Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 234 Li Zicheng's Messenger

Li Zicheng never dreamed that a battle that was sure to win would be defeated in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers did not attack the city overnight, so that he could stop, let his thoughts flow, and take a rest.

Li Zicheng and his wife returned to their tents and ordered their soldiers to strictly defend the city. At the same time, they ordered the battalions to check the number of casualties and count the losses.

Soon the number of casualties came up. In the battle outside Nanyang City, nearly ten thousand troops were lost. If you count Neixiang, Xichuan and Xinye, more than ten thousand soldiers and horses were lost.

Now Li Zicheng's subordinates, including the remnants and defeated generals who ran back one after another, plus the original guards, there are less than 8000 people left in the city.

This was Li Zicheng's first major defeat since he came out of the mountains for the second time. The loss was extremely heavy. Now all three county towns are gone, only Nanyang, an isolated city, is left. The morale of the whole army is low.

The government army has surrounded Nanyang City, and the situation has taken a turn for the worse for them.

Li Zicheng also sighed, and Liu Zongmin no longer had the arrogance and arrogance of the past. The result of the matter was too unexpected. Lin was so difficult to deal with. It seemed that he was their nemesis. We had to think of a way to break the situation in front of us. .

At this time, Mrs. Gao Guiying came in from the outside, looking very preoccupied.

Yesterday Li Guo's wife, Mrs. Huang, cried to death, loving her son more than her husband.Not eating or drinking, and no one can persuade her to stay, Mrs. Gao went to Huang's tent and wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't find any good words.

As a woman, Gao Guiying of course knows Huang's sadness.Husbands and men are undoubtedly the whole of a woman. Now that Li Guo and Li Laiheng have all been captured by Ji Dong, it has been several days.Therefore, Gao Guiying couldn't find a suitable word to comfort Huang, and felt that every sentence was very weak.

But Gao Guiying still came after hearing about it.Unexpectedly, when Huang saw Gao Guiying, he grabbed her as if seeing a savior.

"Aunt Li, I was looking for you... now only you can save their father and son, please... you must save them..." Huang's tears splashed because of excitement.

"Of course we can be saved if we can," Gao Guiying said helplessly, "I and King Chuang are very sad when something like this happens. Li Guo and Xiao Laiheng are generals under King Chuang. From a personal point of view, we are As a family, I watched Xiao Laiheng grow up, King Chuang and everyone like this child very much, do you need to ask for it?"

"Auntie, don't blame me for not being able to speak... My position is completely messed up... That's what I mean. I heard that this official surnamed Lin is different from other officials. He doesn't kill prisoners. As long as the captives are not willing to follow him, he will release them... Even if we spend some money to beg him, as long as we can let the surname Lin release their father and son, I will do anything... You pay more attention, and King Chuang, think of a way..." Mrs. Huang seemed a little incoherent.

"Who did you listen to this?"

"Auntie, don't ask. Anyway, many people said that I can't remember who it is now. It shouldn't be fake. Even if there is a glimmer of hope, we have to try."

"Remember this and don't talk nonsense, I'm going to find King Chuang now."

Of course, Gao Guiying has heard about Lin Yi's preferential treatment of prisoners, but she doesn't believe it at all. Now that Mrs. Huang is saying the same thing, as a relative, she may be the leader. Mrs. Gao has to warn Mrs. Huang, lest the king Chuang want to kill her someday She lost her head, and she still doesn't know why.

When Gao Guiying saw Li Zicheng express Huang's meaning implicitly and tactfully, Li Zicheng's face became more serious, "This Huang is just messing with me, who is Li Guo, and who is Li Laiheng, if there is a way, wait for her to ask? Find out for me who is spreading rumors and messing up the morale of the army."

Gao Guiying said: "Don't worry, it's better to block it than to block it. I'm afraid that the matter of Lin Yi's treatment of the captives is not groundless. I have heard related discussions before."

"Do you also believe these nonsense? Those who talk nonsense should be killed."

"Let's talk about these things later. Li Guo and his son have a glimmer of hope, but they can't do nothing. Officials love money, so send more money, find someone who can speak well, and go to Lin Yi's camp. It would be better for Lin Yi to let their father and son go, and if it doesn't work out, he will be worthy of Li Guo and his family."

"You're seeking skin from a tiger!" Li Zicheng shook his head.

"Qian Tongshenlu, what if it is going to happen? Recently I heard that Lin Yi got a batch of silver from Fu Wang. The amount is astonishing. Fu Wang is rich and unkind, and cherishes money like his life. It must be Lin who knocked the old guy's bamboo Bar, this shows that Lin Yi is also a corrupt official, and he has to use money to deal with this kind of person. Nanyang is an isolated city, and now there are more and more officers and troops outside the city, and the situation is getting more and more unfavorable to us. Go to the mountains and forests to develop and strengthen the team."

Li Zicheng listened to Gao Guiying's words, is Lin really so greedy?He dared to beat King Fu with great fanfare, so wouldn't he be afraid that this uncle would sue him in front of Emperor Chongzhen?Daming doesn't have a single good thing, they're all damn good!
But if this is the case, you can try it. If the surname Lin really submits, it will be easy to handle, and they only need one move to stop them from fighting.

Li Zicheng suddenly had an idea, and an idea immediately popped into his mind, but he was still immature. He walked around the tent twice, savored what his wife said, and then agreed to be a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Li Zicheng immediately wrote a letter to Lin Yi and asked his wife to read it. Gao Guiying thought there was nothing wrong with it, and ordered someone to prepare 5 taels of silver. Anyway, it was found in the homes of rich officials, gentry, and Li Zicheng. He doesn't feel bad if it goes wrong.

Then he asked his general Tian Jianxiu to be an envoy to go to Lin Yi's camp for him. Tian Jianxiu promised to go down and get ready, and took the silver with him and left.

Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying continued to discuss the matter of breaking out of the siege in the tent. He expressed his thoughts, and Gao Guiying was full of praise, thinking that this was a brilliant move. It would break Lin Yi's morale and accomplish great things, but this matter must be carefully planned. Husband and wife The two immediately started preparing...

The camp of the Ming army outside Nanyang City sent away Li Wenhai, the head of the Ministry of War, leaving behind several carts of wine and meat and 100 million silver.

Lin Yi's generals were in high spirits, moving wine and wine, and handing over all the money to the Sixth Battalion for Wang Jian and the others to register and store in the treasury.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Yi issued an order to reward the three armies. After such a big victory, and got so much money, wine and meat, it's time to relax and reward the soldiers.

Slaughtered some horses that were disabled in the war, and paired them with these carts of wine and meat, several battalions of Ji Dong, with more than 1 horses, celebrated a day of congratulations.Mountains of meat and wine, punching and ordering, very lively.

Lin Yi's big camp was so tossed, and the two nearby big camps of Zhu Dadian and Hu Dawei also knew about it, and the matter of Lin Yi's money also spread like wildfire.

These soldiers looked at Ji Dong's men eagerly, eating, drinking, and transferring money, but they were like children who fell into the hands of their stepmothers, no one cared about them, and they all looked depressed, feeling that the soldiers followed the wrong general. Officer, it's so unlucky, I can't wait to go to Ji Dong's camp and sign up as a soldier.

Of course, it was Zhu Dadian and Hu David who were more angry at this time.They are both court officials and general military officers. In terms of rank, they are only higher than Lin Yi. Why are they treated so unfairly?Don't they have any credit?There is no credit, but hard work!They don't have the silver, nor do they have the wine and meat to reward the three armies.

They really wanted to slap their butts and leave, but they didn't dare, because their wings were not strong enough to dare to resist the imperial court and not listen to restraint.

At this time, people from the Ministry of War also came to their camp. The second general thought it was a late reward, but in the end it was Yang Sichang's order that arrived.

Yang Sichang, the minister of the cabinet, ordered the second general to actively cooperate with Lin Yi to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng. Eliminate him in Nanyang City.

The two generals accepted the order submissively, expressing their willingness to follow General Lin's command and dispatch, and spare no effort to suppress the thieves, but as soon as the orderly general left, the two generals scolded Kai Niang, of course they scolded Yang Sichang.To put it bluntly, they still don't want Ji Dong to control them.

At this time, an envoy from Nanyang came to Ji Dong's camp.

After Lin Yi got the report, he didn't know what Li Zicheng sent the envoys to, but the two countries were fighting, and the envoys were not beheaded. Although Li Zicheng has not established a country yet, this is the rule in the army, so he immediately ordered Tian Jianxiu and others People are brought into the camp...

(End of this chapter)