Chapter 82: Submission today, who will be submissive tomorrow
In my impression, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an twenty days later, in the 17th year of Chongzhen, and established the country with the title of Dashun and changed the reign of Yongchang. Therefore, Lu Si now calls him the Emperor Dashun, which feels like a charlatan that is unknown.
However, when the letter was delivered to Li Zicheng, the other party had already claimed to be emperor. He would never have thought that anyone had predicted his fate.
Both of them were the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, compared with the weak Huai Army, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army could definitely be called "King Army".
Lu Si even signed the signature of this letter directly with "Minister Lu Wenzong".
The attitude is very positive and obvious. The Huaiyang thief Lu was willing to worship Emperor Yongchang of Dashun and lead his Huai army to firmly unite around Emperor Yongchang of Dashun and fight the reactionary Ming Dynasty to the end!
This attitude is very important, not even at all, because Lu Si needs Emperor Dashun Yongchang to cast a glimpse of his king who has become the Nascent Soul to the distant Huaiyang.
If this is not the case, why can there be strong support?
If this is not the case, why can the enemy be disrupted?
If not, how can you look at the Central Plains?
If not, how can we drive out the Tartars?
Lu Si believed that as long as Li Zicheng was not a fool, he would immediately order his Henan group to go south to Huaiyang after receiving this letter, and would give him the official position of Dashun Dynasty, the leader of Huaiyang as the king.
Although the Dashun Army of Emperor Yongchang will be about to decline from its peak to its decline in a few months, the Shun Army is undoubtedly the strongest existence in the pass within these few months.
The enemy of the Huai Army was not the Shun Army, but the Ming Army. So, when the Huai Army was not strong enough to compete with the Ming Army, Lu Si would of course introduce the Shun Army at the gate of Huaiyang.
To surrender is to ask others to help.
Historically, the Henan Shun Army did cross the Yellow River to attack Xu and Su in the early 17th year of Chongzhen, and the troops headed directly to Huai'an.
Unfortunately, the Shun Army heading south was entangled by Lu Zhenfei and defeated Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Jin Shenghuan and other troops.
The reason for the failure of the Shun Army to move south was that they were not the main force of the Shun Army, but the Ming army surrendered by Li Zicheng.
Therefore, even if Li Zicheng ordered the Shun Army to go south, the Shun Army from Henan would still be here.
But history is different.
With Lu Si's arms raised, the governor of the Caoyuan who had lost Huaian City could no longer have the ability to join forces with Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing and others to resist the Shun Army.
Because the food is in Lu Si's hands.
Lu Si thought seriously about what his elder brother Wen Liang said. He needed someone to take over the Ming army in Huai'an and buy time for his Huai army to truly form and grow. But wouldn't it be better if he could carry out this strategy and cause significant losses to Huaiyang and the nearby Ming army while implementing this strategy?
When the enemy is strong, we are weak. We should attract strong support to disrupt the enemy, thereby gaining time and space for our own development.
On the way back to the city, Lu Si carefully deduced that after the news of Huai'an's loss spread, the Ming army from all directions must have rushed over like a hungry wolf who smelled the smell of meat. Everyone wanted to swallow the big fat piece of Huai'an.
But if the Shunjun Group in Henan also came after receiving Lu Si’s “request for help” letter, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, Jin Shenghuan and others in the north would face more difficult problems than Lu Si.
They dare not go south easily, and doing so is very likely to be taken away by Shunjun.
The Shun Army, who was carrying the great victory, followed them to the city of Huai'an. Where did Liu, Gao, Jin and others run away?
Whether it is wise or helpless, Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie can only take over the Henan Shun Army in the north.
Unless, they also surrender.
Without the pressure from the Ming army in the north, only the Ming army in the direction of Fengyang, Huaixi, could reach Huai'an to "quell the rebellion", which undoubtedly greatly reduced the pressure on Huai'an to defend the city.
If the Nandu knew that the Henan Shun Army was heading south in large numbers, Huai'an and Yangzhou were occupied by the "Huaiyang thief Lu", I am afraid that the three giant Dukes, eunuchs and the civil officials' cabinet would not discuss regaining Huaiyang, but discuss how to rectify Jiangfang.
In short, reducing the right direction will bring you all benefits but not all harm.
Whether or not the Dashun flag will be carried on after Li Zicheng finished the ball is another matter.
Although Lu Si wants to follow the rebellion route with Lu Si's characteristics, he does not reject the carrying of your flag today and the fighting will be the flag tomorrow.
As long as it was conducive to the growth of the Huai Army, he didn't care whether he was called Emperor Li or Emperor Zhu.
After the letter was written and sealed with candles, who would Lu Si Xunsi send to deliver the letter?
People around you will definitely not work, your accent is wrong, and problems are likely to occur on the road.
After thinking about it, he called Sun Wujin and said bluntly that he wanted to send a letter to Li Chuang, asking the Chuang army to go south to deal with the Ming army.
"ah?"
Sun Wujin was stunned for a moment, then blurted out the nonsense: "Old Lu is wise!"
"Don't say these four words when there is no one in the future."
Lu Si looked at Sun Wujin with disgust, "The person who sends the letter must be reliable and familiar with the northern terrain. Do you have any candidates for your subordinates?"
"this..."
Sun Wujin thought about it and said that he had the Gao brothers under him who could take on this position.
"Brother Gao Jin is from Nanyang. The two brothers were thieves in their early years. The terrain in Henan is even more exquisite than that of a low-level position..."
"Don't talk nonsense, bring people here!"
"Why!"
Soon, Sun Wujin brought the Gao brothers to Lu Si.
Lu Si looked at the two brothers and found that they were indeed born to the same mother and looked very similar. But he asked his younger brother Gao Wu to go back without saying a word, leaving only his older brother Gao Jin.
"You send me a letter to the Henan crusade army. There are only 20 days. If you don't come back with the reply from the crusade army in 20 days, I will kill your brother. When you come back, each of your brothers will be 100 taels of silver, and you will be promoted to the team."
Lu Si pointed to the waxed sealed letter on the table.
Gao Jin was silent for a moment, and reached out to take the letter sealed with wax from Lu Si. Lu Si nodded and signaled Sun Wujin to take Gao Jin down to get the money.
After Sun Wujin took Gao Jin down, Lu Si sat down and picked up his pen and wrote a letter that was exactly the same as the previous one.
Long live the same Dashun Emperor, and the same minister Lu Wenzong.
After Mo Dang, Lu Si asked someone to call Luo Jiying, the magistrate of Shanyang, and asked him if he had any other yamen runners in Huai'an, who were bold and meticulous.
Luo Jiying said yes, and soon called his subordinate Ding San over.
Ding San is from Shandong and fled a few years ago. Because he had learned martial arts and was a living person, he quickly gained a foothold in Huai'an City, and he also worked as a yamen. He also married a Huai'an woman and gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
"Train his wife, children, and young people to the old camp,"
Lu Si ordered Luo Jiying in front of Ding San, and then said to him: "If you can't bring the crusade back in 20 days, I will kill your family. Come back and release the people and reward you with a hundred taels of silver."
Ding San also picked up the letter on the table after being silent and slowly retreated.
Looking at Ding San's back as he was leaving, Lu Si raised his hands and exerted a little force, and his knuckles made constant "clogs". Then, he focused for a moment, picked up the sword on the table and walked out.
Chapter completed!