Li Zicheng left Song Xiance to sit in Xi'an, temporarily handed over the battalions of troops stationed in Xi'an to him, and he only took a thousand personal soldiers and Niu Jinxing, Wang Yinchang, and Li Wan, and set off lightly to chase the fourth battalion of Li Jibu's department to the north.

He set off two days later than Sun Chuanting, and only caught up with Sun Chuanting when he arrived in Dunzhou, and the two troops joined forces and continued to follow the official road to the north.

When he arrived at Yan'an Mansion, he caught up with Li Ji's fourth battalion, at this time Li Ji had already taken the city of Yan'an Mansion, and when he saw that Li Zicheng finally rushed over, he hurriedly greeted him outside the city, "The Metropolitan Governor is here!" ”

Li Zicheng jumped off the war horse and said with a light smile: "Why, hasn't the war been going well?" ”

"Dadu Governor, the war is going well, the Ming army has surrendered, and his subordinates have not encountered many tough battles," Li Ji immediately said with a bitter face: "It's just a matter of appeasing the people, it took a lot of time, and ...... Moreover, the subordinates are only pure soldiers, and in terms of civil affairs, the subordinates have a lot of headaches......"

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, this time he came out, except for his own soldiers, he didn't bring the army, but Wang Yinchang and Li Wan, the two civil deputy envoys, brought them, "General Li doesn't have to worry, the civil affairs of Yan'an Mansion City will be handed over to Mr. Wang Yinchang for the time being, however, you have to assist him in forming two hundred city defense armies." ”

"That's great!" Li Ji was overjoyed, separating the civil affairs was something he could not ask for, and the formation of the city defense army was much simpler, as long as two hundred families of soldiers who supported the Mandate of Heaven Army were selected from among the prisoners of war, and then some soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army were left behind, and they were supervised for a period of time, and when the Mandate of Heaven Army occupied the general trend, they would be given rich food and land in time, and a fool would become a deserter.

Entering the military camp in the city, Li Ji unfolded the marching map and asked Li Zicheng about the goal of his next military operation, Li Zicheng is a native of Mizhi County, Yan'an Prefecture, and he is very clear about the plateau terrain of Yan'an Prefecture, the transportation is inconvenient, the territory is mountainous, and even if there is no drought, the people of Yan'an will not be rich.

The strangest thing is the boundary of Yan'an, the two counties of Shenmu and Fugu in the northeast, the terrain is too narrow and long, and it is too far away from the capital city of Yan'an, even if Yan'an is a developed big city, it is difficult to radiate to this marginal land.

And the Yansui military town in the north is just a narrow strip along the side wall, which is completely the nature of the arch guard.

Pingliang Mansion in the southwest of Yansui Military Town, Ningxia Town in the west, will soon be the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and Ordos in the north, Sun Chuanting, tiger cavalry, and wolf cavalry are also eyeing each other, and may be included in the Linhe Governor's Mansion at any time, is there still a need for Yansui Military Town to exist?

Not only Yansui Military Town, Guyuan Military Town, and Ningxia Military Town are not the current frontiers, but Ordos in the north, and the Hetao area guarded by Wolf Mountain and Yinshan Mountain in the north will eventually be the land of China!

There is no longer a need for Yansui Military Town to exist, and according to Li Zicheng's habit, it is necessary to "change the town and establish a government", so in the future, Yulin Mansion, where Yansui Military Town is located, will definitely not have such a narrow terrain as it is now.

Li Zicheng thought for a long time, and decided to assign the north of Yan'an Mansion to the future Yulin Mansion, at least Shenmu and Fugu should be rowed over, it seems that it is not enough, the entire Wuding River Basin must belong to Yulin Prefecture, Suide Prefecture and its subordinate Mizhi County, Jiazhou and its three counties of Shenmu, Fugu and Wubao, and even Qingjian County close to the Yellow River......

In this way, the entire northeast corner of Yan'an Prefecture will be cut off, leaving only 11 counties of Yanzhou and Fushi, Ansai, Ganquan, Anding, Baoan, Yichuan, Yanchuan, Yanchang, Luochuan, Central, and Yijun, of which Fushi County and Yan'an Prefecture are in the same city, as usual, to be revoked, in fact, there are only 10 counties in one state.

Li Zicheng does not like such a first-level institution as "state", the large Zhili Prefecture is directly upgraded to a "prefecture", and the small Sanzhou is reduced to a "county", and the local government will only have three levels: province, prefecture, and county.

In the future of Yulin Mansion, Suide Prefecture was reduced to Suide County, and Jiazhou was also reduced to a county, but the word "Jia" was too obscure, changed to Jia County, plus Mizhi, Shenmu, Fugu, Wubao, Qingjian five counties, there are already seven counties, the original Yulin Military Town's three major military forts Dingbian Camp, Jingbian Camp, Huaiyuan Fort, were renamed Dingbian County, Jingbian County, Hengshan County, Yulin Mansion will also reach ten counties.

Li Zicheng began to build the two prefectures of Yan'an and Yulin in accordance with this idea, and Wang Yinchang, the deputy civil envoy, first formed the Yan'an Prefecture and the eight counties that had belonged to it in the south, and the army would divide the troops to attack the remaining three counties and establish a complete Yan'an Prefecture as soon as possible.

According to his experience in Xi'an, the capital city of Yan'an has been lost, and the prefectures and counties to which he belongs are likely to surrender to the wind, and there is no need to attack the city at all.

The 4th Battalion was divided into three routes: the 8th Regiment Xie Yinglong's Division, out of the northwest direction, first took Baoan County, and then continued to move forward, aiming at the Dingbian Battalion and various nearby military forts; The 7th Regiment Xiao Yunlin Division, out of the direction of due north, first took Ansai County at the confluence of Sichuan Water and Yanshui, and then continued to the north, the target was the Jingbian Camp and the military forts inside and outside the border wall, and the remaining six regiments, as the main force of the northward advance, will follow the official road and point directly at the Yansui Military Town.

After Xie Yinglong's troops and Xiao Yunlin's troops completed their respective tasks, they will assist the local people in reorganizing the border army, and each county will retain at least one regiment of the border army.

Sun Chuanting joined hands with Li Zicheng in Yan'an Mansion, turned to the northwest, exited the customs from Ningxia, and rushed to Shuofang Mansion with Li Zicheng's handwritten letter.

Li Zicheng personally led the main six regiments of the fourth battalion to the northeast along the official road, and along the way, as Li Ji said, the prefectures and counties were all looking down on the wind, and the matter of pacifying the people was handed over to Li Wan.

After passing Suidezhou, Li Zicheng asked Li Ji to continue to rush to Mizhi County along the official road, and he rushed to the "hometown" Lijia Station with his own soldiers.

The hatred for Gai Hu back then has faded over the years, if it weren't for Gai Hu, Ai Zhao, Yan Zibin and others, he might not have today's achievements......

Li Zicheng just wants to go back to his "old home" to see, the dilapidated thatched hut has collapsed now, right? I don't know what the desolation will become.

When passing through the Heimutou River, Li Zicheng deliberately stopped, found a tavern, ordered two side dishes, and asked He Xiaomi to accompany him for two drinks.

Under the stimulation of alcohol, the body warms up rapidly, and when I go out, even if there is a cold wind, there is no cold feeling, but it is like the warm wind of spring blowing on my body, and I am drowsy.

Leaving the Heimutou River, ten miles away, but in a moment, in front of the thatched hut and tree shadow of Lijia Station, more than ten years have passed, the village seems to be still barren, no, from the private houses, it seems that it has been more dilapidated before.

Li Zicheng felt guilty, and when he returned to Shaanxi this time, he must find ways to make his parents and fellow villagers rich.

After entering the village, Li Zicheng was stunned, he didn't go home for more than ten years, and he couldn't find his way home, let alone his old house.

He asked He Mi to go into the village to inquire, and He Mi used two taels of silver to find a common man who led the way, this man who was more than forty years old, just took them to a spacious earthen house, stretched out his hand from a distance, and turned around to leave.

Li Zicheng felt that something was wrong, so he asked He Xiaomi to stop him, "I said fellow countryman, this is not right, is this Li Hongji's house back then?" ”

Although the people were displeased, they still said carefully: "The villain is a native of the Li family, will he be mistaken?" Don't doubt it! ”

"It is said that when Li Hongji escaped from Lijia Station, there were only three dilapidated houses, and over the years, if it didn't collapse, it was a blessing, how could the house be so spacious?"

"Hey, Hongji ...... back then" The people sighed, looked around, and saw that there were cavalry all around, and they didn't see the people in the village, so they lowered their voices and said: "After Hongji left home, the government couldn't find it, so he waited here for a long time...... After a long time, the catchers gradually evacuated, and later, the house collapsed, and the family built a house on the original land......"

"What?" Li Zicheng was suddenly furious, swallowed and foamed, and barely kept calm, "You say, this is Li Hongji's original house, and now it has become Gaihu's?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" The people shook their heads and sighed again.

Li Zicheng said coldly: "It's obviously Li Hongji's house, Gaihu is building a house here, is no one taking care of it?" ”

The people didn't seem to notice the change in Li Zicheng's tone, and said in a low voice: "Back then, Li Hongji had two lives on his back...... Gai Hu is also the official of the county seat, and he named Hongji as a murderer, who dares to stand up for Hongji? ”

Li Zicheng swallowed and spit, his throat gurgled, he glanced at the tall and open house in front of him, barely suppressed his anger, and said, "Is Gaihu still a servant now?" ”

"I've been home for the past two years, but his son has gone up to the top, and he's still a celebrity in front of the big man......"

Li Zicheng snorted coldly to himself, Gaihu, fortunately, you still live in the village, and you don't have to run away! He was afraid that what this person said would be untrue, so he asked He Xiaomi to inquire about several people, and the result was the same: the front was indeed the house of the Gaihu family!

Li Zicheng is angry, the old hatred has not gone, and a new hatred has been added!

Such a villain, let him run away back then, he was simply a crime, I don't know how many people Gai Hu has harmed in the village over the years......

Li Zicheng sent two soldiers from 100 households, under the guidance of the people, to outflank the house of the Gaihu family, do not do it for the time being, but no one is allowed to enter or leave, and those who violate the order will be killed!

He Xiaomi also said that Gai Hu is a bully in the village, and most of the governors are in charge of Tianxingdao, and today they are going to eliminate harm for the people, who knows that Li Zicheng and Gai Hu are still enemies in the past.

Li Zicheng led eight hundred households of personal soldiers, to his original old residence, unfortunately, the original leaky three earthen thatched houses have disappeared, although the house is still an earthen wall, or thatched houses, but it is much more magnificent than already, in addition to the two entrances, there is a one-person high earthen fence outside!

The soldiers spread out on all sides of the wall, Li Zicheng came to the gate of the courtyard and asked He Xiaomi to knock on the door, "Xiaomi, come forward and ask, is Master Gaihu at home?" ”

He Xiaomi stepped forward and knocked on the thick wooden door with a "knock" sound, and finally a man who looked like a mansion poked out half of his head from the crack in the door, opened his mouth and was about to scold, when he caught a glimpse of the armor on He Xiaomi's body, he hurriedly changed his words, "This military master, who are you looking for?" ”

"Gai Hu Gai Master!"

Fu Ding was stunned for a while, judging from the title, I am afraid it is not a good thing, but there are countless cavalry outside, I can't afford to provoke it at all, and I was hesitating, when I suddenly saw several horsemen quickly come to the gate of the courtyard, and a military general wearing a white felt hat shouted loudly: "Don't be verbose, let Gaihu come out to meet us!" ”