, "Helper, people are running away!"

"Ran away?" Qin Shuhuai frowned, "Are you sure they ran away, not here at all?"

"There are plenty of signs of camping on the mountain, and they must have been stationed here. And the traces are very fresh, it should have been gone for a short time. ”

Hearing Lai San'er say this, Qin Shuhuai was relieved.

As long as he just left, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't run.

It's hard to find a single person, and it's hard to find an army of more than 10,000?

So he immediately called Li Jingting and said to him, "Jingting, you immediately take Jinyiwei to look for it everywhere." Our people blocked the outer roads, they should still be in Wenxi County, and they can't run far. ”