Outside the courtyard, there were the rushing footsteps of officers, with news from the court.

"Governor General, the court has sent reinforcements here!" General He Renlong excitedly waved letters from the court.

"Reinforcements? Did the court really send reinforcements?" Hong Chengchou was still a little disbelief when he heard the news.

"It's true that the court appointed Cao Wenzhao as the deputy general of Yansui East Road, leading some Guanning troops to help, and also ordered Zuo Liangyu to lead the Changping army and some Shanxi soldiers to come together! The forces of our Tongguan and outside the Pass will reach tens of thousands!" He Renlong said excitedly, "This time, we can gather the army out of Tongguan and regain the lost land in Heluo and Shaanxi!"

"Let me see the notice from the Ministry of War." Hong Chengchou came to the court and indeed informed the news of the upcoming reinforcements, and behind the letter was the decree of Emperor Chongzhen.

"..." Hong Chengchou put down his letter, and his eyebrows were a little worried.

"What's wrong with me? The court sent reinforcements for us. This is a great thing. Eliminating the bandits in northern Shaanxi is just around the corner. Why are you worried?" He Renlong asked.

"The Lord and the Emperor issued an order to attack the thieves immediately after the reinforcements arrived and recover the lost land..." Hong Chengchou sighed.

"Isn't this a good thing? This time we have many soldiers and a wide range of generals, but we can divide the troops into different ways, blocking the way for the thieves to escape north and completely destroying them!" He Renlong said.

"Oh, the Lord is too anxious. The encirclement and suppression of the thieves must be carried out step by step and defeated them one by one. If we take the initiative to attack now, the thieves will unite to deal with us. Moreover, reinforcements are new, lack understanding of the enemy, and the food and grass have not yet taken their place. If you attack rashly, even if you can defeat the enemy, you will not be able to obtain the battle results you want." Hong Chengchou seemed extremely embarrassed.

"But the military order is difficult to violate. If the lord leads the troops out of Tongguan, I, He Renlong, will be the vanguard and drive away all these traitors!" He Renlong said.

"I can only do my best to turn the tide. After all, the situation in Liaodong is becoming increasingly tense. If the court can gather two troops to support us, it is probably tightening its belt." Hong Chengchou was not completely unable to understand why Chongzhen was so eager to eliminate the rioters as soon as possible.

Some things cannot be determined by personal will, and the situation is better than others.

The Ming army arrived in Shanxi and other places gradually gathered in Tongguan area. Chongzhen was trying his best to kill Gao Yingxiang, a group of peasant uprising troops wandering in northern Shaanxi and Heluo. The Liao army in Liaodong made him feel very uneasy. Although the Liao army had no intention of entering the pass, Chongzhen's fear of the Liao army may be several times greater than that of Gao Yingxiang and others. However, he decided to first settle the country when fighting foreign countries, and to mobilize troops from important cities such as Ningyuan and Shanxi.

"Governor!" Cao Wenzhao, deputy general of Yansui East Road, bowed to Hong Chengchou, the three-sided governor.

"I don't want to give you a gift. I didn't expect that the court sent some troops from Liaodong this time. This is a risky act of drinking poison to quench thirst. If the Liao army takes advantage of the situation, the capital will be in danger." Hong Chengchou said.

"The Liaodong Restoration Army was monitored by the Liao Dynasty and had many spies installed in their army. If there were any disturbances in the Restoration Army, the Yuan Supervisor would defend Ningyuan to the death." Cao Wenzhao said, "In contrast, the court still hopes to wipe out all the chaotic thieves in the pass before breaking with the Restoration Army, otherwise it will definitely drag us back in the future."

"This is true. Although the Governor believes that the best time to eliminate the rioters has not yet arrived, since the Lord is anxious, we can only do our best to damage the rioters." Hong Chengchou said.

"Everyone obeys the command of the governor!" Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and others expressed their opinions one after another.

"The situation in Heluo and Shaanxi areas west of Tongguan are very complicated. The forces of officials and bandits are intertwined and completely chaotic. The bandits are besieging cities, while the officers and soldiers are besieging bandits." Hong Chengchou asked someone to take the topographic map here and introduce the situation in the area to the new reinforcements. "These bandits are in charge of their own affairs, but they are the bandits of the 36th Battalion, especially the King of Rebellion Gao Yingxiang and his deployment of Li Zicheng's troops. The soldiers of Li Zicheng's troops are even higher than those of our Ming Dynasty's guards, and there are advanced muskets suspected to be from the Restoration Army. They are the opponents that we should pay attention to in this time of bandit suppression."

"How many people are there in the 36th Battalion?" Zuo Liangyu asked.

"The 36th Battalion has 80,000 people and horses, and the number of other bandits of all sizes is unknown. They are in the mountains and fields, and the number of people is difficult to estimate. What's more troublesome is that these bandits are likely to be civilians. When they have nothing to eat, they will become bandits and loot the villages. Now, Heluo is a nest of thieves in Shaanxi. If you really have to be serious, you may have to kill all the people of Shaanxi and Heluo to completely quell the rebellion that has lasted for several years." Hong Chengchou said.

Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and others looked at each other. The natural disasters and man-made disasters in Tongguan may be so unimaginable that they are tragic.

"But you don't have to despair. As long as we kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and eliminate the main leaders of the 36th battalion, these chaotic people will be afraid. The panic of people is the root of this turmoil. Only by establishing order with the head and butcher's knife, peace will be restored here."

"You should also know that some officials in the court advocated suppression and pacification while suppressing the enemy. In recent years, the rebels often pretended to accept the court's amnesty and then rebelled repeatedly. They saw that suppressing bandits while suppressing them is not feasible. This time we went west to Tongguan. Whenever we encountered bandits, we must eradicate them and conquer them with iron and blood!" Hong Chengchou said with heartache.

"Do you want to kill them all?" Cao Wenzhao and the others asked.

"Yes, it is necessary to do extraordinary things at extraordinary times. What the rioters think is that the law does not punish the masses, so they dare to rebel again and again, repeatedly." Hong Chengchou said.

"As for orders..."

The news of the arrival of the Ming reinforcements in Tongguan area reached the ears of the leaders of the 36th Battalion in Xi'an, which immediately caused an uproar and various quarrels.

The reason is nothing special. This time, the elite soldiers from Ningyuan, Datong and other frontier towns, their arrival demonstrated to a certain extent the court's determination to wipe out them!

"King of Chuang, you instigated us to conquer Xi'an City with you. Now, we have completely provoked the court! Now the court has sent 100,000 troops to attack us, and Ningyuan Army. How can they be easily provoked? The official army sharpened its swords at Tongguan and will soon be fought. I, Luo Rucai, really regretted coming to fight Xi'an with you!" Luo Rucai, the "Cao Cao" in the 36th Battalion, took the lead in attacking the banquet.
Chapter completed!