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Half a month later, more than 1,000 of Li Zicheng's troops were stationed outside the city, living next to each other with various rebel armies. The difference is that whether it is Li Zicheng and his daughter-in-law Gao Guiying, or the capable generals Liu Fangliang, Wu Ruyi, Tian Jianxiu and others, they all live in the camp and live in the camp tent. Unlike most of the other rebel leaders, they lived in houses in the city, enjoying their short-lived wealth and comforts.

Compared with other rebel armies, Li Zicheng and others seem to be a little different, the camp is well-organized, and the management is well organized, surrounded by wooden piles of about two meters. With the exception of the open gate, it is difficult for outsiders to enter without permission.

Not only that, but there are also rows of horse-barring fences around the gate of the camp, crisscrossing and crisscrossing there. If they did not move away, it would be difficult for the cavalry to charge in large numbers and break into the camp.

The entire camp of the Li family's army, like a regular army, is very abrupt and dazzling among the many rebel armies.

Groups of ragged Li Jiajun were patrolling, wandering between the various camp tents, patrolling everywhere, without a trace of laxity, and the vigilance was extremely strict. There are also watchtowers towering in the four directions of the camp, which are twenty or thirty meters high, and there are sentries standing guard on them to observe the surrounding situation.

On this day, the patrol maintained order in the camp as usual, and the other soldiers were either standing guard, exercising their physical fitness, conducting military training, or recreation, playing basketball and football, looking in full swing.

However, no matter how lively it was, the camp of the Li family army maintained the strict order and discipline that is unique to the army, and there was no such chaos as other rebel armies, and the soldiers were lazy and wandered around the barracks.

In Li Zicheng's tent, Li Zicheng was holding a newspaper of the palace, his brows were always stretched, sometimes wrinkled, sometimes expressionless, and after reading it slowly, he said without raising his head: "This Mao Wenlong is really not simple, even if he has been dead for so long, he still has such a great influence, and the old department still can't forget him." ”

"Yes, uncle, judging from the rebellion on the Shandong Peninsula, Mao Wenlong is not simple. Almost the vast majority of the generals and soldiers who participated in the mutiny were Mao Wenlong's old subordinates. Moreover, as soon as Kong Youde occupied Dengzhou, at the same time, Chen Shishi, the deputy general of Lushun in Dongjiang Town, and Mao Chenglu, the deputy general of Guangludao, also rebelled one after another in response to show that the former was Mao Wenlong's old department, and the latter was Mao Wenlong's servant. In this way, the two echo the north and the south, and have the posture of building a country. Li Guo on the side echoed.

I don't know when, Xu Xiake came here alone from Zhongnan Mountain, and was located next to him, and when he heard the two of them talking, he also said: "Boss, Captain Li, you may not know that it is not surprising that Mao Wenlong has such an influence. If you know about the victory in Zhenjiang, you will not sigh so much. ”

For a while, as soon as these words came out, Xu Xiake attracted all the attention. Facing a burning gaze of curiosity and doubt, Xu Xiake did not have any sense of restraint, and behaved very calmly and calmly, just paused slightly, as if he didn't feel those gazes, and continued the topic just now in an orderly manner.

"In the first year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong, who was only a guerrilla, was ordered by Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, without any support and life support, but only took his adopted son Mao Chenglu, You Jinghe, Wang Fu, Chen Zhong and a group of 190 people, took some small boats, dared to go deep behind enemy lines, and successively recovered more than 2,000 miles of coastal islands such as Pig Island, Ocean Island, Changshan Island, and Guanglu Island, and captured He Kebin, Ren Guangxian, He Guoyong and others in one fell swoop, and was called a lone hero for a while."

"Not only that, in July, taking advantage of the emptiness of Houjin's troops in Zhenjiang, and with Chen Liangce of the Zhenjiang Central Army as the internal response, he led a hundred people to attack Zhenjiang Fort at night, and captured Nurhachi's brother-in-law Tong Yangzhen and his nephews Tong Fengnian and Tong Songnian in one fell swoop, which is known as the 'Zhenjiang Victory'."

"After this battle, Mao Wenlong's reputation was greatly enhanced, with Zhenjiang Fort as the center, all around the wind fell, and they came to vote, which was not conducive to wedge a rivet in the rear of Houjin, so that Nurhachi did not dare to act rashly, not only did not dare to invade Guanzhong easily, but it was impossible to subdue the Mongolian tribes."

"Why?" Liu Fangliang listened to it with relish and was extremely engrossed, and interjected at this time to ask, looking curious.

Without waiting for Xu Xiake to answer, Tian Jianxiu on the side replied first: "What's so strange?" The capture of Zhenjiang Fort, with Phi Dao as the backing, coupled with the existence of the vassal state of Korea and the support of the military, Mao Wenlong is equivalent to a complete foothold and no worries. Whether it is entering the fortress or recovering the Mongol tribes to the west, Nurhachi will not achieve any effect at all if he does not take the nest action. And the existence of Mao Wenlong made Nurha as red as a man's back, and he didn't dare to act rashly at all. Otherwise, with Mao Wenlong's temperament and courage, he has to copy his lair! ”

"Captain Tian is right, that's exactly what he said." Xu Xiake nodded, echoed, and then said: "So, people like Kong Youde, Chen Shiji, Mao Chenglu, Li Jiucheng and others have all experienced a battle of life and death with Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong's death, how could they not have grievances? What's more, at this time, the Liaodong soldiers and the Shandong soldiers have always been at odds, and the imperial court's food and salaries are often in arrears, and it is only a matter of time before the army mutinies. ”

At this time, Li Zicheng, who had not spoken much, held a newspaper in his hand, and suddenly said: "It's really strange, the rebellion in Dengzhou is intensifying, the imperial court is facing two mutinies, there is a danger of north and south, Cao Wenzhao actually returned to Lintao Mansion at this time." Although he is the chief soldier of Lintao, it is understandable to go back. Could it be that Chongzhen's old man is so confident that the officials and troops of Laizhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion can really quell the rebellion against Kong Youde? ”

"Uncle, according to the intelligence collected by our brothers in the capital, although Kong Youde captured Dengzhou Mansion, his strength will never exceed 10,000 people, and the war horses are only three or four thousand.

After Li Guo finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, his face became very solemn, and he turned to say: "However, uncle, the situation of the rebel armies in Shaanxi is very bad, under the joint attack of Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou, many rebel armies have been wiped out, and some rebel armies are also in danger and cannot support for long. Moreover, Shaanxi governor Lian Guoshi, Gansu general Yang Jiamo, and deputy general Wang Xingshan successively led troops to gather in Shaanxi's Lintao Mansion, Gongchang Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion and Pingliang Mansion, forming an ironclad encirclement with Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao. Then, slowly advancing eastward, the troops approached the rebel armies in Shanxi. ”

Hearing these words, Li Zicheng's reaction was very calm, without a trace of emotional waves, let alone expressing any opinions, but asked: "By the way, how is the situation in our various base areas in Shaanxi?" Has it been affected? ”

Li Guo wanted to ask again and repeat what he had just done, but seeing Li Zicheng's serious and serious expression, he still replied honestly: "The situation in each base area is very good. At the time of our departure, according to your request, all the base areas will be dormant, and they will no longer expand their sphere of influence for the time being, and they will make every effort to develop agriculture, education, and various hydraulic facilities in the base areas, all of which are developing steadily. ”

At this moment, combined with the situation in Shaanxi that Li Guo just talked about, everyone had a hint of enlightenment and understood why the boss had such an arrangement? At a time when the situation in the various base areas in Shaanxi was very good, the boss suddenly called a halt and let the responsible persons of the various base areas lie dormant. Now that I think about it, the reason why this arrangement is made is not only to stabilize the various base areas, but also to avoid being strongly suppressed by the official army today!

It is not difficult to imagine that if the base areas do not contain the momentum of developing their spheres of influence, with the strength of Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao, and others, the base areas will inevitably be exposed to the world and become the targets of key encirclement and suppression, and their situation will not be much better than those of the rebel armies of all stripes in Shaanxi.

As soon as they thought of this, everyone suddenly had a trace of happiness in their hearts, and they couldn't help but look at Li Zicheng, and admired it more and more, this precautionary measure, this vision of discerning the general trend of the world, is too vicious and accurate!

Just when everyone was secretly rejoicing for the various bases, Li Zicheng suddenly said in a surprising voice: "Actually, the stronger Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao and others are, the better, and the more powerful the means, the more powerful they are against us. ”

For a while, everyone was a little confused, and they were confused by Li Zicheng's abrupt words, so Wu Ruyi even said: "Boss, I don't understand a little, although we are not close brothers with the rebels from all walks of life, but we are also in a cold relationship. Once the rest of the rebels have been wiped out, it's our turn. At that point, we'll be alone. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone asked the same doubts, but Li Zicheng smiled slightly, as if he had expected it, and then blurted out, answering fluently, showing a very relaxed expression, without the urgency caused by the tense situation.

"Shaanxi is different from Shanxi. After several years of war, natural disasters have not ended. Even if Hong Chengchou and others suppressed this wave of rebels, as long as the imperial court still imposed a lot of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, continued natural disasters, and was inconsiderate of the people's feelings, it was suppressed for a while, and it could not be suppressed for a lifetime, and in the near future, a new rebel army would appear. ”

Left and right are a death, it is better to fight, to be a full ghost, this is not only the truth that everyone believes, but also the current living situation of the people in Shanxi and Shaanxi, either resist, or starve to death. Therefore, no one doubted Li Zicheng's words and waited for the words that followed

"Moreover, after nearly three years of development, the whole of Shaanxi has spread a lot of our base areas. Control of Shaanxi, it is only a matter of time before it happens sooner or later. Hong Chengchou and they eliminated the rebel armies from all walks of life in Shaanxi, which will have at least two major benefits for us. ”

"Uncle, what are the two major benefits?" Li Guo couldn't help but nod and urge.

"It's very simple, one, after the rebel armies in Shaanxi were wiped out, the only thing left was our base areas hidden in various places. Once the limelight has passed, the main force of the official army has been transferred, and the garrison in Shaanxi has been reduced, we will be able to come out of our base areas in various localities and develop new base areas on a large scale. Without the presence of other rebel armies, there would be much less resistance to the development of base areas. ”

Li Zicheng spoke with a lot of confidence and confidence, and everyone probably understood Li Zicheng's intentions, and Tian Jianxiu even told the second point for him.

"After the boss said this, I understood, as for the second point, it is even simpler. In the face of the joint and strong suppression of Hong Chengchou and others, knowing that they are invincible, the rebel armies from all walks of life in Shaanxi will definitely flee in all directions, and the biggest possibility is our side. In this way, the total strength of the 36th Battalion will be greatly increased, and it will have the strength to confront the officers and troops. ”

At this time, Xu Xiake seemed to think of something, and immediately said: "Moreover, according to the boss's original plan, after entering Shanxi, he will gain a firm foothold in the 36th Battalion, which is to strive to transfer the active locations of the rebel armies from all walks of life to the area of Henan, and the weak point of the imperial court's troop deployment." ”

"At that time, once it enters Henan, the rebel army will have more room for development. Due to the restrictions on command and jurisdiction between regions, they can escape the pursuit of Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao and others. Once the rebellion in Henan grows stronger and stronger, it is only a matter of time before the main force of the official army moves to Henan. If you guessed correctly, the reason why the boss insisted on entering the 36th Battalion and pushed the flames of the rebel army to Henan was to cover for various base areas in Shaanxi. ”

After saying a word, the rest of the people followed Xu Xiake's gaze and looked at Li Zicheng, with a look of hope in their eyes, wanting to get an affirmative answer from the other party.

Obviously, Li Zicheng's answer did not disappoint them, but became more excited, igniting the motivation in their hearts.

"Yes, what Mr. Xu said is exactly what I really meant. Moreover, my purpose is not only to build secret bases in Shaanxi, but also in Shanxi and Henan. Then, with the three as a starting point, create a triangular trend, expand to the surrounding areas again, overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and establish a new Datong world. ”

Tian Jianxiu's thick face could no longer maintain stability, and with a look of excitement on his face, he couldn't help but interject: "In this way, we can really establish new base areas in Shanxi and Henan, and firmly control them, and to the east, we can send troops out of Shuntianfu, take the surrounding Zhili, and threaten the land of Jingshi; To the south, you can quickly take all parts of Shandong and Nanjing; To the southwest, it is possible to occupy Sichuan, the land of abundance. When the triangle is formed, the Ming Dynasty will be cut into two parts, and the north and south cannot take care of each other. ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Ruyi also began to express his opinion.

"Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty, the source of soldiers has been mainly Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong. Among them, the Qin army in Shaanxi and the Chu army in Shandong have the strongest combat power and are the places where famous generals come out in large numbers. As long as these four places are controlled, the Ming Dynasty is not far from extinction. ”

Li Guo followed, his words were very excited, and his voice trembled a little.

"Moreover, compared to other places, Henan is definitely the largest place, not only the main granary of the Central Plains in ancient times, but also a large population. As long as it is difficult to gain a firm foothold, appropriate governance should be given according to local conditions. Whether it is the replenishment of troops or the supply of food, it will not be a problem. ”