The Ming army outside the city of Mixian was defeated, with countless casualties, and the Mandate of Heaven army tossed for half the night, until after dawn, Li Zicheng took people to clean up the battlefield in an all-round way, and burned the corpses of the Ming army, and the remaining bones were dug and buried.

Outside the city are the materials left by the Ming army, long and short weapons, shields, etc., plus the armor taken from the corpses and prisoners of war, almost 10,000 people of equipment.

The soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield smiled from ear to ear, but Li Zicheng showed a wry smile, the main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army had already been equipped with Xining rifles, mountain guns, gunpowder bags and other firearms, when did they start picking up the equipment of the Ming Army?

It's all the fault of the expansion of the army!

When he first came to Henan, the Mandate of Heaven Army only had the fourth battalion of Li Jibu's department, but there were only more than 10,000 soldiers, and now it has grown to three battalions and more than 50,000 soldiers, which is five times the original number.

The pace of army expansion is too fast, and Lanzhou does not have enough equipment to transport over, so the equipment of the new recruits can only be asked for by the Ming army, the fourth battalion and the independent battalion are better, and the soldiers in the reserve battalion even have very little equipment from the Ming army, and the soldiers who are trained even use farm tools and wooden sticks.

With these captures, it was possible to significantly improve the equipment of the reserve battalion.

The sergeants were facing the mountains of Ming army equipment and comparisons, but Li Zicheng was thinking about the prisoners of war, including the prisoners of war of Chen Yongfu's department, the Heavenly Mandate Army captured a total of seven or eight thousand Ming troops.

The battle is over, and it's time for these prisoners of war to be disposed of!

The first thing Li Zicheng thought of was to reorganize the prisoners of war into soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven, and these people absolutely could not be released; Henan is now seriously short of food, and if they are released, these people who have been on the battlefield and experienced life and death are likely to become rogues, occupy mountains and become kings in a certain place, and harm the people.

After returning to the city, Li Zicheng will select 6,000 soldiers from the prisoners of war, of which 5,000 households will be combined into the third regiment of the reserve battalion, with Zhao Fu as the head and the rank of 1,000 households, and the remaining 1,000 households will be temporarily organized into the fourth regiment.

The remaining more than 1,000 prisoners of war were either slightly disabled or too slippery to accept the constraints of the military laws and regulations of the Mandate of Heaven, so they were reorganized into city defense armies of prefectures and counties.

In the afternoon, Li Zicheng convened the senior officials of the Provisional Governor's Office and the commanders of all battalions and regiments to make a phased summary.

During this period of battle, except for last night's ambush battle, the first and second regiments of the fourth battalion rarely participated in the battle, mainly playing a covering role, and the main forces participating in the battle were all newly recruited battalions and regiments, and the recruits not only received actual combat training, but also made rich military achievements.

Because when Luoyang was rectified, the officers were basically promoted and used, except for the casualties of the lower-level officers of the battalions and regiments, which had to be replenished in time, the main generals were not promoted, and the military merits were issued in the form of cash.

The Provisional Governor's Mansion is not short of silver, and the Tang Mansion of Nanyang, the Chongwang Mansion of Runing, the Wan'an Mansion of Yongning, and the Fu Mansion of Luoyang have prepared sufficient silver for the Mandate of Heaven Army.

The main generals of all departments are smiling, especially the generals of the Ming army, such as Niu Kejing, Luo Tai, Liu Jianyi, etc., were originally insufficient food, but they did not expect that after taking refuge in the Mandate of Heaven Army, not only the white-faced steamed buns are full every day, but they can get a reward for winning the battle, and a lot of silver in the Provisional Governor's Mansion is with the army, and after the meeting, you can cash the reward!

The main generals are smiling on their faces, and then they are even more expressive, rushing to report their experiences and experiences to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng from time to time to dial a few sentences, after coming to Henan, more than a year, the Mandate of Heaven Army can develop to such a situation, it is really beyond his expectations, although the level of the generals is uneven, and the ideological understanding is not completely consistent, but their most valuable point is that they are willing to fight, which is enough.

Niu Jinxing reminded everyone that the Ming army had been defeated in Henan one after another, the imperial court would definitely take action, and the battle would continue, so everyone must not relax!

Li Zicheng remembered the words of President Sun Da: The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard!

Niu Jinxing's words should have been said by himself, it is good to have a temporary governor's mansion, these mother-in-law's words are saved, although Niu Jinxing is saying common sense, but among the generals here, who can listen to it? No way, one step at a time!

When it came to the next strategy of the Heavenly Mandate Army, everyone tilted their heads and listened, and the generals all hoped to continue fighting.

However, Li Zicheng only asked the newly reorganized recruits, that is, the third and fourth regiments of the reserve battalion, to divide their troops to collect Yuzhou, Dengfeng, and Xinzheng, and completely control the entire Jishan in his own hands.

Subsequently, the soldiers of these two regiments went to Luoyang for training and defending the city, and replaced the Ma Youyi Division of the Fourth Regiment of the Independent Battalion, and the four battalions and the independent battalion, two complete battalions, would continue to move in Henan to contain the Ming army in Henan.

Don't go north of the Yellow River for the time being, it's too close to the Beijing Division, in case the imperial court is shocked and sends the three major battalions of the Beijing Division to come over and fight hard, it's not fun.

Li Zicheng is not afraid of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the three major battalions is not necessarily strong, but now is not the moment of decisive battle, the Mandate of Heaven Army has not yet really established a foothold in Henan, and it is not ready for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

The next direction of the development of the Mandate of Heaven Army, in addition to the whole of Nanyang, is Runing Mansion in southern Henan, as well as the prefecture and county in the south of Kaifeng, close to Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion.

The matter of appointing officials and resettling the people in various localities was entrusted to Wang Yinchang and Li Wan, deputy civil envoys, but the list and resume of the new officials had to be reported to Li Zicheng, and the specific method of resettling the people had to be approved by Li Zicheng.

The meeting soon ended, and the generals were busy collecting the silver.

But Li Zicheng also has a faint worry, the fourth battalion and the independent battalion will have to move in the south of Henan, and there is a reserve battalion of 17,000 soldiers in Luoyang City, but in the surrounding Fuzhou counties, there are only one or two hundred city guards in each city, and basically there is no ability to defend the city.

It is simply impossible to disperse the main forces of the three battalions, and the Ming army can just break through individually, which is tantamount to suicide!

In the central and western parts of Henan, there are no obvious mountains and passes, separating the central and western regions from the east, and there is no terrain like Sichuan and Gansu, as long as several key roads are blocked, the entry of the Ming army can be refused.

The Central Plains region has always been the land of four wars, except for the southwest bordering Shangzhou, the territory of the Mandate of Heaven, the rest of the surrounding areas are Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Nanzhili, and Huguang controlled by the imperial court, and no one can predict which direction the imperial court will march from.

It's hard to prevent!

When Li Zicheng first came to Henan to wander, although he was chased by Hu Dawei a little embarrassed, but during that time, it was the most comfortable, anyway, it was the mansion of the imperial court, and he could fight if he wanted to, and he could run if he wanted to, without any fetters, but today is different, the Mandate of Heaven Army occupies the northwest of Henan, and each prefecture and county has its own appointed officials, and the victims have been initially resettled.

Could it be that his own hard work will be ruined in the hands of the imperial court and the Ming army? Could it be that the imperial court is more rogue than the rogue coward? The people in the northwest of Henan have just had a little way to live, and they are going to be cut off by the imperial court?

Li Zicheng thought hard, but for a while he couldn't find a solution, the Mandate of Heaven Army could play "hide and seek" with the Ming army in Henan, but tens of millions of people, it is impossible to flee with the soldiers, if the people have been fleeing, then who grows food? Even if the weather is good in the coming year, won't there still be a famine?

Natural disasters and man-made disasters are greater than natural disasters!

Li Zicheng was pacing in the big tent while muttering to himself, unconsciously lifted the rolling curtain, got out of the big tent, and saw happy smiling faces everywhere outside the big tent, and his heart suddenly moved.

I'm not fighting alone, and now I have a temporary governor's office.

The provisional governor's office is in Luoyang City, and the civil deputy envoys Wang Yinchang and Li Wan are all in Luoyang, but the military deputy envoys Li Xin and Niu Jinxing are by their side, and you can ask their opinions if you have something.

Li Zicheng asked and He Xiaomi to invite Li Xin and Niu Jinxing.

The two of them had just left Li Zicheng's big tent, and they were invited back so quickly, knowing that it was some secret matter, they didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly came to Li Zicheng's camp, "Governor? ”

Li Zicheng smiled and let the two of them sit down, and then asked He Xiaomi to serve tea, and said: "The summary meeting just now, because there are many people, there is one thing that is difficult to explain, so let the two of you return!" ”

Li Xin and Niu Jinxing glanced at each other and said, "The Metropolitan Governor, please speak clearly!" ”

"There is a very important question, have you thought of it," Li Zicheng said lightly: "Once the fourth battalion and the independent battalion leave Mi County and go south, the imperial court will use troops against Luoyang, what should we do?" ”

Li Xin frowned lightly and said slowly: "Metropolitan Governor, in Luoyang City, there is Wang Shaoyu's reserve camp, and the grain and grass are sufficient, if the Ming army comes to attack, there should be no problem in defending the city for two or three months, right?" ”

"In less than two or three months, the main force of our army will be able to return to the reinforcements......" Niu Jinxing said here, and his words suddenly paused, "My subordinates understand, the governor of the capital is not worried about Luoyang, but about the surrounding prefectures, prefectures, and counties......"

Li Zicheng glanced at Niu Jinxing, bowed slightly, Niu Jinxing's mind was really good, "Yes, there should be no problem in Luoyang City's self-protection, but it is also powerless to reinforce the surrounding Fuzhou counties!" ”

Li Xin's face turned red, damn it, such a simple question, why didn't he expect it to let Niu Jinxing steal the limelight? His heart was circling rapidly, but he had no idea for a while, and beads of sweat appeared on his face.

Li Zicheng held the tea cup in both hands, sipping the tea calmly, although the atmosphere was solemn, there was no anxiety on his face.

Niu Jinxing's heart has also been thinking, glanced at Li Zicheng, and suddenly understood, "Metropolitan Governor, if the army of the imperial court invades the prefecture and county, let all places open the door and surrender!" ”

"Na Down?" Li Xin was shocked, pointed at Niu Jinxing's nose with his finger, and said angrily: "You ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand with a smile on his face, "If Mr. has anything to say, just say it!" ”