In mid-August, Gao Huan did not wait for the news that the Ming court rewarded him, but received an urgent report from the south.

Luo Rucai's troops, who were originally active in Huguang, led their subordinates to leave Zhang Xianzhong because of their disagreement with Zhang Xianzhong. From Suizhou, Huguang, they divided into three groups, and entered Xinyang Prefecture, Henan from Pingjing Pass, Guyang Pass, and Jiuli Pass.

Luo Rucai was named Cao Cao, and was one of the three giants of bandits in the late Ming Dynasty. His status was as good as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Zicheng was able to enter western Henan and sweep the Central Plains, but he relied on Luo Rucai to borrow nearly a thousand elite soldiers from him.

In history, after Luo Rucai left Zhang Xianzhong, he joined forces with Li Zicheng to defeat Sun Chuanting in the Central Plains and achieved a series of victories.

Luo Rucai had 300,000 to 400,000 troops, and competed with Li Zicheng, calling him "General Weide, Daitianfumin", which made Li Zicheng dissatisfied and was attacked and killed by Li Zicheng, and annexed his many people, so that Dashun was established.

If Luo Rucai had not died, with his prestige among the bandits, he would have been able to ascend the throne like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and become an emperor the next year.

After Gao Huan forced Li Zicheng to retreat, ended the battle in Xiangcheng, and resolved Liu Zehan, he did not intend to fight in the short term, but decided to cultivate and use political and other means to seek expansion of power.

Therefore, Gao Huan was active while hoping to get the position of Henan General, and to supplement the training of the army and the vacancies, restore the autonomous anti-triad army to 50,000 people.

Although Gao Huan did not raise hundreds of thousands of people like Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Huan took advantage of this time to grasp the quality.

During this period, not only did the reorganization of the army be completed, but a Class A firearm battalion of 3,000 people was also formed, and a horse barracks of 1,500 people were also urged the military workshop to make armor and weapons to increase the armor-wearing rate of the army.

This has enabled the military under the military government to grow steadily, and the military government is not idle in internal affairs. The martial arts lecture halls and government affairs schools cultivate military and internal affairs talents. Each county completes summer harvest and summer planting, and mines, smels, and fires Jun porcelain to meet the military government's demand for materials and increase the military government's revenue.

During this period, the strength of the Yuzhou military government has grown steadily, and there were occasional frictions between the autonomous army and the rebel army and the official army, but there were no major conflicts. The situation was generally calm.

But this calmness changed because Luo Rucai suddenly went north, which affected Gao Huan's plan.

After Gao Huan forced Yuan Zongdi to surrender in Runing, he led the main force back to Xuzhou, and Huang Degong also retreated to Fengyang Prefecture. The bandits in Runing were cleared, so Gao Huan sent not many troops to garrison.

Not long ago, in order to reorganize the army, the Yuzhou military government dispatched some troops to Xinzheng for training, and there were less than 3,000 troops stationed in Runing Prefecture.

Luo Rucai's troops suddenly entered and attacked Xinyang Prefecture controlled by the government, causing the Yuzhou Military Government, which was not originally bordering Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and the fifth camp of Zuoge, to collided with Luo Rucai.

Now Luo Rucai's troops have entered Runing and entered Runing area and wanted to go north to join forces with Li Zicheng, so they have beaten the military government and failed to make a mistake. Ruyang County, the city of Runing, Suiping, Shangcai and Xiping have fallen into Luo Rucai's hands one after another.

The military government could only give up Runing completely, withdraw from Yancheng County, and guard the passage of Luo Rucai entering Kaifeng and joining Li Zicheng.

Gao Huan hurried back to the Governor's Office and immediately summoned civil and military discussions.

After all, Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng are as famous as "Cao Cao". For this title, Gao Huan must also be taken seriously, otherwise wouldn't he be disrespectful to Prime Minister Cao?

Gao Huan sat down in the festival hall, and a group of officials rushed over and sat down on both sides.

At this time, everyone had already understood what was going on, so Gao Huan asked in a deep voice: "Hasn't Luo Rucai been working with Zhang Xianzhong all the time? Why did he suddenly kill our territory?"

Yuan Zongdi said in a deep voice: "The Governor, because of his subordinates' understanding of Luo Rucai, this man is very strategic. It was his idea to unite the thirteen families. Zhang Xianzhong's resurgence was also Luo Rucai's help. He was very good at ganging up the thief army and saved Li Zicheng. This man is good at harmonizing the relationship between various ministries and is willing to cooperate with others, but it is just cooperation, and he is unwilling to be restrained and managed by others. Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are both men, both of whom are murderous and the only ones. Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong jointly fought with Zhang Xianzhong, and it must be because Zhang Xianzhong wanted to suppress him that he left Zhang Xianzhong."

Gao Huan nodded slightly. Yuan Zongdi understood the thief army and guessed that he should be inseparable from all sides.

"Military advisor! Can you find out how many soldiers Luo Rucai has entered Ru Ning?" Gao Huan asked in a deep voice.

Song Xiance said: "It is not clear yet, but judging from the information, it is probably not just Luo Rucai, but also Zuo Ge's fifth battalion! His vanguard is still an old acquaintance."

"Zuoge Fifth Camp!" Gao Huan was a little shocked and asked, "Who is it?"

The Five Battalions of Zuoge were also an important member of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. The combat power was quite strong. It was composed of the old Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin King He Jin, the reincarnated king Liu Xiyao, and the chaotic king Lin, which was the "Five Battalions of Zuoge".

They moved to the Henan-Hubei area and moved to the Dabie Mountains. Later, they were stationed in Yingshan, Huoshan, Qianshan and Taihu Lake.

Like Luo Rucai, the leaders of the Zuoge Fifth Camp were all annexed and killed by Li Zicheng. The remaining troops were dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, and later followed Zhang Xianzhong and entered Sichuan all the way, becoming the main force for Zhang Xianzhong to establish the West.

Song Xiance said: "It's Li Jiyu! The governor didn't expect that this guy would become a vanguard general under Luo Rucai! His few of our cities were captured by him!"

"Li Jiyu?" Gao Huan was a little surprised. Since Gao Huan occupied Jiulong Village, there has been no news. He didn't expect that this guy would actually surrender to Luo Rucai, and he was doing well.

Song Xiance said: "Yes, it's him! According to the news from the south, this guy repeatedly said that he wanted to seek revenge on the supervisor!"

"It's interesting!" Gao Huan sneered. Unexpectedly, there was still such a person in this world who kept muttering about him, but Gao Huan frowned and said, "This Li Jiyu didn't take this to heart. It's just that if Luo Rucai and Zuo Ge's fifth camp came, the situation would be dangerous!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Supervisor, no matter what, he should send troops to reinforce Yancheng first, and he should not allow the bandit army to attack the boundary of Xuzhou!"

Gao Huan stood up and nodded heavily: "Brother Yuan Zong, I ordered you to lead the front army and immediately rush to Yancheng to set up defenses!"

Yuan Zongdi immediately clasped his fists and said, "I will receive the order!"

Gao Huan then ordered again: "Heihu, lead the cavalry to accompany you!"

"I will obey the order!" Xu Heihu immediately saluted.

Gao Huan waved his hand and asked the two to go immediately. After they left, Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "Let's analyze and analyze together. How should the military government respond to the impact of Luo Rucai entering Henan?!"

Li Yan and others nodded and ordered the minor officials to hang up the map and discuss the situation.

At this moment, Sun Sike suddenly walked into the festival hall, walked quickly to Gao Huan, and whispered: "Supervisor! News from Kaifeng came from that place of Kaifeng that Wang Qiaonian did not agree to you as the general of Henan, and also participated in the first book of the Governor to the court!"

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