Chapter 420: The Beacon Smoke Rises Again

The rebel army was besieged by Chen Qiyu in the carriage gorge, and seeing that the situation was critical, the leaders of the rebel army gathered together to discuss how to break out. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhang Xianzhong's way to open his mouth to everyone turned out to be to surrender to the official army.

Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang were silent after hearing this, the two of them were really unwilling to surrender, but they couldn't think of any way to get out of trouble.

"There is nothing new in surrendering, and there is no need to be embarrassed. It's not the first time that my old Zhang has surrendered, so I'll surrender first and wait for the opportunity to turn against his mother. Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Zhang Xianzhong said with a big grin. This surrender is indeed not the first time for Zhang Xianzhong, he has almost become a professional surrenderer, he surrendered when he saw that the situation was not good, and then he pulled up the team to rebel again.

"We have to find a way, even if we surrender, we must keep the backbone of our team, and don't let the government break us up, so that we will have a chance to rise again in the future." Gao Yingxiang was a little moved, and the first thing he thought of was how to save a hand for the future.

"This is easy to do, I have the best way to deal with these court officials, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you want. I'll see if some of you come out with some gold and silver treasures. Zhang Xianzhong grinned a few times after speaking.

"Money is easy to do, as long as you can keep the team, you can give all your property to the officers and soldiers." Among these people, Zhang Xianzhong had the most dealings with court officials and knew their nature best.

"Okay, I'll go and prepare my belongings." Li Zicheng got up and said, since he has made a decision, he will do it immediately, Li Zicheng does not want to stay in this valley for a day.

The officers and officers of the besieging rebel army had been in high spirits for the past few days, and now they had besieged most of the rebel army in the Carriage Gorge at once. This time the credit is not running. And everyone also made a small fortune unexpectedly, and the besieged thieves were scared and ready to surrender to the official army, but they were afraid of being punished by the official army, so they gave them gifts, hoping that they could say a few good words to Governor Chen. In addition, some of the thieves from the same township wanted to return to their hometowns together and not be scattered. This is a good thing for everyone, after the thieves surrender, everyone no longer has to risk their lives to fight, and if you say a few words, you will have money, so why not.

The generals of the official army told Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, that the thieves wanted to surrender, but the thieves had been beaten and feared, and there was no problem in accepting the thieves' surrender.

Chen Qiyu relented when there was constant wind blowing in his ears, and felt that accepting the surrender of the thieves was also a good way to avoid war and reduce killing.

Chen Qiyu finally decided to accept the surrender of the thieves, he was not very at ease with these thieves, he was still very careful when surrendering, he decided to send all these thieves back to his hometown as soon as possible, and every hundred people sent a court magistrate to watch, and returned to his hometown with the thieves.

For a while, the people in the gorge went to the gorge, and Chen Qiyu felt that it was time to celebrate. It is true that some thieves have returned to their hometowns and no longer live a life of licking blood from knives, but more thieves have killed the magistrate halfway and rebelled again, because they know that they will still have no food and clothing when they return to their hometown, and they will die of cold and starvation.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and other leaders of the rebel army also got out of trouble, and then easily recalled their elite men and horses and raised the banner of righteousness again.

After Chen Qiyu recruited the thieves, he would naturally report to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers celebrated for several days, and the bandits of so many years were finally removed, and now they could deal with the attack of the Houjin people with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, the emperor was on his head, and a scoop of cold water poured it down, which poured Emperor Chongzhen into the cold. The thieves in various places have risen again, and the leaders of the thieves who have surrendered are still the leaders of the thieves who have surrendered as reported by Chen Qiyu.

Chen Qiyu was incompetent, and deceived the emperor, his crime can be punished, the emperor Long Yan was furious, issued a decree, dismissed Chen Qiyu from the post of governor of the five provinces, and sent him to the border of Guangshu.

As far as Chen Qiyu is concerned, except for the last move that made a mistake and led to the loss of the whole game, he did a good job in the front. Although the rebels finally escaped from the Carriage Gorge by deception, they actually suffered great losses. As far as Li Zicheng is concerned, there were more than 300,000 people in the past, but they were eaten away by Chen Qiyu step by step, and finally escaped from the carriage gorge and gathered again, leaving only more than 30,000 people. The other rebel ranks suffered even more serious losses.

At this time, as long as the officers and soldiers concentrate on the purge, the rebels should have little hope of survival.

But God seems to be very unhappy with the Zhu family sitting in the world, just when the official army was about to extinguish the uprising of the displaced people, Huang Taiji took the Houjin people to attack the Ming Dynasty again, and this time his target was really chosen in the Xuanhua area of Datong.

Huang Taiji was so anxious to attack the Ming Dynasty was also forced to be helpless, God was determined not to let this famine end, even outside the customs were affected, the land outside the customs where there was not much grain production was greatly reduced, even the grassland was degraded, there were fewer and fewer pastures that could be grazing, and the sheep had to run far away to find food.

In order to survive, the Jin people naturally thought of their old business robbery, and there was a fat sheep Daming who had no ability to resist by his side. So naturally, the first target was aimed at Daming.

If you want to enter the customs and rob, you can't go through the route of the last invasion. The Ming Dynasty ate a trench and grew a wisdom, and strengthened the defense of the Great Wall Pass after being captured by Huang Taiji last time, and it was impossible for the Jin people to easily enter the pass. Therefore, Huang Taiji changed the location of the attack this time, and took Datong, Xuanhua and other places as the main direction of attack.

The defenders of the Ming Dynasty in Datong and Xuanhua could not hold out in the city, and the Houjin could not attack the city and began to rob the countryside, and suddenly the people of the Ming Dynasty fell into hell again. The Ming troops everywhere fully understood the thoughts of the emperor and his ministers, and as long as the city was not lost, there was no sin. So turn a blind eye to the Houjin people who are raging outside the city.

The Houjin people were able to break through from many places and invade central Shanxi and northern Henan. At this time, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty panicked and began to think about who could repel Houjin.

In the end, a smart person finally thought of Zhang Chu, Da Ming is not the person who can fight Houjin the most, why not use it. And some people thought of a trick to save Zhao from Wei Wei. Zhang Chu now controls the area around the Dongjiang River, so that Zhang Chu can start from the Dongjiang River and attack all the way north to the Houjin people's lair, and the Houjin people will not retreat.

The ministers repeatedly studied this plan and felt that it was very feasible, although everyone didn't like Zhang Chu, but his combat effectiveness was still recognized.

As long as Zhang Chu kills all the way, they can rest easy again in the Beijing Division.

Emperor Chongzhen also felt that this plan was very good. So excitedly issued a holy decree to Zhang Chu, ordering Zhang Chu to send troops quickly to attack Houjin's lair in the northeast.

The eunuch who delivered the decree went and came back quickly, because Zhang Chu's reply to the emperor was very simple: "No money, don't go." ”

The eunuchs have not seen this situation for so many years, and they can't be the master, so they have to go back and ask the emperor to decide. (To be continued.) )