The biggest change that everyone was looking forward to came at the end of September.

On this day, Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng were two people, anxious about many leaders, although it was said that these leaders had lost their command and had no status, but the influence of everyone was still there.

This is a tense meeting, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai are incompatible with each other, it seems that the opinions have torn their faces, and the changes that occurred after the meeting were beyond everyone's expectations, several of Luo Rucai's subordinates turned back at the critical moment, and at the meeting, Luo Rucai was captured.

Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, Luo Rucai's personal soldiers had already drawn their steel knives and were ready to go to war, Li Zicheng took out Gao Yingxiang's handwritten letter and read it out unhurriedly.

It was because of this letter that a bloody battle within the rebel army was avoided.

Gao Yingxiang clearly designated the heir as Li Zicheng in the letter, and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, Gao Yingxiang believes that Luo Rucai is a general and can lead troops to fight, but Li Zicheng is handsome, and it is most suitable to be the leader, so all leaders and all sergeants of the righteous army must obey Li Zicheng's command.

However, for most of the month, Li Zicheng's soldiers were bloodless, unified the command of the righteous army, and firmly grasped the 200,000 army in his hands, he set up the capital, guard, office, thousand households, hundred households, general flags, small banners, etc., his trusted personal soldiers, began to serve as commanders at all levels, as for Luo Rucai and others, they were all under house arrest, Li Zicheng would not kill them, leaving a bad impression for himself.

During this time, Su Tiancheng has been very busy, Gao Yingxiang has been escorted to the capital, and Li Yichuan and Liu Guoneng are followed to the capital, for these two people. His attitude is very clear, Jiangning Camp will not leave two people, and it is best for the imperial court to raise the two of them, not to give them any real power, and put them in the capital.

Su Tiancheng had already written a secret fold and played it to the emperor. Of course, he did not forget to write a letter to Sun Chengzong, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, detailing all the circumstances.

As for the 50,000 sergeants who surrendered, after careful selection, they were taken care of on the spot, and those who could enter the Jiangning camp must be of a clean background, or at least be able to educate them. The selection work has ended, 20,000 people have entered the Jiangning camp, and the remaining 30,000 people will be discharged on the spot when the situation calms down a little.

Su Tiancheng's main energy has been transferred to many things in Shaanxi Province, and the government at all levels has received a notice from the governor's yamen. It is forbidden to take the opportunity to extort the people, and try to ease the antagonism between the people and the government.

Hong Chengchou represents the Jiangning camp. went to the capital, so Su Tiancheng still had to spend some energy on the affairs of the Jiangning battalion, especially in the face of the 20,000 new sergeants who had recently entered the Jiangning battalion, and he had to strengthen training and education.

The biggest problem is still in terms of money and food. This is Su Tiancheng has always had a headache, Song Sijun has worked very hard, but with the increase in the number of soldiers and soldiers, this pressure will definitely increase, and the silver cannot come out of thin air. We must find a good way, today's court is still poor and sad, it is impossible to solve a lot of military salaries, and the big head still has to find a way by himself.

Just when Su Tiancheng was considering adjusting many prefect candidates, the dark line reported news, news about Liukou.

Qu Qingze happily took the information and entered the governor's yamen.

"My lord, good news, there is infighting in Liukou, He Yilong and Ma Jinzhong were killed by Li Zicheng......"

Su Tiancheng picked up the information and looked at it carefully.

Qu Qingze on the side gradually restrained his smile, and he found that Su Tiancheng's expression became more and more serious, obviously Su Tiancheng's thoughts were different from his.

Su Tiancheng finally finished reading the information and raised his head.

"Lao Qu, why are you so happy about it, tell me your reasons."

"My lord, there was infighting in the Liukou, this must be a good thing, the Jiangning battalion wiped out the 100,000 army of the Liukou this time, and captured Gao Yingxiang alive, which made the Liukou frightened, in this case, there was naturally a problem within the Liukou, Gao Yingxiang was the leader of the Liukou on the surface, the leader was captured, of course they have to fight for command, everyone wants to become the leader, there is a fight internally, it is normal, they fight like this, they can only weaken the strength, it is beneficial to us."

Su Tiancheng shook his head gently.

"Lao Qu, your analysis is wrong this time, Li Zicheng is really powerful, he has grasped the key, and to put it mildly, after this infighting, the strength of the Liukou has begun to grow."

"Why do you know you like this?"

"Liukou has always been fighting separately before, with dozens of leaders, large and small, starting from Wang Jiayin, to Zijinliang, to Gao Yingxiang, there is no real leader, this so-called leader, is only in name, when it comes to real battles, or take care of each other, sometimes, even in order to preserve their own strength, negative response, but Liukou has always been at a disadvantage, such a situation is not obvious."

Qu Qingze somewhat understood.

"My lord, what do you mean, the infighting in the rogues this time is actually a unified command."

"Yes, the 200,000 army, if it is fighting separately, you think about it, the dragons have no leader, what will be the situation, but the thoughts and actions of the 200,000 people are unified, and the strength of the eruption cannot be underestimated, Li Zicheng was able to subdue all the small leaders in just ten days, and even did not hesitate to kill individual leaders, which shows that he has extraordinary courage, such a person is our real opponent."

"My lord, do you think that the lower officials are taking advantage of this opportunity to launch a full-scale attack on the Liukou."

A wry smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

"It's easy to say, we just arrived in Shaanxi, all the situation is not familiar, the simplest one, we are not familiar with the terrain, let alone other aspects, during this time, haven't you found that the people here and the government are all opposites, the government will see the vast majority of the people, are as Diao people and mobs, may join the ranks of the rogue at any time, the Jiangning battalion exterminated the rogue and achieved a major victory, but here, there is no reaction at all."

"There is such a situation, which shows that the common people do not support us at all, if we continue to carry out large-scale attacks on the rogues, what will happen, God knows."

Qu Qingze opened his mouth, thinking about what to say, but he didn't say it.

"It's not a good time to think about attacking the rogue now, we must use the greatest strength to pay attention to the problems of people's livelihood, let the people settle down, let the people have food, and solve the contradictions between the government and the people, otherwise, the Jiangning camp may suffer a real defeat."

"My lord, it's not that serious."

Su Tiancheng glared at Qu Qingze.

"What are you talking about, can we use the lives of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to do things that we can't grasp, the situation in various parts of Shaanxi, you also know the Tao, the people are not happy, there are displaced people everywhere, everywhere has suffered destruction, the province can't see the big businessmen, most of the gentry and rich households, have moved away, such a poor place, what is the first problem we need to solve, do you want me to say more, you are about to become the prefect, there is no such understanding, how can you do things."

"My lord, what the lower officials mean, the Jiangning battalion is not afraid of difficulties, even if it is facing the most difficult situation, the Jiangning battalion can achieve victory."

"Don't say these words, now everywhere is boasting about the Jiangning battalion, it seems that the Jiangning battalion is really invincible, in fact, the Jiangning battalion is not so powerful, and it is impossible to completely defeat the Houjin Tartars if they pull more than 70,000 soldiers out of the city, besides, the predicament faced by the Jiangning battalion, you and I are clear, the military salary has risen in a straight line, when I was in Jiangning County before, I could think of a way, even in Henan Mansion, it can also be solved, but when I arrived in Shaanxi, there was no way at all."

Qu Qingze nodded, this is the truth, Shaanxi is too poor, it can't support the army at all, look at the guards stationed in Shaanxi, dressed like Huazi, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, these guards are impossible to deal with the rogues.

"My lord, Li Zicheng has unified his command, and the subordinate thinks that he always has to find a way to deal with it, so let the rogue grow stronger again."

"This is also a problem that I need to consider carefully, in the current situation, it is definitely inappropriate to continue to attack the Liukou, the mourning soldiers will win, the Liukou has suffered a major blow, at this time, we continue to attack, may force the Liukou to a dead end, they have no way out, they can only resist desperately, even if the Jiangning battalion wins, it will pay a heavy price, not to mention that there is a Houjin Tartar eyeing ah."

Qu Qingze scratched his head, not knowing what to do.

"Lao Qu, I still mean that, in Jiangning County and Henan Mansion, we all pay attention to the people's livelihood, so that the people's lives are better, at least the people can eat enough, in this case, the people will never think of rebellion, doing so is equivalent to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, cutting off the back road of the rogues, the rogues can not get the support of the people, they can't last long."

"What the lord means, the lower officials understand, but such measures, I don't know if the Lu Dao Imperial Court allows it, the lower officials feel that the Jiangning camp has exterminated 100,000 rogues this time, and some adults in the court are afraid that the Jiangning camp will immediately launch an attack and exterminate the rogues in the shortest possible time."

"Yes, so, as you said, there was infighting within the Liukou, but their infighting made them stronger, and our internal strife will also have infighting."

Qu Qingze's body trembled, and he understood the meaning of Su Tiancheng's words.

"Forget it, don't think so much, Lao Qu, you have to be ready, ready to take office at any time, during this time, take a look at it more, think about what to do next, only by building Shaanxi well, can we really exterminate the Liukou." (To be continued......)