This Ming army that came to send him to death was led by Xiao Han of Zhong Xiangzhi County, and the purpose was to come to the rescue of Xianling.

It turned out that this Xiao Han heard that Xianling was burned, as Zhong Xiangzhi County, Xianling was on his territory, and now Xianling was burned, as an order of a county, if he sat idly by, once the emperor blamed, it would be to exterminate the nine clans.

In fact, this Xiao Han heard it wrong, but the wooden fence wall was burned, and he thought that the entire Xianling was burned by thieves. He was so anxious that he immediately raised 2,000 troops to come to the rescue of Xianling.

This Xiao Han didn't know the height of the sky, and came to the door of the Xianling Tomb and shouted: "Zhong Xiangling is here, who dares to police the Mausoleum!" ”

Pity this Zhongxiang county commander, he didn't know that tens of thousands of righteous soldiers had been ambushed in all directions, and as soon as his words fell, he was shot to death by random arrows, and the two thousand officers and soldiers he brought, except for the five or six hundred who were shot dead, were all taken prisoner.

After cleaning up this Zhong Xiangzhi County, Cao Wenzhao led a large team of men and horses to Chengtian Mansion to kill in order to help Gao Junshan. When Cao Wenzhao arrived at Zhongxiang City (the location of Chengtian Mansion), the people guarding the city were already the people of Gao Junshan.

Why did the Chengtian Mansion change hands in one day? Could it be that Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, the prefect Wang Quan, and the general soldier Wen Guozhen, who adhered to Chengtian Mansion, were really so bearish?

When the ships of Gao Junshan bombarded the city gate, nearly 10,000 local residents held the banner of "Greeting Wang Shi" and opened the gate of Xiguan to welcome the righteous army into the city.

After taking Chengtianfu, the team rested for half a month, and requisitioned more than 1,000 ships of all sizes in Zhongxiang County, leaving Ma Jinzhong's seventh brigade, and the brigade continued to march to Wuchang by water.

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In the rest cabin on the top floor of "Xiangyang No. 1", several senior generals of the Eastern Expeditionary Army were concentrated.

This large ship that can accommodate 500 people can carry 30 people in its top rest cabin, and there is a main passage in the cabin, which is divided into ten rooms on the left and right, five on the left and five on the right. Gao Junshan, Xu Yixian, Zhou Shichen, Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Wenjiang, Li Dingguo, Ma Jin, Liu Wenxiu, and Ma Wen each occupied one, and the remaining one was occupied by Gao Junshan. Gao Junshan has to meet with many generals and generals every day, and this empty room naturally becomes his reception room.

The person who summoned here at the top of Gao Jun Mountain was Zhou Shichen. Zhou Shichen is the first generation of military generals trained by Chongwen Academy, he has the style of a Confucian general, a native of Yixing, Jiangsu, loves poetry, painting, and looks personable, and is called "Zhou Lang" in the army.

Gao Junshan also thinks that Zhou Shichen is comparable to Zhou Gongjin of the Three Kingdoms, he is very satisfied with Zhou Shichen's development in Henan, a team of 50,000 people, soon after entering Henan, it has developed to 500,000, which not only develops its own strength, but also greatly weakens the development of Li Zicheng, in history Li Zicheng arrived in Henan, his men and horses swelled to one million at once, and now, due to the development of Zhou Shichen in Henan, Li Zicheng only has 400,000 troops, and did not gain a firm foothold in Henan, ran back to Shaanxi.

The 50,000 people brought by Zhou Shichen into Yu, all of his important generals were Chongwen disciples, so to speak, these 50,000 people were his Chongwen disciples and his descendants. Among them, the most outstanding nine generals, including Zhou Shichen, Jiang Guorong, Liu Da, Zhang Wu, Dai Zicheng, He Sanxing, Wang Yunguang, and Wang Zuo, are now marshals and commanders-in-chief, and there are more than 100 generals at the level of Chongwen's disciples serving as general posts and thousands.

"The last general, Zhou Shichen, greets the King of Qin!" As soon as Zhou Shichen entered the door, he saluted to Gao Jun Mountain.

Gao Junshan replied: "Yinghou (Zhou Shichen) doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!" ”

After the two teachers and students sat down, Gao Junshan asked, "Tell me quickly, how did you develop after you entered Henan?" ”

Zhou Shichen said: "At the beginning of our entry into Henan, it was also very difficult. At that time, Henan was in a famine year, the fields were dry, and the locusts covered the sky and the sun, the grains were not harvested, and the hungry people were everywhere. The people didn't know much about our army, and when they saw us, they hid without a trace. ”

"How did you gain the trust of the people?"

"When our army was stationed in Xixian, there was a right-hand man named Li Ruoxing of the Ministry of Works, who gave us great help, not only made us gain the trust of the people, but also called on the officers and soldiers defending the city to lay down their arms and stop resisting us."

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "He is the son of the old grandmother in Xi County!" ”

Zhou Shichen said: "He has been managing rivers in Henan for many years, and he is a very knowledgeable water conservancy expert, so I left him in Henan to do his old job." ”

Gao Junshan approvingly: "You did the right thing. When we have quelled the war, let him take care of the water conservancy of our country. ”

Zhou Shichen said: "Originally, we could have gone to seize the Guide Mansion, because Li Zicheng happened to be opening the seal at that time, and in order to avoid conflict with it, we gave up the plan to attack the Guide Mansion. ”

Gao Junshan affirmed Zhou Shichen: "Not meeting Li Zicheng is my instruction to you before leaving, and you have done it." Not only did you do it, but you did it brilliantly! Although there was no conflict with Li Zicheng's troops, your development in Henan invisibly dealt a blow to Li Zicheng. ”

"Why do you say that?" Zhou Shichen did not know the reason.

Gao Junshan broke the road: "This is long and the other is gone." Our development in Henan will certainly weaken the momentum of Li Zicheng's development in Henan. ”

Zhou Shichen seemed to understand, and he nodded and said, "King Qin, you sent General He to Shaanxi, and the purpose is the same as when we go to Henan." ”

"It's the same, it's not exactly the same." Gao Junshan poured tea and said, "The purpose of sending you to Henan is very clear, that is, to compete with Li Zicheng for territory and grab troops." I sent He Renlong to occupy Fengxiang and Baoji, it is a strategy to get out of Qishan in advance, Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms has not succeeded in six out of Qishan in Shudi, if Li Zicheng occupies the whole territory of Shaanxi first, and then we go from Shu to fight Xi'an, we will surely follow in the footsteps of Zhuge Liang, and we will occupy Fengxiang and Baoji first in the case of Li Zicheng's unstable foothold, and if we want to take Xi'an in the future, it is not a matter of easy reach? ”

Zhou Shichen asked again: "Why didn't we take Xi'an at that time?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "This is a problem at the strategic level, we can't attack from all sides, because there are restrictions on logistics and ammunition transportation. When we have conquered Wuchang, we can officially declare war on Li Zicheng at that time. ”

Zhou Shichen was educated in Gao Junshan's military thinking, and he quickly understood the strategic significance of seizing Fengxiang and Baoji, but he still didn't understand why he waited until Wuchang was defeated before declaring war on Li Zicheng. Gao Junshan didn't say anything, so he didn't ask any more.

Because Gao Junshan is a traverser, of course he knows that Li Zicheng will definitely enter Beijing, Zhu Youzhen will hang himself, and Wu Sangui will lead Qing soldiers into the customs...... A series of historical events will happen, Gao Junshan has planted a time bomb around Li Zicheng, as long as he Li Zicheng is defeated by a stone, this time bomb will be detonated, and at that time, all the foundation created by Li Zicheng will be transferred to Gao Junshan's hands.

"Haha! Li Zicheng, no matter how capable you are, you are only working for me, and at that time, I will accept your inheritance in its entirety. Gao Junshan thought so in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Shichen looked at Gao Junshan with a confused expression.