It only took Li Ji less than two hours to take the Tang Palace, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army climbed into it from the top of the wall and rushed to the main gate as soon as possible.

The two heavy vermilion lacquer gates slowly opened, announcing that the Tang Palace's mansion had been officially breached, and a large number of Heavenly Mandate troops poured in from the main gate, and the royal palace guards might rely on the terrain and houses to resist, but in front of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops, these resistances were like throwing a few stones in the rushing river, and they couldn't turn over the waves at all.

The sporadic gunfire was even more terrifying than the gunfire just now, and Xie Junbao knew in his heart that the palace was over!

However, for him, these are no longer important, he has become the livestock of the sacrificial banner of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and whether the Tang Wangfu can be preserved has little to do with him.

Xie Junbao's only concern is when the Heavenly Mandate Army will use him to sacrifice the flag.

Ma Shile and Li Zhiqiang were also secretly alarmed, it was only less than two hours, and the thick wall of the palace was broken through by the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army was not only reflected in the sharp firearms, but also the courage of the soldiers themselves, which left a deeper impression on them.

Whether it is firearms or the soldiers themselves, they are not comparable to the army of the DPRK, perhaps only the soldiers under the command of Taizu and Chengzu back then were like wolves and tigers......

Li Zicheng looked up at the starry sky while thinking about his own thoughts, the battle that happened around him, he didn't watch it at all, just like this battle had nothing to do with him at all.

I don't know how long it took, Li Ji came out of the palace, looked around on all sides, and then trotted over, "Governor, the palace has been completely taken, all the guards of the palace have been disarmed, and those who resist have been killed by their brothers." ”

Li Zicheng stood up, nodded slightly, looked at the rekindled torches in the palace, and said, "How about the brothers?" ”

"It's not enough to count, it's not a big estimate, the guards of the palace have no chance to fight back at all," Li Ji arched his hand and said: "The battle in the palace has subsided, do you want to go in and have a look?" ”

"Naturally, I want to go in," Li Zicheng secretly rejoiced in his heart, he attacked the Tang Palace, and even attacked Nanyang City, in order to be the money and food in the palace, if there is no palace in Nanyang City, he will probably not attack the city, at most, like Dengzhou, he will leave if he wants food, and the brothers will not have casualties, he turned sideways and signaled to Xie Junbao, Ma Shile, and Li Zhiqiang, "Let's go, go in and have a look, although you live in the city, you rarely go to the Tang Palace, right?" ”

"That's, that's, we also want to see the Tang Palace......"

When Li Zicheng entered the palace with his own soldiers, the captured personnel, except for the palace guards, palace servants, and slaves, there were only three adult men in the entire clan, plus a group of female dependents, but there was not a single child.

Li Zicheng laughed secretly in his heart, this Li Ji really understands his thoughts, if he leaves the child, he really doesn't know what to do with it!

He grimaced and said coldly: "Who is King Tang?" ”

At the front, a man in Chinese clothes forty years away, his face was full of horror, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "This king...... The villain is the Tang King......"

"Oh? Are you Zhu Yuxuan? Li Zicheng said: "I heard that if there is a woman in the city who marries, you will rob someone and sleep for three days before returning it to others?" He glanced at the royal ladies behind him and said, "There are already so many beautiful women like flowers, but you are not satisfied?" ”

"There is no villain, don't listen to others...... Zhu Yuqi suddenly met Li Zicheng's cold gaze, and hurriedly changed his words: "The villain doesn't dare, it's all the third brother......"

"Even if it's your younger brother, that's a person from the palace," Li Zicheng interrupted Zhu Yuyan's words, glanced at the two people behind him, and saw that they were all frightened, it is estimated that these two people have done no less, and there is a trace of disgust in their hearts, it is good to be a rogue, you can be happy and revengeful, without going through a long interrogation, and then return your eyes to Zhu Yuxuan's body, "Do you know our intentions?" ”

"A good man is ......"

"Knowingly ask!" Li Zicheng reprimanded: "Qian Liang, tell me, where is the money and grain in the palace?" ”

"The good man doesn't know," Zhu Yuhu suddenly cried and mourned, and his eyes flickered, "Although the palace has a large income, it has a large population and a large monthly expenditure, so there is really not much ......food in stock."

"Do you know what I do with the recalcitrant?" Li Zicheng smiled coldly, glanced at the female dependents, there are really many beautiful women, I don't know if it is the daughter of the Zhu family, or the wife and concubine, "The woman was sold into the Qinglou, and the man was executed by Ling Chi, Lord Tang, does the palace still need this money and grain?" Whether I find it or not, these money and food no longer belong to the palace," he added heavily: "From now on, the Tang Palace's mansion no longer exists!" ”

"This ......" Zhu Yuhu suddenly sweated like rain, hesitated for a while, and said: "Good man, I said, I just ask the good man to spare the villain's life......"

"Whether I can spare your life depends on your crime," Li Zicheng snorted coldly, he really couldn't look down on such soft bones, it was far worse than Zhu Zhihong, the king of Su, "If you don't say it, won't Pontus find it himself?" Pontus is just giving you a chance to atone for your sins! ”

Zhu Yuqi hurriedly bowed down and shouted like a dog: "The villain said, the villain said ...... all."

Li Zicheng raided the Tang Palace, compared with the tens of thousands in Sichuan, the Tang Palace, it was really far behind, but for the Heavenly Mandate Army, this was already a lot of wealth: gold and silver worth 860,000 taels, as well as immeasurable antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and 460,000 stone grain!

In addition to Zhu Yuhu's prince's mansion, there are also county prince's mansions, Zhenguo general's mansions, etc., Li Zicheng naturally will not allow these unearned clans to exist, led by Liu Zongmin, who has always been brave and murderous, and all the clans were raided.

Although they are not as wealthy as Tang Wangfu, the sum of the money and food they get is also very amazing, and it is not much less than Tang Wangfu.

Looking at the data reported by Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng couldn't close his mouth excitedly, but he was very annoyed, this Mandate of Heaven Army in Henan is a mobile nature, and it is difficult to take all this money and grain away, especially nearly one million stone grain, which requires a large number of vehicles to transport.

When Li Zicheng came to Henan, he did not bring auxiliary soldiers, and the matter of escorting grain and grass was handed over to some of the soldiers behind the palace.

In the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Army, in addition to the three brothers Zhu Yuxuan, Zhu Yuxuan, and Zhu Yuqi captured in the Tang Palace, there are also many county kings, Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals and other more than a dozen people, these Zhu clan relatives have always been pampered and lived a parasitic life, and fell into the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and their good days are obviously over.

Li Zi became a deterrent to Ma Shile and Li Zhiqiang, and decided to behead them all, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven first posted a proclamation in the city, listing all kinds of crimes in the palace, especially the things they robbed the bride and disturbed the people, and it was a big book, and the end of the proclamation particularly emphasized that because these people were mostly involved in robbing the people's daughters and confusing the blood, it was decided to publicly behead them at the entrance of the vegetable market.

The time of the beheading was three days later.

Li Zicheng gave Xie Junbao some freedom, he could move freely in the city, but he was not allowed to leave Nanyang City, as for Li Zhiqiang, he was locked up in the government office, and he had good food and drink, but he had to learn the teachings of Catholicism every day, and the Wuhou Temple in Wollongong would be the first Catholic church in Nanyang.

Li Zicheng summoned Ma Shile alone in the small hall of the second hall of the government.

The defenders in the city, plus the guards of the Tang Palace, have been reorganized into two thousand households, temporarily led by Ma Shile, to participate in the drill, but Ma Shile does not know the next move of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and has been uneasy in his heart. ”

"General Ma, sit!" Li Zicheng pointed to the wooden chair opposite, and asked He Xiaomi to serve tea, which seemed extremely friendly.

"Thank you, little man!" Ma Shile followed Li Zicheng for several days and had his own understanding of Li Zicheng and the Heavenly Mandate Army, but today he was summoned by Li Zicheng alone, knowing that there was something big to order, and his face was very dignified.

Li Zicheng's face was a quiet smile, "General Ma, what do you feel during this time?" ”

"Feelings?" Ma Shile was stunned for a moment, although he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, he didn't dare to speak for a while.

"General Ma Shen doesn't need to be nervous, just say whatever you want, and the governor of Pontus will not be guilty of his words," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Just tell me, what is the difference between the Heavenly Mandate Army and the Liukou." ”

Ma Shile has always regarded the Heavenly Mandate Army as a rogue, and after listening to Li Zicheng's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, there are indeed many differences between the Mandate of Heaven Army and the Rogues.

The Mandate of Heaven Army did not carry family members, all of them were soldiers, and their firearms were sharper than the army of the imperial court......

If only in terms of the army, the Mandate of Heaven Army seems to be even more powerful than the Ming army of the same number!

Ma Shile said what he thought in his heart, and Li Zicheng bowed slightly, "Although General Ma is a military general, he has some knowledge, and to tell you the truth, the Mandate of Heaven Army has strict discipline, sharp firearms, and strong combat effectiveness, in the final analysis, it is because the Mandate of Heaven Army has always protected the people of the territory." ”

“……”

"General Ma Shen is not a civilian official, and he may not understand that only by truly caring for the people on the earth and treating the people as brothers will the people support the Mandate of Heaven Army and produce sharp firearms for the Mandate of Heaven Army...... Li Zicheng used the laws of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion to teach Ma Shile a lesson.

Ma Shile couldn't help nodding, he may or may not understand, Li Zicheng knows that it takes a long time to change a person's mind, as long as Ma Shile does one thing - care about the people, it will be enough.

What satisfied Li Zicheng the most was that Ma Shile took the initiative to ask to join the Mandate of Heaven Army and serve the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, and Li Zicheng immediately appointed him as the general of the Mandate of Heaven Army, leading two thousand soldiers, and when necessary, allowing the expansion of the army to one thousand households.

The soldiers of this battalion, living in the enclave of Nanyang Mansion, can only temporarily belong to the jurisdiction of Nanyang Mansion, the Ming Dynasty in order to limit the generals, has always been "to control the military with literature", Ma Shile is used to it, he swore to Li Zicheng, resolutely accept the jurisdiction of the Nanyang prefect.

Li Zicheng is not worried, the food and salary of the soldiers in this battalion are all distributed by the Nanyang Mansion, unless Ma Shile is self-reliant, otherwise he must obey the dispatch of the Nanyang Prefect.

In order to let the soldiers master the training methods of the Heavenly Mandate Army as soon as possible, Li Zicheng transferred several general flag officers to serve as a hundred households in the Nanyang Army, responsible for the training of the Nanyang Army.