What Huang Taiji expected was that under Mang Gurtai's high pressure to collect grain, North Korea would make its people miserable and angry.
This in itself was the result of Huang Taiji's deliberate promotion. Firstly, Liaodong could receive food supplies, and secondly, it would create a hole for Mang Gurtai's prestige and popularity.
But what Huang Taiji didn't expect was that the Denglai Ming army suddenly became stronger, intervened, and robbed the grain shipped to Liaodong.
This is tantamount to a bad person being screwed by Da Jin, but the benefits are not reaped.
When Huang Taiji arranged for the informant on Mang Gurtai's side to quickly report on the situation in North Korea, Huang Taiji felt like he was vomiting blood.
This Denglai Ming army actually went to North Korea to become a messenger of justice after robbing food. The plot was not arranged like this. This messenger of justice should have been his own.
Now even if I go to North Korea to stop Mang Gurtai from continuing to collect grain and grass, and give the North Koreans a way to survive, it will have no effect. Because the peaches have been picked by the Denglai Ming army, the North Koreans will still think that Dai Jin has caused them so much.
They were suffering, and the Ming army was their rescuer, Guanyin.
While Huang Taiji was angry that Mang Gurtai did not report the situation in time, he was even more determined to get rid of the Denglai Ming army first.
Only by defeating the Denglai Ming Army, eliminating this personal nuisance, and going to North Korea to show kindness, will I be grateful.
In addition, the food supply in Daijin has become increasingly tight, and the food rations for the Han slaves have begun to be restricted. This was not necessary originally, and the food coming from North Korea was just enough to replace it.
When Huang Taiji thought of this, he cursed the damn Denglai Mingjun and the damn Lu Xiangsheng.
Therefore, Huang Taiji stepped up his strategy of luring the snakes out of their caves and catching them all in one fell swoop. He even went out to inspect the terrain himself, making sure to find a good terrain and succeed in one attack.
However, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, had no idea that the Jianlu plot was being planned against him. He was still stationed on Phi Island and was about to command the harassment campaign against the Jianlu in North Korea.
Seeing the ships returning to port constantly bringing good news, he couldn't help but feel very happy.
After a few days, and after achieving some staged results, he prepared to report his victory to the court and at the same time began to promote meritorious generals.
Among these generals who made meritorious deeds, Zhang Xianzhong was the most outstanding. He was always a soldier and killed the enemy without caring about his own safety. This was what Lu Xiangsheng admired the most.
If all the soldiers under his command were as brave as Zhang Xianzhong when facing Jianlu, then what would Jianlu have to fear? Their destruction would be just around the corner.
Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng promoted Zhang Xianzhong to Biaoying Qianzong, and then asked him: "I want to report a victory to the court, and your name is included in the report. If you have any other requests, just ask me."
Zhang Xianzhong was wearing full body armor and knelt on one knee. When Zhongcheng asked him if he had any other requests, he hesitated for a moment, then clasped his fists and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Zhongcheng, can you send a letter to the capital by the way?"
Lu Xiangsheng raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "Why, do you have a lover in the capital?"
Zhang Xianzhong blushed and immediately explained: "Back to Zhongcheng, I have no good friends with you. I have four adopted sons in the capital and are very concerned about you. I want to inform them of the current situation so that they can rest assured."
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he leaned his huge body forward a little, looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said: "Oh, how about sending someone to take them to Dengzhou, and how about taking care of them nearby?"
Yan Yingyuan was on the side and laughed when he heard it. He explained for Zhang Xianzhong: "His four adopted sons have now been adopted as nephews by my brother-in-law. Why are they coming to Dengzhou!"
Lu Xiangsheng had never heard of it before, but now he was a little surprised when Yan Yingyuan said it. He didn't know why Zhongxing Hou accepted Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son as his nephew.
However, he did not hesitate and immediately said to Zhang Xianzhong: "This is a good thing. You can hand your family letters to me before noon and they will be delivered to you."
Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly thanked him. Through his own efforts, he had now transformed from an outcast thief into the president of the imperial court and the governor of Biaoying.
This was something he had never dared to think about before, so he really wanted to share this joy with his four adopted sons. In addition, it also had some other vague meaning, which was to prove that his adopted father was not bad at all.
After Zhang Xianzhong withdrew, his fellow villagers all congratulated him. Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said: "You are not bad at all. You have mixed in a lot with the general manager and the general manager."
Gao Yingxiang, who has become the flag general, smiled and said: "I never saw that you were so good at fighting in the past. If I had known earlier, if I had made you the leader, I wouldn't have suffered the same defeat as before."
As soon as he said these words, the place immediately became silent.
Gao Yingxiang immediately realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. He was a bandit at the beginning and had to do it as a last resort. If it hadn't been for that defeat, he would not have become an officer of the imperial court now, but an officer of the governor's Biao camp.
He immediately laughed and changed the subject: "Your four adopted sons are only a little bit old as I remember. Their achievements in the future are probably beyond what we can even catch up with. Congratulations!"
When Yan Yingyuan first told Zhang Xianzhong about his four adopted sons, his fellow villagers all heard about it.
Now that Gao Yingxiang mentioned it, these people congratulated him again, making Zhang Xianzhong beam with joy.
After Zhang Xianzhong smiled and was modest for a while, he suddenly said with emotion: "My four adopted sons, including myself and you, are all thanks to him!"
The surrounding group of Qin men naturally knew who Zhang Xianzhong was referring to. No matter how miserable the defeat was, their gratitude to Marquis Zhongxing was always hidden in their hearts.
Now that Zhang Xianzhong mentioned it, they naturally agreed. Especially Gao Yingxiang, he even sighed: "I don't know what happened to my nephew. It would have been better if he had been a prisoner like us."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and comforted Gao Yingxiang and said, "I also admire Hongji's ability. He should be able to do well no matter where he is."
After hearing this, Gao Yingxiang could only nod to comfort himself.
What they don't know is that there is no longer Li Hongji in the world, but there is another Li Zicheng. As for his fate, no one knows, even Zhong Jinwei, who has traveled through time in later generations, no longer knows his fate.
When Zhong Jinwei heard Li Zicheng's name later, he was speechless, but he didn't care about him anymore.
At this time, Li Zicheng was in an extremely embarrassed state. Although he had changed his name in northern Shaanxi, he made great efforts to arrest him because Hong Chengchou was very attentive to Zhong Jinwei's orders.
There was no place for Li Zicheng in northern Shaanxi, let alone the delusion that he could raise a peasant army by himself.
Li Zicheng saw that the imperial court's Kaizhong method was transporting grain to northern Shaanxi. Under the coordination of Governor Yansui, although there were still a few starved to death, at least there was hope, and there were not many who wanted to kill officials and rebel.
He gave up all his ambitions and fled Shaanxi with Li Guo in dejection and came to Henan. As for "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, his father died when his mother married, and everyone took care of themselves. As early as in northern Shaanxi
They all went their separate ways.
What Li Zicheng didn't know was that his arrival in Henan would change his destiny.