"Equal land and free grain" was not only the slogan of the peasant army's uprising, but also a political program of Li Zicheng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ma Shiqi once commented on this: "Today, dedication and bear the monstrous adversity, and the treatment is easy, and the treatment is difficult." Gai Xian, feared by people; Chuang, attached to people. ”

This policy objectively satisfied the people's desire for land, and as a result, the rebel army was deeply supported by the people. Amid the call for "cutting the rich to help the poor" and distributing social wealth equally, the ranks of the uprising grew rapidly.

Many people from the outside world are singing everywhere, "Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine and syrup, open the city gate to meet the king, and when the king comes, he will not pay food." ”

However, the truth is that it is really 100% so popular, is Li Zicheng's army the people's army?

The answer, in fact, is no.

The cultural level of Li Zicheng and others is not high, and their ideological consciousness is actually like that.

The slogan he is calling out now is still something that some down-and-out literati who like him and help him come up with it. For example, Comrade Niu Jinxing and the like!

These lower-class intellectuals have lived in the countryside or between rivers and lakes for a long time. Not only does it lack the experience of leading troops to fight wars and serving as a political country, but it also has a narrow field of vision and is unable to accurately grasp the situation of the whole country and its trend.

Look, where they really pass through.

How they treat the people, you will understand, there is an essential difference between them and our party in later generations, which is truly thoughtful, desperate, and disciplined.

Even, he is very different from the army of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. There is no comparison!

Therefore, it is destined that Li Zicheng will not be able to achieve a real career, because he is a cancer!

At this moment!

The intruders who entered the city, after robbing the people of the city of food, began to pretend to be good people again.

"The government has no way, the small people are screaming, and the princes and nobles are viciously stripping the poor people. Today, there is a king who advocates righteousness in the sky, seeks tyranny against the Ming Kingdom, and follows the principles of heaven and ......"

"The discipline of the righteous division is strict, the army has passed, and the autumn has not committed any crimes, and the king said: Whoever kills one person is like killing my father. Whoever fornicates a woman is like a for my mother......"

If you only listen to this announcement, you really can't imagine that the same group of people who went into the homes of the people just now to steal food will be the same people.

They said well, they don't kill people indiscriminately, and they don't force women to do it, but they are terrible, and they rob the people of their food. How could the people survive in the original city?

At this time, someone shouted: "King Chuang is going to give porridge outside the city, and he will execute a squire in public." Please come and testify! ”

Thinking of having something to eat, although I was also a little angry in my heart, the people in the city could only follow the shouters, and came to the outside of the city in batches.

It's just that what they must not have imagined is that this time is the point of no return.

Outside the city, there was a sea of people, all of whom came.

At the entrance of a temple, there is a large flag several feet high, embroidered with the word "Chuang" in black satin.

Behind the temple, many camps, nests, have been connected to the nearby mountains, riverside, countless different flags, countless, enough more than 100,000 horses.

The young couple was also in the crowd of the people, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a white felt hat and an arrow jacket, standing on the carriage, not angry and arrogant.

"That's King Chuang?"

Soon, some intruders took some officials and gentry and others and came over, saying that they were going to be killed after a public trial. Obviously, this is a one-handed method of transferring hatred values, which is not clever, but it has a miraculous effect for 99% of the illiterate people in the Ming Dynasty.

"Those who descend live, and those who rebel die! Can you have a wisher? Suddenly, Li Zicheng asked the officials and gentry who had been escorted over.

Immediately, about half of the people said they wanted to surrender.

Of course, there are also officials with strong bones, who glared angrily at Li Zicheng and the others on the stage, and shouted: "I am an official of the imperial court, how can I be used by thieves?" Thief, kill if you want to, I am willing to sacrifice my life for the country! ”

Hearing this, the intruders were furious, cut off the official's limbs, and dragged the horse directly to death on the road.

The dense people in the audience are either frightened, or numb to watch, or some people applaud loudly, it is really human nature.

When Li Zicheng's army set off, there were tens of thousands of "soldiers and horses" in his army. They were all the people in the county just now, because they ran out of food, and they let the intruders block the way and use them as cannon fodder soldiers and take them on the road.

Oh, Li Zicheng's million-strong people turned out to be like this.

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A few days later, with the invasion of the army, more than a dozen counties were connected.

The army is getting bigger and bigger, and in the mighty march, people can't see the end of the army at a glance.

In the army of King Chuang, human life is not worth a few pennies, and no one will pay attention to the hungry people who are threatened, and if it goes on like this, it seems that they are still alive today. But within a few months, more than half of the cannon fodder people will die.

It's just that this army passed through the counties like locusts, and the dead men and horses could soon pull a large number of cannon fodder. The number will not decrease!

"If I knew, I wouldn't have followed."

This is what many people who have no choice but to think in their hearts, in the midst of the army.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world. Moreover, my hometown is gone, and the food is long gone, so what can I do if I don't follow?

This Ming Dynasty is full of natural disasters!

During the advance of the army, some people also thought about running away. It's just that most of them fail!

But if there is a runaway, once they are caught, they will be chopped alive, and the ruthlessness of the military law of the army can stop the baby from crying.

Over time, the hearts of these cannon fodder people have also been distorted.

In the past, when I was fighting, I hated those who secretly opened the city, but now I have changed my position, but I hope that every time the city is opened, someone should open the door.

The reason is simple, they don't want to die either, and cannon fodder is also afraid of death.

At this time, Li Zicheng's army was up and down, and the supply system was egalitarian.

It seems fair, but it's not.

The cannon fodder people only have gruel to eat every day, and they often drink one bowl a day. They will run day and night, attacking cities, etc., and many will fall to the ground and die as they walk halfway.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng's old camp is full of people, everyone can eat three meals a day, and they can go to camp and their families. Eat twice a day!

Li Zi is a person, and his image in history is not quite the same.

In addition to not having a large number of beauties, the food is obviously several grades higher. It's just that I generally avoid eating in front of people, and keep an appearance in front of people that I can share weal and woe!

Half a month later, the army attacked a large city.

"King Chuang Fengtian advocated righteousness and crusaded against the unTaoist government, all for the sake of our poor people, so this war, everyone must go all out to fight ......"

These propaganda and agitation in the camp, according to the script, did not have much effect, but the people had nowhere to go. If you don't fight, you won't be able to survive for a few days, so if you are ruthless, you can only wait for yourself and others to act according to the instructions of the camp.

After all, you can survive a few more months if you take the city. If you don't attack the city, you may starve to death in a few days, or let the intruders die.

With the sound of a cannon, wave after wave of hungry people launched an offensive, and the sea of people could not see the edge left and right. Straight towards the big city, rush over!

- (To be continued.) )