Hong Chengchou's explanation of Fusang Religion made Mao Wenlong speechless, as he said, looking at Fusang Religion from the perspective of the imperial court is indeed insignificant, and it is the bane that the imperial court must eradicate.

There was a brief silence in the dining room, and Mao Wenlong pondered whether to do something about the Fusang Sect in Shaanxi now. At this time, Shaanxi was in turmoil, and it was also the best time to deal with the Fusang Sect, and Mao Wenlong was indeed a little moved.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou heard the voice, only to see Chen Jisheng, who was wearing full armor, striding over.

Chen Jisheng was covered in dust, and his whole body was dirty, and he was coming down from the training ground, he walked straight to Mao Wenlong's face, hugged his fists and said, "Chief soldier, Shaanxi has just sent an urgent message." ”

As he spoke, Chen Jisheng took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up, there was no news from Shaanxi for two days, presumably there must have been some accident. He didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately picked up the envelope and opened it to watch.

The letter was written by Xu Fuzuo, saying that they had failed in their mission of dragging the imperial court back, because they could not mobilize the whole army to harass the imperial army. In the end, the rebel army in Shaanxi ended in defeat and was driven by the imperial army to run all over Shaanxi.

Shaanxi believed that it would soon be calmed down, and the imperial army could be described as a complete victory.

What caught Mao Wenlong's attention the most in the letter was the short sentence at the end: "The rebel army crossed the Yellow River in large numbers under the leadership of Li Zicheng and entered the Henan region." ”

This news is very bad for Mao Wenlong, and it is completely beyond his previous assumptions.

The chaos in Shaanxi not only quickly subsided, but also led Li Zicheng to lead the rebel army to march to Henan. And this means that it is very likely that Ye County will be affected in the future.

The battlefield is in Shaanxi, and Mao Wenlong can sit firmly in Henan and develop with peace of mind. But now that the battlefield has shifted to Henan, how can he develop with peace of mind?

Mao Wenlong's face changed slightly, and then he handed the letter to Hong Chengchou to read. He asked Chen Jisheng: "How is Xu Fuzhuo there now, has he been beaten by the imperial army?" ”

Chen Jisheng shook his head and said, "According to the soldiers who came to deliver the letter, it seems that the imperial army is deliberately bypassing Xianyang City, and they are only bent on dealing with those rebel troops. Therefore, Xianyang City is safe and sound at this moment. ”

Mao Wenlong breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and motioned for Chen Jisheng to find a place to sit down. Then he looked at Hong Chengchou, who was reading the letter, and said, "What do you think about this?" ”

Hong Chengchou groaned for a while before he opened his mouth and said: "The imperial court gathered the armies of the three places and encircled and suppressed the rebel army on a large scale, which seems to be a great determination to solve the chaos in Shaanxi. But in this way, the rest of the country will inevitably be empty, and it is inevitable that the rebel army will flee to Henan in a big way. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and continued: "Once the rebel army enters Henan, we will inevitably be implicated. So we should send a large army to intercept the rebels at once, or at least divert them elsewhere. ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "It is very difficult to do this, maybe it will backfire, and the general soldiers still need to think twice." ”

"Alas! Could it be that we just watched the root cause of the scourge, and those rebel armies came to plague Henan Mansion? Mao Wenlong was very angry.

He had also taken a look at Shaanxi before, and it was not an exaggeration to call it Chidi Qianli. The fields that were supposed to be good were completely cracked because of the drought. Even some of the tenacious weeds can be seen, and there are starvations everywhere, wars everywhere, and thieves who occupy the mountains as kings.

It can be said that the whole Shaanxi is about to reach the limit of the human living environment because of natural disasters. Compared with Shaanxi, Henan Province is also affected by natural disasters, and the grain harvest is lost, and most of the people are in famine.

But the imperial court was able to suppress it, and there was no large-scale uprising like in Shaanxi. However, with the arrival of Li Zicheng with a large number of defeated rebel troops, Mao Wenlong imagined that the entire Henan Mansion would be ignited in an instant because of this fuse, and then spread to the whole territory.

In the face of Mao Wenlong's anger, Hong Chengchou and Chen Jisheng were silent, and it was too late to send troops to intercept the rebel army from entering Henan.

In desperation, Mao Wenlong had to order Chen Jisheng to take precautions at any time, be vigilant against the bandit-like rebel army, and also pay attention to the arrival of the imperial army.

Chen Jisheng was ordered to go down to do something, and Mao Wenlong immediately sent a large number of spies to track the whereabouts of Li Zicheng and others all the way, and demanded that the situation must be reported once every hour.

Because of the arrival of the rebel army in Henan, Yexian County immediately entered a state of war readiness, the city gate was closed, and the farm also sent a large number of guards to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou sat in the Mao Mansion to govern the whole city, and the whole army of the Dongjiang Army entered a state of combat readiness.

A tense atmosphere permeated the sky over Yexian, and every other hour there was news that Li Zicheng's army would come quickly.

What made Mao Wenlong feel most gratified was that the officers and soldiers of Henan Mansion had begun to assemble and prepare to annihilate Li Zicheng and others.

At this time, Li Zicheng had just crossed the Yellow River and had not yet entered the territory of Henan, and if the imperial army was fast enough, it had every chance to drive away this rebel army by the Yellow River.

Cao Wenzhao, represented by Zuo Liangyu, took the lead in sending troops to encircle Li Zicheng, which made Mao Wenlong see a glimmer of hope.

He smiled and said to Hong Chengchou: "Do you think Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu can drive away this rebel army?" ”

Hong Chengchou didn't think about it, and said directly: "I can't drive it away, and I will startle the snakes, so that those frightened rebel troops will scatter to the territory of Henan." If I am not mistaken, these rebel troops scattered all over Henan will allow Li Zicheng to ignite the flames of war in Henan, and then it will affect the whole of Henan, and our Ye County is estimated to be not immune. ”

Listening to Hong Chengchou's analysis, Mao Wenlong suddenly felt reasonable, which also meant that he was happy in vain just now.

Hong Chengchou looked at Mao Wenlong's uncertain face, and he sighed lightly and said: "In fact, not only Henan will soon fall into chaos, but Sichuan and Shanxi will also be affected soon. However, at present, only Henan is the most dazzling, so the imperial court attaches great importance to him. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said no more, he no longer hoped that Henan would not be affected. Instead, he began to change his thinking, thinking about how to let Ye County suffer the least losses in this impending chaos.

Once the rebel army dispersed into the territory of Henan, Li Zicheng held high the banner of Juntian exemption, and the people everywhere he went responded.

And if Mao Wenlong wants Li Zicheng to be unable to do anything in Henan, he must try his best to prevent the people of Henan from responding to Li Zicheng's call.