For Gao Yingxiang's arrogance, Zhu Youxiao did not take it to heart, and after appeasing Zhu Changxun's princess Zou and his son Zhu Yousong, he secretly summoned Qi Baoguo, who had been lurking in the northwest. It turned out that Zhu Youxiao had already arranged for Jinyiwei to go around to find out the whereabouts of Li Zicheng, Li Yan, Zhang Xianzhong and others, and now although the rebels are huge, they have also given the imperial court a chance to wipe them out.

Qi Baoguo's entry into Beijing this time was mixed, and he said cautiously:

The minister was ordered to inquire about the whereabouts of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and finally found Li Zicheng in Gansu, this person was nicknamed Zao'er, and he was the commander of the general kingdom in Ganzhou Prefecture, and he was very popular with soldiers because of his bravery in battle, and he had a certain prestige. After Gao Yingxiang's move, he quickly joined the rebels and has now become the backbone of the thieves.

Zhang Xianzhong, nicknamed Huang Hu, was originally a border soldier in Yansui Town, this person was fierce and loved to fight unevenly, so he offended many officers, and later followed Dong Hanru, the governor of Xuanda, to Hanzhong to quell the rebellion, quite a military exploit, and is now a guerrilla. Now that he is waiting for the decree outside the palace, is His Majesty summoning him? ”

Thinking of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two scum, Zhu Youxiao was angry, one was greedy for women, the other was greedy for wealth, and they were both executioners who brought disaster to the country and the people. If it weren't for their rebellion, the Han people would not have let the Manchus enter the customs, surrendered thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and brought the Chinese nation into a catastrophe from which they could never recover.

Qi Baoguo saw that the emperor's face was cloudy, thinking that he was not satisfied with his errand, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty. Zhu Youxiao quickly collected his thoughts and said with a smile:

"What a crime to serve the country, you have worked hard in the northwest, and the result has also made me very satisfied. Your uncle Zuo Guo won the title of Shaobao and was promoted to the title of Palm Seal of Jinan Mansion; The middle brother Changguo was named the Marquis of Wuzhong, serving as the squire of the military department and the commander of the Nine Gates, responsible for the security of the Beijing Division; Ji Di Xingguo was named the Marquis of Filial Piety and Commanded my Yulin Guard.

The Qi family has been loyal to the imperial court for generations, and I have already intended you to be the Marquis of Xiezhong, but for now, you will first go to Nagasaki to defect to Nanjuyi, and then be justifiably awarded after establishing meritorious services in Japan. As for Zhang Xianzhong, you take him to the Imperial Prison first, and I will go there myself later. ”

Qi Baoguo has been dormant in the northwest for three years, and he has been relieved to be able to get the emperor's understanding, and when he heard that the emperor was going to make him the Marquis of Xiezhong, his hairs stood on end with excitement, and he finally lived up to Qi Shaobao's reputation. He didn't hesitate for a moment about Zhu Youxiao's arrangement, and immediately ordered someone to tie Zhang Xianzhong to the cell, first greeted him with a flowing water torture instrument, and then waited for the arrival of the little emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao was already ugly after he was busy, he went to the edict overnight, and when he saw Zhang Xianzhong, he was served with a leather whip, and he was beaten all over his body. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was still a guerrilla in the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know what crime he had committed, and he had nothing to say except begging for mercy. In order to make his death understand, Zhu Youxiao whispered in his ear:

"In my opinion, you and Ganzhou General Li have become a virtue, and sooner or later they will raise troops to rebel against the imperial court, rather than let you bring disaster to the country and the people, it is better to send you to report to Lord Yan now."

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao took Qi Baoguo's saber and stabbed a few holes in his body, and in an instant, blood gushed like a spring, lying motionless on the ground. Colonel Zhu You stepped forward and kicked twice, and made up a few more knives before stopping, and scolded:

"National scum!"

Regarding Zhu Youxiao's anger, the people present were completely confused, and they couldn't understand why the little emperor would personally execute a junior officer. Zhu Youxiao was also inconvenient to explain this matter, and his next plan was to lure Gao Yingxiang's rebels into Hebei, and then set up an encirclement to capture Li Zicheng alive.

At the foot of Taihang Mountain, Gao Yingxiang is full of spirit. After conquering Hanzhong, Luoyang and other big cities, he turned into the king of Chuang, and decided to gather all his troops to attack the two towns of Shunde and Zhending, and then approached the Beijing division. The rebels who first entered Hebei won successive battles, which made Gao Yingxiang very arrogant, he thought that the main forces of the Ming army were all transferred to Nanjing and Japan, and he was the king of land warfare at this time.

Of course, he is nothing, and his only value is to help the Ming elite brush up experience. At this time, Qi Changguo, who stayed in Beijing, had already led a royal army to Baoding, and joined the soldiers of the Army Military Academy led by Huang Dewei to go to Zhending to stop the rebels. At the same time, the armies of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the northwest, and Dong Hanru, the governor of Xuanda, also recovered Luoyang and followed the rebel route to Hebei.

Gao Yingxiang originally ordered his subordinates to charge with the belief of victory, but he didn't expect that the victory would be decided as soon as the battle was made, and these bandits who only knew how to rob homes were the opponents of the Royal Army, and under the suppression of the fire of the Apocalypse cannons and firing guns, the battle presented a one-sided situation. In the face of the crushing advance of the Ming army, the rebels had collapsed in less than two days, and after Gao Yingxiang died in the melee, Li Zicheng fled to Taihang Mountain overnight with his women and gold and silver treasures.

For the encirclement and interception of the Ming army, Li Zicheng decided to order his subordinates to give up resistance, and while sending people to negotiate surrender to confuse Lu Xiangsheng and others, he fled westward without stopping. If it were in peacetime, Lu Xiangsheng would definitely believe it, after all, surrendering without a fight is the highest level of a general, but Zhu Youxiao had already sent him a secret edict, warning him to beware of the rebels' fraudulent surrender, and never give up until Li Zicheng was captured alive, and he was also allowed to cross the border to pursue the rebels.

After reading this secret edict, Lu Xiangsheng looked up to the sky and sighed, his admiration for the little emperor in his heart was simply a five-body throw, he was hesitant to surrender the rebels, but at this time, he was like an empowering, and gritted his teeth with hatred for Li Zicheng. Since the Ming Dynasty's westward expedition, the imperial court set up three new political envoys in the northwest, Turpan, Qinghai, and Ningxia, and together with Gansu, set up governors of the four northwestern provinces.

Although Shanxi is the territory of Dong Hanru, the governor of Xuanda, he has the privilege of cross-border command at this time, and he ordered the Northwest Army to sneak into the Taihang Mountains, wanting to capture these thieves alive and go to Nanjing to plead guilty. But Dong Hanru also faced the same problem, the pot of Fulu soup stewed by Li Zicheng had already made him famous, and it would be difficult to solve the hatred in his heart if he didn't break them into pieces.

The two of them couldn't fight, and they didn't give in to each other, and when the Northwest Army and the Qin soldiers saw that their commanders were like this, they naturally chased the rebels more vigorously. In this way, Li Zicheng, who wanted to take a breath, waited until the imperial court issued a document to catch the sea and offered a large reward to arrest the rebel leader, Luo Rucai, Li Yan and others were arrested one after another, and through their confessions, they quickly found Li Zicheng's hiding place, and escorted them to Nanjing together and then Ling Chi was executed.

At the same time, he ordered Wei Zhongxian to immediately stop apportioning military salaries in the four northwestern provinces, and arranged for Lu Xiangsheng and Dong Hanru to open warehouses to release grain to help the victims, and the disaster was quickly controlled. At this point, he has no worries at all, not only Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other great villains have been punished, but also the tragedy of King Rui and King Fu has made other vassal kings like frightened birds, and they have asked the emperor to transfer Yulin to protect their safety, and in return they are willing to give up Yulu and part of their fiefdoms.