Although the Spring Festival was approaching, Li Xingzhi still decided to return to Leiden as soon as possible, after all, it took more than half a year to go to Jingbei Army this time, and he was also a little worried about the safety of Leiden's base camp.

On December 24, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Jingbei Army decided to return to the division, in order to travel lightly, Li Xingzhi threw all the weapons captured this time to Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, who came to besiege Zhang Xianzhong, and also gave more than 800 heads to the Sichuan general soldier Zeng Rongrong.

Shao Jiechun and Zeng Rongrong were overjoyed, with this batch of seizures and heads, they could completely exaggerate the number of thieves to ten or even twenty times, as for the prisoners, catch some homeless people to make up the number.

Of course, the life or death of the homeless people, the high-ranking Shao Buyuan and Zeng Dashuai will not care at all.

What they care about is that with the merit of defeating nearly 10,000 enemies and killing 1,000 in battle, what rewards the court will have and how much the power in their hands will increase.

In order to thank Peng Laibo for his great kindness, Shao Jiechun specially transferred nearly 100 transport ships from Kuimen to facilitate the Jingbei Army to go down the river.

With this batch of ships, the troops and horses and mules collected this time can be loaded and set off.

On the first day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, after briefly spending the Spring Festival with Shao Jiechun, the Jingbei Army boarded the ship at Wanyuan Ferry, preparing to transfer from the Han River to Kuimen and enter the Yangtze River to trace the east of the Yangtze River, and return to Leiden.

Xiangyang, the superintendent!

The second assistant of the Ming Cabinet, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has been restless since Zuo Liangyu entered Sichuan.

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong entered Sichuan at the same time, although there were nearly 40,000 military horses left behind in Yunyang, but his own family knew his own affairs, and these soldiers and horses were more than enough to defend the city.

"Zuo Liangyu's light troops are adventurous, I'm afraid that this battle may not be able to break the thief in one fell swoop, if the thief and Luo Rucai return to kill us one of them, how can this be good?"

In the Xingyuan Flower Hall, Yang Sichang worriedly questioned Wan Yuanji, the new governor of Huguang, Song Yiniao and others.

"Ge Lao, there is no doubt about employing people, no suspicious people, Zuo Shuai is determined to forge ahead, and the lower officials think that Ge Lao should please make him a general of the Ping Thief, so Zuo Shuai will die for Ge Lao."

Wan Yuan Ji knew that Yang Sichang was a little dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu's opposition to his decision-making before, and in his opinion, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai would not return to the barren Yunyang at this time, after all, Yunyang had no food to feed the army, and it was impossible for the peasant army to transfer to Huguang after the summer harvest.

"Director Wan's words are wrong, the general of the thief is a national famous weapon, An Neng can easily confer the title, the lower officials think that after this battle, when the appropriate candidates are determined according to the merits of each general, He Renlong has won many battles, and the battle of the Gryan is not an army, and the credit is no worse than Zuo Liangyu."

Song Yiniao's real name is Song Yihe, in order to avoid Yang Sichang's father Yang He's ridicule, he actually changed his name to Song Yiniao, under his undisciplined sycophancy, Yang Sichang then asked the court for an order, so that he took over the position of Fang Kongzhao, the former governor of Huguang.

Now that he hugged Yang Sichang's thigh, Song Yihe naturally spared no effort to support this grace who could give him a chance to be promoted.

Zuo Liangyu is unruly, and he dares to question Yang Sichang's military order, then this general of the thief, the imperial court will have to consider it, He Renlong, fierce as a tiger is not unable to fight, Zuo Liangyu can give it, why can't they give it?

"The Song Ministry is reasonable, since the aid of the general soldier He Renlong came out of the division, he has won many battles, and he is naturally one of the candidates for the general of the Ping Thief, and this cabinet will see who can succeed? You are as fierce as a tiger again, and let him strictly guard the Yunyang portal to prevent the thief from returning to the teacher. ”

Song Yihe's remarks were very much in line with Yang Sichang's heart, and he was praised by Yang Sichang on the spot.

Although Yang Sichang is scheming and good at court battles, he still has a military level, and although the officers and troops in Yunyang are unbearable for field battles, they can block a few openings and hold them for ten days and eight days.

Just when Yang Sichang was actively deploying the Yunyang defense line, a warship went down the river to Xiangyang, and before the ship could land on the shore, it hit a dew cloth about one side of the hand, on which a huge portrait of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of the eight kings, was depicted.

"Penglaibo, the great victory of Agate Mountain, the main force of the Liukou who fled to Sichuan Province, forced the puppet king Zhang Xianzhong to death, and the Central Plains thief atmosphere disappeared!"

"Penglaibo, the great victory of Agate Mountain, the main force of the Liukou who fled to Sichuan Province, forced the puppet king Zhang Xianzhong to death, and the Central Plains thief atmosphere disappeared!"

Under the dew cloth, dozens of Shandong soldiers and soldiers shouted in unison with iron horns, and the officers and soldiers who defended the city looked sideways, and the people near the water gate also rushed to the head of Xiangyang City, and they were also shocked by this terrifying news.

"Hurry up and report to the elder, and you will soon follow the general to welcome the envoy of Penglaibo into the city."

Liu Shijie, the deputy commander of the Beijing battalion guarding Xiangyang, shouted again and again, since it was Li Xingzhi's good news, it was naturally impossible to fake, tens of thousands of Dongyu were not the opponents of the Shandong army, and there were only a few rogues, and Peng Laibo was not yet captured.

Suddenly!

Zheng Qian, the deputy general of the fourth town, who acted as the envoy of the victory, escorted the carriage carrying Zhang Xianzhong's body and got off the boat with a big stab, and went straight into the northern city of Xiangyang.

Zheng Qian was personally introduced by Liu Shijie to Yang Sichang, and after presenting Li Xingzhi's report, someone arranged for Zheng Qian and others to rest, but Liu Shijie was impatient to send the report to Yang Sichang.

"Chen Peng Laibo, Admiral Liaodong, Shandong Town Military Chief Officer Li Xingzhi played, Chongzhen 12 years or so about 15, the thief sneaked into the territory of Wanyuan from Dazhuling, the minister was ordered to guard Wanzhou, Wanyuan is also one of the Shandong military defense areas, so immediately sent the troops to Wanyuan closer, but the mountain road is rugged and difficult, the thief is treacherous and changeable, although there is a heart to suppress the thief, but I am afraid that the thief escapes!"

"Aid the general soldier Zuo Liangyu, brave as Guan Zhang, in pursuit of the thief, the light soldier for a day and a night, chasing the enemy for more than 150 miles, the same day into the territory of Wanyuan, the thief has no way to escape, rushed to the Agate Mountain, trying to stick to the mountain."

"Zuozhen knew the art of war very well, and his army was extremely short of food and straw after a long-distance attack, so it was advantageous to fight quickly, and when his army reached Onyx Mountain, he surrounded the mountain on all sides and stormed the southwest corner of Onyx Mountain."

"When the thief had no way to escape, he fought a decisive battle with the official army, in order to drum up the heart of the army and strengthen the courage of the army, Zuo Shuai and his son Zuo Mengeng rushed to kill, and attacked seven times in one day."

"Tong Chen's soldiers arrived, Zuo Shuai's army and horses have been killed nearly half, and his son Zuo Menggeng beheaded more than ten thieves such as the head of the thief and the king of Deng Tian, and finally died in battle.

"The situation of Manao Mountain is critical, the minister is afraid that the thief will take advantage of the situation to escape, so the overseer army continues to attack, the thief Kou has lost courage, only with the location of the Agate Mountain and the left town to hold each other, as soon as the army of the new force of my Shandong enters the battle, the thief will collapse, and when the minister rescued the left handsome, the left marshal died of serious injuries, and the minister also regretted that the court lost the talent of the pillars, so he ordered the various departments under his command to attack it, and the thief had no way to escape, and the hanging tree committed suicide, and the remaining thieves all surrendered."

"Yes, the minister beheaded 2,172 people, seized the thief's golden knife, gold stick, and his privately made jade seal gold book, and annihilated more than 20,000 people in the thief headquarters, this battle is the work of the left handsome father and son to block the enemy, please ask Your Majesty to level the thief general to award the grandson of the left marshal Zuo Yuan, with the whole Zuo Shuai father and son for the country's loyalty, now I would like to list the names and surnames of the meritorious soldiers under the ......title, and also ask Your Majesty to give grace to him, the minister Li Xingzhi respectfully asks Tian'an, long live my emperor Long live long live!"