After dividing his troops with King Yingxiang, Li Zicheng immediately led his troops to Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi to develop according to the suggestion of King Yingxiang.

It should be said that it is a good choice. After arriving at the target area, Li Zicheng's department quickly gained a firm foothold.

Zhang Xianzhong's military advisor Xu Yixian said that after hearing the news that Wang Yingxiang was besieged, Li Zicheng wanted to rush over to rescue several times, but was blocked back by Hong Chengchou's department.

Li Zicheng was so anxious that he ordered someone to go to hear the news and report back in time.

On this day, while worried, the Chinese army hurriedly came in and handed him a letter. Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to take it, opened it and read it, it was actually written by Wang Yingxiang!

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, read it, and said loudly: "Congratulations, King Chuang is finally out of trouble!" ”

When the generals heard this, they were overjoyed, and Tian Jianxiu said: "Zhang Xianzhong's dog thing is finally willing to send troops to save him?" ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "It's not because of him, but because the Qing soldiers invaded Gyeonggi, Lu Xiang was promoted to King Jingqin, and the successor Wang Jiazhen left his son in an attempt to annihilate the righteous army in one fell swoop."

However, he also made some moves, and sent troops to Henan to raid the strategy, but it did not have much effect. ”

Gu Junen snorted coldly and said, "This dog thing, I'm afraid that sending troops to Henan is not just to save King Chuang, but more for his own selfish interests." ”

Liu Zongmin shouted: "Who said it's not a mile, there is news that he got more than 30,000 from Zuo Liangyu's brother alone." ”

Yuan Zongdi and others also chimed in.

Li Zicheng said: "He's just like that, don't talk about him." King Chuang's letter said that he was ready to lead his troops to attack Xi'an, and if it succeeded, he would gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi, and even if it failed, it would win development opportunities for our officers and soldiers. Oh, by the way, King Chuang also sent a letter to Zhang Xianzhong, so that he could take the opportunity to develop. ”

The generals said: "What is King Chuang?" This is called King Chuang. ”

Li Zicheng said: "Yes, we can't lose King Chuang, let's discuss the strategy." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the map and continued: "Zhang Xianzhong united with more than 200,000 people from Luo Rucai and other departments to advance eastward along the Yangtze River, scattered activities in Qizhou and Huoshan, I thought about it, we might as well march into Sichuan, turn to Ningzhou and Qiangzhou in Gansu, and enter Qipanguan. ”

The generals pondered and said, "That's the only way." ”

Li Zicheng said: "Okay, since everyone has no objections, when King Chuang has a result of attacking Xi'an, we will act accordingly." ”

When the generals heard this, they got up one after another, but saw that the Chinese army had led Hao Shaoqi, Liu Fangliang and other subordinate generals who had broken into the king and hurried in.

Seeing that they were dressed in linen and filial piety and had a sad face, Li Zicheng and the generals were all shocked, and before they could speak, Hao Shaoqi had already cried about the defeat of King Chuang's army and the capture of Meridian Valley.

Li Zicheng's eyes also filled with tears, and he hurriedly said: "Go and save it, why don't you save it?" ”

Hao Shaoqi choked up and couldn't say any more, Liu Fangliang had to answer: "I am equivalent to the cave where King Chuang was captured, and I found the letter that King Chuang hastily wrote before he was arrested, and ordered me to wait for help."

Even so, we still went to wait on the way to escort King Chuang into Beijing, but Sun Chuanting was escorted by heavy troops, and we knew that we were invincible, so we could only surrender to the general according to King Chuang's orders. ”

As he spoke, he handed over the letter written by King Chuang before he was arrested, and said: "King Chuang confessed that King Chuang represents not only himself, but a big banner, which cannot be fell, and will continue to carry it until the goal that General Chuang once told King Chuang is achieved." ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he took it respectfully, read it, and said loudly: "I will obey the order of King Gao Chuang, and swear to carry the banner of King Gao Chuang down to avenge King Gao Chuang!" ”

The generals were stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Obey the order of King Gaochuang, swear to carry the banner of King Gaochuang down, and avenge King Gaochuang!" Break the king! Break the king! Break the king! ”

The people outside heard the shouting inside, and they also shouted, and the end shook the heavens and the earth.

After shouting, Li Zicheng glanced at everyone coldly, and said: "In view of the failure to realize King Gaochuang's wish, King Benchuang has decided that our soldiers will be divided into two routes, one route will be Tian Jianxiu and Gu Junen are responsible, leading a few people into Beijing to listen to the news of King Gao Chuang, and if they can be saved, they will be rescued at any cost."

One route is led by me, and after the brothers of the original King Gao Chuang rest, they will develop according to the original plan, accumulate strength, and when the time is ripe, take the initiative to attack and avenge King Gao Chuang. ”

The generals said in unison: "Obey the orders of King Li Chuang." ”

Zhang Xianzhong according to the military division Xu Yixian's plan, after jumping into Henan, everything went as he wished, and on this day he killed the Ming general Pan Keda and others in the battle of Anqingjiadian, and was triumphant, and the military advisor Xu Yixian hurriedly came in, and said that King Chuang Yingxiang was captured and Li Zicheng succeeded him as the king of Chuang.

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, King Chuang's voice, smile, and all kinds of care came up in an instant, and he couldn't help but have blurred tears and was silent for a long time.

Xu Yixian paused and said, "Don't you patronize the sadness, or think about what to do, right?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "What else can I do? It's all escorted to the capital, and there is no way to do it. ”

Xu Yixian said anxiously: "I'm not talking about King Gao, I'm talking about Li Zicheng's succession to King Chuang." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "He was the righteous son-in-law of King Gao Chuang, and he had the order of King Gao Chuang. What am I going to deal with? ”

Xu Yixian said disapprenously: "After all these years of hard work by King Gao Chuang, King Chuang has become a banner, and he still has some appeal, you are also a general under King Gao Chuang, are you willing to give up?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong was puzzled: "What if you don't want to give up?" ”

Xu Yixian sneered: "Hmph, what is King Gaochuang's letter order?" It's clearly a forgery, has anyone seen it? If you don't want to give up, can't you fake it? ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "What do you mean, our old Zhang is also called King Chuang, King Zhang Chuang?" ”

Xu Yixian said: "If you understand people, in this case, we can at least unite a few rebels and be cannon fodder for us." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "It's not good, if it spreads out, won't it make people laugh off their big teeth?" ”

Xu Yixian said: "We can also say that there is an order from King Chuang, King Chuang has always advocated containing officers and soldiers, and other rebels should not think so much." ”

Zhang Xianzhong let out an "oh" and said, "Then follow what you say, but you have to make it subtle, don't make jokes, and make jokes in vain." ”

Xu Yixian hurriedly responded, and said: "In this case, let's also send someone to Beijing to rescue King Gao Chuang." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Where do you think the capital is?" Where can I be saved when I enter the capital? It's better not to engage in those foolish things. ”

Xu Yixian said: "What King Zhang Chuang said, doesn't Li Zicheng understand? He must have understood, but he just had to give an account to the other rebels. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was too lazy to say more.

When the news reached Li Zicheng, the generals said angrily: "Fuck, what kind of thing is this dog, it's so shameless." ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't care about him, he can do whatever he likes, just let him contain the officers and soldiers, which is in line with King Gao Chuang's idea." ”