Chapter 212: So Much Food and Silver Are Picked Up for Nothing (One Shift)
Li Zicheng was furious and ordered Liu Zongmin to march immediately.
Li Zicheng was very annoyed in his heart, and his anger did not subside, he really underestimated Wu Sangui, you must know this, the lonely king has already been killed in Shanhaiguan, why are you delaying here?
So far, Li Zicheng has not realized that he has fallen for Wu Sangui's delaying tactics.
Li Zicheng thought of Chongzhen, Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, and felt that these martial arts people were unreliable, so he invited them to eat and drink, and it had been several days, and he sent them to search for Chongzhen, but there was no news.
But he felt that he had no bottom in his heart to leave these martial arts people, Chongzhen's skills he had seen with his own eyes, which could be called terrifying, and he must not alienate the Jianghu Martial Arts Dao, and he had to win over when he turned back.
Chongzhen left the capital, and a few people haunted the Miyun area, why?
Li Zicheng was thinking about it, when someone came to report that Tang Tong and Bai Guangen had sent someone......
Li Zicheng hurriedly collected his thoughts, calmed down his mentality, and summoned the two generals of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen into the tent.
Liu Chongxi and Zhou Qing saw Li Zicheng giving a salute, and then said that their 20,000 horses had already driven to the Shanhaiguan Pass, and they were waiting for His Majesty's order.
Li Zicheng was very satisfied, the striker and the main force had not yet arrived, and the partial division rushed to the battlefield first. This shows that Tang Tong and Bai Guangen have a very strong sense of obedience, and they sincerely surrender to him Li Zicheng.
Then the second general said that there was a shortage of food and salary in the army, since they surrendered to the Dashun army, they had not paid food and salary to the brothers for so long, and the morale of the army was a little fluctuating, and Shanhaiguan was a tough battle, and it was necessary to improve morale and stabilize the morale of the army.
Of course, this set was taught by Chongzhen to the two of them.
Li Zicheng couldn't help but nod his head when he heard it, feeling that what the two generals said was completely reasonable.
Liu Chongxi saw that the time was ripe, and told the two of them that they had come to urge food and salary on the orders of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, and then presented the letter written by Chongzhen in the name of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen to Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng opened the letter and looked at it, his brows furrowed, what was written in the letter was consistent with what the second general said, but it was much more anxious than the second general, which meant that now the army had run out of food, and the soldiers' salaries had not been paid for a long time. It is hoped that after His Majesty King Chuang sees the letter, he will immediately distribute food and salary, stabilize the morale of the army, and boost morale.
After reading the letter, Liu Chongxi and Zhou Qing secretly observed Li Zicheng's expression and found that Li Zicheng had a bitter face.
Li Zicheng put the letter on the table, turned back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, and the tide of thought was rolling.
Tang Tong and Bai Guangen managed the orphan king to ask for food, which was completely justified.
Originally, the people were the Ming army, since they surrendered to Dashun, they were already the generals of the Dashun army, and the lonely king, as the commander of the Dashun army, did not give money and food to others, who would follow you to work hard?
They are all soldiers who eat food, not to eat and earn two dollars to spend, who wants to fight for their lives?
Fighting for the country and the territory is all the business of the royal family and the warlords, and they have a dime to do with them.
The key is that the Lone King is not enough food and silver now, and he turned a blind eye along the way, and even hinted that Liu Zongmin was robbing his troops.
The discipline of the Dashun army is very bad, it is a world of difference from when he first entered the capital, if it weren't for the trouble of silver and food, would I Li Zicheng be able to do this?
Once upon a time, the lone king also loved the people like a son......
But if you don't pay food, the hearts of these 20,000 horses will fluctuate, and these two will still think that I, Li Zicheng, discriminated against them as generals, and the big war is imminent, and we must not lose big because of a small loss.
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng made up his mind, not only to give them food, but also to give them enough, 20,000 soldiers and horses, Guwang and Jiexuan's more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, give him a little money, we can save some money.
It's a big deal, let's grab some more on the way, King Gu has already ordered someone to pass a book to Li Guo, asking him to step up the transfer of grain and grass here.
Li Zicheng immediately passed down the will, and he made a big deal here, so that Liu Zongmin's 40,000 vanguard battalions would also make up some, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses would be allocated immediately.
Liu Zongmin just wanted to scold his mother when he received this order, the silver and food looted by the soldiers along the way were not enough for us to use for ourselves, and we had to give some more to Bai Guangen and Tang Tong, which was really unlucky.
But there was no way, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Li Zicheng's order, he still had to listen.
According to the number written in Chongzhen's letter, soon 1,000 loads of military rations and 200,000 taels of silver were gathered, which was a month's salary for 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Liu Chongxi and Zhou Qing were so happy that they were about to leave the Dashun military camp with 1,000 men and horses carrying food and silver, and Li Zicheng said, "The two generals are slow."
Liu Chongxi and Zhou Qing thought in their hearts, Li Zicheng didn't want to change his hexagram!
"What else does His Majesty have to say?" The two of them hurriedly saluted.
"Spread the will of King Gu, and after going back, order Tang Zongbing and Bai Zongbing to immediately lead their troops to take down a piece of stone and cut off Wu Sangui's return route, there must be no mistake."
The lonely king can't take silver and grain to feed you for nothing, since Wu Sangui's six relatives don't recognize it, and he is determined to break with Dashun, then I, Li Zicheng, must give him a look.
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen