Li Yan was talking. Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside, and it was a tiger Li who was on duty as a sentinel who walked in quickly.
His movement was a bit loud, and everyone's attention in the lobby was attracted to him.
Seeing that Li Guo was very excited, they were all a little curious, what could make a tiger so happy?
While they were thinking about it, they saw a tiger quickly walking up to Li Yan who was chatting. He clasped his fists and loudly reported to Li Zicheng: "General, I just got the news that the eight kings have successively captured Danshui, Huangzhou,
Macheng. After recruiting tens of thousands of people, they moved west to Hanyang, crossed the Yangtze River from Yadanzhou, and quickly captured Wuchang Fucheng."
"What?"
"What?"
"..."
As soon as he said this news, there was an outcry.
You know, they came all the way south and their offensive was not smooth, but they didn't expect that Zhang Xianzhong's side was so powerful there that they captured so many cities, even the important town of Wuchang? Such a comparison seems a bit incredible!
Li Guo glanced at the people in the hall, and when he saw their surprised looks, he nodded, and then continued to add: "Wuchang is the location of the palace of King Zhu Huakui of Chu. The officials who guarded the city fled after hearing the news, and the soldiers recruited by the King of Chu responded internally.
The city gate was opened wide to welcome the eight kings. According to rumors, the eight kings executed Queen Chu and shared her flesh with her subordinates. At the same time, they took away all the gold, silver and jewels from the palace of Chu. It took hundreds of carts to pull it away.
We have also scattered more than six million taels of silver, gathered refugees from all over the country, and are expanding our army!"
"What?"
"What?"
"..."
Hearing this, there was another burst of exclamation. It's not that they heard that the Eight Kings cannibalized human flesh, but they didn't expect that the King of Chu had so much gold, silver and jewels that he could even pull hundreds of cars.
They can scatter more than six million taels of silver alone. I really envy them!
Li Guo hadn't finished speaking yet. After hearing the exclamations, he seemed to have expected them. Finally, he turned to Li Zicheng and reported: "It is rumored that the Eight Great Kings are in Wuchang and have called themselves King of the West and established the Kingdom of the West.
Set up a governor's office for the six ministries and five armies, and appoint local officials. It was renamed Wuchang as Tianshoufu, and Jiangxia as Shangjiang County. I heard that we would also open schools to recruit scholars and recruit talents."
"What?"
"What?"
"..."
In the lobby, there was another exclamation of surprise.
This is really simple, there is no comparison between people!
Comparing my own situation with that of the Eight Kings, I was immediately outclassed!
You know, in the past, the strength of our side was much stronger than that of the Eight Kings. But now, they are prosperous!
Thinking like this, Liu Zongmin looked at Li Yan with a bit of an eyesore, and immediately shouted to Li Yan: "You are a poor scholar, you are useless, how can you give back the people's support? The people's support is your mother! I really want to do what you said, where are the eight kings?"
What should I say? You are such a useless egg, you just know how to fool around..."
When he said this, Li Yan's face looked a little ugly, but before he said anything, the red lady next to him was unwilling. She immediately stepped out of the queue, pointed at Liu Zongmin's nose and cursed: "You are a blacksmith from a low-income family.
, I only have brute force, and I don’t have any brains. How dare I say that my husband..."
Liu Zongmin was scolded by a woman like this, and he didn't realize it at all. He was the one who started the trouble. He immediately became angry and punched the red lady with a wave of his hand.
Li Guo, who happened to be nearby, saw that no matter what was right or wrong, breaking up the fight was the first priority, so he quickly took action and blocked Liu Zongmin's punch. At the same time, he advised: "Whatever you do, you talk nicely, why don't you take action?
"
"Get out of my way!" Liu Zongmin didn't listen to him at all. Seeing him blocking him, he shouted sternly, "If you dare to protect this bitch, I will even beat you!"
When Li Guo heard this, he immediately became angry. Just when he was about to say, "Let's draw a line," Li Zicheng got mad and slammed the table with a "pop" sound, which also scared Luo Rucai next to him.
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"What are you doing? Don't you take me seriously?"
When he got angry, the people below him didn't dare to make trouble. Liu Zongmin also had only one Li Zicheng in his eyes, so he would still listen to what Li Zicheng said.
As a result, the lobby finally became quiet.
At this time, Li Zicheng was naturally very unhappy.
He really looked down on that Zhang Xianzhong, and the two sides still had a falling out. At this time, he heard that Zhang Xianzhong, who was originally inferior to him, actually conquered so many places and got so much money. Not only was he recruiting troops, but he also dared to
He established the Daxi Kingdom and called himself the Daxi King. He only called himself the "Fengtian Initiative Camp Civil and Military General", and everyone was riding on him!
Under such circumstances, it's strange that Li Zicheng can still be happy.
Naturally, he didn't know that it was not like this in the original history. It became like this because a mobile phone triggered the butterfly effect.
If the original historical development is followed, within this year, he won the battle of Zhuxian Town, received additional troops and supplies, captured Kaifeng, gained momentum, went south to reoccupy Xiangyang, and then established Dashun
country.
Zhang Xianzhong was afraid of him and was afraid of being annexed by him, so he hurried south and stayed away from Xiangyang.
Then, Li Zicheng went north to capture Guanzhong and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. This was his most energetic moment.
However, in this plane, there was no Battle of Zhuxian Town, and troops and supplies could not be replenished. The Battle of Weihui also cost him troops and generals. Kaifeng was not defeated in the end, and countless supplies, food, grass, and military morale were wasted in vain.
Morale was low and they were forced to go south to replenish supplies.
On Zhang Xianzhong's side, due to the butterfly effect, Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong from Jiangnan were transferred north, and Liu Liangzuo was ordered to defend Fengyang and not attack. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong's pressure was greatly reduced.
Originally, he was not able to conquer Wuchang until the 16th year of Chongzhen, but it was so advanced.
Without so much pressure from Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong was obviously doing well. As a result, he was more high-spirited than Li Zicheng.
At this time, after the lobby became quiet, Li Zicheng asked Li Yan very unhappily: "You said that if the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River unites, they will bleed and fight to the death. Then I ask you, what about Wuchang? Why can Zhang Xianzhong recruit men and horses?
Can we defeat Wuchang?"
Li Yan obviously still believed in his opinion, and after thinking for a moment, he replied to Li Zicheng: "The Eight Kings can achieve such achievements, it must be what the people want. If I am not mistaken, because it was the King of Chu who was unruly and the people's resentment was boiling, he
It will be like this. Otherwise, this King of Chu is like the King of Zhou in Kaifeng. I don’t believe that Zhang Xianzhong can conquer Wuchang!"
Having said this, he said to Li Zicheng with a very sincere expression: "General, we dug a dam on the Yellow River a while ago, which has ruined our reputation. All the way south, in order to replenish supplies, we had no choice but to use the same method as before.
They even lost the support of the people and thought that they could not continue like this..."
"That's enough!" When Li Zicheng heard this, he immediately said angrily, "The imperial court dug a dam on the Yellow River. What the hell does it have to do with me? If the people don't like it, at least wait until all the brothers have enough to eat and drink!"
Obviously, he himself knew that digging dams on the Yellow River would be reviled by others, so he refused to admit it.
It's not like he didn't listen to Li Yan before. He changed the behavior of the bandits and put forward the slogan "equalize the land and free grain" to win the support of the people.
However, at that time, it was only after he defeated the imperial army and occupied the Central Plains, killed King Fu, and obtained a large amount of supplies of grain and grass supplies that he had the confidence to follow Li Yan's advice.
But now, the Battle of Kaifeng had taken a huge toll on him. He couldn't even eat enough, so why should he consider the public sentiment and grab enough food first?
No, as soon as Liu Zongmin heard Li Zicheng's words, he immediately echoed loudly: "Isn't it true that you are just a scholar, and you are stupid in reading. What's the use of having people's hearts if you starve yourself to death? You don't have any brains to say that."
My head was caught in the door!"
When the red lady heard this, she was immediately furious. She did not dare to scold Li Zicheng, but she could not tolerate Liu Zongmin scolding her husband.
Just as she was about to scold her, Li Yan stopped her and shook her head, telling her not to speak.
Then, he bowed to Li Zicheng and said: "The general taught the students a lesson!"
After he finished speaking, he pulled the red lady back into the crowd and stopped talking.
Paper cannot cover the fire. In the past few months, Liu Zongmin's digging of the Yellow River dam has spread to some extent in the army.
No one is a fool. It would have been impossible for Li Zicheng not to know about Liu Zongmin's attempt to flood Kaifeng by digging dams on the Yellow River.
However, Li Zicheng denied it outright, and he obviously had complaints against Li Yan, disagreed with his views on public opinion, and almost always did the opposite, which made him very sad.
Yes, the rebels did encounter difficulties, but that doesn't mean they can ignore the support of the people. In Li Yan's view, the people's support is invisible and intangible, but it is very important to the rebels.
Originally, he wanted to make a suggestion to divide and disintegrate the Jiangnan gentry and win over those who could, but in the end he couldn't even say this.
If he said it, he would probably get a lot of flak. Feeling a little frustrated, he simply didn't say it.
A discerning person in the lobby could tell at a glance that Li Yan was not in a high mood. However, no one said anything.
In the lobby, it became so quiet, and the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward.
At this moment, there were hurried footsteps outside the lobby, and then a person appeared at the door.
Everyone heard the sound and looked around, and recognized Li Guo's godson Li Laiheng, who was in charge of the outer sentry.
They saw that Li Laiheng and Li Guo had completely opposite expressions when they came in, with stern faces. As soon as they entered the lobby, they quickly reported to Li Zicheng: "General, Guan Ning's cavalry is heading south, about three thousand cavalry, heading towards Fengyang.