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Chapter 559

Li Zicheng won Hanzhong, an important town in southern Shaanxi, at a small price of hundreds of casualties.

Li Zicheng was in the city, resting his army for a while, leaving only 500 soldiers in the city to guard the city. Some soldiers who were injured in this battle also stayed here to recuperate. .

Li Zicheng's pioneer battalion continued to march southward with more than 4000 people, heading straight to Bazhou.

Bazhou in the late Ming Dynasty was just a small county, which is now Bazhong City.But Bazhou belongs to Daxi, and after passing Bazhou to the north is Dashun.

For Daxi and Dashun, Bazhou is the border town of Daxi.It was originally General Feng Shuangli, and 1 troops were stationed here.More than half a month ago, Feng Shuangli abandoned Bazhou and raised his troops to capture Hanzhong, leaving Bazhou empty.

Therefore, Li Zicheng was almost bloodless, and as soon as 4000 troops arrived, he easily captured Bazhou.Then Li Zicheng sent his troops south and occupied Taiping again.

Taiping is the Wanyuan area of ​​Sichuan Province in the later generations. The situation in Taiping Prefecture is similar to that in Bazhou. It was originally Ma Weixing's garrison.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's thousands of soldiers and horses occupied Taiping again without much effort.

This time Ma Weixing from Xing'an Prefecture couldn't sit still.

To the east of Hanzhong is Xing'an Prefecture, where Ma Weixing was stationed. Hanzhong suddenly missed, Feng Shuangli was killed, and Ma Weixing was shocked.

Originally, the two teams, he and Feng Shuangli, were like two sharp knives, marching northward at the same time, echoing each other from afar.Now Feng Shuangli was killed in lightning and lost Hanzhong, making it too late for Ma Weixing to send troops to rescue.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking.Feng Shuangli's prestige in the Daxi Army was far better than that of Ma Weixing, and even Ma Weixing had to bow down to his dissertation on martial arts.

Therefore, after Ma Weixing reported the news that Li Zicheng outwitted and killed Feng Shuangli in Hanzhong, he was shocked at first and then scared.

Ma Weixing had less than 500 troops, so he quickly ordered his generals to close the four gates, step up the defense of the city, and sent someone to report to his prince Ainengqi at an accelerated speed of [-] miles.

Ma Weixing was terrified all day long, sticking to the city, strengthening the city defense, and looking forward to rescue soldiers here.

However, Li Zicheng did not send his troops east to attack Xing'an, but went south to take Bazhou, which is equivalent to separating his Xing'an Prefecture.Now that Li Zicheng is advancing eastward and taking down Taiping, it is equivalent to going around to his rear.

Moreover, Ma Weixing had found out that Zhu Yousong's 20 troops were coming hundreds of miles behind Li Zicheng.

Before the rescuers arrived, Xing'an Prefecture was already under heavy siege by the Ming army, and Ma Weixing's thousands of troops had already become dumpling stuffing for the Ming army.

After thinking about it, Ma Weixing dared not fight, and finally he chose to abandon the city and flee.With thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, he gave up Xing'an Prefecture and fled to Baihekou, not daring to meet his prince Ainengqi, but fled to Hubei to find Li Dingguo.

Li Zicheng took over the empty city of Xing'an Prefecture again.In this way, it took no more than three days from the capture of Bazhou to the capture of Taiping and the acquisition of Xing'an.

Li Zicheng first seized the important town of Hanzhong, and now he has taken three places in two days.The good news spread to Zhu Yousong one by one.

The Emperor Hongguang laughed loudly, "This Li Zicheng really deserves to be my good vanguard!"

Then a decree was issued to reward the soldiers of Li Zicheng's vanguard battalion. When the war is over, they will be rewarded according to their merits.

Li Zicheng was very happy to be praised by Zhu Yousong, which was nothing to him.He just wants to rescue his daughter Li Na from the tiger's mouth as soon as possible.

He knew that His Majesty had his own strategies, and he didn't know what specific tricks he had, and he didn't dare to ask more.

A few hundred miles south of Taiping is Kuizhou. Li Zicheng planned to point his troops at Kuizhou. At this time, Zhu Yousong's order came again, asking him to stand still and wait for Zhu Yousong's brigade.

Li Zicheng had no choice but to station troops in Taiping. At this time, he also found out that it was not someone else who was stationed in Kuizhou, but one of Zhang Xianzhong's four kings, Dingbei King Ainengqi.

Li Zicheng knew that this Ai Nengqi was not simple, and he was known for his bravery and good shooting skills.There are 8 battalions of Guanghuang soldiers under him, with a total of 10,000 horses. If you count the soldiers in his territory, the army under his direct control has [-]+.

It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong's army was divided into two parts, one part was the regular army, known as the imperial army.The rest are local troops and become Libing.When the war started, the emperor's soldiers went out to fight, and the Li soldiers guarded the city.

Therefore, for Ai Nengqi in Kuizhou, Li Zicheng, who had only 5000 people under his command, did not dare to underestimate the enemy, so he had to station the vanguard battalion in Taiping Prefecture to wait for Zhu Yousong's brigade.

Two days later, Zhu Yousong's brigade did not arrive, but the angel officer did.

This time, it was Li Guofu, the eunuch Li Guofu, the supervisor of ceremonies and the supervisor of the imperial horse, who came to reward his vanguard camp with a batch of wine and meat.

Li Zicheng knelt down to thank him, and left the wine and meat behind. Before leaving, Li Guofu asked Li Zicheng to stand back and took out a secret decree.

Li Zicheng knelt down again to accept the decree, which was actually a secret letter written by Zhu Yousong to Li Zicheng, and the content of the secret decree was not even known to Li Guofu.

After Li Zicheng received the order, Li Guofu did not stop, and left with his troops.

Li Zicheng sent him out of the camp, Li Guofu walked a few steps forward and came back again, "Master Hou, when you come, His Majesty still has two words to tell our family to bring them."

"My father-in-law, please speak, and Zicheng will listen to the hadith." Li Zicheng saluted quickly.

Li Guofu shook his fat body, came to Li Zicheng and leaned in his ear, "What is Your Majesty's biggest hobby, does the Marquis know?"

Li Zicheng was startled, is this slave tired of living, dare to talk about His Majesty's hobbies in private, how could he have such courage, what does this mean?

Li Zicheng quickly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is comparable to Yao and Shun. His literary and military virtues are unsurpassed in the past and present. As for what hobbies he has, I'm sorry Zicheng doesn't know."

Li Guofu's chubby white face smiled like a steamed stuffed bun, his eyes were narrowed into a slit, and he thought to himself, just like our family answered His Majesty, he is indeed the leader of a traitor.

He said again: "Your Majesty, don't be nervous. Your Majesty said that the biggest addiction in this life is drinking and sex. Therefore, the movement along the way is slow, and it is hard for Master Hou. Let him take care of it."

This point is recognized by Li Zicheng, and Zhu Yousong's self-analysis can be said to be to the point, just right.Everyone knows that the old Fu Wang and the little Fu Wang are both lustful, especially the little Fu Wang. After succeeding to the throne, even young girls will not be spared.

But at this time, Li Zicheng dared to say this, "Your Majesty has said it before. It is the duty of the minister to be loyal to the majesty. How can you work hard and take care of it. Please tell your majesty that as a pioneer, I will go through fire and water for your majesty. No hesitation."

"Well, very good. Our family will definitely bring what Master Hou said. It's getting late, and it's time for our family to go back and return. Let's say goodbye."

"Father-in-law, walk slowly."

Watching Li Guofu and others gradually shrinking until they disappeared from sight, Li Zicheng never thought of what Zhu Yousong's intention of asking the eunuch to bring him these two sentences, but it was definitely not superficially dissecting himself and seeking the understanding of his courtiers , How could this be done by the emperor?

Thinking of the secret letter again, Li Zicheng hurriedly returned the account, unfolded the secret letter under the lamp, and the handsome and free-spirited lowercase came into view...

(End of this chapter)