As November began, the weather was getting colder. Li Zicheng slowly got up from the quilt and pushed away the girl lying horizontally beside him.
"Hey, since the reign of the army, I have been fighting on the battlefield for so many years. I really don't know when I will be the leader!"
"Your Majesty, look at what you said. You are the noble of the Nine Five. You will be the emperor sooner or later. You will be the emperor on the horse, the wise wise ruler, and the people of the world are waiting for you!" The fat old eunuch said while helping Li Zicheng change his clothes.
Li Zicheng laughed: "Pang'er, you really know how to speak with your mouth. I have never thought that today, I entered the capital in a daze, became the emperor, and suddenly withdrew from the capital. Everything is like a big dream. When I wake up, I'm really afraid that the dream will end!"
"Your Majesty!" The fat eunuch knelt on the ground, his face trembling, and sweat beads dripping.
"You are the lord of all people, and everyone is counting on you to make the decision. This is not a dream. Don't worry about small setbacks. If you defeat the Tartars, you will take a look at Can Ming again. You are the founding emperor."
Li Zicheng looked at Eunuch Pang, then looked outside, and couldn't help but sigh: "Get up, I know what's going on. I've been through the ups and downs of the years, and this time is no exception! The Tartars want my life, and I want to kill them!"
Li Zicheng said as he walked on a tiger's foot and came directly to the hall. At this time, Liu Fangliang, Zhang Nai and other generals arrived and stood in a dark row. Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other civil servants were also right, standing under the imperial throne.
"Why didn't Liu Zongmin come?" Li Zicheng suddenly asked loudly.
The people below looked at each other. It was true that among the civil and military officials, Liu Zongmin was lacking. But these people also knew that Liu Zongmin was used to being arrogant and domineering, and even did not buy Li Zicheng's account. They did not dare to talk casually.
Song Xiance smiled and said, "Your Majesty, maybe something is wrong. I have someone to urge you. Marquis Liu is always very punctual."
"Hmph!" Li Zicheng suddenly grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it hard on the ground, smashing it into pieces.
"Liu Zongmin didn't take me seriously, and did not take Dashun's foundation in his eyes!" Li Zicheng for a moment, as if he was possessed by a fierce god, his hair and hair were all scattered, which was particularly terrifying.
"Do you know? Three days ago, Gu Zhenhua sent me more than a thousand heads, saying that it was to strengthen our momentum and form an alliance between the two families! What is this? This is to slap us in the face and laugh at us. If we don't have the ability to kill the enemy, we will destroy the Tartars. If there is hundreds of thousands of troops, no one can fight ten thousand people, is it embarrassing to lose?"
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Liu Zongmin walked in with a tired look on his face. Before he felt the atmosphere was abnormal, he bowed and smiled: "Everyone is late. This army is about to go to war, and I, Old Liu, are also the groom. The days when the knife licks blood, maybe my head will fall off. Enjoy happiness first, hahaha..."
"Shut up!"
Before Liu Zongmin finished speaking, Li Zicheng rushed to him, grabbed the knife handle tightly with his big hand, and fire spurted out from his eyes.
"Liu Zongmin, what was the crime of shaking the morale of the army before the war?"
Liu Zongmin is used to it casually, and when he sees Li Zi's expression of cannibalism, he is also a little surprised.
"To be honest, wars are always successful and defeated, so why be so anxious!"
Li Zicheng stared at the bull's eyes and said word by word: "Listen, this battle is only allowed to win but not defeat. The world is big. If this battle is defeated, it will be broken into pieces and will never be restored!"
Liu Zongmin shook his big black head and disagreed, "Your Majesty, we only had eighteen cavalry left before, did we get up again?"
“Different, different!”
Li Zicheng murmured to himself, fell on the dragon throne, his eyes swept across every civil and military man, and there was endless pressure in his eyes.
"Everyone listened to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty was good at fighting, and there were the forces of the remnant Ming to be the backing. If we were defeated in this battle in northern Shaanxi, we would be swallowed up by these two forces. It would be unfortunate. I and my brothers started their businesses and overcome all obstacles. There were times when they were in a downturn and a glory to enter the capital. From now on, I hope everyone will wake up, get up to a twelve-point spirit, and fight to the death for survival!"
As he spoke, Li Zicheng's depressed body subsided a lot, as if he had returned to the energetic King Li Chuang, who was back then. Everyone present was also shocked.
Song Xiance took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, my residence has a red light that fell from the sky last night, and the strange fragrance is thrilling. When I saw it in the morning, I found a divine stone from the sky."
"Divine Stone? What?" Li Zicheng asked suddenly in surprise, and the civil and military officials present were also very surprised.
Just as I heard the sound of footsteps, someone held a mahogany pallet and delivered it to Li Zicheng.
Old Li lifted the red cloth on it and saw a stone as big as a face plate, which was pitch black, as if there were signs of fire. At first glance, there was no difference, but when Li Zicheng looked over the stone, he was shocked.
There was a little golden light on the stone, which seemed to be following a specific trajectory, forming a square character with one. He could not recognize what the character was!
"Mr. Song, look at this, what is this?"
"Your Majesty, this is an oracle, and I don't understand it, but you can ask anyone who understands it to come and take a look."
Li Zicheng nodded quickly and said little, and soon found an old Taoist with a fairy-like spirit. After seeing the stone, the old Taoist cried and laughed, and then jumped up on the ground like a storm. The apprentice had prepared a sand table. The old Taoist wrote and painted on it. Finally, after the jump, everyone looked closely and saw four twisted words on it: The horse was successful!
This is an auspicious saying, and more importantly, it contains Li Zicheng's name. After reading it, Lao Li laughed to the sky.
"This is the oracle, this is the will of God, and it will be successful! God has asked me to win. You will immediately tell the oracle of the oracle to cheer up and follow me to northern Shaanxi and kill all the Tartars!"
These civil and military officials were also extremely excited, as if they were injected with chicken blood. Li Zicheng also promoted the titles of Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang, Zhang Nai, Liu Tichun and others and became Duke.
Taking advantage of the great boost of morale of the army, Li Zicheng brought 150,000 elite troops to Yan'an Prefecture, northern Shaanxi, and prepared to fight the Qing army to the death!
Just when Li Zicheng pretended to be a fool and boosted the morale of the army, Gu Zhenhua was not idle either. He mainly did two things, one was to strengthen defense and the other was to take the initiative to attack.
Dengfeng cleared out the giant bandit Li Jiyu, and his men became An**'s coolies. This time they were all transferred, and the local people in Henan also organized them.
Just north of the Yellow River, Gu Zhenhua began to build a large-scale construction project to urgently repair the city and strengthen the fortification system. There are two key aspects of construction. One is to use a beacon tower along the Yellow River as an early warning. The other is to strengthen the city and build a diamond-shaped fortress.
Now that cement is available, the construction work is faster than expected. A wall can be built overnight and sand and gravel are enough to resist ordinary siege.
Although there is no reinforced concrete, Gu Zhenhua suggested that workers use bamboo, weave it into a frame, and then pour the mixed sand and gravel into it. Basically, hundreds of workers can build a city wall of 100 meters in one day, and thousands of workers will act together, and the fortifications in Jixian and other places will be almost the same every day.
In addition to thickening the turtle shell, they took the initiative to weaken the Qing army. According to Gu Zhenhua's intention, the dozen newly formed regiments were divided into three groups and gradually entered the areas of Zhangde Prefecture and Daming Prefecture to harass the defenders and plunder the people and supplies.
In addition, Gu Zhenhua also sent a large number of spies to let them enter various places, spread the sins of the Qing Dynasty, and encouraged the people to flee south.
This effect was indeed quite amazing. For a time, people were filled with their hearts and a large number of refugees fled south.
In Neihuang County, a beggar was playing with cow bones, walking and singing.
"Subi Bao, Dalai Bao, I was starved when I came to the street, and I didn't shout or disturb me. The gentlemen who passed by were good..."
As soon as the beggar looked up, he happened to see the soldiers guarding the city. A soldier rushed over with a whip.
"Xie Junye rewarded me, the villain kowtowed to you!"
"Get up." The soldier widened his eyes, "Md beat the snake and the rod, you are quite capable, and no one has ever cared about the old man asking for money!"
"June, you rely on your power to ask for money, and I rely on Xige to ask for money, we are all the same."
"Fuck, if you get to your position, you might as well die! Let me tell you that from tomorrow, the city gate will be closed, so don't run around, be careful not to starve to death outside."
"June, why do you need to close the city gates and guard against thieves?"
"Can you ask what you want to be careful about? Be honest. I can tell you that the old man in the north does not have the patience of us. If you are like this, you will be arrested in prison."
"Oh, then they are so kind. When they go to prison, Hanako will not have to worry about eating when he is begging for food!"
The soldier looked at the shameless and shameless begging, and waved his hand fiercely, "Get out, don't bother me."
The beggar nodded and bowed, and all the way out. After arriving outside the city, the beggar suddenly threw the cow bone plate aside and ran away. The speed was faster than the rabbit. He ran to more than ten miles away. When he was out of breath, two people suddenly ran out of the woods beside him.
"San Zheng, you are back, and the boss can't wait!"
"I checked the city tightly, and I had to work hard to run out."
At this time, when begging for food, he did not look lazy at all. On the contrary, he was particularly solemn. When he arrived in the woods, a big black man was waiting for him. The big black man was taller than others, and his face was several interlaced scars, which were particularly ferocious.
"Stern, you're back. Tell me quickly, how to save the second brother and the others."
Chapter completed!