At the end of Chongzhen's sixteenth year, the unpredictable situation in the world finally appeared a basic outline, so that anyone with a discerning eye could see that the sky was about to change.

After Li Zicheng seized Guanzhong, he raised Rui for a year, and it became a foregone conclusion that he would go on an expedition after the beginning of the year.

Huguang Zhang Xianzhong occupied most of central Hubei Province, but did not take advantage of the situation to take Xiangyang and Yuezhou, strategically still in the Ming Shun attack, west to Sichuan, is also a fixed situation.

At this time, not counting the fierce outside the gate, just talking about the general trend inside the gate, many people can already see it clearly.

On the 29th, early in the morning, Gao Yihuan sat up from the bed, and Zhao Dajuan reminded at the door: "General, the outside is ready!" ”

Gao Yihuan sat on the bed for a while, came to his senses, asked Zhao Dajuan to clean up for him, and prepared to leave for Xi'an.

In the past, Gao Yihuan was an animal and didn't treat women as people, but now Gao Yihuan is unintentionally considerate and caring for women and the elderly, but people feel that he is essentially a kind-hearted person.

Zhao Dajuan can naturally understand this change, which is also the reason why she is willing to stay by Gao Yihuan's side.

While helping Gao Yihuan tidy up, helping him straighten his clothes and pat off the dust, she peeked at Gao Yihuan from time to time.

Gao Yihuan did not refuse this frugal and hard-working woman by his side now.

For Zhao Dajuan, Gao Yihuan has some pity, but he is also a little helpless.

In the past, Gao Yihuan was a puddle of mud, and everyone avoided it, but now it is different, Gao Yihuan is developed, and no one cares about his previous bird affairs, Zhao Daxian is relying on him and wants to be his eldest brother.

At the instigation of Zhao Daxian, Da Juanzi seemed to want to eat him, but the two of them really didn't have any common language, and they basically had nothing to say if they said a few words.

Fortunately, Da Juanzi is delicate and well-behaved, and never has anything to say. Seeing that Gao Yihuan didn't speak, she helped him clean up, so she went out by herself, and it was not disgusting, but it made Gao Yihuan a little upset.

Just after dawn, Gao Yihuan came to the front yard, where more than 300 guards were loading boxes and grain into the cart.

Ordinary people follow the boss, and it is the boss who gives benefits to the younger brother, Gao Yihuan followed Li Zicheng, but he happened to turn upside down, just like raising an uncle, he has been defrauded by Li Zicheng of a lot of things.

"General, you're all set!" Gao Chengwei saw Gao Yihuan come out, and came up to hug his fists.

Gao Yihuan nodded, "The Golden Buddha prepared for Niu Jinxing has not fallen!" ”

When Gao Yihuan raided his home in Shouzhou, he copied a golden Buddha from Liu Liangzuo's mansion, which was more than 20 catties. Gao Yihuan didn't use it himself, and it was a pity that he melted it, so he just took it away and gave it away.

"Don't worry, general, you have brought everything you should bring!"

"That's good! Launched! Gao Yihuan turned over and rode on the black horse, waved his hand: "Go, go!" ”

The time is relatively urgent, if he does not go to the event, Li Zicheng's official military order will definitely be decided after the New Year.

Gao Yihuan had to rush to Xi'an when it was not decided, that is, before the New Year's court, to carry out activities, for this reason, he did not celebrate the New Year in Runing, so he led three hundred personal soldiers, escorted a few boxes of treasures, some grain, and took advantage of the New Year's opportunity to rush to Xi'an.

At the end of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Central Plains War ended, and Henan completely fell into the hands of the Shun army, and by the end of the sixteenth year, Henan had been stable for a year.

Although Dashun has just been established, the management of the local government is very rough, but the people do not need how to manage the government, but just need a peaceful environment.

As long as there is land to plant, no one will come to grab it after planting, and the local area will soon be revitalized.

Gao Yihuan set off from Runing, passed through Yuncheng, Xiangcheng, and Ruzhou, and arrived at Luoyang.

Along the way, many prefectures and counties were sparsely populated, but Gao Yihuan could see snow-covered wheat straw piles in some fields, winter wheat covered with thin snow in the fields, and wisps of green smoke in the villages.

This made Gao Yihuan see that Henan had recovered some vitality under Li Yan's governance.

Along the way, Gao Yihuan observed the situation of the surrounding fields while enjoying the scenery on both sides of the official road.

In the New Year of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the group spent it at the foot of Shaomu Mountain.

Gao Yihuan led the guards, rode a war horse, hunted a bunch of game in the mountains and forests, and a wolf, and prepared a picnic in a clearing.

As soon as the population of Henan is small, the reproduction of various animals will be rapid, jackals are rampant in the mountains and forests, and all kinds of birds and animals are growing rapidly.

At this time, everyone surrounded the city by a small river, and Gao Chengwei led the people to hang the wolf on the branch of the tree and began to peel the skin, while the others built a stove with stones and picked up many dead branches as firewood.

Gao Yihuan didn't do anything, put his hands behind his back, looked east and west, commanded a few times from time to time, and finally saw Gao Chengwei, only made a small cut on the wolf's body, and after a while, he took off the entire wolf skin, and couldn't help but secretly speak, "Catch up with Ming'er, I will take the first tiger, you will also skin me like this, I will make a specimen and place it in the house!" ”

"General, what is the specimen?" Gao Chengwei raised his head and asked.

Gao Yihuan smiled, "You pluck your skin, and when it's done, you'll know." ”

The people took care of the game, raised the fire, stewed the stew, the barbecue, and sprinkled a little salt, and the fragrant smell drifted in the wilderness with the wind, so that people forgot the war, the troubled times and all the troubles.

The guards sighed one after another, if there was no war, how good it would be to do this every day.

Gao Yihuan sat in the cart with many guards, more than 300 people ate, drank, talked and laughed, and lit a bonfire at night, and the sixteenth year of Chongzhen was over.

On the morning of the second day of the first lunar month, Gao Yihuan and his entourage arrived in Luoyang, and he immediately went to the Jieshuai's Mansion to meet Li Yan, but learned that Li Yan was not in Luoyang, and went to Xi'an a few days ago.

Li Yan was not there, so Gao Yihuan gave Bai Wang some gifts, but Bai Wang was very curious about Gao Yihuan, and the matter of his defeat of Xiangyang shocked the province, and Bai Wang was no exception.

The two talked for more than an hour, and Bai Wang asked about the battle in Xiangyang and the matter in Wang Tizhong.

Gao Yihuan told Bai Wang that General Wang died very heroically and walked very peacefully, he had already written an excerpt, asked General Wang for credit, and won a gift for him, Bai Wang sighed a few words, and did not say much.

Li Yan was not in Luoyang, so Gao Yihuan didn't stay long, he came out of Baiwang's mansion and hurried to Xi'an.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Gao Yihuan and his party finally arrived in Xi'an City.

After receiving Li Zicheng's warrant, Gao Yihuan sent an excerpt to the province and Xi'an, saying that he wanted to state the situation in southern Henan.

After the group entered the city, after inspection, they were arranged to rest in a post house.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was commanding his subordinates to move things off the mule cart, but a carriage stopped at the door of the post house, and one person lifted the curtain to look out, and suddenly shouted: "Yihuan!" ”

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