Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun almost choked, the emperor's allocation of silver is very strange, allocating Jiangnan to build a wharf, allocating Tianjin construction, allocating north-south bridge traffic construction, allocating the Daming Navy Division gunboat manufacturing, allocating the funds of the Daming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, and allocating the expansion of the emperor's enterprises, all without hesitation, it is often two million three million taels out, and you didn't blink, why are you so harsh on the army?

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen has his own considerations, he knows that these anti-people will not be wiped out at all for a while and a half, and a large number of people killed are not his own intention, he doesn't want to do this, he wants to use the improvement of economic development to peacefully resolve domestic disputes, his temperament has changed a lot, let the officers and soldiers around fight slowly, one day they will be able to catch the bandit leaders and disintegrate the peasant army, not to mention, he is ready to fight against North Korea! Hearing that Huang Long was killed, he already had the idea of using troops against North Korea.

"The old slave obeys." Strange is strange, the emperor does everything himself, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun are just doing things, and now the emperor is grasping all the major events in the Ming Dynasty, who can say anything?

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen glanced at the two of them, and sighed slightly, he actually trusted the vision of these two old eunuchs very much, they both thought that they should increase investment in the extermination of the peasant army, although Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen had his own opinions, or decided to increase the weight a little more, "Let Cao Wenzhao's five thousand people also go out of Beijing to fight, and also allocate one million taels of military salaries!" ”

The two old eunuchs were a little more happy, and they were ordered to retire again.

On November 24 of that year, the peasant army broke out of the encirclement by crossing the frozen flight of the Yellow River; Liankemichi, Lushi, Yiyang (now Ruyang) three counties. From Shaanxi into Henan. Yuan Mo, the governor of Henan, intercepted it with heavy troops, and the peasant army turned south, passing through Ruzhou (now Linru) to Xichuan, Neixiang, Guanghua, and Nanyang. Thereafter. The peasant army was divided into joint ventures, and the five battalions of peasant armies such as Lao Hui Hui attacked Huguang. On the fifth day of the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Luo Rucai and other peasant armies crossed the Hanshui from Yunyang, and attacked Xiangyang the next day, Liankepingli, Baihe and other places. On the 14th, Nan Pofeng County entered Sichuan.

The peasant army captured Xingshan and killed Liu Dingguo of Zhixian County. Fifteenth. Xiaqutang. On February 21, he captured Kuizhou Prefecture (present-day Wanyuan, Xuanhan, Daxian, the area east of Liangping and Jianshi County, Hubei) and Daning, and besieged Taiping. Because Tusi Qin Liangyu led the army to block the path of the peasant army's advance. In March of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the old man who entered Sichuan returned to return and other battalions of volunteers from Yangpingguan (now northwest of Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province) into Qinzhou and returned to Shaanxi.

In the winter of the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), the peasant army broke through the encirclement of the official army. Enter the south border of Henan. After the capture of Nanyang. The rebel army was divided, Lao Huihui and other five battalions attacked Huguang, Li Zicheng and others entered Hanzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to Xinyang. In the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong was confident that Yangxi went to Shang and Luo. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong joined forces to capture Chengcheng and approached Pingliang and other prefectures and counties. On February 28, Zhang Xianzhong and other 13 battalions of volunteers entered Hannan from Henan Shang and Luoxi out of Tongguan. In March, Lao Hui and other departments also returned to Shaanxi from Sichuan. The peasant rebels were once again united as a formidable force.

Under Hong Chengchou's powerful offensive, the "Ningsai people" were basically defeated. Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, continued to dispatch the generals. By the end of the year, the situation in Shaanxi had been basically stabilized.

However, the improvement of the situation in Shaanxi did not make Emperor Chongzhen and his court breathe a sigh of relief, because the problem in Shanxi has become more and more serious.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen stayed quietly in Beijing, steadily preparing for the war against North Korea, for North Korea and Mongolia, he will not give up, he will not give Huang Taiji that kind of opportunity, that kind of opportunity without worries, although the current strength of the Ming Dynasty is not strong, compared to this time in the previous life, it is much better.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to pay money to fight against the people, but he was never ambiguous about fighting Jiannu.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao was given great power. This is an important personnel change. Prior to this, Shanxi's encirclement and suppression were divided into separate affairs, and there were many contradictions between governors, governors and generals, and there was no restraint among heavy ministers. At this point, Cao Wenzhao served as the front-line commander of Shanxi, responsible for controlling the soldiers and horses of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Cao Wenzhao was by no means an idle figure, he was one of the most capable generals on the Shaanxi and Jin fronts at that time. He is a native of Datong, Shanxi, who joined the army in Liaodong when he was young, and worked as a sergeant under Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong. Later, he was promoted by Yuan Chonghuan and served as a guerrilla under Zu Dashou. After Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, Cao Wenzhao also defected with Zu Dashou, and later joined the general Ma Shilong and was promoted to general. After returning to Shanxi to encircle and suppress the peasant army, he was promoted to deputy chief soldier and chief soldier for meritorious service. In the process of suppressing the Shaanxi Righteous Army, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats, so there was a folk song at that time that said: "There is a Cao in the army, and the western thief is afraid when he hears it." This shows his prestige. Facts have proved that after he left Shanxi, the situation in Shanxi has changed significantly.

Emperor Chongzhen also sent special instructions to all parts of Shanxi, asking for support for Cao Wenzhao and other ministries. When he learned that some magistrates in Shanxi did not cooperate with Cao Wenzhao, he strictly instructed Yushi to impeach and picket and punish him heavily. In May of this year, his duties were to record merits and pay wages. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen also issued 1 million taels of internal money, 4,000 horses of plain red python satin, and 1,000 horses of red silk, and gave a reward in front of the army to show support.

Cao Wenzhao, together with his generals Ma Ke, Cao Bianjiao and others, led 3,500 horse infantry who were "selected one by one and repeatedly battled" to set out from Qingyang, cross the Yellow River through Tongguan, go to Puzhou and Hejin in Shanxi, and then go deep into the hinterland of Shanxi to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Cao Wen's edict was the best among all the officers and troops who participated in the encirclement and suppression.

After a short rest in Hejin, Cao Wenzhao left for Huozhou (now Huo County, Shanxi). In Huozhou, there was a fierce encounter with more than 10,000 peasant soldiers, and the Shaanxi soldiers led by Cao Wenzhao fought bravely and well, killing the leader of the peasant army, the Drill Sky Harrier and the Heavenly Dragon. The peasant army was routed.

Cao Wenzhao immediately waved his army north and launched an attack in the north of Taiyuan. The first defeated peasant army was in Yu County (now Yu County), and on the way to pursue, in Fangshan in the northeast of Shouyang (now Shouyang), the peasant army was defeated again, and its leader was killed by the king of mixed worlds, and the rest of the troops were driven away by guerrilla fierce tigers.

At this point, the peasant armies in Wutai (now Wutai), Dingxiang (now Dingxiang), Shouyang and other places in the north of Taiyuan were basically wiped out by Cao Wenzhao.

In order to defend Taiyuan, the governor of Shanxi ordered Cao Wenzhao to move troops to Pingding Prefecture (now Pingding) and prepare for the east of Taiyuan. The general soldier Zhang Yingchang garrisoned Fenzhou (now Fencheng) and prepared the west of Taiyuan. He Renlongbu is a guerrilla to prepare for the response.

Cao Wenzhao took Pingding as a stronghold, constantly attacked, and successively defeated the peasant army Yu Leping (now Xiyang), Heshun (now Heshun), Taigu (now Taigu), Fancun (an important town in the east of Taigu), Yushe (now Yushe), and drove away Wang Ziyong (Zijinliang) and Ma Shouying (Lao Huihui) who were operating near Taiyuan.

Cao Wenzhao's troops continued to move south, pursued the peasant army, and defeated the peasant army in Gaoping (now Gaoping), Zezhou (now Jincheng), Runcheng (between Zezhou and Yangcheng), Qinshui (now Qinshui), Yangcheng (now Yangcheng), and attacked Tianxing, Zijinliang, Laohuihui and other departments.

The leader of the 36th Battalion, Zijin Liang Wang, died of illness in Jiyuan, Henan (now Jiyuan, Henan). The originally loose peasant army fell into a scattered situation of fighting on its own, which provided a favorable opportunity for the imperial court to encircle and suppress.

In order to solve the predicament of northern Henan, Cao Wenzhao led his troops into the mountainous area of Shexian (now Shexian County, Henan) in Henan to encircle and suppress the peasant army that poured into this place. Then he attacked Huaiqing (now Qinyang) and Jiyuan (now Jiyuan) in Henan, and killed the leader of the peasant army, Rolling Dilong, etc. At this time, the generals Li Bei, Ai Wannian, Tang Jiuzhou, Deng Xi and Zuo Liangyu also led their troops to attack together, and the battlefield was once favorable.

Speaking of which, Cao Wenzhao is really a rare general. Not only is he good at fighting, but he is also quite able to take care of the overall situation. When he was fighting in Shaanxi, he made many military exploits, but he was always suppressed by Hong Chengchou and did not report it, and suffered a lot of hidden losses. Yushi Wu Fu was very upset with him. Even so, Cao Wenzhao still fought diligently and did not have any ambition.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen looked at every change in the Central Plains battlefield without emotion, waiting quietly, quietly waiting for the blossoming and fruition. (To be continued......)