Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 100 Falling apart, after all, one person carried everything

Li Guo protected Empress Gao and fled south all the way, day and night.Arriving in Fang County, in a wilderness, I suddenly heard someone shouting from a distance: "General Li, is this General Li? I am Zhang Huangyan!"

"Ambassador Zhang?" Li Guo hastily reined in and followed the sound.

Zhang Huangyan got out from the dense grass beside the road and jumped in front of him, his clothes were torn and his face was ashen.

"Ambassador Zhang, why are you here?" Li Guo was extremely surprised.

Zhang Huangyan then talked about the incident of being chased and killed, and said, "General Li, why did you go south?"

"That old thief Niu Jinxing took refuge with the Manchu Tartars. First, his son Niu Quan sacrificed Tongguan, killed the Tongguan defenders, and then feigned death to paralyze us. When the Tartars surrounded Xi'an City, Niu Jinxing opened the city gate... oh Every time I think of this, I scratch my heart with hatred!"

Zhang Huangyan was speechless for a while, then he came back to his senses and said, "In this way, Niu Jinxing should have sent the soldiers who chased me down. He really thought hard. But I don't understand that Niu Jinxing was already an extremely powerful minister in your dynasty. When he became the prime minister, why did he still seek refuge in the Qing dynasty?"

"I can't figure it out, maybe this old pig and dog has lost his mind!" Li Guo scolded.

"Unreasonable, unreasonable!" Zhang Huangyan shook his head and sighed, and then remembered something, his face changed drastically, and he hesitated, "Is there something I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"In the past few days, I have met some people from the north from time to time. They said... that the emperor of your dynasty has passed away."

"Ah?" Li Guo almost rolled over from his horse, his head shaking like a rattle, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

As he said that, he ordered the army to move on anxiously.Zhang Huangyan followed Li Guo's army and was temporarily out of danger.

Unexpectedly, in Chengtian Mansion, there were more and more rumors about Li Zicheng's death, which finally alarmed Empress Gao.

She told Li Guo: "I always feel restless. Could it be that your uncle is really dead? You should send someone to inquire quickly, and tell me whether he is dead or alive, okay?"

Li Guo said a few words of comfort, he was going to see the magistrate of Chengtian Mansion, but he saw a large army wearing filial piety, the leader of the army was Liu Zongmin.

"General Liu, where's the emperor?" Li Guo called out.

Liu Zongmin jumped off the horse and cried before saying anything. A handsome seven-foot man cried so hard that he almost vomited blood.

Having cried enough, Liu Zongmin threw himself in front of Empress Luan, kowtowed and said, "Empress, the emperor has passed away! I led troops to attack Fengyang Mansion a few days ago, and suddenly received an edict from the emperor, saying that the city of Xi'an had fallen. , I hastily withdrew from Fengyang territory, and rushed to Xiangyang to join the emperor."

"Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the border of Wuchang, we were shocked to hear the bad news. The emperor was killed by gangsters in Jiugong Mountain. The weather was so hot that the dragon body could not be preserved, so the soldiers buried the emperor on the spot and leveled Tongshan County. Many soldiers were sad and desperate, They fled away, and the military adviser Song Xiance also disappeared..."

"Ah!" Li Guo screamed, his body fell down, his forehead was bleeding immediately.

Empress Gao's bitter cry came from the carriage, which lasted for a long time.After an unknown amount of time, Empress Gao stopped crying, and there was no movement in the carriage.

Zhang Huangyan persuaded Liu Zongmin, then wiped the blood on Li Guo's forehead, and said, "You two generals, Empress Gao seems to be different, which one of you should lift the curtain to take a look?"

Li Guo stood up and opened the curtain of the car, only to see Empress Gao with a gold hairpin stuck in her neck, she was already dead, blood was flowing in the carriage, it was a bright red.

There were two big blood-stained characters written on the wall panel of the carriage, "Revenge"!
"Queen, aunt!" Li Guo bumped his head against the car, crying into tears.

The soldiers of the three armies knelt down in unison, crying loudly, and tears poured down like rain.

Liu Zongmin got up abruptly, drew out his sword and said, "I, Liu Zongmin, was just a blacksmith. Back then, I followed Chuang Wang to fight everywhere. I have suffered enough and enjoyed all the blessings. This life is not in vain. Without the emperor and queen, how can I have me?" Liu Zongmin today? Soldiers, follow me to the north to kill the Tartars and avenge the emperor and queen!"

Said, jumped on the horse, raised the whip.

Zhang Huangyan stopped in front of the horse and advised: "General Liu, don't act on impulse, everything must be considered in the long run..."

"Go away! My emperor died at the hands of Tuanlian of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't kill you. I have done my best. If you say more, I will make you pay for it!"

Liu Zongmin drove Zhang Huangyan away with a whip, and left with his subordinates in a mighty manner, including the [-] heavily armored cavalry.

After more than ten days, news came from the north that Liu Zongmin had died in battle.The [-] heavy armored cavalry were deeply loved by Li Zicheng, and they fought to the last man, and the whole army was martyred.

Li Guo hijacked Zhang Huangyan and fled into the Dabie Mountains. While gathering Dashun soldiers, he prepared to go north to kill the enemy.Zhang Huangyan persuaded him to surrender to Daming, but Li Guo was hesitant.

The court of Dashun fell apart, and suddenly it seemed like a building collapsed, and it was as dire as a lamp that was about to run out.

The peasant army that has galloped across this hot land for more than [-] years is left with the Daxi regime entrenched in the land of Shu, leaving endless desertedness like bright fireworks blooming.

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Fengyang Mansion, the main hall of the government office.

Li Cunming sat on the chair with a desolate attitude, staring blankly and not speaking.The accompanying ministers did not dare to speak and remained silent.

The governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying, hadn't figured out Li Cunming's temper, so he said inappropriately: "Your Majesty, Li Zicheng is dead, you should be happy, why are you so depressed?"

"You know what a fart!" Li Cunming cursed and smiled wryly.

"Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng, I originally planned to join hands with you to fight against the Tartars, but you wanted to destroy the alliance between the two dynasties. Well, now, you were fooled by the Tartars, your home was stolen, the crystal was broken, and you died too. I regret it Bar?"

"Hey, after all, I still have to bear it all by myself!"

Yan Ermei said: "Your Majesty, do your best to obey the destiny. The incident happened suddenly and was unpredictable. Let's clean up the mess."

Jiang Dejing also persuaded: "Your Majesty set up a pocket formation in Fengyang, which could have wiped out Liu Zongmin's army. In the end, he only killed [-] vanguard troops. On the other hand, let him go. Your Majesty has done his best. Li Zicheng's death is no wonder. Let's get on top!"

Li Cunming nodded and asked, "Gong Aiqing, what's the latest move of the Tatars?"

"Your Majesty, the spies have come to report that the Tartars fought a fierce battle with Liu Zongmin and suffered huge losses. They are temporarily stationed in Xi'an City, and they are unable to go south. However, Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui have gone to Gansu and are chasing and killing the Dashun army in the Northwest." Gong Yonggu said. .

Li Cunming frowned, stood up and said: "I understand, the Tartars attacked Gansu to enter Sichuan!"

Before the rest of the courtiers could figure it out, Yan Ermei stroked his beard and said, "That's right, it's not that the Tatars are unable to go south, but they chose another way to go south. When Mongolia destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, they attacked Xiangyang for a long time, so they seized the land of Shu first. , destroyed the Dali Kingdom, and then sent troops from Yunnan and Guizhou, and came up with a big detour and outflank strategy."

"The Manchu Qing court must have learned from the experience of the Mongols. They did not have a strong navy, so they detoured from Sichuan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and then outflanked them from Hunan and Guangxi. Oh, there is no shortage of strategists in the Manchu Qing court !"

Hearing Yan Ermei's explanation, the ministers present suddenly realized.

Li Cunming said: "Junshi Yan can see through the strategic intentions of the Tartars, and he is also a great strategist of our dynasty! Come and guess, who is the strategist in the Manchu court?"

Yan Ermei said: "Who else can there be except Fan Wencheng! To be honest, the minister has been reading the secret letters brought by the spies these days, and admires Fan Wencheng wholeheartedly. Shun defeat broke the situation of the three kingdoms, what a big deal, and it was done lightly and freely. I, Yan Ermei, am full of pride, and I was also impressed by Fan Wencheng!"

Li Cunming narrowed his eyes, and his murderous aura rose: "If you don't get rid of Fan Wencheng, there will be endless troubles! He ruined my strategic plan, and I will kill him!"

(End of this chapter)