A few years ago, Li Zicheng founded the country in Xi'an and proclaimed himself emperor (some say he did not dare to proclaim himself emperor). In order to consolidate territory and plunder supplies, he sent an army to the east, claiming to have millions to attack the capital, but in fact it was all bragging and intimidation.
But how did he know that some people actually believed his boast? The momentum he used to coerce the refugees along the way was so frightening that officials in various prefectures fled in panic or surrendered, and even attacked several prefectures in a mighty manner without using a single soldier. , the victory also snowballed with too many burdens, forcing him to continue rolling down to the capital.
Of course, in history, he arrived in the capital by complete accident and actually proclaimed himself emperor. However, the historical trajectory has quietly changed. When he arrived in Taiyuan, he was beaten to death by Chang Yu. He fled in panic and was unwilling to return empty-handed, so he actually walked eastward. Lu met up with Liu Fangliang and continued his old tricks all the way north. He got many snowballs and the snowballs grew bigger and bigger, and he was almost exhausted to death by them.
In the battle of Baoding City, I originally wanted to use the officers and soldiers around to consume the burden, and then either go straight to the capital or return to Xi'an lightly. The plan was perfect, but there were mistakes in the implementation. I was beaten up by the young eunuch at the foot of Baoding City. I suddenly became furious and insisted on finding him. Return to the venue.
Just at this moment, Niu Jinxing reminded that although we were defeated, the expected goal was achieved. The partial division was almost wiped out in this battle, and the cannon fodder suffered countless casualties while the main force was almost unscathed. At this moment, my shoulders suddenly felt light, and with all the looted materials from several mansions in my hands, why not take advantage of the opportunity to go home quickly? I have to fight with him here!
Although we still have a lot of cannon fodder and a lot of burdens, the escape route is blocked by others at this time. The road home is bumpy and we just use these people to open the way. After the road is opened, everyone is dead. We also go home happily. Everyone is happy. The ending. It's perfect!
As expected of the Prime Minister of Dashun Kingdom, he revealed the secret with one word. The thieves figured it out and were overjoyed. They never imagined that a rout would have such an effect of fueling the situation.
Only by not forgetting your original intention can you achieve success. Li Zicheng felt that he had been traveling thousands of miles in the past few months, suffered losses and mistakes, and passed by in between. Now he was slapped in the face and calmed down. After thinking about it, he actually gained a lot. The Poshu Mansion was invincible and shocked the Ming Dynasty. The strategic goal was achieved, and sufficient war preparation materials were looted. It was time to put it away and go home.
Just retreating suddenly will definitely attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. How can the little eunuch set up a dragnet to let him slip away easily? After some discussion, Li Zicheng and the generals decided that they should not take the usual path in fighting the little eunuch. He is full of cunning, so let's give him a try too. Playing Sun Tzu's art of war, he secretly established a base route to Chencang, and openly launched troops to attack Baoding City. This made the young eunuch think that he was determined to go north, so he secretly withdrew his troops south and returned to Xi'an the same way. He believed that the officers and soldiers in the south could not stop him at all.
However, the chaos in the south is always a serious concern, and we must deal with it promptly. Otherwise, although the opponent may not be able to stop us during the retreat, it may slow down the retreat. If the little eunuch sees through the rebels’ intention to retreat, he can lead his troops to pursue them. If it comes, it will be very bad.
So Li Zicheng ordered Zhang Nai to rush to Zhending Mansion, take back Li Guo and Luo Hu's troop deployment orders to help them quickly quell the chaos, defeat the officers and soldiers there and open the way home, and at the same time ordered Liu Zongmin to mobilize troops to prepare for a big fight. Release smoke bombs to cover up retreat intentions.
After some discussion, in the evening, Li Zicheng came out of his tent and walked to the Qingshui River. He looked at the city of Baoding due north in the distance without saying a word. After a long time, he looked back to the south and looked at the camp and the sky. Suddenly, he was so proud that he couldn't help but let out a loud roar.
Niu Jinxing smiled at the side and said: "My lord, this trip has shocked the world. I am so happy to have returned with a full load!"
Li Zicheng laughed: "It's okay, but it's a pity that I didn't kill the little eunuch."
"There will always be opportunities to deal with him in the future." Niu Jinxing frowned slightly: "The top priority right now is that the civil unrest in the south is a bit tricky and needs to be handled carefully. Since this place has been agreed upon, I would like to ask you to go south first."
Li Zicheng was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement. He was also puzzled as to what kind of underhanded trick the little eunuch used to cause chaos among the refugees.
Chang Yu couldn't answer this question because he didn't know what the chaos was like at this time. Even the instigator, the wild Taoist Li Muxian, didn't expect that he could cause such a big disturbance.
It is said that this guy temporarily pretended to be a ghost in the town and gathered a group of refugees to build a momentum. He went to Gaocheng in a mighty manner and robbed the official warehouse. He raised his arms and shouted that he wanted to live, eat, and get food. There were like a cloud of followers, and he took advantage of the situation and headed towards Zhending Mansion. The city was swept away.
There are countless refugees around the city. Half of these people who have lost their homes and are homeless are kidnapped by the bandits and half have lost their livelihoods. They can only beg for food to survive. They are already fed up with being half-dead. Now that someone is taking the lead in causing trouble, they naturally respond one after another, let alone a half-immortal. I have said that I only want food and don’t rebel. If the rebels don’t give them, why should I rebel with them? It’s better to go home and farm, and it’s better to ask the court for food.
In the blink of an eye, Li Muxian set off a huge wave outside the city of Zhending Mansion, gathering tens of thousands of refugees to besiege the city and demanding that they release food or break into the city. At this time, he was still a wandering Taoist priest, but he suddenly transformed into a god-like stream that was admired by everyone, and he also had a group of people under his command. The Dharma King Chen Wangting, who looks like Deputy Guan Erye, and the Dharma Protectors Chen Suole and Chen Ruxin are all highly skilled in martial arts. One can defeat ten. In addition, hundreds of young and strong people among the refugees were selected to form the Dharma Protector Army, and there were more than a thousand branches of various Dharma Protectors. , these people are the backbone of the refugees. They have been brainwashed by Li Muchian for a long time, and they are full of passion to follow him to do great things.
Times make heroes, and Li Muxian took advantage of the trend and succeeded at a speed that even he found unbelievable.
Ma Shiyao was afraid of causing chaos and did not dare to use the knife. He was trying to stall for time with his pleasant appearance, but Li Muchian did not listen to his tricks at all and directly killed a group of troops who came out of the city to maintain order. After taking weapons, he became even more arrogant and said nothing. He knocked on the door when he was given food, which made Ma Shiyao shocked and angry.
Just at this time, his subordinate Lu Bufan found his helper Gu Kecheng outside the city and led an army from the east along the river to threaten the refugees to disperse immediately, otherwise they would be killed without mercy!
Li Muxian had already received Chang Yu's indication of how big he could do, and he wished they would go on a killing spree. He immediately encouraged the refugees not to be afraid, and the rebels did not dare to kill people. If he really took action, we would fight him, and tens of thousands of people hugged him. Are we still afraid of them if we form a group? If we beat them away, we can be the masters of our own country and share the food and land ourselves.
People are so easy to be deceived. Wasn't this the trick that Li Zicheng used to start the rebellion? Who would use the same trick hundreds of years later? Even the current MLM organizations are brainwashed in this way. They have faith and are special in their faith. many.
Seeing the anger among the refugees, and seeing that they were even willing to fight, Gu Kecheng panicked. He knew that the consequences of actually using the knife would be disastrous. It was easy to kill tens of thousands of refugees, but the impact was extremely bad and could even kill Li Zicheng for several years. Hypocritical efforts in vain.
As a last resort, he sent people to the city to discuss with Liu Fangliang. At the same time, Li Muchian and Chen Wangting were also plotting. When Chang Yu left, he asked him to do whatever he could to do as much as possible. When the heat was almost over, he sent people to Huang Degong to take advantage of the chaos to advance.
Li Muxian had already prepared to run away when he beguiled the refugees to confront Gu Kecheng's army. Unexpectedly, the rebel army was very tolerant and did not take action. So he discussed with Chen Wangting that since the rebel army would not take action, why not take action first and send someone to send a letter to Huang Degong? Let them send troops and quickly go north while the refugees are at their highest and most noisy.
Seeing that Ma Shiyao refused to listen to his good words and threats, in order to calm the situation, he finally expressed his willingness to open a warehouse to release food. At dawn, the refugees had been making noise all night and finally waited for the food. He was overjoyed and knelt down to thank them for half of their money. Fairy.
Li Muxian traveled around the world with just one mouth. How could he let the refugees stop because of such a small benefit? He had to press forward and continue to do it until the rebels couldn't bear it and took action.
Although Ma Shiyao opened a warehouse to release grain, there were tens of thousands of refugees outside the city, and more and more people came nearby after hearing the news. He released a lot of grain, but everyone received a drop in the bucket.
Is this enough food to fill the gaps between teeth? The people were dissatisfied, and the excited refugees started to make trouble again after being slightly confused. They even started to argue with Gu Kecheng outside the city, as if they were about to break into the camp and rob him. Gu Kecheng was shocked and stunned, but he was so anxious that he didn't know how to deal with it. I had no choice but to dissuade him and put some rice grains out from the military camp to temporarily stabilize the situation. I hurriedly discussed with Ma Shiyao whether to kill chickens to scare monkeys and cut a few to see the effect.
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