Ming Zuo

Chapter 811

Pizza Hut has been doing well from the start.

There is a lot of traffic at the door of the store every day, and many people even come here from far away.

This place seems to have become a holy place for Internet celebrities in the late Ming Dynasty, and everyone wants to come and check in.

If you have never eaten Pizza Hut, you are embarrassed to say hello to people.

In just one month, Pizza Hut's profitable income has reached an enviable level.

After discussions between Xu Ruolin and all shareholders, Pizza Hut headquarters was established, a large number of new employees were recruited, and large-scale training began.

In view of the bright future of Pizza Hut, Xu Ruolin is much more courageous.

After seeking Zuo Menggeng's advice and guidance, she opened seven branches in one go.

Linqing, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Dengzhou, Qingzhou, Qingdao, Yizhou, each prefecture has a branch.

Not only that, Pizza Hut headquarters has already started planning to open branches in Songjiang Prefecture and Lianghuai.

Everyone loves a good business.

But compared with the benefits that Pizza Hut can create, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

Huaian, Lianghuai Division of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Zheng Jiada ushered in an unexpected and shy guest.

As for why this guest came, the Ministry of Intelligence has already learned.

"Director Zheng, I don't know if you can sell the firearms of your army?"

The person who came was Wu Xinyu, Hong Chengchou's aide.

Just for one thing, to buy arms.

why?

This also starts with Hong Chengchou's battle with the Northwest Rebels.

Since the new army withdrew from Fengyang, the Ming army's threat to the east was completely removed.

The recovery of Fengyang gave Hong Chengchou a sigh of relief, and he began to mobilize his troops to deal with the Northwest Rebels in Yingzhou.

Following his order to mobilize troops, Ming armies from all walks of life began to gather from all directions.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng in Yingzhou learned of the situation and knew that they were incapable of fighting, so they immediately led their troops west.

Although Fengyang was recovered, Hong Chengchou knew very well that it would be difficult to explain to Chongzhen if he did not achieve some results because the royal ancestor spirit was destroyed.

This time, he became ruthless, and personally suppressed the formation, forcing the Ming troops from all walks of life to speed up their pursuit.

Finally in the Xinyang area, the Ming army caught up with the Northwest Rebels.

This area belongs to the Dabie Mountains, and the terrain is extremely complicated. The two sides have launched continuous fierce battles here.

The Ming army had Hong Chengchou in charge, with strict supervision and well-trained, so the combat effectiveness was higher.

After more than a year of development, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's troops have expanded rapidly, and they have the advantage of a large number of people.

The two used the complicated terrain to deal with the Ming army all the way, which really caused a lot of trouble for the Ming army.

The two sides fought and fled, and they were all exhausted for more than a month.

Although a lot has been gained, the results are far from meeting expectations.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help being discouraged, and he wanted to give up.

But at this moment, things turned around.

Along the way, the Ming army suddenly came from the east, blocking the way of the northwest rebels.

This Ming army is a well-trained army of Xunyang Governor Lu Xiangsheng.

The reason why Lu Xiangsheng appeared here was because he had just finished beating Zhang Xianzhong.

After Zhang Xianzhong went south from Fengyang, he went to Luzhou Mansion, but the new army chased him all the way, so he didn't dare to stop at all, so he had no choice but to enter Dabie Mountain.

Although the new army stopped at the foot of the Dabie Mountains, the Dabie Mountains were poor and remote, and Zhang Xianzhong's various plunders could not meet the needs of the army.

He gritted his teeth and decided to march into Huguang, hoping to obtain sufficient food and grass supplies.

As soon as he walked out of the Dabie Mountains, he met a powerful opponent.

Lu Xiangsheng blocked him in Macheng.

There was a fierce battle between the two sides. Although Lu Xiangsheng was a civil servant, he fought bravely at the front. In addition, he was fair in handling things, and the people below admired him very much.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not afraid of death, and they were as aggressive as a tiger. Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and defeated.

Zhang Xianzhong was so frightened that he had no choice but to turn around and retreat to the Dabie Mountains.

Lu Xiangsheng originally wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but received military information, and learned that Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng had come from the west and were entangled with Hong Chengchou.

Although Zhang Xianzhong excavated and destroyed the royal ancestral tomb and was on Chongzhen's blacklist, he wanted to kill him soon.But the frontline officials knew that Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were more harmful than him.

Lu Xiangsheng immediately abandoned Zhang Xianzhong and marched westward, just in time to catch Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's buttocks.

In the area of ​​Daoshui River and Yuntai Mountain in Hong'an County, a tragic battle broke out between the two sides.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng panicked from the Ming army's two-sided attack, and decided to split up to break through.

At the critical moment of life and death, Li Zicheng showed his integrity.

He offered to stay to contain the Ming army and create opportunities for Gao Yingxiang to get out of trouble.

Gao Yingxiang was so moved by this, and his subordinates also greatly increased their affection for Li Zicheng.

It can be said that if one day Gao Yingxiang is gone, these subordinates will definitely go to Li Zicheng.

Just like the subordinates used by the king himself.

Watching Gao Yingxiang wave his army away, Li Zicheng lined up by the Daoshui River.

He asked Li Guo to lead his troops to fortify by the river to prevent Lu Xiangsheng's troops from crossing the river.

Then he ordered Liang Yue to line up on the left wing to block Zuo Liangyu's attack from the south.

Seeing Zuo Liangyu's handsome flag, Liang Yue knew that it was Zuo Menggeng's father, and immediately became full of fighting spirit and vowed to die.

Zuo Liangyu wanted to show off in front of Hong Chengchou, and he fought very hard.

The blood from both sides flowed like a river, and for a moment, no one could do anything to the other.

Hong Chengchou thought that he would be able to win a big victory if he gathered his army and blocked Li Zicheng's troops in the river bend.

However, at this time, with no outsiders around, Li Zicheng finally took out his trump card.

Just as the infantry of the front team strangled with the Ming army, Li Jin's musketeers crushed the entire battlefield with neat steps.

Wherever the queue passed, bullets rained and roared, and no Ming army could stop them for a moment.

Although the vans that the Ming army relied on for defense blocked the musket attacks, Li Zicheng still had bronze cannons in his hands.

Dozens of light bronze cannons accompanied the infantry forward, hitting these vans was basically a single shot, which quickly tore up the formation of the Ming army.

Despite the desperate efforts of the generals from all walks of life, the Ming army collapsed under such fierce firearms.

Hong Chengchou stared dumbfounded at the fragmented battlefield, and spurted a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

When did these mud-legged rebels have better firearms than the officers and soldiers?

Almost instantly, he figured out what was going on.

"Damn Shandong traitor!!!!"

Hong Chengchou roared unwillingly and had to order the whole army to retreat.

Since the rebellion of the Northwest Rebel Army in the first year of Chongzhen, this is the first time that the official army has lost to the rebel army on the frontal battlefield.

After this battle, whether it is Li Zicheng or the generals under his command, the mentality and temperament have undergone tremendous changes.

After Hong Chengchou went back, although he was extremely angry, he also knew that if he wanted to deal with the Northwest Rebels, he had to go to Shandong for help.

So Wu Xinyu could only bring his intentions to visit Zheng Jiada.

(End of this chapter)