"Put our red flag into Shanxi and Henan!"

"Okay, okay!"

In Fengxiang Mansion, in front of the governors and co-presidents of all towns, Shi Kefa laughed heartily: "The words of the chief minister have completely reassured us."

Qi Yuangong also said: "Yes, we are still struggling with the gains and losses of these three Shaanxi and one land. The chief assistant has already seen the entire Central Plains. Governor, we have a goal now."

Shi Kefa looked at the generals with a proud face: "The chief assistant once said that we can kill Yama with a hundred thousand banners. Just as the chief assistant said, we have an army of one hundred thousand under our control. Is there any monster in the world that we should be afraid of?"

"We need to be more generous in our work. The central government will support us with food. But with so many people in the three Shaanxi areas, how many days can we rely on the central government's support alone?"

"We really need to fight him out."

Listening to Shi Kefa's words, the generals in several towns were ready to take action. Soon someone asked: "Then Governor, how should Yan'an Mansion be dealt with?"

Yes, the northwest army is about to fight out, but the Yan'an Prefecture still has 60,000 to 70,000 troops from the Ming court, as well as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and other anti-king coalition forces.

Since Shi Kefa showed up in Sanshan and Datong Society announced its strong return, the forces under Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Gao Yingxiang fell apart, and most of the troops were out of their control.

Several people who were unwilling to surrender to the Datong Society united for self-protection and called on other anti-kings to share weal and woe. The other anti-kings rushed into Yan'an Prefecture in order to avoid the Datong Society's army and also for the future. Finally, Yan'an Prefecture crowded into

Joined the Eighteenth Route Anti-King Alliance Army.

Each of these rebel kings is used to the life of being a master. Before, they were just refugees and bandits. Since the rebellion, they all traveled with carriages and horses, cheered in front of them and lived in luxurious houses.

There is endless gold and silver, as well as beauties and wine.

How happy it is to live such an unrestrained life. If you are defeated by the Datong Society or the imperial army, your life as a master will become a prisoner in an instant.

Therefore, in order to keep their own good life, these anti-kings have to unite to form a deterrent.

It has to be said that the 18th Route Anti-Kings gathered together, with a total of more than 100,000 people, and the momentum was indeed huge.

In addition, Yan'an Mansion not only had them, but also Hong Chengchou's army. For a time, neither Shi Kefa nor Hong Chengchou easily attacked these rebels, but instead tried to recruit them.

Shi Kefa was still digesting the various prefectures in Gansu and Shaanxi and reorganizing the place, while Hong Chengchou was simply afraid of Shi Kefa's army and wanted to find cannon fodder for himself.

Faced with the competition between the Datong Society and the Ming Court to win over them, the Eighteenth Route Rebel King suddenly felt that he was now a figure and began to raise prices. The anxiety and sorrow that he had felt all day long at the beginning also disappeared. There were five people and six people.

The appearance is back.

Although these people are a rabble, when hundreds of thousands of rabble gather together, they are no ordinary rabble.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of pigs, and it will take you several days to catch them.

Therefore, Shi Kefa has always ignored these people. Now a clear order came from the center of the Datong Society. Zhang Haogu, the president of the Datong Society and the chief assistant of the Datong Party, conveyed the highest instructions to Shi Kefa, the governor of the three sides of the Datong Society and the president of the four towns: Datong Society

The co-workers need to be beaten out.

Shi Kefa's eyes moved to Yan'an Mansion again.

Yan'an Prefecture covers a large area, with three states and sixteen counties. If it were not such a large place, it would not be able to squeeze in the army of the Eighteenth Route Army against the king and Hong Chengchou.

Shi Kefa stared at the map on the table and said slowly: "There are three prefectures and sixteen counties in Yan'an Prefecture. Hong Chengchou's power is not weak. He now occupies five counties in Yan'an Prefecture. He can enter Fushi and return to Pingyang.

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"Don't worry about Hong Chengchou's officers and soldiers for now. Send a letter to the Eighteenth Route Rebel King. I will give them another chance. If they surrender now, I will still protect their wealth. If they still want to lead the army in the war, I will seek military exploits myself.

There are plenty of places for them in the governor's army. But if you insist on stubbornly insisting on preventing Datong Society from regaining the land, then you can wait to be crushed into powder."

Shi Kefa's letter was delivered to the table of the Eighteenth Route Rebel King, and Hong Chengchou's letter was also delivered at the same time.

In Fushi City, the Eighteenth Route Rebel King looked at each other in confusion. Whether it was Shi Kefa or Hong Chengchou, their letters seemed to be conciliatory, but they contained threats overtly or covertly. However, their own family members also knew about their own affairs. Whether they were with Shi Kefa or Hong Chengchou,

Hong Chengchou is bound to lose in any battle. They lack enough heavy firearms and their generals are as demoralized as lost dogs. How can they fight against the armies of both sides?

"Guys, come up with an idea. Whether it's fighting or running, there must be an explanation." An anti-king couldn't help but said.

"Fight? Run? Who can you fight with, and where can you go if you run?" Zhang Xianzhong sneered.

The anti-king was instantly dissatisfied. Before, you, Zhang Xianzhong, were the top boss among the Eighteenth Route Anti-Kings, with numerous elite men under your command. But now, you, Zhang Xianzhong, only have 20,000 or 30,000 people left. I also have more than 10,000 brothers.

Why do you still look down on people like this?

Li Zicheng looked at the hall where the quarrel was about to start again. He felt exhausted physically and mentally for a while. With these idiots, how could he accomplish the great cause of rebellion?

"Okay, okay! Stop arguing! If we don't unite now, we will be eaten up by those two families!" Li Zicheng slammed the table with dissatisfaction.

Looking at the people who had calmed down, Li Zicheng said: "It's definitely not easy to fight us, but we don't have no chance at all. Go to Shanxi, we'll spread doubts, and then go to Shanxi. I don't believe it will develop."

stand up!"

Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly: "If you want to go to Shanxi, you can go to Henan!"

Obviously, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong still couldn't pee in the same pot.

But the two major rebel kings gave their goals, and the rest of the rebel kings were also fighting in their hearts. Soon these rebel kings discussed a way out.

On October 28th of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and other anti-king forces from the 18th Shaanxi Province gathered heavily and launched a war against Hong Chengchou in Ganquan.

The two sides combined a total of more than 200,000 troops to fight on the front line of Fu Lu River. Although Hong Chengchou was in a weak position, he had elite cavalry, many firearms and heavy artillery, and the Eighteenth Route Army was defeated at the front line of Fu Lu River.

It is said that the rebels were beaten by Hong Chengchou and fled in embarrassment, suffering heavy casualties and the Fulu River was directly dyed red.

This battle seemed to be won by Hong Chengchou, but most of the Eighteenth Route Rebels fled into Shanxi and Henan. Now it is unclear whether Hong Chengchou lost or won.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two rebel kings, fled into Shanxi and Henan respectively, and began to attack cities and villages on the spot, recruit troops, and gather refugees and strong people. For a time, Shanxi and Henan developed extremely fast.

Originally, the life of the people in the Central Plains was getting worse day by day. Their families were broken up, their families were destroyed, and countless people were displaced. Who among you didn’t hold your breath in your heart?

Now that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have successfully transferred, they immediately gave the people a new idea: Since the imperial court does not want us to live, then we do not intend to let the imperial court survive either!

Soon Shanxi and Henan were in war, and the officers and soldiers of the guards in these two provinces hurriedly gathered to resist the troops of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Suddenly, the entire Central Plains was in flames of war.

Faced with the fire situation in the backyard, even though Hong Chengchou defeated the Eighteenth Route Rebel King and was about to occupy the entire Yan'an Prefecture, Hong Chengchou still had to withdraw from Shaanxi and lead his main force back to Shanxi to put out the fire.

But Shi Kefa was smiling happily. Without spending a single soldier, he forced the Eighteenth Route Rebel King and Hong Chengchou to fight each other. Now he even drove these rebel kings to Shanxi and Henan, the hinterland of the Central Plains, allowing these anti-kings to fight.

How could he not be happy to be the king's pioneer again?

If Shi Kefa is beaming, then someone will be angry.

The angry person is named Zhu Youjian, who is now Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty and is nominally the most powerful and powerful person in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen had reason to be angry. He placed great hopes on Hong Chengchou, hoping that Hong Chengchou could defeat the rebellious peasant army and prove to the world that the court could still fight, that the court was still a well-deserved court, and that no one in the world should cause trouble and everyone should be in peace and order.

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From this point of view, Hong Chengchou actually fought pretty well. He defeated Li Zicheng twice, and even defeated the Eighteenth Route Army's anti-king coalition in one battle, killing these bandits with blood flowing down them.

It seems that Hong Chengchou has perfectly completed the task assigned to him by Chongzhen, but in fact?

These rogue bandits and rebels have all come to Shanxi and Henan. They are getting closer and closer to Zhili. The entire northern country is now in flames of war, and people all over the world are in panic.

What's more, the war between Sanshaan and Shaanxi was the first battle between the imperial court and the Datong Society. The first battle ended like this. Now the Datong Society occupies the entire land of Gansu and Shaanxi. The officials and soldiers of the imperial court and even the soldiers and horses of the Datong Society

He was kicked out of Shaanxi again without seeing it. How should people in the world view the imperial court?

What prestige does the imperial court have?

So Chongzhen had reason to be angry.

In the Wuying Hall, all the civil and military officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty were kneeling on the ground. Emperor Chongzhen Zhu You was pacing back and forth to check his breath. The violent rise and fall of his chest made people worry that Chongzhen would explode in the next moment.

"Trash! They're all trash!"

"What's going on in Shanxi and Henan? Are the officials in the two provinces not at all prepared to face rogue bandits and rebels?"

"A few escaped bandits have caused wars in Shanxi and Henan. The people are panicked, and the gentry have fled one after another. What is the use of such an official?!"

Chongzhen's anger was substantial. He had received the battle report from Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou showed his results directly and told Emperor Chongzhen that he had tried his best. He had defeated the Eighteenth Route Rebel King and all his main forces.

After being beaten to pieces, several small groups of bandits took the opportunity to escape to Shanxi and Henan. He had already prepared to pass through Shaanxi, but he didn't expect that there was a fire in the back road, so he had no choice but to return to Shanxi to quell the chaos.

I'm sorry, His Majesty the Emperor.

Looking at Hong Chengchou's military report, Chongzhen felt that evil fire was constantly rising. Hong Chengchou's military report was very detailed and well-founded, but the urgent reports from Shanxi and Henan were unclear, and there was obviously something hidden in them.

Chongzhen thought about it again and again, Hong Chengchou had indeed won a great victory, and the Eighteenth Route Rebels had definitely been defeated. It should be that the officials in Shanxi and Henan were not effective in suppressing the bandits, which allowed the rogue bandits to become bigger again.

As soon as he thought about this, Chongzhen had the intention to remove the governor of Henan and the governor of Shanxi.

But before Chongzhen could speak, someone took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the Governors of Henan and Shanxi failed to suppress the bandits and sat back and watched the bandits grow. They failed in their duties and failed to put out the fire. I ask your Majesty to remove the Governors of Henan and Shanxi provinces and appoint good ministers.

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As soon as these words came out, Wuying Palace exploded instantly.

Whether it is the Governor of Shanxi or the Governor of Henan, the reason why they are in this position is because who has few helpers in the government and who is not an important figure in a big force?

There was no New Party in the court of the Chongzhen Dynasty. They were all members of the Donglin Party. They were all gentlemen of the Manchu Dynasty, and they were all upright and prosperous. It can be said that three generations can be expected, and the world will be governed.

With so many honorable men and honest and loyal ministers, it is natural that everyone is divided into factions, such as Wen Tiren's faction, Yang Sichang's faction, Shi Fenglai's faction, Jin Party, Huai Party, Zhejiang Party, and Chu Party.

It can be said that there are many factions and frequent party disputes.

Now that someone is opening fire on two families at once, they are naturally unhappy.

Soon there was a quarrel in Wuying Hall. Each of these court officials worked very hard for their own interests and the development of the township party. They criticized each other with words and writings, calling each other traitors and a scourge to the court.

A court full of nobles and beasts. In the past, these important ministers who used to be afraid of tiring themselves out if they spoke a word, and asked others to do it for them if they moved their hands, now they are doing it in person, pointing at the opposite nose and starting to spit. When the atmosphere is up,

They even pulled each other's official robes and hair, turning the fine court meeting into a fight between gangsters in the market.
To be continued...