Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 668

When Zhu Yousong was inspecting the enemy's situation at the foot of Qixing Mountain, Li Zicheng's soldiers on the mountain were ready to move, planning to send a group of elite soldiers to make dumplings for these a dozen brave Ming soldiers.

A dozen generals dared to come and hang around his mountain, and they didn't take Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong seriously. They fought against Emperor Chongzhen for more than ten years, and the millions of troops of the Ming Dynasty couldn't help it. Without them, the forces spread across most of China, and finally forced Chongzhen to hang himself on a tree with crooked necks. The two had been emperors for several years. No reduction in the year.

Especially when Li Zicheng received the arrow letter from his subordinates and opened it, Li Zicheng was surprised at first, then amused, and passed the letter to Zhang Xianzhong for viewing.

Zhu Yousong warned them in this way in the letter. Of course they were referring to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Zhu Yousong said in the letter that he had seen them for a long time, and knew that the two of them would definitely take this step.However, Zhu Yousong did not blame them for their rebelliousness and capriciousness, nor was it Zhu Yousong's unprincipled indiscriminate grace. It is okay to let them go.As long as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong rein in the precipice, it is still not too late, not only the reunion of flesh and blood, but also the high position of the two kings will be reserved for them.If you persist in your obsession and don't realize it, you will definitely kill and go up the mountain within three days, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.How can there be no eggs in a full nest?It's too late for Jie Shi to regret, I hope you will think twice, and you will be allowed to raise the white flag on the whole mountain before sunset tomorrow, tie it yourself, and go down the mountain to plead guilty.Below is Zhu Yousong's autograph and the big red jade seal.

Of course, Li Zicheng would not believe what the letter said, that Zhu Yousong could still let them go, even Li Zicheng felt embarrassed. He and Zhang Xianzhong turned against each other when they were in Chongzhen, and they turned against each other. Now it is the era of Hongguang , They are still the same, is it true that Zhu Yousong is not disappointed with them, and the Emperor Hongguang is not angry after so many repetitions?How could they even forgive them? As long as they surrendered, exonerated from all culpability, and granted the title of prince, so that their family can be reunited, the ghosts would believe it. Isn't this coaxing children?
Li Zicheng even dared to assert that as long as he and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered this time, Zhu Yousong would immediately turn his back on them and punish them with capital punishment, which may not be able to relieve their hatred. If he wanted to lure them first and then find a way to deal with them, he, Li How can you be fooled? !

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong finished reading the letter, but said nothing, and asked Li Zicheng expressionlessly, "Brother Li, what are you going to do about this matter?"

"Jingxuan, you still ask me, you won't be fooled by the fool again, right? He's treating our two brothers as three-year-old playboys, playing both soft and hard ways, intimidating and luring, and scaremongering. Of course we can't be fooled by these little tricks, Li I want to see how he, Zhu Yousong, killed himself up the mountain within three days!"

After reading Zhu Yousong's letter, Zhang Xianzhong had already figured it out. Of course he read it out. Zhu Yousong's special intention in this letter was to tell him implicitly that the Ming army at the foot of the mountain had already done everything. Prepare, let him act according to the opportunity within three days, cooperate with the inside and outside, and break the mountain in one fell swoop.

But Zhang Xianzhong saw Li Zicheng's self-righteous appearance, and he was amused in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said: "Brother Li, the ancients said that arrogant soldiers must be defeated. Speaking of people, maybe they can really think of a way to kill them, it's unknown, it's better not to take it lightly."

"Haha... Jingxuan..." Li Zicheng patted the in-law's shoulder and shook his head, which means that you might be scared by Zhu Yousong, how can you still have the slightest heroism of the Eight Great Kings?Thinking that Zhu Yousong dared to bring only a dozen horses to his seven stars to shoot arrows and deliver the letter himself, he couldn't help feeling angry, put on his helmet and armor, put on his clothes neatly, ordered troops to go down the mountain, and personally intercepted and killed Zhu Yousong, but was stopped by Zhang Xianzhong "Brother Li wait a minute, you can't do it."

"Jingxuan, what is the meaning of this, and why can't it be done?"

"Oh, Brother Li, Zhu Yousong's miraculous skills are world-renowned, why don't you know? Back in Caodian Lake, he was enticed by you to lure him into the siege of my tens of thousands of troops. As a result, my old Zhang almost died..." Zhang Xianzhong said Let Li Zicheng see the scar on his face and the arrow wound on his back.

Li Zicheng knew about this all too well, when Zhang Xianzhong mentioned it today, Li Zicheng's bronzed face could not help but blush.

Zhang Xianzhong continued: "Also, haven't Brother Li heard of the Sanhe Town incident? Zhu Yousong and Ermei were trapped by Dorgon's [-] cavalry, but in the end they not only retreated completely, but were also killed by the Ten Thousand Horse Army. There is no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the earth by chasing Dorgon. Now Li Ge wants to take this little force to kill Zhu Yousong, no doubt he is looking for trouble. In my opinion, forget it."

Li Zicheng felt a little unhappy when he heard this, and thought to himself, you Zhang Xianzhong was really frightened by the surname Zhu, why is it like this now, afraid of the first and last, and called Zhu Yousong a god, and our buddies have become worms.

I, Li Zicheng, don't believe it. With the bravery of our two brothers, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Mu Tianbo, Liu Wenxiu and other fierce generals will help out and lead a team down the mountain. Can't deal with Zhu Yousong's dozen riders?Why do you keep pulling out the valve core?

But Li Zicheng thought about it again, and felt that what Zhang Xianzhong said was not unreasonable. Regardless of the Sanhe town, Zhu Yousong had once dealt with Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, and Gao Yigong with their bare hands. In addition, he also witnessed the battle between Meadow Lake and Kuizhou with his own eyes. King Ai Nengqi of Dingbei and the generals of the five armies were all unambiguous in terms of bravery, but Zhu Yousong rode alone in the army of ten thousand horses to charge and kill, as if entering the army. In No Man's Land, it is not an exaggeration to say that his miraculous skills are world-class, and it may be right not to go down the mountain this time.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that Li Zicheng's enthusiasm was dispelled, his face was a little ugly, and he was happy in his heart. He thought to himself, this basin of cold water is well poured. I can't make it either.But back then in Kuizhou you pretended to play my old Zhang very lightly, and I foolishly dubbed you the one-word side-by-side king. Today, it’s up to me, Lao Zhang, to turn over the book and let me, the deputy village master, have a good time with you. With a look at the village master, the two of us are even.

The next day, someone came to report that Zhu Yousong's 20 troops had blocked all the passages down the mountain, set up a total of fifteen camps, large and small, and two patrol camps with tens of thousands of horses. There are like fifteen pillars under Qixing Mountain, which form an iron fence with the seventeen battalions of the two patrol battalions, trapping Qixing Mountain tightly.

Li Zicheng said in disapproval when he heard it: "Huh, so what if you are trapped? The mountain has been prepared for a long time, with food, drink, and land farming. There is no problem in sustaining it. No matter how many troops they have, they can't fly up without wings. The number of cannons is limited, and their power is limited. It is impossible to blow up the mountain. In short, there is no use for attacking. Let them be trapped for as long as you want. As long as they don't attack the mountain, don't pay attention to them. It's really shameless to kill and come up the mountain in a few days!"

"Brother Li's words are wrong..." Zhang Xianzhong was unhappy when he heard this, and he started to pour cold water on Li Zicheng again.

(End of this chapter)