623 'Rebellion', Palace

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"General, the whole city of Kaifeng has been occupied by us, and a total of more than 5,300 Ming soldiers and soldiers have been captured, as for the Ming generals, the generals of more than 1,000 households have all been killed by my order."

When Qi Wei said this, he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Li Zixiao, feeling a little apprehensive.

Before, Li Zixiao's order to Qi Wei was to let him kill Chen Yongfu's cronies and generals in the city.

But as a result, after Qi Wei invaded Kaifeng City, the intelligence bureau personnel under Zhang Fugui gave him a list of Chen Yongfu's henchmen and generals.

Qi Wei took a look, okay, in the entire Kaifeng City, most of the Ming generals are Chen Yongfu's henchmen.

After all, Chen Yongfu has guarded Kaifeng for several years, and Chen Yongfu attaches great importance to Kaifeng, so he has already replaced most of Kaifeng's guards, all of whom are his confidants and cronies.

So, Qi Wei didn't bother to distinguish it, and there was only a handful of Ming generals who were not Chen Yongfu's cronies, so Qi Wei directly ordered that all the Ming generals with more than 1,000 households in the city be killed.

Just kill all these people, and after this battle, you can make room for the generals of the White Dragon Army, otherwise Li Zixiao will not arrange new meritorious heroes under him.

"Hmm. How safe is the city? ”

After listening to Qi Wei's words, Li Zixiao nodded slightly, and asked Qi Wei about the security in Kaifeng City at this time.

Seeing Li Zixiao's expression, Qi Wei relaxed, he knew that Li Zixiao did not blame him for being good at making ideas this time, and then said, "The city is safe and secure at this time.

After we entered the city, we did not commit any crimes against the ordinary people, and all the Ming soldiers who were defeated and took advantage of the chaos to loot were executed, so as to deter those rebellious soldiers.

At this time, as the whole city of Kaifeng is occupied by our soldiers, the law and order are basically stable, and we are clearing Chen Yongfu's mansion and the mansions of other Ming generals. ”

"Hmm. You did a good job, just leave the matter of copying the house to Zhao Teng, and you can arrange the defense of Kaifeng now. ”

Li Zixiao said to Qi Wei.

"Yes. Subordinates understand. ”

Qi Wei responded that the generals of the White Dragon Army have always taken the initiative to avoid suspicion of such things as copying homes, and Zhao Teng is the general of the White Dragon Army who is specifically responsible for copying homes.

"Besides, General, how did the more than 5,000 soldiers who were captured by us come out?

Also, we found in the city, who was under house arrest by Chen Yongfu before, Ding Qirui, the secretary of the military department, and Gao Mingheng, the prefect of Kaifeng.

They clamored to see the general, but I temporarily prevaricated on the grounds that the general was seriously ill and unconscious.

What are these two going to do, do you want to ......?"

In the end, Qi Wei's eyes were indifferent, and his right hand made a movement to wipe his neck, the meaning was obvious.

Li Zixiao raised his hand to stop Qi Wei and said, "These two people can't be killed, they will be of great use to me next, so I have to keep them."

The reason you're looking for is very good, let's lock these two up for now, and then make good use of them when we're done with what we're doing.

In addition, let the 'Ming' flag among the non-commissioned generals be lowered, Qi Wei, you have to remember that I am seriously ill and comatose now, and you are now equivalent to a rebel.

Of course, your rebellion was completely forced by Chen Yongfu, and it was not with my consent.

I'm in a coma because of a serious illness, and now the White Dragon Army has the final say, and you don't just have to break Kaifeng this time.

Tomorrow, you will take Kaifeng as a starting point, send troops to the surrounding states and counties, conquer the states and counties around Kaifeng, and make a complete rebellion.

I mean, you get it? ”

After Li Zixiao said this, his eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Qi Wei, and asked.

"Hey!"

After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Qi Wei gasped, his heart was shocked, and he instantly understood Li Zixiao's intention to do this in his heart.

Li Zixiao is in the next big game of chess, he is not satisfied with only winning Kaifeng City this time, he wants to take this opportunity to attack Kaifeng Mansion more games.

And Li Zixiao hid himself behind his back on the grounds that he was seriously ill and unconscious, and pushed himself to the front of the stage.

Because, this time the White Dragon Army attacked Kaifeng and killed Chen Yongfu, which was actually equivalent to a rebellion.

But all this, Li Zixiao has been pushed on Qi Wei, and he is now equivalent to the leader of the 'rebels'.

At that time, when Li Zixiao 'wakes up', he can end this 'rebellion' at any time, and before Li Zixiao wakes up, it should be the imperial court and Chongzhen who are panicking.

Li Zixiao's strategy can be said to be very perfect, but only Qi Wei will have to take huge risks.

Li Zixiao used Qi Wei's 'rebellion' to coerce the imperial court, not only so that the imperial court would not hold them accountable this time, but also get the large territory around Kaifeng from the hands of the imperial court.

I have to say that Li Zixiao is a scheming this time, which makes Qi Wei also praise in his heart: The general has already shown his true qualities.

"Yes, my subordinates understand, and my subordinates will do a good job of this."

Qi Wei figured this out in an instant in his heart, but he still agreed without hesitation.

Qi Wei knew that it was a very dangerous role for him to take on the role of the leader of the temporary 'rebel' this time.

Once Li Zixiao succeeds in coercing the imperial court and Chongzhen with a 'rebellion', then Qi Wei is likely to be sacrificed to appease Chongzhen's anger.

Even so, Qi Wei did not hesitate to choose to carry out Li Zixiao's order, which is a kind of determination to 'die for a confidant'.

Long after Qi Wei when he followed Li Zixiao, Qi Wei had already decided in his heart that he must assist Li Zixiao to revive China and create a new dynasty, even if he was willing to pay his life for this.

At this moment, Li Zixiao saw the decisiveness in Qi Wei's eyes, and couldn't help but nodded.

Soon, on the second day after the White Dragon Army defeated Kaifeng, Qi Wei continued to command the White Dragon Army's 20,000 horses and attacked from all sides.

In just two days, they conquered Lanyang to the east, Zhongmu to the west, Xincheng to the south, and Chenliu.

To the north, the White Dragon Army took Taojiadian, an important Yellow River crossing, and pocketed the territory of Kaifeng within a radius of more than 100 miles.

Qi Wei was under the banner of the Ming army, and the guards of these states and counties did not know the news of Qi Wei's 'rebellion' in Kaifeng, and Qi Wei easily conquered them all.

And as Qi Wei conquered the city around Kaifeng and made such a big move, the news soon reached the capital, the court, and Chongzhen's ears.

In an instant, the court shook, and Chongzhen was furious.

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On February 4, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, in the Qianqing Palace in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen urgently convened the ministers of the court to discuss the matter of the 'rebellion' of the White Dragon Army.

Originally, a few days ago, Chongzhen had urgently summoned many ministers in the Qianqing Palace, and that time was because of the main force of the Ming army led by Ding Qirui and the fiasco in Zhuxian Town.

To be honest, a few days ago, when Chongzhen heard the news, he almost couldn't hold it and fainted directly.

At that time, Chongzhen thought that if Ding Qirui was defeated, Kaifeng would be lost.

Once Li Zicheng's thief army conquered Kaifeng, then the thief army that obtained a large amount of food and ordnance reserves in Kaifeng City and the Ming army is estimated to be able to go north to attack the Beijing division at any time.

At that moment, Chongzhen felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, and Chongzhen once again felt the danger of losing his country.

At this time, the ministers who were summoned to the Qianqing Palace by Chongzhen at this time mainly included Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yanru, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and Yang Wenyue, who had just arrived in Beijing.

Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou also returned from Ningyuan just a week ago.

At this time, with the defeat of the Battle of Songjin, the Tartars began to retreat after capturing and destroying the four cities of Songshan.

Since the Tartars retreated, Lu Xiangsheng also returned to the court with Hong Chengchou, and Hong Chengchou returned to the court as a guilty person, ready to accept Chongzhen's punishment.

After all, this time the Ming army's battle in Songjin was mainly commanded by him, and this defeat was defeated, so it is difficult to say that he, the military commander, is to blame.

Originally, according to Chongzhen's idea, this time Hong Chengchou was to be put in prison.

But Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to protect Hong Chengchou and persuaded Chongzhen that this battle was not all Hong Chengchou's fault, and now is the time for Chongzhen to employ people.

For Lu Xiangsheng, Chongzhen at this time is more and more dependent.

At the end of the Battle of Songjin, Lu Xiangsheng rushed to turn the tide and rescued Hong Chengchou and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers who were trapped in Songshan and other cities, preserving more vitality for the Ming army.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was more like Chongzhen's firefighting captain, so if something happened, he would rush there to extinguish the fire.

As for Zhou Yanru, I won't say much, this is an old man, intriguing, playing with power, and controlling the dynasty, he is a good hand.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen recalled Zhou Yanru and let him serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, which was Chongzhen's final failure.

Zhou Yanru's last exploit should be regarded as accelerating the demise of the Ming Dynasty!

Sun Chuanting, this should be regarded as the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to be ranked with Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and others, one of the few capable ministers.

It's just that for more than two years, Sun Chuanting has been locked up in prison by Chongzhen.

It was not until recently that after Lu Xiangsheng returned to Beijing, because of Lu Xiangsheng's proposal to Chongzhen, Chongzhen released Sun Chuanting ahead of schedule and reinstated the official.

And Yang Wenyue, after he left Kaifeng, he immediately led his troops to the capital, he knew that he had to report the situation in Kaifeng to Chongzhen, otherwise there would be a big mess.

As a result, two days after he came to Beijing, before he was summoned by Chongzhen, he learned that the White Dragon Army had conquered Kaifeng and was attacking the city around Kaifeng.

As a result, he was soon sent by Chongzhen and urgently summoned to the palace.

"He Li Zixiao is really becoming more and more lawless, two days ago, I just praised him in the court because he led his troops to aid Kaifeng, forced away the thieves, and kept Kaifeng.

As a result, it has only been a few days, he actually attacked Kaifeng and killed Chen Yongfu, and Ding Qirui and Gao Mingheng did not know whether they were alive or dead.

He's going to rebel! Lu Aiqing, didn't you promise me that Li Zixiao would never rebel? Now how to explain. ”

Chongzhen's face was flushed at this time, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he roared at Lu Xiangsheng and the others in the Qianqing Palace.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao once asked Lu Yuan to tell Lu Xiangsheng that he would never rebel as soon as he reigned in the Holy Lord, which was regarded as a reassuring pill for Lu Xiangsheng.

In order to stabilize Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng conveyed Li Zixiao's words to Chongzhen.

However, Lu Xiangsheng made a slight modification and canceled the premise restriction of 'Shengshang (referring to Chongzhen) reigned for one day in Li Zixiao's words.

Because, Lu Xiangsheng felt that if such a premise was added, Chongzhen would be unhappy.

All, the version Chongzhen heard was that Li Zixiao promised never to rebel, which is why Chongzhen questioned Lu Xiangsheng at this time.

"Don't be impatient, the matter of Kaifeng, I have listened to Lord Yang in detail just now, I think this 'Kaifeng Rebellion' should not be Li Zixiao's original intention.

Didn't Lord Yang say it before, Li Zixiao dragged his sick body and rushed to Kaifeng, and after the thief retreated, he fell ill and fell unconscious.

At that time, the person who controlled Li Zixiao's men had become Li Zixiao's general Qi Wei.

Qi Wei wanted to enter the city, but encountered Chen Yongfu's resolute opposition, which led to Qi Wei's 'rebellion'.

In that case, he refused to let Li Zixiao's men enter the city, which still aroused the anger of tens of thousands of soldiers under Li Zixiao.

And when Li Zixiao was unconscious and it was difficult to control his subordinates, it was inevitable that Li Zixiao's elite soldiers and strong generals would do something out of the ordinary. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was not as angry as Chongzhen at this time, but calmly analyzed.

"Hmph, I think Chen Yongfu did the right thing." Chongzhen snorted coldly and said.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, Chongzhen was still worried about Li Zixiao's unauthorized dispatch of troops to occupy Dengzhou City!

Chongzhen is worried that once Li Zixiao's men enter Kaifeng, Kaifeng will become the second Dengzhou, and I have to say that Chongzhen's concern is indeed understandable.

After all, for a person like Li Zixiao with a criminal record, Chongzhen has long been distrustful at this time.

If it weren't for the fact that Chongzhen had no choice but to take Li Zixiao at this time, and was worried that Li Zixiao would really rebel, Chongzhen would have found a way to get rid of Li Zixiao.

"Lu Aiqing, according to what you just said, this rebellion under Li Zixiao's men and horses was not instructed by him, but by his subordinates spontaneously?"

After Chongzhen calmed down, he asked Lu Xiangsheng.

"Weichen is this idea, otherwise how to explain it, only those people and horses that Li Zixiao brought to Kaifeng rebelled, and his people and horses in Jiangbei still did not move!

If that's the case, then things will be much easier, as long as Li Zixiao wakes up, maybe he can stop the rebellion of his subordinates.

Therefore, at this time, the imperial court must not immediately launch a rebellion against Li Zixiao, otherwise if Li Zixiao is really forced to a dead end, he may have to fake it in the end. ”

"Master Lu, can you guarantee that Li Zixiao is not pretending to be sick? Anyway, the old man felt that Li Zixiao was seriously ill and in a coma, and there were strange things everywhere. ”

At this time, Zhou Yanru jumped out and retorted.

Zhou Yanru's words made Lu Xiangsheng look at him coldly, his eyes were full of disgust, he didn't have a good impression of this notorious old guy at all.

(End of chapter)