Fengyang Prefecture, Haozhou.

Liu Liangzuo's 60,000 troops were stationed in the area of ​​Haozhou. After Liu Liangzuo entered the capital, the general was awarded the merits. Tian Xiong divided the troops of Liu Liangzuo. Ma Degong and Tian Xiong were both thieves. Later, he followed Liu Liangzuo to join the court and transformed into the Ming Dynasty official army.

It was already quite cold in early November, and it had just snowed heavily a few days ago.

When Ma Degong was hiding in the warm room and intimate with the concubine he had just taken, Tian Xiong suddenly visited overnight. Ma Degong did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly sent off his concubine and let Tian Xiong into the warm room.

After entering the warm pavilion, Tian Xiong didn't care about taking off his cloak and said to Ma Degong with a serious expression: "Brother Ma, something is wrong."

"Brother Tian." Ma Degong hurriedly let Tian Xiong sit by the brazier and asked in a deep voice, "Did you hear any wind?"

"It's not just the sound of the wind." Tian Xiong sat down beside the brazier and said, "I have already received conclusive news. The troops in the seven towns, including Li Benshen, Wu Shengzhao, Gao Jinku, Li Chengdong, Liu Konghe, Liu Hongji, Li Huajing, etc. have been dismembered by Wang Pu. Tens of thousands of troops have been condemned and nearly 100,000 people have been dispersed, and the remaining 40,000 have also been sent to Nanjing for training."

"Ah?" Ma Degong said in shock, "So, Li Benshen and the others have become the generals of the bare feet?"

"Who said no?" Tian Xiong said, "Wang Pu's work is so vicious, and he didn't even leave a personal army for them."

Ma Degong said anxiously: "Then Li Benshen and the others are so obedient?"

"What else can it do?" Tian Xiong said, "I heard that Wang Pu brought tens of thousands of elite Central Army. Although Li Benshen and others were numerous, they had no opinion. When they encountered problems, they were all fucking cowards. The army of more than 100,000 was disintegrated by Wang Pubing without bloodshed."

Ma Degong's eyes showed worry and asked, "You think Wang Pu will come to Haozhou next?"

"It's already here." Tian Xiong stomped his feet, "Wang Pu is already on the way to Haozhou."

"Damn it." Ma Degong said angrily, "I won't obediently listen to his mercy!"

Tian Xiong said: "I came to see Brother Ma for this reason. Li Benshen and the other seven were defeated by Wang Pu because they were too many people and were not prepared. But we had to discuss in advance. We must act together whether to leave or stay. We must not be at the mercy of Wang Pu."

A trace of vicious look flashed through Ma Degong's eyes and said in a deep voice, "Just do it all the time and get rid of Wang Pu."

Tian Xiong's eyes showed awe-inspiring look and said in a deep voice: "We want to go together, and I think so too. Since Wang Pu doesn't give us a way out, we can only let him die! But I am worried that the 40,000 Central Army he accompanied is a real elite army, and it is definitely not a vegetarian."

"Yes." Ma Degong nodded, "I have to think of a foolproof way."

Tian Xiong said: "Just relying on you and me, 60,000 people, I am afraid that it is not Wang Pu's opponent. If you want to get rid of Wang Pu, you will have to help Zuo Liangyu from Wuchang."

"Zuo Liangyu?" Ma Degong said in surprise, "What does this matter have to do with him?"

"It's a big deal." Tian Xiong said, "If we lure Wang Pu into Haozhou City and get rid of it, his 40,000 Central Army will never give up. They will definitely besiege Haozhou City, right?"

Ma Degong said: "That's true."

Tian Xiong said again: "Although the city of Haozhou City is strong, the Central Army has red barbarian cannons. We can't last long under the bombardment of the red barbarian cannons, so Zuo Liangyu needs to provide help. At that time, as long as Zuo Liangyu leads his army eastward in the name of "cleaning the monarch" and threatens Nanjing, Sun Chuanting will withdraw the 40,000 Central Army outside Haozhou City to Nanjing."

"This method is good." Ma Degong nodded, "But Zuo Liangyu is a guy who has a high opinion of himself and never takes you and my brother seriously. Is he willing to send troops to help?"

"Brother Ma, don't worry." Tian Xiong laughed, "Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu took the credit for the decision, and Wang Pu even made the title of Marquis of Jingnan. Zuo Liangyu only caught a small man named Ning Nan. He was already full of anger. Now that he has given him such a good opportunity, he will definitely send troops."

"Yes." Ma Degong nodded, "Then we will jointly write a book and send a quick horse to deliver it to Wuchang!"

Tian Xiong nodded and said, "In addition to contacting Zuo Liangyu, we also have to think about how to get rid of Wang Pu?"

Runing Prefecture, Henan Province, Shangcheng County.

The two thousand rebels led by Hongniangzi are suppressing the landlords headed by Tian Dahu, the richest man in the mall. This matter starts with Hongniangzi leading the army back to Henan.

After Li Yan was killed, Hongniangzi vowed to avenge her husband, but given that the strength of the Henan army and the trespass were too great, Hongniangzi decided to retreat to Henan first and wait for the opportunity.

After returning to Henan, Hongniangzi resolutely implemented the "equal land and exemption of taxes" policy proposed by Li Yan, and at the same time carried out more cruel exploitation of local tyrants and bad gentry in various prefectures and counties in Henan. Although this move was warmly welcomed by the vast number of poor people, it also aroused fierce resistance from the landlord armed forces.

The resistance in Shangcheng County was particularly huge. The landlord armed forces led by Tian Dahu successively defeated the attack of the Shangcheng rebel army, and even attacked the county town and killed the officials stationed in the Shangcheng. It was in this context that Hongniang personally led two thousand elite soldiers to Shangcheng County to suppress the resistance of the landlord armed armed forces.

The landlord armed forces of Tian Dahu were quickly suppressed.

When Hongniangzi sent people to clear the land of Shangcheng County, the patrol of the rebel soldiers suddenly captured an official spy and was taken directly to Hongniangzi's headquarters.

The red lady stared at the spy coldly and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Little man..." The spy did not dare to look at the murderous eyes of the Red Lady and said in a panic, "Little man is a porter, not a spy. Really, you have caught the wrong person."

"nonsense!"

Li Jun, who was standing on one side, stepped forward and kicked the man hard on the ass, cursing, "Can a porter ride such a good horse? Who are you coaxing? Also, if you are just a porter, why do we run away when we stop you? If you have no wicked in your heart, why are you running? Ah!"

"Oh." The man screamed and begged, "June, please spare the villain. You are really not a spy."

The red lady's face turned cold and shouted coldly: "Lao Qi, dig his left eye."

"yes."

Li Jun responded loudly, stepped forward and lifted the man up, and his other hand was already holding a sharp dagger into the man's left eye socket. The man screamed like a pig and struggled to the death: "No, don't, don't, don't, please spare your life, the heroine spare your life, the villain said, the villain said everything..."

The Hong Madam winked, Li Jun loosened his hand, and the guy fell to the ground with a thud.

"Hu." The man breathed a long sigh of relief, looked back at Li Jun with lingering fear, and then leaned down on his head and said, "The heroine, the villain is actually... a servant in General Ma's mansion."

"General Ma?" Hongniang frowned and asked, "Which General Ma?"

The man said, "It is the general of the Haozhou State who has achieved merit."

"The general of the Haozhou State has achieved merits?" said the Hongniangzi, "Isn't the general of the Haozhou State Liu Liangzuo? When did the general of the Haozhou State have achieved merits?"

The man hurriedly said, "The heroine doesn't know. Liu Liangzuo has now been named Guangchang Bo by the court. Now the general of Haozhou is Ma Degong."

The Hongniang said, "What did Ma Degong ask you to come to Shangcheng County? Did Tian Dahu have any collusion with Ma Degong?"

"No, it's not like this." The man shook his hands and said, "The villain doesn't know what kind of big family members are. The villain just went to Wuchang to deliver a letter by General Ma."

After saying that, the guy took out a letter from his sleeve, and Li Jun snatched it and handed it to the Hongniang case.

"Wuchang?" Hong Madam was not in a hurry to open the letter and asked in a voice, "Ma Degong sent you to deliver a letter to Zuo Liangyu?"

The man replied, "That's right."

"Why did Ma Degong send a letter to Zuo Liangyu? Do you want to join forces in Henan?"

"No, it's not about dealing with the rebel army in Henan, but about dealing with Wang Pu, the governor of the five provinces."

"Wang Pu!?" Hong Niangzi's heart moved and said to Li Jun, "Lao Qi, take this guy down and take care of him carefully. Don't let him run away."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry." Li Jun picked up the guy and replied loudly, "He can't run away."

When Li Jun left with the spy, the Hongmao hurriedly opened the envelope. She couldn't help but lose her vigor when she saw it. Then she hurriedly put away the letter and shouted outside the door: "Come."

A rebel soldier had already responded and said with a fist, "What are the instructions of Madam?"

The Hongniang said, "Go and invite General Li Hu immediately."

"yes."

The rebel soldiers responded and took the order and left.

In less than a moment, Li Hu excitedly came to Hong Niangzi's headquarters and shouted: "Sister-in-law, are you looking for me?"

The Hongniang nodded and said, "Huzi, I will leave the matter of clearing the land in Shangcheng County and equalizing the fields to you."

Li Hu was stunned when he heard this, unable to hide the disappointment between his eyebrows, and asked, "Where are you, sister-in-law?"

The Hong Madam avoided Li Hu's inquiring eyes and said calmly: "Justice Brother Jing sent someone to deliver a letter just now, and my sister-in-law has to rush back to Kaifeng immediately."

Li Hu hurriedly said, "Then I'll go back with you."

"No." Hong Niangzi said anxiously, "You have to stay and take charge of the overall situation."

Li Hu curled his lips and stopped talking, but he was really disappointed. He thought it was a good opportunity to accompany Hong Niang to Shangcheng County this time, but he never expected that before he could express anything, Hong Niang was going to return to Kaifeng again, but left him here alone.

Haozhou.

In a blink of an eye, several days passed. Seeing that Wang Pu's army was approaching Zhongdu, and when Ma Degong was in a hurry, Tian Xiong finally came to the door again. Ma Degong let Tian Xiong into the warm pavilion, and before Tian Xiong could sit down, he asked anxiously: "Brother Tian, ​​have you thought of a good way to get rid of Wang Pu?"

Tian Xiong said: "I thought of it."

"Speak quickly." Ma Degong said anxiously, "What is the best way?"

Tian Xiong said: "I have set up three gates of ghosts for Wang Pu. This time, even if he is possessed by the Daluo Golden Immortal, he will definitely die!"

"Oh?" Ma Degong asked anxiously, "Which three gates of hell?"

Tian Xiong said: "The first gate of hell is to bury gunpowder in Yimen. If Wang Pu wants to come to Haozhou, he must pass through Yimen. We can send people to dig out the official road in advance and bury tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder underneath. Just wait for Wang Pu to drive by, he will detonate the gunpowder. With a bang, Wang Pu is so damn it."

"Okay." Ma Degong slapped his thigh and shouted, "This is a good idea, I like it."

Tian Xiong said again: "If gunpowder fails to detonate, there will be a second gate of hell waiting for Wang Pu when he arrives in Haozhou."

"Okay." Ma Degong shouted, "What is the second gate of hell?"

Tian Xiong said: "The second gate of ghost is in Haozhou City. If Wang Pu enters the city, he will definitely go to the east gate. We will ambush the killer in the teahouse and restaurants on both sides of the East Street. All the killers are holding powerful crossbows, and all the crossbow arrows have been greatly poisoned! When Wang Pu rides a horse and sways across the market, the arrows are fired at once. Hehe, as long as he hits an arrow, he will definitely die!"

"Yeah, okay." Ma Degong asked again, "Where is the third gate of hell?"

Tian Xiong said: "If the assassination fails, we will immediately dispatch the guards to kill these assassins to silence them. If Wang Pu still has his life at this time, then I will only have the last move left!"

"The last move?" Ma Degong asked, "What move?"

Tian Xiong said: "Wang Pu is lustful and his wives and concubines are both famous Qinhuai women, and they are gorgeous and charming. Even if he goes out, he often brings a beautiful concubine with Qiao Zhuang's personal soldiers. I heard that this Northern Expedition brought two other beauties with great beauty. It can be said that he is happy all girls."

Ma Degong said: "I understand, do you want to use the beauty trick to deal with him?"

"That's right." Tian Xiong said, "The third gate of hell is Yue'er!"

"Yue'er?" Tian Xiong said in surprise, "Yue'er is your favorite concubine, are you willing to bear it?"

Tian Xiong sighed, "In order to get rid of Wang Pu, Yue'er can only suffer some grievances."
Chapter completed!