Chapter 75 5.Ai Dashun

In a dilapidated small temple in Wuchang City, Li Zicheng looked up at the cobwebs on the beams and sighed with ease—he had a good night's sleep today for several months. Zuo Liangyu sent troops to the east, although Ma Shiying in Jinling was panicked, but it also saved one person, that is Li Zicheng who escaped from Xiangyang. Li Zicheng left Henan from Wuguan, went south from Nanyang and Dengzhou, abandoned Xinye, went to Fancheng, and entered Xiangyang by the pontoon bridge, where he gathered the remnants of the Dashun army along the way. Chang'an will definitely not stay in Chang'an, and even if he wants to enter, he will attack Sichuan first, so that the "Emperor of the Great West" can taste the power, and he can also take this opportunity to take a breather in "Xiangjing".I didn't want Azige to have only Li Zicheng in his heart, and he kept chasing after him, covering his front feet with his back feet, and followed him all the way from Nanyang and Dengzhou; Counties, Baokang, and Emperor Dashun would face the enemy if they didn't leave, so they had to give up "Xiangjing" and go south. Just when they were in panic all day long, news came that Zuo Liangyu abandoned Wuchang and went east.

There is no way out, there is no way out, there is no way out, and there is another village in the shadows of the willows. Huguang has been corrupted, but Wuchang is the thoroughfare of nine provinces. You can go to Jiangning in the east, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, or go to Fujian and Zhejiang as far away. Maybe a happy land can be found in the south.It is a pity that Wuchang was first tortured by Zhang Xianzhong, and then looted and burned by Zuo Liangyu. It was already in ruins, the people fled, and the houses were empty. Right now, he had no choice but to place his palace in a ruined temple.This ruined temple has only two entrances, the front and the back, and the corridors on both sides have been burned, but the main hall still remains.In April in the south of the Yangtze River, mosquitoes and flies bite when it is hot, and it is cold when it is cold. He hugged the brocade quilt and lay on a pile of straw on the ground, and he didn't wake up until five drums at dawn.

When he opened his eyes, the beams were covered with cobwebs, and the sun shone through the holes in the wall, shining on his face. He stretched himself, sat up, touched his mustache cheeks, and got wet. A few straws, and then I remembered that I have been exhausted for several months, and I haven't washed or shaved my face properly. Now this image no longer has the "dignity of the holy face" of Emperor Dashun when he ascended to the top. "Grass head emperor". Thinking of the "grass-headed emperor", I couldn't help thinking of the rumors spread by Song Xiance that he was only rich for three years, and thinking of Prime Minister Niu who was killed by Liu Zongmin.

That day, when Liu Zongmin came to report to him with the heads of Niu Jinxing and his son, he looked at the bloody "bull's head" and sneered—it's a mere cut to borrow people, but it's useless. After entering Beijing, Niu Jinxing was incomparably beautiful. He sat in an eight-carried sedan chair and went out to visit guests with a big red and golden fan. He widely recognized his hometown and recruited many disciples. Dashun Dynasty never treated you badly, but you are here When Li Zicheng was reciting words, he only wanted to run away from his master and surrender to the Qing captives. Unrighteous people, you also have the same ending today?

From here to there, he thought for a long time, feeling more and more hopeless and physically and mentally exhausted.I thought to myself, when Man Tartars enter the customs, the army is strong and horses are strong. If I make a wrong step, I will lose everything. Regrouping and making a comeback are just drawing cakes to satisfy my hunger. It is a blessing to be able to get rid of the Man Tartars' stalking and find a place to settle down in the south. . However, since Lan Tian parted with Empress Gao, there is no news at all, even Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, and Liu Fangliang have no news.When he was in Xiangjing, he sent someone to inquire about it, saying that there was a team of hundreds of thousands of people flying the banner of "Shun" from Zhen'an to Hanzhong and entered the border of Sichuan.It seems that this must be the person brought by Empress Gao. Maybe Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, and Liu Fangliang are also among them. I thought, if only they could come to Wuchang, it would be great if they could come to Wuchang. Drifting around with me all these years, why did they suffer so much?If Liu Zongmin hadn't forced each other so hard, how could the husband, wife, father and son be separated?

After thinking about it, now that the Manchus are advancing every step of the way, a large group of Qing soldiers are dragging behind him, so it's good if Li Laiheng and the others don't follow behind him.Man Tartars chased and killed them step by step, clung to them, the banner of Shunzi was too eye-catching, and the word Li Zicheng was too dazzling, and I had already formed a deep blood feud with them. As long as I existed for a day, this group of enemies would fight I will not let it go easily, I will fall into their hands one day, even if I deliberately fade out of the rivers and lakes, and hide my name from then on, it is impossible to be a self-sufficient commoner. Even if you can swear to be invincible, no one else can Believe, besides, how to pay the group of followers behind him?How to make sure they don't want to plot you?You know, Man Tartars have already offered a huge reward for buying my head, so is it necessary to repeat Huang Chao's death in Wolf and Tiger Valley again?

——A hero in troubled times, when he has power, he cut off many heads; "The taste. "Damn, all the people in the huge Wuchang City are dead." Liu Zongmin walked in cursingly, sat down opposite him, turned his head to one side, and said nonchalantly, "It seems that this Wuchang is not a place where you can stay for a long time. place." Li Zicheng sighed and said: "It's no wonder that although Wuchang is the capital of Huguang, after several wars, first Zhang Xianzhong was burned, and then Zuo Liangyu was burned. They are all unprecedented. So what? Don’t think about it, the current Chang’an is probably not much better than here.”

Liu Zongmin said: "Then, how long do we plan to stay here?" Li Zicheng looked up at the spider web on the beam, thinking in his heart that if he could keep watch for ten and a half months, Empress Gao and Gao Yigong might arrive.However, according to Tanma reports, after I evacuated Xiangjing, the Manchus followed. Chengtian, Anlu, De'an and other prefectures and counties have all fallen one after another. Right now, even Xiaogan is probably in danger. If there is a delay of ten and a half months , then he will not be able to get away. Thinking of this, he said in a discussing tone:

"How long do you think you can stay?" Liu Zongmin knew that he wanted to wait for Empress Gao and Gao Yigong to join forces, but when Empress Gao and Gao Yigong came, what good would it do him?Thinking of this, I couldn't help saying angrily: "Ask me, I don't want to stay for a day. In this situation, it is a dead end wherever I go." Hearing this, Li Zicheng couldn't help being deeply shocked.Since abandoning Beijing, Liu Zongmin never called him emperor in front of him. Sometimes he called him "Zicheng", and sometimes he simply had no name or surname. regret.He thought, at the beginning it was Liu Zongmin who strongly advocated leaving. Why did the Qing soldiers go south to attack Sichuan when we left? He didn’t intend to leave. After all, Shaanxi is my hometown, with the right time, place and people, occupying all of them, and connecting dozens of prefectures and counties in Hexi, scattered activities, there is a lot of room for maneuver, he occupies the east, I go west; he comes south, I go north , echo each other, rescue each other, play a game of cat and mouse, maybe who eats who.But Liu Zongmin just didn't believe it, he didn't defend Shaanxi and wanted to go to Huguang, and now he said such discouraged words, isn't this intentional to disturb the morale of the army?Thinking of this, he couldn't help but blame:

"Why do you say that? Although the Mantars are powerful at present, the world is very big. As long as we can tighten our grip and work together, we will not compete with them for the world. Occupy the mountains and become kings. It is okay to dominate one side. " Liu Zongmin thought to himself, what's the point of talking about working together?If I hadn't been suspicious of Lao Tzu back then, and prevented Lao Tzu from leading troops to Shanhaiguan, would we be able to be where we are today?The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, but instead of looking at him, he just stared at the door, sighed a long time and said:

"Hmph, work together, isn't it too late to say work together now, if I knew today, why bother?" When Li Zicheng heard this, although he was furious, he tried his best to put on a smile, and said in a joking tone as usual: "Oh, brother blacksmith, what's the matter with you today? Are you thinking about that Chen Yuanyuan again?" When Liu Zongmin heard the word Chen Yuanyuan, the anger in his chest became even more uncontrollable. He stood up abruptly, and said with a sneer, "Don't do this again, I've seen enough!" Turn around and leave after speaking.At this time, Li Jin just came in from the outside and bumped into Liu Zongmin. Seeing that his expression was not right, Li Jin was about to ask him, but when he didn't want Liu Zongmin, he just hummed and left without looking back. "Hmph!" Li Zicheng was still so angry that his chest heaved like a frog drum. He looked at Liu Zongmin's back, spit, and said to Li Jin fiercely: "This person has changed his mind. Son, hurry up and think of a way, if you are late, you will regret it." Li Jin hesitated and said: "These days, my nephew has been thinking about this matter, but because Liu Tichun and others are all against him, my nephew can't do it for a while." Li Zicheng bowed his head and thought about it for a long time, finally came up with an idea, and said: "The braided soldiers are far away from us now, we might as well make a slogan, pretend to be standing firm in Wuchang, and find an opportunity to send Liu Tichun to Xiaogan. As long as the two Lius are separated, he will Not much tossing." Li Jin nodded repeatedly and said, "That's a good idea. I will leave the rest to my nephew." Liu Zongmin returned to his tent, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.These years, I have followed Li Zicheng and gone through all kinds of difficulties. Others have worn out a few pairs of saddles with their meaty buttocks, and ground cocoons on the handle of their knives. You can't measure it by saddles and cocoon flowers, you have to count how many times you have died.After Li Zicheng claimed to be the Grand Marshal, he seldom personally risked Shishi. Most of the dangerous places are his General Liu. In these years, he joined Cao Cao, removed Cao Cao, joined the Zuoge Fifth Battalion, annexed the Zuoge Fifth Battalion, and thirteen families Soldiers and horses fight each other, combine, rise and fall, how many twists and turns, how many turmoil; in front of the two armies, swords, swords and swords, which battle does not flow like a river of blood?It's just my own body injury, which part is not a thrilling story of escape from death?He thinks about things that Li Zicheng can't think of, and Li Zicheng occasionally makes mistakes and he makes up for them. Which time is he not considerate?Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng became suspicious of him after he got the wind, and when he retreated to Chang'an, he almost regarded him as an outsider.I only talk to Li Jin, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu and others about everything, neither giving myself the opportunity to be alone, nor adopting my own opinions.So, what's the point of rubbing someone's cold ass with your own shame? The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.Liu Tichun felt sympathetic to him when he complained about his suffering, but because of his status as a monarch and minister, he had no choice but to persuade him, but he sighed and said: "Dude, it seems that we were all wrong at the beginning. The surname Zhu has been in the world for nearly three hundred years, and there are still many benefits that people think about. Even Chongzhen is not a bad emperor. We are fighting like this. Now he actually said that if you can't compete with the Manchus, you can still occupy the mountain as king and dominate one side. Let me ask you, are you still willing to be the king of the mountain?" Liu Tichun was taken aback, and said, "Oh my brother, why do you still say such things today?" Liu Zongmin picked up the wine jar beside him, poured a large bowl of wine for Liu Tichun, poured a large bowl for himself, raised a gesture to Liu Tichun, took a big sip first, and then said: "Brother, it's not for no reason, but I have thought about it a long time ago. Look at this one of us, does he look like the emperor?" Liu Tichun was startled, and before he could speak, he asked himself and answered, "Accordingly, I should have known long ago that he is not the right man at all. Back then, he and I were trapped in a ruined temple and asked for three hexagrams in a row, right? Yin is yang, isn't this what the gods have foreshadowed?" Liu Tichun first glanced to the left and right, and then said: "Brother of the family, don't talk about it, no matter what, our titles as monarchs and ministers have been determined, and we have been with him for more than ten years, but everyone has a share in the fault. Besides, he both Unlike the real man, we may not have the fate of being a marquis and a prime minister. Over the years, we have wandered around, killed people and set fires, what kind of crimes have we not done? If you want to talk about the one who broke the sky, what is he? Only us That’s right. In the eyes of the world, we are already heinous people, what good luck do you want? Believe me, follow along.” Before that, Liu Tichun was just a porter, pulling camels out of the mouth, which was hard work and earned little. Later, the goods he pulled were robbed by bandits, and he couldn't afford to pay, so he had to become a swordsman with those people, and then followed Li Zicheng. He rebelled and became General Youguoyi of the third rank. Compared with being a porter brother before, he is still very satisfied.But Liu Zongmin disagreed with this statement, he said: "That's not true. Over the years, I have indeed killed a lot, and I am tired of killing. There is a saying that robbers practice to be good people. Can't we also be good people?" Liu Tichun thought, if the Ming Dynasty did not perish, the Zhu family would still be orthodox, then he would still be a traitor, and he would still be infamous through the ages. How could a robber practice to be a good person? Liu Zongmin gulped down a big gulp of wine, wiped the froth off his gourd beard, and said, "If you look at it from the side of the Ming Dynasty, we would have committed a heinous crime by forcing Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou to death; One hundred and eight heroes in Liangshanzhai, who robbed the emperor and made troubles in Tokyo, didn’t they also commit heinous crimes, but I remember that they were recruited later, and then they conquered Liao and Fangla, and lost their reputation through the ages , aren’t we the same? Now that the Manchus are invading, and the Ming Dynasty is also employing people, if we can accept the recruitment, the Northern Expedition to the Manchus, won’t we also be able to be famous through the ages?” Liu Tichun said: "My general, if we want to say that we have committed more crimes than the people in Liangshanzhai. We not only forced the emperor to death, but also tortured all the officials, chopped off the gentry's food, and the heads of the old rich. Hate us to death?" Liu Zongmin smiled lightly and said, "You don't understand this, brother. If you say that we tortured all officials, that is revenge for Emperor Chongzhen. Those corrupt officials are not only hated by us, but also by Chongzhen. We also hated them so much, we vented our anger on him." Hearing his solution, Liu Tichun couldn't help thinking of Zhao'an, but when he remembered that Li Zicheng was still there, and there were such a group of people under him who were devoted to him, his heart turned cold again. At that moment, the two of them were drinking and talking, and before they knew it, they drank the jar of old wine upside down.