"My lord, what a joy, what a great event!!"

In Luoyang City, because of Li Zicheng's thief army approaching Luoyang and other relations, Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the military department, has not slept well for several days, and has been worried about things such as transferring troops and sending generals.

"What can make this official happy now is the news that the thief Li Zicheng has returned to heaven!"

Xiong Wencan looked up at Fan Jin, who was making a fuss, and replied with a little dissatisfaction, his staff has been becoming more and more dissatisfied with himself recently, and he has no idea to share his troubles for himself, and he is blind all day long, and he has no strength to be an excellent staff member at all.

"Although it is not returned, it is not far away!"

Fan Jin wanted to sell Guanzi, but he couldn't contain the excitement in his heart, and without waiting for Xiong Wencan's interrogation, the tray told the emergency military report that had just arrived: "Jiaxian Li Tianyang's general army reported, on July 24, Li Zongbing's soldiers experienced several days of fighting and exhausted the army of thieves, and finally fought hard with the whole army at night, and finally defeated the attacking thieves, killing the enemy was not counted, and the main force of the thieves was scattered for more than 100 miles, and it was no longer an army!" ”

"What? Is this serious?? ”

Xiong Wencan immediately stood up from the circle chair in surprise and interrogated Fan Jin with a strong questioning look.

"It's true, the Jiaxian county order has also been set, confirming the fact that the thieves were defeated!!"

Fan Jin excitedly took the two documents in his hand and handed them over to Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan took the paperwork, opened the paperwork and passed by ten lines at a glance, and then put down the paperwork and laughed, but the whole person was too relaxed all of a sudden.

"Okay, good, what a tiger and wolf army!!"

Li Tianyang gave such a heavy blow to the peasant army without his own help, and for Xiong Wencan, it not only helped them eliminate an impending disaster in Henan, but also allowed Xiong Wencan to finally puff up his chest and confront Yang Sichang, an old man, in the court.

The thief chieftain who had been in trouble for a long time on his side was defeated and defeated, and on the other hand, Yang Sichang, who personally led a large number of elites of the Ming Dynasty and fought around Sichuan, has not been able to cause much loss to the rebellious Zhang Xianzhong peasant army, but was led by Zhang Xianzhong's nose, which really gave Xiong Wencan a blow.

"General Li still has a word of respect!"

Xiong Wencan was still imagining, but he didn't want to be interrupted by Fan Jinzhi.

"Oh, what did he say?"

"General Li begged the Lord to send the army south as soon as possible, take advantage of the defeat of the peasant army, recover Nanyang Mansion, completely drive the peasant army out of the border of Henan, and capture the thief chief Li Zicheng!"

"Then why didn't he Penghu soldiers do it himself?"

"General Li reported that when their Penghu Naval Division fought a decisive battle with the thief Li Zicheng, although they were lucky enough to use stratagem to defeat the thief army, the Penghu Naval Division was weak and suffered heavy losses, and it was unable to advance an inch."

"At this time, the fighting spirit of the thieves is weakened, and the troops are defeated, which is also a good time to pursue and strangle, in order not to miss the opportunity, General Li strongly asked the adults to send troops to support and pursue the rest of the thieves!"

"Okay, pass on the official's order, Deng Xi and Feng Min, the two general soldiers, each with 20,000 troops, can go south and pursue the thieves!"

Xiong Wencan waved his hand, drawing a successful end to this troop transfer.

Anyway, in order to deal with the military action of the thieves going north, Xiong Wencan placed a large number of troops in Luoyang and the surrounding areas early, and quietly waited for the arrival of Li Zicheng's troops.

"Hehe, I didn't expect this Li Tianyang to be very open-minded, and he knew that he would leave some oil and water for the official!!"

Xiong Wencan's suggestion to Li Tianyang is naturally very willing, including Fan Jin's staff, who of the two of them doesn't know that sending troops to recover the remnants of Li Zicheng at this time is a good time to clean up the battlefield and share the merits.

If Li Tianyang's report on the battle situation is true, maybe Li Zicheng, a confidant, may become his prey in the pursuit!

At this time, Xiong Wencan was full of joy, and he was very pleased that Li Tianyang took the initiative to share his merits with himself, but he didn't think about letting Li Tianyang stick to Jiacheng before, but his side didn't think about sending troops to rescue at all, and he had already regarded it as an abandoned decision.

In fact, Li Tianyang's generals were also unwilling, and when Li Tianyang's order to let the soldiers stop pursuing, clean up the battlefield on the spot, and rectify morale reached Wu Chao's ears, Wu Chao and the others were very puzzled one by one.

"My lord, seeing that this thief Li Zicheng is already in our pocket, why did you suddenly stop pursuing!!"

Wu Chao and several of his generals directly approached Li Tianyang and showed him the dissatisfaction of several of his generals.

As a soldier, everyone can see that this is a good time to completely defeat and even capture the thief Li Zicheng, the main force of the Hongtang army this time, and the fierce battle with the tens of thousands of thieves is certainly a lot of losses, but Wu Chao They are confident that with all the current strength, they will chase and twist the thief army.

"Hehe, you said that we have made such a great contribution, for the local generals and soldiers in Henan, is it very slapping them in the face; For Lord Shangshu, who has been unable to eradicate the remnants of the thieves for a long time, does it seem that they are very incompetent? ”

Li Tianyang smiled, and then explained for them.

"Anyway, the biggest credit for defeating the more than 100,000 army of thieves, we didn't run away, so why should we let these generals and adults in Henan be embarrassed to the end for this trivial achievement!!"

"As an official, you can't eat alone, and if you eat alone, you will be isolated!"

Li Tianyang said earnestly.

"Moreover, this thief Li Zicheng can now become the henchman of the Ming Dynasty, where is it so easy to be defeated, are you really 100% sure of catching the thief Li Zicheng?"

"Even you are not sure to catch the thief, so with the ability of the Ming Dynasty army, it is impossible for this situation to occur, then let's push the boat down the river and send this Shangshu a favor, which can not only win the other party's gratitude, but also avoid the jealousy of other local generals, why not!"

The attention in the officialdom is not that they can't understand Wu Chao and other young and upright generals, it's just that they don't want to go to the east with these crooked brains.

And in his heart, Li Tianyang never thought of letting Li Zicheng disappear, which was inevitably a big trouble for the powerful Ming Dynasty, otherwise with the strength of He Sanjiang, Bai Yushan and other Hongtang spies lurking in the peasant army, Li Tianyang and them would not have fought so hard.