Two days later, in the southwest inner countryside of Nanyang Prefecture, there was a peaceful and stable scene, without the kind of war-like ruin and decadence after the war, and the residents of the city still lived as usual, what should they do.

Faintly, it seems that life is a little better than before, and there is a relieved smell of relief, which spreads from those ordinary people.

Of course, the city is not static, except that the city defense battalion in the city has been replaced by the rebel army, and the homes of those powerful people in the city have been raided, and some rich and unkind people and bullies have been slaughtered!

The smell of blood is masked by the peaceful atmosphere and is ignored.

For a time, Li Jiajun's reputation spread in the inner countryside, and the name of King Chuang was well known, and Li Zicheng's Li Jiajun was more or less marked with Gao Yingxiang, that's all.

A certain powerful family that was raided became the temporary residence of the Li family's army, which was equivalent to a hub-like existence, and the army was still stationed outside the city.

In the study, Li Zicheng was sitting there, listening to Tian Jianxiu's report.

"Boss, Mr. Li Changmao personally led the army into the Lushi Mountains, with six thousand elite Li family troops, and has occupied one of the mountain ranges as a new basis. So far, the new base area has been relatively stable, has not been disturbed by other rebel forces, and the officers and troops do not seem to have noticed that everything is developing according to expectations and running in an orderly manner. ”

"However, because the Second Route Rebel Army was making trouble in the land of Shang and Luo, it fought fiercely with the official army. Therefore, the Shaanxi base areas closest to the Lu clan were unable to transport materials in the past, and now they can only rely on our side to supply and supplement the food and other daily necessities of the new base. ”

"That's... How much food is still in Xinxiang City? How long can we support the new base while ensuring that we and the other rebels are consumed? Li Zicheng nodded lightly, his expression was calm, and he asked at the right time.

"Hmm... If we and the other rebels continue to stay in Xinxiang City, we can only support Xinxiang for a maximum of ten days of food under the condition of ensuring half a month's food and grass consumption. Therefore, if Mr. Li's side wants to solve the problem fundamentally, they must take action and attack the nearby city to obtain food. If so, they are easily exposed. ”

After Tian Jianxiu finished answering, he showed a look of joy on his face, and then continued: "Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Shouying have already left, and they have captured Xichuan and Dengzhou respectively, reducing a lot of our food pressure. Otherwise, there will be less food to support the new base. ”

"When you see the show, you don't have to thank them, and you don't have to be grateful to them." Li Zicheng shook his head, and then continued: "Don't look at what they say, what is the pressure to reduce food consumption, and there is no intention to compete with everyone for food. The reason why they did this was just to stabilize us and block the official troops from the central and eastern parts of Nanyang Prefecture for them, and they easily occupied Xichuan and Dengzhou. Especially that Zhang Xianzhong, he didn't have any good intentions. ”

"Boss, after you say so, it's really true." Tian Jianxiu nodded thoughtfully, echoed a sentence, and then added: "Since they captured Xichuan and Dengzhou, the officials and soldiers of Nanyang Mansion are like taking medicine, they are extremely excited, and they have poured into this area, completely blocking our way to the east, almost unable to move an inch, and can only develop to the south or west. ”

Tian Jianxiu's words suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something, took out a letter from his arms, and said solemnly while walking towards Li Zicheng: "Boss, this is a letter intercepted by Mr. Xu Xiake near the Henan base area, which was written by Henan Governor Xuan Mo to Huguang Governor Tang Hui. ”

"When did this happen?" Li Zicheng took the letter and asked casually.

"The day before yesterday~" Tian Jianxiu blurted out, and after answering, he seemed to feel the need to explain, and added: "Due to our erratic whereabouts, Mr. Xu didn't know that we had captured Xinxiang, so I only received this letter today." No, as soon as I got it, I sent it to you. ”

Li Zicheng didn't say anything more, calmly took out the letterhead, and then looked at it and read it, there was still a doubt and curiosity in his heart, what was written in the letter, so that Xu Xiake was so troublesome that he sent it to his own hands.

After a while, Li Zicheng's brows furrowed, revealing a thoughtful look, the letter had been thrown aside by him, put on the bookcase, as if thinking about something, and soon suddenly said to himself: "No wonder... No wonder... All mysteries are solved. ”

Hearing Li Zicheng say this, Tian Jianxiu was confused, dizzy, full of confusion, looked at the content of the letter, looked at Li Zicheng again, and asked puzzledly: "What's the wonder?" What mystery? Boss, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand a word? ”

Li Zicheng did not answer Tian Jianxiu's inquiry, but continued to say to himself: "This Xuan Mo is really not simple, it seems that I still despise him too much, and I reacted so quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Zicheng stood up suddenly, ignoring Tian Jianxiu's puzzled and surprised gaze, picked up the letter again, and said copingly as he walked out: "Jianxiu, I'll go to Leader Gao's place, and I'll be back soon." You go and gather the captains and have them wait here for me to come back. After returning from the High Leader, I have a new arrangement. ”

"Boss... Boss..."

Tian Jianxiu only had time to shout twice, Li Zicheng had already walked out of the door and disappeared, Tian Jianxiu could only shake his head helplessly, and also walked out of the door, his heart was filled with thick doubts and curiosity, like a cat's claw scratching, but he could only do as Li Zicheng ordered.

Not long after, in another larger and more luxurious mansion, in a room, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang sat opposite each other, the latter was holding the letter just now, in front of Li Zicheng, shook it in the air, frowned slightly, and asked with some doubts: "Zicheng, do you mean that in two or three days, Xuan Mo will personally lead the army to come and encircle and suppress us here in Nanyang Mansion?" ”

"Well, yes, uncle." Li Zicheng responded affirmatively, nodded seriously, cooperated with the movements of his body, and further said: "In the past few days, if I am not mistaken, the officials and troops from all over Nanyang Mansion have been approaching our side, and it should be that they have received orders from Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, and this letter is a powerful proof of one of them. ”

"What does this letter mean?" Gao Yingxiang flipped through the letter, still skeptical, not very convinced.

Li Zicheng was extremely patient and explained slowly.

"Uncle, you also know that although Nanyang Mansion belongs to one of the state capitals of Henan, it is within the jurisdiction of his governor of Henan. However, subdivided, Nanyang Mansion is also one of the prefectures under the jurisdiction of Jiang Yunyi, the governor of Yunyang. If Xuan Mo was really a narrow-minded person who only thought about protecting Mingzhe, he didn't have to pay attention to the loss of Nanyang Mansion at all. ”

"Even if Nanyang Mansion is completely lost and falls into the hands of various rebel armies, he Xuan Mo can also shift his responsibility to Jiang Yunyi. After all, the other person is in Luoyang, Henan Province, and Jiang Yunyi is so close to here. ”

And this letter is enough to explain everything, Xuan Mo is by no means a person with a small eye of a mouse, his eyes are very poisonous, his vision is very accurate, and he is full of great scheming and great feelings. Otherwise, there would be no need for him to write this letter to Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang. Moreover, judging from what Xuan Mo did in Henan Mansion and Ruzhou, he came to us to prepare for the arrival of troops in Nanyang Mansion. ”

Of course, the basis of Li Zicheng's judgment is by no means only this letter, but also other grounds, and the judgments and conclusions drawn from the summarization and analysis of information obtained from other quarters are just inconvenient to say, and we can only know how powerful it is and say the conclusion.

Otherwise, if all the news is told to the other party, it will be tantamount to exposing that there is a huge intelligence system behind Li Jiajun. When the time comes, Gao Yingxiang will only be more jealous and repulsive of himself!

What's more, Li Zicheng didn't want Li Jiajun's intelligence system to be exposed prematurely.

Even if Li Zicheng said it sincerely, and the foaming stars were flying, Gao Yingxiang still didn't mean to be moved in the slightest, and asked casually: "Zicheng, what do you want to do?" ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng knew that the time had come for the two to part ways again, and in the short term, it was impossible to cooperate any longer, so he did not persuade anything, but opened his mouth and replied: "Uncle, if you are ready to continue to stay here, then your nephew is going to go west to Huguang, and if it is possible, join forces with Zhang Xianzhong and others to attack Shangjin Yunxi, Fangxian, and Baokang counties in Huguang." ”

"Okay, self-contained, you can do it yourself~" Gao Yingxiang coped, as if he felt that he was too indifferent, his tone slowed down, and added: "If you need anything, just tell your uncle, if you can do it, your uncle will definitely try his best to help you." ”

Li Zicheng was speechless, and looked at this cheap uncle from the bottom of his heart, it was really good to forget the pain of the scar, forget the draught and forget the person who dug the well, Li Jiajun helped him through the crisis again and again, helped him recover his strength, but in the end, in exchange for a few words that were not painful, not itchy, and not lukewarm.

At this moment, Li Zicheng felt a sense of sadness and felt panicked, but he still covered up the past well and did not show it.

"Well, okay uncle, then I'll go back first. After I go back, I will make arrangements to prepare for the westward march to Huguang and unite with other rebel armies. ”

It seems that he has long been accustomed to it, maybe he doesn't care at all, Li Zicheng said politely, then stood up and left, without any nostalgia.

Not long after Li Zicheng left, from behind the screen on one side, several people walked out one after another, namely Ge Liyan, Yuan Zongdi, Zuo Jinwang and others, stopped in front of Gao Yingxiang, stood side by side, waiting for Gao Yingxiang's speech.

"What do you think we're going to do next? Did it go according to plan? Or do you also go west to Huguang? ”

Obedient and listening, there was no fool present, everyone heard it, from beginning to end, their leader never doubted Li Zicheng's analysis and judgment, but believed it very much.

Why Gao Yingxiang is like this, the reason is self-evident, and everyone's heart is very clear.

King Zuo Jin stood up, thought for a moment, and did not immediately answer Gao Yingxiang's inquiry, but said slowly: "Chief, if we proceed according to the plan, if we successfully enter Kaifeng Mansion and the surrounding areas, according to the news from the inquiry, our strength can at least increase by nearly ten times, reaching about 100,000 people. ”

"In today's Kaifeng Mansion and other places, the local people, that is the real people's livelihood, are in dire straits, starving and dying of bones everywhere, and there are displaced victims everywhere, which is more than several times more serious than Shaanxi."

"Moreover, the disaster in Henan is far different from that in Shaanxi. Shaanxi was originally a bitter cold place, full of Loess Plateau. Even in a good harvest year, the harvest is not good, and it is barely self-sufficient. ”

"And what about Henan? That's the granary of Kannai! In terms of grain alone, it can be compared to the rice country in the south of the Yangtze River, and has always been one of the two major granaries of the imperial court. Even in a year of great calamity, there will be a lot of food in various places. ”

"As General Chuang said, the disaster in Henan is relative. For ordinary people, it is indeed very serious. However, for those landlords and magnates, it is simply insignificant! Coupled with the increase in taxes of the imperial court year after year, as well as the exploitation of officials in various places, it will cause the current situation in Henan, and the disaster is serious. ”

Gao Yingxiang seemed to have been stimulated by something, and suddenly became excited, and there was a light flashing in his eyes.

At this time, Ge Liyan also showed excitement, and said approvingly: "If we can smoothly enter Kaifeng Mansion and other places, and unite with the local rebel army, in terms of the current strength of the imperial court in Henan, we can completely rely on the absolute superiority in numbers to attack the state capital and county seat, and open a warehouse to release grain." ”

"The granaries of those rich families in Shaanxi have so much grain, not to mention Henan, which is the granary of Guannei? The local rich and powerful, their homes must have stored more food, all of which together is enough to supply all the rebel army with food and drink, and it is estimated that it is more than enough. ”

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang smiled excitedly, if it weren't for the image, if it wasn't for the presence of everyone, I couldn't wait to look up to the sky and laugh, I had to be a laugh!

Because, listening to everyone's story, Gao Yingxiang seemed to see a mountain of gold and silver, as well as endless food to eat and drink, waiting for him to grab it.

It is said that the people who know you best are your enemies and opponents. In a similar way, as the nemesis of the powerful and the natural enemies, no one knows the family assets of the gentry and magnates better than the leaders of the rebel army.

Gao Yingxiang believes in this even more!

When the first "sale" was made, Gao Yingxiang was shocked by the mountain of grain in the warehouse. There are also gold, silver and jewelry, treasures that I don't know, that is a wealth that ordinary people can't reach, and that is an amount that ordinary people can't imagine.

The piles of gold, silver, jewelry, and grain that came to mind made Gao Yingxiang even more convinced that as long as he entered the hinterland of Henan, he would be released, and his strength would expand sharply, establishing his position as the boss of the rebel army!

The trend of the times, Yuan Zongdi cannot lag behind, and what he says must be more calm, pointing out the way back for Gao Yingxiang and providing more protection.

"Moreover, the leader, even if it is really as General Chuang said, Xuan Mo will come with heavy troops in a few days, completely block our eastward road, and encircle and suppress the rebel armies from all directions, we can still go south, pass through Zaoyang and Dangyang, enter Huguang, break Kuizhou, attack Guangyuan, and force Sichuan."

Hearing this, Gao Yingxiang's face was overjoyed, his heart moved, and he heard Yuan Zongdi's extraneous voice.

If Li Zicheng and the other rebel armies marched west to Huguang and attacked Shangjin, Yunxi and other places, they would attract the troops of Xiangyang Prefecture to Yunyang. In that case, it will be easy for them to enter Huguang from the south and attack Zaoyang, Dangyang and other places!