Those censors always say that His Majesty doesn’t compete with the people for profit, but who is the so-called people they say? They aren’t those annihilation merchants who are in love with them?

Li Guodong was in a heavy mood after leaving the Governor General of Xuanda. In fact, Yang Sichang was not a treacherous person. After the failure of the joint efforts of Mongolia to fight against the Qing Dynasty, he thought of discussing peace with the Qing Dynasty and following the example of the Song Dynasty, he used annual monies to exchange peace. In fact, Chongzhen also acquiesced, but Chongzhen, who was very proud of his face, did not dare to propose it himself, and only dared to operate secretly behind the scenes. If Lu Xiangsheng could understand Chongzhen's own intentions, such a tragedy would not have happened. It was Chongzhen who wanted to discuss peace, otherwise Gao Qiqian would not dare to seize Lu Xiangsheng's food, grass and soldiers? Therefore, the murderer behind the scenes who really killed Lu Xiangsheng was not someone else, but Chongzhen himself.

If there was no other change in history, then Yang Sichang would not serve as the governor of Xuanda for more than one year. Yang Sichang's father Yang He was imprisoned for being unfavorable to suppress the thief. After hearing the news, Yang Sichang submitted memorials three times to resign, willing to replace his father. Chongzhen was a person who liked to be filial to children. The reason why Wu Sangui was promoted so quickly was to save his father. Chongzhen said that Wu Sangui was a filial child, and that filial people must be loyal ministers. So Wu Sangui became famous in the battle and was highly valued by Chongzhen. Yang Sichang made the same sense, saying that he was willing to take the crime for his father. Emperor Chongzhen said that Yang Sichang was a filial person and must be a loyal minister, so he ordered the reduction of Yang He's crime, released him from the death penalty, and sent him to Yuanzhou to serve in the army. Later, Yang He died in the Yuanzhou garrison, and Yang Sichang returned home in sorrow.

Li Guodong knew that many things would happen next year. Yang Sichang went home with Dingyou, and Lin Danhan's son returned to Hetao, met Yuetuo, and was incorporated by Yuetuo.

"Lin Dankhan should have passed away. We have to go to Qinghai as soon as possible to find the remaining members of Lin Dankhan." After leaving Datong, Li Guodong said to He Xing and others around him.

"There is no need for brother to do everything himself." He Xing said.

"If it's something else, I can leave it to you. You don't understand what's going to win over the rest of Chahar's troops. If one of Wang Quan and Zhao Feng is there, I can leave it to them. But now that the south is threatened by bandits, they have to go back to defend the city so that our city will not be broken by bandits. I can only do this."

Back at Shabeigou Village, Li Guodong took Han Dashan and two hundred elite soldiers at night without collecting them. He brought enough food and grass, and each man and three horses set out on the journey westward to find Lin Danhan's old subordinates.

Crossing the Yellow River westward, Li Guodong and his more than 200 people entered Shaanxi.

Shaanxi, which has suffered from natural disasters and man-made disasters, has long been a barren land. Although it is in the middle of winter, there is no snowflake in the sky, and there is no snowflake on the ground. There is only cracked land under the scorching sun. The original farmland is only dry and platycodon standing in the cracked fields. The canals on the edge are dry, and even a drop of water cannot be seen; the village once became a ruin, and white bones can be seen everywhere on the road; there is no figure in the former military office. The military office has long been abandoned, leaving only collapsed houses. The military households that once lived in have long become thieves who entered the Central Plains.

Along the way, I couldn't even see a piece of grass. The dead trees were bare and even the bark had been eaten up.

What is really the place where refugees pass by, no grass grows!

"Brother, we won't encounter a thief army here, right?" Han Dashan asked.

"No, the bandits have already gone to the Central Plains. Some bandits have entered Hubei. Zhang Xianzhong may have arrived in Lianghuai. If nothing unexpected happens, Fengyang will soon be lost and the imperial tomb will be destroyed. Gao Yingxiang and his friends went to the southern Shaanxi area where the rain is rich, and the government troops are encircling and suppressing them there." Li Guodong replied.

The entire northern Shaanxi region has long been abandoned. The bandits abandoned this barren land, and the government troops followed the bandits to chase the Central Plains. Along the way, there was no people thousands of miles of people. The fertile yellow land became deserted due to drought, and the rivers I occasionally saw had already dried up.

In this case, even if you plant sweet potato corn, you will have no harvest.

Li Guodong's cavalry marched extremely fast in northern Shaanxi, with one man and three horses, traveling 150 miles a day. It took only seven days to pass through northern Shaanxi and enter the Qingyang area.

This place is similar to the northern part of Shaanxi. In later generations, Qingyang belonged to Gansu, and in this era, Qingyang was still under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi.

In Qingyang, you can see officers and soldiers moving, and there are still traces left by Hong Chengchou chasing the lone-wallow and surrendering Bai Guangen's battle. The occasionally seen garrisons are all broken, and the mandarin duck battle jackets on the Ming soldiers are covered with patches, so dirty that they cannot see their original color.

Seeing a group of high-headed horses, wearing exquisite armor, the leader of the man wearing phoenix-winged helmets, the rest of the cavalry were all wearing eight-petaled pointed iron helmets, each wearing a red battle robe and a black cloak, the elite iron cavalry in the guards looked at Li Guodong and others, and all of them showed envious expressions.

After walking for another two days and two nights, Li Guodong met his old acquaintance Cao Wenzhao here.

"Cao's name is Daying? It must be General Cao's. Let's go and visit it." Li Guodong said, pointing to the camp in front.

The guards at the door saw the waist sign and immediately reported to Cao Wenzhao. After a while, Cao Wenzhao took Cao Bianjiao and others out of the camp to greet him.

"I will meet Cao Junmen at the end!" Li Guodong saw Cao Wenzhao and quickly knelt on one knee to bow.

Cao Wenzhao knelt down quickly, first returned the ceremony, and then helped Li Guodong up: "Nephew, you should be called Li Junmen. You are now the general, but the sinner general was demoted to the general by the emperor. Now that you and I meet, I will call you the last general."

"General Cao, my nephew and General Cao are brothers and sisters. In terms of seniority, I have to call you uncle."

Cao Wenzhao was not polite either and laughed: "Good nephew, please come in! Today we will meet you and I will never stop drunk!"

A wine table was placed in the central army's tent, and Cao Wenzhao sent people to serve wine and food.

"I wonder what's wrong with my nephew coming here? Do you want to help me eliminate the thieves?" Cao Wenzhao asked with a smile.

"A mere thief is not afraid of mere thieves. I was ordered by Yang Duchen to go to the West Sea to contact the Chahar people and discuss the great cause of anti-Jin. If Jiannu in the north continues to invade and plunder, it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the thieves. I cannot follow the general to suppress the thieves, but my nephew also wants to remind General Cao that if the general enters southern Shaanxi to suppress the thieves in the future, we must not go deep alone to avoid annihilation of the bandits."

"So you are going to the West Sea. The Chahars even invaded and robbed a while ago."

"Not now! Lin Danhan is seriously ill, and he may have died at this time."

"Oh, how did you know that Lin Danhan was seriously ill?"
Chapter completed!