This is the first time Luo Rucai came to Beijing, and when he saw the towering city wall and the magnificent corner tower, he couldn't help but smack his lips: "If Lao Tzu has such a big city, he will shrink in it all day......"

"You're going to fall off, and you dare to make a big fuss!" The officers and soldiers escorted sneered.

"What are you afraid of, it's just a step ahead, King Chuang gave me a dream last night, when I get underground, we will continue to rebel, you, the Zhu family, don't want to settle down after all!"

At this time, Luo Rucai had no fear, he knew his fate. In June last year, Gao Yingxiang was put into the northern capital, and then cut alive in the vegetable market, and he couldn't escape the two thousand knives.

"The traitor is bold!"

"If you don't have the guts, how dare you rebel and become king?" Luo Rucai laughed: "Lao Tzu is losing, the eight kings are still there, he is cunning, when Lao Tzu came, I heard that he has defeated Xiong Wencan, and the next thing must be to make trouble in Jingxiang, I want to see, how long can the Zhu family last if they lose the land of fish and rice in Xianghu and Jianghan......

Before he finished speaking, there were hurried footsteps behind him, and someone was shouting: "Eight hundred miles plus urgent good news, eight hundred miles plus urgent good news...... Zhang Xianzhong has been cared for in Gucheng! ”

Luo Rucai's words stopped abruptly, he was dumbfounded, he didn't know how this could be.

"Why don't you count on the Eight Kings?" The officers and soldiers escorted with a whip on the prisoner car: "Hehe, Zhang Xianzhong has surrendered!" ”

"How is this possible, how is this possible?" Luo Rucai muttered.

"Offering thieves...... Really cared? ”

Chongzhen in the Forbidden City asked in a trembling voice, and then without waiting for the other party to answer, he personally reached over and helped Yang Sichang up: "Qing quickly get up and reply!" ”

Gao Yingxiang died, Li Zicheng escaped, Luo Rucai was arrested, and among the most famous rogue leaders, Zhang Xianzhong was the most rampant, and Chongzhen had the most headaches, so Yang Sichang rushed to ask for a meeting immediately after receiving the Tang report from the Ministry of War, and when he said the news, Chongzhen almost didn't believe his ears!

"Relying on Your Majesty Hongfu and knowing people, Xiong Wencan really appeased Zhang Xianzhong to Gucheng!"

Yang Sichang's response was very simple, he believed that the news that Xiong Wencan sent an urgent report of 800 li would not be false. It is said that in order to motivate the morale of Xiong Wencan, he also let the messenger who was urgent for 800 miles shout as soon as he entered the capital, and now I am afraid that the whole capital knows that he Xiong Wencan has a good way to fight and will recruit the thieves who have been in trouble for many years.

As for the specific process and details, Xiong Wencan's recital is vague, roughly first relieved the siege of Jianli, and then ordered the governor of Huguang Fang Kongzhi to equal Shatou City to fight with the thief Lang, rout his army, and chase the thief for 500 miles, more than ten battles along the way, forcing the thief to have to beg for appeasement in Gucheng.

Then Xiong Wencan made a series of credit lists, although he was very humble and did not write his name, but inside and out, it was said that he had strategized by himself and risked the arrows himself, and the credit was great.

"Good, good, good!"

After listening to Yang Sichang's recital, Chongzhen still didn't believe it, and watched Xiong Wencan's recital again, and then praised it three times, sat in the chair, and let out a long breath.

This is great, if today's disasters continue, and the rogues are raging everywhere, and Zhang Xianzhong is appeased, then Daming can free up his hands to clean up the prisoners outside the gate. The Central Plains also doesn't need to put so many elite soldiers and strong generals, such as Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Hongfan, etc., can be drawn out and go to enrich the border passes. Perhaps we can also cut out some of the redundant troops and save some money and food for the already empty treasury...... For a while, Chongzhen felt that the situation had never been better.

"Summoned Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan and all the scholars to come...... Yang Qing, you have worked hard. Xiong Wencan lives up to my expectations, great, wonderful! ”

Yang Sichang said humbly: "I don't dare to say that it is hard work. ”

Chongzhen said with emotion: "If all the ministers do their part, why should I sigh all night, saying that I am worried about being guilty of heaven!" ”

He looked at Yang Sichang more and more pleasing to the eye, but the eight hundred miles sent urgently was only a briefing, and how to deal with Zhang Xianzhong still needed to be discussed with the cabinet scholars.

In this briefing, of course, there will not be many details, for example, all the new Xianghuwei have been replaced by "Huguang soldiers" or "officers and soldiers", Yu Guozhen's name does not appear at all, Xiong Wencan and Fang Kongzhi are only going to mention Yu Guozhen's name in the secret recital.

As for the conflict between Yu Guozhen and Zuo Liangyu, it was even more silent, in fact, Xiong Wencan learned that the Huguang soldiers defeated Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses who came to attack the camp, and immediately switched to a counteroffensive, after Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, he put the conflict behind him, and Zuo Liangyu himself also put it aside - collecting the Xian Thief Defeat was the easiest way for him to replenish his strength!

So what Xiong Wencan did next was to lead the armies to follow the Tiger Guard to pick up cheap.

Yu Guozhen's cheapness, of course, is not so easy to pick up, most of the heads have been mentioned by Yu Guozhen: Zhang Xianzhong's troops looted the property and population, as for those soldiers who are used to being bandits, Yu Guozhen is not interested in it at all, and uses this as an excuse to force the armies to collect the people who have been displaced by the war for him, especially women.

Xiong Wencan's department finally got 50,000 soldiers and horses, Zuo Liangyu had nearly 20,000 people, and Yu Guozhen's harvest, in addition to a large amount of gold and silver property, there were more than 200,000 people, more than half of whom were women.

More than 100,000 women, including at least 80,000 of them of appropriate age, were sent back to Xinxiang, and the proportion of Xinxiang's surname was saved from a dangerous situation. Of course, it is not possible to send such a large number of people to Xinxiang overnight, even if it is transported non-stop by relying on the Yangtze River system, I am afraid it will take a year, Yu Guozhen does not care about this, he can afford to raise these people.

"Hahaha......"

Wang Haoran smiled a little flamboyantly, making everyone look sideways, but he didn't care. Before he got married, he boasted of being crazy, and now by Yu Guozhen's side, he feels that he seems to be in a magnificent era. Xinxiang's fast-paced life made his originally depressed blood begin to boil again.

Just like Xinxiang Huwei, in addition to maintaining respectfulness in front of Yu Guozhen, there is a high-spirited spirit everywhere, as if even if the mountains and the sea can't stop them.

"Masayuki, what are you laughing at?"

Mao Yuanyi was somewhat frustrated, and when she saw Wang Haoran laughing like this, she couldn't help but ask.

"I've made up my mind." Wang Haoran hammered his hand: "Yu Jimin is right, I am really not enough to dictate military affairs now, and the temporary dispatch of this record will be gone after I go back...... In that case, I will go to the army! ”

"Join the army, what army do you vote for?" Mao Yuanyi was stunned.

During this time, he followed Yu Guozhen from one victory to another, and he was already extremely convinced. Especially when Zhang Xianzhong pounced on them with 300,000 people, Mao Yuanyi's heart was already shaken, and he felt that he should avoid his edge for the time being, but Yu Guozhen just said "All reactionaries are paper tigers", so he blocked all his persuasion. It turned out later that Zhang Xianzhong was indeed a paper tiger, and his 300,000 people had now dispersed, and at most more than 20,000 people remained, occupying Gucheng and holding on. Not only him, but the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Zuo learned the news of Zhang Xianzhong's defeat, and was defeated again and again by Zhang Hongfan's Denglai soldiers, and most of the more than 200,000 people held hostage were also rescued. According to Xiong Wencan's estimates, the number of displaced people they rescued and collected was as high as 700,000, most of whom would return to their hometowns for resettlement, and some, about 200,000, would be brought to Xinxiang.

Thinking that with only today's population of about 180,000, such an invincible and strong army can be trained, if the 200,000 people in Huguang and the 170,000 people in Tamluo can arrive, it means that Yu Guozhen can train an army of 40,000 people!

If you change someone else, only use 500,000 people to raise a 40,000-strong army, this army will definitely be extremely poor, at the beginning, with Zhuge Liang's ability, only in the real war can you mobilize one-tenth of the population into troops, but Yu Guozhen is a standing army! From this alone, it can be seen that for a long time, the forces in Xinxiang's sphere of influence will increase and expand.

Therefore, Mao Yuanyi was very puzzled that Wang Haoran was going to join the army, and after seeing the new Xianghuwei, what army else was worth Wang Haoran to vote for?

"Naturally, it is a tiger guard, Jimin said before going north, and now the big problem in Xinxiang is that the battle front is extremely long, and the army needs to be expanded, and the age of the soldiers should be relaxed a little. I'm twenty-four years old, and I happen to be in the range of relaxation, so I'm going to join the Tiger Guard, starting with the youngest soldier! Wang Haoran said high-spiritedly: "I don't believe it, I can't learn the art of war!" ”

Mao Yuanyi was stupid.

He didn't expect that a battle would make Wang Haoran make such a determination! With Wang Haoran's friendship with Yu Guozhen, as well as his attainments in practical learning, he stayed in Xinxiang to engage in research, even if he was a researcher, the treatment would not be bad.

But he wants to be a soldier, and he is a front-line soldier with a very high casualty rate!

"Masayuki, don't be joking!"

Wang Haoran's smile gradually retracted, he turned his head to look at Mao Yuanyi, and said seriously: "I'm not joking. ”

"Why do you want to be a soldier in a good manner, even if you want to learn the art of war, you can learn it as well as by Yu Jimin's side."

"A famous general is never learned, but typed." Wang Haoran said: "Jimin has his own city in his chest, with my age, this may be the last chance, if I miss it, it will be impossible to make contributions abroad in this life!" ”

"Moreover, you have also seen it in Xinxiang, such a city, such a place...... I am willing to open up territory for it, so that more people in China can enjoy peace and prosperity in it! ”

"As Mr. said, if you follow Yu Jimin, you can also learn some penmanship, but in the end you are just a sword and penman in the entire army. Ban Dingyuan can put pen to paper, but I Wang Zhengzhi can't do it? ”

Wang Haoran's series of words made Mao Yuanyi a little dumbfounded, and he hesitated for a while, not knowing how to persuade his friend.

He also knew that he didn't have a firm heart of persuasion, because Wang Haoran, even himself, couldn't help but be excited, if it wasn't for his age, he really hoped to join the system of Xinxiang Huwei. There are many people like him, Yu Guozhen went north this time, with more than 30 researchers who are interested in military affairs, judging from the results of these conversations with them, Mao Yuanyi can be sure that at least most of them have firmly decided to stay in Xinxiang and work for it!

Even Wan Shihua, who has a great reputation in the Restoration Society, has been thinking deeply for the past few days!

(To be continued)