In the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, made every effort to manage the land of Jingxiang, and the soldiers pointed directly at Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu in Wuchang, and then peeked at Jiangxia, and the whole country was shaken.

However, just when the imperial court ordered urgent reinforcements from all over Wuchang, at the beginning of March of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, suddenly gave up the southward strategy and turned to run Henan with all his might.

Li Zicheng appointed Wu Dayan as the defense envoy of Nanyang, Liu Su as the Yin of Nanyang Prefecture, Huang Ge as the defense history of Xinyang, Jin Youzhang as the defense envoy of Runing, Deng Lian as the Yin of Runing Mansion, and Liu Mao as Yin of Junping Mansion first.

As if this was not enough, Li Zicheng ordered Han Huamei, the mighty general of Runingwei, to lead 800 troops to strengthen the defense of Xinyang, and ordered Zhou Fengwu, a general of Guoyi, who was originally stationed in Junping, to lead his 2,000 elite troops to Yuzhou and Zhengzhou.

Regarding Li Zicheng's strategic policy of "light in the south and heavy in the north", all people were puzzled, of course, excluding Miao Sanguan and Peng Wuying.

At this juncture, Zuo Liangyu's 200,000 troops suddenly disappeared overnight, and no one asked about their whereabouts.

Originally, Zuo Liangyu should have given the governor of Huguang moderation, but the current governor of Huguang, the general soldier, and the deputy chief soldier had just escaped from the front line of the generals, and they had not yet come to their senses, and they had not even figured out where they were, so of course they had no time to ask.

In any case, according to the teachings of the ancients that "everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door, and rests with the frost on the tiles of others", Li Zicheng's shift of gravity to the north is a good thing for many people. As for whether there are people in Henan who are going to be unlucky, I can't control it for the time being.

First of all, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, breathed a sigh of relief, and the deputy commander-in-chief Yin Xianmin, He Yide and others were completely relieved, and even Miao Sanguan and Peng Wuying were relieved after they got the news.

Because Peng Wuying was not worried about Li Zicheng crossing the Yangtze River and heading south, he concentrated all his efforts on strengthening the construction of the embankment on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the upper reaches of Dongting Lake, including the 10,000 infantry troops stationed in Changde City and Lizhou City by Guan Datou, who were also transferred to the embankment to participate in the construction of the embankment.

The vast number of people south of the Yangtze River saw that "King Yongsheng of Hengyang" was so aware of the people's feelings, and the people who participated in the construction of the embankment could get three catties of grain as wages per person every day, so many people cheered "King Yongsheng is a thousand years old" every day.

Three catties of grain a day, it means that he can bring back one and a half catties or even two catties of grain to his family every day, and in the current days of natural disasters, these grains are life-saving things.

Jiangnan is very busy, and the vast number of soldiers and civilians are united to completely block the water before the arrival of the peach blossom flood, so the construction of the Yangtze River embankment is getting faster and faster.

Peng Wuying eats and lives on the embankment every day, and Cheng Dù is almost indifferent to the things outside.

However, in the middle of May of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Miao Sanguan, who was sitting in the palace of Hengyang Palace, suddenly received a dark line news from Mo Jiuniang, and the army in Hengyang suddenly operated secretly at high speed.

It turned out that the main force of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, moved north, and there was a momentary gap in power north of Huguang and the Yangtze River.

Many people know about this gap, so Peng Wuying organized the majority of the army to rush to repair the embankment on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

But there was another person who also seized the opportunity of this moment, and then started an earth-shattering operation.

This person is none other than Zhang Xianzhong, who has been entrenched in Dabie Mountain for the past two years.

Because of the previous successive fiascos in the west of Luzhou, Zhang Xianzhong never recovered his vitality. originally took refuge in Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng asked Zhang Xianzhong to be his general, but of course Zhang Xianzhong disagreed, so he ran out and went alone.

Later, I heard that Li Zicheng exerted his might in the land of Jingxiang, and got a lot of the prince's treasures in one go, which made Zhang Xianzhong jealous day and night.

The opportunity finally came, Li Zicheng gave up the great opportunity to cross the river to the south, and went in the opposite direction to compete for the deserted Henan.

As soon as Li Zicheng moved, people's eyes moved, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly came out of the deep mountains, and the whole family of Lianke Huangmei, Guangji, Qizhou, and Zhu Cizhi, the king of Jingzhou in Qizhou, was killed. More than 700 people surnamed Zhu bloodline, big landlords, and illegal profiteers who hoarded Juqi in Qizhou were killed.

Not to mention the complete victory in this battle, Zhang Xianzhong seized more than 3 million taels of gold and silver, and countless grains and grasses.

Three days after opening the warehouse and releasing grain, Zhang Xianzhong once again gathered 200,000 horses, and his momentum was revived.

At the same time, the displaced people in Macheng coaxed the large grain farmers who hoarded Juqi to break out a people's rebellion, occupied the county seat in one fell swoop, and sent people to invite Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed, and hurriedly flew to Macheng, and occupied Macheng on the sixth day of April. Fifty or sixty thousand people in Macheng defected to Zhang Xianzhong at once.

On April 17, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong waved his division to capture Huangzhou City, an important town in the southeast, and 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Huangzhou Guard Water Division surrendered.

When Zhang Xianzhong captured Luotian, Li Shirong, a son of Luotian, offered Zhang Xianzhong an excellent plan: to build a yì Zhang Xianzhong to cross the river and take Wuchang directly.

On the 5th day of the first month of May, Zhang Xianzhong immediately requisitioned fishing boats, and with the sailor battalion of the Huangzhou Guard Station as the vanguard, he sent the vanguard to cross the river at Tuanfengzhou and capture Wuchang County (now Echeng and Huangshi).

The news from Mo Jiuniang said: Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed himself the king of Daxi and was forming a vanguard to prepare for the western expedition to Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu.

The officials in the city saw that Zhang Xianzhong was about to come, and the Huguang Patrol pressed Liu Xizuo, Wang Yangji, and Fu Shangrui, who was a political officer, and Fu Shangrui, who was the official of the government, found that Zuo Liangyu's army, which was relied on, was gone.

Finding that the army was gone, these guys actually gave up their responsibility to supervise the war, and all fled to Changsha with their cronies.

Now that the catastrophe is coming, and the dragons have no leader, the officials of the political secretary of Huguangbu, the envoy department of the inspection department, and the command of the envoy department came to the palace of the king of Chu together, kneeling and asking Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, to take out the silver taels to recruit the displaced people to defend.

Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, who regarded wealth as his life, did not hesitate at all, and refused the request of the local officials.

He Fengsheng, a bachelor who had long been told to return to his hometown, thought that his old face should be worth a few taels of silver, so he also went to Jin to see the king of Chu and begged the king of Chu to pay.

What made He Fengsheng indignant was that the king of Chu actually took out a rotten chair, which was said to be a treasure given by Emperor Taizu, and said that the family had no money.

Encountering this kind of miser who would rather bring money into the coffin than save himself, his children, grandchildren, and family, He Fengsheng cried and turned around and went home to arrange his funeral.

Miao Sanguan looked at the letter in his hand, the expression on his face was very strange, it seemed to be shocked and angry, happy and sad, but what he said to Li Dingguo was extremely surprising:

"Dingguo, where are the Chige Shooting Battalion, Wanying and Wanqing's female barracks, which were reinforced from the lord's side?"

Li Dingguo arched his hand: "According to the general's order, they rushed to the opposite side of Hanyang at night, and as long as they found that Zhang Xianzhong had signs of crossing the river to fight, they would take action against the palace." ”

Shaking his head, Miao Sanguan said softly: "The situation has changed, Zhang Xianzhong is likely to advance by land and water." Just in case, you led the cavalry battalion of the Zhonghu Army to rush to the city of King Chu day and night, and asked Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, to take out the silver taels to recruit the displaced people to form a city defense army. ”

"General, the news from the scout camp doesn't mean that Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, doesn't take money, he definitely won't take money when I go. Li Dingguo was only sixteen years old, and he was very puzzled by Miao Sanguan's order.

Miao Sanguan smiled slightly: "If you really want to take out the money, it will be troublesome, and he will be right if he doesn't take the money." On the night when he didn't take the money, you let Chige's shooting battalion disguise itself as a rebel army to attack the city, and the momentum was louder. ”

"After Chige's shooting battalion and Wanying's female battalion entered the city, they immediately sealed the treasury of the king of Chu, and no one was allowed to move it. But to open the granary to help the victims, they will be stationed in Wuchang from now on. ”

"Your task is twofold: the first is to capture the people who surrendered in Jianyì Kaecheng, and at the same time forcibly take the king of Chu and his family away, so that it is said that the king of Yongsheng let him take refuge. ”

"A prince like Zhu Huakui, in the future, he will kill one and kill another, and he will not leave an inch of grass. So you have to find a secret place on the way, dispose of everyone secretly, and you won't let the lord hear the news in the future. ”

After this matter was done, he immediately rushed to Changsha to arrest Liu Xizuo, the governor of Huguang, Yanji, the king of politics, and Fu Shangrui, and then publicly beheaded them for fleeing without a fight. ”

Only then did Li Dingguo understand what Miao Sanguan meant, so he left happily.

Miao Sanguan immediately wrote a cursive order: "Come on, immediately send the horse to the Dongting Lake Sailor Barracks, order Shen Xiyue and Jiang Tengjiao's sailors to dispatch immediately, and once they find that Zhang Xianzhong's sailors have arrived on the Hanyang River, they will rush to the Yellow Crane Tower to unfold the front line of the warship." ”

"Their purpose was not to start a war with the other party, but to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from attacking Wuchang and at the same time scare the other side away. Of course, if Zhang Xianzhong must fight, then he must be ruthless, and the other party will be completely defeated as soon as the war starts. ”

Both groups of people were sent out, and Miao Sanguan called his wife Zhang Rulian, Hou Laoliu, and Pingyang Si over and began to tell the defense of Hengyang Wangcheng.

"Each of the four fierce men in Pingyang is responsible for a city gate, Hou Lao Liu is responsible for the cannon at the head of the city, and Zhang Rulian is in the center to coordinate. Next, I will leave it to you here, and I will lead the Chinese army battalion to Changsha City tomorrow to preside over the overall situation. ”

"Judging by the current situation, the situation in the future will become more and more complicated. Although we used suspicious tactics to force Li Zicheng back, we should also be able to repel Zhang Xianzhong this time, but the situation may be more difficult in the future, and I hope you will pay attention to it. ”

Zhang Rulian suddenly asked a digression: "Xianggong, why did the lord send the shooting battalion, one of the four main forces, over, didn't you hear that Chige had just married Wanying and Sahur had just married Wanqing?

"Quite the opposite!" Miao Sanguan shook his head: "There are many things that the lord has taken to heart, and this time it is the same." The last time the Jurchen Tartars were able to suddenly enter Shandong, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no next time. ”

"Wan Lian once said that the lord formed the shooting battalion specifically to deal with the Jurchen Tartars. Chige and their sudden arrival actually represented the silent order of the lord: in the future, as long as they heard that the Jurchen Tartars had entered the interior, that is, when Chige and them attacked, they did not have to wait for the order, so as not to delay the fighters. ”

Zhang Rulian waved her hand: "I really don't understand you men, you don't explain anything, and let others guess riddles." ”

Miao Sanguan smiled, and then said very strictly: "You all have to remember: the lord is a descendant of the Zhu family, but because of historical reasons, for the lord, some things can only be done but not said, and some things can only be said but not done. ”

"Just like the last time I put down the rebellion in the south, restore order in the imperial court, and fight against the Westerners to recover the country, then we can only do it, not say it. For the rebel army of the domestic refugees and the Jurchen Tartars in the north, it could only be said that they could not do it before. ”

"This time, the lord sent Chige's shooting battalion out, which means that in the future, there is no need to ask for instructions. This is a huge change, which shows that the lord is worried about the future situation, but it is difficult to say it clearly. ”

Zhang Rulian's expression also became solemn: "It turns out that Chige's shooting battalion suddenly came over, and it actually contains such a meaning, and I don't know how much torture the Lord has suffered by suppressing these things in his heart when he is fair." ”

Miao Sanguan can be said to be the real master of Xiong Chu, starting from Wenyue Villa, to the Black Dragon Temple, and then to Jiudao Villa, Miao Sanguan and Xiong Chu have to study knowledge every day, so Xiong Chu will grow up quickly.

Because of this, Miao Sanguan has an accurate understanding of some subtleties of Xiong Chu, and he is naturally handy.

Miao Sanguan is handy, there must be people in trouble, such as Zhang Xianzhong, for example, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, the trouble they are facing is extraordinary, directly related to the safety of their own lives.

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