A few years ago, Li Zicheng founded the country in Xi'an and proclaimed himself emperor (some say he did not dare to proclaim himself emperor). In order to consolidate his territory and plunder supplies, he sent an army to the east, claiming to have millions to attack the capital, but in fact it was all boasting and threatening.
But how did he know that some people actually believed his boast? The momentum he used to coerce the refugees along the way actually frightened all the officials in various prefectures to flee in panic or surrender. He even attacked several prefectures without using a single soldier.
, the victory also snowballed with too many burdens, forcing him to keep rolling until he reached the capital.
Of course, in history, he arrived in the capital by complete accident and actually proclaimed himself emperor. However, the historical trajectory has quietly changed. When he arrived in Taiyuan, he was beaten to death by Chang Yu. He fled in panic and was unwilling to return empty-handed, so he actually walked eastward.
Lu met up with Liu Fangliang and continued his old trick heading north. He got many snowballs and the snowballs grew bigger and bigger, and he was almost exhausted to death by them.
In the battle of Baoding City, I originally wanted to use the officers and soldiers around to consume the burden, and then either go straight to the capital or return to Xi'an lightly. The plan was perfect, but there were mistakes in the implementation. I was beaten up by the young eunuch at the foot of Baoding City. I suddenly became furious and insisted on finding him.
Return to the venue.
Just at this time, Niu Jinxing reminded that although we were defeated, the expected goal was achieved. The partial division was almost wiped out in this battle, and the cannon fodder suffered countless casualties, but the main force was almost unscathed. At this time, his shoulders suddenly felt light, and
We have all the looted materials in our hands, so why not take advantage of the opportunity and go home quickly? We must fight with him here!
Although we still have a lot of cannon fodder and a lot of burdens, the escape route is blocked by others at this time. The road home is bumpy and we just use these people to open the way. After the road is opened, everyone is dead. We also go home happily. Everyone is happy. The ending.
It's perfect!
As expected of the Prime Minister of the Dashun Kingdom, he revealed the secret with one word. The thieves figured it out and were overjoyed. They never imagined that a rout would have such an effect of fueling the situation.
Only by not forgetting your original intention can you always achieve success. Li Zicheng felt that he had traveled thousands of miles in the past few months, suffered losses, suffered mistakes, and drifted in the middle. Now he was slapped in the face and calmed down. After thinking about it, he actually gained a lot.
The Poshu Mansion was invincible and shocked the Ming Dynasty. The strategic goal was achieved, and sufficient war preparation materials were looted. It was time to put it away and go home.
Just retreating suddenly will definitely attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. How can the little eunuch set up a dragnet to let him escape easily? After a brief discussion, Li Zicheng and the generals decided that they should not use ordinary methods to fight the little eunuch. He is full of cunning, so let's give him a try.
Playing Sun Tzu's art of war, he secretly established a base route to Chencang, and openly sent troops to storm Baoding City. This made the young eunuch think that he was determined to go north, so he secretly withdrew his troops south and returned to Xi'an the same way. He believed that the officers and soldiers in the south could not stop him at all.
However, the chaos in the south is always a serious concern, and it is necessary to deal with it quickly and promptly. Otherwise, although the opponent may not be able to stop you during the retreat, it will slow down the retreat. If the little eunuch sees through the rebels' intention to retreat, he will lead his troops to pursue them.
If it comes, it will be very bad.
So Li Zicheng ordered Zhang Nai to rush to Zhending Mansion to take back Li Guo and Luo Hu's troop deployment orders to help them quickly quell the chaos. He defeated the officers and soldiers there and opened the way home. At the same time, he ordered Liu Zongmin to mobilize his troops to prepare for a big fight.
Release smoke bombs to conceal your intention to retreat.
After some discussion, in the evening, Li Zicheng came out of his tent and walked to the Qingshui River. He looked at the city of Baoding due north in the distance without saying a word. After a long time, he looked back to the south and looked at the camp and the sky. Suddenly, he was filled with pride and couldn't help but let out a loud roar.
Niu Jinxing smiled at the side and said: "My lord, this trip has shocked the world. I am so happy to have returned with a full load!"
Li Zicheng laughed: "It's okay, but it's a pity that we didn't kill the little eunuch."
"There will always be opportunities to deal with him in the future." Niu Jinxing frowned slightly: "The top priority right now is that the civil unrest in the south is a bit tricky and needs to be handled carefully. Since this place has been agreed upon, I would like to ask you to go south first."
Li Zicheng was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement, wondering in his heart what kind of underhanded trick the little eunuch used to cause chaos among the refugees, and in a blink of an eye it was like a fire starting a prairie fire.
Chang Yu couldn't answer this question because he didn't know what the chaos was like at this time. Even the instigator, the wild Taoist Li Muxian, didn't expect that he could cause such a big disturbance.
It is said that this guy temporarily pretended to be a ghost in the town and gathered a group of refugees to build a momentum. He went to Gaocheng in a mighty manner and robbed the official warehouse. He raised his arms and shouted that he wanted to live, eat, and get food. There were a lot of followers, and he took advantage of the situation and headed towards Zhending Mansion.
The city was swept away.
There are countless refugees around the city. Half of these people who have lost their homes and are homeless are kidnapped by the bandit army. Half of them have lost their livelihoods and can only beg for food to survive. They are already fed up with being half-dead. Now that someone is taking the lead in causing trouble, they naturally respond one after another, let alone a half-immortal.
I said, I just want food and don’t rebel. If the rebels don’t give them, why should I rebel with them? It’s better to go home and farm, and it’s better to ask the court for food.
In the blink of an eye, Li Muxian set off a huge wave outside the city of Zhending Mansion, gathering tens of thousands of refugees to besiege the city and demanding that they release food or break into the city. At this time, he was still a wandering Taoist priest, and suddenly transformed into a god-like stream that was respected by everyone, with a group of people under his command.
The Dharma King Chen Wangting, who looks like the deputy Guan Erye, and the Dharma protectors Chen Suole and Chen Ruxin are all highly skilled in martial arts. One can fight ten. In addition, hundreds of young and strong people among the refugees were selected to form the Dharma Protector Army, and there were more than a thousand branches of various Dharma Protectors.
, these people are the backbone of the refugees and have long been brainwashed by Li Muxian, and they are full of passion and want to follow him to do great things.
Times make heroes, and Li Muxian took advantage of the trend and succeeded at a speed that even he thought was unbelievable.
Ma Shiyao was afraid of causing chaos and did not dare to use the knife. He was trying to delay time with his pleasant appearance. Unexpectedly, Li Muchian did not listen to his tricks at all. He directly killed a group of troops who came out of the city to maintain order. After taking weapons, he became even more arrogant and said nothing.
He knocked on the door when he was given food, which made Ma Shiyao shocked and angry.
Just at this time, his subordinate Lu Bufan found his assistant Gu Kecheng outside the city and led an army from the east along the river to threaten the refugees to disperse immediately, otherwise they would be killed without mercy!
Li Muxian had already received Chang Yu's indication of how big he could do, and he wanted them to go on a killing spree. He immediately encouraged the refugees not to be afraid, and the rebels did not dare to kill people. If he really took action, we would fight him, and tens of thousands of people hugged him.
Are we still afraid of them if we form a group? If we beat them away, we can be the masters of our own country and share the food and land ourselves.
People are so easy to be deceived. Isn’t this the trick that Li Zicheng used to start the rebellion? Who would use this trick hundreds of years later? Even today’s MLM organizations are brainwashed in this way. They have faith and are special.
many.
Seeing the anger among the refugees and the attitude that they would not hesitate to fight, Gu Kecheng also panicked. He knew that the consequences of actually using the knife would be disastrous. It was easy to kill tens of thousands of refugees, but the impact was extremely bad and could even kill Li Zicheng for several years.
Hypocritical efforts are in vain.
As a last resort, he sent people to the city to discuss with Liu Fangliang. At the same time, Li Muxian and Chen Wangting were also plotting. When Chang Yu left, he asked him to do whatever he could to do as much as possible. When the heat was almost over, he sent people to Huang Degong to take advantage of the chaos to advance.
Li Muxian had already prepared to run away when he beguiled the refugees to confront Gu Kecheng's army. Unexpectedly, the rebel army was very tolerant and did not take action. So he discussed with Chen Wangting that since the rebel army would not take action, why not take action first and send someone to send a letter to Huang Degong?
Let them send troops and quickly head north while the refugees are at their highest and most noisy.
Seeing that Ma Shiyao refused to listen to his good words and threats, he finally expressed his willingness to open a warehouse to release food to calm the situation. At dawn, the refugees had been making noise all night and finally waited for the food. He was overjoyed and knelt down to thank them for half of their money.
Fairy.
Li Muxian traveled around the world with just one mouth. How could he let the refugees stop just because of such a small benefit? He had to push further and continue until the rebels couldn't bear it anymore and took action.
Although Ma Shiyao opened a warehouse to release grain, there were tens of thousands of refugees outside the city, and more and more people came nearby after hearing the news. He released a lot of grain, but everyone received a small amount of it.
Is this food enough to put food between the teeth? There is insufficient public support. The excited refugees start to make trouble again after being slightly confused. They even start to fight with the Gu Ke adults outside the city, and they are ready to rush into the camp and rob.
He was shocked and stunned, but he was too worried and didn't know how to deal with it. He had no choice but to dissuade him and put some rice grains out from the military camp to temporarily stabilize the situation. He hurriedly discussed with Ma Shiyao whether to kill chickens to scare monkeys and chop a few to see the effect.
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