In August, the Yuzhou military government and the army completed the training.

Gao Huan stationed troops in Xinzheng, and looked at the eastern Henan. He continued to sit and watch the rebel army fight with Wang Qiaonian near Kaifeng without any reaction, as if he was just watching the show.

Nowadays, after a year of melee, coupled with drought, locust plague, and starvation in the entire Central Plains.

At the same time, the world's granary Huguang, due to Zhang Xianzhong's destruction, a large amount of grain production was reduced, causing the entire Ming Dynasty to fall into a food crisis.

The food transported from the south to the north has been reduced by more than 30%, which further exacerbated the famine in the north.

Therefore, this time Li Zicheng attacked and opened the city to lock down, and received support from various rebels, bandits, and bandits. Yuan Shizhong's several armed forces, in order to find food and buy grain, they all liked the fat piece of Kaifeng and wanted to get a piece of meat with Li Zicheng.

Henan was in chaos for a long time, and many prefectures and counties were robbed. Rebels, refugees, bandits, and in order to survive and maintain their troops, they all rushed to Kaifeng city.

This has led to the increase of Li Zicheng's strength again, and the Ming Dynasty no longer has the ability to wipe out Li Zicheng.

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At this time, the central Henan military government was renamed the Yuzhou military government. The difference of one word showed that Gao Huan had decided to seek control of the entire Henan.

Xuzhou, the Governor’s Office, and the hall.

A group of staff sat on both sides of the lobby, and Gao Huan naturally sat in the commanding position.

Now Gao Huan is watching opera in Henan. The military government has no new military moves. Everyone is dressed casually, and the atmosphere of the discussion is not serious.

At this time, Gao Huan looked at the news sent back by the Military Information Department and sighed: "The rebel army is really endless! In just over a month, Li Zicheng not only recovered his strength, but his team has grown stronger than before."

Now under Gao Huan, there are two spy organizations under the command of Gao Huan. The Military Information Department and the Guoan Department are responsible for investigating the enemy's situation externally, instigating and selling enemy officials and generals, while the Guoan Department is responsible for eliminating internal traitors, and the enemy's actions are made in detail, and maintaining local stability and security.

Gao Huan handed the information to Li Yan casually. After several staff members circulated it, Li Yan said in a deep voice: "As long as the Ming court cannot solve the disaster in Henan, the victims will always find a way out. Now, Henan and Shandong are hungry. In order to survive, the people can only surrender to Li Zicheng, which will allow him to have a steady stream of troops."

"What the military advisor said is reasonable!" Sun Sike echoed: "The bandits have revived several times because the Ming court cannot solve the survival problems of the people."

"Yes! People always want to live." Survival is human instinct. Gao Huan nodded slightly and then said in a deep voice: "Now that Li Zicheng's strength has been restored, the military government must take action. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Zicheng and Wang Qiaonian fighting in Kaifeng, we will further expand our territory. Now it is the end of the dynasty. If we cannot develop and strengthen ourselves, we can only wait for others to wipe out and merge."

Gao Huan was in Runing and forced Yuan Zongdi to surrender, causing Li Zicheng to lose nearly 100,000 people, including 10,000 elite old camps. But in a blink of an eye, Li Zicheng recovered his strength and was stronger than before, which made Gao Huan feel a little stressed.

Everyone nodded when they heard the words, and they also felt that the military government could not be self-consistent and content with the status quo.

Song Xiance took over the conversation and said, "Time is endless. If we cannot strengthen our strength, not only will our own safety be difficult to guarantee, but the people of Henan will not be able to protect them. However, we are in the world and in the four battles. Every step we take needs to be considered. If we are not careful, we will be enemies on all sides. The military government should have a safe plan for what to do next."

Not long ago, in the Battle of Xiangcheng, Wang Qiaonian took the opportunity to send troops to occupy the four counties, leaving a shadow on the military government.

Although the military government resolved this crisis and also paid the price for Wang Qiaonian, the entire incident was lucky.

This made everyone reflect. If Li Zicheng does not withdraw, the military government will definitely pay a heavy price.

Therefore, everyone is worried that this situation will happen again.

Gao Huan nodded, "At present, our governor has just made a secret peace with Li Zicheng. It is difficult for the military government to provoke Li Zicheng to avoid attracting Li Zicheng's attack. However, our governor cannot directly seize the prefectures and counties of the court, so as to avoid a complete rebellion with the court. If he breaks with the court, first, the military government will face the blockade of the Ming court again, and second, if our governor fights with the court, Li Zicheng will definitely take the opportunity to take action and seek revenge from this governor! The military government will face the danger of attacking on both sides again."

This place in Henan is a place of four battles, so be careful whenever you take every step.

Gao Huan didn't say anything. If he turned against the Ming Dynasty, once the Qing army went south, the actions of the Southern Ming court would be very likely to help the Qing army and attack him.

After all, after the demise of the Chongzhen court, the Hongguang court in Nanjing implemented the strategy of uniting the enemy and suppressing the enemy, helping the Qing army attack the Shun army, which eventually led to the end of the whole family.

Li Yan smiled and said, "My subordinates think that Wang Qiaonian and the court are asking us now. The general of the army can ask Mr. Gao to manage in Beijing and seek the position of general of Henan through Zhou Yanru. It is best to take over the commander-in-chief of Henan. In this way, the military government can legitimately take over the prefectures and counties in Henan in the name of eliminating bandits."

Gao Huan smiled on his face, "The military advisor's words are exactly what I want!"

After discussing with his aides, Gao Huan decided to take advantage of the fierce battle between Li Zicheng and Wang Qiaonian in Kaifeng and take the opportunity to control Runing, the southeast of Kaifeng Prefecture and Guide Prefecture.

At that moment, Gao Huan asked someone to bring letters, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and jade artifacts to Beijing and hand them over to Gao Youcai to handle some activities for him.

At this time, Gao Huan had silver in his hand, but it was too difficult to transport several trucks of silver from Henan to Beijing to bribe. Gao Huan was unwilling to go to the Shanxi merchants' money house, so he could only give away some antiques, calligraphy and paintings that were priceless and easy to carry.

While sending people to Beijing, Gao Huan also sent people to Kaifeng to reply to Gao Mingheng, implying that he wanted the position of General of Henan.

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Kaifeng City, the Governor's Mansion.

The rebels gathered outside the city, and the King of Zhou had to take out another 500,000 taels of silver to motivate the soldiers and recruit warriors to defend the city.

Facts have proved that as long as you have money and food, the official army is more elite than the bandit army.

Although Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng, the official army that had received the money and food failed to let the rebel army attack the city, which gradually made Wang Qiaonian feel relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Gao Mingheng hurried into the festival hall when he saw Wang Qiaonian, and bowed: "Duxian Wang, Gao Huan replied!"

After saying that, Gao Mingheng took out a letter, the minor official took it and transferred it to Wang Qiaonian.

Wang Qiaonian did not rush to disassemble it, but said coldly: "What do you say about Gao Huan?"

Gao Mingheng frowned slightly, but still said in a deep voice: "He wants the General of Henan!"

Wang Qiaonian sneered: "High School Chief, look at this!"

Gao Mingheng took a piece of information in confusion and started watching. Wang Qiaonian said coldly: "This is the information that I just obtained. Gao Huan not only embezzled King Chong Kuyin, but also privately negotiated peace with the thieves to provide food and grass for the treacherous army!"

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Outside Kaifeng City, the rebel camp.

At the order of Li Zicheng, the rebels, bandits and refugees in Henan and Shandong rushed to surrender, which made Li Zicheng add more than 200,000 more troops.

Sixty or seven hundred thousand rebels gathered near Kaifeng, but Li Zicheng did not dare to be careless.

First, Kaifeng City was tightly guarded and the rebel army was difficult to break through for a while. Second, Gao Huan stationed troops in Xinzheng and stared at him, which made Li Zicheng feel that the thorn was on his back, making him uneasy.

At this time, in the camp, Li Zicheng was handling military affairs. Niu Jinxing picked up the tent and saluted: "King of Breaking!"

Li Zicheng looked up and asked, "It's done!"

"I have already passed the news to Wang Qiaonian and asked someone to send news to Beijing!" Niu Jinxing said.

Li Zicheng smiled, "Not bad! Let's see how Gao Huan explained to the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Zicheng was always worried that Gao Huan suddenly took action again, so he asked Niu Jinxing to sort out the materials, and handed Gao Huan over to the Ming Dynasty's official government for secretly discussing peace with him and providing food for the rebel army.

In this way, Gao Huan had a gap with the Ming Dynasty and even had conflicts, so Li Zicheng could attack Kaifeng with confidence.

After Li Zicheng evacuated from Xiangcheng, he ordered Niu Jinxing to do this matter again. However, it was difficult to collect evidence. Gao Huan did not sign a paper contract with Li Zicheng, making it difficult for Niu Jinxing to catch the evidence. Moreover, after collecting evidence, he also faced two problems.

The first is that Gao Huan will say that the rebel army was falsely accused, and the second is that it is difficult for the rebel army to hand over these information to the Ming Dynasty.

You should know that Gao Huan is not alone. The province is surrounded by Gao Mingheng and the court is helped by Zhou Yanru. The materials submitted by the trespassing army may not be able to be handed over, so Niu Jinxing has been dragging it until now and found a channel to send the materials out.

Niu Jinxing smiled and said, "The subordinates from Kaifeng directly passed the prisoners and gave them to Wang Qiaonian. In the Beijing side, the eunuchs guarding Fengyang passed the news into Chongzhen's ears. This time it should cause trouble to Gao Huan!"

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In Xuzhou City, Gao Huan sent someone to Beijing for an event and wrote to Gao Mingheng, he focused on internal affairs.

In August, the Xuzhou Martial Arts Hall and Henan Government Affairs School, founded by the military government, were successively listed.

The martial arts lecture hall selects officers from the army and also selects students from the people. In the first phase, 300 people were recruited, with Gao Huan as the vinegar.

Henan Government Affairs School, those with fame and fortune can register directly, while those without fame need to take exams. There are also 300 students enrolled, and Li Yan is the one who is the one who is a must-have for alcohol.

The martial arts lecture halls and government affairs schools are both given salaries as soon as they enter the school, so they still attracted a lot of people to participate in the selection.

Because Gao Huan is now under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, gentry and landlords and scholars are not very disgusted with Gao Huan. The government affairs school, which he thought it would not be able to recruit, even barely recruited 300 people.

Gao Huan personally participated in the opening ceremony of the two schools and delivered a speech, so he began to pay attention to the manufacturing of ordnance again.

Now, the military government has found iron ore in Wuyang County, and coal mines near Xiangcheng and Yancheng.

Now, under the leadership of Chen Debiao, nearly 10,000 prisoners mined and smelted, and the crude iron produced was transported to Xuzhou nearby.

Therefore, Gao Huan asked Liu Blacksmith to move the military workshop to Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is a big city controlled by Gao Huan. It has a large population, convenient transportation and convenient production.

At this time, in the military workshop, Gao Huan was standing in a shooting range, and several craftsmen were preparing to test the artillery made by the workshop.

"Supervisors, the craftsmen are ready!" Liu Blacksmith said with a melancholy face.

The military workshop has been trying to make artillery for more than half a year, but the effect is not ideal. The artillery made has a short service life. If you fire twenty or thirty guns, it will easily explode.

Gao Huan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Then let's start!"

At this moment, Yang Yan suddenly said, "Military Song is here."

Gao Huan looked back and saw Song Xiance coming over quickly, and rushed up a few big strides, took out an urgent report from his arms, and handed it to Gao Huan.

Gao Huan thought he was coming to the fire, but after receiving the urgent report, he was slightly stunned.

Song Xiance said in a deep voice: "The governor, Runing urgently reported that Luo Rucai came from Huguang to Xinyang and threatened to join forces with Li Zicheng. His vanguard general, after defeating Xinyang, attacked Ruyang, which we controlled, and then pacified the three counties of Shangcai, and the troops headed straight to Yancheng!"

Gao Huan frowned slightly and his face sank, "What a Luo Rucai, I took the three counties of this governor when I came up!"

"Go! Go back!" Gao Huan said loudly after reading the military newspaper.

The blacksmith Liu on the side couldn't help but say, "Don't the governor fire a cannon?"

Gao Huan waved his hand, "You fight, I will take time to come and watch!"

After speaking, he turned over and stepped on the war horse led by his personal soldiers and galloped away.
Chapter completed!