However, Zhang Xianzhong was unmoved.

"The prime minister of Yinpingguan doesn't have to worry about the war." Zhang Xianzhong said lightly, "There are Dingguo children who are safe, so the prime minister should worry more about Enke's affairs." ”

When Chongzhen first conquered Chengdu in the eighteenth year, Zhang Xianzhong did an Enke, and also took dozens of jinshi, and sent them to various states and counties as magistrates, but because a few new Jinshi betrayed the Daxi Kingdom, or surrendered to the Dashun army, or surrendered to the Ming army, Zhang Xianzhong killed these jinshi in a rage.

Then now Zhang Xianzhong felt that no one was available, so he wanted to open Enke again.

The imperial court's talent ceremony can be regarded as child's play, and Zhang Xianzhong is also in this pattern.

"Yes." Wang Zhaoling felt a little regretful in his heart, because his power tentacles could not be extended into the army, and he was never able to truly grasp the authority of the Great Western Kingdom.

The foundation of the Great Western Kingdom is still the 120th Battalion of the Great Western Army.

And the 120 battalions of the Great Western Army were in the hands of Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, and Sun Kewang and the other four had an extremely bad relationship with Wang Zhaoling.

Wang Zhaoling dreamed of mastering military power.

But his attempt was thwarted again.

……

Li Dingguo was stationed at Yinping Pass with 10 battalions of the Great Western Army.

After Zhang Xianzhong conquered Chengdu, he divided the Great Western Army into 120 battalions, each with a general army, which belonged to Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi and other Quartet generals.

However, the forces of the four righteous sons were not evenly distributed.

Among them, Pingdong General Sun Kewang had a maximum of 50 battalions.

Dingbei General Ainengqi had the least number of troops, with only 19 battalions.

Li Dingguo, the general of Anxi, had 26 battalions of the Onishi Army under his command, with a total strength of about 30,000 troops.

As early as three months ago, Li Dingguo noticed the abnormality of the Dashun Army, and accurately judged that the Dashun Army might follow Deng Ai's example and take the Yinping Ancient Road, and then led the 10th battalion of the Daxi Army to seize Yinping Pass in advance.

Just a few days after Li Dingguo led his troops to seize Yinping Pass, Li Shuangxi, the prince of Dashun, led 5,000 Dashun elites as the vanguard to quietly approach Yinping Pass, but he stepped into the trap set by Li Dingguo.

After a fierce battle, the entire army of 5,000 Dashun elites was annihilated, and Li Shuangxi was also captured alive.

Early this morning, Li Shuangxi was once again taken to Li Dingguo's big tent by the Great Western Army.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Li Shuangxi saw Li Dingguo holding a book of soldiers and reading it carefully.

"Hmph." Li Shuangxi snorted lightly from his nostrils, and said with a dark face, "Pretend." ”

When he was in the same army before, Li Shuangxi was very jealous of Li Dingguo, jealous that Li Dingguo was taller than him, more handsome than him, better in martial arts, and far better than him in riding and archery kung fu.

It wasn't until he was later established by Li Zi as the prince of Dashun that his jealousy finally faded.

But this defeat at Yinping Pass has reawakened the jealousy that had been buried in my heart before.

Li Dingguo was not angry, put down the military book and asked, "Li Shuangxi, have you figured it out?" ”

"Figure out what?" Li Shuangxi said coldly, "It is impossible for our Dashun army to retreat, Li Dingguo, it is better for this prince to persuade you to surrender earlier, if you surrender now, you can still get an earl, if you wait until my father and the emperor lead the army to break through the Yinping Pass and conquer Chengdu, I am afraid that the only thing waiting for you is to kill the head." ”

Li Dingguo just smiled when he heard this, and waved his hand to signal his soldiers to take Li Shuangxi down.

"Huh, wait." Li Shuangxi suddenly became anxious, "How long do you want to lock me up?" If you don't dare, then kill me as soon as possible, what does it mean to kill me like this? Can't you give me a good time? ”

Li Dingguo sighed lightly and said: "The righteous army in the world is one family, how could I kill you for no reason?" ”

"Then you'll let me go." Li Shuangxi said with a tiger face, "Then let my 5,000 pacesetters go, and then let's fight on the battlefield in a dignified manner, to see if your Daxi Army is powerful, or our Dashun Army can fight." ”

To say more, Li Dingguo did not kill the Dashun army, but always ate and drank well.

"The Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army were originally one family, why do they have to fight to the death?" Li Dingguo frowned and said, "Can't the two families live in peace?" ”

"Peaceful? Immature. Li Shuangxi was stunned, "Don't you hear that one mountain can't accommodate two tigers." ”

Li Dingguo said: "Even if one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, even if in the end there will inevitably be a division between the Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army, but now is far from the time when the righteous army will kill each other, right?" Half of the south of the Yangtze River and Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are still under the rule of the Ming army, and Hebei is even more under the iron hooves of Jiannu. ”

"This ......" Li Shuangxi was speechless, because he also felt that what Li Dingguo said was right.

Li Dingguo said: "How difficult it is to build slaves, your Dashun army knows better than our Daxi army, that is, the Ming army has also had a resurgence in recent years, so at this time, your Dashun army and our Daxi army should abandon their prejudices, work together to tide over the difficulties, and wait until the Ming army and Jiannu are defeated, and then it is not too late to divide the superiority." ”

Li Shuangxi was still silent, not knowing how to refute Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo said again: "Li Shuangxi, if you think what I said is reasonable, then go back and persuade King Chuang, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the two families have not really turned against each other, and return to Shaanxi, as long as King Chuang is willing to strike and return to Shaanxi, I will also try my best to persuade my father to sign a peace treaty with the Dashun Army, in the future, our Daxi Army will never step into Hanzhong half a step, and the Dashun Army cannot have a wrong thought about Sichuan, and then you and I will rely on our own abilities to chase the Central Plains to the east." ”

After a pause, he said: "Of course, if King Chuang refuses to quit the army, he has to share life and death with the Great Western Army now, then just let the horse come, although I, Li Dingguo, am young and my ability is extremely limited, but with the natural danger of Yinping Pass, it will never be a problem to block your Dashun Army here for a year and a half." ”

Li Shuangxi finally moved: "Li Dingguo, are the eight kings really willing to stop the army and make peace?" ”

"Is this still fake?" Li Dingguo snorted and said, "The dispute between the Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army was provoked by you first from the beginning, without Ma Ke leading the army into Sichuan, how could there be today's situation?" Therefore, as long as King Chuang is willing to call off the army and return to Shaanxi, I am at least seven points sure that I can persuade my father to quit the army, and the 5,000 Shun troops who were captured can also be returned. ”

"Okay, I can go back and report to my father." Li Shuangxi's attitude finally softened.

"But in the end, I can't guarantee it, I can only promise that you will do your best to lobby my father."

"That's enough." Li Dingguo said happily, "I believe that King Chuang will definitely make the right choice." ”

……

Li Zicheng is actually planning to retire from the army.

The situation is clear, continuing to consume the Great Western Army in Yinping Pass will not have any results, it can only be a waste of precious food and salary, this year Guanzhong finally ushered in a bumper harvest, but these few months have wasted many young and old.

However, thinking that he used more than 100,000 troops and consumed hundreds of thousands of stone grains, the key was to drive the expedition in person, but in the end it was in vain, Li Zicheng was still a little unwilling.

At that moment, Li Zicheng asked Gu Junen, who joined the army, and said, "Gu Junen, is there really no other way to go?" ”

"Holy Lord, there really is no other way." Gu Junen smiled bitterly and said, "From Hanzhong to Shu, except for the Sword Pavilion, there is only the Yinping Ancient Road, and there is no other way." ”

"Those medicine farmers or woodcutters may know one or more unknown paths."

"But these paths can only be walked by medicine farmers or woodcutters, and the army will never be able to pass."

Gu Junen was resourceful, but he was helpless in the face of the natural danger of Shu Dao, and he couldn't wave a feather fan and directly let hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops grow wings and fly through Yinping Pass to Chengdu.

"Then forget it." Li Zicheng said helplessly.

"Don't fight, send an envoy to negotiate peace with Zhang Xianzhong."

While he was talking, a eunuch came in to report: "Your Majesty, the prince is back." ”

"Prince?" Knowing that Li Shuangxi was still alive, Li Zicheng was overjoyed at first, but soon his face turned down again, and he said with a dark face, "He still has the face to come back alive?" If I were him, I would have crashed to death on the Yinping Ancient Road. ”

Li Shuangxi, who was outside the tent, heard this, and his face immediately turned red with shame, thinking that it was really better to hit his head to death.

However, Li Shuangxi was thinking in his heart, he would not commit suicide if he really let him commit suicide, and it was inappropriate to let a good prince go, but he committed suicide for the sake of face, stupid.

In mid-September, the Dashun Army and the Daxi Army made peace.

Zhang Xianzhong even went to Yinping Pass to meet Li Zicheng.

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar old guys in front of them, and thinking about Cao Cao, Ge Liyan and other leaders of the righteous army who are no longer alive, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong inevitably felt a little embarrassed in their hearts.

"Lao Li, what do you say the two of us are fighting for?"

"Yes, the world has not yet been decided, the tyranny has not perished, Jiannu has entered Shanhaiguan again, the Dashun Army and the Daxi Army really shouldn't kill each other at this juncture."

"Lao Li, why don't we make a bet with our brothers?"

"Bet? Okay, what do you want to bet on? ”

"The two of us will have a ten-year period, and see who has laid a big territory after ten years, who is the eldest brother, and the other can serve him with the etiquette of a small country serving a big country, how about it?"

"Okay, let's bet with you, it's for ten years."

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he hit the horse and left, but after walking a few steps, he turned back.

Li Zicheng is still a good person, and kindly reminded: "Lao Zhang, there is one thing we have to remind you that the current Chongzhen is completely different from the previous Chongzhen, and the current Ming army is also completely different from the previous Ming army, so you Daxi Army must be careful when fighting against the Ming army, especially the various firearms of the Ming army." ”

"Firearms." Zhang Xianzhong frowned and said, "I hope that the child said that the Ming army doesn't seem to have many firearms. ”

"Anyway, we've warned you." Li Zicheng said, "If you believe us, quickly find a few Western missionaries to cast more cannons for you, if you don't believe it, just treat us as if we didn't say anything." ”

(End of chapter)