The second brother Gao and Zhao Zhuzi returned to Luyi County, and the residents of the city no longer regarded this lieutenant as a rogue, but on the contrary, they loved this rogue leader very much.

After Gao Yihuan settled in Luyi, he restored people's livelihood, built water conservancy, recruited displaced people to farm, gave civilians land, and controlled the spread of the epidemic.

At this time, Gao Yihuan and a few people rode horses and mules slowly, the street was full of traffic, the road was paved with a layer of red bricks, very smooth, and rows of red brick houses on both sides were being built and rising from the ground.

Most of these red brick houses will be distributed to urban residents, and the shops along the street will be rented to merchants, and then the shop rent will be collected every month.

"If it weren't for the second brother to make this kind of red brick, I'm afraid we would still have to live in a grass hut and wooden house now." Zhao Zhuzi rode on the mule, proud from the bottom of his heart, as if the bricks were burned by him.

Gao Yihuan's old brothers, almost all of them are the same as Zhao Zhuzi, they are willing to show off the deeds of the second brother and worship the second brother very much.

Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, beat his horse and went straight to the county office, and along the way, the residents in the city avoided one after another and gave Gao Yihuan a salute.

In front of the county office, Zhao Daxian saw Gao Yihuan and hurriedly greeted him, helping Gao Yihuan stabilize the reins of the horse, "Second brother, I'm waiting for you." ”

Gao Yihuan turned over and dismounted, threw the horsewhip to Zhao Zhuzi, and asked, "What about people?"

"Wait inside."

When Gao Yihuan heard this, he strode towards the ya, and after a short time he entered the lobby and saw a messenger sitting inside.

"Gao Duwei, I am on the order of General Zhao to inform Gao Duwei that before October 20, I will rush to Chenzhou to converge and prepare to help King Chuang." The messenger was a brigade under Zhao Yingyuan, who knew Gao Yihuan, and when he saw Gao Yihuan coming in, he hurriedly got up and hugged his fists.

"It's Brother Qian!" Gao Yihuan saw the person who came, walked in with a big laugh, patted Qian Zhanglu's arm first, and then asked, "Is this General Zhao's military order, or is it an order issued from above?"

"Captain Gaodu, this is a military order from the Zhongquan battalion, and it is estimated that it is an order from King Chuang." Qian Zhanglu hurriedly explained.

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, but he didn't immediately receive the order, Zhao Yingyuan is Li Zicheng's general, Li Zicheng has an order, he must go, and he must go out, otherwise there will be problems politically.

Gao Yihuan will definitely obey orders, but Li Zicheng will not notice people of his level, he doesn't have to be as concerned as Zhao Yingyuan, as long as he has an attitude and sends troops, Gao Yihuan will be able to pass the test politically.

"Brother Qian, since General Zhao has an order, then I have nothing to say in Luyi City." Gao Yihuan paused for a moment, pretending to hesitate, "However, our troops have not been in the army for a long time, and there is a shortage of equipment, can you ask General Zhao to allocate a batch of weapons, armor, bows and arrows?" ”

Now that Luyi is on the right track, the second brother is also ready to pull the team out to practice, since Zhao Yingyuan has an order, then he must definitely send troops, but he has to take the opportunity to get some equipment.

Chuang Jun didn't say anything about the promotion fee, and it was not too much for him to ask for equipment. After all, he now has more than 3,000 people, and the equipment he needs is not a small amount, and the amount he produces himself is pitifully small and cannot keep up with consumption. For example, if the war knife is slashed a few times, there will be a gap and it can no longer be used, so if he can ask for some, he will naturally open his mouth to put some up.

Qian Zhanglu listened to Gao Yihuan's words, and clenched his fists in some embarrassment: "I can't call the shots in this matter, then I'll tell the general when I go back."

"Then I'll thank Brother Qian." Gao Yihuan immediately laughed and waved his hand, and said in a very big brother's style: "Daxian, you go and arrange it, let people prepare a table of banquets in Sipinglou, and I will give Brother Qian a reception." In addition, you go to Xinghao to pay twenty taels of silver and invite Brother Qian to tea. ”

When Qian Zhanglu heard this, his face suddenly became happy, "Captain Gao, how can this be embarrassing?" ”

"They are all their own brothers, Brother Qian doesn't have to be polite." The second brother said arrogantly, "This is just a little bit of my brother's heart, we will move around more in the future, and my brother will not be able to lose you." ”

After the two finished speaking, Gao Yihuan immediately asked Zhao Daxian to take the Qian Zhanglu to rest first, and Zhao Zhuzi on the side looked at the figure of the Qian Zhanglu going out, and said behind Gao Yihuan: "Second brother, do we really send troops to help Li Zicheng fight the official army?" ”

Luyi's soldiers and horses, money and food are all made by the second brother, and Li Zicheng does not pay salaries, so he naturally has no feelings for Li Zicheng, plus Li Zicheng poured Bianliang and caused the Henan people to be miserable, so Zhao Zhuzi and others are very disgusted with Li Zicheng.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that Gao Yihuan didn't say anything good about Li Zicheng, and didn't mention that they should be loyal to Li Zicheng.

Gao Yihuan did not answer Zhao Zhuzi, but ordered in a deep voice: "Go, call all the old brothers over, I have something to tell you."

Not long after, in Gao Yihuan's festival hall, Zhao Daxian, Wu Shizhao, Jin Xiangang, the three deputy captains, and more than a dozen brigades gathered together.

There is a simple sand table in the middle of the lobby, which is Gao Yihuan based on his limited geographical cognition, plus the map of the Ming Dynasty made by the old man, and the second brother Gao personally manipulated it, playing with mud for a day, before it was pinched into the geography of the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, there was a circle of people fighting around the sand table, all of them were wearing cotton armor and a net towel on their heads, which looked like regular people.

Gao Yihuan pointed to the location of Jiaxian on the sand table and said: "Ten days ago, Yicheng came back with the news, after Sun Chuanting came out of the customs, he was like a bamboo, recovering Luoyang and Runing, and killing the family members of the old camp of the Chuang army in Tang County, and defeated Li Zicheng in Jiaxian. ”

Gao Yihuan glanced up at everyone and continued: "According to the news, Li Zicheng's main force is now in Xiangcheng, and he has ordered all the troops of the army to march westward to prepare for a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting. We are under the management of Zhao Yingyuan, and this time Zhao Yingyuan also received an order, so we also have to follow Zhao Yingyuan westward. ”

Li Zicheng got out of trouble in Shangluo Mountain for more than two years, and during this time, although he grew to a million people, the real elite was more than 60,000 people.

As long as the officers and troops dare to fight, it is not that there is no chance, but it is just that the officers and troops are not united, and some people always slip away in the middle of the battle, or there is no unified command, and they are sent away in waves, which makes it seem that Li Zicheng is difficult to fight.

This time, Li Zicheng surrounded Kaifeng for more than half a year, but he didn't take it, and in the end he could only irrigate Bianliang, and the thieves worked hard for more than half a year, which means that they didn't get anything, and their morale was naturally a little sluggish, coupled with the rampant plague, which greatly weakened Li Zicheng's combat power, so that when he faced Sun Chuanting, he failed one after another.

Now that the family members of the old camp have been killed by the official army, Li Zicheng is angry and wants to gather everyone to fight a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting.

Everyone in the hall listened to Gao Yihuan's words, and couldn't help but discuss for a while, Wu Shizhao frowned and said: "Du Lieutenant, if Zhao Yingyuan transfers the main force, let's also send troops, in case Ma Shiying supervises the officers and troops in Bozhou, Xuzhou and other places, attacks Shangqiu, and outflanks us from behind, then what should we do?" ”

Although the second brother Gao and Liu Liangzuo maintained a tacit understanding, and the second brother resold materials to make money and grain, and gave Liu Liangzuo no less benefits, but once the main force of the army marched westward and the troops of Guide Mansion were empty, it was really hard to say whether Ma Shiying, the governor of Lufeng, would make a move.

After listening to Wu Shizhao's words, the officers in the hall couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the second brother Gao, they already had feelings for Luyi, and they had just settled down, and they didn't want to lose this place.

This is also an important issue for the second brother Gao. If Zhao Yingyuan really wants to transfer the main force of the Chuang army of Guide Mansion to help Li Zicheng fight, and the officials and troops of Nanzhi want to cooperate with Sun Chuanting and take advantage of the situation to recover Guide, even if all his people stay in Luyi, he will not be able to stop the official army.

At present, the fortress is just about to be built, and the second brother is also a little weak-hearted, in case he follows Zhao Yingyuan to the west and the official army takes his Luyi, then he has been busy in vain in the past few months.

Gao Yihuan was silent for a while, but at this time, a personal guard suddenly came to the door, called Zhao Zhuzi, and handed him a secret letter. Zhao Zhuzi took the secret letter, and hurriedly walked to Gao Yihuan's side, "Second brother, the secret letter sent by the Bozhou horseman~"

(Thanks to dolphin 629 for 2100, thanks to the flying dumplings for the tip)