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Chapter 204 Chongzhen continues to cheat, but God’s will cannot be violated (please subscribe for monthly tickets)

In fact, these cavalrymen in the Yulin Camp did not have much experience in cavalry battles.

Even the old battalion of rogue pirates did not have much combat effectiveness, and the cavalry of the Yulin battalion simply could not compete with the cavalry of the Liaodong Army.

Although the new recruits of the Liaodong Army did not have much experience in large-scale cavalry battles.

But these cavalry have been learning riding skills from the Mongols on the grasslands all year round, as well as their light cavalry tactics.

The Liaodong cavalry stationed in Monan often had to face attacks from the Khalkha Mongols and the Moxi Oirat Mongols. At least in terms of riding skills, even the newly recruited Liaodong cavalry were better than those in the Ming Dynasty. The cavalry is much stronger.

Among the cavalry of the Liaodong Army, there are even 5,000 Chahar cavalrymen from the Eight Divisions. Li Xianzhong is ready to completely assimilate these Chahar Mongolian cavalry.

So now these Chahar cavalry are directly broken up and incorporated into the Liaodong Army.

If you want to make progress, even if you want to be promoted to a hundred households, you must learn to speak Chinese and read simple Chinese characters; otherwise, even if you have military merit, you will only be a corps commander or a sergeant at most.

In fact, the same is true for ordinary soldiers of the Liaodong Army. Unless they have great military exploits, they cannot reach the rank of commander or above.

Even those who previously held military positions must become literate and at least be able to read and understand military orders.

In the military camp, there will be gentlemen assigned by the governor's yamen to the military camp to educate ordinary soldiers, so there are no pure illiterates in the Liaodong Army.

Even a rich man can recognize hundreds of words and know the general's orders by heart.

In order to implement this policy, Li Xianzhong even ordered some veterans who took the lead in not learning calligraphy to retire.

Many Chahar cavalrymen were originally slaves, and they had more motivation to strive for military glory.

So there isn't much suspense in this battle.

As Wu Sangui directly captured Yuan Chonghuan, the remaining more than 5,000 Yulin battalion cavalry also gave up resistance.

This is Hong Chengchou's advantage. As Yuan Chonghuan's predecessor, he can quickly make these Yulin camps sincerely surrender.

After all, Hong Chengchou once led them to such a glorious victory as the "Chuzhou Victory", which Yuan Chonghuan did not have.

Originally, Li Xianzhong ordered Hong Chengchou to be the vanguard coach going south. Old people from Liaodong such as Zu Dashou and Li Huaizhong were still dissatisfied, but now they were completely convinced.

No wonder Li Xianzhong went south with only 7 men. In just these two days, they received 5 Jizhou frontier troops and 1 Ming troops from the Yulin camp.

Now they have the banner of Zhu Yousong, the Emperor of Heaven, and the influence of Hong Chengchou, the former governor of five provinces.

The war can be said to be more effective with less casualties, and many Ming troops surrendered, so that the Liaodong Army has more and more troops.

Now they finally understood why Li Xianzhong had tolerated it for so many years. If they went south in the name of the Liaodong rebels, they would probably encounter much more intense resistance than they do now.

Soon Yuan Chonghuan was taken to Li Xianzhong's tent.

I saw Li Xianzhong, the king of Liaodong County, wearing a black gauze winged crown and a red four-legged dragon uniform, sitting in the Chinese army's tent.

Twelve years have passed since Li Xianzhong participated in the Battle of Sarhu in the 12th year of Wanli.

Thirty-two-year-old Li Xianzhong has transformed from a fledgling young general into the first living king with a different surname in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Years of fighting have made his skin a little darker, and although his handsome face has lost some of its youthfulness, it has gained a lot of calmness.

Both are handsome guys, but Li Xianzhong and Feng Quan are still a little different. The chilling atmosphere formed by many years of military service makes Li Xianzhong calm and self-confident.

Yuan Chonghuan was still a little scared when he saw Li Xianzhong.

Li Huaizhong on the side yelled: "You are so brave Yuan Chonghuan, you still don't kneel down when you see the king of Liaodong County!"

Yuan Chonghuan was once Li Xianzhong's subordinate. As a traitor from Liaodong, the generals would naturally not look upon him favorably.

Originally Yuan Chonghuan was still a little guilty, but after being yelled at by Li Huaizhong, he became energetic.

He puffed up his chest and said, "I will never kneel down and be rebellious!"

With Li Xianzhong's look, Zu Dashou understood and directly kicked Yuan Chonghuan on the knee, then forced him to the ground.

He laughed and said: "This king is following the edict of Master Wanli to rebel. How can it be considered a rebellion?"

"It's you, Governor Yuan, who, for the sake of your own future, went to Chongzhen to stir up trouble and slander me."

"But I still want to thank you. If you hadn't created the 'Five Years of Ping Liao', how could you have sent Governor Hong to Liaodong?"

"How could the peasant uprising that had been suppressed resurgence?"

"If it hadn't been for the intruders and siege of Luoyang, this king would not have known that Lord Wanli actually left a posthumous edict. Now that I am able to become the king of Liaodong County, is it thanks to Governor Yuan?"

After Li Xianzhong finished speaking, all the Liaodong generals under his tent burst into laughter!

Yuan Chonghuan blushed when he said that the current situation in Ming Dynasty was indeed caused by him, Yuan Chonghuan.

It's just that he didn't know that his defection was intentional by Li Xianzhong, otherwise he would never have been able to escape from Vladivostok.

He said angrily: "Traitor Li Xianzhong, you finally admitted that you only found out about the legacy of Lord Wanli after conquering Monan, Ryukyu, Taiwan and other places privately."

"Then what do you want to do by privately conquering these places and say you are not a rebel?"

"Since Emperor Hongwu established the Ming Dynasty, where has anyone with a foreign surname been granted the title of king?"

"If you're not overstepping your bounds, what are you?"

Li Xianzhong said shamelessly: "Captain Yuan is really forgetful. These places are where he is grateful for the saintliness of Emperor Hongguang and he took the initiative to join. I am just following God's will."

"There is indeed no precedent in the Ming Dynasty for people with different surnames to be crowned kings during their lifetime, but no one in the Ming Dynasty can directly occupy Monan Mongolia."

"This king has recovered the Yinshan Hetao, Jurchen Sanwei, Ryukyu, Taiwan and other places, and expanded thousands of miles of borders for our Ming Dynasty. How can I not be the king of Liaodong?"

The generals said: "Your Majesty sacrificed his life to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty. We will respect you!"

Li Xianzhong waved his hand and said: "I am curious about something. Less than ten days after the war started, our army has already reached the capital. If Chongzhen cannot survive for even one month, Governor Yuan's 'Five Years of Ping Liao' will be over again." How will this be achieved?”

At this time, the whole hall burst into laughter again!

Yuan Chonghuan said: "Don't be complacent too early. The capital is not comparable to other cities. I'm afraid the Liaodong Army may not be able to attack it."

General Li Xian said: "It sounds like Governor Yuan is very unconvinced. How about I let you go back? But what if you are captured by me again?"

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Li Xianzhong in disbelief and said, "Does the King of Liaodong County really mean what he said?"

Li Xianzhong thought to himself: Just now, he called himself a traitor and traitor, so soon he changed his name and called himself the King of Liaodong County?

In fact, I still like to see his unruly look just now!

Li Xianzhong said: "Captain Yuan has also stayed in Liaodong for a long time. How have I ever broken my words?"

Yuan Chonghuan said: "Then we have made it a deal. If Yuan is captured again, he will definitely work for the Liaodong County King!"

Li Xianzhong said: "It's getting late now. I will send someone to send Governor Yuan to the capital tomorrow morning!"

Hearing that Li Xianzhong was going to send someone to send him back to the capital, Yuan Chonghuan became suspicious.

Li Xianzhong said: "With your Majesty's character, if Governor Yuan says that he escaped from our Liaodong military camp, he will probably be more suspicious. It is better to send you back generously."

"Just tell me that I will make a bet that I will defeat the capital within ten days!"

Then Yuan Chonghuan was taken away.

At this time, Hong Chengchou said: "The prince used Chongzhen's hand to kill Yuan Chonghuan, it was really clever!"

It is not difficult to break through the capital, but if Chongzhen is killed like this, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, the nobles of the capital, and the gentry of Jiangnan will still exist.

If you try to tamper with yourself in the future, these people will still be a huge obstacle.

They will definitely affect their own reforms. The Ming Dynasty is already rotten to the core, and these people cannot be retained.

But he didn't want to kill them directly himself, so he had to borrow the help of His Majesty Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong!

Li Xianzhong said to a young general under his tent: "You must be Wu Sangui. I heard that you captured Yuan Chonghuan alive this time and played a great role. Do you currently hold any position in the army?"

Wu Sangui clasped his fists and said: "The last general is under the tent of Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Yingkou, and he is now a guerrilla in Gaizhou!"

Li Xianzhong said: "It is true that heroes come from youth. When I went to the battlefield for the first time, I was Wu Gueryi's age, and I was also a guerrilla general. I saw my own shadow in you!"

Wu Sangui said: "Your Majesty is the God of War of our Ming Dynasty and the hero in the hearts of our soldiers in Liaodong. How can the general dare to compare with Your Majesty?"

Li Xianzhong said: "Gaizhou guerrilla Wu Sangui captured the enemy coach alive. I made an exception and promoted him to Yingkou deputy general, and he is still serving under Zu Dashou!"

Wu Sangui and his ancestors said in unison: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your promotion!"

Zu Dashou was actually a general of the Li family in Liaodong, and his family had served the Li family for generations.

Li Xianzhong promoted Wu Sangui in an unusual way to appease these old people in Liaodong.

Over the years, Li Xianzhong vigorously promoted many of his close generals, and reused important officials of the Ming court such as Hong Chengchou and Xiong Tingbi who had defected to him.

Some elders of the Li family will inevitably have opinions!

Otherwise, given Wu Sangui's 18-year-old age, it would have been too late for him to become a general.

When Sarhu made great contributions, the imperial court only granted him the title of General Tieling.

However, Li Xianzhong did admire Wu Sangui. He followed Zu Dashou in martial arts and Dong Qichang in literature. He was a rare talent with both civil and military talents among the young generals in Liaodong.

Liaodong has long since not allowed the hoarding of acres, and there are no private soldiers.

Neither the ancestral family nor the Wu family were Liaodong warlords in history.

Sure enough, after seeing Wu Sangui being conferred, his eldest brother Li Huaizhong also beamed with joy.

At the same time, the second batch of troops led by Mao Yuanyi, the 2 Liaodong Army, went straight from Lushun Port to Tianjin Guard.

After occupying the Three Guards of Tianjin, they went west to conquer Wuqing, Gu'an and Zhuozhou.

And blocked Yuan Chonghuan's 5 infantry division heading north at the Zhuozhou line.

At this moment, the south side of the capital has been completely occupied by the Liaodong Army.

And Yuan Chonghuan also entered the capital from Guangqumen under the escort of the Liaodong Army.

Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to delay and went directly to the palace to plead guilty to His Majesty Chongzhen.

But Chongzhen was not in the Forbidden City at this time.

Because Wang Chengen told him that a divine fortune teller appeared in the capital. Everything in divination and fortune-telling is correct and accurate. It can be said that the hexagrams come true.

So early in the morning, Chongzhen, accompanied by Wang Chengen and Yang Sichang, went on patrol incognito.

In fact, as early as when he was King Xin, Chongzhen liked to go on patrol incognito and go to the market to explore the public sentiment.

But after he ascended the throne, he was busy with government affairs and no longer left the palace.

Of course, Chongzhen also had another purpose of leaving the palace this time, which was to know the public opinion.

Do the people of the capital support him or Zhu Yousong?

This was also arranged by Wang Chengen and Yang Sichang long ago. The successive defeats made Emperor Chongzhen very unconfident.

So Wang Chengen asked people from Dongchang to pretend to be ordinary people in the market.

Sure enough, after Chongzhen visited several people, he found that they were all destined to be the emperor, and the thieves would definitely be unable to attack the capital.

A few people even said that if the Liaodong Army dared to attack the city, they would go to the city wall to help in the battle and defeat these traitors.

In fact, people simply did not dare to discuss these things in the street.

As long as he talks about it, he will be arrested by the people of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, and the Shuntian Mansion's prison can hardly hold it.

Of course, as long as you give money, you can come out.

However, Emperor Chongzhen, who was kept in the dark, was still very excited. It seemed that the people in the capital were still facing the Ming Dynasty and themselves.

Soon they came to the fortune telling stall.

Originally, Chongzhen thought that this divine fortune teller was a master of immortal style, but he did not expect that he was actually unattractive in appearance. Not only was he extremely short in stature, but he was also ugly in appearance.

He looked exactly like a clothed ape.

Chongzhen said with emotion: "I originally thought that being a monkey and crowned was just a description, but I didn't expect that someone actually looks like this. The world is so big and full of wonders!"

Wang Chengen said: "These strange people often look different from ordinary people. This divine fortune teller can open a hexagram stall in the capital for so long, so he must have some skills."

"Your Majesty, this is just for fun!"

So a few people stepped forward and Wang Chengen said: "You must be the 'divine fortune teller' who is famous all over the capital. My young master wants you to make a fortune!"

After saying that, he threw out a piece of silver.

The divine fortune teller didn't even look at it, so he shook his head and said, "You guys are late. The mountain man's fortune telling has been completed and he won't tell others' fortunes anymore!"

When Wang Chengen heard this, he became angry and said: "Why did you just tell someone a fortune? When it's our turn, you can't tell the fortune. Are you trying to blackmail me because you see how generous I am?"

"Believe it or not, I made the hexagram you calculated just now become the last hexagram you calculate in your life!"

Facing the furious Wang Chengen, the fortune teller was not angry either.

Instead, he said with a smile: "The number of Dayan is fifty-five. We should respect heaven and earth and leave three points each. Therefore, Shanren can only count forty-nine hexagrams in this life!"

"The hexagram just now was the forty-ninth hexagram, so you are right, that is indeed the last hexagram that Shanren will calculate in this life!"

After hearing this, Wang Chengen became even more angry. Is this old man deliberately trying to quarrel with him?

At this time, Chongzhen on the side said: "It is fate to meet this divine fortune teller, and we also come here because of his reputation. Since we can't tell fortunes, are there other ways to solve my doubts?"

The fortune teller glanced at Chongzhen and said respectfully: "This young master is indeed a sensible person. If you can't tell fortunes, there are other ways. Otherwise, why would I set up a stall here?"

"You say a word, and the mountain man will test it for you!"

Chongzhen said "yes".

I saw the divine fortune teller and the divine fortune teller quickly wrote the word "you" on the paper.

He then asked Chongzhen: "May I ask what this young master wants to test?"

Chongzhen said: "Sir, please estimate the current situation!"

The fortune teller glanced at Chongzhen, and then said: "The word 'you' is half of the word Ming. I'm afraid only half of the Ming Dynasty is left!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Chongzhen and others instantly became very ugly.

Chongzhen quickly changed his words and said: "I am talking about the 'friends' of friends."

So Shen Suanzi first wrote the word "anti" on the paper, and then added two strokes to become "you". He said: "You started with the word anti, and now Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and Zhu Yousong are rebelling." If you proclaim yourself emperor, I’m afraid one of them will rebel and take action!”

At this time, Wang Chengen deliberately made trouble and said: "I see that Mr. just added two strokes to the reverse character. Why didn't the two of them rebel and take the lead?"

The fortune teller smiled and said: "It is true that one of the rebels will come forward, but after this person came forward, someone else crossed paths, so the person who finally came forward was not these three people."

After hearing this, the faces of Chongzhen and others became even more ugly.

Doesn't this mean that Zhu Yousong will come forward in rebellion and will eventually be replaced by Li Xianzhong?

So Chongzhen changed his mind again and said: "Actually, what I want to say is the 'unit' that represents time."

The fortune teller first wrote the word "Zun" on the paper, and then said: "The emperor is the Supreme Being, and 'You' means the word Zun with the beginning and tail cut off. How can the Supreme One survive?"

"There are four people who are proclaimed emperors in the world today. This young master has tested "You" three times. I am afraid that all four of them will die soon, and three of them have lost their heads!"

Wang Chengen yelled: "How dare you curse the Ming Dynasty, curse the current emperor, I think you are an old man eating arsenic - you are tired of living!"

Chongzhen stretched out his hand to stop Wang Chengen from having an attack.

He said: "It is indeed my fault that I changed my tune. When I took the first test, I said that the Ming Dynasty still has half of the country. Is this true?"

The fortune teller glanced at Chongzhen and thought, do you think this is "choose one from three"?

Pick the one with the best result.

He said helplessly: "You must be from the palace. This place is located to the south of the Forbidden City, close to the Temple of Heaven."

"If the young master moves south, with God's blessing, it may come true!"

"But you said yourself that you have tested every word. Whether it can be fulfilled depends on God's will. That's all Shanren said!"

After saying that, he closed the stall and left!

Chongzhen and others were left stunned in place!

After a long time, Chongzhen said: "Wang Cheng'en, this is an expert, don't make things difficult for him!"

Wang Chengen said: "I obey the order!"

Then he glanced at Yang Sichang. Yang Sichang was also helpless. It was indeed him who arranged for Chongzhen to move south.

But he didn't expect this guy to be so bold and dare to say anything, even saying that the emperor's head was missing!

These magic sticks are really good at it. I don't even know which word Chongzhen would say. This word "you" is all based on on-the-spot performance. The magic stick can actually say it three times with nose and eyes, and in the end it can be related to the southward migration.

Not to mention it was Chongzhen, even I almost believed it.

Moreover, Wang Chengen's deliberate attempts to create difficulties could allude to Zhu Yousong and Li Xianzhong. This is amazing!

While several people were still reminiscing, suddenly the eunuch from the palace came to report that Yuan Chonghuan had been sent back to the capital by Li Xianzhong and was waiting to see His Majesty.

After seeing Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan quickly apologized and then told his story painfully.

After seeing Yuan Chonghuan, Chongzhen said: "Governor Yuan, are you sure that Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, is colluding with Li Xianzhong?"

Yuan Chonghuan said: "I can't be sure about this, but I did receive an emergency transfer order from Zhang Benbing before going to Tongzhou, and then I was surrounded by tens of thousands of Ming army cavalry halfway."

At this time, Yang Sichang hurriedly said: "If only Governor Yuan was ambushed along the way, it might be an accident, but Zhang Fengyi also dispatched troops from Jizhou to support Tongzhou at the same time."

"The two armies of the north and the south encountered the main force of the Liaodong Army in Sanhe County and Yongding River respectively, and were completely wiped out. This is really a coincidence!"

At this time, Chongzhen's eyes already had murderous intent, and he said: "Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, mobilized troops indiscriminately, which resulted in the loss of 2 elites in our Ming Dynasty, and the traitors were approaching the capital."

"I order Zhang Fengyi to kill himself with the Shangfang sword I gave him!"

Wang Chengen said: "Slave, please send someone to take care of it now!"

After solving Zhang Fengyi, Yang Sichang naturally took over as Minister of War.

Wen Tiren, the first assistant, said nothing at this moment.

Chongzhen's indifference made him feel a little frustrated!

Originally, he thought that the most he could do was to dismiss Zhang Fengyi, but in the end, he was directly killed by Chongzhen!

If he had known this, he should have persuaded Zhang Fengyi to resign directly.

Perhaps he, the chief assistant, should resign now and return to Jiangnan.

In fact, he knew that most southern officials, including Yang Sichang, wanted to ask Chongzhen to move the capital to Nanjing, but no one dared to say this.

At this time, Chongzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan again and asked: "Li Xianzhong really told you that he would defeat the capital within ten days?"

Of course Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to say that he made a bet with Li Xianzhong that he would be loyal to him if he was captured again.

So he said to Chongzhen: "This thief has made a queen and is extremely arrogant. He said that if I don't obey, he will let me come back. Within ten days, he will definitely capture the capital and capture me again!"

In fact, Chongzhen was very distrustful of his ministers. If Yuan Chonghuan had not betrayed Li Xianzhong, he would have thought that this was Li Xianzhong's counterintuitive plan.

No, even Zhang Fengyi turned against him, so Zhu Chunchen must have turned against him too.

So he called Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and said, "Did Duke Cheng Guo send anyone back to Beijing to contact others after he went to Tongzhou?"

Luo Yangxing said: "Gong Cheng Guo did not directly send anyone to contact other nobles. However, shortly after the envoy from Tongzhou returned to Duke Cheng's mansion, Duke Cheng's steward found Zhang Weixian, the son of British Duke Zhang Weixian, twice in a row. Extremely."

Chongzhen said: "Is this Zhang Zhiji the person who ran the 'Heaven and Earth' with Zhu Chunchen and Li Xianzhong in the early years?"

Luo Yangxing said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed true. Wei Zhongxian was also the major shareholder of 'Heaven and Earth'!"

Chongzhen said angrily: "Okay, very good!"

"Send an order to directly seize 'Heaven and Earth' and put all its shareholders in jail!"

Luo Yangxing said: "But Zhang Zhiji's father is the British Duke Zhang Weixian, and he holds 80,000 'Beijing Camp'?"

At this time, a hint of murderous intent appeared in the corner of Chongzhen's eyes, and he said coldly: "It is said that the British Duke Zhang Weixian has entered the palace!"

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