Daming kill

Chapter 209 Chapter [-] Intricacies
In the middle and late April of the Datong calendar, the weather was already not cold, and even a little warm, but Zuo Liangyu continued to cook on the brazier.

The room was a bit stuffy, and Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law Wang Shi, who was dressed tightly, had beads of sweat on her forehead, but she still sat upright and listened carefully.

Due to some reasons of etiquette, Mrs. Wang seldom saw Zuo Liangyu, and it was even rarer to be called to speak.

Today, after He Zhuzi gave her a gift, after hesitating for a moment, Wang decided to send her maid to report to Zuo Liangyu, so Zuo Liangyu made an exception and called her and Zuo Menggeng over after dinner.

Just now, Zuo Liangyu talked to them about the reward he was going to give Li Ping.

For this move, Wang quickly understood the general reason.

But at the same time, she became worried again, and she looked at her husband Zuo Menggeng with some anxiety.

Zuo Liangyu planned to give Li Ping a lot of rewards, which filled several sheets of paper, covering everything, and Zuo Liangyu read it for a long time.

Sure enough, as soon as Zuo Liangyu finished reading, Zuo Menggeng, who had long been unable to hold back, pulled his collar and complained angrily:
"Father, Li Ping has always been rebellious, and now he is even more arrogant to the point where he even dares to delay the report of the army's war. This clearly doesn't take you seriously, why do you still reward him so much?" , I can see what it means.”

Zuo Menggeng was not only hot in body, but also depressed in heart.

Zuo Liangyu was not surprised by Zuo Menggeng's reaction, but he still frowned and sighed, which was obviously not what he wanted to hear.

But Zuo Menggeng got it wrong, he thought that Zuo Liangyu was also dumb eating Huanglian.

Qing soldiers have been raging in Daming territory for half a year, and the entire north has been turned into scorched earth.The civil unrest headed by the bandit Li Zicheng also completely expanded in the Central Plains and completely out of control.

Daming is in danger!

At this time, any victory has never been so rare for the court, and any victory has never been so urgent and scarce for Zuo Liangyu, who has been retreating from the battle of Zhuxian Town.

It is reported that the Qing soldiers who have entered the customs have begun to return north, and the court will soon have the energy to pay attention to the battle situation in Huguang again.If the previous treatment of Chen Keli and Fang Guoan was a warning of forbearance and consideration of the overall situation, but once the Ming court can completely free up its hands, I am afraid that I will not be able to do anything good.

The surrender of Liu Bianzi (Liu Hongqi's nickname, also known as Liu Biantou in records) can of course be done to a certain extent, but it is not enough, after all, this is not military merit.

Zhao Jin and Shi Mingke, a small county in Huangmei, are still a little weak.

Recovering Qizhou and annihilating tens of thousands of thieves is a great achievement that can be taken.

So no matter what, they should appease Li Ping at this time.

Zuo Menggeng didn't understand this truth.

Although Zuo Menggeng is sometimes impulsive, his IQ is still basically above the line. What he has seen and heard since he was a child makes him see farther than most of his peers, and his perspective is also higher.

When Fang Wuke was killed, he stopped completely within two days of jumping up and down, and it was rare that he didn't find any trouble with Li Ping, because he calmed down and saw the situation clearly.

But this did not prevent him from planting a thorn in his heart permanently.Just like now, he is holding his breath indescribably, and he feels that his father is also holding his breath.

Not to mention all kinds of disrespect before, just to say that Li Ping waited until everyone knew about the victory in Qizhou this time. It's a world of difference.

So Zuo Menggeng, who was wrong and was too lazy to hide his emotions in front of Lao Tzu, continued to complain: "Although we are still relatively rich now, but I heard that Li Ping got a lot in Qizhou, so there is no need for the commander-in-law to give him such Many rewards.

It is already a great gift that we did not let him give part of it to his father and commander to share his filial piety like other generals.If the commander-in-chief ignores the past and rewards him, it will only make Li Ping even more unscrupulous, and the army will gradually lose respect for us. "

"It's not without reason that he came late to repay the victory! And didn't he give your wife a big gift!" Zuo Liangyu said quietly.

But Zuo Menggeng blasted Mao and said: "That's not a reason for him at all. Giving gifts to my wife is just to let us always remember that he is kind to us, so as to achieve the purpose of having to continue pampering him. Heart to death."

It turned out that Mrs. Wang had been talking to Zuo Menggeng about Li Ping's love for a long time during dinner, which made Zuo Menggeng very upset, and now that it was mentioned again, she became even more furious.

But Zuo Menggeng's reaction also made Zuo Liangyu frowned completely. He ignored Zuo Menggeng who was full of resentment, but turned to his daughter-in-law Wang and asked, "My daughter-in-law, why did you accept Li Ping so much?" How filial, what do you think?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at Zuo Menggeng with a complicated expression, and then replied respectfully: "My lord, Li Ping can remember me, I am naturally very happy, and I should be happy too. But the meaning is not to be drunk, but to express my wish to you." Continue to obey the attitude.

People have attitudes, so of course we can't be stingy.

True or false, sometimes what we think or what he thinks is not important, what matters is what other people think and see, and the big compliments are more evidence that we are working hard to suppress thieves. "

What the daughter-in-law said made Zuo Liangyu straighten up in surprise, and stared at Wang for a long time.

"Are you missing something from him? Is this buying you?" Zuo Menggeng still hasn't come out of his emotions.

Wang said helplessly: "Husband, don't be angry. I know that you don't like Li Ping's perverse behavior. But he has saved me. Even if there are all kinds of mistakes, he came to show his favor. We must and should Happiness is the only way to make him shrink back!

Besides, the Qing troops who had entered the customs had begun to return to the north one after another, and the rebellion of bandits would soon become the top priority of the imperial court. We praised Li Ping and showed our closeness to prove that we are serious about suppressing bandits, not supporting them. "

"Respect yourself! When did we respect ourselves? Don't you know what kind of body your father is in now? Besides, it's not that we were incapable of fighting the bandits, but it's just that the bandits are too powerful to stop. The temporary avoidance is also for Gather your strength and fight again. What do you know as a woman!" Zuo Menggeng stared in surprise.

Surprised, Wang knew that she had slipped her tongue, and hurriedly said: "I don't mean that, I don't mean that, I was in a hurry and said the wrong thing. I mean, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will misunderstand..."

"It's okay, the family members don't have to think so much about what they say, and what you said is very good." Zuo Liangyu waved his hand and interrupted Wang's constant defense.

In the astonishment of Zuo Menggeng and Wang Shi, Zuo Liangyu sighed again, and then said: "There are some things, Zhuo Er, you really need to understand more, you can't always be confused and half-knowledgeable. Suggest The barbarians are retreating north one after another..."

He just started talking, but Zuo Liangyu suddenly stopped and glared at his daughter-in-law.

Wang Shi was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly lowered her head with a flushed face.

Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu withdrew his gaze, and continued: "After Jianyi retreats to the north, suppressing bandits will become the top priority of the court again, we have to investigate.

Li Zicheng, our current strength is far inferior, there is nothing that cannot be admitted.But Zhang Xianzhong, I have been defeated repeatedly, and it is still easy to lose again, so it is not a concern.

If we don't beat Zhang Xianzhong, he fled to Huguang where we left. We don't need to get too close to Li Zicheng and be entangled again just to beat him.Second, with Zhang Xianzhong here, we have a reason to reject the imperial court's pressure to fight Li Zicheng.

Having defeated Zhang Xianzhong, we will have no reason not to fight Li Zicheng.

You have to see the reason.

At the beginning, Li Ping was agreed to guard Fuchi, but he wanted to use him to stop Li Zicheng, and let him become an early warning of the west side of the whole army.Who would have thought that Li Zicheng would stop his army in Wuchang, and then Zhang Xianzhong would take advantage of the situation and enter Huguang.

I agree with Zhao Jin and Shi Ming's attack on Huangmei. It is well known to all the troops that these two people have a strong will to fight.

Now, Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai and Ge Zuo's thieves, unified all the thieves' army, opened courses to recruit scholars, set up prime ministers and various governments.Its momentum has been achieved, its ambition is clearly revealed, let alone I can stop it alone.

Zhang Xianzhong was trapped in Macheng, and his momentum has revived. He also needs to be treated with caution.

Although there are many soldiers and horses in our army, most of them are newly attached, and there are very few who are worthy of battle.Although the potential is great, it is actually false.

Li Ping's capable army is naturally more important at this time.

Li Ping sent a gift to your wife, in order to continue to worship, how can we not accept it with a smile and push it away!Furthermore, with such a big heart, what do other heroes think, and who would want to be under my command in the future.

At this time, vigorously commending Li Ping can not only deal with the imperial court, but also strengthen my momentum, and at the same time, it can also encourage all the cowardly soldiers, and it can avoid the worry of our army going west to attack thieves, and it can also allow Li Ping to defend more firmly. Serving as the west wing of the army in Qizhou to contain the two thieves, Li and Zhang, can be said to kill birds with one stone.

The leader of an army is most afraid of relying on his personal preferences and disregarding the overall situation.Remember!Remember! "

Zuo Liangyu's words shocked Zuo Menggeng, he opened his mouth for a long time and didn't recover.

Of course he was aware of Li Zicheng and his family's situation, but he didn't expect his father to think so much and go so far.

In the past few months, Li Zicheng in Xiangyang has not stopped, and he has done all major things.

This buddy first organized an imperial examination in Jingzhou in the first month of the lunar year, entitled "There are two in three parts of the world".

A total of 90 people participated in the test, seven of whom were Chinese.The first place will be rewarded with 300 taels of silver, and the remaining six will be rewarded with 100 taels; those who are not Chinese will also be rewarded with [-] taels as encouragement.

In Henan, the text was transferred to the puppet defense envoys, and the students were selected. The first and second grades were sent to the puppet government to select officials, and the squires who were registered in prefectures and counties were promoted and promoted according to their talents.In Ruyang, the puppet official Jin Youzhang ordered the examination of Maocai to appoint him.

No matter how stupid people are, they should be able to understand what this intention is.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng started an internal fight in March. He slaughtered Luo Rucai and He Yilong from the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo. Then ran away.

Although he suffered a certain loss in numbers, Li Zicheng completed the complete unification of the internal military orders and government orders of the Peasant Army Coalition Army, and his strength is actually stronger.

At this time, besides Li Zicheng, only Zhang Xianzhong and Xiao Yuanying in Henan were left with influential peasant troops in the world.

Then, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself "Marshal of Civil and Military Affairs of Fengtian Advocacy Camp", changed Xiangyang to Xiangjing, formally established governments at all levels, and basically did all the things that a regime should do except not proclaiming emperor.

Because Luo Rucai and many of He Yilong's subordinates were unwilling to submit to Li Zicheng and ran away, and Gezuo's Ma Shouying also ran away, so many things that happened around Xiangyang were quickly spread.

However, due to the delay and incompleteness of information, Li Zicheng's killing of Luo Rucai was once considered by the surrounding Ming army to have happened in April, and there were some records later known as the killing of Rucai in April, and several other members of the Gezuo surrendered to Li Zicheng The leader was also thought to have been killed in a fight at first.

Li Zicheng is getting stronger and stronger, but Zuo Liangyu's army is not only powerful, but its real strength is not rising but falling.

There are actually not many troops that Zuo Liangyu can fight at present, and there are only a few troops that can be used, such as Jin Shengheng, Hui Dengxiang, Ma Jinzhong, and Wang Yuncai.Then Prime Minister Hui Deng was still trapped in Yunyang, and Jin Shengheng was separated in Xuzhou, Henan.

Zuo Liangyu didn't want to find any trouble with Zhang Xianzhong. In fact, it was because of his lack of strength, and at the same time, he was also worried about the loss of the precious elite.

For Zhang Xianzhong, he should be able to win if he wins, but he probably won't be able to escape if he loses a lot.

Therefore, even if Zuo Liangyu is crazy, it is impossible for Li Zicheng, who completed the unification of military orders and government orders and established a political power, to go to Hard Steel at this time, let alone return to Wuchang.

Moreover, letting Zhang Xianzhong stand between them also provided an extra guarantee and strategic buffer.

But if you don't want to steel Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong can't be defeated. At this time, Li Ping, who is standing in Fuchi and Qizhou, has become more subtle.

Strong is not good, and weak is not good.

It is most appropriate to only praise vigorously. Those who have an attitude and can continue to fish in troubled waters do not need to return to Huguang with military force.

This is a big game of chess, and it is also an intricate game of chess.

After continuing to explain patiently to his son for a long time, Zuo Liangyu finally said solemnly: "You are going to Qizhou and bring the reward to Li Ping yourself."

Zuo Menggeng, who had a liver-colored face, swallowed and nodded fiercely several times.

(End of this chapter)