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Chapter 338 The intruders evacuate and the prefect of Kaifeng

Time to enter May.

In Shaanxi, the Chu army had already conquered the city of Xi'an and occupied most of the Xi'an mansion. Li Zicheng even moved into the palace of Prince Qin of the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, he was sitting in the Chengtian Hall of Prince Qin's Mansion, not very happy.

Although the Chuang army captured Xi'an, Sun Chuanting fled to Hanzhong in advance with thousands of elite soldiers and Qin King Zhu Cunji, which would become an obstacle for the Chuang army to enter Shu later.

If it were just this matter, it wouldn't bother Li Zicheng.

In his opinion, Sun Chuanting, like the Ming Dynasty, is a grasshopper after the autumn, and will not be able to jump around for long.

What really made him lose his joy in capturing Xi'an were the two battle reports coming from Henan today.

First, Yuan Zongdi from Zhengzhou reported that he sent Wang Jincai and Hao Yaoqi to attack the camp of Tongxu Meijun, but they were severely defeated. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and fled, losing most of them.

Later, Baiwang of Yuzhou reported that Liu Sheng's personal guards had captured Xuzhou, and Yuzhou and other places were in danger, so he requested reinforcements.

By now it was obvious that if he did not want to lose the remaining Yuzhou, Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Xingyang and other places in Kaifeng Prefecture, he would have to send heavy troops to Kaifeng Prefecture to have a decisive battle with the Yi army and win.

Speaking of which, the total number of troops under the "Chuang" banner may be [-] or [-].

However, from the perspective of Li Zicheng and others, there were only about [-] people who could barely be called "elite", and most of them were reduced soldiers from the Ming army.

Now that he wants to capture other state capitals in Shaanxi as soon as possible, he is eager to dispatch more "elites" from elsewhere. Where can he send troops to Henan to fight Liu Sheng in a battle that he is likely to lose?

Yes, Li Zicheng clearly realized that Chuang Jun was no match for Yi Jun now.

So he didn't want to fight the Yi army for Kaifeng Mansion.

The problem is that he was the one who ordered the attack on the Wei Army Food Road, which caused this war; now he has to abandon the Kaifeng Mansion, which is a bit embarrassing - he is now the king of the establishment after all, and cannot be like before when encountering difficulties. The enemies you fight can leave as they please, and the places they captured can be thrown away as they please.

Without a decent explanation, from now on, the civil and military officials, soldiers and people under his command may not be able to make up their minds to run a place.

So, he called the accompanying civil and military officials over today to discuss matters regarding Kaifeng Mansion.

After talking about the military situation in Kaifeng Mansion, Li Zicheng looked at Li Yan expectantly and asked, "What do the military advisors think of this matter? Do we need to postpone the offensive in Shaanxi and join forces with the Yi army to fight for Kaifeng?"

Li Yan understood that the reason why Li Zicheng asked him first was that he obviously no longer wanted Kaifeng Mansion and wanted him to find some reasons so that he could get off the ground.

Although Li Yan secretly complained that Li Zicheng had not listened to his previous advice, he also believed that he could not compete with the Yi army for Kaifeng Mansion at this time.

He then said: "Your Majesty, Kaifeng Mansion has suffered from drought, locust plagues, military disasters and other disasters in the past few years. The land was barren and the people fled away.

Now that we have encountered another flood, it will take several years of hard work to restore vitality. If you want to restore the former prosperity, it will take decades.

Our army is obviously no match for the Yi army at the moment, so it is really not appropriate for Kaifeng Prefecture to fight against the Yi army.

Therefore, it is better to withdraw the army from Kaifeng Prefecture and rely on Hulao Pass and other dangerous and important places to defend Henan Prefecture.

In this way, hundreds of thousands of troops from Kaifeng Prefecture can be transferred to Shaanxi, so as to capture the whole of Shaanxi as soon as possible, and even march into Sichuan, Gansu, and Shanxi. "

Li Yan could see what Li Zicheng was thinking, and Niu Jinxing, who was better at understanding people's minds, naturally saw it too, so he unexpectedly agreed with Li Yan's proposal.

"Your Majesty, Military Advisor Li is right. Shaanxi is currently short of troops. Instead of struggling with the Yi army in Kaifeng Mansion, it is better to send troops to Shaanxi to attack the city and seize territory."

Wang Linchen and Lai Yi also looked at each other and expressed similar views one after another.

Li Zicheng felt a little happy when he saw it, but he pretended to sigh helplessly and said: "In this case, we can only give up Kaifeng Mansion to the Yi army first."

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  After the Guards captured Xuzhou, they successively divided their forces to capture Changge and Weichuan in the north to further ensure the safety of the Xiaoyang River, a waterway for transporting grain.

In the north, the [-]th Brigade and other standing armies also established defense lines in Zhongmou and Zhuxian Towns to guard against intruders from attacking Tongxu's camp for victims again.

As for the tens of thousands of troops led by Gu Kecheng who were originally stationed in Suizhou, Ningling, and Kaocheng of Guide Prefecture, they were forced to retreat across the Yellow River to Shandong as early as the beginning of several independent brigades of the Wei army heading north. .

Seeing that the time had entered May, Liu Sheng ordered the troops around Kaifeng to step up the search and rescue of the victims, and ordered the refugee camps to prevent the plague.

Generally speaking, there will be a great epidemic after a flood. There had been several wars around Kaifeng before, and many people died, making the possibility of the plague even greater.

However, the procedures for preventing and controlling common plagues are now quite mature, so we are not too afraid.

On this day, Liu Sheng was in the Yamen of Xuzhou, looking at the map, preparing to send troops to attack Yuzhou tomorrow, when a guard reported that Ma Jinshui was coming.

As the commander of the Xunfeng Guard, Ma Jinshui has been responsible for the work of the Xunfeng Guard in the north. After Liu Sheng went north, he came to join the army within two days.

Seeing Liu Sheng, Ma Jinshui hurriedly performed a military salute and handed over a secret report: "Your Majesty, the invading troops in Yuzhou and Xinzheng have all evacuated." "Evacuated?"

Liu Sheng looked surprised and took the translated secret report.

The content of the secret report was very simple. Early this morning, Bai Wang of Yuzhou led more than [-] troops to retreat to Ruzhou. Before leaving, he plundered a lot of food, grass and money in the city, causing civil unrest in Yuzhou.

The Xinzheng army retreated to Dengfeng. Before leaving, they also plundered Xinzheng's food and grass, making the local people miserable.

After reading it, Liu Sheng frowned slightly and said, "Is it possible that the Chuang Army wants to abandon Kaifeng Mansion?"

Ma Jinshui is now experienced. Hearing this, he said: "I will send someone to ask for information from Zhengzhou."

In the evening, intelligence came from Zhengzhou. As expected, Yuan Zongdi also led an army of hundreds of thousands to retreat to Henan Prefecture.

Unlike Yuzhou and Xinzheng, Yuan Zongdi also drove some people to leave with the army, seeming to want to turn Zhengzhou, Xingyang and other places into a deserted land.

Liu Sheng no longer had any doubts, and the next day he mobilized his army to march north and west, successively occupying Yuzhou, Xinzheng, Mi County, Zhengzhou, Xingyang, Heyin, and Xingze.

At this point, except for Sishui County where Hulao Pass is located, which is still occupied by the Chuang Army, all the states and counties south of the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture are owned by the Yi Army, and the entire Guide Prefecture is also owned by the Wei Army.

However, as Li Zicheng, Li Yan and other high-ranking officers of the Chuang Army expected, the Yi army did not gain any direct benefits after occupying this large area of ​​land. Instead, they gained more than one million disaster-stricken people who were waiting for food.

When it came to mid-May, Liu Sheng knew that it was time for him to go to Tianmu Mountain to take charge of the immigration matters.

On this day, Liu Sheng led the bodyguard group and the Cavalry Guards to Xihua County.

After meeting Ge Wenyou, Liu Sheng asked, "Gu Yu wants you to be the prefect of Kaifeng. What are you going to do?"

Ge Wenyou felt excited after hearing this.

The magistrate of Kaifeng was a fourth-rank official in the Ming Dynasty, two levels higher than the magistrate of the prefecture! Moreover, Kaifeng is a big city, where the former governor’s office of Henan was located, and its significance is also extraordinary!
  He had been an official in the Ministry of Wei for a year or two and knew that what Liu Sheng wanted to hear was not words of loyalty, but his ideas on governance.

He immediately controlled his excitement, thought carefully and said, "Weichen believes that the first priority of Kaifeng Mansion is to resettle refugees.

In order to resettle the refugees, search and rescue operations must continue, and waterlogging relief must be stepped up. Only in this way can we catch up with Xia Bo.

In addition, although parts of Kaifeng City are buried in sand and floods, once the floods recede, we can try to unearth usable materials and money to restore the livelihood of the people of Kaifeng Prefecture and save money and food for the central government.

Finally, after the disaster, many bandits may gather in various places, and the army will need to be dispatched to suppress the bandits to ensure peace in the states and counties. "

In a hurry, Ge Wenyou could only think of these policies with his knowledge, and he didn't know that Liu Shengman was dissatisfied.

But he didn't dare to look at Liu Sheng's expression in person, so he could only lower his head and wait.

"Whatever you think is good, but you must pay attention to priorities and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the victims to resume production."

Hearing this, Ge Wenyou immediately felt relaxed and responded: "We must be cautious, dedicated, and try our best to restore the people's livelihood in Kaifeng Mansion and live up to the king's trust!"

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  On May [-], King Liu Sheng drove to Ruyang and stayed at the former Prince Chong's Mansion.

Liu Sheng hadn't seen Li Changwen for nearly half a year. When he saw him again, he found that Li Changwen had more than a dozen white hairs on his head.

It should be noted that Li Changwen is only in his thirties and not yet forty. If Huafa occurs prematurely, it must be due to overwork.

This made Liu Sheng feel a little guilty - he had left too many things to Li Changwen.

Immediately Guan comforted: "Sir, you still need to pay attention to your health."

Although Li Changwen has white hair and is as thin as ever, he is in good spirits. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm in good health."

Liu Sheng said bluntly: "Mr. is now the General Counselor of the Government Affairs Council, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the governor of Henan and Huguang, and the prefect of Ruyang. His affairs are complicated and the burden on his shoulders is too heavy."

After listening to Liu Sheng's words, Li Changwen also felt that as the Ministry of Finance's system became increasingly complete, it would be inappropriate for him to hold such many positions.

At this time, Liu Sheng asked again: "Sir, can you recommend suitable candidates for the posts of prefect of Ruyang and governor of Huguang?"

Li Changwen thought for a while and said: "The prefect of Yiyang is Gao Douyuan, so he can be transferred to the prefect of Runing. As for Ji Xiangqian, the general judge, he was originally from Xi County, Yiyang. It is not good to serve as an official locally. He can be qualified as the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture."

Xu Shichun, the former magistrate of Suizhou in Huguang, stayed in office after he was surrendered to Wei. He had outstanding political achievements and might be the magistrate of Yiyang.

As for the governor of Huguang, it was difficult for me to find a suitable candidate for the time being. "

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