West of Taiyuan City.

The iron flow is rolling, the war horses are Xiaoxiao, and the central army with a neat lineup is slowly marching forward in four columns, like a light blue snake under the light of the morning sun, winding forward on the desolate loess plateau. Zhao Liujin led the temporarily appointed Shanxi officials to station outside the city of Masuli and bid farewell to the Central Army with a solemn expression.

Zhao Liujin turned around, his eyes fell on the city gate uncontrollably, there was a thing hanging on the city gate, it was drifting with the wind, and suddenly, Zhao Liujin felt a cold swish on the back of his neck, the thing was very light, it could float up as soon as the wind blew, but it was in the shape of a human, yes, this thing is Wu Sangui's human skin, and there was grass stuffed in it!

Yesterday afternoon, Wu Sangui had been skinned alive at the entrance of the vegetable market in the east of the city, and the executioner cut off a small piece of scalp on the head of this big Han Jian, and then poured mercury into it, under the erosion of mercury, the human skin and muscles of this big Han Jian slowly detached, and finally peeled off the human skin like a molting snake.

Recalling Wu Sangui's bloody body after being skinned, as well as the struggle and wailing before death, Zhao Liujin's tail bones suddenly shrank, pitiful, Wu Sangui, a big man, wailed for several hours before swallowing, and the pain that this guy suffered before dying can be regarded as the only scorpion in the world.

Han Annihilation, this is the fate of Han Annihilation, from now on, this Ming Dynasty is afraid that no one will dare to be Han Annihilation.

But then again, under the iron-fisted rule of Wang Pu, the Ming Empire is in sight, and the surrounding barbarians are simply vulnerable in front of the powerful Central Army.

Wang Beech slowly walked up to Zhao Liujin and called softly, "Governor Zhao? Governor Zhao!? ”

After calling three times, Zhao Liujin woke up like a dream, hurriedly wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and responded respectfully: "Eh, Wang...... Wang Yuanwai. ”

Wang Zelkova smiled and said: "The Central Army has gone far, let's go back to the city, there are still some details in the package plan discussed last night, and we need to sit down and implement it well." ”

"Oh, that's that." Zhao Liujin hurriedly said, "Right now, Shanxi is in ruins, and it needs the full support of Jin businessmen like Wang Yuanwai, please ......."

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Liu Ru rode his horse close to Wang Pu's side and asked in a low voice: "Master, the Han Dynasty has finally annihilated Wu Sangui, and Shanxi has also returned to the Ming Dynasty, are you happy?" ”

"Happy?" Wang Pu shook his head, with an indescribable loneliness on his face, "What is there to be happy about, what is there to be happy about?" ”

With a long sigh of relief, a desolate singing voice suddenly came from the mountain beam in front of him.

June 23,

The fifth brother is herding sheep on the grassy beach,

Dressed in that robe, he has an umbrella in his hand,

In his arms, he held the shovel that herded the sheep.

September Greeqiu is cool,

The fifth brother has no clothes for herding sheep,

Little sister, I have a little jacket,

Change the collar and put it on.

November 39,

The fifth brother is so pitiful for herding sheep,

The wind is blowing and the snow is always outside,

He said that he had only come back from the mountain in the west.

……

In the distance, an old man with a white scarf is sitting on the desolate loess slope and singing, in front of the old man, more than a dozen sheep are grazing, the criss-crossing loess plateau is condensed on the old man's face, turning into the criss-crossing wrinkles, but the hoarse voice is inexplicably desolate.

"It's so sad......"

Listening to this, Liu Ruye's beautiful eyes suddenly turned red, looked back at Wang Pu, and asked, "Master, is this the folk song of northern Shaanxi that you told your sisters when you first arrived in Nanjing?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said gloomily, "This is the folk song of northern Shaanxi." ”

"It's sad." Liu Ru's beautiful eyes were full of tenderness, and she said in a low voice, "The people here must be very bitter......

Wang Pu was silent, but Liu Ru saw a rare depression on his face, in her memory, Wang Pu has always been an energetic and active person, and it was the first time she had seen such a depressed expression, Fang couldn't help but feel a thousand tendernesses in her heart, and reached out from the horse to gently hold Wang Pu's rough hand.

Liu Ru could feel the heaviness of Wang Pu's mood and the pity for the people in his heart.

"That's right." Wang Pu clenched Liu Ruye's small hand with his backhand, and said in an inexplicable tone, "Do you believe it, I must let the people of the Ming Dynasty live a good life, let them eat well, dress well, live well, everyone's children can go to school, all sick people can afford Langzhong, as long as they want, everyone has enough money to travel around the world!" ”

Wang Pu is not talking nonsense out of thin air, with the current comprehensive strength of the Ming Empire, if he can complete the industrial revolution before the West, conquering the whole world is not a fool's dream, of course, Wang Pu wants to conquer the world is not to send troops to occupy all the land in the world.

Of course, for some strategic places or resource-rich areas, it must be occupied, and they must be occupied at all costs, such as the Middle East, which is rich in oil resources, such as Australia, which is rich in iron ore, and South Africa, which has a lot of diamonds and gold, and so on.

In Wang Pu's conception, the Han nation should have the absolute right to speak in this world and the right to formulate the rules of the game.

"Believe." Liu Ru nodded again and again, "The slave family believes that the prince will definitely be able to do it." ”

The expression on Wang Pu's face suddenly changed to stern, he waved his fist viciously, and said in a condensed voice: "Of course, this is a road full of difficulties, and it is also a road full of blood, but for the sake of the Ming Empire and the Han nation, I do not hesitate to bear the infamy of the ages, and I do not hesitate to raise a butcher's knife against foreign races, who dares to stop the progress of my Han nation...... No mercy! ”

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On the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, the Daming Sailor is slowly moving forward in the wind and waves.

Amid the heavy footsteps, the two sailor generals hurried to the deck, and one of them pointed to the island looming in the sea and sky in front of him and said to Shi Lang: "General, the front army reported that there are about a few hundred Koreans on Jeju Island, and it seems that they fled to the island to escape the massacre of Jiannu, do you want to ......?" ”

Shi Lang turned around and said coldly: "What do you want?" ”

The general snorted: "Korea was once a subject country of our Ming Dynasty, not to mention that their king is also living in Nanjing now, do you think you are helping them?" ”

"Help them?" Shi Lang's eyes showed murderous intent in his eyes, and he said coldly, "Isn't it still less for our Ming Dynasty to help the North Koreans?" Even the name of the DPRK was given by Emperor Hongwu, the founding emperor of our Ming Dynasty, in order to help the Koreans resist the invasion of the Japanese people, how many good men died in a foreign land, but the result? These ungrateful turtle grandsons threw themselves into Jiannu, hum! ”

The general lowered his head and said with shame on his face: "Yes, it is humble and stupid. ”

"Pass the order." Shi Lang said coldly, "The sailor temporarily docked on Jeju Island to replenish fresh water, if the North Koreans have anything to eat, they will rob it all, as for the life and death of the North Koreans...... What does the life or death of the North Koreans have to do with us? We are already merciful if we do not raise the butcher's knife against them. ”

Among the four generals of the Daming Water Division, the strongest ability and the oldest are of course Huang Degong.

Zhang Yanlan and Li Ang are fierce and bloodthirsty, they are simply two murderous demon kings, except for the people of the Ming Empire, everyone in the world is their enemy, and they are the objects of their slaughter.

However, the most deeply influenced by Wang Pu's strategic thinking is undoubtedly Shi Lang, who is not as bloodthirsty and murderous as Zhang Yanlan and Li Ang, nor as merciful as Huang Degong, he did not directly kill the Koreans on Jeju Island, but cold-blooded snatched their poor rations, which is actually no different from killing these Koreans.

In fact, Shi Lang also knows that it doesn't matter if these Koreans are killed or not, even if they can survive today, they will not survive tomorrow, because with the support of the Ming Dynasty and the Central Army, the external expansion of the northern cowboys is vigorously unfolding, and the Korean Peninsula will sooner or later become the farms and pastures of the cowboys, and the Koreans who originally lived in this land, that is, the indigenous people of Goryeo, will not be able to escape the slaughter of these cowboys sooner or later.

The law of the game has always been like this, and so has the law of the game of the human world, even in the future world of a highly civilized world, this law has never changed in any way, maybe one day, human beings will perish, but this law will continue to exist......

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Xi'an, Dashun Palace.

Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng is convening a hundred civil and military officials to discuss the matter, compared with a few years ago, although the current Li Zicheng is brightly dressed, he looks much older, his expression is also dark yellow, and his eyes are also dull.

It's no wonder that since Yanjing was defeated and returned to Shaanxi, Li Zicheng has either been drunk every time, or he and his concubines have been in the palace at night Xuanyin, and finally have time to go to the court to govern......

collapsed, now Li Zicheng has already collapsed mentally, and since he was defeated back to Shaanxi, he has never walked out of the shadow of this fiasco.

"Hooray." Prime Minister Niu Jinxing came out of the class and said, "In return, Wang Puqin led 100,000 central troops to the west along the Beichuan River, and yesterday he had already crossed the Qinglongdu, and judging from the itinerary, he may have reached Shangping Pass now......"

"What!?" Li Zicheng was taken aback when he heard this, and said angrily, "The Central Army has arrived at Shangping Pass? Isn't this already on the doorstep? Why didn't you tell me about such a major military situation earlier, but waited until the Central Army came to the door to tell me, huh? ”

Niu Jinxing said bitterly: "Long live, three days ago, the minister wanted to enter the palace to see the driver, but ......"

Indeed, Niu Jinxing wanted to enter the palace for three consecutive days but was rejected by Li Zicheng, then Li Zicheng was holding the orchid Kuaihai that he had just bought from the Western Regions, and the freshness of opening foreign meat had not passed, so he naturally didn't bother to pay attention to the government, and Li Zicheng, who knew that he was at a loss, waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, since this is already the case, it is useless to talk about it, all of you Aiqing can talk about it, what is the best way to retreat from the enemy?" ”

The civil and military officials all lowered their heads, and no one dared to say anything.

The power of the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty is now known to women and children, less than 30,000 Central Army can beat 300,000 Jiannu and Tartar to pieces, and now 100,000 Central Army is coming, what will the Dashun Dynasty resist? This battle can't be fought at all, and the Dashun Dynasty and the Dashun army have only two ways to go, either flee or surrender!

In fact, it is true that many Dashun generals are secretly in contact with the Central Army.

Shanxi's Guanning Army is a good example, although the Han Dynasty annihilated Wu Sangui was skinned alive, and the Wu family, which was once flourishing in western Liaoxi, was also wiped out by the nine clans, but all the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army were almost not affected, and they changed from rebels to Shanxi security forces of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a fatal temptation for the Dashun army, since the righteous army in Henan can be reorganized into the central army, since the Guanning army in Shanxi can be reorganized into a security team, why can't the righteous army in Shaanxi be reorganized into a security team? If the Dashun army surrenders, Li Zicheng and a few high-ranking generals will certainly not be able to escape death, but the vast majority of the soldiers of the righteous army will certainly not be implicated.

"Dumb? All of them are dumb!? Li Zicheng said angrily, "I think that when I led the army to fight for the Central Plains, millions of Ming troops were all taken care of by me, and I would still be afraid of this mere 100,000 central army!?" Prime Minister, Ming said that he would set up an altar, and I wanted to drive the royal army in person, and personally led a million Dashun troops to Yan'an Mansion to meet Wang Pu. ”

Niu Jinxing didn't say anything, but a strange look appeared on his face.

An army of millions? Where is there a million troops in the current Dashun Dynasty, and the Dashun army gathered in Xi'an City is full of more than 30,000 people, and more than half of them are forcibly recruited recruits, with low morale, weak morale, lack of equipment, and no combat effectiveness at all, so where can Niu Jinxing go to recruit a million troops?

The Dashun army will be so downtrodden, which is also the Achilles heel of the rebels.

The people want to rebel, there is nothing more than one reason, that is, they can't survive, after all, there are still very few people who want to make a fortune and join the rebels, and the vast majority of people are because they are desperate and can't live to rebel, but now the Ming Dynasty since Sun Chuanting took charge of the cabinet, the wind of party struggle has stopped abruptly, and the rule of officials has taken on a new look, under the governance of the new cabinet, the situation in Huguang, Henan, and Beizhi provinces is stable and thriving, and the people's lives have hope, who is willing to risk killing their heads to follow Li Zicheng to rebel?

Over the past year or so, the Dashun regime in Shaanxi can only be described as a tree falling down and scattered, especially after the promulgation of the order to kill Hu, not only the people of Shaanxi have fled to other provinces in large numbers, but even many veterans of the Dashun army who have been fighting on the battlefield for several years have also become deserters, and they have gone to Beizhi to become a cowboy in the north.

Fundamentally speaking, the current Dashun regime does not have the appearance of a country at all, there is no bureaucratic system of the imperial court, and even the army has fallen apart, that is, a few hardcore cronies such as Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, who are intoxicated in a dream, take the Dashun regime seriously, and desperately want to maintain the rule of the Dashun regime in Shaanxi Province.

"Prime Minister, didn't you hear what I said?"

Seeing that Niu Jinxing didn't say anything, Li Zicheng said angrily, "I ordered you to set up an altar outside the city, and when Ming said, I will gather a million troops to swear to conquer in person." ”

"Long live, long live...... Niu Jinxing knelt on the ground, crying and said, "Wake up, wake up quickly, right now I only have more than 30,000 soldiers left in the Dashun Dynasty, and there is a lack of food and grass, and there is no ...... equipment"

"Nonsense!" Li Zicheng said angrily, "There are five or six million strong men in Shaanxi, and it is not easy to gather an army of one million?" ”

"Alas, long live in the deep palace for a long time......, I don't know," Niu Jinxing sighed gloomily, "Shaanxi did have five or six million strong men, but after the war, most of the strong men have been killed in battle, and the old and young women and children have starved to death countless times...... At present, the total population of Shaanxi is only a few hundred thousand. ”

"Huh!?" Li Zicheng was taken aback when he heard this, and finally woke up from the confusion, and said in a lost voice, "How can this be?" How so? ”

Niu Jinxing said gloomily: "Long live, there is only one way to do it now." ”

"What's the solution?" Li Zicheng said hurriedly, "Prime Minister come quickly." ”

Niu Jinxing said: "So far, I can only ask for help from Daxiguo." ”

"Great Western Country?" Li Zicheng's brows furrowed for a moment, "Zhang Xianzhong? ”

Li Zicheng is very uninterested in Zhang Xianzhong, a former subordinate defeat, although Zhang Xianzhong once saved Li Zicheng once, in Li Zicheng's view, Zhang Xianzhong is a martial artist, and he can't make a big deal at all, but now he wants him to bow his head and ask Zhang Xianzhong for help, he really can't wipe off this face.

Niu Jinxing said: "Long live, the Central Army is strong and strong, menacing, and my Dashun Army alone can stop it, except for asking for help from the Great Western Army, there is really no other good way." ”

"But......" Li Zicheng said gloomily, "is Zhang Xianzhong willing to send troops to the rescue?" ”

"It should be." Niu Jinxing said, "One is dead, if my Dashun army is destroyed, the Central Army will clean up the Great Western Army next, Zhang Xianzhong can't know this, we can offer generous conditions, if the Great Western Army can assist my Dashun Army to repel the Central Army, we will cede several state capitals in the west to the Great Western Kingdom." ”

Li Zicheng's brows tightened even tighter, but after thinking about it, there was really no other way except this method, so he had to sigh and say to Niu Jinxing: "Okay, this matter will be handled by the prime minister, you tell Zhang Xianzhong's thief that except for Yan'an Mansion and Xi'an Mansion, my entire Shaanxi can be given to him." ”

"Obey."

After Niu Jinxing knelt down and bowed to Li Zicheng three times and nine times, he got up and walked away.

Li stood up from his growth, and roared with a flick of his big sleeves: "Retreat to the ...... Dynasty"

After that, he ignored the civil and military officials in the court, and went straight back to the harem, and the generals Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu in the solemn hall glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of inexplicable coldness in each other's eyes.

(To be continued)