Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 224 Where did the dog emperor go?

Gao Yigong said solemnly: "The brothers who came from the frontier army said that there are rumors that the emperor ordered the princes to pay money and food to solve the problem of the army's arrears. The brothers he wanted to come with him didn't come, saying they would wait and see."

After he finished speaking, the lobby was very quiet for a while. Suddenly, Liu Zongmin burst into laughter, and broke the silence first: "Can you believe this? It's even rarer than an old sow climbing a tree!"

After he said this, the atmosphere suddenly became active again.Yuan Zongdi also said: "It's been so many years, and it's not that the payment was owed recently, and the emperor didn't just ascend the throne. How could it be possible to let the feudal prince's mansion pay the money and food until now? If you really want to have such a meaning, you have already given up. , do you still have to wait now?"

"Yes, Brother Yuan is a sensible person!" Liu Zongmin laughed loudly, then pointed at Gao Yigong and said, "Look, what's the point of scaring Brother Gao?"

Listening to their conversation, Li Zicheng also heaved a sigh of relief.To be honest, he was really scared just now.The elite of the frontier army in Qin is actually well-known throughout the country.If it weren't for the lack of payment and food, and the lack of morale in the army, who would dare to stay in Qin!

He was thinking about it, but Gao Yigong still said with a serious face: "Brother, this thing is spreading, I didn't take it seriously at the time, I asked several times in a row, and there were rumors like this. In addition, I also heard a rumor , I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it’s said that the emperor has personally conscripted himself!”

"Ah, what?" Li Zicheng asked in surprise when he heard it, "The emperor's imperial conquest?"

Before Gao Yigong could answer, Liu Zongmin yelled again: "I said Brother Gao, can you use your brain, even the emperor's precious one, dare to come out of the Forbidden City? Royal conquest? Don't even dare to dream!"

After he finished speaking, he laughed again, and glanced at the others, hoping that others would think the same as him, and laugh at that dog emperor like him!

However, Li Guo frowned, stood up, and said to Li Zicheng: "Uncle, I heard from the brother who escaped from Shanxi that some time ago, Hong Shaved his head and King Lu Yan was in Shanxi, and he was engaged in house raids. Those Shanxi merchants who were here were all copied. At first, I thought, anyway, we will not go to Shanxi, and we didn’t care much about it. However, hearing the news from General Gao at this time, if it is connected in this way, I am afraid that the emperor really A lot has changed!"

Li Guo was considered a very important person in the army, and he was Li Zicheng's nephew, so the others stopped talking and looked at him, waiting for his next words.

"I'm worried that the emperor may really change after being stimulated. Maybe he can do the decree for the vassal prince's mansion." Li Guo continued, "You Hong shaves his head, Lu Yanwang and the others support him, and the emperor's imperial conquest , is not impossible!"

After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent again.They knew in their hearts that if the emperor really had to go to the imperial conquest, and the various vassal palaces paid for the money and food, their life would be very sad.

No, Liu Fangliang said hesitantly: "How about...how about we go back to Shangluo Mountain first and see the situation? We can't go to the Henan side anyway, otherwise we'll bump into the Imperial Forest Army. That's not a joke." of."

"What's there to be afraid of? I could just twist off the emperor's dog head and use it as a urinal!" Liu Zongmin still refused to give in, but his voice was much lower than before.

The others didn't speak, they all looked at Li Zicheng, waiting for him to make up his mind.

After a while, Li Zicheng made a decision: "The truth of the matter is still unknown. If you just run back to Shangluo Mountain like this, you will not be laughed at by other parties! In this way, immediately send someone to inquire and verify the news. Alright, let's discuss it again!"

This can be regarded as a safe move, and others will naturally have no objections.

After that, it was time to eat and drink.But obviously, the atmosphere was not as enthusiastic as before.

Unlike Li Zicheng's side, on Zhang Xianzhong's side in Hubei, he no longer had the excitement of destroying the imperial army when he first rebelled.At this time, he was discussing with Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang, Wang Guoning, Chang De'an, Yang Youxian, and Wang Guangen.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong asked with a serious face: "You should have heard about it, about the emperor's personal conquest?"

Luo Rucai and others nodded after hearing this.

The news about the emperor's personal conquest was spread everywhere, even one news a day.Some said that the emperor had not yet left Beijing, and some said that the emperor had already arrived in Henan and would soon go to Hubei to quell the chaos; there was even news that the emperor had actually arrived in Xiangyang and would soon bring the Yongwei Battalion to fight .

They have all personally experienced the combat effectiveness of the Yongwei Battalion.In the past, it was under the pressure of the Yongwei Battalion that they had no choice but to accept Xiong Wencan's recruitment.

When the Yongwei Camp went north to King Qin, many of them even hoped that the Yongwei Camp would be killed by Jianlu.For this, their expectations at the time were actually great.After all, Liaodong Jianlu is invincible, especially in field battles. As the Imperial Forest Army, the Yongwei Battalion cannot avoid battles, but can only fight.

However, it was only after they resumed their uprising that they received news that the Yongwei Battalion and the Qin soldiers had driven away Jianlu, and had won a big victory, killing nearly [-] Jianlu.This news shocked them all and left them speechless for a long time.

At first, some people doubted the authenticity of the news.But when they knew that there were Lu Yanwang, Hong Shatou and Sun Chuanting who participated in the command of the war, and they had experienced these powerful people, they felt that it was not fake, at most it was an exaggeration.

Now, since the emperor is on his own expedition, he must bring this powerful army of emperors who can defeat Jianlu.So what to do?How else to fight?
Thinking about this, all the bandit leaders felt heavy in their hearts, and their faces were filled with worry.

Think about it, just before that, the situation was very good, and they captured Gucheng, Fangxian, Junzhou, Yunxi, Baokang and other places. It can be said that the entire northern part of Hubei fell into their hands.Originally, I was full of confidence in the future, and after recharging my energy for about a year, it's time to do something!

However, why did the situation suddenly change? Even the emperor was personally on the march, and the invisible pressure caused everyone present to lose their smiles and become frowning.

Zhang Xianzhong was a police officer and also served as a frontier soldier, so his psychological quality was better.Therefore, after a while, he said: "I think, don't enter Henan first, be safe. In addition, send people to find out the news. You must have accurate news, otherwise there will be an emperor here and an emperor there." If others are not crazy, we ourselves will go crazy first!”

"I agree with this!" Luo Rucai nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Henan is the Central Plains, and they originally wanted to go to Henan.Now I am frightened by the news and dare not go!
Prime Minister Hui Deng also followed up and said: "I think during this period of time, we don't need to divide our troops, otherwise we will be defeated by the imperial court officers and troops one by one."

In the past, they had united suddenly and their strength increased greatly, and they defeated the imperial court army, and left Zuo Liangyu fled in embarrassment.

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, of course he was happy, and immediately nodded in response: "Yes, we join forces, and we can go wherever we want, and basically the officers and soldiers can't stop us!"

At this time, their apparent strength has reached [-], and their momentum is far greater than that of Li Zicheng.This is also the case, which first attracted the attention of the court officers and soldiers.In the original history, becoming a key target of encirclement and suppression by the government and army gave Li Zicheng the opportunity to enter Henan. Under the call of "equaling the land and exempting taxes", he suddenly snowballed and eventually became the number one among the thieves in the late Ming Dynasty. Power, the court officers and soldiers can no longer do anything to Li Zicheng.

Another bandit leader, Wang Guoning, suddenly said, "Why don't we go to Sichuan? As long as we can get in, it's a land of fish and rice, a land of abundance, and the road to Shu is difficult, so it's not easy for the Yongweiying to enter Sichuan!"

Hearing this, some people agree with it, and some people oppose it.

"Sichuan has long been ruined by the She'an family, how can there be such a land of abundance!"

"That's right, it's hard for the court officers and soldiers to get in, but it's also hard for us to get out, what should we do if we close the door and beat the dog?"

"You are the dog, and it is you, the dog in the water, who beat you!"

"What did you say, try again?"

"..."

People talk too much, and there are many conflicts. If one is not careful, they will quarrel.

Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly slapped the table to stop those people from arguing.To be honest, he actually wanted to go to Sichuan in his heart.However, when the situation was so good, I was still a little unwilling to run into that den in Sichuan. Most importantly, I heard that Chen Qiyu was appointed as the governor of the three sides by the dog emperor again.If they went to Sichuan, then Chen Qiyu would definitely enter Sichuan from Hanzhong to encircle them.

In the end, he had no choice but to make a decision: "Send more people out to find out where the dog emperor is? So that we don't bump into it. If we find out where the dog emperor is, we will stay far away. With our strength, the world Go as far as you can!"

"Yes, that's the reason!" Luo Rucai immediately echoed, "Turn the world into chaos, and the imperial court will take care of one thing and lose another, and our pressure will be much lighter."

They were talking, when suddenly hurried footsteps came from outside, and then there was an anxious voice shouting: "Father, father, it's not good, something is not right..."

Everyone looked up, but they saw that the person who came was Zhang Xianzhong's first son, Sun Kewang, who was called Zhang Kewang at this time.I saw him rushing in with a flustered expression.

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked, "Have you found any traces of the Yongwei Battalion?"

He never thought that the Yongwei Battalion would come so soon.

"No!" Zhang Kewang heard this and quickly replied, "It's that old man Chen Qiyu...he...he has succeeded Xiong Wencan as the new governor of the five provinces!"

"what?"

"what?"

"..."

As soon as the news came out, everyone in the lobby stood up in fright, with panicked expressions on their faces.

All of them suffered a great loss in Chen Qiyu's hands, and almost wiped out the whole army.Later, Chen Qiyu was exiled by the dog emperor, and they all celebrated at that time.Didn't expect Chen Qiyu to be activated by the dog emperor again?
Zhang Xianzhong also asked with an ugly face: "Is this news confirmed?"

"It was the brother who sneaked into Henan and sent someone to report it urgently." Zhang Kewang heard this, and quickly replied, "He said he saw Chen Qiyu with his own eyes. The brothers arrested the postman and asked him that Chen Qiyu was going to replace Xiong Wencan."

Earlier, they heard that Chen Qiyu had been appointed as the governor of the three sides by the dog emperor. At that time, the situation here was good and they were far away, so they didn't care much.If I don't go back to Shaanxi at most, and don't go to nearby Sichuan, then I'll be fine.

However, Chen Qiyu still confronted them head-on, succeeded Xiong Wencan as governor of the five provinces, and wanted to encircle and suppress them.In particular, the emperor also personally marched and brought the Yongwei Battalion with him.This... This is simply no way out for people!

"In this way, we should go to inquire about the news as soon as possible, and we have to be prepared so as not to be surrounded by Chen Qiyu again." Zhang Xianzhong decided again.

Being prepared means nothing more than being able to run away.

Regarding this, the other bandit leaders were well aware of it, and quickly nodded in agreement.Among them, Luo Rucai also said: "As long as we join forces, we will rush to a place. I believe that no imperial army in that place can stop us!"

"That's the reason, as long as we don't run into the Yongwei camp, who are we afraid of!" Zhang Xianzhong made a final decision, and then all the bandit leaders broke up and hurried back to make preparations.

At this time, what they are most concerned about is, where is the emperor's royal driver?When the dog emperor came out, he must be surrounded by the most capable and powerful troops, so he must not be touched.Even the elite part of the army in other places may be transferred by the dog emperor to escort them. Therefore, after finding out where the dog emperor is, they will know and run in that direction!

However, they sent people to inquire, to inquire, and even sneaked into Xiangyang to inquire about the news.At most, they only heard that the capital had come to Jinyiwei, and Xiong Wencan was taken care of.As soon as Chen Qiyu arrives, he will be escorted back to Beijing for punishment.But there is still no news of the emperor's trace.The only thing that is certain is that the emperor has indeed come out of Beijing for his own conquest.

So where did Emperor Chongzhen go?It is estimated that everyone can't think of it.

Soon after leaving Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen let Yongweiying and Panshiying continue to enter Henan under his banner, divided into several groups, and went to surround Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels. More than 5000 cavalry troops, including Wu Sangui's cavalry army, suddenly accelerated and entered Shanxi.

For Zhang Xianzhong and his group of rogues, Emperor Chongzhen's plan was to let Chen Qiyu take over first, to surround them and prevent them from running away.It would be best if he could be eliminated. If he couldn't be eliminated, after he finished dealing with the Hetao matter, he would return to his teacher and destroy Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course, there is another point, maybe no one pays special attention to Li Zicheng's team at this time.But as a person from later generations, especially when he heard Li Zicheng even put forward the slogan of "equalizing the land and exempting taxes", he knew that Li Zicheng had to be strangled to death as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)