"Mianzhou victory! Mianzhou victory! ”

"Beheading 5,720 levels, capturing 40,000 thieves is strange, and the remnants of the rebellion are fleeing in the direction of Jiangyou!"

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, in early May, the Tang newspaper from northern Sichuan swept the whole territory of Shaanxi like a hurricane, and then spread to the world.

Chen Wang was ordered to guard Qipanguan, and received the news earlier than the officials in Shaanxi Province.

The writing of the essay is extremely heroic and atmospheric, and I only feel that it is smooth and smooth, and the writing is excellent and hearty.

Then the remnants of the rebel army escaped to the north of Jiangyou, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Zuo Guangxian three troops pursued, and the thieves fortified in Jiangyou, the two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and when the attack could not be taken for a long time, Hong Chengchou received a letter of begging.

The thief chieftain Qi and the king of benevolence and righteousness were in front of the battle, and Li Zicheng's defense line under Jiangyoubu collapsed.

The news of Jiangyou's victory also came out of northern Sichuan in mid-May.

"Jiangyou has a great victory, beheading 2,127 people, capturing 16,000 thieves, and the thieves are scattered and fleeing, and they are in a hurry!"

Only more than 10,000 of the remnants of the thieves escaped, and they fled into the deep mountains and valleys in the north of Long'an Province, and they were nowhere to be found.

Various rumors circulate in various places, and some say that Li Zicheng led the remnants of his army to flee into the northern mountains of Long An Province.

Others said that Li Zicheng died on the battlefield when he led the troops in Jiangyou, and his body was so badly damaged that it was impossible to identify.

There are different opinions on whether Li Zicheng died in the battle, and there is no definite news.

The officers and soldiers did find the body of Li Zicheng, who was suspected to be Yu Li, and also found the bodies of several thieves.

In addition to Li Zicheng's corpse, which was difficult to identify, several other thieves were identified by the head of Qi, the king of Renyi, and some captives who had surrendered, confirming that they should be the leaders of the army, the king of the world and the king of the great heaven.

Long'an Mansion, north of Jiangyou City, Ming army camp.

Hong Chengchou sat upright on the first seat, looking at the detailed battle report in his hand, and kept thinking about the two major battles that broke out soon in his mind.

In the next position, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Guangxian sat opposite each other, one left and one right, and there was no one else in the huge military tent.

After the two battles of Mianzhou and Jiangyou, the situation was settled, and nearly 80,000 of the 90,000 soldiers and horses who followed Li Zicheng into Sichuan were now ambushed, and only a small number of people fled into the mountainous areas of Beidi.

Li Zicheng's life and death were uncertain, and the main force of the Liukou army was scattered, and it stands to reason that at this time it was already announced that the victory had been won.

However, the Tang newspapers that reported the victory had already been handed over, but Hong Chengchou did not issue the order to withdraw the troops for a long time.

The atmosphere in the military tent was silent, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Guangxian both lowered their eyebrows, silently and slowly drank the tea in the cup.

Hong Chengchou frowned, and his eyes stayed on the Tang newspaper that he had just written.

Mianzhou and Jiangyou fought in recent months, and finally won.

The main force of the army has indeed been annihilated now, and it should be a happy event logically, but Hong Chengchou not only does not have half a smile on his face, but also does not have the slightest sense of relief in his heart.

Although the two battles were bitter battles, and they killed the King of the World and the Great Heavenly King, the Chief Manager of Qi and the King of Renyi had already surrendered and chose to do it anyway.

After searching in the surrounding mountains for half a month, Li Zicheng has never heard from him, and there is no news about Li Zicheng when he catches those thieves in the deep mountains and huge valleys, and Li Zicheng may really be dead.

But I don't know why, Hong Chengchou just can't put his mind at ease.

He instinctively felt that something was wrong, although these two battles were won, he felt that things were far from so simple.

Obviously, the clues are close at hand, but they can't grasp it, only a layer of window paper is missing, but they can't be broken.

Hong Chengchou put down the Tang Bao in his hand, and the repeated battles had already made him more and more tired.

He is already forty-five this year, and more and more complicated government and military affairs are piled up in front of his case, and he has not been well recuperated for a long time, and his health is not as good as before.

"Now most of the thieves have been defeated, but there are only a few remnants left, and the superintendent has been fighting for many years, and he is very tired, so it is better to recuperate for a while."

Cao Wenzhao bowed slightly, saluted and admonished.

"It's okay......"

Hong Chengchou waved his hand, raised his hand and slowly rubbed the position of his temples, and his eyes moved down, looking at Zuo Guangxian and Cao Wenzhao.

The order was to calm the thieves in 100 days, but they failed to pacify the thieves when the deadline was reached, so they were demoted and retained, and they were cut to Lu. ”

At this time, it has been overdue for nearly two months, and now although Li Zicheng is nowhere to be found, the main force of the thieves has indeed been wiped out.

At this time, it is the time to deliver the good news and Pegasus to pass on the Beijing Division.

But......

"You two must have noticed something wrong, right?"

Zuo Guangxian and Cao Wenzhao were both slightly stunned, glanced at each other, and nodded slowly.

"Li Zicheng is as cunning as a fox, unpredictable, although we have laid a net on all sides, but before the net is completed, Li Zicheng completely leads the army to break through to other places."

Zuo Guang pondered for a moment, and finally replied in a deep voice.

"But Li Zicheng has been entrenched in Jiangyou and Mianzhou since he entered northern Sichuan, although he has also sent troops to invade other places, but they are basically tentative attacks, and they seem to be waiting for our arrival......"

"Li Zicheng ......"

Hong Chengchou's eyes condensed slightly, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

He had already noticed the suspicions that Zuo Guangxian said, but he knew that it was wrong, and he didn't know what Li Zicheng's plan was.

The body suspected of being Li Zicheng found on the battlefield, Hong Chengchou never regarded it as the real Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng traveled thousands of miles, closed the mountain twice, and was full of wisdom.

How could it be so simple to die on the battlefield, at the beginning of the Chunhua War, Li Zicheng was not able to be left, but now it is so simple to leave Li Zicheng, how is it possible?

"Wen Zhao, what do you think about this matter?"

Without much help from Zuo Guangxian's mouth, Hong Chengchou turned his gaze to Cao Wenzhao, who was sitting on the side.

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while, and then broke the silent atmosphere in the tent.

"Li Zicheng is waiting for ......"

"Waiting?"

Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up slightly, and he felt that he had already caught the most important clue.

"What are you waiting for?!"

"Messy."

"Chaos?"

Hong Chengchou's eyes suddenly froze, and Cao Wenzhao's words were like an initiation, which made him completely enlightened.

……

"Messy ......"

"The strong man broke his wrist and broke it into pieces."

Chen Wang held a strange fire hammer in his hand, stood on top of the wall, looked at the scene below the mountain, and couldn't help but sigh.

"What a good strategy......"

After crossing the Guanshan Mountain in Liangyue, fighting for thousands of miles, and getting out of danger, Li Zicheng also made his own choice when the uprising was at its lowest.

No one knows Li Zicheng's plan better than Chen Wang.

Because Chen Wang knows very well how the situation will change in the future, and he also knows very well what kind of peak the impact of the famine will reach in the future.

Li Zicheng was broken into pieces and scattered into the mountains, he was waiting, waiting for the Ming court to mess up.

Zhang Xianzhong is not a person who keeps his senses, Xiong Wencan is the persuasion to forget the emptiness of the past......

With an additional 2.8 million yuan in salaries in various localities, as long as there is another famine year, Henan and Huguang will undoubtedly become a huge powder keg.

At that time, it only takes a little spark to fall into it and it will cause an earth-shattering explosion.

Today's unexpected situation, something happened in reality, and it has to be a little less, I really forgive me, and I will strive to make up for it tomorrow, and I will definitely make up for the dry goods!

(End of chapter)