The governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Sichuan trapped Li Zicheng at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi. People from all walks of life gathered to launch a complete eradication campaign.
The governor of Huguang, the governor of Jiangxi, plus Qin Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa, etc., also pressed on Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in Huguang.
This time, the officers and the army have been coordinated, the money and food are sufficient, the army has a clear rhythm, clear goals, and the morale of all walks of life is like a rainbow.
The imperial court kept receiving good news and was very encouraged. Chongzhen kept making orders to Zhou Zheng, urging Zhou Zheng to send troops to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible.
Xi'an House.
The Military Intelligence Department in Menghe Prefecture has an independent class room. I don't know how many people come in and out of it. All kinds of intelligence are gathered together, and shouts of shouts one after another.
Standing in front of the huge sand table, Zhou Zheng watched the red flags planted in Meng Hezhou, introducing various situations.
Meng Hezhou planted a banner near the South Taihu Lake and said, "My lord, Ge Liyan has been wiped out. Only a few dozen people fled and took refuge in Zhang Xianzhong."
"Zhang Xianzhong currently has 80,000 troops, and the site is shrinking. This is Shi Kefa, this is Zuo Liangyu, and Qin Liangyu's 20,000 horses blocked their way into Sichuan. They are basically surrounded, and it is impossible to break through..."
"The governors of Jiangxi and Henan are also coming. As soon as the army arrives, they can start the siege and annihilation. By the way, Prime Minister Xiong is still lobbying Zhang Xianzhong and others, hoping to persuade them to surrender and not fight without fighting..."
Zhou Zheng listened, nodded lightly, turned his eyes to the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and said, "Where is Lu Xiangsheng?"
Meng Hezhou looked at the banners and said, "My lord, there has been a lot of rain recently, and the terrain of Shaanxi and Sichuan is also more complicated. People from all walks of life are slow to come. But Li Zicheng has been surrounded, and the road out of Shaanxi has been blocked... Look. Prime Minister Lu’s arrangement seemed to eat Li Zicheng in one bite..."
A soldier walked in and handed Zhou Zheng a document, saying: "My lord, Sichuan Chief Soldier Qin Liangyu has reported that he asks to enter the lake to suppress the bandits, and please allocate 60,000 yuan for assistance."
Zhou Zheng glanced at it, handed it back, and said: "Agree, send the letter to the supervising army, and transfer as many as possible. Then order the governor of Sichuan to cooperate, not to rashly and act according to the plan."
The person responsible for escorting the grain and grass is an internal prison sent by Chongzhen, who is used by the discipline.
This person is quite knowledgeable, and he is very cooperative with Zhou Zheng, but he hasn't added any confusion.
The soldiers took the order to leave.
Zhou Zheng held the sand table with both hands and stared at the small banner. He deduced two battles. After thinking and thinking, he said, "Let Lu Xiangsheng order him to encircle on three sides and attack on the same side. Give me Li Zicheng as soon as possible! Only Li Zicheng won, then. Zhang Xianzhong, it's not a problem!"
Meng Hezhou quickly said: "Yes!"
The homing pigeons in Xi'an Prefecture flew around, coming and going, more densely than people on the ground.
At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng was in Fengxiang Mansion, while he was taking a rest while he was investigating the situation at the border between Sichuan and Shanxi.
After receiving Zhou Zheng’s flying pigeons, Lu Xiangtong reported to Lu Xiangsheng, “Big Brother, I think Zhou Shangshu is a little anxious. We have just caught up from Suiyuan and haven’t rested for a while.”
Lu Xiangguan answered, "I'm afraid it's not Zhou Shangshu's urgency. It should be the emperor. The court is anxious. I heard that in the past half month, Zhou Shangshu has received the emperor's seven or eight orders, as well as the court's orders. Zhou Shangshu urged Zhou Shangshu to dispatch troops as soon as possible to suppress the bandits. Also, regarding Prime Minister Xiong’s side, Zhou Shangshu’s pressure is really not small..."
After reading it, Lu Xiangsheng put the note aside, staring at the map in front of him, his face indifferent, and said, "Immediately let Zuo Guangxian, Cao Bianjiao and others come to see me. Also, send a letter to the governor from all walks of life, and keep it for me. , Tomorrow, we will attack with all our strength to eliminate the thief!
Lu Xiangtong looked surprised and said, "Brother, we haven't stopped since August. It's only a day off. I'm worried that the soldiers will not be able to hold it."
Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and looked at a corner not far away, as if he was standing in the dark, the intelligence department sent by Zhou Zheng.
This person saw Lu Xiangsheng's gaze and stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister Lu, two generals, the Military Intelligence Department has bought people from the thieves. He understands their defense very well, and he can sort them out tonight and submit them."
Lu Xiangtong, Lu Xiangguan's eyes suddenly widened.
Lu Xiangsheng waved his hands to the two of them, and said indifferently: "Go and prepare."
"Yes!" Lu Xiangtong, Lu Xiangguan said immediately.
Lu Xiangsheng sent troops and dispatched generals, and the current "ten-faced net" is much stronger than in history. After all, there was no fiasco of Jianluo's repeated entry and the loss of Liaodong, and many arrogant soldiers have accumulated.
On August 20th, Lu Xiangsheng assembled all walks of life, mixed with more than 80,000 people, and attacked the Sichuan-Shanxi border in a big way.
Li Zicheng is the strongest among the robbers and the most defeated officer, and he has many capable people.
But with the integration of the army and the army, the army was pressured and there were flaws everywhere, and they were defeated all the way. Now they are trapped at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and there is no way out.
Li Zicheng convened Song Xiance, Li Yan, Gao Jie and others to discuss countermeasures in a hurry.
They are not only trapped, but they also engulf more than one hundred thousand people. The daily food and grass is a huge consumption. They do not produce and do not have a stable logistics. They all rely on looting. Now they cannot be looted. They are under siege. , People's heart beats, collapses, and people run away every day.
Song Xiance and Li Yan are both capable people, but they are also somewhat helpless in the face of powerful officers and soldiers.
Gao Jie sits aside, speaking and acting cautiously, never saying more than a word.
After discussion, Li Zicheng could only decide to break through to the north.
To the west is Sichuan, where dangers are everywhere, easy to defend and difficult to attack; to the east is Lu Xiangsheng’s army, which cannot be head-on; to the south is all roads blocking the road, making it difficult to advance.
They had no other way except to the north, the Great Wall, and the vast northern Shaanxi.
A big battle broke out as scheduled.
Even if Lu Xiangsheng had come to Li Zicheng to break through to the north, Lu Xiangtong led the Tianxiong Army and Zuo Guangxian, with a total of 50,000 soldiers, and fought Li Zicheng outside Fengxiang Mansion for a day. Li Zicheng retreated.
Afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng led all walks of life to fight against him. At the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, he chased Li Zicheng and defeated him more than ten times in a row.
The border between Shaanxi, Sichuan and Guizhou is the most complicated, but the officers and the army are bound to win this time. Hundreds of thousands of troops will chase and intercept Li Zicheng to death.
But in five days, Li Zicheng was beheaded by 70% of the people.
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng succeeded again and again, the other governors couldn't sit still, and attacked the states and counties originally occupied by Li Zicheng and other bandits.
Zhou was in Xi'an Mansion, and through the Military Intelligence Department, he ordered these people to stop chaos, control the rhythm, and not give Li Zicheng a chance.
Chongzhen ten years, September 25th.
Zhou Zheng mobilized the governors of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, as well as Lu Xiangsheng, Zuo Guangxian, Cao Bianjiao and other people, with an army of 200,000, and encircled Li Zicheng in Heishuizhai.
Li Zicheng still had seven to eighty thousand elite troops, and the two sides fought for two days and one night, completely eradicating Li Zicheng's tribe!
This is naturally a huge excitement for the official army, not worse than Zhou Zheng's capture of Gao Yingxiang.
Zhou Zheng was sitting in the Xi'an Mansion, and when he heard Lu Xiangsheng's victory, there was not much excitement on his face.
Nonsense, this is something that has been known for a long time, what's so exciting
Zhou Zheng took the time to write a memo to Chongzhen, and the court reported victory. On the other hand, he ordered Shaanxi and other governors to recover the states and counties step by step and restore the people's livelihood.
At the same time, he also ordered Lu Xiangsheng to stay and find Li Zicheng, and the main force of the army went south to cooperate with Xiong Wencan to completely solve Zhang Xianzhong!
Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng had already wiped out Li Zicheng, Xiong Wencan not only did not panic, but was overjoyed. He kept sending people to lobby Zhang Xianzhong and others. At the same time, the army kept approaching, attacking and threatening.
Zhang Xianzhong, who is surrounded by foreign aid, has no other way!
At the end of September, Zhou Zheng received a report from Xiong Wencan, and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered! (End of this chapter)