"In this case, it is also the best way to deal with it now, sending all those unrestrained rebel armies to the battlefield, not only reducing many unstable factors in the three places, making the rear more stable, but also increasing the total strength of our encirclement and killing the Qing army, and the chance of victory will be greater."

While speaking, Xu Xiake nodded slightly, showing a look of understanding, and said: "Boss, we are still taking a big risk in doing this, whether it is to encircle and annihilate the Qing army, or to take the entire land north of the Yellow River, the action must be fast enough, clean and neat, so that we can divide part of the troops and turn back to deal with the officers and troops in the south." ”

"Yes, boss, what Mr. Xu said is right, once it drags on for too long, we will face the situation of being attacked by the enemy, and the situation we just created will be ruined." Gu Junen echoed with a solemn face.

Although a quick knife can cut through the mess, a slight carelessness may also hurt oneself.

"Don't worry~ We will definitely succeed!"

Li Zicheng said this very firmly, and at the same time, his eyes flashed, the whole person looked very confident, and his aura was very strong, and he continued: "Don't forget, we are not those miscellaneous armies of the imperial court, the fragile army, we have a large number of firearms, sufficient ammunition, once there is a head-on conflict with the Qing army, take out all the firearms accumulated over the years, it is definitely the autumn wind sweeping the crushing like falling leaves, at most a month, you can sweep away all the opponents north of the Yellow River." ”

When they woke up from their dreams, everyone suddenly had an epiphany, and then they remembered that if they were to use the current situation, if they only fought with cold weapons, if the Li family army wanted to completely annihilate the Qing army and take Beizhili and the surrounding places, it would indeed be too strong and not enough.

However, in the past five or six years, the various base areas have stockpiled a large number of firearms, enough to equip 300,000 people, and with such a powerful force with advanced weapons and equipment, it is not necessary to say that the Qing army only has 100,000 iron cavalry, even if there are another 100,000, it can be easily cleaned up.

At this time, Li Zicheng looked at Tian Jianxiu and ordered: "Shaanxi has been taken by us and controlled in our hands, inform Li Changmao and Mr. Song Yingxing that all reinforcements entering Shanxi, especially the Li family's army, are all equipped with firearms, and the ammunition they carry is maintained at full load on their bodies." ”

"Yes, Boss!"

"Also, inform Li Guo that all the troops assembled in Datong Mansion in Shanxi must not only be the elite of the Li family's army, but also the firearms troops who are proficient in it. When the time came, they had to make a detour north of Xuanfu, Shuntianfu, and Yongpyeongfu, pull out all the key arteries occupied by the Qing army, and completely cut off their back route back to Guanwai. ”

"However, leave a certain amount of troops, hold or ambush at important arteries and passes, and then slowly advance southward, and form a three-sided encirclement with the troops who go out of Shanxi from the east and cross the Yellow River from the north, leaving this Tartar force to enter the pass."

"Yes, Boss!"

With these successive orders, no one worries anymore, all of them are full of confidence, high fighting spirit, surging in their chests, with the blessing of firearms, within a month, they can completely sweep away all the opponents north of the Yellow River.

Suddenly, Liu Zongmin broke in from the outside and said excitedly: "Haha, boss, boss, I have caught, I have caught that prince, he is as fat as a pig, and my brother took the boss's strength to use an ox cart to pull things back." ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Zongmin gasped for breath, and even more carelessly reached out to take other people's teacups, which was a meal of cow drink, Wu Ruyi asked curiously: "Where did you catch Zhu Changxun?" ”

"Ying'en Temple in the western suburbs!"

Liu Zongmin replied with a grin, wiped the water stains all over his mouth, and then continued: "Don't say it, those eunuchs are quite loyal, in order to protect Zhu Changxun's safety, they will fight against our soldiers desperately, and none of them betrayed this Fu King in order to curry favor." ”

"What about people?" Li Zicheng was very calm and asked lightly.

"It's just outside the county office~!" Liu Zongmin blurted out, as if he had thought of something, and continued: "By the way, boss, there are also the official gentry such as Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Kang Menghui, the former governor of Henan, as well as some official gentry who absconded to Luoyang, such as Sun Tingsheng of Mengjin County, Wang Chaoshan of Xin'an County, Wang Yiming of Song County, etc., all of whom have been arrested and are locked up in prison, waiting for you to deal with them." ”

"Okay, bring Lu Weiqi and Zhu Changxun to the lobby first, let's also interrogate, get over the addiction of being an official, and deal with other people's later!"

Li Zicheng was in a very good mood, he said this loudly, and he was about to walk towards the prefect's lobby, as if he had forgotten that he had not slept all night, and the whole person was radiant and energetic.

At this time, everyone was also interested, and they had long heard that this blessed king Zhu Changxun was highly respected and courteous in the court, and was extremely interested in him. Of course, I want to see more about how Li Zicheng disposes of the vassal kings of the imperial court?

Soon, in the lobby of the prefect's yamen, except for Li Zicheng, everyone else stood on both sides, and the two people kneeling there were none other than Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu.

"Hey~ I said, you are Zhu Changxun?"

Li Zicheng asked with interest, his body was almost piled on the table, constantly looking at Zhu Changxun, his face was sarcastic, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

"Right...... Right.... I am...... Zhu Changxun ......" Zhu Changxun stumbled in response, his body trembled like chaff, and he didn't dare to look at everyone when he was afraid, and the whole body was prostrate there, and his body shrunk into a ball.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng's expression changed, he sat up straight, his face showed anger, and he reprimanded in a cold voice: "King Fu, you are the prince of the imperial court, rich in the world, how much rice and millet are in the warehouse?" In such a year of famine, the people have already gnawed the bark of trees, people have eaten people, and they are not willing to give the slightest relief to the people, you are really a good slave, a real miser. ”

"In Luoyang as the king of fortune for more than 20 years, the scourge of countless women, tyrannical expropriation, wanton annexation of the people's land, in the year of the great drought, do not think about the suffering of the people, not only did not reduce taxes, but also heavier than in previous years, heavier, forced to kill countless good people, you say, if the king of Benchuang is still on the street, handed over to the people of Luoyang to deal with, what will be the end?"

Every time Li Zicheng said a word, Zhu Changxun's body trembled, and the fear became stronger and stronger, and there was a trace of remorse.

Especially Li Zicheng's last question, he couldn't hold back any longer, burst into tears, and begged for mercy again and again: "I hope that the king will spare my life, spare my dog's life, and this king is willing to give all his family wealth to you......."

"Hahaha...."

There were bursts of laughter in the lobby, which immediately interrupted Zhu Changxun's words of begging for mercy, Liu Zongmin was about to burst into tears of laughter, and even mocked loudly: "Zhu Changxun, Zhu Changxun, your little life is in our hands, and the whole of Luoyang has been controlled by us, what bargaining chips do you have?" Why should you let the boss spare you? ”

"I... I..."Zhu Changxun was already a master of the six gods, he had no idea, he spoke incoherently, and he was speechless for a while, and then cast his pleading eyes on Lu Weiqi on the side, as if he had grabbed the last straw, and shouted: "Mr. Lu save me~!" ”

"King Fu, Weichen's life is also in an instant~!" Lu Weiqi struggled with his expression, his face was crying, he shook his head helplessly, his body suddenly burst out of determination, his voice rose a few points, and then said loudly: "Lord, don't wag your tail and beg for mercy from these rebels, you are the prince of the imperial court, the existence of the royal family, you can't lose the dignity and iron bones that the royal family should have!" Otherwise, you will not be spurned by your ancestors after death! ”

At this moment, for Lu Weiqi's roar, everyone's eyes lit up, and they looked sideways, admiring this spirit of seeing death as home, those officials in the court are not all soft bones.

However, Li Zicheng laughed it off and didn't pay attention to it, but waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, drag Zhu Changxun out, take the forty boards seriously, and then cut off his head and hang it on the gate of Luoyang City to show the public,"

"King, spare your life......"

In a burst of begging for mercy, Zhu Changxun was dragged out, but Li Zicheng was suddenly stunned, and he couldn't help but think of the Li Zicheng in history, after capturing Luoyang, it was really bloody enough, and the means were absolutely bloody and vicious.

"I'm not as good as that Li Zicheng, I'm not as ruthless as him~!"

Li Zicheng sighed secretly, then recovered his mind, looked at Lu Weiqi, and said lightly: "Lu Shangshu, you are very active in encircling and suppressing our rebel army, ask for soldiers today, ask for salary tomorrow, what are you going to do now?" ”

Lu Weiqi didn't say a word, straightened his neck, and was quite generous to die.

"Hehe... Come on, press Lu Shangshu into prison, hold a rally tomorrow in the Guanzhou Gong Temple in the west of the city, and accept the public trial of the people with those official gentry! ”

To everyone's surprise, I didn't expect Li Zicheng to dispose of Lu Weiqi so easily, not at all like the momentum just now, there is a lot of choice and devouring.

On the morning of the next day, in front of the Xiguan Zhougong Temple in Luoyang City, thousands of people gathered, countless people were watching, waiting, everyone's face was filled with joy, as if the feeling of revenge.

"The ancients said, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning? These corrupt officials and corrupt officials are in calamity to the villages, acting for the tigers, colluding with bullies and powerful people, oppressing the people, exploiting them endlessly, treating human life as a mustard, without mercy, and treating them as frozen......"

Li Zicheng was making a generous speech, Wu Ruyi suddenly came closer, looking in a hurry and urgent, interrupting Li Zicheng's speech, and the latter hurriedly signaled Xu Xiake to replace him, although Wu Ruyi came to the side.

"What's wrong? Did something big happen? Li Zicheng stared at Wu Ruyi closely, waiting for the other party's answer.

"Boss, it's like this, a large number of victims flowed into Luoyang City, as more and more people knew that Zhu Changxun was beheaded, and his head and body were hung above the city gate, many soldiers and civilians gathered there, and suddenly snatched the body of King Fu and chopped it into meat sauce."

"Chop and chop, what's all the fuss about?" Li Zicheng interjected impatiently, and then added: "The people of Luoyang have long hated Zhu Changxun to the bone, and they can't break his bones, eat his marrow, humiliate and destroy his body, human nature, a manifestation of hatred to the extreme, there is nothing strange about it." ”

Suddenly, a flash of realization flashed in Li Zicheng's mind, and an inexplicable feeling arose in his heart.

"But, Boss, not only that, but some of our new brothers and the people have set up a cauldron and filled it with matches, and want to cook it and eat it. If you don't stop it, I'm afraid Zhu Changxun will only have bones left. ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng opened his mouth wide in surprise, frowned slightly, and said secretly in his heart: "Hey... It seems that some things cannot be changed, this blessed king is really hated, I don't think it's difficult to be cruel, and the people are not willing to let go. ”

"Boss, what are we going to do now? Do you want me to stop it, it should be too late? Seeing that Li Zicheng was stunned, Wu Ruyi's voice raised slightly and asked.

"No, no, bad things will be rewarded in the end, we don't need to stop it." Li Zicheng waved his hand, replied disapprovingly, and then said: "In this way, get a few deer from King Fu's Mansion and make up a Fulu banquet to show our support." ”

"Uh~"

Wu Ruyi was obviously stunned for a moment, a little unable to believe his ears, and when he saw Li Zicheng's serious appearance, he did not hesitate any longer, and ordered a small soldier next to him to do it, and then continued: "Boss, our people and other rebels searched the city for a day and two nights, and did not find Zhu Changxun's son, Zhu Yousong, should have fled. ”

"Just run away, it's an insignificant person anyway."

Li Zicheng responded casually, as if he had thought of something, and then asked, "By the way, how is the inventory?" How was the capture of Luoyang City this time? ”

Hearing Li Zicheng ask about this, Wu Ruyi suddenly smiled, and said excitedly: "Boss, the seizure this time is too rich, after opening the official warehouse to help the people, only the granaries and cellars of the blessed king Zhu Changxun and those rich families have seized tens of thousands of stones, hundreds of thousands of money, and countless other gold, silver and jewelry. ”

"Moreover, boss, there is news from Li Xin's side that the entire state capital and county seat of Henan have been controlled by us, and the governor of the five provinces, Xiong Wencan, has been captured alive, and he is being imprisoned in the prison in the base area."

At the beginning, when he heard Wu Ruyi's answer, Li Zicheng was still very calm, but as soon as he heard that the whole of Henan was under control, he even captured Xiong Wencan alive, and hurriedly said excitedly: "Quick, immediately send a letter to Li Xin, let him prepare a small courtyard in the base area, and treat Xiong Wencan's family well." ”

"Okay, boss." Wu Ruyi's mood is not high, and he is very curious, why does the boss attach so much importance to Xiong Wencan?

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng's expression froze, and he said solemnly: "Also, tell Li Xin that all the other rebel armies that have newly joined our Li Jiajun, if they are not the kind of desperate refuge, they will all get to the south of the Yellow River, cross the Yellow River north with the army, encircle and suppress the Qing army, and overthrow the rule of the imperial court north of the Yellow River." ”

At this time, I saw Lu Shiyi and Xu Xiake coming over, looked at the execution ground again, and the execution had already begun, and then said to the two: "Lu Shiyi, Mr. Xu, after I led the army north to cross the Yellow River, you and Li Xin cooperated with each other, combined with the Li family army stationed in various base areas, and strived to exterminate or subdue those Henan bandits in the shortest possible time. ”

"Yes, Boss!"