Several official troops have suffered defeats in attacking the Xingtian Army, which is undoubtedly a very sad news for Wang Jiazhen, this battle once again the official was not able to get a little cheap in front of the Xingtian Army, the worst is probably Zu Dale and Zu Kuan's department, the three thousand Guanning Army under their command in the first battle of Baijianghe were all wiped out, Zu Dale and Zu Kuan were also captured as prisoners of the Xingtian Army.

However, what Wang Jiazhen didn't expect was that Zu Dale escaped from the control of the Xingtian Army with a few family members a month later, and when he fled, he actually brought back Zu Kuan, who was seriously injured, but the place of escape was not in Yichuan, but in Yuanqu County, Shanxi.

The court and Xiong Wencan thought that Zu Dale and Zu Kuan were all in front of the battle at first, and after a long time, they learned that Zu Dale was originally captured by the Xingtian Army, and later fled back to Jinzhou, for the two of them were able to escape in the thief's nest, everyone felt that it must be a little greasy, Zu Kuan was seriously injured, Zu Dale not only escaped by himself, but even Zu Kuan escaped with him, this matter is a bit incredible, but there is no evidence that there is anything unclear between Zu Dale and the thief army.

Xiong Wencan wrote to the imperial court to ask the imperial court to ask Zu Dale to ask for the guilt, and later Chongzhen Nian and his brother Zu Dashou also had to guard the customs for the country, and Zu Dashou was not good to speak, when Chongzhen ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be arrested, Zu Dashou was angry, and simply abandoned the Beijing division and led the troops back to the Guanwai, and did not do it for the imperial court, if it wasn't for Sun Chengzong to let Yuan Chonghuan write a letter to Zu Dashou, Zu Dashou was not allowed to break with the court, this time if the order was issued to arrest Zu Dale, it would have angered Zu Dashou again, So after Chongzhen hesitated again and again, he just ordered to remove Zu Dale's deputy general, and it was over, but this is all a later story, the key is that Wang Jiazhen learned that even Cao Wenyao was in the Lu family after a head and broke the bloodstream, knowing that this time the general trend was gone, and he had no strength to beat him again, so he had to write to the court to ask for guilt.

But for Wang Jiazhen, Chongzhen is not welcome, after Wang Jiazhen succeeded Lu Xiangsheng, he did a mess of the suppression, and now because of the command error, the whole army of Zu Dale Zukuan's department was wiped out, Chongzhen spared Zu Dale, but he couldn't spare Wang Jiazhen, even if he ordered Wang Jiazhen to be dismissed, he was arrested, escorted to the Beijing division for punishment, and half a year later, Wang Jiazhen was beheaded in the Beijing division.

Although Xiong Wencan suffered this defeat, Wang Jiazhen also bore the blame, and Yang Sichang spoke for him in the court, so he was not punished this time, Chongzhen continued to make him the governor of his five provinces, and then encircled and suppressed the rebels from all walks of life.

Xiong Wencan didn't expect that the first thing he did when he took office was to this extent, only to know that Xingtianjun really lived up to its reputation, so he also put away the last trace of contempt for Xingtianjun, and began to discuss with Yang Sichang how to solve the current dilemma.

Before Xiong Wencan took office as the governor of the five provinces, Yang Sichang already had an overall consideration, and at the end of April of the tenth year of Chongzhen, he put forward to Chongzhen his famous plan of "four squares and six corners, ten sides of the net" to encircle and suppress the rebels from all walks of life.

To put it simply, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei are the four positives, and the four governors are divided into four corners, while the six governors are divided into six corners, and the six governors are divided into defense and assist in suppression, which is called a network of ten sides, and the governor and the prime minister follow the thieves and specialize in the requisition, and the central idea is to intercept and surround the peasant army that is fighting on the move, and then eliminate it.

As soon as this method was proposed by Yang Sichang, Chongzhen agreed to Yang Sichang's plan, and Yang Sichang also played Chongzhen, increased the army by 140,000, and increased the salary by 2.8 million taels, even such a request, Chongzhen immediately agreed to it, and ordered the implementation of the order.

Chongzhen is such a character, just and don't say it first, if he doesn't believe anyone, then no matter how capable this person is, he won't believe him, but on the contrary, if he trusts anyone, it can be said that it is a heart-to-heart trust, no matter what conditions this person proposes, he can agree.

When he enabled Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan told him that he had been in Pingliao for five years, Chongzhen was overjoyed, and immediately agreed to all the conditions of Yuan Chonghuan, but later Yuan Chonghuan failed to fulfill his promise, Chongzhen lost trust in Yuan Chonghuan, although he did not believe that Yuan Chonghuan would secretly join the East, but in the end it was probably because he was annoyed that Yuan Chonghuan fooled him and did not solve the Jiannu Tartars outside the customs as agreed, so he still gave Yuan Chonghuan a charge of collaborating with the enemy, and arrested Yuan Chonghuan and executed Ling Chi.

It is also his character, mean and unkind to his courtiers, that created his tragedy, Wen Tiren is actually a very typical example, he trusts Wen Tiren, let Wen Tiren stay in a high position for a long time, and he believes everything, as a result, Wen Tiren has been in power for so many years, and he has not done any good things, specifically in the court to exclude dissidents and form a party for personal gain, and as a result, the Ming Dynasty has been delayed for so many years, if it is not Wen Tiren, the Ming Dynasty will not even have the possibility of recovery!

This is a bit far, but now he has trust in Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang is whatever he says, he can do whatever he wants, as long as he can help him level these rebels in the mainland, not to mention an increase of 140,000 troops, even an increase of 240,000 Chongzhen also estimated that he would grit his teeth and agree.

With Yang Sichang's plan of four positive and six corners, all parts of the country began to increase troops, Xiong Wencan learned well this time, did not find trouble with the Xingtian Army first, but turned the spearhead and focused his attention on the other rebels, in his opinion, the Xingtian Army is not able to gnaw at the moment, and because of the containment of other rebels, he can't spare too much strength to deal with the Xingtian Army.

In order to deal with the Xingtian Army, he must first cut off the other rebel armies from all walks of life, so that he can completely free up his hands and mobilize enough troops, and then come to trouble the Xingtian Army.

So under the auspices of Xiong Wencan, all aspects of the official army began to mobilize, in addition to leaving a part of Henan to monitor the actions of the Xingtian Army, Xiong Wencan transferred Huguang, Jiangbei, Shandong, and other official troops to start encircling and suppressing the righteous army from all walks of life, and at the same time, Sun Chuanting also stepped up the attack on Li Zicheng, Lao Huihui and other righteous troops in Shaanxi, and for a time all over the country became like a pot of porridge.

First of all, Zhang Xianzhong, who failed to attack Nanyang, according to Xiao Tianjian and his agreement, turned to Lushan, conquered Lushan County in a war, and after being swept away, he sent troops to Wuyang, and then conquered Wuyang County, and then stationed troops in Wuyang County, attacking and plundering everywhere, Xiao Tianjian as a favor to return him, gave him a batch of weapons and armor captured from the hands of the official army, and gave Zhang Xianzhong 200 war horses, which made Zhang Xianzhong's momentum in Henan one of the most invigorating, but it was precisely because he was too prosperous in the limelight, and his actions in Henan, It has become Xiong Wencan's primary goal.

In mid-May, Xiong Wencan mobilized Zuo Liangyu and Shi Kefa as well as a part of the Henan Gwangzhou official army, and transferred Chen Yongfu from Ruzhou to the south to attack Zhang Xianzhong, although Zhang Xianzhong said that at this time he claimed to have 30,000 soldiers under his command, but the quality of his soldiers was not comparable to the Xingtian Army. Once again, it began to flow around the border between Huguang and Henan.

And Cao Cao Luo Rucai's action in Shanxi, under the auspices of Lu Xiangsheng after the year, mobilized several soldiers and horses in Shanxi, and went south to enter Xizhou, after several battles, Luo Rucai could not hold on, and the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses that had just gathered were scattered in a hurry, and some were killed and some fled into the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, and Luo Rucai originally wanted to lead his troops to retreat into Yuanqu County and rely on the power of the Xingtian Army to escape the attack of the official army, but he was blocked outside the mountain by the Xingtian Army stationed in Yuanqu County. Luo Rucai scolded the Xingtian Army for not saving him when he saw death, so he had to turn west and flee, and once again led the remnants of 5,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and fled back to Shaanxi, and then was pursued by Sun Chuanting, and fled to the Yulin area, and hid in the mountains to fight his guerrillas.

In July, he was surrounded and suppressed by the Jiangbei official army and the Shandong official army, and was forced to jump west again, and fled all the way back to Shaanxi along the river in August.

After defeating Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu turned to Jingxiang, Liu Guoneng saw that the situation was not good, left the Jingxiang area, tried to cross the river to the north, and ran around in the south of the Yangtze River in Wuchang.

As for Li Zicheng, after obtaining a large number of Xiao Tianjian's "support", he integrated and incorporated a group of Gao Yingxiang's old departments, re-raised the banner of breaking into the king, and regained his momentum, and fought with Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi repeatedly, and actually fought with each other, and initially followed Xiao Tianjian's foothold in the Hanzhong area, Sun Chuanting used troops against him many times, and failed to completely defeat it, after Li Zicheng occupied the Hanzhong area, he also made a posture of going south to Sichuan at any time, The Sichuan side was extremely nervous, and Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers were transferred to Lizhou to prevent Li Zicheng's troops from attacking Sichuan again.

In short, after Yang Sichang put forward the plan of opening the net on all sides, the officials and armies in various places have strengthened their strength, and the local officials have also begun to make great efforts to deal with the rebels in the territory in accordance with Xiong Wencan's instructions, so that in the entire Chongzhen ten years, Yang Sichang's policy of four positives and six corners has played a good role, and the rebels from all walks of life who have just recovered have not been harmed, except for Xiao Tianjian and Li Zicheng, the two big ones have not hurt their vitality, and the rest have basically suffered great setbacks.