When Li Zicheng entered Jianmen Pass, the battle had already ended, and Wu Ermao and Shangguan Siyu were still surrounding Xuan Yang's corpse, refusing to leave or letting others move.

Seeing Li Zicheng, Wu Ermao suddenly cried like a child, "Big brother, Xuanyang...... Xuanyang: He's dead......"

Li Zichengfu helped Wu Ermao up, patted his arm, and wiped away his tears with his sleeve, "Ermao, Xuanyang is also my brother, and people can't be resurrected after death......"

"Big brother, Xuan Yang is good, he killed several Ming soldiers alone......

"I know, Xuan Yang is good, everyone in the Shadowless Gate is good, there are only more than ten of you, but you can seize the gate and block the Ming army of two hundred households," Li Zicheng glanced at the disciples of the Shadowless Gate around him, "Xuanyang is dead, but it's a pity that he hasn't married his mother-in-law yet, and he hasn't even left a child......"

"Yes, big brother......"

Li Zicheng knew that he shouldn't be sensational, so he hurriedly patted Wu Ermao's shoulder and said: "Ermao, brothers, I also know it's a pity, but Xuanyang is dead, and people can't be resurrected after death......

"Big Brother ......"

"Ermao," Li Zicheng shook his head, "Let Brother Xuanyang rest in peace, let's set up a tombstone for him, and give him incense in the future, don't let Brother Xuanyang be too lonely!" ”

He asked his soldiers to drag Wu Ermao and others away, and chose a place halfway up the mountain to face the sun, and buried Xuanyang, now that the temperature is rising, the corpse will soon decompose, and the army will go south again, and it is impossible to bring it back to Lanzhou.

Song Wenbu left a hundred soldiers stationed there, and they had already left Jianmen Pass and went south to Jianzhou, Li Zicheng also followed the south, and Li Guobu's cavalry was slightly dragged behind.

Jianzhou is thirty miles south of Jianmen Pass, it is the logistics support place of Jianmen Pass, if Jianmen Pass is the northern gateway of Sichuan, Jianzhou is the big back door of this portal, after Jianzhou, it is basically the edge of the mountain.

Although there were a small number of garrisons in the city, but the Song Wen Department relied on the sharpness of the large number of people and firearms, and directly attacked the city when it arrived at the city, and went down with a drum, when Li Zicheng arrived, Song Wen had already entered the city and pacified the people in the city.

Before Li Zicheng went south, he had already warned the soldiers that the Mandate of Heaven Army was not a rogue, but that it was its duty to protect and save the people of the world, and that it was absolutely not to disturb the people, and that if there was disobedience, no matter how serious the circumstances were, they would be beheaded.

Naturally, the soldiers did not dare to disobey the orders of the Grand Governor, and after entering the city, they were only on duty on various traffic arteries, not only did they not ask the people to go home, but even the panicked people on the streets turned a blind eye.

Zhizhou and other officials, big and small, really didn't expect that Jianzhou would be taken by the Heavenly Mandate Army in a moment or three, let alone escape, even if they committed suicide, they had no chance, and they were served by Song Wen and temporarily detained in the state office.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, civil officials lose land, and there are generally three endings: death in battle, martyrdom, and subjugation, for the officials themselves, which result is the same, it is a "death" word.

The only difference is that the court treats their families: those who die in battle, even if they fail to keep the city, are considered meritorious people, and their families can be rewarded and bereaved; The people who were martyred in the city, although they were suspected of being afraid of crime, but they still had a trace of loyalty, and the court basically did not hold their families accountable, and their children and grandchildren could continue to be officials; Those who have fled from the land will not be exempt from death unless they have made special contributions, and their families will be held jointly and severally responsible.

Starting from Zhizhou, these captured officials basically don't have any hope for life, they are all waiting for death, and their only hope is not to affect their families.

But their life and death are completely in the hands of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and any good wishes are just wishful thinking.

Li Zicheng handed them over to Guo Shijun, dealing with these captured officials, who would already govern Sichuan in the future, and Guo Shijun should be more expert than him.

Unexpectedly, after Guo Shijun entered the official office, he directly released these officials, and they could move freely from the city for three days, but they were not allowed to go out of the city, and those who violated the order were killed!

Li Zicheng got the message from He Xiaomi's mouth, and immediately smiled, "Shijun is trying to convince people's hearts!" ”

He Xiaomi was puzzled, "The Metropolitan Governor, the officials of the Ming Dynasty, how many good people are there?" That's it...... all of them."

"Then according to Xiaomi, are you going to kill them?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "The Jianzhou we won, you will manage it, and you will collect taxes?" ”

"Ah......" He Mi was suddenly speechless, "The Metropolitan Governor...... Their previous behavior ......"

"In the past, they were members of the imperial court, and they did not violate the laws of the Mandate of Heaven," Li Zicheng said: "Although I hate their behavior, I have nothing to do, how can I kill all these officials, who will help us govern?" The Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion does not only need the army, in fact, what we lack most now is the local civil officials, the Mandate of Heaven Army is going south this time, the target is the whole of Sichuan, Xiaomi calculates, how many civilian officials are needed? ”

"This ......" He Xiaomi was still a little unconvinced, "the Metropolitan Governor, but they are already greedy for ink, and they will ...... in the future."

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Xiaomi, do you know why Shijun let them move freely in the city?" ”

He Xiaomi hesitated and said, "Could it be that they are letting them see the military discipline of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Xiaomizi is half right," Li Zicheng pointed at He Xiaomi's nose with his hand, and said with a smile: "Let them see the military discipline of the Heavenly Mandate Army, of course, it is to tell them how to be officials in the future, and more importantly, let them see the people, the Heavenly Mandate Army has not committed any crimes against the people, and they will know that there is an essential difference between the Heavenly Mandate Army and the rogues of Zhang Xianzhong and others, and if they want to be new people, they can only follow the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

Sure enough, as Li Zicheng expected, in less than three days, officials of all sizes in Jianzhou took the initiative to return to the back office, met Guo Shijun, and asked for submission.

Guo Shijun only asked them one question: "I can not pursue your past, but can you obey the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army like the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

They have already thought about such a problem.

Compared with death, not only can they pick up a life, but they can also continue to be officials, and in their eyes, the Heavenly Mandate Army is not a rogue with the goal of looting at all, but with great ambitions.

Xu Shangqing, the governor of Jianzhou, led a group of officials of all sizes to kowtow to Guo Shijun, which was regarded as an official change of the foyer.

Guo Shijun knew that Li Zicheng did not carry civilian officials with him when he went south this time, and as the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army became larger and larger, there must be a lot of civilian officials, so he left all these officials.

Any previous behavior, the Mandate of Heaven Army can not be investigated, but from now on, it is necessary to act in accordance with the laws of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office, Xu Shangqing will continue to stay in Zhizhou, and the state government will re-approve the establishment, in addition to Zhizhou, there will also be an independent judge Yang Yuding, and a tax official Zhang Zhize who is subordinate to Zhizhou.

Most officials are not reinstated, but are awaiting new appointments.

Xu Shangqing is still the highest official in Jianzhou, but he is in charge of taxation, people's livelihood, etc., and he is completely out of control of criminal and civil litigation.

Guo Shijun reprimanded these officials again, and then asked them to take office immediately.

Xu Shangqing asked rhetorically: "Lord Guo, Jianzhou already belongs to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, but Jianzhou still has a county Zitong, as well as Shangfu Baoning, will it be completely separated from the relationship in the future?" ”

"This question depends on the route of the Heavenly Mandate Army," Guo Shijun said: "In this way, I will take you to see the Metropolitan Governor, and you can ask the Metropolitan Governor in person." ”

Guo Shijun took Xu Shangqing and asked to see Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng listened to Xu Shangqing's words, and at first thought that he was going to explore the secrets of the Heavenly Mandate Army, thinking that he should not have such great courage, and he was under the control of the Heavenly Mandate Army, could it be that his life was too long?

"Xu Zhizhou, from today onwards, Jianzhou already belongs to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, as for Baoning Mansion, don't have a relationship with them for the time being until you submit to the Mandate of Heaven Army."

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

"As for Zitong County, it's not on the march of the Heavenly Mandate Army for the time being," Li Zicheng said: "Let's talk about it when we return to the army!" ”

"The Grand Duke," Xu Shangqing arched his hands, with a little expectation in his eyes, "Zitong Zhixian Zhao Jie has a lot of connections with his subordinates, his wife Wei, and his subordinates are still distant relatives, if his subordinates go to Zitong in person, maybe Zhao Jie is willing to come and return to ......."

"Oh?" Li Zicheng then remembered that Zitong County is a subordinate county of Jianzhou, and between Zhao Jie and Xu Shangqing, there was originally a relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the two were familiar with each other, and it was also common sense, so he said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, if Zitong County takes the initiative to return to obedience, the governor of Bendu will give you a credit, and Zhao Jie can also stay in office!" ”

"Thank you, Dadu!" Xu Shangqing hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him.

Li Zicheng gathered the troops in the city, selected two hundred households, promoted the two general banner officers under Song Wen to the hundred household officials, strengthened training on weekdays, and guarded Jianzhou City at the same time.

The Song Ministry of Culture temporarily left two hundred households and garrisoned them for three days, and then followed the army, the rest of the soldiers, and continued to advance, while Li Zicheng followed Li Guobu's cavalry and went south together.

Leaving Jianzhou, the remnants of Micang Mountain basically had no effect on the march, and the Heavenly Mandate Army had two options: go south along the Jialing River and take Baoning Mansion, which belongs to Jianzhou, or turn to the southwest, cross the Zitongshui and go straight down to Chengdu.

Li Zicheng went south this time, what he valued most was the grain of the Chengdu Plain and the wealth of Shudi, and the small Baoning Mansion was naturally not in his eyes.

After the army left the city, it turned to the southwest, along the southern foot of Dajian Mountain, entered the southern foot of Minshan Mountain, and crossed the Fujiang River from the northern foot of Taihua Mountain.

The west bank of the Fujiang River, is the gateway of Chengdu Jiangyou County, Jiangyou County faces the river in the east, the back mountain in the south, is the only way to Chengdu, once the Jiangyou is taken, the north of Chengdu, is a horse Pingchuan, is the real Chengdu Plain, and there is no danger.

Li Zicheng used the 5,000 infantry of the Song Ministry of Culture to surround the west, south, and north sides of Jiangyou City, leaving only the east city near the river, but let Li Guo's cavalry rush to Zhangming County in the south first to cut off possible reinforcements.

Ma Hongyuan, the county governor of Jiangyou, saw that there were many rogues, and he was afraid in his heart, so he cheered up his spirits, gathered the soldiers and officials in the city, and asked the people to help defend the city.

Li Zicheng, Song Wen and Zhao Guangrui each guarded a city gate, and he had the heart to see Zhao Guangrui's ability, so he did not move and let the north city gate where Zhao Guangrui was stationed as the main direction of attack.