Chengdu, Dajiaochang.

When Li Dingguo was watching the performance of the three armed forces on the parade platform, Liu Wenxiu suddenly hurried to the parade platform and said urgently: "Second brother, something is wrong!" ”

Li Dingguo Huo Ran turned his head and asked in a condensed voice: "Third brother, what's wrong?" ”

Liu Wenxiu said gloomily: "Just after the return of the horse, the Central Army has captured Xi'an!" ”

"Ugh."

Although everything was expected by Li Dingguo, he couldn't help but sigh when he heard the news, and said, "Since the Dashun army has been defeated, what about my father?" ”

Liu Wenxiu lowered his head and said gloomily: "Father, he ...... also died in battle. ”

"Poof!" Li Dingguo opened his mouth and spewed out a mouthful of blood, and fell backwards, Liu Wenxiu and several generals on the solemn parade platform rushed forward to help Li Dingguo sit up, and after a long while, Li Dingguo woke up faintly, looked up to the sky and howled, "Father, father, father, ......

Li Dingguo is an orphan, less than three years old with his parents in exile, on the way his parents died in the war, if Zhang Xianzhong had not adopted him, he would have frozen to death and starved to death in the wilderness, so Li Dingguo has very deep feelings for Zhang Xianzhong, and the vomiting blood and fainting just now was not a show, but out of true feelings.

"Second brother." Liu Wenxiu said miserably, "In the battle of Xi'an, not only did my father and emperor die, but the eldest brother and fourth brother also died together, what should we do now?" ”

"Ugh." Li Dingguo let out a long sigh and said gloomily, "Let's set up my father's mourning hall first." ”

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Sian.

By the time Wang Pu arrived under the escort of the guards, the battle had already ended for several days, and even the battlefield had been cleaned.

In fact, the battle of Xi'an was not a real battle, the remnants of the Dashun army in Xi'an City and the tens of thousands of Western troops brought by Zhang Xianzhong did not bring too much trouble to the Central Army, the artillery battalion shelled down several rounds, the city walls and gates of Xi'an City have been blown to pieces, and then the musket he launched an attack, and attacked the city of Xi'an without much effort.

Li Chengdong hurriedly came to Wang Puma, saluted the military salute, and said loudly: "Lord Wang! ”

Wang Pu returned the military salute, and when he looked up and saw the smoke billowing in the city, he asked, "What's going on?" ”

Li Chengdong said: "When the city was broken, Li Zicheng set fire to the palace [***], and when our army entered the city, the fire was completely out of control, and the fire almost burned half of Xi'an City. ”

"Li Zicheng set fire [***]? It's cheap. Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "What about the others?" ”

Li Chengdong said: "Some were killed by Li Zicheng, some were captured alive, and some ran away." ”

"Ran away?" Wang Pu frowned and said, "Who ran away?" Where did it go? ”

"Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu." Li Chengdong said in a low voice, "The two of them took thousands of remnants of the defeated army and went to Hami. ”

"Chase!" Wang Pu said sharply, "Immediately send a cavalry battalion to pursue, and we must not let these two grass robbers escape with their people, even if they chase Hami, they must be arrested." ”

Li Chengdong replied suddenly: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu asked again: "What about Zhang Xianzhong and his Great Western Army?" ”

Li Chengdong responded: "The Great Western Army out of Sichuan has been completely annihilated, and Zhang Xianzhong and his two righteous sons have died in the chaos. ”

Wang Pu bowed his head lightly, and said angrily: "Compared with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong's ending is much better, in this way, send someone to collect Zhang Xianzhong's body and bury it thickly, after all, he is also a character, so let's build a tomb for him." ”

Li Chengdong replied respectfully: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu pondered for a moment, then turned around and instructed Lu Liudao behind him: "Send someone immediately, please ask Chief of Staff Liu and the general soldiers of each battalion to go to the king's line immediately to discuss the matter of entering Sichuan." ”

"Yes."

Lu Liu agreed, and rode his horse away.

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Chengdu, Daxi Palace.

When the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death was returned, the generals of Daxi headed by Liu Wenxiu insisted on supporting Li Dingguo to succeed to the throne, and Wang Zhaolin, the left prime minister who was originally at odds with Li Dingguo, also went against the norm and supported Li Dingguo to succeed to the throne as emperor, but unexpectedly, Li Dingguo resolutely resigned, Liu Wenxiu and others begged bitterly, and Li Dingguo was unmoved.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and Wang Zhaolin, Liu Wenxiu and other civil officials and military generals gathered again in front of Zhang Xianzhong's mourning hall in Qingyang Palace.

Li Dingguo was kneeling in front of Zhang Xianzhong's spiritual seat to guard filial piety, under the guidance of the celebrant officer, Wang Zhaolin and others knelt three times and bowed to the spiritual seat, and then gathered in front of Li Dingguo, Wang Zhaolin rushed forward and said: "As the saying goes, the three armies cannot be said to be without a handsome, and the country cannot be said to be without a king, why not say that Your Highness will ascend the throne as soon as possible?" ”

"Second brother." Liu Wenxiu also echoed, "You said that you would return to the palace after guarding the first seven days for your father, and seeing that the central army is about to enter Sichuan, if you don't ascend the throne of Daxi Kingdom, it will be a big chaos." ”

Li Dingguo breathed a long sigh of relief and asked Liu Wenxiu: "Third brother, is there any new news from Shaanxi?" ”

"Yes." Liu Wenxiu replied without thinking, "According to the report of the spy, Wang Pu did not insult the corpse of his father, and also built a big tomb for his old man!" ”

Li Dingguo said again: "What else? ”

"And ......"

Liu Wenxiu said this, turned his head and glanced at Wang Zhaolin, Wang Zhaolin shook his head imperceptibly, and Liu Wenxiu said, "No, no." ”

Li Dingguo said indifferently: "Is there really no one?" ”

"Uh......" Liu Wenxiu hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and responded, "Wang Pu has already sent someone, I have to see you, second brother." ”

"Really?" Li Dingguo bowed his head slightly, suddenly stood up, and said, "Let's go, go back to the palace." ”

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Xi'an, Wang Pu Xingyuan.

The fire in the city has already been extinguished, and the remnants of Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu's troops who fled abroad have also been chased up and killed by the cavalry battalion of the Red Lady.

The new governor of Shaanxi, Chen Lan, is already on his way to Shaanxi, and Li Chengdong has also been appointed by Wang Pu as the governor of Shaanxi.

To Wang Pu's heartache, Li Zicheng's Dashun regime caused destruction to Shaanxi, and the military disasters suffered by Shaanxi Province were even more serious than those of Shanxi Province, especially the massive exodus of the population, resulting in a large number of barren fields and a serious shortage of productive forces.

The situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi made Wang Pu aware of another serious problem, that is, the decline of the population, or the serious shortage of labor.

Under the call of the order to kill Hu, a large number of displaced people from the southern provinces will pour into Beizhi, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, and become armed cowboys who are half civilian and half army, so that the labor force of the northern provinces will be replenished, but the surplus labor force of the southern provinces, especially the south of the Yangtze River, will be greatly reduced.

After all, the development of industry and commerce in the early days required a large amount of surplus labor, and the lack of cheap labor force has become an obstacle to the development of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty.

However, at present, this issue is not within the scope of Wang Pu's consideration, Wang Pu is most concerned about the Sichuan issue now, and how to recover Sichuan without blood is the top priority.

In the light footsteps, Liu Ruyi, Liu Qingyan, and the Red Lady entered together.

Wang Pu raised his head slowly, his eyes fell on Liu Qingyan's coquettish face, and asked in a low voice, "Hasn't there been any news from Zhang Cangshui sent to Sichuan?" ”

Zhang Cangshui is a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and is also a student of the first crash course of the Nanjing Army Military University, after graduation, he entered the Central Army General Staff, and later served as the chief officer of the baggage battalion.

Liu Qingyan shook his head and replied in a low voice, "There is no news yet." ”

The red lady asked softly, "Lord Wang, did you say that Li Dingguo surrendered?" ”

"Li Dingguo is willing to surrender, that's the best, if he doesn't want to surrender, then destroy him!" Wang Pu said this, turned his eyes to Liu Rusi, and said, "Regardless of whether Li Dingguo surrenders or not, the Central Army must be ready to enter Sichuan, and then inform Zhao Xin with a flying pigeon message, asking him to increase troops in Badong and put pressure on the Great Western Army." ”

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Chengdu, Daxi Palace.

Zhang Cangshui was brought into the main hall by two Daxi forbidden soldiers, looking around, I saw that the main hall was full of vegetarians, a young general wearing filial piety clothes and standing on the seat, thinking that it was Li Dingguo, and the two sides of the hall were full of civil and military generals of the Great Western Kingdom, also wearing filial piety clothes, with a solemn expression.

didn't bow or kneel, Zhang Cangshui said proudly: "This must be General Li Dingguo, right?" ”

"Presumptuous!" Zhang Cangshui's voice fell, and Liu Wenxiu came out and shouted, "Can you call my second brother's name?" Come! ”

"In!"

Two Onishi sergeants stepped forward and stared at Zhang Cangshui viciously.

Liu Wenxiu waved his hand and shouted, "Drag this guy down...... Chopped. ”

"Yes!"

The two Onishi sergeants responded with a bang and pounced fiercely.

Zhang Cangshui struggled to break free from the two Daxi sergeants, and said abruptly: "This officer will go by himself!" ”

"Wait." Li Dingguo suddenly raised his hand and said, "Don't retreat quickly." ”

Li Dingguo spoke, the two Daxi sergeants didn't dare to slack off, and retreated hurriedly, Liu Wenxiu didn't want to kill Zhang Cangshui, he just wanted to give him a dismount, and when he saw this, he pouted and didn't do anything more.

Li Dingguo stopped the two Onishi sergeants and asked, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's honorable name?" ”

Zhang Cangshui said proudly: "This officer, Zhang Cangshui, is the chief officer of the 17th Battalion of the Infantry of the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhang." Li Dingguo said indifferently, "I don't know what Mr. Zhang has to do when he comes to Chengdu?" ”

"On the orders of the prince." Zhang Cangshui shook his fists in the direction of Xi'an, and said loudly, "Give General Li a word." ”

Li Dingguo said: "I want to hear it." ”

Zhang Cangshui took a breath and said solemnly: "Whether it is the Central Army or the Great Western Army, everyone is Han, since everyone is Han, why bother killing each other?" As long as the Great Western Army is willing to accept the reorganization, the prince will never embarrass anyone, if General Li and the Great Western soldiers are obsessed......"

Liu Wenxiu took a step forward and said angrily: "What about it? ”

Zhang Cangshui's eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of cold murderous intent, and he said sharply: "Then kill it!" ”

"What a big breath!" Liu Wenxiu said angrily, "General Ben wants to see, why did the Central Army enter Sichuan!?" ”

"General Lee." Zhang Cangshui's gaze turned to Li Dingguo and asked loudly, "Is this the answer you and all the Daxi soldiers answered?" ”

The civil and military generals in the palace were indignant, but Li Dingguo was silent.

Zhang Cangshui turned his eyes again and asked Liu Wenxiu: "Dare to ask this general, what is the reason for the rebellion of the Great Western Army?" ”

Liu Wenxiu replied without thinking: "Of course, it is to have something to eat, Emperor Ming has no way to save money, and the government is so corrupt that the people of the world are not happy, why doesn't such a court overthrow him?" Only by overthrowing the imperial court and establishing a new dynasty can the common people of the whole world have food to eat and live a good life. ”

Zhang Cangshui said hungrily: "The Dashun army also rebelled for this, and in the end they established the Dashun country, but are the people of the Dashun country living a good life?" No! Under the rule of Li Zicheng, the people of Shaanxi are even poorer and more miserable than before. ”

Liu Wenxiu was silent, and everyone in the palace was also silent, of course they knew that what Zhang Cangshui said was the truth.

Zhang Cangshui continued: "Let's talk about the Ming Dynasty again, the current court is no longer a Chongzheng Dynasty, under the governance of Sun Ge Lao and the prince, the current court history is clear, the world is stable, Huguang and Sichuan are close at hand, you should have heard of it, Huguang has had a bumper harvest for two consecutive years, and the harvested grain is ten years without eating it!" ”

"So what?" Liu Wenxiu said angrily, "There is no owner in the world, only the virtuous live in it, why should the Zhu family sit in this world, why can't my second brother sit in this world?" ”

Zhang Cangshui sneered: "So the rebellion of the Great Western Army is not for the people of the world to eat, but just so that General Li can sit in the Dragon Court?" ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "So what? ”

"Then there's not much to say." Zhang Cangshui Huo Ran turned around and said proudly, "Then let's see a real chapter on the battlefield." ”

Liu Wenxiu smiled cruelly: "Since you have come to Chengdu, do you still want to go back to Shaanxi alive?" ”

"How?" Zhang Cangshui said coldly, "Could it be that you still want to stay?" ”

After that, Zhang Cangshui no longer paid attention to Liu Wenxiu and left.

Li Dingguo's expression, who was sitting on the throne, changed again and again, and suddenly raised his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang, please stay." ”

Zhang Cangshui stopped when he heard this, turned around and asked, "What else does General Li have to say?" ”

Li Dingguo sighed and said, "Please ask General Zhang to reply to King Jingnan, the Great Western Army is willing to accept the reorganization!" ”

"Huh!?"

"What?"

Liu Wenxiu, Wu Zhaolin, Yan Xi and others in the main hall were all shocked when they heard this, and Liu Wenxiu jumped up in a hurry and said loudly: "Second brother, didn't you bury the foundation that your father had worked so hard to lay?" Are you worthy of your father's heavenly spirit? ”

Zhang Cangshui bowed his hand to Li Dingguo and said solemnly: "General Li is wise!" ”

Li Dingguo's expression gradually became solemn, and he said solemnly: "If my father has a spirit in the sky, he will also support Dingguo to do this, the Han nation has shed too much blood and suffered too much, we can no longer kill each other, we can no longer shed bloodless blood......

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(To be continued)