After the 8th Battalion was slightly reorganized, it became an army, and because it belonged to the soldiers, it immediately took action with the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Ma Xianglin personally led Qin Zuoming's 5,000 households, along Fangdoushan, from the south of the Yangtze River to respond to Zhou Kun's department down the river, Qin Gongming's 5,000 households, under the temporary command of Qin Liangyu, went south to Wulong, Pengshui, Qianjiang County, after consolidating these three counties, if the situation allows, will continue to go south, with military means as the mainstay, supplemented by other means, one by one naturalized Youyang Xuanfu Envoy, Pingcha Cave Division, Shiye Cave Division, Yimei Cave Division, Matu Cave Division, etc.

Zhou Kunbu went down the river and took Kuizhou directly from the waterway, while Li Zicheng led the main force of the Song Wen Department, Li Guobu, and Zhang Lingbu to take the northern part of Kuizhou Mansion along the northern foot of Huaying Mountain and Qujiang River, expanding the search area along the way, and taking Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Mansion together.

Li Zicheng became the main force of this road, because there is a ready-made official road, the passage is relatively smooth, along the way, the county is looking at the wind and descending, until Taiping County (now Wanyuan County), only to stop the pace.

Taiping County has gone deep into the hinterland of Daba Mountain, and dozens of miles further forward is the boundary of Hanzhong Mansion in Shaanxi.

The reason why Li Zicheng chose to enter Taiping County is because of the transportation, going north to Hanzhong, south to Chongqing, east to Huguang, west to Chengdu, all of which are within reach.

Before going south to Bashu, Li Zicheng calculated that the east would hold along the Yangtze River and Taiping County in the north to ensure the stability of the entire Sichuan.

Now Zhou Kun's naval army is going down the river, south of the Yangtze River, and there is Ma Xianglin's eighth battalion, he doesn't have to worry about the eastern front, the key is the northern line.

Li Zicheng set up a large camp in Taiping County, and then rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, Li Guo was promoted to a general, leading the cavalry of the second battalion of 5,000 households in the headquarters;

Song Wen was promoted to a staff general, and the gunners of the five thousand households in the headquarters were organized into the first regiment, and Song Wen concurrently served as the head of the first regiment; Zhao Guangrui's department, which was far away in Chengdu, was organized into the second regiment, and Zhao Guangrui served as the head of the second regiment;

The 5,000 households of Zhang Ling's department were reorganized into the Third Regiment, and Zhang Ling was the head of the Third Regiment and held the rank of guerrilla general.

Zhao Guangrui's second regiment and Zhang Ling's third regiment were both directly under the seventh battalion and were uniformly dispatched by Song Wen.

The northwest part of Kuizhou Mansion has been taken, and the central and southern parts are in charge of Zhou Kun's navy, but the northeast of Kuizhou Mansion has not yet been included in the jurisdiction of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, so Li Zicheng ordered Zhang Ling to collect the rest of the land in Kuizhou Mansion, and then go to Kuizhou Mansion in the southeast direction to join Zhou Kun's navy.

In Li Zicheng's heart, he was already thinking about the Hanzhong Mansion in the north, once the Hanzhong Mansion was taken, it would not only provide peripheral security for Taiping County, but also protect the passage between Longyou and Sichuan, so as to facilitate the strengthening of military, commercial and trade ties between Longyou and Chengdu.

But in the end, it was still given up, Sichuan Province has not yet been completely recovered, and the stability of Sichuan must be guaranteed before expansion can be considered.

He took out the march map, between Bashu, in addition to Chengdu Mansion, Tongchuan Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture, Chongqing Mansion, Kuizhou Mansion, as well as Baoning Mansion and Long'an Mansion in the north, as well as many surrounding prefectures and counties established by Tusi, in any case, the core of Bashu, the main grain producing area, must be controlled in his hands first, and then Hanzhong should be considered.

He pointed to the marching map and said, "First take Baoning and Long'an, which can not only connect Bashu together, but also protect the passage between Sichuan and Longyou." ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor," Song Wen had just won the title of General, and his heart was very uneasy, "Metropolitan Governor, what about Taiping County?" It's a transportation hub......

"Leave a thousand soldiers to garrison here, and when we have pacified the river, we will return here." Li Zicheng's gaze, unintentionally, swept in the Hanzhong Mansion in the north, and then put away the marching map.

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After being expelled from Chengdu by Li Zicheng, Zhu Zhilu, the king of Taiping, and Zhu Zhiyi, the king of Neijiang, went incognito all the way, crossed the mountains and mountains, endured a lot of hardships, and finally rushed to Beijing and cried to Zhu Youzhen about everything that happened in Chengdu.

Zhu Youzhen was furious, and immediately found Yang Sichang, who was in charge of the military department, and scolded him bitterly, asking him to quickly transfer troops to relieve the siege of Chengdu and execute Li Zicheng Lingchi, who forced to death Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu.

Yang Sichang's face was blue and white for a while, but he didn't dare to reply, just stared at Zhu Zhilu and Zhu Zhiyi, and vented his dissatisfaction with peace of mind with his eye sword.

Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, his face turned pale, and he said to Zhu Zhilu and Zhu Zhiyi: "Li Zicheng is hateful, and you two are even more hateful, not only lost Chengdu, but also left the fiefdom without receiving the holy decree, how can you be exempted from the death penalty?" ”

Zhu Zhilu was so frightened that he cried, "Your Majesty, we are forced, then Li Zicheng's army broke through Chengdu, and the governor Wang Weizhang surrendered ......"

Zhu Zhiyi even climbed two steps forward, hugging Zhu Youzhen's feet and neck, "Your Majesty, we don't have an army...... Please ask the emperor to bypass us for the sake of us who have worked so hard to report the news......"

"You still have the face to beg for mercy?" Zhu Youzhen raised his foot and kicked Zhu Zhiyi away, and said angrily: "You have enjoyed all the glory and wealth on weekdays, consumed countless wealth, and acted as a prestige in the fiefdom, since you can't protect Chengdu, you should be martyred, and you still have the face to come back?" ”

"The Emperor's ......"

"Your Majesty, spare your life......"

Zhu Youzhen wrinkled his nose, waved his hand in annoyance, and shouted: "Pull it down, behead it immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The guards were like wolves, and they didn't care that the two kings were crying, and the two people who were paralyzed to the ground in fright were directly taken out of the Qianqing Palace, and after a while, they presented two bloody heads on a silver plate.

Zhu Youzhen only glanced at it, and immediately waved his hand, asking the guards to hold the head out, "Burial of people!" ”

There were only two people left in the warm pavilion, Yang Sichang's heart was shocked, although he hated Zhu Zhilu and Zhu Zhiyi so much that he was scolded, but he didn't think about killing them, the emperor was angry, but he cut off the heads of the two......

Is it to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, or is Zhu Youzhen really vicious?

Yang Sichang's face unconsciously appeared with beads of sweat the size of beans, but in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it.

Zhu Youzhen stared at Yang Sichang with a cold gaze, "Lord Shangshu, Li Zicheng has broken through Chengdu, what are you going to do?" ”

Speaking of the matter of suppressing thieves, Yang Sichang was taken aback, and he proposed and was responsible for the implementation of the "four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net" encirclement and suppression plan, just at the critical moment, in case something went wrong......

On the same day, Yuan Chonghuan promised the emperor to "break Liao in five years", because he failed to achieve it, and was killed by the emperor, if Yuan Chonghuan and Huang Taiji colluded with each other, he couldn't believe it, and the court did not find any evidence, the key is that Yuan Chonghuan failed to fulfill his original promise.

and then his father Yang He, who also failed to fulfill his promise to exterminate the Liukou, was arrested and sent to Yuanzhou, and died in Yuanzhou......

Although Yang Sichang was frightened, he didn't dare to be careless in the matter of suppressing thieves, and was busy prostrate in front of Chongzhen's dragon chair, "Your Majesty, the Liukou is now surrounded and has lost the ability to escape, and it is the best time to exterminate it in one fell swoop......"

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen's face was gloomy, "So, all the rogues are exterminated, just around the corner?" ”

"Your Majesty," Yang Sichang knocked on the ground with his head and said: "There are two main branches of the Liukou, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are the main forces of the Liukou, and now they are trapped in Huguang, and the army of the imperial court is packing up the defense line step by step, and they will be trapped to death in a few days; The rest of the 'Five Battalions of Zuoge' cultivated by Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuojin Wang He Jin, Reincarnated King Liu Xiyao, and Troubled King Lin were also confined to the Dabie Mountain area by Zheng Eryang of Anhui and Zhu Dadian, the governor of Fengyang......"

"Lord Shangshu is so calculating," Zhu Youzhen's eyes shot out a gloomy light, "But Lord Shangshu calculated, but he didn't count Shudi, the king of Shu was forced to death by Li Zicheng, which really lost the face of the court......"

"The Emperor's ......"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Say, when will you send troops to Chengdu?" Who to send? ”

"Return to the emperor," Yang Sichang almost knocked blood on his forehead, "Huguang's army can't be mobilized, once there is a gap, the rogues will definitely flee, then these days of encirclement and suppression will be in vain......"

"I don't care what Huguang is, the person who forced the King of Shu to death must be arrested as soon as possible," Zhu Youzhen ignored the blood stains on Yang Sichang's forehead, and only said that Yang Sichang was pretending, and glanced at him, "How to transfer troops, that's your business as the secretary of the military department!" ”

Yang Sichang's forehead was a mess, blood mixed with sweat, it was already red, but his heart was cold and transparent, he stopped kowtowing, raised his distracted gaze, and said: "Your Majesty, there are really no soldiers to adjust, if you want to recruit soldiers, you have to increase the military salary......"

"Get out!" Zhu Youzhen threw the tea cup at hand at Yang Sichang, because he lost his head, smashed on the gold brick, and cracked into countless pieces, got up from the dragon chair again, and overturned a desk with his hand, "Not only did the rogue not be exterminated, but it made a lot of fun, and you still have the face to ask for money......

Yang Sichang crawled out of the Qianqing Palace, returned to the lobby of the military headquarters, and immediately sent a message to Hong Chengchou and asked him to quickly reinforce Sichuan.

Zhu You checked out the warm pavilion, still angry, Zhang Yixian hurriedly followed, half-bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it is Yang Sichang who is not effective, and it is not enough to send a strong army to Sichuan, the imperial court has so many soldiers...... The emperor must not be angry, the dragon body is important, and the burden of ten thousand catties of the Ming Dynasty depends on the emperor......"

Zhu Youzhen was confused just now, and then he realized that he was going out of the warm pavilion to do something? There are so many more pieces to see......

He heard Yang Sichang ask for money, he was angry for a while, and walked away, at this time Zhang Yixian put all the responsibility on Yang Sichang's body, his heart felt much better, when Zhang Yixian said that the burden of the Ming Dynasty, he immediately thought that today's chapter has not yet been approved.

Zhu Youzhen nodded, returned to the warm pavilion, and began to review the pieces from all over the country.

His brow was kept on his face, and the memoirs delivered from all over the country were much the same as in the past, either asking for money for disaster relief, or asking for relief from local taxes, or the emergence of new rogues.

Zhu Youzhen endured his headache, reviewed it for more than an hour in one breath, looked at the still thick piece, didn't feel tired, raised his arms, and stretched his long lazy waist.

Zhang Yixian bowed down and handed over the tea, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, although the state affairs are difficult, you must also pay attention to rest...... It's time for lunch, or else, pass the meal first, and the emperor can rest for a while......"