Lin Yi first sent Wang Jian to bring people over to count the silver. 640,000 taels of silver, not a small amount, in order to fear that the other party will cheat, you must count and inspect the goods.

After Wang Jian took someone over to count it, there was a lot of silver. Here, Zhang Xianzhong sent generals Bai Wenxuan and Ma Jinzhong to bring people over to pick them up.

Here Zhang Xianzhong promised to release the silver, and over there Lin Yi promised to release the people. The silver cart and Li Dingguo's prisoner cart passed by in front of the two armies. The soldiers on both sides were all ready to deal with the mutation, the bows were wound, the swords were unsheathed, and the guns were aimed at each other.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly with the silver exchange.

Li Dingguo's prisoner car arrived safely at Zhang Xianzhong's camp. The car of 640,000 taels of silver also rushed to Lin Yi's side. The objectives of both sides have been achieved, and both have happily withdrawn their troops, and no one has any extraneous branches that day.

Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi and others all came around, the wooden cage of the prisoner car was split, the iron lock frame on Li Dingguo's body was removed, Li Dingguo was saved, and knelt down in front of Zhang Xianzhong.

"Father, the child has disgraced you, lost Xiangyang City, and lost the silver, the crime deserves death, please ask the father to cure the child's sin."

Zhang Xianzhong pulled him up, can he be punished again? This is 640,000 taels of silver in exchange, and if you kill and punish the crime, wouldn't it be a chicken and an egg? Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong didn't even say a word of reproach, but comforted: "Yu'er, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, it's good to come back, it's nothing to lose the city and silver, and it's nothing if you have casualties, as long as you can come back safely, our father and son can still see each other, it's better than anything else."

Li Dingguo threw himself into Zhang Xianzhong's arms, the father and son hugged and cried, and Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi also came to comfort their brother and brother.

Li Dingguo said: "Please ask my father to give me a group of men and horses, I must kill Lin Yi, avenge the defeat of the Xiangyang army, and the humiliation of exchanging snow for silver today."

"Yu'er, this matter is a long-term consideration. The one surnamed Lin is about to be unlucky, and the day to clean him up is not far off. went down to bathe and change clothes first, and set up wine for his father and Yu'er to catch the wind and wash the dust. ”

"Thank you, Father." ……

Back in the barracks, 640,000 taels of silver, all of which were put into the account by Wang Jian. Of course, this account must be registered separately from the official silver allocated to him by the imperial court, because this is Lin Yi's private property, and it can be combined with the 50,000 taels of silver given to him by Li Zicheng, as well as the 1 million taels of silver given by King Fu of Luoyang, plus the escort of Zhezhe, Lin Yi now has two or three million taels of silver in his private hands. With this silver, it is the capital for him to recruit troops and expand his strength.

Of course, this silver can be saved without spending it first, in case of emergency. Of course, the food and salary of the 40,000 troops under his command must be provided by the imperial court, and it is still a priority now.

Although the financial deficit of the imperial court is serious, Lin Yi's army is still allocated first, and Yang Sichang, the head of the cabinet, is in charge of this.

Zu Keyong said: "My lord, we also have the silver, and Li Dingguo has also let it go, how to capture Jingzhou City next?"

Lin Yi pondered: "Jingzhou City, the city is high and deep, the defense is tight, there are many thieves in Zhang Xianzhong City, with nearly 100,000 troops, it is not the best strategy to attack, how many days will our artillery battalion arrive?"

"At least 3 days, then wait another 3 days, anyway, we are not in a hurry, as long as Zhang Xianzhong does not run, we will guard him here, and wait for the artillery battalion to open to us before we will talk about the bombardment of Jingzhou."

"Your Excellency. It's just that now I heard that Li Zicheng and they are making trouble again, and they went back to Ma Shouying, and they ran to Nanyang again, and Li Zicheng was one with the army, and they were very fierce in Henan, and I heard that the people and horses have now developed to more than 100,000, and they have occupied most of Nanyang in just a few days. ”

"Eventful, eventful."

Lin Yi smiled and didn't say much to Zu Keyong. Li Ziguo naturally got up again, which Lin Yi had expected.

It seems that the rolling wheel of history cannot be easily changed by any one person. Even if he crosses over, he won't be as omnipotent as he wrote in those online novels before the crossing, so that the Ming Dynasty can change his life against the sky, how can it be so easy?

To say that his supernatural powers are not small, these years of hard work can be described as a supper and a night, but it can only partially change the trend of history, and cannot affect the overall situation of the entire history.

This time, Li Zicheng not only received the support of Lao Huihui, but it is estimated that his advisers Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Yan have joined one after another.

Luoyang City. The temporary residence of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department. Li Wenhai, the head of the military department, said: "Lord of the Cabinet, it is reported that Lin Yi, the chief soldier of Miyun, captured Zhang Xianzhong's godson Li Dingguo, and did not take him to Beijing, but exchanged 640,000 taels of silver with Zhang Xianzhong, and let these traitors go."

Yang Sichang heard this, causing a violent cough, Li Wenhai hurriedly came over to beat him on the back, and finally a ball of thick blood appeared on the handkerchief that Yang Sichang covered his mouth.

"Call Lang Zhong!"

"It's useless." Yang Sichang waved his hand weakly, the surname Lin is getting bolder and bigger, the last time he and Li Zicheng exchanged 50,000 taels of silver for Li Guo and Li Laiheng into his private pocket, and now he has exchanged Li Dingguo for 640,000 taels, so bold, this is a blatant gangster!

Yang Sichang's declining face showed a hint of murderous intent, but he quickly persuaded himself again. At this time, it is not easy to make a big move, you have to wait until after the thief, when the emperor summons Lin Yi into Shangjing to reward him, and then in addition to this person, only he can win the battle in front of him, and he must be appeased.

Yang Sichang thought of this, ordered someone to get up pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and send out all the idle people under him, he wanted to write a secret recital, but his hands were trembling and couldn't write, so he had to let Li Wenhai write it on his behalf.

Yang Sichang dictated, Li Wenhai brushed a little bit, and soon, a secret note was written.

After writing it, Yang Sichang advised: "Remember this note, only you know it, and I know it, and after entering Beijing, I will present it to the emperor, and I must not leak any news."

Of course, Li Wenhai knew Yang Sichang's scruples, Lin Yi was not what he used to be, and he was heavily armed, and if he revealed the news, it would cause big trouble, so he nodded.

Yang Sichang and Liu Wenhai left Luoyang with this secret and went to Beijing to meet the emperor. But at this time, Yang Sichang's illness was already quite serious, and he could no longer ride a horse, only sitting in a sedan chair. A few days later arrived in Baoding, the bad news came, Li Zicheng's men and horses beat Luoyang, Fu Zonglong died in battle, after the Fu King Zhu Changxun was executed, his meat and venison were boiled and eaten by Li Zicheng's men and horses together, and the beautiful name was Fulu Banquet.

When Yang Sichang heard the news, he coughed violently for a while, spit out the last mouthful of thick blood and fell unconscious in the sedan chair.

Panicked, Li Wenhai found the medical officer again, and the medical officer shook his head after diagnosis, and two days later, Yang Sichang died in Baoding, and he didn't see the emperor when he died.

Li Wenhai took this secret into Beijing and met the emperor.

After Emperor Chongzhen was furious, he immediately made a decision to transfer Zheng Chongjian and Ding Qirui to the Beijing Division. They also knew the news of Yang Sichang's death in office. The military department could not be without Shangshu for a day, and it was also believed that Emperor Chongzhen would seal their official positions. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen arrested Zheng Chongjian, saying that he was ineffective in suppressing bandits, withdrawing troops too early, and the thief Zhang Xianzhong returned to Sichuan, and his head was cut off shortly after he was imprisoned.

Then Ding Qirui was promoted from the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi to the secretary of the military department. Emperor Chongzhen discussed with the new secretary of the military department, and he now wants to get rid of two people, one is He Renlong, and the other is Lin Yi. Both of these people are heavily armed, one does not listen to the court, and the other secretly collaborates with bandits.

Ding Qirui thought about it and told Emperor Chongzhen that the two of them were now thousands of miles away, and only one person could clean them up, and that was Sun Chuanting.

Emperor Chongzhen only then remembered that there was still a master hidden in the prison, and it was time to release this person!

It is not an exaggeration to call him a master, one of the three major armies in the late Ming Dynasty was the Qin army. The so-called Qin army was the border army of the mountains. The founder and commander of the Qin army was Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting has a lot of achievements over the years, killed Gao Yingxiang, repeatedly defeated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, such a master, Emperor Chongzhen actually hid him in prison, Ming internal and external troubles, the situation is so grim, Emperor Chongzhen actually hid such a master for three years, Emperor Chongzhen took this step is tantamount to self-abandonment of martial arts,.

Now he slipped Sun Chuanting out again, removed the shackles for him, put on official robes and hats for him, crowned him as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and secretly gave him two wills, that is, to find an opportunity to get rid of Lin Yi and He Renlong.

Sun Chuanting knelt down and thanked him, and after receiving the order, he went to Shaanxi to take up his post and revisit the old land, but unfortunately there were not many of his invincible Qin troops, and there were only three or four thousand people who gathered the old department. He had no choice but to take this bit of men and horses south to the Huguang battlefield......

Zhang Xianzhong of Jingzhou City did not hear the news from the imperial court for many days, but only learned that Yang Sichang was dead, and they wanted Yang Sichang to order or Chongzhen to arrest Lin Yi and punish him, but there was no movement for a long time.

640,000 taels of silver was given to Lin Yi, and after 80,000 horses in the city supported these days, the food began to be urgent, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't wait any longer, just at this time they learned that Lin Yi's artillery battalion had arrived in the camp and had to take action again.

His strategist Xu Yixian said: "Lord Wang, the surname Lin is only 40,000 horses at best, and now he is fighting alone, except for his men and horses, there are no more officers and soldiers outside the city, and we have 80,000 horses in the city." Taking advantage of the arrival of his artillery battalion, we withdrew from Jingzhou and went up the river, assuming a position of abandoning the city and fleeing. The man surnamed Lin got the silver, and when he saw that we ran away again, he must happily pull the silver into the city, and we suddenly killed a horse pistol, and killed him by surprise to attack the city, so that he could eat the silver and spit it out, which was an empty city. ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded in agreement and immediately dispatched troops......