In October, in Dengfeng County, the busy farming period ended, and 4,000 red troops were prepared in the county town, and the village managers of each village began to resume training.

Now Gao Huan's main force is the four thousand Red Preparatory Army, and the Zhuang Ding of each Preparatory Village is his reserve.

These young and strong people usually farm and train slack farming, without paying for money, and just provide some weapons, they can become a hidden army.

The last time I defeated Boss Ma, I defeated the official army, thanks to these Zhuang Dings.

Therefore, Gao Huan attached great importance to them and mobilized all the people in the country.

At this time, Li Zicheng besieged Luoyang, and the Ming court was furious. However, the Battle of Songjin had already begun. Although Emperor Chongzhen was anxious, he had no soldiers to adjust.

Henan Governor Li Xianfeng defended Luoyang to the death, while the newly appointed Governor Ding Qirui had no troops available, so he could only mobilize Henan's forces to lift the siege of Luoyang.

In this way, the strength of other prefectures and counties in Henan will be empty.

Therefore, this is an excellent opportunity for Gao Huan.

At this time, in the yamen, Gao Huan summoned many confidants and began to discuss the next direction of action.

Dengfeng County has already been on track, and Gao Huan cannot sit and wait for the grain to be ripe. He is planning to take Dengfeng as the center and make steady progress, one county after another to re-establish order and resume production.

At this time, Gao Huan asked Master Tang to hang a map in the lobby.

"What is this?" Wang Jingde frowned and looked for a while.

Gao Huan said in anger: "Didn't you see the two words "Luoyang"?

There was nothing in the small county town, and there was no map available. Gao Huan's geography was pretty good, so he splashed ink on rice paper and drew a map of Henan based on his image.

"This is a map!" Li Ping said in a long time.

Gao Huan nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, this is a map of Henan."

Gao Huan paused and looked at everyone, "Now everything in Dengfeng is on track. What we have to do next is to make Dengfeng's plate bigger, incorporate the surrounding Linxian County into the next Dengfeng!"

Everyone was a little excited after hearing Gao Huan's words.

After all, this indicates that the Chi Bei Army will not only be limited to Dengfeng, but will also gain more benefits as the territory expands.

Gao Youcai asked: "Then in which direction do we develop?"

Gao Huan pointed to the map and said, "Luoyang, the capital of the world, the place of four battles. Now the official army is fighting with Li Zicheng, and a blessing king is not enough for Li Zicheng to eat, and Li Baiwan is now at its peak. We can't fight for him, so Luoyang cannot go."

Gao Youcai and Master Tang nodded, and the rest of the people probably couldn't understand it. Gao Huan did not explain much and continued: "Kaifeng City is rich, with abundant supplies, and the people can live a good life. In addition, Zhou Fan is good to tenants. In that area, the gentry and people all face the court, and we don't have the strength to touch Kaifeng, so Kaifeng cannot go either!"

Xu Heihu, Wang Jingde and others nodded seriously.

Gao Huan knew in his heart that most of the people in the Chibei Army were tenants not long ago or small bandits in the mountains, and they were just a few acres of land in their minds. They had a lot of mud in their minds for future plans and general trends.

To make a plan, you must first have some understanding of Henan, at least know where Dengfeng is and the surrounding geography.

Wang Jingde was an outsider and fled to Dengfeng. He knew nothing about the surrounding prefectures and counties. Xu Heihu knew Lin County at most, so he would not know anything if he was far away.

Master Tang said: "It seems that we can only go to Yuzhou or Ruzhou."

Gao Youcai nodded slightly, "The direction of Xuzhou is the eastern Henan Plain, connecting Nanzhili, with fertile land and a large population. The disadvantage is that there is no danger to guard! The hills of Ruzhou are undulating and relatively barren, but they are located in Henan. You can enter Runing and Nanyang if you get it!"

Xu Heihu, Wang Jingde and others nodded again, thinking that the master, Mr. Gao, and the eldest young master all made sense.

Gao Huan said: "Ruzhou is too poor. It is the only place among the eight prefectures and one prefecture in Henan that has no relative vassals. Now we need money and food to maintain the development of Dengfeng and expand outward. Ruzhou is not a good choice!"

Although Ruzhou is connected to Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Nanyang has Tang vassals, and Runing has Chong vassals, Gao Huan is currently short of money and food, and with his strength, he dare not touch his relative vassals, so Ruzhou will not choose the ranks for the time being.

Gao Youcai said: "So, do you want to fight Yuzhou?"

Gao Huan nodded, "Yuzhou is approaching Dengfeng, the key is that there are vassal states here!"

Zhu Jianpei, the ninth son of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, was named King of Hui in the second year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty. In the 17th year, he became the first King of Hui, which is now Yuzhou.

The Emperor of Hui King passed down to Zhu Jianpei's great-grandson Zhu Zai-chan was deposed when he was abolition. In the 35th year of Jiajing, he was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned by Fengyang high walls. The Hui vassal state was exterminated.

However, although the Huifan was abandoned by the state, its common branches retained the counties and states.

Now, there is a relationship between Zhu You, the second son of Zhu Jianpei of Huizhuang, and the King of Taihe, who has been passed down to this day.

I heard that I was going to attack the vassal state, but now Xu Heihu, Wang Jingde really understood it, and he was energetic, and his eyes shone: "Well, just attack Yuzhou!"

The gentry in the southeast of Jiangnan is rich, while in Henan is the richest vassal king. If Chi Bei can take down a royal palace and buy hundreds of thousands of taels, there will definitely be no problem.

Gao Youcai said heartbrokenly: "If the vassal state is moved, how can I enforce the imperial decree?"

"The Taihe King is just a prince. The fight will have little impact and will not attract too much attention." Gao Huan said: "As for Zhao'an! Zhang Xianzhong dug out all the ancestral tombs of the old Zhu family. Isn't the imperial court still Zhao'an?"

Gao Youcai was heartbroken and knew that he had been completely pulled onto a pirate ship. His son never thought of Zhao'an, which was just a means of expansion.

"Oh!" Gao Youcai sighed. He couldn't control Gao Huan now, so he could only hope that Gao Huan could succeed. He immediately took the initiative and said: "Yuzhou, Xuzhou is located on the plain and is close to Nanzhi. In order to prevent the bandits from entering Nanzhili, the group of people in the southeast stationed heavy troops in Jiangbei. The Ming general Huang Degong was in the Luzhou area. If he attacked Yuzhou, he needed to be prepared to lead the Ming army in Nanzhi!"

When Gao Huan heard Huang Degong, he felt a trembling heart. He was not a mediocre person like Ma Quan, but one of the only famous generals in the Ming Dynasty, chasing Zhang Xianzhong to fight.

Gao Huan nodded slightly, "So, we must strengthen our training now, especially to fill in equipment and weapons."

The last time I fought with Ma Quan, Chi Bei suffered huge casualties. The big reason was that his equipment was not as good as humans.

Chi Bei wants to leave Dengfeng, and the strategy is close to prefectures and counties, and the government army and bandits dare not harass him. Then he must have a certain strength to let the other party know that it is difficult to fight in order to gain a foothold.

The people in the southeast ignored the disaster in Henan, but they attached great importance to their own interests.

Chi Bei's attack on Yuzhou and Xuzhou is likely to cause their motivation to counterattack, so they must be prepared and then send troops to Yuzhou.
Chapter completed!