Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 149 Chapter 149, Li Zicheng also had to run out of food, Zhu Cihong was quite surprised
Li Zicheng gave an order and a military meeting was immediately convened.

Li Zicheng said: "This Zhu Cihong, who disgusts me again and again, is really disgusting! Tell me, is there any way to kill him?"

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, the other people present also looked at each other in blank dismay.

Kill Zhu Cihong?It seems that this matter is really difficult to handle.

Li Guo said tentatively: "Your Majesty, why don't we fight Zhu Cihong directly? Actually, it's not like there is no chance of winning."

Li Zicheng glared at Li Guo: "Whatever you say, of course the victory is certain! However, before the battle, we need to take some measures to weaken Zhu Cihong."

Li Zicheng's own family knows about his family affairs, although he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, it is called a mighty man, but in reality?There are really not many who can fight.

Most of the soldiers and horses were actually captured by force. Many of them have not experienced serious military training. It is impossible to expect them to grow up to compete with the Ming army at once.

Many of the troops who could really fight were killed or captured by the Ming army in previous battles.

On the other hand, Zhu Cixi's Ming army was a serious regular army, and it had been tempered by the battles in Beijing, Gu'an, Baoding and even Shanhaiguan, so its combat effectiveness was not at the same level.

If not, how could Li Zicheng tolerate Zhu Cihong, who had less than half his strength, to be so presumptuous?
After Li Zicheng finished speaking, all the officials nodded again and again, but still no one could come up with a decent plan.

Li Zicheng looked around at the courtiers of Dashun present, and sighed secretly in his heart.

After several battles, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and others were all gone under Li Zicheng's command.

Today's Dashun has changed from being full of talents to being ineffective, and now no one even has an idea.

孽 孽!
Forget it, don't count on these trash, let me do it myself.

Li Zicheng snorted and said, "I have an idea."

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, everyone immediately looked up with surprised expressions.

Li Guo hurriedly said: "What's your majesty's plan?"

Li Zicheng stroked his beard and said calmly: "Didn't Zhu Cixi cut off Li Yan's food and grass some time ago? This time, it's my turn to cut off his food and grass!"

When speaking, Li Zicheng also showed half a fox's smile.

Li Guo was taken aback when he heard that, "Your Majesty is going to run out of food too? But how do we know where Zhu Cihong's food is?"

Although the others didn't speak, they probably had the same expression.

Li Zicheng smiled slightly, and said confidently: "You don't know, it doesn't mean I don't know! Li Guo, I will give you [-] elites. If you go out of the city at night tonight, you must arrive at the Jiangshui River before tomorrow evening, and burn Zhu Cilang's house." Retreat immediately after the food and grass!"

Li Guo was dubious in his heart, but seeing Li Zicheng's confident appearance, he naturally had no choice but to accept this order.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo's leaving figure, and felt a little complacent in his heart.

"Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong, you are the only one who can use tricks, but I can't?"

This plan, Li Zicheng really used a little trick.

what plan?

spy!

As we all know, most of the areas in Shandong have been recovered by Ming Dynasty, so it is imminent to restore the ruling order there.

But the former officials of Ming Dynasty were either killed by Li Zicheng, or surrendered to Li Zicheng. For Daming, these guys are not trustworthy.

But if they are sent from other places, the outsiders will not be familiar with local affairs for a while, and it will be difficult to get started.

Then who will help the government restore order?The local gentry is undoubtedly a very good choice.

Therefore, after Daming regained Beizhili and Shandong, a large number of gentry families who provided manpower and material resources to help Daming, many of them entered the grassroots government of Daming and took up some official positions.

Of course, these positions are not very core, but it is enough for them to have access to some intelligence that can affect the battle situation.

Here I want to say that not every gentry hates Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng followed Li Yan's advice, he was relatively tolerant of the gentry all the way. He mainly killed local officials, and he could accept any gentry family who was willing to surrender.

It's just that the gentry families were all beneficiaries of the original ruling order of the Ming Dynasty. The arrival of Li Zicheng changed this order, causing serious losses to the interests of many gentry families, so they firmly opposed Li Zicheng.

Most of the gentry families opposed Li Zicheng, while a small number of gentry families chose to protect themselves and be loyal to Li Zicheng.

These gentry families not only gained a lot of benefits, but also the children of their families would enter Li Zicheng's army as generals.

Therefore, after retreating from Shandong, Li Zicheng let some more loyal gentry families stay there, and sneaked into the ruling order of Ming Dynasty under the banner of returning to Ming Dynasty to see if he could get any help.

In this chaotic world where Li Zicheng and Da Ming fought back and forth, it was actually difficult for the Ming government to tell which gentry families had people on Li Zicheng's side.

Even if someone reported it, they could say that they died in battle, died of illness, or even disappeared while fighting Li Zicheng. Anyway, the current situation is so chaotic, where can I find evidence?
Facts have proved that Li Zicheng's lurking is really helpful.

The information this time was that a certain general's family in Shandong was ordered to assist the Daming government in transporting grain, and thus learned of the grain transport route to Yongnian City, and sent someone to quickly report to Li Zicheng.

The letter arrived two days earlier, but at that time Li Zicheng was so depressed that he didn't bother to bother.

It wasn't until Li Guo cheered him up that Li Zicheng dug up the information again, and made sure that there was enough time before he came up with this plan.

According to intelligence, this batch of grain transport teams from Jiangnan were escorted by only 3000 to [-] soldiers and horses, and they were all local soldiers and horses from Jiangnan, lacking training and combat effectiveness.

This kind of army can scare the refugees and the people, but if they really fight, isn't it just being manipulated by Li Zicheng at will?
Giving Li Guo [-] elites is Li Zicheng's very safe consideration. Normally, one or two thousand is enough!
Moreover, Li Zicheng believed that Zhu Cihong would never have thought that Li Zicheng would have accurately grasped the intelligence of the grain transportation team this time.

As long as Zhu Cihong's food and grass are burned, Zhu Cihong's attack speed can be greatly slowed down, and Zhu Cihong may even be forced to retreat.

In that case, wouldn't Li Zicheng's chance to win come?

Li Zicheng thought about it, and the smile on his face became more and more intense.

"Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong, you must play tricks with me, right? I will let you know this time that I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. How can you compare with me?"

A picture emerged in Li Zicheng's mind. In the picture, Li Zicheng was sitting on the emperor's throne shining brightly, while Zhu Cihong was tied up by five flowers, kneeling on the ground tremblingly begging for mercy.

Just thinking about it makes me feel beautiful!

Li Zicheng was very happy, waiting for Li Guo to bring back good news!
On the other side, Zhu Cixiang also got good news.

"The Hongyi cannons are finally here!" Looking at the twenty Hongyi cannons in front of him, Zhu Cihong also felt a little emotional.

It is these stupid, black and thick, clumsy gadgets that are not worth mentioning in the modern eyes of later generations, but they can become the big killers of this era.

When the Manchus entered the customs, they also relied on the red barbarian cannons seized from Daming to bombard them all the way, making most of the resistance of the Ming army and civilians useless.

Therefore, there are also some voices who believe that if the world did not have heavy siege weapons such as red barbarian cannons at that time, Nanming might really be able to survive like the Eastern Jin and Southern Song Dynasties.

Of course, it doesn't make much sense to talk about it now, because Zhu Cihong doesn't intend to let Daming survive, but wants to destroy all of Daming's enemies!

Zhu Cihong said to Li Guozhen who was on the side: "Starting tomorrow, let's prepare for the official siege!"

Li Guozhen nodded, also gearing up, and said, "Your Highness, I have long wanted to kill this Li Zicheng."

After Zhu Cihong and Li Guozhen separated, they returned to their camp.

Fang Gongqian handed over a letter: "Your Highness, this is a letter from His Majesty."

Zhu Cihong let out an oh, and casually opened it.

Generally speaking, this kind of letter is not a decree, so there should be no military affairs in it, and most of it is some nagging from Emperor Chongzhen.

Just as Zhu Cihong expected, what Chongzhen wrote in the letter was actually old-fashioned. It was nothing more than Chongzhen telling Zhu Cihong not to mess around, and must fight hard to ensure safety.

Zhu Cilang yawned, thinking: "This cheap father is only in his thirties, why is he as long-winded as those 60-year-old fathers in TV dramas?"

Tucao return to Tucao, after all, it is also the intention of the cheap father, Zhu Cihong naturally wants to write a reply.

Just as Zhu Cihong was writing furiously, the sound of the system suddenly sounded.

"The host, please rush to Jiangshui before tomorrow evening, and thwart Li Guo's [-] soldiers' attack on the Daming grain transport team."

The brush in Zhu Cihong's hand paused, and the ink fell from the tip of the brush, instantly staining a piece of paper black.

"Out of food? Good guy, I never thought that Li Zicheng would play this trick with Ben Gong..." Zhu Cihong muttered, with a strange expression on his face.

If it wasn't for the system's reminder, maybe Li Zicheng might have tricked him.

But it's a pity, Bengong——but the man who cheated!

Zhu Cihong stood up, threw the half-written letter paper into the oil lamp and lit it, then walked out the door.

Fang Gongqian, who was waiting at the gate, was stunned for a moment: "Where are you going, Your Highness?"

Zhu Cihong returned a smile: "Go and talk to Uncle Xiangcheng!"

　Thanks to book friends, no one cares about Huang's reward

　　
　
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