But they said that the 20,000-strong army was led by a farmer who had gained some military exploits following Gao Yigong. His name was Zhong Xingcan, who was originally from a family in Henan. It was also because of the severe drought that the local county magistrate forced him to
Tight, I paid taxes last month, and I have to pay taxes again next month. This goes back and forth, and the family has no money.
The wife was quite pretty, but she ran away with someone one night; the son of the family, who was also considered sensible, stole fish from the river to catch fish in order to support the family and was washed away by the flood; the wife of the family suffered such a shock and was so angry that she died that night.
He left. Zhong Xingcan, who originally wanted to start over, suddenly had most of his land taken away by the government.
The reason was extremely heartbreaking: since you were the only one in the family, so much land was unused and could not be cultivated, so he took away all of it. Finally, he gave up thinking about it and met the invading army who happened to be here, so he directly joined them.
Less than a month after joining, he tasted the benefits and personally killed the local magistrate who bullied him, relieving his hatred. However, he also became an enemy of the imperial court, and he fought hard all the way.
This year, he was considered important. He personally led an army of 20,000 to Shandong. He originally planned to conquer Shandong for King Shun with great ambition. However, when he met Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, he was beaten several times before he retreated.
After withdrawing, I couldn’t figure out why my 20,000 people couldn’t defeat the opponent’s 10,000 people, and I felt a little sulky.
He had just received an order the day before yesterday to go to Cangzhou and hold back Chongzhen. He did not want to defeat, but just wanted to hold him back. Although he was a little unwilling, after all, it was the order given by his former benefactor, General Gao, so he had no choice but to obey.
"Come here." Zhong Xingcan, who has gained some military exploits and has become a little general, is now in high spirits and is no longer the shabby person he used to be. He immediately called a soldier and said, "Go and tell the brothers that we will set off today.
We must quickly surround Chongzhen before he leaves."
The pawn accepted the order and left quickly. And he started a new round of drinking. He stuffed the big fish and meat on the table into his mouth and chewed it, which could be regarded as compensation for the pain of being bullied before.
That night, after gathering the army, they immediately led the army towards Cangzhou. However, everyone was on foot or on horseback, but he was sitting in a sedan carried by eight people, holding a few robbed women in his arms, drinking wine, and enjoying himself
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Speaking of Liu Zeqing's side, I don't know how many scouts were sent out. After a few days, I learned that His Majesty has been stationed in Cangzhou City these days and has never left. Unconsciously, I was confused. Cangzhou City is not a strong city.
There is only a Wei River as a natural hazard, but it would be unwise to rely only on this river.
Then today I learned that there was an insurgent army of 20,000 people near Cangzhou. It seemed that they were approaching Cangzhou where His Majesty was stationed. It was obvious that the target was Your Majesty.
In the past few days, he has been worried about whether he should go to seek refuge with His Majesty. If he doesn't go, once His Majesty regains power, he will inevitably end up dead as a traitor, and even his relatives may not be able to escape death. But if he goes to seek refuge with the intruders, he has already
But after killing so many intruders, could Li Zicheng spare himself?
I had broken my leg before because I was afraid that His Majesty would suddenly arrive in Jinan. Now it seems that this move was done by a pure fool! It was so painful that day that I almost fainted, and it took several days to recover.
After coming back, during those days of suffering, no matter how good-looking and beautiful the woman was, she no longer looked so good-looking.
Now it seems that he has only one way to go, and that is to lead the army to assist His Majesty! He doesn't believe it. Now that the imperial court is out of soldiers, as a general soldier with tens of thousands of people, will he be killed easily?
"Dong Chuan!"
"The general is here." Dong Chuan hurriedly walked in and knelt on one knee.
"My commander-in-chief has a leg injury now and cannot leave. You go and take 20,000 people north to Cangzhou to assist His Majesty. Remember, you must spread the news about my leg injury to the army. In this way, if Your Majesty secretly asks, I will
You won't be suspected. Do you understand?" Liu Zeqing was also quite helpless. Not only was he injured, he had to kneel down to admit his mistake.
"Commander, is this method okay?" Dong Chuan was a little hesitant and asked with a troubled face: "We have killed a lot of people before, not to mention the trespassers, the area we robbed is equivalent to an entire state.
The county is now going to lead troops to assist His Majesty, wouldn't it mean that he would go there and die?"
Hearing these words, Liu Zeqing was somewhat unhappy and immediately scolded: "Remember, except for me, Liu Zeqing, none of the other general soldiers like Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo are willing to listen.
From the imperial court! Compared to them, I, Liu Zeqing, am somewhat conscientious. I send people to help your majesty. If your majesty wants to kill me, no one will be willing to help your majesty!"
Seeing his commander-in-chief scolding him so angrily, Dong Chuan quickly said: "General, I understand. I will definitely help your majesty when I go here! I have proven my innocence for my commander-in-chief!"
Liu Zeqing also seemed impatient. After waving him off, he invited several women to massage his legs.
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On Zhu Ling's side, after discussion, everyone felt that Cangzhou was really undefendable, but they were afraid that His Majesty would not want to leave, so they had to write a memorial and handed it to Wang Chengen.
Zhu Ling, who had not received the memorial for a long time, was quite silent after reading it carefully. He originally planned to garrison in Cangzhou to stabilize the situation in Shandong Province, but now it seems that this move is a bit naive. Not to mention the area around Cangzhou,
He doesn't have many troops on his own. The few generals who have troops have their own agendas.
It's good that they didn't rebel on the spot. In most cases, the current prefectures and counties are committed to Li Zicheng, and they have a share of the credit. If he remembers correctly, Liu Zeqing and his men were extremely brutal every time they went to plunder the local area.
Better than trespassers. The imperial army is so majestic, but so brutal.
Thinking about it, he was extremely angry, and he immediately said to Wang Chengen: "Have the people who said they were going to send people to warn the general soldiers those days arrived?"
Wang Chengen did not expect that His Majesty would ask about this, so he thought about it quickly, and then replied: "It's been three or four days now. Most of them should have arrived, and the messenger from Nanjing has also arrived."
"Liu Zeqing and everyone else are guilty! They all deserve to die!"
Zhu Ling, who hadn't been so angry for a long time, didn't care about his manners at this time and cursed directly.
"Your Majesty, calm down, those people will definitely be punished, but we still need to deal with the 20,000 intruders as soon as possible." Wang Chengen hurriedly advised him, it was difficult for His Majesty to hold back these days.
"Call them in." Zhu Ling flicked his sleeves and sat down in the hall again. Wang Chengen hurried out and ushered all the people in, then stood aside.
Wang Jiayan and other ministers were about to kneel down and worship, but Zhu Ling raised his hand to stop him and said: "Keep everything simple, and we will do the same in the future. Just say things as soon as possible."
"I just read the memorial signed by you, and I should indeed act like this. I was too stubborn before, but fortunately it is not too late to act now." Zhu Ling also rarely admitted his mistakes, which is a bit strange to say. Since
After becoming the emperor, he was less willing to accept opposition from others, and his temper became even tougher than before.
"Besides what you said above, what other plans do you have?"
"Your Majesty." Seeing that His Majesty was finally willing to accept it, Wang Jiayan also felt that it was rare and said: "The most urgent thing at the moment is to defeat the enemy army of 20,000 people first, and then quickly move. Then gather troops and declare
All parts of the world resist the intruders, and only in this way can the intruders be eradicated."
"I second my opinion." Everyone behind him bowed in agreement.