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Chapter 237 Are All Ruthless
In the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Jiayin overwhelmed northern Shaanxi. Now he is facing a crisis that the 10,000+ people under his command have nothing to eat and drink. For the current plan, he can only find another way.

The advisers under his command said: At present, there are only two roads in front of the rebels. One is to go out of Shaanxi and develop into the land of Shanxi and Henan, to survive and create a foundation.

Next, go south to take Lantian. Lantian is a rich land in Shaanxi. Li Chaosheng, the county magistrate, is well-governed and can provide tens of thousands of tons of grain and grass for the imperial court every year. , The Shaanxi frontier army has no food to eat from now on, this is the best policy.

Wang Jiayin negotiated with all the generals under his command. Everyone hit it off and wanted to go to Lantian to do business, but only one person was unwilling. Ask why.

Liu Zongmin said: "I know Li Chaosheng. At the beginning, there were six bandits in Lantian County, and each bandit had thousands of troops. They were called the six overlords."

"In the end, I was easily slaughtered by this Li Chaosheng, who forced me to flee far away in northern Shaanxi and join the king. Now I have heard that this person has developed rapidly in the past few years, and his soldiers are well-stocked, and the bandits near Lantian are all under his command, so Lantian It's not easy to fight, on the contrary, Shanxi, Henan and other places are not well-prepared, and when we enter, we will definitely win a big victory and make a lot of money."

After hearing Liu Zongmin's words, the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Ziyong was displeased and said: "Liu Zongmin, you actually said something that makes others look good and destroys your own prestige. He is in Lantian County, a mere county, even if he raises soldiers, how many people can he raise? As soon as Wan Dajun comes up, they can be slaughtered in an instant, and when we have food, Hong Chengchou and others will have no food, and Shaanxi will be ours."

"That's right, that's right, Shaanxi is the hometown of our men. People are familiar, but if you change places, you won't be familiar with people. At that time, you might lose your head. I think Lantian should be beaten. If you are afraid, Liu Zongmin, just stay there , I brought someone to fight."

"Haha...Liu Zongmin, no matter how good you are, you are still a blacksmith. You don't have a long-term vision, and your homeland is hard to leave. We don't want to go to Shanxi, we want to stay in Shaanxi."

"Yes, we will stay in Shaanxi and not go anywhere."

Wang Ziyong started, and a group of thieves below rushed to show their loyalty and scolded Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin's face was full of anger, and he wished he could kill these guys, but they were all lackeys, and the real challenger was the deputy leader sitting next to the leader, Wang Ziyong.

This person has always been at odds with Liu Zongmin, mainly because Liu Zongmin once had a dispute with his direct subordinates, and taught that blind subordinate a lesson. Wang Ziyong is a person who protects the calf, so he looks down on him very much and targets him everywhere.

If Wang Jiayin hadn't liked Liu Zongmin very much, maybe Liu Zongmin had been forced away by Wang Ziyong.

At this time, all the thieves opposed Liu Zongmin together, but only Wang Ziyong, who had a seat in the tent, spoke, while Gao Yingxiang on the side didn't say a word, his expression was indifferent. Han stood up and said: "Leader, deputy leader, the general thinks that Liu Zongmin's words are justified. We should go to Shanxi and Henan instead of fighting with Li Chaosheng in Lantian. Everyone knows the strength of Lantian County. We must win Lantian. lost heavily."

"It's better to enter Shanxi. The soldiers and horses in Shanxi are not as good as those in Shaanxi. In addition, although there have been disasters in Shanxi in the past two years, the landlords have a lot of surplus food, which is enough to feed us. The most important thing is that Shaanxi and Henan have a large population. If we If we want to grow bigger, we need more people to join, and Shaanxi doesn’t have enough people to provide us.”

The strong man clasped his fists and said, Wang Jiayin stroked his beard after hearing this, and thought it was reasonable, who could have such an opinion?

Wang Jiayin wanted to ask, but Wang Ziyong who was at the side spoke first: "Who are you, the leaders are talking, do you have the right to speak?"

Hearing this, the brawny man clasped his fists neither humble nor overbearing: "Li Zicheng of a certain family is now the commander of General Gao Yingxiang."

After hearing this, Wang Ziyong looked at Gao Yingxiang, who was silent at the side. The current organizational structure of the Rebel Army is Commander Wang Jiayin, Deputy Commander Wang Ziyong, and the third person, Gao Yingxiang, who claims to be the general.

These three people are currently the leaders of the rebel army. As for the other person in the past, that is Wang Er of Baishui Shouyi. At that time, Wang Ziyong was the third child, and Gao Yingxiang had just joined.

It was only in 1629, the second year of Chongzhen, that Wang Er's troops were surrounded and suppressed by Yang He's army, and finally killed by Liu Yingyu, a soldier in Shangluo, Shaanxi. When Wang Jiayin tried his best to rescue him, he was firmly nailed to the place by Hong Chengchou .

At that time, Shen Yikui, who already had a good relationship with Yang He, brother Shen Yiyuan wanted to propose marriage to Yang He, but Yang He didn't give face at all, saying: All thieves can be forgiven, but Wang Er can't be forgiven, this is Your Majesty life.

There is no way that Wang Er's influence is too great. If Wang Er is not dead, the rebel army will not be destroyed. Chongzhen hates this ignorant commoner. Doesn't this damned commoner know how hard I Chongzhen and how hard I work to govern this country? You dare to rebel, if you don't kill you, who will you kill?
Chongzhen felt very wronged, but Wang Er was even more wronged. Whether you work hard or not, I am almost starving to death. You tell me that you have worked hard for a dime?
You work hard, but we can't eat anymore. The harder you work, the worse our life is. Do we still have to sympathize with you?

Chongzhen didn't care how wronged he was, he wanted to kill people, and only blood could calm his restless heart, so Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Er to be killed, and Wang Er died because of this.

This is what happened to the first peasant uprising in each dynasty. Whether it was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the Qin Dynasty, or Han Shantong and others in the late Yuan Dynasty, the first uprising almost meant death.

Because Shouyi has a big goal and a big name, he will become the first goal of the dynasty, so the probability of his death will be very high. Wang Er died like this. Once he died, Wang Ziyong became the leader, and began to promote his confidants crazily. Recruit talents.

Gradually, in the camp, there was the idea of ​​ostracizing Wang Jiayin, but Wang Jiayin was the old leader after all, and Wang Jiayin was not a master at the mercy of others, so he supported Gao Yingxiang and formed a mutual check and balance relationship.

Therefore, Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang were at odds, or this kind of confrontation was also intentional by Wang Jiayin.

If there are many people, there will naturally be gangs, and gangs will naturally have their own interest groups, so there must be a lot of filth among each other. This is inevitable, and there is no way to do it.

Wang Ziyong opened his mouth to scold Li Zicheng, but Gao Yingxiang who was on the side said lightly: "Brother Wang, the commander-in-chief's discussion is to speak freely. I think Li Zicheng's words are justified. We should send troops out of Shaanxi. We should not be trapped by animals. The land of Shaanxi."

As soon as Gao Yingxiang said this, Wang Ziyong glanced at Gao Yingxiang and said, "Brother Gao, you are protecting your subordinates too much."

As Wang Ziyong said, he winked at a man standing with his hands hanging down. The man had yellow skin and was wearing a chain mail ripped off from a general of the Ming army. He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: " Since you are talking freely, the last general will also say, I agree with the opinion of the deputy commander-in-chief to rob Lantian County."

As soon as everyone heard this, they saw that this person was Zhang Xianzhong, the number one general under Wang Ziyong's command. Not long after he surrendered, he was promoted by the speed of light. I agree, so we have to fight Lantian more, Lantian is in southern Shaanxi, the degree of wealth is self-evident, and it supports half of the frontier army in Shaanxi."

"And I heard that the people there are tough, and it is a rare place to replenish soldiers. As long as we take down Lantian, we can use the power of Lantian to continue going south, enter Sichuan, and take down Sichuan."

"Sichuan is a land of abundance. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as Sichuan is conquered, we can have a solid base. When the time comes, we can advance to see the Central Plains, and retreat to occupy the middle of Sichuan and become a king on our own. This is the perfect strategy. What do you think? how?"

Zhang Xianzhong's strategic vision is definitely not comparable to that of the bandits present. Hearing this, the bandits' eyes widened and they occupied the middle of Shu and became king.

This group of thieves who have no ambitions is already a big pie, and everyone's eyes widened.

Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Xianzhong, feeling a little sympathetic to each other, but he didn't agree with Zhang Xianzhong's idea. After all, staying in one place is not a long-term solution. Since he rebelled, he must rebel to the end, never compromise, never give in.

Going south to take Sichuan is a good strategy, but is Sichuan so easy to take?Sichuan has the most powerful army in Ming Dynasty, the Baigan Army, and also has the strongest female general in Ming Dynasty, Qin Liangyu.

Li Zicheng didn't think he was sure of victory against that pillar of the country, that legendary woman, unless he overwhelmed her with endless soldiers and horses.

But that should be something later. The most important thing now should be to advance to the Central Plains. Although the Central Plains is the place of the Four World Wars, why do you have to go against it if you don’t have the ambition to swallow the world? Is it different to live as a bandit on a mountain?
So he wanted to refute, but at this time Wang Jiayin said: "Okay, what Zhang Xianzhong said is right, the land of Sichuan can be used as a foundation. If we can take Lantian County, we can use Lantian as a springboard to march into Sichuan."

"If it doesn't work, then move to Shanxi and eat the food of the old Xi."

Wang Jiayin made a decision, everyone stopped talking, Wang Jiayin can still be the master, so Wang Jiayin began to line up his troops, and when their rebel army moved, Hong Chengchou and Yang He's frontier troops would definitely follow, and then the two forces would be strangled, so they The large army could not attack Lantian, but Hong Chengchou had to be held back, and his men led troops and horses to detour to attack Lantian County.

Therefore, in this battle, the main general, Wang Jiayin, led Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, not getting muddy, etc. The army led 20 troops to hold back Hong Chengchou's main force, and then divided up 1 troops. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, three new young generals, As well as Lao Huihui and Heisha God, the two veterans each brought [-] troops from their headquarters to attack Lantian County.

As soon as the order was issued, Li Chaosheng of Lantian County got Wang Jiayin's detailed list of dispatched troops that night. Li Zicheng's hard-core subordinate, Li Shichao, the head of the personal guard battalion, was the core figure of Li Zicheng's small team. Li Zicheng returned to the camp. This kind of strategic deployment could not be hidden from Li Shichao at all, so Li Shichao directly passed on the news and sent it to Lantian County in the form of a telegram.

It can be said that Li Chaosheng knew the news much earlier than most of Wang Jiayin's soldiers. This is unreasonable. Bai Shoumin gave Li Chaosheng the list.

The above is the detailed information of the five troops sent this time, and the resolution discussed by everyone in the military tent tonight. Li Chaosheng especially focused on the words of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Loyalty is slightly worse than that of Li Zicheng, one wants to become a king on his own, and the other wants to fight fiercely in the world.

A little rich is safe, but a big ambition, so it is reasonable to say that Li Zicheng, not Zhang Xianzhong, will overthrow the imperial court in the future. Zhang Xianzhong's heart is not as big as Li Zicheng's, and he is so satisfied.

Li Chaosheng looked at the information, and the five people who attacked Lantian County this time are all future big shots. Li Zicheng, No. 1 in the future rebel army, the ruthless man who forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself, can be said to be the son of destiny in the future, but He didn't have to worry, Li Zicheng was strong, but he had spies by his side.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy, one can never be imperiled in a hundred battles. He has mastered all his marching arrangements, so why should he win against him.

This is the crushing of intelligence, so Li Zicheng is nothing to worry about, followed by Zhang Xianzhong, this kid is a ruthless man, in the future he will join forces with soldiers to enter Sichuan, kill a lot of people in Sichuan, and establish himself as the king of Daxi, and later lead Sichuan people to fight against the Qing Dynasty, As a result, Sichuan was made by him so that there was no one out of ten people. In the end, the Manchus were forced to have no choice. During the Kangxi period, Guangdong and Guangxi came to fill Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong, the murderous demon king, is a man of the moment.

As for Luo Rucai, Li Chaosheng has also heard that he is a ruthless person who can fight with the above two people. He was born as a gangster and is cunning. He calls himself Cao Cao.

However, compared with Cao Cao, it is very different. It can only be said that it is similar to an idol naming method, such as Sai Mengchang, Bing Qin Qiong, etc., but he directly removed the analogy of Sai and Bing.

He directly regarded himself as Cao Cao, and he had to be said to be a brazen person. This person followed Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng successively, and he also surrendered to Hong Chengchou in the middle. There was a conflict, and he went to Li Zicheng, but his capricious behavior, plus tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was not of the same mind with Li Zicheng, this greatly hindered Li Zicheng's process of monopolizing military power, so he was attacked and killed by Li Zicheng.

It became a stepping stone on Li Zicheng's road to become king, but this can be regarded as a famous figure in history, and a gangster can do this step, I have to say, we should not underestimate it.

(End of this chapter)