In the blink of an eye, two months have passed, and the rebel armies of all walks of life are still crisscrossing Henan, Huguang, and Nanzhili, and their momentum has not diminished in the slightest, and the officers and troops are tired of coping with the crises in various places and carrying out rescues.

On this day, on the city wall of Guide Mansion, Li Zicheng climbed high and looked at the northwest direction, the location of Shaanxi, and Tian Jianxiu was slowly reporting the military situation on the side.

"Boss, according to the news sent by Li Guo, Shanxi has been ready to take place, in more than three months, a large number of materials have been transported from various base areas in Shaanxi, which are stored in various large mountain ranges in Shanxi, and the entire Shanxi is divided by Datong Prefecture, and the southern region has our base areas more or less large or small."

"Due to the early operation of the Wangwushan Base Area and the Taihang Mountain Base Area, the entire Shanxi Base Area has taken care of each other, plus the grain purchased from the Han Duan family, and now it is basically self-sufficient and gradually growing. In another year at most, we will be able to control most of Shanxi. ”

"In addition, although the battlefield has been in Henan in recent months, the development and development of the Henan base area has not stopped, and it is still proceeding slowly. This time, we will return to the two largest granaries of Defu, even if Henan gathers more troops in the future, it will not affect the development of the Henan base area. ”

At this time, Gao Yigong suddenly said excitedly: "Hehe... Brother-in-law, the largest granary in the entire Henan, seven or eight out of ten have been conquered by us, or occupied by other rebel armies. Once a large number of officers and troops gathered in Henan, and Li Guo and Mr. Xu robbed the grain trucks of the officers and soldiers in Shanxi and Henan, their arrival was not long before the army mutinied. ”

However, Li Zicheng's expression did not show the slightest hint of excitement, but turned his head, looked around with a solemn face, looked at everyone one by one, and finally his eyes stayed on Tian Jianxiu's body: "Jianxiu, don't take it lightly, inform Mr. Song Yingxing that before we return to Shaanxi, we will transport as many firearms as possible to various base areas in Shanxi." ”

"Boss, didn't a large number of firearms be transported into various base areas in Shanxi last year?" Wu Ruyi interjected and asked, and then said: "Moreover, a large amount of gunpowder and artillery shells have been transported from Henan, which should be enough to deal with the sudden attack of the official army and attack the base area." ”

Li Zicheng shook his head, as if talking to himself, as if explaining, and then said: "Today's Shanxi is not as good as before, after last year's Huang Taiji entered the fortress and attacked Shanxi, the border defense line in the north of Shanxi has long been destroyed, and it is impossible to block the iron cavalry of the Tartars. ”

"The boss is right, today's Shanxi is like a seriously ill person, the border fortress has almost no city defense at all, it is dilapidated, and it can't stop the iron cavalry of the Tartars, and the army of Houjin can enter Shanxi at any time to burn and plunder." Gu Junen nodded lightly, with a solemn expression on his face.

"So, I asked Mr. Song to mobilize artillery as much as possible to enter the various base areas in Shanxi, not only to prevent the official army, but at a critical time, if the Tartars dare to invade Shanxi and enter the land to the south of Datong Mansion, Li Guo and them will also have the responsibility to resist Houjin."

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng's expression became resolute and iron-blooded, his eyes flashed, with a chill, and he continued in a cold voice: "Once the Tartars enter the sphere of influence of the base area, they must be allowed to go and have no return, and they must all be explained in Shanxi, so that they know that the Han people are not so easy to kill, things are not so easy to rob, and everything must be exchanged for blood and life." ”

At this moment, Li Zicheng's image in the minds of everyone became even taller, and his majesty made people look up, admire, and admire.

After saying this, there was an inexplicable war spirit in everyone's hearts, and they couldn't wait to replace Li Guo and fight with the Tartars, instead of fighting with these officers and soldiers who couldn't get on the stage.

After a short silence, Li Mu seemed to have figured out something, and while his face was full of admiration and admiration, he suddenly said: "Boss, in this way, meeting with Leader Gao, Luo Rucai, Guo Tianxing and other departments here is just one of the reasons, the main thing is to buy more time for Mr. Song and them to transport firearms to various base areas in Shanxi as much as possible. ”

"Not bad~" Li Zicheng replied, nodded slightly, and then said: "According to the news that our spies got, Houjin has made another big move, Huang Taiji sent Dolgon, Yue Tuo, Haoge and others to lead troops to Hetao, wanting to appease Ezhe, the son of Lin Dan Khan of Chahar Mongolia, who knows if they will be like last year, come to the grass to fight rabbits, and take a chance in Shanxi by the way." ”

"There is a great possibility~" Gu Junen immediately echoed, and then explained: "With the past temperament of the Tartars, they will do that nine times out of ten. Moreover, most of the troops of the imperial court were attracted to the south of the Yellow River by us, even if Dolgon only had more than 10,000 people, with the huge charging power and destructive power of the cavalry, with the current garrison strength of Shanxi, it was difficult to effectively block it, and it was barely able to defend. ”

"Hey... It was the suffering of those ordinary people, and then they suffered. Li Mou sighed, and at the same time continued: "In the past two years, the Tartars have also become extremely shrewd, whether it is in Liaodong or attacking Guanzhong from other places, no longer blindly attacking the city, but focusing on the fertile fields and crops of the four fields and plundering the people, causing great damage to the Guannei. Every time the Tatars entered the customs, after the incident, the Jingshi had to transfer grain from all over the country to enrich the northern Zhili, and it was almost impossible to achieve self-sufficiency in food. ”

"There is no way, every time the Tartars enter the customs, what they can't take away will either be burned and killed, or they will be cleaned up and destroyed thousands of acres of fertile land." Gu Junen answered at this time.

When everyone was sighing with emotion, Tian Jianxiu suddenly turned around and reminded: "Boss, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao have led their troops into Henan one after another, and they are discussing in Xinyang, Nanyang Mansion, do we have to continue to wait?" ”

For a while, everyone was a little confused, and they were a little confused by Tian Jianxiu's words, full of confusion, and a look of doubt on their faces, not knowing why.

"Jianxiu, I see what you mean." Li Zicheng responded softly, and then continued: "Judging from Hong Chengchou's current actions, although I don't know what he will do next. However, Hong Chengchou asked Cao Wenzhao to garrison the land of Huguang and Yunyang, probably because he did not want the rebel army from all walks of life to return to Shaanxi from there. ”

"Hmm..." Li Zicheng paused for a moment, showed a thoughtful look, let out a long nasal voice, and then said with great certainty: "Judging from this little information, Hong Chengchou is well aware of the crisis in Shaanxi and is very afraid of the rebel army returning to Shaanxi. ”

"Brother-in-law, of course, the grain and grass in Shaanxi have been completely destroyed by us, resulting in a mutiny in Xining, and there are signs of mutiny in other places, of course Hong Chengchou is afraid that we will return to Shaanxi again."

Li Zicheng ignored Gao Yigong again, but looked at Tian Jianxiu, and said slowly: "Don't worry, we won't stay in Guide Mansion for too long, if they haven't arrived by April, we will return to Shaanxi directly." ”

Hearing this, Tian Jianxiu's expression was obviously relaxed, and he said leisurely: "Also, because of the sharp shortage of grain and grass, even when a large number of imperial troops enter Henan, it is when the soldiers mutiny, but it will take a process." Once the official army shows a trend of encirclement, even if Li Jiajun is fearless and can break through the encirclement, it will also cause a lot of unnecessary damage. ”

For a while, hearing this conversation, everyone finally understood the meaning of Tian Jianxiu's words, why was there a worried look on their faces?

At this moment, when the atmosphere became a little more relaxed, Li Mu suddenly stood up, his expression was extremely solemn and sincere, and he asked abruptly: "Boss, can you give your subordinates a few days to take a trip to the hometown of the Soldiers and Horses?" ”