As night fell, Li Zicheng returned to the Yamen in Tongguan City. At this moment, he was extremely exhausted. After more than a month of fleeing, he neither had a full meal nor a peaceful night's sleep. Now that he was back in a safe place, he instantly felt relieved. He felt like he was about to collapse. After walking around the city and giving blood to the rebels, he couldn't hold on any longer and wanted to have a good sleep early.
But before he could lie down, Li Guo knocked on the door: "Father, Madam has sent someone."
Madam is naturally the wife of Li Zicheng, Queen Gao of Dashun and Gao Yigong's sister. However, although Li Guo called Li Zicheng his father, he did not call Madam Gao his mother, at least not in private.
As for the reason, no one can say for sure, maybe it’s because those who have called mother have a bad ending. Let me talk about Li Zicheng’s wives.
The world generally believes that there are three of him, Han Jin'er, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Gao.
Han Jin'er was Li Zicheng's first wife. At that time, he committed adultery with Gai Hu'er from the same village and was killed by him. This was also the second life he killed. Mrs. Xing was abducted by Gao Jie and is now Chang Yu's sworn sister-in-law. Mrs. Gao is In fact, there was another one before Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xing. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Tatars entered the customs for the fourth time. Lu Xiangsheng died in Julu, Hebei. Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others were transferred to Liaodong and hid in Fu. Li Zicheng, who was in Shenglong Village in Nanshuiguan, was able to take a breather and took a wife named Wang. She was called empress among the soldiers, but her fate was unknown later.
So Li Zicheng had four wives.
Mrs. Gao in the city of Xi'an is now more restless than an ant on a hot pot. Ever since the news of Li Zicheng's capture by the imperial court reached Xi'an, the whole city has been in chaos. The people are panic-stricken and the civil and military forces of Dashun are also acting in disorder. A ball.
Although people were sent to Tongguan to ask questions at that time, the answers they received were always specious, saying that they were secretly patrolling. However, as the rumors of a war on the Yellow River defense line became more and more intense, people became more and more confused, and many thieves in Xi'an City began to fight against the enemy. After thinking about it, I feel like we are going to separate at any time.
Seeing this, Mrs. Gao asked Tian Jianxiu to go find out what was going on, but Tian Jianxiu never came back and was trapped in Dali. If Liu Fangliang hadn't rescued him in time, he would have been doomed.
Dali was trapped and unable to get in, so she learned that Li Guo was in Tongguan, so Mrs. Gao sent people to see Li Guo again, and issued an ironclad order to ask clearly.
After the people sent by Mrs. Gao saw Li Zicheng, the stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground, but they also brought very bad news to Li Zicheng: the news of his capture had spread to Jingxiang, because the morale of the troops there was in chaos. But Zuo Liangyu took the opportunity to press forward step by step, and the coach Yuan Zongdi sent people to Xi'an to find out...
"This bastard eunuch is so proficient at spreading rumors and stirring up trouble!" Li Guo was so angry that he wanted to spit fire. Li Zicheng also sighed. This eunuch would do anything to fight. In such a strange and evil way He even intensified his efforts. He made a time lag and during his escape period, he did his best to fan the flames and create rumors and trouble, just to make the rebel army as chaotic as possible so that he could take advantage!
I thought that his despicable method was just used on the Yellow River defense line, but who knew that this guy actually went to Jingzhou to make a fuss? It was better now. The mountains and rivers over there were far away, and he couldn't calm down at all for a while, let alone himself. He might show up there in person to quell the rumors. This move is really heart-wrenching!
"Do you know where his poison is?" Although Li Zicheng was sleepy, he lost sleep after hearing the news. Li Guo was angry, but his reason was still there: "It can mess up the morale of our army, and it can also make Zuo Gou take the lead. It’s true!”
"Yes, he not only lied to our people, he also lied to his own people. Of course, only if his own people believe it is true, our people will believe it. If our people believe it, it will destroy the morale of the army, but his People believed it, but it boosted the morale of the military, especially that old dog Zuo Liangyu. Everyone in the world knew what kind of thoughts he had in his belly. He wanted to raise thieves... ahem, to raise our self-respect, but he never really faced Jing. Xiang uses troops, but if he takes it seriously this time, he will definitely launch a fierce attack! This is what worries me."
"If Jing Xiang is lost, we will have no way out. At that time..." Li Guo gritted his teeth with hatred: "Father, how should we resolve the crisis now?"
Li Zicheng frowned and thought for a while: "The best way to resolve the crisis is to smash the rumors, but verbal denial will not help, and I can't go there in person, and even if I go, it will be too late... So... At this point, Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes, and there was only one way, hurry up and negotiate peace, and the attack will stop immediately!"
"We are asked to take the initiative to make peace and lick our faces to beg for peace." Li Guo looked indignant and suddenly said: "Is there a way for you to help me?"
"Tell me about it." Li Zicheng was startled.
"If he can spread rumors, let's take it seriously! Father can send a message to the world to expose their lies, send troops to defeat Wu Sangui's tribe, or attack Puzhou across the Yellow River. Of course, if he can't fight, he can get over, and if he can't fight, Wu Sangui can retreat. They are all secondary. The important thing is that such an action is much more useful than Gan Hao's explanation. My father can even tell me how to escape from the capital and slap the imperial court hard in the face!"
Explaining with a statement and building momentum by sending troops will indeed create a lot of noise and the explanation will be strong. This can quell the rumors. However, in this way, it will destroy the temporary peace and even bring trouble to the court. Send wrong information, thereby causing them to misjudge, for example, making them think that they are not sincere in negotiating at all.
And there is another possibility, that is, before there is any trouble here, Jingzhou will be in crisis. To put it simply, it is still a step too slow!
As for the suggestion that Li Guo mentioned later about slapping the court in the face, Li Zicheng also felt that it was inappropriate. If he brought this matter out, it might sound like he was escaping, but in reality he was running away in embarrassment. He could say that he came and left whenever he wanted. Just leave, but the little eunuch can add fuel to the chaos of his escape. His methods and words to smear people are very despicable.
And there is another point, as Chang Yu expected, Li Zicheng really wanted to negotiate peace, and he wanted to save some face for the court. In fact, it would not be a glorious thing for anyone to find out about this!
So Li Zicheng made a decision early in the morning and refused to acknowledge him until he died and went to the capital!
This will allow the court to slap itself. Didn't you say you have arrested me, but I have never been to the capital. You have arrested me and deceived the government and the public. In this way, the court will be ridiculed, and so will Dongchang. Being accused of cheating, Chang Yu, as the governor of Dongchang, will naturally be impeached...
This is killing without blood.
Whether there will be blood or not will be a matter of later. How to solve the murderous intention of the eunuch now? If there is trouble in Jingzhou and Xiangyang, the bargaining chips on his side will be much less. After the imperial court accepted Jingxiang, it will also have the advantage of the Yellow River. , their minds may change. If they just lower the price, that's all. If they don't fucking talk about it anymore, then they'll be ruined.
Therefore, Li Zicheng decided to use his own method, which was the method that Li Guo was ashamed of, and licked his face to seek peace!
Talking about peace turns into asking for peace!
But this is the only way to resolve the crisis in Jingxiang. Li Zicheng is self-aware. Although Yuan Zongdi is also a strong general, he cannot withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops. What's more, Zuo is not the only one who wants to defeat Jingxiang. As for Liangyu, there are also the three brothers Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangen who are stationed in Xunyang and are determined to die.
Not to mention the situation in the Yellow River at the moment, once Zuo Liangyu believes the rumors that he has been captured, he will attack Jingzhou and Xiangyang areas frantically. Jingxiang is already in danger, and it is no time to delay.
However, once the peace talks are entered, there will be a truce, and the crisis in Jingxiang will be resolved immediately!
Li Zicheng calculated that things would turn around in just a few days at the earliest, because after he escaped from the siege of the officers and soldiers, he reported to Song Xiance that he was safe through secret channels, and perhaps negotiations with the imperial court had begun. , perhaps this is why Li Yan suddenly stopped attacking.
Waiting for the news, Li Zicheng decided to go back to bed and have a good sleep. Maybe there would be good news tomorrow morning.
