"Li Guo's battalion is almost ready, I think he might as well let him reinforce Brother Sun," Niu Jinxing didn't plan to stimulate Xu Ping too much, as far as he knew, the relationship between Li Guo and Xu Ping was not bad, and Li Guo's battalion was formed according to the model of the guard battalion, Li Laiheng still served under Xu Ping, if Li Guo could take away part of the real power of the Guide Mansion, it would be regarded as planting a nail in Sun Kewang's fortress. If everything goes well, Niu Jinxing can send more troops in the future, and if these groups can implement the solution to the grain and grass problem, they don't have to eat Li Zicheng's share, which is also taking money from Xu Ping's group in disguise: "Just see if Li Guo's brother's camp is trained in the law, if it is insufficient, it is better to make up for it as soon as possible." ”

Xu Ping shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate." Li Guo's troops have been placed in the south of Kaifeng Mansion since then, Xu Ping's task to him is to monitor the Chu army, Li Guo has long been relying on the Chu army to train troops, for which Xu Ping also specially summed up a set of rules and regulations tailored for Li Guo, if Li Guo was suddenly transferred to Guide Mansion, it would be a complete disruption of his deployment for Xu Ping: "There are enough Sun brothers in Nanzhili, there is no need to send more people, if we have spare strength, we should still focus on Henan." ”

Niu Jinxing did not refute Xu Ping, but tried to persuade Li Zicheng: "Wang, Brother Sun has attacked Nanjing several times, but they have been blocked by the Jiangbei Army, but I think the Jiangbei Army has been almost defeated several times, and Bozhou is also a line apart, if we add more force, maybe we can take Bozhou and take Huaiyang." ”

Xu Ping was stunned, he did not have the confidence to take Yangzhou, if it threatened the traffic of the canal, then the new army in Shandong was likely to respond quickly, let alone an important place like Yangzhou. Yangzhou itself is a fortified fortress, both the terrain and the city are much more difficult to fight than Bozhou, Xu Ping and Sun Kewang privately estimated that the difficulty of taking Yangzhou does not have to be much smaller than Kaifeng, and it is bound to be fiercely counterattacked by the Shandong New Army and Nanjing.

Even if it can be taken, Sun Kewang will not expect to take it, because now this is a blood-sucking channel, and the Guide Chuang Army will continuously suck Nanjing's resources into his camp through the Jiangbei Army. But this calculation was reached privately by Xu Ping and Sun Kewang, he knew that it was inconsistent with Li Zicheng's strategic plan, and he did not explain it to King Chuang, Xu Ping hurriedly dissuaded: "It's better not to divide troops in Nanjing, now because there is no big war in Nanjing, so we don't need to transport food and weapons, on the contrary, Guide can supplement the consumption here in Kaifeng, if we fight with the Jiangbei Army and change the current short-term assault into a long-term siege, it is inevitable to send a large number of troops to where Consuming a large amount of food and baggage, which we cannot afford, will also affect the siege of Kaifeng. ”

"If Lee can't get over, we can let someone else go." Niu Jinxing disagreed with Xu Ping's statement, he said that the troops sent were ready-made, and there was no need to occupy additional manpower, and anyway, staying in Kaifeng Mansion was also food, so it was better to send them to Guide to fight: "Even if you can't take Yangzhou, as long as you occupy a few counties in Nanzhili, you can also raise some soldiers, and you can always reduce some burden." Let them eat in Nanzhili first, if the pressure here is high in Kaifeng, it will not be too late for us to fall back. ”

"That will be too late, now the officers and soldiers are large, we have few soldiers, and the more this happens, the more we cannot disperse our forces." Xu Ping said that he has his own selfishness, but he is not completely thinking about himself, using Henan's manpower and material resources to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the longer the front, the more disadvantageous. It is not that Xu Ping does not want to build a new base area, for example, Xu Ping considered this problem when Li Zicheng first invaded Huguang, but with the accumulation of talents and material resources in his hands, it is already very hard to run half of Henan, and he is really unable to expand -- if he opens up a new base area, he will inevitably have to build it, and even more so, he must form a field army to defend the base area so as not to be thrown into trouble in advance, and he will also have to train a large number of local regiments to suppress possible rebellions -- according to Xu Ping's experience over the past year or so, if he does not form his own local militia regiment, he will lose control of the locality, the wealthy will form a village to protect themselves, ride the wall between the camp and the Ming court, deal with some local heroes, and use field troops to eliminate them.

It took a lot of money to build base areas, deploy field troops, and train local troops loyal to him, and Xu Ping started proudly by seizing a large amount of baggage from the governor of Henan, and later relied on the continuous blood transfusion of the Jiangbei Army and the Zhili Army to expand the base area. In Xu Ping's plan, the new base area must be opened up after the capture of Kaifeng, and only by using the capture in Kaifeng can it be possible to open up a new base area on the basis of not affecting the existing army building.

However, Xu Ping couldn't convince Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng had never managed any base land well, and Niu Jinxing was also poor, they felt that as long as they could seize a piece of land, it was always good. Xu Ping now opposes all business models of killing chickens and eggs, and every time he seizes a piece of land, he will establish his own judicial and administrative system on it, and if there are hungry people, there will be relief, if there are public welfare undertakings such as water control and digging canals, there will also be funds and manpower for breaking into the camp.

Niu Jinxing and Xu Ping argued for a long time, but neither could convince the other party, but Li Zicheng saw that Xu Ping was so resolute, and his tone softened and did not force him to agree to his plan. Niu Jinxing saw that King Chuang was about to retreat again, and sighed secretly in his heart, so he had to make a gesture of compromise: "The brothers of several battalions under King Chuang are almost out of food, if Brother Xu must not agree to them going to Jiangbei, then what should they do?" ”

"They can eat in Kaifeng Mansion, and by the way, they can also besiege Kaifeng with my army," Xu Ping has been supplying a large amount of grain and grass to King Chuang's headquarters during this time, as long as King Chuang does not insist on going to Nanjing to destroy his and Sun Kewang's plan, Xu Ping is very willing to continue to supply, and unlike Sun Kewang, Xu Ping thinks this should be: "If Brother Sun is rich, I think he is also very willing to transport it here, and there is still a lot of grain in Xuzhou, that is, I estimate that it is almost enough this year." ”

"But after all, it's trouble...... Niu Jinxing continued to complain, although Xu Ping allocated materials, but the income of these counties must be handed over to Xuzhou, and once Kaifeng or Xu Ping's battalions need it, Xuzhou will of course first meet these close troops.

"That's what the military advisor said." Although Xu Ping resolutely did not agree to invade Nanjing, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's troops did have a much worse time than Xu Sun and Li Alliance, and Xu Ping was not unaware of these circumstances, if he blindly turned a blind eye, it was not conducive to the unity of friendly forces, and Xu Ping also thought that he was also obliged to other camps, so he was still the second place in the nominal camp: "In this way, I will first allocate Dengfeng County to the military division, and after taking Kaifeng, I will successively allocate other counties to the military division." Xu Ping said that Dengfeng's output will be at the disposal of Niu Jinxing from now on, and he will also hand over the right to appoint and remove officials in this county, if Niu Jinxing wants to use Xu Ping, he will stay, if Niu Jinxing has other arrangements, he will be transferred back to Xuzhou to make other arrangements: "If the government affairs in Luoyang are not smooth, the king may as well hand over several counties to me, and when Kaifeng is rich, I will follow the rules of Kaifeng here." ”

Xu Ping said that he would return it to Niu Jinxing after the government affairs were done well, and Li Zicheng said that it was okay, and it was time to exchange it.

After talking about these military affairs, Xu Ping saw that it was not early in the sky outside, and said to Li Zicheng: "King, don't you still want to inspect and exchange?" The end is expected to start soon. ”

Taking advantage of the opportunity for Xu Ping to leave first, Niu Jinxing grabbed Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, didn't you really want to hand over the counties around Luoyang to Brother Xu just now, right?" ”

"What's wrong, anyway, we are far less business than Brother Xu here." Li Zicheng planned like this, government affairs made him feel a headache, coupled with the prison criminal law, Li Zicheng was always dizzy by these miscellaneous things. Seeing that Niu Jinxing's face was about to change, Li Zicheng, who knew his psychology well, comforted: "Didn't Brother Xu say that he would return it to you?" ”

"King, it's easy to give away this thing, but it's hard to get it back, just like Brother Xu, the name of the general, when he was given to him at the beginning, it was just a word, now the king, can you still get it back?" Niu Jinxing saw a disapproving look on Li Zicheng's face, for fear that the other party would not listen to his advice: "Even if Brother Xu returns it, he can't give it to him, King, Brother Xu has already mastered the military power, and he can't leave everything to him." "If you don't do it well, the problem is that Xu Ping is doing quite well here, and Niu Jinxing is even more worried. Last time Xu Ping asked Li Zicheng to surround Kaifeng and fight the new army by himself, Niu Jinxing was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, he felt that at least nominally Li Zicheng had to give orders, even if it was actually a separate command, it couldn't be so conspicuous: "This time to attack Kaifeng, and if the new army comes again, the king, you must stand in the middle army and give orders, even if it is all the orders drafted by Brother Xu, you have to read it...... For such a big matter as exchanging people for food, Brother Xu didn't say anything about discussing it with us in advance......"

Niu Jinxing was still chattering about some things that needed attention, but at this time, Xu Ping returned to the camp tent and reported that the preliminary work was properly arranged, and waited for Li Zicheng to go to review.

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The Liu Gang family in Kaifeng City, today is another day of life and death, because this time it is their turn to leave the family. After several trade-offs, Liu Gang's parents finally ruthlessly handed over a daughter to the government in order to keep their daughter-in-law, youngest son and another daughter. Liu Gang's mother hugged her daughter and cried all night, and after dawn, the girl kowtowed to her parents for the last time, and then resigned herself to her burden and prepared to leave home to report to the government.

Liu Gang's mother prepared a few pieces of clothes for her daughter who was about to leave home, and gave her a piece of jewelry to hide close to her, so that she could take it out and use it to save her life in a crisis. Although she knows that her daughter will go goodbye indefinitely and be unlucky, her parents can at least talk about masturbation, after all, it is not a dead end, after all, it is accepted by the government for food instead of being used as food.

As a die-hard in the Kaifeng garrison, Liu Gang has always been appreciated by the peak. When he asked for leave to see off his sister yesterday, his boss not only agreed, but also comforted him with kind words. Today he silently led the way in front, while his sister followed behind without saying a word. After walking to the open area where the city was gathered, the girl looked at the people who had gathered together and hung their heads, gritted her teeth and said to Liu Gang: "Big brother, I'll go here." ”

Liu Gang lowered his head and did not speak. The younger sister sighed lightly and walked over to report her name to the officer. Liu Gang raised his head and saw his sister carrying a small burden, slowly walking towards the crowd step by step.

The grief-stricken Liu Gang stood in the distance and watched his sister walk towards the crowd, feeling as if there were several daggers poking in his heart, although there were still a thousand words to explain to this little sister who had never been out of the house, but he had completely lost the courage to speak. Since the family decided to hand over the girl, it was difficult for the whole family to face her gaze.

The people gathered in the open space were glazed over, most of their relatives were as sad as Liu Gang, and the crowd of people who saw them off occasionally let out low sobs, but no one would pull their relatives back at this last moment, because the governor of Henan strictly ordered those who resisted to be beheaded and the whole family was involved. The only thing that can make the people feel a little relieved is that after all, they are not sent to slaughter but out of the city, and although there is little hope, they may have a chance to survive.

When Miss Liu walked to the side of the team, several Bianjun soldiers on patrol looked her up and down, and one of them asked with a smile, "Where is the little lady?" Your family is really ruthless. ”

Saying that, the soldier reached out to pull Miss Liu, and watched her dodge in a hurry, and several other soldiers of the Bianjun Army let out a burst of laughter, and a soldier shouted: "Don't frighten this little lady, she is still a yellow flower girl." ”

"Come on, come on, little lady, don't stand in this team." Several soldiers blocked Miss Liu's way, took her aside, and said with a hippie smile: "Little lady, you come this way with me." ”

When Miss Liu screamed, Liu Gang had already rushed forward, pulled his sister behind him, and yelled at the Bianjun soldier, "What are you going to do? ”

Many of these Bianjun who were in charge of escorting were guards at the city gate, and one of them also knew Liu Gang. They were stunned for a moment after seeing Liu Gang's flushed face. At this time, Miss Liu hid behind her brother and shivered, Liu Gang opened his arms to cover his sister behind his back, and asked angrily, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Liu Tou'er," the soldier who knew Liu Gang put away the smile on his face, walked over to greet him, and asked with his fists folded, "This is Liu Tou'er, your sister?" ”

"Yes." Liu Gang said indignantly, looking at the soldiers vigilantly.

Several Bianjun soldiers glanced at each other and said with some embarrassment: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." ”

They got out of the way and said to Miss Liu, "Little lady Liu, go in." ”

Liu Gang turned around, and his sister was holding the corner of his clothes, and her eyes were full of tears. Liu Gang said with difficulty: "Sister cherishes, I will definitely go to find you in the future, I will definitely go." ”

A group of people climbed the city wall like walking corpses, and one by one they went down to the outside of the city in baskets. Liu Gang watched his sister's figure disappear from the wall, turned around and walked towards his post with heavy steps. A few brothers who knew each other came to say hello, and they also had a group of people who were about to be taken out of the city. Liu Gang saw that some of the brothers were leading the gathered people up the city wall, and several young girls were left under the city to be guarded by the Bianjun.

Liu Gang stared at the frightened girls for a moment, then pointed to them and asked a brother, "What's the matter with these people?" ”

"They're the ones who just handed them over from the city." The soldier who was asked looked at Liu Gang with a smile: "Which one does Liu Tou'er fall into?" ”

Liu Gang looked at his colleagues and asked suspiciously, "Aren't they going to hand over food to the traitors outside the city in exchange?" ”

"You don't need to change everything, it's not too late to change if you don't have enough food to eat," one soldier explained to Liu Gang, his eyes still rolling over the shivering girls as he spoke: "The governor Yamen sent an order last night, we can keep half of the women, or exchange the people in the women's camp for one by one." ”

After receiving the order, the defenders handed over the military prostitutes in the women's camp one after another, and replaced the girls of these common people's families with the women's camp of the Bianjun. Liu Gang suddenly understood what those defenders were going to do to his sister just now, and he couldn't help but be afraid of it, he looked at his shameless colleagues, and scolded them loudly: "Evil, they will be mothers in the future, don't you also have sisters?" ”

Liu Gang's questioning made the other Bianjun soldiers stunned, and a few people couldn't help but bow their heads. The Bianjun soldier who was facing Liu Gang also had young female dependents at home, and he had also talked to Liu Gang about the fate of his family worriedly in the past. But today he didn't show any regret or shame because of Liu Gang's words, but categorically retorted: "Other people don't treat my sister as a human being, so why should I care about other people's sisters?" ”

Although the soldier said this, the expression on his face was mixed with pain and hatred, and today his family was also forced to hand over a loved one. Liu Gang once again remembered what happened to his little sister, he let out a long sigh and couldn't say anything anymore. Another soldier of the Bianjun army accosted him beside him: "The governor said that if you want to hate, you will hate the thieves outside the city, and anyway, people will never end well in their hands." ”

"Yes," the other Bianjun soldiers nodded in agreement, repeating the propaganda of the Henan Governor Yamen in order to justify their crimes:

"It won't end well anyway, so why let the thief drink the soup?"

"One person exchanged ten stones of grain, and the thief did not say that he must be a woman from a good family."

"The governor said," the soldiers became more and more reasonable, and one of them repeated aloud Gao Mingheng's original words in the announcement: "Rewarding the soldiers who defend the city with these women is called turning useless things into useful things." ”

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