Under Li Guodong's persuasion, Fang Yizhi and Chen Zhenhui each bought ten unfinished pre-sale houses by the Wusong River at a price of fifty taels of silver. Fang Yizhi and Chen Zhenhui never dreamed that ten years later, each of the ten houses they had, the value of each of them, would reach a sky-high price of more than 10,000 taels.

The goods ordered by Li Guodong from the Flang kesmen of Haojing through Zheng Zhilong were also delivered. They were a batch of flintlock rifles, which were the latest type of impact flintlock rifles invented by the Frenchman Ma Han. This kind of flintlock rifle has been used in history from the 17th century to the late 1840s until it was expected to be fire-capped guns, and it has been used for more than two hundred years!

At this time, the impact flintlock rifle had just been invented and was the most advanced firearm of this era. Li Guodong ordered 10,000 from the Flanger in one breath.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was rampant in the Anhui area and conquered Shucheng, Lu'an, Luzhou and other places. The entire Huaibei area fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong. Originally, Zhang Xianzhong would train the navy in Chaohu in history, but in this time and space, because Li Guodong's navy was stationed in the Anqing area, Zhang Xianzhong defeated Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo and attacked all the way westward, and the thieves in Xian threatened Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu's army had entered the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, claiming to pursue and suppress Li Zicheng. In fact, Zuo Liangyu was not effective in suppressing the bandits. After repeated defeats, he only dared to follow Li Zicheng from afar and did not dare to go forward to fight the decisive battle with the rebel army.

Because the governor of Fengyang was not good at suppressing the thieves, he was arrested and imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen. He was replaced by Ma Shiying and became governor of Fengyang.

Zhang Xianzhong's army's activities in Anhui threatened Jiangnan. In order to avoid Li Zicheng, Zuo Liangyu did not even dare to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, so he led his army south without authorization and ran to Anqing.

The fifteenth year of Chongzhen passed like this. The situation outside the pass was still stable this year. The Qing army, which was beaten by Li Guodong, was no longer able to launch the last invasion before entering the pass. Huang Taiji was also terminally ill. Although there was no concubine Hai Lanzhu, because Hai Lanzhu had become Li Guodong's concubine, there would be no such thing as Huang Taiji died of Hai Lanzhu's death. However, Li Guodong knew very well that ordinary fat people were not very good at heart.

Fat people have great heart pressure and a lot of work burden. In addition, blood lipids are blocked in the cardiovascular system. Generally, fat people have coronary heart disease after middle age. Huang Taiji sits there all day to handle official business. The physical and mental pressure is extremely high, and it is even more unbearable for his fragile heart. Therefore, even if Huang Taiji does not die suddenly in September, he can extend his life for a few months at most.

Because fat people have high heart pressure and various cardiovascular problems, Li Guodong is very interested in exercising and pays great attention to his diet. He often eats vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, fungus and other foods, and tries to get kelp and seaweed, and often drinks corn porridge to avoid cardiovascular problems to a great extent. He does not die suddenly one day, otherwise all his previous efforts will be in vain.

At the end of the year, censors from the Lin Party of the Middle East of the Court reported to Chongzhen to dispatch Li Guodong to deal with Zhang Xianzhong.

Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict, and it goes without saying that the edict was approved in the cabinet ticket and sent to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War gave the tiger talisman and sent it to Li Guodong together with the imperial edict.

In the Jinyang Army camp outside Kaifeng City, Li Guodong stood on the stage.

"The court asked us to give up Kaifeng, thinking that Kaifeng could be defended, so we could send troops to Anqing." Li Guodong looked around and said.

"Brother, what if we leave Kaifeng, what should we do if the thieves attack Kaifeng again?" Han Dashan asked.

"Master, Cao can't figure it out. Zuo Liangyu is arbitrarily dispatched troops south. If he pursues and suppresses the ex-blades, the court should dispatch Zuo Liangyu to the nearest. Why should we transfer us? We stay here to facilitate the pursuit of the invaders!" Cao Bianjiao asked in discomfort.

Li Guodong laughed: "Brothers, do you think that the imperial court issued an edict to Zuo Liangyu, will this thief obey the order and send troops to pursue the thief?"

Cao Bianjiao said furiously: "The left thief has a bad ambition, and he has long been too big to lose his tail! If it weren't for the left thief, his uncle would not have been killed back then!"

"So, the court also knew that the left thieves were not reliable at all. The thieves in Qianshan area were entrenched in the Qianshan area to intimidate Jiangnan. Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo were newly defeated. The censors in Jiangnan in the court reported one after another, who would send to deal with the thieves in Xian? So the court thought of us." Li Guodong looked around and said.

When he heard that the Jinyang Army and the Huai Army were about to send troops to Anqing, the King of Zhou personally brought the people of Kaifeng to Li Guodong's camp and sent them to tears.

"Prince!" Li Guodong heard that King Zhu Gongzi had come, so he hurriedly came out of the camp and bowed to the King of Zhou.

The King of Zhou walked forward and burst into tears: "Wuwei Bo, I heard that the imperial edict of the court has been brought down. My uncle is about to pull out the camp and go to Jianghuai. The soldiers and civilians in the city are sad when they hear that My uncle is leaving. If the thieves attack when My uncle is not in Kaifeng, how can we defend the Kaifeng City?"

Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians behind knelt down and cried: "My uncle, don't leave! Please pity our Kaifeng people."

Li Guodong walked forward and made a gesture of helping him: "Dear fellow villagers, get up quickly. Li has been stationed in Kaifeng for almost two years and has a deep relationship with the military and civilians of Kaifeng. To be honest, Li is unwilling to leave. However, the imperial edict has been issued, and Li cannot resist the edict and refuses to obey it!"

Seeing that the people still kneel down, Li Guodong opened his voice and said, "Dear fellows, although Li left, he will leave five thousand troops to help the people of Kaifeng! Please rest assured, all fellows, Li will never let the thieves harm Kaifeng!"

The army was about to set off, and the common people who came to see off held the soldiers tightly. The middle-aged aunt stuffed the eggs, red dates and pastries that she couldn't bear to eat into the soldiers. The girl blushed and handed the soldiers cloth shoes, sewn purses, and woven scarves to them. The young men joined the army one after another.

Cao Bianjiao, dressed as a garrison officer, looked at this touching scene and was so touched that he shed tears: "Which army in the Ming Dynasty can do this? We are a guest army, but the people of Kaifeng regard our brothers as their relatives!"

The Ming army in those days killed Liang and took advantage of their merits and robbed the people, which was worse than the bandits! Zuo Liangyu, the general who suppressed the bandits, was directly called the bandits general by the common people. The style of the Left Army was exactly the same as the bandits. They all went wherever they went and robbed them all the way. Since the court deducted military pay, the court could not afford so many people's military pay, so why didn't they rob it yourself?

It was rare in the past when an army like Li Guodong that never harmed the people but helped the people.

When the Jinyang Army and the Huai Army were stationed outside Kaifeng City, soldiers often went to the city to help the people work, such as helping the people repair the roof, fetching water for the people's homes, helping the people chop firewood, or going to nearby villages to do good deeds.

"What a great guy!"

"We must come back safely."

The people were talking a lot.

"We old couple have no children. They are like our children. I hope the children can come back safely." The old couple cried and saw off the soldiers.
Chapter completed!