"Yeah?"
Yuan Chonghuan came over with a knife, put the knife on Wu Sangui's shoulder and asked.
"General, if you can't trust me, just kill me with a knife!"
Wu Sangui looked at the knife on his shoulder without blinking.
"Sangui, you and I are both brothers, I just want to see your reaction."
Looking at Wu Sangui's expression, Yuan Chonghuan put the knife into the scabbard, helped Wu Sangui up with a smile and said.
"Tell me, what opportunity is there?"
I remembered what Wu Sangui said just now, and I didn't understand what kind of opportunity this was.
"Of course it's an opportunity. This can help you accumulate military exploits. I heard some rumors. Do you know why Your Majesty didn't choose Hong Chengchou in the north and asked General to suppress it?"
"have no idea."
Seeing that what Wu Sangui said was true, Yuan Chonghuan sat on his handsome seat and wanted to hear Wu Sangui's opinion.
"Hong Chengchou has been arrested and returned to Beijing. Now his army is being purged and investigated thoroughly, so he did not choose them. I chose to let you go there, general, or bring 10,000 Japanese troops with you. For you, general, this is a big deal. Golden opportunity."
"Hong Chengchou, that bastard, should have died a long time ago. Almost everyone there knows about his collusion with the slave establishment. So many brothers have died just because of him."
Hearing that Hong Chengchou had been relieved of his military power, the emotions that had been suppressed for many years were relieved.
"Well, please keep an eye on this place for me. If you don't want me to come back, I'll take this place away with you."
"yes!"
The entire Ming Dynasty is now experiencing internal and external troubles, surrounded by powerful enemies.
"General, I'm waiting for you to come back!"
Early the next morning, Yuan Chonghuan led his personal guards and two generals out of the military camp on horseback.
Wu Sangui and other generals stood outside the military camp.
Yuan Chonghuan quickly led the Japanese army to Yuzhong and found that there were no more imperial troops and county government here.
Soon he led the army to suppress these farmers, and won a complete victory in the first battle.
"General, you really use your troops like a god."
"That's right, the general is the one who defeated Huang Taiji. Even Dorgon and Duoduo died in his hands."
...
Inside the military camp tent, people were celebrating their victory in advance because they had effortlessly defeated the rebels.
Even Yuan Chonghuan was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
"General, drink less today. I haven't drank for a long time."
A general was happy and stood up and said to Yuan Chonghuan.
"this."
When he heard about drinking, Yuan Chonghuan also drooled. Since he was guarding Shanhaiguan, he could not drink even a drop of wine. Looking back, when he wanted to drink, he was stopped by others.
"Don't worry, General. No one will see it now. If we drink together, no one will dare to tell the truth."
The general saw Yuan Chonghuan hesitate and continued to speak to everyone.
"What do you mean?"
Yuan Chonghuan was greedy, and he was also afraid of Ren Gaomi, so he looked at the other generals.
"Everyone listens to the general."
Others are also greedy. Facing a mob like farmers, they don't need to exert too much effort to go home.
"Then drink. Go to the nearby wine shop and collect all the wine. Today I want to reward the three armies."
Yuan Chonghuan also went up, his heart began to swell, and he ordered the generals.
After two sticks of incense, a cart full of wine jars was transported to the military camp.
Following the order, all the soldiers began to drink heavily. The soldiers who were originally guarding outside the military camp stopped standing guard after hearing the drinking inside the military camp. They felt that the farmers had been beaten away and would not be able to come in a short time. They all returned to the military camp.
Time passed slowly, and many soldiers fell to the ground and fell asleep. The generals in the big tent were also drunk.
kill!
Just when everyone had drunk too much, a lot of shouts of death rang out from around them.
"what happens?"
Hearing the movement outside, Yuan Chonghuan stood up and asked the other generals.
"Oops, someone is attacking the camp!"
The soldiers in the army who had not drunk much quickly picked up their weapons and fought.
"General, it's bad, there are too many people on the other side, and they will soon be unable to hold it."
Under the leadership of Li Zicheng, the peasant army captured the armory in Gansu and robbed a large amount of ordnance. The peasant army now has sophisticated weapons.
The Japanese soldiers were all drunk and easily invaded the military camp. Although the fighting power of the Japanese army was fierce, it seemed careless when faced with a peasant army that was several times larger than our own.
"Quick, retreat!"
Seeing that the military camp was being surrounded, Yuan Chonghuan panicked and quickly ordered the army to retreat.
Following Yuan Chonghuan's order, all the living soldiers gathered towards Yuan Chonghuan.
"That's all?"
Yuan Chonghuan looked at the people gathered and couldn't believe it. He had obviously brought ten thousand people here, but now he only had one or two hundred people around him.
"General, retreat quickly. All the troops have been scattered. If you don't leave, the whole army may be annihilated."
A soldier covered in blood, not knowing whether it was his own or the enemy's, said to Yuan Chonghuan.
"withdraw!"
After a brief hesitation, I decided to keep the green hills and not worry about running out of firewood.
"withdraw!"
Yuan Chonghuan's head was still a little dizzy, and he was supported by his own soldiers and fled towards the east quickly.
"Haha, what a bunch of losers!"
Li Zicheng sat in Yuan Chonghuan's commanding position, looked at the map on the table, which was full of empty wine bottles, curled his lips and said.
"Your Majesty, we captured 3,000 of the enemy's soldiers, and even more if we captured weapons and armor."
"Your Majesty, we can reorganize our forces and lead the army directly south to take Chongzhen's son's capital."
"Yes, I think the opponent's combat power is 100% possible to break through."
Faced with everyone's suggestions, Li Zicheng was also moved. He incited so many people to revolt, not just to overthrow the rule of Ming Dynasty.
"Don't hesitate, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, otherwise we would have to wait until when."
"Okay, do you think you can be arrogant because you defeated each other today? Let me tell you, these people are all drunk, otherwise would we be able to defeat them?"
Li Zicheng directly refuted what these people said, letting these people see the reality clearly.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now? We have defeated the opponent this time, but the court will send a large army to destroy us. It is impossible to watch us grow."
One person spoke out for everyone, who are on tenterhooks every day.
"Our top priority now is to recruit troops. In half a year, follow me south to take the lives of Chongzhen's children!"
Li Zicheng looked at his people. They were all farmers. No matter how many people there were, it was of no use. He had no illusions about these people at all.
