Regarding Li Yan, Red Lady, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, a series of turmoil in the imperial court almost caused a direct confrontation between Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party, and no one thought that it was Li Zicheng who really suffered a heavy blow.

Because of the lack of reading, not enough knowledge, and more understanding of the importance of knowledge, Li Zicheng still has more respect for scholars, although he will look at scholars from a secular perspective, thinking that scholars are complex, indecisive, pretentious, and accustomed to fighting openly and secretly, but he also knows that if the righteous army wants to grow stronger and have more brilliant prospects, it still needs to absorb scholars, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others have indeed made the righteous army develop rapidly in a short period of time. And it is in a completely different development situation from before, which also makes Li Zicheng secretly determined to absorb more scholars into the ranks of the rebels, perhaps with the assistance of scholars, the rebels will have a completely different future.

It's a pity that the cruel reality shattered Li Zicheng's dream.

suffered from the betrayal of Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, Li Zicheng quickly understood a truth, what he wanted in his heart was completely different from reality, although he needed the assistance of readers, but all the scholars in the world wanted to glorify their ancestors, and buy their knowledge with the emperor's family, what people need is a dignified future, unless the righteous army led by Li Zicheng can really open up a new world, otherwise even if he temporarily accepts scholars, the situation is slightly wrong, and it is very likely to encounter betrayal, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance are the best examples.

After thinking about this, Li Zicheng dispelled his illusions, and his attitude towards scholars also changed fundamentally.

Li Zicheng's only trust is still Gu Junen, after Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others betrayed, it caused some chaos among the rebels, especially Liu Guoneng and Scorpion Block Tuoyangkun were captured by the official army, and most of the 10,000 rebels under his command were annihilated, only more than 1,000 rebels led by Zhang Yichuan, the sweeping king, escaped, which made many rebels panic, that is, at this critical moment. Gu Junen made a suggestion to stabilize the rebel army.

When Li Zicheng discussed with everyone, many people thought that the rebels were going to leave Henan and go to Huguang. The rebel army led by Liu Zongmin basically gained a foothold in Huguang, and the two armies combined would definitely be able to create a world in Huguang, but Gu Junen expressed clear opposition. He believes that the righteous army still has to stick to Nanyang Mansion and other places, there are too many lessons in the past, the righteous army often sticks to a place, and the losses caused by the result are huge, this time Tuoyangkun and Liu Guoneng were captured, and the loss of the righteous army was close to 10,000 people, it is because of the strategy of dividing the troops, the righteous army did not cause major losses.

Gu Junen believes that under the current situation, the rebel army must be stabilized. If you choose to evacuate at this time, it will definitely create an opportunity for the officers and soldiers to chase along the road, so that the losses of the righteous army will be greater, and at this time, you only need to further expand the area of activity in Nanyang Mansion and other places, and there should be no big problem.

Li Zicheng trusted Gu Junen the most, although he encountered the defection of Li Yan and others, he absolutely believed in Gu Junen, so he did not hesitate to adopt Gu Junen's suggestion.

The rebels continued to hold on to Nanyang Province and other places.

This insistence played a decisive role. After the successive defeats of the rebel army, Zhang Xianzhong was also ready to completely leave Henan and enter Shanxi, although the conditions were much worse, but he was always able to keep the team. However, most of the rebel army under Li Zicheng continued to hold on to Henan, so that Zhang Xianzhong also stabilized his spirit, and in the same way, dispersed part of the rebel army, some entered Shanxi, and some continued to hold on to Henan.

Both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong became particularly careful. Pay attention to the movements of the official army all the time, when they learned that the Zheng family army had withdrawn from Henan, they were greatly relieved, the two of them were most afraid of the Zheng family army, the battle between the righteous army and the Zheng family army was all a failure, and it was a fiasco, but when facing other officers and soldiers, it was not necessarily.

Because of the caution of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the situation in Henan became stable again.

Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, won a big victory, but he knew very well that it was not realistic to really want to completely exterminate the Liukou, the power of the Liukou was still strong, and without the support of the Zheng Jiajun, it was impossible for the army under his command to completely exterminate the Liukou.

It is said that under such circumstances, Xiong Wencan can completely request the imperial court to send Zheng Jiajun to participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, but unfortunately he can't do this, Zheng Xunrui and some adults in the court are already incompatible, even if he makes such a request, it is impossible to pass, and he may even ask for trouble.

Won a battle, Xiong Wencan will not stop, he thought of taking advantage of the victory to pursue, and at this time the opportunity is very good, the supervisor Gao Qi dived back to the capital, the new supervisor is not in place for the time being, he can command the army to fight, and there is no need to worry about encountering constraints.

A series of battles unfolded in Nanyang Province and other places in Henan.

The scale of the battle is not very large, Xiong Wencan has also achieved some victories, he has become very cautious in combat, he must thoroughly figure out the situation of the Liukou, and then concentrate the superior forces to strike, some times there are even thousands of people against dozens of people in the battle, once the knowledge of the Liukou exceeds the scale of 10,000 people, Xiong Wencan will choose to avoid.

Such a battle is not very meaningful for the double anti-dumping.

Li Zicheng also thought about counterattacking, he still has an army of about 80,000 under his command, and it is still okay to deal with the official army, but he does not dare to make up his mind at will, after all, he does not know whether the Zheng family army will participate in the battle, large-scale operations, it is impossible to end in a short time, once the righteous army and the official army are in a state of stalemate, at this time Zheng Jiajun joins the war group, it will be a devastating blow to the righteous army.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Xiong Wencan's brows furrowed, this is a letter written by Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang.

After a while, Xiong Wencan let out a long sigh.

Wu Fu, the governor of Henan beside him, spoke.

"Lord Xiong, is the situation in Huguang unstable?"

"What Lord Wu said is that Li Zicheng sent Liu Zongmin into Huguang, this Liu Zongmin is very smart, he did not attack the city and the village, did not attack the county seat of Fuzhou, but he was active in villages and towns, and he specialized in plundering the money and grain of officials at all levels, Lord Fang wrote a letter to ask for the complete extermination of Liu Zongmin."

Hearing Xiong Wencan say this, Wu Fu also shook his head, he still thought that Xiong Wencan would stay in Henan, which would be a deterrent to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, at least the current situation in Henan is stable, and there are more and more cities recovered.

"Lord Xiong, the lower officials feel that Lord Fang's suggestion is inappropriate, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders of the Liukou are still in Henan, if the army goes to Huguang, wouldn't it give Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong a respite, if there is a big incident again, I am afraid that the court will really be held accountable at that time."

Xiong Wencan did not speak immediately, fell into contemplation, when the Liukou occupied Henan Mansion and Luoyang Mansion City, there was an uproar in the imperial court, if it was not for the cabinet to come forward to stabilize, I am afraid that the emperor would be held accountable at that time, fortunately, the Zheng Jiajun dispatched in time to defeat the Liukou, recover Luoyang Mansion City and the entire Henan Mansion, and stabilize the situation, but things can not be repeated repeatedly, if the Liukou occupies Luoyang Mansion City again, I am afraid that Yang Sichang will not be able to keep him Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan really wants to have a large-scale confrontation with the Liukou again, but he also has a last resort, that is, the problem of insufficient food and grass, this problem has always existed, but after the prison army Gao Qiqian left, it became more serious, Henan can no longer take out so much food to feed the army, the money and grain of the imperial court are always in arrears, and some of the Liukou prisoners transferred by the Zheng Jiajun last time have entered the army, so that the sergeants under Xiong Wencan's direct control know nearly 30,000 people.

Thirty thousand people ate and drank Lazar, which is not a small number.

Despite a series of victories, the morale of the sergeant is still not high, the last time he defeated the Liukou, captured Tuo Yangkun and Liu Guoneng, the court's reward was too little, a total of only 500,000 taels of silver, and these silver were not completely used on the sergeant's body, the supervisor Gao Qiqian took a lot, and the household bleached and took away tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Xiong Wencan only took out 100,000 taels of silver as a reward, and the rest of the silver was left, he needed to take into account the expenses of the army and maintain the normal operation of the army.

Xiong Wencan was opposed to the imperial court's decision to collect the arrears of agricultural taxes, but he also had a dangerous place, that is, part of the taxes collected were to be allocated to him, the governor of the five provinces, to exterminate the rogues.

Xiong Wencan didn't speak, Wu Fu looked nervous, he didn't know what Xiong Wencan thought, whether he would lead the army to leave, if that case, Henan might fall into a total turmoil.

Xiong Wencan was silent for a while before he spoke slowly.

"Lord Wu, this official understands what you mean, but if there is turmoil in Huguang, the situation is even more difficult to clean up, it seems that this official has to find another way, the last time was the Zheng family army entered Henan to fight, this time you can beg Lord Hong Chengchou to lead the army to fight, Zhang Xianzhong's Liukou has entered Shanxi, this official feels that the border army stationed in Datong can hit Zhang Xianzhong hard, if Zhang Xianzhong suffers a heavy blow, this official can lead the army, follow the attack on Zhang Xianzhong, and even completely exterminate Zhang Xianzhong."

Wu Fu looked at Xiong Wencan, this idea is very good, but whether it can be realized, no one knows, the border pass is the most important place, even when the rogue is wanton on a large scale, the imperial court has almost no mobilization of the border army, Xiong Wencan is thinking about the border army at this time, no matter how you look at it, the possibility does not exist.

It seems that the situation in the north is still difficult to stabilize. (To be continued.) )