It is necessary to establish an effective base, that is, the rear.

Li Zicheng's army flocked to Beijing.

Beijing, which had to rely on the canal transportation to transport a large amount of supplies from Jiangnan to maintain the situation, was even worse at this time.

On the one hand, there is a large increase in personnel who need to be supported, but on the other hand, there is an interruption of the canal transportation.

Soon, Li Zicheng's army encountered an embarrassing dilemma. He wanted to be unreasonable, but the actual situation did not allow it.

Even the old camp that he valued the most appeared, "I only gave the old man a few hu of rice, and the horse beans increased by several days, and the crowd was quite resentful.

The old man is to break into the old camp as the old man.”

In the dilemma of unsustainable food and salary in the entire army, Li Zicheng and his senior generals focused on a group that was so rich but so out of place.

That is, Chongzhen angrily denounced as officials of the Ming Dynasty's central government who should be killed.

After these people were chased, they all had the intention of "rebellion".

Everyone welcomes you, Li Zicheng, into Beijing, to preserve your glory and wealth, and to change the Dashun Banner overnight!

As a result, you thief will not change your nature, causing many people to lose both money and life.

With strategic mistakes, he naturally withdrew from Beijing in a mess.

Based on Li Zicheng's consequences, He Jinchao did not want to follow his old path.

So I have been planning the base area.

Now it seems that this dog-headed military advisor Ji Gui is still qualified, at least with a good vision.

He Jinchao smiled and continued to ask: "Why do you want to choose Hequ?"

"Hequ important town belongs to Taiyuan Prefecture, but it is closer to Datong Prefecture, and it is easy to cause shirking.

In a Datong market, there are many sources of money, and the soldiers are unwilling to use their lives.

This place controls the Yellow River Ferry, and enters Shaanxi in the west and Mongolia in the north.

The lord and his easy source of war horses and doing business with the Mongols, we are sure to make a profit without losing money.

After trading, the lord has a stable source of money, so there is no need to rob people everywhere. In addition, the lord's military discipline is strict, so it is enough to recruit people to farm in Shanxi and unite people's hearts.

Moreover, as long as other rebels in Shanxi are active everywhere, the official army will definitely give priority to the extermination of the mobile rebels.

Otherwise, if you force your lord, a stable person, to go everywhere, it will only increase the difficulty for them to suppress bandits."

Jigui touched his beard and smiled: "Most of the government troops nowadays like to defend the city, and there are only a few elite soldiers in the field, but even these elite soldiers are not easily defeated by us.

If they were allowed to attack the city, they would be reluctant to save their strength."

He Jinchao chose Hequ County because the terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is close to the Yellow River and easy to irrigate, making it easier for the troops to raise funds and raise food.

Located on the border between Qin, Jin and Mongolia, it is far from the political center of Shanxi, Shaanxi.

There are conflicts between the two parties.

It's a good place to jump left and right.

The most important thing is that the people there are also poor, and many people even moved out of Mongolia to Guihua City (Hohhot) to make a living.

It is rumored that there are 100,000 Han people under Altan's account, and I don't know how many of them have reproduced.

When He Jinchao was in Ganquan County, he had already written some land law secretly and was preparing to continue to implement it.

However, Shaanxi has suffered many years of disasters, which is really not a good place for development.

The most important thing is Hong Chengchou, who advocates suppressing bandits.

After listening to the analysis of the Dog-headed Military Advisor, He Jinchao praised: "Jigui, you are really my ovary!"

"I am ashamed of you."

Jigui breathed a sigh of relief. His response was qualified.

This path is too difficult to pass the exam and become a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty.

It is better to take a path of being a founding hero, which may be easier.

Jigui keenly realized that the Ming Dynasty was over.

The rise of civil unrest in Shaanxi will never be pacified in a short while.

The Liaodong Jurchens have been making trouble for many years, and their power has become increasingly powerful. They have entered the capital last year and have not left this year.

Everyone thinks that the Ming Dynasty is a crumbling house. If you go up and kick it, countless people will come out and beat you up.

But in fact, if you kick up, the people inside will not care about you. They will only introduce a scapegoat and be responsible for your kicking.

Then they continued to shut the door and mess around!

"There are many defenders in Taiyuan City?"

Hearing He Jinchao's inquiry, Ji Gui shook his head: "Most of the elite soldiers have been brought out by Hu Dawei, and the rest are soldiers guarding the city.

But lord should not underestimate these people. They cannot fight, but rely on the solidity of Taiyuan City.

In addition, the guards of the King of Jin lineage and the servants of the other wealthy businessmen and gentry guards can bring out tens of thousands of people to defend the city.

And I heard from the old man that the governor of Shanxi, Song Yintong, had already called reinforcements to the governor of the three sides, to help him, otherwise I would come to the public to participate in him.

And he also wrote to Governor Xuanda to request reinforcements.”

He Jinchao nodded. Some news from the government was really necessary.

Yang He, a good old man, probably would send someone to support him, but I don’t know which old acquaintance he would be.

He Jinchao asked: "Who is Governor Xuanda now?"

"Governor Xuanda has passed away and his post is still empty."

Immediately afterwards, Ji Gui explained to He Jinchao that the former Governor of Xuanda Wang Xiangqian had passed away in May of the second year of Chongzhen, at the age of 84, and the position of Governor of Xuanda was empty.

The court ordered Datong Governor Zhang Zongheng to temporarily handle the affairs of the governor's office, and Yanghe Deputy Envoy Song Yintong delivered documents on behalf of the office.

Zhang Zongheng wanted to completely replace the position of Governor Xuan Da, squeeze out Song Yintong and monopolize the power.

Song Yintong knew that he could not squeeze him, so he took the lead and came to Shanxi to be the governor and enjoy a peaceful life.

Datong Governor Zhang Zongheng was the one who truly carried out the position of Governor of Xuanda. However, the Later Jin Dynasty broke into the wall from Jizhen, and he was busy filling the holes.

The old friend Song Yintong's letter of help only made him ask for more blessings and had no time to pay attention to him.

Only after performing well with the emperor could he take the position of Governor Xuanda, so the letter of help from Song Yintong was delayed.

"Taiyuan is not easy to fight, but I have to take people forward and cover me to Hequ County."

"Lord is wise." Dog-headed military advisor Jigui bowed:

"The lord is going to attack Taiyuan with great fanfare and let everyone focus on Taiyuan, so that Hequ will relax his vigilance and easily fall into the hands of our army."

Jiexiu County, one night passed.

Hu Dawei walked up to the city wall and began patrolling. The hammer bandits outside had long disappeared.

"Old Zhang, but I won't accept it at night?"

"If you want to go back to the master, you will be sent away early in the morning."

As soon as Zhang Yingchang finished speaking, he saw a whistle rider coming back in the distance.

The city gate opened, and the whistleblower rushed up the city wall in a hurry and knelt on one knee:

"Sir, Guanziling's entire army was wiped out, and Putongguan was lost.

The Hammer Bandits had led most of the troops through Putong Pass yesterday and headed to Pingyao. Pingyao is probably already in the hands of the thief."

Upon hearing this news, Hu Dawei staggered.

He couldn't sleep at night. Given that the hammer bandits always beat less and had excellent equipment, he couldn't bear to let his subordinates take them out and die.

It’s really because the old Mongolians are afraid of being poor, and subconsciously want to save a little.

Unexpectedly, He Jinchao dug a big hole for himself.

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