Gu Junen returned to Taiyuan Mansion City.

With the emperor's decree, Li Zicheng was very happy, the righteous army had not yet attacked Shaanxi, he was named the governor of Tongzhi, this is the military attache of the imperial court, I think when I received Yang Sichang's letter, the righteous army was ready to attack Shaanxi immediately, and there was nothing at that time.

It's a pity that Li Zicheng didn't know at all, according to the rules of the imperial court, he was named the governor of Tongzhi, which was needed to go to the capital to receive the decree, and the imperial court's palace newspaper needed to be passed on to the world, but unfortunately these procedures were not carried out, Li Zicheng just got the emperor's holy decree, to put it mildly, this is just a blank check.

What's more critical is that the governor Tongzhi has no actual rights, for example, Zheng Zhilong, as the governor of Tongzhi, concurrently serves as the general army of Fujian, then he has actual power, and Li Zicheng has not been canonized to other positions, and this governor Tongzhi is a decoration.

The next thing is the matter of the rebel army's attack on Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng is very satisfied with Gu Junen's negotiations, being able to completely control Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places is almost equivalent to controlling the Central Plains, as long as he develops these places well and absorbs useful talents, he can continue to develop and grow in the future and achieve higher goals.

So how to attack Shaanxi, Li Zicheng also followed Gu Junen's opinion.

The courage of the Zheng family's army, Li Zicheng knew in his heart that the combat effectiveness of the righteous army was indeed not as good as the Zheng family's army, and if he couldn't give a good plan and rashly launched an attack, it would definitely be a failure.

Gu Junen thought about it, and after Li Zicheng opened his mouth to ask, he answered carefully.

"When the rebel army attacked Shaanxi, it was necessary to make preparations in two aspects, one was to find the weak point of the Zheng family army to attack, and the other was in the process of attacking. It shows that this is the meaning of the emperor and the imperial court, not that the righteous army wants to take the initiative to attack Shaanxi. ”

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, agreeing with Gu Junen's opinion.

"The Zheng family's army in Shaanxi did not have many troops, and the rebels could have taken the method of concentrating their forces and raiding to achieve victory, but there was no such opportunity at present. Since the capital knows about King Chuang being crowned as the governor of the capital, then Zheng Xunrui should also know about this matter, my suggestion is to send about 100,000 rebels to launch a tentative attack on Shaanxi, we don't want to fight with the Zheng army, the emperor and the court want to let the righteous army and the Zheng army lose both, they can't achieve their goal. ”

When Gu Junen said this, a smile appeared on Li Zicheng's face.

"That's what Mr. Gu said. The emperor and the court wanted to use the rebels, but it was not so easy. ”

"What King Chuang said is that once the rebel army launches an attack on Shaanxi, we need to find the court to ask for money and food, and the emperor and the court want to use us, then we have to get the greatest benefit, as for how to attack Shaanxi, it is all under the control of King Chuang. How to attack, how to carry out the attack. It's all King Chuang's final say. ”

Before Gu Junen finished speaking, Li Zicheng stood up and walked to the side of the map.

"Mr. Gu, we launched an attack on Shaanxi in only two directions, one of which was to attack from the direction of Tongguan. The second is to attack from the direction of Yan'an Mansion, thinking about it, I think it is better to launch an attack from the direction of Tongguan, if the battle is unfavorable, then the rebel army quickly withdrew to Henan Province. Even if the Zheng family army enters Henan Mansion to fight, the righteous army can rely on the city to resist, and besides, the Zheng family army does not have many troops, so it is expected that they will not dare to enter the territory of Henan Mansion......"

Gu Junen's face didn't have too much expression, judging from Li Zicheng's thoughts, the situation he was worried about was still possible, Li Zicheng still wanted to defeat the Zheng family army in his heart, and wanted to occupy Shaanxi, after all, Shaanxi was Li Zicheng's hometown.

Gu Junen didn't have such an idea at all, his so-called attack on Shaanxi was just for show, in order to obtain the money and food of the imperial court and further strengthen the strength of the righteous army, Li Zicheng had a real worry, that is, sooner or later, the Zheng family army would have to attack the north in a big way, and at that time, the righteous army would have the ability to resist the attack of the Zheng family army.

That's the real answer.

But Gu Junen won't say it for the time being, he knows that if he says it now, Li Zicheng will definitely be unhappy, and he won't adopt it, so he can only retreat and let the righteous army attack from the direction of Tongguan, only if the righteous army really fails, Li Zicheng's mind will really change.

Gu Junen also believes that the Zheng family army will not enter Henan Mansion to chase and kill, after all, the Zheng family army is not much, and there are hundreds of thousands of righteous troops stationed in Henan, so they will not be afraid of the small-scale Zheng family army.

Zheng Jinhong led 2,000 soldiers from the Zheng Jiajun scout battalion from Nanjing to Shaanxi.

According to Zheng Xunrui's order, he personally commanded the battle that was about to start in Shaanxi, serving as the commander-in-chief, Hong Xintao served as the deputy commander, assisting Zheng Jinhong in commanding the battle, and Wen Kun, the governor of Shaanxi, did a good job in providing logistical support, and at the same time ensuring the stability of all parts of Shaanxi.

This time, Zheng Xunrui did not intend to show mercy to his subordinates, as can be seen from the fact that he sent Zheng Jinhong as the coach.

The emperor and Yang Sichang's idea is to let Zheng Jiajun and Liukou fight against each other, such a plan is too clear, fools can know the meaning, Zheng Xunrui does not need to make any analysis, he has already made his attitude clear, since the court has such a conspiracy, then Zheng Jiajun will use his strength to break the conspiracy of the imperial court, Zheng Jiajun will not take the initiative to attack, and will never allow Liukou to step into Shaanxi.

When Zheng Jinhong set off from Nanjing, Zheng Xunrui particularly emphasized that the danger of this battle still exists, the Zheng family army in Shaanxi is not much, only 50,000 people, and the Liukou has 600,000 soldiers in Henan and Shanxi, don't think that with 50,000 Zheng Jiajun soldiers, you can completely defeat 600,000 Liukou, even if the 50,000 soldiers of Zheng Jiajun are all three heads and six arms, it can't be done, the end of such a fight is that Zheng Jiajun and Liukou are both defeated, just fell into the court's scheme.

What Zheng Jiajun needs to do is to beat the Liukou, so that the Liukou will never dare to covet Shaanxi, and will not dare to have the idea of fighting Zheng Jiajun again, of course, it is best to let the Liukou be able to fight with the imperial army.

After Zheng Jinhong set off from Nanjing, Zheng Xunrui also issued an order that the Zheng Jiajun stationed in Nanzhili and the Zheng Jiajun stationed in Shandong entered a state of full alert and were ready to attack at any time.

The south has basically stabilized, and the time has come to the second half of the year, according to the development of history, many big things are about to happen, although Zheng Xunrui's crossing has completely changed history, but some trajectories still exist.

Wen Kun and Hong Xintao both received orders from Zheng Xunrui.

Wen Kun focused on preparing grain and grass, and Hong Xintao focused on integrating the Zheng family's army, waiting for the arrival of Zheng Jinhong, the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department and the chief soldier of the Zheng family's army, and at the same time needed to send a large number of scouts to Shanxi and Henan to investigate and see what the Liukou was doing.

The preparation of grain and grass is sufficient, do not worry too much, although Shaanxi is in the north, it has also suffered countless famines, but when Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Shaanxi, he opened up the channel with the grassland tribes to exchange markets, which allowed a large amount of silver to flow into Shaanxi, and later the transaction of fire and gas made Shaanxi get a lot of money.

Part of the money was handed over to Nanjing, and more money was left behind.

If you have money in your hand, you will be able to buy food.

Shaanxi is the most developed place in the north of commerce, far more than the North Zhili, which is often attacked by war, most of the merchants in the north are concentrated in Shaanxi, where commerce and trade are developed, and the government also supports the development of commerce and trade, and will not encounter the invasion of war, of course, it is the first choice of businessmen.

Wenkun's measure to purchase food was quickly implemented.

Compared with the purchase of grain, Wen Kun's focus is still on stabilizing the situation in Shaanxi.

Shaanxi territory is too big, so many years have passed, although all levels of government have made the greatest efforts, but the development is still unbalanced, with Xi'an Fucheng as the center, Yan'an Mansion in the north, Qingyang Mansion, Yulin Town, Hanzhong Mansion in the south, Fengxiang Mansion in the west, Pingliang Mansion and other places are good, the rest of the places are relatively poor, which is also related to the geographical location and conditions, especially Shaanxi Xingdu Division, can be described as the worst place in terms of conditions.

It is not easy to stabilize the situation in such a large place.

Now that the Zheng family's army is about to start defending against the rogues, it is crucial to maintain local stability.

The overall situation in Shaanxi is still stable, from the prince to the ordinary people, they have full confidence in Zheng Jiajun, and they completely obey the orders of the government, but it is difficult to say about some remote places, and there may be an unstable situation.

Wenkun also needs to stabilize the mood of the grassland tribes, after so many years of mutual markets, the Ordos, Tumut, Turpan and Yarkand tribes have been deeply dependent on Shaanxi, and the power of these tribes in the grassland has gradually become stronger, among which the strength of the Ordos tribe has faintly surpassed the Horqin tribe, the leader of the grassland.

Many people from the grassland tribe entered Shaanxi, and the young and strong entered the Zheng family army and became one of them, and the merchants traveled back and forth between the grassland and the hinterland, doing some business allowed by the government, and some of the grassland magnates sent their valued children to Shaanxi to study, which prompted the grassland tribes to be more closely connected with the hinterland.

Once Liukou decides to attack Shaanxi, these grassland tribes will not stand idly by, but according to Zheng Xunrui's meaning, these grassland tribes are not allowed to participate in the war for the time being, Zheng Xunrui has more far-reaching arrangements for the grassland tribes.

In such a situation, the most relaxed is Yang Sichang, the army he led is stationed in the area of Zhending Mansion, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, up and down seem leisurely, so simple to be able to deal with the complex situation, transfer contradictions, Yang Sichang is still very satisfied with himself, the fight between the Liukou and the Zheng Jiajun, no matter who wins, is beneficial to the imperial court, the best is the decisive battle between the Zheng Jiajun and the Liukou, that is the situation that the imperial court can not want. (To be continued.) )