Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 387 Jinling
When Li Dingguo heard it, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Xianzhong wanted to test him, and asked, "Dingguo, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Li Dingguo thought for a while, and said: "In today's world, besides the power of Sun Moon Island, Li Zicheng is the biggest. I think we should join forces with Zicheng, go out of Sichuan and enter Henan, and the two sides will attack the capital. We will surely win in one battle. "

Li Zicheng made a big fuss in Shaanxi. Not only did he recruit Hu Guangpeng's 80 troops from Hanzhong, but he also went all the way to five cities, gathering [-] people, and now he is approaching Chang'an.

But Ming Dynasty had no soldiers to fight.

If this continues, within a month, the entire land of Shaanxi will definitely fall into his hands.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Li Dingguo to propose to join Li Zicheng. After all, the two have cooperated before.

Hearing Li Dingguo's words, Zhang Zizhong laughed and said, "You're right, but the problem is not far-reaching enough." He helped Li Dingguo analyze and said: "Now Li Zicheng has millions of soldiers, fine food and fertilizer, and even If you have the power to go straight to the capital with all your might, you won't take a fancy to my family background at all."

"So, we can't take the initiative to find him, let him come to us!"

"Take the initiative to find us?" Li Dingguo didn't understand.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled slightly and said: "Nowadays the situation in the world has changed drastically, and the people of Shaanxi have been taken advantage of by him. We no longer have to compete with Li Zicheng for the capital of the world, but we can sit on one side and let him beg us on his own initiative."

"Ah..." Li Dingguo didn't expect his godfather to be so spineless, and he would admit defeat before the fight.

"Li Zicheng, with the grievances of the people in Shaanxi, worked hard to fight against Ming Dynasty. Although it can be destroyed, it will be hard to say once he gets the advantage of the capital."

"At that time, there will be Mongolia and Zhu Changyuan's old tribes on the back, and Daming Yushi, Xiong Wencan, etc. on the south. He will face the challenges of the princes of the world at the same time. And we!"

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes flickered, he drank a sip of water, and continued, "I'll take this opportunity to separatize Sichuan, take advantage of this opportunity, and wait for who will become the number one in this world. I'll just act according to the situation!"

"What does foster father mean, that is to say, we don't have to do anything now?" Li Dingguo wondered.

Is this not clear, the separatist regime in Sichuan, wait for others to fight to pinch No. 1, and then decide whether to surrender.To put it bluntly, isn't it that you don't have to do anything?

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Of course not, there are still many things we can do, such as here."

While speaking, his finger poked a spot on the map. Li Dingguo took a closer look and said, "Changsha?"

"Yes, but Changsha is the final goal. Once Li Zicheng goes east to the capital, we will immediately march into Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong. By the time they decide the winner, we have already occupied half of the country, hahaha." Zhang Xianzhong laughed.

Now, for him, he doesn't want to be king anymore, it's more practical to lay down a piece of territory, just sit on one side of the emperor, who can do anything to him?
From now on, just be Zhao Tuo.

This is Zhang Xianzhong's biggest goal at this stage.

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The world is full of chaos, but Wu Sangui can't control so much.

After making a big circle on the map, he finally sat on the coveted Governor Ji Liao in his official career.

But this kind of happy and happy mood didn't last for ten days. After Wu Sangui arrived in Liaodong, he realized that he had become an appraiser.

Zhu Changyuan's subordinates all ran away after he was poisoned by the emperor, not only ran away, but also ran away with soldiers.Of the 20 Liaodong army that was originally vigorous and vigorous, Rujun has less than [-] left.

Moreover, what's more serious is that almost all the cities in Liaodong have no guards, and the gates are wide open.

All the original machinery and equipment in Liaodong, except for the Fujin Railway that could not be transported away, were all transported away by Kong He and Yan Hong, even the locomotive and the train carriages.

The point is, Jinzhou City, a city that used to be good, has now turned into an empty courtyard wall without even half a house in it.

"Zhu Changyuan!" Wu Sangui almost wanted to scold the eighteen generations of Zhu Changyuan's ancestors all over the place.

Unfortunately, there is no use for eggs.

Fortunately, he had a relatively deep foundation in Liaodong. After playing the banner of the imperial court, he quickly recruited [-] soldiers and divided them into larger cities such as Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Siping.

Smaller cities, such as Dalinghe Juntun, Songshan, Xingshan, Gaojiapu and the like, did not see a single soldier.

With only 3 people, it is difficult to defend the entire Liaodong. Even the largest city, Shenyang, has less than [-] defenders.

It was under such circumstances that not only did he not receive any funding from the court, but he was also captured by Cui Bing.That's right, the imperial court asked him for soldiers, and asked him to gather [-] troops within a month and send them to Shanxi to guard.

Why, because Li Zicheng has already captured the Chang'an Mansion, and because Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shanxi, has already died for the country.Because the rebel soldiers Mashan led their troops northward and made a lot of noise eastward.

Just when Wu Sangui was thinking about how to recruit more soldiers in Liaodong without money, another bad news reached the Jiliao Governor's Mansion in Ningyuan City.

"Duoduo led the army to make a comeback from the north of Liaobei and broke through Siping in one fell swoop. Now he is leading an army of [-] to go straight to Shenyang." A scout stood in front of Wu Sangui, reporting out of breath.

"Impossible!" Wu Sangui was about to go crazy. "Zhu Changyuan expelled them from Liaodong before, and Dorgon didn't even have 5 cavalry and infantry. Where did the [-] come from now?"

"Go back to the governor!" The scout hardly dared to look into Wu Sangui's angry eyes, and said, "Most of the 5 people are Mongols!"

"Call back!"

After a long time, Wu Sangui woke up from the shock, and the scout in front of the team said: "Decree that the soldiers from Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Fuxin all shrink back to Shanhaiguan. We must keep the last line of defense of Ming Dynasty."

"Yes!" When the scouts went out, Wu Sangui sat down on the stool and wrote a memorial to Emperor Chongzhen, explaining the situation.

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"It's broken!" After receiving the news that Li Zicheng occupied Shaanxi and Sun Chuanting died in battle, Emperor Chongzhen sat down on the dragon chair, and the first thing he thought of was not the destruction of the country, but his reputation: "Under the thousand years, I will be scolded!"

He thought of many kinds of endings, and made various preparations and countermeasures for the rebellion of Zhu Changyuan's old army in Liaodong. However, he never thought that the problem would come out in Shaanxi as soon as possible, and it would come so fiercely and quickly.

It took Li Zicheng less than 20 days to occupy the whole of Shaanxi and kill Sun Chuanting, and his slogan was to avenge Zhu Changyuan.

This time, regardless of whether Zhu Changyuan was a traitor or an important minister, killing him immediately brought about such serious consequences, which only showed that there was a problem. He was wrong in killing him, and he, the emperor, was wrong.

As for saying that Zhu Changyuan was poisoned and killed suddenly, it was a trick to deceive children, and it was to give the world an explanation for the time being. Chongzhen never expected to be able to hide it from others.

When Chang Yuan died, the people of Shaanxi rose up in anger!This is a historical fact that even the contemporary historians could not avoid.

"Shouldn't I really kill King Yanming? Was it wrong for me to kill?" Chongzhen said these words over and over again, falling into deep thought.

"Ah!"

Zhu Changyuan, who was having dinner in Xiangyang City, sneezed inexplicably, and said to Chen Yuanyuan beside him, "I don't know if Lana is still Yumin, and they are talking ill of me behind my back!"

Chen Yuanyuan was teased by Zhu Changyuan for a moment, laughed out loud, looked at Zhu Changyuan with burning eyes, and said, "My lord, are we really going to Jinling tomorrow?"

Zhu Changyuan lifted his face and said: "How many times have I told you, don't call me a prince from now on, I am just a commoner now." After thinking about it, he felt wrong, and said: "You can't call me a commoner, either. After all, Yumin is still the princess, and I am still the island owner, so you can call me the island owner from now on."

Of course Chen Yuanyuan knew that what Zhu Changyuan said was a joke, but she didn't take it seriously, and said, "Then I'll call you general later!"

"Yeah!" Zhu Changyuan nodded, looked at Chen Yuanyuan and said, "What's the matter, you're going to Jinling tomorrow, but you're hesitating instead, don't you want to go, don't you want to see your Maolang?"

Chen Yuanyuan didn't know how to answer.Jinling was a sad place for her, but it was also there that she met the first man in her life who made her heart flutter.

It would be a lie to say that she didn't want to see him, but compared to seeing Mao Bijiang, losing the man in front of her forever made her feel heartbroken and at a loss.

No matter how conflicted she was, it couldn't change Zhu Changyuan's idea of ​​sending her to Jinling City.

The next day, I followed Zhu Changyuan's big boat into the Han River, then went down the river and headed straight for Nanjing.

The ship is a big ship without any modification, made of wood, although it is not as tall as Zheng He's treasure ship, but it is also of the type of giant in the Han River and Yangtze River.

Needless to say, the decoration on the boat is extremely luxurious, but there is no modern mechanical drive at all.

Zhu Changyuan is now a dead man on the surface, he doesn't want to reveal his true identity prematurely, he just plays around the south of the Yangtze River in the name of an ordinary rich man.

Along with the boat, apart from Po Lu, Chen Yuanyuan, Su Ya and Xiao Hua, there was also Mr. Li Xin and Li.

Originally, Li Xin was going to stay and supervise the construction of the railway, but at present, the railway is still in the survey and design stage, and the construction is not involved. Naturally, he is not busy, so he followed the boat according to Zhu Changyuan's intention.

As for the government affairs and military affairs of the entire Jingxiang area, Zhu Changyuan made a decision that stunned all Jingxiang senior officials: Cheng Bujing's wife, Huang Yueniang, was in charge of all affairs in Jingxiang.

The boat went down the current, blowing the wind, and the speed was extremely fast, and it didn't take long to enter the Yangtze River channel from Hankou.

Zhu Changyuan and the others stood at the bow of the boat looking at the scenery on both sides of the river, enjoying themselves.

"Mr. Li, we are going to Jinling soon. You are very knowledgeable. Tell us about the history of Jinling." Zhu Changyuan looked at Li Xin and said suddenly.

(End of this chapter)