Chapter 127: The Rebel Army
Tian Jianxiu stepped into the Forbidden City for the first time, although it was only a small part of the Wuying Hall in the southwest corner, but it still made Tian Jianxiu stunned, and secretly praised the golden splendor and majesty of the Forbidden City in his heart, but there is no shortage of eunuchs, Li Zicheng has drawn more than 200 eunuchs and nearly 300 palace maids everywhere to serve him, but he didn't expect to see the eunuchs in the huge Forbidden City, which made Tian Jianxiu a little surprised.
Xiao Tianjian sat on the dragon chair, quietly looked at the main entrance of the main hall, only to see Tian Jianxiu quickly follow a palace guard into the main hall, raised his eyes slightly, after seeing Xiao Tianjian, he immediately walked a few steps to the hall, knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted while kowtowing: "Tian Jianxiu see my majesty!" ”
Xiao Tianjian heard Tian Jianxiu call him His Majesty, and after glancing at Li Xin, he immediately laughed, immediately stood up and waved his hand: "Brother Yu \\ Feng doesn't have to do this big gift, let's be free of courtesy!" Hehe! ”
After Tian Jianxiu heard Xiao Tianjian's words, he stood up, bowed down to thank him, and then took out a gift list from his sleeve, held it with both hands and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Don't dare to be!" Don't dare to be! The Holy One is now the Ninety-Five, where can he afford it! Please call the grass people jade \\ peak!
This is our lord Li Zicheng, learned that the Holy God has destroyed the Ming Dynasty, and sent a special messenger to come down to congratulate, this is the gift that came down this time, and I hope that the Holy God will smile! ”
Xiao Tianjian waved his hand, and immediately presented the gift slip in Tian Jianxiu's hand to Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian picked it up and looked at it, sneered, and casually threw it on the dragon case.
This gift is not light, 200,000 silver, 200 East Pearls, 10 pieces of Baoyu, and 3 red corals...... If it is converted into silver, it is worth at least three or four hundred thousand taels, and it cannot be said that it is small.
But Xiao Tianjian was not moved, now he is a rich man, he really doesn't see much of this little money, so Xiao Tianjian is not polite, after a little greeting with Tian Jianxiu, he asked Tian Jianxiu: "Now that the Ming Dynasty is dead, it is impossible for the world to have two dynasties standing side by side, presumably Li Zicheng and Li Hongji are also very clear, this time you sent Yu \\ Feng you to see me, I'm afraid it won't just be as simple as letting you come to congratulate me on destroying the Ming Dynasty!"
What are his plans for Li Zicheng, you and I are not an ordinary relationship, you might as well say it directly, you also know that I don't like to go around the bend, everything is better to explain briefly! ”
Tian Jianxiu saw that Xiao Tianjian was disdainful of the gift presented by Li Zicheng this time, and was secretly surprised in his heart, you must know that no matter who the money is placed in front of, it is enough to make people stunned, but Xiao Tianjian didn't even look at it, and asked him what Li Zicheng thought.
So Tian Jianxiu couldn't go around the bend anymore, and began to say Li Zicheng's thoughts as they were.
After Xiao Tianjian heard this, his face suddenly sank, and after being silent for a while, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha...... This Li Zicheng really uses himself as dry food! Ha ha! Claim to me as a minister, and divide the land as a king! Ha ha! Joke! It's a joke! He Li Zicheng thinks beautifully! How can I, the Chinese people, allow him to be the king! This matter is absolutely non-negotiable!
Yu \\ Feng, it seems that you came to the wrong place today, although you have a good relationship with me, I have not forgotten, but I can't promise you this matter, Li Zicheng has already stirred up Shaanxi into chaos, if I let him continue to dominate Shaanxi as the king and hegemon, then I am the sinner of the people of Shaanxi!
It's not that I can't tolerate him Li Zicheng, there is no room for negotiation in this matter at all, Brother Yu Feng can go back and tell him Li Zicheng, I will never agree to his request, if he remembers the words of the old brothers who have followed him for many years, and does not want them to die on the battlefield, then the only way out I can give him at the moment is to surrender immediately.
As long as he, Li Zicheng, surrenders to me, then I can promise him that he will be a rich man from now on and save his family's lives! In addition, all the generals under his command, I will give them a way out!
But if he refuses to agree, then don't blame me Xiao Tianjian turned his face and was ruthless, for him Li Zichengzhen had already endured him for a long time! I didn't mess with him, he did use force against my Dazhong Dynasty repeatedly, and now it's time for him to return! ”
After Tian Jianxiu heard this, he sighed in his heart, in fact, when Li Zicheng sent him this time, Tian Jianxiu had already guessed Xiao Tianjian's reaction, now Xiao Tianjian's martial arts are all over the world, and his soldiers are wide and wide, and they are extremely fierce, but Li Zicheng still can't see this clearly, and he is still fantasizing about bargaining with Xiao Tianjian, and wants that bit of silver to come out, so Xiao Tianjian agreed that he would be the king in Shaanxi, and on the condition of being a vassal to Xiao Tianjian, in exchange for dividing land with the Dazhong Dynasty and ruling in Shaanxi, he became a king of Shaanxi in Shaanxi.
It's good now, Xiao Tianjian didn't even hesitate, so he categorically rejected Li Zicheng's proposal, and there was no need to talk about it at all!
Tian Jianxiu nodded in agreement, at this time Xiao Tianjian walked down from above, stretched out his hand and grabbed Tian Jianxiu's arm, and said to Tian Jianxiu in a serious tone: "Yu \\ Feng, with my understanding of you, you are not too powerful people, and you should see the general trend of the world clearly, but Li Zicheng is covered with lard, and he still has not repented so far, and wants to continue to fight hard!"
I really can't help but want to persuade you today, with your ability, you can't follow Li Zicheng to accompany him to the funeral, as long as you want, I will welcome you at any time, although I can't guarantee to give you high-ranking officials, but I can also ensure that you are rich and safe in the second half of your life!
I also know that your wife and children are still in Shaanxi, and I will not force you to stay this time, so you go back first, and after meeting Li Zicheng, tell him what I said, if he is still obsessed, then I will not give him another chance!
You'd better advise him Li Zicheng, let him think of the lives of millions of people in Shaanxi, and don't be delusional again, otherwise, I will immediately wave my army to Shaanxi and completely eradicate his Dashun army! ”
Tian Jianxiu had something else to say, so he thanked him again and again, seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Tianjian set up a banquet in the palace to entertain Tian Jianxiu, and the two chatted until midnight, and Xiao Tianjian sent someone to send Tian Jianxiu out of the Forbidden City.
And Tian Jianxiu didn't hide it anymore this time, and told Xiao Tianjian in detail everything he knew about the layout of the Dashun Army and the situation of troops and equipment.
And Li Xin was on the side and recorded in detail what Tian Jianxiu said.
At the beginning of September, Xiao Tianjian sent a letter to the thief in Beijing, which counted Li Zicheng's ten major crimes, and ordered Li Zicheng to announce his abdication before October, end the small court of Dashun, and dismiss the soldiers and horses on the spot, and let the people return to their hometowns to farm, while the rest of the soldiers and horses laid down their arms on the spot, surrendered to the Dazhong Army and accepted the reorganization.
With the issuance of this document, the whole Shaanxi suddenly shook violently, and the soldiers and horses of the large Chinese army, since August, have begun to assemble one after another, and have entered the territory of Shaanxi from all over the place.
In accordance with Xiao Tianjian's will, with the first town army as the main and the second town army as the auxiliary, a rebellious army was formed, with a total of 50,000 troops, with Yan Chongxi as the main and Liu Bao as the auxiliary, and began to officially use troops against Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng returned to Xi'an in Tian Jianxiu, and after passing Xiao Tianjian's words to him, he was also furious, scolding Xiao Tianjian for bullying people too much, he is now willing to abdicate and become king, and take the initiative to bow down to Xiao Tianjian, just hoping to keep his territory in Shaanxi and be a small king of Shaanxi, and also said that from now on, he is willing to pay Xiao Tianjian a tribute of 50,000 taels of silver every year, but he didn't expect Xiao Tianjian to not even meet this request.
He also ordered him to surrender immediately, thinking that he Li Zicheng had rebelled more than ten years ago, no matter how difficult the situation was, he had never surrendered to the Ming official army, and now although his Dashun army was not as strong as Xiao Tianjian's Dazhong army, but now he also has more than 300,000 troops, how can he just lay down his arms and surrender Xiao Tianjian?
So Li Zicheng was furious, and immediately issued an edict, claiming that Xiao Tianjian was a traitor, forcing Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, to death, although he Li Zicheng rebelled, but he still thought that the Ming court was Zhengshuo, so he summoned the righteous people of the world to fight against the rebel, kill the traitor Xiao Tianjian, and restore the Ming Dynasty! He is willing to abdicate to the Ming Dynasty after defeating the Great Middle Dynasty and prosper to the Ming Dynasty forever!
Li Zicheng's edict immediately made countless people laugh off their big teeth, what kind of person is Li Zicheng, he is the anti-starter who created the Ming Dynasty, and now Xiao Tianjian has destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but he jumped out to shout grievances for the Ming Dynasty, saying that he wants to repeat the Ming Dynasty, this is simply a big joke! It's clear that he wants to be a bitch and set up an archway.
Moreover, Li Zicheng also understood that after the split in this negotiation, Xiao Tianjian would definitely come to attack him, so he immediately began to mobilize troops and horses to assemble towards Xi'an, and at the same time ordered to collect grain and straw in the Dashun control area, preparing to fight to the death with the Dazhong army.
This time it will be even more bitter for the people of Shaanxi, the people of Shaanxi have been harmed enough, but now Li Zicheng is putting on a posture, and suddenly he has become the obedient people of the Ming Dynasty, and he wants to fight to the death with the Dazhong Army that destroyed the Ming Dynasty, where can the people of Shaanxi give Li Zicheng so much rations!
So the generals under the command of Li Zicheng, under the banner of raising grain to rebel, sent soldiers and horses to start a forced conscription action in various parts of Shaanxi, a large number of Dashun soldiers rushed into various villages, turned over the boxes and cabinets of the common people's homes, and snatched away the slightly valuable things in the people's homes and the last bit of food they relied on for their livelihood, and as long as anyone resisted a little, or hid and did not pay, they would kill on a large scale, and even some unripe grain was forcibly harvested by the Dashun army. It was used as horse fodder, and for a time the whole Shaanxi became a hell on earth, and the common people tossed and turned between the ravines, whining and wailing, starving all over the place, making a lot of anger among the people in Shaanxi, and all of them scolded Li Zicheng's Dashun army behind their backs for being a group of evil wolves, and even ten times worse than the previous Ming army.
Just when Xiao Tianjian ordered the establishment of the Shaanxi Rebel Army, and was ready to send troops to Shaanxi to launch a decisive battle against Li Zicheng, a series of news came from the south, so that Xiao Tianjian listened to it, and immediately left Lu Xiangsheng and others in Beijing, responsible for guarding the city of Beijing, and took Li Xin and Liu Yaoben's Second Guards Division, left Beijing on the sixth day of September, took a boat from Tongzhou, went south along the canal, and rushed to the direction of Nanjing.