Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 563

Li Zicheng led these 5000 troops, carried a white flag, and wore armor backwards. He left Taiping Prefecture and walked more than 300 miles to the border of Kuizhou.

Taiping is now Wanyuan County, Hubei Province, more than 600 miles away from Kuizhou.Kuizhou is a famous historical and cultural city. It has always been the economic, political, cultural and military center in the northeast of Bayu. In the late Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong's troops entered Sichuan for the second time and fought the Ming army here.

This is also the only place where Qin Liangyu, the only recorded heroine in Chinese history, was defeated.

Qin Liangyu's defeat that time was not her fault, it was entirely caused by the governor of Sichuan who didn't know the soldiers and didn't listen to persuasion.

In that battle, not only Qin Liangyu was defeated, Zhang Ling, the famous crossbow general in Sichuan, was also killed, and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers were beheaded by Zhang Xianzhong.

That battle was the shame of the Ming army, but the pride of the peasant army.

At that time, although Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng had a falling out, Zhang Xianzhong was still critical of Zhang Xianzhong's battle, and felt very relieved, and often used this battle to motivate his followers.

Several years have passed, and as soon as he stepped into Kuizhou, Li Zicheng couldn't help thinking of the past.

At this moment, a cannon rang and ambushes broke out everywhere.Countless Daxi troops seemed to have come out of the ground, trapping Li Zicheng's thousands of troops.

One by one, people like Li Zicheng are about to make dumplings.

Li Zicheng was startled for a moment, and then hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, don't get me wrong, Li Zicheng, we just surrendered. Didn't you see that we are carrying the white flag and wearing armor?"

"Stop talking nonsense, quickly throw away your weapons and arrest, otherwise no matter who you are, who dares to trespass in Kuizhou, you will be killed."

Many generals of the Great Western Army knew Li Zicheng, and it turned out that he was Li Zicheng, the once all-powerful Emperor of Dashun, but at this time, he turned his face like a tiger, as if his relatives did not recognize him, and shouted.

Now Li Cheng had no choice but to pretend to be a grandson, and said reassuringly: "Okay, okay, we are here to surrender, it is very simple to throw away our weapons and capture, but I want to see your lord Ai Nengqi, where is lord Ai?"

One of the generals sneered twice, seeing my prince?This time you just wait for bad luck, not only the prince is here, but also His Majesty, it is said that His Majesty is already furious.

The general shouted: "Li Zicheng, our lord is naturally in the city. It's just that you surrendered this today and opposed that tomorrow. Who knows if it's true or not. This time our lord not only wants to see you, but our majesty also wants to see you." !"

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was happy. Zhang Xianzhong also arrived in Kuizhou?Then it would be easier to handle, the purpose of the rebellion this time is to meet Zhang Xianzhong, save the little girl, find an opportunity to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, and see him in person, everything is empty talk.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng ordered all his generals to lay down their weapons, including himself, also threw away their swords, got off their horses and put their hands on their backs, as if they would be captured without a fight.

General Daxi rushed over like wolves and tigers, and quickly tied up Li Zicheng and other 5000 people.

The leading general stared wide-eyed, and shouted at his opponent: "Take them away, and take them all back to the city. Anyone who dares to be dishonest on the way will be killed on the spot!"

All the generals under his command agreed and escorted Li Zicheng and others into Kuizhou City.

The general met Zhang Xianzhong and handed over the order. Zhang Xianzhong heard that he had captured Li Zicheng's 5000 people. He rolled his eyes, stroked his beard and thought for a while, and explained a few words to Liu Jinzhong, the commander of the management. Liu Jinzhong was obedient and then withdrew.

At this time, counselors Xu Yixian, Pan Duao, Dingbei King Ai Nengqi, and others offered advice to Zhang Xianzhong, asking him to kill Li Zicheng so as to avoid future troubles.

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head, the anger on his face had subsided long ago, "My dear friends, it's still the same sentence, I don't believe that Li Zicheng will really surrender to Zhu Yousong, isn't this the opposite of Zhu Yousong's surrender? If I kill him, my beloved concubine will not insist on it, and will be ridiculed by the heroes of the world. What's more, I have lost an arm. The Ming Dynasty is powerful in front of me. I want to unify the world and destroy the Ming Dynasty. How can I do it without Zicheng? OK?"

What Zhang Xianzhong said was the truth. A general like Li Zicheng is too rare to come by. If he can wholeheartedly support himself and deal with Daming, why not worry about the world?
When Ai Nengqi saw it, he couldn't help shaking his head in his heart, his father's heart was too active, yesterday he was determined to kill Li Zicheng, why has it changed now?Is it the pillow wind blown by that enchantress Li Na? But Li Na is still in the capital, who did he listen to the slander at this time?Hearing that Li Zicheng had to be rewarded for cutting Feng Shuangli with a knife, taking three places in one day, and scaring Ma Weixing away, His Majesty Longyan was furious, wishing to tear Li Zicheng into thousands of pieces. Now that Li Zicheng is in front of him, why are you not in a hurry at all?

But he didn't dare to talk too much, knowing that his godfather's character was moody, and he could kill with a stare, so he gave Xu Yixian a wink.

Xu Yixian was Zhang Xianzhong's military adviser for many years, and he was resourceful. Zhang Xianzhong was able to ascend the Daxi throne, and Xu Yixian contributed a lot.

However, he only got a post in the military department, and the left and right prime ministers, six ministers and ministers and other high-ranking officials did not have him.

Probably because he dared to speak up for justice, he often went against the dragon scales.

But Xu Yixian didn't think his official position was small at all, and he was very satisfied with the position given by the military department.It is said that the power given by the Bingke is not small, it is equivalent to a supervisory censor with a low rank but great power.

Therefore Xu Yixian is still loyal to Zhang Xianzhong.

Ai Nengqi liked Xu Yixian very much, and the two had a close relationship in private, so Xu Yixian would agree with Ai Nengqi's wink.

After everyone left, Xu Yixian bravely came to see Zhang Xianzhong alone, seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was still hesitant, unable to make up his mind to kill Li Zicheng.

Advised: "Your Majesty, you must not let Li Zicheng go this time. When he came to Gucheng to meet with His Majesty and persuaded His Majesty to raise the flag of righteousness, His Majesty lost an opportunity. Now, His Majesty has a rare opportunity to favor His Majesty again. Your Majesty can get it." Grasp it. It was easy for Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang back then, but because of his soft-heartedness, he missed the opportunity and lost the world. Today's Li Zicheng came to surrender, maybe he didn't have good intentions. This may be Li Zicheng and Zhu Yousong. Killing him now with a tiger face is justified, and all future troubles will be avoided, and there must be no more benevolence of women."

Xu Yixian's words reminded Zhang Xianzhong of Li Zicheng's meeting with him in Gucheng a few years ago.At that time, Xu Yixian tried his best to kill Li Zicheng, saying that Li Zicheng would be the one who would compete with him in the future.Sure enough, Li Zicheng overthrew Chongzhen, Li Zicheng established Dashun, and Zhang Xianzhong established Daxi.There is bound to be a war between the two countries, as the so-called two heroes do not stand side by side, at that time he really regretted not listening to Xu Yixian's words.

Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng's Dashun was like a flash in the pan, and the country would perish so soon.Xu Yixian brought up the old incident again and asked him to kill Li Zicheng.

Zhang Xianzhong was really tempted, but after thinking for a long time, he said: "Xu Aiqing, Li Zicheng was not killed when we met in Gucheng. If it was my mistake, I can't kill Li Zicheng now. As the saying goes, one moment, another moment Er. Now that Li Zicheng has come to defect to me, I want to kill him. It seems that I am too unjust, not to mention that our two families are relatives, so why not leave him for my use and jointly deal with the Ming Dynasty? Not to mention that he has no two Xin, even if he has a double heart under my eyes, all of them are my army, what kind of storms can he cause? Aiqing is too worried, there is no need to say more about this matter, I can try it out with this trick He is Li Zicheng's true and false."

(End of this chapter)