Xiong Wencan walked to the gate of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Provinces and did not see Hong Chengchou.

This was expected. When setting off from the capital, Yang Sichang specifically reminded Xiong Wencan not to overly stimulate Hong Chengchou. I believe that Hong Chengchou would be very sad and full of anger after receiving the imperial edict.

When the sergeant guarding the door saw Xiong Wencan, he did not salute, as if he had not seen him.

Xiong Wencan didn't care at all and walked straight towards the door.

"Xiong Wencan, the left minister of our military department, I don't know if Mr. Hong Chengchou is in the mansion. Go and report it quickly..."

The soldier guarding the gate hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to speak.

"Your Majesty, I am just a sergeant guarding the gate of the mansion. I am not qualified to enter the mansion. I will report this to the Governor and ask you to wait outside the gate..."

Even though Xiong Wencan has a good temper, he can't help it. He is the newly appointed governor of the five provinces and the owner of this mansion. Logically speaking, Hong Chengchou should have come to greet him at the door of the mansion after receiving the imperial edict. Now

Now not only was Hong Chengchou invisible at the gate, but even the sergeants guarding the gate seemed to be deliberately making things difficult.

"Oh, I see that you didn't even know how to report it for a long time. How can you guard the gates of the Governor's Mansion of the five provinces..."

The sergeant turned pale and panicked for a moment. In fact, he also knew that his lord was no longer the governor of the five provinces. The lord standing in front of him was the successor governor of the five provinces. However, he had been ordered by his superiors to guard the gate.

No one can enter the mansion without Lord Hong Chengchou's permission.

"Sir, the little one will report it immediately, report it immediately..."

The pale-faced sergeant immediately turned around and entered the mansion through the side door.

The door was still closed, and several minutes had passed.

Xiong Wencan's face became increasingly ugly, and deep in his heart, his view of Hong Chengchou was slowly changing.

In fact, the emperor adjusted Hong Chengchou's position and asked him to return to the capital without arranging any position, which was equivalent to being idle. After Xiong Wencan learned the news, he felt unfair for Hong Chengchou in his heart. In any case, Hong Chengchou was once the Ming Dynasty court in the northwest.

A trump card, whether it was the Tatar invasion of the late Jin Dynasty or the rebellion of rogue bandits, it was Hong Chengchou who ultimately took on the heavy responsibility. For a while, Hong Chengchou was exhausted, but he still persevered.

However, Hong Chengchou's adjustment was a decision made by the emperor and the court, and had nothing to do with the newly appointed governor of the five provinces, Xiong Wencan. If Hong Chengchou vented his grievances on him, Xiong Wencan, it would be obviously inappropriate and a sign of lack of tolerance.

"Squeak..."

The door finally opened slowly.

Hong Chengchou, with a smile on his face, walked out of the door and spoke with a smile as he walked.

"It turns out that Master Xiong is here. It was all due to the negligence below, which made Master Xiong wait outside the door for a long time..."

Hong Chengchou's smile was ugly. He was smiling but not smiling, and the muscles on his face were a little stiff.

He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man, and seeing the forced smile on Hong Chengchou's face, Xiong Wencan naturally couldn't lose his temper.

"No, I just waited outside the door for a while..."

Before Xiong Wencan finished speaking, Hong Chengchou's expression changed instantly and he waved to the officer behind him.

"Bring people up..."

Soon, the sergeant who was tied up was pushed out. It was the sergeant guarding the door.

"Master Xiong, I have escorted this person. I dare to neglect the newly appointed governor of the five provinces. I really don't know how high the sky is. I will leave this person to Master Xiong. If Master Xiong feels sorry, then I will deal with him directly.

..."

Before Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Xiong Wencan's expression also changed, but he still held back his anger, looked at Hong Chengchou, and spoke calmly with a calm face.

"Lord Hong, there is no need to be like this. I have no intention of blaming anyone. I rushed to the Governor-General's Office of the Five Provinces today just to hand over to Lord Hong. The emperor has an order and the cabinet also has a request for me to handle government affairs quickly. I

I don’t dare to be negligent, but please understand Mr. Hong and complete the handover as soon as possible..."

Handover ceremonies in the officialdom are generally very tactful. Handover ceremonies are mostly carried out in the wing room. Even if the two parties have no friendship, they will complete the handover ceremony in a friendly manner and follow the rules.

If Xiong Wencan wasn't really angry, he wouldn't have said such words at the door of the house.

Hong Chengchou didn't seem to care at all. He looked at Xiong Wencan and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Master Xiong, this is no small matter. Even if you don't care, I will punish you. The rules of these five provincial governor's offices have always been very strict. If something like this happens, the outside world will say that I have no

Rules, don't discipline the sergeants below..."

Having said this, Hong Chengchou walked up to the sergeant, looked at the sergeant, and spoke expressionlessly.

"You don't know the rules and have neglected Mr. Xiong. Mr. Xiong wants to forgive you, but I won't. According to the rules, you should be beheaded to reflect the rules of the Governor's Mansion of the five provinces. Don't worry, I will take care of your family.

Someone comes to take care of him and escort him out..."

Xiong Wencan's face suddenly turned pale, with a faint bluish tint.

If the sergeant guarding the gate was beheaded, the matter would spread quickly. Because Xiong Wencan, the new governor of the five provinces, waited outside the gate for a while, and after a slight indifference, the sergeant was beheaded.

What kind of impact will such news have if it reaches the capital and reaches the emperor?

Xiong Wencan can be said to be incapable of making excuses.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Hong, what do you mean, are you trying to intimidate me..."

Xiong Wencan almost roared and spoke, already breaking his face.

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiong Wencan, and spoke with a sarcastic expression.

"No matter what, Mr. Xiong is the new governor of the five provinces. How dare I neglect him, and how dare I give him authority..."

"Master Hong, you don't need to say this in front of me. If you have any words, after returning to the capital, you will have many opportunities to say that I have been appointed as the governor of the five provinces. I don't know about other things. Since I have arrived at the governor's mansion of the five provinces, then

He must be responsible for all matters in the mansion. Even if the sergeant guarding the gate does something bad, he will not be punished to death. Of course, I have not yet handed over to Mr. Hong, and the words he said are just suggestions. If Mr. Hong

It must be dealt with in this way, and please write a document, so that I can explain it to the emperor and the court, and I can also praise Mr. Hong for his strict military discipline. This can be regarded as the first handover matter between me and Mr. Hong.

I don’t know what Mr. Hong thinks..."

Hong Chengchou was suddenly blocked and speechless.

The surroundings were unusually quiet, and no one spoke.

After a while, Hong Chengchou finally spoke with a gloomy face.

"Master Xiong is the new governor of the five provinces. Of course I will follow your suggestion and leave this sergeant alive. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped. Someone is coming, take this man down and beat the Tenth Army.

stick..."

Xiong Wencan's face turned pale again and he looked at Hong Chengchou without speaking.

Xiong Wencan also once led an army in battle and knew how powerful military sticks were. Ten military sticks could cripple a strong man. Generally speaking, five military sticks were a very severe punishment.

It's not that Xiong Wencan is afraid of Hong Chengchou. The fight between the two at the gate of the house just now has already broken their skin. Hong Chengchou must have vented all his grievances on him, Xiong Wencan. Xiong Wencan has no time to defend, and he doesn't want to defend himself.

After the handover ceremony, the first thing Xiong Wencan did was to write down in detail everything that happened today and inform Yang Sichang. He originally thought that Yang Sichang's proposal to adjust Hong Chengchou was relatively unfair to Hong Chengchou. Now it seems that Yang Sichang

Done exactly right.

...

The handover ceremony was completed in just a few minutes.

Now that Hong Chengchou has resigned, he will leave the Governor's Palace of the Five Provinces, station himself at the Yin Hotel, and return to the capital the next day.

Hong Chengchou did not mention the banquet, and Xiong Wencan would not take the initiative to mention it.

When Hong Chengchou left the Governor's Mansion of the Five Provinces, Xiong Wencan did not see him off.

Just when Xiong Wencan sat down in the side room and was about to read the many documents on the desk, Gao Qiqian appeared at the door.

"Master Xiong has just arrived and is already working so hard, which is really damaging to our family..."

Seeing Gao Qiqian, Xiong Wencan stood up immediately.

"It turns out to be the Lord Supervisor. I have just taken up my post and haven't had time to pay a visit to the Lord Supervisor..."

"Master Xiong, you're welcome. Our family has come to visit you. Master Xiong must be very hard on his long journey. Our family has prepared a banquet in the barracks, and we invite Master Xiong to honor you..."

"Being respectful is not as good as obeying orders, then I'll trouble the Lord Supervisor..."

Xiong Wencan quickly packed up the documents on the desk and followed Gao Qiqian out of the wing.

...

Hong Chengchou, whose face was ashen, walked straight out of the city. The guards around him warned in a low voice that it was not very safe outside the city, so they should stay in the city and rush back to the capital early the next morning.

Hong Chengchou ignored him and continued walking out of the city.

More than half a year has passed, and Hong Chengchou is so frustrated. He has long discovered that the combat effectiveness of the rogue bandits has generally increased, and they are more mobile. In the previous battles, his troops could not catch up with the main force of the rogue bandits. Sometimes, they desperately pursued the rogue bandits and ran away.

When they are out of breath, the main cavalry of the bandits will suddenly counterattack, and the soldiers under their command will be defeated.

After discovering the problem, Hong Chengchou immediately made changes. In every battle, the infantry charged in front, while the cavalry waited. Once the rogues showed signs of defeat, all cavalry would attack.

Unfortunately, the number of cavalry under Hong Chengchou's command was too small, and they were stretched thin in every battle and could not cope with it.

Several consecutive battles failed to achieve a complete victory, and the army under his command was drawn from various towns to participate in the battle. It was difficult to integrate and coordinate, making the battle unwinnable.

What's even more terrible is the lack of food and grass.

Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of the army, was responsible for food and grass. Hong Chengchou had no way to lose his temper. He knew that the food and grass allocated by the court had been withheld many times and not much went to the sergeants. However, if the soldiers and horses had not moved the food and grass first, the food and grass could not be guaranteed, and the morale of the army was even worse.

It's unstable.

Under such circumstances, it would be strange to be able to win the battle.
Chapter completed!