nanming man

Chapter 86

Xiangcheng is located at the junction of Kaifeng, Ruzhou and Nanyang. As far as the world is concerned, its geographical location is insignificant, but as far as Zhongzhou is concerned, it can be called a place extending in all directions.

After Li Zicheng flooded Bianzhou with water, eastern Henan has become a swamp country, not only inconvenient to travel, but also unable to get any supplies.

Luoyang and Ruzhou in western Henan were quickly recovered by the Guan army after Sun Chuanting left the pass.Nanyang and Runing in the south of Yuzhou are still under the control of Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei and other generals.

As a result, the area where Li Zicheng was active was compressed by the officers and soldiers to Xuzhou, Xinzheng, Yuzhou, Xiangcheng and other counties in the west of Bianzhou, plus Guide Mansion.

At this time, the Chuangjun was facing the Yellow River to the north, the Yellow River to the east, and the southeast was the base camp of the southeast gentry.

Now that Sun Chuanting was approaching from the west, he called Zuo Liangyu from the south to go north. If the invading army could not break the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, then the intruding army would be in a very dangerous situation.

Jia County was defeated, and the Chuang army retreated to Xiangcheng.These rogues used to gather together to plunder. If they succeeded, they would gather, and if they lost, they would disperse. Now that they have been defeated one after another, it is inevitable that people will panic.

After Li Zicheng took over a group of literati such as Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, he already had a rather vague goal. He probably knew that what he wanted to do was to overthrow the Ming court and conquer the whole country, so he had to defeat Sun Chuanting and break the current predicament .

It's just that the purpose of the other groups of thieves is relatively simple, and they don't have a clear goal like Li Zicheng. They gather together to rob houses.

These hooligan gangs formed by the township party and relatives and friends have no other goal, but to rob, not to fight for Li Zicheng.

Among these people, Luo Rucai of Cao Ying had 40 or [-] people, and Yuan Shizhong of Xiao Yuanying had more than [-] people. Together, they accounted for almost half of the Chuang army.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was very vigorous, they felt terrified of being beaten, so they planned to break up and surrender.

In Xiangcheng, Li Zicheng's festival hall, many generals gathered together to discuss the current situation and unify the hearts of the people.

There is a big chair above the festival hall, on which is draped a tiger skin, wearing a brocade robe, a leather belt around the waist, and Li Zicheng, who is wearing a Fanyang felt hat, sitting on it.

In terms of clothes, Li Zicheng retained the aesthetics of a rogue, very much like the characters in the Water Margin, and the layout of the entire festival hall, like the Juyi Hall in the cottage, showed Li Zicheng's pattern and level.

Li Zicheng is nearly forty years old, with a square nose and big nose, rough skin and black face, and a terrible scar above his right eye. It was when he was surrounded by Bianliang, and he was shot by the general Chen Yongfu with an arrow. Since then, every time it rains, There will also be a dull pain.

Judging from his appearance, Li Zicheng is not a kind person, which can also be proved by what he has done.

Leaving aside the recent ones, let’s just say that he owed others money earlier and didn’t pay back. He was sued to the county government, locked up, and paraded through the streets. After he came out, he held a grudge and directly dominated the debt.There is nothing wrong with other people borrowing money from him, not paying back the money, suing the officials, and using normal means to collect debts, but he killed the person, which shows that he is a ruthless person.

Not long after, his wife Han Jin'er committed adultery with a man in the village, and Li Zicheng killed his wife again, taking two lives.Coincidentally, Mrs. Xing, Li Zicheng's later wife, was dating Gao Jie again, but Gao Jie knew that Li Zicheng was very aggressive, so Gao Jie ran away with Mrs. Xing before Li Zicheng could do anything.

Li Zicheng, who had carried two lives on his back, fled to Ganzhou to join the army in order to avoid being captured by the government. The kingdom was slaughtered, and it has since embarked on the road of rebellion.

Looking at the first half of Li Zicheng's life, one can probably know that Li Zicheng was a cruel, ungrateful, and bottom-line person.

At this time, the two sides of the festival hall were full of people, and many people had no place to stand, so they could only stand behind the sitting general.

In the hall, Li Zicheng sat alone, and Luo Rucai, who was stronger, took the second seat. There were many people in the hall, but it was very quiet and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.

Sun Chuanting deserves to be the stone pillar of the Ming Dynasty. He ended the first generation Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang and sent Gao Yingxiang to Beijing. He was late for more than 1560 dollars. Now he is here to end the second generation Chuang Wang Li Zicheng.

In the Battle of Jia County, if General Guoyi Xie Youjun hadn't fought to the death, Li Zicheng would have almost followed in the footsteps of his old uncle Gao Yingxiang, and was caught by Sun Chuanting and sent to the capital.

Now that Sun Chuanting, the supervisor, has chased after Xiangcheng, the people in the Chuang army are already in turmoil, and the morale of the army is unstable.They were like bandits in the green forest, gathering and dispersing from time to time, without forming a core.

At this time, the situation was critical, and some people thought of disbanding, and some even thought of surrendering.

In the festival hall, Li Zicheng glanced at everyone, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "I killed the vassal king and burned the imperial tomb. I have committed an unforgivable crime. If it falls into the hands of Sun Chuanting, I will definitely die. Since fighting is death, not fighting is also death." , then you might as well give it a go and fight to the death again!"

He was talking, but the people below did not answer, Li Zicheng couldn't help but his face darkened, "I know what you think, but now is a critical moment, if we don't fight hard, we will be beaten back to our original shape, and we can turn around again It’s not easy. If you want to disperse and surrender, you have to wait for me to finish this battle. If I can’t win, it’s not too late for you to kill me and surrender!”

"I'll start with my ugly words. If I lose, I don't care what you think, but before the decisive battle, if anyone dares to tear down my platform, I will cut off his head!" Li Zicheng suddenly accentuated his tone, his eyes He turned to Luo Rucai and Yuan Shizhong, and said with a sneer, "What do you two old brothers think?"

Li Zicheng called Xinshun Queen in Xinzheng, and his intention to establish a core was even more obvious.

Since becoming king, he began to intervene in the affairs of Cao Ying and Xiao Yuan Ying, and regarded Luo Rucai and Yuan Shizhong as his ministers and subordinates, which made them feel dissatisfied.

Luo Rucai is strong, now has a high status and is still very independent. Li Zicheng has not bullied him yet, but Xiao Yuanying has suffered a lot and is in a miserable situation. Li Zicheng directly regards Yuan Shizhong as an ordinary general, and let Yuan Shizhong It's uncomfortable in the center.

These rogues are used to themselves. They came to join forces to rob Bianzhou, not to work for Li Zicheng. Now that Bianzhou has not been robbed, and they want to become Li Zicheng's courtiers, the green forest heroes are naturally a little dissatisfied.

It's just that most of the people in the hall are Li Zicheng's people, but they dare not have any opinions.

After all, Li Zicheng was powerful now, and no one dared to offend him. Since he said so, if they fought again, the result would not be worse than breaking up.

If they don't form a group to fight with the official army now and let the official army defeat Li Zicheng, their life will be difficult, and they will definitely be chased and beaten by the official army.

If they don't fight now, they will definitely continue to flee. If they fight, even if they lose, they will just continue to flee.

Although they are dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, since Li Zicheng has said it, they still have to fight with him, so as not to ruin the good situation of Chongzhen for 14 years. After all, compared to the colorful world on the plain, they don't want to go to the mountain again. .

"King Chuang is just joking. What I have done is enough for the court to kill me ten times. How can I surrender to the officers and soldiers?" Luo Rucai stood up and patted his chest and said, "King Chuang wants to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. Follow the lead."

Seeing Luo Rucai's statement, Yuan Shizhong stood up quickly and expressed his willingness to listen to Li Zicheng's orders.

Li Zicheng nodded in satisfaction when he saw this, and said: "Well, let's fight Sun Chuanting again. You don't need to be afraid of him. Sun Chuanting fought from Tongguan to Ruzhou, and now he is chasing Xiangcheng again. It's been long enough, we don't have a chance, and no matter how many times he beats us, he can't destroy us, we only need to defeat him once, and the army will be finished~"

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