Not long after Gao Yihuan returned to Ruzhou, the follow-up inventory and rewards of the war had not yet been implemented, and he learned that there was a shortage of grain and grass, which was a bad thing, and his mood was really a little depressed.

However, in this matter, before Gao Yihuan set out to conquer Ruzhou, he already knew that there might be problems with grain and grass.

Fighting a war is the most expensive and food-consuming thing, especially fighting a war with the Qing army, which is basically a backward deal.

The Qing army is a business without capital, and if you don't die, you will have to make money, and for the agrarian regime in the Central Plains, starting a war is losing money, even if you kill the Qing army in the end, it will be difficult to get anything from them.

During the war for more than four months, the money and grain in the government treasury had long been used up, and later the squires, landlords, and households in southern Henan took out another sum of grain, and the Wei army was able to hold on to the present.

At this time, the grain in southern Henan was basically in a state of wartime control, but the land of Sanfu was so big, and there was so much grain to control, and military households and civilian households also needed food to resettle refugees, and it was difficult for Gao Yihuan to collect military food from the people.

At this time, in Ruzhou City, Wei Hou's mansion, Gao Yihuan was sitting in the study, writing a letter.

His handwriting wasn't very good, but barely legible.

At this time, Gao Yihuan finished writing a few strokes, picked it up and looked at it himself, and was very satisfied, so he blew the letter paper and put it into the envelope, and said to Xinghao who was standing in front of him: "Xinghao, you go to Guide, give this letter to Liu Heizi, and then prepare 3,000 war horses, and ask Liu Heizi to borrow 50,000 stone grain." ”

This time, Liu Heizi robbed a lot of grain and grass in Shandong, and he has not fought in the past two years, so the food in his hand should be relatively sufficient.

To say that with the relationship between Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi, Gao Yihuan borrowed it directly, but money hurts his feelings the most, and how many blood relatives have turned against him because of this thing.

Gao Yihuan's current war horses are so many that he can't afford to raise them himself, and he was originally going to find Ma Shiying to exchange some grain and grass, but now it is better to give him Brother Hei, let Liu Heizi enhance his strength, and both sides will take what they need.

Gao Xinghao took the letter, looked at it carefully, and realized that it was written in the four big characters "My brother personally enlightened", and couldn't help but say: "The handsome words are really good." ”

"If you practice more, you can be like Ben Shuai!" Gao Yihuan smiled, then waved his hand and said, "You can do it quickly." If Liu Heizi agrees, you quickly inform Ben Shuai. ”

Xinghao hurriedly surrendered his hand and left.

At this time, outside the study, Gao Chengxun suddenly knocked on the door and came in, "Dashuai, Mr. Chen and Mr. Li have arrived!" ”

"Let the two gentlemen stay in the guest hall later, and I'll go over right away." Gao Yihuan heard this, so he immediately stood up and went to the guest hall.

After subduing Li Yan, Gao Yihuan slept with him for two nights, the two talked with each other, and fell asleep on their feet, Gao Yihuan didn't care whether Li Yan wanted to listen to it or not, anyway, he wanted to talk about his ambitions again, and blow out a great era when Wenzhi was better than Song and martial arts were better than Tang.

Gao Yihuan said a lot of words, the center is one sentence, Li Zicheng has always been a bad person, he is a pawn, he can lose official documents, and he can dominate the creditor by borrowing money, the essence is that he is a scoundrel and powerful, Lao Li, you are assisting him is the wrong person, and now you are assisting me Gao someone, I promise not to disappoint you.

When Gao Yihuan walked into the guest hall, Chen Mingxia and Li Yan were talking, and when the two saw Gao Yihuan coming in, they hurriedly got up and saluted, "Handsome!" ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, "Two gentlemen, please take a seat." ”

After the three of them sat down, Gao Yihuan let people serve refreshments, and then waved his hand to let the soldiers retreat, and then said: "Now that there is a shortage of food in southern Henan, I thought that I would let people go to General Deliu to exchange for a batch of food, but for the army, it is still a little insufficient." Previously, I had entrusted Ma Hongshan to go to Huguang to buy grain for me, but now I have bought a lot of grain, and it is hidden on Chengtianfu and Dongting Island, but it is difficult to transport it out. Ben Shuai is going to raise troops to get it, what do you think the two of you? ”

Changing food from Liu Heizi can only solve the urgent need, but it cannot restore and strengthen Gao Yihuan's strength.

Chen Mingxia had known about this matter for a long time, but Li Yan had just heard about it.

"Since the marshal is ready to break away from Li Zicheng and communicate with the Ming Dynasty, raising troops at this time may cause a situation where the enemy is on both sides!" Li Yan frowned slightly.

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "This is indeed a problem, the Tartars in the north are the mortal enemies of Ben Shuai, if the south is also the enemy of Ben Shuai, we will be in a flank, and the situation will be very unfavorable." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan's voice changed, "However, now that the strength of the Qing court is growing rapidly, if I remain unchanged, the next confrontation will be the time when we perish, so Ben Shuai thinks that we must seek a breakthrough and enhance our strength." ”

Li Yan groaned slightly, this is indeed a serious problem, after the Qing court occupied the north, although the killing was very heavy, but after all, the place was stabilized, as long as the people resumed farming, the Qing army would gain a firm foothold.

In this way, the Qing army will cover the land of Yan, Zhao, Qi and Wei, and the population and land will increase dramatically.

The power of the Qing army is increasing, and Gao Yihuan does not expand his strength, even if he maintains his existing strength, he is looking for death.

Originally, Gao Yihuan wanted to enhance his strength by hugging the thick legs of the Ming Dynasty, so that Zhao An was successful, Gao Yihuan was a feudal town of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing army wanted to fight him, that is, to fight the Ming Dynasty, and the Wei army was equivalent to having a helper in disguise.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty now doesn't let Gao Yihuan hug, but gets close to the Qing army, which makes Gao Yihuan's idea of relying on alliances to enhance his strength fall through.

Now he is trapped in Sanfu, and if the attitude of the Ming Dynasty does not change, it will be a dead end when the Qing army comes to attack, so he must take advantage of the opportunity to stop fighting with the Qing army and the Qing army to turn its attention to Guanzhong to expand its strength.

This is his attack on the Ming Dynasty, with the urine of Nanjing officials, even if he swallows a breath temporarily, once the Qing army goes south, most of them will stab him.

In this way, if he does not move, he may be beaten to death by the Qing army, and if he moves, he may be strangled by the Qing army and the Ming army.

The land of the four battles in Zhongzhou was so embarrassing before it arrived, Gao Yihuan had some strength on the surface, but he could be strangled at any time.

This is a move that can die, and if you don't move, you can die, and Gao Yihuan's temperament obviously won't sit still.

Li Yan was silent for a while, Chen Mingxia had already thought about this matter, in fact, Gao Yihuan had also raised a little bit before, so he arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, I thought I still had to go south, but I couldn't attack directly, but as Dashuai said before, in the name of asking for money, go south." The marshal begged for plausion, and Nanjing was indecisive for a long time, just using this as an excuse. ”

Li Yan couldn't help but be stunned, "While fighting Huguang, are you begging for appeasement?" ”

What kind of scene is this, this is equivalent to the strongman beating the nursing home of a large family first, robbing things, and not leaving, saying that you can't care for the hospital, you give me wages, and I will protect you.

Isn't that a scoundrel? Li Yan had a strange expression on his face, but he knew that this kind of thing was done by Gao Yihuan!

Li Yan pondered for a while, and arched his hand: "Dashuai, Nanjing's adoption of the policy of joint capture of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in addition to the illusion of the Qing court, is essentially out of fear of the Eastern captives. Because of fear, I didn't dare to fight, so I fantasized about being able to live peacefully with him. If the marshal insists on going south, in addition to playing the banner of begging for appeasement and leaving a little room for maneuver, he must also show his strength and fight until the Huguang Ming army is convinced! ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, but this is more difficult, the Ming army is not muddy, there are hundreds of thousands of people.

At this moment, Gao Chengxun suddenly came in, "Dashuai, Deputy Envoy Fang has something to report!" ”

(End of chapter)