Wang Zheng requisitioned a large number of mules, horses, chariots and people in Jinan, Wengzhou, and Dongchang, and Fan Ruohai's salt shop and Hao's shopkeeper of Jining City Yongchang discussed one after another, and they also made great efforts behind their backs.

In this war, the Shandong army mobilized all kinds of forces, except for a large number of soldiers and horses and logistics, those trading houses and shipping companies could not stay out of the matter.

When Li Zicheng heard that Liu Zongmin was defeated and killed, he was furious, found an open space and slashed with a knife, shouting that he would kill Wang Zheng's whole family, but then withdrew from Guide Mansion the next day.

In this way, the battle between the Shandong Army and the Chuang Army, which lasted for several months, came to an end.

Speaking of which, this battle is different from the previous battles, and the competition is often not about the gains and losses of one or two cities, but about who can hold out longer.

Although the Chuang army could not attack the city for a long time and lost its troops, the northern road led by Li Zicheng and the Shandong army won and lost each other.

Although Shao Yong had tried his best to prepare, there were too few soldiers and horses, and there were too many intruders, so in the end he could only barely hold Suizhou City, and Guocunbao and Ningling City were captured.

However, the army did not stay long, and after plundering the city, the hungry people immediately turned south, and this situation lasted until Wang Zheng led the army to arrive.

After Wang Zheng came back from Liaodong, he was obviously determined to compete with Li Zicheng to win or lose.

On the one hand, it is to suppress the arrogance of the invading army, so that he knows where he can fight, but he can't enter, on the other hand, in fact, Wang Zheng wants to know what the current invading army has become, and he is tempting.

After several battles inside and outside, Wang Zheng was relieved, although the army had improved a lot compared to the last time, but this was a deformed progress, as if he was walking on a crooked road.

The two are opposite, one is mainly homeless, supplemented by the old camp, pay attention to the momentum and victory and defeat freely, even if he is defeated, he can quickly be resurrected with full blood, Li Zicheng is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and he is not afraid of gambling at all.

The other is mainly elite, supplemented by the rest of the cavalry, navy, logistics, local security department personnel, etc., since the formation of the army, the armament and structure inside and outside have always been complete.

There is no doubt that after a few months of game, the army was gradually powerless in the face of the Guide Mansion that gradually turned into an iron bucket, hitting walls everywhere, and losing troops one after another, although Li Zicheng was extremely unwilling, it was undeniable that he still failed.

Li Zicheng cried bitterly and looked crazy, and vowed to avenge Liu Zongmin and kill the whole family of King Zhongliebo, but he was not stupid, and then led his troops to withdraw from the territory of Guide Mansion in a hurry.

After withdrawing from Guide Mansion, Li Zicheng didn't even stay in Kaifeng, gathered the defeated troops for a few days, and rushed to Ruzhou, which had already been occupied by the Chuang army.

The hearts of the people over there had long been tilted towards the army, and when Li Zicheng arrived, he stopped and licked his wounds, and his eyes were fixed on other state capitals in Henan.

In fact, in addition to robbing a large amount of grain, grass and baggage in Shangqiu, the city of Guide, Li Zicheng wanted to fight a battle with this Ming army, which was known as the strongest in the Central Plains, to determine the scope of future advance and retreat.

At present, the Chuang army has actually occupied most of Henan, and to put it bluntly, it is to regard the Kaifeng Mansion guarded by the Shandong Army and the territory outside the Guide Mansion that has just been repulsed as their own territory.

This occupation was not an official system, but merely a force stationed in the area.

After the decisive battle between Yang Wenyue and Fu Zonglong, almost all the remaining reinforcements and troops ran back to their own territory to recuperate, especially the long-legged general He Renlong, who ran back to Yansui at a fast speed and did not come out.

The local officials and troops in Henan could no longer pose any threat to Li Zicheng, and they were either defeated and scattered and could no longer be gathered, or they shouted the slogan of "Welcoming the King" and surrendered Kaicheng.

Although there were still many Ming troops in Huguang and Shaanxi, the area that the Ming court could actually control in Hunan was gradually shrinking.

Li Zicheng's abacus is very loud, first of all, Wang Zheng's main army is still in Liaodong, and the army is often hundreds of thousands, not to mention that he has a great chance of winning, even if the main force of the Shandong army returns to help, when the time comes, he will loot in Guide Mansion and then return to Ruzhou.

Even if Wang Zheng had the intention to pursue, the Ming court would not allow this loyal martyr with real power and heavy soldiers to come out too far, so the other party did not have the ability to defeat him at all.

Now that you're invincible, why not give it a try?

There are too many benefits of defeating the Shandong army, Sun Chuanting was imprisoned, Hong Chengchou was transferred to Liaodong, and the only one in the Central Plains who can defeat the army head-on is the subordinates of Zhonglie Bo Wang Zheng, if they are also defeated, this can lay a good foundation for the army to enter Shandong.

At that time, Li Zicheng will not run back to the southwest of Henan as he does now, but will directly sweep the whole of Hunan, and it may not be possible to enter Shandong.

However, now that the army was in a big rout and returned to Ruzhou, Wang Zheng naturally could not let go of this opportunity, and quickly ordered to pursue Li Zicheng into Kaifeng, and only stopped after recovering Chenzhou and Shangshui County one after another.

What did Wang Zheng do when he stopped, one was to sacrifice the flag with the thief's head, and the other was to arrange everything after leaving.

At the end of December of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Wang Zheng convened the three armies in the school field outside the city on the one hand, and comforted the souls of thousands of Shandong soldiers who died in battle with the head of the thief Liu Zongmin.

Immediately followed by Wang Zheng overnight to draft the recital and the good news, and sent a fast horse to the Beijing division the next day.

The Shandong General Army has the right to dictate the urgent matters of the neighboring state capitals, and the Kaifeng Mansion is really within the jurisdiction of this authority.

After Wang Zheng recovered the area of Chenzhou and Shangshui, he led the three armies to sacrifice the flag, but he did not stop and returned to Guide Mansion non-stop.

This kind of practice really makes people can't find any fault, this loyal martyr who is less than thirty years old, although he occasionally shows normal emotions, but his methods are ruthless, and the judgment of major events is often leaky.

Things often can't be seen on the surface, Wang Zheng left with his descendants, but he recruited a group of foreign soldiers and horses to garrison locally, and really controlled the area of Chenzhou and Shangshui.

From an outsider's point of view, there is still no transgression, after all, Wang Zheng has already led the Shandong army to leave, so what can he do.

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It was about the beginning of January of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Shandong army held a military meeting in Licheng, which was the highest level of deliberation, which was equivalent to the governor's meeting with the generals, and the people who came were naturally the generals of the town defenders.

Dong Youyin, Deng Heizi, Huang Yang, and Gao Liang are the four generals of the Shandong Army at present, and they are the absolute cronies of the loyal and martyred Uncle Wang Zheng.

In addition, Xing Yidao, Shao Yong, Lu Jingrong and others are among the main generals of the first government, and they used to follow Wang Zheng from Dengzhou step by step.

The rest such as Liu Guoneng, the general of Kaifeng Mansion, Kong Luan, the chief general of Guide Mansion, Qiu Wu, the chief general of Haizhou, and others are much worse, although they are also the main generals of a mansion, but they are clearly divided between internal and external, and their status and prestige are naturally different.

Since the Shandong army became an army, it has become a martial arts, and the loyal and martyred king fought for a military order, and all the generals were afraid to receive the order, and no one dared to say a word.

The strict rank in the army is one thing, mainly based on strength, such as Xing Yidao, Shao Yong, Lu Jingrong and other descendant generals are often loyal to Wang Zheng, with very old qualifications and repeated military exploits.

What they hold in their hands are all elite soldiers, and Liu Guoneng, the foreign soldiers and horses that have just been reorganized, are too weak and incomparable, which is actually a means for Wang Zheng to prevent foreign chaos.

Kong Luan has made great contributions to Tuocheng, but he has actually been tied to the Shandong army.

This time, Wang Zheng promoted him to the chief general of the lineage, his name has changed, and his face is much brighter, but the main thing has not changed much.

It is impossible for the descendants of the soldiers and horses to be assigned to the Guide Mansion, and if the outer lines of the Guide Mansion want to become the descendants, they first need to be included in the register so that they can not leave this big ship completely.

However, this is still one thing, and it is still necessary to accept the reorganization and examination of the Shandong Army, interspersed with some officers and soldiers who are loyal to Wang Zheng.

Kong Luan naturally understands this truth, although this loyal martyr looks young, he is not an idle person.

Wang Zheng ordered an orderly reward and promotion, although a rising star like Kong Luan has gone up in name and his salary has improved, he is still much worse than the old qualifications of Lu Jingrong and Liu Xiong.