"Long live our emperor! Long live my emperor, long live ......"

At the foot of Shishou Mountain, on the bank of the Yangtze River, the soldiers of the Dashun Army, who were standing densely, let out a high cheer. Li Zicheng, the emperor of Dashun, who was standing at the highest place of Shishou Mountain, also showed a satisfied smile.

He has just announced his decision to hand out a reward! There were not a lot of possessions to be given away, that is, thousands of horses of silk and cloth, thousands of taels of silver, and tens of thousands of copper coins—in a place like Shishou County, it would be very good to be able to hold this little thing.

And Li Zicheng is also rare to be generous this time, he divided it all, and he didn't keep a copper plate for himself.

With such a division, can the Dashun army not be encouraged?

This emperor has had great ambitions since a few years ago, and since then, his old man's hands have not been big. If you have money, you have to save it, and keep it for big things in the future! I didn't expect that now the party is getting bigger again, it seems that I know my mistake and want to change!

Seeing that the morale of his subordinates is high, Li Zicheng himself is also happy, 30,000 elite soldiers, with such morale, are you afraid that you will not be able to fight the public security?

"Good!" Li Zicheng shouted, "Pass the general order, set fire, burn the ship!" ”

The edict official who was followed by him with a loud voice immediately tore his throat and passed on Li Zicheng's latest holy decree. At the foot of the mountain, there were many edicts on horseback, and when they heard the will from the mountain, they would get up and run back and forth among the troops gathered on the bank of the river at the foot of the mountain, shouting as they ran, so that everyone could hear Li Zicheng's will.

At the same time, there were also people who rushed to Shishou Wharf to inform the imperial camp soldiers there - they had already prepared the fire on the moored wooden boat, just waiting for Li Zicheng's order!

However, the nearly 30,000 soldiers of the old battalion gathered at the foot of the mountain and their entourage servants (about 20,000 people) did not know that their emperor was going to become the "overlord of Xishu" and was going to burn the ship to cut off the back road.

So when they heard Li Zicheng's will, and then saw the wooden boats on the river being ignited, they were all stunned.

What's wrong with the emperor? Why did a good ship burn?

In addition, how can the burned boats cross the Yangtze River?

Li Zicheng saw that everyone at the foot of the mountain was in a daze, and no one was cheering, but he frowned slightly, and then shouted: "Listen to it!" As soon as he got reliable information, Zhu Cihong, the prince of Zhu Thief, was in the county seat of Gong'an...... There weren't many guards around. As long as Zhu Cihong is won, the foreheads will be able to go down the river, and the world of flowers in the south of the Yangtze River will be the world of the foreheads! ”

That...... What does it have to do with burning ships?

The old battalion soldiers of the Dashun Army still don't understand!

So there was no cheering either.

Li Zicheng looked at the atmosphere and didn't give it any attention, so he said again: "Now I have asked someone to burn the boat, this is called a broken kettle and a shipwreck!" ”

Breaking the axe and sinking the boat? The old battalion soldiers said in their hearts: It was obviously burned, and there was no axe......

Li Zicheng said again: "It's the fucking one who broke the back road of the big guy...... You, and you, still have an eh, you can't go back to Jiangbei now, unless you beat the prince of Zhu Thief to death and take the fucking of Gong'an County down, you can have a way to live! ”

Yes!

Running out of life?

Or did you break it yourself...... Why are you so unreliable?

This time, the big guys are in a hurry, and it was not easy to become the master, so there is no going back......

Li Zicheng shouted loudly: "The foreheads are going to fight with the Zhu thief, as long as they win, Jiangnan will be the ones, and when the time comes, let go of the happiness!" ”

You're a liar...... Beijing didn't let go of the forehead, and returned to Jiangnan?

Of course, the old battalion soldiers who have followed Li Zicheng for a few years are not so easy to fool, but there are still many troops who follow Li Zicheng who have taken refuge in the old Zuojia army. They didn't know how picky Li Zicheng was, and when they heard that they could grab Jiangnan or something, they became excited.

"Dashun Wansheng! Long live the Emperor! Hooray......"

The 13,200 officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army, who had come from the old headquarters of the Zuojia Army, suddenly became jubilant.

The old battalion and the old troops standing at the foot of Shishou Mountain saw that the newcomers were so interested, so they had no choice but to shout together, and the servants and retinues brought by them also coaxed with their masters.

More than 50,000 people cheered together, which was really sonic and angry.

Li Zicheng was finally satisfied, and pointed to the northwest with his big hand: "The Zhu thief is in Gong'an County!" Kill the Zhu thief with your forehead and take Jiangnan! ”

"Kill the Zhu thief and take the Jiangnan ......"

......

"Fourth brother, I really want to die as a brother..... Come here, come here, let my brother take a good look! ”

"Big, big brother, little brother knows ...... wrong"

"What nonsense? What's wrong with you? You're right...... Not only is it right, but it is about to make meritorious service, great merit! ”

In the Yuhu Palace, the two "Zhu Thieves" are staging a touching scene of brotherly harmony at this time.

Li Zicheng is about to be killed, and no matter what these two "Zhu thieves" have, they can only be put aside. At the moment, it is necessary for brothers to work together in order to make profits.

These two "Zhu thieves", one is Zhu Cihong, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is his good brother, the "loyal king" of the Ming Dynasty, who is still the king of Chu, but Zhu Cizhao, who is about to become the king of Yunnan.

Zhu Cizhao hid in the county seat of the public security for a while, claiming that "chickenpox" was "out of chickenpox", in order to avoid giving Zhu Cihong too much, so he couldn't come to see each other - although Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cizhao's brothers had both planted pox (human pox) and were not so easy to contract smallpox, but human pox was not 100% effective.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong also "believed" and allowed Zhu Cizhao to recuperate well, and did not let Zuo Mengmei disturb him.

Now that the chickenpox has come out, there is no scar on the face, and he is still a white and tender little Zhengtai, who can't help but shed tears when he sees his brother, crying so badly!

"Chitose Lord, what do you mean when you say that the prince wants to make great contributions?" Zuo Mengmei, who was finally by Zhu Cizhao's side, was still very clever, and she had already heard what Zhu Cihong had to say.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Naturally, I led my troops to fight Li Zicheng to the death!" ”

What the?

Fight to the death with Li Zicheng?

These words frightened Zhu Cizhao, and he even forgot to cry, just looked at his brother in a daze - this is to borrow a knife to kill someone!

Zhu Cihong saw that he didn't speak, and knew that he wouldn't refuse, good brother, just be reliable!

"Fourth brother," Zhu Cixi squeezed his brother's little hand and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you can't fight, because Daniel Zhang under your command is a rare tiger general!" Guangxi General Rong Jin Shenghuan can also fight, and Qiu Zongbing is also a general. With the assistance of the three of them, you, the prince, only need to sit in charge of the battle and win. ”

Of course, Zhu Cihong would not be stupid enough to use his descendants to fight with Li Zicheng, and they couldn't come.

Therefore, the task of fighting with Li Zicheng's main force was handed over to Daniel Zhang, Jin Shenghuan, and Qiu Lei.

"Then, then, what about you, big brother?" Zhu Cizhao hated it in his heart, but he didn't dare to scold, so he had to stammer.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "The palace will also be responsible for supervising the battle...... Oversee the battle behind your back! ”

Of course, Zhu Cihong is not without troops around him, he still has an army of about 10,000 people at hand!

The more than 10,000 people were divided into two parts, one part was the cavalry (cavalry regiment and guard battalion) commanded by Sun Fugui and Yan Yingyuan, and there were about 3,000 people including auxiliaries.

The other part was composed of three infantry regiments formed by the Shaanxi soldiers who originally belonged to Ma Jiaolin, plus some officers transferred from Wu Guoyong's right division.

These three regiments are mainly Shaanxi people, and they can be regarded as coming to Jiangnan with their fists clenched, and they are from the border army of the Ming army, so they are quite reliable. Weaponry, equipment and training also belonged to the middle and upper level in the Ming army.

Zhu Cihong reorganized them according to the method of the infantry regiments of the divisions, but he did not equip them with firearms (and not so many firearms), that is, a combination of spears, swords, and bows and arrows.

Of course, the troops' salaries and treatment are the same as those of other divisions and soldiers. However, it will not be in Nanjing, but will be placed in Wuhan.

According to Zhu Cihong's plan, Wuhan in the future, like Nanjing, will become a city where the families of Beifu military generals live.

And there are always many official fields and military tuns in Huangzhou Mansion and Yuezhou Mansion around Wuhan, which will be used to award meritorious soldiers of the Beifu New Army in Wuhan......