Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Li Zicheng chattered and said that he didn't believe that he and Zhang Xianzhong could stop Zhao Wen after joining forces.

"Then what should we do now? Is it possible to surrender to Zhao Wen? I can't figure it out. They are all rebels. Why did he push us so hard!" Li Zicheng's number one general Liu Zongmin yelled loudly, A look of dissatisfaction.

"Surrender?" Li Zicheng shook his head, "Impossible, even if we surrender, Zhao Wen has to ask for it. Judging from the situation this time, Zhao Wen has no intention of making us surrender at all, otherwise he wouldn't have come up Just use cannons to bombard those people I let resist.

Fortunately, we ran fast before, and they want to take over the city, otherwise, it is not certain whether we can escape. "

A long time ago, Chongzhen transferred Huguang's soldiers and horses to the capital, and asked Hong Chengchou to take them to attack Xuanzhen.

After Huguang's soldiers and horses left, Li Zicheng took advantage of the emptiness of Xiangyang City and took Xiangyang down.

In addition to Xiangyang, the counties around Xiangyang also fell into the hands of Li Zicheng.

There is a shortage of soldiers and horses in Huguang, so there is no way to recover these cities for a while.

Although Li Zicheng is a rebel leader, he is a man with no ambitions. After he took Xiangyang and the surrounding cities of Xiangyang, he only knew how to enjoy himself and did not give any instructions for the next step.

Zhang Xianzhong also won a large area after Huguang's soldiers and horses were transferred away.

A bandit will always be a bandit, and will never be able to become a big climate. After taking these places, Zhang Xianzhong's behavior is similar to that of Li Zicheng.

As Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong became more and more noisy in Huguang, Chongzhen also put Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui in Huguang.

After the two men came to Huguang, they began to recruit soldiers and horses relying on the money and food obtained through intrigue and trickery.

It is said that they are recruiting soldiers, but in fact what they do is similar to that of thieves, plundering the local people, filling them into the army, and constantly expanding their own strength.

The only difference between them and the thieves is that they belong to different camps, but in the final analysis, they are all the same.

Few of the generals in the late Ming Dynasty had a conscience. They always thought of their own interests. As for the life and death of the people, it had nothing to do with them.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui also saw clearly that the current Ming Dynasty will not be a country. At this time, it is the last word to have soldiers in hand.

Therefore, they frantically expanded their forces and crazily harmed the local people.

All of a sudden, the land of Huguang turned to Yingtian, and the people mourned.

In this way, a large number of people joined the bandit camp.

All in all, today's Huguang has become a three-legged confrontation, one Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, one Li Zicheng, and one Zhang Xianzhong.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui did not choose to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong directly after they got the soldiers and horses.Just put on a show, and had a few fights with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

What Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui thought about was how to preserve the troops in their hands.

A few months ago, Chongzhen had ordered the Ministry of War to transfer them to the capital.

Originally, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't want to go. For them, if Zhao Wen attacked the capital, they would become cannon fodder.

But at that time Henan had already been captured. If Zhao Wen went south in a big way, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't think they would survive.

Just when they were in a dilemma, rumors suddenly started in Huguang that Zhao Wen was going to attack Huguang.

Although Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't know where the rumor came from, it was true. Because they were very afraid of Zhao Wen going south, they led their soldiers and horses to rush north.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui originally wanted to lead the soldiers and horses to continue south, but they gave up this idea later.

From Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's point of view, even if they continued to flee south, they would eventually be overtaken by Zhao Wen's troops, and death would still be inevitable.

Although the capital is also very dangerous, but behind the capital is outside the pass, if things change at that time, they will lead the soldiers and horses to escape outside the pass.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui stayed in Shanhaiguan for a long time, and they had a clear view of the terrain there.So, they are confident that they can run out.

From their point of view, even if Zhao Wen had already captured Liaodong, Liaodong was vast and sparsely populated, with more mountains and colder weather as it went north, and it was close to North Korea.

In the view of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son, the way out of the customs is better than the way down south.What's more, if you really can't escape, then you will find a way to arrest Chongzhen's family and dedicate it to Zhao Wen.With this credit, he can save his life.

Therefore, under this mentality, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui hurried northward.

Not long after Wu Xiang left, Song Hu led his troops into Huguang.

Xiangyang is located in the north of Huguang, close to Henan, and bears the brunt of Song Hu's troops.

Li Zicheng sang and sang every night in Xiangyang City, and he didn't learn the news until Song Hu led his troops fifty miles outside Xiangyang City.

After learning the news, Li Zicheng hurriedly sent [-] soldiers to stop it, while he led the remaining soldiers and horses to flee south.

The [-] soldiers he sent were scattered soldiers, and they fought Song Hu face to face, and they were defeated.

These thieves who went to stop Song Hu fled all the way south after being defeated, and it didn't take long to catch up with Li Zicheng who fled south.

After Li Zicheng heard the news of the failure, he stopped non-stop and stopped at a place more than 200 miles away from Xiangyang Mansion before he dared to take a rest.

After Song Hu defeated these rogues, he did not choose to pursue them. After all, these rogues were nothing more than chickens and dogs to Song Hu.

Song Hu now has a more important task, which is to take over all the cities in Xiangyang Prefecture, settle down the local people and sort out the local order.

As for the rogues, they couldn't run very far.

"Brother, you have an idea, what should we do now?" Liu Zongmin looked at Li Zicheng anxiously.

Li Zicheng's right hand was placed on the table, holding an empty wine glass in his hand, and kept turning the glass.

Li Zicheng used this method to cover up the panic in his heart.

"What else can we do? We can only go south. Let's go all the way south and keep going south." Li Zicheng said a solution that was not a solution.

"Brother, can this work? Zhao Wen's ambition is in the world. If he can attack Huguang today, he can attack the south tomorrow. Let's hide in the south now. What should we do if Zhao Wen fights there again? "Liu Zongmin asked back.

Liu Zongmin felt that Li Zicheng's method would not work at all.

"At the beginning, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others ran away. I heard that they went to the capital. At that time, I was lucky. I thought that after they left, no one in this Huguang land would disturb our peace.

But unexpectedly, who knows how many little ghosts left, and how many great gods came.Our life is so difficult now.Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others are not too miserable. After they go to the capital, if the capital cannot be defended, they can still go north, to the northernmost point.

Now Zhao Wen's top priority should be to attack the whole world. The north should not be very important to Zhao Wen. As long as Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui escape, maybe they can live a peaceful life for a few days, but we are different. "Liu Zongmin kept sighing and patting his thighs, his face was full of boredom.

Hearing Liu Zongmin's voice, Li Guo's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes, that's right. We can also go to the north, we can also go to the capital." Li Guo slapped his thigh and shouted loudly.

"To the north?" Liu Zongmin looked at Li Guo as if he was looking at a fool.

"I don't know if you are really stupid or fake. Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others can go to the north because they are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. But what about us? To the imperial court, we are just bandits and thieves. If we go To the north, they will definitely be encircled and suppressed by the imperial court. If they didn’t die in the hands of Zhao Wen, they would have died in the hands of the imperial court first.” Liu Zongmin looked at Li Guo with a sarcasm, and he felt that what Li Guo said The method is completely farting.

But Li Guo was not annoyed by Liu Zongmin's words, his voice became louder, "That's not what I mean, what I mean is that we might as well take advantage of this time to surrender to the court. It is impossible for us to surrender to Zhao Wen , As soon as they came up, they bombarded the troops we sent to resist. According to the retreating soldiers who fled back, it seems that Zhao Wen’s soldiers don’t need to surrender at all.”

"Aren't you stupid? Surrender to the imperial court? How could you come up with such a way? Back then, when we swindled our surrender, we made the imperial court so miserable, can the imperial court accept our surrender?" Liu Zongmin said disdainfully.

"I don't agree with that." Li Guo shook his head and said, "Do you think we are in a hurry or the court is in a hurry?"

Liu Zongmin looked puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

"I think it looks like we are anxious now, but the court should be the most anxious." Li Guo did not answer Liu Zongmin's question, but explained on his own.

"This world has nothing to do with us. If it is gone, it will be gone. But what about the court? This is the country of the court. Now that the court is about to disappear, do you think the emperor can not worry?

Although we have done a lot of harm to the imperial court before, compared with Zhao Wen, we can't keep up with flattery.After all, we are not as ruthless as Zhao Wen, and we will destroy the court as soon as we come up.

The imperial court and Zhao Wen have been fighting for so long, and the troops in their hands are almost gone. If we go to the capital at this time, do you think the emperor can let us go?Anyway, we have some soldiers in our hands! "

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Chapter 654 There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests

"We still have some soldiers and horses in our hands. There is no need for the imperial court to reject us. Although we have feigned surrender before and caused great harm to the imperial court, judging from the current situation, we and the imperial court are like grasshoppers on the same rope.

Zhao Wen will not be merciful because the court is the court, and similarly, he will not let us go because we have attacked the court.

Therefore, there is no need for the imperial court to reject us. Li Guo's voice kept echoing in the big tent, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin squinted their eyes, thinking about Li Guo's words in their hearts.

As the saying goes, the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

These words could not be more suitable for Li Zicheng and the current imperial court.

"What you said is very reasonable!" After a long time, Li Zicheng nodded and agreed with Li Guo's statement.

Liu Zongmin frowned, and looked at Li Zicheng, "Brother, don't forget what we did before. The damage to Shaanxi and Shanxi is serious, plus the previous false surrender, we will offend the court very much, let's go like this Can the court agree to take refuge in the imperial court?"

"The imperial court will definitely agree. What Guo Er said is right. We are like grasshoppers on the same rope with the imperial court. It's nothing more than a difference in the order of our deaths.

Besides, although we cheated and surrendered, and caused disasters in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Huguang now, we are nothing compared to Zhao Wen.What's more, we still have a lot of soldiers and horses in our hands, and the imperial court has no reason to reject us. "Li Zicheng said with certainty.

At this time, Li Zicheng was in a hurry and went to the doctor. As long as he could survive, he could do anything.

The same is true of Li Zicheng in history. Although he broke through the capital and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, he himself is a person with no bottom line, and he can do anything to survive.

What's more, the current Li Zicheng is still facing the behemoth Zhao Wen, and the current Li Zicheng is terrified when he thinks of Zhao Wen's continuous artillery fire.

"Since you all agree, then I have nothing to say." Liu Zongmin didn't refute anymore.

"In this case, let's start to deal with this matter. Now, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses have taken Xiangyang Mansion, and it is estimated that they will march again in a short time.

In my estimation, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses will definitely take all the north of Huguang first, and then go south in a big way.If that time comes, we won't be able to go out.Therefore, our speed should be faster, first go east, enter the territory of Nanzhili, then go north to Shandong, and finally to the capital.

To the north of Huguang is Henan. I heard that Henan has been taken by Zhao Wen now.If we go directly to Henan, it is estimated that we will be targeted by Zhao Wen's soldiers as soon as we arrive in Henan.So, we can only go this way.I guess, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others should have followed this path. "Li Zicheng looked around and said solemnly.

What Li Zicheng didn't know was that Zhao Wen also sent troops to attack Shandong.

In fact, if Li Zicheng was fast enough, he might be able to reach the capital before Zhao Daniu took Shandong.But if Li Zicheng's speed was slow, he might be stopped and defeated by Zhao Daniu's soldiers as soon as he arrived in Shandong.

"Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses are powerful. Every day we delay, we will risk one more day. Therefore, we should set off in time. Pass my order, and all the old, weak, women, children and unnecessary things in the general will be thrown away, and we will travel lightly. , head east." Li Zicheng slapped the table in front of him and said loudly.

Liu Zongmin and Li Guo stood up, and cupped their hands at Li Zicheng, "Obey!"

After the two walked out of Li Zicheng's big tent, they asked someone to convey Li Zicheng's order.

For a while, the barracks were in disarray.

Most of the soldiers and horses in Li Zicheng's hands were civilians who came here under coercion. These civilians dragged their families and brought a lot of things, which was very inconvenient to deal with.

By the time the sun went down, things were still not finished.

At noon the next day, Li Zicheng led [-] young men to the east.

The old, the weak, women and children, and useless broken copper and iron were left behind.

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A few days later, Zhang Xianzhong, who was in De'an Mansion to the east of Xiangyang Mansion, also learned the news that Zhao Wen's troops were attacking Huguang.

Like Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong fled south with his troops.

De'an Fufu City is located in the southeast of Xiangyang Fufu City. If Li Zicheng was faster, he might still meet Zhang Xianzhong's men on the way to the east.

Zhang Xianzhong was riding on a war horse, looking at the surrounding scenery, his face was so gloomy that water could drip.

As the saying goes, Huguang is familiar with the world.Huguang was a large grain-producing province in the Ming Dynasty, and it belonged to the hometown of fishing and rice. It was a very rich place.

After Zhang Xianzhong came here, his life was very nourishing.

If you get bored staying in De'an Prefecture, you can send troops to attack south.

However, Zhang Xianzhong still spends more time in De'an Mansion.

The soldiers and horses in Zhang Xianzhong's hands were stationed in the counties around the capital of De'an Prefecture, and Zhang Xianzhong also had someone build a very large palace in the capital of De'an Prefecture. Although the appearance was somewhat nondescript, Zhang Xianzhong liked it very much.

In the city of De'an Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong already regarded himself as the emperor in De'an Mansion, living in the palace he built every day, living the addiction of a local emperor.

Unfortunately, such good days did not last long.

After the army Li Zicheng sent to stop Song Hu was defeated by Song Hu, some people fled in a panic, so they entered the De'an mansion.

These people also brought the news of Song Hu's attack on Huguang.

After Zhang Xianzhong heard the news, he didn't bother to verify the authenticity at all, so he gathered all his soldiers and horses, and then fled all the way south.

Zhang Xianzhong was already frightened by Zhao Wen, and now he has become a frightened bird. Whenever he heard the name Zhao Wen, his body would tremble non-stop.

In fact, there were quite a few thieves who came to Huguang with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong at the beginning. In the past few years, they were all swallowed up by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

"Zhao Wen, who is resistant to the ball, I have no grievances or enmity with you. Why do you keep staring at me? It's really a ball-resistant job!" Zhang Xianzhong looked at Xiangyang Mansion and kept cursing.

"They all rebelled, so why are you killing Lao Tzu?"

Zhang Xianzhong was furious and kept cursing Zhao Wen.

That's right, Zhang Xianzhong was chased like a dog by Zhao Wen when he was in Shanxi and Henan, and now he's had a good time, and he's chased like a dog by Zhao Wen again.

No matter who this kind of thing is on, it is impossible to calm down.

"Father, I heard that Zhao Wen has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor."

At this moment, a young man who was following Zhang Xianzhong came over, walked to Zhang Xianzhong's side, and said to Zhang Xianzhong.