Soon, the year came to say goodbye and welcome the new.

However, for the leaders of several forces, they have no leisure to enjoy the reunion Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhu Youjian took only Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen, two confidants, to the Fengxian Hall to offer incense to the ancestors and worship the ancestors, and cried to the ancestors about the misfortune and pain of their grandchildren.

Li Zicheng's peasant army undoubtedly conquered the city of Xi'an at the end of the month, capturing the family of the King of Qin and officials at all levels in Shaanxi. In the notice of Anmin, it was clearly stated that in the coming year, Sun Chuanting's money and grain system implemented in various parts of Sanqin will be continued, and the people will continue to be encouraged to plant cotton and rewarded for land reclamation. Call on those people to reclaim the land they have surrendered to the benefactor.

At the same time, the men and horses of the camp went out in separate ways, taking Yulin to the north, and Fufeng, Meixian and other places to the south, preparing to cross the Qinling Mountains to seize Hanzhong. To the west, He Jin took his men and horses as the vanguard, preparing to go out of Jiayuguan to the Hexi region to conquer the local Mongols, and then he was accompanied by a large army. To the east, Hao Shaoqi, the fierce general of the camp, led his men and horses in Yan'an Mansion, Shaanxi, the nest of thieves, across the Yellow River to peek at Ji County, Linfen Prefecture, east of the river, and could cross the river at any time to invade.

What is even more frightening is that according to the secret report of the loyal and righteous people in Shaanxi, after Li Zicheng captured the city of Xi'an, even if someone persuaded him to ascend the throne and become the emperor, establish a country, and go to deal with Chongzhen in the name of righteousness. Moreover, Li Zicheng, a guy born in a post, does not have the modest and prudent virtue of the founding emperors of previous dynasties, where does he know what kind of reasoning and persuasion procedures? Even if you agree!

Since ancient times, there are no two heavens and no two people. But now, there is a Qing emperor in Liaodong, and a thief emperor is about to appear in Shaanxi, how should Zhu Youzhen face his ancestors?

In this way, on the occasion of the arrival of the new year. Li Zicheng's peasant army has reached the three sides, and the main force has also gathered in Henan and Shaanxi; And the Qing army looked at the side wall outside the pass, and could enter the city at any time! The two sides are only hundreds of miles away from Beijing, the political center of the Ming Dynasty, and even the two sides themselves are not far away, and the north of Yulin is the location of the Mongolian tribes that accepted the canonization of the Qing Dynasty! At this critical juncture. Whose hand did the deer die?

On the first day of the first lunar month, Gengyin, the day of Vientiane's renewal, was ushered in in the rumbling of beacons and cannons everywhere. On this day, the wind in Beijing rose suddenly, and the clouds were thick, according to the diviners, the main violent army was broken; Also on this day, an earthquake occurred in Fengyang Mansion, which was the birthplace of the Ming Dynasty and the location of the ancestral tomb, which was not a good sign for Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Faced with such a scene, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't eat even if they were full of delicacies. Chongzhen is in the harem. is also forced to smile at several concubines and princesses and princesses. Looking at the crown prince and several princes, such an idea suddenly popped up in his mind: "If I used to worship the ancestral tomb of Fengyang, in the name of sacrificing my ancestors, and let the prince and several princes go to Nanjing first, I would not be criticized!" Nanjing has the yamen left behind, the river as a moat, and the strong support of Li Fan, so it can be safe! ”

Came to mind. Chongzhen thought that he had a way to let his sons escape from the dangerous city, so he was naturally in a good mood. His expression also became a lot more relaxed, and his tone was much happier when he spoke to Zhou Hou, Concubine Tian, Concubine Yuan and others. I was also quite interested in eating wine and food, and from time to time I asked a few concubines what this dish was and what that dish was.

After eating a few dishes well, Emperor Chongzhen even ordered Wang Dehua to prepare for a good life. After decorating, it was sent to the imperial sister-in-law, Queen Yi'an, and added vegetables to the imperial sister-in-law for the New Year.

"Otomo, how is the situation in Jiangnan?" After eating a few glasses of wine, Chongzhen saw that Wang Dehua, who was waiting for the family to have a New Year's dinner, was still standing respectfully and politely, and his heart warmed at the moment. Ask questions.

Wang Dehua is the eunuch who holds the seal as the celebrant supervisor, but he is the person who is in charge of the clerical information for Chongzhen, and the military affairs in the world must pass through his hands before they can reach Chongzhen!

"Emperor, but there is some good news!"

During the Chinese New Year, Wang Dehua naturally would not tell him the news that Li Zicheng's army had conquered Fufengmei County and was crossing the Qinling Mountains to prepare to capture Hanzhong and Sichuan. His head spun quickly, and he said to Chongzhen with a happy face.

"The shogunate of the grandfather of the country and the garrison yamen of Nanjing have come to the court, and there are already 20,000 troops in Nanyue, who have gone out of southern Jiangxi and approached the areas of Raozhou, Xinzhou, and Fuzhou, threatening to flank the thieves. Another brigade of soldiers was transferred west from Shanghai and had been stationed in Yuhuatai to guard the mausoleum of the great grandfather. The thief knows that he can't get any bargain in the south of the Yangtze River, and it seems that he has a tendency to turn around and go west, go west along the river, and disturb Yueyang, Changsha and other places! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but snort in his nostrils, and he didn't know whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied. But in my heart, I have mixed feelings. "I handed over Gannan and other places to him, and he moved so fast, but before that, he refused to send troops north!" However, Li Shouhan is also a person of credibility, and he has the right to control Gannan, Biyuan and other places, that is, he is honest and honest when he talks and counts, and he is not bullied, even if he mobilizes people and horses to go north at night, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui and others flee from the wind.

This point, compared to those generals who ask for military salaries and official positions on weekdays, but they can't be sent at all at a critical juncture, I don't know how much stronger, but Li Shouhan knows that he took the money to work!

Zhang Xianzhong's western camp, after breaking through the Yangtze River, the momentum of the troops approached the Susong Taihang Jiahu area to the east, which frightened the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court three times a day to urge Li Shouhan's troops and horses to take on the burden of defending the last tax-paying area of the imperial court. At the same time, for Li Shouhan's proposal, "The thief Xiying seems to have the tendency of fleeing south to southern Jiangxi, bordering Fujian, Guangdong and other places under the jurisdiction of the ministers. It is the duty of the subordinates to guard the land, but they dare not be proficient. How can such a statement be concealed from the eyes of those old bureaucrats in the DPRK and China? This is clearly taking advantage of the fire to rob, taking advantage of the momentum of Zhang Xianzhong's southward movement, to fight the idea of Gannan!

However, since the era when Wang Yangming was the governor, the southern Gan region has been a place where the mountains are high and the forests are densely packed with bandits, and in addition, it is the only way for the Central Plains immigrants to go south. For such a land, since you plan to ask for it, then we will hand it over to you very happily, and you can mess around! As long as you hurry up and send troops north!

Thereupon. Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, made a strategic feint to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which was of great strategic significance to both him and the Nanyue army. Xiying is attacking the city in this area, one by one prosperous and rich towns have been breached, and the majestic gentry in previous years have been dragged out by the slaves of their respective families to laugh and scold in front of the horses of the Xiying soldiers, and the real Sven swept the floor! Completely discredited!

Dozens of cities and towns were conquered in a row, and the army was captured and expanded along the way to Xiying. Suddenly, Zhang Xianzhong felt that his waist was much thicker, and he was more urgent to need a large number of weapons and armor to replenish the recruits in the battalion.

As a result, the merchants of Longsheng, who had been waiting for a long time in the border areas of southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong, drove their mules and horses to the north to deliver the goods to Xiying.

"Our owner said that the brothers of the Guibao have worked hard from afar, and there is no other hospitality, so they will present these truckloads of medicine for the treatment of knife wounds and firearm injuries, and 10,000 life-saving packages as gifts."

I saw the truckload of mourning guns, desperate knives, a set of neatly stacked Jiaoskin armor, coconut shell armor, and Nanban breastplate. Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo, who couldn't help but serve as the striker, were so happy that they couldn't open their eyes. With these armors, on the way to Biyuan and into Sichuan, the battle will be much easier! With the experience of the two of them, they are sure that they will train the recruits recruited in Nanzhili and Gannan along the way into elites. The officers and soldiers in Biyuan, Sichuan and other places, except for one Qin Liangyu, the rest of the people are simply not enough to cut down! What's more, Zhang Dingguo has long been looking at those behemoths being dragged by seven or eight mules, these six-pounder cannons, eight-pounder cannons, and big Buddha Lang are all sharp weapons for siege and field warfare!

"Good! Li Dadong's family is righteous enough! Being a man and doing things are very heroic! Our brothers admire it tightly! Didn't say it. Our brother came to deliver the goods on the order of my father, and we also brought enough money! Zhang Kewang waved his hand. The soldiers behind him took out a thick list from the cowhide bag. Listed above are the names and quantities of the various types of valuables that are intended to be used to pay for these goods.

"Our owner has something to say, Guibao still has a big business to do, and these items should also be left in the hands of some for good, and the disdainful number will be paid for at a 20% discount!" The businessman at the head spoke earnestly, but he couldn't help but be unbelievable.

"Then thank you Li Dadong!" Zhang Kewang also got such an unexpected joy and was a little surprised. "Big brother, don't be busy. Your family is so affectionate and friendly. Naturally, the whole department is very grateful. If your owner has any instructions and is not easy to do, you might as well say it, and the whole camp is willing to do it for you! ”

"Then, I will pay tribute to the soldiers of the West Battalion on behalf of my family." The businessmen who led the team smiled and thanked Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo one by one. "When your soldiers march westward. You might as well go to Guixi, let those gods also see the swords and spears in this world, and see which of their runic water skills is better than the spear blades! ”

"Raozhou Mansion?!" Zhang Kewang couldn't help but sneer, originally according to the marching route discussed by their father and son, Bai Wenxuan, **** Li and other generals in the Xiying, after obtaining these military supplies, they had to go to Nanchang through Raozhou and Xinzhou, and then enter the ground.

This area is a rich and rich place in Jiangxi Province, although there are many mountains in the area of Raozhou Mansion, but the more such a place, there are more kinds of villages, and the wealth gathered in it is not necessarily less than opening a county seat. Moreover, such a mountainous area, for many years of struggle with heaven and earth, non-stop arms fighting between the local guests, and the folk customs are naturally fierce, it is also a good place for Xiying to expand the army!

Now that General Li sees that the group of gods in the line of Zhang Tianshi in Longhu Mountain is not pleasing to the eye, and plans to find them to have some bad luck, then why don't we Xiying give this favor? Anyway, as long as Zhang Tianshi was frightened by the ascension of one Buddha to heaven and two Buddhas were born, he kept asking for a lot, and he was disturbed several times a day, and finally escaped from the old nest of Longhu Mountain to Nanchang Mansion or other places, that is, our Xiying gave an explanation to Li Dashuai of the Nanyue Army.

Anyway, you have to go through this experience, how can you not end up with a favor? Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo are both momentary heroes, will this abacus be played? At the moment, he patted his chest impassionedly, since the group of miscellaneous veterans of Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain made Li Dadong's family look unpleasant, then let's teach them a lesson for Li Dadong's family! lest Master Li think that Zhang Tianshi, who is also a second-grade canon of the imperial court system, is not easy to clean up!

Each delivered the goods and the price. Zhang Kewang and the elite soldiers under Zhang Dingguo, who were originally advancing on light horses, immediately changed from light cavalry with felt hats and cotton armor to heavy armor soldiers wearing double armor. However, fortunately, they have always been used to one person and two horses, and they will not consume too much horsepower.

At this time, in the western camp, the soldiers and horses were scattered within a radius of nearly hundreds of miles. And the more than 2,000 brothers Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo traveled hundreds of miles to southern Jiangnan. At the moment, he did not dare to slack off, urging people and horses to carry various military materials that stretched for more than ten miles, and went north to join Zhang Xianzhong's headquarters.

Soon, Zhang Xianzhong originally had a posture of planning to visit Jiangnan, but suddenly changed the direction of the wind. The blade that was originally heading east. But it suddenly swung westward. Along the way, various states and counties, such as Qimen, Xingzi, Fuliang, Leping, Dexing, Wannian and other places, are not even counted as a drum, and almost all individual cities are collapsed when they hear the wind. The rangers of Xiying gradually appeared in Leadshan, Yiyang and other places, and they were getting closer and closer to Guixi.

In line with the consistent glorious tradition of the dead Taoist friend not the poor Taoist Dao, the gentry of Jiangnan couldn't help but celebrate after learning that the murderous demon king Zhang Xianzhong was shaken by the heroic righteousness of Jiangnan Shilin and did not dare to look at Jiangnan squarely and turned west. Wantonly launched touting and touting each other's activities, completely forgetting that at this time, the Gannan Tongmen was enjoying Xiying's meticulous service for them.

With the help of the standard artillery of the Nanyue Army and those lightweight, simple and easy-to-carry big Buddha Lang machines, the county towns in southern Jiangxi, the administrative offices of various prefectures, and the surrounding villages built by the gentry who organized the village to protect themselves and the people of the same clan were all so vulnerable in the face of the shells. The soldiers of the Xiying camp were happily attacking the city and breaking the village, training and expanding the army. The heavy force of soldiers slowly pressed towards the southwest.

Seeing the rumbling cannon sound and the clanging iron hooves, they were getting closer and closer to the Dragon and Tiger Mountain, where they cultivated immortals and practiced qi. He was enshrined by Emperor Chongzhen as the Emperor of Liuhe Infinite Gaoming, and the generation of Zhang Tianshi who subdued demons and protected the Dao Tianzun. Ignoring the beautiful and vivid Ding furnace medicine utensils in his room, he ordered someone to go to Guixi County to inquire about the military situation every day.

However, the result was worse than the other! Several times I asked the ancestors and gods for divination, but they were all bad and unlucky. The hexagram of helping the beggars to invite the immortals has also received the guidance of the ancestors. Take a break for a while!

In that case, then let's abide by the instructions of our ancestors! Zhang Tianshi hurriedly packed up the talisman treasure seal flags and other things, and hurriedly went straight to Raozhou Mansion from Longhu Mountain in Guixi County, and after staying in Raozhou Mansion for a few days, he felt that this place may not be safe. I simply went to Jiujiang! It is adjacent to the river, once there is a police situation, you can buy a boat to go east and go straight to Nanjing!

Jiujiang is also regarded as the rich and prosperous place of Wuhua Tianbao and outstanding people.

"The mountains outside the clouds are towering and green, and the water on the riverside is turning silver. Faint sardine, flying a few rows of gulls and herons. Take a long time to stay in the pool, and hold back a few fishing boats. The red knotweed beachhead, the white-haired male hangs under the hook to fish. At the mouth of the yellow reed bank, the green-haired boy herds the calf and rides the bull. Turning over the snow waves and lapping the sky, blowing the cool breeze on the water. The Zixiao Peak is connected to the firmament, and the Pipa Pavilion is near the river bank. The surrounding area is wide and exquisite. The railing is dipped in glass, and the light outside the window is floating jade. In the past, Lotte was very expensive, and Sima had many tears back then. ”

"At the white apple ferry, I heard the fisherman's chirping. The red knotweed beachhead, every time you see the fisherman, hit the pole. The green locust on the side of the building cries wild birds, and the green willows in front of the door are flowers. ”

This is the Jiujiang in the eyes of Song Jiang and Song Zhusi in the Water Margin, as a person on the rivers and lakes, he is a character who worships when he hears his name, which is naturally different from the Xunyang River in Bai Juyi's eyes.

However, in Jiujiang City, Zhang Tianshi did not go to Xunyang Jiangtou Restaurant to write poems like Song Jiang and Song Zhusi, and he did not have Bai Letian's talent and leisure to write any pipa. He connected many gentlemen from southern Gan who fled to Jiujiang and officials who returned to their hometowns, and jointly inscribed them to the imperial court.

"We must impeach him! Impeach him for raising thieves for self-respect! ”

This group of people who fled all the way from southern Gan to Jiujiang and abandoned their homes and businesses were on fire when they mentioned it. Compared with the officers and soldiers of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates stationed in Jiujiang City, they looked at Zuo Liangyu's soldiers much more pleasing to the eye than the guy they wanted to impeach!

"He was ordered by the imperial court that the fleet of sailors was stationed in Xiaogushan in Anqing downstream, guarding the Yangtze River. Why did the thieves cross the river without firing a single shot and not moving a boat? When the thieves wantonly attacked the city and plundered the land and slaughtered the good people between my Zhangshui and Gongshui, why did his men and horses sit idly by? Watching a large area of land fall into the hands of thieves?! ”

The person they want to impeach is naturally Li Shouhan, and the crime is that his sailors are stationed in the camp of Xiaogushan in Anqing, but they sit back and watch Zhang Xianzhong do evil in various places in Nanzhili and southern Jiangnan, and do not fire a knife or a shot. The soldiers of the Left Battalion, who had long regarded the small lonely mountain water division of the Southern Guangdong Army as a thorn in the flesh, added fuel and vinegar to the side, and fanned the flames.

However, it is very strange that in the past, when I heard the news that someone had impeached Li Shouhan, it was like a fly seeing blood, and Jiangnan Shilin, who swarmed up and attacked him, became deaf and dumb at this time.

The reason is actually very simple, these well-known figures in the south of the Yangtze River have long bought land to build houses for rent in the Shanghai Business Zone, and many people have opened businesses in the business zone.

Zhang Xianzhong's toss in the south of the Yangtze River made the rich people in various state capitals of Nanzhili flee to the Shanghai Business Zone, which has expanded several times. The houses and land in their hands have more than doubled in just a few months!

Where is this Zhang Xianzhong, what kind of murderous demon king! He's clearly everyone's money-giving boy!

Many people were grinning at the increased rent, grinning almost to the back of their heads.

Regarding this matter, the Ministry of War was instructed by the director of ceremonies and the cabinet to make the Nanyue Army have a clear response. However, the Nanyue army naturally shouted loudly and hit the sky: "We are ordered to garrison the Yangtze River in Xiaogushan, but when the thieves crossed the river that day, we were hundreds of miles away. How can you send out to block it? What's more, the two thieves are closely linked. If we go down the river to intercept the offering thief, the thief will go down the river and merge with the offering thief. Attacking Jiangnan in one fell swoop and harassing Liudu, who is responsible for this crime? ”

The Ministry of War was helpless about this, so it had to archive the official documents.

Of course, Wang Dehua, Wang Chengen and others, who also made a lot of money in the business zone, would never tell Chongzhen.

"It's good for someone to impeach Li Fan, you can make Li Fan admonish and check himself." Chongzhen was very satisfied with Wang Dehua's report.

Since Li Shouhan was canonized by him as the Duke of Liang Guo, the title of him was unanimously changed to Li Fan in the palace and the cabinet. It shows that he is already a feudal town and a feudal king of the country.

"What is Li Fan doing these days? Except for the New Year's Day greeting letter I saw on the first day of the new year, there has been no news in the past few days. ”

"If you go back to the emperor, according to the people in the Beijing Mansion, Li Fan returned to Hue a few years ago, claiming to raise military salaries for more than 100,000 horses and horses going north." (To be continued.) )

PS: What, if you have a monthly pass, you can give a few.