He Xiaomi agreed, and four pro-soldiers stepped forward, one for two, one on the left and one on the right, and set up the two soldiers who caused the accident, and walked out of the circle, and the onlookers did not dare to make a sound, and automatically flashed out of a way, watching their companions being taken out by the personal soldiers of the Metropolitan Governor.

The soldiers who caused the accident seemed to be frightened, along the way, there was not even a cry, after a while, He Xiaomi grabbed a strand of hair with both hands and brought back the two heads, the soldiers were all staring, even Fang Deng was dumbfounded, this big governor, how can you say that killing people kills? Damn, the military regulations of the Mandate of Heaven, but ......

Li Zicheng pointed to the two heads and said to the old woman: "The two beasts have been ambushed, I don't know if the eldest lady is satisfied?" ”

The old woman's face was pale, Li Zicheng was resolute and resolute, and she had already stopped her, and it was only when Li Zicheng asked at this time that she came to her senses, and said tremblingly: "Grass people...... Neither are the grass people...... ...... ask them to resist their lives."

"The eldest lady is worried, no one dares to retaliate against your family," Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "The soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, whoever dares to infringe on the people will end up like this!" ”

"Grass People...... The grass people have thanked the Governor! The old woman turned over and knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed to Li Zicheng three times, and the rest of the people, as if they had just come to their senses, rushed to kowtow to Li Zicheng one by one.

"Everyone, get up quickly, don't be polite, it's the Heavenly Mandate Army that can't stand you," Li Zicheng helped one of the old women up, she was the most emotional just now, it was estimated that she was the woman's mother, and arched her hand to him: "Auntie, I took these two beasts to make amends to you!" ”

"Torture the grass people, too......" The old woman was about to kneel down again, but was pulled by Li Zicheng, turned around and stretched out her hand to He Xiaomi, and said, "Fifty miles of silver!" ”

He Xiaomi was stunned for a moment, then understood, and hurriedly took out an ingots of fifty taels from his arms and handed it to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng took the silver and put it in the old woman's dry hand, "Auntie, the beast has harmed your girl, this is your compensation, go back and take your girl to see Langzhong." ”

When the old woman saw that it was a fifty-tael ingot, she was not only startled, but she raised her hands behind her back and refused to accept it no matter what, "The affection of the Metropolitan Governor, the grass people have it, this is ...... There are too many, and the grass people will never dare to ask for ......"

In the years of famine, human life is not worth anything, and when the hunger in the stomach is unbearable, two vegetable melons can be exchanged for a yellow flower girl, which is fifty taels, enough for the whole family for two years!

The girl is just ...... Anyway, my life is still there, as long as I go home and enlighten myself, I won't be able to marry someone in the future, fifty taels of silver, which is the market price, and now in Luoyang City, I can also buy two delicate little maids......

Li Zicheng pulled the old woman's right hand over, forcibly stuffed the ingots into her palm, and helped to curl the five fingers, grabbed the ingots, and said with a smile: "Auntie, the Mandate of Heaven Army can't live with your house today, this is our apology silver, if the Mandate of Heaven does not accept it, it is still resentful of the Mandate of Heaven Army......

"No...... There is no resentment, the grass people thank the military master for making the decision for the grass people's girl, the military master is the blue sky master......" The old woman trembled with her hands, but under Li Zicheng's gaze, she still stuffed the ingots into her arms, and thanked Li Zicheng for her kindness, and left the broken temple with the girl quickly.

The rest of the people, seeing what happened, also thanked Li Zicheng and busily followed the old woman.

Fang Deng kept kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up, at this time, seeing Li Zicheng's cold gaze, his heart "chuckled", his shoulders trembled instinctively, his stomach was rubbed by gravel, and unconsciously, beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead, "Dadu Governor ......"

"Fang Deng, as the main general, you are not strict in commanding the troops, and your sin is unforgivable!" Li Zicheng didn't look at him either, just waved his hand to He Xiaomi, and said: "Heavy responsibility for the ten military sticks, if there is a next time, you, the chief officer, don't have to be anymore!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi, no matter what Fang Deng's mood was, he just carried out the words of the Metropolitan Governor.

Several pro-soldiers directly pressed Fang Deng, at this time the people had already left, there was no need to drag them away to change places, the two of them each took a spear, and beat Fang Deng's ass with the barrel of the gun ten times before stopping.

Fang Deng was not lightly injured, but he still stood up and bowed to Li Zicheng, "Thank you for the light punishment of the Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates have been taught." ”

Li Zicheng snorted coldly, ignored him, and took his own soldiers to the prefect's yamen, and the current prefect's yamen was temporarily idle, so he temporarily lived in the prefect's yamen.

Niu Jinxing came out from afar, arched his hands and said, "Congratulations to the Governor of Dadu for winning Luoyang!" ”

"What if you get Luoyang?" Li Zicheng thought of what happened just now, and he was still a little unhappy in his heart, "According to Venus, after winning Luoyang, what should we do next?" ”

Niu Jinxing has already met Li Xin, has a new understanding of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and has already calculated the future of the Heavenly Mandate Army in his heart. ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng felt that although he had just killed someone, it seemed that he was not a thirst for killing, but a last resort, in fact, he was just killing a hundred people, but then he thought about it, Niu Jinxing's words seemed to be very reasonable, and it was also very compatible with his own proposition, so he said: "Venus, let's go back and talk about it!" ”

Li Zicheng summoned Niu Jinxing in the small hall, "Venus talk about it, how to 'kill less, help the hungry, and collect people's hearts'?" Who is it for? ”

"People," Niu Jinxing said: "Henan is drought, the government is unable to provide disaster relief, it is the time when the Metropolitan Governor buys people's hearts," paused, but scratched his hair, "The Metropolitan Governor, the villain seems to be redundant, after entering Luoyang City, what his subordinates see in their eyes seems to be what his subordinates want to say!" ”

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "Jin Xing has seen Li Gongzi?" ”

Niu Jinxing was shocked, but he pretended to be casual on his face, "After his subordinates entered the city, they wandered around the city and met Li Gongzi......"

"Since you have met Li Gongzi, you should know that what the governor of Pontus said is true," Li Zicheng said: "No matter how the imperial court views us, we ourselves cannot be despised ourselves, the Mandate of Heaven army is not a rogue, but adhering to the will of God, wherever we go, we must save the local people from fire and water!" ”

"Outside Luoyang City, the villain saw it, Lushi County, Yongning County, Yiyang County, there were originally a lot of hungry people, after the Tianming Army took the city, most of the governors strategized, and the hungry people were almost gone," Niu Jinxing's eyes, I don't know whether to admire or be lonely, "Dadu Governor, the villain just hopes, 'less torture and killing, If the Mandate of Heaven army can seize the opportunity of the great drought in Henan, and can conquer Henan, once the time is ripe, it will go straight to Beijing with a large army, and then it will ......"

Li Zicheng has also thought about such a thing, however, Henan has not yet occupied half of it, and the imperial army may counterattack at any time, and it is still too early to consider the matter of Jingshi, "Jin Xing rest assured, the matter of 'putting the people first' has been reflected in the laws of the Mandate of Heaven and the military regulations of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and it has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the soldiers." ”

"The villain can see it," Niu Jinxing's eyes were a little excited, "After the Heavenly Mandate Army entered the city, it did not commit any offense to the people, but in half a day, order was restored in the city......"

"Venus doesn't need to give me a top hat," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "The Mandate of Heaven Army's entry into Luoyang can only be regarded as the beginning in Henan, Venus said, what should he do next?" ”

Niu Jinxing was secretly happy in his heart, although he did not have a clear position, but the Metropolitan Governor asked himself about such a major matter, obviously the position of a strategist, he coughed and said: "The Metropolitan Governor, if the Heavenly Mandate Army takes Luoyang, the imperial court will definitely be shaken, and Kaifeng is afraid that Kaifeng will soon send a large army to counterattack!" ”

"Jin Xing is saying that we must be ready to meet the army of the imperial court?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Jin Xing, tell me, how to deal with the army of the imperial court?" ”

"One way is to stick to it, Luoyang is a strong city, as long as the food is sufficient, we can wait for work," Niu Jinxing said: "There is a more positive way, but you can try it!" ”

"I want to hear about it!"

"The army of the imperial court must come from Kaifeng, between Kaifeng and Luoyang, there is the Yellow River in the north, Songshan and Jishan in the south, and the passage is not wide!"

"Does Venus mean that you can set up an ambush in the middle of the road?"

"Ambush is the most active method, however, this depends on the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army, if the strength difference between the two sides is too large, even if the ambush is successful, it will be difficult to deal a heavy blow to the imperial army!"

Li Zicheng nodded, "If you have Venus, I will use it at my discretion!" Before setting up an ambush, it is necessary to get the specific route and number of Ming troops! ”

"I heard that under the Metropolitan Governor, there is a ...... of the Han Qing Bureau"

"Haha, the Han Qing Bureau has been established for several years, and it was originally to investigate the movements of the Ming army, and the number of people was too small before, and the information was not perfect, but now it can play an important role."

"The Metropolitan Governor has taken precautions," Niu Jinxing arched his hand: "The Hanqing Bureau is a special agency, and the information it investigates is bound to be much more detailed than the rangers sent out temporarily!" ”

Sending Niu Jinxing away, Li Zicheng didn't think about the affairs of the imperial army, there were too many things to deal with urgently.

The Mandate of Heaven Army has occupied Luoyang City, the hungry people inside and outside the city, must be timely disaster relief, these things, they always do it by hand, it will affect the speed of the battle, it will also involve a lot of energy, the Mandate of Heaven Army in Henan is getting bigger and bigger, and the civil affairs must be handed over to special officials, just like the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion in Lanzhou, there is a civil department in the subordinate institutions, specializing in dealing with civil affairs.

Naturally, Henan's civil affairs could not be handed over to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion in Lanzhou, which was too far away to communicate in time and appoint the chief officials of the prefecture and county in time.

There is also the army, in addition to the fourth battalion of more than 10,000 soldiers, the rest are recruits, the sources are very mixed, there are both a bucket of the valley of the rogue, there are also the imperial court soldiers, and there are some soldiers, completely recruited from the people, there is a lack of discipline at all, the combat effectiveness is not strong or a trivial matter, the key is that the military discipline is not strict, if it cannot be rectified in time, like what happened before the temple was broken today, it will happen sooner or later.

If the soldiers can't be of the same mind as the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion and continue to do things that harm the people, how can the Mandate of Heaven Army "win the hearts of the people"?

It is not easy to make the people love the Mandate of Heaven Army, it takes a lot of energy and benefits, and it takes enough time to precipitate, but a small injury may make the people abandon the Mandate of Heaven Army!

The relationship between the military and the people is the relationship between the fish and the water, and the two complement each other, so that the fish and the water will have deep affection, and the interests of the people will always be in their hearts, and the people will put the Mandate of Heaven in their hearts.