After Li Xiao's whole army set up camp in Chenqiao Town, Li Xiao personally wrote a letter and sent someone to the Liukou camp to shoot the arrow book.

Soon, Li Xiao's arrow book was picked up by the Liukou soldiers and handed over to his subordinate commander Li Guo. Li Guo, also known as Li Jin, is the nephew of Li Zicheng, from Li Zicheng to the Ming Dynasty, to the end of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Guo has been promoted to a general, is one of Li Zicheng's most trusted generals.

Historically, Li Guo was loyal to Li Zicheng, has been following his left and right, after Li Zicheng retreated from Beijing, Li Guo was ordered to guard northern Shaanxi, and the Qing army Azig fought for three months, successfully containing the Qing army's southward advance.

After Li Zicheng was killed by the landlord's armed forces, Li Guo and another Dashun general, Gao Yigong, led his troops to fight in the south, and then united with He Tengjiao, Du Yinxi and others in the Southern Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, called the loyal battalion, and was given the name of Chixin.

Later, with the first general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo, transferred to the two provinces of Hunan and Guizhou for five years, because of the long-term garrison of barren mountains and dense forests, suffering from epidemics, at this time has been promoted to the Southern Ming Xingguo Duke Li Guo, and finally died of illness in Hunan in Shunzhi six years.

After Li Guo received this letter from the Tang Army's sentry horse, he was shocked when he looked at it roughly, and hurriedly forwarded the letter to Li Zicheng, who was in the big tent of the Chinese army.

At this time, Li Zicheng was in the Chinese army tent, and at the beginning of the year, because of the defeat in eastern Sichuan, he had to lead the people to the north, and came to take refuge in his own Luo Rucai, the two were bragging about each other, and suddenly saw Li Guo coming in in a panic, and they were not stunned.

"Come on, why are you so flustered?" Li Zicheng, who had already drunk his face and turned red, asked with a glare.

"King Chuang, look, this is the arrow book shot by the Tang Army." Li Guo handed the arrow book in his hand to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng didn't understand the literature and ink, he couldn't understand it, and saw Luo Rucai on the side looking at him with a curious look, so he heyed, pushed the wine bowl in front of him, and said loudly to Li Guo: "Guo'er, you know a little bit of words, understand some literature and ink, just pick out some key points, and read them to me, your brother Luo is not an outsider, let him listen to it." Li Guo faced the embarrassment, but when he saw Li Zicheng's incomprehensible expression, he had to cough lightly and read aloud: "King Li Chuang, a certain family is Li Xiao, the prince of the Tang Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty." Recently, I heard that you led the troops to invade Kaifeng, the capital of Henan Province, and a certain family was invited by Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, to raise troops to rescue him. I only think of you and me, there was a lot of cooperation in the past, and there was no big festival for him. Therefore, this prince thought of the old feelings, and hoped that King Chuang would look at Li's face, withdraw from Kaifeng, and go away to unblock the siege of Kaifeng. I really don't want you and me to fight each other, so that they turn their faces into enemies, which is really not beautiful. How to operate specifically, if your ministry is willing to send someone to negotiate with our army, my father is also welcome. Is it okay, looking forward to replying, Li Xiao wrote in his own ......book, "Hearing Li Guo read this, Li Zicheng's face immediately tensed.

Luo Rucai, who was on the side, frowned.

"Bang!" With a bang, Li Zicheng smashed the wine bowl in front of him and stood up.

"Grandma, Li Xiao, this guy really deceived me too much! My old Li is in Henan, he is in Shandong, it can be said that the well water does not violate the river water, this guy is good, and he has come all the way to find us trouble. Hmph, in the past, every time we captured the city, we sold most of the residents to him, in exchange for a few small dollars, and we could be regarded as having a friendship with him. But I didn't expect that this guy would turn his face with me now, and he said how friendly he was. Li Zicheng was like a trapped beast, pacing around in the tent.

"King Chuang, Li Xiao, since he has brought the troops here, I have to make a good plan. Do you want to negotiate with him? Luo Rucai, who was on the side, asked softly.

"Talk about a fart! This Kaifeng City is already fat in Lao Tzu's mouth, how can you still eat it! Lao Tzu is not afraid of him, why should he talk to him. He Li Xiao didn't think that he had brought troops to Henan before, and he happened to defeat Gao Yingxiang, so he could also defeat me here! The more Li Zicheng spoke, the more angry he became, he turned his head and said to Li Guo: "Guo'er, you go, return the archery book to Li Xiao, and tell him that other things can be discussed, if he wants me to abandon this fat Kaifeng City, and retreat from Kaifeng City, which has been surrounded by me for nearly two months, but it is absolutely impossible!"

Li Guo hesitated slightly, but still agreed, and then withdrew from the account. After Li Guo withdrew, Li Zicheng had no intention of drinking, and immediately ordered Luo Rucai: "Rucai, you and I don't want to eat anymore, go quickly to gather troops and horses, and prepare to fight against that Li Xiao." Luo Rucai responded loudly: "Yes, I must obey the order of King Chuang." After Li Guo wrote a reply, he also sent someone to quickly come to Li Xiao's Tang army camp and shoot the arrow book back.

Soon, Sergeant Tang picked up the letter and quickly handed it back to Li Xiao. After reading this reply, Li Xiao couldn't help but sneer on his face.

"Okay, Li Zicheng is this guy, he actually believes that he has a lot of soldiers, and he wants to fight against our army, okay, my father will fulfill you, let you have a good taste, this field battle, my Tang army will also defeat you!" Li Xiao immediately sent someone to give an order, and Qin Liangyu, the commander of the C Battalion, and Hou Sui, the commander of the reinforcements, came to the military tent to discuss matters.

Soon, both of them arrived, and Li Xiao showed Li Zicheng's letter to the two, and both of them didn't realize that their faces were solemn.

"Lord Li, I see that the big battle with the thief is inevitable.

Qin Liangyu said with a worried face.

"Hmph, this thief, thinking that he has more soldiers, can take this Kaifeng City just like taking Luoyang, but Tang Guogong must not compromise with them.

Hou Sui sighed lightly and said: "I think that a few months ago, the thieves took Luoyang, for the Ming clan, how tragic and vicious, so far Hou wants to come, it is still outrageous."

Next, Hou Sui told Li Xiao and Qin Liangyu in detail about the thieves' breakthrough of Luoyang City. It turned out that after Li Zicheng developed and grew in western Henan, he conquered Yongning, Yanshi, Lingbao, Baofeng and other cities in one fell swoop, and the 70,000 or 80,000 troops had the ability to attack large cities. On October 12, the 14th year of Chongzhen, more than eight months later than the real history, Li Zicheng led his troops to attack Luoyang. Because the city of Luoyang is huge and extremely strong, the thieves have been attacking for ten days, and it has not been down. Li Zicheng was so annoyed that he was so upset that he didn't want to. At this time, because the defenders of Luoyang City were seriously in arrears, the soldiers had no heart to fight, and after fighting for more than half a month, they were exhausted. Seeing that the thieves are extremely powerful, I am afraid that if they continue to defend it, this Luoyang still can't be saved, so there are Ming army guards, secretly plotting to betray the Ming thieves. On this day, the defenders of the city head made an agreement with the thieves in the city, tied up the guards, sacrificed the city gate, and surrendered to the thieves. So, they suddenly tied up Wang Yinchang, the deputy general who commanded the city to defend the city, and prepared to surrender the city. At this time, Wang Shaoyu, the chief soldier of Luoyang in the city, was shocked when he heard that the soldiers mutinied and surrendered to the thieves, and hurriedly brought his relatives to appease, at this time the mutinous soldiers shouted with tears: "General soldier Wang! In the past, let us, the soldiers defending the city, have no food and clothing, and no food and salary. It was only now that the rebels had arrived in the city, and it was too late to try to appease us. We have decided to vote for the rebels, dedicate this Luoyang City, and will no longer be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. For you were our commander, and we will not trouble you, but flee out of the city. Then, the defenders of Luoyang opened the city gate, surrendered the city, Wang Shaoyu saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered his own family to flee from the north gate, and the Luoyang city fell into the hands of thieves.

Originally, when Luoyang City was besieged, Kaifeng and other places had sent reinforcements, but because of the mutiny of the soldiers in Luoyang City, when the reinforcements were still halfway, Luoyang City had quickly fallen into the hands of the enemy, so that the reinforcements from all over the country had no time to rescue.

Not to mention, I went to Li Xiao in Shandong to ask for help. After the city of Luoyang, the thieves plundered the city, killed a lot, and reduced most of the army and the city's strength, leaving it as a new annex army to expand their own power.

In addition, most of the more than 100,000 ordinary people in the city were sold to the Tang army. These people arranged to settle on the island of New Guinea.

Subsequently, in Luoyang City, there was a very famous Fulu banquet incident in history. The protagonist of this incident is Zhu Changxun, the blessed king of Luoyang.

This person is the third son of Emperor Wanli and was born to his favorite concubine Zheng Guifei. At that time, he was deeply favored by Wanli and almost took the crown prince of Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo.

Late Ming Dynasty

The "three cases", tracing back to the source, are all related to this person and his mother Zheng Guifei. (Note: The author thinks that if this Zhu Changxun is really crowned the prince, compared to Zhu Changluo, who has eaten the red pill **** and has the biggest hobby of **, maybe this person has a greater possibility and can make the Ming Dynasty, which is about to twilight, last a little longer.)

Because, although this person is extremely incompetent, greedy, and lazy to take care of things, compared with Chongzhen, who is mediocre and incompetent but indiscriminately digs himself into the corner of the wall, this person can make the dilapidated house of Daming last longer and not collapse.

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Wanli named this beloved son as the blessed king, took Luoyang, and gave him a reward of 300,000 gold in silver for his wife and the construction of the palace.

According to history, the construction cost of the Fu Wangfu Mansion is more than ten times that of the general palace. In addition, Wanli was afraid that this heart, liver and flesh would be wronged, so he gave Wang Tian more than 40,000 acres to him to ensure the expenses of the Fu Wangfu, which can be described as double care.

In the end, after the prince became a vassal domain, he ate all day long, bloomed and drunk, and his weight increased like blowing up a balloon, weighing more than 300 catties, so that it was very difficult to even walk.

Another thing that is lamentable, is that his son Zhu Yousong, the future Emperor Hongguang, is also a fat man of several hundred catties.

So much so that at that time, there was a folk song in Luoyang: "King Fu's mansion is better than the palace, and the father and son are as fat as pigs." Compared with his greed and obesity, the biggest problem of this blessed king Zhu Changxun is the same as Wanli, greedy for money and stingy.

At that time, Li Zicheng led his troops to attack Luoyang, considering that the soldiers in the city were extremely short of food and salary, whether it was Wang Shaoyu, the chief soldier, or Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty military department who retired at home, they were all worried, and entered the palace of the king of Fu many times, persuading Zhu Changxun to open the treasury, help the army and the people, and inspire the soldiers to kill thieves and resist the enemy.

But King Fu hated these two people and didn't listen to them at all, and later closed the door, which also decided that after the Luoyang City was breached, Zhu Changxun would usher in an extremely tragic fate.

After the city of Luoyang was broken, King Fu was caught by Li Zicheng, this person bears one, saw Li Zicheng, immediately lay on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, knocked his head bruised, until the blood came, only begging Li Zicheng to spare his life.

And Li Zicheng, who originally hated these princes and clans very much, saw him begging for mercy so bloodlessly, and he became more and more disgusted, at this time, he had an idea and came up with a good solution to him.

Li Zicheng ordered his subordinates to tie him up, strip him naked, and shave him, and from the back garden of King Fu's mansion, he got a few sika deer to slaughter and cook them in a huge copper pot with King Fu, which is beautiful

"Fulu (deer) feast" for all soldiers to share. Among the thieves, there were people from all walks of life, and after listening to Li Zicheng's order, a few pig killers and cooks immediately stepped forward, shaved lightly, first shaved all the hair on his body, then plucked his nails, poured medicine into his stomach to drain the feces, and after cleaning it inside and out, like a hairy crab, put him into a cauldron and simmered slowly.

This big copper pot is a thousand-person pot carried from Ying'en Temple outside the city, under the pot, there are countless firewood chopped with the furniture of Fuwangfu, and in the pot, I have loved ginger, garlic, onions, cinnamon, pepper, and all kinds of soup materials, and it is fragrant for a while.

At this time, as the fire became bigger and bigger, the thieves and the people who were watching all saw that in the pot, in addition to the seven or eight sika deer that had been skinned and horned and washed into the water, there was also a huge fat man with a bald head and no eyebrows, and his whole body was bare, like a blind man swimming, fluttering blindly in the pot, sometimes rushing to the surface of the water, sometimes sinking to the bottom of the water, howling and screaming, the appearance was very miserable, and it made people palpitate to see.

Out of survival instinct, the big fat man, in the increasingly hot pot, sprang up, stretched out his hand to climb the edge of the pot, and tried to climb out of the pot, but immediately a thief stabbed him in the arm with a spear, so that he had to scream and fall back into the pot and pounce in the pot again.

In the end, after an hour, Zhu Changxun, the king of fortune, and the seven or eight sika deer, were cooked alive in the pot together, the skin was split and the meat was cracked, the meat was fragrant, and the smell was mouthwatering.

Hearing Hou Sui say this, Qin Liangyu had tears in his eyes and an unbearable expression, while Li Xiao had a serious face and didn't say a word.

For the experience of this blessed king, Li Xiao had read history in his previous life, and he had heard about it, so after listening to Hou Sui's story, he didn't feel too surprised, after all, the death of this blessed king Zhu Changxun, although it was regrettable, but there were also many reasons for his own death.

Moreover, Li Xiao also knew that Hou Sui's biggest intention in telling him this story may be to hope that he can use his troops more dedicatedly, in order to repel the rogues who will be surrounded by Kaifeng City as soon as possible.

Li Xiao met Hou Sui's expectant gaze, word by word, and said categorically: "Hou Shilang, don't worry, since the thieves regard the order of this duke as nothing, and they don't eat and drink when they toast, then Bengong will not be polite to them next." If this father doesn't beat them and abolish them, this Li character, from now on, a certain family will write it upside down! ”[.]