Imprisoned in the prison, Li Yan was already disheartened, he was originally a person, because of sympathy for the people, took out the food at home to help the people, encountered the hatred of the government and scholars, and then because of the suspicion of collusion with the red lady, was thrown into the prison, deprived of fame, out of complete disappointment with the officials and scholars, joined the army of the red lady, began a career of rebellion, followed the king Li Zicheng, he put forward many suggestions, so that the ranks of the righteous army can develop and grow, in his opinion, The government is dim, the scholar class is greedy, and the court is afraid that there is no hope, if the righteous army can develop well and seize the opportunity, maybe it can create a new world.

It's a pity that Li Yan's idea just germinated, and it suffered a devastating blow.

He is such an identity, he took refuge in the rogue, after being captured, the punishment he encountered will be extremely severe, and if he doesn't do it well, he will implicate the family, he was originally a person, he was a member of the scholars, and in less than a year, he was reduced to a prisoner, and his ambitions and ideals were about to go with the wind, and he couldn't even enter the ancestral hall after death.

The only thing that can support Li Yan is the affection of the Red Lady, but Li Yan doesn't know if he has a chance to repay, most of the time has passed, because he thought of the development of the righteous army, because he was dedicated to assisting Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, because there were too many things, and because of some ideas in other aspects, he was not even able to give the Red Lady an official identity.

Li Yan's only wish in his mind is to be able to marry the red lady in a dignified manner before he is executed, although his idea is very excessive, but no matter what kind of interrogation he encounters, he has to make this request.

The red lady is being held in a women's prison, and I don't know what is going on now.

What made Li Yan feel strange was that the officers and soldiers guarding the prison did not insult him, and the food sent was delicious. Instead of leftovers and cold dishes, the cell where he was being held was a separate room, even though the smell inside was unbearable. But fortunately, no one bothered him, which also allowed Li Yan to think calmly about what to do next.

There was no sunlight in the cell, and it was not known whether it was day or night, so he could only make judgments based on the faint light.

Zheng Xunrui has no time to care about Li Yan and the Red Lady for the time being. After taking Luoyang Mansion City, the next most important thing is to defeat Li Zicheng, who is about to come for reinforcements, the damaged city wall is being repaired intensively, and the improved Hongyi cannon will exert greater power on the city wall.

There are only five hundred and fifty miles from Nanyang Mansion City to Luoyang Mansion City, and according to the calculation of time, Li Zicheng can arrive in five days at most after learning the news. Zheng Xunrui judged that Li Zicheng would not lead the elite soldiers to rescue in advance, but to lead the entire army to participate in the fight, Li Zicheng's purpose was to completely defeat or even exterminate the imperial army, if a small number of elite soldiers were sent to attack in advance, it might lead to the rapid withdrawal of the imperial army.

Based on this judgment, Zheng Xunrui carried out the next step of deployment in an orderly manner, deploying thirty Hongyi cannons at the south gate and the east gate, and the allocation of troops was also based on the south gate and the east gate, focusing on the south gate.

It is not easy to settle more than 13,000 rogues. There were too many prisoners to be imprisoned in the prison, and it was impossible to complete the screening of the rogue sergeants in a short period of time. Moreover, the Zheng family army also needs to transfer part of the troops to take care of more than 10,000 prisoners, but fortunately, the Zheng family army has too much prestige among the rogues, and the captured rogues are all honest, and no one dares to resist.

After taking Luoyang Mansion City, Zheng Xunrui quickly wrote a letter to Xiong Wencan and Gao Qiqian. A lot of follow-up matters need to be handled by Xiong Wencan and Gao Qiqian, of course, this time's exploits will also come down to Xiong Wencan and Gao Qiqian's names, Zheng Xunrui is not uncommon such feats, Zheng Jiajun doesn't know how many victories he has won, and the biggest reward he got from the imperial court is one million taels of silver.

Three days passed, and the 5,000 Zheng soldiers led by Hong Xintao arrived at Luoyang Fucheng.

Liukou in other parts of Henan Province, almost no deployment of troops, which also allowed Hong Xintao to quickly rush from Tongguan to Luoyang City, after leaving Shaanxi, Zheng Xunrui has not seen Hong Xintao, in the blink of an eye almost two years, Hong Xintao led 5,000 Zheng soldiers and soldiers, guarding in Xi'an City, responsible for the mutual market with the Mongolian tribes, and earned a lot of gold and silver for the Zheng Army, which can be described as a great contribution.

When he entered the mansion and saw Zheng Xunrui, Hong Xintao knelt on one knee, tears appeared in his eyes.

Seeing Hong Xintao, Zheng Xunrui was also very excited, Hong Xintao was loyal, stuck to the city of Xi'an, without the slightest complaint, and has become one of Zheng Xunrui's most trusted henchmen.

personally stepped forward to help Hong Xintao, Zheng Xunrui smiled and spoke.

"It's been almost two years, you have led 5,000 soldiers, held on to Shaanxi, firmly controlled the mutual market with the Mongolian tribes, and made great contributions.

"The subordinates don't dare, the subordinates want to be able to return to the adult's side."

Maybe it's excitement, Hong Xintao spoke very directly.

"I know you want to Huai'an very much, but Shaanxi can't do without you, the third master has written me a lot of letters, praising you as Shaanxi's Dinghai Shenpin, with you stationed in Shaanxi, the rogue doesn't dare to covet it at all, the third master can also plan for people's livelihood well, don't worry about the turmoil in Shaanxi, this time I will give you more important tasks."

Hong Xintao's eyes dimmed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure.

"After you return to Xi'an, you will start recruiting sergeants, and expand the Zhengjia army stationed in Shaanxi to 15,000 people, and my suggestion is to recruit sergeants from Yulin and Shaanxi as much as possible, these places have strong folk customs, and the recruited sergeants are not afraid of death."

"There are 1.2 million stones of grain stored in Luoyang Mansion City, of which all 700,000 stone grain will be given to you, of which 200,000 stone grain will be used for mutual markets, 200,000 stone grain will be handed over to the third master, and the remaining 300,000 stone grain will be handled by you, and the recruitment of sergeants will require consumption of grain and grass, and this 300,000 stone grain is enough to last for a period of time."

"The Huai'an Firearms Bureau has developed a Mauser gun, this time carrying 1,500 guns, after Zheng Jiajun defeated Li Zicheng, these 1,500 Mauser guns, all handed over to you, of which 1,000 Mauser guns, can be sold to the Mongolian tribes, the price of each Mauser gun is 2,000 taels of silver, you remember, each Mauser gun can only be equipped with ten bullets, I believe that the leaders of the Mongolian tribes will flock to the Mauser after seeing the power of the Mauser gun, the remaining 500 Mauser guns, equipped with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion."

"There will be a large number of Mausers coming in the future, and my consideration is to equip you with 5,000 Mausers in two years' time."

"The thirty improved Hongyi cannons that I carried this time will also be handed over to you, but you have to remember that the Hongyi cannons must not be traded, and after you go back, you will immediately set up an artillery battalion, and I will leave some gunners to be responsible for training."

"The bullets and shells needed are transported by boats, and you need to send a sergeant to Luoyang Mansion City to escort them in person, and these things must not be lost." ……

Hong Xintao did not yet know the power of the Hongyi cannon and the Mauser gun, nor did he know the significance of the Zheng Jiajun stationed in Shaanxi being equipped with the Mauser gun and the Hongyi cannon, of course, he would soon be able to experience the great power of firearms in the next battle.

After Zheng Xunrui finished arranging, he got up and left the wing, leaving time for Hong Xintao to talk to the others.

Walking out of the wing, Zheng Xunrui saw Wang Xiaoer coming in a hurry.

Seeing Zheng Xunrui, Wang Xiaoer hugged his fists and saluted.

"My lord, the scout battalion has detected important information."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly and did not speak.

"The Liukou led by Li Zicheng marched very fast, and there were only less than two hundred miles left from Luoyang Mansion City, and his subordinates expected that after dark tomorrow, Li Zicheng would be able to arrive at Luoyang Mansion City."

A sneer appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face, he couldn't imagine that Li Zicheng had really worked hard, even when the Zheng family army attacked Luoyang Mansion City, Li Zicheng, who was far away in Nanyang Mansion City, learned the news, and the 80,000 army set off immediately, and it also took a certain amount of time to organize and prepare, that is to say, in two days, the 80,000 army marched 300 miles, which was already a rare marching speed.

It seems that Li Zicheng has made up his mind to defeat the imperial army that attacked Luoyang Mansion City.

"Does Li Zicheng know that it was the Zheng family army that attacked Luoyang Mansion City?"

"I shouldn't know, the speed of the rogue march is very fast, and I don't have any worries."

"Very well, the scout will continue to investigate, and report the situation at any time."

Zheng Jinhong, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao, Hong Xinyu, Ma Xianglin and others have all walked out of the wing room and stood behind Zheng Xunrui.

There are already 20,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army in Luoyang Prefecture, and they have 30 Hongyi cannons and 1,500 Mauser guns, it is more than enough to defeat Li Zicheng, it depends on what Zheng Xunrui thinks.

Zheng Xunrui turned to everyone and spoke.

"I know what you think, the original battle plan of the Zheng family army remains the same, the purpose of this battle is to defeat Li Zicheng, let Li Zicheng go back to mobile combat, when Li Zicheng's rogue is defeated, the soldiers can go out of the city to pursue, but don't chase too far, exterminating the rogue is not the main task of the Zheng family's army, we just need to ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun."

"Most of Li Zicheng's grain and grass have been obtained by us, he thinks about maintaining the expenses of 80,000 Liukou, it is impossible, he wants to continue to occupy Nanyang Mansion, Runing Mansion and Ruzhou and other places, it is impossible, and Li Zicheng never imagined that Zheng Jiajun would participate in the battle, after being defeated, I am afraid that he will quickly leave Henan, either make peace with Zhang Xianzhong and enter Shanxi, or enter Huguang and Sichuan and other places, so that Cao Yun can remain unimpeded." (To be continued.) )