It was finally dawn.

Lu Xiangsheng, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others appeared in the Chinese military tent, and their bodies were still covered with blood.

The leaders of the Liukou, such as Hui Dengxiang, Li Wanqing, Ma Jinzhong, the King of Reincarnation and the King of Hengtian, were all captured alive, tied up with five flowers, and knelt outside the tent of the Chinese army, ironically, the leaders of these rogues were originally following Lao Huihui's side, thinking that after opening a bloody road, they fled to Huguang or Sichuan, and the tens of thousands of rogues who fought with the Sichuan army before were all under the command of Lao Huihui, and the army under their command was waiting on the side, looking for an opportunity to evacuate, who knew that the Zheng family army had already prepared, There was simply no chance for them to escape.

The most critical old Huihui fought his way out of the encirclement and disappeared completely.

Of the more than 80,000 rogues, more than 40,000 were killed, more than 20,000 were captured alive, and more than 10,000 people still broke out of the encirclement.

The losses were also heavy, more than 9,000 Sichuan troops, more than 6,000 people were killed, more than 1,000 people were seriously wounded, more than 1,000 people were killed in the Zheng army, and nearly 1,000 people were killed in the Tianxiong army, that is to say, the more than 80,000 rogues were defeated, and the Zheng army, the Tianxiong army, and the Sichuan army paid the price of nearly 10,000 casualties.

This price is not small, and such casualties also make Zheng Xunrui understand that the rogues under Lao Hui are the strongest in combat effectiveness, far surpassing Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

The most serious mistake is to let the old man escape, but this is the reality, the reality that has to be accepted.

cleaned the battlefield and obtained a lot of money, Zheng Xunrui did not hesitate and gave all the money to the Sichuan army and the Tianxiong army.

The army rested for a day and set off again, the Sichuan army stayed in Xinzheng to rest, no longer participating in the later battles, and could not participate in the battles, Zheng Xunrui quickly issued an order, after the Sichuan army rested, it could go back to Sichuan directly, as for the matter of the imperial court's commendation, just wait for the will. What he didn't expect was that the general Wang Yuncheng was unwilling to stay in Xinzheng to recuperate, and insisted on following the army, and Wang Yuncheng showed his attitude and was willing to join the Zheng family's army, even if it was to be a sergeant.

Zheng Xunrui did not refuse Wang Yuncheng's request and let Wang Yuncheng enter the sequence of Zheng Jiajun.

The army galloped in the direction of Xingyang, and they could not afford to lose time.

There are almost no people on the way, there are barren scenes everywhere, although it is still at the end of the first month, but there is no Spring Festival atmosphere around, Zheng Xunrui can only sigh, after this fight, the places around Xingyang, Henan Province, it will take a long time to recover.

When entering Xingyang City, angry feelings surged into my heart, the city was full of broken walls and ruins, some places were still smoking green smoke, the city was as silent as death, the Zhizhou Yamen became a ruin, it seems that when the Liukou left here, the Xingyang City was completely destroyed.

The officials of the Zhizhou Yamen were almost completely slaughtered, and the entire Xingyang was in a state of disorder.

As the army prepares to set off again, information from the scouts arrives.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong evacuated in the direction of Shanxi, and the Shanxi army stationed in Xiuwu County could not resist the hundreds of thousands of rogues, who quickly left Henan and entered Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi.

Almost at the same time, a letter from Wu Fu, the governor of Shanxi, also came, explaining the reason, after all, the Shanxi army stationed in Xiuwu only had more than 20,000 people, and it was impossible to resist more than 100,000 rogues.

Zheng Xunrui held the letter and did not speak for a long time.

It should be said that the battle to encircle and suppress the Liukou has basically come to an end here.

It's the spring ploughing season soon, if you continue to encircle and suppress the Liukou at this time, it is not only Henan that will be ravaged, but also Shanxi, Shanxi has suffered a famine, if the imperial court gathers all kinds of armies to exterminate the Liukou, the local government can't bear it at all, and then delay the spring ploughing season, there will be a large-scale famine again in the coming year, I'm afraid there will be more Liukou.

This large-scale extermination of the Liukou is still the main achievement, exterminating nearly 200,000 Liukou, killing Luo Rucai, He Yilong, He Jin, capturing the leaders of the Liuxing Hui Dengxiang, shooting the Tianqi Li Wanqing, mixing 100,000 Ma Jinzhong, the King of Reincarnation and the King of Hengtian, and the 13 families and 72 battalions of the Liukou Xingyang Conference, and only the 3jia 26 battalions are left.

It should be a huge win.

But Zheng Xunrui's feelings are not good, he thinks that this time to exterminate the Liukou, there was no victory, Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, this is the main force of the Liukou, in the future, the real ability to set off stormy waves, that is, these people, if they can't be exterminated, the battle can not be regarded as a real victory.

It's a pity that at this time, Zheng Xunrui is even more powerless.

What is certain is that after Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong entered Shanxi, they must have to disperse their activities, Shanxi suffered a great drought, the Liukou could not raise enough grain and grass, and there was no possibility of concentrated activities, it was an act of waiting for death, Datong in the north, Yan'an Mansion in the west and Beizhili in the east, were not places where the Liukou dared to enter, and the Liukou had only two choices, either to evacuate to Xi'an Mansion in the west, or to evacuate to Henan in the south, and it was impossible for the Liukou to stay in Shanxi for a long time.

On the one hand, they are not familiar with the terrain, and it is difficult to achieve a decisive victory in the extermination of the Liukou, and on the other hand, it is the other several armies that are weak in combat effectiveness, and there are more than enough successes and failures.

Therefore, the best way is to ask the Shaanxi army to garrison Tongguan and Xi'an Mansion to prevent the Liukou from entering, and the Zheng Jiajun and Tianxiong Army are stationed in Henan for a period of time, waiting for the Liukou to be cornered and return to Henan, and then exterminate them, and at the same time ask Shanxi to launch a small-scale attack on the Liukou, so that the Liukou cannot settle down.

After Zheng Xunrui and Lu Xiangsheng discussed, they wrote letters to Wu Fu, the governor of Shanxi, and Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi.

Zheng Jiajun and Tianxiongjun stayed in Xingyang and began to relieve the people and stabilize the situation around them.

Two days later, the paperwork of the Huguang General Army came, and they did not encounter any fighting, nor did they find Lao Huihui.

Sergeant Xuanwuwei, stationed in Kaifeng, arrived in Xingyang.

Zheng Xunrui began to make adjustments to the deployment of troops, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army, returned to Yunyang, Zheng Jiajun left 2,000 people stationed in Xingyang, and the rest of the army all returned to Yansui Town to recuperate, and at the same time he asked Zheng Jinhong to return to Yansui Town, and began to recruit sergeants again, Zheng Jiajun had as many as 40,000 horses, but there were only more than 23,000 sergeants, and the battle lost more than 6,000 people, so after returning to Yansui Town, it was necessary to recruit a large number of sergeants, as for the scope of recruitment, it can be expanded, including the young and strong of the Mongolian tribes, All are recruitable.

When Lu Xiangsheng left Xingyang, he talked with Zheng Xunrui for a long time, he made his attitude clear, and hoped to follow Zheng Xunrui to do things together, including continuing to exterminate the Liukou, the Tianxiong Army fought this time, and the losses were not small, and they needed to go back to rest, but they got a lot of money and food, as well as 1,500 war horses, and there was no problem in recruiting sergeants after they went back.

The Sichuan army and the Huguang army left Henan one after another and returned to their garrisons in various places.

Wang Yuncheng, a general of the Sichuan army, stayed behind and entered the Zheng army.

After the basic arrangements were made, Zheng Xunrui asked Xu Wanghua to write a recital to the imperial court.

"Mr. Xu, I don't need to emphasize the battle situation, you all know, what requirements to put forward to the imperial court, you also have to think more, there are three aspects that must be emphasized, the first aspect is the military exploits in all aspects, especially the Tianxiong Army and the Sichuan Army, which have great merits and must be commended, and the second aspect is the matter of the Zheng Jiajun, which has not been clear before, this time it must be clear, Zheng Jinhong is the chief soldier, Yang He, Liu Zeqing is the deputy commander-in-chief, Liu Zeqing is temporarily the chief soldier of Yulin, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu and Wang Yuncheng were appointed as generals, Su Manzi, Su Congjin and Wang Xiaoer were appointed guerrilla generals, and the rest of the officer candidates were discussed by Zheng Jinhong and Yang He and others, and they were put forward as much as possible. The third aspect is about the next step to exterminate the rogues, my proposal is that there is no need to mobilize the military horses of the provinces on a large scale, and all localities should pay attention to the people's livelihood while exterminating the rogues, so that the people can rest and recuperate, so that the rogues can really be eradicated, and the rogues who are wandering around have no place to live. ”

Zheng Xunrui said very slowly, and Xu Wanghua quickly recorded.

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Xu Wanghua pondered for a while and spoke.

"My lord, do you want to explain the situation related to this battle, Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others escaped, and their subordinates feel that the imperial court must ask for continued pursuit, but the current actual situation is not suitable for encirclement and suppression for the time being, if it is forced to attack, it is impossible to achieve good results, if this aspect cannot be explained, the emperor is afraid that he will be blamed."

"Mr. Xu, do you think that the reason is explained in the recital, and the imperial court will accept it?"

"Even if you don't adopt it, you have to explain the situation in the twists and turns."

"Okay, just write it as you want, in addition, the leaders of the Liukou such as Hui Dengxiang, Li Wanqing, Ma Jinzhong, King of Reincarnation and King Hengtian, all of them will be escorted to the capital, and these people will be dealt with by the imperial court."

Xu Wanghua was stunned for a moment, this didn't seem to be in line with Zheng Xunrui's character.

"Mr. Xu, I once said that I will not follow the old path of Lord Yang He and Lord Chen Qiyu, and escorting these people to the capital can also block many people's mouths."

Xu Wanghua suddenly realized, looked at Zheng Xunrui and nodded.

"I can't stay in Xingyang for too long, the name is not right, I can't meddle in local things, continue to stay here, there is not much to do, presumably when I get to the capital, the holy decree will come down soon."