Rabu was overjoyed when he learned the news that the Ming Dynasty army had captured Nanyang Mansion, in his opinion, this was simply a treasure given to him by God, as long as he caught the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he would not have to worry about it in his life.

"Immediately send someone to investigate, see if the dragon banner of the Ming Dynasty is still there, and notify the military of the three prefectures to prepare them for the march, once I give the order, they have a little slack, I have to cut off their heads."

On the other hand, he took the 3,000 soldiers he brought from Jingshi and slowly took the first step towards Nanyang Mansion.

The city was soon calm under the maintenance of the gentry of Nanyang Mansion, and the military of the Ming Dynasty did not levy taxes this year for the sake of Nanyang Mansion's lack of wealth, and almost every family was happy when the news came out.

You must know that although the Great King Banner at the head of the city has nothing to do with the people, every time the new army enters the city, they have to collect taxes, because the taxes they collect this year are all given to the previous regime, and besides, the army can't capture a place without any benefit.

However, the share of taxes is very high, and if one regime collects it, the people can barely cope with it, and the two regimes will have to starve to death in patches of people, so this is why a large number of people will die in troubled times.

Under Cheng Xiaolian's instructions, the news spread quickly and very accurately, and he also secretly warned those gentry, you can not benefit, if you fight for fame again, don't blame the army for being polite.

Those gentry didn't care about the reputation of this time or twice, in short, if they could keep their status and power, the people under them would not be harmed, and their interests would not be damaged in the coming year.

Soon there was this rumor in the land of Henan, but some people who were farther away were still skeptical, and those who were closer had already believed more than half of them.

Soon the news reached Rabu's ears, and when he learned that the dragon banner was still there, he immediately issued an order: "Inform the troops of the three places to attack at the same time, if they can't reach the city of Nanyang Mansion within two days, let them come to see them, and tell Lin Daojin to let him block the connection between Nanyang Mansion and Huguang. ”

The news reached Ge Fengli, Ge Fengli immediately ordered his troops and horses to rush to Nanyang Mansion, but in his army with Liu Guangwu and his brothers, although Liu Guangwu failed to completely impress him, but after all, he had some scruples, he believed that if there was a chance on the battlefield, Rabu would definitely not hesitate to sell himself in exchange for victory in the battle, and in the end, he would definitely be saddled with a black cauldron that could not be shaken off, and he would have to bear infamy after death.

For the sake of his own net worth and life, for his posthumous reputation, he couldn't help but be a little more cautious, although he didn't dare to betray the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but his heart was already very vigilant.

The other two people have the same idea as him, although everyone did not fall to that point and did not break with the Manchu Qing, but they all have the mind to protect themselves, and now in troubled times, they have soldiers and generals under their hands to speak hard, if there are no soldiers and no generals, I am afraid that everyone will have to knead it.

This time, the Shanhe army marched into Henan and brought 50,000 soldiers and horses, and each of the three soldiers and horses in Henan was basically about 30,000 soldiers and horses, counting the army of Rabu nearly 100,000 people. This is the largest number of soldiers that Henan Mansion can muster, and no matter how much it has, it will have to be transferred from Gyeonggi to the strongland, but as long as it is not a big problem, the soldiers and horses in the Gyeonggi strongland will basically not be transferred, is it important that you win the battle or is the emperor's dragon body important? Besides, how long did Emperor Chongzhen of the previous dynasty hang the coal mountain, but he couldn't make the Jingshi empty.

Qin Yue met Cheng Xiaolian at this time: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks you should go back to Chengdu Mansion." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "What, the boss is scared?" ”

"The old minister is really afraid, the old minister had the confidence to win this battle, but the emperor is here, the old minister can only use six points with his great strength, and the victory or defeat of this battle is unpredictable."

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "You are indeed reasonable, the number of enemy troops is twice that of us, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has summoned the Eight Banners of the Han Army this time, but our subordinates are not all elite soldiers, so how about I take 800 people back to Hubei?" ”

Qin Yue nodded violently: "As long as the emperor can reach our territory safely, the old ministers have an eighty percent victory rate in this battle!" ”

Yang Youcai looked embarrassed, and he didn't say what he wanted to say after all, so he could only sigh faintly in his heart.

To say that Cheng Xiaolian would obediently listen to the advice of others to return to Chengdu Mansion and wait for the news, Yang Youcai was the first not to believe it, he even felt that if it wasn't for his wife giving birth, he wouldn't have stayed in Chengdu Mansion for so long last time, and now that he finally arrived on the battlefield, how could he leave easily?

"Boss, in order to tempt the enemy army, this dragon banner has to stay in the city."

"Although the emperor can rest assured, if the thieves of the Manchu Qing Dynasty do not have the courage, they will be considered lucky, if they have this courage, the old minister will definitely break their teeth!"

Cheng Xiaolian turned around and went out: "Yang Youcai, inform Wang Tieniu to order the personal guard camp, and we will retreat." ”

Sure enough, as Yang Youcai expected, the army had just left the city for twenty miles, and Cheng Xiaolian immediately changed direction.

Yang Youcai looked bitter: "Your Majesty, where are you going?" We can't mess around now. ”

"Remember, there is no emperor of the Ming Dynasty now, only Cheng Xiaolian, the deputy commander of the Daming Mountain and River Army. If you talk nonsense again, I will lose my life and depend on you. ”

"Yes, General Cheng, you have already promised Lord Qin, how can you talk not count."

"Hmph, according to the information just sent yesterday, the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of the Han Army have been deployed outside Xinye City, where are there 30,000 people, won't we hit the stone with an egg when we go back to Hubei?"

"Then we might as well stay in the city."

"It's not okay to stay in the city, Lord Qin is right, as long as I'm there, it's difficult for him to let go of his hands and feet, what he thinks about before using troops is not whether he can win, but whether I will be in danger, and besides, large-scale combat is not what I'm good at, let's do some small actions."

Chen Chengan also followed the horse: "Dare to ask General Cheng, where is our goal this time?" ”

"Ruzhou!"

Yang Youcai frowned: "We just killed thousands of people, and those people are all people, let's go to Ruzhou now, but whoever shows the banner of the Ming Dynasty has to be eaten alive by life." ”

"Hmph, I'm hiding the news that there is a military defense in the south, Lord Qin will let me out, you think about our current situation, the south, northeast, and northwest are all enemies, only due north, there will definitely not be a large number of soldiers and horses, and besides, I left the dragon banner in the city, even if there is news of a hundred people crossing the border, presumably Prince Jian will not take it to heart." In his heart, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would run south, and would never run north to die. ”

(End of chapter)