788 Li Zicheng is not powerful!

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"Li Zixiao, this revenge will not be avenged, and this king will not be a man."

In Linzi City, Qingzhou, on a mansion of King De, King Zhu Youshu was crazy at this time, smashing all the vases and furniture in the hall, and roaring angrily.

The reason is very simple, he has already learned from his subordinates that his more than two million taels of silver are suspected to have been transported away by a white dragon army.

This White Dragon army claimed to be transporting a batch of military rations from Kaifeng to Dengzhou, passing through Qingzhou, and no one was allowed to inspect it.

Some of the men and horses under King De refused to let them go, and later this white dragon soldier Ma simply forced his way through and tried to stop their officers and soldiers, but was easily defeated.

Then, this army of thousands of soldiers escorted one cart after another and went straight to Dengzhou.

At this time, as long as the IQ of King Zhu Youshu is fine, it can basically be guessed that the theft of the silver under his command this time was completely done by Li Zixiao.

It's a pity that Li Zixiao at this time can be said to be monstrous, and King De knows that the money in his hand was made by Li Zixiao, and he can't help it.

can only drop some vases in the mansion to vent his anger, and want Li Zixiao to spit out this silver, King De knows that it is impossible when he thinks about it.

Two days later, Li Zixiao, who was in Kaifeng, also received news from Zhang Fugui and knew that Luo Chao and others had successfully transported the silver to Dengzhou.

"Haha, that's good!" Li Zixiao said happily.

"Congratulations to Master Hou, with this silver, Lord Qian, they don't have to bother Lord Hou all the time and ask Lord Hou for silver."

Zhang Fugui below said with a smile.

"Well, yes, this silver is a timely rain, too timely. can only be wronged by the king of Germany. ”

Li Zixiao was overjoyed and couldn't help but smile and said.

"Fugui, Zeng Qi, the two of you go back and make a list of the people who have made meritorious contributions this time, Benhou wants to reward them, they have made great contributions."

Li Zixiao was in a good mood, and with such a large sum of silver, he couldn't be too stingy, and he treated the heroes badly, so he said to Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi.

"Subordinate Xie Houye."

Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi did not refuse.

It's not just Li Zixiao who wants to pay attention to his subordinates' meritorious rewards and punishments'.

Li Zixiao's subordinates like Zhang Fugui and Zeng Qi must also pay attention to rewards and punishments for the people below them, so as to gather people's hearts and convince their subordinates.

"Inform Dengzhou and ask Hong Sheng to mobilize a fleet and transport this batch of silver back as soon as possible.

In addition, let Luo Chao and Zilong follow the original plan, take a boat to Tamna Island first, and then wait for further orders from Benhou. ”

Li Zixiao then said.

"By the way, Fugui, how is the situation on the side of Hideichiro Yoshino?"

After dealing with the matter of this silver, he asked Zhang Fugui about the situation of the Wa Kingdom.

"Back to the Hou Ye, the fleet that went to the Wa Kingdom this time has not come back yet, and the latest situation, my subordinates don't know yet.

The last time information was sent back was more than a month ago.

At that time, Shuiichiro Yoshino had already rebelled on the island of Kyushu in the Wakuni Kingdom, and was currently fighting mainly in the Hita Domain, and had already occupied Nagasaki.

However, the Hizen clan had a strong presence in the northwestern part of Kyushu, and Shuichiro Yoshino's uprising did not go well.

If we hadn't been supporting him with supplies, weapons, guns, and ammunition, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to hold Nagasaki, let alone defeat the Hizen Domain.

Moreover, this was due to the interference of the Tokugawa shogunate, which the Hita clan refused, and the people of the Hita family were probably worried that the Tokugawa shogunate would take the opportunity to weaken their power by intervening. ”

Zhang Fugui is obvious, he has done some homework, and what he said is the Tao.

In fact, Li Zixiao asked Zhang Fugui once yesterday about the situation on the side of Yoshino Shuichiro of the Japanese Kingdom.

It's a pity that Zhang Fugui was hesitant and couldn't say clearly, because he had never put his main energy on the side of the Wa Kingdom.

When I went back last night, Zhang Fugui 'did his homework' overnight.

After listening to Zhang Fugui's words, Li Zixiao nodded and said: "At this time, the Wa Kingdom has been reunified, and it is already very courageous for Yoshino Shuiichiro to dare to revolt.

If it weren't for our support, and without the Tokugawa shogunate sending troops, he might not even be able to settle the Hida Domain. ”

Li Zixiao still has some knowledge of the history of the Wa Kingdom during this period, when the Wa Kingdom had entered the Edo period and was controlled by the Tokugawa shogunate.

At this time, the Tokugawa shogunate was considered to have unified the Wa Kingdom, and at least the vassals of the Wa Kingdom had to obey the orders of the Shogunate.

Under these circumstances, it will take a lot of courage for Shuichiro Yoshino to revolt in the Wakuni Kingdom, and it will be very difficult to succeed.

However, these Li Zixiao didn't care, Shuiichiro Yoshino was originally a pawn he sent to the Wa Kingdom, so it would be better to let him toss and toss there first.

"Also, what about Fujino Yokokawa's side?"

Li Zixiao looked at Zhang Fugui again and asked.

"This, the situation on Fujino's side, is a little complicated.

The subordinates only know that Fujino has been quite close to the Kaga Domain of Wa Province recently, and he has not revolted like Shuiichiro Yoshino.

He only asked us for supplies, and many of the spies sent by his subordinates to his side lost contact.

The subordinates are worried, and Fujino Yokokawa is afraid that he has betrayed us. ”

Zhang Fugui raised his hand and glanced at Li Zixiao and said.

"Hmph, Fujino's dog is very ambitious, and Ben Hou saw it early on.

I hope he doesn't betray Ben Hou, otherwise Ben Hou will definitely make him regret it.

In this way, from now on, the support to Fujino will be interrupted, and all the supplies of Fujino will be handed over to Yoshino, so that he can open up the situation in the Wa Kingdom as soon as possible. ”

Li Zixiao snorted coldly and said with a slightly murderous aura.

"Yes, my subordinates remember." Zhang Fugui responded.

In the past few days, Li Zixiao has asked Zhang Fugui several times about the situation on the side of the Wa Kingdom.

Li Zixiao began to care about the situation on the side of the Wa State, which made the generals of the White Dragon Army privately speculate whether Li Zixiao was going to do something against the Wa State.

It's a pity that Li Zixiao has never shown his tone, and the generals of the White Dragon Army can only guess.

In fact, the generals of the White Dragon Army guessed correctly, of course Li Zixiao could not start to care about the situation on the side of the Wa Kingdom in vain, of course he had a plan.

To put it bluntly, Li Zixiao wanted to take advantage of the infighting in the Qing army at this time and the inability to go south for a short period of time to find a place to train the soldiers, and by the way, he would come back with some silver to subsidize his family.

If you want to ask what to do to get the fastest money, of course, it is looting.

At this time, Li Zixiao was still a courtier of Daming after all, and he was not very good at Daming, so he could only focus on the surrounding areas of Daming.

The Wa Kingdom is the best choice.

Because, if Li Zixiao remembers correctly, there are many gold and silver mines in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, and the silver ore reserves are even more huge, so it is a lot of silver!

It's just that Li Zixiao didn't plan to take action against the Japanese state immediately, but whenever he moved troops, he needed to think carefully and plan.

In particular, at this time, the territory of Daming was not stable, and if Li Zixiao wanted to use troops overseas, he had to think carefully and arrange it properly.

Don't be at that time, Li Zixiao sent his soldiers and horses overseas, and something happened at home.

"Fugui, how is the situation on Li Zicheng's side now?"

After Li Zixiao asked about the situation of the Wa Kingdom, he asked Zhang Fugui about the situation of Li Zicheng in Shaanxi.

Zhang Fugui wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and said in his heart that he was fortunate to have done his homework this time, otherwise the Hou Ye would have asked the country and Li Zicheng again, and if he couldn't answer, it would be ugly.

"Back to the Hou Ye, Li Zicheng hasn't entered Shaanxi yet.

After Li Zicheng's men and horses broke through Xiangyang, they immediately attacked Shaanxi, but they were surrounded by Sun Chuanting Xunyang.

Sun Chuanting defended Xunyang, and Li Zicheng led the army to attack for half a month, but he never took it.

During this period, Sun Chuanting also sent troops to burn a large number of grain and grass under Li Zicheng, and at this time it entered a cold winter, which was not suitable for fighting, and the two sides were deadlocked in the Xunyang area. ”

"Li Zicheng is not powerful, he can't defeat Sun Chuanting like this?"

After listening to Zhang Fugui's words, Li Zixiao frowned and said in a deep voice.

Before, when Li Zicheng attacked Xiangyang, Li Zixiao was also worried that Li Zicheng's strength had grown beyond his expectations.

asked Xu Wei to send troops in Luoyang, and helped Sun Chuanting in a timely manner, so as not to let Li Zicheng's strength grow too fast.

But Li Zixiao never expected that he had already come back from fighting Tartar, and more than two months had passed, and Li Zicheng had not yet entered Shaanxi.

Li Zixiao also counted on Li Zicheng to attack Shaanxi as soon as possible, and then after strengthening his strength, he would attack Beijing and destroy the Ming Dynasty!

Li Zixiao can't wait now.

Daming must be destroyed in the hands of Tartars or thieves, and must not be destroyed in the hands of Li Zixiao, otherwise Li Zixiao will wait patiently for so long, and all the effort spent will be in vain.

If Li Zixiao overthrows Daming, he will have the reputation of a rebellious minister and thief, and he will not be able to inherit the inheritance left by Daming.

Think about history, when Li Zicheng destroyed the Ming Dynasty and forced Chongzhen to death, all the officials and students of the Ming Dynasty hated Li Zicheng to death.

Even, when the Tartars entered the customs, the Southern Ming Dynasty did not regard the Tartars as the main enemy, but joined forces with the Tartars to attack the army.

Because, at that time, in the eyes of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was their biggest enemy.

The limitations of history limit their vision.

Therefore, Li Zixiao still wants Li Zicheng, like in history, to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but try to advance the time as much as possible.

But now, Li Zixiao was a little disappointed when he heard that Li Zicheng did not enter Shaanxi at this time.

What Li Zixiao didn't know was that the reason why Li Zicheng was blocked by Sun Chuanting in Xunyang and failed to attack Shaanxi for a long time was that Li Zixiao had to pay a lot of responsibility.

Because, because Li Zixiao took over Henan at this time, he gave relief to the victims in Henan, and opened porridge sheds in various states and counties to take in the displaced people.

This makes the displaced people in this area of Henan much less than in history.

And the main source of Li Zicheng's soldiers is these homeless people!

This directly made Li Zicheng's men and horses unable to coerce so many displaced people.

"Send someone to contact Li Zicheng and tell him that Ben Hou has a batch of armor, weapons and firearms in his hand, and he can sell them to him at a low price."

Li Zixiao decided to push Li Zicheng again and said.

"Yes, my subordinates will send someone to do it."

Soon, Zhang Fugui sent someone to contact the Chuang army, and when Li Zicheng learned that Li Zixiao wanted to sell him a batch of armor weapons, he was very happy.

In the city of Junzhou, Huguang Prefecture, at this time, Li Zicheng's army of more than 100,000 people was stationed here.

"Strategist, are the men and horses sent to Luoyang ready?"

Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing and asked.

"King Chuang, rest assured, General Song Xiance has gathered 5,000 men and horses, and he can go to Luoyang at any time."

Niu Venus replied.

"Okay, without further ado, let Song Xiance leave tomorrow, bring the silver, and go to Luoyang to bring back the batch of weapons and armor that Li Zixiao sold to us.

Especially the firecracker and that kind of thunderbolt, you have to buy more, that thing is too easy to use siege.

When these weapons, armor and firearms are brought back from Luoyang, this king must break through Xunyang and slaughter Sun Chuanting's son of a bitch. ”

Speaking of Sun Chuanting, at this time, Li Zicheng was itching with hatred, and he couldn't wait to split him with his own hands.

It was precisely because of Sun Chuanting that Li Zicheng sent troops from Xiangyang in high spirits, and originally thought that he would be able to lead the army into Shaanxi in less than half a month.

But as a result, Sun Chuanting was only in Hanzhong, and in Shaanxi, more than 120,000 Ming troops were mobilized to defend Xunyang, and they fought for more than two months, but they didn't fight down.

When the time dragged on until winter, it was freezing and it was not suitable for attacking at all, so Li Zicheng had to give up the attack.

Now, what Li Zicheng didn't expect was that Li Zixiao actually sent someone to contact him and ask him to sell him weapons, armor and firearms, which was very timely for Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng, who defeated Xiangyang and ransacked the entire Xiangyang, did not lack silver in his hands at this time, but lacked weapons and armor.

In particular, the iron-shelled thunder of the White Dragon Army, Li Zicheng bought a batch from Li Zixiao before, and used it on the battlefield, and the effect was very good.

Previously, Li Zicheng had also sent people to Kaifeng, hoping to buy weapons and armor again.

It's just that at that time, Li Zixiao was leading his army in Hebei and engaged the Qing army of Dolgon.

The rest of his subordinates didn't care about making this decision, so Li Zicheng's plan to purchase armor weapons didn't come to fruition.

This time, Li Zixiao took the initiative to find him.

The two sides placed the trade of weapons and armor in the east of Luoyang, and Xu Wei was in charge of it, and secretly traded with Song Xiance.

At the end of December of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Song Xiance brought back from Luoyang, which could be equipped with 50,000 weapons and armor, 5,000 arquebuses, more than 50 artillery pieces, and 10,000 iron-shelled mines.

After having this batch of equipment, the morale of the Chuang army rose greatly, and Li Zicheng was not in a hurry, and he did not wait for the beginning of spring, so he directly issued an order and started a new offensive.

In the following half a month, Li Zicheng commanded the invasion army, pulled out several camps around Xunyang, and attacked Xunyang again.

This time to attack the city, Li Zicheng's batch of artillery, arquebuses and iron-shelled mines that he had just bought from Li Zixiao made a great contribution.

After two days and nights, the army broke through Xunyang, and Sun Chuanting led tens of thousands of remnants of the Ming army to flee back to Shaanxi in a hurry.

"Li Zixiao, you are a chaotic thief, you dare to collude with thieves, you will definitely sue you to the Holy Lord!"

Sun Chuanting led the remnants of the Ming army and fled back to Xi'an City, roaring angrily.

In fact, in the battle of Xunyang, there were so many more artillery and firearms in the hands of the later breaking army, as well as iron-shelled mines.

When the Chuang army was attacking the city, they kept using catapults to throw iron-shelled mines into Xunyang City, which blew up the Ming army defending the city, which led to the final loss of Xunyang.

I want to ask Da Ming at this time, who can provide so many iron-shelled mines, besides Li Zixiao, who else can there be.

Sun Chuanting is not stupid, this is too easy to guess.

(End of chapter)