Pattern, a person's pattern is the most indispensable thing on his successful route.

Li Chaosheng is determined to be in the world, and his goal is to lead all Han people to become the most powerful nation in this era, so his vision is not limited to the gains and losses of one government and one county, but the whole world.

Because of this, Li Chaosheng jumped out of the limit to look at the problem, and what he finally got was the advantage of overlooking the overall situation, with this advantage, he would not be limited to the small profits in front of him, and he could use all beings in the world as chess pieces and let all beings work for themselves.

It's like poor Zhang Xianzhong, who thinks he has taken a big advantage, but in fact he is just a humble chess piece.

Zhang Xianzhong plundered in Hubei, killed people and set fires, plundered the wealth of the landlord class, persecuted yeoman farmers, and persecuted tenant farmers, while Li Chaosheng watched quietly and watched Zhang Xianzhong clean up the landlord class in Hubei, take away people and wealth, and leave Li Chaosheng's favorite land.

It doesn't matter how many wars, how many killings, whether it's floods, droughts, or everything that can be seen by a torch, it doesn't matter, because these are all insignificant to this land.

Because as long as the land is there, the descendants of Yan and Huang can plant another prosperous era from this land.

Therefore, the land is the most valuable treasure of this land.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong's search for Hubei, for Li Chaosheng, was just to wipe a piece of white paper full of disgusting paintings again, leaving enough blank space for himself to redraw a splendid picture of rivers and mountains.

Zhang Xianzhong wantonly looted Hubei, causing the people of Hubei to boil, and suddenly he made his mass base stink, whether it was the scholar class who was in charge of public opinion, or the peasant class who could not eat, they hated Zhang Xianzhong to the core, and Zhang Xianzhong became synonymous with crime in the hearts of the people of Hubei almost in the shortest possible time.

Because of this, the whole of Hubei is now completely chaotic, and hundreds of people have fled the famine, either going into the mountains, or running to Kuimen and Tongqian Pass, because when they get here, they are safe.

Lantian territory Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to make trouble, not only because of Lantian's prestige, but more importantly, there is a heavily armed brigade in Lantian, if you want to threaten this brigade, at least tens of thousands of volunteers are needed, and now Zhang Xianzhong's righteous army is tens of thousands of people, all thrown here, his grand cause is not wanted?

Therefore, the current situation in Hubei is very harmonious, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses are frantically oppressing the people, while Lantian is frantically accepting the displaced people, for a time the people of Hubei have only three choices, or stay in place to accept Zhang Xianzhong's exploitation, slaughter, and oppression.

Either run to Kuimen, Tongqian Pass, and run here, whether you are a landlord or an ordinary person, Zhang Xianzhong's people will not chase anymore.

Of course, there is a third option, and it is also the largest number of choices, that is, to find a deep mountain and old forest to hide, Zhang Xianzhong wants food, money, and population is still secondary, so most of the places Zhang Xianzhong attacked are county seats or villages along the way, if you enter the mountains, Zhang Xianzhong really doesn't have the time to hide and seek with you, find where you are.

In troubled times, everyone is competing to be chess players, and the people are chess pieces, the most humble chess pieces, there is no way because this is the eternal truth, the people are suffering, and the people are suffering.

Hubei is a piece of chickens and dogs, but the imperial court can't control these anymore, now all the energy of the imperial court is focused on Henan, compared to Li Zicheng's ferocity, Zhang Xianzhong can only be regarded as a small fight, what Li Zicheng did in the eyes of the imperial court, can be countless times more dangerous than Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong is more like a bandit, it is still the same old, there is no rebellion program, so the impact is limited.

And Li Zicheng is organized and has slogans, one sentence: eat her mother, drink her mother, King Chuang came and did not pay food, how many people were affected, and he really responded to every call in Henan, and the followers were like clouds.

Moreover, Li Zicheng is also an old rogue with many years of experience in rebellion, and while frantically gathering the homeless, he can also quickly give full play to the combat effectiveness of the homeless, instantly turning the landless peasants into the lowest-level soldiers, and then cooperate with these old thieves under his command, and the combat effectiveness exerted is very amazing.

On the land of Henan, where the defense is empty, gallop at will.

And Yang Sichang was frantically rushing to this land at this time, and he was really anxious, because he had received urgent reports from Liu Hanmin, the prefect of Xuzhou, several times in the past few days.

But in this era, most of the marches rely on feet, there are no trucks, trains and high-speed trains transport troops, and it is really not easy to enter Henan from Hubei.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

On the border of Henan, Yang Sichang coughed and opened the military newspaper, only to see that the military newspaper was an 800-mile rush from Liu Hanmin, the prefect of Henan, and Li Ruyun, a general of Xuzhou.

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Mentor Briefing:

100,000 urgent, the thieves entered the east of Xuzhou 60 miles on the 9th, killed the local county commander, the county Cheng, and the county lieutenant, opened the local granary, and coerced thousands of people, Xuzhou was in an emergency, and Li Ruyun, the general of Xuzhou of our army, led 3,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters, and had set off to prepare to meet the thief Li Zicheng in Zhangjiadian, 30 miles east of Xuzhou.

However, the army of thieves is 400,000, and the morale of our soldiers is low, and it all depends on the leadership of General Li Ruyun alone, I am afraid that it will not be long before the superintendent sends reinforcements immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to defend Xuzhou, and it will be difficult to defend Xuzhou!

"Ahem......"

Looking at this eight-hundred-mile urgency, Yang Sichang coughed desperately, followed by looking up at the military advisor beside him and said, "Where is Herenlong?" ”

Hearing this, the military advisor said: "I just received the news from the He Renlong Division, they are traveling under the stars and nights, desperate to hurry, but the road is really far away, I'm afraid it will take three days to reach Xuzhou!" ”

"Three days! cough cough cough ......"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang's cough became even heavier, and the military advisor hurriedly went over, and saw Yang Sichang take the handkerchief covering his mouth, and when he opened it, he saw that the handkerchief was full of blood.

"Master Overseer, Master Overseer!

The military advisor was very nervous, Yang Sichang waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, cough cough...... Contact He Renlong and order him to speed up the march, and he must rush to Xuzhou before the thieves take Xuzhou City, otherwise it will be too late. ”

When the military advisor heard this, he said: "Master Inspector, I'm afraid it's too late, even if he doesn't eat, drink or sleep during the three-day journey, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch up with Xuzhou." ”

"Ahem...... If you can't catch up, you have to rush, at least you have to rush into Xuzhou before the thieves enter Xuzhou City, Xuzhou General Li Ruyun built the first line of defense outside Xuzhou, even if the thieves want to break this line of defense, it will take a day, in addition to Xuzhou City Gao, as long as the prefect leads the people of the city to resist, it is enough to support until He Renlong's department arrives, He Renlong arrives, as long as it supports for two more days, our large army will arrive, so even if he Li Zicheng has a lot of soldiers and horses, we can also fight a protracted battle with Li Zicheng in Xuzhou. ”

"The thief can't last long, if we bite Li Zicheng, after a long time, the thief army will naturally collapse, and we can get the support of the Ming state capital, one side and the other, we can win this battle."

Hearing this, the military advisor said: "What the superintendent said is extremely true, if it is as the superintendent said, there is no need to be afraid of the thief." ”

"Ahem, ahem...... So whether we can stop Li Zicheng in Xuzhou now is the key to whether we can win. ”

Yang Sichang said, the military advisor heard this and said: "Don't worry, Master Inspector, I will send someone to deliver a message to He Renlong, and rush to Xuzhou at all costs, but Lord Inspector, no matter how fast it is, I'm afraid it will take a day and a half, can he Xuzhou stand up to this day and a half?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang was silent, and said for a long time: "Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven." ”

……

June 10, 13th year of Chongzhen.

Lantian County Government, Li Chaosheng's office.

Li Chaosheng is reading a person's report, Ningxia Governor Ma Shoujiang, this is a report sent by Li Dingguo, the content of the report is very simple, that is, their Guizhou party has already hit Ningxia, and Ningxia Governor Ma Shoujiang's person Li Dingguo and his party don't know how to deal with it.

Ma Shoujiang himself is a Hui person, and he is also a famous family among the Hui people, and what is even more unusual is that he actually entered the government by imperial examination.

You must know that the Hui regard the practice of martial arts as a 'holy line', so the practice of martial arts in the Hui is very prosperous, so the military power of the Hui is very strong, and later after the Hui slowly incorporated into China, the imperial court also needs them to enter the official ranks, but the Hui people generally choose martial arts.

Since Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, there has been the birth of Hui generals, but the Hui people have really integrated into the political arena since the Yuan Dynasty, the number of Hui people has increased, and they have slowly integrated into Chinese culture, and began to participate in Chinese scientific examinations, but there are not many people in the middle of the lift.

And Ma Shoujiang is an example, although he is a Hui nationality, but he has studied with the Han master since he was a child, and when he was thirty years old, he was a high school jinshi, and later, by chance, plus his identity, he returned to Ningxia to serve as a county commander, Tongzhi, prefect and other officials.

Because of his incorruptibility, he has an excellent reputation in the local area, and he is the identity of the Hui nationality, and the Hui people do not have any rejection of it, so it can be said that the official reputation in Ningxia is very good.

And Li Dingguo said that he was an honest official, with Hai Rui as his life mentor, so he lived a very poor life, but his reputation was very high, for such a person, Li Dingguo did not know how to deal with it, whether to kill, or how, if he was killed, I am afraid it would provoke local people's uprising.

Li Chaosheng looked at the report, his expression became solemn, although Li Chaosheng didn't want to use the old bureaucrats, but people like Ma Shoujiang must be activated, and they must be taken seriously, and they can't be taken lightly.

You must know that Ningxia is different from other places in the Ming Dynasty, and the population here is dominated by the Hui people, so if all Han officials are used here, it is not right, after all, any ethnic group is xenophobic, if all Han officials are used here, it is very likely that there will be no real public sentiment heard here.

After thinking about it, Li Chaosheng wrote: "To clean up all hostile forces in Ningxia, we must pay attention to Ma Shoujiang, and the position of Ningxia prefect remains unchanged, and it is still held by Ma Shoujiang, and the forces below the prefect are held by Lantian officials." ”

Li Chaosheng quickly wrote down the instructions, Li Chaosheng had just finished writing here, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Gu Zi walking in with the information, Li Chaosheng said: "What is the information?" ”

Gu Zi said: "Henan's." ”

"Oh, Li Zicheng is doing it again?"

Li Chaosheng asked, and Gu Zi heard this: "Today's noon matter." ”

Li Chaosheng heard the words and said, "Well, read it and listen to it." ”

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded, followed by the intelligence reading: "At noon today, Li Zicheng led the army to attack Xuzhou, and met with the three thousand men and horses of the headquarters led by Xuzhou General and Xu Ruyun in Zhangjiadian, thirty miles east of Xuzhou, and the battle situation can be called tragic. ”

"Because Li Zicheng led an army of 100,000 to attack this time, and Li Ruyun only had 3,000 soldiers and horses, people were panicked before the war, Li Ruyun relied on his identity as a general, plus his usual prestige to be able to suppress his command, but when Li Zicheng's 100,000 army arrived, looking at the nearly 30-fold gap, Li Ruyun's command directly mutinied, and before the war started, everyone ran out."

"Our people saw that at that time, the entire Ming army array, only Li Ruyun rode a war horse and a flag with a big Li character written on it, Li Zicheng laughed when he saw this, and ordered someone to surrender this person, but Li Ruyun was like a fire, although there was only one person, one horse and one knife left, he still did not surrender, and finally rode his own horse, and rushed to Li Zicheng alone, and met Liu Zongmin, the general under Li Zicheng, and the two fought ten times and were cut off the horse."

Li Chaosheng listened to Gu Zi's words and muttered for a while: "This general Li Ruyun is a good man, although he has only fought with Liu Zongmin for ten rounds, and his ability is not good, but this spirit of forgetting life and death is still commendable." ”

Gu Zi nodded and said: "Liu Zongmin's strength is also very strong, even if he fights against our army, without the use of firearms, no one except Brother Mengzi dares to say that he can win this fight." ”

Li Chaosheng nodded, and followed Gu Zi and said, "There is still information here in the county, do you want to read it?" ”

Li Chaosheng said: "Read, when did you learn to gasp." ”

After saying this, Gu Zi said: "This is the intelligence of Xuzhou City, Li Ruyun died in battle, and the news that the soldiers under his command fled without a fight soon spread to Xuzhou City, after the prefect Liu Hanmin got the news, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, packed up the softness, and left directly with the servants and guards, Xuzhou City, and when Li Zicheng arrived, the soldiers of Xuzhou City were taken without blood. ”

"And after Li Zicheng captured Xuzhou, he ordered to change Xuzhou to Junping Prefecture this afternoon, and the army sent four routes, respectively to take Shangqiu, Bozhou, Runingfu, and Yuzhou, and when these four states are all taken, you can seal the reinforcements from the south of Henan, and then you can concentrate on devouring Luoyang."

Li Chaosheng listened to Gu Zi's military report, and his expression became solemn and said: "Li Zicheng's snowball is getting bigger and bigger, Chongzhen sent Yang Sichang to fight the fire, now Xuzhou is lost, Yang Sichang is equivalent to half of the failure, and now Yang Sichang has no springboard for Xuzhou, and he was directly cut off from Luoyang by Li Zicheng, and he will not be able to fight in the next battle." ”