Li Yuanfang lay on his stomach in the mud and buried his son with trembling hands.

There was no hard soil, so he could only use this-like mud to cover his son's thin body, and he didn't even have a mat wrapped around his body.

Nine days ago, the Yellow River burst its banks and destroyed his house, and after confirming that his old mother had been swept away by the river, he cried half of his tears, and when he secretly gave away the little rations he had saved to him and his son's wife five days ago, he cried the remaining half of his tears, and now, his last relatives have also died, and he has no tears to cry out.

He was already so weak that a gust of wind could blow him down, and he covered his son's slightly puffy face with the last handful of mud, and then stood up and looked around blankly.

All around was a yellow flutter of gray color, a few dead trees that had been soaked to death were crumbling, crows were squawing on the branches, and wild dogs were munching silently in the muddy water.

Li Yuanfang didn't know where he was going.

In front of him, it was all such a gray and dead end, he didn't know how long he could last, maybe the next moment, he would fall into the mud, and then the crows and wild dogs would take him for food.

At this moment, a strange voice came from the distance.

"Seeking ascension in the morning, seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive recently, open the door early to worship the king, and call the big and small happy......"

This voice made Li Yuanfang's numb expression move slightly, and he looked at the direction where the voice came from, and after a while. In his hungry vision, the appearance of the group of people was already clear.

It's a large group of people, and they look majestic.

Li Yan, who was riding on a horse, looked around with a cold expression, and beside him, Li Zicheng smiled and sang the soldiers around him. There was a strange satisfaction in his heart.

Li Zicheng is at the other end, Niu Jinxing is full of pride, and he looks proud. made Li Yan feel extremely unhappy when he saw it.

The idea of breaking the embankment of the Yellow River was offered by Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng's horse stopped when it passed Li Yuanfang, this numb people. made him feel very uncomfortable, and most of his original pride disappeared at this time. He shook his horsewhip, got off his horse, waded through the muddy water, and came to Li Yuan.

"This brother, looking at you like this, you should have been cornered by the government, why don't you join my army, there is food and drink......"

"My mother is dead. My daughter-in-law died, and so did my son. Li Yuanfang said softly.

"This is even more to seek revenge from the government!"

"The Yellow River burst its banks, and they died...... Who dug the Yellow River embankment? Li Yuanfang stared at Li Zicheng with a vacant gaze: "Who is it?" ”

"It's the officers and soldiers, it's the imperial court that dug the Yellow River embankment!" Li Zicheng said without hesitation or guilt: "The imperial court learned that I wanted to march into the capital and avenge the suffering people of the world. They blew up the embankment of the Yellow River and tried to stop our army from advancing. But they can't stop me, and now my army is marching towards the capital, and when I see the emperor, I must ask you who came up with this idea. This man will not die! ”

After he said this, Li Yan glanced at Niu Jinxing, who didn't care, but grinned with his beard.

Li Yuanfang heard Li Zicheng's words, and his eyes suddenly flashed: "Really? ”

"Seriously!"

"I'll go with you, who is King Chuang, I want to meet King Chuang!" Li Yuanfang said.

"I'm the king."

Hearing this, Li Yuanfang fell into the mud and cried: "King Chuang, why did you come, why did you come!" ”

"Let the people suffer." Li Zicheng helped him up, and then ordered backwards: "Give this brother some hot soup, the government doesn't care about these people, we have to take care of it!" ”

The army agreed in an uproar, and then, the song of "seeking harmony in the morning and twilight" sounded again.

This song was composed by Li Yan, and he suddenly felt a little ashamed, so he lowered his head, looked at the horse's front hooves, and was silent.

The army went north, north, and wherever the army went, the people who had struggled out of the mud followed. They had no choice but to follow the army, because they had already been swept away by the flood, their homes and food, and what was waiting for them was an extremely cold winter!

After all, the Yellow Flood area through which Li Zicheng's army passed was only a small part of the entire Yellow Flood Area, only in the southern part of the Daimyo's Mansion, and the Yellow Flood was the most harmful in the northern part of Shan'dong and the southeast of Beizhili. Between the Xiaoqing River and the original Haihe River, a huge yellow flood area was formed. In this land of deep suffering, the number of people who died directly or indirectly from the bursting of the Yellow River is as high as more than 200,000!

"Bang!"

Yu Guozhen's hand slapped heavily on the desk, and his expression became a little hideous, this kind of hideousness has not been seen for a long time in him who is getting better and better at cultivating qi.

"Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng!"

originally thought that with Li Yan's help, Li Zicheng's actions already had some appearance, and it could even be said that Yu Guozhen had plans to temporarily support him as an agent and confront Jianyu in North China.

But the news of the Yellow River digging the embankment completely broke through Yu Guozhen's bottom line, and made Yu Guozhen realize that Li Zicheng is still the same Li Zicheng, and the ferocity and bottomless characteristics of the rogue are still the mainstream of him!

"Officials, control anger, control anger, there are many cases of people in the world encountering remnants and thieves, we can't expect everything."

Jiang'an persuaded in a low voice, and Wang Haoran nodded beside him, expressing his deep understanding. However, after a while, Wang Haoran still couldn't help but say: "This plan is very poisonous, Mr. Xiao Song should have a sense of bosom friend, Li Zicheng is also cunning, and even hyped that it was the imperial court that destroyed the Yellow River embankment in order to stop him, and the people's grievances gathered on the imperial court, but he took the opportunity to be a good person, nominally to help the victims, but in fact, he pulled millions of people in this yellow flood area." ”

Yu Guozhen pursed his mouth, and after a while, he sighed: "Li Ziguo is a hero for a while, Gao Yingxiang is not as good as him, Zhang Xianzhong is only half of him ruthless, but he is not as thick-skinned!" ”

There is no doubt that the reason why Li Zicheng bought grain from Xinxiang has now been revealed. In addition to serving as a military product, the food he purchased was also used to provide relief to the victims in the Yellow Flood Area. He calculated that Yu Guozhen would inevitably be unbearable to the people, even if he knew that after he dug the Yellow River embankment, he would continue to supply food.

"The people want to be saved, but I don't want Li Zicheng to be complacent." After pondering for a while, Yu Guozhen said: "I want to use the tiger guard to rescue the disaster." ”

"Use the Tiger Guard to help the disaster?"

Jiang An and Wang Haoran glanced at each other, Yu Guozhen's decision was tantamount to sending the tiger guard in advance, and the tiger guard, who could have reaped the benefits, had to devote himself to the extremely tangled disaster relief work. When the disaster relief is over, the overall situation of Gyeonggi has been decided, whether it is Jianyu or Li Chuang, they will be happy to see that Yu Guozhen can't intervene when they are engaged in a decisive battle.

If this is Li Chuang's intention, it can only be said that the strategic level of Li Chuang's side has reached the point where it is comparable to Xinxiang. If Li Chuang has no intention of coincident, he can also see that this is Li Chuang's luck to the extreme.

"You can't let Li Chuang be too proud, first, Emperor Chongzhen can't fall into the hands of Li Chuang; Second, the people's hearts in the Yellow Flood Area cannot be fully captured by Li Chuang; Third, Li Chuang must be taught some lessons. Wang Haoran muttered, and then stepped forward: "Lord, I am willing to enter the capital!" ”

"You entered the capital?" Yu Guozhen was a little surprised: "What can you do in the capital?" ”

"I used to be the concubine of the Shu Prince's Mansion, and the Lord knows about this matter, so in the capital, I still know some people, and I can get close to the internal supervisors of the court through their relationship, if I can meet Fan Xian again, then at least I can convey the goodwill of the Lord to Emperor Chongzhen." Wang Haoran's eyes were cold: "Besides, if there is a strange army ambushing in the capital, Li Zicheng will have to pay some price if he wants to seize the capital, at least he will not be so proud!" ”

"You want to?"

"Rob Chongzhen and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes!" Wang Haoran put forward an extremely bold plan.

They were all able to judge that in the face of the current situation, it was already difficult for the capital to hold. Yu Guozhen once promised Fang Kongzhi that within the scope of his ability, he would save Chongzhen's life, and the best way to protect Chongzhen was to control Chongzhen in his own hands.

If Li Zicheng breaks through the capital, Chongzhen is taken away in the chaos at this time, although Li Zicheng can be regarded as overthrowing Chongzhen, the emperor, but it cannot be regarded as a complete achievement, for him, it will be very depressing. And if Chongzhen is in the hands of Yu Guozhen, whether he is immediately played out as a card, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, or temporarily keeps this card in his hands, the initiative of the situation in the world is firmly in the hands of Yu Guozhen!

Thinking of this, for Wang Haoran's suggestion, Jiang'an was the first to agree: "This is a good idea, the capital to Zhigukou, that is, two hundred miles, as long as you are ready, you can arrive in one day, we will send two ships to Zhigu, one to stay for people, and one to deliver news." As long as the news of Li Chuang or Jianyu besieging the capital is obtained, the ship that delivers the news will come out immediately and deliver the news to Zhifu, and the main force of our Navy's East China Sea Fleet will set off from Zhifu to respond. ”

"Li Chuang besieged the city, with hundreds of thousands of people, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to break out."

"Li Chuang can stop the officers and soldiers, how can he stop us?" Wang Haoran said proudly: "The lord is not at ease, so let Tian Boguang go with him." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm willing to go." Tian Boguang said with a smile: "I haven't been back to Jinggi for a few years, and I don't know if the beautiful girls and daughters-in-law in the capital are still thinking about me." ”

"Do you disagree?" Yu Guozhen had already made a decision in his heart, but he still wanted to listen to the opinions of the audience, so he asked them again.

No one raised a different opinion, and it is obvious that the civil and military forces under the Xinxiang system are extremely supportive of controlling Chongzhen. After having had enough of Chongzhen's suspicions, they were also happy to get Chongzhen into their hands and let him try the taste of suspicion.

"If there are no dissenting opinions, then a specific battle plan will be drawn up." Yu Guozhen's voice calmed down completely, and there was no anger in Fang Cai. When drawing up a specific plan, if you add too much personal feelings, it will only make the plan more omission.

(To be continued)