After Emperor Chongzhen heard about the military situation of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's third siege of Kaifeng, he repeatedly reprimanded Ding Qirui and ordered him to quickly relieve the siege of Kaifeng. Ding Qirui hurriedly sent Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan, and other four general military officers, together with Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, to join forces in Zhuxian Town, 40 miles south of Kaifeng, with a total force of 400,000 troops.

Soon, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Sun Chuanting, who succeeded Wang Qiaonian as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, to lead the Qin soldiers out of the customs and rush to Henan, where they would suppress the thief army of Cao Er's battalion.

Sun Chuanting succeeded Wang Qiaonian in the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen to serve as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, but the first secret order he received was not to kill the enemy, but to kill his own people. According to the secret decree of Emperor Chongzhen, He Renlong, the chief soldier who escaped in the battle of Xiangcheng, was killed.

Let's say that although Li Zi killed Wang Qiaonian, he only annihilated 3,000 Shaanxi soldiers, and there is still He Renlong, who is known as "He Maniac". Although He Renlong escaped this time, Li Zicheng calmed down and thought about it, and it sounded that when he entered Yu from Sichuan, he was repeatedly defeated by the general soldier He Renlong, and the casualties were overwhelming.

So he discussed with the military advisors Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance how to get rid of He Renlong.

Niu Jinxing frowned, and after thinking about it, he said, "Does King Chuang know how Yuan Chonghuan died back then?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled: "Of course I know, he colluded with Jiannu and died." ”

Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "He Renlong is brave and arrogant, repeatedly disobeying the orders of his bosses, in the past, Yang Sichang had a special fold to participate in the performance, none of the ministers in the court liked him, if he secretly spread rumors, only said, 'He Renlong and the king are fellow villagers, and they secretly communicate on weekdays, so they are not willing to kill seriously', that Emperor Chongzhen is the most suspicious person, when he hears this, he must be suspicious, and the governors of the provinces say a little bad about him, and he will be able to put him to death. When Li Zicheng heard this, he asked Niu Jinxing to do the same.

◇◇◇◇◇ really good, this news soon spread to Beijing, and those little eunuchs knew about it, and it immediately blew into the ears of Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen was a little suspicious, because when Zhang Xianzhong committed Shu last year, He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu accompanied Yang Sichang, a university scholar, into Sichuan to suppress thieves. Later, Zuo Liangyu had meritorious service in the battle, and Yang Sichang was inconvenient to demote him for no reason, so he could only make an appointment with He Renlong. He Renlong saw that Si Chang had eaten the preface, and he was always angry and refused to work hard with him.

Later, Yang Sichang fought in eastern Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and left Chongqing, sent people to Pegasus to pass the swagger, and ordered He Renlong to join forces to suppress him, and he was transferred three times in a row, but He Renlong ignored it, so that the success of the officers and soldiers was ruined. Yang Sichang hated him in his heart and secretly said many bad things about him to the imperial court. Later, when he returned to Shaanxi, he was ordered to Henan to kill Zicheng, Xiangcheng fled without a fight, so that the governor Wang Qiaonian died in battle, and He Renlong, as a general, could not save the commander - so far cause and effect, Emperor Chongzhen had already accumulated hatred! As soon as I heard this news today, it was like adding fuel to the fire, and I was furious for a while, and immediately issued an edict: Jiasun Chuanting's military department was still the title of secretary, and Qiao Nian was the superintendent, and the governors of the provinces were soldiers and horses, and they galloped to Shaanxi on the same day to suppress their own affairs. The court obeyed the order and returned to Beijing from Kaifeng, and the face was appropriate. The next day, when His Majesty saw and asked for training, Emperor Chongzhen sent an edict to him, telling him to correct He Renlong on the spot as soon as he arrived in Shaanxi.

He Renlong also listened to Sun Chuanting's hand, Sun Chuanting knew He Renlong's temper very well, Sun Chuanting replied: "He Renlong is a general of the Shaanxi army, and he has made great achievements, but he is short-tempered, and he is usually pampered and arrogant, which is inevitable. If it is said that he is an adulterer, the minister dares to guarantee that there is no such thing. The minister also prayed to the emperor for heavenly grace, forgave him for his past sins, and made him make meritorious service to atone for himself. ”

Emperor Chongzhen changed color when he heard this: "At present, the thieves are rampant, and the officers and soldiers have repeatedly fought without success. ”

Sun Chuanting was so shocked that he didn't dare to argue anymore. After returning to the mansion, and after leaving Beijing, he was afraid that he would leak the news and have an unexpected change, so he pretended to make a note on the road, saying, "He Renlong is the old minister, please lend him for the crime of two mourning supervisors, keep his subordinates, and make him redeem himself." Emperor Chongzhen knew his intentions, so he deliberately approved it.

After He Renlong was defeated in the Battle of Xiangcheng and fled, he returned to Shaanxi in disgrace. He was stationed in Xianyang, afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would condemn him, so he was on guard sooner or later. When Sun Chuanting was on the way to his post, he pretended to intercede for He Renlong, and stabilized He Renlong first. Emperor Chongzhen also pretended to grant permission. After He Renlong learned about it in Xianyang, he felt a little relieved and relaxed his vigilance. After Sun Chuanting arrived in Xi'an, he conspired with Zhang Erzhong, the governor of Shaanxi, and summoned the generals to his line.

In the middle of the line, the python embroidered brilliantly, the sword halberd forest row, after the three cannon sounds, the superintendent Sun Chuanting rose to the upper seat, and sat with him on the left and right, and the civil and military forces below the three divisions were all standing on both sides of the black and oppressive ground - that kind of solemn and quiet atmosphere made people shudder. After sitting down, the flag officer passed down the order and shouted: "The chief soldier congratulates the people and the dragon!" When the people heard the order, they hurriedly walked out of the shift, stepped forward to see the end, and stood aside to listen to the order.

Sun Chuanting generously accepted the salute, and then slowly said to him: "The headquarters is ordered to supervise the teacher this time, which is related to the safety of the country, and the civil and military officials should be loyal and defend the feudal territory. But because you and Li Zicheng are fellow villagers, you are fornicating, plotting against you, and living up to the emperor's grace, is it really unreasonable? ”

He Renlong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The young general has received the favor of the imperial court and sworn to destroy the thief, how dare he have such a disloyal and unfilial heart, go up to the court, and humiliate the family?" Also beg the superintendent to take a closer look! ”

Sun Chuanting also knew in his heart that Chongzhen was suspicious of this matter, but Chongzhen had a secret decree passed down by himself, how could he dare to disobey? So Sun Chuanting said: "It is difficult for the headquarters to make decisions on this matter. As he was speaking, he had already stood up and said loudly: "The emperor has a decree, and the chief soldier He Renlong listens to the announcement!" ”

He Renlong was shocked and hurriedly knelt forward; The left and right civil and military heard the word "purpose", and they all knelt down below.

Sun Chuanting stepped down from his seat, stood on the platform in the lobby, and said loudly: "The chief soldier congratulates Renlong, fornicates with the rogues, plots against him, Xiangcheng and Xiangcheng mourn the superintendents, and the people support the troops and do not save them, which is really a disappointment to the country's grace, and it is difficult to forgive the loan." The superintendent Sun Chuanting will be in conjunction with the province to caress the law, that is, to carry out the decree and correct the law, in order to show the precepts. Chin this! ”

He Renlong kowtowed to thank Enbi after hearing this, looked up to the sky and sighed and said: "I don't want me He Renlong to serve the country for ten years, and I ended up like this today." However, He Renlong thought about it, he threw Wang Qiaonian in Xiangcheng and ignored it, so that he was killed by a governor in his dignity, and today he fell into this fate, which may be really unpleasant karma.

"That's it!" He Renlong was not defending Sun Chuanting remembered his usual military exploits, and today he was wrongfully slandered and died, and he burst into tears unconsciously. Helplessly, this was a special order, and it was really impossible to maintain, so I had to kowtow to the north with the stroke, ask for the sword of Shang Fang, and order the execution; After He Renlong was killed, Zuo Liangyu's army became the only unit with strong combat effectiveness in the official army. But Zuo Liangyu often did not listen to the dispatch, and he was self-respecting and difficult to control. In order to be able to control and govern Zuo Liangyu well, Emperor Chongzhen released the former Shangshu Hou Sui from prison, and made him the governor of Baoding, Shandong, and Hebei military affairs, and governed the "Ping Thief General" Zuo Liangyu. The reason why Emperor Chongzhen wanted Hou Sui to govern and control Zuo Liangyu was mainly because Zuo Liangyu was a subordinate of Hou Sui when he was young, and he was promoted by Hou Sui, so he was promoted step by step from an ordinary soldier to a general. Zuo Liangyu has always regarded Hou Sui as a benefactor. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use Hou Sui to entrap Zuo Liangyu, so that Zuo Liangyu would do his best to "pacify the thief". Emperor Chongzhen also gave Governor Hou Sui a payment of 150,000 yuan, asking him to reward the soldiers of Zuo Liangyu's battalion and encourage them to kill thieves bravely.

Zuo Liangyu held the silver of white flowers in his hand, and said with trembling hands: "I, Zuo Liangyu, must take Li Chuang's head to repay Your Majesty." ”

After a short stop in Xiangcheng, Li Zicheng ordered the battalions to march around Kaifeng, and sent another group of men and horses led by Liu Zongmin to go west, passing through Zhongmu, capturing Zhengzhou, Rongyang, Xinzheng, and Changge counties, cutting off the west road of Kaifeng, and at the same time collecting grain and grass for the army of Chuang and Cao. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai and their old battalions set off from the outskirts of Chenliu City a day after the departure of the battalions and their old battalions. They agreed in advance that the two old battalions would be stationed in Yanli Village, about 20 miles west of Kaifeng City, but the two old battalions set off late, and it was dusk not far from Zhuxian Town. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai decided that the two old camps would stop outside Zhuxian Town to rest and rest because of the hot and humid weather, and that the five drums would continue to hurry tomorrow while the weather was cool, while a large number of mule and horse transport teams, ox carts and carts transporting grain and various military materials would leave for half a day early, and walk in front under the protection of thousands of elite infantry and cavalry, and have already turned northwest through Zhuxian Town, stopping near Xinghua Camp at dusk.

There was a city god temple near Zhuxian Town, and Li Zicheng celebrated the killing of He Renlong, so he set up a banquet and feasted Luo Rucai and the leaders of the fifth battalion of Gezuo.

"Chongzhen's stupidity, so suspicious and gullible, how can he not lose the country?" Niu Jinxing was very proud of his strategy, "That's, ~~ I killed a Yuan Chonghuan back then, and I made the Liao affair out of control~~ Now I have killed He Renlong." Song Xiance touched his mustache and said with a smile: "I heard that Hong Chengchou suffered a defeat in Songshan, and Song Youliang is far away in Liaodong, and now our opponents are only Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu." ”

Everyone was pushing cups and changing lamps, when suddenly scouts came to report that a large number of reinforcements from officers and soldiers had arrived. The army of the Ming Dynasty that came from Runing to rescue Kaifeng was divided into two groups, one went to Qixian, which was ostensibly fanfare, but in fact it was a partial division, with only one or two hundred thousand people. The other is the main division, with nearly 150,000 horses, half of which are more elite, passing through Fugou and Wei's family, going straight to Zhuxian Town, it seems that tomorrow dawn will arrive in Zhuxian Town.

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