Yang Sichang looked at the two people in front of him, these two people are people with status, the old scholar in front of him is Zhou Yanru's staff, Zhou Yanru has now returned to Jiangnan, leaving a staff member here to contact Yang Sichang in order to make a big deal.

And this young man's identity is even more remarkable, this person is the son of Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Shandong, Zuo Mengeng.

This son stayed here to contact Yang Sichang, and today Yang Sichang hurriedly called them, and they knew that the big thing they planned was about to succeed.

Thinking of this, the two looked at Yang Sichang and said, "Lord Yang, but southern Shaanxi has a settlement?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang nodded lightly and said, "In this afternoon's news, Gao Yingxiang was arrested. ”

"What?"

Hearing this, the old scholar almost pulled off his beard, Zuo Mengeng also glared, Gao Yingxiang was arrested so quickly?

Yang Sichang said with a smile: "That's right, Gao Yingxiang has been arrested, and he will be escorted to Beijing in a few days. ”

Hearing this, Zuo Mengeng said: "I didn't expect that Gao Yingxiang had the power to reach the sky in Shaanxi, and in the end, he was also defeated and captured, pitiful, pitiful." ”

The old scholar touched his beard at this time, squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Sichang and said, "Gao Yingxiang was captured, our plan?" ”

Yang Sichang said with a smile: "Today, I will patrol the two of you for this matter." ”

Hearing this, the old scholar smiled and said: "This matter is Lord Yang's plan, my master said, everything is arranged by Lord Yang, and our strength in the capital will also help Lord Yang." “

Yang Sichang smiled when he heard this: "This is very good. ”

After that, Yang Sichang's eyes looked at Zuo Mengeng, and Zuo Mengeng smiled when he saw Yang Sichang looking at him: "Lord Yang, my father said that Lord Yang is an elder of Mengeng, but he has a life, and he has no choice." ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang laughed and said: "Okay, since this is the case, there are two Lao, tomorrow morning, we can take the opportunity to make trouble, and the two of them will also mobilize their own court forces to help Yang." “

"Dare to disobey."

When the two heard this, they clasped their fists together, and Yang Sichang smiled and nodded when he saw this, finally waiting for this day.

The rise of Lantian made him feel incredible, and the richness of Lantian also made him feel unbelievable, but Lantian Richness did not allow his power to infiltrate and seize the wealth here, which made him very angry, there is no place in Daming to block the infiltration of scholars, Lantian is an alien, since it is an alien, it must be eliminated.

Daming Palace, in the Forbidden City, Chongzhen was eating with Queen Zhou and her daughter Zhu Yujiao and son Zhu Cihong at this time, Chongzhen's mood today is exceptionally good, and the dishes are richer than usual, and there are even several more meat dishes, you must know that Chongzhen has not eaten meat for a long time, in order to save court expenses.

And today Chongzhen made an exception, Chongzhen was happy, his face was full of wind and frost when he was less than thirty years old, and he could even see a few strands of white hair on the top of his head.

However, with a smile on her face, Queen Zhou saw that Chongzhen was so happy, so she smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why are you so happy today?" ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen laughed and said, "Doesn't the queen know? Shaanxi bandit leader Gao Yingxiang has been captured alive by Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and the two have also exterminated the rogue bandits entrenched in northern Shaanxi, which is an unprecedented victory since the Ming Dynasty suppressed bandits. ”

When the queen heard this, she gave Chongzhen a bowl of tomato and egg soup and said: "The concubine wants to congratulate Your Majesty, Gao Yingxiang was arrested, the Liukou group of dragons has no leader, and it is just a matter of time before they are flattened, and the world is sure to be expected." ”

"yes."

Chongzhen took the soup bowl, and a trace of emotion appeared on his face: "Since I ascended the throne, the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty have been declining day by day, and they are withering day by day, first the mess in Liaodong, followed by the chaos of the Liukou, which has made the Ming Dynasty stormy, along the way, I have not had a good time, fortunately, there are also Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and other humerus ministers, I hope that from now on the Ming Dynasty can achieve Zhongxing in my hands." ”

Chongzhen said this, Zhu Cihong looked up at Chongzhen and said: "Don't be sad for your father, wait for your sons to grow up and help your father and emperor prosper the Ming Dynasty together." ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard Zhu Cihong's words, especially the big black crystal eyes looking at him, Chongzhen's mood suddenly became relaxed, and he felt that his son was so cute for the first time.

Thinking about it, Chongzhen handed the tomato and egg soup in his hand to Zhu Cihong and said, "Cihong, my father is waiting for you to grow up and help my father." ”

After Chongzhen said this, Zhu Yujiao on the side also smiled: "I will also help my father." ”

Chongzhen smiled and touched the head of Zhu Yujiao, who was about to grow into a big girl.

For a while, he was full of energy, isn't it just the world? Grandpa Tai went from having nothing to laying down this great country, I still have millions of troops in my hands now, thousands of generals, and the ministers are even more counted, can I still be difficult to pass Grandpa Tai in difficulty?

Grandpa Tai can lay down the country, as a descendant of his children and grandchildren, can't he still hold on to this huge country?

For a while, Chongzhen felt that he could prosper the Ming Dynasty, and he was much more energetic than his brother, father, and grandfather, so why could they maintain their rule, but they couldn't?

It doesn't make sense.

……

The news of Gao Yingxiang's arrest spread far and wide, this is a generation of heroes who can influence the trend of the world.

In Shanxi, Li Zicheng gathered in Fenyang with his troops scattered by Lu Xiangsheng, and at this time Li Zicheng's troops had been dispersed, leaving only five or six thousand remnants of the defeated army.

However, Li Zicheng did not have the slightest discouragement, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, what are you afraid of if you lose, as long as you have a life, you will have a chance to turn the book, Li Zicheng is a typical self-improvement entrepreneurial personality, as long as you don't die, you will die.

At this time, Li Zicheng was looking at the map of Shanxi, when there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside, followed by someone breaking into the camp.

"Stop."

Li Shichao, as the general of the guard, was guarding the door at this time, and when he saw the comer, he shouted: "General Chuang is resting, don't disturb the general." ”

"Brother Shi Chao, don't stop me, hurry up and inform the general, something is wrong, King Chuang, King Chuang was captured alive by Lu Xiangsheng."

"What!"

Hearing this news, Li Shichao was taken aback, and was about to report to the camp tent, but before he could report, the curtain of the camp tent was torn open all of a sudden, and Li Zicheng rushed out and said, "What happened to King Chuang?" ”

At this time, Li Guo, who came to report the news, hugged his fists and said: "Uncle, I just got the news that King Chuang was captured alive by Lu Xiangsheng in the incense burner peak yesterday. ”

Hearing this, it was obvious that Li Zicheng's face had changed drastically, his body shook, and then he sighed and said, "Recruit you to lead the deliberations in the account." ”

"Yes."

Li Shichao clenched his fists and followed closely with his guards to inform the commanders of each battalion.

Soon, a cadre of generals under Li Zicheng came, and the head of the army was the general Liu Zongmin.

The cultivator behind Liu Zongmin is Hao Shaoqi, who is also an old friend, followed by Li Guo, Li Laiheng, these kinship generals.

After the commander entered the camp, he saw Li Zicheng sitting on the main seat with a sinking face.

The mood of the crowd tightened all of a sudden.

"General Chuang."

Everyone hugged their fists, Li Zicheng nodded, and then asked everyone to sit down, there were no benches in the barracks, only some meadows, everyone sat on the ground, and then Li Zicheng took the lead in speaking: "Presumably everyone should already know, King Chuang defeated the incense burner peak and was captured alive by Lu Xiangsheng. ”

After hearing this, everyone looked at Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng said: "King Chuang is the leader of our righteous army, and now that he is defeated and arrested, we should go to the rescue, but now the thief army is strong, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting are not easy to match, so it is very dangerous to go to rescue King Chuang. ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and Liu Zongmin was the first to speak: "General Chuang, King Chuang's army was defeated and captured by Lu Xiangsheng, and the 30,000 Tianxiong Army under Lu Xiangsheng was a fierce person who fought against the Tartars, especially the firearms produced by Lantian in their hands, especially the palm thunder that exploded when thrown out, the power was too terrifying." ”

"Last time, Lai Heng led 5,000 elites in his headquarters to attack Lu Xiangsheng's 200-man team, losing more than 2,000 people, and he didn't capture a hill occupied by the other party.

"Next, we have to face the encirclement and suppression of the official army, at this time, we should hide ourselves as much as possible, not be discovered by the official army, recuperate, how can we expose our whereabouts and rescue King Chuang?"

Liu Zongmin watched Li Zicheng say his thoughts one by one, Liu Zongmin has a special position in Li Zicheng's army, and he is almost the second person among Li Zicheng's subordinates, and he is not the kind of real power who obeys the leader in everything.

However, Li Zicheng relies on Liu Zongmin very much, and Liu Zongmin also supports Li Zicheng, who belongs to the existence that is loyal enough, but not foolish.

As soon as Liu Zongmin finished saying this, all the generals under his command looked at Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng nodded at this time and said: "What Zong Min said is very reasonable, but King Chuang treats me kindly, since the uprising, King Chuang has always treated me like a brother, thinking about me everywhere, and thanks to King Chuang's care over the years, now that King Chuang is captured, how can I ignore my past feelings because of my own safety." ”

Hearing this, Li Guo said: "Uncle, King Chuang treats me and rebuilds, but we are also loyal to King Chuang, in order to save King Chuang, let's give up the good situation in Jinzhong, gallop in the starry night to rescue King Chuang, 50,000 elites, were beaten to pieces by Lu Xiangsheng, do we have a complaint?" ”

"Isn't that enough to repay King Chuang's kindness to us?"

Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng at this time and said, after hearing this, Li Zicheng said: "But King Chuang is in the hands of people, how can we turn a blind eye?" ”

After listening to Li Zicheng's words, everyone was silent, this righteousness is here, and there are some things that are not easy to refute clearly, and at this time, Li Zicheng, who had not spoken, Li Shichao spoke.

Li Shichao, as the earliest hero who followed Li Zicheng for the time of the dragon, has always had a good status, the only pity is that Li Shichao does not like to lead troops to fight, and has always served as the leader of Li Zicheng's personal guards, but even so, no one dares to underestimate Li Shichao, after all, according to merit, according to seniority, Li Shichao can definitely lead a battalion of men alone, but when Li Zicheng is ready to divide the troops, when a new general is selected, Li Shichao will give the opportunity to the new rising stars, such as Li Laiheng, For example, He Jin, such as Tian Jianxiu, these are all generals that Li Shichao gave up.

May I ask such a general who does not seek fame and fortune, and whose qualifications are very old and popular, who can not take a look at it?

Even if Liu Zongmin saw Li Shichao, he would smile and call Shi Chao brothers.

Therefore, although this is a general-level meeting, Li Shichao has the right to participate, although in the past such meetings Li Shichao generally did not say a word, did not make any decisions, and did not offend anyone.

But today Li Shichao spoke, no way, Li Zicheng is ready to make a mistake to save Gao Yingxiang, this is obviously going to die, Li Zicheng can't die, he is an important chess piece in the hands of the county, a pioneer, there are still a bunch of landlords and gentry in the Ming Dynasty, and the stubborn scholar class needs him to clean up, so this kind of stupid thing, Li Shichao has the obligation to correct it.

At this time, Li Shichao looked at Li Zicheng and said, "Brother Li, I want to say two words. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, because Li Shichao's title had changed, and he used to be called General Chuang, but today he was replaced by Brother Li, and it seemed that he was going to say something heart-wrenching.

Everyone looked at Li Shichao, and Li Shichao's face remained unchanged and said: "Brother Li, King Chuang treats the eldest brother, just like the eldest brother treats me, let's make an assumption, if one day the eldest brother is caught by the imperial court, I have a group of brothers under me, I can take the brothers to beg the eldest brother, but if we go, maybe our group of people will be caught by the imperial court." ”

Speaking of this, everyone looked at Li Zicheng, didn't Li Shichao apply the current situation to Li Zicheng.

At this time, Li Zicheng also frowned slightly, and Li Shichao said: "Then big brother, do you want us to rob the Dharma field to save you, or do you want us to grow quietly and wait for the day when we will lead the army, slash the enemy, and avenge you, big brother?" ”

After saying this, Li Shichao looked at Li Zicheng, his eyes were sincere, and the corners of Liu Zongmin's mouth curled up when he heard this, or Brother Shi Chao, this sentence is to the point, he said so much, it was useless, but as soon as Brother Shi Chao said this, he hit the nail on the head, and he knew that his answer was his answer by looking at the expression of the general.

These people who rebelled have long looked down on life and death, it is not terrible to die, it is a big deal that their brothers will avenge themselves in the future, since they dare to revolt, they are pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers, how can they ignore the great cause because of personal life and death.

At this time, Liukou was in the entrepreneurial stage, and he was still relatively open to life and death, and he did not have glory and wealth in the later stage, so he began to be afraid of death.

Everyone looked at Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng sighed at this time and said: "I understand, pass on my military order, and the whole army will rest immediately, and wait for us to make a comeback and avenge Big Brother Gao!" ”

"Yes."

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