The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 210 Chaos

"Mianzhou Great Victory! Mianzhou Great Victory!"

"It's strange to behead 720 4 people and capture [-] thieves. The remnants of Chuangni are fleeing towards Jiangyou!"

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, in the first ten days of May, the Tang newspaper from northern Sichuan swept across the whole of Shaanxi like a hurricane, and then spread to the whole world.

Chen Wang was ordered to guard Qipan Pass, and he would receive the news earlier than other officials in Shaanxi Province.

The prose of narrating meritorious deeds is written in such a heroic and grand manner that when I read it, I just feel that it is smooth and smooth, with excellent writing style and hearty.

Then the remnants of the insurgents fled towards Jiangyou in the north. Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, and Zuo Guangxian joined forces to pursue them. The intruders set up defenses in Jiangyou.

Chief Qi and King Renyi fought against each other in front of the battle, and Li Zicheng's defense line in Jiangyou collapsed.

The news of Jiangyou's great victory also came from northern Sichuan in mid-May.

"Great victory in Jiangyou, beheading 120 and seven ranks, and capturing 6000 thieves. It's amazing that the intruders scattered and fled in all directions!"

Only more than [-] people from the remnants of the thieves escaped and fled into the deep mountains and valleys in the north of Long'an Mansion, and they disappeared.

All kinds of rumors spread in various places. Some people said that Li Zicheng led the remnant soldiers and fled into the northern mountainous area of ​​Long'an Mansion.

Others said that Li Zicheng died on the battlefield when he was leading the army in Jiangyou, and his body was so damaged that he could not be identified.

There are different opinions on whether Li Zicheng died in the battle, and there is no definite news.

The officers and soldiers did indeed find the body suspected to belong to Li Zicheng, as well as the bodies of several thieves.

Apart from Li Zicheng's body which was hard to identify, the other bandit leaders were identified by General Qi, King Renyi, and some captives who had surrendered, and it was confirmed that he should be the leader of the Chuang army, the king of fighting for the world. With the Great Heavenly King.

Long'an Mansion, north of Jiangyou City, the camp of the Ming Army.

Hong Chengchou sat on the first seat, looking at the detailed battle report in his hand, and kept thinking about the two wars that broke out soon in his mind.

In the lower position, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Guangxian sat facing each other, one on the left and one on the right, and there was no one else in the huge military tent.

After the two wars in Mianzhou and Jiangyou, the world settled down. Of the 8 soldiers and horses who followed Li Zicheng into Sichuan, nearly [-] people have now been executed, and only a small number of them fled to the mountains of the Northland.

Li Zicheng's life and death are uncertain, and the main force of the bandits has collapsed. It stands to reason that at this time, the victory has been declared.

However, all the Tang newspapers for the victory had already been handed over, but Hong Chengchou did not issue the order to withdraw the troops for a long time.

The atmosphere in the military tent was silent, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Guangxian both lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes, drinking the green tea in their cups in silence.

Hong Chengchou frowned, and his eyes stayed on the pond newspaper he had just finished writing.

The Mianzhou and Jiangyou battles lasted for nearly a month, and they finally won.

It is true that the main force of the Chuangjun has been wiped out, which should be a happy event, but Hong Chengchou not only does not have half a smile on his face, but also does not have the slightest sense of relaxation in his heart.

Although the two battles were bitter battles, and King Zhengshi and Great Heavenly King were beheaded, Director Qi and King Renyi had already surrendered and chose anyway.

After half a month of searching in the surrounding mountains, there was no news of Li Zicheng, and the rest of the party who caught the thieves in the deep mountains and valleys did not have any news about Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng might really be dead.

But for some reason, Hong Chengchou couldn't let go of his mind.

He instinctively felt something was wrong. Although the two battles were victorious, he felt that things were far from that simple.

Obviously the clue is close at hand, but it can't be grasped no matter what, only a layer of window paper is missing, but it can't be pierced no matter what.

Hong Chengchou put down the pond newspaper in his hand, the successive battles had made him more and more tired.

He is in his forties this year, and more and more government and military affairs are piled up in front of his case. He has not taken care of himself for a long time, and his health is not as good as before.

"Now most of the thieves have been defeated, but there are only a few remnants left. The supervisors have been fighting for years and are exhausted. It is better to cultivate for a while."

Cao Wenzhao bowed slightly, saluting and admonishing him.

"It's okay..."

Hong Chengchou waved his hand, raised his hand and slowly rubbed the position of his temple, his eyes moved down, and looked at Zuo Guangxian and Cao Wenzhao.

The order was to suppress the bandits within a hundred days, but they failed to suppress the bandits when the time limit was reached, so they were demoted and kept their posts, and their salaries were cut. "

At this time, it has been overdue for more than two months. Although Li Zicheng is missing now, the main force of the intruders has indeed been wiped out.

At this time, it is time to deliver the good news and Pegasus to deliver the capital.

but……

"Both of you should have noticed some problems, right?"

Both Zuo Guangxian and Cao Wenzhao were slightly taken aback, looked at each other, and nodded slowly.

"Li Zicheng is as cunning as a fox, and his tactics are unpredictable. Although we set up a net on all sides, Li Zicheng completely led the army to rush to other places before the net was completed."

Zuo Guang pondered for a while, and finally replied in a deep voice.

"But Li Zicheng has been entrenched in Jiangyou and Mianzhou since he entered northern Sichuan. Although he has also sent troops to attack other places, they are basically tentative attacks. He seems to be waiting for our arrival..."

"Li Zicheng..."

Hong Chengchou's eyes were slightly fixed, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

He had already noticed the suspicious point Zuo Guang said, but he knew it was wrong, and he didn't know what Li Zicheng's plan was.

Hong Chengchou never regarded the suspected Li Zicheng corpse found on the battlefield as the real Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng traveled thousands of miles, passed the mountain twice, and made a lot of wise plans.

How could it be possible to simply die on the battlefield like this? In the first battle of Chunhua, Li Zicheng was not able to stay, but now Li Zicheng is so simply left behind, how is it possible?

"Wen Zhao, what do you think of this matter?"

Not getting much help from Zuo Guangxian, Hong Chengchou turned his attention to Cao Wenzhao who was sitting on the side.

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while, and broke the silence in the tent with his words.

"Li Zicheng is waiting..."

"Waiting?"

Hong Chengchou's eyes brightened slightly, and he felt that he had caught the most important clue.

"Waiting for what?!"

"chaos."

"chaos?"

Hong Chengchou's eyes froze suddenly, and Cao Wenzhao's words made him completely enlightened like enlightenment.

……

"chaos……"

"A strong man breaks his wrist and breaks the whole into pieces."

Chen Wang stood on the wall holding a strange gun in his hand, looking at the scene below the mountain, he couldn't help sighing.

"It's a good strategy..."

Li Zicheng also made his own choice when the uprising was most sluggish after crossing Guanshan, fighting for thousands of miles, and out of danger.

No one knew Li Zicheng's plan better than Chen Wang.

Because Chen Wang is very clear about how the situation will change in the future, and also knows how the impact of the famine will reach its peak in the future.

Li Zicheng broke into pieces and scattered into the mountains. He was waiting, waiting for the Ming court to mess up.

Zhang Xianzhong is not the kind of person who keeps things safe, Xiong Wencan has forgotten the persuasion of the past...

There are 280 million newly added salaries in various places. As long as there is another famine year, places such as Henan and Huguang will undoubtedly become a huge powder keg.

At that time, it only needs a little spark to fall into it, and it will cause a shocking explosion.

　Today's unexpected situation, something happened in reality, and it's a little bit less, I'm really sorry, I will try to make it up tomorrow, and I will definitely make up the dry goods!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)