Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 160 The Confused King
"I naturally know that war is ruthless..."

Li Dingguo pursed his lips, and did not intend to defend himself. He raised his head and said in a deep voice:
"I was just a beggar, but my adoptive father took me in and gave me food and clothes. From then on, I knew that my adoptive father gave me my life."

"So, whether it's Ming Dynasty or the common people, it's not as important as foster father."

Zhu Yixi laughed at these words, shook his head and said: "You put filial piety above the people and the country."

"Take him down!"

Zhu Yixi waved his hand and said nothing.

He understood that Li Dingguo's words were actually a true portrayal of most people today.

Loyalty to the individual is more important than the world.

Therefore, Guan Ning's cavalry could unscrupulously follow Wu Sangui and strangle Yongli to death, or rebel against the current during the Kangxi period.

Cao Cao was even more capable of massacring Xuzhou, using human flesh as dry food. The soldiers under his command felt sympathetic, but they never stopped cutting.

And the army under his hands can kill the western thieves at this time, or they can follow him down the river to attack the Southern Ming court.

Family, country and world, this order says it all.

"Your Highness, Zhang Dingguo is too stubborn."

Qin Liangyu couldn't help but said: "Although he values ​​love and righteousness, he has no eyes on the emperor, and he doesn't know the truth of loyalty and filial piety."

Zhu Yixi smiled and said nothing.

Li Dingguo will only die when Zhang Xianzhong dies, his filial piety is greater than loyalty!
Compared with other people, Li Dingguo is at least strict with himself, and the troops under his command did not cause any more killing and abuse.

However, then again, if you employ people with morality, you will not be able to win the world if you exhaust him to death.

For example, Hui Dengxiang, Bai Wang, etc. who surrendered, belonged to the bandit, Luo Rucai, and did many tricks of massacring the city.

Moral cleanliness is unacceptable nowadays.

"We can't let the western thieves harm Sichuan anymore, we have to hurry up and start."

Zhu Yixi's eyes were solemn, and he said to Qin Liangyu, and he also said to himself.

For the first time in many days, facing the massacre of the city, he couldn't bear it, and he was greatly shocked.

On June [-], Zhang Xianzhong broke through Chongqing, and immediately led his army to march towards Chengdu Mansion. At the end of June, they arrived at the boundary of Chengdu Mansion.

In counties along the road, "the watch wind disintegrated, the beacon fire continued for hundreds of miles, and Chengdu was shaken."

For a time, all the governments came to help, tens of thousands, and outside the city of Chengdu, there were troops everywhere.

The newly appointed governor of Sichuan, Long Wenguang (Chen Shiqi had been deposed long ago, but was only stagnant in Chongqing), was very happy and kept comforting and deploying defenses.

However, since he was a village soldier with good military discipline, he did not dare to be too presumptuous. However, the king of Shu had learned a lesson and hoped that, like the king of Zhou in Kaifeng, after opening the warehouse and releasing grain, the soldiers would use their lives and resist to the death.

However, the sources of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are too messy.

Zhang Xianzhong prepared to use the time again, and several troops under his command, disguised as reinforcements, sneaked into the Chengdu government.

Long Wenguang didn't notice and was stolen into the city by him.

Therefore, within three days of besieging the city, Zhang Xianzhong cooperated with the outside and took Chengdu.

Zhu Zhishu, king of Shu in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Zhilu, king of Taiping, committed suicide. Sichuan governor Long Wenguang, inspector censor Liu Zhibo, deputy envoy Zhang Jimeng and other major officials in Sichuan were executed for refusing to surrender.

For a time, Zhang Xianzhong was powerful in Sichuan, and all the prefectures in northern Sichuan occupied the city to defend, but they were attacked one after another.

At this time, Zhu Yixi had just arrived in Luzhou when he heard bad news.

This made him so happy that he couldn't cry himself.

It is really embarrassing for me to inherit the huge Shu Fan inheritance.

However, the even worse news is that Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses were recruited along the way, breaking through 200,000 again.

Zhu Yixi's smile stopped immediately.

He's getting serious.

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At the same time, Li Zicheng was once again defeated by the Manchus in Dingzhou.

Gu Kecheng and Zuo Guangxian were in the back of the hall. Among them, Gu Kecheng was killed, and Zuo Guangxian was injured in his foot and was turned away from the battlefield.

After that, Li Zicheng went west to Zhending, was injured by Liu Ya again, and fled to Pingyang, Shanxi, where he stayed for a while.

However, fortunately, the gold, silver and jewels looted from Beijing were probably brought back even though they were in a hurry to catch up.

The sacrifices of Gu Kecheng and Zuo Guangxian are worthwhile.

"Mother, Jianu is raised by a dog. His nose is like a dog's. He will not let him go."

Liu Zongmin hung his arms and said indignantly.

Li Zicheng, who was sitting high, gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay to be a slave, but Wu Sangui, who turned his back on his promise, joined forces with Jiannu to beat us, he really deserves to die."

"I killed all his family, but it's hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart."

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others on the side remained silent.

Regarding King Chuang's performance in Beijing, the military generals were all very happy, but the civil servants were extremely disgusted.

In a sense, this is trampling on the scholar-bureaucrat class, and they feel the same way.

"Your Majesty, all the prefectures in Henan have rebelled since behind a piece of rock. This is not a good thing for Dashun."

Song Xiance said softly: "Henan is the barrier of Tongguan, so don't give up lightly."

The generals were silent.

After a lot of tossing and losing one defeat after another, although the spirit is still there, but with gold and silver on their hands, the generals have lost their fighting spirit and just want to return to Xi'an as soon as possible to enjoy the wealth.

"Weichen is willing to go to Henan and recover the state capital."

At this time, Li Yan suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice.

Li Zicheng was a little surprised, and said strangely: "Mr. Li, you are just a scholar, and it is not easy to recover from Henan."

"We only need 20,000 people to recover Zhongzhou."

"I'll think about it again."

Li Zicheng looked at him again and again, and said in a deep voice.

Li Yan had no choice but to agree.

After everyone left, Niu Jinxing stayed behind, cupped his hands and exclaimed in surprise, "Your Majesty, Li Yan is going to Henan to stand on his own feet and seek rebellion!"

Li Zicheng was surprised: "Although I did not listen to Li Zhijun's repeated advice in Beijing, he will not rebel!"

Niu Jinxing smiled when he heard this.

Li Zicheng's first sentence was not a rebuttal, so it can be seen that he has long hated Li Yan in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Li Yan was dissatisfied because you refused to accept your advice many times. He often said in the army, if you listened to him more, why would you be chased away?"

"Rumors in the army are everywhere, saying that if you listen to Li Zhijun's words, the city of Beijing will be stable long ago."

Niu Jinxing looked at his words and looked at the situation, and said furiously: "In Beijing, I saw him staring at Chongzhen's corpse in a daze, and now he wants to go back to Henan, Your Majesty, that's his hometown!"

"Once he is allowed to leave, disaster will be unpredictable."

Since ancient times, literati have looked down on each other, and Niu Jinxing has long been dissatisfied with Li Yan. In order to share the pressure, he even offered Song Xianci to contend with him.

Now looking for an opportunity, he naturally refused to let it go, and kept spreading rumors to make troubles and stir up trouble.

Li Zicheng fell into deep thought.

He remembered that Li Yan persuaded to treat all officials and Wu Sangui's family kindly, but he didn't listen to them all.

The more he thinks about it now, the angrier he feels.

In this way, doesn't it prove that he is a rebellious king?
How could I be a fool?

Since the rumors cannot be resolved, then only those who indulge the rumors can be resolved...

(End of this chapter)