Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 655
Standing on the city wall, Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Zicheng's banner outside the city wall, his face full of doubts.

"If Li Zicheng didn't run all the way south, why did he suddenly come towards me? What the hell is he planning?" Zhang Xianzhong frowned and kept mumbling.

Not long after, Li Zicheng led his troops to the outside of the moat.

Li Zicheng looked at the moat in front of him, and said to Li Guo and Liu Zongmin who were following him: "You two bring some people and swindle me to open the city gate. We don't have many soldiers and horses in our hands. If we attack hard , will cause us a lot of losses.”

From Li Zicheng's point of view, although he and Zhang Xianzhong were full of conflicts, both of them belonged to the "rebel army", and they might be able to open the city gate by fraud.

After hearing Li Zicheng's order, Liu Zongmin and Li Guo led a group of people to the edge of the moat.

Liu Zongmin looked at the city wall behind the moat, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly, "Don't be afraid of the guards on the city wall, we are the men and horses of the King Chuang. It's getting late today. For the sake of the fellow rebels, we don't need to be afraid." Ask the brothers on the wall to open the city gate and let us go in and rest for the night."

Liu Zongmin's voice kept echoing on the city wall, Zhang Xianzhong stood on the city gate tower, looked at Liu Zongmin and others by the moat, and kept sneering, "Hehe, those who were kicked out by Zhao Wen are like dogs, It’s definitely not safe to come to me. What time is it now, it’s getting late, and you want to spend the night, it’s really funny.”

Zhang Xianzhong leaned his body out of the city wall, and said in a strange way: "Hey, isn't this the number one general under King Chuang? Aren't you in Xiangyang? How did you come to me? Oh, yes, I heard that Zhao Wen's soldiers The horses are coming. Could it be that you were chased to this place by Zhao Wen's soldiers?
how?Could it be that you are too afraid of Zhao Wen, and you have no place to hide when you are chased by them, so you just want to run to me?That's right, even though Li Zicheng is known as Chuang Wang, he is nothing more than a reckless man. "

Zhang Xianzhong's strange voice came out of the city wall and reached Li Zicheng's ears.

With a gloomy face, Li Zicheng rode the horse under his crotch to the edge of the moat, and looked in the direction of the voice.

Li Zicheng recognized Zhang Xianzhong at a glance, "How could it be him? Why did he come here too? Damn it, with this guy here, I guess the Yingcheng County in front of me can't be taken down."

"Hehe, who am I supposed to be? It turns out that Zhang Xianzhong is the head of the family. I remember that you ascended the throne and proclaimed yourself emperor in De'an Mansion before? You didn't take good care of your emperor in De'an Mansion, how did you come to Yingcheng County, a small county? What? This Yingcheng County can't accommodate your emperor." Not to be outdone, Li Zicheng directly turned back.

What Li Zicheng said now was slapping Zhang Xianzhong in the face, and he was slapping Zhang Xianzhong in the face in front of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates.

Zhang Xianzhong's face turned green and pale by Li Zicheng's words.

"Hmph, King Chuang is so powerful. You are so powerful, why did you come here? I think it must be because you were frightened by Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses? Yes, I know the courage of King Chuang Yes, back then I only dared to hang out behind Gao Yingxiang. If Gao Yingxiang hadn't been captured by Zhao Wen and you had taken over Gao Yingxiang's troops, who knows what you are like now?
By the way, I almost forgot that the name Chuang Wang belonged to Gao Yingxiang in the first place, not to you Li Zicheng.Also, I remember you weren't called Li Zicheng before, and one more thing, are you married yet? "

When Zhang Xianzhong uttered the first half of the sentence, Li Zicheng remained calm, but when Zhang Xianzhong uttered the second half of the sentence, Li Zicheng almost ran away.

Li Zicheng had a lot of past events, and the one who made Li Zicheng most embarrassed was his daughter-in-law back then.

Back then, Li Zicheng's daughter-in-law stole a man and was caught and raped by Li Zicheng in bed. Then Li Zicheng killed the adulterer and adulterer in a fit of anger.

I dare not say that everyone knows this matter, but there are many people who know it.

Zhang Xianzhong's words not only uncovered Li Zicheng's scars, but also sprinkled a handful of salt on them.

Li Zicheng became agitated in an instant. He directly pulled out the waist knife from his waist, pointed at Zhang Xianzhong on the city wall and shouted loudly, "Zhang Xianzhong, you scoundrel, open the city gate if you have the ability, we two are real swords and guns!" Do a fight."

"Hmph, come here if you have the ability, but if you don't, then get the hell out of me." Zhang Xianzhong didn't take Li Zicheng seriously at all. Now that Zhang Xianzhong is inside the city wall, he has the advantage.

Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses were not Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses, and they did not have such powerful siege weapons in their hands, so Zhang Xianzhong was not afraid of him at all.

Li Zicheng's teeth were clenching and creaking non-stop. Now he really wanted to go to the city and chop Zhang Xianzhong alive, but his reason told him he couldn't do that.

If he really let his soldiers attack the city at this time, let alone whether the city can be taken down, the time delay and the loss of soldiers and horses are all Li Zicheng can't afford now.

Moreover, if the delay is too long and Song Hu's troops overtake him, then it will not be so easy for him to run away.

"Uncle, let's go. With Zhang Xianzhong in Yingcheng County, we won't be able to attack at all. Not to mention the loss of soldiers, we will waste a lot of time.

If we are caught up by Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses, then we will be really miserable. Uncle, let's go east and make plans after arriving in Nanzhili. We will definitely get a lot of money there. Money and food. Li Guo hurriedly stood in front of Li Zicheng, persuading Li Zicheng earnestly.

Liu Zongmin also persuaded: "Yes, brother, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. If Zhang Xianzhong is willing to stay here, let him stay here. After Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses come, he will suffer. Let's go Let’s go east, time waits for no one.”

Li Zicheng didn't want to attack Yingcheng County either. If Zhang Xianzhong wasn't in Yingcheng County, Li Zicheng still wanted to attack, but now that Zhang Xianzhong was there, he couldn't fight.

"Zhang Xianzhong, remember, I will spare your life today for the sake of being a rebel army. If there is another time, I will definitely cut you to pieces." Li Zicheng pointed at Zhang Xianzhong on the city wall and cursed for a while, Then he took the soldiers and horses under his command and went east.

"Li Zicheng, if you have the ability, you can call me up? Pooh, you still call yourself the king of Chuang, what a waste." Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Zicheng who was gradually going away, and kept yelling and cursing until Li Zicheng completely disappeared in Yingcheng. outside the county.

"It's not right, it's really not right. What's wrong with Li Zicheng today? In the past, if I scolded him like this, even if he didn't attack the city, he would still be harassed by his subordinates. But today he seems to be a different person. He ran away like a human being, this is not Li Zicheng's temper." Zhang Xianzhong looked in the direction where Li Zicheng disappeared, and kept guessing.

No matter what Zhang Xianzhong thought, he couldn't think of Li Zicheng's thoughts and plans.

"Father, let's go south quickly, Zhao Wen's troops will arrive at some point." Standing behind Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo said.

Zhang Xianzhong turned around and looked at Li Dingguo, "You're right, let's go quickly. Pass my order and notify all the soldiers and horses in the city to take away all the valuable things in the city. I can't take them away." Just burn it directly, don't leave anything to Zhao Wen."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the soldiers on the city wall and shouted loudly.

A moment later, flames burst out from Yingcheng County, and there were screams along with the flames.

Under the blowing of the strong wind, the flames continued to grow bigger and soon enveloped the city.

……

Zhang Xianzhong led his team out of Yingcheng County, and then marched south.

At the same time, Song Hu has captured the whole of Xiangyang, and he has sent the vanguard to De'an Mansion.

If it was just a simple attack, then Song Hu's speed at this time could not be so slow.

Song Hu's speed will be much slower because he has to gather the people, settle the people, and take over the city.

Song Hu rode on a war horse and drove towards the Fucheng of De'an Mansion.

"Liu thieves don't do production, just like locusts, they only know about disasters. Before Li Zicheng left, he also burned all the food in Xiangyang City, plus the people he left behind. I had to take out the army food to help the people. But in this way, the logistical pressure is increasing day by day." Song Hu was riding on the horse, his face was full of worry.

"General, Li Zicheng is really not a dog. We should have sent a troop to hunt him down." One of Song Hu's personal guards followed Song Hu with an angry face.

Song Hu waved his hand, "Li Zicheng is certainly hateful, but the more important thing for us to attack Huguang is to take over the city and settle down the people.

As for chasing and killing Li Zicheng, it was secondary.After we take all of Huguang, where else can he go? "

"Okay, let's stop talking about this, order the whole army to move in at full speed!" Song Hu shouted, waved the horsewhip in his hand, and accelerated the speed.

At the same time, Zhao Daniu has already captured Caoxian, Shanxian, Jinxiang, Caozhou and other cities in the east, west and south of the mountain.

Every time Zhao Daniu breaks through a city, he will withdraw part of the reserve troops he leads and stay there.

The advantage of this is that Zhao Daniu can always ensure that the number of regular troops in his hands is sufficient.

Song Hu is the same as him, every time he wins a city, he will keep the reserve soldiers in his hands there.

At this time, Zhao Daniu led them to Fan County, which is not far from Dongchang Mansion.Taking Dongchang Mansion means that the entire east and west of Shandong have fallen into the hands of Zhao Daniu.

Zhao Daniu was riding on the horse. He looked at the sky and said to the messenger beside him: "It's getting late now, let's set up camp here. It's not too late to leave tomorrow, don't be in a hurry."

After Zhao Daniu's voice fell, a dozen or so messengers rushed down with Zhao Daniu's order.

In fact, Zhao Daniu is not in a hurry now, Shandong is not as big as Huguang, and Dengzhou, that is, the Shandong Peninsula has already fallen into Zhao Wen's hands, so Zhao Daniu has plenty of time.

When the sun went down on the western hills, the camp was set up.

Zhao Daniu led the soldiers and horses of the personal guard battalion to inspect the camp and then returned to his tent.

Not long after sitting in the big tent, a personal guard rushed in.

"General, someone wants to see you!" The guard looked at Zhao Daniu who was sitting on the main seat.

Zhao Daniu frowned, quite puzzled, who would come at this time?

"Who?" Zhao Daniu asked.

"General, he seems to be from Qufu. As for the name, he didn't explain!" Qin Wei replied.

When Zhao Daniu heard that he was from Qufu, he immediately thought of the two members of the Kong family who went to Xuanzhen.

"Could they be from the Confucian Mansion?" Zhao Daniu muttered for a while, and said, "Let them come in. At this time, they come to me in the middle of the night. You are really brave, and you are not afraid that the soldiers will kill them if you enter the barracks at night." Was it chopped off as a spy?"

Not long after, two well-dressed and personable middle-aged men stood in Zhao Daniu's big tent.

"In Kong Yinlin, Kong Yinyang has seen the general!"

The two middle-aged men bowed to Zhao Daniu.

Zhao Daniu took a closer look and recognized the two of them.

These two people are none other than the two people who went to Xuanzhen to persuade Zhao Wen to ascend the throne.

"Hehe, isn't this an old acquaintance? Why did you come to my place today?" Zhao Daniu sat quietly on the main seat, without the slightest sign of getting up.

Zhao Daniu looked at the two of them playfully.

Kong Yinlin and Kong Yinyang didn't feel disgusted because Zhao Daniu didn't get up, on the contrary, they both smiled like flowers.

"The two of us came here precisely for His Majesty's great cause." Kong Yinlin said with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty? Which Majesty? Are you talking about the Majesty in the capital?" Zhao Daniu said calmly.

Kong Yinlin said: "Of course it's not a false emperor, we are here for Emperor Qiyuan."

Zhao Wending's year name was Qiyuan, so there was nothing wrong with being called Emperor Qiyuan.

"Hey, are you people from the Confucian family well-informed? You know His Majesty's reign name?" Zhao Daniu pretended to be surprised.

"How dare we not care about His Majesty's ascension to the throne? A few days after His Majesty ascended the throne, newspapers from Xuanzhen appeared in Qufu City, so it is not surprising that we know about it." Kong Yinlin explained with a smile.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things, what do you want to do when you come to my barracks tonight? If you have nothing to do, you should leave quickly." Zhao Daniu didn't like these two people very much, so after chatting for a few words, he started to chase them away .

Kong Yinlin and Kong Yinyang didn't have any dissatisfaction with Zhao Daniu's style, and even kept apologizing.

"It's like this. Today's soldiers have arrived in Shandong, and it won't take long to take Shandong. Your Majesty is a saint who will never live. Therefore, in order for His Majesty to take Shandong as soon as possible, we deliberately took Dagon Prefecture I have brought over the defense maps of Jinan Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, and the counties around Jinan Prefecture, Dagon Prefecture, and I hope the general can give me a helping hand."

Kong Yinlin smiled and took out a folded defense map from his arms, held it in his hands, and held it high above his head.

(End of this chapter)