Three days later, the convoy transporting the baggage arrived at Guguan, and in addition to carrying a large number of bullets and a few rifle accessories, the convoy also had enough rifles to equip five hundred households.

Ma Youshui was overjoyed, with these rifles, all the soldiers under him would become gunners, real soldiers, which was temporarily ranked first among the seven thousand households of the Heavenly Mandate Army, not surprisingly, after the war, the Metropolitan Governor would also give him a certain amount of auxiliaries.

The Metropolitan Governor trusts him so much, how could Ma Youshui fail the Metropolitan Governor? Every time he drilled, he went to the training ground in person, personally commanded the soldiers, and if anyone had the slightest irregular action, he was immediately scolded by him.

The army of the imperial court may appear outside Guguan at any time, the soldiers don't know, Ma Youshui is very clear, time, is the only obstacle to training, he can't wait to break one day's time, two days to use, if not worried that the soldiers are too tired, he is ready to pick up the lamp night training.

Li Zicheng is in Guguan, except for appearing in the training ground in the early morning except for thunder, and occasionally going out of the city to walk on a horse, almost nothing to do.

But every night, he couldn't sleep.

Li Zicheng's mind is not only concerned about the construction of Longyou, especially the Zhangshui Bridge and the autumn planting of the people, but also pays close attention to the situation in Shaanxi, but it is difficult for others to make a comprehensive analysis according to the information sent back by Wang Anping.

The army of the imperial court has been delayed, don't they know that Longyou has turned the sky upside down? Do you want Wang Anping to pass a message to them?

Li Zicheng faintly felt that Shaanxi, east of Longshan, had become a pot of porridge, although it was not comprehensive, he still gradually sorted out the main events according to the information provided by Wang Anping.

Shaanxi thieves have caused enough vigilance in the imperial court, military extermination failed, Yang He advocated "pacification", was adopted by the imperial court, Shen Yiyuan, Wang Zuogui, Wang Jiayin, red wolf, little red wolf, light sky lantern, sky star, one-headed tiger, etc. all surrendered.

However, the imperial court could only squeeze out 100,000 taels of silver, plus 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stone of grain donated by the vassal kings of Shaanxi, which was far from solving the hunger in Shaanxi.

In December of the third year of Chongzhen (1630 AD), after the thieves ate the food brought by Yang He, they rebelled again and began to attack the prefectures and counties, among which Shen Yiyuan, Wang Zuogui, and Wang Jiayin were the most powerful.

Chongzhen four years (AD 1631) January, Shen Yiyuan captured Baoan County, deputy chief soldier Zhang Yingchang led the officers and soldiers to besiege the county, the two sides launched a fierce battle, Shen Yiyuan was killed, his younger brother Shen Yikui was supported by his subordinates, continued to attack Baoan County, was defeated by the general soldier He Huchen, Du Wenhuan, and was forced to go away Ningxia Town, Ningxia Town commanded Wang Ying to abandon the city and flee, Shen Yikui then became the climate again, constantly attacked nearby states and counties, the people responded one after another, and the government was fleeing from the wind.

At the same time, the rest of the thieves also sacrificed anti-flags one after another, causing a miasma in Shaanxi.

In August, the thieves concentrated their forces to attack Yansui, the governor of Yansui practiced state affairs and was scared to death, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, took over as the governor of Yansui, and the momentum of the thieves eased slightly, and in September, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was dismissed and imprisoned by the imperial court because of his ineffective suppression of bandits.

The imperial court was originally in July of the third year of Chongzhen (AD 1630), pardoned Cao Wenzhao as the deputy chief soldier of Yansui East Road, and rode into Shaanxi with the elite Guanning Tie, with Yang He, "suppressing and appeasing and using", after Cao Wenzhao came to Shaanxi, even the war was victorious, but the thieves "went out for the army, and lived for the people", and there were as many as cow hair, and they could not be eradicated for a while.

Cao Wenzhao chased Wang Jiayin, the main force among the thieves, to Shanxi, but the situation in Shaanxi worsened.

After Yang He was arrested and imprisoned, the position of "Governor of Shaanxi Trilateral" was temporarily vacant, because of the lack of unified scheduling, the garrisons of the prefectures and counties fought separately and were defeated by thieves one after another, and even the three towns of Guyuan, Yansui, and Ningxia were affected to varying degrees.

Because of the lack of food, the soldiers in the military town began to rebel and took the initiative to join the gang of thieves, guiding the way and giving advice to the thieves, and Shaanxi became more and more out of control.

Longyou did not report the war to Shaanxi and the imperial court, and it became a "forgotten corner" for a while, and the changes in Longyou, even if they were introduced to Shaanxi, as long as they did not affect their own one-third of an acre, who would accept such a hot potato?

The thieves around him are all too busy to take care of themselves, who has the heart to care about the distant Longyou?

Li Zicheng was anxious, and sent a message to Wang Anping several times, and the reply he received was that Shaanxi did not go to Longyou, including the three major military towns, all of them were stubborn to protect themselves, and the army did not move to assemble in Longshan.

Since the imperial court and Shaanxi have given up Longyou, is it possible that they will die in Guguan? He had to fly the pigeon again and send a message, instructing Wang Anping to continue to closely monitor the troops of Shaanxi and the imperial court.

Li Zicheng decided to leave Guguan temporarily, and he handed over the defense of Guguan to Ma Youshui, Liu Yunshui, and Zhou Bin, Ma Youshui was the chief general of Guguan, Liu Yunshui and Zhou Bin were deputy generals, and he left Guguan and went west.

Stepping on the wide, smooth cement avenue, Li Zicheng's mood suddenly brightened, he galloped on his horse, and traveled thirty miles in one breath, until the great earthquake was posted, before he reined in the horse's reins and slowed down the horse's speed.

The Great Earthquake Post is extremely dilapidated, and the brand new cement avenue, it is simply incompatible, but it was originally a Guancheng, after a simple repair, it is the largest post station on the Guanshan Post Road, which can not only store grain, but also live in soldiers and horses.

Li Zicheng did not stop in the post station, but passed through the pass, left the pass, and continued westward.

After walking for more than ten miles, there was a noise in front of me, it turned out that the prisoners of war were pouring cement on the avenue, and hundreds of noisy voices echoed in the valley for a long time.

Zi is not a fish, how do you know the joy of fish?

Li Zicheng sneered in his heart, he became a prisoner of war, and he was still in the mood to laugh? He saw that the cement avenue poured in front of him had not yet dried and that he could not carry a war horse, so he left the avenue with his own soldiers and walked slowly along the remaining paths on both sides.

It was only when he approached the prisoners of war who were building the road that Li Zicheng understood the reason for their cheers, and it turned out that the prisoners of war who had poured the road from the two places of Dazhenyi and Anrong Pass had already met here, and it was no surprise that they would complete the closure in one day and complete the entire line.

Seeing Li Zicheng, the commander of the prisoners of war was busy bowing, "I've seen the Grand Dudu!" ”

"You've worked hard!" Li Zicheng didn't get off the horse, glanced at him, and said, "The speed at which you water the cement road is faster than I imagined." ”

The leader was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Back to the Grand Governor, at the beginning, we didn't know the process, but now that we are familiar with it, the pouring speed can be faster!" ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "However, quality is always the first, if the quality is reduced in order to catch up with the schedule......

"No, absolutely not!" The leader hurriedly looked at the auxiliaries who were overseeing behind him, "When we were pouring the road, there were always people from the Heavenly Mandate Army who were supervising, if we neglected the quality, we didn't need to be the Metropolitan Governor, they would spare us first!" ”

The overseer's auxiliaries bowed their hands to Li Zicheng, "Don't worry, even if the speed is slow, we will not allow them to do anything about the quality, we have made a record of every section of the cement avenue, if there is a problem with the quality, I will hold them accountable!" ”

Since the supervision is so strict, Li Zicheng has nothing to say, he asked the prisoners of war to get up, and said: "Do a good job, you are all men who make the Heavenly Mandate Army look upon, at the end of the year, you will make your own choice, or join the Heavenly Mandate Army, or specifically pour roads for the Heavenly Mandate Army, at that time, you can all receive military salaries, or remuneration, believe me, those who serve the Heavenly Mandate Army, the Tianming Army will definitely not treat him badly!" ”

"Thank you, Grand Duke!"

In this sea of joy, Li Zicheng left the prisoners of war, continued to go west, passed the Anrong Pass, it was just now, seeing that it was still early, Li Zicheng simply did not stop, prepared to go to Lao Ye Ling for lunch, there were no soldiers stationed on Lao Ye Ling, only a few post soldiers, the number was small and quiet.

Anrong Pass East and West, are the cement avenue that has been completed, the post road passes through the pass, for the convenience of passage, between the east and west city gates, also poured the cement avenue, so that the cement avenue is connected as a whole, if the passage is the vehicle of the Mandate of Heaven, there is no need to unload the goods at all, directly open the city gate to clear the customs, than the original and a lot more convenient.

As Li Zicheng expected, the prisoners of war who poured the cement avenue between Anrong Pass and Lao Yeling also faced the surprise of closing.

But the most excited, or Li Zicheng, if the road in Guanshan as soon as possible, poured into a cement avenue, the transportation of grain, grass and baggage, it will be much more convenient, as long as there is no shortage of materials, Li Zicheng believes that the Xining army has been distributed more than 1,600 rifles, including Youshui, will be able to hold the Guguan and block the imperial army's army from Guanshan.

The only thing that he can't be sure of is when the army of the imperial court will appear in Guguan?

When he arrived at Lao Yeling, it was already afternoon, Li Zicheng asked the post guards to boil hot water, and the soldiers ate dry food with hot water, rested for half an hour, and then went to Qingshui County.

At sunset, Li Zicheng finally rushed to Qingshui County, he has always been used to running around, and did not inform the people in the city in advance to greet him, but came directly to the middle hall of the county office, where all the houses are his residence for the time being.

Tian Fen now lives in the Central Government.

Tian Fen's bedroom is located on the left side of the central office, the innermost one, Li Zicheng came to the central office, did not deal with official documents, but went straight to her bedroom.

The door of the bedroom was closed, and Li Zicheng said in his heart, it is not dark yet, what are you doing with the door closed? Did you have dinner so early? She's here alone, don't get sick!

He initially accepted Tian Fen in order to subjugate Tanaka's father and son, which was considered a political marriage, so when he left Haomen County, he did not take her back to Xining, but this time in Longyou, there were too many Hui people and marginal ethnic groups inextricably linked with the Hui people, so he had to let Tian Fen come over, use her identity, and use her own experience to help reform and naturalize them.

Tian Fen spared no effort in order to naturalize the Hui people and all kinds of aunts and cousins of the Hui people, and the little white horse almost ran all over Gongchang and Lintao, Li Zicheng was naturally very moved, so when he came to Qingshui, he went to see her as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, and after a while, footsteps came from inside, gently pulling a gap between the door and revealing the face of a young woman from inside, "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Li Zicheng thought that he had found the wrong door, and looked sideways, yes, besides, now all the houses in the Zhongya are at his disposal, and whoever lives in it must have his own consent, so he said lightly: "Who are you?" Why is it here? ”