Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 164 No one dares to touch Li Fang in Henan

Li Hongkun followed the brigade out of the district. The group stayed overnight at dawn and arrived at the government level to join the people waiting here.

After waiting here for a few days, people from other areas gradually gathered.

Finally, a fellow intellectual called everyone together: "Now, we have united the two northwest provinces, Mr. Five Hundred."

This is almost the only remaining reading seed in the northwest region after more than 20 years of civil strife and natural and man-made disasters.

"I transferred a thousand brothers and gave them to Qianhu Li Kuiyi to lead. From now on, Li Qianhu will lead everyone."

Li Kuiyi of Qianhu said: "Because Taihang Baxing was blocked by Li Chuanghao and waved the flag, the superiors ordered us to detour to the jurisdiction of Li Fang in Henan and then turn northward. When passing through the jurisdiction of Li Guo, our prince will Send troops to pick us up. Okay, take care of the people you protect along the way and set off."

Since the bandits had no management experience and the local government organizations were even more incomplete, so many people left the northwest one after another. At first, they did not attract the attention of the actual controller of the northwest, Gao Yigong.

When they realized something was wrong, they began to pursue. Li Hongkun and other teams had already arrived at Huaiqing Mansion in Henan.

Here, Li Yan's brother Li Fang let go of the duck's mouth, and the group successfully passed this natural barrier. Going further, you will pass through Baimen Mountain, then enter Daming Mansion and enter the jurisdiction of Daming. Li Hongkun thought it was safe now.

But at this time, Gao Yigong woke up.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in Dashun, Gu Junen, an old military advisor who has been staying in Xi'an, attaches great importance to the struggle of literati. It's a pity that the name of his family's bandit has a bad reputation in the minds of the scholars. The scribes in the northwest either refused to surrender, fled, or secluded themselves in the mountains. As a result, the effect of recruiting scribe talents was extremely poor.

Now that the entire northwest has been captured, the result is that not to mention the establishment of local government, the so-called imperial court, there are not enough officials, and most of them are illiterate peasant soldiers. Fighting and killing are okay, but managing with words and ink is really not okay. , making the Dashun court almost unable to operate.

Gu Junen was the first scholar to follow Li Zicheng, and played a key role in Li Zicheng's development and growth.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, Li Zicheng was besieged at Chaixi Gorge, and Li Zicheng used his trick to surrender.

In the 16th year, after the Dashun army achieved many victories in the Central Plains, they discussed the direction of the army. Gu Junen proposed a plan to capture Guanzhong first, establish the foundation, and then send troops to the capital. Li Zicheng followed.

Now, Li Chuang is going south, Gu Junen is staying behind, and Mrs. Gao is in charge of Xi'an: "All decisions are made by his own hands."

Gu Junen suddenly received a notice that almost countless scribes in the northwest had fled en masse into Henan.

While Gu Junen was shocked, he also became angry: "Well, you guys, scribes, are in Dashun and enjoying the royal favor of Dashun, but you don't want to contribute to Dashun, but instead defected collectively and turned to the dark side. It's really unbearable for me. My uncle will never tolerate this."

He summoned Gao Yigong urgently, and punched the table with gritted teeth: "General Gao, you immediately lead a unit yourself and chase them urgently. If they don't come back, kill them all immediately. If they are not used by us, they will never be allowed to Used by the Ming Dynasty."

Gao Yigong suggested: "I will immediately send a message to Li Fang of Henan and order him to intercept."

Gu Junen shook his head: "Li Fang is unreliable. He is a man with both ends. I believe he is already a member of the Ming Dynasty."

"Then I will lead my troops to join Li Guo in Henan and kill Li Fang."

Gu Junen was shocked, I asked you to hunt down the literati, why are you so smart that you want to fight in the nest: "General, you must not do this, it will affect the whole body."

In fact, he already knew clearly that Li Fang was in Cao's camp and his heart was with Han, but like Li Zicheng, he did not dare to kill Li Fang.

The reason is that there was a profound lesson between master and slave. I remember that He Yilong, a rare and fierce general under Li Chuang, was a sharp-sighted bandit. When Li Zicheng was at a low point, he took the initiative to ask for help and entered Huoshan (Taihang Mountain) in Henan to transfer some of the officers and soldiers to relieve Li Zicheng's pressure. The Fifth Gezuo Battalion was established in Huoshan, which played a strategic containment role.

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng won a great victory in Kaifeng. In order to unify power, Li Chuang and Gu Junen used Li Yan to kill the hero He Yilong. As a result, they lost the foundation of Huoshan in an instant and strengthened Li Yan. As a result, everyone in the various factions of the Chuang army was in danger and disunity.

As for Gu Junen, he was ignored by Li Zicheng after he suggested killing He Yilong by mistake last time. This kind of mistake must not be made again. He still has to take the overall situation into consideration.

"So this time you have to inform General Li Guo in advance, don't irritate Li Fang too much, and then intercept this literati team."

Gao Yigong nodded: "I understand what you mean, sir. I will do what you say."

Lu Mou in Beijing is busy inside and outside the city every day. But that day he received news that the northwest literati team had entered Henan. The report said that except for a scholar who died of illness on the way, the journey was uneventful.

Then he told his brother who was overseeing the country, dressed up, summoned Yang Songshan's independent division, equipped with three hundred Jinyi guards, and took his own three hundred guards to go to Baoding to personally welcome these scholars into the capital.

Li Yan was a little puzzled by such inexplicable behavior.

"Your Majesty, the team has entered Henan, which is considered our jurisdiction. What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried something will happen."

"What other accidents are there? If there is an accident, as long as they retreat into Li Fang's jurisdiction immediately, they will be safe. Li Fang will protect them with all his strength."

Lu Mou shook his head: "Li Fang is a person that neither we nor Li Chuang want to quarrel with. If he blatantly protects this team of literati, it will be tantamount to making public the fact that Li Fang and us are one. Although it has been a fact for a long time, But for something like this that both of us know very well, it’s better to continue pretending to be confused.

Otherwise, Li Chuang in the south would confront Li Guo in Henan and eliminate Li Fang at all costs.

In this way, we will divert the trouble to the south and achieve the few small goals you and I have planned, and it will be completely ruined.

Not only did those small targets fail, but Li Chuang's main force was also drawn to Henan, posing a huge threat to our Zhili army again.

At the same time, you know best that most of Henan has begun to recover under Li Fang's management, and there is money, food and population there. Once Li Zicheng occupied it, he would have a complete foothold. That would be disastrous for us.

So we must take advantage of the fact that Li Zicheng has no conclusive evidence and show it to his subordinates to destroy Li Fang's excuse, thus making him fear those Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, Gezuo Fifth Battalion, etc. within his group. The non-lineage troops fell apart to ensure our isolated defense line in the south. "

Then he was suddenly startled and ordered anxiously: "Immediately send a notice to Li Fang. No matter what the circumstances, he will not be allowed to rescue this literati team. This is very critical."

After being told this, Li Yan also felt that the situation was serious. He immediately wrote an urgent letter, and then sent his capable cronies directly south to Henan to deliver the letter to Li Fang.

After watching the messenger go away, Lu Mou felt relieved. A double agent needs protection from both parties.

Keep dressing up and get ready to go out in person.

At this time, Li Yan stepped forward and said, "It will be more convenient for me to go to Henan to pick up the scholar."

Lu Mou staggered: "What do you mean by going back to Henan?"

(End of this chapter)