Li Dingfang stood a foot away from the head of Chongzhen's bed and bowed deeply. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past few years in the DPRK, Li Dingfang has a slight reputation, and because his relationship with Ning Zhiyuan has long been on the table, whether it is true or not, there are suddenly a lot more visitors to his house these days, and there are countless overt and secret overtures, which makes him feel a little foggy.

No, not in the clouds, but above the clouds.

He didn't have any sense of urgency when he came to the palace, Li Dingfang felt that Chongzhen might kill him this time, and he was not afraid, not that he was confident, but that he was really not afraid.

"Isn't Li Aiqing really afraid of death?" Chongzhen's suddenly, somewhat inexplicable words hit Li Dingfang's heart, his voice was low, and his tone was gloomy.

Even if he saw that Li Dingfang didn't say a word when he arrived here, he couldn't get angry anymore, Chongzhen still had something very important to say, and the room became quiet for a while, only the two of them.

Li Dingfang shook his head, looking at Chongzhen's appearance of half-leaning on the bed now is really undignified, from a dying person who can't eat enough to eat to this point, what else is there to ask for, and his younger brother is now a well-known number one person in Ningxia, so he also insisted that he never went out of Beijing, just like he never went to Ningxia but stayed in the capital.

It may not be very useful, but it is reassuring.

"What does Your Majesty command, why don't you just say it?" Li Dingfang asked lightly. The tone was neither humble nor arrogant, giving Chongzhen a feeling that he met Ning Zhiyuan four years ago, the scholar who was poor and white in Ningxia, and even the official name was in name only, now that he thinks about it, Chongzhen feels that he should have thought at that time, that is a person who will not be subservient to others, and Ning Zhiyuan, who was still very weak at that time, would not have any intention of usurping the country, and it was really feasible to suggest that he should break the boat.

I don't know if I know that my current situation has fallen to the bottom, but Chongzhen's thoughts in his heart are getting clearer and clearer, and he sighs after seeing everything vividly.

"What does Li Aiqing think of the current situation in Kyoto..."

"It's only a matter of time before the city is broken, but if the emperor starts to hold on now, he can hold on to the whole city for a while." There was not a trace of fluctuation in Li Dingfang's words.

"Li Aiqing's appearance is because I know that I want to kill you or do I have no fear?" Chongzhen was also surprisingly able to endure his temperament, squinting his eyes and asking, the original depressed aura was swept away, and he still had a majesty far beyond ordinary people.

"When did the emperor want to kill Weichen?" Li Dingfang's face was suddenly full of surprise, "Could it be now?" Your Majesty, Wechen has been wronged..."

Chongzhen's face changed, extremely gloomy, Li Dingfang's exaggerated sarcastic appearance was really hateful, and his breathing was unusually rapid for a long time before he slowed down, "It was the day Xu Yuya died, but Li Aiqing had a great life, so he was saved!" ”

"That group of men in black that day were the emperor's people?" Li Dingfang's expression was still very exaggerated, "Then why kill Miss Xu, and why kill Weichen..."

Chongzhen didn't speak with a cold face, staring straight at Li Dingfang's performance.

Li Dingfang has never been an exaggerated person, but after a few breaths, his face recovered again, and even became more dignified, and he took out a stack of letters from his arms.

"So Weichen can say that the emperor is reaping the consequences?" Li Dingfang's faint words seemed to have a hint of mockery.

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then looked at these letters, his face gradually changed, and the back and forth was the letter between Li Dingfang and the thief army outside the city, in the letter, Li Dingfang was persuading the other party to withdraw the army, and the other party replied that it was impossible, they received Ning Zhiyuan's order not to break the capital and swear not to return, and the reason was... Chongzhen's actions were harmful to Ning Zhiyuan and Xu Yuya.

"I am the Son of Heaven, is it possible that I still have to suffer these angers?" Chongzhen roared.

Li Dingfang pouted slightly and didn't speak, hasn't the current situation given this son of heaven a sober understanding? The soldiers are in danger under the city.

"According to what the letter says, Li Aiqing should be a loyal minister?" Chongzhen immediately calmed down, making Li Dingfang sigh a little, no one will be a brainless person, Chongzhen is the emperor and it is normal for him to lose his temper and have changes in the city.

"Loyal ministers don't dare to be, but they have never done anything to harm the interests of the court, and they have been officials for a few years, and they have never received a bribe of half a tael of silver!" Li Dingfang puffed up his chest and looked directly at Chongzhen, he could say this justifiably.

This momentum and confidence made Chongzhen slightly moved, but his face was still expressionless, Li Dingfang is really a capable person, otherwise, even if he has no one to use, he will not promote some mediocre people so quickly, but later Ning Zhiyuan's matter let him know that this kind of thing is better not to hesitate, Ning Zhiyuan's experience is a living example.

"If you are a loyal minister, why are you so close to the thief?" Chongzhen sneered.

"The minister and Zhiyuan met in the second year of Chongzhen, at that time, the minister's life was hanging by a thread, and Zhiyuan was just a farmer's child, thinking that he could report the country to the thief?" Li Dingfang said frankly. Even from the first time they met, he knew that Ning Zhiyuan was not very peaceful, but it was still inappropriate to say that he was a thief.

The anti-thieves have reached their level, saving the lives of tens of millions of people and killing hundreds of thousands of foreign races, is that still called anti-thieves? No, I can't.

"So what?" Chongzhen also didn't believe that Ning Zhiyuan had been thinking about rebellion since he couldn't eat enough, which was a bit nonsense.

"A few months ago, Zhiyuan had never invaded Daming, but now... Your Majesty also knows what the reason is! ”

"Just for a woman?" Chongzhen felt extremely ridiculous.

"Just for a woman, he can not even do such a thing with his life, what is there to be curious?!" Li Dingfang responded, "Your Majesty didn't make this move because he thought this woman was insignificant, but I am afraid that Zhiyuan did not have the strength to crush Daming!" ”

"Why does he have such strength!" Chongzhen was a little unwilling.

Li Dingfang's words were a little meaningful, looking at Chongzhen's sickly red and wrinkled face, "On the land Your Majesty, you are more than twenty times that of Zhiyuan, you must know this question, but you really should understand it again..."

"It's easy to say, kill all the corrupt officials and squires in the territory."

Chongzhen was silent, Ning Zhiyuan admonished him like this a few years ago, and he did so, and the effect was so amazing.

"Do you know why I came to you?" Chongzhen spoke slowly after half a sound, stretching his body a little to make himself more comfortable lying down.

"If it weren't for killing Weichen, then it should be fine now." Li Dingfang's expression was calm, he had just taken out a letter to persuade the Ningxia soldiers outside the city to withdraw from the army, so Chongzhen should also dispel the idea of suing for peace.

"No, I want you to make peace!" Chongzhen cheered up, his eyes were shining, and his sharpness was revealed.

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Just like the last straw that overwhelmed the scarred Moxi Mongols was the retreat of their reinforcements, the final blow in the stormy Ming court finally came.

Li Zicheng hid in the ravine, but Zhang Xianzhong in Henan is restless, and there are also anti-thieves under them, who can eat chaff and swallow vegetables when they are used to eating meat and drinking wine ** captivity, plus the prestige of the imperial court is simply falling to the freezing point in history, whether it can pass this level is still unknown, with the character of Zhang Xianzhong's classmates, it is enough to wait and see here, and it can almost be reversed.

After the surrender wave, their strength not only did not suffer any losses, but faintly increased, and they already had 1120,000 men and horses, and the key is that Comrade Zhang Xianzhong's personality has changed greatly, and he knows the importance of having a powerful army, otherwise in the cracks of this war, he can't even guard his own bones, so he naturally reuses one of his godsons, Zhang Dingguo.

Collecting a godson is indeed a very good way to win people's hearts, almost no price is paid for someone to call their father for nothing and make them extremely loyal, if you meet a godson with outstanding ability, it will be even more profitable.

Zhang Xianzhong is in this state at this time, it is true that with his character, no matter how good it is, Zhang Dingguo will not have much power, but now it is really different, and he can no longer fight guerrillas and make small troubles like before.

In short, it is to rise again, almost just two days from a small county town immediately swept the entire Henan, of course, Zhang Dingguo is indispensable, but this Henan army is empty Zuo General Army into Beijing Qinwang is the key, although Henan is full of 40,000 troops, but for a large province, it is nothing at all, of which more than 10,000 people are under the Governor Xiong.

In addition, there is Chen Yongfu of Kaifeng, with more than 20,000 soldiers under his command, who can fight well, but they can only hold Kaifeng and not be captured by Li Dingguo, so the Henan area has been completely labeled as Zhang Xianzhong.

This news immediately shocked the whole country, and more people were finally disappointed in Daming. Henan's population is so large that it is the first in the world, so Zhang Xianzhong was eager to expand his strength and easily recruited 300,000 troops at once, known as 500,000.

It's famous all over the world.

This is only a matter of half a month, the changes that have taken place are so great that the Ning officials who are far away in Liangguang are a little surprised after receiving the news, he knows that history has deviated too far from the trajectory, but he is slightly dissatisfied, why the elite of Ningxia with as many as 500,000 troops still makes Zhang Xianzhong rampant like this.

But he knows that it's not a big deal, Zhang Xianzhong is not too stupid, and finally he didn't abuse the people in Henan, unlike the slaughter of tens of millions of people in Sichuan in the previous wild history records, otherwise no one would be able to save him, although Ning Zhiyuan is now in a state of indignation for the country and the people, but he is also relieved to let these people suffer a little less.

Ning Zhiyuan, a large territory of Liangguang, has also collected a total of more than 200,000 troops, and after three months of training in the Ningxia army that escorted Liu Ru is daughters to the Ningxia army, it can be regarded as a combatable soldier, and the facts have proved that when you are really strong, no matter what, it is powerful, even if it is now in the waning Ming Dynasty, isn't it possible to raise an army of 500,000 at will?

Liangguang is Huguang above, but the terrain is treacherous from here, and the army will be a little weak, but Ning Zhiyuan has also reorganized the army, and everything is ready, so he can just wait for the east wind to blow and set off from the north from Fujian, he said to himself, this will be the last time to go out.

Dongfeng is the Mongolian chick of Bad Onyx, Ning Zhiyuan will not wait for her to leave again before she arrives, and she can also accompany these women well during these times, and be happy.

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Zuo Liangyu is still in the capital and the anti-thieves outside the city don't want to fight, his feeling is that these anti-thieves are really tough, Zhang Xianzhong almost vomited blood when the news of his hegemony in Henan came, and he was full of envy, jealousy and hatred for a while, he thought that he should be the one who is now the king and the hegemon! So he angrily presented Chongzhen with a letter of intent to suppress bandits, but he had no hope.

Then, Chongzhen agreed.

Zuo Liangyu was a little stunned for a while, what do you mean? Could it be that the emperor knew that he couldn't hold this place, so he simply let me leave? But whatever, Zuo Liangyu took his half-crippled Changping army of more than 30,000 and went straight to Henan.

He went in circles, a big circle, starting from Jinling, although there were no Weichen in the Ningxia army outside the city, but there were very few survivors who went to Henan under their noses for fear of being chased by cavalry.

Zuo Liangyu is still running, but Li Dingguo is different, he is a little fried, according to the division of the generals in Ningxia before the war, Henan and Shaanxi are the territories he should take, the reason why he got a confrontation order is to know that the city under the insistence of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting is difficult to conquer, you must know that Sun Chuanting has only done two things in Shaanxi for such a long time.

Repair the city wall and train soldiers, there is a specialization in the art industry, so he did a very good job, the city wall is very strong, the soldiers are also very obedient, the cannon is not too sharp, according to this estimate to conquer Shaanxi, it is estimated that nearly 10,000 cannons will have to be fired, so it is suspended.

Li Dingguo decided to leave 30,000 cavalry and Sun Chuanting to confront them is enough, he took more than 50,000 people all the way to Henan, the scene he saw along the way really made him sigh, I have to say that Sun Chuanting is a smart person, there are still people living in the small county, seeing Li Dingguo and others were a little panicked, but after seeing that they did not move, they put their minds at ease, sure enough, the soldiers of Ningxia will not be cruel to the people.

However, Li Dingguo did not find it almost difficult to find a large household in these places that could be used to plunder grain, which was the most depressed place for him, and it was obvious that Sun Chuanting knew his people's routine and transferred these people, leaving these people who could not do it themselves, and then concentrated troops and food to guard the tall city wall.

However, Li Dingguo agrees with this kind of approach of fighting a war without harming the people.

Although it seems that his side has suffered a loss, in fact, his reputation has risen further.

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