"Qixian, Li Yan ......"

In the tent of the Chinese army, Chen Wang stared at the report in his hand about Henan Province, and his heart was shaken.

He is not unfamiliar with the name Li Yan, but anyone who has known about the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty will never be unfamiliar with Li Yan.

Because this person is the mastermind of Li Zicheng's forces.

It was precisely because of Li Yan's presence and admonition that Li Zicheng was able to quickly cheer up after the defeat.

Li Zicheng used Li Yan's strategy to open a warehouse to help the hungry, respect the virtuous and the virtuous, eliminate the mob and compassionate the people, prohibit the soldiers from committing adultery and killing, and collect people's hearts.

Hungry people from near and far are hoeing, and those who respond are like flowing water, day and night.

Li Zicheng and Henan called for millions, and then its momentum was unstoppable.

The famous folk song that has been passed down all over the world and is well known to future generations, King Yingchuang has also been circulating since then.

It's just that now, the ballad of welcoming the king is not welcoming the king, but has become welcoming the "king of faith".

"Seeking ascension in the morning and seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive recently."

"Open the door early and worship the king, and the discipline will be glad for all the big and small."

"Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine syrup, open the city gate to welcome the king, and the king will not pay for the food!"

King Xin is Li Yan himself.

Because of the influence caused by Chen Wang, Li Zicheng was not in Shangluo Mountain, which is at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan, but hid in Long'an Mansion in northern Sichuan, so naturally there was no opportunity to enter Henan Province, and Li Zicheng naturally did not have the opportunity to meet Li Yan.

And Li Yan's imprisonment and the Red Lady's robbery still happened.

Without the existence of Li Zicheng, the direction of things has undergone a major change.

Li Yan still changed his name to Li Yan, because he did not have the opportunity to meet Li Zicheng, so Li Yan is now a single battalion, self-established as the king, and calls himself the king of letters.

Chen Wang's expression was extremely solemn, and this military report from Henan made the situation that had gradually become clear once again chaotic.

Hu Zhili and Zhao Huailiang sat in the tent of the Chinese army.

Hu Zhili has been following Chen Wang since he was the head of Bai, while Zhao Huailiang has been following Chen Wang since Chunhua.

For such a long time, Chen Wang has always been confident.

The two of them rarely saw a look of uncertainty and jealousy on Chen Wang's face.

Even when King Qin went north and was about to face the Qing army, they did not have such a solemn expression on Chen Wang's face.

"Zhili."

After Chen Wang groaned for a while, he turned his head to look at Hu Zhili, who was sitting below.

"After the supervision office completed the deployment in Hanzhong and Yunyang, it shifted its main attention to Henan, and always paid close attention to all matters in Henan Prefecture, especially this Li Yan."

Chen Wang did not shy away from Zhao Huailiang, in fact, until now, whether it is Zhao Huailiang or Tang Shiping, they all know more or less in their hearts.

And they were already deeply trapped in it and couldn't extricate themselves, so they had to follow Chen Wang all the way.

Many people who are following Chen Wang are in this situation now, and no one takes the initiative to pierce this layer of window paper.

Hu Zhili's expression was slightly solemn, he was in charge of the Military Justice Department, in charge of the Supervision Office, and he was in charge of all the information, so he naturally knew where the direction of the current forces was.

Now Chen Wang's order is tantamount to choosing to weaken their control over the surrounding areas and shift their focus to Henan, which is somewhat unusual.

Since Chen Wang gave the order, Hu Zhili naturally did not refute it, although he had doubts in his heart, he still responded.

However, after Hu Zhili responded to the order, he still chose to ask.

"Why does the town attach so much importance to this Li Yan?"

In private, Hu Zhili and others call Chen Wang Brother Wang, but now that he is in the army, Zhao Huailiang is also there, so he is naturally called the head town.

This was Chen Wang's order, in order not to let the generals except Chen Hu and the two clans feel alienated.

If you are in charge of a town and a government, only the children of the Chen and Hu clans are more than enough.

But Chen Wangzhi is in the world, so it is naturally impossible to rely on the strength of only two families.

Hu Zhili's problem is also Zhao Huailiang's problem.

Zhao Huailiang was originally the commander of the Liao cavalry, Chen Wang used Chen Gong to lead the Liao cavalry, and Zhao Huailiang was later sent by Chen Wang to command the Fourth Infantry Thousand Headquarters.

After King Qin this time, Chen Gong was promoted to a general because of his merits and led a battalion alone, and the headquarters of the first cavalry was naturally handed over to Zhao Huailiang by Chen Wang.

Since Chunhua, Zhao Huailiang has been following Chen Wang for four years, and he can already be regarded as Chen Wang's descendants, and even his family members have been sent to live in the acropolis of Hanzhong Mansion.

Chen Wang knew that his decision was contrary to his previous decision, and it was normal for Hu Zhili to have such a problem.

But Chen Wang naturally couldn't answer, because Li Yan was the mastermind who helped Li Zicheng seize the world in history.

"The Qin soldiers entered Shaanxi, and the soldiers and horses of various towns in Nanzhili and other places gathered in the Ying and Huoshan areas, and Henan Province is now the most empty time."

"Li Yan was defeated in Kaifeng Mansion to suppress soldiers and horses, and the people in Henan were boiling because of this, and I am afraid that the shocking changes will only be overnight."

In the original history, after Li Zicheng was defeated, he led his troops into Henan and defeated Henan officers and soldiers.

The popular uprising in Henan was out of control, because of the lack of troops, many towns were broken.

The Red Lady broke Qi County at that time, which did not cause much sensation in Henan Province at that time, and Henan was busy dealing with Li Zicheng's threat at that time, so naturally it had no time to take care of the affairs of such a small county as Qi County.

But now the popular rebellion in Henan has been suppressed, and Li Zicheng did not enter Henan.

Most of the rogue bandits in Henan were exterminated by the Qin soldiers led by Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides who entered Henan.

The Red Lady led the troops to break through Qixian County, which was tantamount to thunder on the flat ground and earth-shattering.

As soon as he received the news, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, ordered the battalions in the towns in Henan Province to train their hands and suppress them.

Not long after the Qin soldiers left, there were thieves who jumped out to set off a storm, if they couldn't be curbed immediately, I was afraid that more chaotic people would follow suit.

If there is a situation of beacon fires everywhere because of this, then Li Xianfeng's entire governor of Henan will be able to do it.

Therefore, Li Xianfeng naturally spared no effort and sent soldiers and horses from all walks of life to attack together, and was bound to strangle the Qixian peasant army by thunderous means.

But now the result is that the 8,000 soldiers and horses were finally defeated by the Qixian peasant army led by Li Yan.

The Qixian peasant army was greatly boosted under the leadership of Li Yan.

"Although Li Yan temporarily defeated the soldiers and horses organized by Henan, there are still a lot of soldiers and horses in Henan Province, and they are only blocking the first wave now, so there should be no way to affect the overall situation, right?"

Zhao Huailiang frowned slightly, exchanged glances with Hu Zhili, and said thoughtfully.

Zhao Huailiang participated in many battles to suppress the Liukou, and he knew the strength and weakness of the Liukou.

In the early days of the popular uprising, the rogues were weak, backward in armament, and low in morale, but they only relied on the strength of the outnumbered people.

It took seven or eight years for the Shaanxi People's Revolution to develop, and then it gradually formed its fighting strength.

But until now, it has not been able to gain a foothold.

The Qixian peasant army led by Li Yan is just emerging, and it has no armament, no morale, and no environment.

Now that he has been strangled by the Henan Mansion, it is definitely more auspicious and less auspicious, and it will not last long at all.

The initial victory was just a fluke.

Chen Wang shook his head, Zhao Huailiang's thoughts are in line with most people's thoughts today.

"Most people think the same way as you."

"Because of this, I am sure that Henan will be chaotic......"

The deeper reason is because of Yang Sichang's letter to the tax increase.

Henan was extremely affected by the disaster this time, and the imperial court was weak in relief, and increased salaries, and even levies salaries in many disaster-stricken areas, which made the local areas more and more withered.

There is no revenue from the grain, but the tax is heavy.

The drought locusts in Henan, the Ming court is naturally clear, and Chongzhen did send people down to help.

But there are policies above, and there are policies below.

During the Apocalypse, as an emperor, the edicts issued were still useful, and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty still had a certain amount of power locally.

However, in the early days of his tenure, Chongzhen greatly weakened the power of the factory guards because of his credulity in civil officials, and at the same time abolished many regulations that could affect the local government.

Plus the officialdom that is now rampant with corruption.

This led to the fact that in the severely affected areas, the imperial court had sent ministers to provide relief and exempted taxes, but many state and county officials still collected taxes and did their best to loot.

The Ming court was in financial difficulties, and there was not much gold and silver for relief, and under the layers of exploitation, it was even less able to distribute it to the real place.

The reason why Henan now looks quite stable on the outside is that it has a calm atmosphere.

In fact, it is all because of the bullet pressure of a strong army.

And now the strong army with Zheng Chongjian's departure has entered the territory of Shaanxi.

This time, Li Yan defeated the vanguard army that went to suppress and gained a firm foothold in Qixian County.

"The reason why I say this is because the civil uprising in Qixian County this time is completely different from the civil uprising in Shaanxi."

Chen Wang put down the paperwork in his hand and turned his head to look at Hu Zhili and Zhao Huailiang.

"Although the Shaanxi civil uprising has lasted for a long time, it has been poisonous for thousands of miles, and it has been inexhaustible for a long time, because from the foundation, they are rogues, and they have always been rogues."

"What the Liukou thinks, surviving is the first thing, they have no fixed place, they are running around, they can abandon anything, as long as they survive."

"They plundered everywhere, did not produce, burned everywhere, and looked only for the present, not for the future."

"Even now, although they have changed a lot, they are still the same in essence, they still know how to fight, they only know how to fight, but they don't know anything else."

Chen Wang's voice was low, and his gaze fell back on the paperwork on the table.

"But Li Yan is different, Qi County is different, from the beginning, they are not rogue ......"

"Liukou, how can you shout the slogan of 'Juntian Exemption'?!"