In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, Wang Jiayin defeated northern Shaanxi. The crisis he faced now was that his hundreds of thousands of troops had no food or drink. For the current plan, he could only find another way.

One of the counselors under his command said: Currently there are only two roads before the rebels. One is to break out of Shaanxi and develop in Shanxi and Henan in order to survive and create a foundation.

Next, go south to take Lantian. Lantian is a fertile land in Shaanxi. The county magistrate Li Chaosheng manages it well and can support tens of thousands of loads of grain and grass for the court every year. If we capture Lantian, we will definitely be able to turn the danger into safety, and we can also eliminate the grain land of the Shaanxi frontier army.

, the Shaanxi frontier army has no food to eat from now on, this is the best policy.

Wang Jiayin discussed with his generals, and they all hit it off and wanted to go to Lantian to do business, but only one person was unwilling. This man was Wang Jiayin's strong general named Liu Zongmin. This man was from Lantian. When everyone saw that he was unwilling, they decided to

Ask why.

Liu Zongmin said: "Li Chaosheng, I know that there were six groups of bandits in our Lantian County back then. Each group of bandits had thousands of troops, and they were called the six overlords."

"In the end, I was easily slaughtered by Li Chaosheng, forcing me to flee to northern Shaanxi and seek refuge with the king. Now I heard that this man has developed rapidly in the past few years, and his men are well-equipped, and the bandits near Lantian are all under his command, so Lantian

It is not easy to fight. On the contrary, Shanxi, Henan and other places are not well-defended. If we enter, we will definitely win a big victory and make a lot of money."

After listening to Liu Zongmin's words, Deputy Commander Wang Ziyong said displeased: "Liu Zongmin, you actually said some words that make others more powerful and destroy your own prestige. His Lantian County is just a county. Even if he can support a few soldiers, I have dozens of people."

Once the army of ten thousand arrives, they can be slaughtered in an instant. By then we have food and Hong Chengchou and others have no food. Shaanxi will be ours."

"That's right, that's right, Shaanxi is my hometown. The people are familiar. If you change the place, the people are not familiar. By then, you might lose your head. I think we should attack Lantian. Liu Zongmin, if you are afraid, just stay alone

, I will lead others to fight."

"Haha... Liu Zongmin, no matter how good you are, you are just a blacksmith. You don't have a long-term vision. It's hard to leave your homeland. We don't want to go to Shanxi. We have to stay in Shaanxi."

"Yes, we will stay in Shaanxi and not go anywhere."

Wang Ziyong started, and a group of thieves below rushed to show their loyalty and scolded Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin's face was full of anger, and he wanted to kill these guys, but they were all lackeys. The real troublemaker was the deputy leader, Wang Ziyong, who was sitting next to the leader.

This person and Liu Zongmin had never dealt with each other. The main reason was that Liu Zongmin had a dispute with his direct subordinate and taught that short-sighted subordinate a lesson. Wang Ziyong was a protective person, so he looked down upon him and targeted him everywhere.

If Wang Jiayin hadn't liked Liu Zongmin very much, Liu Zongmin might have been forced to leave by Wang Ziyong.

At this time, all the thieves came together to oppose Liu Zongmin, but among the generals who had a seat in the tent, only Wang Ziyong spoke, while Gao Yingxiang on the side said nothing and had an indifferent expression. However, watching everyone reprimand Liu Zongmin, a strong man under Gao Yingxiang's command

Han stood up and said: "Leader and deputy leader, I think Liu Zongmin's words are reasonable. We should go to Shanxi and Henan instead of fighting with Li Chaosheng in Lantian. Everyone knows the strength of Lantian County. We will definitely win Lantian."

lost heavily."

"It's better to enter Shanxi. The soldiers and horses in Shanxi are not as sophisticated as Shaanxi. Moreover, although there have been disasters in Shanxi in the past two years, the landlords have a lot of surplus food, which is enough to feed us. And the most important thing is Shaanxi. Henan has a lot of people. If we

If we want to grow bigger, more people must join, and Shaanxi no longer has enough people to provide us."

The strong man cupped his fists and said. After hearing this, Wang Jiayin touched his beard and thought it was reasonable. Who can this person have such an opinion?

Wang Jiayin thought about asking, but Wang Ziyong on the side spoke first: "Who are you? Do you have the right to speak when the leaders speak?"

After hearing this, the strong man neither humble nor arrogant raised his fists and said: "Li Zicheng of a certain family is now the commander under General Gao Yingxiang."

After hearing this, Wang Ziyong looked at Gao Yingxiang, who was silent on the side. The current organizational structure of the rebel army is commander-in-chief Wang Jiayin, deputy commander-in-chief Wang Ziyong, and the third figure is Gao Yingxiang, who calls himself a general.

These three people are currently the leaders of the rebel army. As for there was one person in the past, that is Wang Er, the leader of the Baishui rebellion. After joining the army with Wang Jiayin, he gave up his leadership to Wang Jiayin, who was more capable. Wang Er became his deputy instead.

At that time, Wang Ziyong was the third child, and Gao Yingxiang had just joined.

It was only in 1629, the second year of Chongzhen, that Wang's Second Division was surrounded and suppressed by Yang He's large army, and was finally killed by Liu Yingyu of the Shangluo Army in Shaanxi Province. When Wang Jiayin mobilized all his troops to rescue him, he was pinned to the spot by Hong Chengchou.

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At that time, brothers Shen Yikui and Shen Yiyuan, who had a good relationship with Yang He, wanted to propose marriage to Yang He, but Yang He refused to give him any face at all and said: All thieves can be forgiven, but Wang Er cannot be forgiven. This is your majesty.

destiny.

There is no way that Wang Er's influence is too great. If Wang Er doesn't die, the rebel army will not be destroyed. Chongzhen hates this ignorant civilian. Doesn't this damn civilian know how hard I, Chongzhen, work hard to govern this country?

How dare you rebel? If I don’t kill you, who will I kill?

Chongzhen felt very aggrieved. In fact, Wang Er felt even more aggrieved. Whether you work hard or not, I'm going to starve to death. It doesn't matter if you tell me that you work hard.

You work hard, but we can't afford to eat. The harder you work, the worse off we become. Should we still sympathize with you?

Chongzhen didn't care that he was wronged, he wanted to kill someone, and only blood could calm his restless heart, so Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Er to be killed, and Wang Er died as a result.

This was the fate of the first peasant uprising in each dynasty. Whether it was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the Qin Dynasty, or Han Shantong in the late Yuan Dynasty, the first uprising almost meant death.

Because Shouyi has a big goal and a famous name, he will become the first target of the dynasty, so the probability of his death will be very high. This is how Wang Er died. As soon as he died, Wang Ziyong took over and began to promote his confidants crazily.

Recruit talents.

Gradually, there was a desire to sideline Wang Jiayin in the camp, but Wang Jiayin was the old leader after all, and Wang Jiayin was not someone who could be manipulated by others, so he supported Gao Yingxiang and formed a relationship of checks and balances.

Therefore, Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang were very at odds with each other. In other words, this lack of dealing with each other was intentional on Wang Jiayin's part.

When there are more people, there will naturally be gangs, and gangs will naturally have their own interest groups, so there will definitely be a lot of nastiness between them. This is inevitable and cannot be helped.

Wang Ziyong opened his mouth to scold Li Zicheng, but Gao Yingxiang on the side said calmly: "Brother Wang, when discussing matters under the general's tent, you can speak freely. I think Li Zicheng's words are reasonable. We should send troops out of Shaanxi. Don't fight with trapped animals, especially those trapped to death."

The land of Shaanxi.”

As soon as Gao Yingxiang said these words, Wang Ziyong glanced at Gao Yingxiang and said: "Brother Gao, you are too protective of your subordinates."

As Wang Ziyong spoke, he winked at the man standing with his hand lowered. The man's skin was yellow and he was wearing a chainmail that was ripped off from a Ming army general. He then stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "

Since you are speaking freely, I will also say that I agree with the deputy commander's opinion and rob Lantian County."

When everyone heard this, they looked over and saw that this person was Zhang Xianzhong, the most powerful general under Wang Ziyong. Not long after he surrendered, he was promoted at the speed of light. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong cupped his fists and said, "Brother Li just said that we cannot trap Shaanxi to death. I

Agree, so we have to attack Lantian. Lantian is in southern Shaanxi. It is self-evident that it is rich and can support half of Shaanxi’s frontier army."

"And I heard that the people there are strong and strong, and it is a rare place to replenish soldiers. As long as we capture Lantian, we can use Lantian's strength to continue southward, enter the middle of Shu, and capture Sichuan."

"Sichuan is a land of abundance. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as we capture Sichuan, we can have a solid base. When we advance, we can look at the Central Plains. When we retreat, we can occupy the middle of Shu and become the king and establish our own country. This is the perfect strategy. Do you think

how?"

Zhang Xianzhong's strategic vision is definitely not comparable to that of a group of bandits present. The bandits' eyes widened when he heard that they occupied Shuzhong and became king.

This was already a big deal to these thieves who had no ambitions, and everyone's eyes widened.

Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Xianzhong and felt a little sympathy for each other, but he did not agree with Zhang Xianzhong's idea. After all, being trapped in one place was not a long-term solution. Since he had rebelled, he must carry out the rebellion to the end and never compromise or surrender.

Going south to capture Sichuan is a good strategy, but is Sichuan so easy to capture? Sichuan has the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty, the Baigan Army, and also has the strongest female general in the Ming Dynasty, Qin Liangyu.

In a fight with that pillar of the country, that legendary woman, Li Zicheng did not feel that he was sure of victory unless he overwhelmed her with endless troops and horses.

But that should be something later. The most important thing now is to advance into the Central Plains. Although the Central Plains is the place of the Four Wars, why should we rebel if we don’t have the ambition to conquer the world? Isn’t it possible to survive by running to a mountain and becoming a bandit?

So he wanted to refute, but then Wang Jiayin spoke: "Well, what Zhang Xianzhong said is right. The land of Sichuan can be used as a foundation. Of course, the road south is not easy. So, this time, we will make a two-step plan to attack Lantian County south. If

If we can capture Lantian County, we can use Lantian as a springboard to invade Sichuan."

"If that doesn't work, we'll move to Shanxi and eat the food of the old Westerners."

Wang Jiayin made the decision, and everyone stopped talking. Wang Jiayin could still make the decision, so Wang Jiayin began to arrange his troops. Once their rebel army moved, the border troops of Hong Chengchou and Yang He would definitely follow, and then the two forces would strangle, so they

The large army cannot attack Lantian, but must hold Hong Chengchou back and let his men lead troops to take a detour to attack Lantian County.

Therefore, in this battle, the main general Wang Jiayin led Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, Bu Zhanmu, etc. with an army of 200,000 to hold off Hong Chengchou's main force, and then divided the army into 50,000, led by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and three new generals.

, as well as Lao Huihui and Heisha Shen, the two veterans each led their own troops of 10,000 troops to attack Lantian County.

As soon as the order was issued, that night, Li Chaosheng of Lantian County got Wang Jiayin's detailed list of troops. There was no way that Li Zicheng's die-hard subordinate Li Shichao, the general manager of the Guards Battalion, was the core figure of Li Zicheng's small team. Li Zicheng returned to the camp.

This strategic deployment could not be hidden from Li Shichao, so Li Shichao directly passed the news on and sent it to Lantian County in the form of a telegram.

It can be said that Li Chaosheng knew the news much earlier than most of Wang Jiayin's soldiers. This is unreasonable. Bai Shoumin gave the list to Li Chaosheng.

The above is the detailed information of the five people who sent troops this time, as well as the resolution discussed by everyone in the military tent tonight. Li Chaosheng especially focused on the words of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Both of them were heroes of the moment, but Zhang Xianzhong

He is slightly less loyal than Li Zicheng. One wants to establish himself as king, while the other wants to fight the world.

A small rich man is at ease, and a man with great ambitions, so it makes sense to say that it will be Li Zicheng who will overthrow the imperial court in the future, not Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong's heart is not as big as that of Li Zicheng, and he is too satisfied.

Li Chaosheng looked at the intelligence and realized that the five people who attacked Lantian County this time were all big figures in the future. Li Zicheng, the first person in the rebel army in the future and the ruthless man who forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself, can be said to be the son of destiny in the future. However,

He didn't have to worry, Li Zicheng was strong, but he had spies around him.

Know yourself and the enemy, and you can win a hundred battles without danger. He has control over his marching and deployment, so why should he win against himself?

This is the crushing of intelligence, so Li Zicheng has nothing to worry about, and the second is Zhang Xianzhong. This guy is a ruthless man. In the future, he will join the army to enter Sichuan, kill many Sichuan people, and establish himself as the King of the West. Later, he will lead the Sichuan people to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

As a result, Sichuan was reduced to a state where the people of Sichuan were reduced to ten thousand people, and finally the Manchu Qing Dynasty was forced to have no choice. During the Kangxi period, Guangdong and Guangxi came to fill Sichuan.

The murderer Zhang Xianzhong was a great man for a while.

As for Luo Rucai, Li Chaosheng had also heard that he was a ruthless man who could compete with the above two people. He was born in a gangster, was cunning, and called himself Cao Cao.

However, compared with Cao Cao, it is very different. It can only be said that it is similar to the naming method of an idol, such as Sai Mengchang, Bing Qinqiong, etc., but he directly removed the analogous words Sai and Bing.

He directly calls himself Cao Cao, and it has to be said that he is a shameless person. He followed Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng successively, and also surrendered to Hong Chengchou in the middle. He contributed when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Sichuan, but he was educated by Qin Liangyu, and later he followed Zhang Xianzhong.

There was a conflict and he went to defect to Li Zicheng. However, his erratic behavior, plus the fact that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses among them, and he was not of the same mind as Li Zicheng, greatly hindered Li Zicheng's process of monopolizing military power, so he was attacked and killed by Li Zicheng.
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