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In the Qianqing Palace, the heat wave of midsummer swept everywhere. A small eunuch was holding a big fan to shake the fan for Zhu Youzhen to dispel the heat. But Zhu Youzhen's face was an iron blue, as if it was hung with ice.

Zhu Youjian held the Tang newspaper sent by Yang Sichang from Xiangyang in his hand. Although Yang Sichang defended himself in the Natang newspaper, he still couldn't hide the situation of repeated defeats.

After Zhang Xianzhong lost two games, he hibernated in Xinggui Mountain, and gradually gathered his rout to regain his strength. In the most vulnerable months of Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and other Ming army generals adopted thieves to respect themselves, and only sat back and watched outside the mountains, and no official army really went deep into the mountains to annihilate Zhang Xianzhong.

In June, after recuperating in the mountains for two months, Zhang Xianzhong came out and attacked Sichuan. At the same time, the officers and troops surrounding Zhang Xianzhong outside the mountains were inexplicably demoralized and plagued. Zhang Xianzhong's thief army was like a tiger descending from the mountain, killing all directions at the junction of the two provinces in eastern Sichuan and western Chuxi.

On the ninth day of June, Zhang Xianzhong defeated Zhang Yingyuan, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, and Wang Yunfeng, the deputy general, annihilated more than 5,000 officers and soldiers at the Land Ridge in eastern Sichuan, and beheaded the deputy general Wang Yunfeng.

On June 17, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the victory to attack Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Sichuan, and Zhang Ling, the deputy general of Sichuan, who were stationed at Huangni Pass and Zhujiping. Zhang Ling, who has long been brave, was killed by crossbow arrows on the battlefield, and 30,000 officers and troops were defeated. Qin Liangyu gathered the defeated troops and fought again, and the officers and soldiers were defeated again. Qin Liangyu fled to Chongqing alone.

On June 26, Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be short of food and used a scheme to lure Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, into the mountains. As soon as Shao Jiechun entered the mountain, ambushes arose, and his newly recruited 20,000 recruits were surrounded by tens of thousands of thieves and almost completely annihilated. Shao Jiechun was defeated and died in the army.

In just one month, Yang Sichang boasted that it was a good situation, and the situation of the thieves became a mess. The 100,000 army of the official army was annihilated by Zhang Xianzhong in the blink of an eye, and 50,000. The officers and soldiers died in the battle, one governor and two adjutant generals. Yang Sichang's attempt to annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's "dictatorship" and "disc" plan at the junction of Chu and Shu came to naught.

Last month, Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, was still immersed in the fantasy that the thieves had been destroyed and the Central Plains was peaceful, and gave Yang Sichang and the generals who begged for thieves a large number of official rewards. At this time, the fantasy was shattered by the cruel reality, and I couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

Zhu Youzhen took a breath, trying to suppress the anger in his heart. He raised his head and only looked at the roof of the Qianqing Palace in a daze.

For a long time, Zhu Youzhen, who had been silent for a long time, said coldly:

"Yang Sichang's so-called ten-sided net is to increase taxes and troops. The so-called personal supervision of the division is to increase the number of troops to encircle and suppress. Now Zhang Xianzhong, who has an army of 100,000 surrounded tens of thousands of people, can't take it anyway! On the contrary, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by each other, and more than 50,000 of the 100,000 people were broken in a blink of an eye. ”

"I trusted him so much at that time, and led him to the cabinet as the prime minister..."

Now that Qin Liangyu has been defeated, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong did not listen to his dispatch, and sat back and watched the thieves attack the officials and soldiers, and they did not save each other. How else does Yang Sichang suppress thieves? ”

"This Yang Sichang is really a fool!"

After Zhu Youzhen said this, he slapped his hand on the imperial case, and then closed his eyes helplessly.

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen's face cautiously and said, "Shengshang, Zhang Xianzhong is going to enter Shu!" Once Zhang Xianzhong enters Shu, I am afraid that he will become bigger and bigger, and no soldiers and horses can stop him. ”

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes and did not speak.

Wang Chengen said again: "Holy Lord, so far, there is only Li Zhi's soldiers and horses to level the thieves!" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his body, as if he had heard the last thing he wanted to hear.

Wang Chengen said: "Shengshang, if you don't need Li Zhi anymore, I'm afraid Zhang Xianzhong won't be able to suppress it!" ”

Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes and looked at Wang Chengen.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen said coldly: "It's not that I don't know that Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are strong, so I really don't dare to use them." ”

"That Li Zhi was so domineering after repelling Dongnu's meritorious service, he was already about to commit suicide to the governor of Tianjin. If Li Zhiping is allowed to destroy Zhang Xianzhong, what will I reward him? Knighted? If he is crowned, how arrogant will he be? I'm afraid that the officials of Tianjin don't dare to say a word in front of him. ”

"I have not used Li Zhi in the past year, but I am afraid that Li Zhi will make new contributions and turn Tianjin into a country within a country."

Wang Chengen was stunned and did not speak.

Zhu Youzhen stood up and walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace with his hands behind his back.

"Now that Dongnu is attacking Jinzhou again, Jiliao's soldiers and horses are all restrained and unable to move..."

"More than 100,000 troops encircled and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong, which is really a lot. However, this group of civilian, military and military generals were helpless one by one. Could it be that there is no one available except Li Zhi? There are so many general soldiers, so many governors encircled and suppressed, and even a single Zhang Xianzhong can't be wiped out? ”

Wang Chengen gritted his teeth and said, "Holy Lord, now you can only be the thief who transferred Li Zhiping." It is better to pay Li Zhi with a town in Tianjin than to let the entire Sichuan and Shu be ravaged by Zhang Xianzhong! ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this and stopped.

Wang Chengen said: "Saint, no matter how domineering Li Zhi is, he is just a vassal lord, and he has no objections. If you let the thieves become bigger, then you will see who kills whom, and you have to kill all the way to the capital. ”

And the thief Li Zicheng has now broken through the siege and broken into Henan, I don't know how much wind and rain it will set off. The soldiers and horses of the thieves are all in Huguang, and the Central Plains is very empty. If the thieves are not pacified as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the entire Central Plains. ”

Zhu Youzhen stood in the middle of the Qianqing Palace, looking at the layers of cornices and arches outside the palace, and did not speak.

Wang Chengen didn't dare to say more, bent down and carefully stayed aside, waiting for the Son of Heaven to make a decision.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth and said: "Wang Chengen, what you said makes sense. It is better to pay Li Zhi with a town in Tianjin, and cannot hand over all the Central Plains, Sichuan and Shu to be ravaged by thieves. ”

"Pass the decree, let Li Zhi lead the troops into Shu and destroy Zhang Xianzhong!"

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In the Tianjin General Soldier's Mansion, Li Zhi touched Cui He's big belly and said with a smile: "In another month, I will give birth!" ”

Cui He pursed his lips and said, "She always kicks me in the stomach? ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Does it hurt for him to kick you?" ”

Cui He took Li Zhi's arm, pouted and said, "Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't hurt." ”

Li Zhi leaned over Cui He's stomach and said, "Listen to me." ”

Li Zhi was there to listen to the voice of the fetus, but he was disturbed by his son Li Huan, who kept screaming under the bed, and he couldn't hear the sound in Cui He's stomach clearly.

Li Zhi shouted at his son: "Li Huan, don't make noise! ”

Li Huan looked at his father with wide eyes and said loudly, "I want to eat sugar!" ”

"What kind of candy to eat?"

"Champion Sugar!"

Li Zhi reluctantly took a piece of champion candy from the table and gave it to Li Huan, and said, "Don't make any more noise!" ”

Li Huanzhi proudly took the champion candy and stuffed it into his mouth.

Li Zhi leaned over Cui He's stomach and listened carefully for a while.

"Haha, I hear you! She's moving! ”