420 can 'rebel' openly

"No, I want to find a way to go back and marry Wan'er quickly, I can't be this colt!"

After Gonggong Qi left, Li Zixiao paced back and forth in the state government hall, and finally decided to speak.

On the contrary, it was Quartz next to him, but at this time, he laughed and said: "General, isn't it good to be a colt, everyone wants to be a colt, and the general is an exception."

General, why don't you take your brothers to chase Lord Lu, and when we defeat the bandits and capture that Li Zicheng alive, the general can marry the princess. ”

"Silly stone, what a bad idea you have!" After hearing Quartz's words, Li Zixiao smiled bitterly and said.

"If the general can really marry a princess, there are advantages and disadvantages for the general. The general should have made up his mind and should deal with it as soon as possible. ”

Qi Wei said at this time.

Li Zixiao nodded and said, "It's still the same sentence, I won't be a colt, maybe others are rare with this colt, but I'm not rare."

No matter how good the princess is, she can't catch up with my Wan'er, and I can do it with my own hands, without the help of women. ”

Li Zixiao said this, it is really that he, as a descendant, has resistance to this kind of arranged marriage, and his affection for Lin Wan'er is not something that can be replaced by a princess.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also has to consider that once he marries a princess of the Ming Dynasty, it will cause a lot of interference to his future plans.

At least, once he becomes Chongzhen's son-in-law, he may be able to be more respectful, but for Li Zixiao, it is not too important whether Chongzhen values him or not.

To be able to be a seal general like General Zhenguo before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zixiao has already completed his predetermined plan.

Next, he will speed up the expansion of his strength and consolidate his territory, and he will most likely listen to Chongzhen's orders.

In this way, the name of a mere colt will not only bring him no practical benefit, but will even become a shackle for him.

After all, at that time, Chongzhen was also his father-in-law, and when Li Zicheng attacked the capital, if Li Zixiao didn't save him, he couldn't say it.

Even if there is a big matter, it is said that he has to go, but in Li Zixiao's plan, he really doesn't plan to go, so he is easy to fall into a reputation of disloyalty and unfilial piety.

But Chongzhen died, if he became a colt, this identity would be of a lot of use to him, but in the end, Li Zixiao decided never to be a colt.

In order to prevent Chongzhen from marrying a princess to him on a whim that day, he must return to Yangzhou immediately and handle his marriage with Wan'er first.

However, if he wants to return to Yangzhou at this time, he must have a suitable reason, otherwise it is not appropriate to go back rashly.

"Forget it, I'll throw this problem to my future father-in-law."

Subsequently, Li Zixiao wrote a letter to Lin Yongnian, the prefect of Yangzhou and his future father-in-law, and wrote the news that Chongzhen wanted to marry the princess to him.

Let Lin Yongnian think of a way to let him return to Xuzhou, and it is best to go to Yangzhou, otherwise his marriage to Wan'er may be hanging.

Li Zixiao believes that as soon as his letter is sent to Yangzhou, Lin Yongnian will be anxious after reading it.

Lin Yongnian also hopes to find a wishful husband for his daughter, Lin Wan'er and Li Zixiao are rarely in love, and Li Zixiao is also a talent.

At this time, Li Zixiao was only twenty-two years old, and he was made the general of Zhenguo, and Lin Yongnian's official position was much higher, which can be said to have an unlimited future.

As soon as Lin Wan'er marries Li Zixiao now, she will immediately become the wife of the dignified general of Zhenguo, and Lin Yongnian of course hopes that her daughter will marry a good family.

At this time, if Li Zixiao sends a marriage notice, it is estimated that those who want to marry their daughters can go around Xuzhou three times, and even those princes and nobles are willing to marry Li Zixiao.

In this case, after Lin Yongnian received Li Zixiao's letter, it was no wonder that he was not in a hurry, Li Zixiao was also bad enough, and he couldn't think of a way to harm his future father-in-law.

After Li Zixiao sent the letter, he was busy recruiting new soldiers and reorganizing his troops in Ruzhou City, and at the same time sent people to keep an eye on the news of Lu Xiangsheng's pursuit of the thieves in the south.

A few days later, Li Zixiao got the news that Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Nanyang with his army.

And Li Zicheng led people to attack Yuzhou, and at the same time, the bandits of Gao Yigong's department also evacuated Nanyang and prepared to flow to Yuzhou to join Li Zicheng.

At this time, Nanyang Mansion has basically been plagued by Gao Yigong's troubles, but the easternmost Miyang, Wuyang, Tang County and Ye County have not been patronized by them.

This time, Li Zicheng went to the territory of Nanyang Mansion, first defeated Nanzhao, and then stared at Yuzhou, not caring at all about Lu Xiangsheng's 30,000 officers and troops who were chasing after him.

At this time, Gao Yigong had been wandering in Nanyang for more than a month, and his subordinates had gathered more than 40,000 bandits.

Faced with the distress letter sent by Yuzhou, Lu Xiangsheng pretended to rush to Yuzhou, but when he arrived at Baizhong Mountain, he directly turned around, turned around and went south, and set up an ambush in Pingnan Town, south of Baizhong Mountain.

Two days later, when Li Zicheng captured Yuzhou, Lu Xiangsheng finally waited for his prey, the 40,000 bandits of Gao Yigong.

Because of the stimulation of Li Zixiao's general Zhenguo, as well as the temptation of Chongzhen's feudal marquis.

This time, the generals from all walks of life who were recruited by Lu Xiangsheng to suppress the bandits really cooperated wholeheartedly at this time, and they did not have the slightest perfunctory, wanting to suppress the bandits and make meritorious contributions.

These generals were not perfunctory, urging the officers and soldiers below, and even did not hesitate to give heavy rewards, so that one by one the officers and soldiers were ready to wait for the thieves to make meritorious contributions.

After Gao Yigong entered the trap, there was no suspense in the result of this battle, Lu Xiangsheng's 30,000 officers and troops ambushed Gao Yigong's 40,000 bandits, and finally won a big victory.

After half a day of fierce fighting, Gao Yigong's 40,000 bandits were defeated on all fronts, and Gao Yigong fled in embarrassment under the cover of a group of veteran bandits.

More than 4,000 bandits were killed on the spot, 8,000 were taken prisoner, and the rest fled into the Baiju Mountains in the north.

As a result, after Li Zicheng captured Yuzhou, he was not happy, and the next day he received the news that Gao Yigong was ambushed and defeated, and he was angry and dropped the cup directly.

This great victory directly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers, and Lu Xiangsheng even rewarded the soldiers with 50,000 taels of silver seized from Gao Yigong.

The morale of the officers and soldiers was like a rainbow, and Lu Xiangsheng knew that it was no further ado, so he immediately waved his army eastward and rushed straight to Yuzhou, preparing to exterminate Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was originally prepared that after he led the army and Gao Yigong to converge, he could fight a decisive battle with Lu Xiangsheng and eat the 30,000 officers and soldiers in one bite.

At that time, the entire original hinterland will become his racetrack, and his dream of being an emperor will go further.

However, Gao Yigong's fiasco gave Li Zicheng a blow to the head, making him realize that these men and horses under his command are still much worse than the official army.

So, Li Zicheng accepted Niu Jinxing's suggestion, and when Lu Xiangsheng led the army to Yuzhou, he immediately evacuated Yuzhou after some searching.

Li Zicheng led the army to the north, entered Equation Mountain, and then made a detour, returned to Nanzhao, and once again laid down Nanzhao.

Then continue to the west, cross the thorny water, pass through the Funiu Mountain, and finally return to the territory of Nanhe Province, a typical wandering battle, to avoid a decisive battle with the main force of the official army led by Lu Xiangsheng.

I have to admit that Niu Jinxing let Li Zicheng continue to carry out their best mobile combat policy, which can be described as the most correct decision.

Soon, they will find that they are wandering, training their subordinates, and at the same time, they are also looting more money and food, taking the opportunity to win the hearts of more people in the disaster area.

They are getting stronger and stronger, but on the contrary, they are dragging down the officers and soldiers, and the situation is unfavorable to the officers and soldiers.

Unless Lu Xiangsheng can find a solution, Li Zicheng will soon be difficult to contain.

"Hey, Li Zicheng, this is completely an ancient version of guerrilla warfare! If it goes on like this, soon the thief will be big again, and then it will depend on Lu Xiangsheng's ability. ”

After Li Zixiao received the news, he also sighed and said.

Anyway, if he was allowed to change to Lu Xiangsheng's position at this time, he really couldn't think of a good way.

Even, Lu Xiangsheng fought in Nanyang and destroyed 40,000 bandits with Gao Yigong, and this battle alone made Li Zixiao admire.

However, none of this is important to Li Zixiao, he can't wait for Lu Xiangsheng and Li Zicheng to continue fighting, anyway, he doesn't plan to get involved.

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In this way, more than half a month has passed, and the time has entered the end of May of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

The 5,000 recruits recruited by Li Zixiao in Ruzhou were almost basically trained, and they were assigned to the expanded cavalry battalion, the 'Tiger Battalion' and the 'Iron Blood Battalion'.

At the same time, Li Zixiao reorganized the battalions of Qi Wei, Luo Chao, Li Tianba, Xu Wei, and Qi Lin, totaling nearly 10,000 people, and reorganized them into the Western Expeditionary Corps.

Feng Qiwei was the chief general of the Western Expeditionary Corps, and Xu Wei and Luo Chao were the deputy generals.

Li Zixiao is ready to return to Xuzhou and go to Yangzhou.

Two days ago, Lin Yongnian suddenly wrote to the Ministry of War.

It is said that the Japanese invaded the Yangzhou capital Tongzhou and Haimen, killed the people of the Ming Dynasty, and were arrogant, begging the imperial court to send troops to defend the people.

When Li Zixiao got the news, he laughed loudly and said to his subordinates: "Look at it, it's still my old man who is smart, this method is absolutely perfect." ”

In the name of Yangzhou Mansion, it originally belonged to Li Zixiao's defense, but now that the Japanese invaded Yangzhou, how could he sit idly by, so he immediately wrote to Chongzhen, requesting to return to Yangzhou to kill the Japanese and protect our people.

Li Zixiao was worried that Chongzhen would not agree, and emphasized in the song that at this time, his men and horses had suffered heavy losses, and he needed a period of cultivation and was only responsible for the food supply of Lu Xiangsheng's army.

Even if he leaves, he will also leave behind his right-hand man, and he will not take a single soldier back to Xuzhou, and he will definitely not delay Lu Xiangsheng's anti-bandit operation.

Because Li Zixiao knew that at this time, Chongzhen was most concerned about the matter of the original bandits, and at this time, Chongzhen could let him go, but he would not agree to let him lead the army to leave.

And Li Zixiao finally took Ruzhou City, how could he let it go easily, otherwise he would not have become a Western Expeditionary Army.

Of course, the name of this Western Expeditionary Legion is only used within their White Dragon Army, and outsiders don't know it.

At the same time, in order to be safe, Li Zixiao added another insurance, so that the intelligence officers set up by the Intelligence Bureau in the capital found Zhang Guangqian in his name and gave Zhang Guangqian 100,000 taels of silver tickets.

Let Zhang Guangqian blow the wind in front of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao also took the opportunity to buy Zhang Guangqian, the big eunuch, which is very beneficial for him to understand the court and Chongzhen's every move in the future.

Originally, Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch who bought Chongzhen's most trust, was the most suitable person, but unfortunately Li Zixiao knew that it was absolutely impossible for this Wang Chengen to betray Chongzhen for money.

History, after Li Zicheng broke through the capital, Chongzhen hanged himself on the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain, and then Wang Chengen committed suicide and followed his master.

For this kind of loyal slave who can not even want his life, it is impossible to buy it with just money.

Fortunately, Li Zixiao is a traverser and knows the bottom of this Wang Chengen, otherwise he would have bought the wrong person, and this matter would be self-defeating.

After making these preparations, Chongzhen finally agreed, and let Li Zixiao return to Xuzhou and go to Yangzhou to extinguish the Japanese invaders.

After knowing the news, Li Zixiao was very happy.

This time, he returned to Xuzhou, not only to marry Lin Wan'er and solve his worries about being a colt.

More importantly, he is going to take the opportunity to officially attack Huai'an and Yangzhou, he is the general of Zhenguo at this time, and he is more responsible for the defense of Jiangbei.

When the time comes, Huai'an and Yangzhou, whoever dares to block his way, can just flatten it directly, and there is no need to be afraid at all.

Even if Li Zixiao is in Huai'an and Yangzhou now, Chongzhen will never punish him with death, because Chongzhen does not dare.

As long as Li Zixiao unknowingly raises the banner of anti-Ming at this time, no matter how big the crime he commits, Chongzhen will not kill him.

Otherwise, if Chongzhen ordered Li Zixiao to be killed, it was very likely that Li Zixiao would be forced to rebel, and the situation in the Ming Yuan, which was rotten, would be directly worse, or even hopeless.

However, Li Zixiao is like a feudal official with heavy troops in ancient dynasties, and he is also a feudal official in troubled times.

As long as Chongzhen is not a brainless faint king, he will never dare to touch him easily.

This is the result that Li Zixiao wants to serve the imperial court and wear the official skin.

It can be said that now the time has come, and Li Zixiao can 'rebel' in a righteous and bright way.

Moreover, it will not be encircled and suppressed by the official army, and it can even save a lot of unnecessary trouble in the name of the imperial court.

The difference is only that he did not openly raise the anti-flag like Li Zicheng, but he achieved a better result when Li Zicheng raised the anti-flag.

Li Zicheng has rebelled for so many years, what has he gained, he does not have a stable base, and his subordinates are still a group of rabble.

On the other hand, Li Zixiao pulled up an elite White Dragon Army, and his subordinates obtained Xuzhou, a solid base, and with the completion of the 'land reform', Xuzhou has been firmly controlled by him.

Moreover, because of his official status, he went around in Nanzhili and other areas, recruiting craftsmen from the imperial court, and even digging the corners of the imperial court's Ministry of Industry, allowing him to establish a large team of craftsmen.

It was precisely because of these craftsmen and a stable environment that he was able to establish an arsenal, develop flintlock pistols, and cast a Western cannon.

It is precisely because of these that the White Dragon Army at this time is strong and invincible.

Li Zixiao and Li Zicheng's ultimate goal is actually the same.

Li Zicheng just wanted to be the emperor, and Li Zixiao just wanted to prevent the Tartars from entering the customs, and after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, he would replace him and establish a new empire, which was still to change the dynasty.

It's just that the two took different routes, and Li Zicheng took the most direct path, rebellion.

And Li Zixiao took the route of saving the country with a curve, but the effect was simply different.

As a later generation, Li Zixiao knows very well that it is a peasant army that has grown up by wandering and plundering, and it is unsustainable.

In the history of China, in the end, the peasant rebel army sat firmly in the country, and after 5,000 years, there was only one, and that was Zhu Chongba, who established the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zixiao didn't dare to take up Zhu Chongba, and he disagreed very much with the kind of 'rebellion' that only knew about destruction but didn't know about construction.

This is also related to the difference between Li Zixiao and Li Zicheng's goals, and their strategic vision.

Li Zicheng only thought about rebelling and being the emperor, but he ignored the Guanwai Tartars who had been eyeing the Guanwai Tartars, he beat the entire Ming Dynasty to pieces, and the national strength was greatly attenuated, and in the end it was not cheap.

And Li Zixiao is just the opposite, he rushed to deal with the Tartars at the beginning, replacing the Ming Dynasty and establishing a new dynasty, which is all a matter of the back.

Li Zixiao has never regarded the imperial court officials and soldiers, or bandits like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong as his main opponents.

In Li Zixiao's eyes, the biggest enemy of the White Dragon Army in the future has always been only one, and that is the Tartar outside the gate.

If you want to defeat the elite cavalry of the Tartars, ordinary soldiers and fighting styles are not good, because the cavalry of the Tartars is almost the representative of the peak combat power of the cold weapon era.

Look at the history of Li Zicheng is not powerful, defeated the official army, broke through the capital, destroyed the Ming Dynasty, forced Chongzhen to death, and looked like he was about to become the Ninth Five-Year Honor.

It's a pity that as the Tartar spirit rode into the pass, he was not defeated in the First World War, and he was addicted to the emperor for two days in a hurry, and he was chased and killed like a dog, and finally died.

Therefore, at this time, there are two ways to deal with the Tartar cavalry, otherwise build a cavalry that is comparable to the Tartar cavalry.

For example, at this time, Daming's Guanning Iron Cavalry, but this is basically impossible for Li Zixiao.

The other is to take the route of hot weapons, which is also the trend of the development of future wars, and Li Zixiao chose this path without surprise.

However, if he wants to get through this road, he needs a stable environment, otherwise how can he develop a flintlock pistol like Li Zicheng every day.

At this time, Li Zixiao was very glad that he had made the decision to wear official skin.

On May 27, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao left Ruzhou City, and Quartz led a hundred escorts to escort him back to Xuzhou.

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