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Since the winter of October of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Tongguan and Sun Chuanting died. Afterwards, Li Zicheng's army was so powerful that it defeated Huayin, Weinan, Huazhou and Lintong, and quickly reached Xi'an.
Xi'an guard Wang Genzi opened the east gate to welcome the thieves into the city. Li Zicheng captured Qin King Zhu Cunshu. What is interesting is that he did not kill Zhu Cunshu, but instead appointed him as General Quan, and King Yongshou Zhu Yikang was also appointed as deputy general.
This matter is really ironic, allowing the descendants of Lao Zhu's family to rebel against Lao Zhu's family.
Li Zicheng wants to show the world that all the descendants of the old Zhu family have followed me, Li Zicheng. Did you see that if you follow me, your future will not be bright, your life will not be beautiful, your material will not be rich, and your spirit will not be sublimated. How can the descendants of the old Zhu family be able to Will you follow me to rebel
Everyone in Lao Zhu's family has turned against you. What do you have to be embarrassed about? Come all over. There is plenty of bread. You can choose any beauties as long as you follow me, Li Zicheng.
In Xi'an, except for the governor Feng Shikong and a dozen other people who were executed because they were unwilling to become thieves, the chief envoy Lu Zhiqi and others all surrendered. Li Cheng allowed his soldiers to plunder for three days before ordering a ban. Change Xi'an to Chang'an and call it Xijing. Gu Junen was given a piece of female music as a reward for his entry strategy.
At the same time, a large number of migrant workers were mobilized to build Chang'an City and open Chi Road. Li Zicheng personally went to the training ground to review the competition every three days. When the people saw Huang Longzhu, they all fell to the ground and cheered long live. From this point of view, the Ming Dynasty's rule in the northwest was really unpopular, and most of the lower-class people did not care about it at this time. Instead of being forced, he actively followed Li Zicheng. Some people even regarded Li Zicheng as Liu Bang, who was in charge of Guanzhong.
Li Zicheng sent generals non-stop to pursue the remnants of the Ming army. Bai Guangen, Gao Ruli, Zuo Guangxian, Liang Fu and other generals took the lead and then surrendered. Chen Yongfu, who had shot Li Zicheng blind in one eye in Kaifeng, protected himself on the top of the mountain and did not dare to descend. , Li Zicheng went to appease him in person and broke his arrow shaft as an oath. Only then did Chen Yongfu believe that he would ignore the past grudges. also surrendered;
In the end, there is only one commander, Gao Jie. Even if everyone in the world surrenders to Li Zicheng, handsome guy Gao will not dare to surrender to Li Zicheng. The reason is that handsome guy Gao once cuckolded Li Zicheng and has not taken it off yet.
This matter started in the seventh year of Chongzhen. Gao Jie and Li Zicheng were from the same hometown. He was one of the earliest trusted brothers who followed Li Zicheng in rebellion. He has been Li Zicheng's vanguard for many years and his ability is quite good.
but. What really changed the trajectory of Gao Jie's life was not his ability, but his appearance - he was tall and mighty, and he was a handsome guy who was famous far and wide.
For a period of time, Li Zicheng transferred Gao Jie from the vanguard position back to the base camp. During this period, Gao Jie often came into contact with Li Zicheng's wife Xing, who was in charge of military supplies, due to his work relationship.
I don't know if Li Zicheng was impotent and couldn't satisfy Xing or if he was just a virgin. Anyway, every time she saw Handsome Gao, Ms.
Under Xing's powerful offensive. After all, the tall and handsome boy could not hold on any longer, and on a dark and windy night, he took Mr. Xing to his bed.
Gao Jie knew very well that he was playing with fire by having an affair with his boss's wife, and one day the affair would come to light. He will die an ugly death. In fear, Gao Jie found an opportunity and took the Xing family to defect to the Ming general He Renlong who was attacking Li Zicheng.
From a dialectical perspective. Li Zicheng probably had physical problems. After the rebellion, he had a lot of women, but he did not give birth to a son or a half.
If he just doesn't have children, it's nothing, but his wife has run away with him, which makes people suspect that he is not good at something. In other words, the handsome guy Gao not only allowed Li Zicheng to accompany his wife and defeat his troops, but also exposed his most important cover-up. You can imagine how much Li Zicheng hates the handsome guy Gao.
After Xi'an was captured, Li Zicheng led Li Guo and other powerful generals to personally pursue Gao Jie. Perhaps Gao Jie was not destined to die, so he fled north with the remaining soldiers, but was chased away by the forward Li Guo without even a chance to breathe. The temperature suddenly dropped, so Gao Jie suddenly turned eastward. As he expected, the Yellow River froze and he could barely cross.
What's even more shocking is that not long after Gao Jie crossed the river, the weather warmed up again. By the time Li Guo arrived, the ice on the Yellow River was no longer strong enough to bear the weight of the people and horses crossing the river. Li Guo could only look at the ocean and sigh, watching the handsome guy Gao escape. .
Although Li Zicheng hated him, he had no choice but to go back to Mizhi to pay homage to the grave. At the same time, Yan'an Prefecture was renamed Tianbao Prefecture, Mizhi was called Tianbao County, and Qingjian was called Tianbo Prefecture.
At this time, he heard that the officials and people of Fengxiang City were unwilling to surrender. Li Zicheng was furious that he had not caught up with Gao Jie, so in a rage, he ordered the massacre of the city.
When Li Zicheng first entered Shaanxi, he said that it was his hometown and he did not invade the people. However, within a month, he returned to looting as before. Li Zicheng even believed that the scholar-bureaucrats would definitely not join him, so he searched for all the gentry, tortured them, demanded gold and silver, and threw the dead into the pit and buried them together.
The Ming army in Yulin still defended and Li Guo and others could not attack, so Li Zicheng launched a fierce attack with a large army. The deputy envoys were all appointed, and the generals Wang Shiguo, You Shiwei and others refused to surrender and died. The rebels took advantage of the victory and captured Ningxia, massacred Qingyang, and captured Han King Zhu Danji alive.
Then he moved to attack Lanzhou, and Gansu Governor Lin Rirui and others were killed in the battle. The rebels then captured Xining, so Suzhou, Shandan, Yongchang, Zhenfan, Zhuanglang, etc. all surrendered, and all the land in Shaanxi was occupied by Li Zicheng.
At this time, the Yellow River froze again, so Li Zicheng sent men and horses across the river, captured Pingyang, and killed more than 300 people in the clan. Gao Jie quickly fled again, all the way to Zezhou.
Emperor Chongzhen of Beijing ordered Governor Yu Yinggui to gather border troops to attack Shaanxi. However, the entire Shaanxi Province had been sunk, and the assembled border troops were in vain. Yu Yinggui did not dare to advance westward at all.
On the first day of the first lunar month in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng, who looked around and felt that he was invincible in the world, founded the country in Xi'an. The country's name was Dashun, and the name was changed to Yongchang and Zisheng. After his great-grandfather, he was given a posthumous title and Li Jiqian was named Taizu.
Let Niu Jinxing serve as the Grand Bachelor of Tianyou Hall. Six more government ministers were added, including Hongwen Hall, Wenyu Hall, Admonishment Hall, Zhizhi Envoy, Zhengzheng Envoy, Tonghui, Shangqisi, Check Horse Temple, Zhizheng Envoy, Writing Room and other officials.
Qianzhou Song Qijiao was appointed as the Minister of Li Zheng, Pinghu Lu Zhiqi was appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhenning Gong Huoyu was appointed as the Minister of Etiquette, and Gui'an Zhang Jiran was appointed as the Minister of Military Affairs.
The five-level nobility system was restored, and meritorious officials were granted great titles. Nine people including Liu Zongmin were granted the title of marquis, 72 people including Liu Tichun were granted the title of uncle, 30 people were granted the title of son, and 55 people were granted the title of son.
At the same time, a military order was issued: if there is a horse standing out of line, he will be killed. If a horse leaps into a field, behead it. At this time, Li Zicheng claimed to have 400,000 infantry and 600,000 cavalry under his command.
When the news reached Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen was horrified and quickly called for a meeting with his ministers. He said in front of the court: "I am not a king who has subjugated the country. Everything is like a subjugation of the country. The world where our ancestors were exposed to wind and rain has been lost in one day. How can we see the face of the country?" Underground! I am willing to fight in person and die on the battlefield without regrets, but I will not die in peace!"
After Chongzhen said this, he felt sad, and the court burst into tears.
All the ministers in the Jinluan Palace who still had some sense of humanity looked ashamed. Of course, if Chongzhen wanted to lead the expedition in person, this would definitely not work. The ministers in the palace all spoke out to dissuade them. At the same time, they all looked at the cabinet chief minister Chen Yan, Jiang Dejing, Wei Zaode, and others in front of him. Li Jiantai and other cabinet ministers.
Chen Yan, the chief assistant, had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out to ask for the army to lead the expedition, and Jiang Dejing was not left behind. They also went out to make speeches to ask for the expedition, but when Chongzhen asked how to raise military pay and food, neither of them could answer.
Li Jiantai, a scholar of Dongge University, then came out and made a generous speech: "Your Majesty, I still have some savings in my hometown. I am willing to use my private money to pay the army and not bother with official funds. Please lead the army to the west."
Li Jiantai's hometown is in Quwo, Shanxi, and is about to be occupied by the Dashun Army. He was anxious, thinking that instead of letting the rebels come and take away the family property, he might as well make a generous gamble. It can be said that this is a typical speculative behavior.
However, Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that Li Jiantai was willing to use his private money to pay for the army. He immediately agreed to Li Jiantai's request and let him supervise the western expedition. He also gave Shang Fang a sword to allow him to do things conveniently.
Emperor Chongzhen said that he was not a king who had subjugated his country. This was really a pat on his face. If nothing else, this incident alone was a typical stupid thing that a king who had subjugated his country would do.
Looking at Li Jiantai's resume, he has served as a wine minister in the Imperial College, but he has never had anything to do with the military. Not even any decent strategic countermeasures were proposed.
Now as soon as Li Jiantai said he was willing to pay for the army, Chongzhen immediately bet his money on him and asked him to lead the army on the expedition. He also gave Shang Fang a sword to do things conveniently.
What the hell is this? Do kids play house
He can do such ridiculous things and still have the nerve to say that he is not the king of subjugation.
He actually regarded Li Jiantai as a life-saving straw, and sent Li Jiantai off to the expedition with a grand ancient gift. The specific method is to send Prince Consort Wan Wei to report a special sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple on the day of the expedition. At noon, Chongzhen will drive to Zhengyang Gate, and the palace guards will line up from east to west, from Zhengyang Gate to the outside of the city, with flags fluttering and armors. Zhan Senlie, the eunuchs in charge of the five and six departments of the cabinet and the civil and military ministers of the Beijing camp were all present, standing on both sides of the emperor. Honglu Temple presided over the praise ceremony, and the imperial censor in the palace inspected the appearance of all officials. The scene was extremely grand.
Li Jiantai stepped forward to deliver a speech, expressing his loyalty and claiming that he would live up to Chongzhen's high expectations and defeat the rebels.
Chongzhen came forward to express his condolences again and again, and gave him an imperial banquet, with the imperial banquet in the middle, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials, and seven lines of wine. Chongzhen drank wine three times with a gold bowl in his hand, and gave it to Li Jiantai. He also wrote a handwritten edict on the spot, "On my behalf, personally conquer" to Li Jiantai.
At the end of the banquet, the eunuch in charge personally covered Li Jiantai with red hairpins and used drum music to guide Shang Fang's sword out. Li Jiantai was extremely excited and took the sword and said goodbye.
Chongzhen stood on the Zhengyang Gate and watched him go away.
Chongzhen stood for a long time, because Li Jiantai could not walk very fast, and because Li Jiantai did not go on a horse ride, but sat on a comfortable shoulder cart, rocking every step.
All the soldiers who went on the expedition knew who Li Jiantai was. He had never been involved in military service. Can you win the war by following such a person
The soldiers were suspicious of Li Jiantai, and they couldn't stand it when they saw him sitting on a shoulder cart and shaking his head. Well, he is a pavilion elder, and he is on behalf of the emperor. We shouldn't say anything while sitting on a shoulder cart, but don't do it for Do you know that pursuing comfort is very dangerous
Such worries were by no means unnecessary. Before they had walked a few miles, the shoulder carriage Li Jiantai was sitting on was shaken off, and his whole body fell into a gourd.
The soldiers who went on the expedition couldn't help but talk about it, thinking that this was an ominous sign, and their morale became even more dispirited.
Okay, let's change the carriage and play again. Not long after we left, we received news from the front that Li Jiantai's hometown Quwo had been captured by the Dashun Army and his family's wealth was wiped out. After hearing this, Li Jiantai burst into tears and fell ill.
Regardless of whether he was really ill or fake, the army could only march twenty or thirty miles a day and began to drag on. When they reached Zhuozhou, as many as three thousand soldiers had escaped privately.
Li Jiantai was no longer as heroic as he was when he patted his chest in front of Chongzhen when he went on an expedition. He was still hesitant to go to Shanxi, and began to write a memorial to Chongzhen, saying that the bandit army was too powerful and it was not suitable for a decisive battle at this time, and asked to retreat to the capital... ...
call! Do you expect such a coach to win the battle? I have to say that Chongzhen really had a keen eye for recognizing talents, and it was really unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty not to perish.
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