As night fell, Li Zicheng in Tongguan City returned to the Yamen. 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, the Empress Gao of Dashun and the sister of Gao Yigong. 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 call them “mother” have a bad ending. Let me talk about some of Li Zicheng’s wives.
The world generally believes that there are three of them, 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 the current position, there was actually 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 being captured by the imperial court spread to Xi'an, the whole city has been in chaos. The people are panicked 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 patrolling secretly. 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 at Tongguan, so Mrs. Gao sent people to see Li Guo again, and issued an ironclad order to ask him 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 in 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 this weird and evil way,
He even got worse. 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? Now it was better. 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 his 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 deceived our people, he also deceived his own people. Of course, only if his own people believe it, our people will believe it. If our people believe it, it will destroy the morale of the army, but his
People believed it, but the military morale was greatly boosted, especially that old dog Zuo Liangyu. Everyone in the world knew what he had in mind. He originally wanted to raise thieves... Ahem, he raised us to respect ourselves, 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 of course to crush 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!"
"Let us take the initiative to make peace and lick our faces to beg for peace." Li Guo looked indignant and suddenly said: "I wonder if there is a way for me?"
"Tell me and listen." 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 through, and if he can't fight, Wu Sangui can retreat.
They are all secondary. What is important 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 court hard in the face!"
Explaining with a statement and building momentum by sending troops will indeed make 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.
Transmit 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 late!
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 would sound like he would escape unscathed, but in reality he would be running away in embarrassment. He could say that he came and left whenever he wanted.
He just left, but the little eunuch was able to make his escape even more embarrassing. His methods and words used to smear people were 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 very 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 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 scolded for cheating, Chang Yu, as the governor of Dongchang, will naturally be impeached...
This is killing without blood.
Whether there is blood or not is a matter of later. How to solve the murderous intention of the eunuch now? If there is trouble in Jingzhou and Xiangyang, his side's bargaining chips will be much less. After the imperial court accepted Jingxiang, it will also have the advantage of the Yellow River.
, their minds may have changed. 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 solve 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 madly attack Jingzhou and Xiangyang areas. 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.
, maybe 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 will be good news tomorrow morning.