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Chapter 177 Eight Great Kings Go to Wuchang
But when Gao Yihuan heard that Zhou Ronghua was here to buy grain, he thought that Li Zicheng in Guanzhong wanted to start farming, so he couldn't help but be surprised.

But if you think about it carefully, the rogues used to fight on the move, and the officers and soldiers were chasing them on all sides. They could only run around. Naturally, it was impossible to farm the land. Now that the threat of the officers and soldiers has been eliminated, there is a stable territory again, and the farmers are attached to the land. His nature is revealed again.

After Gao Yihuan agreed, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Zhou, did the imperial court start to divide the fields in Guanzhong and start encouraging Nongsang?"

"No!" Zhou Ronghua was a little puzzled, "Why do you ask that, Brother Gao? Prime Minister Niu is keen on planning the Eastern Expedition, and wants to overthrow the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and become the real founding prime minister. He has no time to divide the land."

Gao Yihuan couldn't help frowning, "Brother Zhou, where did you come from?"

Zhou Ronghua said somewhat complacently: "Brother Gao, you don't know that. Guanzhong is full of unowned fields, like the vassal fields of the King of Qin, and the fields of other old rich men, all of which have been abandoned. Ning did a good job, so he thought that he would grow one, anyway, those places were panicked, so I circled one."

Speaking of this, Zhou Ronghua's face suddenly became angry, "Damn it, who knew that I circled around, and the others followed suit. In the end, I saw a large piece of land, which was snatched away by my uncle Zhao Hou. "

After hearing this, Gao Yihuan understood that the division of land in Guanzhong was done spontaneously by the officers of the Shun Army and the refugees who followed them into the pass.

The hope of land and being a small landlord is the dream of most soldiers and refugees.

Zhou Ronghua and his group, as well as some other leaders of the invading army, took advantage of Li Zicheng's inattention, and took the opportunity to carve up, enclose the land, and take the land as their own.

After Gao Yihuan heard this, he was a little disappointed that Li Zicheng was still the same. It was really mud that could not support the wall, but it was not a bad thing for the Shun army and the refugees to scramble for land spontaneously.

When good fields are planted, there will be grain harvests. In case Li Zicheng returns, he will not be without food.

Gao Yihuan felt that as long as Li Zicheng could spend some time governing Guanzhong, even if he was defeated in the future, there should be no big problem in sticking to it, but his mind didn't seem to be on people's livelihood.

Gao Yihuan stood up, "Brother Zhou, let's do this! I'll give you five thousand shi for seeding first, and I'll give you another batch after the autumn grain is harvested."

There is no way to grow rice in the north, so Gao Yihuan can only buy rice from the south as much as possible to squeeze out some wheat for Zhou Ronghua.

The two were talking, when Zhao Zhuzi suddenly walked into the lobby, he glanced at Zhou Ronghua, walked straight to Gao Yi's cheers, and said a few words in a low voice.

Gao Yihuan's complexion changed, he glanced at Zhou Ronghua, and suddenly pretended to be surprised and said loudly: "What are you talking about, Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang?"

Zhao Zhuzi was afraid that Zhou Ronghua would hear it, so he said it in a low voice, but Gao Yihuan suddenly repeated it loudly, his face was stunned, and he cupped his fists and said, "Second brother, it can't be fake, I've already confirmed it."

Zhou Ronghua originally wanted to ask for more, but after hearing Gao Yihuan's words, he knew it was over.

Zhang Xianzhong was a bandit of the same generation as Li Zicheng, Gao Yihuan had to fight a war if he wanted to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from entering Henan, and fighting would cost the army rations, so he could only swallow the words that came to his mouth.

At this time Gao Yihuan looked at him, "Brother Zhou, it's not easy for you to come here. Brother originally wanted to entertain you well, but the situation in Huguang has changed, and brother will not accompany you!"

Zhou Ronghua stood up tactfully, cupped his hands and said: "The big thing is important, brother, I won't bother Brother Gao."

After Zhou Ronghua finished speaking, he turned around and left the lobby, Gao Yihuan then turned his head and asked Zhao Zhuzi, "What's going on, please explain carefully."

"Second brother, the news came from Wu Shizhao from Xinyang." Zhao Zhuzi hurriedly replied: "More than 20 people from Zhang Xianzhong besieged Wuchang. The guards were disappointed and sold the city to Zhang Xianzhong, He Tengjiao and Yang Wenyue ran to Yuezhou, and the king of Chu and the clan in the city were all drowned by Zhang Xianzhong."

Among the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, the most stupid ones were King Fu who died in Luoyang and King Chu who was drowned by Zhang Xianzhong.

Chu Huakui, the king of Chu, ordered his subordinates to beat Zhao Kehuai, the governor of Huguang who had a grudge against him, to death in his early years.

However, during his 63 years in power, the money in the mansion was piled up like a mountain, and the members of Huguang gathered in the mansion to ask him to help with the salary, but he didn't take away any hair. !", which disappointed the Chuzhong officials to the extreme.

After Wuchang was captured, all the wealth of the royal family was cheap to Zhang Xianzhong. Zhu Huzi is so mediocre!" Then Zhu Huakui was thrown into the Yangtze River and drowned.

Then, Zhang Xianzhong drove all the clan surnamed Zhu in Wuchang City to the river and ordered them to throw water.For a moment, the banks of the Yangtze River were crying loudly, and the floating corpses flowed down the river.

Gao Yihuan originally thought that Zuo Liangyu was in Xiangyang, and the situation in Wuchang would change. He didn't want the city to be broken, and the king of Chu still died disgracefully.

Zhao Zhuzi saw Gao Yihuan frowned and thought deeply, and couldn't help worrying: "Second brother, Zhang Xianzhong defeated Wuchang, will he go north to attack Xiangyang?"

Gao Yihuan frowned, it was not impossible.

Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu are also enemies. Since Zhang Xianzhong occupies Wuchang, it is impossible to ignore Zuo Liangyu in Xiangyang.

Gao Yihuan immediately said in a hurry: "Zhuzi, you immediately send a fast horse to Nanyang and pass on my order, saying that I have received Li Zicheng's order to conquer Zhang Xianzhong, and ask Wang Tizhong to raise troops and horses, and prepare to follow me in the southern expedition."

Zhao Zhuzi clasped his fists and said, "I'll go right away."

"Come here, go and call Lord Lu to come over!" Gao Yihuan yelled outside the hall without waiting for Zhao Zhuzi to retreat.

Xiangyang was in the hands of Zuo Liangyu, it was easy for him to seize it, but if it fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, it would be impossible for Gao Yihuan to take Xiangyang.

When Gao Yihuan thought about it, Zhang Xianzhong had Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Sun Kewang, and Ai Nengqi under his command, and his heart trembled a little.

At that moment, Gao Yihuan sent a fast horse to order Nanyang Wang Tizhong to go south, and at the same time made arrangements for staying behind, and ordered the army to pack up and prepare to leave.

It has been ten months since Gao Yihuan occupied Runing in November last year and began to recruit new soldiers and reorganize the soldiers.

During this period of time, the new recruits and surrendered soldiers have passed the training and experienced the rounds of battles in Chaya Mountain. It can be said that they are already worthy of a battle.

Gao Yihuan divided the land for the new recruits, and encouraged them to settle down when they were sent down, taking refugee women as wives and other means. It took nearly a year to basically digest this team.

On the third day of August, in order to take Xiangyang before Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yihuan made some preparations and led [-] soldiers and horses, plus [-] civilian husbands, to march forward with a large amount of food and grass.

In Nanyang Mansion, in the mansion of the mighty general Wang Tizhong, a group of generals gathered.

Wang Tizhong held the warrant sent by Gao Yihuan, "Gao Yihuan asked me to rectify the army and follow him to the south. What do you think?"

All the generals looked at each other, and someone stood up, "General, it's better not to go! If you bump into the Eighth King, it will be a disaster."

"Yes, yes, if the Eight Great Kings don't come to beat us, we'll just burn high incense. Why are you messing with the Eight Great Kings? Besides, there's a mess in the south, and it's no good. What are we going to do?"

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