Li Zicheng's message that he got the Tartar out of the fortress was already in April, and although Wang Anping's message was not very detailed, he knew that the people around Gyeonggi would definitely be harmed.

The court will not soothe the people, the people can only # lick the sores by themselves, in fact, they do not need the comfort of the court, even if they are lucky enough to save their lives, they will be taken away by the Tartars, and they will start a new life in the new land......

Li Zicheng had no time to worry about these people, and once the imperial court recovered from the war of the Tartars, it would definitely attack the Heavenly Mandate Army.

He was always preparing for a new war.

Qin Danian's troops, which were stationed in Jingyuan County, and Ma Youshui's troops, which were stationed in Guguan, completed the expansion of the army as early as February, and the new soldiers of 5,000 households were mixed with the veterans of 5,000 households, so that the combat effectiveness of the army could be restored as soon as possible.

Together with the Zhou Bin Department of the Fifth Battalion stationed in Lanzhou, and the Liu Yunshui Department also stationed in Guguan, there are already three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion on the entire Longshan line.

Now these three infantry battalions have extremely neat firearms such as rifles, ammunition, artillery, and gunpowder packs, and there is no need to worry about supply.

On the Sichuan side, in addition to the naval army still stationed along the Yangtze River, the battalions that conquered Tusi in southern Sichuan have completed new deployments.

The 1st Regiment of the 7th Battalion, led by Song Wenqin, was stationed in Xing'an County, east of Hanzhong, to defend the Hanshui line, and the cavalry of the 2nd Battalion Li Guobu was stationed in Hanzhong to respond to the Song Wenbu, while monitoring a number of valleys in the Qinling Mountains in the north.

The Qin Gongming Department of the First Regiment of the Eighth Battalion is stationed in Zunyi and Luzhou, and the Qin Zuoming Department of the Second Regiment is stationed in the Xingdu Division of Sichuan, mainly responsible for sinicization matters.

Zhang Lingbu of the 3rd Regiment of the 7th Battalion has been stationed in Kuizhou, which can not only go south to deal with the naval army along the river, but also go north to join the Mandate of Heaven army in Hanzhong.

Zhao Guangrui's division of the second regiment of the seventh battalion was originally stationed in Songpan, but the population of Songpan was not large, and Zhao Guangrui was unwilling to be confined to the remote plateau, so after opening up the road from Songpan to Long'an, he recruited eight general flags locally, two of which were stationed in Songpan Province, and the remaining six general banners were stationed in the county seat where the population was relatively concentrated.

Zhao Guangrui left Wu Qiu's thousand households in charge of the garrison of the entire Songpan Mansion, and he took the remaining four thousand households to the south, and was placed by Guo Shijun in Meizhou and Jiading Prefectures south of Chengdu, while maintaining local stability, while supervising the prisoners of war to expand the official road to the Sichuan Xingdu Division.

In Sichuan, there was also the fourth battalion of Li Ji's department as a mobile to deal with the entire front.

Whether it is Longyou or Sichuan, Li Zicheng has made full preparations, he is waiting for the imperial army, the only thing that cannot be determined is whether the imperial court will attack from a certain way, or like last time, send out an army of 100,000 and attack from multiple roads at the same time.

On the entire front of the confrontation between the Mandate of Heaven Army and the imperial court, Lanzhou was too far north, and Li Zicheng wanted to personally command the battle, so he handed over the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion to Liang Wencheng again, and he left Lanzhou with his own soldiers and rushed to Hanzhong.

The Han Qing Bureau received Li Zicheng's instructions to take full action in Huguang, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, and investigated the movements of the Ming army day and night......

Although Wang Anping did not send out the news of the Ming army's movements, Li Zicheng was still not at ease, he hurried all the way to Hanzhong, and Li Guo converged, to his surprise, the new governor of Shaanxi, Ding Qirui, did not attack Guguan, let alone send troops and horses to attack the valley road in the Qinling Mountains.

Even the ranger on the surface did not increase......

What's wrong with the imperial court? The Mandate of Heaven Army poked such a big basket in Sichuan, could Zhu Youzhen tolerate it? Can't he see that the goal of the Mandate of Heaven Army is to overthrow the Ming Dynasty?

Many times, Li Zicheng is incomprehensible, but this time, he can't guess Zhu Youzhen!

Li Zicheng went out of the city every day for half a day, not only to walk horses, but also to inspect the terrain, this day just returned to the city from Dingjun Mountain, he received a message from the Han Qing Bureau: Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, was dismissed, and Zonglong took over the post of secretary of the military department.

Fu Zonglong?

Li Zicheng sneered in his heart, is he the one who was appointed as the governor of Sichuan, but he didn't even touch the land of Sichuan? Such a figure served as the secretary of the military department? Interesting!

However, Fu Zonglong is deeply impressed by Sichuan, and now that the Tartars have returned to the north, and Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others have accepted the appeasement, he should be going to attack the Heavenly Mandate Army, right?

It's better to do it that way, so that you don't have to do it yourself.

On the one hand, Li Zicheng sent summons to the garrisons in various places, asking them to prepare for battle, and on the other hand, he thought about how many soldiers Fu Zonglong would dispatch, since there were no thieves in Huguang, the defense line of the Yangtze River and the Han River should be the focus of Fu Zonglong's attack, right?

Li Zicheng pondered for half a night, and after breakfast the next day, he marched east with his own soldiers and joined the Song Ministry of Culture in Xing'an.

At this time, Fu Zonglong had just arrived in Beijing and took over the post of secretary of the military department.

Sure enough, as Li Zicheng expected, the first thing Fu Zonglong did after taking office was to discuss the matter of conscripting and suppressing the Heavenly Mandate Army, which had long been exposed under the noses of the imperial court, and those civilian officials in the military department who had never left the Beijing Division already knew about the existence of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Fu Zonglong's plan was supported by all the personnel of the military department, but it was discussed for two days in a row, but there was no result - in Fu Zonglong's heart, there was only the general direction of "conquest and suppression", and there was no specific plan - the specific plan needed silver, but the household department obviously did not.

Fu Zonglong sighed for a long time, and found that it was not a way, so if he waited, the Heavenly Mandate Army would gradually grow bigger, and he asked his subordinates to come up with a specific implementation plan, and on the other hand, he went to see Yang Sichang, wanting to ask him how to solve the problem of soldiers' salaries.

However, as soon as Fu Zonglong left the gate of the military department, he was chased back by his subordinates: "Master Fu, Huguang's emergency report!" ”

"Huguang? Urgent? Fu Zonglong couldn't guess for a while that there would be any urgent military situation in Huguang, so he took the Tang Newspaper, returned to the military headquarters, leaned back on the seat, took a sip of fragrant tea, and then launched the Tang Newspaper.

This didn't matter, Fu Zonglong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and the tea cup in his hand also "clanged", fell to the ground, and cracked into countless pieces......

There were already handymen who came to clean up, Fu Zonglong didn't realize it, he looked at Tang Baozai carefully, and he didn't feel cold, and the whole person was like a frosted eggplant, spread on the wooden chair.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Chen Xinjia, the right waiter, hurriedly came over lightly, "Master Fu? ”

Fu Zonglong came to his senses at this time, hurriedly raised his right hand, and handed the Tang newspaper to Chen Xinjia, Chen Xinjia took it and immediately widened his eyes, "No, it can't be ......"

There was a wry smile on the corner of Fu Zonglong's mouth, "How can these rogues be trusted?" ”

"My lord, what now?" Chen Xinjia held the Tang newspaper and suddenly felt that it weighed more than a thousand catties, and the Heavenly Mandate Army in Sichuan had not yet ...... This lake is in chaos again......

He was afraid of being mistaken, so he silently recited it in his heart: On May 6, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled in Gucheng, killed Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of the county, and Lin Mingqiu, the patrol of the imperial history, robbed the treasury and imprisoned it, and supervised the military Zhang Dajing, Ma Tingbao, and Xu Qizuo to surrender the thieves......

On May 8, Luo Rucai rebelled in Yunxian County, received Zhang Xianzhong, and the two thieves joined forces in one place, and continued to plunder south......

A wry smile appeared on Fu Zonglong's face, "Xinjia, you say, did the Liukou negotiate it?" ”

Chen Xinjia was silent for a while, and Fang said: "My lord guessed right, the time of the rebellion is so close, and it can quickly converge...... Ma Shouying and He Yilong were far away in Huoshan, but they were able to get the news of the rebellion of the two thieves before the imperial court......"

Fu Zonglong's eyes suddenly became hollow, and he was stunned for a while, but he sighed softly, "Xiong Wencan is really a pig, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are under his nose...... The two thieves colluded, he was unaware, and he kept reporting the good news to the court, saying that Zhang Xianzhong was willing to serve the court and had always been loyal......"

He felt that his body was completely hollowed out by something, the original plan to conquer the Mandate of Heaven Army was now completely nullified, although the Mandate of Heaven Army was hateful and very insidious, but it would not flow, the scourge was only in one place, and Zhang Xianzhong and his ilk were attacking the east and west, disrupting most of the country......

Chen Xinjia was silent, and said for a long time: "My lord, maybe the situation is not as bad as imagined...... When Xiong Wencan learned that the two thieves had rebelled, didn't he immediately go to chase Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai? Zuo Liangyu seems to be Zhang Xianzhong's nemesis......"

"If Zuo Liangyu can kill Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, will the court still appease him?" Fu Zonglong trembled with anger, he had just become the secretary of the Ministry of War, and this happened, he retracted his right hand into his sleeve, "It is precisely because Zuo Liangyu is Zhang Xianzhong's nemesis that I am very worried, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely not fight a decisive battle, and going south from Gucheng and Yunxian is a mountainous situation, which happens to give full play to the strengths of the Liukou!" ”

Chen Xinjia hesitated and said, "My lord, what should we do now?" Your Excellency has just taken over the position of Shangshu......"

"Just now?" Fu Zonglong's heart moved, yes, he had just taken over as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the rebellion of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had nothing to do with him, so why not take this opportunity to ask the emperor for food?

Fu Zonglong stopped planning in his heart, and only then entered the palace to ask to see Zhu Youzhen, at this time the weather was already dark, Zhu Youzhen was having dinner, thinking that Fu Zonglong was asking for food and salary by the way by reporting the plan to conquer the Mandate of Heaven Army, and wanted to wait for nothing.

Zhang Yixian bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, it's an eventful time right now...... Master Fu asked to see him overnight, maybe there was some urgent military situation...... In case the emperor is not seen, the military situation is mistaken...... Officials have always been talkative......"

Since the Zodiac Zhou incident, he has been particularly tired of the speech officials, and he is like flies in the court all day long, but he can't solve any problems, and often bad things......

But he had no choice but to nod his head angrily, and even felt that he had no appetite for dinner.

Fu Zonglong entered the palace and reported the pond from Huguang to Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen took it, only glanced at it, and immediately scolded Xiong Wencan for a bloody sprinkler, "Pig, dead pig ......"

Fu Zonglong waited for Zhu Youzhen's face to change slightly, and then he said carefully: "Your Majesty, how will the imperial court respond?" ”

Zhu You didn't fight in one place, "You are the secretary of the military department, and you have to ask me about everything, so what is the use of you?" He threw the bowl and chopsticks, kicked over the imperial case with flying feet, and entered the Qinqin Palace overnight to seek countermeasures from Empress Zhang Yan of Yi'an...