Aspiration

Chapter 24

Shangluo Mountain is very lively this time, there are huge crowds of people delivering food, and the food from every village is sent to Zhiting Mountain.The [-] dan of grain is not a small number. For several days and nights, the rebels were tired and excited.

In Li Zicheng's old camp, Liu Zongmin slapped him and said rudely: "Laiheng, you are so skinny, it's okay, you are a general, I didn't expect you to make great achievements. From now on, I will give you three points as the general whistle." what."

"How dare I? I'm lucky that the chief whistle didn't blame the junior." Li Laiheng replied.

"Laiheng, the food problem is solved, so you can concentrate on training your troops. One day, we will fight out of Shangluo Mountain. As a strategic soldier, you have to perform well. In this way, all the generals will be assigned the task of guarding the pass. You, Don’t arrange anything else, just concentrate on training your troops. Other generals, when the recruits arrive, you will guard the gate and train your troops at the same time.”

Liu Zongmin ordered.

"promise."

"promise."

"Thank you, Chief Sensei." Li Laiheng thanked him gratefully.

Now, many people have no soldiers to train.But there will be soon.

With enough food, there is no need to worry about having no soldiers or horses.

Li Zicheng decided to set up the Fifth Army.

Chief sentinel Liu Zongmin.

Former army general Li Guo.

General Tian Jianxiu of the Chinese Army.

Gao Yigong, the general of the rear army.

Left General Yuan Zongdi.

General Liu Fangliang on the right.

Li Zicheng's old battalion moved with the Chinese army, and Wu Ruyi was ordered by the Chinese army.

The other generals and generals were assigned to each army. Li Shuangxi and Zhang Nai were the guards of the Chinese army. They were actually the generals of Li Zicheng's standard battalion.

Li Laiheng served as the leader of the strategic general reserve team.

Li Laiheng used the knowledge of the Red Army's establishment of base areas again. He suggested to Li Zicheng that part of the [-] dan of grain should be kept as military rations, and the rest should be allocated to help the poor.

Li Zicheng agreed.He felt that to make a long-term plan here, it is really necessary to establish a good relationship between the army and the people, so he allocated [-] dans of grain to help the poor.

With food relief, how can ordinary people not be grateful?In ancient times, only the army collected food, how could the army help the people?Therefore, the people of Shangluo Mountain were all pleasantly surprised and praised.With the support of the common people, King Li Chuang's reputation quickly spread throughout Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places.Especially in Shangluo Mountain, the activities of the enemy's spies are much more difficult.

Li Laiheng learned in Lujiazhai that there is a hidden mountain road in Shangluo Mountain.For espionage work and raids, these mountain roads are too important.These mountain paths have to be figured out.

Li Laiheng recruited many people who gathered herbs, hunted, and smuggled, and soon they provided more than ten hidden mountain roads.It turned out that in Shangluo Mountain, each trade has its own rules, each trade has its own road, such as the road of collecting herbs, the road of hunting, the road of smuggling salt, etc., and found a total of thirteen roads.

These roads have a common feature, that is, they are very hidden, and some are very dangerous, and ordinary people cannot climb them.Although some mountain roads are dangerous, they can pass through a small group of people, which is an excellent way to sneak attack.

It was easy to find out these roads. Li Zicheng made a unified arrangement to cut off some roads, and some roads were not cut off clearly, and people were secretly ambushed.According to Li Laiheng's intention, there are still a few "living ways" left. The intelligence work must be true and false. It may not be a good thing to let the outside world know nothing about Shangluo Mountain.

Therefore, let the court know some news about Li Zicheng.Both true and false.What kind of things Li Laiheng wanted Emperor Chongzhen to know, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely know.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is brightly lit.

Under the light, the young Emperor Chongzhen looked a little haggard and a little old. In his 30s, since he took the throne, he cannot be said to be industrious, let alone lazy.He is diligent, and he even tries to be the master of ZTE.

The sad thing is that he is now facing a day of internal and external difficulties. The peace and revival he was looking forward to has not only not come, but is getting farther and farther away.In the north, the Manchu Qing regime was eyeing, and in the south, there were riots by hungry people in various places, especially the uprising of the 72nd Battalion of Thirteen Households that started in the second year of Chongzhen, which made him restless and endocrine disorders.Originally, as an emperor, especially a young man's emperor, Yeye's groom had nothing to say.However, in these years, most of the news in the newspapers every day is some bad news, how can he still be in the mood to love men and women?
Tonight, he didn't sleep with a woman again.It was late at night, and he was still meeting the ministers in the chamber.

As soon as Jin Yiwei's commander went out, he summoned Yang Sichang.He discussed with Yang Sichang for a while, and then called Hong Chengchou.

"The intruders have developed thousands of people in Shangluo Mountain, will they make a comeback?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Back to the emperor, there is a real possibility that the robbers will make a comeback. However, the situation in Liaodong is even more serious. Although the Manchus have retreated outside the customs, once the ice and snow melt and the spring is warm, they are likely to break through the Great Wall defense line again. According to my opinion, the situation in Liaodong Things should come first." Hong Chengchou has not been reinstated, but he is often summoned by the emperor.

"Well, Liaodong is my heart disease. But Li Zicheng is my confidant's serious trouble. I am going to let Sun Chuanting, the Prime Minister of Shaanxi Suppressing Thieves Affairs, go to Shangluo Mountain. You see, this arrangement is feasible for me?"

"The emperor is wise. However, Liaodong needs to deploy heavy troops to prevent the Tartars from invading the south again. I don't know what the emperor thinks about it." Hong Chengchou is still thinking about the enemy in the north.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little unhappy, and told him about Li Zicheng, but he chose to talk about Manchu.In his mind, he felt that Li Zicheng was his real nemesis, and he even vaguely felt that one day he would die in Li Zicheng's hands.

Therefore, he has a persistent concern for Li Zicheng.

But Hong Chengchou was just the opposite. He vaguely felt that his nemesis was the Manchus, and one day, the Manchus would destroy him.

The two of them have no common language.

"Yeah. I've already asked Yang Sichang to make arrangements for the Liaodong War. You can help Sun Chuanting deal with Li Zicheng."

When Hong Chengchou heard this, his heart sank, knowing that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty.This is absolutely impossible.Negotiating peace with the Manchus is raising tigers, drinking poison to quench thirst, and can only seek peace for a while. It will be a matter of time before the Manchus go south.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't plan to talk to Hong Chengchou about the peace negotiation, and he didn't even intend to tell him that there was a peace negotiation, so he entrusted the matter to Yang Sichang.

Hong Chengchou knew the temper of Emperor Chongzhen, how could he dare to say anything?After being silent for a while, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly asked again: "Zhang Xianzhong is going to rebel again?"

Hong Chengchou was shocked.Zhang Xianzhong rebelling?He thought about this issue, but he didn't believe that Zhang Xianzhong would rebel, or rather, he didn't want to believe it.His intelligence agency has no news about this, so does the emperor's spies have any news?
"Damn my minister, Xiong Wencan is always the prime minister for Zhang Xianzhong's affairs, and I haven't received any relevant news."

"Well. Zhang Xianzhong will eventually rebel. Therefore, I want you to extinguish Li Zicheng's as soon as possible, in order to reduce Li Zicheng's support for Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong is not rebelling now because Li Zicheng is fledgling and cannot respond to the north and the south. After Li Zicheng's resurgence , Zhang Xianzhong will definitely rebel. Do you know that Li Zicheng personally went to Gucheng?"

"Damn me, I haven't heard of this."

"Also, do you know that a young general under Li Zicheng has become a hero?"

"I know that this person is called Li Laiheng. I will lay out a huge net to take his head sooner or later."

"Well. How about this. Tomorrow morning, I will decree that you will be reinstated as an official. You will take the blame and make meritorious service, and make every effort to plan to wipe out the intruders. Pay close attention to Zhang Xianzhong's movements, and wipe them out if necessary."

"Thank you, Majesty Ron."

Hong Chengchou withdrew.His heart was heavy, it was not easy to go to Shangluo Mountain to suppress bandits, Li Zicheng had few people, and they were often broken up into pieces, how could he suppress them?
oh!By the way, this is obviously Yang Sichang's trick.

He wanted to dismiss Hong Chengchou so that he could negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing regime.

"Okay, you Yang Sichang, one day I will let you die without a place to bury you."

A plan was slowly forming in Hong Chengchou's mind.

Li Laiheng's eight hundred elites had been selected, and he practiced day and night.In addition to practicing formation, his men and horses practiced long-distance raids.A Shangluo Mountain, from Shimen Valley to Baiyangdian, three or four hundred miles away, became a good training ground for their raids.

From Shimen Valley in the north to Baiyangdian in the south, there are Dayu Valley, Shehukou, Majian, Yeren Valley, Qingfengya, and Zhiting Mountain.These are Li Zicheng's important places to station troops in Shangluo Mountain, and they will also be the main battlefield in the future.As Li Zicheng's strategic reserve team, they must be familiar with these places.

This is the first step of Li Laiheng's troop training plan. He is now training in the base areas. In the future, he plans to take the troops to the enemy-occupied areas for training. He is looking forward to several times of thousands of miles of raids.Shangzhou, Lantian, Shangnan, and even Luonan were all his training destinations.

Not now, not now.

There are many passes in Shangluo Mountain, and the only way out of the mountain is heavily defended by the enemy. Therefore, Li Laiheng waited for the day when Zhang Xianzhong re-insurrected, and he could rush thousands of miles to support Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army.

Soon, Li Zicheng had more than 5000 combat troops, some of whom were farmers and some were bandits.Peasants need training, not only to become good soldiers, but also to become the backbone of the army, even school officers and generals.As for the bandits, what needs to be changed is their bandit aura.It is not a problem for bandits to fight. The beggars on the tip of their knives are at least good at saving their lives. The problem is that it is not an easy task to make them a regular army.

There are a few bandits who have come to seek refuge recently, among which Sishanhu and Heihuxing are the bigger ones.Their generals include Ding Guobao, Huang Sanyao, Dou Kaiyuan, Feng Sancai, all fierce generals.

In order for them to keep up with the pace of the rebel army, Li Zicheng assigned Li You and Liu Tichun to the team of Zuoshanhu and Heihuxing as assistants.

Li You and Liu Tichun are both 25-year-old young generals who have followed King Chuang for many years and are brave and good at fighting.Li Zicheng wanted to train them to become independent generals, so he assigned them to these two teams.

The seemingly calm Shangluo Mountain, or the temporarily peaceful Ming Dynasty, are about to undergo drastic changes.

Time passed quickly, on the first day after Duanyang, a man got on his horse and shouted: "Reverse!"

This sound shocked the whole of China.

(End of this chapter)