853 Zhou Yuji, compromise

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Although, the loss of 10,000 Tartar soldiers made Dolgon's heart ache.

However, compared to the head of Dordor, the appearance in front of him like this was a greater blow to Dorgon.

The loss of 10,000 soldiers weakened Dorgon's power at best, but Dorgon's death was a blow to his spirit.

On Hauge's side, on the other hand, it is the opposite.

Although Agu Sheep was Hauge's brother-in-law, the intimacy between them had not yet reached the level of Dorgon and Dord.

The tragic death of Agu Sheep, even being skinned, looking at his head, and being sent to him, can be regarded as a humiliation to him and makes him angry.

However, what really made Hauge vomit blood was the 10,000 Tartar soldiers he lost!

If Li Zixiao knew at this time that the batch of gifts he sent directly vomited blood to the two Tartar princes, Dolgon and Hauge, he would definitely laugh.

At the beginning of August, Li Zixiao returned to Kaifeng with quartz.

"Master Hou, you can be regarded as back."

Zhao Zilong was stationed in Kaifeng at this time, and after seeing Li Zixiao returning, he happily went out of the city to greet him.

"Wei Hong, Qi Wei and Luo Chao, they are all leading the army now."

Li Zixiao looked at Zhao Zilong and asked.

"That's right, the three generals are leading the army outside, and according to the arrangement of the Hou Ye, there is no trace of it, and they are waiting for the opportunity.

However, Master Hou, there is a big trouble in Kaifeng City now. ”

In the end, Zhao Zilong said with a bitter face.

"Don't say it yet, let Ben Hou guess if Lu Xiangsheng has come over." Li Zixiao said with a smile.

"Master Hou, yes! It was Lord Lu of the Jin Kingdom who came over.

Lord Lu insisted on seeing Hou Ye, and his subordinates said that Hou Ye was not in Kaifeng City, he didn't believe it at first, and he made a big fuss in Kaifeng.

In the end, it was the old lady who came forward in person and said that Master Hou, you are indeed not in Kaifeng, and this Lord Lu believed it.

But as a result, Lord Lu simply didn't leave, and stayed in Kaifeng City all the time, saying that he must wait until you come back.

Today, when my subordinates learned that Master Hou was back, they still secretly came out to greet you, but they didn't dare to make a big fanfare, for fear that Lord Lu would know! ”

"I didn't expect it to alarm my mother.

But it's okay, it is estimated that in the entire Kaifeng City at this time, the only one who can make Lu Xiangsheng give face is my mother.

Looks like I can't go back for the time being! ”

After listening to Zhao Zilong's narration, Li Zixiao said with a smile.

"Stone, go, don't go back to Kaifeng, go to Luoyang, find Qi Wei and General Xu."

In the end, Li Zixiao temporarily changed his mind and did not return to Kaifeng, but went straight to Luoyang.

At this time, Li Zixiao was really afraid of running into Lu Xiangsheng, and Li Zixiao didn't have to think about Lu Xiangsheng's intentions to know that he definitely wanted to persuade Li Zixiao to send troops to attack Li Zicheng.

However, at this time, Li Zixiao couldn't wait, he felt that the time had come, and Daming should die.

Otherwise, if it continues to drag on, it will delay his time to reorganize Huaxia.

When the Ming Dynasty died, he reunified China, shortened the time of the war, and let China return to the great unification as soon as possible, which was the best explanation for the people of this era.

Therefore, this time, Li Zixiao is iron-hearted and does not plan to help the court and Chongzhen anymore.

Before, when the Tartars entered the customs, even if Li Zixiao was not strong, he insisted on mixing and mixing to contribute to the resistance to the Tartar invasion.

But this time, he will definitely not help Da Ming again.

And when Li Zixiao rushed to Luoyang, at this time, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Li Zicheng were also fighting in Shanxi.

This time, Li Zicheng sent 430,000 troops to Xi'an, claiming to be 800,000 troops, collected ships, crossed the Yellow River on 21 July, and entered Shanxi.

On August 3, Li Zixiao arrived in Luoyang with quartz, and Qi Wei and Xu Wei, who were in Luoyang at this time, secretly went out to greet them.

They didn't make too many battles, lest someone with a heart find out that Li Zixiao had come to Luoyang.

After all, at this time, the White Dragon Army has always claimed to the outside world that Li Zixiao is really fighting in the Wa Kingdom and has not returned for the time being. 、

"Meet Master Hou."

Qi Wei and Xu Wei took a small number of guards and greeted Li Zixiao outside Luoyang City, and saluted.

"Okay, the two generals don't have to be polite, let's enter the city as soon as possible, there are many people outside the city, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time."

Immediately, Li Zixiao entered Luoyang City with Qi Wei, Xu Wei and others.

At this time, the 50,000 White Dragon soldiers and horses commanded by Qi Wei and Xu Wei were secretly stationed in Luoyang, which was the soldiers and horses that Xu Wei had guarded Luoyang before.

As for Wei Hong and Luo Chao, at this time, they led the other two White Dragon soldiers and horses to the other two locations.

"Qi Wei, tell Ben Hou, where did Li Zicheng go?"

As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, Li Zixiao couldn't wait to ask Qi Wei and others about the latest progress of Li Zicheng's campaign.

"Back to the Hou Ye, after Li Zicheng sent troops to cross the Yangtze River on the 21st of last month, he only had three days, and then he went down to Puzhou and Yishi to attack Linfen, the capital city of Pingyang Prefecture, and then went north to conquer Taiyuan."

Hearing Li Zixiao's inquiry, Qi Wei walked to a map of Shanxi and explained to Li Zixiao with a gesture.

In fact, there is no need for Qi Wei to explain, at this time, on this map, red arrows have been clearly marked, which are the march route of Li Zicheng's Dashun army in Shanxi.

"Well, after Li Zicheng crossed the Yellow River this time, he went directly north to capture Luoyang, and did not go east to Huaihua Mansion in Henan.

It seems that Li Zicheng also deliberately wants to avoid Benhou!

Since Li Zicheng entered the city and went to the road, he didn't want to have a conflict with Ben Hou for the time being, so Ben Hou wouldn't make trouble for him, and he could help him by the way. ”

Li Zixiao stared at the map, and after seeing the attack route of the Dashun army clearly, a smile appeared on his face and he said in a low voice.

At this time, because Li Zixiao occupied Henan at this time, Li Zicheng had to change the offensive line.

Li Zixiao continued to listen to Qi Wei's narration, and at this time Qi Wei continued: "Master Hou, after Li Zicheng conquered Taiyuan, he rested in Taiyuan City for a week.

The Dashun army looted in Taiyuan City and found a large amount of money and grain before continuing to go north, but encountered the stubborn resistance of the general soldier Zhou Yuji in Daizhou.

With more than 10,000 men, Zhou Yuji's general army simply blocked the main force of Li Zicheng's Dashun army in the Daizhou area for five days.

But unfortunately, the strength of Zhou's troops was too small, and on August 1, Li Zicheng led the army to conquer Daizhou, and then Zhou's troops retreated to Ningwu Pass.

At this time, General Zhou led the remnants, and after retreating to Ningwu Pass, he gathered the officers and soldiers of Ningwu Pass, and recruited thousands of young men and women, preparing to defend Ningwu Pass.

At present, the battle of Ningwu Pass is still continuing, and the Dashun army has been rushing to attack for two days, and has not been able to break through Ningwu Pass for the time being. ”

Sure enough, Li Zicheng still met Zhou Yuji in Shanxi, and Zhou Yuji still resisted Li Zicheng desperately, as in history.

I just don't know if in this life, the Dashun Army, whose strength has increased greatly, will still plant a big heel under Ningwu Pass! ”

For Zhou Yuji, of course Li Zixiao knows.

Historically, Zhou Yuji was regarded as the only general left in the Ming Dynasty who could win and fight vicious battles after Sun Chuanting's death.

What's more, this person's loyalty to Daming and Chongzhen is simply unshakable.

In the past few years, Li Zixiao has secretly bribed Ming officials from all over the country through Zhang Fugui's Intelligence Bureau, preparing for the White Dragon Army to take over all parts of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

But there are some officials of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao explained to Zhang Fugui in advance that there is no need to contact, and Zhou Yuji is one of them.

The Ming officials that Li Zixiao selected and did not contact were all officials who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen, and it was completely impossible for them to defect to Li Zixiao.

Let's take Zhou Yuji as an example, in history, this guy used a small lone army to block Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops in Daizhou and Ningwu Pass for half a month.

Zhou Yuji relied on the danger of Ningwu Pass to defend to the death, so that Li Zicheng lost more than 70,000 people under the city of Ningwu Pass, and even almost let Li Zicheng give up the idea of conquering Ningwu Pass and making a detour to the past.

But it's a pity that the location of Ningwuguan is too important, and Li Zicheng led the army to the east, and he didn't want to see that there was still a nail left behind him.

What's more, they had just hit Shanxi this time, and they hadn't gone far, if they were blocked under the city of Ningwuguan in Shanxi, they would eventually have to take a detour.

This will have a big blow to the morale of the Dashun army, and in the end Li Zicheng had to grit his teeth and insist, and at the cost of huge casualties suffered by the Dashun army, he still forcibly conquered Ningwu Pass.

In the end, Ningwuguan fell, Zhou Yuji was killed in battle, and his wife Liu led more than 20 women to the house and shot, and all of them were burned to death.

It can be seen from this how loyal Zhou Yuji is to Daming and Chongzhen, and Li Zixiao feels that there is no need to recruit such officials.

Even, if someone is sent to solicit him, there is little hope of success, but Li Zixiao's secret methods will be exposed in advance.

Originally, Li Zixiao thought that in this life, the Dashun Army under Li Zicheng would be much stronger than in history because of the construction of the firearms battalion.

It is said that it will not be as difficult as in history to meet Zhou Yuji again and conquer Daizhou and Ningwu Pass.

However, at this time, Li Zixiao listened to Qi Wei's narration, and it seemed that history was here, and nothing had changed!

The Dashun army, which had increased in strength, still hit a big nail in Zhou Yuji's hands, and at this time, Li Zicheng's Dashun army was still fighting under Ningwu Guancheng and failed to conquer it.

Subsequently, Qi Wei's explanation solved Li Zixiao's doubt.

It turned out that last year, when the Tartars entered the customs for the last time and plundered, Lu Xiangsheng led tens of thousands of elites of the Ming army to fight a big battle in Shanxi with the Tartar West Route Army led by Azig.

In this battle, although in the end, the Ming army was defeated, and Ningwu Pass was broken by the Tartars.

However, after the war, Lu Xiangsheng led part of the elite of the Ming army back to the capital, and the rest of the elite of the Ming army all stayed in Daizhou, making Zhou Yuji's strength much stronger than in history.

It is with these that Zhou Yuji has been able to hold on to the Ming army veterans who have fought bloody battles with the Tartars in Daizhou and Ningwuguan until now.

What's more, Zhou Yuji also had a newly built firearms battalion, all equipped with flintlock pistols built by the imperial court itself.

The imperial court has also succeeded in making flintlock pistols after obtaining the manufacturing process of flintlock pistols.

However, due to the shortage of financial resources of the imperial court, serious corruption, and the slow manufacture of craftsmen, the flintlock pistols cast by the imperial court are not very many so far.

On Zhou Yuji's side, he finally got 2,000 flintlock pistols and a large number of iron-shelled mines, which greatly strengthened the Ming army's ability to defend the city.

Otherwise, with the strength of Zhou Yuji in the same period in history, it would be impossible to stop the Dashun army at this time for so long.

And Zhou Yuji, the lone brigade in Shanxi, can be regarded as the last resistance force in the entire Shanxi in the Ming Dynasty.

Once Zhou Yuji is defeated, Li Zicheng's Dashun army will never be hindered in Shanxi again.

Even, when Li Zicheng led a large army to attack Shuntianfu, it was difficult for them to encounter resistance from the Ming army before approaching the capital.

Because, at this time, there are only a handful of Ming troops that Chongzhen can mobilize.

"Fugui, send someone to keep an eye on the situation over there in Ningwu Pass, once the Dashun army conquers Ningwu Pass, Ben Hou will receive the news in the fastest time."

Li Zixiao sat in the lobby of the mansion, looked at Zhang Fugui next to him, and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Master Hou, my subordinates have been completely arranged on the side of Ningwu Pass.

As soon as a new situation arises, our spies over there will immediately fly pigeons and pass the book, and we will know immediately. ”

"Well, that's good."

Li Zixiao nodded slightly.

"The men led by Wei Hong and Luo Chao, what is the situation at this time?" Li Zixiao continued to ask.

"Back to the Hou Ye, the men and horses led by General Luo have taken Liu Zeqing's order and secretly stationed in Shandong.

And General Wei's troops have also entered Zhangde Mansion.

In addition, King De of Jinan, his subordinates have also controlled it in our hands according to the orders of the Hou Ye. ”

"Well, it's good, rich, you did a good job this time."

Regarding Zhang Fugui's performance this time, Li Zixiao expressed his satisfaction and appreciation.

"Hou Ye Xie praised.

In addition, according to the report of our spies in the capital.

In the past few days, after Li Zicheng sent troops to the east, Chongzhen urgently ordered Wang Yongji, the governor of Jiliao, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Changping, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, to immediately lead the army to defend the capital.

It's just that so far, these commanders and governors who have received Chongzhen's orders have not sent troops yet, and they are all grinding and chirping.

At the same time, those officials of the imperial court were also divided into two major factions at this time.

One faction is the uncompromising faction, which advocates fighting with Li Zicheng.

There is also a group of compromisers.

They advocated that the imperial court should negotiate peace with Li Zicheng and that it was not appropriate to fight Li Zicheng to the death, and some even proposed that they should continue to appease Li Zicheng.

The drum said that Chongzhen gave Li Zicheng the title of king, and used the entire northwest as Li Zicheng's fief in exchange for Li Zicheng's retreat.

So far, the compromisers have occupied the support of the majority of officials in the imperial court.

However, the attitude of the saint is not very clear. ”

Zhang Fugui continued to report to Li Zixiao.

"Heh, at this time, Li Zicheng has already been proclaimed emperor, and those officials in the court still want to appease Li Zicheng at the price of a northwest king, which is simply a fool's dream.

Li Zicheng is now crazy if he wants to be the emperor, even if the imperial court really puts forward such a condition, he will not agree.

Those officials in the court, who still can't see the situation clearly, are really a bunch of pigs, and now they are still putting forward such stupid conditions.

The Manchu Dynasty is full of ministers who have fallen to the country, which is really true! ”

In this regard, Li Zixiao let out a sneer and said.

(End of chapter)