After the news came out that Xi'an was breached again, the government and the public were shocked.

Emperor Chongzhen issued a special edict to honor the three people who died for the country, posthumously gifted them to Liu Guoneng, the Zuo Governor, and specially promoted them to Dr. Ronglu, and built a temple to commemorate them;

Presented to Li Wanqing, Governor Tongzhi and Dr. Ronglu, and built a shrine to commemorate it;

Wang Qiaonian was posthumously given the title of Minister of War and the posthumous title of Zhonglie.

Yang Sichang, who was dashing in Kaifeng Prefecture, was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly led his army to pursue Shaanxi.

Yang Sichang, who gradually had enough food and grass, was ambitious and determined to wipe out the Central Plains bandits, achieve unparalleled achievements, and live up to his majestic kindness!

After hearing that Li Zicheng was recruiting troops, he abandoned Xi'an again and entered the Shangluo Mountain area. Yang Sichang was determined to kill Li Zicheng, and hundreds of thousands of troops blocked the way like an iron wall.

Li Zicheng did not fight with him, but turned around and ran away. He drove with him in his hometown of Shangluo Mountain at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan. Yang Sichang followed him all the way, just like the barbarian king who met the enemy on a narrow road in the wild area of ​​Summoner's Canyon and drove wildly on the big road.

Chase.....

However, Yang Sichang wandered around the mountains for several months without seeing any sign of the rebels. He posted notices in the surrounding county offices: Anyone who can capture and kill Li Zicheng will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!

Not long after, Yang Sichang's camp was surprised to find a leaflet from Li Zicheng, which also read: "Anyone who kills Yang Ge's tribe will be rewarded with three coins of silver!"

He originally wanted to engage in psychological warfare to make the bandits fight among themselves, but while Yang Sichang was shocked, he himself began to become suspicious of the people around him.

The Ming army's hundreds of thousands troops were restrained by Li Zicheng's tactics and exhausted. However, more alarming news came: Li Zicheng attacked east and west, returned to Henan, and went straight to Luoyang, which the Ming army had always considered the safest, and used tactics to defeat the city of Luoyang.

King Fu Zhu Changxun was killed!

At that time, it was the Henan Examination, and the imperial court sent a censor to Luoyang to examine the scholars. Li Zicheng sent someone to pretend to be a Confucian scholar and bring a Confucian title to enter.

In the middle of the night, they set fire to the city, causing chaos in Luoyang city. The invading troops came to the city and attacked for half a day, and then the city was broken.

When Li Zicheng executed King Fu, he laughed and said: "I wanted to chop off Yang Sichang's head, but Yang Sichang is not here. Today, I will borrow your head from your neck, King Fu, so that old man Yang Sichang can be punished for the crime of framing the vassal."

After killing Queen Fu, Li Zicheng wanted to get some sika deer from the back garden of the palace, and cooked a Fulu feast with King Fu to share with the soldiers.

But they saw two Cheng Feng Lang who were in charge of etiquette in the palace lying on the body of Prince Fu and crying bitterly. One of them shouted: "His Royal Highness Prince Fu is dead. I don't want to live. I just ask you to give me a coffin for burial."

Your Highness, even if I am shattered to pieces, I will never resent you!"

Li Zicheng felt that this guy was very loyal, so he said, "Let's find a copper coffin and a carriage to bury King Fu."

The two Chengfeng Lang were deeply relieved and then hanged themselves to death...

Li Zicheng did not take this matter to heart, and hurriedly sent people to move the gold, silver, treasures and food from Prince Fu's Mansion. This move made the generals of the Chuang Army suffer. There were too many supplies in Prince Fu's Mansion!

Thousands of intruders pulled the carts and carried them for several days. The gold and silver in the carts blinded several people, and the white rice made the intruder soldiers go crazy and scream.

Li Zicheng kept his mouth open all day and said with a smile: "With these properties, the rebel army will not have to worry about military expenses in the next few years!"

The generals of the Chuang army were also very excited. Only Niu Jinxing suggested: "King Chuang, we cannot monopolize these gold, silver and grains. We should issue a notice to relieve the hungry people and take the opportunity to recruit troops and continue to expand our strength!"

Song Xiance, who was dressed in scholar's uniform, was unwilling to be left alone, and also offered advice: "The students suggested that King Chuang establish a country in Luoyang and proclaim himself emperor, and call on the rebels from all over the world to fight against the Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, the eyes of the generals in the Chuang army lit up and their interest increased greatly. If King Chuang becomes the emperor, everything will be better for you.

"Proclaim yourself emperor?" Li Zicheng pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head and said, "Well, if he proclaims himself emperor, wouldn't he become a target?"

Liu Zongmin said carelessly: "King Chuang, we are already a target now. Didn't that old guy Yang Sichang chase us with hundreds of thousands of horses? He didn't stop for three months. I heard that the old guy still let me carry him while chasing us!

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"Yes, King Chuang, proclaim yourself emperor, cheer up the rebel brothers, fight all the way to the capital, and tell Mr. Chongzhen to get out!"

Li Zicheng's confidant General Liu Fangliang raised his voice and said: "Is there any yellow robe in the camp? Get it quickly and put it on King Chuang!"

Li Zicheng kicked him and said with a smile: "Don't do this to me!"

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

Looking at the eager eyes of the generals of the Chu army, Li Zicheng said seriously: "Brothers, we have only achieved a small achievement. You must not be proud. The main force of the officers and soldiers is still there. South of the Yangtze River, there are still those tough guys like the prince of the Zhu family.

bones, our rebel army will be wiped out if we don't pay attention!"

Li Zicheng continued: "Also, if I become the emperor, what will the other rebel leaders think? Therefore, I absolutely cannot do the matter of becoming emperor!"

Niu Jinxing nodded slowly, deeply impressed by Li Zicheng's self-knowledge.

Finally, Li Zicheng settled in Luoyang, calling himself the "Xin Shun King", reforming the military system, setting up officials, providing relief to the victims, sending people to unite the surrounding rebels, and issued the "Suppression of the Troops and Peace of the People".

The memorandum reads: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was unkind, pampered the eunuchs, focused on academic qualifications, was greedy for taxes, and imposed heavy punishments. He could not save the people from misery. I have been a good farmer for ten generations, and I am eager to recruit benevolent and righteous teachers to save the people. Do not be a scholar.

Don't be frightened. Please take care of your health. Your people will welcome my king with cries of hope and victory. I will use them more immediately!"

In order to rectify military discipline, Li Zicheng even ordered: "Whoever kills a man is like killing my father, and whoever rapes a woman is like raping my mother! Anyone who kills good civilians in the camp will be killed by the whole team!"

Li Zicheng's operation won the support of the people of Henan, and the Chuang army frequently made elaborate works, and the folk song "King Chuang did not pay for food when he came" was sung everywhere.

Natural disasters and plagues were rampant in the Central Plains. However, the imperial court imposed three additional taxes. Corruption among officials in various places was rampant. After the main taxes, they often added dozens or hundreds of times of sub-taxes. This made the public sentiment fierce and unquenchable. Many people took the opportunity to join the rebellion.

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In the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, various rebel armies from Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi responded and joined forces in Luoyang to defect to Li Zicheng.

Outside Luoyang City, banners were fluttering, and hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in one place with great momentum.

With umbrellas lined up on the city tower, Li Zicheng, wearing a cloak and a sword hanging from his waist, stood upright at the crenellations of the city wall, staring at the various rebels below.

"Yuan Shizhong of Henan led 30,000 brothers to defect to King Chuang to discuss the great cause together!"

"Shandong Gu responded and led 20,000 brothers to come and wait for King Chuang's orders!"

"Wu Yousheng from Shanxi led eight thousand brothers to defect to King Li Chuang, willing to live and die together and overthrow the Ming Dynasty!"

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On this day, the city of Luoyang was boiling, and all the rebels were boiling. Li Zicheng, who had been defeated many times, passed the most difficult moment. With his amazing command and courage, he rekindled the fire of the rebel army that was about to be extinguished, like a prairie fire.
Chapter completed!