Luo Rucai was taken aback, he really didn't expect that Li Zicheng would turn this matter over, when Gao Mingheng defected to the Mandate of Heaven Army and became the governor of Henan Province, he was worried, but there was no movement, he thought that Gao Mingheng had already destroyed the letter.

There is a signature on the letter, and it is absolutely impossible to deny it!

Luo Rucai could only mess around, "Isn't Gao Mingheng the governor of Henan Province of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" It's just my own ......."

"Haha, you Luo Ru have the ability to predict the future, when Erwei Kaifeng, you know that Gao Mingheng will be the governor of Henan Province in the future?" Li Zicheng sneered: "Just like this time, you also predicted that the Pontus Governor was going to be arrested, so you left your companions and wanted to escape privately?" ”

There was a hint of gloom in Ma Shouying's eyes, if it was said that it was said that it was enough to fund Zhang Xianzhong's war horse, it could barely be said that everyone was rebelling against the imperial court, and when Zhang Xianzhong was in trouble, helping him was not considered a collaborator, Zhang Xianzhong was not an enemy!

But when the Mandate of Heaven Army was besieging Kaifeng, Luo Rucai secretly communicated with Gao Mingheng in the city, that is, looking for death, who would allow his side to bury the enemy's hidden pile?

Liu Yunshui, Li Ji, Song Wen, Li Xin and others already showed anger in their eyes, Luo Rucai turned out to be a spy of the imperial court?

"The Governor of Pontus gave you two chances, but you didn't repent," Li Zicheng took out a letter from his bosom and threw it on Luo Rucai's face, "The Mandate of Heaven Army and Zuo Liangyu's 200,000 army are facing each other across the Han River, and you are secretly communicating with Zuo Liangyu, in a vain attempt to cooperate with the outside!" ”

"Pig!"

"Traitor!"

"Ma Qiao, you Luo Rucai ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand to silence everyone, and then said to Luo Rucai: "If it weren't for the Mandate of Heaven Army's rapid defeat of Zuo Liangyu's 200,000 army, I am afraid that only you Luo Rucai would be able to stand here now," paused, and sighed: "In order to recover this letter, the Han Qing Bureau lost two brothers!" ”

Luo Rucai's face was like ashes, and after a while, Fang said: "Becoming the king and defeating the king, since you have the evidence, I have nothing to say!" ”

"Dare to be a hero!" Li Zicheng turned his gaze to He Yilong and Lin Yangsheng, and said, "In collusion with Zuo Liangyu, there is also your share, right?" I don't know if you dare to do it? ”

He Yilong raised his head and said angrily: "Li Zicheng, you have annexed the soldiers and horses of the fifth battalion of my revolution......"

"If you have any opinions about the Governor of Pontus, you can find the Governor of Pontus in private, or you can say at the meeting that a conspiracy like this will harm all the brothers of the Mandate of Heaven, including the generals here, and the Governor of Pontus will kill you, and will also give you the opportunity to appeal, so that you can die clearly," Li Zicheng said angrily: "When you made peace with the Mandate of Heaven, you were voluntary, and no one forced you!" ”

Ma Shouying only then understood that Li Zicheng took the opportunity of the banquet today to capture and kill the three people, and Luo Rucai he couldn't control it, but He Yilong and Lin Yangcheng were both the heads of the Fengtian Camp and his subordinates, and they would definitely not be able to escape from the charge of "not governing strictly", he kicked He Yilong's thigh, kicked He Yilong down, and scolded angrily in his mouth: "Okay, you He Yilong, you dare to eat inside and out?" ”

"General Ma, slow down!" Li Zicheng said lightly: "There are no private soldiers in the Mandate of Heaven army, He Yilong violated military discipline and has his own military regulations!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Ma Shouying hurriedly lowered his head.

Li Zicheng waved his hand, and He Xiaomi took his own soldiers to push Luo Rucai, He Yilong, and Lin Yangyang out of the big tent.

After a while, he came back with three bloody heads on a wooden plate, "Metropolitan Governor, Luo Rucai, He Yilong, and Lin Chengcheng have already subdued the law!" ”

Li Zicheng asked He Xiaomi to take the head out, and then there were pro-soldiers serving wine and food, this feast, others were happy as usual, but Ma Shouying was full of thoughts, after the banquet, he asked to see Li Zicheng alone, on the grounds of old age and infirmity, he asked to resign from the position of the chief general of the Fengtian camp and return to his hometown to retire.

Subsequently, Liu Xiyao asked to resign as the head of the third regiment of the Fengtian camp on the grounds that he was tired of the massacre.

Li Zicheng knew their thoughts, a little bit of a few words, seeing that they had made up their minds, he approved their request, for their future life, Li Zicheng hoped that they would go to Lanzhou to retire, but both of them refused.

People always have to return to their roots, and both of them have to return to their hometowns, and this reason is very good.

Li Zicheng took into account Ma Shouying's identity as a Hui person, and there was a certain conflict with the Sinicization policy that the Heavenly Mandate Army was currently implementing on the ground, so he fulfilled their wishes, and when he left, he sent a lot of entanglements to the two, as long as he didn't gamble money, he should not worry about the rest of his life.

He Yilong and Lin Yangcheng were executed, Ma Shouying and Liu Xiyao resigned, the skeleton of the Fengtian camp collapsed all of a sudden, and Li Zicheng had to adjust the main general of the Fengtian camp.

He Jin, the commander of the 1st Regiment, took over as the chief general of the Fengtian Battalion and still held the rank of guerrilla general.

Ren Jiguang, Zhao Yingyuan, Bai Wang, and Niu Youyong were promoted from each regiment to serve as the commanders of the four regiments, and they still received the original title of 1,000 households.

The Fengtian battalion master will undergo large-scale adjustments, and there will be no combat missions for the time being, but only training outside the city of Wuchang.

Since Luo Rucai was dead, Li Zicheng summoned Gao Ligong and was officially promoted to the chief general of the Chengtian Battalion, still holding the rank of staff general.

Li Zicheng eliminated the impact of the Luo Rucai incident, so he convened a meeting of the battalion leaders in the big tent outside the city, and Niu Jinxing, who had just returned to Wuchang, also attended the meeting.

After joining the Heavenly Mandate Army, both of them resigned from their original positions, but they did not re-appoint and now serve as Li Zicheng's personal staff, and were invited by Li Zicheng to attend the meeting.

The main purpose of this meeting was to discuss the direction of the development of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

With the destruction of Wuchang City, the Mandate of Heaven Army has occupied the core area of Huguang, the Chengtian Battalion Gao Meritorious Service Department and the Yangtze River Naval Army are advancing to Yuezhou, Changsha and Changde in the south, and the Yingtianying Qian Zhongxuan Department is developing in Shizhouwei, and it is not surprising that the Mandate of Heaven Army will occupy most of Huguang.

What about after occupying Huguang?

The matter of naturalizing the alien races in the southwest will not contain the main forces of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and it is enough to leave the Ying Tianying Qian Zhongzhong Division, and the development direction of the main force of the Mandate of Heaven Army is what will be discussed at this meeting.

After everyone's enthusiastic discussion, there are two main opinions: one is to go down the river, occupy the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and then take Nanjing as the center and set out for the Northern Expedition; The second is to return to Tongguan, first take Shaanxi, completely solve the threat of Longyou and Henan, and then go east out of Guanzhong, and occupy Shanxi and Jingshi in turn.

The representative of the former is Li Xin, and the representative of the latter is Niu Jinxing.

Both of these proposals were tempting for the Mandate of Heaven Army, and if there were enough troops, Li Zicheng hoped to organize two armies, one for the Eastern Expedition and the other for the Northern Expedition.

In fact, it is simply impossible, the current Mandate of Heaven Army does not have the strength to fight on two fronts at all, not because of how strong the combat effectiveness of the Ming Army is, but because the Mandate of Heaven Army cannot afford to raise a two-way army.

If you want to achieve your goals, you can only take them one step at a time.

The generals and strategists discussed very enthusiastically, and Li Zicheng was also excited, but he was the governor of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and he had to comprehensively weigh the gains and losses of the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition.

With the money and grain in Jiangnan, the Mandate of Heaven Army can expand its army on a large scale, and then take Nanjing as the national capital, organize a large army to go on a northern expedition and overthrow the imperial court in one fell swoop.

This is the most desirable result, and it is also Li Xin's wish.

In the actual crusade, it is impossible to have smooth sailing, and there are always some unexpected fetters, for example, will the gentry in Jiangnan support the Mandate of Heaven Army?

Jiangnan is indeed rich, but it is the money and food of the gentry in Jiangnan, not the money and food of the Mandate of Heaven.

If the Mandate of Heaven Army adopts the method of forcible taking, even if it succeeds, the consequences will inevitably be floating corpses everywhere, commercial circulation will be cut off, and the foundation of agricultural cultivation will be destroyed......

The once prosperous Jiangnan is hell on earth in the blink of an eye!

How is this different from killing chickens and taking eggs?

It is even more impossible for the gentry in Jiangnan to dedicate the money and grain in their hands, and there are three major laws in the Tianming Governor's Office: "Industrial and Commercial Law", "Land Law", and "Tax Rate".

I am afraid that only the national policy of encouraging the development of industry and commerce in the "Law of Industry and Commerce" will be welcomed by the gentry in Jiangnan;

The "Land Law" requires equal land, but the land in Jiangnan is annexed to a small number of gentry and large households, so it is better to kill them directly if they take out the cultivated land in their hands for nothing;

There is also the "Tax Law", which will also be resisted by the Jiangnan gentry, the Ming court has struggled for hundreds of years, and now, it is already exhausted of financial resources, and it is impossible to tax merchants.

The Donglin Party is actually the spokesperson of the Jiangnan gentry!

The Jiangnan gentry, through their spokesperson Donglin Party, opposed the collection of industrial and commercial taxes by the imperial court, and would also oppose the collection of industrial and commercial taxes by the Mandate of Heaven Army.

The biggest benefit of the Eastern Crusade is the money and grain, but the money and food are like honey lying on the tip of the nose, you can't eat it if you touch it, if the Heavenly Mandate Army goes east, you will definitely not get the support of the Jiangnan gentry, and you will definitely not get the money and food you want.

Even the land south of the Yangtze River can't stand on a stable footing, so why talk about sending troops to attack the Beijing Division?

Li Zicheng showed a wry smile on his face, and directly denied the strategy of the Eastern Crusade.

What about the Northern Expedition?

The advantage of the Northern Expedition is that it can take the political center of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, once the Beijing Division is broken, the Ming Dynasty will lose its orthodox status of existence, and in the eyes of the gentry of the world, the status of the Heavenly Mandate Army will naturally be legitimized.

Strength is everything!

But the Northern Expedition also has a great risk, the imperial court gathered heavy troops in the Beijing Division, the Beijing Division is the first fortified city of the Ming Dynasty, etc., when the Ming Dynasty is not exhausted, it is more difficult to forcibly take the Beijing Division than to ascend to the sky!

However, as long as Guanzhong is occupied, even if the Northern Expedition to Beijing fails, the Heavenly Mandate Army will have enough retreat at that time, and it can cross the Yellow River to the south and retreat to Henan; To the west, you can cross the river and return to Guanzhong to continue to accumulate strength......

The civilian, military and military generals only put forward their own suggestions, and it is still up to Li Zicheng to make the final decision at the critical moment.

Li Zicheng said in public that the Mandate of Heaven Army adopted the second strategy, that is, to break through the Tong Pass first, hold Shaanxi in his hands, and then send troops to Shanxi and Beijing!

The Wuchang Conference was an important meeting for the Mandate of Heaven Army to unify its thinking and clarify its goals!

In the past, the Mandate of Heaven Army was aimed at expanding its territory, increasing its own strength step by step, and encroaching on the territory of the imperial court, but after the Wuchang Conference, the Mandate of Heaven Army was no longer a small fight, and the whole army was about to overthrow the banner of overthrowing the imperial court.

Before achieving the final goal, the Mandate of Heaven Army must first take the entire Huguang and stabilize the grain producing areas in the rear.

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