Sure enough, as soon as a messenger was sent here to deliver a letter to Zuo Liangyu, the news was received that Runing Mansion had fallen, Yang Wenyue and others had been killed, and King Chong had been captured by thieves, and it was almost certain that he would be killed. Now it's okay, the people in Kaifeng are relaxed, and they don't have to think about the rescue anymore.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was unhappy, and another vassal king was killed by thieves, so is this worth it? So he immediately gave a strict order to Sun Chuanting, asking him to lead his troops out of the customs as soon as possible and go to Henan to exterminate the thieves.

The heads of the three armies in Henan, Li Yan, Chen Yongfu, and Zuo Liangyu, were severely reprimanded by order. However, the punishment given to them is to be dismissed from their posts and retained, and they are required to make meritorious contributions for their crimes.

Hou Sui in Baoding did not fall behind, and he also severely reprimanded him, asking him to organize Hebei soldiers to cross the river as soon as possible, and together they exterminated Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai and other thieves in Henan.

Although Sun Chuanting's military talent is much stronger than Hou Sui, he is a stubborn person, and Chongzhen is unwilling to entrust him with important tasks. Although Hou Sui's hands and feet were a little unclean when he was in the household department, Zuo Liangyu's troops were the most numerous and the most domineering, and he could only let Hou Sui, a benefactor, command him. Therefore, Hou Sui was appointed as the prime minister of this meeting.

As for Li Yan and Chen Yongfu, now it is a plan to use people, and the two still have some generals in their hands, and they still want them to continue to serve, so they can only be punished lightly.

After Chen Yongfu learned of the fall of Runing, he left Kaifeng and returned to Zhengzhou. He is now asking the soldiers and civilians to repair the city walls, and the surviving rich gentry are being raised, and he is also sending troops to several counties north of the Yellow River to raise food. said that it was raised, but it was just forced, and he would do it himself. However, they are all in the countryside, and the impact is not too great.

Li Yan continued to train the 10,000 villagers, and at the same time began to resettle the displaced people, distribute fields, and recruit new soldiers. There are also many displaced people from all over the city in Kaifeng City, and those Fugui families don't care about them, and those peasants are naturally moved to the newly recovered county town by Li Yan. Powerful contributions, and those who are young and strong will be outstanding.

Of course, he has also been sending people to monitor Li Zicheng's movements. Li Zicheng was very strange, and he had been staying near Runing, letting the troops scatter in all directions, attacking the city and plundering the land. However, they showed no signs of moving north, which made Li Yan a little puzzled.

"Why did he stay there?" Li Mu asked puzzledly: "It seems that Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses in Xinyang have all withdrawn to Huguang, he will either take advantage of the victory to pursue Huguang, or wave his army north to open the seal or return to Germany." But why didn't he stay in Runing? ”

Li Yan frowned and said suspiciously: "Maybe you also want to occupy a territory in Henan, and you want to fight us to the end." ”

"That's not bad, let's go attack when the time comes, and see how he copes." Li Mu said with a sneer.

Li Yan said with some concern: "They have millions of people, and they can occupy a lot more territory. If you let them gain a foothold, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with in the future. ”

"As long as they're not mobile anymore, there's no need to worry." Li Mu said lightly: "If you want to talk about a head-to-head duel, who else is our opponent?" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "If you beat them hard, they will naturally know what to do." Unless we can have enough troops to surround them and slowly compress them. He said as he slowly squeezed his hands inward.

"How many soldiers do you need? And it's all plains, so you can't surround it if you want to. Li Mu frowned and said, "Even if Hou Sui's soldiers are added this time, Sun Chuanting's soldiers are unlikely to defeat Li Zicheng." ”

"That's why it's more troublesome." Li Yan smiled bitterly: "As for this encirclement and suppression, I don't know when it will start." It is said that many of Sun Chuanting's soldiers were newly recruited, and Liu Zeqing in Shandong did not seem to have much combat power, and Zuo Liangyu had simply run away. ”

At this time, Sun Sifu came in and reported: "Dashuai, I just received the news from Tian Yong, Li Zicheng and the others are waiting for the eyes of Ge Li, and Lao Hui is waiting for the thieves to come and meet." ”

"What?!" Li Mu asked in surprise: "They are also coming to Henan when they come back?" ”

Sun Sifu replied: "That's what the news sent by Tian Yong said. Luo Rucai had already contacted the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo in Nanzhili and made an appointment to come to Henan to plan a major event. ”

Li Mu said: "They are all old battalion leaders, and their combat capabilities will naturally be stronger." Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, plus them, the combatable soldiers, I am afraid that there can really be two or three hundred thousand. ”

Li Yan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't worry about them." Do our own thing, even if they really have a million capable soldiers, what can they do? We can defeat them anyway! ”

"That's what the fourth brother said."

Luzhou, the government office.

"Grimeye, have you figured it out?!" Zhang Xianzhong said loudly: "Cao Cao said that when they gain a foothold in Henan, you will go!" We're standing here too! You don't want to put your own turf and go to Henan, do you have a problem with your brain? ”

In order to gain a foothold here, Zhang Xianzhong not only did not plunder a lot, but also issued a notice to calm the people, so that the people could stay and harvest grain with peace of mind. He showed no mercy to those rich landlords and corrupt officials, killed a large number of them, collected the land deeds and other things, lowered the rent for the tenants a little, and made the people grateful to Dade.

However, he still collected the taxes of the court from the people, and in this way, he collected the taxes of the court and the rent of the landlords into his pocket, and the food and salary were suddenly sufficient. However, the career has just started, and the partner is about to withdraw his capital, can he not be in a hurry?

He Yilong (Ge Liyan) looked at the angry Zhang Xianzhong, and his heart was unhappy. They don't like Zhang Xianzhong's domineering, they are just a joint venture, and they are not his subordinates, how can they let him reprimand him like this?

"This is what we have discussed!" He Yilong said stiffly: "Cao Cao said that there are not many officers and soldiers in Henan. If we go, we will naturally be able to gain a foothold in Henan. There are also Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and soldiers and horses from other places. When we can stand here, I don't know when it will be. ”

Zhang Xianzhong sneered disdainfully: "Have you ever been to Henan?" I don't believe that Cao Cao can beat Li Yan?! Even if you add Li Zicheng, you can't beat it! ”

"With us, there's nothing you can't beat." He Yilong is still a hard reply.

Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table and shouted: "Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, it's not like we haven't fought!" They are no match for us! After three or five more battles, they will not be able to do it. Can't wait for a few days?! ”

"I'm here to inform you. We will leave next month, if you want to follow, go together, if you don't want to go to Henan, you should prepare early. After He Yilong finished speaking, he stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Farewell." ”

Zhang Xianzhong yelled at the back of this Ge Li eye: "Don't regret it! ”

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