Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 182
You must know that Li Laiheng is Li Guo's adopted son, and Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew.If this is nothing, then Gao Yigong is Li Zicheng's brother-in-law. This is a serious relative of the emperor, but he also abandoned Li Zicheng and submitted to the imperial court!

But if you think about it carefully, what Li Laiheng said makes sense.

Not to mention anything else, both Ma Jinzhong and Prime Minister Hui Deng rebelled in Shaanxi very early.In the beginning, they all rebelled because they couldn't survive. There was definitely a sense of brotherhood between them, at least a sense of loyalty to the world. They resisted the court together and sought survival together.

But slowly, some people began to change.It is no longer just for survival, but for supremacy in the world and for gaining greater power. For this reason, they do not hesitate to kill innocent people, kill brothers, and annex their brothers' subordinates.Fighting continues, the world is in chaos, and there is no end in sight.

For this reason, both Ma Jinzhong and Hui Deng were a little disheartened, which was why they finally surrendered to the imperial court.

If Li Laiheng's words were said in front of ambitious people, such as Zhang Xianzhong, it would not have any effect. But at this time, when he said it in front of Ma Jinzhong and Hui Deng, it was exactly in line with their views. Got an idea.

Therefore, after coming back to his senses, Ma Jinzhong immediately said to Li Laiheng: "We were originally members of the imperial court, but we were just coerced by Zuo Liangyu and could never find a chance to contact the imperial court. Now that you are here, we should return to the imperial court." ."

"Yes!" Prime Minister Hui Deng immediately agreed, "We are originally from the imperial court."

After saying that, he turned to look at Lu Ding, because Lu Ding was not within his expectations before. At this time, Lu Ding already knew the whole thing, so Lu Ding had to express his position.

Lu Ding saw his gaze and said without hesitation: "Ask Lao Ma, I am from the imperial court, and I was telling him about this before."

Ma Jinzhong laughed immediately after hearing this, nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Lu is also a member of our group."

After proving it to Lu Ding, he looked at Li Laiheng and asked him: "Tell me, what are we going to do? As long as it is the emperor's will, we will resolutely implement it!"

Prime Minister Hui Deng, who was standing next to him, actually knew Lu Ding well. He knew that he was an honest man, had little military power, and that his subordinates were disobedient. Now that he had Ma Jinzhong's guarantee, he naturally believed him.

At this time, when he heard Ma Jinzhong's words, he turned to look at Li Laiheng and said, "Yes, it's no problem to fuck Zuo Liangyu!"

When they thought about it, they had just arrived here to camp, and then the emperor sent someone to contact them. They must be worried that the rebels were too powerful, so they wanted to defeat them one by one, especially after taking care of Zuo Liangyu first, which would not only reduce the number of rebels The total strength of the army can reduce the pressure of subsequent wars and boost morale while demoralizing Li Zicheng.

But who would have expected that after hearing this, Li Laiheng smiled and said to them: "His Majesty has ordered you not to do anything now. When His Majesty attacks, you can just create chaos again."

After hearing this, Huiden asked doubtfully: "Bai Wang crossed the river today to remind Zuo Liangyu that he would prevent his majesty from sneaking a surprise attack. He also said that Li Zicheng's army would cross the river as soon as possible. When will your majesty attack? It must be It’s best to launch an offensive before Li Zicheng’s army crosses the river!”

Ma Jinzhong nodded after hearing this, but did not speak.

In his opinion, Zuo Liangyu's army was not very strong.And with them as internal agents, it should be relatively easy to defeat Zuo Liangyu's army.But once Li Zicheng's army has crossed the river, it will be very difficult!The gap in strength is so big that even if they act as internal agents, they may not be able to affect Li Zicheng's army.

Li Laiheng listened to their words and said seriously: "Your Majesty has made his own decision. When His Majesty attacks, you will respond!"

When to attack?How to attack?These are military secrets and it is indeed inconvenient to disclose them. Ma Jinzhong and Huiden listened to each other and understood, so they did not ask further questions.

Therefore, Li Laiheng discussed with them the specific matters of causing chaos, then left the camp and disappeared into the night.

The three people in the camp could not send him off, so they just stayed in the camp. They were very excited among themselves, and they discussed with each other to prepare for the emperor's attack.

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Starting from the next day, there was movement in Li Zicheng's army on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

On the river, there were many identical boats tied together. There were as many as ten or even twenty boats, and as few as five or six.When floating on the river, it is more stable than a single boat, and the people on it can also stand steadily.

Zuo Liangyu's people were all watching on the shore.At this time, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had become popular among the people. Naturally, some people thought of the serial boats when the Red Cliff was burned, so they started talking about it.

"What did they think? They tied the boats together. What if they were caught in a fire? Didn't they burn all the boats together?"

"Yes, when the fire burned Red Cliff, didn't Zhou Yu burn down all Cao Cao's ships with just one hand?"

"Don't you understand this? Zhou Yu can burn ships because he has warships. But does the imperial court have them? The imperial court has no ships at all, so how can they burn them? Our troops are stationed on this shore, how can they cross us and burn them? Boat?"

"That's right, look at you idiots! You don't have to worry about the court sending people to burn the boat, and you think there are indeed benefits to tying them together, right? The boat is more stable, and you don't have to worry about crossing the river back and forth!"

"..."

In this way, on the first day, Li Zicheng's army crossed the Yangtze River, about five thousand people.

In the following days, more and more boats were tied to each other and used as ferries, and Li Zicheng's army continued to land on the south bank of the Yangtze River.To be precise, we landed here at Dasheng Pass and then camped nearby.

Slowly, with Dasheng Pass as the center, more and more camps began to spread out in all directions.Later, there were so many camps that it stretched as far as the eye could see. Even if you climbed up and looked out, you couldn't see the end.

On the Dashun Army side, seeing so many camps, everyone was full of confidence; while Ma Jinzhong and Hui Dengxiang, who were concerned about the imperial court, saw that there had been no movement on the emperor's side, but Li Zicheng's army was still there. There was a steady stream of people crossing the river, and so many of them had already come over, that they couldn't help but worry.

I don’t know what happened to the emperor that he didn’t attack earlier.Now that there are more and more of these thieves, the difference in strength is too great. How can we fight?
No matter what, if there is such a big movement of the bandits crossing the river, there is no way the people in Nanjing don’t know about it, right?

But why is there no movement?

Of course they didn't know that the emperor was paying attention to Li Zicheng's army crossing the river, and was waiting for them to finish crossing the river.On the other side, Yan Yingyuan was also paying attention to Li Zicheng's army crossing the river.

In a reed swamp on the lower reaches of the north bank of the Yangtze River, there is a navy hidden.Needless to say, this was the Nanjing Navy that was expanded based on Gu Sanmazi's fleet.There are probably more than 300 ships of various sizes.

In the cabin of the largest ship, Yan Yingyuan was discussing with a group of people beside a simple sand table.I have to say that the simple sand table is really intuitive. Even people who have never seen it before can understand the terrain with a little understanding of the simple sand table.

Yan Yingyuan pointed to the sand table and said to the people in front of him: "The boats of the bandits all disembark at Dasheng Pass, and their boats also dock at Dasheng Pass at night. It can be foreseen that after they finish crossing, When crossing the Yangtze River, all these ships should still be docked at Dasheng Pass."

As he spoke, he gestured with his hands to point out the situation of the bandit's ferry.

"You should already know that the boats of the thief army are tied to each other to cross the river. I believe that they will not untie all the boats immediately after crossing the river. Therefore, they attack on the night after the thief army crosses the river. , is the best time.”

Hearing what he said, a young man with a pockmarked face said excitedly: "Zhou Yu burned Chibi before, but now we have burned Dasheng Pass! Haha..."

Others laughed when they heard it.

Yan Yingyuan just smiled, not as exaggeratedly as they did, and said to the young man in front of him: "Brother Gu, I'm not wrong. It's the right time to make great achievements. This great victory will be remembered in history!"

As soon as he heard this, Gu San Mazi immediately replied with admiration: "That's right, we all listen to Brother Yan. Whatever you say, we do what we do, we believe you."

Most of the people in the cabin were laughing, but there was also a small group of people who were not smiling so happily, probably just laughing along with them.Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that these people don't seem to fit in with this group.

Of course Yan Yingyuan could see it, so he opened his mouth and said to those people: "General Tao Shen, Li Youji, don't worry, just fight the enemy bravely. Once this battle is over, all the things in the past will be wiped out, and you will all be the same in the future. They are my subordinates and I will protect you."

Tao Shenjiang was Tao Guozuo, whose courtesy name was Kuangming; Li Youji was guerrilla Li Dazhong. Needless to say, these people originally belonged to the Nanjing Navy and were fished out by Yan Yingyuan from Jinyiwei.

At this time, Tao Guozuo and others heard Yan Yingyuan's words and quickly expressed gratitude that they would fight bravely to defeat the enemy and win this battle.

"Don't worry, Marshal Yan, the general will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the country!"

"With Commander Yan's words, the general will feel relieved."

"..."

Yan Yingyuan is the deputy general of the navy, also commonly known as the deputy commander-in-chief.By this time in the late Ming Dynasty, he would be called the commander-in-chief by his subordinates, just like the commander-in-chief.But it was obvious that although they called Yan Yingyuan Marshal, they were not as affectionate as Gu San Mazi and others.

Yan Yingyuan frowned slightly as he listened to their words. He could tell that although Tao Guozuo and others had expressed their stance, they still had concerns deep down in their hearts, worrying whether they would be captured by the Jin Yiwei again after the war.

So, he said to them sincerely: "If you can fight to the death for the country, then you have a heart of loyalty and serve the country. How could you do such a treasonous thing as regicide? Moreover, Your Majesty has announced to the world that the shipwreck has been There are results. As for the Jin Yiwei, as long as you can show your merits and be able to speak in front of His Majesty, I will definitely keep you safe and the Jin Yiwei will not disturb you again in the future."

After hearing this, Gu San Mazi also said to them: "Brother Yan is the most righteous. Just listen to what he says and it is absolutely correct."

His men all agreed.

After Tao Guozuo and others listened to their words, relief finally appeared on their faces, and they hurriedly said to Yan Yingyuan: "Commander, I would like to ask you to lead your officers to kill the thieves for the first batch of fleets!"

There was determination in his words.

Yan Yingyuan listened to their words and felt their determination. Although the names were the same, their attitudes were obviously different, so he smiled and nodded: "Okay, then you will take the lead. I will go to His Majesty later to ask you for credit!"

Tao Guozuo and others became excited after hearing this, and began to actively participate in the discussion and put forward some of their own opinions.

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I have to say that the momentum of the Dashun Army is really great!
Known as a million-strong army, they marched southward from the Huguang area, by land and water, in a mighty and mighty manner, and rushed to Yingtian Mansion.But on the court side, there was no movement at all. Unlike before, they would send troops to encircle and suppress, or at least to resist.

However, this time, none of these were heard. All that could be heard was how many soldiers and horses the Dashun Army had, where they had conquered, how much territory they had captured, and so on.

Naturally, these news spread. For example, in the Yunnan-Guizhou area and even further, there was an impression that the Ming Dynasty was about to end!
Those who have their hearts set on the imperial court are just terrified and don’t know what to do next?
And those with ulterior motives began to take action.

For example, Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Yunnan Yuanmou, saw that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, so he launched a rebellion and declared: Emperor Zhu will be gone, so there will be no Duke Mu.The rebels successively captured Dayao, Dingyuan, Yao'an and other places, shaking the whole of Yunnan.

Of course, at this time, it was not Emperor Chongzhen's turn to take charge. Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou, as the emperor of Yunnan, was very troubled and hurriedly ordered the mobilization of Shiping chieftain Long Zaitian, towering chieftain Wang Yangzu, Mengzi chieftain Sha Dingzhou, Ningzhou Chieftain Lu Yongming, Jingdong Chieftain Diao Xun and other troops were preparing to suppress the rebellion.

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In early April of the 18th year of Chongzhen, the weather was cloudy here in Yingtian Mansion. In the afternoon, the last batch of Dashun Army soldiers finally crossed the Yangtze River and reached the south bank.

The entire Dashun army was waiting for this moment with thunderous cheers, and they were like waves, spreading into the distance one after another.

The imperial court has never been able to interfere with the army's crossing of the river, which shows that the imperial army can only huddle in Nanjing City.

Even Song Xiance had to lament that he had overestimated the current emperor and thought he would defeat them one by one. Unexpectedly, the Dashun Army became so powerful that they turned out to be cowards!
There was no need to say anything else. Li Zicheng immediately ordered that the entire army would march towards Nanjing early tomorrow morning.

A change of dynasty is not far away!

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