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Next, Xiao Tianjian can think of it even with his buttocks, what actions the Ming Imperial Court will make after reaching a peace agreement with the Tartars, it is inevitable that a large number of Guanning troops will be transferred to the mainland and rush to the jurisdiction of his Xingtian Army, but for the time being, I don't know how determined Chongzhen is this time, and how many Guanning troops will be mobilized into the customs to deal with him, but at least it is certain that the number of Guanning troops who come this time will not be too small, compared to the official army on Huguang's side, except for Zuo Liangyu's men and horses, The combat effectiveness of the Guanning army still exceeded that of the mainland officers and troops by a lot, so the plan he originally formulated to attack Nanjing had to be postponed at this time.

If the Xingtian Army can't defeat these officers and troops transferred from outside the customs in this big war, then everything may have to be overturned, but the advantage is that as long as these border troops can be defeated, then for Daming, he is equivalent to one step ahead of the Ming Dynasty, and the last resistance of the Ming Dynasty will be completely defeated, so it will be much more convenient for him to unify the world next, in a sense, Chongzhen's doing this is also equivalent to advancing the final duel between the court and the Xingtian Army. It just depends on who of them can win in this final showdown, and who can have the last laugh depends entirely on this big battle.

So Xiao Tianjian did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the suspension of the plan to use troops against Nanzhili, and began to adjust the strategic deployment in the area of Wuchang Mansion, on the one hand, rearrange the defense of the armies in the jurisdiction, and on the other hand, began to concentrate elite troops to the north, and prepared for a showdown with the official army.

Originally, a large number of various materials were being mobilized to the south, and the transfer was also suspended, but they were immediately transferred to southern Jinnan and northern Henan to lay the foundation for the next step.

As a result, many of the original plans were canceled or postponed, and the entire Xingtian Army also took large-scale action during the Chinese New Year under the mobilization of Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian deliberately established the intelligence system of the Xingtianjun in the early years, and this time he made a great contribution, although the imperial court moved very quickly this time, but the meticulous work of the Xingtianjun still used carrier pigeons to send the news out at the first time, so that when Xiao Tianjian received the news, the officials and troops outside the gate were either still in the process of changing guards, or they were still assembling, and Hong Chengchou was retreating from Jinzhou, and the entire Guanwai was chaotic like a swarm of bees.

So this also gave Xiao Tianjian a relatively ample time to prepare, and led Luo Li and Liu Yaoben and other elite soldiers and horses to return to Luoyang, Henan.

When Xiao Tianjian ordered to return to Luoyang, the whole army also knew the news of the peace between the imperial court and the Tartars, so the army was naturally scolded, Xiao Tianjian also took the opportunity to make a big propaganda in the army, saying that Chongzhen and the current court were traitors, and told the world that he Xiao Tianjian would never admit the peace agreement reached between the current court and Jiannu, and at the same time asked the Han people in the world to stand up and resist this traitorous act of the imperial court, and asked Zhu Youzhen in the current court to abdicate and apologize. First from the public opinion to build momentum, as far as possible to win the hearts of the people, after all, the Ming Dynasty people are still a little backbone, in this matter, the imperial court's measures obviously made many people very disappointed, so the current imperial court at least lost a city in public opinion, even many literati because of this matter, I am afraid that will be disappointed in the court, so Xiao Tianjian believes that as long as he can fight this battle, then in the future when conquering the territory of those imperial courts, the resistance will be smaller.

At the same time, Xiao Tianjian led his troops back to Luoyang, and on the way, he ordered Yan Chongxi, Wang Chengping, and Li Lingfeng to besiege Taiyuan Mansion, capture Taiyuan as quickly as possible, and completely control Shanxi first.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian ordered Liu Bao, who was preparing to attack Luzhou and Fengyang in eastern Henan, to temporarily stop his actions, transfer some of the elites under his command, and return to Kaifeng, temporarily turning from offensive to defensive, and ready to cross the river north at any time to welcome the imperial army to the south.

On the afternoon of the 27th day of the lunar month, he rushed back to Luoyang City with Li Xin and other staff members.

When he returned to Luoyang, Xiao Tianjian looked at Luoyang City, which had become lively again, and the officers, generals, and a large number of people who welcomed him on the side of the road outside the city, and couldn't help but feel emotional.

First, after entering Henan along the way, Xiao Tianjian saw a large number of land on the side of the road that had not been recultivated last year, and by this time, it had been recultivated by the people in large quantities, and a season of grain had been harvested, although the people along the way still looked very poor, but at least there was a little smile on their faces, and there were many dishes, which was his happiest thing, such a situation showed that the officials of the Xingtianjun in Henan were not idle during the year, and effectively settled those refugees who fled from the north. As long as this continues, the Central Plains will definitely be prosperous again in time.

Second, along the way back, Xiao Tianjian saw a lot of business travel teams along the way, and on the way, he also randomly summoned some business travelers, and found that these business travelers were not only the original Henan people, but also merchants from Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Jiangxi in the south. In particular, the iron in the area under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army and the salt produced in Jiezhou, which had just been controlled, were even more sold, attracting many businessmen in the surrounding area, and at the risk of being investigated by the government, they also tried every means to enter the territory under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army and do business with the Xingtian Army.

Although Xiao Tianjian's father-in-law Fan Yaoshan has now relied on Xingtianjun and become a giant businessman, Xiao Tianjian is still wary of Fan Yaoshan at some times, in his opinion, it is better not to put all eggs in one basket, although Fan Yaoshan has done a lot of things for him, and even married his baby daughter, but Xiao Tianjian still insists that it is better to introduce competition into business, so as not to one day the Fan family will control the economic lifeline of his Xingtianjun, so Xiao Tianjian has always been, It is to encourage businessmen in the jurisdiction to trade with other places, so Fan Yaoshan wanted to express his dissatisfaction to Xiao Tianjian through Fan Yutong many times, but Fan Yutong was very sensible and never spoke for him, but supported Xiao Tianjian to do so, which made Fan Yaoshan a little unhappy but helpless.

Although the current results have not yet been fully demonstrated, all kinds of handicraft industries are obviously in the process of recovery, especially the small merchants and hawkers on the road, which also fully shows that the public security situation in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army has begun to improve significantly, and even they can no longer travel in groups, and they can walk in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, indicating that the garrisons in various places, During this time, it was good to pacify the bandits in their respective territories.

What makes Xiao Tianjian even happier is that the soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army have obviously been completely supported by the common people, when he led the troops back to Henan, a large number of people along the way are not only not like before, as long as they heard that they were going to cross the soldiers and horses on the ground, no matter who it was, they immediately fled when they heard the wind, but as soon as they saw the fluttering flag of the Xingtian Army, the current common people will immediately gather on the side of the road, either cheering at the team of the Xingtian Army passing by, or boiling a pot of water, running to the side of the road with a bowl, Pour water full of water and hand it to the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army who passed by them to drink, and some even knelt on the side of the road religiously, constantly kowtowing to the army of the Xingtian Army.

This can be said to make the generals of the Xingtian Army feel very proud, especially the old officers and soldiers who surrendered to the Xingtian Army, and the other righteous generals who defected to the Xingtian Army are even more emotional. And now, as a member of the Xingtian Army, seeing the people treating them so affectionately also warmed their hearts, and they secretly gritted their teeth and swore that they would never do anything to harm the people in the future.

Before arriving in Luoyang, Xiao Tianjian deliberately stayed in Ruzhou for half a day, and met Lu Xiangsheng here, and Lu Xiangsheng after a year's recuperation, his body has already fully recovered, and he has gained some weight, and his spirit is much better than when Xiao Tianjian first saw him. On the one hand, it supervises the performance of the civilian and military generals of the Xingtian Army in some places.

This is also a duty entrusted by Xiao Tianjian to Lu Xiangsheng, he asked Lu Xiangsheng to serve the situation of private visits, for Xiao Tianjian to supervise the performance of local officials, and Lu Xiangsheng readily agreed, and faithfully fulfilled the responsibilities assigned to him by Xiao Tianjian, this year, often when he visited secretly, some of the problems found were written into Chen Tiao, and secretly handed over to Jiang Qin's subordinates, so that they could be handed over to Xiao Tianjian, and Xiao Tianjian would often look at the Chen Tiao handed to him by Lu Xiangsheng even if he was between marches and battles. In particular, Xiao Tianjian ordered that some unqualified corrupt officials discovered by Lu Xiangsheng during his secret visit be severely punished and never tolerated, so the cooperation between the two was quite pleasant.

And Lu Xiangsheng also felt Xiao Tianjian's attention to him and his attention to the people's livelihood, he was very relieved, and gradually strengthened his idea of serving Xiao Tianjian, and no longer bothered by this matter, especially in the early days, Xiao Tianjian also sent someone to send Wang Yongzuo to Ruzhou to be managed, nominally in charge, but in fact, he handed over the matter of recruiting Wang Yongzuo to Lu Xiangsheng.

And Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, and immediately went to visit Wang Yongzuo who was placed in Ruzhou City, Wang Yongzuo was stunned when he saw Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng told Wang Yongzuo about his experience in Jingfu against the Tartars, and why he served Xiao Tianjian, and also stated to Wang Yongzuo Xiao Tianjian's love for the people, and the various measures he launched for the people's livelihood, so that Wang Yongzuo finally had to sigh, after thinking for a long time, Two months ago, he also agreed to Lu Xiangsheng's invitation, and began to do things for Xiao Tianjian.

Now Wang Yongzuo has been appointed by Xiao Tianjian as the prefect of Kaifeng, went to Kaifeng to take office, and began to officially serve Xiao Tianjian in Kaifeng City, and played a role as a party leader.