Yuan Chonghuan was defeated in Haizhou, and was immediately removed from his post for investigation, everything came so suddenly, Zhang Bin didn't even think of a countermeasure, Chongzhen had already ordered Yuan Chonghuan to return to Beijing for trial.

Now even Zhang Bin is out of line, Chongzhen's impulse, no one can stop it at this time, because he is the emperor, and he has to do whatever he wants!

Of course, most of the time, it's not what he wants, but what Wen Tiren wants.

Fortunately, at this time, Wen Tiren has already leaned towards the government and the opposition, and he does not need a shocking case to eliminate dissidents and compete for control of the court, he just needs the position of Jiliao Governor and the control of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan was not contaminated with the enemy again, nor was he sentenced to death by Ling Chi, in the end he only fell into the charge of underestimating the enemy and causing the defeat of the army, Chongzhen remembered that he had meritorious service in the great victory of Ningyuan, Ningjin and Liaohe, but he was dismissed as an official, and he was not even allowed to eat for a few days in prison, so he was released.

Yuan Chonghuan felt this grievance in his heart, he was born and died in Liaodong for more than ten years, and he won three big victories, but he was dismissed because of a small defeat, and there was no place to reason, because after he came out, he found someone to inquire and understood, this Hong Chengchou is the confidant of Shoufu Wen Tiren, if he goes to sue others, I am afraid that he will have to go in again just after he comes out!

He is completely disheartened, the Apocalypse Dynasty, he was robbed of his military merits by Wei Zhongxian, there is no place to say it, Chongzhen Dynasty was ghosted behind his back by Hong Chengchou, it is reasonable or nowhere to say, this Ming Dynasty Hall is an unreasonable place, it is better to go back, it is better to go back!

However, before returning, he specially sent a letter of worship to Zhang Bin's house, one to thank Zhang Bin for his help over the years, and at the same time to complain to Zhang Bin and let him be careful of these treacherous villains above the court.

Zhang Bin has roughly figured out what happened in Liaodong during this time, and summed it up in one sentence: poor people must have something to hate.

This Yuan Chonghuan, as soon as he was proud, he got carried away, and sooner or later something happened!

Zhang Bin told him not to be in a hurry, to fight steadily, and to advance slowly, as a result, this guy, a great victory in the Liaohe River, floated away, and he didn't know how many catties and taels he had, he really thought that he could overturn Huang Taiji with his ability.

If he is really so powerful, in six years, Huang Taiji was driven back to Jianzhou by him earlier, the problem is that he is not so powerful, and in six years, he has advanced more than 200 miles.

Zhang Bin also knew that Chongzhen was urging him, but no matter how Chongzhen urged, he should also make himself invincible first, if he could take precautions and build a fortress on the east bank of the Liao River, even if Huang Taiji could fly to the sky, what could he do with him!

Of course, it was too late to say anything at this time, Yuan Chonghuan had already been dismissed, he received Yuan Chonghuan's greeting post, and immediately replied, asking Yuan Chonghuan to come the next night, he held a banquet in the lobby of the main mansion and invited Yuan Chonghuan to drink.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan was dismissed anyway, but there is no need to be taboo, Zhang Bin did not plan to help Yuan Chonghuan to snatch the position of Jiliao Governor, let alone pull Yuan Chonghuan into his own lineup, Yuan Chonghuan's problem of cocking his tail at every turn will happen sooner or later, he doesn't want to wipe people's buttocks all the time, the reason why he invited Yuan Chonghuan to dinner is just to see off his friends.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't ask Zhang Bin to help him anymore, because he had already heard that Zhang Bin was slandered by Wen Tiren, and life was not easy at this time, Chongzhen also had some opinions about Zhang Bin, but he had not dismissed Zhang Bin yet, and they could be described as "sympathetic to each other".

Yuan Chonghuan drank a lot this night, and in the end, he was even drunk, and he sighed that he was born at the wrong time, and he had the ambition to serve the country loyally, but he was repeatedly suppressed by the eunuch party, and he couldn't show his ambitions at all.

Zhang Bin listened to it and didn't say anything, just comforted him vigorously, fame and fortune are all floating clouds, as long as people are fine.

Yuan Chonghuan naturally didn't understand what Zhang Bin meant, because he was already drunk, even if he wasn't drunk, he couldn't understand what it meant as long as people were okay, he was still a little proud at this time, he defeated Jiannu several times and achieved immortal feats, could the emperor still slaughter him?

Zhang Bin didn't explain to him, at this time, Chongzhen's killing doesn't look at your merits, nor does it look at your ability, Chongzhen is also "involuntarily", because he is always surrounded by traitors.

Historically, Chongzhen's reused ministers, Wang Yongguang, Wen Tiren, Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan, Yang Sichang and others are all masters who only care about fighting for power and profit, regardless of the rise and fall of the country, Chongzhen was played by these people, I don't know how many loyal ministers and good generals were "killed", Yuan Chonghuan is nothing, because he has a tendency to get carried away, and he loves to brag, and he is somewhat to blame.

Yuan Chonghuan finally left, left Liaodong, left the capital, and went home to retire in the prime of life, and then, Hong Chengchou took over the position of Jiliao Governor as he wished, Chongzhen was as always urging Hong Chengchou to attack quickly, and strive to recover Liaodong within a year, Hong Chengchou is not as stupid as Yuan Chonghuan, he doesn't want to fight with Jiannu, he just wants to use Jiliao Inspector as a ladder and climb to a higher position, as for recovering Liaodong or something, he is not a little sure, nor a little interest.

So, he resorted to the Dafa of procrastination again, complaining vigorously that Yuan Chonghuan's defeat in Haizhou caused heavy casualties to the Liaodong Army, and this heavy casualty naturally needed to rest, he wanted to drag it out until the cold winter came, freezing the world, so that he had another year to find a way to climb up.

To say that Hong Chengchou's luck is really good against the sky, he thought of a way to make trouble behind his back, wanting to cause Yuan Chonghuan to be defeated, but before he could make a move, Huang Taiji "helped" him to defeat Yuan Chonghuan.

At this time, he thought of a way to delay time, but as a result, he only delayed for less than half a month and didn't have to think of a way to delay, because Chongzhen had no time to take care of Liaodong!

Why doesn't Chongzhen have time to take care of Liaodong?

Quite simply, because the peasant army is up again, and the momentum is terrifying!

The reason why the peasant army has developed so fast is also due to Wen Tiren.

From the sixth year of Chongzhen to the seventh year of Chongzhen, Wen Tiren used the Jingcha plan to eliminate dissidents, promote cronies, cultivate party henchmen, and control the court. If he goes too far, he will also get angry and kill.

These officials are different when they go to the local area, the reason why they are attached to the remnants of the eunuch party is not to make some benefits, so, after Wen Tiren took control of the court, it was not easy for the officials to be clearer and slid into the abyss of corruption, Zhang Jie and Shi Fan were cleaned up by Zhang Bin, but no one can clean up the officials sent by Wen Tiren to other places to take power, they are corrupt and it is called a terrible, where there is money, they are not enough to scrape the ground, and where there is no money, they raise knives to scrape the people!

The coastal provinces of Nanzhili, Shandong, and Zhejiang are not quite good, because the disaster is not very serious, and the common people still have a little bit of oil and water, and the corrupt officials and corrupt officials have not forced them to take risks to rebel, and Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, which are the inland provinces that have been seriously affected, are already seriously affected by the disaster, and their hungry eyes are black, and these corrupt officials not only do not want to find a way to reduce or reduce taxes, but also vigorously set up a clever name to increase taxes, forcing these ordinary people to have no way to live at all.

What should I do if I have no way to live, I can only join the peasant army and oppose him!

After the defeat of Huaiqing, Gao Yingxiang listened to Li Zicheng's suggestion and chose the Yunxi region at the junction of Henan, Shaanxi, and Huguang provinces, and interspersed back and forth in the three provinces, turning the local officials of Henan, Shaanxi, and Huguang provinces around, and the strength became stronger and stronger, especially after Wen Tiren used the Jingcha plan to replace the honest and honest local officials with his own henchmen. Gao Yingxiang's team swelled up like a balloon, and in less than half a year, the peasant army Gao Yingxiang's department grew from more than 50,000 to nearly 200,000!

This is still because of the lack of food, and when conscripting, only young and strong can be selected, otherwise, it is possible to double again.

Zhang Xianzhong, another tyrant in the peasant army, also did not follow, he followed Luo Rucai's suggestion, and chose the Zhuxi area at the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Huguang provinces, echoing Gao Yingxiang in Yunxi.

At the beginning, he also took advantage of the weakness of the division of troops and the defense of the border between the officers and the army, and interspersed back and forth in the three provinces, turning the local officials of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Huguang provinces around, and constantly developing his own strength.

In the past six months, Ma Yingshou and He Yilong of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, as well as Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing and other leaders of the peasant army also ushered in spring, and their men and horses combined exceeded 200,000!

As soon as the power of these people swelled, their ambitions also swelled, Gao Yingxiang adopted Li Zicheng's suggestion, united Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's troops to take Yunyang, an important town in northwest Chu, in one fell swoop, and Ma Yingshou, He Yilong and others of the fifth battalion of Gezuo also united with Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing and other peasant army leaders to "recapture" Jiyuan in one fell swoop.

This can scare Chongzhen a lot, the peasant army has revived, and it is huge, far better than in the past!

He hurriedly ordered the daimyo governor Chen Qiyu to the governor Xuanda and the Shanxi soldiers and horses, together with the Tianxiong army, to exterminate the thieves entrenched in Jiyuan, and ordered the trilateral governor Wu Zhenying to quickly assemble the Qin army and prepare to go south to Yunyang to exterminate the peasant army Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong.

It's good to die, some people in the Qin army have some kinship with Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, and they can't bear to exterminate their relatives, so they ran to Yunyang to report the news and let them run away!

When the news reached the ears of Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, both of them were a little angry, the thief and his brother Che, who always bullied people like this, are really easy to bully, they all secretly gritted their teeth, and were ready to fight hard with the officers and soldiers, and play the momentum of the peasant army.

At this time, Ma Yingshou, He Yilong, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing and other leaders of the peasant army sent people to find the door, it turned out that the king of Zijin Liang had died of illness last winter, and the peasant army entrenched near Huaiqing Mansion was leaderless, and they were afraid of being exterminated by the officers and soldiers, so they wanted to reunite with Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, and then elect an alliance leader to come out, and everyone could jointly deal with the attack of the officers and soldiers.

As soon as Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong heard that the peasant army in Huaiqing Mansion had also grown to more than 200,000, they immediately became interested, and they were just trying to fight with the officers and soldiers.

So, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong discussed, simply left Yunyang, went all the way north, passed through Nanyang Mansion and Ruzhou, and went straight to the Xingyang area on the border of Kaifeng Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, where they prepared to meet with Ma Yingshou, He Yilong, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing and other peasant army leaders to discuss how to defeat the officers and soldiers, overthrow the imperial court, and become the emperor himself!

This is terrible, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai led more than 300,000 troops, all the way for more than ten days, unexpectedly, and took Xingyang, an important town west of Kaifeng Mansion in one fell swoop.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Yingxiang ordered Li Zicheng to lead the army to take Heyin in the east of Xingyang, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai together divided their troops to take Xingze in the northeast of Xingyang, Ma Yingshou, He Yilong, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing and others also led dozens of peasant armies of all sizes from Huaiqing Mansion to the south, crossed the Yellow River, and took the water north of Xingyang in one fell swoop.

At this point, the leaders of the peasant armies from all walks of life gathered again, and more than 500,000 peasant rebels were gathered in the Xingyang area in the northwest of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the entire Ming Dynasty and the opposition were shaken.

Chongzhen was really a little dumbfounded at this time, how could there be a shocking reversal in just one year after the originally good situation?

At this time last year, Lu Xiangsheng defeated the main force of the peasant army in Huaiqing, capturing more than 100,000 people, and the peasant army was beaten and fled in all directions and disappeared; Yuan Chonghuan defeated the main force of Jiannu in Liaohe, recovering more than 400 miles of lost territory, and the situation in Liaodong was so good that he had the illusion that he could recover Liaodong in one year.

How come it is that in just one year, the Liaodong Army has also been defeated, and the peasant army has also revived, and the momentum is even greater than last year!

What the hell is going on, Chongzhen couldn't figure it out, but he had no time to think about it, because if the thieves in Xingyang didn't exterminate it, they would really turn the sky upside down!

Chongzhen thought about it again and again, and tried his best to eliminate public opinion, and activated Chen Qiyu's governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan, and Huguang provinces to be responsible for the suppression of thieves, so that no matter what, he must exterminate the main anti-thief force gathered in Xingyang as soon as possible!

So, Chen Qiyu was like taking a helicopter, all the way from the governor of the daimyo to the governor of the five provinces, at this time, Wen Tiren did not jump out to compete for the position of the governor of the five provinces, because he knew that the governor of the five provinces was not a good errand, and maybe a defeat would be dragged out by Chongzhen!