"General Wu, you just stay by my side to serve, you can't learn from General Gao and retire, otherwise I will have no one to use!" Cao Bianjiao also said to Wu Shengzhao at the moment.

"The last general is willing to serve the imperial court!" Wu Shengzhao naturally won't learn from Gao Di, Gao Di is shameless and ashamed, so he doesn't want to be a big official, he just wants to calm down the rest of his life, but Wu Shengzhao is different, he still has the heart to make contributions, and he is unwilling to go into hiding.

"In this case, you two will have a hard trip, General Wu, you cooperate with my subordinates to receive the Guide Mansion, if you encounter the resistance of the Manchu soldiers and horses, you will be killed immediately, General Gao, you will follow me to collect Kaifeng and Ruzhou!"

"Yes!"

With the cooperation of Gao Di and Wu Shengzhao, Cao Bianjiao took back the territory south of the Yellow River in less than three days, and stationed Wang Guangen, the general soldier of Yunyang, in Ruzhou, Liu Wenxiu, in Zhengzhou, Zhuangzigu in Guide, Zhang Tianlu in Chenzhou, and Yuan Shu was transferred to the governor of Henan and Hubei, responsible for the military garrison of the two provinces.

When Cao Bianjiao recovered Henan, Zhang Xianzhong's war in Hanzhong was also in full swing, as early as when Cao Bianjiao went on his eastward expedition, Zhang Xianzhong had already started a war in Hanzhong.

Since Zhang Xianzhong occupied Sichuan, the establishment of the Great West Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty generals in Sichuan Zeng Ying, Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, Wang Xiang, Yang Zhan, Cao Xun, etc., have gathered soldiers and horses, attacked the Great West Peasant Army, slaughtered the local officials of the Great West regime, and posed a great threat to the Great West Regime, plus a Cao Bianjiao made him afraid of three points, just on the side of the couch, in the face of such a situation, Zhang Xianzhong thought, or follow Li Zicheng, take Guanzhong to stand on his own, so he is determined to win Hanzhong.

But Zhang Xianzhong's luck is very bad, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Sun Kewang to take Hanzhong, when He Zhen replaced Ma Yi to guard Hanzhong, Sun Kewang led an army of 30,000 to the north, but was defeated by He Zhen, Zhang Xianzhong immediately went to the rescue, led the army of 200,000, and killed Hanzhong, He Zhen led his troops to meet the garrison in Qipanguan, defeated, after holding on for eight days, finally due to insufficient troops, and then abandoned the Sichuan-Shaanxi gateway Qipanguan, retreated to Nanzheng.

Zhang Xianzhong all the way to capture Ningqiang Prefecture, Chu County, directly take Nanzheng, at the same time divide the troops to collect Luoyang, Yangping Zhudi, Zhang Xianzhong besieged Nanzheng, He Zhen sent people to Li Zicheng for help, the messenger was captured by Zhang Xianzhong, and then deceived the reinforcements, induced He Zhen out of the city, He Zhen was defeated, lost Nanzheng, retreated to Shiquan, Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to collect the cities in the west of Hanzhong, less than ten days, most of Hanzhong was obtained by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong sent Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi each led ten battalions of men and horses to attack Shiquan, He Zhen's soldiers abandoned the city, The mimeographed Meridian Valley road was cut off, and under the pursuit of the two Great Western Army, he led thousands of remnants of the army to escape into Daba Mountain and headed for Hubei.

Soon, the news of Li Zicheng's defeat and loss of Shaanxi spread to Hanzhong, Zhang Xianzhong was ecstatic, and sent people to take advantage of the Qing army's unstable foothold, leading the army to take Gongchang Mansion, Minzhou, Lintao land, the defenders of the three places are weak, because Li Zicheng abandoned Xi'an, all surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the Qing army and the Dashun army to fight, fished in troubled waters and took a small half of the northwest at once, but also made a lot of money.

But Zhang Xianzhong was not happy for long, the Qing army came to collect Gongchang, Lintao and other places, the two sides launched a big battle in Longcheng Pass, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were scattered, there were less than 50,000 soldiers and horses around him, and he was raided by the Qing army's iron cavalry, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated in the battle of Longcheng Pass, retreated to Qinzhou, and met with Liu Jinzhong's defection and surrendered to the Qing army, leading the Qing army to attack Qinzhou, Zhang Xianzhong's position was unstable, and there was a rebellion inside, and he was defeated again in Qinzhou, abandoned Gongchang, retreated to Yuguan, and just got the land of the three prefectures in the northwest, gained and lost.

Zhang Xianzhong after two defeats, is also afraid of the Qing army, dare not fight again, and at this time Azig retreated to Shaanxi, the Qing army is huge, Zhang Xianzhong is no longer enterprising, so gather soldiers and horses, protect Hanzhong, from Zhang Xianzhong in mid-March to return to Hanzhong in mid-August, which lasted more than four months, Zhang Xianzhong finally got the land of Hanzhong in Shaanxi, and it was not a gain.

August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the original Rui Wangfu in Hanzhong, now Zhang Xianzhong's palace, Zhang Xianzhong is also a large feast, to celebrate, although the first victory and then defeat, but in Zhang Xianzhong, to win Hanzhong, has completed the original goal, has been a good harvest, he did not feel depressed because of it, just feel a pity, lost the northwest land.

"I have been fighting since Chongzhen two years, it has been a full eighteen years, and the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers have fought for a full eighteen years, there have been great victories, there have also been great defeats, I have been afraid of people in my life, Chen Qiyu was dismissed and exiled, I heard that the Ming Dynasty's conscription order has not received him has been sick and died, Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Manchu Qing after the defeat of the Battle of Songjin, a heavy minister, but no integrity, ashamed of the world, Lu Xiangsheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was also killed in the battle, Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng were also killed in the battle of Guanzhong, Cao Wenzhao was ambushed, Committed suicide, as for Xiong Wencan, Yang Sichang and other mediocre people, insignificant, until now there is only one Cao Bianjiao left, I thought he was the fierce enemy of my life, it seems that I sat in the well and watched the sky, I didn't expect the Manchu soldiers to be so strong, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry rushed to kill, my Great Western Army was scattered in an instant, it was difficult to parry, no wonder Li Zicheng would be defeated into such a tragic situation, although there was a mistake to blame, but the Manchu Eight Banners were indeed brave! ”

"Father does not have to grow the morale of others to destroy his own prestige, this defeat, all because of the dispersion of our army, if our army and its decisive battle, how can we not win, after our army stabilizes Hanzhong, the soldiers can recuperate, and then go north to collect Shaanxi, go to the land of Guanzhong as the foundation, and compete with the Manchu Qing." Sun Kewang also took the initiative to stand up and round the field for Zhang Xianzhong.

But Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not a bad thing to recognize the lack of your ability, you can take this opportunity to be alert to yourself, know your own shortcomings, and make up for it!" The reason why I am telling you so much today is to tell you this truth, and there is another thing, although I Zhang Xianzhong has been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for nearly 20 years, but I Zhang Xianzhong is still a Han person, I can't forget the classics, this time Liu Jinzhong defected, it is really the shame of my Great Western Army, from now on, you must give me a constant watch, if anyone dares to say that the surrender of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is alive and secretly planning this matter, there is no need to report it, you can immediately kill this person, even if he is my own son. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said that the cloud is light and light, but everyone knows, because the people present are all old brothers who have followed him for more than ten years, understand his temperament, Zhang Xianzhong This is wordless anger, it is his most terrible time, Liu Jinzhong's matter gave Zhang Xianzhong a heavy slap, and his old subordinates for many years rebelled in this way and surrendered to the alien race, making Zhang Xianzhong unforgettable.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong took it out means that there must be people who think like this, but they haven't done it yet, when they are in danger, everyone has their own ambitions, this is common sense, Zhang Xianzhong can tolerate his subordinates to flee and hide, but they are absolutely not allowed to betray their ancestors.

"You can betray me and surrender to the Ming Dynasty, I won't blame you in my heart, everyone has their own ambitions, but you are definitely not allowed to surrender to the Manchus! Okay, I'm tired, let's go rest first, and then drink! After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, he also left.

Everyone was silent, the scene was cold and shivering, the silence was terrible, everyone was shocked by Zhang Xianzhong, even if someone wanted to stab them twice, they didn't dare to think about it anymore, Zhang Xianzhong left for a long time, and everyone didn't speak.