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Chapter 293 Temporary Tranquility

After Gao Yihuan said a few words, he handed over the mess of dealing with the refugees to Lu Yifang, and asked him to appease the people and answer the refugees' questions, before he left first.

At this time, Gao Yihuan ruled three prefectures and nine counties, including the Nanyang Basin and a part of the Eastern Henan Plain. In fact, many people can be resettled, but the problem is that the food cannot support the resettled people until next year's wheat harvest, so too many refugees come here , people will definitely starve to death.

The matter of food is really irritating. Except for the Ming Dynasty that has food, all other forces are basically short of food.

If the Qing army hadn't crossed the Yellow River, Gao Yihuan was afraid of being attacked by the enemy, and would have led his army south to snatch his mother.

Recently, Gao Yihuan has been troubled by the lack of food.

He has entrusted Ma Hongshan to help him go to Fujian to buy sweet potatoes and corn, hoping that these two drought-resistant and relatively high-yielding crops can improve his food shortage situation.

After Gao Yihuan left the refugee camp, he rode his horse back to Yancheng. As soon as he arrived at the gate, his subordinates greeted him, "Commander, Mr. Chen is back, waiting for Commander in the festival hall."

Chen Mingxia had been in Guanzhong for more than a month. Gao Yihuan was overjoyed when he heard this, threw the whip to the guards, and hurried to the courtyard.

At this time he came to the Jietang, Chen Mingxia was sitting on a chair, drinking tea from a teacup, looking very happy.

"Mr. Chen, you've worked hard all the way!" Gao Yihuan walked in, "I didn't expect Mr. to come back today, otherwise I would definitely go to greet him."

"The humble job is just running around, so there's no need for a handsome man to greet you." Chen Mingxia put down his teacup, stood up and saluted Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yi laughed happily, "Sit down and talk!"

After Chen Mingxia waited for Gao Yihuan to sit down, he said with a smile on his face: "First of all, I want to congratulate the general. Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he learned that the general defeated the Qing army and blocked the attack of the Qing army. Envoy. The commander-in-chief is now a legitimate prince."

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and his face was a little surprised, "Li Zicheng is so generous? He actually skipped the earl and gave me the title of Marquis, and even the title of Jiedushi!"

"Now that Guanzhong is in crisis, he can't be generous." Chen Mingxia said with a smile: "When the humble official left Guanzhong, the edict was ready to be issued, and I believe it will arrive in southern Henan in a few days."

Although Gao Yihuan has long established a festival privately, but the self-proclaimed always feels a little lack of confidence.

After all, Li Zicheng became the emperor and occupied Beijing. It is indeed a good thing for him to designate himself as Marquis of Wei and Jiedushi, which is tantamount to a recognition of his strength.

If you negotiate with Nanjing in the future, Nanjing also has a reference. The conditions offered must not be lower than those of the Marquis.

Gao Yihuan nodded, and suddenly said: "Li Zicheng asked me to go to the south of Henan Province, this authority overlaps with that of Li Jieshuai!"

"This is Niu Jinxing's meaning. He once hinted at his humble position and asked the commander-in-chief to restrain Li Jiedu!"

Gao Yihuan couldn't help sneering when he heard this, the Dashun Dynasty was almost over, and Niu Jinxing still had the mind to do this.

"How's the situation in Guanzhong?" Gao Yihuan asked suddenly.

The Qing army's two armies attacked Guanzhong, and Duoduo's southern route retreated, but Azige's northern route invaded Shaanxi.This still made Gao Yihuan a little worried.

Chen Mingxia said: "The Qing army on the North Road was attacking Yulin and Yan'an. When I left, Li Zicheng had already mobilized troops to fight Azig."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly. He helped Li Zicheng block Duoduo, and Li Zicheng only had to deal with the Qing army on the North Road.

Li Zicheng gathered the strength of the Dashun Army in Guanzhong, and the heads he sent were exciting. If he still can't get it done, Gao Yihuan will be disappointed.

At this time, Chen Mingxia continued, "Commander, I believe that the battle of Yan'an is very important. If Li Zicheng wins, the Shun army will be able to recover from the decline, and the Qing army will have difficulty capturing Guanzhong in a short time. But on the other hand, if Li Zicheng fails, Yan'an Once lost, Guanzhong is equivalent to losing half, and the Qing army will seize the whole of Shaanxi, and it is just around the corner.”

Speaking of this, Chen Mingxia said solemnly: "I think that with Li Zicheng, the Qing army should not attack the south of Henan first, but if Li Zicheng loses, the south of Henan may become the target of the Qing army's attack immediately."

Gao Yihuan also hoped that Li Zicheng could last longer, he nodded, "I know this, I will make preparations as soon as possible."

The Qing army ate turtles at Gao Yihuan's hands a few times, and once they freed up their hands, there was no reason not to trouble him.

Gao Yihuan was mentally prepared for the Qing army's attack on southern Henan, so he recruited nearly [-] rebels.

He was going to take advantage of the attention of the Qing army before it shifted to him, and hurry up to expand and train the army, but this returned to the old problem. His territory is small and he cannot support so many people. The burden is too heavy.

Gao Yihuan talked with Chen Mingxia for a while before letting him go to rest.

A few days later, the reward for Gao Yihuan was finally delivered to Yancheng.

This time Li Zicheng was very generous and made him Marquis of Wei, traveled to southern Henan, Xiangyang and other places, and also sent him 10 taels of salary.

Gao Yihuan has been with Li Zicheng for almost three years, and he has always been filial to Li Zicheng. This is the first time he has received Li Zicheng's salary.

After Gao Yihuan received the reward from Li Zicheng, he even began to reward his subordinates, and paid a lot of money to the soldiers who died in battle.

From September, after Duoduo withdrew to Huaiqing and Weihui, to November, the whole of Henan was in a state of truce.But both Gao Yihuan and Li Yan knew that the Qing army would definitely make a comeback, but they were not sure when.

However, Gao Yihuan estimated that the Qing army should not be able to raise a large amount of food and grass in a short period of time, so if the Qing army wants to go south, it should wait until next year.

In the days when the war in Henan subsided, the world was not peaceful, and several major events happened successively.

The first thing is that Li Zicheng fought against Azige and Wu Sangui in northern Shaanxi. The Qing army captured Yulin Mansion, Suide Prefecture, and Yanchang County in Yan'an Mansion, but was trapped in Yan'an City.

Azige learned that the Doduo South Route Army did not attack Tongguan as agreed, and saw that Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin came to reinforce Li Guo, and then retreated from Yan'an.

Li Zicheng led his troops in hot pursuit, and fought a battle with the Qing army at Qinghuashui, north of Yan'an, but failed to find a bargain, so he retreated back to Yan'an.The Azige bandits retreated back to Shanxi, leaving only Wu Sangui in Yulin and Suide Prefecture to confront Li Zicheng.

The second thing is that Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu, established the country as Daxi, and proclaimed himself emperor.The Great Western Army controls most of Sichuan and Shu, as well as Jingzhou, Yiling and other places.

The third is that affected by the fall of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty, as the central government, greatly weakened its control over the local area.In addition, Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu to proclaim himself emperor, and when Mu Guogong mobilized troops to fortify the border with Yunnan and Sichuan, the chieftain of Yunnan succeeded in attacking Kunming and launched a large-scale rebellion.

(End of this chapter)