This time, Helichi's Niulu was at the front, so most of the people did not escape. Of Helichi's six men, only Bai Zhu returned to Liaodong. Although Niulu's forehead was really divided between three of the Fujia family,
Although they were wrapped up and a large sum of money was seized, the Fujia family was still angry with Bai Zhu and refused to agree to Bai Zhu's flag raising.
So it can be said that White Pig got nothing this time. As a wrapper, he was definitely not qualified to distribute the seizures. Now that he has given up on raising the flag, White Pig only feels that the bright future has burst like a soap bubble.
"Bai Lang! Bai Lang! Save the slave family!" A burst of crying woke up Bai Zhu from his daze, and he saw a seventeen- or eight-year-old woman being dragged away by a village flagman.
"Xiao Cui!" Bai Zhu ran over quickly.
Xiaocui was assigned to Baizhu by Niu Lu'erzhen and Helichi after the Qing army captured Jinan City. Of course, Baizhu also became married to Xiaocui, and the two became a couple to the outside world, so they met everyone in the village.
Qi Ding dragged Xiao Cui away. Of course, Bai Zhu was very anxious.
"Master Hu! My servant, Xiao Cui, has offended you. I will apologize to you. Please, please let Xiao Cui go!" White Pig grabbed the flagman.
"Pah!" The flag ding raised his hand and slapped the white pig, "Who said this Han girl is yours? Your grandma has sold her to me! I'm going to taste Han girl tonight.
smell!"
"No! No way! Both Master Erzhen and the slave master said they gave Xiaocui to the slave. Master Hu must have made a mistake! Should I ask grandma again?" Although Bai Zhu already felt that something was wrong.
, but now he still has a glimmer of hope.
Suddenly Bai Zhu felt a pain in the back of his head. When he turned around, he saw Fujia hitting his head with a cigarette pole. While hitting him, he cursed: "My aunt is just going to sell her. Are you sad, my slave? That's right."
I want you not to be together."
"No! Grandma! You can't sell Xiaocui!" White Pig rushed in front of Fujia and cried loudly. But his movement was so fierce that Fujia took a few steps back in fright, and almost almost
Sitting on the ground.
"You slave is seeking death!" Mrs. Fujia felt humiliated and immediately became angry. She hit the white pig with her teeth and claws bared, and while beating, she shouted, "How dare you rebel, everyone?"
! Let’s beat this slave to death together!”
After hearing the commotion, the flag men in the village gathered around, and at the instigation of their Fujia clan, they punched and kicked the white pig. The bruised white pig could only lie on the ground holding his head and bear it. Before he lost consciousness, he
I heard Xiaocui's constant screams...
In August of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Shangluo Mountain.
"Brothers have been with me, Lao Li, until now, but now I am hiding in Tibet every day, without food and clothing. I, Lao Li, am so sorry for my brothers!" Li Zicheng cried bitterly in the arms of Liu Zongmin and others.
Just now, Li Zicheng felt desperate and lost control of his emotions, so he wanted to jump off a cliff and commit suicide. Fortunately, Liu Zongmin and others were quick to save Li Zicheng.
After the army was forced into Shangluo Mountain by the encirclement and suppression, there were fewer and fewer people around Li Zicheng. Now there were only about fifty people following him, and most of them were family members. Only Liu Zongmin and He Waiqi could fight.
Eighteen people were waiting. So Li Zicheng felt that his future was bleak, and he thought of committing suicide.
"King Chuang! We have overcome many storms and waves. As long as we get through this level, we will definitely make a comeback. How many heroes in the world are waiting for you, King Chuang, to rise up and shout! You must hold on, don't do it again
You've done such a stupid thing." Liu Zongmin warned him in a flurry of words.
"But how can we get through?" Li Zicheng still had no confidence.
"Find a way to get out of the mountain and borrow some horses and weapons from the Eight Kings. I heard that he is living well in Gucheng now. We must survive this period no matter what!" He Yaoqi came up with an idea.
"But how are we going to go with those old and weak people? We can't break through the blockade of the official dogs." Tian Jianxiu said. But his words made Liu Zongmin and the others quiet, and they all looked at the man hiding in the distance.
Family members.
The atmosphere suddenly became solid.
After a moment of silence, Liu Zongmin first let go of Li Zicheng's arms, turned around and walked to his family. Seeing Liu Zongmin coming, his most favored woman hugged Liu Zongmin's son and smiled at Liu Zongmin, who was also with her.
She waved to her father from her mother's arms.
Liu Zongmin took a deep breath, grabbed his son, and amidst his woman's screams, he threw his son headfirst to the ground, killing his son immediately. Then he pulled out a knife and chopped off himself.
A woman’s head….
And He waved the flag, Tian Jianxiu and the others also drew their knives and walked towards their families...
In November of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Gucheng.
Now Zhang Xianzhong is like a fish in water in Gucheng. Because one of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates is nicknamed "Xue Blind", and he is uncle-nephew to Xue Guoguan, the first assistant. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong sent a big gift to Xue Guoguan through Xue Blind, and Xue Guoguan accepted the big gift.
He then spoke for Zhang Xianzhong in the court, saying that Zhang Xianzhong's coming to surrender was sincere and there was nothing to doubt. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong was very confident now. He said: If Wen Can is in charge of the outside, and Guo Guan is in charge of the inside, it is all about care.
, can be foolproof.
Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong always adheres to the four-no policy: he does not obey the law, he does not release troops, he does not make transfers, and he does not join the government. The core of these four nos is that the leadership of the army is always in his own hands.
As Zhang Xianzhong bribed Ming Dynasty officials in large quantities, the military attaches who threatened him were transferred away by the court one after another. Some military attaches were even bribed by him and became subordinate to Zhang Xianzhong's command and dispatch.
Moreover, Xiong Wencan also "transfused" Zhang Xianzhong and gave him six months' salary of 20,000 people. Compared with Wu Shigong's Runing Army and Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army who were on the front line of the encirclement and suppression, which had always been short of salary, it can be seen that Xiong Wencan's
What a ridiculous behavior.
So with sufficient food and pay, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the famine in Hubei and vigorously recruited hungry people to join the army. His troops soon increased to 100,000.
Because of the entry of the Qing army, the imperial court urgently mobilized Hong Chengchou. Sun Chuanting led his troops to join the army and left Tongguan in the east, passing through Henan. However, Luo Rucai and other troops were injured in their vitality and were resting in Neixiang and Xichuan Mountain when they saw the army marching eastward.
Tongguan mistakenly thought that they were coming to launch a new large-scale crusade, so they led their troops to move south to Huguang, crossed the Han River from the shallow turbulent water of Yunyang, passed through Junzhou to Fangxian, and set up camp at Xiguan outside the city.
.
Taking advantage of Prime Minister Xiong Wencan's eagerness to appease, they sent people to the Taihe Mountain Military Camp, the main peak of the Wudang Mountains, to request the surrender of the eunuch Li Weizheng. They expressed their willingness to negotiate a truce with the government and army, hoping to sign a "no-infringement" covenant.
Later, Xiong Wencan actually agreed to this ridiculous covenant. After being appeased, Luo Rucai's Nine Battalions implemented a truce with the Ming Army, but they were not subject to the Ming Army's establishment, deployment, disbandment of the army, or the imperial court's military pay. They still maintained their independence.
position.
So Luo Rucai, the nine-battalion peasant army, trained troops and farmed at the same time. Moreover, the nine-battalion garrison was connected with Zhang Xianzhong in Gucheng, singing in harmony, supporting the troops and relying on themselves, wandering and watching.
But today, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru just got the news that Li Zicheng came to Gucheng secretly with his Eighteen Cavalry, so they took the leaders of the peasant army to host a banquet for Li Zicheng and his party.
After thirty years of drinking, Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be drunk. He put his hand on Li Zicheng's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Li! Why don't you stay here with me temporarily and wait for the opportunity? Why bother running around in the world!"
Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng's expression was quite calm. He smiled and said, "No!"
The atmosphere of the banquet suddenly solidified. When Luo Rucai saw that something was wrong, he quickly toasted and relaxed the atmosphere.
However, after the banquet, Li Zicheng and the others were immediately placed under house arrest by Zhang Xianzhong, who looked like they were going to kill them all. It was Luo Rucai who was loyal, and he kept going back and forth between the two of them. In addition, Li Zicheng's reputation as the "King of Chuang" was so great that Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to
He had the rash intention to kill, so in the end, after Zhang Xianzhong gave Li Zicheng 500 horses and a batch of armor, he sent Li Zicheng away as a gift.
And Li Zicheng relied on these gifts and slowly began to regain his strength.
"Mr. Lin! If I heard you right, you Yangzhou salt merchants are willing to pay 200,000 yuan to buy my promise!" Wu Shigong was quite surprised after hearing what the head of the Lin family said.
"Of course!" The head of the Lin family said with a smile.
When the Runing Army came to Jining at the end of March of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong unexpectedly met the "Yangzhou Salt Merchant Delegation" headed by the heads of the Lin family, Lu Jianchen and Guo Zeng'an, waiting here.
When Wu Shigong received them, the head of the Lin family immediately dropped a "big bomb": Yangzhou salt merchants were willing to donate 200,000 taels of silver to Wu Shigong, as long as Wu Shigong made a promise-if the Runing Army took possession of it in the future
Changlu, Sichuan and Shaanxi salt fields, salt wells, and Yangzhou salt merchants will have the right of first refusal.
Although Wu Shigong was very tempted by this large sum of money, he still felt a little bit amused. When did he become so important? It would actually attract a large sum of money from Yangzhou salt merchants.
In fact, Wu Shigong didn't know that even though he didn't get a penny in terms of capture, his victory caused a huge shock in the whole world, even far exceeding Wu Shigong's own imagination.
"Aren't you afraid that I can't do it?" Wu Shigong asked again with a smile.
"It's just a bet. It's only 200,000 taels, but our colleagues in Yangzhou can still afford it." The head of the Lin family also told the truth.
"But aren't you afraid that my official will not keep his word?" Wu Shigong asked again.
"Hahaha——!" The head of the Lin family laughed immediately, "Dashuai Wu is famous for his word 'faith'."