The 13th year of Chongzhen was destined to be a critical year for the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng gathered millions to siege Luoyang, further weakening the authority of the Ming Dynasty and shaking the Ming Dynasty's rule in the Central Plains.

All over the world, bandits and powerful men took advantage of this opportunity to become ambitious and their power expanded rapidly. Local military and towns and territorial officials gradually escaped from the control of the Ming court, and the trend of separatist emerged.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty, which rose in the northeast, has been besieging Jinzhou for more than half a year. Once Jinzhou is lost, the Qing army will directly point to Shanhaiguan, and the Qing Dynasty will enter the pass without any scruples.

It can be said that the success or failure of the two wars in the Battle of Nei Luoyang and the Battle of Jinzhou in the Foreign Republic of China determines how many years the Ming Dynasty can last.

Henan, east of Hulao Pass, Xingyang County.

During the Chu-Han dispute, in order to compete for Ao Cang, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu "fighted seventy and forty in small battles, causing the people of the world to be heartbroken, and the father and son were invincible in the wild, and countless."

The location of Ao Cang is near Xingyang, but there is no granary in Xingyang at present, which disappoints the rebel army that captured Xingyang.

At this time, outside Xingyang County, the camp of the rebel army spread. People in the camp were roaring and horses neighing. Vehicles loaded with food and grass were undergoing final inspections and were about to be sent to the city of Luoyang.

"Three Generals!" Several soldiers who were loading the food truck saw a thin man wearing iron armor and dark skin coming over, and immediately stopped to salute.

Li Zicheng led a million people to besiege Luoyang and ordered the troops of the rebel army to plunder grain and supply the rebel army under the city of Luoyang.

Li crossed the Yellow River and plundered Huaiqing and Wei Hui; Yuan Zong's younger brother went south to Ruzhou; while Li Zicheng's third brother Li Zijing led 100,000 troops to break into Hulao Guandong and plunder the counties of Kaifeng.

Li Zijing looked cold, looking as if he owed him money, waved his hand and asked, "How many cars will be transported today?"

"Report to the three generals, they transported a hundred vehicles away. The army only left one month's food, and the rest were all sent to Luoyang." A leader of the rebel army bowed his head and replied.

A hundred trucks of food are already a lot, but for the millions of troops under Luoyang City, it is a drop in the bucket, which is obviously not enough.

Li Zijing swelled his cheeks and said in a deep voice: "Be careful on the road, and you must send the food to the camp safely."

"Sir, obey the order!" The general hurriedly bowed.

Li Zijing nodded and returned to the tent with great worries.

This time, the rebel army divided into three groups to collect grain. The route was the easiest to say, and the prefectures and counties he passed by were also the richest, but he did not gain much.

Among the bandits, if you use your strength to conquer others, whoever has strong abilities and great strength will be convinced.

Li Zijing's ability in the rebel army was only average, but Li Zi became the control army and raised him to a very high position. In order to convince him, he specially ordered him to lead his troops eastward and plunder the wealthiest Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan.

This naturally made some of the people in the rebel army dissatisfied with him leading the army to harvest food. If he could not do it well and plunder more food than the other two routes, not only would he be criticized in the future, but his brother Li Zicheng would also be embarrassed.

At this time, Li Zijing returned to the tent and stood in front of the map with a sinister expression. Kaifeng was rich, but he did not dare to touch the neighborhood of Kaifeng City, so he didn't have many choices, which made him quite distressed.

At this moment, a rebel army came to report: "You reported to the third general, and your subordinates received a news that the Gao family in Xinzheng is a large tribe in Henan. It is said that they have been entrenched in Xinzheng for hundreds of years and the tribe is very rich!"

"Xinzheng Gao's family?" Li Zijing is from Shaanxi. He used to be a farmer and didn't know much about the situation in Henan.

"Yes! It is said that there were grand senators in their family and more than a dozen officials!" The general of the ministry told the news he had heard.

Li Zijing was overjoyed. He had been a Grand Secretary and had more than a dozen dog officials. He must have been rich, and his land was probably less than tens of thousands of acres.

At this time, Li Zijing looked at the map and found Xinzheng. He found that it was not far from Xingyang and left Feng again. He made a quick decision and ordered: "The army gathered immediately!"

The military order was conveyed, and a unit of the rebel army was kept to guard Hulao Pass and Xingyang, and to ensure the connection between the army and Luoyang. Li Zijing then led his troops to Xinzheng in a mighty manner.

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Xinzheng, Gaolaozhuang.

Gao Youwen sent Gao Youcai and Gao Jian to the county and talked to the magistrate for a day, saying that the Gao family of Xinzheng was born after Duke Gao Wenxiang. He was born in the Ming Dynasty and died in the Ming Dynasty. He would never betray the court.

The county magistrate was also quite moved by Gao Youwen's death of his relatives for justice, and said that he would submit a report to the court to Gao Youwen and set up another archway to commend Gao Youwen's achievements.

When he came back from the county, Gao Youwen was in a good mood, but at the same time he was a little depressed.

After all, there is only one Mi County separated from Dengfeng and Xinzheng. It is said that Gao Youcai has a son in Dengfeng, and he is the leader of the thief.

He sent Gao Youcai and Gao Jian to meet the officials. Dengfeng's rebels received news and were very likely to retaliate. Therefore, he told Cao Chao to pay attention to inquire about Dengfeng's news. If the situation is not good, he would go to the county to avoid it for a while.

The spy released it, but there was no news on Dengfeng for several days, but the thief leader Gao Huan had no reaction at all.

"Didn't the Dengfeng side respond yet?" Gao Youwen asked with a frown.

Cao Chao said: "Master, if you don't have any movement, you're like you don't have such a father or brother!"

Gao Youwen raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly, "This kid is a cruel man. Just like him, he is all things!"

While he was talking, a guard came in, "The master had a few horse thieves who appeared outside the village, and ran away after sending a letter."

Gao Youwen said in surprise: "Where do you believe?"

The guard took out a letter from his arms and submitted it. Gao Youwen took it and opened the letter to watch it. His brows immediately frowned into the word "chuan".

Cao Chao couldn't help asking, "What's going on with the master?"

Gao Youwen walked to the chair and sat down. After a while, he said, "Send someone to the county and tell Magistrate Sun that he should be prepared. Then send someone to the north to see if there are any bandits coming."

"North?" Cao Chao said in confusion.

Gao Youwen said angrily: "What are you doing while standing? Why don't you go quickly!"

Seeing this, Cao Chao hurriedly bowed and withdrew. Gao Youwen sat on the chair, picked up the letter and read it again.

The letter was written by Gao Huan, telling Gao Youwen that he was forced to rebel, and now he wants to do nothing but protect the people of Henan. He also explains that the reason why Gao Youcai and Gao Yan came is because they learned that the rebel army was about to attack Xinzheng, and they were worried about the safety of their tribesmen and wanted to protect the people of Xinzheng.

In the letter, Gao Huan hoped that Gao Youwen would not hurt his father, and then reminded Gao Youwen that he received the news that the trespassing army would attack Xinzheng in the near future, hoping that Xinzheng's tribe members would prepare early.

After reading the letter from Gao Youwen, hesitated for a moment, and called his son to ask the tribe members in the village to clean up their belongings and wait for his orders.

For a moment, Gao Laozhuang was in chaos, and at this moment, Cao Chao ran back and shouted: "Master, something is wrong, the thief has come to Longhu Town!"

This [Biquge www.boquge.info] was so fast that Gao Youwen was shocked. Fortunately, the village had already packed his luggage. Wen Yu immediately ordered: "Hurry, everyone will move to the county town immediately!"
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