Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Li Zicheng and his thousands of subordinates gritted their teeth and endured a cold winter in the deep mountains and forests. It took them nearly a month to get out of the maze-like forest.

There were nearly 5,000 people when they entered the mountain, but only more than 1,500 people came out alive. Including Li Zicheng, all of them were unkempt, sallow and skinny, in ragged clothes, and looked like beggars. The word miserable cannot be used to describe it.

As Li Zicheng's number one general, Liu Zongmin led 500 brothers as the vanguard and took the lead to get out of the forest. He happened to run into Wu Sangui's wedding party and immediately ambushed him in the woods on both sides of the official road, killing the 500 Guan Ning cavalry in one fell swoop. He had to throw away his armor and flee.

When Liu Zongmin saw the beautiful bride, he was astonished. Was it love at first sight? Still taking advantage of the situation, the overlord directly used his bow in the carriage, tossing the bride until she fainted, and then led his army to a bloodbath in Liuheji.

Before Mr. Cheng could react, his head was chopped off by a rebel, and the wedding banquet turned into a funeral banquet.

After the starving rebels had a feast at Liuhe, under the command of Liu Zongmin, they captured the city of Xuanxian County in one go.

Xuan County is only a small county, with only a hundred county soldiers. This time, Liu Zongmin did not rush forward to fight in close combat like before. Instead, he used his musket to shoot from a distance, treating it as actual combat training.

The volleys of the First Royal Regiment not only caused heavy casualties to the rebels, but also greatly shocked the rebel generals such as Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin. At the same time, they also understood that only by concentrating their volleys could the power of the muskets be unleashed.

Li Zicheng made up his mind to build an elite musketry team like the First Royal Regiment, and then fight to the death with his old rival Sun Chuanting.

However, due to lack of food and clothing, one cold winter reduced most of his staff. However, the more than a thousand brothers who were able to walk out of the vast forest alive were the best among the best, and they were the basis for his comeback.

For him, all the hungry people everywhere are his soldiers. As long as he ascends to the top and shouts, countless people who are about to starve to death will respond.

Seeing Liu Zongmin taking the lead and charging into the city first, Li Zicheng laughed and shouted loudly in the direction of Xiangyang.

I, Li Zicheng, am back again.

When Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides who was in charge of Xiangyang City, received the news, Li Zicheng had already captured ten county towns. In just a few days, his military strength surged to hundreds of thousands.

God damn Li Zicheng. Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth and greeted Li Zicheng's eighteenth generation ancestors. Without any hesitation, he quickly led his army to attack Xuan County.

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Fuck you.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Youjian's first reaction was to jump up in shock, blurting out the word fuck you.

emperor……

Wu Buwei and Song Xiance had strange expressions on their faces. When Li Zicheng had millions of troops, the emperor was not nervous. Why is he so out of his mind today?

I'm fine... Zhu Youjian waved his hand. The reason why he reacted so strongly was because of a certain thing.

It stands to reason that because of his appearance, the trajectory of history has changed considerably. Sun Chuanting was not defeated, Li Zicheng did not besiege the capital, and naturally Liu Zongmin would not kidnap Chen Yuanyuan again.

Besides, Chen Yuanyuan had been taken into his harem long ago and became one of his most beloved concubines. Wu Sangui should not have the opportunity to get angry and open the city gates to welcome the Qing army.

But some things are so evil. Wu Sangui lost Chen Yuanyuan, but Cheng Yuanyuan appeared. Liu Zongmin was still the one who robbed her. Isn't this inevitable?

Xuantian Boguang!

Zhu Youjian was lost in thought for a long time before he ordered Xuantian Boguang to enter the palace. He didn't know whether Wu Sangui would become angry because his beloved concubine Cheng Yuanyuan was taken away by Liu Zongmin, so he ordered Tian Boguang to urgently notify several groups of Jinyi guards scattered inside and outside Shanhaiguan. The spy paid attention to Wu Sangui's movements and immediately sent a signal as soon as he discovered that Wu Sangui was surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. , buying him time to react.

Your Majesty, are you planning to move General Lanfang's troops to the Yu County area for defense? Song Xiance said.

Your Majesty, no. Wu Buwei objected. The reason was that Wu Sangui had not surrendered to the Qing Dynasty yet. Lan Fang suddenly led his army to move to the Yuxian area, which would definitely make Wu Sangui suspicious and uneasy, and might force him to actually surrender. Lower the Qing Dynasty.

Okay, I'll just take a gamble. Zhu Youjian thought about it and decided to take a gamble. He also regarded it as giving Wu Sangui a chance to see if the trajectory of history would change significantly because of him?