In the end, Li Zicheng gave up attacking Nanyang Prefecture City, but instead gathered hungry people around him, attacked small counties and powerful cities, and obtained a large amount of supplies.

Li Zicheng did all this to prepare for the attack on Luoyang. Of course, he knew that as long as he captured Luoyang, not to mention the gentry hiding in the city to take refuge, he only robbed a Fuwang Mansion, and the food and supplies he got were enough for the military to use for a year. Who didn't know that Fuwang was rich? Luoyang Mansion was rich in the imperial palace in the capital.

"We can breathe a sigh of relief when the thief failed to attack Nanyang." Yang Sichang breathed a deep breath when he saw the battle report sent by Nanyang.

"The commander, Wu Weibo has sent a messenger." Someone outside reported to Yang Sichang.

"Let him come in."

Li Guodong's messenger sent a letter to Yang Sichang, which mentioned that after Li Zicheng left Shangluo Mountain, he took advantage of the opportunity of a severe drought in Henan to recruit hungry people. The government troops in various places were defeated repeatedly. Now, looking at the momentum of the rebellion army, it is very likely to sweep Henan. If it is not controlled, there will be endless troubles. So Li Guodong volunteered to Ying, hoping to let him lead his troops to deal with the bandits.

"Okay, I am about to lead troops into Sichuan in person. There is no good general in the Central Plains. It would be better to let Wuweibo go to the Central Plains." Yang Sichang nodded with his beard and nodded, then picked up a pen and wrote a letter, and ordered the messenger to hand it over to Li Guodong, asking him to send troops to Henan.

Three days later, Li Guodong received a reply from Yang Sichang, and immediately separated from Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's army, took his own 6,200 troops, left Pingli, at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, turned east and headed into Henan. Along the way, the refugees I saw along the way were gathered. Every night when camping, Li Guodong would call on people to gather nearby refugees, build a porridge shed outside the camp, and give porridge to the refugees.

But those people were tragically harmed by the Ming army before. When the Ming army suppressed the bandits, they often did things to kill good people. When they saw the arrival of officers and soldiers, how could these people dare to get close?

Among the refugees, Li Guodong's personal guards had already been involved. Seeing that the Jinyang army arrived here to station, the agents who were mixed with the refugees began to shout and promote: "Dear villagers, the army is coming from Wuweibo's army. Wuweibo is kind-hearted and loving. When we were in trouble in Shanxi, we relied on Wuweibo's porridge for a month and survived."

The agents of the personal guards include not only men, but also female agents, and even children. Some male and female agents pretend to be husband and wife and rescue one or two children, which looks like a family, so that they will not be suspected. The role of these agents is not only to promote among the people, but also to identify refugees, which can prevent the Qing army from mixing with the bandits into their own army.

Hearing the ragged refugees who were shouting like themselves, the common people gave up their concerns and plucked up the courage to approach Jinyang Army.

"June, can you really feed porridge here?" An old man looked at the porridge shed built outside the camp and asked tremblingly.

"Of course!" Han Dashan said with a smile, "Old man, you can wait here for a while. The porridge is cooked and you can eat it."

Half an hour later, the soldiers who were busy in the porridge shed raised the large iron pot, poured the steaming porridge into the wooden barrel, and added water and grain to the pot to boil a pot of porridge.

"Old man, come and eat." Han Dashan personally helped the old man and walked to the wooden barrel.

"We all come from the people, our parents and sisters are also ordinary people. It is the people who gave us food and clothing, and it is the people who raised us..." The soldiers sang songs, and the songs came out, which made more people brave enough to get closer to the Jinyang military camp.

After a bowl of steaming bowls of porridge was eaten, the people who were dying from hunger swallowed their saliva. The person who came first had already received the porridge, sat on the ground, and drank it in big mouthfuls. Just now, the old man picked up a bowl of hot porridge, and he couldn't wait to put it into his mouth regardless of the burning mouth.

The fragrance of porridge attracted more people. Although the people were still a little scared and worried that the officers and soldiers would kill Liang Baogong, they had been hungry for several days. If they didn't eat anything, they would probably starve to death. Instead of starving to death, it would be better to try their luck. Even if the officers and soldiers turned against each other, kill Liang Baogong, it would be better to be killed than to starve to death.

When the people brought their families and approached these soldiers, they realized that this army was completely different from the army they had met in the past. From officers to soldiers, this army was very kind to the people. They enthusiastically served porridge to the people and introduced their own troops to the people.

"Good kids! They are all good kids! The old man has lived for more than 60 years and has never seen such an army!" The old man cried in tears and cried in tears holding the porridge bowl.

"They are really good people! They are all good people."

"My uncle is such a good person. Good people will definitely be rewarded."

"My uncle is here!" Just as the people were talking, a long shout came from the camp.

Li Guodong, wearing a white helmet and white armor, walked out, and the people around him knelt down one after another.

Li Guodong showed his performance skills, with a few tears shed on his face, his eyes were red, and he said emotionally: "Dear fellow villagers, you have suffered!"

"The grass people, thank you for your great kindness in saving your life!" The rescued people knelt on the ground one after another. Everyone was moved to tears and cried in the crowd.

Han Dashan whispered in Li Guodong's ear: "The lord is so amazing. We have taken this human heart."

"Our people are actually the simplest. As long as we soldiers are sincerely good to the people, they will also be good to us!"

The 6,200 cavalrymen gathered more than 20,000 refugees halfway. After Jinyang Jundong arrived in Henan, he did not go to fight with the trespassers, but went outside Kaifeng City to build camps on the spot. The refugees who gathered halfway were just playing a role. Not to mention that strong men helped them build camps, even women and children came up to help. Even five-year-old children could help hand over bricks and carry some soil. This army loves the people, and the people naturally love such an army.

"Prince, the Jinyang army is stationed outside the city and builds camps." The surrounding guards in Kaifeng City saw an army coming. After knowing that it was Li Guodong's Jinyang army, they did not dare to neglect them. They immediately reported it like Zhu Gongzi around them.

Zhu Gongzi thought for a moment and said, "I am a vassal king. I cannot make military wars without authorization, nor can I leave the city at will. Go and invite Wuweibo to find out if the thief army is coming to Kaifeng?"

Li Guodong was invited by Zhu Gongye and rushed into the city immediately and went to the Zhou palace. Because King Zhou was not bad, he also helped some people in Henan. Later, when Li Zicheng came to attack and opened the feud, King Zhou took out gold and silver, paid military salaries to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and issued a reward, killing one bandit, and rewarding fifty taels of silver! Such a vassal king is much better than King Fu. Li Guodong would not care about King Fu's life and death, but he still had to help King Zhou properly.

Entering the city, coming to the Zhou palace, and after meeting the Zhou king, Li Guodong saluted and said to the Zhou king Zhu Gongzi, "Your Majesty, the thieves have come out of the mountain. Because of the severe drought in Henan and other places, they have encountered locust plagues, which has caused countless people to have no food and be displaced and become refugees. The thieves took the opportunity to accept refugees, and the thieves' army has expanded to 500,000 people! However, the court has no food and salary to help refugees. If the low-level position does not take action, the thieves' army will soon expand to one million people!"

"Will the bandit army come to attack and open the seal?" Zhu Gongxi asked.

"Yes! Will definitely come! This is why I came to Kaifeng! As long as we settle the refugees, the thief army will come by then, and their number will be much smaller."

"Wuweibo, there are so many refugees, you have a way to resettle them?"
Chapter completed!