Wang ran away with his own use, and took Ma Yingshou and He Yilong's Gezuo Fifth Battalion and the other 36th battalion elites to hide in the second mountain of Taihang Wangwu, and ran away without a trace.

From then on, they began to take the two mountains of the Taihang Wangwu as a cover, and they looted everywhere in northern Henan, southern Jin, and even the surrounding areas of North Zhili, and continued to grow and develop, becoming the largest force in the peasant army in the later period, however, their leader was not the king of Zijin Liang for his own use, because the king's life was not long.

Of course, these are all later words, the main cavalry of the peasant army ran away, but none of the newly recruited foot soldiers ran away, and all of them were captured by the 10,000 elite cavalry led by Qi Xianzong and Qi Zhenzong.

This time, Lu Xiangsheng's harvest was great, he not only caught nearly 80,000 peasant soldiers, but also intercepted the grain that the king had led people to rob in the past few months.

In short, the grain seized this time was definitely no less than 200,000 stones, and now, not only the military rations of the Tianxiong Army and the Shanxi Army in the past two months were available, but also the peasant troops who had been captured in several major battles also had something to eat.

He also received a news that the main force of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution in Meng County had also fled, and there were only 10,000 newly recruited foot soldiers left there to defend the city.

10,000 foot soldiers, it sounds like a lot, in fact, it is nothing at all, Lu Xiangsheng directly led 5,000 elite cavalry to rush over, and as soon as he shouted, the peasant army in the city surrendered, and he captured nearly 50,000 stone of grain that the fifth battalion of Gezuo could not take away.

At this time, there is only one city left in Wuzhi in the entire Huaiqing Mansion that has not been conquered, and other places have basically been recovered by him.

Lu Xiangsheng was not in a hurry to attack Wuzhi, because Jiyuan and Mengxian had just been taken, and they had to arrange garrisons, and nearly 100,000 prisoners had to be captured this time and also needed to be dealt with, he only had a total of 30,000 horses.

Naturally, he wouldn't do this kind of stupid thing that cares about his head, and he is not in a hurry to attack Wuzhi, so he should deal with the important things first.

He first transferred 1,000 guards from Wen County to Meng County to garrison, and then transferred 1,000 guards from Hanoi to Jiyuan to garrison, and when all the 2,000 guards were in place, the Tianxiong army and 10,000 elite cavalry were all freed, and he led the 15,000 people to hold nearly 100,000 prisoners, with the captured grain, and slowly rushed to Wen County.

After four or five days of adjustment, the adjustment of defense in various places was finally completed, and all the prisoners were concentrated in Wen County, Lu Xiangsheng directly left 4,000 guards and 1,000 wounded soldiers of the Tianxiong Army to guard the prisoners and food in Wen County, while he led 8,000 Tianxiong Army foot soldiers and 10,000 elite cavalry to go straight to Wuzhi County.

At this time, several leaders of the peasant army quarreled again in the hall of the Wuzhi County Ya.

Zhang Xianzhong insisted on defending Wuzhi, so he came to more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, and they had more than 100,000 troops.

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing insisted on running, originally they wanted to run in Wen County, but Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai were unwilling, and as a result, they lost nearly 20,000 foot soldiers in vain.

Gao Yingxiang was a little contradictory at this time, according to his thoughts, he also tended to run, but Li Zicheng vigorously encouraged him to have another wave with King Lu Yan, last time they were caught off guard by the musketeers, this time he had already thought of a way, he really wanted to try again.

Luo Rucai still acts as a peacemaker, not insisting on running, nor insisting on guarding, just blindly making peace.

Just as they were arguing, a team member shouted anxiously outside the gate: "King Chuang, someone from Wenxian has returned." ”

The so-called someone came back, that is, the scouts sent from Wen County found out the information over there and ran back.

During this time, in order to prevent the peasant army from carrying out a surprise attack while he was adjusting his defense, Lu Xiangsheng specially sent a large number of scouts to guard everywhere, and all the ordinary people who traveled between Wenxian and Wuzhi, whether they were traders or homeless people, were all detained, so the scouts sent by the peasant army basically went and never returned, and they didn't know what was going on in Wenxian at all.

At this time, a scout finally ran back, and Gao Yingxiang immediately asked, "How is the situation over there, is there any news of Zijin Liang and them?" ”

The team stood at the door and said in fear: "There is no news of Zijin Liang's big boss, but they saw that the officers and soldiers rushed to Wen County from the direction of Jiyuan with hundreds of thousands of prisoners and countless grain trucks. ”

This still needs to be asked, it must have been King Lu Yan who defeated the main force of the peasant army led by Wang Ziyong, otherwise where did so many prisoners and so many grain carts come from!

Liu Guoneng stood up and said unceremoniously: "If you want to keep it, you can keep it, I won't accompany you, and I will leave." ”

After saying that, he took a big stride and hurriedly walked out, Li Wanqing didn't need him to greet him at all, and followed as soon as he slipped away.

Gao Yingxiang said embarrassedly when he saw this: "Since the Zijin Liang has not been supported, let's run quickly, then King Lu Yan is really fierce and abnormal, and no one can stop it at all." ”

Seeing this, Luo Rucai hurriedly persuaded: "Eight kings, why don't we withdraw first, the coming day will be long, there is no need to rush for a while." ”

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong heard that Wang Ziyong had been defeated, he was actually a little scared, and there were at least 150,000 horses and horses in the fifth battalion of Gezuo, which couldn't be carried, and they couldn't bear the same 100,000 horses!

It's just that he has always insisted on guarding Wuzhi, and he was really embarrassed to change his words and run away at this time, Luo Rucai said this at the right time, and he immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "Okay, let's withdraw first, and then come to clean up this King Lu Yan after his troops are strong and strong." ”

Gao Yingxiang saw that Zhang Xianzhong also nodded, and immediately arched his hand and said, "Without further ado, I will leave." ”

With that, he took Li Zicheng and strode out.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at their backs and said thoughtfully: "Cao Cao, why don't we withdraw together?" ”

He has already seen that the thirty-sixth battalion is considered to be a scattered group, and when the so-called catastrophe comes, they fly separately, and they don't even know what to do with the alliance leader Zijin Liang Wang for his own use, why are you still getting together!

The reason why he pulled Luo Rucai was mainly because Luo Rucai was righteous and would not stab him in the back, and there were only benefits and no disadvantages with him.

Luo Rucai doesn't care, whether he is with Zhang Xianzhong or by himself, he is running away anyway, he nodded directly and said: "That's okay, without further ado, let's go quickly." ”

The peasant army in Wuzhi County was dispersed like this, they were accustomed to running away, and the speed of retreat was an exaggeration, and in less than an hour, the peasant army in the city withdrew cleanly, and even the people in the city did not even notice it, and the city wall was already empty.

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing chose to go directly to the north, through the wilderness between Xiuwu and Huaiqing Mansion City, and went straight to the Taihang Mountain Range, to find the 36th battalion boss Wang Ziyong to meet, they believed that with the king's self-use running skills, they would definitely be able to run away, and the strategy they set at the beginning was to go to Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain to take refuge temporarily, no matter what, they still felt that it was safer to go into the deep mountains.

Gao Yingxiang followed Li Zicheng's suggestion, went directly to the south, crossed the Yellow River, and went to Nanyang or even Huguang to develop, which was far away from the capital, and there were no officers and soldiers at all.

Zhang Xianzhong also wanted to develop to the south, but when he saw that Gao Yingxiang was leaving from the south gate, he did not follow, but went out from the east gate and went straight to Yangwu.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect that the thieves in Wuzhi County would run away like this, originally he thought that there would be a fierce battle, so he even brought the ladder and the siege vehicle.

Wen County to Wuzhi is actually only fifty miles, because with siege vehicles, they did not travel fast, set off in the morning, until the afternoon before the army arrived outside Wuzhi County, and Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong they ran away as early as the morning.

Facing the empty city wall, Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and then sent scouts to investigate, until he was sure that there were no more thieves above, so that people opened the city gate and entered the city without hurrying.

The people in the city did not react to the arrival of the imperial army, they did not seem particularly excited, nor did they look particularly sad, they were plain, as if their nerves had been numb.

In fact, he is really a little numb, everyone who really can't live or has the heart to resist the brutal rule of King Zheng has gone with the peasant army, and the rest are the kind that can make do with life, they have no expectations for life, and they are busy all day long just to eat.

They have little interest in rebellion, anyway, the peasant army can't give them a better life, they don't have any feelings for the imperial army, anyway, whoever is in charge is the same, they can't starve to death, and they can't make any money, they are destined to only live plainly, and die plainly.

Maybe they once wanted to live better, and they also struggled, but the cruel reality told them that in this troubled world, it was already good to survive, and their ability was not enough to make them brilliant, no matter how unwilling they were, no matter how much they jumped, it was in vain, they could only face the reality and live numbly.

Lu Xiangsheng has long been accustomed to these, the common people of Huaiqing Mansion are obviously different from the common people of Beizhili and his hometown of Nanzhili, they don't seem to have any feelings for the imperial army, no sense of intimacy, and no sense of alienation, as if the officers and soldiers have nothing to do with them.

Perhaps, because this is the fiefdom of King Zheng's family, usually King Zheng has the final say, and it is normal for them to have no feelings for the imperial court, Lu Xiangsheng can only think so, he doesn't have much time to think about this problem, after Wuzhi County is taken, even if the entire Huaiqing Mansion is recovered, all the thieves are all driven away by him, as for Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai, he is too lazy to chase them, because his task has been completed.

The emperor just asked him to lead the army to repel the thieves and rescue King Zheng, and now that the thieves have been beaten away by him, King Zheng is naturally not in danger, and if he goes to chase the thieves, it will be a dog to take a mouse and be nosy.

He doesn't have that much time to meddle around, he has a lot of things to do.

First of all, he must return to the emperor and tell the emperor that the thief has been beaten away by him, and King Zheng is fine.

Originally, this kind of thing should have been King Zheng coming out to show his merits to the emperor and thank him well, but, looking at King Zheng's virtue, it is estimated that he should not even think about it, and ask King Zheng to say it, it is estimated that he will ask himself to be stationed here forever to ensure his safety!

This reinstatement has become troublesome because of this, how can it be proved that the thief has been beaten away by him, and King Zheng is fine?

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it for a long time, and finally had a plan, he directly wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that the thief had been defeated by him and fled, and he also captured more than 100,000 anti-thieves, how to deal with the prisoner, and asked the emperor to decide; In addition, King Zheng seems to want him to leave 10,000 troops to garrison here, and he can't make the decision but to ask the emperor to decide, however, he suggested that if he really wants to leave 10,000 horses, then this food and salary should be best borne by King Zheng.

This is also good news, when Chongzhen received Lu Xiangsheng's 800 miles of urgent transmission, he was naturally happy, the thief was captured more than 100,000 yuan, and he was beaten and fled in all directions, see how they still jump!

As for how to deal with the prisoners, it is naturally impossible to let them go, what if they want to turn around and run to join the team of anti-thieves, it is even more impossible to lock them up, the imperial court can't even get the army's food and salary, where will the money come from to support so many prisoners.

He was very "wise" to think that only by sending all these captives to Dongfan like last time and letting them farm the land, not only to support themselves, but also to pay taxes to the imperial court, this is the best solution.

For Lu Xiangsheng's suggestion, he also thought it was very reasonable, after all, the imperial court raised a large army to fight for the entire Ming Dynasty, and if King Zheng wanted them to stay in Huaiqing to ensure their safety, this salary would naturally have to be paid for him.

This is the method that Lu Xiangsheng came up with, King Zheng actually did not ask him to leave 10,000 troops to garrison in Huaiqing, and the ceremonial officials of King Zheng's Mansion made it very clear when they issued an order, if the thieves did not leave, they could not leave, but he just wanted to deliberately misinterpret it as King Zheng and let him leave 10,000 horses to garrison here.

Because he knew that the imperial court was short of money, and it was impossible for the emperor to feed King Zheng with an army of 10,000 in vain, the emperor would definitely accept his suggestion, and King Zheng would definitely not accept it, he had worked hard for hundreds of miles to save him, and he didn't even let himself enter the city gate, would he be willing to pay for the food and salary of this 10,000 army, of course it was impossible.

This seems to be taking off his pants and farting, but in fact, it is not, because in this way, the emperor will know that Huaiqing Mansion is indeed fine, otherwise King Zheng will definitely not even refuse to leave an army of 10,000.

This is actually a change of direction to the emperor, proving that his task has been completed, and even if King Zheng has an accident in the future, he can no longer rely on him, because King Zheng is not even willing to pay for the food of 10,000 troops, which is clearly driving him away, he was driven away by King Zheng, what does King Zheng have to do with him if something happens again!

Where did Zhu Yiduo, the king of Zheng, know Lu Xiangsheng's thoughts, he only knew that he wanted him to pay for the food and salary of 10,000 troops, but there was no door.

After he received Chongzhen's will, he directly sent people to investigate all over Huaiqing Mansion, and found that there was really no trace of the thief, so he immediately asked people to notify Lu Xiangsheng, and asked Lu Xiangsheng to get out of the house quickly, don't occupy the county seat of Huaiqing Mansion and not leave, those are the fiefs of King Zheng's Mansion!