Just as Liu Tichun expected, Niu Jinxing sent him north, not really to fight a decisive battle with the Huaxia Army, but to buy time for himself to escape. Niu Jinxing knew that his reinforcements were still in the Yan Division, and they would not be able to arrive in time, the general trend had gone, it was completely pointless to defend the city, and escaping was the right way.

The direction of Niu Jinxing's plan to escape is to the south, enter Huguang, pass through Huguang to Shujing, and go to Zhang Xianzhong.

On December 15, the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Mingshan entered Luoyang City, only ten days after his brother Li Qingshan entered Kaifeng City. Then, he got the news from Liu Tichun's subordinates, knowing that Liu Tichun had gone anyway, blocking the passage of Longmen Pass, that is, Niu Jinxing's southward escape, leaving only one company to maintain law and order in Luoyang City, and personally led the main force to pursue.

When Gu Jiaming arrived at Luoyang City, the war was over, and Niu Jinxing knelt tremblingly in front of him.

This made Gu Jiaming a little bored and a little melancholy.

The Chinese army has swept the world, and the enemy still has the heart of stubborn resistance before, but now, the enemy does not even have the heart of stubborn resistance, and wherever he goes, he either flees or surrenders.

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

Niu Jinxing, who was kneeling on the ground, quietly glanced at Gu Jiaming, the Huaxia army general in front of him was terrifyingly young, seeing that he was in such a position at this age, Niu Jinxing's heart was full of jealousy. This kid is just lucky, and he put it into the hands of Yu Guozhen, so he will have today. If he had also joined Yu Guozhen's men, then ......

Suddenly, Niu Venus thought of someone.

"The villain has an old relationship with Song Xiance, the deputy chief of staff of your army. I just ask the general to raise his noble hand and spare the villain's life! ”

There is an old ...... with Song Xiance

Gu Jiaming hadn't heard Song Xiance talk about this matter. Song Xiance is now a counselor of military affairs by Yu Guozhen's side, so he also followed Yu Guozhen back to Xinxiang.

Huaxia values human affection, even under the rule of Yu Guozhen, and there are few human contacts. When the generals under him are together, they always have to ask each other how many terms they are from the military academy, and the civil affairs officials. It will be mentioned in which year he graduated from Xinxiang Middle School. However, because Yu Guozhen hates the clan forces, everyone knows this, so there are people who pull the relationship with the villagers, but no one dares to say what "five hundred years ago was a family".

"The villain has governed Henan for many years, and he has learned the methods of Xinxiang, and he has fed many people......" Niu Jinxing pleaded again.

"Whether you live or die is not up to me. It should be up to the commander of my family to decide. Gu Jiaming put aside the tedious thoughts in his heart and made a decision. After this battle. He reckoned to move on to civil affairs. Yu Guozhen said in advance that the post of governor of Henan would be handed over to him.

The reason why he was chosen as the governor of Henan was that, on the one hand, he had experience in handling civil affairs in Hainan, and on the other hand, he was also a well-known general in the army, and he could resume his military status at any time and lead the army into battle. The political significance is very strong: the Central Plains is the land of four wars. Although Li Yan in the northwest had a good relationship with the Huaxia Army, who knows whether his subordinates were willing to truly implement the agreement reached between the two sides; Liu Zongmin in the west is ambitious. Definitely not a guy who keeps to himself; Zhang Xianzhong in the southwest is far away, but it is difficult to say whether he will join forces with Liu Zongmin. What's more. To the south of Xiangyang, is the Huang Degong Department of the Great Wall, which is leaning on the Great Wall of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

In addition to him, Tian Boguang will not be in the army for too long, unless he is willing to transfer to the general staff.

"Ah......h

Knowing that he didn't have to die for the time being, Niu Jinxing's hanging heart relaxed, and Liu Tichun, who was next to him, was a little anxious, and stepped forward and said: "General, this can't be done, Niu Jinxing can't let it go, it was he who offered a poisonous plan to King Chuang, digging the mouth of the Yellow River to the point of causing millions of people to be poisoned!" ”

This is the fundamental reason why Niu Jinxing did not dare to surrender to Yu Guozhen.

At the beginning, this strategy was too poisonous, and more than 300,000 people died as a result, and more than one million homes were destroyed.

"Liu Tichun, you dog thief, you and Li Zicheng are a scourge to the world, and there are more than 10 million people who have died because of you!"

"Okay, Liu Tichun has atoned for his crimes, at least he won't have a capital crime." Gu Jiaming impatiently called Niu Jinxing: "Regarding his disposal suggestions, I will make them to the commander, and similarly, I will also put forward your disposal suggestions." ”

These words stopped them from continuing to argue, and the two stared at Gu Jiaming in different moods.

Five days later, the news of Luoyang's recovery reached Qingdaokou.

Qingdaokou is Yu Guozhen's first base in the north, and it is also the city where Yu Guozhen has operated for the longest time in the north. When Yu Guozhen obtained hundreds of acres of land in Fushanwei, it was just a small market town with a population of only a few thousand, but now, it is a big city with a population of more than 300,000 and an area of dozens of square miles.

The food industry is one of the most important industries in Qingdaokou, not only because of the abundant seafood resources here, but also because of the abundant feed after the promotion of potato and sweet potato cultivation here, so that the livestock breeding here is also prosperous.

Then there is the textile industry, the Shandong Peninsula is rich in cotton, and the long-staple cotton from the Americas is more suitable for weaving than the original Chinese cotton, so Yu Guozhen consciously moved the textile mill to this side. The textile industry has always been labour-intensive, even with the use of steam power.

The military newspaper for the recovery of Luoyang was placed on Gu Yanwu's desk, but Gu Yanwu himself fell asleep on the desk.

The charcoal fire under the desk made a slight beeping sound, and the wind rustled the snow on the windowpane. The door was gently pushed open, and a person walked in, seeing Gu Yanwu sleeping, the man did not alarm him, but came to his side, untied his coat and covered it for him.

In addition to the battle report on the table, there is also a newly written battle report commentary by Gu Yanwu, the ink has dried, and the person who came picked it up and saw the hearty words on it, especially the last sentence "The sound of the east hits the west of Kaifeng, Fang shows the wisdom of our army, riding the wind and stepping on the snow to Luoyang, but knowing the world and returning to the heart", so that the people who came couldn't help but nod.

Yes, the world is in the heart, even he didn't expect that it would be so easy to conquer the Central Plains. From the beginning of the war to the end of the war, there were only a short period of more than 20 days, and most of the time was spent on the march.

Because the war ended very quickly, the people suffered almost nothing, and some people did not even react, and the war ended.

Because he could see it, his voice was a little louder, Gu Yanwu woke up, raised his head in a daze, and asked, "Who?" ”

"Yan Wu, you slept well."

"You are ......" Gu Yanwu was not very conscious, and after recognizing the person, he hurriedly stood up: "Commander, when did you return to Qingdaokou, and when did you come to me?" ”

That person was none other than Yu Guozhen.

He went south mainly to show his respect for Xu Xiake or to these people in Huaxia who dedicated their lives to the study of the truth, and at the same time to confuse the forces of all parties.

Not only did he himself go north, but in fact, almost the entire Xinxiang base camp was asked to prepare to go north.

Xinxiang is cramped, and its development has reached its limit, and it has no problem as a good port and an economic center in the south, but it is still lacking if it wants to assume the political and economic center of the whole China, especially when the transportation is not convenient.

The general trend of unification of the world has been formed, and Yu Guozhen is preparing to set up a temporary camp at the mouth of Qingdao to prepare for the future.

"The war in the north always has to be at the mouth of Qingdao to know for the first time, I didn't expect that when I came, the war was over, faster than I thought." Yu Guozhen casually pulled over the chair and sat down by himself, and then said: "Yanwu, I just read your article, do you think that in the current situation, should I take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the small court of Jinling into my pocket in one fell swoop, or continue my five-year reunification plan?" ”

This question is the first time Yu Guozhen has asked it.

This year's recovery of the north was Yu Guozhen's policy, but the defeat of Jianyu was too smooth, and the offensive and defensive battles that were originally thought to appear in the Beijing division did not appear, so the war that was expected to continue until the next year ended in the fall. The battle that followed to destroy Niu Jinxing was equally smooth, so smooth that even Yu Guozhen himself was surprised. Under such circumstances, the call for "going to Jinling to unify the whole of China" has sounded more than once within the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee.

There is naturally no problem in hitting Jinling, and it can accelerate the process of reunification of China, and Yu Guozhen is also very happy, but the question is, is he ready?

In Hebei and Henan, there are nearly 20 million people who need to be managed, and based on the calculation of one official for every 50 people in China today, 400,000 officials are needed here.

"When Chongzhen was twelve years old, the commander already had the strength to sweep the world, and he established himself as the emperor and entered the dynasty to change the dynasty, which is not a problem at all." Gu Yanwu didn't expect Yu Guozhen to ask himself this question, he was stunned for a while, and then replied: "At that time, why didn't the commander do it?" ”

He and Fang Yizhi had a lot of correspondence, and the two of them carefully scrutinized Yu Guozhen's purpose and style, and the result of the scrutiny shocked them: in the eyes of others, calling the emperor the emperor and creating a dynasty is the pinnacle of life's achievements, but Yu Guozhen obviously does not think so.

He had greater ambitions, higher goals, and it was not enough to be emperor. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism, how many founding emperors have appeared! For Yu Guozhen, it makes no sense to be such a founding emperor who has been the founder of dozens of predecessors.

"At that time, the preparation was not sufficient, and the time was not ripe, so I attacked the capital, the governors of the provinces, the governors of the prefectures, and the magistrates of the counties, but I was afraid that most of them would still use the old dynasty. As for the officials at all levels all over the world, they can only stay in office......"

"There are still inferior gentry in the countryside, shameless Confucian students, holding lawsuits, and deceiving superiors and subordinates." Gu Yanwu said unceremoniously: "Da Ming has come to this point, it is really because of these moths, and it is irreparable!" ”

"Hehe, Yanwu, you are even more fierce than I said."

"The commander has some things that are hard to say, but I have no scruples." Gu Yanwu said: "Now, the people in the commander's hands are only enough to take over the land of Henan and Hebei!" ”