Since Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty changed Yingzhou to Zhengzhou, to this dynasty, Zhengzhou is subordinate to Kaifeng Prefecture, with jurisdiction over Xingyang, Xingze, Heyin and Bishui, although it is not Zhili Prefecture, but it is also a large town in Henan. This time, Huang Yiqing had 30,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang, but Zhang Baochen himself had less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and what these 20,000 people really had to defend was not Zhengzhou, but Kaifeng. Half of the rest of the soldiers and horses were transferred to the border with Jiangsu to intercept Zhanchen.

And Zhanhuai came from the northwest, and it was only three months before and after, which was completely unexpected by Zhang Baochen, you must know that they fought with the official army, and it took two years to fully occupy Henan. Although his current strength in Henan is far less than the deployment of the imperial court back then, his soldiers are fought in battles, and his style is ruthless, and Zhanhuai clearly wants to turn south from Henan and join Zhanchen, just like Zhanhuai bypassing the Jiahai army, Zhanjia wants to fight the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, they rely on their status and advantages in the army for many years, while fighting with the official army of the imperial court, using the prisoners of the official army to expand the army, and they will not focus on the side of the Taiping Society for the time being.

It is precisely because he has already made a decision in advance that Zhang Baochen thinks that Zhanhuai will not call so soon. When he reacted, it was too late, and he could only increase Huang Yiqing's troops in a hurry, but he didn't expect Huang Yiqing to be smart and actually wanted to catch Huo Roufeng over, but as a result, stealing chickens and rice was lost, and thousands of people were lost.

But once Zhanhuai occupied Luoyang, Henan lost three percent of its land.

Zhang Baochen had no choice but to send another 10,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce him.

Although I knew before that Zhanhuai was divided into three ways, Huo Roufeng led the women's battalion to Yiyang, Zhanhuai led the troops to Ruzhou, and Xue Sheng led the troops to Luoyang, but now Huang Yiqing's army has just suffered a big defeat, and the army's heart is shaken, although they already know the other party's strategy, this battle is still not easy to fight.

In the past six months, Zhang Baochen has been in Zhengzhou, not as speculated outside that he will be in Kaifeng, the Central Plains Marquis Mansion of the previous dynasty is in Zhengzhou, the ancestral home of the Central Plains Marquis is Zhengzhou, and he did not enter Beijing after being knighted, and has been living in his hometown. The Central Plains Marquis Mansion covers an area of 500 acres, the specifications are comparable to the Beijing Palace, Zhang Baochen took a fancy to this place, and simply blasted out the descendants of the Central Plains Marquis and occupied this mansion.

Zhang Baochen's wife is also from the Taiping Society, known as Shuangdao Liu Wuniang. After Zhang Baochen's uprising, he received two concubines, they are sisters, they are all daughters of the eunuch family, one is called Xue Niang, the other is called Li Niang, their father is the same knowledge of Nanyang Mansion, after the city was broken, the whole family was captured, his father committed suicide, and the two sisters were quietly brought to the side by Zhang Baochen, and the beautiful name was to be a maid for Liu Wuniang, in fact, they all took the house within a few days.

Liu Wuniang was very angry, and took the opportunity to ask him for a quota of two thousand households, and gave it to her two cousins, claiming that if Zhang Baochen didn't give it, she would spread the matter and spread it to Mr. Lan's ears at that time, so that Zhang Baochen couldn't eat and walked around.

In Zhang Baochen's eyes, although Liu Wuniang has been licking blood with him for more than ten years, she is also a dominatrix, where can she compare to the two concubines from Miss Qianjin. Liu Wuniang doesn't just want two thousand household places, just give it to her.

This matter went unexpectedly well, Liu Wuniang took two places, moved out of the Central Plains Hou Mansion happily, and took his subordinates and two cousins to Anyang to set up his own door.

The women in the rivers and lakes have their own way of survival, Liu Wuniang and Zhang Baochen are good at gathering and dispersing, each has their own take, but externally they are still husband and wife, which has long passed the clear road in front of Mr. Lan, and it cannot be easily changed.

Zhang Baochen was upset today, and he didn't let the two concubines serve at night, and sat in the study by himself.

At the beginning, Mr. Lan chose him to cause trouble, and he was grateful to Dade, at that time, it was when Cui Niangzi lost contact and Xie Sicheng's whereabouts were unknown, so he accepted it very calmly.

At the beginning, it was not smooth, but fortunately, half of the officers and soldiers suffered from typhoid fever, so that he won the defeat and gradually gained a firm foothold.

But not long ago, there was an accident in the capital, and the Taiping Society became the target of public criticism, and the imperial court almost used all its strength to exterminate the Taiping Society, and Xie Sicheng led the Tartars into the customs at this time, in the eyes of Mr. Lan, it is bound to compare him with Xie Sicheng again.

One is his own son who has been carefully cultivated, and the other is just a veteran who founded the association in his early years, and it is conceivable who is light and who is important.

Now that the army of the Zhan family is pressing, if Mr. Lan wants to use the power of the Tartars, he only needs to rebuild with Xie Sicheng's father and son, which is not difficult for Mr. Lan, but what about him? What about his military powers?

Therefore, Luoyang can't be lost, and Kaifeng can't be lost, otherwise he will be useless in the eyes of Mr. Lan.

Although he now has heavy troops, he still doesn't dare to disobey Mr. Lan, and even Liu Wuniang uses Mr. Lan to suppress him.

More than a dozen generals under him are all Mr. Lan's people, although on the surface everyone is a good brother who looks like each other, but as long as Mr. Lan speaks, they can immediately point their knives at him.

The more Zhang Baochen thought about it, the more upset he became, and he really wanted to have a way to let him break free from the predicament.

He even admired Xie Sicheng a little, he was able to secretly put Cui Niangzi together, turned against Mr. Lan, and left the Tartars alone, and now he is coming back with the Tartar army, this courage is admirable.

The Central Plains Hou Mansion covers a vast area, although it has been separated by more than 200 years, but this mansion has never been idle, after Zhang Baochen occupied the house, he dismissed the previous subordinates, Liu Wuniang took away a group of people when he left, and now there are only more than 20 people in the huge mansion, and at night, it looks a little gloomy.

Although the window was open, Zhang Baochen still felt stuffy, so he simply slapped shirtless, shook the fan and stood under the verandah to enjoy the coolness.

He was born in a reckless manner, and Mr. Lan took a fancy to him daring to fight, which brought him into the Taiping Society. Although he has been a master of incense under Mr. Lan for many years, his nature in his bones cannot be changed. Knowing that Mr. Lan likes Xie Sicheng's style, but he can't learn it, even if he is in front of people, it is still his old habit to return home.

Sure enough, it is still the most comfortable to be bare-chested, Zhang Baochen let out a long sigh of relief, shook the big pu fan in his hand, and the depression in his heart was also relieved a lot.

Suddenly, he heard a creak, a small sound that he would not have heard it if it had not been for the silence of the house.

Zhang Baochen felt that when he looked around, there was nothing.

He immediately shouted, "Someone! ”

The two guards came out of the shadows, Zhang Baochen made a look, and the two immediately ran towards the place where the sound came from.

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