The fall of Luoyang, in addition to the great improvement of the strategic situation of the invading army, also got some "unexpected joy".

First of all, King Fu's astonishing wealth, Li Yan himself couldn't believe that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when silver was still quite valuable, he actually copied nearly 300,000 taels of silver from the Fu Domain's mansion, which was already an astronomical amount for Li Yan.

What is the concept of 300,000 taels? During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the price of casting a Hongyi cannon was about 116 taels of silver, and a firecracker, even if it was of high quality, was only at the level of 3-4 taels, and 300,000 taels was the level of nearly 3,000 cannons......

The financial revenue greatly exceeded Li Yan's expectations, and the expansion of military strength also caught Li Yan by surprise.

Almost all of Wang Shaoyu's 4,000 people surrendered, except for a few stubborn ones who were wiped out, these people already resented Wang Shaoyu and Wang Yinchang's ruthlessness, and naturally threw themselves into the arms of the army without regrets.

Historically, Li Zicheng absorbed this batch of Ming troops, and Ren Jirong and others later even became the mainstay of Li Zicheng's main force, but now Li Yan took the lead in absorbing this batch of soldiers, and the quality was higher than that of the reserve army.

The number of the reserve army has jumped from more than 3,000 to nearly 7,000, and these are not those homeless people who do not know how to fight, they are real soldiers, although they may not be as elite as the family members, but they must not be bad.

Not to mention anything else, the four hundred firecrackers under Xie Yinglong's command are Li Yan's dreams, and now they are brought over by Xie Yinglong, Li Yan can't wait to carve him a medal with all gold.

The expansion of the number is still second, and there is a leap in armaments, Luoyang is an important town designated by Li Xianfeng to support the great cause of suppressing bandits in the north, and many ordnance are placed in it, and the reserve army is blinded when it opens Luoyang's arsenal.

There are nearly 2,000 sets of armor alone, and there are no less than 500 sets of first-class scale armor and cloth armor, and the others are some armor or leather armor, but those are also armor!

In addition to the armor, there are also fire guns, no less than a thousand fire guns were copied from the treasury, although the fish and dragons are mixed, there are both bird guns, fire guns, and three-eyed guns, and even three or four thunderbolts have been found, the quality is also uneven, but it is a lot more expensive.

More than 600 bows and arrows were copied, and the quality was considered to be excellent, and it was more than enough to arm an archer.

There is also artillery, the sixteen Hongyi cannons on the city wall Li Yan naturally laughed, and there were also artillerymen who laughed together, these soldiers with experience in operating artillery are all baby bumps, in addition to the Hongyi cannons, there are more than a dozen tiger squat cannons, dozens of Fulong machines, the number is so large that Li Yan himself can't digest it.

Until now, Li Yan finally understood why Li Zicheng had the confidence to open the seal after conquering Luoyang, and even had the courage to fight a field battle with Fu Zonglong after the defeat in the Battle of Kaifeng, and finally won the battle of Xiangcheng, which shows how much he won in Luoyang......

It's a pity that it's all Li Yan now.

Gao Yigong was also fascinated by this huge wealth, but he still had reason, and he said to Li Yan with a straight face: "I will be ordered by King Chuang to attack Luoyang, these things should be sealed, and we will dispose of them after King Chuang arrives in Luoyang." ”

Li Yan scoffed at Gao Yigong's idea, and he responded deservedly: "Old Gao, I understand what you mean, but the soldiers used their lives to get these ordnance and property, and now they have to be sealed, but I am afraid that the soldiers are unwilling, and the generals are not willing. ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Yigong heard Li Yan's words, and looked at him with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Whoever shoots down belongs to whom!" Li Yan just blocked Gao Yigong with a fluttering sentence.

After taking stock of the situation under his hands, Li Yan suddenly realized a delicate problem, now his level, if he wants money and money, he wants cannons, it seems to be ..... His own strength is not much worse than Li Zicheng's large army.

Although there are only 7,000 people now, and Li Zicheng has 30,000 people, as long as Li Yan is willing, such a large amount of silver, as well as the mountains of grain and grass that have not been copied from the Fuwang Mansion, can change tens of thousands of troops in Luoyang at any time, and when the time comes, he really does not need to be false Li Zicheng......

This is a dangerous idea, although Li Yan will not jump back, but he must not be absolutely loyal to Li Zicheng, he is more just speculative in the army, and now that his strength has expanded, he naturally has some other ideas, not to mention rebellion, at least I am qualified to become a force on an equal footing with Liu Zongmin and others!

Gao Yigong also seemed to see Li Yan's different demeanor from the past, and immediately stopped talking, he was the chief officer of the reserve army, and he was willing to serve the army, but he was still loyal to King Chuang, and under normal conditions, he still wanted to fight for the interests of the main camp as much as possible.

It's a pity that he doesn't count the current reserve army.

The initial power layout of the reserve army was that Zhang Hong supported Li Yan, Huang Jun and Hao Yongzhong supported Gao Yigong, and Li Laiheng was Li Jin's person, and in general, Gao Yigong had the advantage, but unfortunately, Gao Yigong had no desire for power, let alone fight for anything, which gave Li Yan a chance to see the stitches.

Of course, this is also the reason why Li Yan will join Gao Yigong in this team.

first bought Huang Jun, and would take Huang Jun to do anything big, and then focus on rewarding and promoting him, which made Huang Jun's position shake, not to mention completely biased towards Li Yan, at least he began to be neutral.

Then there is Wang Xueli and Guo Junzhen, Wang Xueli needless to say, from the day he entered the reserve army, his political spectrum was the die-hard "Li Party", Li Yan also reciprocated Li, and the resources were very inclined to him, even with Wang Jinbao and Jia Yan also stuffed in, these are all firm "Li Party" It can be said that the cavalry is the most loyal army to Li Yan.

And Guo Junzhen is different, he was born in the army, and Li Yan was retained, although he is not very interested in Li Yan and Gao Yigong now, but on the whole, he must be inclined to Li Yan, and he is also a potential "Li Party".

Now the situation is obvious, except for Hao Yongzhong, almost everyone is from Li Yan's side, although Li Laiheng is Li Jin's person, but Li Yan's aura is too big, he admires it in his heart, and it can be regarded as the spiritual Li Party, on the other hand, Gao Yigong, although it is the nominal general outpost, but in fact it has been hollowed out.

And Li Yan's wooing of Hao Yongzhong has begun, for example, let him go to the Fuwang Mansion, a place with oil and water, is this reason, Li Yan knows very well that Hao Yongzhong does not have the measure of loyalty, as long as the price is high enough, Hao Yongzhong will definitely work, in fact, Hao Yongzhong carried out his order without the slightest discount.

Obviously, now it is very clear in the reserve army who is the real person of the reserve army who is he and Gao Yigong, and I have to say that Li Zicheng originally arranged Gao Yigong to balance Li Yan is a bad move.

It is impossible for Li Yan to hand over what he has in hand, in fact, he is already arranging the transfer, he ordered people to empty a few houses, and began to transport silver and grain into it one after another, and at the same time he also ordered the excavation of cellars, and at the same time repaired and strengthened the city wall, he had no plan to let Li Zicheng enter the city at all!

On the one hand, Li Yan is actively working on these achievements and beginning to transform these results into his own strength, and on the other hand, he has also started another inconsequential, but very important activity, which has been an activity that has endured since ancient times: "infighting".

Li Yan is not a gentleman, he fought Luoyang to break the game, but now he finds that not only has he broken the game, but he also has a lot of ways to go, how can he let it go?

So on the second day after the fall of Luoyang City, Li Yan wrote to Li Zicheng non-stop, and said that he was successful, but he was actually going to Niu Jinxing.

This is a rather unkind letter.

First of all, Li Yan clarified the detailed process of the reserve army's capture of Luoyang, of course, concealed the existence of Ban Zhiwei, and then reported to Li Zicheng the situation of the arrested Ming court officials and vassal kings, as well as the number of Ming army officers and officials who surrendered.

Li Yan insisted on claiming: "The so-called Fu Fan and Rich Armor are all false, and the treasury is empty, and it has long been squandered......

As for whether anyone believes this nonsense, only God knows.

The first half is an ordinary content, and the wonderful part is the second half, Li Yan unceremoniously asked Li Zicheng for accountability in the second half.

The reserve army fought hard in Luoyang, obviously the large army was nearby, but did not support, this must not be the decision of the wise king of Chuang, it was categorically a small blind king, the reserve army could not support in this battle, heavy casualties, the soldiers were very angry, if the king could not "cut off the small night" and "to correct the hearing", I am afraid that the army will be unconvincing, and the disaster will be between the elbows and arms.

In the second half, if it sounds good, it is called complaining, and if it is ugly, it is called forcing the palace!

Li Yan is very unparticular about directly threatening Li Zicheng with a "mutiny", and he must give an explanation, what he said is that Xiaoxiao naturally refers to Niu Jinxing, Li Yan's spies in the camp have already reported, and the reason why the army is slow to move is because of Niu Jinxing's blocking.

Although from the bottom of his bones, Li Yan is grateful to Niu Jinxing for not coming to grab credit, but unfortunately the power struggle, either you die or I die!

In fact, it was indeed the result of Niu Jinxing's discussion with Li Zicheng that the army did not move, and there were indeed factors that Niu Jinxing wanted to fight against Li Yan, but it was not the main factor.

The current enemy is the Ming Dynasty, and Niu Jinxing does not have a bad brain to destroy the overall situation for the sake of power struggle, so the decision to stand still is actually based on realistic strategic considerations.

Because of Li Yan's attack on Luoyang, Li Xianfeng, who was supposed to march to suppress the bandits, had to brake, and then began to prepare to go south to support Luoyang, but now the problem comes, according to Li Xianfeng's idea, Li Yan's 3,000 people cannot take Luoyang, so why did he fight?

Another reconnaissance, oh, the large army in Xin'an, Xin'an to Luoyang is not far, Li Xianfeng boldly speculated that Li Zicheng put a bait out for himself to bite, and then came to an internal and external attack, so he did not go south immediately, directly stood still, and waited to see Li Zicheng's movements, which also created an opportunity period for Li Yan.

And the same is true of the plan that Niu Jinxing and Gu Junen made for Li Zicheng, waiting for Li Xianfeng to go south to bite the bait, and then waiting for the opportunity to attack, so that it can be done once and for all, there is no problem with such a strategic idea, but I didn't expect TMD Li Yan to be an outlier, and he actually beat Luoyang down.

Now it's okay, Li Yan is greedy for the merits of the sky, and with the power of a great victory, he begins to attack Niu Jinxing, and the most dangerous moment for Niu Jinxing has come.