Li Yan's rebellion brought great shock to the Ming court. Originally, Li Zicheng was plundering three sides, but the northwest was in danger of being protected. Huguang was controlled by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong was still plundering Jiangxi. In addition, Henan now, the entire world is not owned by the court.

Moreover, these are the granaries of the imperial court. Which one does not require the supply of grain to suppress bandits and suppress rebellions? Nothing can be done without food. As for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, although it was a land of fish and rice in the past, since the sea opened, the people have long converted large areas of fields into mulberry, hemp and reeds to export them to make money. Now, not only can the court not provide grain, but they also have to transport them from Huguang to meet the needs.

Although Chongzhen had known for a long time that Li Yan might have any ill-telling actions and was also preparing to eliminate hidden dangers. However, he was not sure whether he was a little too late or a little anxious. Anyway, Li Yan suddenly attacked Hebei, which shocked him and the ministers in the court.

So the court immediately ordered that Zhending, Guangping and Daming prefectures should be strictly prevented and that Li Yan should not continue to attack north. And that the Governor of Baoding and the Governor of Shandong should quickly mobilize troops to attack Li Yan. Shanxi did not dare to move. The task of Shanxi soldiers was to defend the Yellow River with all their might and could not allow Li Zicheng to advance eastward. As for Nanzhili, it would be better to wipe out the bandits in Xuzhou first. If the canal was blocked, Beijing would become a dead city.

"Where is Sun Chuanting?!" Chongzhen asked angrily at the morning court: "I asked him to rectify his troops and guard against the thieves, but he had no news at all!"

Feng Yuanbiao replied powerlessly: "Report to Your Majesty, it is said that Sun Chuanting has died in the chaos of the army. However, the three sides of Shaanxi are now unable to turn the world back, so the court can only strictly guard it."

"It is said! It is said again!" Chongzhen said loudly: "Go and check it out before reporting it. There is no need to tell me these inaccurate news!"

Hong Chengchou's surrender to the Qing Dynasty gave him a huge blow. He was his most trusted minister, with endless honors and favors, and his grace was as deep as the sea. However, when he was celebrating his tribute, he was told that this loyal model surrendered to the enemy country. How could he accept this? Now there is another Sun Chuanting, and he cannot make the same mistake again. Before the news, there will be no gifts!

After Chongzhen asked, "All the Lords, what can I do to teach me?"

Everyone looked at their tablets, and no one came out to offer advice. In this case, if there were no soldiers, no food, no salary, no salary, what could they do? If there were millions of elite soldiers, they could take their army to suppress the rebellion, but the current Beijing camp was full of soft-footed shrimps, and they would not dare to go out and take risks.

Feng Yuanbiao waited for a long time, and when Chongzhen was about to leave, he finally left work and suggested: "Your Majesty, the only way now is to let Li Yan deal with the thieves. After all, he is a ritual guest of the royal palace and a relative of the royal country, and he still has hope of revolt. Your Majesty will not blame his behavior, and then give him a high-ranking official title, and at the same time, let the King of Zhou."

Before Feng Yuanbiao finished speaking, the director of the Central Committee of Guang Shiheng immediately left work and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you must not. Li Yan is not only a royal relative, but also a general of the court. If such rebellion can be given a high-ranking official position, then other generals will definitely be moved. At that time, where else is the Ming Dynasty owned by the court, the Ming Dynasty will collapse instantly. Please think twice."

Feng Yuanbiao sighed silently. He was already a person who was about to retire and return home, so he put forward a little hopeful opinion. As for what the court and the Ming Dynasty will do in the future, he, a man who is about to be buried, is powerless.

Chongzhen was originally a little moved, but after Guang Shiheng said this, he knew that there were endless troubles. What he could count on now was the loyal and brave soldiers of the three sides, who could hold up and consume Li Zicheng's army. Zuo Liangyu could wipe out Zhang Xianzhong in Hunan and Jiangxi, and the soldiers and horses of Baoding and Shandong could curb Li Yan. When Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and Jin Shengheng made a move, they would give Li Yan a fatal blow and restore Henan first. In addition, they hoped that his troops in the Beijing camp could recover their vitality soon.

Li Yan's arrival also shocked the Yuyuan Army.

Because of Li Mou's notice, the people gathered around Yuyuan were ready to move. Some old brothers even wanted to disperse their troops and go out to be farmermen.

Zhang Qi, Ren Qi and other leaders gathered together to discuss countermeasures. Although they all used the 300-mile elm forest as their nests, they also had their own territory of activity, and they ran back to hide when they were surrounded by the government army. There were not many joint combat between them, but Li Yan was too famous this time, and many of the people who followed them wanted to surrender, so they got together to discuss.

"Li Yan's troops are powerful. In just half a day, the Puzhou city wall was collapsed. No one was injured. It was even better than the Qing soldiers." Liang Min said first.

The others were not very active. His territory was mainly in the Fan County area of ​​Puzhou, just under the control of Li Yan. It would be difficult for him to receive protection fees for farmland in these places, so he would be in trouble. However, the territory of the other people was outside the control area of ​​Li Yan, but some of their subordinates wanted to surrender, and the impact was far less than that of Liang Min.

Seeing that everyone was not active, Liang Min said to Zhang Qi: "Brother Zhang, Li Yan's Guide crossed the Yellow River and became Cao County. One day he took Cao County, can you survive more than 10,000 brothers?"

"Brother Ren," Liang Min said to Ren Qi again: "Dongming, Dingtao and other places are just next to Changyuan. Although it is the boundary of Shandong, it is still the boundary of Zhili. Are you waiting to be defeated by Li Yan one by one?"

Zhang Qi said in embarrassment: "Li Yan's troops are so powerful. The Qing soldiers were chopped up their heads if they wanted to cross the river. We heard that there were many people, but when we went to fight, we couldn't even beat Li Yan's one or two thousand people."

Liang Min immediately said, "No need to go out and fight. I'll rob their food and grass and lead them to Yuyuan. There are so many elm trees here and our authenticity. They will be our food when they come in. As long as the heads gather their subordinates and we will beat Li Yan together, he will not dare to underestimate us. We will be able to travel around the world and be happy and carefree in the future."

When everyone heard this, they thought this method was a bit reliable. As long as they came to Yulin, no matter whose troops he was, they had no choice. They had been operating here for many years, and the inside was well-connected and hundreds of miles. As long as the official army came in, they could launch an attack on the official army anywhere. This is also the reason why they always used Yuyuan as their nest no matter how many food, grass and horses they plundered outside.
Chapter completed!