Li Zicheng got Li Xin, like a fish swimming in the sea, wolves walking on the grassland, his heart was very happy, Li Xin met Li Zicheng, he felt a flash of inspiration, as if he had groped in the dark for half a life, and finally saw the light in front of him, this life and this life, and finally had the general direction of life!

From noon to evening, from the current situation of the Mandate of Heaven Army, to the situation in the world, from the drought in Henan, to the way out of the people, from the predicament of the imperial court, to the Tartars outside the Guan, the two have many things in common, both advocate strict management of the army, and advocate the world of those who win the hearts of the people!

The character and understanding of the two, more complementary, Li Xin was born in a family of eunuchs, received a good education since childhood, and took the exam, although after being arrested and imprisoned, Song Qiu of the county cut off his fame, but his own knowledge level is still there.

Li Zicheng did not read much, but he had been in charge of the Heavenly Mandate Army for many years, had rich experience in military and political affairs, had formed a leadership temperament, and more importantly, he came from later generations and had unknown knowledge and experience......

Li Xin joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, and his two cousins Li Mu and Li Wan naturally joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, and the only thing he was worried about was his wife Tang at home.

Joining the Mandate of Heaven Army this time, in the eyes of the imperial court, is a thief, leaving the Tang family in Qi County, even if it is placed in her mother's house, it is not suitable, once it is detected by the imperial court, the Tang family will be in danger, if you take the Tang family into the military camp, it will definitely affect the speed of the march, the Heavenly Mandate Army is different from the Liukou, not only is there no family members of the soldiers, but there are no auxiliary soldiers for transportation, just to improve the speed of the march.

Li Zicheng knew that Li Xin was in a dilemma, as a member of the Heavenly Mandate Army, if he couldn't even protect his wife, how could he talk about protecting the people on the ground?

Mei Zhihuan and those people are high-ranking officials of the imperial court, their families are all in Beijing, and the whip of the Mandate of Heaven is beyond their reach, there is really no way, but Li Xin's wife, Tang, is in the county seat of Qixian County, how can she sit idly by? He gave half a day for Li Xin to go back and clean up, take Tang out, and temporarily settle in the barracks.

The next day, Li Xin took Tang Shi to the county government to ask to see Li Zicheng, accompanied by Li Mou and Li Wan, and when he saw Li Zicheng, he bowed to the ground, "The governor of the capital, the villain's clumsy Jing and brothers, have come to the army, and the villain's affairs here have been over, from now on, he will whip and lead the horse for the governor of the capital, in order to achieve meager strength!" ”

"If you can get Li Gongzi's help, why worry about big things?" Li Zicheng left his seat, helped Li Xin up, let him sit down opposite, and asked He Xiaomi to serve tea, and said: "From now on, you and I are brothers who serve God!" ”

Last night, the two had agreed that Li Xin would join Catholicism, the Li brothers would stay in the barracks for the time being, and they would use their talents in the future, and Li Xin would be a staff member, equivalent to the military adviser to the Grand Duke, and he would be formally appointed when he returned to Lanzhou.

According to Li Xin's meaning, the Mandate of Heaven Army now has sufficient food and grass, and Henan is full of disaster victims, so it is necessary to seize the opportunity to recruit troops from the disaster victims in Henan to expand the strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

However, Li Zicheng had some doubts, most of the victims of the disaster had family members, and if soldiers were recruited from among the victims, their family members would inevitably accompany them, and if they were like the Liukou, the soldiers passed with a large number of family members, which would definitely affect the marching speed of the army, and the lone army of the Mandate of Heaven in Henan was like dancing on an egg, and once it lost its mobility, it would be in a very dangerous situation.

Moreover, now the Mandate of Heaven Army has enough food, but there is still a long way to go, and once the food is consumed, it will be difficult to get supplies in a disaster area like Henan.

In the end, Li Xin suggested that it was still necessary to recruit soldiers from the disaster victims, but only recruit strong men who had no family members and no worries, after they joined the Heavenly Mandate Army, as long as they could eat their stomachs, they would move with the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the number of such disaster victims would not be too much, Li Zicheng nodded and said yes, the Heavenly Mandate Army wants to develop and grow, and now is indeed an opportunity.

After dawn, Li Zicheng had set up four recruitment points in Qixian County, specially recruiting strong men between the ages of 18 and 28 and who were alone.

Li Xin placed the Tang family in the county government, and after visiting Li Zicheng, he immediately took his brothers Li Mu and Li Wan to the four conscription points to publicize the laws of the Mandate of Heaven Army to the people.

The people of the entire county knew about Li Xin's scattered family wealth to provide disaster relief to the people, and the "Song of Persuasion" he compiled was even sung in the streets and alleys, and the people did not know about the Mandate of Heaven, but they trusted Li Xin.

The conditions for the recruitment of the Mandate of Heaven Army are very harsh, in addition to the requirements of being single young and strong, but also duty, obedience, and discipline, those whose eyes are flickering and those who are thieves and rats, will definitely not be able to pass the first round of visual inspection of the Mandate of Heaven Army, in addition, they are also required to be physically strong, explosive and endurance are good.

In this way, at the end of the day, only more than 100 people were recruited in the city, barely enough for a hundred households, Li Zicheng transferred a person from Li Ji's department to serve as an officer of 100 households, responsible for the training of these soldiers, in addition to the daily march, must add an hour of training, as soon as possible to become an auxiliary soldier of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Li Xin was originally full of confidence, but the Heavenly Mandate Army only recruited one hundred soldiers in the city, and he was a little disappointed, so he suggested to Li Zicheng to recruit troops from the people outside the city.

Li Zicheng didn't plan to stay in Qixian for a long time, so he asked Li Ji to take Li Xin and them out of the West City Gate first, all the way to promote the Mandate of Heaven Army, and recruit qualified soldiers.

The cavalry was extremely fast, and before Chenliu County, it caught up with the main force of Li Ji's department, and was stationed outside Chenliu County that night, Li Zicheng did not plan to attack the city, as long as the army in the city did not go out of the city to sneak attack, the two sides could be completely safe.

After dinner, Li Xin came to the big tent of the Chinese army and asked to see Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng asked Li Xin to sit down, and asked He Xiaomi to serve tea, "Li Gongzi, is there anything wrong with the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"The villain didn't see anything wrong," Li Xin shook his head slightly, although he didn't quite agree with the recruitment method of the Heavenly Mandate Army, but he understood that this Heavenly Mandate Army was just a lone army, and there was no fixed supply base, if he carried the sergeant's family, he really couldn't "hide and seek" with the Ming Army, "Dadu Governor, the villain has a way to help the Heavenly Mandate Army easily break the city!" ”

Although Li Zicheng wandered in the hinterland of Henan, he rarely attacked the prefecture and county, in addition to worrying about the casualties of the soldiers, the main reason was that there was not much food in the city, and he plundered from the desperate Henan, and even the rogue Zhang Xianzhong did not do it, how could the Mandate of Heaven Army do such a stupid thing?

Since you don't plan to loot, there is no point in besieging the city, if you want to brush up on the sense of existence, you can use the number of soldiers to publicize among the people outside the city, and when the people see an army that has not committed any crimes in the autumn, they will naturally remember the Kyushu military flag they saw!

Zhang Xianzhong is disgusted with the barrenness of Henan, and has been fighting with Yang Sichang and Zuo Liangyu in Huguang, this choice is not wrong, Huguang has smooth wind and rain, and can provide a large amount of food.

Li Zicheng saw Zhang Xianzhong in Huguang and get into the wind and water, so he came to Henan, there are two buffer lands in Huguang and Henan, and Sichuan and Gansu in the west will be stable.

He didn't know what Li Xin's plan was, since it had already been proposed, he simply took a look at what was desirable, "Li Gongzi tell me, how to easily break the city?" Could it be that the prefectures and counties along the way are all unfortified? ”

"That's not it," Li Xin said with a smile: "Dadu Governor, we can send people to blend into the city in advance on the route of the Heavenly Mandate Army's travel, and promote the Heavenly Mandate Army's 'Juntian Light Endowment' to the people inside and outside the city by posting posts, gossiping in the market, and even walking around the rumors, as well as various laws that benefit the people, such as the one that allows all the people to 'have food, clothing, housing, and land', as well as 'don't take a stitch from the people', 'fair trading', etc., by the way, the military song of the Heavenly Mandate Army is also very good, but ...... ”

"But what ......"

"The content of the military song is too long, and it is difficult for the people to remember," Li Xin said: "When there is leisure, the villain will adapt this military song into a nursery rhyme, in three words and two words, which is popular among the people, and it is easier for the people to remember." ”

Li Zicheng nodded, Li Xin said well, the people don't have much culture, and they don't have a special time to sing military songs and memorize military laws like soldiers, only the short, concise, and easy-to-understand form of nursery rhymes will be remembered by them, these nursery rhymes, like the soul and incarnation of the Mandate of Heaven, once remembered by the people, they will take root and sprout in their hearts.

Perhaps a special ballad is also needed.

This kind of nursery rhyme with short content can only let the people who do not have much culture have a preliminary understanding of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and in order to let more people, especially cultural people like Li Xin, understand the Mandate of Heaven Army at a deeper level, more and more profound ballads are needed.

Li Zicheng thought that Li Xin joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, and currently only has the name of a staff member, and has no specific position, he was born as a person, and he just gave full play to his personal strengths, "Li Gongzi, I will leave the ballad matter to you, in addition to short nursery rhymes, you can also create some songs with more comprehensive content." ”

Li Xin thought for a moment and said, "Is the Metropolitan Governor saying that he will create some more comprehensive ballads so that more readers can know the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"That's what it means, this kind of thing will be handed over to you in the future," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "The Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion has set up a military affairs department, a civil affairs department, and a gold and silver department. ”

"Rite of Pleasure?" Li Xin pondered for a moment, suddenly knelt on the ground, and said, "The villain thanks the Governor for his kindness, but ...... However, although the villain was born as a lifter, after joining the Mandate of Heaven Army, he prefers to immediately cross the sword and be happy on the field......"

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, while letting Li Xin get up, and said: "Li Gongzi, don't underestimate this Rite and Music Division, this Rite and Music Division is not a song and dance ceremony for the personal service of the Governor of Pontura, but to spread the actions of the Heavenly Mandate Army to the people, and recite the kindness of the Heavenly Mandate Army to the people, just like you just said, by preaching the Mandate of Heaven Army to the people, it is entirely possible to let the people open the door to welcome the Mandate of Heaven Army, isn't it better than 100,000 soldiers?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor, the villain is confused for a while......"

"Li Gongzi has always been suppressed by the government and depressed, and it is normal for people to like to be happy this time," Li Zicheng knew that in the history of later generations, Li Xin was not only an outstanding military general, but also made great achievements in government affairs, so he said: "Let Li Gongzi serve as the envoy of etiquette and music, and Li Wan as the deputy envoy, Li Gongzi can teach his brother a lot." ”

Li Xin immediately understood that the Governor of Dadu asked him to serve as the Lile Envoy, which was actually a temporary position, in addition to the fact that the Lile Envoy was a very high level, it was to teach Li Wan to let him mature as soon as possible, and then take on the big responsibility independently, and he would probably have another important task at that time!

Thinking of this, Li Xin left his seat again, turned over and knelt down, "villain...... The villain was ashamed that he didn't understand the hard work of the Grand Governor...... Ask the capital to punish you! ”

"Get up quickly," Li Zicheng laughed, "Li Gongzi is already a high-ranking official of the Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion, don't call yourself a 'villain' in the future!" ”