There are still more than 10,000 prisoners of war left, and Li Zicheng does not plan to expand the army for the time being, but it is a pity that these prisoners of war have been released, and after they leave the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Mandate Army, once they have no life, it is very likely that they will gather as bandits.

Li Zicheng incorporated these prisoners of war into the Qingzhuang, temporarily disposed of the freshly harvested wheat for the Mandate of Heaven, threshing and drying, etc., and in the future, he and the Qingzhuang participated in the transportation of food and materials.

The Mandate of Heaven Army is divided into large battalions, the second regiment of the first battalion and the fourth regiment of the Chengtian battalion are busy with training every day, and the Niu Kejing Department of the third regiment of the fourth battalion has just been equipped with rifles, and the soldiers have not yet finished their training, and according to the training outline of the Mandate of Heaven Army, they will continue to drill.

However, the gunners will consume a lot of bullets when they train, so Li Zicheng asked these soldiers to train under the city every day, and the target is the defenders at the head of the city, so that they can not only conduct actual combat drills, but also strike and deter the defenders in the city.

The Ming army should have no reinforcements for the time being, even if there are reinforcements, Li Zicheng is not worried, it is nothing more than to send reinforcements again, Henan's Heavenly Mandate Army, the strength has long been different from what it used to be, just under Kaifeng City, there are five battalions of more than 80,000 people.

However, more than 80,000 soldiers were concentrated in Kaifeng City, and it was too wasteful to do nothing all day, so Li Zicheng sent an independent battalion of Li Xin's department to take Zhengzhou in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture and the four counties of Yingyang, Bishui, Heyin, and Yingze.

Take Zhengzhou, the entire part south of the Yellow River in Henan, only Kaifeng is left as a lonely city, Luoyang and Kaifeng outside the city of the Mandate of Heaven, has been completely linked, Luoyang city materials, food, soldiers, etc., can also continue to come to Kaifeng.

Li Zicheng did not garrison troops in Zhengzhou, but followed the model of Luoyang and other places, leaving a small number of city defenders in the local area to maintain local law and order.

It happened that Song Xiance and Luo Rucai settled in Linying County and came to Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng left Song Xiance to give advice by his side, but Luo Rucai was temporarily appointed as the governor of Zhengzhou.

Liu Yunshui also returned from Xiangcheng, and the first battalion expelled Zuo Liangyu back to Huguang, except for bringing back a few war horses, the capture was not large, and there was not a single prisoner of war.

However, the combat exploits of the first battalion are very obvious, if Zuo Liangyu's troops are allowed to stay in the south of Henan, they may create a new massacre like the last time in Linying County, and the current Zuo Liangyu troops are extremely short of food and materials, and this is very likely.

Military merits need to wait until the end of the Kaifeng war to receive, Liu Yunshui not only did not mind, but was very happy in his heart, this is only a blink of an eye, his subordinates have doubled, from the original 5,000 households to 10,000 households, two regiments.

Although it is not as good as the four regiments of other infantry battalions, it is already one more regiment than Li Guo's second cavalry battalion, with a strength of five thousand households.

Liu Yunshui has always been compared with Li Guo's second battalion, and this time he threw out the second battalion by a big cut, and he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

With the establishment of two regiments, the first battalion will also be divided into regiments, which requires two regiment commanders, Liu Yunshui did not dare to be self-explanatory, to find Li Zicheng to discuss, Li Zicheng was ready to let He Xiaomi serve as the head of the first regiment, but He Xiaomi was used to following Li Zicheng's side, and refused to live or die, so he let Lei Wanjun go, Lei Wanjun was originally from a thousand households, and after becoming the head of the regiment, he was promoted to the rank of thousand households.

Another regiment commander, Li Zicheng, let Liu Yunshui make his own decisions, and Liu Yunshui selected Xu Yongsheng from the original cavalry to be the commander of the second regiment, still with the rank of a thousand households.

Li Zicheng also took the opportunity to make appropriate adjustments to the pro-soldiers, and He Xiaomi was still the commander of the pro-soldiers and was promoted to the rank of guerrilla general; In addition, Lu Yang was also promoted to a thousand household officials, Cong Zheng and Mason were from a thousand households, and among the hundreds of households, there were two people from each hundred households, preparing for the next step of army expansion.

Outside the city of Kaifeng, it became the training ground of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the cavalry of the first battalion, the Niu Kejing department of the third regiment of the fourth battalion practiced gunnery along the city wall, and the Wei Ziming department of the third regiment of the Chengtian battalion and the Li Xiuchang department of the fourth regiment also stepped up training outside the city.

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The news of Zhu Xianzhen's defeat reached the Beijing Division, and it was already June, and Zhu Youzhen held a court meeting to ask about countermeasures.

Not surprisingly, the court was very quiet, and the sound of breathing was heard.

Zhu Youzhen was very annoyed, first swept away the officials with his sword, and then stared at Chen Xinjia and said, "Chen Aiqing is in charge of the Officers and Soldiers' Department, what countermeasures can be taken?" ”

Chen Xinjia was not in a hurry, and said: "Back to the emperor, the reason for the defeat of Zhu Xianzhen is that the Huguang soldiers fled without authorization, and the minister requested that Yang Dezheng and Fang Guoan be severely punished and punished with military law!" ”

Well? Zhu Youzhen was stunned, if Hu Guangbing did not respect the military order and fled without authorization, the first offender should be Zuo Liangyu, and the crime of unfavorable supervision should be Ding Qirui, why only Yang Dezheng and Fang Guoan should be held responsible?

That's what you say!

In front of the courtiers, some things are really hard to say......

Anyway, when it was difficult, these ministers in the court couldn't count on it, so Zhu Youzhen simply withdrew from the court and summoned Chen Xinjia in the Qianqing Palace alone.

After Chen Xinjia received the news of Zhu Xianzhen's defeat, he had already thought of countermeasures, killing what should be killed, what should be stopped, what should be pacified, and what should be used.

Zhu Youzhen was summoned in the Qianqing Palace, obviously for the sake of Kaifeng, after Chen Xinjia saluted, he did not wait for Zhu Youzhen to inquire, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Xianzhen is defeated, and someone will always come out to bear the responsibility!" ”

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Why do you want Yang Dezheng and Fang Guoan to bear the responsibility?" The two of them are only 20,000 soldiers, I'm afraid they can't afford to bear such a crime, right? ”

"The emperor has a tendency to support the army and self-respect, and it is difficult for Inspector Yang to suppress him when he is in Huguang!"

"Do you want Zuo Liangyu to do anything wrong?" Zhu Youzhen slapped his palm heavily on the imperial case, "This is feeding the tiger with meat, wouldn't it be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty for a long time?" ”

"The emperor is angry!" Chen Xinjia knows that to persuade Zhu Youzhen, the most difficult thing is Zuo Liangyu's matter, if Zuo Liangyu's matter is reasonable, the rest of the things will be easy to do, "Zuo Liangyu has a heart of disobedience, the world knows, if the emperor persecuted too much, Zuo Liangyu is likely to join the gang, at that time not only Henan, Huguang The situation is also difficult to control, if Zuo Liangyu is stabilized, if necessary, let Zuo Liangyu deal with Henan's Mandate of Heaven Army, then Henan and Huguang are controllable situations, I hope the emperor will think twice......"

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes slightly, was silent for a long time, and sighed long, but he didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu not only can't be disposed of, but also appeased," Chen Xinjia said carefully: "As long as Zuo Liangyu is stabilized, Henan and Huguang are in the hands of the imperial court, as for Zuo Liangyu," he peeked at Zhu Youzhen's face, and saw that his expression was not good, Fang said: "When necessary, find an opportunity, just like He Renlong in Shaanxi, he will be killed unconsciously, and the soldiers of Zuo Liangyu's department will fall into the hands of the imperial court......"

Speaking of He Renlong, Zhu Youzhen's eyes opened slightly, Sun Chuanting in the name of convening a military meeting, trapped He Renlong, after showing the holy decree, he was killed in public, and He Renlong's department was also decomposed into various departments of the Shaanxi Army, which did not cause an adverse impact, but urged the departments of the Shaanxi Army to work harder for the imperial court.

"Zuo Liangyu's matter, Chen Aiqing has a way to deal with it?"

"The emperor doesn't have to worry, deal with Zuo Liangyu's matter, let's talk about it later, the key now is the siege of Kaifeng," Chen Xinjia saw that Zhu Youzhen was loose, so he threw out a bait, "According to the ministers, Ding Qirui can't rule Zuo Liangyu, but there is one person who can." ”

"Who is Aiqing talking about?"

"Hou Xun!" Chen Xinjia said: "Only Hou Sui can lower Zuo Liangyu!" ”

"Isn't Hou Sui in the prison of the Criminal Department?" Zhu Youzhen muttered in his heart, why are the people recommended by Chen Xinjia always in prison? Fu Zonglong, Sun Chuanting, the current Hou Sui......

Do you keep making mistakes?

Impossible, absolutely impossible, I am the emperor, how can I make a mistake? It must be that these people have many unknown shortcomings......

He glared at Chen Xinjia, but did not speak.

Chen Xinjia knew that the emperor was waiting for him to say, so he whispered: "Hou Sui is a person who doesn't have much talent, and it is really not suitable for him to be the supervisor of the thief," Seeing that Zhu Youzhen's eyes were looking at him, he said stubbornly: "However, Zuo Liangyu was promoted by Hou Sui back then, and Hou Sui has the grace to know and reuse him, and only Hou Sui can control Zuo Liangyu......"

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a long time, glanced at Chen Xinjia, and said softly: "Replace Ding Qirui with Hou Sui?" ”

Chen Xinjia knew that Ding Qirui was recommended by him as the Thief Supervisor that day, and he couldn't slap himself, so he said: "Ding Qirui should be more suitable to be the Thief Supervisor, but if you can't dominate Zuo Liangyu, it will be the rebirth of Inspector Yang, and you can't concentrate the troops from all over the place, and the Thief is even more ...... far away."

Zhu Youzhen has been very irritated by the matter of Kaifeng, once Kaifeng is lost, only half of the Ming Dynasty is left, but to keep Kaifeng, the Mandate of Heaven Army is like a fly to bite, as long as it can keep Kaifeng...... He nodded slightly and said, "Just Yi Aiqing, this Ding Qirui, even Shang Fang's Tianzi Sword and official seal have been lost...... I decreed that he was dismissed as the supervisor of the thief and replaced by Hou Sui, and in addition, 150,000 taels of silver were issued to Zuo Liangyu, so that Zuo Liangyu could reward his subordinate soldiers! ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Chen Xinjia left his seat and prostrated in front of Zhu Youzhen, in order to show his gratitude and excitement, his forehead knocked on the gold bricks on the ground with a "dong dong" sound.

"Aiqing is flat!" Zhu Youzhen felt that he had done something proud, and he was praised by his subordinates, and he was very happy in his heart, and finally showed a smile on his face, "Chen Aiqing, Zuo Liangyu is newly defeated, even if Hou Sui is appointed as the Thief Supervisor, I'm afraid that he won't be able to relieve the siege of Kaifeng for a while, right?" ”

"The emperor is right," Chen Xinjia settled a little in his heart, and spoke more neatly, "The Huguang soldiers and Baoding soldiers are newly defeated, and they need to rest for a while, but the emperor can transfer the Shandong soldiers, as well as Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting can kill He Renlong, and he must control the ...... of Shaanxi."

Zhu Youzhen saw Chen Xinjia talking eloquently, and he was very happy in his heart, at the critical moment, it was Chen Xinjia who solved the difficulties for the imperial court, and all Chen Xinjia's suggestions were approved.

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