In order to quell the chaos in Henan Mansion as soon as possible before the arrival of the New Year's Pass, Chen Qiyu, as the governor of the five provinces, used his identity to facilitate the introduction of troops to the west to encircle and suppress the Hannan peasant army with the four governors of Shaanxi, Yunyang, Huguang and Henan. Fastest updates

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and other troops saw that the imperial army was gathered and mistakenly took the Xing'an Chebox Gorge. In the canyon is the ancient plank road, the mountains on all sides are steep, easy to enter and difficult to exit, and the only exit is intercepted by the Ming army.

Li Zicheng was desperate, so he used his old trick to buy Chen Qiyu's subordinates, and then surrendered. Chen Qiyu was still unwilling, but he couldn't withstand the persuasion of those who were bribed, and the New Year was approaching, he also wanted to end this dispute quickly, so in the end he agreed to Li Zicheng's surrender.

At this point, Chen Qiyu finally exterminated the peasant army in Henan, and he was anxious to report his merits to the imperial court, so he played a recital by the imperial court mentioning the total annihilation of the peasant army in Henan. But what he didn't expect was that the damned Li Zicheng would rebel with the petty officer who escorted them home three days later.

The 200 officers and soldiers escorted were all killed, and Li Zicheng also disappeared into Henan and was never seen again. Counting the days, Chen Qiyu's twists and turns have also arrived in the capital, and it is obviously too late to catch it back.

Chen Qiyu was immediately furious, and immediately thoroughly investigated all the generals around him, and finally found out that two generals who had been bribed by Li Zicheng were beheaded in front of the whole army. Later, he immediately wrote a recital to explain the reason for his defeat, and presented the heads of the two rebel generals to the Beijing division along with the recital.

Chongzhen received two letters from Chen Qiyu successively, first overjoyed and then furious, and immediately dismissed Chen Qiyu as governor on the grounds of bullying the monarch and falsely reporting the military situation. Later, Chongzhen was angry, and simply issued an order to escort Chen Qiyu into Beijing, and then send it down.

Fortunately, there are ministers in the court, saying that now is not the time to offend Chen Qiyu, and the hearts of the soldiers fighting on the front line cannot be chilled. Chongzhen gave up at this time, but dismissed Chen Qiyu from all his positions.

Chen Qiyu was lucky to save his life, he was also disappointed in the court, he was very clear about the situation in the court, and with his current naked body, he was no longer of any use to the bigwigs in the court. Wanting to start all over again, Dongshan felt hopeless to make a comeback, so he simply relieved himself of his duties after receiving the order, and on the same day, he cleaned up and disappeared from everyone's sight with a few of his still loyal subordinates.

No one knows where Chen Qiyu has gone, some speculate that he has returned to his hometown, and others suspect that he will go to the enemy. In short, Chen Qiyu's disappearance caused a lot of turmoil in the army, and when the news reached Chongzhen's ears again, he was furious and directly ordered Chen Qiyu to be wanted and offered a reward of 5,000 taels of silver.

With Hong Chengchou's experience, Chongzhen had already expected Chen Qiyu's disappearance this time, and he must have gone to join the enemy. It's just that at present, he still hasn't known who Chen Qiyu will defect to, and he is only sure of one thing, Chen Qiyu will definitely not go to those outcasts.

In addition to this, Chen Qiyu only had two choices, one was to defect to the Houjin Army who was still lingering in Datong, and the other was to defect to Mao Wenlong, who was still entrenched in Ye County. For these two forces, Chongzhen doesn't like them, and it's better to say a little bit about defecting to Mao Wenlong. If it was to defect to Houjin, it would be a great harm, so he did not hesitate to offer a heavy reward, and he was bound to get rid of Chen Qiyu.

Chongzhen never thought of it, because he pursued Chen Qiyu's matter, which made the situation in Henan, which had already begun to stabilize, fall into chaos again. Li Zicheng and others, who had disappeared for a while, became active again after learning about Chen Qiyu.

This time, I don't know what method Li Zicheng used, but he actually got the response of many local people, the peasant army revived, and Henan Prefecture fell into dire straits again.

Mao Wenlong put down the Tang newspaper in his hand, and he fell into deep thought. Chen Qiyu's encounter was already expected by him, but the ending was unexpected. Chen Qiyu's absconding made Mao Wenlong unable to find his whereabouts, and there were still many spies outside, but there was no news.

This made Mao Wenlong, who originally intended to recruit Chen Qiyu, feel pity, and Mao Wenlong still had concerns in his heart, he was also afraid that Chen Qiyu's head would be kicked by a donkey and go to Houjin, which was gaining momentum. In this way, Mao Wenlong will have to face one more talented person who can take on heavy responsibilities in the future.

Hong Chengchou saw that after Mao Wenlong read the Tang newspaper, his face was worried, so he asked: "Is there something big happening, or has the situation in Henan changed?" ”

Tonight's New Year, the people of Quanye County are immersed in joy, and the people who have not had a good year for three or four years are very satisfied with the current living situation. Just now, Hong Chengchou was discussing this matter with Mao Wenlong, and the two also talked happily.

Unexpectedly, after this Tang report was submitted, Mao Wenlong fell into worry, and for a while Hong Chengchou also began to worry about whether the situation in Henan had changed badly.

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment, handed the Tang newspaper to Hong Chengchou to watch, and said worriedly: "The current situation has not deteriorated, but as I expected before, Henan is once again in chaos. I'm worried about this Chen Qiyu, I wonder if he will go to Houjin? ”

Hong Chengchou quickly glanced at the Tang newspaper, and indeed did not find any news that was unfavorable to Ye County, and after seeing it, he also understood what Mao Wenlong was worried about? After listening to Mao Wenlong's question, he thought for a while and analyzed: "If I had to guess, Chen Qiyu would definitely not go to Houjin." ”

Mao Wenlong was very surprised: "Why are you so sure, what is the basis?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "It's very simple, the Tang newspaper said that Chen Qiyu absconded with his four henchmen. If he was going to go to Houjin, he would definitely not bring his henchmen with him, but go quietly by himself. ”

Mao Wenlong also felt that what Hong Chengchou said was reasonable, but if Chen Qiyu didn't go to Houjin, where could he go?

Hong Chengchou didn't wait for Mao Wenlong to ask, he continued to analyze: "When Chen Qiyu left, he took his heart and abdomen with him, he was either ready to rebel like those peasant armies. Either he already had the power to defect in his heart, so he took the opportunity to leave. And it is clear that this force will definitely not be the Houjin army. ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Then who do you think he is most likely to go to?" ”

Hong Chengchou didn't think about it, and directly shook his head and said: "It is no accident that Chen Qiyu can sit on the position of governor of the five provinces, so there must be forces behind him. And I don't know anything about the forces behind him, so I can't guess! ”

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