In Li Zicheng's life, he has lost, lost, escaped, and even at the most extreme time, only eighteen horsemen were beaten under his command, but these defeats never hit him.

Although he also fell into a trough, it did not prevent him from making a comeback, because he firmly believed that Chongzhen had no way and he would be able to defeat Chongzhen.

But now, he is a little confused.

Not only because of the rebellion of his subordinates, but also because of the policies of the imperial court during this time.

In his hometown of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting stationed troops to fight against the powerful and powerful, and began to divide land and resettle the displaced people.

It stands to reason that during the Ming Dynasty, if someone dared to do this, he would inevitably be besieged by hundreds of officials, and even the emperor could not tolerate him.

But now, the news he got was that most of the hundred officials in the court were killed by the emperor, and now the entire court has become the emperor's hall.

The emperor not only did not hold Sun Chuanting accountable for this matter, but also made up for the arrears of food and wages in various feudal towns, and even exempted almost the entire Ming Dynasty from paying taxes for a year because of natural disasters.

This made Li Zicheng, who got the news, stunned.

Why did you go early? If you had done this earlier, would Lao Tzu have rebelled?

Lao Tzu held an iron rice bowl back then, wasn't it good to be my post man? Why rebel?

But now it's too late to say anything, he has become the biggest one among the anti-thief leaders, and even when he broke through Fengyang in the early years, he also burned the tomb of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and the two sides have long been deeply hated.

So even if Chongzhen really suddenly woke up and wanted to be a Ming Jun, he couldn't be a submissive citizen, so he could only go all the way to the dark.

But the problem now is that the Ming court, which was originally poor, is now suddenly rich, and the corrupt officials below are deterred by Lao Zhu's ruthless methods, although they are still corrupt, they have reined in a lot, leaving a little way for the people below.

Coupled with the relief and tax exemption of the imperial court, now the people's hearts have suddenly begun to move towards the Ming Dynasty again.

This made Li Zicheng feel very tricky, after all, the Ming court is orthodox, if the court still solves the problem of the people's livelihood, he will definitely not be able to compete for the people's hearts.

And the reason why he has been able to fight repeatedly and make a comeback many times is because the people can't survive anymore, and because the rebellion can give the people a way to live and win the hearts of the people, so many people will defect to him.

If he loses the hearts of the people, if he loses again, there is only one way to die.

But fortunately, in these two years of victory, he has accumulated enough troops, even in the face of the imperial army, there is no big disadvantage.

If the imperial court had done this two years ago, then he would probably have to lead the army to find a corner to hide, and he wouldn't have to think about the decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty at all.

But even so, he has a headache now, because the various measures of the Ming court have made the originally desperate people see hope, and even the army under his command has some hearts fluttering.

After all, ordinary people naturally have a psychology of resistance to rebellion, even many low-level generals under his command are no exception.

In addition, when Sun Chuanting was busy stationing troops in Shaanxi, he did not relax at all on his side.

Although he did not intend to send troops to fight him, he sent spies to his side every now and then to encourage his generals to rebel and accept Zhao'an.

Because the Ming court has always been very tolerant of the thieves who accept Zhao'an, and even took Gao Jie as an example, causing everyone under him to panic.

During this time, many generals have rebelled, and the highest status among them is his son-in-law Yuan Shizhong.

Yuan Shizhong is an alternative in the rebel army, the small Yuan battalion under his command not only has strong combat effectiveness, but also has the best military discipline, does not kill people, does not plunder, and is even called a Buddhist soldier by the people.

In this era when the officers and soldiers of the imperial court were worse than the rebel army, Yuan Shizhong's small Yuan camp was like a clear stream.

And he and Li Zicheng were beaten by the imperial court several times, and then after accepting Li Yan's suggestion, they rectified the military discipline, his Xiao Yuan battalion was very strict from the beginning, and because of this, his Xiao Yuan battalion can always maintain strong combat effectiveness, and even the Eight Banners soldiers at their peak are not the opponents of his Xiao Yuan battalion.

Because he heard that Li Zicheng now has strict military discipline and is the most powerful, Yuan Shizhong, who was chased and beaten by the official army, directly took refuge in Li Zicheng.

In order to win over Yuan Shizhong, Li Zicheng also deliberately married his righteous daughter Huimei to Yuan Shizhong to show his respect.

However, Li Zicheng was actually not very at ease with Yuan Shizhong, and had been trying to find a way to encroach on the military power of Yuan Shizhong's small and medium-sized Yuan battalion.

Yuan Shizhong naturally knew about this matter, plus he was a junior in the rebel army, and he had always been at odds with the generals under Li Zicheng who were difficult to change, so he had been trying to find a way to get out.

Now Sun Chuanting sent someone over to make a connection, which was exactly what Yuan Shizhong wanted, and Sun Chuanting made many promises to him in the name of the governor, so he patted his head and didn't hesitate at all, and went to Shaanxi directly with his troops.

And when he was running, he also abducted his daughter-in-law, that is, Li Zicheng's righteous daughter Huimei, and by the way, he also took away the female barracks under Huimei's command.

In this way, Li Zicheng lost his daughter and soldiers, which was a blood loss.

Although he also pursued, because of the strong combat power of Xiao Yuan's camp and the deterrence of Sun Chuanting's army, in the end he only eliminated part of Xiao Yuan's camp and failed to leave Yuan Shizhong behind.

And in addition to these things, what bothered him the most was that his advisers were also divided into two factions.

Now one faction thinks that Kaifeng is difficult to attack now, and the imperial court has sent a large army to guard around Henan, clearly planning to encircle them to death in Henan, so they should now take advantage of the emptiness of the official army and take the opportunity to open a gap, so that they can attack, retreat and defend.

No anti-theft

But the other faction believes that Kaifeng has been held for more than half a year, and now the grain and grass in the city have been almost consumed, as long as it continues to fight, Kaifeng will definitely be able to be attacked.

And they also believe that it is impossible for the imperial court to let them take Kaifeng, before capturing Kaifeng, the imperial army will inevitably be unable to hold their breath and will fight a decisive battle with them, in terms of field warfare, now the imperial court is not their opponent at all, and at that time, it is their best opportunity.

Now these two opinions are in contention, arguing in the camp every day, and if he hadn't pressed them, the two factions might have started fighting.

And the main reason for this situation is that he himself has no opinion, and the hand of the imperial court really makes him a little unsure of how to deal with it, and he doesn't know what to do for a while, so these two factions will quarrel so fiercely.

"Hey, that's hard."

Li Zicheng was in a rather melancholy mood at this time, he suddenly realized Chongzhen's difficulties now, how many people are there under him now, and they are arguing like this.

And Chongzhen has to face the civil and military officials of various factions every day in the court, so what kind of quarrel does it have to be, if there are really any major differences, you must not beat people's brains out of dog brains.