Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 653 Let’s Surrender to the Court

With high potential to become the great eunuch next to Chongzhen, his IQ will definitely not be low.After his long investigation, although he didn't know exactly where Qian Qianyi went, he still made a rough guess.

Gao Qiqian knelt on the ground, tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, Qian Qianyi may have gone to Xuanzhen, he should surrender to Zhao Wen."

After Gao Qiqian finished speaking, he hurriedly lowered his head.

However, the expected yelling and cursing didn't arrive, instead there were sighs after bursts.

"Ah!" Chongzhen sighed a long time, as if he had aged 20 years.

At this time, Chongzhen no longer had the confidence he had at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and all that was left was helplessness.

"Let's go, let's all go. They are all a group of people who eat what is inside and outside. At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao established the ancestral system of preferential treatment of gentry, but over the past few hundred years, what kind of goods has the imperial court raised.

First, Hong Chengchou was captured by the Zhao thief and then surrendered, then the British Duke conspired to surrender, and now it is Qian Qianyi again.Let's go, let's go, let's get out of here. "

Chongzhen patted the armrest of the chair under his seat, then stood up, and staggered towards the harem.

Chongzhen's figure looked like an old man in the setting sun, hunched over and walking slowly.The current Chongzhen is not yet 30 years old, and in later generations, he has only graduated from university for a few years.

Gao Qiqian hurriedly stood up and followed behind Chongzhen.

But in return, Chongzhen cursed angrily, "Get out, get out, get out of here, I want to be quiet, get out of here."

Gao Qiqian was scolded by Chongzhen and stopped at the same spot, not daring to go any further.

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At the same time, on a wilderness more than 200 miles south of Xiangyang Prefecture, Huguang, a bunch of tents were placed there in disorder.

In the largest tent in the center, several people in iron armor looked sad.

The people here are none other than Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and the others.

Li Zicheng sat at the top, holding a wine glass in his hand, with a gloomy expression.

"This Zhao Wen is like a dog. I have come here, and he is still chasing after him. Isn't this trying to kill us all? We have already taken down Xiangyang City before, but we are still here After not enjoying a few days of good life, this Zhao Wen sent an army over.

The real ones are all rebels, so why bother to push each other so hard? " Li Zicheng cursed, then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

"Uncle, why don't we join forces with Zhang Xianzhong, who has a lot of soldiers in his hands. If we join forces, maybe we can do something."

Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo sat at Li Zicheng's subordinate position, and said with a serious face.

Li Zicheng put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Li Guo, his eyes were full of murderous intent, "Zhang Xianzhong? This man is not so easy to get along with. When he first came to the land of Huguang, he hit me with ideas several times. If he Combining soldiers with one another is probably seeking skin from a tiger, this person is not a good person!"

In fact, not only now, but even in history, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng had a lot of conflicts, they belonged to the kind of incompatible state.

"What's more, even if our two soldiers join together, can we stop Zhao Wen's soldiers? It's not like you don't know how powerful their soldiers are. Now that Zhao Wen has ascended the throne and become emperor, his subordinates are all suffocated. Take a deep breath, and their weapons are powerful, we are even less their opponents.

The best weapons in our hands are the Franc machine guns and red cannons we got from the officers and soldiers, and not many people in the army know how to do it.With our strength, will we be their opponents?Back then we were almost wiped out by Zhao Wen's entire army. Can we resist if we unite together? "

Li Zicheng chattered and said that he didn't believe that he and Zhang Xianzhong could stop Zhao Wen after joining forces.

"Then what should we do now? Is it possible to surrender to Zhao Wen? I can't figure it out. They are all rebels. Why did he push us so hard!" Li Zicheng's number one general Liu Zongmin yelled loudly, A look of dissatisfaction.

"Surrender?" Li Zicheng shook his head, "Impossible, even if we surrender, Zhao Wen has to ask for it. Judging from the situation this time, Zhao Wen has no intention of making us surrender at all, otherwise he wouldn't have come up Just use cannons to bombard those people I let resist.

Fortunately, we ran fast before, and they want to take over the city, otherwise, it is not certain whether we can escape. "

A long time ago, Chongzhen transferred Huguang's soldiers and horses to the capital, and asked Hong Chengchou to take them to attack Xuanzhen.

After Huguang's soldiers and horses left, Li Zicheng took advantage of the emptiness of Xiangyang City and took Xiangyang down.

In addition to Xiangyang, the counties around Xiangyang also fell into the hands of Li Zicheng.

There is a shortage of soldiers and horses in Huguang, so there is no way to recover these cities for a while.

Although Li Zicheng is a rebel leader, he is a man with no ambitions. After he took Xiangyang and the surrounding cities of Xiangyang, he only knew how to enjoy himself and did not give any instructions for the next step.

Zhang Xianzhong also won a large area after Huguang's soldiers and horses were transferred away.

A bandit will always be a bandit, and will never be able to become a big climate. After taking these places, Zhang Xianzhong's behavior is similar to that of Li Zicheng.

As Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong became more and more noisy in Huguang, Chongzhen also put Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui in Huguang.

After the two men came to Huguang, they began to recruit soldiers and horses relying on the money and food obtained through intrigue and trickery.

It is said that they are recruiting soldiers, but in fact what they do is similar to that of thieves, plundering the local people, filling them into the army, and constantly expanding their own strength.

The only difference between them and the thieves is that they belong to different camps, but in the final analysis, they are all the same.

Few of the generals in the late Ming Dynasty had a conscience. They always thought of their own interests. As for the life and death of the people, it had nothing to do with them.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui also saw clearly that the current Ming Dynasty will not be a country. At this time, it is the last word to have soldiers in hand.

Therefore, they frantically expanded their forces and crazily harmed the local people.

All of a sudden, the land of Huguang turned to Yingtian, and the people mourned.

In this way, a large number of people joined the bandit camp.

All in all, today's Huguang has become a three-legged confrontation, one Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, one Li Zicheng, and one Zhang Xianzhong.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui did not choose to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong directly after they got the soldiers and horses.Just put on a show, and had a few fights with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

What Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui thought about was how to preserve the troops in their hands.

A few months ago, Chongzhen had ordered the Ministry of War to transfer them to the capital.

Originally, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't want to go. For them, if Zhao Wen attacked the capital, they would become cannon fodder.

But at that time Henan had already been captured. If Zhao Wen went south in a big way, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't think they would survive.

Just when they were in a dilemma, rumors suddenly started in Huguang that Zhao Wen was going to attack Huguang.

Although Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui didn't know where the rumor came from, it was true. Because they were very afraid of Zhao Wen going south, they led their soldiers and horses to rush north.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui originally wanted to lead the soldiers and horses to continue south, but they gave up this idea later.

From Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's point of view, even if they continued to flee south, they would eventually be overtaken by Zhao Wen's troops, and death would still be inevitable.

Although the capital is also very dangerous, but behind the capital is outside the pass, if things change at that time, they will lead the soldiers and horses to escape outside the pass.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui stayed in Shanhaiguan for a long time, and they had a clear view of the terrain there.So, they are confident that they can run out.

From their point of view, even if Zhao Wen had already captured Liaodong, Liaodong was vast and sparsely populated, with more mountains and colder weather as it went north, and it was close to North Korea.

In the view of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son, the way out of the customs is better than the way down south.What's more, if you really can't escape, then you will find a way to arrest Chongzhen's family and dedicate it to Zhao Wen.With this credit, he can save his life.

Therefore, under this mentality, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui hurried northward.

Not long after Wu Xiang left, Song Hu led his troops into Huguang.

Xiangyang is located in the north of Huguang, close to Henan, and bears the brunt of Song Hu's troops.

Li Zicheng sang and sang every night in Xiangyang City, and he didn't learn the news until Song Hu led his troops fifty miles outside Xiangyang City.

After learning the news, Li Zicheng hurriedly sent [-] soldiers to stop it, while he led the remaining soldiers and horses to flee south.

The [-] soldiers he sent were scattered soldiers, and they fought Song Hu face to face, and they were defeated.

These thieves who went to stop Song Hu fled all the way south after being defeated, and it didn't take long to catch up with Li Zicheng who fled south.

After Li Zicheng heard the news of the failure, he stopped non-stop and stopped at a place more than 200 miles away from Xiangyang Mansion before he dared to take a rest.

After Song Hu defeated these rogues, he did not choose to pursue them. After all, these rogues were nothing more than chickens and dogs to Song Hu.

Song Hu now has a more important task, which is to take over all the cities in Xiangyang Prefecture, settle down the local people and sort out the local order.

As for the rogues, they couldn't run very far.

"Brother, you have an idea, what should we do now?" Liu Zongmin looked at Li Zicheng anxiously.

Li Zicheng's right hand was placed on the table, holding an empty wine glass in his hand, and kept turning the glass.

Li Zicheng used this method to cover up the panic in his heart.

"What else can we do? We can only go south. Let's go all the way south and keep going south." Li Zicheng said a solution that was not a solution.

"Brother, can this work? Zhao Wen's ambition is in the world. If he can attack Huguang today, he can attack the south tomorrow. Let's hide in the south now. What should we do if Zhao Wen fights there again? "Liu Zongmin asked back.

Liu Zongmin felt that Li Zicheng's method would not work at all.

"At the beginning, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others ran away. I heard that they went to the capital. At that time, I was lucky. I thought that after they left, no one in this Huguang land would disturb our peace.

But unexpectedly, who knows how many little ghosts left, and how many great gods came.Our life is so difficult now.Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others are not too miserable. After they go to the capital, if the capital cannot be defended, they can still go north, to the northernmost point.

Now Zhao Wen's top priority should be to attack the whole world. The north should not be very important to Zhao Wen. As long as Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui escape, maybe they can live a peaceful life for a few days, but we are different. "Liu Zongmin kept sighing and patting his thighs, his face was full of boredom.

Hearing Liu Zongmin's voice, Li Guo's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes, that's right. We can also go to the north, we can also go to the capital." Li Guo slapped his thigh and shouted loudly.

"To the north?" Liu Zongmin looked at Li Guo as if he was looking at a fool.

"I don't know if you are really stupid or fake. Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others can go to the north because they are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. But what about us? To the imperial court, we are just bandits and thieves. If we go To the north, they will definitely be encircled and suppressed by the imperial court. If they didn’t die in the hands of Zhao Wen, they would have died in the hands of the imperial court first.” Liu Zongmin looked at Li Guo with a sarcasm, and he felt that what Li Guo said The method is completely farting.

But Li Guo was not annoyed by Liu Zongmin's words, his voice became louder, "That's not what I mean, what I mean is that we might as well take advantage of this time to surrender to the court. It is impossible for us to surrender to Zhao Wen , As soon as they came up, they bombarded the troops we sent to resist. According to the retreating soldiers who fled back, it seems that Zhao Wen’s soldiers don’t need to surrender at all.”

"Aren't you stupid? Surrender to the imperial court? How could you come up with such a way? Back then, when we swindled our surrender, we made the imperial court so miserable, can the imperial court accept our surrender?" Liu Zongmin said disdainfully.

"I don't agree with that." Li Guo shook his head and said, "Do you think we are in a hurry or the court is in a hurry?"

Liu Zongmin looked puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

"I think it looks like we are anxious now, but the court should be the most anxious." Li Guo did not answer Liu Zongmin's question, but explained on his own.

"This world has nothing to do with us. If it is gone, it will be gone. But what about the court? This is the country of the court. Now that the court is about to disappear, do you think the emperor can not worry?

Although we have done a lot of harm to the imperial court before, compared with Zhao Wen, we can't keep up with flattery.After all, we are not as ruthless as Zhao Wen, and we will destroy the court as soon as we come up.

The imperial court and Zhao Wen have been fighting for so long, and the troops in their hands are almost gone. If we go to the capital at this time, do you think the emperor can let us go?Anyway, we have some soldiers in our hands! "

(End of this chapter)