Aspiration

Chapter 92
Zhang Xianzhong really disappeared.He made the decision after Zhang Kewang was injured and Zhang Wenxiu made a suggestion.

Zhang Wenxiu knew about Li Zicheng's movements. Not long ago, Zhang Xianzhong also knew about Li Zicheng's military expansion in Funiu Mountain.They didn't say anything, they had their plans.For more than a year, the imperial court no longer paid much attention to Li Zicheng. The thirteen peasant armies who rebelled with King Gao Chuang did not care about Li Zicheng. military.On the contrary, Zhang Xianzhong not only became famous in the imperial court, but also vaguely became the natural leader, or even the only leader, among the thirteen peasant armies.That's why Luo Rucai followed him into Sichuan and back to Hubei, and he pursued him closely.

Zhang Xianzhong would rather bear the huge pressure of the court, but also win the approval of the thirteen rebels. He needs to become the de facto leader.

Now that the situation forced him, he actually had no strength to confront Sun Chuanting anymore, so he had to learn Li Zicheng's method of hiding in the Yunyang mountain area.He estimated that within half a year, Li Zicheng would be defeated and run around again. This is a repeat of many years of history.At that time, he, Zhang Xianzhong, can come out of the arena again.

Deshengzhai.

Li Zicheng still made up his mind, he insisted on fighting Luoyang.

Now that Zhang Xianzhong has been defeated, he has more than [-] troops here, no matter how concealed he is, it is impossible not to leak the news.

"Attack!"

Li Zicheng roared in his head.

To attack Luoyang, first clear away the surrounding obstacles, first attack Yongning County, and kill Wanfu King to sacrifice the flag.

No wonder Li Zicheng has resentment. For more than two years, he has been a turtle with a shrunken head. First, he was caught by a group of bandits in Shangluo Mountain and almost starved to death; Wandering among the bushes.Now, it's time for him to take that breath.

In the past two years, the imperial court thought that Li Zicheng's lingering life was impossible to achieve anything. Even many officials had forgotten that there was another Li Zicheng. They all believed that Zhang Xianzhong was the biggest scourge of Ming Dynasty.In particular, the original Thirteenth Route Peasant Army followed closely behind Zhang Xianzhong, entering Sichuan and exiting Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong became the leader after Gao Yingxiang.

Now, he has 15 combat troops in his hands, with a total strength of [-]. It can be said that this is his heyday.

Is it still necessary to keep a low profile in the heyday?
Now, taking advantage of Zhang Xianzhong's new defeat, Hong Chengchou leaving the customs, and starving people, the opportunity has come.

He is going to wave his arms on the land of the Central Plains!
In the deliberation hall of Deshengzhai, everyone had already expressed their opinions. Now, it was Li Zicheng's turn to make the final decision.

He said loudly: "Everyone has expressed their thoughts. Very good! We can go out of the mountain. This time, the goal is to take down Beijing!"

There was a commotion.

"Take down Beijing!"

"Take down Beijing!"

Li Zicheng stopped on purpose, he was intoxicated by the passionate passion of this group.After conquering Beijing, he stepped on the white marble steps step by step, sat on the dragon chair that Zhu Di had sat in the Forbidden City, and then looked down on the world and became the emperor of all people!

"Brother Li, give the order. Let's call to Beijing." Liu Zongmin said loudly.

"Order!"

"Order!"

Everyone urged.

Li Zicheng looked around, and said slowly and excitedly: "Beijing is going to be attacked. Let's eat food one bite at a time. First, take down Luoyang, operate Henan according to the strategy set earlier, and then attack Shandong, Hebei, the final battle will be Beijing."

Wang Si poked Li Laiheng, "Brother, let's take the lead."

Li Laiheng smiled and said nothing.He knew that it was still early to fight Beijing.What's more, once Beijing has been defeated, the real battle begins.

The real battle begins when Beijing is captured.Not many people have this idea.In addition to Li Laiheng, there are two and a half people, one is Li Yan, the other is Tian Jianxiu, and the other half is Song Xiance.

For some reason, Niu Jinxing didn't have this awareness?Song Xiance was only vaguely worried.

Li Laiheng thought, in fact, history is so simple, as long as some important members of Li Zicheng have this vision, perhaps, the Qing Dynasty will not appear in China.However, history is so complicated, yet no one reminds of such a simple matter.

The capture of Luoyang became an extremely important event in Li Zicheng's mind.

Luoyang, referred to as "Luo" for short, is named after the north bank of the ancient Luoshui River.Since the Xia Dynasty, 5000 dynasties have established their capitals here.Luoyang City is based on Mang Mountain in the north, Yique in the south, and the right stream on the left. The mountains and rivers are arched, the situation is the best in the world"; and it is located in the "middle of the world", with the Jianghuai in the east, the Guanlong in the west, the Youyan in the north, and Jingxiang in the south. , "The Thoroughfare of Ten Provinces".There is a legend that Luoyang is the gathering place of the dragon veins of the land of China. Therefore, Luoyang has become the most important political, economic and cultural center in history.

Li Zicheng issued a military order: Liu Fangliang led an army of [-] to capture Yongning, Songxian, Ruyang, Ruzhou, and Dengfeng five prefectures and counties. .

Gao Yigong led [-] troops to attack Yima and Mianchi.Mianchi is the only way for Shaanxi officers and soldiers to go east, and there must be no mistakes.

Yuan Zongdi, with 2 horses, guarded Mengjin, which is the main road leading to Shanxi. If he guarded Mengjin, he guarded the Yellow River ferry.

Tian Jianxiu led [-] elite soldiers to the south to block Sun Chuanting's aid.He went out of Nanyang to the north and threatened Nanyang.But it's not time to capture Nanyang yet. Once the battle in Luoyang is over, he will take Nanyang down.If Sun Chuanting's attack is tight, he can set up an ambush step by step and retreat slowly to stop the enemy. Nanzhao and Lushan can give up, but after retreating to Ruyang and Ruzhou, he can only stick to it.

In this way, the southeast and northwest are well fortified.This plan is the result of half a month of planning by Song Xiance, Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng.Everyone thinks it is good, Luoyang has now become the turtle in the urn.

The main force to attack Luoyang was led by Liu Zongmin and Li Guo.[-] troops.Li Zicheng led other civil servants and generals to attack Luoyang with the army.

Then, specific arrangements were made for the task of attacking Luoyang.

However, there is no mission for Li Laiheng.

There is no mission for Hao Yaoqi either.He is not even Li Zicheng's personal general.In the end, he seemed to arrange a job conciliatingly. He was guarding the old camp in Deshengzhai.

Li Zicheng has laid a net of heaven and earth, what else is there to do in the old camp?Guarding those women's families, the elderly and children, this is his big deal for Hao Yaoqi?
Li Laiheng did not arrange specific things.After the meeting, he was left behind.

"Laiheng, do you know why you were not assigned an errand?" Li Zicheng asked.

Song Xiance smiled at the side.

"I know!" Li Laiheng said.

Song Xiance was slightly surprised.He saw that Li Laiheng was about 20 years old, would he know his mission?Not likely.

"Tell me. What do you think you should do?" Li Zicheng liked this young grandson very much.

Li Laiheng explained his mission and reasons.

He said that Hong Chengchou's 50 troops left the customs and have now arrived in the Songshan area.In order to disrupt the deployment of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchus sent an elite cavalry to infiltrate the Shandong area, threatening Beijing at any time.If this enemy is not driven away, Emperor Chongzhen will not sleep in peace. He may not be able to bear it and will recall Hong Chengchou.If Hong Chengchou was recalled, then the deployment of the Ming Dynasty against the Manchus would be over, and the Ming Dynasty might fall into the hands of the Manchus.This is one.Secondly, once Hong Chengchou returns to the pass and finishes driving away the Manchu cavalry, his army will advance westward and annihilate our [-] troops in one fell swoop.Therefore, the most urgent task is to do Emperor Chongzhen a big favor, to help him drive away, it is best to eliminate the Manchu cavalry.This task cannot be accomplished by a large corps. It must be a small army, an elite that can eliminate them to complete this task.

After Li Laiheng finished speaking, he asked with a smile, "Military Master, am I right?"

Song Xiance was stunned and didn't speak for a long time. He thought, Li Zicheng's subordinates actually have such a character?

"Military teacher, how about it? Let me tell you, you still don't believe me?" Li Zicheng said to Song Xiance.

Song Xiance exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Ah, talent! King Chuang, if you win this general, why worry about the world! Yes, General Li, you are right. Let us consider that you lead an elite cavalry out of Surabaya. In guerrilla warfare, you have to evade the officers and soldiers, but also wait for the opportunity to attack the Manchus. The task is very difficult. Furthermore, the Manchus’ combat capabilities are top-notch, so don’t compete with them. For specific tactics, I think General Li must be very knowledgeable. experience."

After Song Xiance finished speaking, Li Zicheng continued: "This battle is not easy. If you can win, you will fight. If you can't win, you will avoid it. Harass them and let them retreat. Understand?"

"Understood!" Li Laiheng's understanding was much deeper than that of Li Zicheng, and he still had to lay the foundation for the future.

(End of this chapter)