After taking the tiger's mouth, there are still many post-war matters to deal with, considering that Jiang Xingyuan's injury has not healed, and Zu Keyong also needs to stay to recuperate, and there are many injuries in this battle that are not suitable for long-distance travel.

Therefore, Lin Yi left Jiang Xingyuan's fourth battalion here to clean up the battlefield, bury the corpses, and the injured were temporarily treated here, and they also got a batch of food, which needed to be handed over to Wang Jian's sixth battalion, and thousands of prisoners were too late to deal with now, and they were also handed over to Jiang Xingyuan's fourth battalion for custody, and these post-war aftermath work took time, but Lin Yi's brigade could not stop, because he was ordered to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

The next day, that is, Lin Yi only stopped here for one day, and then took more than 10,000 people from the 1st, 3rd, 5th, women's battalion and guard battalion on the road.

After the tiger's mouth, and walked forward for another day, it was dark to set up a temporary camp, the gang camp buried the pot to make rice, after dinner, there were people in the army to report that Li Zicheng's men and horses had taken Nanyang City, Yang Sichang and others retreated to Luoyang.

Lin Yi's heart moved, Lao Li deserved to be promoted as the king of Chuang, it is really powerful, it seems that in Shangluo Mountain, this year has not been practiced in vain, and Nanyang was won in one battle, without Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, these fierce people, Yang Sichang and others are not opponents at all, at this speed, next year, that is, the fourteenth year of Chongzhen recorded in history, that is, in 1641 AD, Li Zijun led a large army into Luoyang to kill the five major Fu Lu banquets without delay. But this time I met me Lin Yi, first meet him in Nanyang City for a while, and see if you Li Zicheng is amazing, or I, Lin Yi, is awesome!

Tonight, Lin Yi gave an order to cook on the fourth watch tomorrow and set off on the fifth watch.

Before dawn the next day, Lin Yi's men and horses set up camp, and more than 10,000 people came to Nanyang City......

Li Zicheng sent 10,000 horses from Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi to block Lin Yi, and as soon as this group left, Li Zicheng's army was dispatched. He concentrated more than 20,000 horsemen and attacked Nanyang City in three ways. Let Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi lead a group of men and horses to attack from Xichuan, Gao Yi attacked, Tian Jianxiu led people to attack from Xinye, Li Zicheng took Liu Fangliang to attack from the inner countryside, and the three-way army was like a bamboo, and all the official and military strongholds outside Nanyang City were cleared in just one day.

As for this Yang Ge Department, he was protected by Li Wenhai, the head of the Ministry of War, Yue Qijie, the governor of Henan, Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan, and Yuan Shu, a political officer in Henan, and a group of staff members, and they had already gone to Luoyang.

Nanyang is not far from Luoyang, that is, hundreds of miles away. If it was a cavalry, it would be a two-day journey, and now I heard that Nanyang was in an emergency, Yang Sichang and they were defeated back to Luoyang, and this old Fu Wang who was fat with three or four hundred catties couldn't sit still.

With his son Xiaofu Wang Zhu Yousong also had two or three hundred catties, two super fat men came to Yang Sichang's big tent and questioned Yang Sichang and Yue Qijie with an anxious face.

If Nanyang City can't be defended, what if Li Zicheng's soldiers kill Luoyang? How did you become the secretary of the military department and the head of the cabinet? And you Yue Qijie, how did you become the governor of Henan? Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers can't even deal with the thousands of men and horses of Li Chuang's thieves, lose the city and lose the land, defeated again and again, now you run from Nanyang to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Kaifeng in the future, and then from Kaifeng to Yanjing?

Yang Sichang and others were treated like dog shit by bears, and hurriedly explained to King Fu, saying that reinforcements were being mobilized to encircle and suppress the thieves.

In fact, now Yang Sichang is ten times more anxious than their father and son.

Because Yang Sichang has now received the exact news, the Huang Taiji outside the gate has lost confidence in the peace talks of the Ming court, and feels that the Ming Dynasty has no sincerity at all, in fact, this is completely an excuse, the transfer of troops has been completed, and the new Yizhou has also been built, so he found a reason to blatantly close the door to peace negotiations. The Ming Dynasty is now sending people to negotiate peace, and he will not agree, he will resort to force.

Ordered the Azig commander of Yizhou to command 80,000 troops to attack Jinzhou from the west, and Huang Taiji left Daishan and Jierharang to sit in the capital division, and drove the expedition in person, with Dolgon and other 100,000 elite of the Eight Banners from Shengjing, and went straight to Jinzhou from the north.

The Qing army was divided into two routes, nearly 200,000, including Manchurian Tatars, Mongolian Tatars and Han Eight Banners, and the troops were already in the city.

On the side of the Ming army, the governor and eunuch Gao Qiqian, and the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, hurriedly gathered the general troops of Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Changping, Jiliao and other towns, and more than 100,000 Ming troops gathered in Jinzhou, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and the battle of Ningjin was about to break out.

This is a tense border, and Zhang Xianzhong has already gone to Sichuan to toss, Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, and Ding Qirui, the governor of Shaanxi, had to move to Sichuan and the soldiers of Sichuan to deal with Zhang Xianzhong.

In addition, the five battalions of Gezuo led by Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying tossed in the Huguang area, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered the great eunuch Lu Jiude to be the governor, and took Huang Degong and other part of the Beijing battalion and Huguang soldiers to deal with the five battalions of Gezuo.

The hungry people in Shandong rioted again, and Liu Zeqing also left.

In this case, the Ming Dynasty is blooming on all sides, soldiers are needed in several places, and all the elites of the Ming Dynasty have been withdrawn, where is there any reinforcements to be sent in the imperial court?

Yang Sichang, who is the secretary of the military department, also knows that the soldiers in the court and the central government will be full of holes, and the guards run away to be thieves, those who are caught and then become soldiers again, and those who are soldiers are caught after being defeated, and then throw themselves into thieves, those who support their own soldiers, and eat empty salaries.

He couldn't find Emperor Chongzhen to ask for soldiers, and it was enough for Emperor Chongzhen not to ask him for soldiers.

But in the face of King Fu's questioning, he, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department and the first assistant of the cabinet, had to answer respectfully.

Because don't look at what kind of hat he is in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the scholar of the East Pavilion University, the first assistant of the cabinet, etc., but in front of this Fu King, Yang Sichang was scared to death and didn't dare to hold it up.

Because Fuwang Zhu Changxun is the biological son of Emperor Wanli, among the sons of Emperor Wanli, he ranks third, and the eldest is of course Zhu Changluo, that is, the biological father of Emperor Chongzhen, that is to say, the old Fuwang Zhu Changxun is the uncle of Emperor Chongzhen.

Don't say it's an uncle, just because his surname is Zhu, he is a relative of the emperor, no one dares to mess with this, what kind of thing is he Yang Sichang? Emperor Chongzhen can bring it up when he uses it, and he can put it in prison when he doesn't use it. He, Yang Sichang, can be regarded as the top person among such ministers at most.

Yang Sichang is very self-aware and positions himself very correctly, so he is respectful to both the old Fu King and the Xiao Fu King.

Because Luoyang is the fief of the father and son, Yang Sichang, as the secretary of the military department, must try to ensure that Luoyang is safe and sound, which is his duty and obligation.

Therefore, when he heard Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, ask such a question, he hurriedly resigned: "The prince is a little restless, there are ministers waiting for him, and he will definitely ensure that Luoyang is safe and sound."

While comforting King Fu's father and son, Yang Sichang turned his head to Li Wenhai, the head of the military department, and said, "Where are Lin Yi's men and horses driving now?"

Li Wenhai hurriedly saluted: "Answerer, it is reported that he has arrived in the Danyang area, and he will be able to reach Nanyang in a few days to fight against the thieves."

Yang Sichang nodded. Old Fu King Zhu Changxun said: "Lord Yang, who is Lin Yi?"

"Back to the prince, this is the chief soldier of Miyun."

"Just a Miyun general soldier, how many soldiers and horses are under his command? I heard that the Nanjing soldiers of Zhu Dadian, the Baoding soldiers of Tiger David, and the soldiers of Henan brought by you, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are all useless, what can a Miyun general soldier hope for? Zhu Changxun had a big belly, obviously unhappy.

Yang Sichang's old face flushed, and he hurriedly explained: "Lord Fu, probably you don't know, this Lin Yi is not as good as the average chief military officer, at first he was a pawn of the border army, in the past few years, he has been like a divine help, Wen Taowu strategy, Zhu Liukou killed the Tartars, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, even the Jiannu Emperor Taiji father and son outside the gate were defeated under his men, and recently he sent troops to exterminate the stars in the sky, over the stars, sweeping tigers, shooting the sky, and Luo Rucai and other bandits, because of his merit, his official position has soared all the way, from the small flag in the army to the thousand general, guerrilla, General, deputy general has been the current general soldier, the emperor recently personally decreed that he was crowned as the great commander of the thief, he is coming, he will be able to defeat the thief, the prince can rest assured. ”

Hearing this, Lao Fuwang's fat face with a big gong eased his anxiety, but he still said uneasily: "Although Lin Yi can fight well, after all, there are too few soldiers and horses, only more than 20,000 people, and I heard that Li Chuang thief now has tens of thousands of people, even if Lin Yi comes, he may not be able to succeed, and he has to transfer troops and generals, and all the soldiers and horses in Kaifeng, Henan Province will be transferred."

"What the prince said is that the cabinet department will do it."

Yang Sichang didn't even dare to say a word, and immediately ordered Yuan Shu, a political officer in Henan, to transfer Kaifeng's soldiers and horses. Kaifeng was a provincial capital at that time, and Yuan Shu also had a position, that is, the Great Liang Soldier Beidao. So it's fitting that he should go for this task.

After Yuan Shu received the order, he immediately took people away.

The old Fu King was satisfied, shook his huge body and his son, the two big fat men, left Yang Sichang's handsome tent, and went back to the Fu Wang's mansion.

After the Zhu family's father and son left, Li Wenhai quietly said to Yang Sichang: "My lord, there is one more thing, according to some reports, the thieves sent 10,000 soldiers and horses, led by generals Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi, and the soldiers went out of the tiger's mouth to stop Lin Yi. In particular, Li Guo is brave and strategic, and hopes that Lord Lin can pass the tiger's mouth as soon as possible to solve the danger of Nanyang. ”

When Yang Sichang heard this, his heart also hung in his throat. Of course, he had heard of the names Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi, and knew that these were famous generals under Li Zicheng.

Don't look at what he bragged about Lin Yi in front of Lao Fu King just now, he was comforting Lao Fu Wang and finding steps for himself, in fact, he didn't have much confidence in Lin Yi. Don't look at Lin Yi, Baishuihe destroyed Luo Rucai in the first battle. But now, how can Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng be compared?

I hope Lin Yi can win this battle, in case he is going to lose, but there is really no one to deal with Li Zicheng, the power of the thieves has developed so fast, Nanyang, Luoyang, Kaifeng is more important than a place, if there is a mistake in these places, his slippery official hat will not be guaranteed, Emperor Chongzhen will have to let him go to prison, and even directly ask for his old life.

Therefore, these days, Yang Sichang was worried and sent a large number of scouts to the Danyang area to inquire about Lin Yi's news, until this day he got the news that Lin Yi broke the tiger's mouth, and the 10,000 troops of Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi were almost wiped out overnight.

Yang Sichang let out a sigh of relief, and couldn't wait to kneel down and kowtow, thank God, Lord Lin really lived up to expectations, good!

But Yang Sichang was only half happy, and the news of the loss of Nanyang came, and Li Zicheng became a three-way army and took Nanyang in only five days. Yang Sichang's heart that had just been put down suddenly hung up again......