Chapter 254: Heaven and Earth
The spring night is bitter and short, and the day is high, and the king does not rise early from then on.
In the fat powder bush, in the gentle township, Li Zicheng is happy and does not want to return. Only after enjoying the most extreme enjoyment in the world can I feel that all the hardships I have suffered in the past are worth it.
Chen Yuejuan suggested that Li Zicheng treat Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's family members well in order to accept Wu Sangui's heart. Li Zicheng thought so much and personally went to Liu Zongmin's mansion to advise Liu Zongmin, but when he saw Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan, Li Zicheng was lost all of a sudden, lost in Chen Yuanyuan's beautiful and fragrant appearance.
Liu Zongmin also took the opportunity to present Chen Yuanyuan and asked Li Zicheng to bring it back to the palace.
So, for the first time in more than ten years, Li Zicheng slept until the sun was still reluctant to wake up, only willing to indulge in this gentle township and couldn't afford to sleep, this night, he seemed to return to the time when he was just married, hugging the soft fragrance of Wenyu and cutting down, seven times a night is not too much, until the dawn of the day, he fell asleep.
Therefore, when the guards shouted outside the hall, Li Zicheng's annoyance can be imagined.
However, when he heard that it was his assistant Liu Zongmin who had a big announcement, Li Zicheng still got up with anger, put on his clothes under the service of the beauty, and staggered into the main hall with a sore back and legs.
"I said Kuroko, what are you doing to disturb Lao Tzu's sleep early in the morning!" Li Zicheng scolded his assistant dissatisfiedly, Heizi is Liu Zongmin's nickname, and now only Li Zicheng dares to call it. Li Zicheng nodded at Gu Junen, who came with Liu Zongmin, sat on the dragon chair, and waved his hand to let the two sit aside.
"Big brother, the sun is all on your buttocks, and it's still early in the morning? You don't look at the hour anymore. Liu Zongmin said dissatisfiedly, he and Li Zicheng have been sharing weal and woe, and they talk very casually, they came to the palace early this morning and waited for more than half an hour to see Li Zicheng, which made Liu Zongmin extremely dissatisfied.
"If you have something to say, let it go!" Li Zicheng said unhappily, and said that he ordered someone to serve food, and the night's hard work made him tired and hungry, but then Liu Zongmin's words swept away his hunger.
"Dog Emperor Chongzhen didn't die, he was rescued by that Chen Yue!" Liu Zongmin shouted.
"What?" Li Zicheng stood up suddenly, tilted his head slightly and stared at Liu Zongmin with one eye.
Gu Junen stood up and told Li Zicheng the results of Luo's Yangxue investigation, and Li Zicheng's face suddenly became solemn.
Broke through Beijing, Chongzhen committed suicide, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty has died, and as long as a small number of troops are sent south in the future, the remaining territory of the Ming Dynasty can be determined. But if Chongzhen hadn't died, then everything would have been different, and it would undoubtedly be much more difficult to capture the southern provinces.
"According to the results of Luo Yang's investigation, it can be concluded that Chongzhen is indeed not dead, and is currently hiding in Chen Yuejun's army, we must send troops to chase after him as soon as possible, Chen Yuejun has just left for less than a day, and there are Tang Tong's eight thousand troops accompanying him, everything is in time!" Gu Junen said.
"Will Tang Tong be persuaded by Chen Yue?" Li Zicheng asked, if Tang Tong and Chen Yue are together, and Tang Chen and Chen join forces with more than 10,000 troops, then the matter will be big, at least tens of thousands of people will be sent to chase after them. But at present, there are only 70,000 descendants of the Shun army in Beijing, and they want to deter Wu Sangui in Shanhaiguan and the Manchurians outside the pass, where can they send tens of thousands of soldiers, as for the surrendered Ming army, let them chase their former emperor? Forget it.
"Probably not. Tang Tong is just a capricious villain, and he can naturally see that Dashun is now in full swing, and he is willing to be martyred for Daming. Moreover, he sacrificed Juyong Pass, which made the Shun army soldiers come to the city of Beijing, and they will definitely worry about Chongzhen's liquidation, how can they vote for Daming again? Gu Junen shook his head and said.
"Big brother, don't say so much, hurry up and give me a will, and I'll lead the troops to catch up!" Liu Zongmin urged impatiently.
"There must be a chase, but it's a little thing for the children to go. You are my general in the army, how can you easily dispatch? There are so many affairs in Beijing, will you let me handle it alone when you leave? Li Zicheng shook his head and vetoed Liu Zongmin's plan to personally lead troops to pursue.
"That's not good, I have to go and screw Chen Yue'er's head off in person to eliminate the hatred in my heart." Liu Zongmin insisted on personally leading his troops to chase after him. In the battle outside Zhengyang Gate, he was beaten by Chen Yue, and more than 1,000 people were killed and injured by 3,000 subordinates, and this breath has not disappeared.
"General Quan, I think Your Majesty is right, you better not go." Gu Junen hurriedly persuaded, "Right now, Beijing can't do without you, Chen Yue is only more than 2,000 people, where is it worth the general to do it yourself." ”
Liu Zongmin is the second person below Li Zicheng, if he can lead the troops to defeat Chen Yue and capture Chongzhen, it is fine, if he fails, he will definitely shake his prestige in the Dashun army, I am afraid that he will lose face, it is really worth the loss, Gu Junen has always been good friends with Liu Zongmin, so he naturally has to plan for him.
Seeing that Gu Junen was also opposed to leading his troops to pursue, Liu Zongmin could only hate it.
Chen Yue must escape, and the direction of escape must be Tianjin's nest, and join his subordinates who stayed in Tianjin. After the three of them discussed, they decided to send the righteous marquis Zhang Nai to lead 3,000 cavalry to pursue, Zhang Nai is Li Zicheng's righteous son, brave and good at fighting, and the cavalry under his command is the elite of the Shun army, and there should be no problem in dealing with Chen Yue's 2,000 subordinates.
At the same time, he sent fast cavalry to chase Tang Tongjun, gave Tang Tong a secret order, and ordered him to arrest Chen Yue. At this moment, Li Zicheng didn't know the news that Tang Tong's army had been defeated by Chen Yue. With Tang Tong's 8,000 army, plus Zhang Nai's 3,000 cavalry, how could he destroy Chen Yue's 2,000 people.
In order to ensure the insurance period, Li Zicheng ordered people to send a message to Liu Fangliang in Baoding, ordering Liu Fangliang to lead the right battalion of the Shun army to the east and attack Tianjin. Liu Fangliang's right battalion had more than 10,000 main forces breaking into the camp, and even if Chen Yue could escape from Tang Tong and Zhang Nai's hands, he would definitely not be able to escape from Liu Fangliang's hands.
Chen Yue must take Chongzhen to flee south, along the canal to the south, through Linqing Xuzhou to Huai'an, is the best shortcut. However, Chen Yue is a thief and cunning, and he may not take the canal back to Tianjin, because for him, as long as he takes Chongzhen to the south safely, it will be a great achievement, and some of the subordinates who stayed in Tianjin Wei will be lost.
His Majesty may order orders to the prefectures and counties of Hejian, Cangzhou, Dezhou, and Shunde, ordering them to send a wide range of men to investigate, and to report immediately if they find any trace of a traitor, and at the same time order General Liu Fangliang to be the commander in chief, and to lead the local armies of the prefectures. ”
After Gu Junen thought about it, he suggested to Li Zicheng.
"Okay, in this way, the net of heaven and earth will be opened, and it will be difficult for Chen Yue to plug in his wings!" Li Zicheng laughed.
ps: I had an illness and was delayed for more than ten days, I'm really embarrassed. I will try to update it in the future and repay everyone.