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The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, the waves are sweeping away the heroes, and the success or failure is empty.

For Li Zicheng, the phrase "right or wrong" is applied to him, which is very appropriate.

After taking Yanjing, it seemed that he was about to become the co-master of the world and establish the foundation of the world, but in the blink of an eye, he turned back to the end of wandering around.

Looking at the river rolling eastward, Li Zicheng lingered in front of the mountain temple for a long time, sighing secretly.

He asked Nong Danian, the captain of the guard who was following him, "How much grain and grass did Qin Mu promise to deliver?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there are already 20,000 stones transported to Dabie Mountain, plus some of our original, enough to support ten days and half a month."

Qin Mu did not break his promise, he sent his servant Zhao Han to discuss a joint attack on the Qing army, and suggested that Li Zicheng temporarily retreat to the southern foot of Dabie Mountain between Qishui and Huangmei, and fight across the river from the Qin army to help each other. And the Qin army was willing to provide some grain, grass and weapons supplies to the Dashun army free of charge.

Dabie Mountain is adjacent to Wuchang in the west, looking at Huguang in the south, Anqing can be taken in the east, and troops can enter Luzhou (Hefei) and Huainan in the northeast. It is a strategic point in the hinterland of China.

Qin Mu asked Li Zicheng to retreat into Dabie Mountain, not only with sincerity in cooperation, but also with good intentions.

But Li Zicheng did not appreciate it, he felt that although Dabie Mountain could be used as a military stronghold, it was not suitable for operation as a foundation.

Generally speaking, the place suitable as a foundation should be like Guanzhong, with fortresses on all sides, which is conducive to defense, and flat in the middle, which is conducive to cultivation and production.

The Dabie Mountain is just the opposite, flat on all sides, and the mountains in the middle are towering.

Although all sides are suitable for farming, you can't keep the fruits of cultivation at all, which means that Dabie Mountain is not suitable as a foundation at all.

If it is to use Dabie Mountain as a bridgehead to march into the Jianghan Plain and the Jianghuai Plain, it is very suitable.

Therefore, although Li Zicheng was forced to retreat to Dabie Mountain and erected hundreds of large and small defensive camps on the mountain, he did not dispel the idea of going south to Huguang.

This time, he personally brought a small group of personal soldiers to the Yangtze River to inspect the situation in preparation for crossing the Yangtze River.

"How many ships have we built?"

Nong Danian was stunned and blurted out: "When you went up the mountain, didn't the emperor ask?" ”

"Did I ask?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Fang Cai Weichen has already replied to the emperor, we have built more than 200 ships. ”

Li Zicheng was a little stunned, and sighed secretly in his heart, he is only thirty-nine years old this year, not old, why is his memory so poor? In the past, my memory was very good, although I was handsome, but the number of grain and grass reported by my subordinates, the number of soldiers recruited every day, and even the names of people above the general flag in the army. Even if it's been a few years, I can still call it out.

What's going on now? How is forgetfulness so great? Thinking of this, a very unlucky premonition suddenly came to his heart, making him tremble: Is God really going to kill me?

For a while, he was sweating on his back, and he didn't dare to continue thinking nonsense. Hurriedly explained: "Probably because I haven't slept well these days, I'm too tired." ”

Indeed, Li Zicheng's hair was disheveled and his beard was like a beard. The wind and dust are served, the look is haggard, and one eye is covered with a black blindfold, which looks like an emperor. It's like a bandit on the run.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui's attack on the mountain has been frustrated and has retreated, so the emperor doesn't have to worry. When we have stabilized our foothold in Dabie Mountain, why not go north to the Central Plains. "Nong Danian originally wanted to say that we didn't fight like this at the beginning, but now what if we do it again. But after all, I didn't dare to say it.

Li Zicheng's heart was bitter for a while, and now he is not facing the erosive Daming, how easy it is to imagine that he has to start all over again.

What's more, he didn't claim the title of emperor at the beginning, and if he was defeated, he was defeated, and he just had to start over.

But now that you are the emperor, you have suffered such a fiasco, and you have been driven away by others, who still believes that you are the true son of the dragon?

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the harder you fall.

It's like climbing a mountain alone, when you don't reach the top, you roll down the mountain, and you have a chance to start again;

Once you have reached the top, or you have stood firm, raising your head in the red sun and white clouds, and looking at all the lakes and seas.

If you don't stand firm, you'll fall from the top of the abyss

Look, no matter how badly defeated they were, there were still people who came to defect, and now where is there still a person who is coming to defect, but the Manchu Dynasty has almost escaped.

Especially on the way to Dabie Mountain, even Niu Jinxing and his son Niu Yan also fled.

Niu Jinxing was the prime minister of the Great Shun Dynasty and the first person under the emperor. His escape dealt a very heavy mental blow to Li Zicheng, so much so that he couldn't sleep all night these days.

"You guys stand down first, I'm tired, let's sleep for a while."

Nong Danian hurriedly retreated with a group of guards. Li Zicheng entered the mountain temple, lay down in the dry pile, pillowed the sound of the Yangtze River, and fell asleep after a while.

Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun slept like this, and he never had a chance to wake up.

A nearby villager inadvertently broke into the mountain temple from the back mountain, and saw a big man lying on the hay and sleeping, wearing a black eye patch on his left eye, and his hands were full of calluses.

The world was in turmoil, the villagers were living in extreme poverty, and the jade pendant in front of him had an infinite attraction to him, prompting him to muster up the courage to move up step by step, and at the moment when his heart was about to jump out of his chest, he raised his hoe and smashed it hard

A group of guards in Nong Danian heard the sound and asked a few times outside, but they didn't see Li Zicheng answering, so they came in to check and found that Li Zicheng was already a blur of flesh and blood, and he was dead in a haystack.

"Your Majesty!"

Nong Danian and a group of guards were heartbroken, and some guards rushed to the back of the mountain temple, and found that there was a big hole in the back wall.

Nong Danian and others suddenly encountered such a big change, they were already panicked, and they held Li Zicheng's body in the mountain temple and cried for a while, and Nong Danian, who was carried away by hatred, ordered nearly 100 guards to go down the mountain, slaughter all the villagers in several nearby villages, and avenge Li Zicheng.

Now that the Dashun army is facing a difficult predicament, if you are sensible, you should try to hide the news of Li Zicheng's death as much as possible, but Nong Danian's slaughter of the village is undoubtedly tantamount to leaking the secret to the outside world.

Qin Mu, who was fighting a bloody battle with the Qing army at the head of Hanyang City, soon received the news.

"What? Li Zicheng is dead? ”

"My lord, our people have carefully investigated, and this matter is conclusive."

"How can this be, how can it be so? Where did Li Zicheng die? How did he die? Qin Mu remembered that in the original history, Li Zicheng died in Jiugong Mountain, he originally thought that this time Li Zicheng would not be able to cross the river, he should not die so soon, who knows that he is still dead, is this really providence?

"Lord Hui, it is in the Phoenix Mountain in the south of Qizhou, just on the edge of the Yangtze River, it is said that Li Zicheng slept in the mountain temple, and was mistakenly thought to be killed by bandits by the local villagers, Li Zicheng's guards carried out a retaliatory massacre of the villagers under the Phoenix Mountain, and it was only our people who received the news."

"Massacre? Fuck, a bunch of stupid pigs. Qin Mu blurted out a curse, hurriedly called Liu Yongzhi, and temporarily handed over the power to command the Hanyang battle to him. He then took a boat back to Wuchang General Staff.

Sima An and the others also received this news, and as soon as they saw Qin Mu, they immediately said: "My lord, we must immediately send people across the river to stabilize the headquarters of the Dashun army." ”

"Well, Mr. Sima thinks it's appropriate to send someone."

The candidates sent this time are different from those sent to negotiate in the past, and they must be able to judge the situation and make decisions on some major matters on the spot.

Shao Hua took the initiative to stand up at this time and said, "My lord, let your subordinates go down." ”

Shao Hua is equivalent to the director of the General Political Department, and it is enough for him to weigh it, Qin Mu immediately nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Shao prepare, let's go immediately." In any case, we must stabilize them first, and if it really doesn't work, we can agree to the corresponding conditions, but ask them to withdraw their families across the river. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates know." Shao Huaying left in a hurry after speaking.

Sima An continued: "My lord, it is estimated that the Qing army will soon receive the news, Azig is blocked under the city of Hanyang, there is no hope of breaking the city, once the news of Li Zicheng's death is learned, it is very likely to move to Dabie Mountain, take advantage of the opportunity of the Dashun army to attack without a leader, we have to be prepared, once the rest of the Dashun army agrees to return, we must immediately cross the river for reinforcements." ”

"Well, Mr. He, please draw up a plan for crossing the river as soon as possible." As soon as Li Zicheng died, it was like pushing dominoes, and many things had to be readjusted, Qin Mu asked again: "Li Guo and Gao Yigong's side, they won't get news for a while, you guys, how should we act?" ”

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(To be continued......)