History is like a satirical director.

From the embarrassment of only eighteen riders left in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, to the founding of the country and the glory of the emperor in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, to the death of the country a year later.

I really saw him building a tall building and seeing it collapse.

After Li Zicheng's death, Dashun's role as an independent force in the Ming Dynasty came to an end.

However, the former enemies became comrades-in-arms. The remaining Shunjun surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and continued to fight tenaciously against the Manchu Qing Dynasty that was sweeping the world.

The same thing happened with the remnants of Daxi after Zhang Xianzhong's death.

The former officers and soldiers of the imperial court have become the lackeys of the barbarians with money and rat tails, and the former hungry bandits have become the last force to guard China.

More than 50,000 Shun troops went south from Wuchang, and less than 10,000 Huaxia troops returned north with Liu Tichun.

However, this situation has met Wanjun's expectations, and both Liu Tichun and Wang Lihui returned to the Chinese Army.

Liu Tichun's mood had not yet recovered, and he was already crying bitterly after describing the circumstances of Li Zicheng's murder.

Wang Lihui was much better. He commanded a carriage to approach and said to Wan Jun, "This is his body."

"Li Zicheng?"

When Wan Jun approached the carriage, a strong fishy smell hit his face, but what he saw was several frames of dead fish.

The dead fish surrounded a man in a royal robe, his face was pale, and half of his head was almost broken, but all the blood and stains had been carefully wiped away.

You can tell from his face that he is Li Zicheng, whom he met with Wan Jun in Xiaoyi Town.

It is so sad that a generation of heroes became a corpse in a pile of salted fish.

Wan Jun glanced at it, turned around and walked away a few steps and asked, "Shun Jun also has Liu Zongmin and several other generals, so why would they hand over the body of Emperor Dashun to you?"

Wang Lihui said, "I heard from the Shun Army that Liu Zongmin wanted to inherit the emperor's legacy and continue to go south to Champa to establish Dashun. The emperor's body was inconvenient to carry and could not be buried on the spot, so I proposed to take the emperor's body back to Jinzhong Mountain in Lucheng County."

, to be buried together with my sister, General Liu and the others agreed."

Wan Jun said, "Jinzhong Mountain is indeed a good place to bury Li Zicheng."

Wang Lihui said, "Please allow me to send him back to the Wang family building and bury him together with my sister."

Liu Tichun also came over and said, "Your Majesty, please grant me your permission. I am willing to escort the body of Emperor Yongchang back to Jinzhong Mountain together."

The dead are great, and the impression Li Zicheng gave to Wanjun was not as bad as history said.

Wan Jun thought for a while and said, "You can send Li Zicheng back to Lucheng County, but there is still one thing to do."

Liu Tichun wiped his tears, looked up at Wan Jun, and suddenly understood, "I know what your Excellency said, leave this matter to me."

Wan Jun nodded and said, "That's the best thing. The time is only a few days, and the weather is hot. I'm afraid the body won't be preserved for long, so we need to do it as soon as possible."

Liu Tichun nodded, called a few confidants, and rode away together.

Wan Jun said to Wang Lihui again, "Lihui, I originally wanted you to build a large firearms manufacturing factory here in Wuchang. If you want to return to Lucheng, the firearms factory will be delayed."

Wang Lihui thought for a while and said, "My lord, do you know why only Zhao Shizhen, Sun Yuanhua and others are famous in the manufacturing of Ming Dynasty firearms?"

Wan Jun knows a lot about history. Both of them were among the best artillery experts in the late Ming Dynasty. However, he was very curious about Wang Lihui's question, "Why? Isn't it because of the superb firearms technology?"

Wang Lihui smiles

He smiled and said, "For the imperial court, technology is just a side detail. Obtaining fame is the right way. To say that these two people's firearms skills are the best in the world, I don't think so."

Wan Jun seemed to realize something, "Are you talking about these two people?"

Wang Lihui said, "Yes, it is true that they are familiar with firearms, but the greater reason why they enjoy such a great reputation is that they are all people who have achieved academic status. There are many people who are proficient in firearms, but do not even have the reputation of being a scholar. I don't know.

What do you think, adults?"

There is no need to ask whether technical talents are available or not. Wan Jun said anxiously, "What I want are technical talents, not those who are interested in eight-part pairing. Do you know there are such people?"

Wang Lihui said, "We have been making firearms for so long, and we have a few experts who are proficient in firearms. When I return to Lucheng this time, I can recommend them to you."

Wan Jun said happily, "That's very good. By the way, if firearms technology wants to advance, it must not hide its secrets. Without mutual concessions and mutual cooperation, there will be no technological breakthroughs. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Lihui said, "Understood, sir, I will ask someone to bring them here."

Soon, Wang Lihui led the three people over, "Sir, this is Gong Bisheng, this is Pu Hong, and Fei Weisan."

Wan Jun discussed firearms with the three men and saw that the three men had a lot of experience in making firearms and had many fantastic ideas.

To Wan Jun, many of these three people's ideas were absurd, but many of them, if guided, could promote the development of firearms technology like later generations.

Wan Jun encouraged the three of them and arranged for them to be responsible for establishing the Chinese Army's first large-scale firearms research and development and manufacturing factory in Wuchang.

The Chinese army was stationed in Wuchang, with nearly 60,000 surrendered troops, nearly 150,000 volunteer soldiers from all walks of life, and nearly 20,000 regular Chinese soldiers.

Taking into account the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, the logistical supplies in the Wuchang area, and the training of the new army, Wan Jun decided to divide the rebels into two groups for training, and all the surrendered troops were sent to the Danjiangkou area in Xichuan.

Three days later, Liu Tichun's letter was delivered to Hanyang. Wan Jun was overjoyed when he heard the news, "Great things can be expected. Liu Tichun has made a great contribution."

In the evening, Liu Tichun and a few others quickly arrived outside Hanyang City. Ten thousand troops had been waiting outside the city for a long time.

Liu Tichun led several people to jump off the horse, "This is Lord Wanjun Wan."

After that, Liu Tichun pointed to the dusty people behind him and introduced to Wan Jun, "This is General Li Guo, and this is Gao Yigong."

The two of them clasped their fists towards Wan Jun, and Li Guo said cautiously, "I wonder where the emperor's body is?"

Wanjun had already made preparations. With a wave of his hand, several soldiers pushed a carriage over. The fishy smell was a bit stronger than the day before. The fishy smell was getting harder and harder to suppress the smell of corpses.

However, Li Guo and Gao Yigong didn't seem to notice it at all, and hurriedly stepped forward to check. Although the body had begun to decay, the face was not that of Emperor Dashun.

The two of them watched for a while in front of the car, and soon burst out crying, crying and shouting, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, and Gao Yigong is the younger brother of Li Zicheng's wife. He is the most trusted by Li Zicheng. Now he is crying very sadly.

Wan Jun said, "The dead cannot be resurrected. The two generals express our condolences. The weather is hot now. We must send the body back to Jinzhong Mountain for burial as soon as possible."

Gao Yigong stopped crying and said, "I heard that your majesty's body will be sent to be buried with others. My sister Gao Guiying is the emperor's wife. How can your majesty be buried with others?"

Wang Lihui stood aside. Hearing this, he stepped forward and said angrily, "When Li Zicheng was in Jinzhong Mountain, where was your sister?"

Gao Yigong glared at Wang Lihui,

"Who is your sister? My sister is the Queen of Dashun."

Wang Lihui's face turned red and he cursed, "Who do you think you are? You are a defeated general. If we hadn't sent soldiers and horses over, the emperor's body would have ended up in a barren mountain."

Seeing the two people scolding each other and almost taking action, Wan Jun said, "General Gao, you have also seen that the body has rotted due to the hot weather. The dead must be laid to rest as soon as possible. They must rely on the Eighteen Riders to make a comeback in the King's Village at Jinzhong Mountain.

It can be regarded as the proudest event of Li Zicheng's life, and it is considered the best choice to be buried in Jinzhong Mountain."

Li Guo didn't care. He clasped his fists at Wan Jun and thanked Wan Jun for his kindness.

However, Gao Yigong still said, "It's okay to be buried in Jinzhong Mountain, but I won't agree to being buried with others."

Wang Lihui said angrily, "Where is your sister? Bring her here and kill her. I can let her be buried with this guy."

Gao Yigong was so angry that he put his hand on his waist and was about to pull out the knife.

When the Chinese army guards on the side saw this, they made a clatter and pointed their knives, guns, and spears at Li Guo, Gao Yigong and the other two.

Liu Tichun was shocked when he saw this. He stepped forward and held Gao Yigong down, and said loudly, "I brought you to see Mr. Wan, what are you doing?"

Gao Yigong came to his senses and broke into a cold sweat. He knelt on the ground with Li Guo and said, "Please forgive me."

Wan Jun helped the two of them up, waved his hand for everyone to put down their weapons, and said comfortingly, "You, like Li Hui, are both gentle people, but it is really inappropriate to bury them together."

Wan Jun turned around and said to Wang Lihui, "Your sister Lanzhi has been buried in peace for many years. It is not appropriate to disturb her anymore. In my opinion, it is good to bury Li Zicheng next to her."

Wang Lihui said nothing more after hearing this, and Gao Yigong and Li Guo also agreed.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Liu Tichun said, "My lord, I am glad that Old Liu has fulfilled his duty. General Li and General Gao have agreed to surrender to our Chinese army, so they came with me to see your lord first."

Li Guo said, "Now that we have seen His Majesty's body, we will keep our promise and surrender to Your Majesty."

Gao Yigong also followed and said, "We are going south from Yulin, from Hanzhong to Sichuan, passing through Taiping, Dazhou, Kuizhou and finally Jingmen. We still have 177,000 soldiers and horses, and we are willing to surrender to your lord."

Wan Jun smiled and said, "That's very good. Now that the Hu people are invading the Central Plains, it's time to work together to restore China. You two generals don't need to be polite. Welcome to join the Chinese army."

Gao Yigong said, "Your Majesty's army is powerful. The generals have heard about it for a long time. Now I have an unkind request. Please accept it."

Wan Jun asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Gao Yigong said, "It's my sister. She knew about His Majesty's death and wanted to become a bhikshuni in the ancient temple of Jinzhong Mountain. The green lantern has been with her all her life."

Wan Jun said, "There is nothing wrong with this kind of thing, as long as she is willing."

Gao Yigong said gratefully, "Thank you, sir."

Li Guo said, "My brother Li You led the whole army to surrender to your lord. Please allow me to return to Jinzhong Mountain to say goodbye to my uncle."

Gao Yigong also said, "Please allow me to send my sister to Jinzhong Mountain to settle down."

Wan Jun thought for a while and then agreed, "I will allow you and Liu Tichun to return to Lucheng together."
Chapter completed!