Considering that the four-way army has been defeated by three routes, only the first part of He Renlong in Yuanqu County is already lonely at this time, in order to protect He Renlong's officers and troops from being killed by the thieves who have been freed up like the other three-way soldiers and horses, Wu Fu had to reluctantly admit the failure of this attack after crying, and sent someone to send an order to He Renlong, ordering him to withdraw his troops and return to Yuanqu County to defend it, in case the thief army gathers troops to its disadvantage.

After He Renlong learned the news that Xu Dingguo and other three-way officers and troops were defeated by the Xingtian Army, he didn't even let out a fart, even if he packed up his troops and horses, he quickly collected troops from the Sanli waist of Lishan Town, Yuanqu County, and hurriedly withdrew all the way to the city of Yuanqu County, and most of the area east of Yuanqu County, which was finally recovered, was recaptured by the Xingtian Army led by Yan Chongxi in an instant.

And Wu Fu did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to report the news of the defeat of Xu Dingguo, Zuo Guangxian, and Hu Dawei to Hong Chengchou, who was in Shaanxi, and wrote the situation of the battle into a song, which was played in the capital, and presented to Chongzhen to plead guilty.

After Chongzhen read Wu Fu's report, even if he was furious, Chongzhen never expected that in his eyes, this little-known little Xingtian army seemed to become a big trouble for the imperial court overnight, this time Hong Chengchou and Wu Fu in Shanxi used tens of thousands of troops, not only was they not able to completely strangle this Xingtian army, but they were also bitten back by the Xingtian army, and the loss of soldiers was more than 10,000, how can this make him feel at ease!

So he immediately issued an order, and once again reprimanded Hong Chengchou and Wu Fu, ordering them to find a way no matter what, so as to completely solve this group of Xingtian Army within half a year, and never let it sit down in Shanxi.

And Hong Chengchou didn't expect that so many troops would be mobilized this time, and there would be such a situation in the attack on the Xingtian Army, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to ask for guilt, and hurriedly set off from Yan'an Mansion to Pingyang Mansion to discuss countermeasures with Wu Fu.

After nearly two months of fierce fighting after the year, Xiao Tianjian finally led his troops to block the arrival of the self-punishing heavenly army, and the government carried out the largest attack on them, successfully defeated the three invading officers and troops, and at the same time forced back the invading officers and troops along the way, and within a short period of time after repelling these several lines of official troops, they recaptured Qinshui County, southern Zezhou and a large area of Yuanqu County, and even expanded the territory to Yicheng and Fushan again, almost taking most of Zezhou.

After this battle, the Xingtian Army can be regarded as a prestige, the news flew to all parts of the Ming Dynasty like wings, many small groups of poles and many homeless people in Shanxi, after hearing the news, many people were moved by the news, and they rushed towards the Xingtian Army.

After the news spread to Henan, Shaanxi and other places, even Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others were greatly shocked, especially Gao Yingxiang was even more shocked after learning the news, regretting that he did not treat Xiao Tianjian well, so that such a fierce general slipped away from his hand in vain.

Reflecting on the original situation, this Xiao Tianjian originally had good intentions towards him, but he was too big at the time, so that the relationship between the two sides was estranged, and later it was even more soft and hard, forcing Xiao Tianjian to simply break with him, no longer cooperate with him and Li Zicheng, and pull away his team alone, but he didn't think that in just over a year, he laid a piece of his territory in Shanxi, if he knew this, Gao Yingxiang said that he would no longer trust Xiao Tianjian, thinking about the original approach, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

But regret is regret, Gao Yingxiang also knows that there is no regret medicine to eat, and his life is really not easy at the moment, Henan and Huguang are Lu Xiangsheng in charge, and Hong Chengchou is now in Shaanxi again, which is not enough, the court also transferred Sun Chuanting to Shaanxi as the governor of Shaanxi, and he and the rebel army in Shaanxi this year, in Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi back and forth, although the momentum is quite large, but it has not changed their predicament too much, still running around, There is no place to stand.

Now Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng have joined forces, mobilized soldiers and horses from seven provinces, and surrounded them everywhere, so that he was defeated in Chuzhou, Xuzhou and other places one after another, and had to be forced to return to the land of Shang and Luo.

At this time, Shaanxi Shangluo and other places were already in tatters, so many of them returned to Shaanxi, and they couldn't raise much food to feed them, so after Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng liaison, at the end of February of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang finally made up his mind to unite Luo Rucai and others to have a big war with the government in Shaanxi, and also lay down a territory under his control.

So at the end of February, Gao Yingxiang led the people of the headquarters from Yun and Xiang to Xing'an and Hanzhong; Li Zicheng is in business, Luoyun Yansui; Luo Rucai and the others entered the area of Fang and Zhu. A large number of rebels suddenly swept through the entire eastern part of Shaanxi.

As a result, Hong Chengchou had not yet arrived in Pingyang Mansion to discuss with Wu Fu how to deal with the Xingtian Army, so he had to turn around and return to Xi'an, and hurriedly arranged the suppression of Gao Yingxiang and other Lu Yi troops.

Although the Xingtian Army won a big victory in this battle, for Xiao Tianjian, he was really not happy, after all, this time was a big battle for them, although they finally defeated several official troops, but for his Xingtian Army, the consumption of materials in reserve was also very huge.

After this battle, the original battalions of the Xingtian Army and the two battalions of the township barracks suffered great losses, and in a short period of time, if you want to continue to use troops on a large scale, it is impossible, especially in order to cope with the large-scale attack of the official army, the Xingtian Army had to adopt the strategy of clearing the wilderness, so that the officers and soldiers drove straight into the hinterland of Yangcheng.

Moreover, after the officers and soldiers of all walks of life entered the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, they almost unanimously adopted the policy of burning out, and wherever they passed along the way, whenever they encountered villages, the officers and soldiers could not grab the supplies, so they took the homes of the common people to vent their anger, and many villages were almost burned to ruins by the officials and soldiers after this battle, and what was left for the Xingtian Army was full of devastation.

As a result, and after more than two months of large-scale use of troops, the consumption of food and ammunition stored by the Xingtian Army is also quite huge, plus some food needs to be given to the people, and the surplus food of the Xingtian Army is a little stretched.

Especially after the defeat of the official army, the common people returned to their villages, looking at the fields that had been emptied, and they all wanted to cry without tears, Xiao Tianjian had to stop continuing the attack and turned to the work of reorganizing the territory.

Since October last winter, there has not been a decent rain or snow in Shanxi, and until the beginning of March, the drought in Shanxi has shown signs of drought in various parts of Shanxi, and there has been a serious drought in the farmland in many places, so that the drought has become an inevitable situation in the future.

The current Xingtian Army has long been unable to compare with the ordinary rebel army, and the Yangcheng area has become a base that the Xingtian Army must ensure, not only the people who support them, but also the weapons supply base of the Xingtian Army.

Therefore, no matter what the situation is, the Yangcheng area must not be lost, otherwise, his Xingtian Army will be no different from other rebels, and there will be no more elite army policies, and the security of the Yangcheng base area depends to a large extent on the local people's base, so how to solve the problem of drought in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army has become the primary problem that Xiao Tianjian has to solve, otherwise, the current field that they have managed with great difficulty is likely to make their efforts in vain because of this great drought!

Therefore, after Xiao Tianjian led the army to expel the invading officers and troops from their jurisdiction, he took the initiative to put away the troops, temporarily stopped further expansion, collected the soldiers and horses of each battalion, and began to purge the remnants of the local scattered officers and troops in the jurisdiction, and gradually re-stabilize the situation in the jurisdiction.

The same as the Xingtian Army is the Shanxi official, this large-scale invasion and suppression war that was finally organized ended in failure again, whether it is for the official or the Shanxi military, the blow is very serious, for a time although the imperial court was furious, the imperial decree to solve the Xingtian Army within half a year, but the Shanxi officials all closed their noisy mouths, and never mentioned the matter of the Xingtian Army again.

At present, through the cruel reality of losing most battles in a year, many officials in Shanxi have realized that the Xingtian Army is not as easy to deal with as they imagined, if they can't mobilize more officers and soldiers, only with their strength in Shanxi, these officers and troops are no longer the opponents of the Xingtian Army, since they can't beat it, then no one wants to touch the mold of the Xingtian Army again, let some people who have nothing to do scream out of their throats, when they see that the Xingtian Army took the initiative to stop the expansion action, Shanxi officials also collectively resorted to the ostrich policy, Shrink your head, you don't want to take the initiative to start a war with the Xingtian Army anymore, every time you fight in the province, not only can you not eliminate or weaken the Xingtian Army, but it will make the Xingtian Army expand even more.

Therefore, after the Xingtian Army took the initiative to stop the attack, the Shanxi government also died down, happy to be clean, and temporarily stopped, so that an inexplicable temporary balance was formed between the official and the Xingtian Army, but the states and counties in Shanxi were also more precautionary against the Xingtian Army, and all places set up cards at the intersection leading to the Xingtian Army to strictly check the passing pedestrians and materials, especially for salt tea, grain and other items to strictly control, and wanted to strangle the Xingtian Army through this means, so that It caused a lot of trouble for the business between Xing Tianjun and the Fan family.

(For the sake of today's heavy chapters, I decided to punish myself, and I also posted what I just wrote today, which is an apology to everyone!) It's me damn it! In addition, I have read the messages in the book review area, and I will accept these opinions! Thank you for your advice! Tomorrow the update will be as usual! It won't reduce the number of updates! ）