The governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Sichuan surrounded and intercepted, trapping Li Zicheng at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and people from all walks of life gathered to launch a war of complete extermination.

And the governor of Huguang, the governor of Jiangxi, plus Qin Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa, etc., also pressed Zhang Xianzhong and others who were entrenched in Huguang.

This time, the officers and troops were coordinated, the money and food were sufficient, the rhythm of the army was clear, the goal was clear, and the morale of all walks of life was like a rainbow, and they won victory after victory.

The imperial court continued to receive good news, which was very encouraging, and Chongzhen continued to issue orders to Zhou Zheng, urging Zhou Zheng to send troops to exterminate the banditry as soon as possible.

Xi'an Province.

The military intelligence department of Menghe Prefecture has an independent squad room, and I don't know how many people are going in and out of it, all kinds of information are being gathered, and shouts are coming and going.

Zhou Zheng stood in front of the huge sand table, watching Meng Hezhou plant red flags one by one, introducing various situations.

Meng Hezhou planted a banner near South Taihu Lake and said, "My lord, the whole army has been wiped out, and only a few dozen people have fled and taken refuge in Zhang Xianzhong." ”

"Zhang Xianzhong currently has 80,000 troops, and his territory is shrinking. This is Shi Kefa, this is Zuo Liangyu, Qin Liangyu's 20,000 horses blocked their way into Sichuan, they were basically surrounded, and it was impossible to break through the siege if they wanted to......"

"The governors of Jiangxi and Henan are also coming, as long as the army arrives, they can start a siege and annihilation battle. By the way, Premier Xiong is still constantly lobbying Zhang Xianzhong and others, hoping to persuade them to surrender, and if they can not fight, they will not fight......"

Zhou Zheng listened, nodded slightly, turned his gaze to the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and said, "What about Lu Xiangsheng?" ”

Meng Hezhou looked at the flags and said, "My lord, there has been a lot of rain recently, and the terrain of Shaanxi and Sichuan is also relatively complicated, so people from all walks of life are a little slow. But Li Zicheng has been surrounded, and the road out of Shaanxi has been blocked...... Looking at Premier Lu's arrangement, it seems that he wants to eat Li Zicheng in one bite......"

A soldier walked in, handed Zhou Zheng a piece of paperwork, and said, "My lord, Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of Sichuan, has sent a report, requesting to enter Huguang to suppress bandits, and please allocate 60,000 yuan of money and food for aid." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at it, handed it back, and said, "Agree, send a message to the prison army, and transfer it all." He again ordered the governor of Sichuan to cooperate, not to act rashly and rashly, and to act according to the plan. ”

The person responsible for escorting the grain and grass is the internal supervisor sent by Chongzhen, and he is used for discipline.

This person is quite knowledgeable, and he is very cooperative with Zhou Zheng, but he did not add to the chaos.

The soldier was given the order to leave.

Zhou Zheng held the sand table with both hands, stared at the small banner, deduced the two battle situations, thought about it again and again, and said: "Order Lu Xiangsheng, order him to surround on three sides, attack on the other side, and take Li Zicheng as soon as possible!" Only Li Zicheng won, that Zhang Xianzhong, it's not a problem! ”

Meng Hezhou hurriedly said: "Yes!" ”

The carrier pigeons in Xi'an Province fly everywhere, coming and going, denser than the people on the ground.

Lu Xiangsheng is in Fengxiang Mansion at the moment, resting and recuperating while spying on the situation at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

After receiving Zhou Zheng's flying pigeon message, Lu Xiangtong reported to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Big brother, I feel that Zhou Shangshu is a little anxious." We had just chased after us from Suiyuan, and we didn't rest for a moment. ”

Lu Xiangguan answered on the side and said: "I'm afraid it's not Zhou Shangshu who is in a hurry, it should be the emperor, and the court is in a hurry." I heard that in the past half month, Zhou Shangshu has received seven or eight decrees from the emperor, as well as orders from the imperial court, all urging Zhou Shangshu to send troops to suppress bandits as soon as possible. Also, the matter on Premier Xiong's side, Zhou Shangshu's pressure is really not small......"

After Lu Xiangsheng read it, he put the note aside, stared at the map in front of him, his face was indifferent, and said: "Immediately let Zuo Guangxian, Cao Bianjiao and others come to see me, and also, send a message to the governors of all walks of life, guard it for me, tomorrow, attack with all your strength to exterminate the thieves!" ”

Lu Xiangtong looked shocked and said, "Big brother, we haven't stopped since August, and it's only been a day off, I'm worried that the soldiers won't be able to hold on." ”

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at the person from the intelligence department sent by Zhou Zheng in the corner not far away, as if standing in the dark.

This person saw Lu Xiangsheng's gaze, stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister Lu, the two generals, the Military Intelligence Department has bribed people in the thief army, and they know their defense very well, so they can be sorted out tonight and presented to them." ”

Lu Xiangtong, Lu Xiangguan's eyes suddenly widened.

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand to the two of them, and said indifferently: "Go and prepare." ”

"Yes!" Lu Xiangtong, Lu Xiangguan immediately said.

Lu Xiangsheng dispatched troops, and the current 'ten-sided net' is much stronger than the one in history, after all, there is no fiasco of repeated entry into the customs and the loss of Liaodong, and many proud soldiers have been accumulated.

On August 20, Lu Xiangsheng gathered more than 80,000 men and horses from all walks of life to attack the Sichuan-Shaanxi border.

Li Zicheng is the strongest among the rogues, and he is also the person with the most defeated officers and soldiers, and he has many capable people.

However, with the integration of the official army and the pressure of the army, there were flaws everywhere, and they were defeated all the way, and now they are trapped at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, with no way out.

Li Zicheng convened Song Xiance, Li Yan, Gao Jie and others to discuss countermeasures urgently.

They are not only trapped, but also they have more than 100,000 people, the daily grain and grass is a huge consumption, they do not produce, there is no stable logistics, all rely on looting, now they can't loot, the officials and troops are besieged, the people's hearts are in turmoil, they are scattered, and there are people who flee every day.

Song Xiance and Li Yan are both capable people, but in the face of strong officials and soldiers, they are also a little helpless.

Gao Jie sat aside, cautious in his words and deeds, never saying more than half a word.

Discussions came and went, and Li Zicheng could only decide to break through to the north in the end.

To the west is Sichuan, which is full of dangerous passes, easy to defend and difficult to attack; To the east is Lu Xiangsheng's army, which cannot be touched; To the south, the governors of all roads blocked the way, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

They had no other way but to the north, in the direction of the Great Wall, in the vast northern part of Shaanxi.

A big war broke out as scheduled.

Lu Xiangsheng had already calculated that Li Zicheng would break through to the north, Lu Xiangtong led the Tianxiong army and Zuo Guangxian and others, with a total of 50,000 ambush soldiers, and fought fiercely with Li Zicheng outside Fengxiang Mansion for a day, and Li Zicheng retreated.

Subsequently, Lu Xiangsheng led people from all walks of life to attack on a large scale, chasing Li Zicheng at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and defeated him more than ten times in a row.

The Shaanxi-Sichuan-Guizhou border is the most complicated, but the official army is bound to win this time, and hundreds of thousands of troops are encircling and intercepting Li Zicheng.

However, in five days, Li Zicheng was beheaded seventy percent of his men.

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng had won successes one after another, the other governors couldn't sit still, and began to attack the prefectures and counties that were originally occupied by Li Zicheng and other bandits.

Zhou Zheng in Xi'an Mansion, through the Military Intelligence Department, issued orders one after another, ordering these people not to mess around, control the rhythm, and not give Li Zicheng a chance.

The tenth year of Chongzhen, September 25.

Zhou Zheng mobilized the governors of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, and Jiangxi, as well as Lu Xiangsheng, Zuo Guangxian, Cao Bianjiao and other people, with an army of 200,000, to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng in Heishui Village.

Li Zicheng still has 70,000 or 80,000 elite troops, and the two sides fought a great battle, which lasted two days and one night, completely exterminating Li Zicheng's troops!

This is naturally a huge excitement for the officers and soldiers, no worse than Zhou Zheng's capture of Gao Yingxiang.

Zhou Zheng was sitting in Xi'an Mansion, and when he heard Lu Xiangsheng's victory, there was not much excitement on his face.

Nonsense, this is something that has been known for a long time, what is there to be excited about?

Zhou Zheng was calm, on the one hand, he wrote a notebook to Chongzhen, and the imperial court reported the victory, and on the other hand, he ordered the governors of Shaanxi and other provinces to recover the prefectures and counties step by step and restore the people's livelihood.

At the same time, he also ordered Lu Xiangsheng to keep people to find out Li Zicheng, and the main force of the army went south, cooperating with Xiong Wencan, and completely solving Zhang Xianzhong!

Xiong Wencan saw that Lu Xiangsheng had exterminated Li Zicheng, not only did he not panic, but he was overjoyed, and constantly sent people to lobby Zhang Xianzhong and others.

Zhang Xianzhong, who lost foreign aid and was surrounded, had no other way!

At the end of September, Zhou Zheng received a report from Xiong Wencan, and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered!

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