Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 675 Soliciting Li Zicheng

The Jiannu army was defeated like a mountain, and the Ming army would naturally not let go of the god-given opportunity to beat the dog in the water.

Xu Yingwei sent a full 25 infantry brigades plus the entire cavalry town to launch a large-scale pursuit and annihilation campaign against Jiannu's rout, trying to wipe out Jiannu as much as possible.

However, Xu Yingwei still left 10 infantry brigades.

These 10 infantry brigades were reserved to protect the artillery and Chongzhen.

Xu Yingwei will not forget that there are still 3 pseudo Shun cavalry on the south bank of the Tonghui River.

What if all the infantry were sent out to chase Jiannu, and the pseudo-shun cavalry suddenly killed Baliqiao?Without infantry, artillery alone cannot deal with pseudo cavalry.

Until now, the false cavalry has been reluctant to leave the battlefield.

But how can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?must be driven away.

Xu Yingwei suggested: "My lord, do you want to send five infantry brigades to cross the Bali Bridge? Only tens of thousands of cavalry came from Pseudo-Shun, and there is no artillery. The infantry is enough to drive them away."

But Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Forget it."

The soldiers of the Ming army had just experienced a great battle, and their tense nerves had been relaxed. At this time, it did not mean that they could not fight at all, but one thing more is worse than one thing less.

The point is that he doesn't want to turn against the pseudo-shun so quickly.

Chongzhen even wanted to talk to Li Zicheng face to face.

Li Zicheng is still different from grassroots bandits like Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong, a grassroots bandit, can only send troops to suppress it. Li Zicheng can still try to recruit him first.

Of course, this was just a try, and Chongzhen didn't hold out much hope, after all, Li Zicheng had already proclaimed himself emperor.

Immediately, Chongzhen ordered Jiang Tianyi: "Jiang Tianyi, you find a Guozisheng to send a message to Li Zicheng, doesn't he want to see me? Now is the most suitable time, and tell him that he is only allowed to bring less than ten attendants, and Bows and arrows or muskets are not allowed, of course, I will not bring weapons, and there will be no more than ten attendants."

"Yes." Jiang Tianyi immediately sent a Guo Zisheng across the river to spread the message.

Gao Qiqian immediately stepped forward and said, "Long Live Lord, do you want to change your armor now?"

"Change armor?" Chongzhen didn't realize it all at once, "What armor to change, I don't know."

"Uh..." Gao Qiqian was also stunned there, wondering if he changed his armor the last time he saw Li Zicheng?
"Oh, you said that, it's not necessary this time." Chongzhen said sarcastically, "This time across the Tonghui River, Li Zicheng can still fly over to kill me? So there is no need to be so troublesome this time."

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Not to mention, Li Zicheng really wanted to kill Chongzhen.

Li Zicheng looked at the Ming army on the north bank of the Tonghui River, and asked quietly: "Two military advisers, tell me, if I lead 3 cavalry to kill the Bali Bridge at this time, can I defeat the Ming army on the opposite side? Can I kill or even capture Chongzhen?" ?”

"This..." Song Xiance didn't dare to make a sound at all, he had already begun to doubt his life.

Until now, Song Xiance still has bloody images of the two yellow flags and two white flags being massacred by the Ming army, and the images of those scholars and students blocking Jiannu Bayala with their bodies.

Who can defeat such a Ming army?No one can beat it.

Gu Junen didn't shirk at all, and sighed: "My lord, I can't win."

Li Zicheng's face turned cold in an instant, but soon he showed relief again.

"I'm greedy and want to take advantage of the danger of the Ming army." Li Zicheng laughed at himself, and when he was about to order the withdrawal, he galloped over on a fast horse from Bali Bridge.

Li Zicheng immediately swallowed the military order back.

The messenger of the Ming army soon came to Li Zicheng.

"Xue Zongzhou, the son of Daming Kingdom, has come here to tell Emperor Shunguo..."

After hearing Xue Zongzhou read the oral order, Li Zicheng showed a look of astonishment. This is really unexpected, Chongzhen actually proposed to meet him at this time?Don't say it, it's really okay.

Li Zicheng really wanted to meet Chongzhen because he had something to ask Chongzhen face to face.

At that moment Li Zicheng said: "It's okay to meet, but I can't trust him. When I was in Henan Mansion last time, he was clearly hiding in Jin Xuan's army but deliberately disappeared, so I have to add a condition this time."

Xue Zongzhou frowned and said, "Dare to ask what the conditions are?"

"Pockets are not allowed." Li Zicheng said with a straight face.

"And I have to send someone across the river to watch him unload his weapon."

Xue Zongzhou returned the conditions proposed by Li Zicheng to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen readily agreed, and also sent Xue Zongzhou to monitor Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng sent Gu Junen across the Tonghui River to monitor Chongzhen.

Under the supervision of Xue Zongzhou and Gu Junen, Chongzhen and Li Zicheng brought only nine attendants, neither wearing pocket guards nor carrying any weapons, and rode their horses to the Tonghui River.

Tonghui River is actually only a dozen meters wide.

So Chongzhen and Li Zicheng could clearly see each other's expressions across the Tonghui River.

"Li Zicheng, we meet again." Chongzhen greeted with a smile, "You seem to be quite haggard."

Facing Chongzhen really, Li Zicheng was instinctively guilty, that is, 20 years ago, he was just a small postman in Yinchuan Prefecture, but the one in front of him held the power of life and death over billions of people. The emperor, this huge disparity in status gave him a sense of oppression, and made him feel an unstoppable first-class sense of fear.

But soon, Li Zicheng thought that he is also the emperor of Dashun Dynasty now.

At that moment Li Zicheng snorted and said, "Is this the first time we've met?"

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen knew that Li Zicheng was still brooding over what happened last time.

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Then let's get down to business, you said last time you wanted to see me, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Li Zicheng could only deny it at this time. He couldn't say that he wanted to see you last time, but that he wanted to discuss with you the matter of sharing the slave land equally.

But now, there is no need to mention this matter.

Immediately he said again: "I just want to meet you and see what kind of person you are? Why did you order to cut down the couriers and destroy the jobs of so many people?"

This sentence has been held in Li Zicheng's heart for more than 20 years.

Today I finally said it in front of Chongzhen, and I feel comfortable.

"This matter is my fault, I will apologize to you." Chongzhen laughed and said again, "Besides, I have another proposal, I don't know if you want to hear it or not?"

Li Zicheng snorted lightly and said, "What proposal?"

Chongzhen said with a straight face: "I think you are very clear about the kind of people who manage the post shops. This is also the main reason why I insisted on cutting down the post shops. Even now, the remaining post shops in Ming Dynasty are still It is generally filthy and useless except for wasting money and food."

Li Zicheng showed a sarcasm: "Isn't this the case in the official circles of Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is like this." Chongzhen laughed, and then said, "So I plan to create a post office that is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and it will only be managed by the post office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Li Zicheng said with a curl of his lips, "Change the soup but not the medicine."

"No, no, no, the two are still different." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Li Zicheng, are you willing to be a member of the post office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"What are you talking about?" Li Zicheng was immediately dumbfounded.

Song Xiance, Gu Junen and Ma Bao were also stupid there.

It was so unexpected that I couldn't react right away.

"Think the official is small?" Chongzhen said, "This official is not small."

It's really not small, the post office is equivalent to the head of the State Post Bureau.

"Zhu Youjian!" Li Zicheng finally came to his senses, and said angrily, "Too much deceit!"

"Hey, don't get excited." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "This is just a suggestion, and I didn't force you to take up the post of post office, right? If you don't want to be, just pretend I didn't say so."

"Zhu Youjian, the insult you inflicted on me today, I will definitely repay you ten times in the future."

After speaking harsh words, Li Zicheng led Song Xiance, Ma Bao and other followers to leave.

"Li Zicheng." Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice, "I will reserve this position for you in the post office. You can take office whenever you want, and I will wait for you."

Li Zicheng reined in his mount fiercely, his body was shaking.

But in the end, Li Zicheng slammed his horse and left, and he had nothing to say to Chongzhen.

Before leaving, Gu Junen, who was in charge of monitoring, said to Chongzhen: "The Holy Majesty insulted me, Emperor Dashun, and it seems to be a disgrace to the Ming Dynasty if it is spread out. The records of the Holy Majesty in the future history books will not look good."

"I don't care about the fame behind me." Chongzhen laughed and said, "It's you, Gu Junen, you and Li Yan are rare talents. It's a pity to follow Li Zicheng, why don't you submit to the court."

Hearing this, Gu Junen's heart skipped a beat immediately.

It has to be said that Chongzhen's proposal was too lethal.

Especially after witnessing the Battle of Baliqiao and the strength of the Ming army, Chongzhen's proposal was even more fatally tempting to refuse.

Chongzhen smiled, and said: "You have seen the strength of the new Ming army. Do you think Li Zicheng's Shun army can beat the current Ming army? So you and Li Yan can only die if you follow Li Zicheng. On the contrary, if you can abandon your dark side and turn to the bright side to serve the imperial court, you can show your ambitions in the new battlefield."

"A new battlefield?" Gu Junen didn't understand what Chongzhen meant.

Chongzhen smiled, and asked back: "Gu Junen, what is your ambition?"

"My ambition?" Hearing this, Gu Junen was a little lost. What is my ambition?
When he was young, his ambition was to cultivate himself, govern his family, rule the country and the world, but after repeated trials and failures, his youthful ambition gradually faded away, and gradually became a ruthlessness in life.

Until one day I met Li Zicheng from the Dashun Army.

Then he, Gu Junen, finally had new hope.

Chongzhen really shot himself in the foot this time.

At that moment, Gu Junen smiled and said: "Thanks to the favor of the sage, but I'm just a low-ranking scholar, I don't have great ambitions, and I really can't get on the stage, so let's forget it."

"Uh..." This was really beyond Chongzhen's expectations.

Okay, why did you suddenly refuse?Which sentence is wrong?
"Farewell." Gu Junen gave a shallow bow, turned around and walked away.

(End of this chapter)