Han ride

Chapter 134 Cao Huachun

"Master Shen, General Hou, when will Eunuch Cao arrive?"

Ten miles away from the east gate of the Xuanfu, Shen Qi and Hou Shilu, the civil and military leaders of the Xuanfu, were waiting outside the Shili Pavilion with their subordinates, and the gentry headed by Fan Yongdou also gathered together.

"I believe it will come soon." Shen Qi said with a smile.Only Hou Shilu on one side looked unhappy, and cast a cold glance at Fan Yongdou and the others. No one wanted the court to send another supervisor over.

"I believe that as soon as Eunuch Cao comes, General Hou will send troops out of the desert to wipe out the bandits in the desert." Wang Dayu said with a smile as if he didn't see Hou Shilu's face, his face was full of complacency.

"The imperial court has an imperial edict, so we naturally obey the imperial edict." Hou Shilu said coldly.Turning his head away after speaking, Wang Dayu touched a nail that was neither soft nor hard, the shame and anger in his eyes flashed, and he could only retreat in the end.But Shen Qi saw all these in his eyes, just shook his head, and talked with Fan Yongdou and others again.

"coming."

It is unknown who among the crowd suddenly exclaimed.When everyone looked around, they saw a group of people coming slowly from a distance, but saw a large group of people driving over with a carriage escorted by either the imperial horse supervisor, the imperial envoy, or the eastern The words such as the admiral of the factory are obviously Cao Huachun's guard of honor.

"My subordinate Shen Qi (the last general Hou Shilu) has met Eunuch Cao." A moment later, the guard of honor approached the Shili Pavilion, Shen Qi and Hou Shilu glanced at each other, not daring to be negligent, and rushed to meet him.

"Well, it's all free!" A shrill voice came from inside the carriage, and even Hou Shilu couldn't help shivering.Then the carriage door opened, and a white-faced, beardless middle-aged man in a python robe slowly got out of the carriage. He was Cao Huachun.Cao Huachun, styled Ru, nicknamed Zhixuzi, had a humble family background, entered the palace around the age of twelve or thirteen, was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was highly appreciated by the eunuch Wang An.Later, he entered the palace of the Prince of Xin to accompany Zhu Youjian, the grandson of the fifth emperor, and was extremely favored and trusted.After Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne, Cao Huachun was in charge of dealing with Wei Zhongxian's unjust cases, and rehabilitated more than [-] cases.Also because of this, Cao Huachun is different from other eunuchs. He has always had a good relationship with the Donglin Party.

"How many years have passed, and I, Cao Huachun, have come to Xuanfu again." After Cao Huachun got off the carriage, he ignored the people around him and said softly while looking at Xuanfu in the distance.

"It's really an honor for my Xuanfu to eat food in the Xuanfu of the father-in-law!" Fan Yongdou, who was on the side, said quickly after hearing this.

"You are Fan Yongdou from the Fan family." Cao Huachun narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashed past, looked at Fan Yongdou and said, "Our family has heard your name before in the capital."

"Don't dare, dare not." Fan Yongdou rolled his eyes and said hastily.He didn't know what Cao Huachun's words meant, so he quickly lowered his head and said.

"Let's go!" Cao Huachun glanced around, finally landed on Shen Qi and Hou Shilu, and said: "The military situation is like fire, I wonder if you two are ready?"

"I've already made preparations for returning to Eunuch, and we're just waiting for Eunuch's arrival." Shen Qi and Hou Shilu didn't dare to neglect, and said hastily.This is also the sorrow of the Ming Dynasty. One Shen Qi and Hou Shilu is a high-ranking member of one party, while the other is in command of tens of thousands of soldiers. Such a person bows his head in front of a eunuch. I have to say that this is also a strange thing. But there is no way, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen is suspicious by nature, but he trusts the eunuchs around him.From Wang Cheng'en, Gao Qiqian, to Cao Huachun, the degree of trust in them is far higher than those of the cabinet ministers.

"Do you know where Li, the evil wolf is now?" Cao Huachun said calmly.He originally meant Li Xin, but when he thought of Li Xin's identity, he quickly changed his words in desperation.

"Now we have returned to Thunderbolt Villa." Shen Qi said quickly.

"Pili Mountain Villa, you're so brave." Cao Huachun said with a gloomy face, "This time, under the order of the emperor, we are going to attack the evil wolves. If you have the money, you can contribute money and strength to wipe out the evil wolves in one fell swoop, so that the grassland can be restored to peace. "

"My father-in-law's words are true." Fan Yongdou was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "The gentry of Xuanfu and I also collected 30 taels of silver and strengthened 2000 family members to join the army and wait for my father-in-law to dispatch."

"That's great." Cao Huachun nodded.Said to Fan Yongdou: "Before coming here, the old man praised the eight families of Xuanfu for their loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. It is really extraordinary to see them today. Don't worry, our family is here this time to clear up the Perak Villa and restore the peace of the grassland."

"Your Majesty Long En, Caomin and others are grateful." Fan Yongdou and others were overjoyed when they heard the words, and hurriedly said loudly.

"Okay, you go back and wait for the news first! I have to discuss important matters later." Cao Huachun waved his hand, greeted a sedan chair next to him, and got on the sedan chair. Those fans followed closely behind, guarding the sedan chair towards Xuanfu. And then, Shen Qi and Hou Shilu looked at each other, and finally shook their heads helplessly.

"You two also know the identity of the evil wolf, so we won't say much here." The eunuch of the Xuan Mansion guarded the mansion. gather together.

"I don't know what the imperial court means this time?" Shen Qi and Hou Shilu looked at each other, and finally Shen Qi asked softly.

"Even if it is meritorious, the most important thing is to be loyal to the emperor. If this person is not loyal, if he is not eliminated, he might look like Cao Cao again, or even the rebels in the Central Plains." Cao Huachun said without thinking.Finally, he looked at Hou Shilu and said, "Mr. Hou, how many troops are you going to send this time?"

"My Xuan Mansion has 13 elite soldiers, but Xuan Mansion is an important place for the imperial court. There is also Lin Dan Khan around the Xuan Mansion. For a moment, there are about 2 people, so the general plans to send 3 cavalry at the end. With the support of the Eight Great Families, there will be a total of [-] people." Hou Shilu thought for a while and said.

"Not enough, too little." Cao Huachun said without even thinking about it: "We, the king's division, should fight straight and destroy the Thunderbolt Villa with the force of a thunderbolt."

"How many soldiers and horses does the father-in-law need?" Hou Shilu felt bitter in his heart.The soldiers and horses to deal with Li Xin naturally depended on cavalry, so Hou Shilu took out all the [-] cavalry in his hands. If Cao Huachun asked him to send out cavalry again, I am afraid that he really would not be able to find them.

"The 6 horse infantry army is enough to deal with the evil wolves." Cao Huachun said without thinking, "Get rid of the evil wolves as soon as possible, so that our family can go back to the capital for business. This is a good opportunity! The evil wolf headquarters are not here. He is still dealing with those Mongolian barbarians in the Zhuosutu League, and all he has around him now are just mobs, can it be that my imperial court's army can't deal with these mobs?"

"Ma Bujun [-]?" Hou Shilu's complexion changed when he heard the words, and he was about to get up to refute, but he was held back by Shen Qi on one side, and he shook his head lightly.

"What? Could it be that the Xuan Mansion doesn't have so many soldiers?" Cao Huachun said lightly.Although the voice was very peaceful, the meaning in it made Hou Shilu shudder. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, it was normal to eat empty pay. Even in a place as important as Xuanfu, Hou Shilu could be regarded as an upright general, but There are also empty pay. 13 soldiers and horses, in fact, there are only tens of thousands of people.

"Of course it can be done. There are as many soldiers and horses as the father-in-law said." With a smile on his face, Shen Qi quickly cupped his hands and said, "I will let people prepare for it. Eunuch, I will hold a banquet in the evening for my father-in-law." , and invite Eunuch to come to the humble house."

"Haha, it's hard for Master Shen, our family will definitely be there." Cao Huachun slowly picked up the teacup in front of him, Shen Qi knew that it was time for the two of them to leave, and hurriedly led Hou Shilu to bid Cao Huachun say goodbye.

When the two left the town guard's mansion, Hou Shilu said dissatisfiedly: "Master Shen, sixty thousand horse infantry! Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean? Doesn't it mean that most of my Xuan Mansion will participate in this battle?" Shen Qi said dissatisfied.

"Since ancient times, cavalry has been used to deal with cavalry. When did infantry be used?" Hou Shilu sighed and said, "Li Xin has so many soldiers and horses. I have 3 elite cavalry, which is enough to destroy Li Xin. Why use infantry?" On the grassland, the infantry can't play much role at all, and Li Xin will not let the infantry have a chance to play a role. The infantry set off and travel long distances, and the food and grass consumed is extremely amazing. How can I have so many in Xuanfu? forage."

"Don't worry about food and grass, we don't have it, it doesn't mean others don't have it, the Eight Great Aristocratic Families will definitely prepare it for us." Shen Qi shook his head and said: "My dear brother, do you know why Eunuch Cao wants to send 6 horses? He wants to wipe out Li Xin as soon as possible, and then return to the imperial court as a good team! You only pay 3 people, do you think Eunuch Cao will agree?"

"The defeat of Li Xin did not depend on the number of troops." Hou Shilu obviously wanted to argue, and said: "Li Xin had only a few people at the beginning, didn't he also defeat Jiannu? Even the old general Sun Chengzong was helpless."

Shen Qi looked at Hou Shilu with idiot eyes after hearing this, and finally said: "You also know that Li Xin is so powerful, and you still use 3 horses to deal with him? Are you worse than Mrs. Hong who built slaves and Mr. Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong?" Powerful? Can you confidently use 3 troops to eliminate Li Xin?"

Hou Shilu was speechless all of a sudden, no matter how powerful he was, he would never think that his [-] army could be stronger than Jiannu's tens of thousands of troops, otherwise he would not have been defeated by Jiannu back then.

"Even if the [-] army is defeated, then it's not our problem, but this Li Xin is really too powerful." Shen Qi said suddenly.He patted Hou Shilu on the shoulder, but Hou Shilu was the boss with his eyes open, as if he understood something.

(End of this chapter)