As soon as Niu Jinxing saw him look over, he immediately felt a little uncomfortable, so he asked coldly, "What are you doing?" ”

Song Xiance said with a smile: "Brother Niu, you still have a way out!" ”

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he turned his head to look at He Jin, who was staring at him, and replied without hesitation: "I am loyal to the general, how to retreat?" Joke, am I that kind of person? ”

"What about your small family?" Song Xiance listened and immediately asked.

When Niu Jinxing heard this, his heart hurt, and it was a pity that the general rewarded the three daughters-in-law who were like flowers and jade.

Still, on the surface, he immediately replied: "Brothers are like siblings, and women are like clothes." Do you need me to say which is more important? ”

Brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes, this is Liu Bei's mantra in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and at this time it was the end of the Ming Dynasty, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had already spread, so it was widely known, especially among thieves, and it was still very popular.

When Song Xiance heard this, he clasped his hands into fists and saluted: "Brother Niu is righteous, presumably the general will not treat Brother Niu badly!" ”

He Jin looked at them and didn't speak from beginning to end, listening to them start to praise each other at this time, but he sneered in his heart.

The literati are the most spineless, if they weren't staring at themselves, their attitude might not be like this!

At this time, it is the most critical time for the general, and you must help the general get through this hurdle!

Speaking of which, this He Jin is really Li Zicheng's best friend.

In the original history, He Jin's Fifth Battalion of the Left went to defect to Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng wanted to annex the Fifth Battalion of the Left Movement, and even killed He Yilong and others, He Jin not only was not a little dissatisfied, but helped Li Zicheng pacify the Fifth Battalion of the Left Movement, so that Li Zicheng's strength increased greatly.

In this plane, Li Zicheng also killed He Yilong and others, and He Jin also reacted the same, not only was he not dissatisfied, but he also appeased Ma Shouying and them. And this time, after receiving the joint letter from Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others, he did not surrender, but rushed to inform Li Zicheng as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng was able to grow into the most powerful of the many thieves in the late Ming Dynasty, of course, not only luck, but also his own ability and charm. Naturally, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs.

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Early the next morning, Li Zicheng finally woke up. When he saw a group of red-eyed men around his bed, he knew that they had not slept all night and were guarding themselves.

Or it was because he slept enough, or it could be that after a night, Li Zicheng did not continue to jump like thunder after waking up, but calmed down.

When Song Xiance and the others saw that he was awake, they naturally surrounded him to express their concern. Between the words, or the demeanor, they all look very worried.

But Li Zicheng didn't care about this, but immediately turned over and got out of bed, and after standing in front of the map, he began to ask He Jin for more details, and carefully scrutinized it.

In the meantime, news has continued to come in. Li Zicheng was no longer so angry, he just listened with a gloomy face, and when he felt that it was almost there, he began to arrange.

This performance is really like the two of them when he first heard the news yesterday.

In this regard, He Jin saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but feel very relieved: this is the general he knows!

The arrangement made by Li Zicheng was to try his best to conceal the news from Chongqing, and inform all his subordinates who had not defected to leave Shu immediately and enter Guizhou.

The so-called tree fell and scattered, but the tree has not fallen yet, and the monkeys have not all scattered. Moreover, the current situation is much better than when he fled into Shangluo Mountain with eighteen horsemen.

In this way, Li Zicheng led 30,000 horses, and the 50,000 horses led by the forward Liu Zongmin, totaling less than 100,000, fled into Guizhou.

Among his subordinates, there are also civil officials such as Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, and in addition to He Jin, there are also Liu Zongmin, Ma Shouying, Liu Xiyao and others who entered Guizhou in the early stage.

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When the news about Li Zicheng reached Chongqing, Zhang Mingwei was not disappointed. If Li Zicheng's people are less, how can he help the court fight those toasts?

Even in Zhang Mingwei's heart, there are many uses for Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. For example, did they drive them to Annam, Dongwu and other places, and the imperial army was pursuing them......

Of course, this kind of idea is still too early, and there are too many variables in the middle, so Zhang Mingwei didn't tell anyone about this idea. Now he is only focusing on reorganizing the army of thieves and appeasing the local people.

Li Zicheng's territory is not small, Kuizhou Mansion, Shunqing Mansion, Chongqing Mansion, Banzhou Xuanwei Division, Luzhou, etc., the imperial court has to re-establish order, and it will take a lot of effort.

But these things can basically be left to your subordinates. If he worries about it, what else does Liu Zhibo, the governor of Sichuan, do?

At this time, his focus was still on the southwest side of Shudi. First, Zuo Liangyu was still entrenched over there, and the toast who fled back was entangled and continued to resist stubbornly; Second, there is the treasure land of Panzhihua, in addition to iron ore, there are other minerals, and the imperial court must occupy it and develop it as soon as possible.

As long as Panzhihua is used as a base for development, like the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court's dominance will be greatly enhanced, and the scope will be expanded a lot.

However, as Zhang Mingwei said to Sun Chuanting, in order to make the places with many toasts in the southwest of Sichuan not only eliminate the toasts and change the land to the stream, but also achieve the effect of long-term peace and stability, it is not just the number of troops that can solve the problem, but to win the hearts and minds of the people.

For this reason, on the Chongqing side, Zhang Mingwei threw the civil affairs to Liu Zhibo, and the reorganization of the thieves to Sun Chuanting, while he himself led the troops to the southwest of Sichuan and went to the town in person. As for Li Zicheng's side, he did not attach the most importance to it, and did not send troops to chase after Guizhou.

However, before rushing to Sichuan Xingdusi, he first went back to Chongqing and resupplied supplies before leaving.

Along the way, Zhang Mingwei will also stop to inspect those places that have eliminated the remnants of Tusi and are being reformed and reclaimed. If there is something that he is not satisfied with, he will also point it out on the spot and ask the magistrate to correct it.

The basic policy and strategy is to eliminate the ethnic barrier, carry out land reform, and let the original serfs become yeoman farmers and improve their lives.

Not to mention, without the bewitchment of Tusi, these policies were implemented smoothly, and the original serfs were also very supportive of the imperial army. Even when they heard that the army of Xingguo Gong was coming, these serfs came out one after another to bow down.

The melons and fruits at home, the chickens and ducks that can be handled, etc., are all taken out and dedicated to Zhang Mingwei.

Because they know that they can have such a great earth-shaking change, it is all brought to them by Xingguo Gong.

Seeing this, Zhu Yujiao smiled and said to Zhang Mingwei: "Zhuge Wuhou's influence in Shu is afraid that it will be surpassed by Mr." ”

In this regard, Zhang Mingwei replied with a smile: "The name of Princess Kunxing is now thunderous in Sichuan!" You see, there are a lot of female soldiers in the army, but they are all here for your reputation. ”

Compared with the Central Plains, the ethnic minorities will have much less scruples, and the women among them will admire them when they hear and see the female soldiers in the army. There are not a few women who take the initiative to join the army.

Although their official language is not very good, they may be good at singing and dancing, but Zhu Yujiao was very happy, so she expanded her literary and artistic soldiers, increasing from the original 500 to 1,000 people.

In this regard, Zhang Mingwei did not stop it. It's just that she is not only bringing the old with the new, but also starting to break up.

Most of the original literary and artistic soldiers had to go down to the various armies and leave Shu with the army and go to the Dongjiang River and Shanhaiguan. Most of the newly recruited literary and artistic soldiers will stay in the armies of Shudi, and they will also enter Yunnan and Guizhou with the army when the time comes.

The reason for this arrangement is that Zhang Mingwei encountered a new problem in the process of suppressing thieves in Sichuan: that is, the problem of language.

In the Central Plains, the official dialect is the standard, although there are many local dialects, or official dialects with local accents, but the official dialect is still understandable.

However, in this Shu land, especially the people in the Tusi territory, the more remote the place, the fewer people who understand the official language, and they can't even understand the official language.

Not only that, between the two Tusi territories, there may be different words. This language barrier is quite a headache.

In the same way, the people in these Tusi territories will be easily bewitched by the Tusi and hostile to the imperial army. It can be said that this is the biggest problem encountered by the imperial court's armies in attacking the remote Tusi territory.

As a result, many of the literary and artistic soldiers brought by Zhu Yujiao with the army were from ethnic minorities.

However, it is still the same problem, the language of the Tusi may be different from each other, and these new literary soldiers may not be able to understand the languages of other Tusi territories. But when I set out from Chengdu, I have already tried to pick a few.

However, because of the small number of people, there are still many problems in publicity and communication.

No, the general person in charge of leading the attack on the Sichuan Xingdu Division was Bai Guangen, who heard that Xingguo Gong personally led the army, so he returned from the front line to greet Zhang Mingwei, and the first sentence was to complain that the people here could not communicate, and they were very hostile to the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, so that he was hindered and did not make much progress.

"Guogong, don't you know, we are kind enough to be treated as donkey liver and lungs by them! If you want me to say, if you are stubborn, you will be killed cleanly! ”

Before Bai Guangen could speak, he continued: "But it's difficult to kill them all!" Really, if they can beat us, they will fight us, and if they can't beat them, they will run into the mountains, and if the last general sends troops to chase them, it is easy to be ambushed. Ah, this kind of war has never been encountered in this life, so it is better to fight Jianjiao! ”

Zhang Mingwei laughed when he heard it, the so-called impermanence of soldiers, there are all kinds of enemies, and you can't ask the enemy to come according to your imagination!

So, he smiled faintly and said, "I knew that you would have a lot of problems here, so I came!" ”