Outside the south gate of the Zhou Palace, the soldiers of the personal guard battalion of the brigade went in and out, constantly carrying boxes of silver and carts of grain from the palace.

Miao Shao, Wu Xingzhou, Lu Ying, and Tian Zhenbei sat on the ground, watching the money and grain continue to be loaded and transported away, and the faces of several people were full of smiles.

"I heard that it was very exciting at that time, and the adults grabbed King Zhou and scolded him sharply, and King Zhou was stupid!"

Wu Xingzhou said with a smile, and from time to time he still learned from the same thing, as if he was present at the time.

Miao Shao glanced at it and said, "Who did you listen to?" ”

"It was a guerrilla under Adjutant General Chen Yongfu, and when we were ordered to come over on standby just now, we happened to encounter it, so I pulled him over and inquired."

Miao Shao asked suspiciously: "Do you know that guerrilla?" ”

"I don't know, I don't need to know if I ask."

Miao Shao glanced at him, and then said to the three of them: "After a while, you will go separately, Wu Xingzhou will stay here and lead people to continue to carry the money and grain of the Zhou Palace, and Lu Ying will take people to the treasury of Kaifeng Mansion City, and watch the storage matters over there, and arrange for troops to guard it." ”

"In addition, Tian Zhenbei took people to inspect the city, and now the brothers of our pro-guard camp have been scattered, and they have begun to collect money and food from those Zhou clan clans in the city, you go and keep an eye on it, don't let those clan disciples steal and play tricks."

"Yes!"

Then Miao Shao instructed: "My lord has set a rule: the prince must hand over ninety percent of the inventory of money and grain, eighty percent of the county king, and below the county king, every time he is downgraded, he can pay one percent less, and so on, no exceptions!" ”

"Yes!"

The three of them went separately to run errands, and Miao Shao entered the palace of King Zhou with a banner to escort the soldiers, at this time Liu Yan, Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu were still in the main hall, blocking Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, and settling accounts together in the main hall.

"My lord really has a lot of ideas, so he blocked the King of Zhou himself, so that he could not transmit news to the Zhou clan everywhere, and even the inside and outside of the Zhou Wangfu were blocked. It is estimated that in less than two days, a large amount of money and grain will be collected from these clan mansions! ”

Miao Shao sighed Liu Yan's "cunning" in his heart, and soon came to the main hall and entered the main hall with the escort soldiers of the brigade.

Zhu Gongyu was also taken aback when he saw this, and thought that Liu Yan was going to kill him directly, and then encroach on his property.

"Liu, Liu Zongbing, between us, why is it here, why is it here!"

Liu Yan looked at Zhu Gongyu, couldn't hold back for a while, and walked directly to the bookcase, only to see that there was a Wanli version of "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on it, and the black line on his forehead couldn't help but float over.

"Your Highness has misunderstood, this is Miao Shao, the commander of the capital under the command of this town, and he is here to report military affairs to this town."

Liu Yan smiled and said to Zhu Gongyu: "Your Highness is at ease, and I also ask Your Highness to continue to work with Gao Futai and Vice General Chen to calculate how much grain the Zhou clan can donate." ”

Zhu Gongyu agreed repeatedly, and then urged several bookkeepers in the house to get busy, and the sound of the abacus crackling sounded again.

Gao Mingheng sighed in his heart: "Take people's money and food, and ask others to do their own accounts, it is estimated that there is only Liu Zongbing who can do this!" ”

Liu Yan then called Miao Shao aside and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the brothers of the guard camp have already begun to act, none of those Zhou clan clans in the city can escape, and the soldiers of various departments are collecting money and food everywhere."

"Good!"

Liu Yan instructed: "Remember, all the money and grain must be put into the warehouse immediately, and when the accounts here are made, they will be handed over to the Xun Deputy Department, so that the Xun Deputy Department can check the accounts, physical objects, etc., and the food allocated to the soldiers and civilians in the city in the future must also be approved by the Xun Deputy Department!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates understand the key points, and they will definitely handle this matter."

After a busy day, Liu Yan collected a total of 878,952 stones of grain and more than 1,076,000 taels of silver from Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, and all the Zhou clans in Kaifeng Mansion.

The amount of this batch of money and grain has exceeded Liu Yan's expectations, and after coming up with this number, Liu Yan was stunned for a while before he said to Zhu Gongyu: "These money and grain ......."

Zhu Gongqi thought that Liu Yan was not satisfied, so he hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand Liu Zongbing, this king and the clan relatives are not hiding anything, but a lot of money and grain are hoarded in various cities, and they are not concentrated in Kaifeng City. Many more have been taken captive by thieves, so that's all there is to it. ”

Liu Yan sighed more than once, the vassal king was rich, which can be seen.

At this time, Liu Yan was supplied with money and food, and the only weakness of the new army was also strengthened, so he said goodbye to Zhu Gongfang and left the palace with Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu.

"The town's subordinates have taken over the city defense, and the soldiers under the command of Vice General Chen are temporarily on standby in the military camp in the city, ready to be dispatched at any time."

"Gao Futai is going to work harder, Xun Jingyun, the town magistrate under the command of this town, is responsible for the distribution of money and food for the rationing system, and specifically signals, and asks Gao Futai to bring people to assist."

What else can Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu say, even King Zhou was reprimanded by Liu Yan, and he naturally could only obey orders.

"Hehe, Mr. Liu rest assured, Benfu will definitely work together with Lord Xun to clear up Mr. Liu's worries."

Chen Yongfu was even more direct, clasped his fists and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

"Hehe, with the assistance of the two adults, I expect that in this battle, our army will win!"

Liu Yan was chatting with the two, and suddenly heard the fierce war drums coming from the west of the city, Liu Yan looked over, and saw two piles of wolf smoke burning on the west city wall in the distance, which was an early warning that the enemy army was gathering.

"Yes, it's an army of thieves who are going to attack the city!"

Gao Mingheng's heart tightened, and his words stumbled a little.

Chen Yongfu also clasped his hands and looked at Liu Yan, not knowing what kind of errand he would be arranged.

Liu Yan thought for a while, and then called the herald soldiers around him: "Chuan Ben Town's general's order: The soldiers of the left and right battalions will immediately board the city and deploy according to the deployment!" ”

"Order the middle battalion, artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, and personal guard battalion to immediately reorganize, drive out of the West City Gate and line up, ready to meet the army of thieves!"

"Ordered the rear battalion to guard all the government offices, treasury, and arsenal in the city, as well as all the royal palaces, and arrange for soldiers and horses to patrol the city. From this moment on, Kaifeng Fucheng began to implement military management, officials and private clans, as long as there is no warrant in the town, no one is allowed to walk around on the street at will, otherwise they will be punished as thieves and spies, and they will be killed! ”

"Yes!"

More than a dozen heralds scattered in a hurry, and they rode their horses to deliver military orders to various parts of the city.

At this time, Liu Yancai looked at Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu and said, "Please ask Gao Futai to sit in the governor's yamen, and first work with Xun Jingyun, the official of my town, to send three days' rations to the people in the city to calm the people's hearts." ”

Gao Mingheng clenched his fists and said: "Liu Zongbing, don't worry, Benfu will go!" ”

After speaking, Gao Mingheng left in a hurry.

"Deputy General Chen, you immediately lead thousands of soldiers from your headquarters to deploy defenses in the West City Gate, if Liu Thief's army attacks today, that side will be the main attack direction of the enemy."

Chen Yongfu clenched his fists and took the order, and rode away.

Although Chen Yongfu surrendered to Li Zicheng in history, he was forced to surrender after he was defeated, which is different from those wall grasses at both ends of the first rat. Moreover, the soldiers and horses under the command of Chen Yongfu are rare elites in the Central Plains, although they are not as elite as the border troops like the towns in Liaodong and Xuanfu Town, they can also withstand the siege of hundreds of thousands of thieves, which shows that they are still very powerful.

Moreover, Chen Yongfu also resisted the Qing army in the end, and finally ended up without a trace, such a person, Liu Yan is trustworthy, so he arranged it in the West City Gate, if necessary, Chen Yongfu can lead his troops to the city to assist in the defense, in order to relieve the pressure on the soldiers of the left battalion.

Then Liu Yan also rode his horse to the west city wall, at this time the left battalion commander Zhang Yi had been dressed neatly, standing on the head of the urn city to observe the enemy's situation, the left commander Jin Xuecheng, the central commander Shi Niuzhong was also here.

In order to deal with the attack of the thief army, Zhang Yi mobilized most of the troops of the left battalion, and more than 8,000 soldiers were deployed on the urn city, the west city gate and the entire west city wall, relying on more than a dozen horse faces here, a large number of enemy platforms, as well as urn city, city towers and other fortifications, ready to fight with the thief army outside the city.

Liu Yan boarded the city wall of the urn city, and all the soldiers saluted one after another. Immediately afterwards, Chen Yongfu also came with several generals and saluted Liu Yan without mentioning it.

Liu Yan inquired about the situation, Zhang Yi pointed to the army of thieves outside the city, and said: "According to the information provided by Vice General Chen of the Genjun Army, the army of thieves has been reorganized and divided into two battalions, two battalions on the left and right, two battalions at the front and rear, and a firearms battalion. Adults, please see,"

"The cyan is the middle camp of the thieves, the white is the left camp of the thieves, the black is the front camp of the thieves, the yellow is the rear camp of the thieves, and the red is the firearms battalion of the thieves.

Liu Yan This is the first time to face Li Zicheng's army of thieves, I have to say that at this time Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses have begun to have the appearance of a regular army, each battalion has different banners, each battalion has a cavalry, armor soldiers, infantry, dead soldiers, among which the cavalry is cavalry, armor soldiers, infantry without armor, and dead soldiers are people from all over the world.

These are all the information collected by Wu Guojin and his troops along the way, and some of the information provided by Chen Yongfu and Gao Mingheng.

Among these soldiers, the dead soldiers were the most numerous, the poorly equipped, and the worst in combat power. But even so, seeing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers, full of despair, bringing the old to help the young, and crying and killing, even if they are the elite of a hundred battles, they will be shaken, because such a scene is enough to destroy the psychological defense line of ordinary people!

According to Li Zicheng's principle of employing soldiers, a dead soldier can be promoted to infantry if he survives a few battles, and if he survives a few more battles, he can be promoted to a soldier, and then a cavalry.

This is the principle of "battlefield elimination" pursued by Li Zicheng, but such a principle must rely on a huge population base, and there must be a sufficient number of dead soldiers in order to break a strong army.

Liu Yan said secretly: "Perhaps, this is the reason why Li Zicheng can only destroy everywhere and coerce the people everywhere to follow the thieves, but he can't stop, because once he stops, the soldiers and horses in his hands will begin to shrink." It's like a parasite, once the host dies, the parasite has no ability to live! ”

Liu Yan observed for a while, then pointed to the red flag in the distance, and said to everyone: "In this town, only Li Zicheng's firearms battalion is a little threatening, and the rest of the battalions are all dirty chickens and dogs!" ”

I don't know if I talked too much to Zhu Gongqiao, the king of Zhou, at this time, Liu Yan unconsciously said the words of the Three Kingdoms.

When Chen Yongfu heard this, he thought that Liu Yan was too big, so he stepped forward and wanted to make a statement.

But when Chen Yongfu walked to the front, he saw the soldiers of the middle battalion, artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, and personal guard battalion who were leaving the city, the mighty torrent of iron armor, infantry, iron cavalry, and artillery drove out of the city one after another, and then quickly lined up to stand by, so military appearance, so majestic, so that Chen Yongfu swallowed all the words back.

"Liu Zongbing has such soldiers and horses in hand, no wonder he looks down on Li Zicheng!"

Some people died, but not completely......