Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "That's true, the food that Lao Tzu grabbed during this time is not enough to fill the stomachs of the sons, and they have to consume the supplies brought from Shaanxi, which is really not damn cost-effective!" ”

Luo Rucai solemnly said: "Henan has been tossed too much by us in the past few years, the oil and water are not big, and the benefits of approaching the Grand Canal to the east will be more. ”

"Lao Tzu thinks the same way, how about our brothers go hand in hand?"

"Good! I wish to join forces with the Eight Kings, let's ask King Chuang for orders! ”

It is an indisputable fact that the "Winged Tiger" Department attacked Lianke, but the Liukou knew that this was completely caused by the Ming army's abandonment of the city and flight, and the "Winged Tiger" Department was completely lucky.

Not only did Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai quit, but the other big leaders of Liukou were not satisfied with being robbed of the credit by Jin Minghu, and they said more and more strange things.

At this time, Zhao 13 received a report from the flag guard, and Caozhou City was still holding on.

Caozhou no longer belongs to Henan, but is the boundary of Shandong, and is under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Prefecture, the political secretary of Shandong.

Nearly 100,000 soldiers, civilians, and officials worked together under the leadership of Zhu Dadian of Zhizhou to strengthen the city, hoarding grain and grass to build city defense equipment.

The flag guard also secretly informed Zhao 13 that refusing to rogue and building slaves to threaten the Grand Canal was the bottom line, and that the "Red Flag Army" in the interior was assembling and preparing to form the Central Plains Front Army.

Jin Minghu still took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his headquarters to attack Caozhou City, Gao Yingxiang had not yet expressed his position, and the big leaders under his command quit one after another.

Zhang Xianzhong was originally not on good terms with the "winged tigers", and after seeing that Jin Minghu had fought several cheap battles in a row, he still wanted to take advantage, how could he be willing to take advantage of Jin Minghu's family?

He jumped out to ask for battle and asked Gao Yingxiang to send him to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to fight the forward, and Luo Rucai, who had already been discussed, also stood up to help, expressing his willingness to join forces with Zhang Xianzhong to be the vanguard of the army.

Of course, the "winged tigers" are not allowed to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep under the banner of rogue gangsters, and it is necessary to take the city and loot it, but it is just that they do not kill people as much as possible.

The main force of the rogue followed behind, and the "winged tiger" department gave up grabbing grain and collecting gold and silver treasures not to let the common people go at all, but to cheapen the bones of other thieves in vain.

It has been half a month since Liukou crossed the Yellow River, and although he has conquered the two prefecture cities of Luoyang and Kaifeng and more than a dozen county towns and state towns, the harvest is not much, and the grain collected is not enough for the consumption of the army.

However, as the vanguard of the army, the "winged tiger" department was close to the water and had a rich harvest in the first month, and obtained a large amount of grain, gold and silver treasures, and even meat to eat and wine to drink, which naturally attracted Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and so on.

The seizure is too small, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other thieves can't help but be disappointed, it is obvious that King Fu and King Zhou dragged their families and ran away with their property, and even took high-ranking officials and nobles to follow suit, and Henan didn't seem to have any trouble.

Fan Wencheng gave a suggestion that was unanimously approved by everyone, continue to attack to the east, hit Shandong and Nanzhili to cut off the Grand Canal, and lay down the prefectures and counties along the river, which will definitely be able to achieve great gains.

The level of economic development near the Grand Canal is well known, and it should be the anointed place of the Ming Dynasty, and the rogues shouted "Brothers, do you want to drink wine and eat meat?" Hit Shandong, South Zhili, keep the wine and food! slogan.

The big leaders under Gao Yingxiang asked for battle, and everyone was unwilling to be left behind.

After all, Jin Minghu was a newcomer, and after making a noise, he had to give face to Gao Yingxiang, the self-proclaimed "King of Gaochuang" of the puppet Manchu Qing "King of Qin".

Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying and others finally got their wish, and Le Zizi was ready to start fishing for a lot of oil and water.

Zhu Dadian was once the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Lu, Feng, Huai, and Yang, but he was born at the wrong time, and the rogues repeatedly plundered the central capital, and Zhu Dadian, who had insufficient people and horses in his hands to protect himself, could only cry out in vain.

Zhu Dadian, who has been impeached many times by the imperial history and the matter, for "losing the state and county", "overdue for the peace thief", and "not being honest", has been demoted twice, and now he is only a governor of Caozhou from Wupin.

Zhu Dadian, who was getting worse and worse, learned from the pain, and finally made a choice that would lead him to work in the autumn, and he contacted Xu Mingyang, the governor of Jiangbei, and asked to send officers to the Caozhou training regiment to train his arms.

Of course, Zhu Dadian knew about Xu Mingyang's relationship with the "King of Hanjiang County", and he was sure that the military attache sent to Caozhou had something to do with the "Red Banner Army", perhaps it was the military attache of the "Red Banner Army".

Although Xu Mingyang's arrival in office was not long, because the "Red Flag Army" had already infiltrated the four prefectures in Jiangbei and had a certain foundation, there was no vicious incident that broke out before the autumn grain was put into storage.

It is too important to have food in hand, so that the people can be reassured, the regiment can be trained, and the city defense can be let go.

Zhu Dadian sent someone to ask for help, but of course Xu Mingyang would not ignore it, and immediately contacted Gu Rushan to send a general "Red Banner Army" infantry to the Caozhou training regiment to practice arming.

Liukou occupied many prefectures and counties in Henan, too many officials fled in despair, and Caozhou was also full of soldiers.

Huang Xinguang, who was reused by Zhu Dadian, selected young adults with a certain foundation, and in three months, he has trained more than 1,500 people from the countryside.

They strictly investigated the spies, contained the common people within a radius of 100 miles into the city to take refuge, and at the same time carried out the fortified wall and cleared the wilderness, and transported all the grain and livestock that could be concentrated into the city.

Seeing the Liukou getting closer and closer to the Grand Canal.

Xu Mingyang, Gu Rushan, Lei Mingchun, Lin Shunwen, Wang Ying, Huang Xinsheng, and others made a decision after deliberation to concentrate their men and horses to form the Central Plains Front Army to fight a fierce battle in Caozhou, to combat the arrogance of the rogues, and force them to retreat in the face of difficulties.

Due to the alliance between the Liukou and the Qing army, the more than 60,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry should not be underestimated, and the combat effectiveness of the old camp of the Liukou should not be underestimated.

Gu Rushan, Lei Mingchun, Lin Shunwen, Wang Ying, and Huang Xinsheng five battalions undertook this task, and most of the recruits in these five battalions were recruits, only Gu Rushan's battalion was a type A battalion, and the other four battalions were all type B battalions.

There were more than 17,000 men and horses, and only 2,500 cavalry could be used in a centralized manner, but they organized 10,000 households of the garrison army, more than 11,000 men and horses, and requisitioned 15,000 brave people from the township.

With the cooperation of the villagers, it was not a problem for the garrison army to defend the city, and the more than 17,000 "Red Banner Army" were able to fight a rogue as a mobile and flexible force.

In addition, there are many flag guards mixed in the rogue team, and they can pass on important information.

The flag guards are pervasive, not only as the "winged tiger" department of the "Infernal Affairs", but also many flag guards have become medium leaders under the command of Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other thieves.