Gao Huan accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty and became the general officer of the Ming Dynasty, but the sign of the military government in the middle of Henan was not taken away.

He is General Deng Yu to the outside world, and he is still the military governor of the military government.

Spring is gone and summer solstice. In a blink of an eye, more than three months have passed since the 14th year of Chongzhen.

After repelling Li Zicheng, the military government focused on restoring production, training the army, and gradually regained its strength.

Gao Huan stopped the war, but the disputes around the world became even more turbulent.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng continued to rush inside the pass, destroying the Ming Dynasty's ruling foundation within the pass, and the Songjin Battle outside the pass also entered a critical moment.

There were constant disputes in the world, but the focus of the 14th year of Chongzhen was the Battle of Songjin.

If the Ming Dynasty followed the historical trend, due to internal turmoil and further deteriorated economy and finance, it was impossible to bear the long-term battle of more than 100,000 official troops outside the pass. As a result, the court advocated a quick battle and quick decision on the grounds that there were too many soldiers and wages. Emperor Chongzhen ordered Hong Chengchou to "advance the troops in the first time" and also made Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi the head of the Ministry of War. The doctor of the position of Fang urged Hong Chengchou to fight to the decisive battle, but he was defeated.

The failure of the Battle of Songjin marked the loss of all land outside the pass, and there was no army in northern China that could threaten the Qing Dynasty. The entire north became the back garden of the Qing Dynasty, and there was no obstacle for the Qing army to enter the pass.

Gao Huan helped Ding Qirui repel Li Zicheng. One of the purposes was to curb Li Zicheng's development and destroy the Central Plains, so that the Ming Dynasty would have more energy to fight the Battle of Songjin with the Qing army, so that the Qing army would not be left too easily.

Now that the military government has completed its spring plowing, Li Zicheng is very anxious to siege Nanyang, and Gao Huan coveted the iron ore near Xiangcheng, so he decided to take advantage of Li Zicheng's troops in Nanyang to recover Xuzhou and other places occupied by the rebel army.

First, we will restrain Li Zicheng, and second, we will strengthen the strength of the military government and lay a solid foundation for resisting the Qing army's southward journey and seizing magical tools in the future.

The strength of the military government is still too weak now. Once the Qing army enters the pass, it is obviously unable to resist.

In order to be able to confront the Qing army, Gao Huan believed that before the Qing army entered the pass, it was necessary to control the entire Henan at least and restore the production and economy in Henan.

If possible, you must also consider entering Guanzhong west, taking Shandong east, or even controlling Huguang south, in order to confront the Qing army.

As soon as the day was dawn, Gao Huan got up from the bed and practiced a big gun in the yard, but found a red figure dancing with swords not far away.

Gao Huan stopped and looked at Hong Niangzi. Yingying held her waist and her toned body. She couldn't help but feel a little lost and her mind was full of thoughts.

For the past year, he has been addicted to military and political affairs, focusing on how to open up the situation in the four battles, until he forgot that he was already an adult, and it was time for him to have a wife.

Gao Youcai went to Beijing, but no elder cared about his personal problems. He was embarrassed to speak, so he could only get hungry when he was drought.

At this time, Gao Huan was stunning. A figure in Confucian uniform, holding a sword, danced with the red figure in the yard, but it was Li Yan.

The two of them were dancing for a while, and the Hongmao found Gao Huan peeping beside her and felt a little embarrassed.

She is usually heroic and is as good as a man when she is away from home. She only shows her younger daughter's side when she is with Li Yan in private.

Now that Gao Huan saw it, the Matchmaker blushed, "The Governor is up! I'll go and ask someone to prepare breakfast!"

After saying that, he left as if he ran away.

Li Yan put his sword in the sheath, "The Governor is so early, can't he sleep?"

Gao Huan glanced at him and said harshly: "Mr. Li, what are you?"

This is the Governor's Office. Gao Huan and several staff members live here to work. Gao Huan suspected that the two of them were trapped together, but they were not easy to ask each other.

Li Yan said frivolously: "The military supervisor is busy with affairs, and I forgot to tell the military supervisor that the Hongniang had agreed to marry me."

Gao Huan said: "Sir, does Mrs. Tang know about this?"

"Mr. Hongniang loves me, and his wife has agreed." Li Yan smiled and said, "Next month, my subordinates are going to take Mr. Hongniang through the door. Then I will ask the governor to have a drink of wedding wine."

Gao Huan laughed and said, "That's really congratulations to Mr. Li!"

At this time, the servant came over and said that he had prepared breakfast. Gao Huan and Li Yan went to have dinner immediately, and then prepared to participate in the special meeting of the military government.

The rebel army besieged Nanyang in a hurry, and Ding Qirui sent people to urge him many times.

Gao Huan decided to take advantage of Li Zicheng's presence in Nanyang to capture the four counties of Xuzhou, and search for iron ore and coal mines in Wuyang, Ye County, south of Xiangcheng, and carry out mining and smelting, so that the military government's important strategic resources can achieve self-sufficiency.

Early in the morning, several staff members in the military government flower hall had breakfast and rushed over early.

At this time, everyone was sitting in the hall in groups of three or three whispering, talking about many matters of the military government. At this time, Gao Huan and Li Yan walked outside the hall, and a guard shouted: "The general is here!"

The lobby suddenly became quiet, and everyone stood up and bowed, "Supervisor!"

Gao Huan walked to the central hall, waved his hand with a smile to ask everyone to sit down, and Li Yan also sat down silently. The guard immediately served some refreshments and hurriedly retreated.

Gao Huan and the hall were quiet, and then he said, "I have revealed to you that I want to collect the four counties of Xuzhou. Today I will gather everyone to come and ask, what are the difficulties you have?"

Song Xiance said: "The Governor, now we control the four counties of Dengfeng, Yuzhou, Mi County and Xinzheng. If we take over the four counties under Xuzhou, there will be eight counties under our jurisdiction, which is equivalent to double. In this way, more than 10,000 Red Army troops will not be enough. The boundary will be expanded, and the troops will also be expanded. I believe that the Red Army will be expanded to at least 30,000!"

Gao Huan nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "The territory is doubled, and the permanent army must also double its army. Furthermore, Xuzhou is located on a plain and above the official road. It is better to climb Yu to defend it. Expanding the army is imperative. Does the Song Army have a plan to expand the army?"

Song Xiance said: "Now the Central Plains is in chaos. Once Xuzhou is captured, all eight counties will have to garrison troops, and there are important passes that need to be guarded. The supervisor also needs a mobile support from a team of men. It turns out that 12,000 people are not enough. Therefore, it is necessary to select Zhuang Ding from the existing four counties, and then select elite troops from the prisoners of the rebel army to gather 30,000 troops."

Everyone whispered and talked, "The expansion of the army was a consensus among everyone, but now there are only four counties, but they have to support 30,000 soldiers, which is definitely unaffordable for the military government.

"The expansion of the army is imperative!" Gao Huan expressed his opinion, and immediately asked everyone: "What are the problems with the military government?"

Li Yan said: "Two problems! First, with four more counties, the army needs to be expanded, and the military government officials also need to be doubled. Second, whether it is expanding the army or recruiting officials, money and grain are needed. The four counties in Xuzhou were occupied by the rebel army. After the military government collects it, it will not be tightly charged for taxes. Instead, it will need to invest money and grain to resume production. With the existing four counties, it is definitely unbearable."

Li Wudao: "Governor, the current military government's operation is supported by the seizure of the Taihe Palace last year. Now, one million yuan in deposits has cost 880,000 yuan, leaving only 120,000 taels. If the army is expanded by 30,000 yuan, plus other consumption, it can last at most two months!"

Gao Huan frowned. The Chibei Army was recruited by the Ming court. The military government was unable to continue to rely on gaining wealthy people and local tyrants to obtain money and food. So they could only seize silver from them by fighting the local bandits and bandits, or compromise with the big ones, and gain support from the gentry and merchants.

Over the years, if you want to seize the world, you need the support of gentry and chaebols. However, Gao Huan was not prepared to compromise with anyone. He pondered for a while, "The army must expand. As for money and food, I will solve it! Now that there are soldiers in hand, how can you worry about having no money and food!"

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