Daming kill

Chapter 244 The Shocking Secret
Wang Si turned out to be Zuo Liangyu's son-in-law!
Li Ping had a look of shock and disbelief, and the other people in the room had the same expressions.

However, they couldn't help but believe what Mi Cang said, even Shi Lei who was already habitually suspicious.

They didn't suspect Mi Cang, and Mi Cang had no reason to lie to them.

But it's still unbelievable.

Who would have thought that the key that Li Zicheng used to dissuade Zuo Liangyu was not faith, but the leader of the messenger himself.

It turned out that Zuo Liangyu's family was not killed in Chongzhen's 11-year mutiny at all, as Zuo Liangyu said.

Perhaps this is just a means for Zuo Liangyu to protect his family in troubled times, to prevent his family from being missed by others.

But in December of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Zuo Liangyu's wife and daughter when he captured Xuzhou.

Li Zicheng, who was like a treasure, was very kind to Zuo Liangyu's family, and adopted them in the safest old camp to "care for them generously", and asked the general Wang Si to marry Zuo Liangyu's daughter.

This time, Li Zicheng sent Wang Si to Wuchang to meet Zuo Liangyu. First, he notified his family members that he was safe and sound, and second, he tried to persuade Zuo Liangyu to join forces with him. In fact, he asked Zuo Liangyu to stay in Wuchang honestly and not to find trouble. happy.

Although in the end Zuo Liangyu didn't promise anything or guarantee anything.But he also paid tribute to Li Zicheng's kindness, and gave Wang Si a lot of property to take back to Li Zicheng, thanking Li Zicheng for taking care of his family.

This attitude is actually quite clear.

Although Zuo Liangyu has killed countless people, he is by no means a ruthless person, especially the lonely experience since childhood made him attach great importance to his family, which is also his softest and weakest point.

Li Ping is very aware of Zuo Liangyu's obvious over-tolerance to him. In addition to his wit and scheming, the factor that he has been kind to his family and has always been remembered is also indispensable.

Li Ping finally figured out why he always felt that Zuo Liangyu was a little too abnormal when facing Li Zicheng.

Zuo Liangyu's inexplicable retreat before the battle in Zhuxian Town and his easy retreat from Xiangyang cannot be fully explained by the force and fear of the situation, as well as the self-respect of raising thieves. Li Ping always felt that there should be some other factors. Even if it is not the main factor.

And the observant Yicang also provided an important detail.

When Mi Cang accompanied Wang Si to meet Zuo Liangyu, he noticed that Zuo Liangyu didn't seem surprised to see Wang Si, and seemed to know that his wife and daughter were still alive.

Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu seem to have been in contact before!

This sets things right.

No wonder Li Zicheng reacted slowly to Zuo Liangyu's reoccupation of Wuchang, and was not in a hurry to make a move at all. No wonder Li Zicheng suddenly asked Wang Si himself to take the risk instead of writing a letter.

After hearing what happened to Wang Si, Zhou Wen was a little excited and sighed again and again.

"If it had been earlier, we could have detained Wang Si." Zhou Wen said angrily amidst everyone's doubts.

Wang Si left Wuchang by boat early in the morning on the second day after Micang disappeared, and has already passed through Li Ping's control area.

"What are you detaining him for? Do you want to cause trouble for our chief soldier?" Ma Yong asked strangely, Duan Qiang also looked confused.

Shi Lei's eyes flashed.

Li Ping understood what Zhou Wen meant. They had already learned about Mi Cang's experience and what happened to Qiu Zhitao. That's why Li Ping was so motivating to meet Mi Cang in person this time.

In addition to the logistics department, all the heads and deputies of the staff department and teaching department have come.

They had already learned from Mi Cang's advance statement that Sun Chuanting had left the customs and went south, and before that, the staff office had realized and analyzed that Li Zicheng's going north was directly related to the life and death of Daming.

"I said it was a secret seizure, not an explicit one. It was to prevent Li Zicheng from receiving a reply, to misinterpret the attitude of General Pingze, and to make Qiu Zhitao's lies seem true." Zhou Wen explained.

Although he understood Zhou Wen's meaning, Li Ping still showed a surprised expression. He didn't expect Zhou Wen's reaction to be so fast and courageous.At least he himself hadn't thought of this, and he didn't dare to think about it.

While Li Ping's head was still in a mess, Zhou Wen spoke out again.

He advised Li Ping to report the matter to Yuan Jixian secretly or spread it secretly.

Zhou Wen believed that this could force Zuo Liangyu to go to war against Li Zicheng, which not only reduced their military pressure, but also could more effectively support the most critical northern war situation of the Ming court.

Except for Song Baolai, Zhao Lanyue, and Gao Lei, Li Ping's subordinates all thought that Li Ping's order to attack westward some time ago was purely to contain Li Zicheng, and they still didn't know Li Ping's real intentions.

For Zhou Wen's proposal, Ma Yong and Duan Qiang immediately expressed their support, and they felt a lot of pressure from the setback of Hanchuan County's military operations.

Only Shi Lei remained expressionless.

Of course, Li Ping didn't express his opinion either. After thinking about it for a while, he only said something lightly.

The inexplicable Zhou Wen was very unwilling to analyze the general trend of the world and wanted to further explain the power of it, but he soon found that Ma Yong and Duan Qiang not only stopped agreeing with him at this time, but also looked at him with strange expressions. Li Ping There was absolutely no intention of debating or even explaining to him.

Looking at Li Ping's expression, which was still gradually serious and examining himself, Zhou Wen finally realized something.

His expression was gloomy, and then he choked out a sentence with difficulty and hoarsely: "Then let's talk!"

Seeing that Zhou Wen was no longer entangled, Li Ping, who looked a little more relaxed, began to urge the somewhat confused Mi Cang to continue.

Li Ping also wanted to know some other information. They were extremely lacking about Li Zicheng's comprehensive military and political information, and Mi Cang was the first person they came into contact with from Li Zicheng's central headquarters in Xiangyang.

Although Mi Cang was only the head of the guards, he was guarding Li Zicheng's military government after all. Even if he only got some marginal information, it might be of great help to them, and there might be accidents.

Then there was a surprise!
What Mi Cang thought was not so important once again shocked everyone.

And again and again.

Yicang knows far more than anyone imagined!He really is an observant guy!He is also a person with very sensitive ears!
For example, Chen Sheng, a scholar whom Li Ping had met and admired in Huangpi County, Li Ping finally knew his news and knew that he had been fulfilling his mission.

Moreover, Chen Sheng also completed the task by mistake, but it seemed that the result was worse for Daming.

Moreover, Chen Sheng's whereabouts disappeared soon after Luo Rucai was killed. Mi Cang speculated that it might be Li Zicheng who made the situation into a death case that could never be reversed and dealt with it.

Another example is Xie Yinglong, the handsome and mighty general who caused them trouble in Hanchuan.

As far as Mi Cang knows, Li Zicheng started to have a large number of artillery and started to use firearms in large quantities because of this person.

After Xie Yinglong surrendered in Luoyang, he commanded artillery to bombard the east city of Luoyang.Since then, Li Zicheng's artillery support for attacking Kaifeng, Nanyang, Guide and other cities also relied entirely on Xie Yinglong's troops.

For another example, Luo Rucai failed to attack Yunyang Mansion before he was killed, and Li Zicheng also failed afterward. Currently, Yunyang Mansion is still under the strong control of the government army.

Originally, in history, the Ming court did not know until June of this year that Yunyang Mansion, which was trapped in the area controlled by the Peasant Army, was not lost when the Huguang Inspector General who presided over the defense of Yunyang sent a letter to Gao Doushu, who was in charge of the defense of Yunyang.And what's even more amazing is that this Yunyang Mansion was not lost until Li Zicheng's defeat.

However, Li Ping, Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang and his civil servants did not know about Yunyang's not missing until Micang came.

Moreover, not only Yunyang Mansion was not captured.

Li Zicheng also failed to encircle and suppress the small groups of officers and troops who fled to the mountains and stood firm. For example, Baiyun Mountain assembled heavy troops for more than 40 days and failed to capture them, so he had to give up.

The attack and combat capabilities of Li Zicheng's troops are far from being as strong as in the legend, and their current appeal is not as great as everyone imagined.

In particular, the defeat suffered by Li Zicheng's naval army in the process of attacking Yunyang along the Han River had a huge impact on many peasant army generals. The aborted strategy of advancing along the Yangtze River east to Nanjing was adopted by almost all peasant army generals at that time. Neither look good.

However, the excessive local thought and clan concept in Li Zicheng's troops are also affecting the further development and mutual unity of his troops, and even affecting the top-level decision-making.

Yone Cang particularly emphasized this point.

He found that most of Li Zicheng's troops came from Shaanxi at the top and Henan at the bottom. As a result, the voices among the officers and soldiers of the troops to fight back to Shaanxi and Henan have always been very high, and the troops are generally unwilling to fight and stay in the south for a long time.

This surprised Li Ping, which was completely different from his previous analysis of Li Zicheng and his strategic goals.

But he also benefited a lot, and better understood the reasons for Li Zicheng's rapid defeat.

Maybe Li Zicheng is the Cheng Ye Xiang family, and the Lost Ye Xiang family.

A strong village concept can indeed maintain the loyalty and stability of the army to the greatest extent in the early stage and when the scale is small, and make the army have a strong combat capability.

But once the plate becomes bigger, it will definitely be a disadvantage, and it is very disadvantageous.

Because the sea is tolerant to all rivers, tolerance is great!
……

Mi Cang brought too much news, and the old man who accompanied him with his eyes wandering also added a lot of civil affairs information that Li Ping was very interested in. Li Ping was very pleasantly surprised.

He always felt that this young man named Mi Cang probably did not have such a situation in history, and everything now should be one of the benefits brought to him by the butterfly effect.

However, Li Ping is also not optimistic about Qiu Zhitao's so-called plan, which may have an impact on the current overall situation, although he does not know whether this is also a historical change due to his arrival.

He holds the same view as Mi Cang.

It is indeed a little child's play!

Moreover, Li Ping never expected that the famous Sun Chuanting would make such a low-level mistake, write the battle plan in a secret letter so hastily, and then have to go through thousands of miles of enemy-controlled areas.

This meant that once the letter was intercepted, the battle would be unnecessary.

Moreover, at present, it is very likely that the letter has been intercepted. Li Zicheng suddenly no longer felt relieved of Zuo Liangyu and sent Wang Si to Wuchang in a hurry. This may be related to this.

And this is not the judgment of Li Ping alone. Ma Yong, Zhou Wen, Shi Lei and even Duan Qiang also hold the same judgment.

Everyone found it incredible, and everyone thought it was a joke.

But unfortunately, this is indeed what happened in history, and Li Zicheng also successfully intercepted Sun Chuanting's letter.

Li Zicheng was waiting for Qiu Zhitao to give him false information to confirm the fact that Qiu Zhitao had rebelled, and he was making full use of this opportunity to find an opportunity to defeat Sun Chuanting. He didn't want to make Sun Chuanting change his plan prematurely.

Moreover, Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng's troops had already broken out a series of fierce battles in Ruzhou and Jiaxian, Henan.

It's just that Li Ping didn't know about all this, and it was difficult to verify it.

Even though he was speechless about Sun Chuanting and Qiu Zhitao's confusion, even though he knew that he might not be able to change anything.

But Li Ping felt that something should be done, and he could indeed do something.

That is the intolerance deep in his heart, his heart is not that hard yet, he will always try and work hard.

Maybe a miracle will happen again!

As for Zhou Wen's proposal, even though Li Ping hadn't thought it through yet, he felt that since Wang Si had gone back safely and Zuo Liangyu's mind had been made up, it wouldn't make much sense to make further troubles, and it would be very detrimental to him.

Right now, he doesn't want to completely fall out with Zuo Liangyu for Daming, and he has no intention of burying himself with him for Daming.

However, Zhou Wen's two proposals still gave him some inspiration.

Li Ping quickly began to ponder the information brought by Micang about the weak strength of the enemy army in Mianyang Prefecture and asked in detail.

According to Mi Cang, due to factors such as lack of troops, lack of confidence in the strength of the navy, and inconvenient support, Chengtianyang's military defense focuses on the north of the Han River, and Mianyang Prefecture in the south of the Han River has no intention of defending. , so there is neither general nor army, and the garrison strength is less than a thousand.

Even if the people are mobilized, the number of troops that can be pieced together is only a few thousand at most.

This is completely corresponding to the full-scale contraction of the peasant army stationed in Mianyang and the strong counterattack of the troops stationed in Hanchuan encountered by Li Ping some time ago.

Seeing Li Pingsheng's idea of ​​attacking Mianyang Prefecture, Zhou Wen became excited again.

This time Li Ping did not neglect him, but quickly made up his mind.

Notes:

About the fact that Zuo Liangyu's wife and daughter were captured by Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng sent Wang Si to Wuchang to persuade Zuo Liangyu was found in "Sui Kou Jilue", its authenticity cannot be verified.

In many historical records, the fact that Zuo Liangyu's family was killed in the Xuzhou mutiny should not be true, because it was Ma Shixiu and Du Yingjin who rebelled at that time, and these two people returned to Zuo Liangyu's tent soon after, and Ma Shixiu is still the main force of Zuo Liangyu's current naval force, and Ma Shixiu relied entirely on Ma Shixiu's water force when he returned to Wuchang and went south to Yuezhou.

If Zuo Liangyu's family were really killed, no matter how big Zuo Liangyu's heart was, it would be impossible for these two people to be accommodated.

(End of this chapter)