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After Li Qi sent the offspring away, he returned to Lu Xiangsheng's room, bowed to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Lord Qiqi, that person has already left the city, I don't know if the adult has any other orders?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng sat in his chair, was silent for a long time, shook his head and said to himself: "I hope I didn't do anything wrong this time!" It's a pity! Why is he a thief? If only he weren't a thief! It's okay! Richie, you remember today's events, don't mention it to anyone, it's better to forget it forever! ”

A few days later, Xiao Tianjian took Luo Rucai to step on the ice again, returned to western Henan, a young officer Pegasus chased up from behind them, came to Xiao Tianjian, turned over and dismounted and ran to Xiao Tianjian's horse, saluted and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Qiyu handsome!" The lowly is back! The matter has been done, everything is going according to the commander's orders! ”

Xiao Tianjian grabbed the reins of the horse and said with a smile: "Lu Xiangsheng is really a good official!" It's a pity that he still has illusions about the current court, but he doesn't know that the officials in the court have long been rotten to the extreme, and he can't turn the tide and fall by himself! That's it! Look! More on that later! Let's go straight back to Ruzhou! This time, you have worked hard! Go down and get some rest! Let's talk about your experience of going to Xuanfu this time! Hehe! ”

With the Xingtian Army defeated Lu'an Mansion and the surrounding counties, although Shanxi was a big chaos, but the Xingtian Army stopped in Xiangyuan County after a small punishment of Shanxi officials and troops, although Wu Fu repeatedly sent people to Lu Xiangsheng to ask for troops to go south, but Lu Xiangsheng refused to transfer troops from the north of Jin to the south on the grounds that Xuanda was ready to move because of the construction of slaves outside the Guan, so the border soldiers could not move lightly, and refused to transfer troops from the north of Jin to the south, but let Wu Fu temporarily stop the attack on the territory under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army in the south of Jin, turn to defense, shrink the troops, and Chen was stationed in Pingyang Mansion, Taigu, Qinzhou and other places, do not seek to recover the lost territory, first promise not to let the Xingtian Army expand in Shanxi. (.. ）

Although Wu Fu was not very happy, there was no better way, so he could only temporarily shrink his forces according to Lu Xiangsheng's arrangement, and stopped the offensive operations against the territory under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army in southern Jin, and the Xingtian Army also switched from offensive to defensive, so that the war in Shanxi came to an end temporarily, and both sides stopped, and Wu Fu could only sit back and watch the fact that Lu'an Mansion was occupied by the Xingtian Army.

However, after Chongzhen heard the news, he was still furious, and soon ordered Wu Fu to be dismissed from his post as governor of Shanxi, and at the same time, for Xu Dingguo, a defeated general, he was demoted by three levels in a row, and he was retained to make meritorious service, which can be regarded as a treatment of this matter.

Of course, Chongzhen also realized that if the Xingtianjun continued like this, he would really become the one who dug the grave for him, so he immediately issued an order to order Xiong Wencan and Hong Chengchou to pacify the Xingtianjun within three months.

If the Xingtian Army cannot be solved within three months, then with the temper of the current saint, it is really uncertain whether his head can sit firmly on his neck, so at this point, Xiong Wencan can no longer drag it out, so he has to step up the mobilization of troops and horses, and at the same time ask Hong Chengchou to fight against the Xingtian army, in short, we must find a way to solve the Xingtian army as soon as possible, and at the worst we must first drive the Xingtian army out of Henan and squeeze it back to Shanxi. In the end, the three parties worked together to suppress the Xingtian Army in the area of southern Jin.

In short, after the New Year, in February, the officers and troops in several provinces began to move towards Henan, which made the army in Henan overwhelming the border, forming an unprecedented pressure on the Xingtian army.

However, for Xiao Tianjian, he is not too worried at the moment, because at this time, the Xingtian Army has reached a new level in terms of strength and equipment quality, and after the adjustment of the two months of the Chinese New Year, the three divisions in Henan have completed the reorganization, and at the same time a large number of weapons have been added, so that the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army has been strengthened again.

This time, after Xiao Tianjian ended the battle of Lu'anfu, he led his division south again, not only brought back Situ Liang's cavalry battalion in Jinnan, but also brought back the children of the youth battalion who had been 16 for more than 500 years, and the children of this group of youth battalions were all supplemented into the three war divisions, enriching the low-level officers of the three divisions, not only that, Yan Chongxi also selected two thousand soldiers from the elite reserve battalion in Jinnan again, so that Xiao Tianjian brought them back to Henan and added them to the various departments, and these recruits in Jinnan were the most loyal to the Xingtian Army. And it's very tough, although it is a recruit, but they have also received systematic recruit training in Jinnan, and they can fight at any time.

In addition, the Henan Xingtian Army also occupied a lot of territory, and a large number of displaced people rushed to the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, according to the requirements of the Xingtian Army, these young and strong people who newly returned to the refugees must first enter the reserve camp for training, and after obtaining merit, they can obtain land.

As for the material, in order to support the future war of the Xingtian Army in Henan, in addition to the Shuangfeng Zhai craftsman camp to continue to expand production, Yangcheng Iron Yard also switched to the production of armor, mainly responsible for the production of iron armor, knives, guns, bayonets and other cold weapons, and at the same time took over the production of small parts on the self-generated fire gun that occupied more craftsmen, so that the iron work of the Shuangfeng Zhai craftsman camp can focus all his energy on building the gun pipe, and finally the various produced parts are assembled together, so that the output of the self-generated fire gun has risen significantly.

After more than a year of development, the craftsmanship of the new craftsmen has become more and more mature, and after the output of fine iron has been guaranteed, the production of self-made firecrackers here has also expanded several times, so that the output of firecrackers has reached hundreds of guns per month.

Not to mention the artillery work on the side of Gaosu, since the adoption of the method of iron mold casting cannons, artillery production is no longer affected by the season, and the requirements for craftsmen have been greatly reduced, the output of artillery can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds, from the initial output of only three or four guns a month, has been promoted to produce thirty or forty guns of various types per month, almost a month can be equipped with a gun battalion, at the same time, because of the technical advantages of the iron mold casting cannon itself, the quality of all kinds of copper and iron cannons cast has been greatly improved compared with the past, It is easy to cast, and users can rest assured, so after Gao Su met the needs of the Xingtian Army's artillery, all his energy was transferred to the matter of training gunners.

The original small training class under Shuangfeng Village has now expanded into a Xingtian Army Artillery Academy, and has trained a large number of gunners for the Xingtian Army at a rapid speed, and these newly trained gunners are quickly transferred to various departments to start their artillery careers.

So far, the Xingtian Army has formed a complete set of perfect weapons production and training systems, which has injected a strong impetus into the enhancement of the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army.

At the same time, because of Luo Rucai's attachment, it also has a considerable impact on the current rebel army, under the instruction of Xiao Tianjian, Jiang Qin, who is responsible for intelligence collection, has publicized this matter through various channels, and many lesser-known exile troops who were originally active in Henan also began to vote after learning the news. In this way, the Xingtian Army was even more vigorous.

However, when Xiao Tianjian and Luo Rucai returned to Henan after the New Year, Luo Rucai found that he was in an embarrassing situation.

(I wish you all a Happy New Year, Ryoma spirit, family happiness, and good health!) ）