In the evening, the Bahe River outside Xi'an City.
Hundreds of cavalry roared, and Li Zicheng looked up from the river bank with his horse, a faint smile on his lips, and the meat ball on a strong horse behind him chuckled: "Today we are hunting Dafeng, King Chuang is the leader."
Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "Where did King Chuang come from? Now he is just a marquis."
Niu Jinxing laughed: "It's only a matter of time before he becomes the king."
"Is that really true?" Li Zicheng exclaimed, while Niu Jinxing looked solemn: "That's natural, within reach."
Li Zicheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Why should the Prime Minister be so flattering? You and I both know how unwilling the imperial court is. It seems within reach, but in fact it is far away."
Niu Jinxing also laughed: "No matter how unwilling I am, I have to. Besides, if there is no King Chuang, how can we be the Prime Minister?"
Li Zicheng was startled, then laughed loudly, and looked around for a moment: "It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Niu Jinxing nodded: "It's the tenth day of the Lunar New Year today" and frowned: "I'm afraid the young master won't be able to come back in time to enjoy the moon."
Li Zicheng had no expression on his face, and then he breathed out after a while: "If you can eat the New Year's Eve dinner, it will be a good deal." He sighed slightly: "Although Bu Zhi (Li Guo's character) is a pledge, I don't worry about my life."
"Yufeng (Tian Jianxiu)"
Niu Jinxing's expression gradually became serious. She looked at Sleep and said after a while: "Who is not a chess piece?"
Li Zicheng turned to look at him and nodded slightly.
The battle between him and the court never ended, but after the surrender, the battle went from light to dark. Both sides knew in their hearts that the reason for shaking hands and making peace was because they were exhausted and wanted to take a breath.
It’s not that the court doesn’t want to kill him, but it’s because it’s unwilling to do so. If the court takes a moment to calm down and is crowned king, you should save your life first!
Of course, the court also knew that even if Li Zicheng calmed down, he would still not be honest and obedient, so the current handshake and peace talks were just a delaying tactic.
But at this moment, an opportunity arose that both parties found surprising but also very interesting.
The eunuch Chang Yu proposed, get out!
The imperial court felt that it killed two birds with one stone. It could not only quell civil strife and use domestic thieves as guns, but also expand the territory to consolidate territory and plunder resources. Why not do it. And Li Chuang also felt that it was great. It could not only save lives, but also truly enfeoff the country.
King, why not do it?
So the two sides shook hands quickly and happily and made peace without any danger. Of course, the necessary procedures had to be followed. The imperial court awarded rewards and seals to the former rebels, and Li Zicheng also had to show his loyalty.
That is to say, he sent Li Guo to Beijing to express his gratitude to his father.
In fact, he is a hostage.
Of course, Li Zicheng was confident that his life would be safe if he dared to send Li Guo to the capital. Not only did the eunuch guarantee it in private, but even without this guarantee, the court still did not dare to take action.
After all, taking action is destroying the peace.
Even if there are a million people in the court who are unwilling to do so, they still have to endure it.
After all, this stage of peace is hard-won.
Moreover, the imperial court needs this period of peace too much, even if it is only temporary.
Because I need to take a breath.
Li Guo's life was safe, but he would inevitably suffer some humiliation in the capital. However, this was not the case. The only thing that worried Li Zicheng was the sudden news that the imperial court was sending 100,000 troops to Wuchang to march westward!
Because the incident happened so suddenly, Li Zicheng, like many others, was deceived and shocked. Could it be that he fell into the secret plan of Chen Cang, the eunuch, who openly shook hands and made peace, deceived Li Guo into entering the capital, and Tian Jianxiu left the country, and then took advantage of him
Unprepared, he mobilized the Wuchang army to attack Jingzhou and looted his own backyard?
When he was shocked, he sent people to Beijing to investigate, and ordered Jingzhou to step up vigilance. At the same time, he mobilized troops in Xi'an. If Wuchang really attacked Jingzhou, he would immediately send troops to the Yellow River to retaliate in kind!
Fortunately, it was a false alarm.
After calming down, Li Zicheng quickly figured out the purpose of the eunuch's actions.
Kill three birds with one stone.
He thought that Zuo Liangyu's tribe would take advantage of him and hit him to scare Zhang Xianzhong.
But as for whether the eunuch was scaring Zhang Xianzhong or actually going to Sichuan to fight, Li Zicheng was still unsure, but he was sure that he would never do anything to his own backyard.
If this is the case, then you can worry less, so he sent an order to Jingzhou to do whatever he likes. As long as it doesn't go too far, let him do it. As for whether he can enter Sichuan or not, he doesn't have to worry about it. As long as he doesn't move, I will be fine. I will take advantage of this opportunity.
It's business to take a good rest and recuperate, and for the rest, just watch and be happy.
Li Zicheng, who had made up his mind, felt much more relaxed. He sat firmly in Xi'an City, drilled his troops, opened up wasteland and occupied fields, and prepared for a rainy day. His only concern was Tian Jianxiu's three thousand advance troops. Where were they at this time? There was still plenty of food and grass supplies.
, are you acclimated to the local conditions when you reach the end of the land...
"Since they are all chess pieces, who is playing chess?" Li Zicheng looked up at the sky and murmured to himself. Niu Jinxing was about to speak when he suddenly heard a loud noise not far away. Everyone was startled. Before they could react, the explosion sounded again.
Get up and want to come closer...
"There are assassins!" the soldiers shouted, and then they rushed in and surrounded Li Zicheng. At the same time, more than a hundred riders scattered in all directions...
Li Zicheng had a sullen face and fierce eyes. Niu Jinxing was cursing and shouting to protect the Marquis, but he was extremely horrified in his heart. These assassins were getting more and more outrageous and even used firearms...
Not long after, the soldiers came to report that the assassin had escaped and found two squatting tiger cannons...
Niu Jinxing scolded the soldiers for their incompetence while scolding the assassins for becoming more and more arrogant.
Li Zicheng kept a dark face and said nothing, looking at the two squatting cannons on the ground. The marks on the cannons had not been worn away.
"That dog eunuch is extremely insidious. He really is not the one who suffers losses. He really does everything possible to achieve his goal. He even got a cannon and hid it under our noses..." Niu Jinxing was furious!
"That may not be what he did." Li Zicheng looked in the direction of the city indifferently.
Niu Jinxing was startled: "Even if it wasn't done by him, it was done by the imperial court. What's the difference?"
Li Zicheng smiled coldly: "The court is not the only one who wants me dead. As you just said, we can get a cannon under our noses. Although this cannon is easy to carry, not everyone can get it, and it's also
To know my whereabouts so clearly...does Dongchang really have such great abilities?"
Niu Jinxing frowned: "What the Marquis said is..."
"I didn't tell anyone, it's possible for anyone." Li Zicheng smiled coldly.
"If it's the imperial court and the Eight Kings, that's fine. If it's him...is he really going to take action?" Niu Jinxing bit her lip.
"No matter who it is, if you kill me, you can break the status quo and fish in troubled waters. If you can't kill me, you can blame others." Li Zicheng sneered and glanced at the sunset in the distance, "If I die, there will be many benefits, so there will be many people who want me to die.
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"So, Lord Marquis, are you going to... make peace at home first or fight against the outside world first?" Niu Jinxing frowned, and Li Zicheng smiled lightly: "It's not that the family scandal must not be made public, but I am afraid that it will be used by others."
"The castrated dog?" Niu Jinxing was startled. Li Zicheng just smiled and said nothing. After seeing Niu Jinxing for a while, he was still frowning and said: "We have been dealing with him for so long, and you still don't know his methods?"
Niu Jinxing sighed: "It's very human. The more I think about it, the more confused I become, like a demon."
Li Zicheng laughed loudly: "Just remember one thing, never trust him!"