Li Zicheng led the army all the way to the front, and it only took more than two days to evacuate to Nanyang Fucheng.

The food carried before is about to be consumed, the biggest problem has appeared, the attack on Luoyang City, although there are some losses, but most of the main force is in, after entering Nanyang City, Liu Zongmin counted the number of rebels, there are still more than 60,000 people. In fact, the attack on Luoyang Mansion City, the loss was not very large, the number of soldiers killed and surrendered did not exceed 20,000, Li Zicheng did not expect that the Zheng family army did not pursue along the way, and let the righteous army withdraw to Nanyang Mansion City, and the sergeants of the palace also came to report, and there was no Zheng family army and official army in pursuit.

After settling down a little, Li Zicheng immediately summoned Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Liu Zongmin, Lin and Zhang Yichuan, Liu Guoneng and others, what should the righteous army do next, especially how to get through the current shortage of food, if this most difficult problem cannot be solved, the army of more than 60,000 people will not be able to maintain it at all.

Li Zicheng is not afraid of any difficulties, when he fled from Banzhou, there were only dozens of people left around him, and he survived such a difficult situation.

But at this time, Li Zicheng missed Gu Junen who went to Weihui Mansion and other places, Gu Junen's biggest advantage is that when the righteous army is facing a predicament, he can come up with a good way, to say that Li Yanniu Jin Xing and Song Xiance and others, their ability is probably stronger than Gu Junen, but they have not experienced so many turmoil and hardships, and when they suddenly encounter a big thing, they may not be able to come up with a good plan.

After everyone entered the mansion, Li Zicheng's face was very calm, the more at such a time, the more he, the commander and leader of the rebel army, had to show calmness, otherwise the rebel army would be very difficult to maintain.

The things that need to be discussed are very simple, first of all, how to solve the problem of food difficulties of the rebel army, and secondly, what direction the rebel army should develop in the next step.

It is said that discussing such a matter should be discussed by Li Zicheng and the strategists together. As for Liu Zongmin and others, they will be executed according to the orders issued by Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng will not completely believe Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others, who have not been tempered much, if Gu Junen is by his side, he may ask for advice alone.

After the discussion began, Liu Zongmin was the first to speak.

It was another strange sight to discuss such a matter of great importance. The first to speak should be Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and other strategists, and then everyone discussed according to the ideas they proposed.

This is the case. It is already very illustrative that the righteous army lost Luoyang Mansion City, which originated from Li Yan's idea of taking Luoyang Mansion City as a base and developing southward, which resulted in such huge losses that it was difficult for the Righteous Army to maintain, and then attacked Luoyang Mansion City, which was insisted on by Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others, although this was the opinion of King Chuang himself. But as a strategist, you should anticipate what might happen.

It was the occurrence of so many things that made Liu Zongmin and others completely lose trust in readers.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin was the first to speak after King Chuang finished speaking, completely ignoring the faces of Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others.

Liu Zongmin's suggestion was very simple and rude, he believed that the most important thing now was to raise grain and grass, since the rebel army was short of food and grass, it was difficult to maintain. Then you should start collecting grain and grass in Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Mansion and Ruzhou and other places, especially for those gentry and wealthy households, you are not polite, only by collecting enough grain and grass, the righteous army can get through the difficulties, as for the next plan of the righteous army. Liu Zongmin thought that it was okay to stay in Nanyang Mansion for the time being, and if the official army came to attack, he could take advantage of the familiar terrain to start a maneuver with the official army.

Liu Zongmin's suggestion was endorsed by Lin Yangsheng, Zhang Yichuan, Liu Guoneng and others.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance did not speak for the time being.

In fact, some of the suggestions of Liu Zongmin and others were in line with Li Zicheng's wishes, and he felt that the righteous army wanted to gain a foothold in Henan for a long time. There may be a certain degree of difficulty, at present, the righteous army lacks grain and grass, so there is only looting, Liu Zongmin said that the collection of grain and grass, that is an elegant statement, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is to grab grain in Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Mansion and Ruzhou and other places, to ensure the grain and grass needs of the righteous army, so that the righteous army can maintain a period of time and get through the current difficulties.

Li Zicheng did not agree with the suggestion of continuing to garrison Nanyang Mansion, Luoyang Mansion City was less than 600 miles away from Nanyang, if the Zheng family army launched a full-scale attack, those sharp artillery and firearms were difficult for the righteous army to resist, not to mention the courage of the Zheng family army, which was not something that the righteous army could resist.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others did not express their position, Li Zicheng set his eyes on them, anyway, in terms of putting forward opinions and suggestions, because the knowledge is much stronger, they still have a certain advantage, since Liu Zongmin's suggestion, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance did not express their position, it means that they have different understandings.

Liu Zongmin and others spoke first, and Li Zicheng also knew the subtle emotions shown in this, the officers of the leaders of the righteous army have always been not very compatible with the strategists, and this is also a matter of self-esteem, the leaders and officers led the sergeants to fight on the battlefield, and their heads were hung on the waistband of their trousers.

Besides, Gu Junen is different from Niu Jinxing and others, he is also a strategist, Gu Junen is involved in the fight, so he is really supported among the rebels.

Of course, as the commander of the rebel army, Li Zicheng will not be like this, he knows the importance of reading people.

"Mr. Niu, Mr. Song, what are your suggestions?"

Li Zicheng personally opened his mouth to ask, obviously elevating the status of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance.

Bull Venus groaned slightly.

"King Chuang, Zai Xia and Brother Song both believe that some adjustments should be made to the plan for the next development of the rebel army."

Niu Jinxing's answer made Li Zicheng stunned a little, he originally thought that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were against the righteous army raising grain and grass by looting, but he didn't expect that the two did not oppose this, and the two also thought that under the current situation, the righteous army had no other way to raise grain and grass.

"The next step of the development of the rebel army, in the next thought should not stay in Nanyang Fucheng, the fall of Luoyang Fucheng, is already a profound lesson, Nanyang Fucheng is less than six hundred miles away from Luoyang Fucheng, if the official army adopts the way of surprise attack, the righteous army is difficult to deal with, not to mention that the righteous army is currently short of food, raising grain and grass will inevitably cause some conflicts, which makes it difficult for the rebel army to gain a foothold in Nanyang."

Li Zicheng nodded frequently, in fact, what he thought of in his heart was this, the so-called raising of grain and grass by the righteous army was actually looting, once it began, then the relationship with the people would inevitably deteriorate, and the righteous army would lose its foothold in Nanyang.

"Mr. Niu thinks the rebel army should develop next."

"I think that the righteous army still has to take Xiangyang Fucheng, the official army is concentrated in Henan, the garrison of Huguang and Sichuan must be weak, the righteous army simply jumped out of Henan and entered Huguang to develop, and Xiangyang is the land of fish and rice, which is much more convenient for the righteous army to raise grain and grass......

After Niu Jinxing finished speaking, Liu Zongmin and the others were silent, the facts were in front of them, they were not good at making more arguments, in fact, they had not thought about how the righteous army would develop next.

Li Zicheng did not make a decision immediately.

After everyone left, Li Zicheng fell into contemplation, it should be said that the roots of the righteous army are in the north, to be precise in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, to leave these places, into Huguang and Sichuan and other places to develop, it is not so easy to talk about it, when Zhang Xianzhong led the army into Kuizhou, Sichuan, almost annihilated, he led the army and Zhang Xianzhong in Kuizhou to make peace, and almost died in Banzhou, so thinking about entering Huguang and Sichuan and other places, you need to be particularly cautious.

Staying in Henan is also a big problem, after all, the Zheng family army has entered Henan, if it encounters the comprehensive encirclement and suppression of the Zheng family army, the future of the righteous army is worrying, from the perspective of raising grain and grass, Xiangyang will definitely be elected.

Li Zicheng even thought of Zhang Xianzhong, who was still in Weihui Mansion and other places, and did not know what kind of reaction Zhang Xianzhong would make when he heard the news that Zheng's army had entered Henan, whether he would continue to hold on to Weihui Mansion and other places, or transfer to Shanxi to fight.

It will take a few days for the rebels to raise grain and grass in Nanyang Mansion, and it is the most important thing to raise grain and grass.

After the discussion, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance's mood was not very high, they obviously felt the contempt of Liu Zongmin and others, as the saying goes, Xiucai met soldiers, and it was unreasonable, but they were in the righteous army, if they did not get the support of many officers of the righteous army, the future was also slim, only the weight of the king, and the foundation was unstable.

Where will the righteous army develop next, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance have discussed several times on the way to withdraw to Nanyang Mansion, and proposed to develop in the direction of Huguang, which is the conclusion they have drawn from careful thinking, the development of the righteous army has entered a critical moment, and the correct direction of development at this time is crucial, if you take a wrong step, the righteous army may face annihilation, from this overall situation, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance will not have any reservations.

They don't know what Li Yan's situation is, now that they think about it, the calculation of Li Yan at the beginning has actually been calculated on their own body, no matter what, Li Yan, like them, is a scholar, and they can still take care of each other at critical moments, but Li Yan's life and death are unknown, which greatly reduces their strength, and also makes King Chuang's attitude change subtly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )