The thieves captured Anyang, the city of Zhangde Mansion, and the news was transmitted back to the capital, Chongzhen was suddenly anxious, he regretted transferring Zhang Bin to garrison at this time, and even, he still had a little resentment in his heart, the last time Zhang Bin entered the capital and the king came so quickly, why did it not take so long this time!

He didn't want to think about it, ten days had not passed at this time, there were four or five thousand miles from the capital to Fujian, even if it was eight hundred miles to pass his will in an urgent way, it would take five or six days, Zhang Bin only received the will in three or four days, and in three or four days, people would have to rush from Fujian to the capital, and he would be angry if he didn't arrive, and only he could do it.

However, if you are angry, you still have to do the preparations, such as the city defense of the capital, in normal times, the guards of the guards near the capital will not always stand on the city wall to guard, they still have to farm, generally the five armies of the governor's office take turns to mobilize thousands of guards to guard the gates of each city, and there are no people in other places.

At this time, more than 100,000 peasant troops were about to rush to the capital, and these thousands of people were naturally not enough, so he thought about it for a while, and still recruited the British public Zhang Weixian, and asked him to mobilize 50,000 guards to garrison on the city wall, just in case, if the peasant army really rushed to the capital, there would be thousands of people on the city wall, and it would be really over.

After arranging the city defense of the capital, he waited for another day with the greatest "patience", and waited until noon the next day, he really couldn't wait, he was thinking about whether to immediately order Guanning Tieqi to go south to the Daimyo's mansion to guard for a while, when Cao Huachun's hurried voice suddenly came from outside: "Your Majesty, Tianjin Weiyi Station is eight hundred miles urgent." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but move, and then said loudly: "Present it." ”

Cao Huachun walked in with his waist bent and said embarrassedly: "Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, ordered Tianjin Weiyi Station to expedite the report for 800 miles, he has landed in Dagu Port, and at this time, he is leading 10,000 elite Qi family troops to the Daimyo's Mansion with Fujian Governor Lu Xiangsheng, as for the twist, he has arranged for the general Qi Yuanbi to send it to the capital together with the one million taels of silver compensated by the Satsuma Domain, and it is estimated that it will be delivered at noon tomorrow." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he took a long breath, and then said with relief: "It's good to come, it's good to come, it's better to come, or Zhang Aiqing can share my worries the most." ”

Cao Huachun also secretly rejoiced in his heart that Zhang Bin had finally arrived, looking at the emperor's face in the past two days, if he didn't come again, it was estimated that the emperor would be angry!

At this time, there was also an important person from the peasant army who rushed to Anyang, this person was the leader elected by the peasant army, the leader of the 36th battalion, and the king of Zijin Liang for his own use.

He also took more than ten battalions of peasant army, originally he was preparing to attack Fenzhou, capture Yuci, and enter Taiyuan, but he didn't expect that he just arrived in Fenzhou and met the Shanxi Tunwei army led by Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, as a result, Fenzhou did not fight down, and Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, came from the west again, in order to avoid being flanked before and after, he hurriedly went south to Luzhou, passed through the Taihang Mountain, and ran to meet Gao Yingxiang and others.

As soon as he came over, the peasant army was equal to converging in one place again, the thirty-sixth battalion gathered again, the army of more than 200,000 people was hugged again, and all the minds of the leaders were active again.

This naturally needed to be discussed, so all the leaders gathered in the prefect's yamen to discuss.

This time there were not more than ten people, but more than thirty, and in order to discuss convenience, they deliberately moved a few large square tables for eating, put them together, and made a big table.

King Zijin Liang sits on the main throne with his own high, and on the left is King Gao Yingxiang, General Li Zicheng, Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong, Sai Cao Cao Luo Rucai, Liu Guineng, and Li Wanqing; On the right, the old leather left Ma Yingshou, the Ge Li eye He Yilong, the left Jin Wang He Jin, the ruling king Liu Xiyao, the king of the world, Lin Chengcheng, and the star Hui Dengxiang.

These are the big names in the peasant army, and there are also some mixed heavenly kings, breaking heavenly kings, Qi heavenly kings, Shuntian kings, climbing heavenly kings, Xingshi kings, whole world kings, Xingshi kings, reincarnated kings, etc., a large number of kings, of course, they are not real princes, just some small leaders, I don't know if they take the nickname of Niu Split to satisfy their vanity, or to attract people to join the gang.

In fact, King Zijin Liang is not the most capable among these leaders, nor is he the best among these leaders, the reason why he can become the leader is mainly because he started earlier, and he has a good relationship with Wang Jiayin, the original alliance leader of the 36th battalion, after Wang Jiayin's death, most of his men followed him again, so he was elected as the leader of the 36th battalion.

If you want to talk about strategy, he is also not very outstanding, not to mention compared with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, he is not even as good as Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai, so every time he has a meeting, he is like a host, just starting, giving a general introduction to the situation, and then, it depends on the other people's performance.

This time is the same, he greeted everyone for a while, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he coughed and shouted: "Everyone, Shanxi is not easy to mix, Zhang Zongheng and Xu Dingchen's two mad dogs are always chasing us, big guy, where should we go next?" ”

As soon as he spoke, Ma Yingshou on the right immediately echoed loudly: "Of course, Wei Hui and Luoyang are going south, Wei Hui's King Lu is the younger brother of the old emperor of Wanli, he was in the domain, the old emperor of Wanli didn't know how much gold and silver treasures he sent him, and he also gave him 40,000 hectares of fertile land. Next year, we will go to Luoyang again, the turtle son of King Fu is richer than King Lu, Wanli Dynasty folk have circular, the old emperor consumes the wealth of the world to fat the King of Fu, Luoyang's wealth is far better than the palace, as long as we can beat Luoyang down, it is estimated that we can enjoy Qingfu for several years! ”

Ma Yingshou is also an old qualification for Chongzhen's first year of trouble, and Geli Yan He Yilong, Zuojin Wang He Jin, Liu Xiyao, the king of the world, and Lin Chengcheng, the king of the world, are all sworn brothers with him, these five people often act together, everyone calls it the fifth battalion of Gezuo, and the men and horses under him are fifty or sixty thousand, which is second only to the Zijin Liang King in the peasant army, and it is still very important in the peasant army.

His words are also the voice of most of the leaders of the peasant army, what is the reason for everyone's rebellion, at first it was to have enough to eat, and then slowly developed into a full meal to make a lot of money, at this time, they have not thought about overthrowing the Ming Dynasty and becoming the emperor themselves, they just want to grab more food and make more money.

Therefore, as soon as Ma Yingshou's words came out, he immediately ushered in a full house of applause, and the leaders even began to discuss how much money King Lu has, how much money King Fu has, whether King Lu is richer than King Fu, or King Fu is richer than King Lu!

Among these leaders, only Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were silent, Zhang Xianzhong was full of disdain, Li Zicheng bowed his head and was silent, his eyes were also full of contempt.

Wang Ziyong saw that everyone's response was so enthusiastic, he couldn't help nodding again and again, and then coughed, opened his mouth to settle the matter, Zhang Xianzhong finally couldn't help but choke: "Have you ever thought about what to do after beating Wei Hui and Luoyang, King Lu is Chongzhen's uncle and grandfather, and King Fu is Chongzhen's own uncle, we slaughtered them, Chongzhen must not go crazy, what if he is desperate and transfers the soldiers and horses from Liaodong to clean us up?" ”

When the leaders heard this, they all showed a look of horror, and now, just the guards and border troops from all over the country can chase them everywhere, if the strongest Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty rushes over, the result is unimaginable.

When Wang Ziyong heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Then what do you say?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said without fear: "What should I do?" Of course, it's with them, the old man is running around, what kind of fame can he escape, simply, rush directly to the capital, kill the little emperor, and we will be the emperor ourselves! ”

"Ah", the whole hall could only sound a scream, kill the little emperor and become the emperor himself!

They really haven't thought about this problem, they were still gnawing on the bark of grass roots a few years ago, and when they became emperors, this span is too big, who dares to think about it.

Ma Yingshou couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you just say that if Chongzhen goes crazy, he will be desperate to transfer the soldiers and horses from Liaodong?" We ran to attack the capital, he still has to go crazy, Liaodong soldiers and horses are transferred to that are all few, he is very likely to order the world's soldiers and horses to enter the king of Jingqin, how can we fight? ”

Zhang Xianzhong said lightly: "If we don't attack the capital, will it be okay?" ”

The king asked puzzledly: "If we run to the south, how can we encounter the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong immediately asked rhetorically: "Aren't we rebelling now, will the little emperor let us go, haven't you seen the Great Ming Law?" It is clearly written in the Da Ming Law that rebellion Ling Chi will be executed and the nine clans will be exterminated! ”

"Hiss", the entire hall immediately sounded a sound of inhalation, in fact, everyone understood that the rebellion was to be executed by Ling Chi and exterminate the Nine Clans.

However, everyone deliberately forgot about this problem, deliberately did not think about this problem, Zhang Xianzhong said this, everyone thought of this problem as if they had just woken up from a dream, what should they do if they rebelled and wanted to be executed by Ling Chi and exterminate the nine clans?

Zhang Xianzhong then sneered: "Since we have rebelled, we are still thinking about escaping all day long, where do we want to escape, can we escape by killing King Lu and King Fu?" ”

The leaders of the peasant army all showed a look of despair, the whole world is not the king's land, where can they flee to!

Wang Ziyong couldn't help but ask, "Then what do you say?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said lightly: "I have already said it, rush to the capital, kill the little emperor, and we will be the emperor ourselves!" ”

After a turn of the year, the problem returned, but at this time all the leaders of the peasant army understood that since they had rebelled, they had no way to escape, and no matter where they fled, the imperial army would not let them go.

Only then did they realize that it seemed that only when their own people became emperors could they sit back and relax.

Ma Yingshou couldn't help but sigh and said, "Problem, we can't beat the officers and soldiers at this time." ”

Yes, don't look at the peasant army at this time, there are more than 200,000 people, in fact, most of them are peasants who have no combat effectiveness, and it would be good to be able to top 50,000 officers and soldiers when they really fight.

Zhang Xianzhong said wisely: "That's why we are going to attack the capital." ”

If you can't beat it, you still go, isn't this looking for death?

Wang Ziyong couldn't help but ask: "We can't even defeat tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, aren't we going to die when hundreds of thousands of Qinwang's officers and soldiers surround us?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled bitterly: "I want all the soldiers and horses in the world to come to King Qin!" ”

"Ahh , The leaders of the peasant army were taken aback again, all the soldiers and horses in the world came to King Qin, they were not dead, but they also ran to attack the capital, what are they doing if they are not looking for death?

Only Li Zicheng showed a clear expression, he had already understood what Zhang Xianzhong meant, but he didn't speak, because these people were the leaders of the thirty-sixth battalion, only he was not, he was just a small leader under Gao Yingxiang, if it wasn't for his uncle who wanted to carry him, he wouldn't be qualified to sit here at all.

In fact, among all the leaders present, he is the one who wants to be the emperor the most, but, unfortunately, among all of them, he is also the most unqualified, so he has been enduring not speaking, the so-called one will succeed in ten thousand bones, and more people will die to achieve the emperor's hegemony, these people are all cannon fodder in his opinion, including Zhang Xianzhong, he is waiting for these people to die, and when these people are almost dead, he will naturally become the most qualified person.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't know what Li Zicheng thought, at this time, he thought that he was the most qualified to be the emperor, so he would stand up and "instruct" these people and let them be cannon fodder for themselves.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, he couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be tired of explaining: "Think about it, all the soldiers and horses from all over the world have come to the capital to Qinwang, is the rest of the place empty, will we be able to go everywhere?" Therefore, attacking the capital is just a pretense, and when the little emperor orders the soldiers and horses from all over the country to enter the king of Jingqin, we can retreat, and at that time, no matter where we go, there will be no officers and soldiers, we can kill corrupt officials all the way, kill local tyrants, kill those dog princes, and continue to grow ourselves, and the officers and soldiers will be able to follow us at most to eat soil! ”

At this time, all the leaders of the peasant army understood that the attack on the capital for half a day was just to mobilize officers and soldiers, and when they gathered in the capital Qinwang, the defenses of other places would be empty, and they could plunder all the way, even if the little emperor reacted, it was too late, and the officers and soldiers could not catch up immediately, they had time to collect food and salaries, and recruit troops.

At this time, Wang Ziyong suddenly realized: "What do you mean, this time, we just need to go around the vicinity of the capital, and when the army of the king of Qin from all walks of life comes, we will immediately retreat and go to other places?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "Yes, this is the sound of the east attacking the west, we are not going to take the capital now, what we have to do now is to continue to grow and develop, but now there are officers and soldiers everywhere, we have no way to develop and grow at all, only by leading all the officers and soldiers to the capital, we will have time to develop." ”

The leaders of the peasant army all nodded in appreciation, but Zhang Xianzhong smiled secretly in his heart, when the time comes, it will not be so easy to get out, there will always be someone who wants to stay as cannon fodder, otherwise, how could the army of hundreds of thousands of Qinwang be thrown off!

He didn't notice that Li Zicheng looked at him with a sneer in his eyes.