831 I wish in my life, break into the king and break Xi'an

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With Li Zixiao withdrawing the army from Jiangpu, Chongzhen, who was anxious in the capital, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chongzhen couldn't do anything except scold Li Zixiao for being rebellious in the palace, cursing those people in Jiangnan who attacked Lu Xiangsheng and being chaotic ministers and thieves.

This is the sorrow of the last emperor, and the situation in the Ming Dynasty at this time has made Chongzhen unable to control it.

After Lu Xiangsheng woke up in Luzhou, he shouted to see Li Zixiao, but was stopped by Wei Hong and told him that Li Zixiao had not returned to Daming and was in the Wa Kingdom.

In June, Lu Xiangsheng's injuries healed slightly, and he immediately returned to the capital.

Lu Xiangsheng, who returned to the capital, met with Chongzhen and had a secret conversation with the monarch and ministers, but the court did not continue to track down the perpetrators of the attack on Lu Xiangsheng.

Obviously, both Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng compromised with those people in Jiangnan.

Chongzhen didn't want to see Jiangnan also rise up, if it really came to that time, there would be no more peaceful place in the entire Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Lu Xiangsheng, who is unwilling to fail, still wants to continue the reform and get the continued support of Chongzhen.

It's a pity that although Chongzhen agreed to Lu Xiangsheng's request to continue reform, it is obvious that Lu Xiangsheng, who has not completely recovered from his injuries, is not suitable for this burden.

Chongzhen had no choice but to hand over the burden of reforming the new policy to the new first assistant who had just succeeded Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Yan.

And Chen Yan also knows that this burden is not easy to pick, and if the reform is not good, he will be the second Lu Xiangsheng.

Chen Yan didn't want to follow in Lu Xiangsheng's footsteps, so he simply made a comprehensive revision of Lu Xiangsheng's original reform plan.

Chen Yan directly eliminated Lu Xiangsheng's original reform of the new policy, the core of the tax reform and military reform plans, leaving some other irrelevant reform plans.

Chen Yan's part, without the new reform policy of tax reform and military reform, is extremely chicken.

However, Chen Yan's chicken rib reform plan, once launched, was unanimously praised by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and Manchu Dynasty, and was reported to Chongzhen for implementation.

When Lu Xiangsheng learned about Chen Yan's new reform policy, he was directly angry and vomited blood again, scolding Chen Yan for misleading the country.

But unfortunately, Lu Xiangsheng also knew that he couldn't do anything at this time, so he could only sigh.

Chongzhen let Lu Xiangsheng recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not want to see Lu Xiangsheng go back, and Lu Xiangsheng, who was disheartened, finally had to stay at home to recuperate from his injuries and no longer interfere in government affairs.

On 10 June, at the port of Haizhou in Jiangbei, a large fleet of ships left the port, which was the fleet sent by Li Zixiao to Kyushu Island.

Among them, except for some ships, there were three hundred civil officials led by Zhou Qing, as well as some skilled craftsmen, the rest were all merchants.

With the defeat of Kyushu Island by the White Dragon Army, and let Li Yan and Luo Chao annihilate the Japanese shogunate army, Li Zixiao can temporarily manage Kyushu Island with peace of mind.

After more than half a year of war on Kyushu Island, the white wolf lacked food and clothing, and the food, cloth and many other daily necessities brought by these merchants were urgently needed on Kyushu Island.

Li Zixiao personally came to Haizhou Port to send Zhou Qing and other officials, which shows that he attaches great importance to Zhou Qing's trip to Kyushu Island this time.

"Master Hou, the situation on the side of the Wa Kingdom has stabilized for the time being.

However, I am afraid that the failed Japanese shogunate will not rest on its laurels, and it will not be long before they make a comeback. ”

Wei Hong stood beside Li Zixiao, looked at the many ships leaving the port, and said to Li Zixiao.

"Well, Ben Hou knows."

Li Zixiao nodded, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "This time, the Wa Shogunate not only lost 100,000 troops, but also lost more than 1,000 warships in the entire country.

With the national strength of the Wa Kingdom, such a heavy loss was enough to make them lose their vitality.

Even if the Wa Shogunate wanted to reconquer Kyushu Island, Benhou predicted that it would be impossible in the next two or three years.

And this period of time is enough for Ben Hou to solve the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and then turn around again and completely solve the trouble of the Wa Kingdom. ”

"Hou Ye is wise. However, there has always been one thing unknown to his subordinates. ”

"Just ask, let's ask, we don't have to talk to each other."

"Yes, Master Hou.

The subordinates were puzzled, why did the Hou Ye care so much about this projectile cauldron on the eastern sea, and had to kill him? ”

Hearing Wei Hong's inquiry, Li Zixiao smiled slightly and said, "First, Benhou is short of silver now, and it is very short.

And on the side of the Wa Kingdom, rich in gold and silver, what can be faster than plundering money.

Benhou is to use the people's power of the Wa Kingdom to replenish our blood and solve the financial situation of Benhou.

This time to conquer the island of Kyushu, Benhou has successively transported back to Jiangbei as much as eight million taels worth of gold and silver, and there should be more in the future.

It is precisely because Benhou plundered so much gold and silver from the vassals of the Wa State and even the common people that he was able to support such a large-scale expansion of the army.

Second, although the Wa Kingdom is only a small land, isolated overseas, it is a foreign race that poses the greatest threat to our China.

In Ben Hou's plan, the Wa Kingdom must be destroyed.

The Wa nation has been trying to leave the island country and occupy the mainland, as evidenced by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attack on the imperial court with the power of the Wa Kingdom a few decades ago.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was forced to rescue North Korea and fought with the Japanese State for several years before it was fought back, but it also made the Ming Dynasty's national strength extremely weak.

The nature of the Japanese people is like a jackal, and when I was strong in China, he was respectful and took the initiative to write a book.

But once my Chinese rebellion arises, they will show their true colors as jackals and try to get their hands on my Chinese land.

Tigers also have times when they take a nap, and in case there is a short period of decay in our Huaxia after that day, then these jackals will inevitably pounce on them.

Ben Hou will not give them this opportunity, Ben Hou will sweep away all the jackals, tigers and leopards around China in his lifetime.

The first one is them, the Wa Kingdom. ”

"It's just a small place, even if my Huaxia is chaotic and decaying, I'm afraid they can't defeat it."

Wei Hong didn't believe what Li Zixiao said later.

"There is no nation that will last forever, and there is nothing wrong with being careful, and I don't want future generations to become pigs and sheep.

In short, all the threatening jackals, tigers and leopards around us will be wiped out, and a vast and safe land will be laid for future generations.

This is Benhou's lifelong wish. ”

Li Zixiao did not tell Wei Hong that what he thought was impossible would really happen in the future.

But in this life, since he has been given this opportunity by God and let him return to this era, he will end all the humiliation of future Huaxia and directly strangle the danger in the cradle.

"Hou Ye has the world in mind and plans for future generations.

What Hou Ye thinks is no longer comparable to ordinary people such as me, Wei Hong is ashamed!

Wei Hong should follow Hou Ye, saddle the horse before and after, and jointly lay a place for our future generations to live. ”

Wei Hong looked at Li Zixiao, his eyes were full of respect, and he said respectfully.

Wei Hong was indeed stunned by Li Zixiao's words just now.

Immediately, it also made Wei Hong's heart feel a lot of pride, if he can follow Li Zixiao and really do such a career, not only will he have no regrets in this life, but he will also be famous for eternity.

"Haha, okay.

Zhou Qing has already gone to sea, let's go too.

The wind here is so weird that it makes my head hurt. ”

Subsequently, Li Zixiao followed Wei Hong again and returned to Kaifeng.

After returning to Kaifeng, Wei Hong continued to preside over the recruitment and training of new recruits.

This time, Li Zixiao, who had become wealthy, directly asked Wei Hong to recruit another 100,000 troops, recruit and train in batches, and strive to complete it within a year.

At this moment, Li Zixiao has made no secret of his ambition to compete in the Central Plains and dominate the world.

This can also be seen by the generals under his command, and they are also secretly happy in their hearts.

They also want to be ministers of the dragon, only if Li Zixiao's power continues to expand, and even ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan in the future, they can also soar.

At this time, Tongguan in Shaanxi Province was full of corpses and blood.

"Kill!"

Bang bang bang!

Fierce shouts and gunshots resounded inside and outside Tongguan, and groups of soldiers climbed the Tongguan city wall along the ladder and fought with the Ming army on the city wall.

Tongguan up and down, inside and out, at this time there were corpses lying everywhere, there were Ming army soldiers, and there were also soldiers and soldiers.

Since Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting in Xunyang, he led an army of more than 300,000 troops, all the way to Tongguan, but was blocked to the east of this strong pass.

Tongguan is the east gate of Xi'an, with a long history, one of the rare Xiongguan in China, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Tongguan is the last line of defense in Xi'an, Sun Chuanting, who retreated here, and Hong Chengchou, who rushed to support, mobilized nearly 100,000 Ming troops to guard Tongguan.

In the face of this difficult bone, Li Zicheng did not retreat, and the soldiers under him were even more morale-like.

On the other hand, the Ming army defenders on Tongguan were some of the defeated soldiers brought back from Xunyang by Sun Chuanting, and their morale was hit and the soldiers' fighting spirit was low.

But most of the defenders on Tongguan were men and horses brought by Hong Chengchou, and these Ming troops were basically newly recruited recruits, or guarded troops transferred from the surrounding areas.

In short, their combat power does not dare to compliment.

Fortunately, among the people and horses brought by Hong Chengchou this time, 5,000 people were equipped with flintlock pistols, and these flintlock pistols were processed and manufactured by the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court.

With the leakage of the manufacturing technology of flintlock pistols, at this time, not only the Ming court had mastered the manufacturing technology of flintlock pistols, but even the Tartars outside the customs had also mastered.

However, at this time, the Ming Dynasty had just begun to manufacture flintlock pistols on a large scale, and Hong Chengchou only brought 5,000 of them.

After all, it costs a lot of silver to make a flintlock pistol, and the imperial court is short of silver at this time.

And Li Zicheng, on his side, also bought a lot of firearms from Li Zixiao, including 2,000 flintlock pistols, and more other bird guns and artillery.

At this time, Li Zixiao had already begun to sell flintlock pistols, and the manufacture of such guns was no secret anyway.

Li Zixiao believes that even if he lets his opponent control the flintlock pistol at this time, he will not be afraid.

After all these years of accumulation, whether it is in firearms technology, or the number of troops, the quality of soldiers, etc., he has become confident in the White Dragon Army and is not afraid of any enemy in the world.

Moreover, the firearms and artillery technology in Li Zixiao's hands are still ahead of other enemies.

After nearly a month of preparation and testing, Li Zicheng finally launched a general attack on Tongguan on 11 June.

After seven days and nights of non-stop attack, Li Zicheng lost 40,000 or 50,000 troops, and finally conquered Tongguan, annihilating and capturing more than 80,000 Ming troops.

Sun Chuanting was killed in battle, and Hong Chengchou's whereabouts are unknown.

The loss of Tongguan basically means the loss of Xi'an, and three days later, Li Zicheng conquered Xi'an.

Soon, the news of Tongguan was lost, Xi'an fell, Sun Chuanting was killed in battle, and the news of Hong Chengchou's disappearance spread to the capital, and the Manchu Dynasty was shaken.

After Chongzhen heard the news, his eyes were even darker, and he fainted directly.

Sun Chuanting's death caused Daming to lose the last capable general, and by this time, Daming's qi was exhausted.

On the fifth day of Li Zicheng's attack on Xi'an, Li Zixiao also received the news in Kaifeng.

"What? Li Zicheng conquered Tongguan and conquered Xi'an? Sun Chuanting died in battle? ”

When Li Zixiao got the news, he was also shocked.

"Yes, Master Hou, this is sent by his subordinate intelligence officers in the Xi'an area overnight."

Zhang Fugui stood below, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said.

After getting the news, Zhang Fugui hurried all the way to Li Zixiao's Hou Mansion, and trotted all the way on the road.

At this time, after the initial shock, Li Zixiao quickly calmed down, looked solemn, and paced back and forth in the hall, falling into deep thought.

"Li Zicheng conquered Xi'an at this time, which is more than half a year earlier than in history!

That's not the point, though. The point is that with Li Zicheng's conquest of Xi'an, it is equivalent to tightening the ropes around the necks of Daming and Chongzhen.

With Li Zicheng anxious to fulfill his dream of becoming an emperor, I am afraid that he will soon send troops to attack the capital.

Da Ming is going to die, Ben Hou should also be ready to take over, he has been planning for so long, and now at the last moment, he can't make a mistake. ”

"Fugui, immediately send an order to Wei Hong, Qian Guangyuan, Han Lushan, Lin Yongnian and others, and let them immediately go to the Hou Mansion to discuss matters.

At the same time, you immediately sent people to Jinling to recall Qi Wei, to Luoyang to recall the old general Xu Wei, to recall Liu Chong to Jinzhou, to recall Li Yan, Luo Chao, Zhao Zilong, Hong Sheng and others. ”

Li Zixiao immediately turned around and looked at Zhang Fugui, his eyes flashed with essence, and said.

"It's Master Hou.

However, Master Hou, I am afraid it will take a lot of time to recall General Liu and General Luo and others in Jinzhou in the Wa Kingdom! ”

Zhang Fugui said.

"Well, Ben Hou knows.

Let your people, as quickly as possible, pass the order to the past, and let Liu Chong and Luo Chao return to Kaifeng as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng broke through Xi'an, and there will be a big drama next, so we can't be absent.

Tell Liu Chong, Xu Wei and them, when they return to Kaifeng, don't make a big fuss, quietly enter the city, and don't alarm too many people.

According to external publicity, Ben Hou was still in the Wa Kingdom at this time and did not return to Jiangbei.

If the imperial court or other people come to Ben Hou in the past few days, let Wei Hong and Qian Guangyuan come forward to deal with it, and don't come to Ben Hou. ”

Li Zixiao continued to command.

"Yes, Master Hou, my subordinates know. The subordinates will arrange it. ”

After Zhang Fugui left, Li Zixiao couldn't sit still excitedly, walking around the hall, he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Half a day later, Wei Hong, Qian Guangyuan and other civil and military generals secretly gathered at Li Zixiao's mansion and held a meeting.

(End of chapter)