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"The leader thinks that Li Zicheng is dead, why did the Chuang army submit to me, Daming? This is because we have a common enemy—Houjin. Why the Chuang army lost is all because of Houjin." Yao Hai saw Liang Min's understanding of the current situation. I have limited understanding, so I will introduce it carefully.

"I heard that Houjin has occupied many areas in the north?" Liang Min's news is really too behind.

"No, it should be said that the entire north was occupied by Houjin except for the Linyi area and my Ming army."

"Linyi, is Li Yan's department who broke into the army?"

"That's Li Yan, Commander of the Central Lu Army of my Ming Dynasty."

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Yao Hai stayed in Yuyuan for five days. Apart from briefing Liang Min on the current situation, he was waiting for news from other big leaders in Yuyuan.

In fact, the leaders of Yuyuan have already gathered in Yuyuan Village.They are exchanging views with each other.

"I'm talking about my brothers. Now Hou Jin ordered us to withdraw from Yuyuan; and Daming ordered us to go south again. It seems that he wants us to leave." A man with a beard shouted loudly.

"Brother Zhang Qi, from my point of view: no matter if it's Houjin or Daming, they're nothing. We just stay in our own territory and don't go anywhere." Another muscular man followed up .

"Brother Ren Qi is right. We live a good life here, why do you want to force us to leave? To put it bluntly, it's not because they want to continue to control us."

For ordinary people, they can stay where they can live.This is the basic way of survival. No matter how good the outside world is, it is not as good as your own territory.

"Didn't you guys find out? Later Jin sent us an order, saying that the whole of Shandong and Henan are already under their jurisdiction, which means that we have to obey them in the future." Liang Min obtained in recent days The amount of information is a bit huge. It turns out that one day in the cave is a thousand years in the world!

"Isn't there still General Li Yan in Shandong! What are we afraid of, we just stay here and don't go out."

"Yes!" Several big leaders said in unison.

"Everyone, the Dajin of Houjin is in Luzhong not far from here. If you don't make a decision as soon as possible, they will call." At this time, Yao Hai was invited in, and Yuyuan was going to tell the final opinion. He, in other words, told Zhu Youjian that they were unwilling to go south.

"Houjin? We're not afraid, at worst, we will stick to this place." The bearded man stomped his feet and jumped up, looking as if he was not afraid of anything.

"The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are afraid, but we are not. If they want to eat us in this Baili Yuyuan, it depends on whether they have that pair of teeth."

Yuyuan's attitude is very tough, that is, not going anywhere, regardless of whether you are Houjin or Daming.

When Yao Hai sent the news back to Xuzhou, Zhu Youjian could only shake his head helplessly.Only the narrow small peasant consciousness of the peasant class limits their thinking about the overall situation.

Zhu Youjian was helpless, and finally made a decision to send Yao Hai to Yuyuan again.

"Everyone, the emperor doesn't want to embarrass you. I, Da Ming, just feel that the Houjin army is very powerful and want to protect you."

"Forget it, you should protect yourselves first." Liang Min and the others have clearly rejected Hou Jin's order at this time, and they don't care about rejecting Zhu Youjian's kindness again.

"Alright then! The emperor asked me to bring you a message: Daming is willing to send you a batch of knives, guns and weapons to help you resist Houjin."

Zhu Youjian knew that he didn't have the strength to persuade these people now, but he knew what kind of army these people were going to face, and he could only provide a batch of weapons to help them.

Before Liang Min could say thank you, a young man ran in from outside the hall, and said after entering the hall, "It's not good, chief, the governor of the three provinces of Houjin sent a large army to Caozhou to attack us. garden."

"Why did you come so fast? How many people are here?" When the leaders heard this, they all stood up.This was their first time facing the attack of the regular army, and some of them were obviously frightened on their faces.

"Don't panic, everyone, first think about how to retreat from the enemy." Looking at the state of these people, Yao Hai knew that they were not good at fighting at all.

Liang Min grabbed Yao Hai's arm and said, "Is what you just said about the weapon still count?"

"Of course it counts. This is given to you by the Emperor Ming."

"Just do the math." Liang Min hurriedly dragged the other leaders aside and muttered, and Yao Hai also hurriedly sent someone back to Xuzhou to report.

Chapter 2 Seventeen: Robbery

After Hong Chengchou offered a plan to force Li Yan's army into the mountainous area, he officially became the governor of the three provinces and started his plan to revitalize North China.

Population, in the agricultural era, is the fundamental source of boosting a country's strength; war, however, is often the chief culprit for the demise of a country or region's population.

People often talk about how many people died after a certain turmoil, but in fact, after every turmoil, many people always seek refuge in the mountains, as described in Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring".

In farming civilization, especially farmers, no one is willing to go to the mountains to cultivate the palm-sized thin-yield fields. Everyone knows that the land in the plains is abundant and fertile.However, in every dynasty, there are still countless mountain people hidden in the mountains everywhere.

For example, the Yunyang Mansion in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties was a state capital specially established for the resettlement of refugees in the mountains of Qinba, which was vertically managed by the central government.

The rise of Wudang Mountain was not at all to find Zhang Sanfeng, but a religious method adopted in the early Ming Dynasty to appease the refugees.

Hong Chengchou's first move to recruit people was naturally to recruit refugees.Yuyuan is a piece of fat that Hong Chengchou has already set his sights on.

Zhu Youjian did not expect that the first contest between himself and Hong Chengchou would be a battle for population.

"Your Majesty, do you want to send troops to support?" Yan Yingyuan stood beside Zhu Youjian, seeing Zhu Youjian staring at the map of Caozhou area for a long time.

"Insufficient troops." Zhu Youjian turned around, sighed and said: "From here, we will go across the plains, as soon as we dispatch, the troops will immediately become the target of the Houjin army, and then Duoduo will go straight to Xuzhou. "

Zhu Youjian doesn't need to say much about the latter.What Daming is trying his best to avoid now is a decisive battle with Hou Jin, and what Hou Jin most wants to solve now is to worry about his future.

Dorgon wished that Zhu Youjian would push the whole army to fight a decisive battle, so that he would not have to think about how to fight a siege every day.

If Houjin put all his strength on Huaisi and was held back by the Ming army, Li Yan would go out of Shandong, and Houjin's rear would be finished.

And if Daming's army is wiped out by Houjin, so what if Li Yan can reach the capital?What Dorgon was most afraid of was the attack of the Ming army, and what he was most afraid of was that they would shrink into the city.

Hong Chengchou looked further, he not only wanted Houjin to have a safe future, but also wanted Houjin to have full stamina.

"Give me more weapons, everything depends on them."

The two were sighing, Wu Ganlai hurried in.

"Your Majesty, the latest military situation: the entire army of Duduo has been dispatched."

"The whole army is dispatched? Where is it headed?" Is he crazy?Zhu Youjian didn't understand very much. At this time, the whole army is dispatched. Is it difficult to have a big conspiracy?

"It is reported that the Hou Jin soldiers did not attack any city, but all scattered to the countryside."

"No, they want to rob people. Hurry up, report to Fengyang and Hezhou, let all the people who are close to the border of Henan go south, and count as much as they can rob."

Zhu Youjian suddenly understood that Hou Jin wanted people, so he focused on Yuyuan.In the original history, the Yuyuan Army was attacked after it angered Dorgon after capturing several counties.

Now Houjin's sudden idea of ​​playing Yuyuan is a bit unreasonable.Combined with the current situation, the purpose is already obvious.

"I'm afraid the scene of the battle in Liaodong will repeat itself."

Zhu Youjian slammed his fist on the table. He hated himself for not being able to solve this problem now.Without cavalry, the current Ming army is far inferior to the Liaodong army led by Yuan Chonghuan back then.

Like in the Suizhou area, some people who did not listen to the advice at the beginning are being escorted by the Houjin soldiers in batches, crying for their parents and mothers, and heading north.Facing the army of Hou Jin, the Ming army was unable to control this area.

Duoduo even boldly went out to Suzhou, a place close to Xuzhou, and dared to snatch people under the nose of the defenders.

"What should we do, rush or not?" The Suzhou guard looked at Ma Shiying with expectation in his eyes.There was only a small group of Houjin soldiers outside the city, and they were driving dozens of common people passing by on horseback.