Chapter 1054 Li Zicheng in a dilemma (1)

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In fact, Wu Sangui's defection was not good news for the Shaanxi uprising army. Li Zicheng, who received this news, was also quite depressed. The court and the uprising army were both trying to make a living in Guanzhong. One was knocked out, and the other was naturally not easy to live. However, it was not shown in front of his subordinates.

The current situation is very subtle. The Hu Ben Army has controlled most of the country and is definitely the boss of the future. No one can judge how long the court can last. As for how long the Shaanxi Uprising Army itself, it is also hard to say. But at present, the Shaanxi Uprising Army is still safe for the time being.

Because the court of Xi'an Prefecture just stood in front of the Shaanxi Uprising Army, bringing a brief peace to the Shaanxi Uprising Army. As long as the court is still in Xi'an Prefecture, it can block the way the Hu Ben Army advances westward, and the Hu Ben Army cannot directly pose a serious harm to the Shaanxi Uprising Army. Well, it is a serious harm, not including daily small conflicts and small fuss.

Although the Hu Ben Army had a Wang Dou Legion in Yan'an Prefecture, which had direct contact with the Shaanxi Uprising Army in terms of regional conditions, this Wang Dou Legion was not an elite army of the Hu Ben Army. It was a unit authorized by Zhang Zhun and pulled up by Wang Dou himself. Apart from the number of the Hu Ben Army, it was not as strong as the regular troops of the Hu Ben Army.

According to Li Zicheng's judgment, in the next one or two years, Wang Dou's army will not have the ability to kill the rebels alone. Therefore, as long as the main force of the Hu Ben Army does not enter Guanzhong, the Shaanxi rebels will not be in danger for the time being.

Previously, in Zhenyuan, the main leader of the Shaanxi rebel army held several days of meetings to negotiate the future development policy of the Shaanxi rebel army. As a result, due to various reasons, no consensus agreement was reached between the various rebel armies. The various people parted in disagreement and each looked for their own development strategies.

After the Zhenyuan meeting, several giants of the Shaanxi uprising army, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, fell into three and held a small-scale meeting, hoping that the three strongest rebels could reach a common action plan. However, it is regrettable that even if only the three of them were still not reached any consensus agreement. In the end, they would go their own way.

The big reason why these two meetings failed to achieve any results is that all the rebels generally feel that the current situation is not particularly tense or dangerous. If a consistent action plan is to be formed, there must be some rebels who will sacrifice some of their own interests. This is obviously impossible.

At the two meetings, Li Zicheng did not satisfy his wish. After he came back, his mood was not very high. He, the King of Rebellion, seemed to be as brave as Gao Yingxiang as he was back then. Others respect him was not as good as Gao Yingxiang. Of course, this feeling was very uncomfortable. But gradually, Li Zicheng became excited.

Since the court is blocking the Hu Ben Army, even if the Hu Ben Army wants to attack, the court will suffer the first disaster. As long as the court is not in danger, the Shaanxi Uprising Army can just live by. Perhaps, when the Hu Ben Army takes action against the court, it will not be too late for the Shaanxi Uprising Army to unite again. Wu Sangui's defection is a sign that the court is in danger. Once the court is gone, the Shaanxi Uprising Army will face the elite army of the Hu Ben Army directly.

Whether the Shaanxi Uprising Army is an opponent of the Hu Ben Army is a taboo topic. In order to boost the morale of the army, news about the Hu Ben Army is generally not passed down. Even if it is to pass down, it will be passed down some news that is not good for the Hu Ben Army. Therefore, within the Shaanxi Uprising Army, most of the grassroots officers and soldiers have no clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Hu Ben Army.

In fact, among the entire Shaanxi Uprising Army, only Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other senior officials understood that once the fight really started, the Shaanxi Uprising Army would be a bit dangerous. The combat effectiveness of the Shaanxi Uprising Army should not be the opponent of the Hu Ben Army. However, their solution will definitely not be revealed directly.

For Li Zicheng's own family, his attitude towards the Hu Ben Army was cautious. He did not think that the Hu Ben Army was easy to bully, nor did he think that the Hu Ben Army could not deal with it. His strategic phalanx was to delay time as much as possible and make himself stronger.

No matter who it was, he didn't want to get to this point so early. No one expected that Wu Sangui would defect directly. It can be said that this move of the Tiger Ben Army did play a role in knocking the mountain and shaking the tigers on the Shaanxi Uprising Army.

"Good."

Li Zicheng suddenly said slowly.

"What are the instructions of the King of Breaking?"

Li Guo hurriedly answered.

"Sit down."

Li Zicheng said gently.

"Okay, dad."

Li Guo sat down obediently.

Every time Li Zicheng asked Li Guo to sit down, he would change from a public affairs to a private matter. At this time, Li Guo was no longer Li Zicheng's subordinate, but Li Zicheng's son, Li Zicheng's future heir. Such a change in identity naturally brought about a major change in topics. Simply put, the two of them had to chat at will.

It's strange that Li Zicheng has not had a single child so far. His subordinates, Liu Zongmin, Zhang Nai, Liu Fangliang, Hao Yaoqi and others, already have children. Only he, as the eldest, does not. I have to say that this is something that makes Li Zicheng very depressed. He even feels a little embarrassed in his subconscious.

Generally, normal families would burn incense to their ancestors and worship their ancestors during festivals. Only Li Zicheng never worships them. Such behavior is incredible to others and is very unfilial. However, the people around him can understand his psychology. Without descendants, he is a shameless ancestor!

If the problem is with his wife Gao Guiying, it would be easy. Gao Guiying had already arranged several concubines for him and agreed to him to plant a lot of food. However, the problem is with Li Zicheng himself. Gao Guiying's stomach did not react, and his concubines did not respond. This result did make Li Zicheng ashamed to meet others and difficult to raise his head. Fortunately, his subordinates never mentioned the descendants, so as not to be embarrassed.

Every time the rebel army arrived in a new place, Li Zicheng would look for famous doctors everywhere to see what was wrong with him. However, it is regrettable that those so-called famous doctors could not see why. Li Zicheng himself, or Gao Guiying, also got a lot of folk remedies for Li Zicheng to take. However, it still had no effect.

Over time, Li Zicheng stopped the idea of ​​incense. He probably offended God because of his rebellion, so God deliberately made him lose his son and grandson. In anger, Li Zicheng even hated God. He no longer believed in any cycle of heaven and was unhappy with retribution. He asked Li Guo to adopt him and treated him as his own son.

"Last time you were in Central Plains, when you met Zhang Zhun...what do you think Zhang Zhun is? How would he treat our rebel army?"

Li Zicheng said carefully.

It wasn't that he had some secrets, he could not reveal them to Li Guo, but he really didn't know how to describe this matter. In fact, at this point, Li Zicheng's consideration was to leave more retreat for himself and not to block the road to surrender to the Hu Ben Army at once. However, Li Zicheng did not dare to reveal too much about such thoughts.

From the day the Shaanxi Uprising Army was born, there were many hills. Each of the 36th battalions had its own boss. In name, everyone had cooperative relationships and collective actions. In fact, everyone had their own small abacus. Once there was a dispute over interests, they were all in their own way and could not form a single mind at all. Even the previous King of Rebellion could not solve this matter. By the time he was Li Zicheng, it was even more impossible. That bastard Zhang Xianzhong would always ride on his head and act as a mighty man.

In recent years, the Shaanxi Uprising Army has lived a relatively peaceful life. Each family has its own independent territory and its own independent interests. Generally speaking, each family has a relationship of water and water without any conflicts. Even if there is any conflict, it will be resolved quickly. However, this is just that the contradiction has been temporarily covered up. Once a major event occurs, the relationship between each family is still very bad.

"Dad, I feel... Zhang Zhun is silent on the surface, but in fact he is very ruthless... He has never promised anything to us, nor has he disclosed anything. If we rashly surrendered, no one knows what the consequences will be."

Li Guo frowned and said.

He knew that his cheap father had a little intention of seeking against the Hu Ben Army. However, Li Guo's original intention was unwilling to seek refuge with the Hu Ben Army. There was no other reason, but he felt insecure. Zhang Zhun's attitude towards the Shaanxi uprising army has always been unclear. In Li Guo's view, this is to attack the uprising army.

"Oh? You can tell me in detail!"

Li Zichengman was interested in signaling him to continue.

"He... King Fu... Although he did not kill King Fu with his own hands, he handed over King Fu to the angry people. This is much better than killing King Fu with his own hands. My feeling is that Zhang Zhun said something, saying something. Now he is strong and strong, and he will definitely not take us seriously. His goal should be to unify the world. Even if we surrender, we will only make a living, and it is impossible to be reused."

"Besides, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others who fought with us in the past have already defected to the Hu Ben Army. They are still in high positions. Lu Xiangsheng is still highly praised by Zhang Zhun. Our relationship with them is not very good. If they make some slander in front of Zhang Zhun, what good fruit can we have?"

"Also, Qingyang is afraid that he will not have the intention to surrender to the Hu Ben Army. If we express this kind of intention, he will definitely gather others and attack our father. We have already learned about the style of Qingyang's man's handling. He is just a pervert. Don't not only will we not be able to surrender to the Hu Ben Army, but we will also ruin ourselves."

Li Guo said slowly and in a low tone.

The so-called Qingyang side is Zhang Xianzhong. Among all the rebels, he was the most opposed to peace talks with the Hu Ben Army. Because Zhang Xianzhong would always massacre the city, and he also won the title of glorious and perverted honor and honor within the rebels. At the two meetings in Zhenyuan, Zhang Xianzhong firmly opposed negotiations with the Hu Ben Army. Zhang Xianzhong meant to fight with the Hu Ben Army to the end and see who could laugh to the end. Zhang Xianzhong always believed that he could laugh to the end.

"Yeah?"

Li Zicheng talked to himself.

He thought Li Guo's words made sense. Although Li Guo's tone was a little impulsive, the Hu Ben Army was indeed not so easy to get along with. Zhang Zhun was indeed a demon who could eat people and not spit out his bones. It was impossible to predict what arrangements would be if he surrendered to Zhang Zhun's command. Moreover, by this time, it seemed that he had missed the best time to surrender.

If it were the Hu Ben Army who decisively raised the banner of surrender when it was conquering Luoyang, it would be completely different from the situation in front of us. However, at that time, Li Zicheng had never considered this at all. At that time, Li Zicheng looked down on Zhang Zhun a little. Who would have thought that in a few years, the Hu Ben Army had swept the whole country?

In fact, Li Zicheng also had resentment about the Hu Ben Army's acquisition of King Fu. There is a clear information that King Fu's property was first-rate. Even Emperor Chongzhen's treasury may not have the wealth reserved by the Fu's Mansion.

Li Zicheng wanted to kill King Fu first, and gain a lot of money from him, so that his troops could develop greatly. Such a huge amount of wealth was enough to arm the army of hundreds of thousands. However, a series of accidents caused Li Zicheng to fail to do so. In the end, by accident, Zhang Zhun, who came from afar, was cheaper.

The information was provided by Li Zicheng. The messenger who led the way was also provided by Li Zicheng. In Li Zicheng's opinion, even if he had no credit, he would have worked hard. You, Zhang Zhun, should give me a wealth. However, after the Hu Ben Army took over Luoyang, there was no intention of giving him Li Zicheng. When Li Guo came back, he came back empty-handedly.

Li Zicheng then felt that he had been bullied by Zhang Zhun, ignored by Zhang Zhun, and insulted by Zhang Zhun. As for the Hu Ben Army conquering Luoyang, relieving the encirclement of the imperial army, and giving the Shaanxi Uprising Army a way out, Li Zicheng and all the senior leaders of the Shaanxi Uprising Army selectively ignored it. Their resentment was that the Hu Ben Army had made a fortune, but no one of them was willing to share it with them. Eating alone was the most hated thing.

Sometimes, Li Zicheng couldn't help but complain. The officers and soldiers of Luoyang City were really useless! The Hu Ben Army, who came from afar, had only 3,000 troops. The defenders of Luoyang could not stop them by relying on the tall city walls. Such waste was really rare. If they could last for about half a month, a large number of officers and soldiers would have flown to Luoyang. Zhang Zhun could not easily swallow the big fat piece of King Fu.

"Dad, why don't we join forces with the court to block the Hu Ben Army outside the pass."

Li Guo suddenly said in a low voice.

"Hmm? What did you say?"

Li Zicheng's expression was a little responsive.

"Dad, it's best not to work alone, it's best to join forces with the court. If we join forces, relying on the natural dangers of Tongguan, we may be able to seize Guanzhong..."

Li Guo finally expressed his true thoughts.

Well, to be precise, this is not Li Guo’s idea alone, but the idea of ​​many people in the Shaanxi Uprising Army. Li Guo is just expressing their voices without any concealment. He believes that Li Zicheng also has such ideas.

At the beginning, the purpose of the rebel army was to survive, to be able to have enough food and resist the oppression of the court. However, now, the purpose of the rebel army is no longer as simple as survival. People will always change. After years of fighting, their mentality has naturally changed completely.

They have begun to taste the ecstasy taste of power. They have already understood that they cannot continue to live under the roof. They also understand how to unite and marching. Now, what they are considering is the matter of splitting the land and becoming a marquis. They all want a piece of their own territory. After all, the power of the rebel army is also relatively powerful.

It is absolutely impossible to divide the world equally. The Hu Ben Army has occupied most of China. The only possibility of the Shaanxi Uprising Army is to rely on Tongguan natural dangers to seize Guanzhong. The imperial court is near Xi'an Prefecture, and the Shaanxi Uprising Army is in Guyuan, Qingyang, Pingliang and other places. The question is, can it be done? Will the Hu Ben Army agree?

"Convene a meeting of people above the general manager!"

Li Zicheng ordered.

"clear."

Li Guo agreed to go.

Not long after, at the entrance of the yard, Liu Zongmin, the number one Deli subordinate, came from the loud voice, "King Chuang, what are you doing? Is it going to fight? It's okay to fight, I'm already itchy!"

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Come in! Let's talk about it later."

Liu Zongmin then stepped in. He turned out to be a blacksmith, tall, powerful and powerful. When he stood in front of Li Zicheng, he was like a dark iron tower. The most ferocious general in Li Zicheng's uprising army was Liu Zongmin.

Li Zicheng relied heavily on Liu Zongmin and personally read the information to him.

Liu Zongmin is a big old man, and he didn't know that the real shoulder pole was just a word. After hearing this, he grinned and said disapprovingly: "Wu Sangui, this kid, has no milk left, so he went to Hu Benjun to find milk, which is normal!"

Li Zicheng said: "When he leaves, Xi'an is probably going to be finished."

Liu Zongmin said: "This is for sure."

Li Zicheng was not talking.

After a while, Zhang Nai, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Hao Yaoqi, Gao Yigong and others all came, and Li Guo, there were more than a dozen people in total. These people were the backbone of Li Zicheng's troops.
Chapter completed!