Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi had a brief meeting in Runing and agreed to advance and retreat together.

Liu Heizi was responsible for containing the Ming army in Xuzhou, while Gao Yihuan quickly swept the rebellion and created a certain buffer space to the north.

Li Zicheng's failure to return to Guanzhong means that the Shun army suffered a double defeat in politics and military, which has had a huge impact on the situation in Henan, and Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi, the generals of the Shun army, were all implicated in Li Zicheng's defeat.

At present, surrounded by strong enemies outside, and the people's hearts are turbulent inside, and rebellions are continuous, Liu Heizi and Gao Yihuan finished discussing, and then returned to Germany in a hurry to arrange defense.

At this time, for Gao Yihuan, the most dangerous situation was not that the Qing army went south to attack Henan, but that when the Qing army went south to attack Henan, the Southern Ming court stabbed him in the back.

This is not impossible, in history, the Southern Ming Dynasty court came up with a strategy of uniting the thieves during this time.

The Ming Dynasty let Gao Mingming soldiers in Henan, but it was only as soon as Gao Jie entered Henan that he was killed by Xu Dingguo, which made Shi Kefa's plan fail.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has not been attacked by the Qing army, Gao Yihuan has taken the initiative to show goodwill, but the Ming Dynasty is not willing to surrender to him, but wants to take advantage of Li Zicheng's battle with the Qing army to destroy the Dashun army first, making Gao Yihuan's back very unsafe.

However, fortunately, the Nanjing court was busy with the distribution of power after the new emperor ascended the throne and the communication with the Qing court in the north, and did not use troops on a large scale, so although there was constant friction on the border, a major war had not yet broken out.

Gao Yihuan alone, not only to pay attention to the rebellion in Henan, but also to be vigilant against the southward movement of the Tartars, and finally to guard against the Ming army stabbing in the back, obviously a little unable to deal with it.

Now that Liu Heizi is holding back the Ming army in the direction of Xuzhou, as a barrier to his east, then Gao Yihuan only needs to pay attention to the north and south directions, and the pressure will undoubtedly be lighter.

At this time, Gao Yihuan sent him outside the mansion, watched Liu Heizi's back gallop away, and was about to turn around and go back to deploy the deliberations in a hurry, when a team of cavalry with a flag on their backs galloped over from another street.

Gao Yihuan saw it from afar, it was Shunjun Tangma, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, afraid that there would be some bad news.

After a while, Tang Ma galloped to the front of the mansion, turned over and dismounted, hurriedly ran up the steps, and saw Gao Yihuan standing at the door, blocking his way, so he hurriedly said: "Obey the order of the Jiedu, there is an urgent military situation, report to General Gao." Please also inform. ”

Gao Yihuan's heart sank, "I am Gao Yihuan!" ”

Tang Ma's face was shocked, and he knelt on one knee, "General Qiyu, the Tartars went south and captured the three mansions of Weihui, Zhangde, and Huaiqing, and tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Yuanyang and Yanjin, wanting to cross the river to attack Luoyang." Jiedu envoys ordered the army to defend the Tartars across the river in the area of Baimadu and Rongze. Luoyang's soldiers and horses were all deployed on the line of the Yellow River, unable to suppress the rebellion. Jiedu envoy asked the general to immediately send troops to suppress the rebellion of Dengfeng Li Jiyu, Yuzhou Li Hao, Xiangcheng Liu Xuan, Xuzhou Han Jiadi and others, and then send troops north to the Imperial Tartar! ”

After speaking, Tang Ma hurriedly untied a bamboo tube behind him and presented it to Gao Yihuan.

Zhongzhou is really a place of four wars!

Gao Yihuan took the bamboo tube, not in a hurry to look at it, but said to Tangma: "Reply to the Jiedu envoy, let him defend against the Tartars with peace of mind, a few rebels, I will exterminate them as soon as possible, and then go north to join the Jiedu envoy." ”

Tang Ma hurriedly hugged his fists, then turned over and galloped away.

The Qing army has already reached the edge of the Yellow River, and it is now June, and it may be able to block it for a while, once the Yellow River freezes and the Qing army crosses the river, Henan will be destroyed.

It is difficult to gain a foothold in the land of the four wars in Henan, and it faces threats from all sides.

If Gao Yihuan wants to maintain a good living environment, he must work hard in diplomacy.

Thinking of this, Gao Yihuan felt heavy, "Go and inform the generals, come to Ruzhou quickly, this commander has something important to discuss." ”

After speaking, Gao Yihuan took the bamboo tube back to the yamen and went to the study to watch.

Li Mian is the detailed process of the Tartars' attack on Henan, the Tu Weihui Mansion, and Li Yan's worries about the current situation.

After reading the letter, Gao Yihuan got up and came to the courtyard where Wang Shicong and Hu Dawei were under house arrest.

It has been nearly two months since he last reported that Beijing had been captured by Li Zicheng and that Chongzhen had hanged himself.

This time he entered the courtyard, neither of them spoke, but very silently led Gao Yihuan into a hall to sit down.

Wang Shicong opened his mouth first and asked, "What about the entry of the Eastern Captives?"

Gao Yihuan nodded, "The Dongyu occupy Beijing, and the men and horses have already hit the edge of the Yellow River." This time, the Dongyu entered the customs, not with the intention of plundering, but to take away the country of our Han people! ”

On the side, Hu Dawei said with a cold face: "This is not caused by your invasion of the army?"

Gao Yihuan said: "Chief Tiger, what's the point of talking now?" Besides, the Ming Dynasty was defeated by the Shun army, and today the Shun army was defeated by the captives, do you think this is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty? ”

Gao Yihuan and Hu Dawei had to say a few words every time, but this time he scolded Hu Dawei with a single sentence.

Gao Yihuan continued: "In the current situation, Li Zicheng was defeated by the Dongyu and retreated to Guanzhong, and the Dongyu had already covered the land of Yan and Qi, and was in a hurry to take the Three Jins. If the Dongyu invaded Guanzhong and destroyed Li Zicheng, who would be the next one if it was not Nanjing? ”

Hu Dawei was silent, Daming couldn't even win Li Zicheng, if Donglu really destroyed Li Zicheng, then Daming was afraid that it would be really difficult to resist Dongyu to seize Jiangnan.

Wang Shicong groaned for a while, and suddenly asked, "What does the general plan to do in the future?"

"Now that the East Captives have entered the customs, they want to seize the artifact. Ming Shun continues to fight, and it will only be cheap! Gao Yihuan did not hide it, and directly stated his intentions, "I wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty, for the Ming Dynasty, and help the Ming Dynasty resist the Eastern Capture, but there was no way out, so I wanted to ask Wang to go to Nanjing to help the general contact the imperial court." ”

"Yes!" Wang Shicong did not hesitate, nodded in response, "The general has the world in mind, and I am willing to go for the general." ”

Wang Shicong's image of Gao Yihuan is actually good, and the only dissatisfaction is that his identity is a thief.

Now that Chongzhen has been martyred, Gao Yihuan wants to resist the Qing Dynasty again, he is naturally willing to agree, and helping him is also helping Daming.

At present, Nan Ming is in a big way, let Wang Shicong go to the relationship, and Gao Yihuan doesn't have to worry about him going back.

In the land of the four wars in Henan, now Li Zicheng is difficult to protect himself, Gao Yihuan must rely on one force, at least the Ming Dynasty does not come to fight him, so that he can gain a firm foothold in Henan.

"This matter, please ask the king to do it!" Gao Yihuan immediately got up, bowed, and then said, "I hope that Wang Yishi can leave as soon as possible." ”

Wang Shicong said: "Then I'll leave today." ”

Hu Dawei was anxious when he heard this, "What about me?" ”

Gao Yihuan looked at him and said with a smile: "Chief Tiger can choose, continue to live here, or join our army and kill the Tartar protectors together!" ”

(End of chapter)