With the assistance of Su Thick Legs, the shelves of the first cavalry unit of the Qiong Navy were erected, and under the leadership of Ma Wei, training was carried out in Dengzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Lu Gengyu completed the task of this trip and returned to Lingao first.

With the permission of Zhu Dadian, the hungry people in Shandong were continuously transported to Lingao through Dengzhou through Xie Sanbin's operation. With the stabilization of the situation in Shandong, the number of hungry people who voluntarily went to Lingao became fewer and fewer, and the number of immigrants in the fourth batch plummeted to 5,000, and the average number of people in the later groups was only two or three thousand.

The Qiong Navy quickly accumulated huge wealth through sea trade and tax collection, and after absorbing the population, grain production and army building were also grasped, and enough energy was already accumulated, just waiting for a suitable opportunity to officially enter the Central Plains.

In the northwest, after plundering Xuanfu and other places, Huang Taiji led the army back to Guanwai, although the place was full of devastation, and the population was also taken away, which can be called a thousand miles of red land, but for the imperial court, as long as the Tartar is gone, it is a great thing, from the emperor to the ministers of the court are relieved.

Chongzhen's seven-year year is about to pass smoothly. Although there was a lot of bad news this year, with several "victories" brought by the Qiong Navy and the quelling of the Shandong rebellion, Chongzhen had a good year. It's just that he didn't know that it was just the calm before the storm.

As early as the beginning of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen appointed Chen Qiyu as the governor of the five provinces, unified command of Shaanxi, Jin, Yuchuan and Huguang official army, from all sides to attack together, in an attempt to annihilate the army of the people in one fell swoop, Cao Wenzhao led the army of Guanning to defeat the army of the people in Shanxi, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, etc. all fled to Henan, and then were surrounded by Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and other Ming troops. However, in August of this year, Huang Taiji personally led a large army into the customs, the government and the opposition were shocked, in order to deal with the Tartars, Chongzhen recruited Cao Wenzhao and other generals, gave up the encirclement and killing of the Liumin army, and went to Xuanfu and Datong, and the Liukou was able to break through.

In December, Hong Chengchou succeeded as the governor of the five provinces, and added the title of prince and Taibao, the secretary of the military department, and the military affairs of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan. He changed his predecessor's strategy of suppressing and promoting pacification and fighting while fighting, and changed to encircling the main force of the Liukou with heavy troops and focusing on the attack, and the various Liumin armies were successively defeated in Queshan, Zhuxian Town (southwest of present-day Kaifeng City) and other places, suffered setbacks one after another, and were forced to move to the western mountainous areas.

After the New Year, in the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou led the main force out of Tongguan, and prepared to carry out a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Liumin Army in Xinyang, Henan, and defeated Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other major rogue forces in one go.

At this point in time, a historical event that affected the general trend of the late Ming Dynasty occurred.

Because Hong Chengchou was quite talented, under his command, the exile army was defeated and retreated one after another, and people from all walks of life deeply felt that only joint operations could have strength. So, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan, Zuo Jin Wang, Reincarnated King, Shooting the Collapsed Heaven, Hengtian King, Mixed 100,000, Guotianxing, Nine Dragons, and Shuntian King All kinds of wandering army will join forces in Xingyang, Henan, a total of 13 families, 72 battalions, and discuss the enemy's strategy together.

At this meeting, Li Zicheng, a "breaking general," displayed his outstanding military vision and put forward the strategic principle of "dividing troops into orientation and attacking from four directions," that is, dividing the displaced people's army into four routes, eastern, western, southern, and northern, attacking and fighting the enemy, and placing the main force of the displaced people's army in the east where the enemy's strength was weak. Li Zicheng's farsightedness and sagacity were affirmed and agreed by everyone, and they unanimously decided to use this strategic principle to guide the operation. Among them, the strongest Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong marched east to resist the enemy, winning all the way, invincible, and fought until Fengyang, the central capital.

The famous "Battle of Fengyang" in history began. Zhu Guoxiang, a Ming general guarding Fengyang, led his troops to meet the battle. The cunning Zhang Xianzhong and others sent people to disguise themselves into the city, and the soldiers of the wandering army who mixed into the city took advantage of the situation to burn fire everywhere and closely cooperate with the main force of the peasant army outside the city. The officers and troops were attacked from inside and outside, the situation was in chaos, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to enter the city, Zhu Guoxiang committed suicide, and more than 4,000 soldiers defending the city were annihilated.

After breaking through Fengyang, Yuan Ruizheng, the commander of the Liumin Army, Yan Daxuan, the prefect of Fengyang, and Wan Wenying, etc., burned down the imperial tomb with the last fire, and let go of all the prisoners in Fengyang.

Jingshi, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen angrily yelled at the few people kneeling in front of him: "I allocated so much money and sent so many soldiers and horses, not only did I not annihilate the rogue in one fell swoop, but in the end I also let the thieves attack the central capital, and now even the imperial tomb has been burned, what kind of face does this give me to go to see the ancestors and ancestors, you usually keep saying that you want to share my worries?" ”

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department and the others kneeling below, didn't dare to argue, they just bowed their heads and fell to the ground, just wanting to get into the cracks in the ground.

Because Wen Tiren is the first assistant, he is deeply trusted by Chongzhen, and he is older, so he is specially allowed to give him a seat. He sat upright on the chair, looking at his nose and nose and heart, like an old monk in meditation, but in his heart he was praying that the emperor would not ask him for advice.

But what are you afraid of, after Chongzhen scolded Zhang Fengyi and others, he saw that these people were like mourning, but no one could offer a good idea, so he could only set his eyes on the first assistant he trusted.

"Changqing, Zhongdu has suffered a big change, do you have a good plan?"

The flesh on Wen Tiren's face shook a few times, and he sighed secretly in his heart, Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou and others have nothing to do with these rogues, what good plan can they have? He racked his brains and couldn't think of any immediate solution, so he could only answer vaguely: "For today's plan, I can only order Hong Chengchou to lead the army to quickly march eastward, relieve the siege of Fengyang, and then transfer troops to besiege ......"

Chongzhen was quite disappointed, these are all correct nonsense, no matter whether he gives an order or not, Hong Chengchou will definitely go east and expel the Liukou from the Central Capital, he wants to hear the suggestion of a heavy setback or even a complete annihilation of the Liukou in a short period of time.

He stood up impatiently, paced with his hands in his hands, and said as he went, "I want more than that. Originally, I thought that Liukou was also my people, but Chen Qiyu agreed to the idea of suppressing and appeasing. But these thieves are lawless, and even dare to desecrate the imperial tomb, how can such a kingless and fatherless person be appeased again, I can't wait to put them to death one by one. You must come up with a way for me to wipe out all the rogues and leave no one behind! ”

Zhang Fengyi and the others all wailed in their hearts, this master is too eager, and the rogue is powerful, how can he be wiped out so easily? In a hurry, I asked myself to find a way for these people, this is the rhythm of forcing people to death!