The battle outside the Yinghui Gate ended quickly, 5,000 Ming troops went out of the city to fight, and the whole army was annihilated, more than 4,000 people were killed, and the remaining 800 soldiers were all captured, the main general Niu Yong was killed, Wang Yongkui and Zhu Kongxun were captured.

Li Zicheng did not embarrass Wang Yongkui and Zhu Kongxun, each of them was his master, and the officers who dared to go out of the city to fight were at least not a bad breed!

Such a complete victory, the Heavenly Mandate Army is very familiar, Ma Youshui and Liu Yunshui did not ask for credit for the headquarters, but asked Li Zicheng for the crime: it was the mistake of these generals to put the emperor in danger!

Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked the two to get up, he was very satisfied with this battle, and if he annihilated five thousand Ming troops, the defensive strength in the city would be weakened by one point.

I wonder how Tsai Maode feels? There are also civil and military officials who are with him......

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven swaggered outside the city to clean up the battlefield, replenish the wounded soldiers, collect armor and equipment, and then set fire to the corpses of the Ming army.

The fire continued until it was dark before it was extinguished, and Li Zicheng buried the remaining bones before taking the soldiers back to the camp for dinner.

At midnight, Li Zicheng had already fallen asleep, but He Xiaomi woke him up with an account, "Your Majesty, the people from the Han Qing Bureau in the city have sent a message!" ”

Li Zicheng turned over, lit the lamp and candle, took the message, tore open the seal, unfolded it, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

He Xiaomi was puzzled, and said tentatively: "Your Majesty ......"

Li Zicheng blew out the lamp and candle and said, "Xiaomi, go back to sleep!" ”

After dawn, Li Zicheng did not order the siege of the city, but let the soldiers rest for a day, and he took He Xiaomi and Peng Chaokai, the personal soldiers of a thousand households, to continue to patrol around the city.

This time, Li Zicheng went around the city for a week, and no soldiers left the city again.

Taiyuan City is west of Fenshui, east and south are surrounded by the Mandate of Heaven army, only the north is a gap, Li Zicheng left the north without encirclement, is to follow the principle of "encircling three queone", give the soldiers in the city the opportunity to escape, speed up the disintegration of the city's defensive forces, but the soldiers and civilians in the city have no signs of escape.

Since he fled not far away, it was not bad to stay, Li Zicheng was worried that when the city was attacked, a large number of people in the city would flee, which would not be conducive to long-term rule in the future, so he let Liu Yunshui's cavalry be stationed in the north of the city, so that there was no need to attack the city, and the cavalry was used to deter the fleeing soldiers and civilians.

On March 7, the battalions of the Mandate of Heaven began to attack Yichun Gate and Yinghui Gate in the east, and Yingze Gate and Cheng'en Gate in the south.

Seeing that it was almost dark, Li Zicheng asked the battalions to collect their troops and return to the camp.

On the eighth day, the Heavenly Mandate Army attacked the city again, Li Zicheng personally supervised the battle outside the Yingze Gate, and He Jin asked the four regiments of the Fengtian Battalion to take turns to fight, not giving the defenders a chance to breathe.

Near noon, the city was suddenly in turmoil, and then the city gate was opened, and the second regiment of Zhao Yingyuan, who was besieging the city, was at a loss, and under the reminder of Li Zicheng, it was only then that the Han Qing Bureau had rebelled against Chen Shangzhi, the guard of Yingze Gate.

Zhao Yingyuan was received by Chen Shangzhi, so he took Yingzemen, and the soldiers of the four regiments of the Fengtian Battalion, under the response of Chen Shangzhi, all entered Taiyuan City.

Until then, Cheng'en Gate, Yichun Gate, Yinghui Gate are occupied by the Mandate of Heaven Army, half an hour later, the Zhenwu Gate and Fucheng Gate in the west, the Zhenyuan Gate and the Gongji Gate in the north are also in the hands of the Sunset Mandate Army.

Cai Maode knew that the general trend had gone, so he gave up resistance, he was guilty, and now he has lost Taiyuan City, he will not be tolerated by the imperial court, so he worships in the direction of Jingshi in the northeast, "I have studied the way of the sage for many years, and I have broken through life and death, and today I should be martyred for Taiyuan." "I wanted to draw my sword and kill myself, but I was stopped by my subordinate Ying Shisheng.

The guards found a war horse, hugged him on the horse and fled, wanting to escape from the west gate, fleeing to the mouth of the charcoal market, but Cai Maode jumped off the horse and said: "Do you want to trap me for disloyalty?" Taiyuan has been broken, I should die in the land of the frontier, you can flee for your lives! ”

The guards couldn't bear it, so they had to abandon the war horse, escort Cai Maode to escape, and were captured by the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army at the Sanli Temple and Ying Shi Shengtong.

When Li Zicheng entered the city, the order in the city was slightly settled, and the people listened to the propaganda words of the Han Qing Bureau, although most of them stayed at home, they were not afraid of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and there were already many people walking on the streets and talking to the soldiers.

It seems that the people of Taiyuan City have turned their hearts to the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Li Zicheng decided to postpone the march and let the soldiers rest for a few days, he first summoned Chen Shangzhi, gave him a few words of encouragement, and ordered him to recruit soldiers in the city, and those who were willing to join the Heavenly Mandate Army should all register and wait to be retained.

The sixth battalion was left in the city to maintain order and guard the city gates, and the rest of the army must be moved outside the north gate by noon to-morrow.

The soldiers arrested the Jin king Zhu Xianxuan and the princess Fan, and Li Zicheng used the Jin palace as a temporary residence and lived in it with his own soldiers.

On the morning of the 10th, Li Zicheng summoned Cai Maode, the former governor of Shanxi, in Xingyuan.

After being trained by Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, Cai Maode has already surrendered to the Mandate of Heaven Army, but he was a little angry in his heart, and was summoned by Li Zicheng, and reluctantly made a big salute, "Sinner Cai Maode, knock on the emperor!" ”

"No rudeness!" Li Zicheng gave Cai Maode a seat, and asked He Xiaomi to serve tea, seeing that Cai Maode was very uncomfortable, he smiled and said: "Lord Cai is a high-ranking official of the imperial court, so he is naturally familiar with the current situation of the imperial court!" ”

"This ......" Cai Maode seemed to understand what Li Zicheng meant, and fine beads of sweat suddenly oozed from his head.

It seems that Cai Maode still has some loyalty to the imperial court, loyal and righteous people, people always have a little admiration, don't embarrass him too much, Li Zicheng smiled indifferently: "At this time, let Lord Cai assist the Heavenly Mandate Army and attack the city in front, I am afraid that Lord Cai will feel uncomfortable!" He suddenly smiled, and said, "What should be said, I believe that Lord Song and Lord Niu have already spoken, so I won't repeat it!" ”

"Your Majesty...... Sinners ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "Lord Cai is familiar with the book of sages, so he naturally knows the truth of looking forward, and I will not embarrass Lord Cao today, but," he paused for a moment and said coldly: "Lord Cai is already a courtier of Huaxia, if you still think about the Ming Dynasty in your heart......"

Cai Maode hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Sinners don't dare!" ”

"Lord Cai is a sinner of the Ming Dynasty, not a sinner of Huaxia!"

Cai Maode was shocked, hurriedly left his seat, prostrate on the ground, and knocked on the ground with his head, "The grass people are guilty of death!" "He was originally the governor of Shanxi, but he was an official of the Ming Dynasty, and after taking refuge in Huaxia, he had not yet taken office, so he could only call himself a grass man.

Li Zicheng's complexion only improved slightly, but his face was calm, and there was no trace of a smile, "Lord Cai, get up and speak!" ”

Cai Maode knocked his head three times before he got up and sat down tremblingly.

"Before Lord Cai was captured, he first failed to kill himself, and then he wanted to hang himself in the Sanli Ancestral Hall, and was rescued by the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army," Li Zicheng said lightly: "From this point of view, Lord Cai is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, in front of me, why is Lord Cai so afraid?" Are you worried about being killed by me? ”

"This ......"

Li Zicheng glanced at Cai Maode, laughed and said: "I understand, since the Heavenly Mandate Army entered Taiyuan, there has been no offense against the common people, Lord Cai is worried that he will anger me, and in a fit of anger, he let the Heavenly Mandate Army slaughter the city!" ”

Cai Maode arched his hands and said carefully: "The Mandate of Heaven Army is subject to heaven, it is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and it will never do anything against human ethics," glanced at Li Zicheng, and said: "The grass people just listened to such words, and only then did they ......break the knots."

"Defecting to the Mandate of Heaven Army, is it a broken festival?" Li Zicheng's face was not angry, "As a local parent official, you can put the people in your heart, and you are definitely not a mediocre and corrupt person, there will be corruption, and you will not be a corrupt official!" ”

"The emperor praises falsely!"

Li Zicheng glanced at Cai Maode and said lightly: "Since Lord Cai loves the people like a son, he knows how to make the people ...... Let the people live a good life? ”

"This ......" Cai Maode had never thought of such a thing, and he was speechless for a while.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Caring for the people can not only be in the mouth center, but also in action, if Lord Cai is appointed as the governor of Shanxi Province in Huaxia Kingdom, Lord Cai will know how to help the people?" ”

This is equivalent to reinstating Cai Maode, Li Zicheng originally thought that Cai Maode would be able to talk eloquently, but he didn't expect Cai Maode to frown lightly and said: "Back to the emperor, the system in China is very different from that of the Ming Dynasty, and the grass people ...... The grass people have always liked the Buddha, and the grass people want to ...... I want to become a monk! ”

"Hi Buddha?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Lord Cai believes in Buddhism, is it to pursue personal eternal life and the afterlife, or to escape from the world?" ”

"This ...... The grass people didn't think about it......"

"Have you ever heard that the Heavenly Mandate Army all believe in God?" In Li Zicheng's heart, he already had the idea of converting Cai Maode to Catholicism, so that he could cultivate his self-cultivation and not have to escape from the world.

"The grass people have heard from Lord Niu," Cai Maode said, "However, the language is unknown, and the grass people don't know much about it." ”

"Actually, many things and things of the Mandate of Heaven Army come from God," Li Zicheng has always combined Catholicism with the development of science and technology when he preached Catholicism, and for those who read and write, he was almost unpleasant, "The rifles and mountain cannons of the Mandate of Heaven Army all came from God, and in fact, there were many new things and things......

"Rifles? Mountain cannons? Cai Maode has never seen mountain artillery, but the power of the rifle, he has seen it in the city, five thousand Ming troops, in the blink of an eye, was annihilated by the rifle of the Mandate of Heaven Army, "The rifle comes from God?" ...... God is?"

Li Zicheng chuckled, Catholicism and Buddhism are essentially religions, not only the difference between God and Buddhism, but also the difference in the way of thinking.

Catholics do not reject the progress of science and technology, and Western seminaries themselves also preach science, while Buddhists emphasize the "four major emptiness", which is a relatively negative behavior, and even for the sake of the Buddha, they would rather abandon their families and children......

The driving force of social progress is the needs of human beings, and people who have no desires and desires will naturally not be able to promote social progress, and will even reject technology as "strange skills".

Since the Xining uprising, Li Zicheng has been sparing no effort to promote Catholicism, although it is to assimilate the alien races in the border areas, and there is another reason that cannot be explained, that is, the neutrality of Catholicism.

Buddhism is a practice of leaving home, and some people who are not firm in their will cannot adhere to the pure laws of Buddhism, and secretly do that dirty thing, thus breaking the jar and breaking it, but in the end it corrupts all practice!

The "holy woman system" of the red-headed Three Kingdoms is obviously looking for sex slaves for the "enlightened" monks, but they want to come up with tricks to fool the people......

In the land of China, perhaps there are only a few such believers, but it cannot be ignored that the monks and nunnery have always been mysterious and secretive, and ordinary people should stay away.

Catholicism is a combination of personal practice and practical life, so that believers can not only lead a normal life, but also improve their personal practice and moral standards, which is beneficial to the country and the people.

In later religious countries, when officials took office, they often swore by the Bible, which was definitely not pretentious, and at least some officials sublimated their own moral bottom line.

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