Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 491 Li Dingguo

However, Zhang Xianzhong was unmoved.

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry about the battle at Yinpingguan." Zhang Xianzhong said indifferently, "With Dingguo's child, there is no danger. The prime minister should worry more about Enke's affairs."

When Chongzhen first conquered Chengdu in 18 years, Zhang Xianzhong engaged in Enke once, and took dozens of Jinshi, and sent them to various states and counties as magistrates, but because a few Xinke Jinshi betrayed Daxi Kingdom, or surrendered to Dashun army, or surrendered to the Ming army, Zhang Xianzhong killed all these Jinshi in a fit of anger.

Now Zhang Xianzhong feels that no one is available, so he wants to open Enke again.

The imperial court's talent show ceremony can be regarded as a trifling matter, and Zhang Xianzhong is just like this.

"Observe the order." Wang Zhaoling felt a little regretful, because his tentacles of power had not been able to reach the army for a long time, so he was still unable to truly grasp the power of Daxi Kingdom.

The foundation of Atlantis is still the 120th Battalion Atlantis Army.

The 120th Battalion of the Daxi Army is in the hands of Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi, and the relationship between Sun Kewang and Wang Zhaoling is extremely bad.

Wang Zhaoling dreamed of mastering military power.

But again his attempt was thwarted.

……

Li Dingguo is stationed at Yinping Pass with the 10th Battalion of Daxi Army.

After Zhang Xianzhong took down Chengdu, he divided the Daxi Army into 120 battalions, each with a commander, belonging to the four generals such as Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi.

But the strength of the four righteous sons is not evenly distributed.

Among them, General Sun Kewang of Pingdong had a maximum of 50 battalions.

Dingbei General Ainengqi has the least troops, only 19 battalions.

Anxi General Li Dingguo has 26 battalions of Daxi Army under his command, with a total strength of about 3 troops.

As early as three months ago, Li Dingguo had noticed the abnormality of the Dashun Army, and accurately judged that the Dashun Army might follow Deng Ai's example of taking the ancient Yinping Road, and then led the 10th battalion of the Daxi Army to seize the Yinping Pass in advance.

Just a few days after Li Dingguo led his troops to seize Yinping Pass, Prince Dashun Li Shuangxi led five thousand Dashun elites as a vanguard to quietly approach Yinping Pass, only to step into the trap set by Li Dingguo.

After a fierce battle, the five thousand Dashun elite troops were wiped out, and Li Shuangxi was also captured alive.

Early this morning, Li Shuangxi was once again brought to Li Dingguo's tent by the Great Western Army.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Li Shuangxi saw Li Dingguo was reading a volume of military books in his hand.

"Hmph." Li Shuangxi snorted softly from his nostrils, and said with a dark face, "Pretending to be."

When they were in the Rebel Army, Li Shuangxi was very jealous of Li Dingguo. He was jealous that Li Dingguo was taller, more handsome than him, better in martial arts, and far superior in riding and archery.

It wasn't until later that he was established by Li Zi as the Crown Prince of Dashun that his jealousy finally subsided.

But this defeat at Yinpingguan rekindled the jealousy that had been buried in his heart before.

Li Dingguo was not angry, he put down his book of tactics and asked, "Li Shuangxi, have you figured it out yet?"

"What did you figure out?" Li Shuangxi said coldly, "It is impossible for our Dashun army to retreat. Li Dingguo, this crown prince advises you to surrender earlier. If you surrender now, at least you can earn an earl. If you wait until My father led the army to break through the Yinping Pass and take down Chengdu, and the only thing waiting for you is beheading."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo just smiled, and waved his hands to signal his soldiers to take Li Shuangxi away.

"Hey, wait." Li Shuangxi became impatient, "How long are you going to imprison me? If you are capable, release me, and we will compete on the battlefield. If you don't dare, then do it as soon as possible." It’s okay to kill me, but what does it mean to kill and not kill, let go and not let go? Can’t you give me a good time?”

Li Dingguo sighed softly and said, "The volunteer army under heaven is one family, how could I kill you for no reason?"

"Then you let me go." Li Shuangxi said with a stern face, "and let go of my [-] pacesetters too, and then we will have a serious fight on the battlefield to see if it's your Great Western Army or ours." The Dashun Army can fight."

One more thing, Li Dingguo did not kill the Dashun army, but always entertained them with delicious food and drinks.

"The Daxi Army and the Dashun Army were originally a family, so why did they have to fight to death?" Li Dingguo frowned and said, "Can't the two families live in peace?"

"Peaceful coexistence? Childish." Li Shuangxi sneered, "Don't you know that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers."

Li Dingguo said: "Even if one mountain cannot contain two tigers, even if there must be a battle between the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army in the end, it is far from the time for the rebels to kill each other, right? Under the rule of the Ming army, Hebei was even more reduced to the iron heel of Jianshou, shouldn't the rebel army at this time unite as one to fight against foreign enemies?"

"This..." Li Shuangxi was speechless because he also felt that Li Dingguo was right.

Li Dingguo said again: "How hard Jiannu is, your Dashun Army knows better than our Daxi Army, and even the Ming Army has shown signs of resurgence in recent years, so at this time, your Dashun Army and our Daxi Army should abandon their prejudices and join hands. Let's tide over the difficulties together, and wait until the Ming army and Jiannu are defeated, then it will not be too late to compete."

Li Shuangxi remained silent, not knowing how to refute Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo said again: "Li Shuangxi, if you think what I said is reasonable, then go back and persuade King Chuang well. Why don't you go back to Shaanxi before the two families really turn against each other? As long as King Chuang is willing to stop and return In Shaanxi, I will try my best to persuade my father to sign a peace treaty with the Dashun Army. From now on, our Daxi Army will never set foot in Hanzhong, and the Dashun Army will not have any wrong ideas about Sichuan. If you have the ability, go east to compete in the Central Plains."

After a pause, he said: "Of course, if King Chuang refuses to stop his troops and insists on dividing life and death with the Daxi army now, then just let the horse come over. Although I, Li Dingguo, are young and my abilities are extremely limited, but with Yin Ping The natural danger of the pass, blocking your Dashun army here for a year or so is definitely not a problem."

Li Shuangxi was finally moved: "Li Dingguo, are the Eight Great Kings really willing to stop fighting and make peace?"

"Is this still false?" Li Dingguo snorted, "You were the first to start the dispute between the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army from the very beginning. Without Ma Ke leading the army into Sichuan, how would it be where it is today? So, as long as King Chuang If you are willing to stop the troops and return to Shaanxi, I am at least [-]% sure to persuade the emperor to stop the troops, and the [-] Dashun soldiers who were captured will also be released in full."

"Okay, I can go back and report to Father." Li Shuangxi's attitude finally softened.

"But in the end, I can't guarantee. I can only promise that you will do your best to lobby the emperor."

"This is enough." Li Dingguo said happily, "I believe King Chuang will make the right choice."

……

Li Zicheng actually planned to retreat at this meeting.

The situation is clear, continuing to spend at Yinping Pass with the Daxi Army will not have any results, it can only be a waste of precious food and salaries. Guanzhong finally ushered in a bumper harvest this year, but these few months have wasted a lot.

However, Li Zicheng was still a little reconciled when he thought that he had mobilized an army of 10,000+ and consumed hundreds of thousands of shi of grain.

At that moment, Li Zicheng asked Gu Junen, who joined the army, "Gu Junen, is there really no other way to go?"

"Your Majesty, there is really no other way." Gu Junen said with a wry smile, "From Hanzhong to Shu, except for Jiange, there is only the Yinping Ancient Road, and there is no other way."

"Those drug farmers or woodcutters may know one or more unknown paths."

"But these trails can only be walked by drug farmers or woodcutters, and the army is absolutely unable to pass."

Gu Junen is resourceful and resourceful, but he is also helpless in the face of the natural dangers of the Shu Road. He can't just wave his feather fan and let the 10,000+ Dashun army grow wings and fly over Yinping Pass to Chengdu.

"Forget it." Li Zicheng said helplessly.

"Stop fighting, let's send envoys to discuss peace with Zhang Xianzhong."

While talking, a eunuch came in to report: "Your Majesty, the prince is back."

"Prince?" Knowing that Li Shuangxi was still alive, Li Zicheng was overjoyed at first, but soon his expression became serious again, and he said with a dark face, "He still has the face to come back alive? If I were him, I would just hit him head-on to death." On Yinping Ancient Road."

Li Shuangxi, who was outside the tent, just heard these words, and immediately blushed with shame, thinking that it would be better to hit him head-on to death.

But Li Shuangxi just thought about it in his heart, if he really made him commit suicide, he would not commit suicide, it would be wrong to leave a good prince, but commit suicide for the sake of face, what an idiot.

In mid-September, the Dashun Army and the Daxi Army stopped their troops to make peace.

Zhang Xianzhong even went to Yinping Pass to meet Li Zicheng.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar old buddies in front of them, and thinking about Cao Cao, Ge Liyan and other leaders of the rebel army who are no longer alive, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong inevitably felt a little bit sad.

"Old Li, what do you think the two of us are fighting for?"

"That's right, the world has not yet been settled, Baoming has not yet perished, and Jiannu has entered Shanhaiguan again. The Dashun Army and the Daxi Army really shouldn't kill each other at this juncture."

"Lao Li, why don't we brothers make a bet?"

"Bet? Okay, old Zhang, what do you want to bet on?"

"The two of us have a period of ten years. After ten years, whoever has conquered the largest territory will be the eldest brother. The other will serve him as a small country serves a big country. How about it?"

"Okay, let's bet with you that it will be ten years."

Li Zicheng left after finishing speaking, but reined in his horse and turned back after walking a few steps.

Li Zicheng is still a good person, and kindly reminded: "Old Zhang, I have to remind you that the current Chongzhen is completely different from the previous Chongzhen, and the current Ming army is also completely different from the previous Ming army. So you Daxi Army must pay attention when fighting the Ming Army, especially the various firearms of the Ming Army."

"Firearms." Zhang Xianzhong said with a frown, "I hope my son said that the Ming army doesn't seem to have many firearms."

"Anyway, we have already reminded you." Li Zicheng said, "If you believe us, hurry up and find some Western missionaries to make more cannons for you. If you don't believe me, just pretend we didn't say anything."

(End of this chapter)