Luoyang, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng, and the officials of the Three Divisions were all in a state of great trouble.

At present, the disaster in Henan Province is getting worse and worse, and many prefectures and counties have starved to death. Local thieves from all over the country have taken advantage of the situation to flock, causing the government to run away.

Now there are fire everywhere. Most prefectures and counties in Henan do not have the ability to exterminate the local gangs themselves. The letters asking for help flew to Luoyang like snowflakes.

At this time, in the camp of Ma Quan, the boss of the Ma family, Ma Lao Er was tearfully telling Boss Ma about the news he had just received.

"Brother, hurry up and get the troops back, eliminate Gao Zhe and his son, and avenge my father, third brother and fourth brother!" Ma Lao Er cried bitterly. He had just received the news from Dengfeng that Ma Bond was chopped off in public by Gao Huan.

Boss Ma was shocked when he heard this, "What's wrong with my second child? What's wrong with my father?"

"I just received the news that my father, the third and fourth brothers had all asked the person surnamed Gao to cut down, and the land at home was also distributed to the unfair people in Dengfeng." Ma Lao Er was distraught.

"Damn!" Boss Ma was furious and overturned the table at hand. "The surname of Gao, I have to peel off the Gao family's father and son!"

The Ma family dominated Dengfeng for decades, but it was the local emperor of Dengfeng. He actually bullied the Gao family. Even Ma Bond, the third and fourth brothers were beheaded, which made Boss Ma extremely angry and was in avenged.

Zhou Yueping and Ma Lao Er came to Luoyang to inform Li Xianfeng about Dengfeng's situation. Li Xianfeng had just agreed to send 3,000 troops to wipe out the Dengfeng bandits, but he did not expect that before the troops were transferred here, bad news came from Dengfeng, that Dengfeng County had been captured by Gao Huan.

When the news came, King Fu was furious, and the three officials of Henan were also extremely shocked.

King Fu was furious because the Ma family devoted themselves to the royal family's property, and the Ma family's property was nominally the property of the Fu Prince's Mansion.

Boss Ma once worked in the Fu Palace, and later achieved some achievements in the war to eliminate bandits. With King Fu's connections, he climbed to the position of general step by step. He had a very good relationship with the Fu Palace and was regarded as his own person by King Fu.

Now Gao Huan conquered Dengfeng, killed Ma Bonde, and divided the land of the Ma family, which was equivalent to dividing the vassal property of the royal family and bullying it to the royal family. This made King Fu not angry, and immediately asked someone to pass on the message, asking Li Xianfeng to send troops to wipe out the Red Thief as soon as possible.

At this time, there were many local gangs of all sizes in Henan, and Li Xianfeng was not careful, but Dengfeng was just under his nose. Moreover, Dengfeng's red thieves also clearly put forward the banner of "equalizing the land and sharing wealth". With political propositions, Li Xianfeng had to take care of it.

Judging from historical experience, compared with bandits' rebellion, the rebellion of big-name families is often worthy of vigilance and attention.

Although the Dengfeng thief is not strong at the moment and is not as powerful as the thief and Xiao Yuan camp, Li Xianfeng keenly realized that if he ignored it and allowed it to develop, the Dengfeng thief would be a confidant of the court in the future.

Under the pressure of the Fu Prince's Mansion, Li Xianfeng sent another thousand more troops to Zhou Yueping and the general Ma Quan, totaling 4,000 elite troops to pacify the Red thieves in Dengfeng.

The four thousand serious official troops are also garrisons in the provincial capital. Needless to say, they are all well-equipped. They are equipped with bird guns and Folang machines. It is no problem to fight tens of thousands of thieves. It can be said that they are killing chickens with a ox knife when dealing with a small Dengfeng County.

On September 15th, in Luoyang City, four thousand officials completed their preparations before the expedition. A stingy King of Fu actually sent someone to send 5,000 taels of silver to reward the army.

At this time, in the official army camp, Ma Quan was wearing mountain pattern armor, phoenix winged helmet, a sword hanging around his waist, a red cloak, and stood in front of the map with his hands in his arms. A large group of official soldiers wearing fine armor stood beside him proudly.

"General Ma, don't worry, this time our four thousand elite soldiers will definitely break Dengfeng, eliminate the Red thieves, and avenge Mr. Ma!" Master Zhou was filled with righteous indignation and shouted.

A group of generals of the government army followed and agreed. Ma Quan turned around with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "The hatred of killing his father is irreconcilable. Now the hatred of the country is now, I will fight back to Dengfeng this time, and I will definitely cut off the Gao family and son, and cut off the red thief to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

Many generals swung their fists together, "Blasting back to Dengfeng and destroying the Red Thiefs."

The official army has not paid any salary for half a year. There are too many officials stationed in the provincial capital and many powerful people. Those who are in the army dare not rob. This time they go out to make a fortune to subsidize their family income.

The thief robbed the landlords of old wealth, and they robbed the thief again, and everyone was full of morale.

Zhou Yueping then said, "Moran Ma, let's formulate a detailed plan to defeat the enemy."

Ma Quan waved his hand and said hatefully, "I am four thousand elite soldiers, but I am not afraid of encountering thieves, let alone local thieves. If I pass the order, the army will immediately decapitate the camp, attack Dengfeng, and eliminate the red thieves."

Although it is possible to walk between Luoyang and Dengfeng, although Songshan is separated, the road is rugged, and large-scale mobilization of troops or caravans will still take Yichuan to Dengfeng to take a detour to Dengfeng.

Boss Ma was eager to avenge Ma Bond, so he left Luoyang with four thousand soldiers and murderous intent, arrived in Yichuan, and then ran along the mountain road more than a hundred miles away to Dengfeng.

In the entire Dengfeng County, there are mountains, hills, undulating hills, canyons and ravines. Only on both sides of the Yingshui River are the plains along the river, and the terrain is relatively complex.

At this time, on a hill about fifty miles away from Dengfeng, several scouts of the Red Pre-English Army suddenly saw a huge army marching on the mountain road.

They were wearing the "Ming" flag and the "Horse", wearing cotton armor, butterfly-shaped iron helmets on their heads, and carrying bird guns and spears on their shoulders. There were about 4,000 people.

Seeing their neatly-clad clothes, sharp swords and spears, and more than ten artillery cars in the team, I knew they were elites of the official army.

"It's over! The government army is here to attack us!" A Chi Bei exclaimed.

The other few people also looked ugly, with four thousand elite official troops, and the Red Army was in awe of power.

After observing for a while, a few people hurriedly got off the hill, turned over to mules and horses, and took another shortcut to Dengfeng County.

After the Chibei Army captured Dengfeng County, the nearby prefectures and counties increased their vigilance, but in summer and autumn, there was no harvest, and famine occurred in all counties, and refugees and bandits in the territory flocked, and each county was unable to take care of itself. Naturally, no one would destroy the Chibei Army in Dengfeng.

As all parts of Henan were in chaos, Dengfeng was relatively stable.

The people outside the city were busy sowing seeds, while the Red Army in the city was trained, allowing Gao Huan to gradually complete the integration of Dengfeng.

At this time, on the field of the school outside the city, the various units of the Red Army were conducting a confrontation drill, and a scout came riding on a mule and horse.

Gao Huan heard the movement and turned his head over. He saw that the scout was running too fast and was not good at riding. He seemed to think that he might bump down from the mule at any time.

However, the scout galloped all the way, finally tied the reins beside Gao Huan, then turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and hurriedly reported, "General, we found an official army from Yichuan Wang Dengfeng."

Everyone's faces darkened. Although they were prepared, they became nervous.

Gao Huan asked in a deep voice: "How many people are there, what are the equipment, and where are the troops?"

"There are three or four thousand people, well-equipped, with artillery and horse teams, and the character "horse" is used to mark the flag!" The scout licked his chapped lips, "Now it should be about to enter the Dengfeng realm!"

"Four thousand people?" Each general exclaimed and became turbulent.

Gao Huan waved in a deep voice, "This is the reinforcements brought by Ma Laoer, so that the villagers in the villages along the way can be transferred immediately."

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