"Eat his mother, wear his mother, open the gate to meet the king, and break into the fields when the king comes......"

The song of King Chuang rang out outside Gangneung City. However, it was not the poor middle peasants inside and outside Jiangling City who were singing, but the bandits of the Zuojia Army who had just plundered Jiangling City.

Oh, in fact, it's not Zuo's army anymore, because Zuo Mengeng has lost the grasp of a group of generals, deputy generals, and staff generals under his opponent. What he can control now is more than 1,000 people in his own house, as well as more than 10,000 people under his direct command - the troops under the jurisdiction of the original Wuchang Town Guard General Army.

As for Li Guoying, Lu Zuguang, Xu Yong, Hao Xiaozhong, Ma Jiaolin, Zhang Yingyuan, Wu Xueli, Chang Deng and other large and small soldiers, all of them brought soldiers and horses, either six or seven thousand, or three or five thousand, and as few as one or two thousand, on both sides of the official road, and all knelt on the ground and sang the ballad of "Welcoming the King".

As for the people of Gangneung, who were not killed, they were also detained outside the Great North Gate, knelt behind the soldiers, and sang along, but they didn't sing well, and they were a little crying no matter how they listened!

These Jiangling people are not all poor and middle peasants, many of them were landlords and businessmen, and they ran to Jiangling in order to avoid Li Zicheng, but they encountered a great plunder by the Zuojia army...... Now that all the families are ruined and have nothing, can you not be sad?

Li Zicheng's army was majestic and high-spirited, and although he marched for more than a day and a night, no one felt tired.

Emperor Dashun himself, who was also in the army at this time, was dressed in a blue coarse cloth arrow suit, wearing a white felt hat, and a strong man behind him held the banner of the word "Chuang", fluttering in the wind.

"Chen Xiang Guogong Zuo Mengeng welcomes the holy drive of the Son of Heaven of Dashun Yongchang, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live......"

Just outside the gate of the Great North Gate, Zuo Mengeng, with the generals and officials under his command, bowed to Li Zicheng on horseback and knelt to greet him.

"No rudeness!" Li Zicheng waved his hand boldly, "Xiangguo Gong, get on the horse, and go into the city with E." ”

Zuo Mengeng heard that Li Zicheng called himself the Duke of Xiangguo and invited him to enter the city together, and his heart was immediately overjoyed.

He also knew that the title of the Dashun Dynasty was noble, and Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, and Li Guo were the marquis! And he is now the prince of the country, and he is undoubtedly the number one big man under Li Zicheng!

Zuo Mengeng, who felt good about himself, accompanied Li Zicheng to enter the city from the Great North Gate, and the streets inside the Great North Gate were the hardest hit areas for the Zuo Jiajun to loot - this is the last stronghold of the Chu Wangjun in Jiangling City, and the Zuo Jiajun who had robbed elsewhere finally rushed here to rob it, can there still be a good one? After the robbery, he was not happy, he actually set fire everywhere, burned dozens of streets and alleys, and killed many homeless people, Li Zicheng had not cleaned up when he came. Although there are still many people kneeling on both sides of the street, singing the ballad of "Welcoming the King" with tears in their eyes, what kind of character is Li Zicheng? I only have one eye, but my eyes are sharp!

At first glance, you can tell that this place has been slaughtered, robbed, and burned...... And needless to say, this lack of virtue was done by Zuo Mengeng!

Because Zuo Mengmei can't do this kind of thing, most of her soldiers are from Jingzhou, even if they rob something, they won't kill people and set fires, and they can't do it! Li Zicheng knew this rule and did not rob his house as a robber.

Li Zicheng is now the lord of benevolence and righteousness supported by all the people, how can he tolerate such a great Shunxiang prince who harms the people?

However, he didn't attack immediately, but while riding forward, he issued orders to the left and right - he had to occupy all the dangerous places first, and he had to gather the Zuojia army into the city!

You can't let these well-stocked cannon fodder run away!

Li Zicheng moved to Jiangling not only to grab territory, but also to fight Zhu Cihong in Jiangling!

He already knew that the Dashun army was at a disadvantage on the Hanyang-Wuchang front, and no matter how he fought, it would be a loss, just to delay the time.

So he simply took advantage of the opportunity of the infighting in the Zuojia army to move the battlefield to the front line of Gangneung, which was more beneficial to him.

If Zhu Cihong followed up, then he would have to walk 700 miles overland into the Jiangnan area of Jingzhou Prefecture without breaking through Hanyang and opening up the Yangtze River waterway.

Zhu Cihong's cavalry and infantry could walk, but his heavy artillery couldn't. Moreover, it is impossible for Zhu Cihong to let the eastern part of Wuchang Mansion and Yuezhou Mansion (Dongting Lake) not be defended, and the whole army will advance westward. In that case, Li Zicheng could take advantage of the inside line to cross the river in the Baling area and kill Zhu Cihong's back.

Therefore, in the battle in Jingzhou, Zhu Cihong must divide his troops!

If the eldest prince of Zhu should not fight, then Li Zicheng seized the entire territory of Jingzhou Mansion, the Huxi (Dongting Lake) part of Yuezhou Mansion, Changde Mansion, and Shizhouwei. In this way, the Dashun army can take Hunan when it advances and retreats into Sichuan, which can be said to have taken the initiative.

However, in order to have a decisive battle with Zhu Cihong in Jingzhou Mansion, Li Zicheng had to settle the account of the plundering with Zuo Mengeng first...... Now the Dashun army is a benevolent and righteous army that has won the hearts of the people, and it is not allowed to burn, kill and loot!

"Xiang Guogong, are you guilty?"

In the original palace of the King of Chu, in a large hall that had not yet been burned, he had just sat down on a chair wrapped with blue cloth (Li Zicheng is the blue army here, and blue is precious), and he turned his face in front of everyone.

Guilty? Zuo Mengeng was stunned when he heard this: I'm not guilty! Ah, no, I have a lot of sins on the side of the Ming Dynasty, but I haven't had time to commit crimes on the side of the Dashun Dynasty......

After thinking about it, he actually said confidently: "Emperor, the minister doesn't know that he is guilty!" ”

"Ignorance of sin?" Li Zicheng smiled, "The good Jiangling City has been looted and burned down, how many good people have been killed by your people, and you still don't know the crime?" ”

Zuo Menggeng's reaction was a little sluggish, but at this time he also felt that something was wrong...... What does Li Zicheng mean? Are you going to unload the mill and kill the donkey? This is faster than turning a book!

"Emperor," Zuo Mengeng didn't give up, "The minister used to be the official of the Zhu thief, and he brought the Zhu thief's soldiers, and the Zhu thief couldn't afford it, and he refused to give the army enough food and clothing...... As a general, you can't watch them starve and freeze! ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... The Emperor Mingjian! ”

"We were all forced by the Zhu thief!"

"It's all the fault of the thief, woo woo......"

"I wait for the emperor to vote, and I won't dare to harm the people anymore, woo woo wow......"

The chief soldiers and deputy generals of the Zuo family army who came with Zuo Mengeng also opened their mouths to defend themselves, they were really more wronged than the other, and both of them cried!

"Don't cry, don't cry...... It's not unreasonable! Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Now I only talk to Dashun Xiangguogong, and it has nothing to do with you, you were all officials of the Ming Dynasty before, and you have just voted for the quota, and you have not yet been crowned an official, of course, you don't have to be bound by the military law of Dashun." ”

Not to mention, Li Zicheng actually understands the law. Knowing that Dashun's military law cannot be used to investigate the mistakes of his group of thieves before joining Dashun, this is the principle of illegal governance. And he can't go back to the past and investigate the fault of everyone who burned, killed and looted before the promulgation of the Dashun Military Law.

Li Zicheng smiled and pointed at Zuo Mengeng, "But he's different, he has taken refuge in Dashun and has been named the Duke of Xiangguo, and he is the highest rank among the generals of Dashun...... Tell me, did he let you burn it? ”

Hurry up and be a tainted witness!

"That's him!"

"That's what he ordered......"

"I can testify!"

"Zuo Mengeng is not a thing!"

“......”

It's not that the people under your hands don't pay attention to righteousness, or your Zuo family is not good - take refuge in Zhu Cihong as soon as possible, and send Zuo Mengmei to the palace, just the means of that little girl, what else does the big guy have to worry about?

Now, it's like a lost dog! And you two brothers and sisters are still fighting in Gangneung City! One colluded with He Tengjiao, and the other took refuge with Li Zicheng...... Whoever messes with your Zuo family again will lack the eyes of the heart!

Zuo Mengeng was dumbfounded, these people were all promoted by the Zuo family, and now they are betraying themselves like this?

"You, you ......" he saw Huang Shu, "the military advisor save me!" ”

Huang Shu sighed, took two steps forward and knelt down for Li Zicheng, "Long live the emperor, although the crime of the Duke of Xiangguo is not forgiven, but after all, it is the first offense, and it also has the credit of Jiangling, or can it be compensated for one or two?" ”

"Yes, yes, I have merit!" Zuo Mengeng hurriedly bowed to Li Zicheng, "The emperor will spare me this time!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded: "Since Huang Junshi has spoken for you, then I will spare you...... Let's all corpses! His eyes swept coldly at the former Zuojia generals present, "What do you think?" ”

"Emperor Shengming!"

"The emperor is benevolent!"

"The emperor is incomparable in benevolence and righteousness, virtue is worthy of heaven and earth, and the crown of the Tao is ...... ancient and modern"

"Zuo Mengeng, you still don't kowtow to thank you!"

Zuo Mengeng listened to these words, and his heart was wow and cool, and he sat on the ground with his butt and didn't know how to beg for mercy.

Huang Shu spoke again at this time: "The emperor is really the lord of benevolence and righteousness, presumably Zuo Mengeng is also grateful in his heart, but the emperor can give him one last chance to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Zuo Menggeng's heart warmed, and when he looked at Huang Shu, tears came down.

Li Zicheng thought about it and said, "How can you make meritorious service for your crimes?" Tell him to rob that fortress of the Ming army? ”

"No," Huang Shu said, "Since ancient times, those who have won the hearts of the people have won the world, and now the hearts of the people in Jiangling have to be obtained from Zuo Menggeng...... It is better for the emperor to sentence Zuo Mengeng all over the door and strangled him in front of the people of Jiangling, so that Zuo Mengeng can be regarded as repaying the emperor's great kindness. ”

Kill the whole family!

"Huang Shu, you babe ...... a king"

Zuo Mengeng violently rose up and was about to pounce on Huang Shu, but before he could jump high, he was dragged to the ground by Li Guoying and Lu Zuguang beside him.

Huang Shu shook his head and said, "Zuo Menggeng, thank you!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "No need to thank you...... Who is called Exinshan? Come on, tell the whole city, the edict has been issued, and the whole family of Zuo Mengeng will be hanged in public, and the people of Jiangling will be given justice! His tone suddenly sank again, "Dashun's military law is like a mountain, no one is allowed to violate it, do you people know?" ”

"The ministers know everything!"