Chapter 1005

Shaanxi can be called the most chaotic place in the Ming Dynasty. The rogue bandits first started to wreak havoc here, and then swept the whole territory and wreaked havoc throughout the country.

Although Hong Chengchou killed all the bandits and drove them to Henan and Huguang when he was governor of Shaanxi, the land here is very barren. Coupled with the drought and flood, the people have no harvest. Now, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, the repeated battles between officials and thieves have made it a hell on earth, Starvation is a very tragic thing. In other places, it's appalling, but it's normal here.

Natural and man-made disasters, which makes many people feel desperate, that is, no one knows when they will live.

At such a miserable time, Li Guanghai received a personal letter from his old boss Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou promised him that as long as he joined the Chinese army, senior officials would have to do it and horses would have to ride. Hong Chengchou announced that he had formed a 100000 strong western expedition Corps in Yanjing and would go to Xi'an on a large scale to smooth out the chaos of roving bandits in Shaanxi: "Brother Li has read the books of sages and has a great reputation in the world. The people in Shaanxi have been suffering and chaos for a long time! When he assists me, he will wipe out the roving bandits, kill all the chaotic parties and return the people to a peaceful world! He can honor his family and honor his ancestors for the benefit of Sangzi, and he can win the name of the past and the future. Why not?"

At this time, Li Guanghai was a little embarrassed. Hong Chengchou had been the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of the three sides, which was his immediate boss. He also received an exceptional promotion from Hong Chengchou. Without Chengchou's exceptional promotion, he could not have obtained such a high official position in the short term.

However, Hong Chengchou did not adhere to his integrity. At the critical moment, he took refuge in the Chinese army. It can be said that Hong Chengchou was one of the murderers who led Daming to the destruction. Li Guanghai hated this person very much and wanted to kill him himself.

To be a man, you have to be loyal. What's the difference with animals?

But at this time, Li Guanghai did not have many choices. Li Guanghai was not afraid of death. His family died at the hands of wandering bandits. He was the only one left in the Li family in Baoji. However, as a parent official of Xi'an government, he was reluctant to pull the people of the whole city to be buried with him.

Now they are all defending hard, not for the sake of defending the Ming Dynasty and protecting the land and the people, but for their own lives. They know that once the exiles attack the city, it will be difficult for them to live.

But at this time, they had no choice. There were only 5000 people guarding such a big house, but there were hundreds of thousands of bandits outside the city. They knew that one day, the other party would attack the city.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty is over. Will the Chinese army who destroyed the Ming Dynasty come to save them? Even if the iron cavalry of the Chinese Army arrive here, what measures should they take, continue to resist as a Ming minister, abandon the city and flee, or bow to the ground and compromise.

Now Xi'an city has become an isolated city under the siege of the enemy. They can't even deal with the rogue bandits, and they can't deal with the Chinese army even more powerful than the rogue bandits.

But they took refuge in the enemy in this way, but they felt some infidelity and injustice. Li Guanghai was in a dilemma about this matter. If his parents were still there, he dared to take refuge in the enemy. It is estimated that his father would kill him with a cane.

But his parents died and the whole family died. He was the only one left in the Li family in Baoji. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't make up his mind. He took out Hong Chengchou's letter and gave it to the people around him to make their own decisions.

At this time, Xi'an city was besieged by bandits. In the city, dark clouds pressed the city. Thousands of bandits outside the city broke into the city at any time. The soldiers and people in the city were in constant panic. They were afraid that they would be broken into the city by the enemy and kill them. It can be said that the whole city was in an atmosphere of despair.

When the capital of the Ming Dynasty was captured, they were even more desperate, because they all knew and knew that it was impossible for someone to save it.

If they had been besieged before, the imperial court would have tried every means to organize a large army to rescue them. As long as they stick to it and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, they can live.

But now it is clear that Daming has perished, there will be no reinforcements and no hope. This is the most desperate and miserable.

It can be said that if the reputation of the itinerant bandits is not so bad, they will be kind to the squires and officials. It is estimated that these people will propose to surrender to the itinerant bandits.

However, the rogue bandits are so vicious that they are at odds with them. The other party comes here not to celebrate their birthday, but to break into the city, rob all their property, kill all their children, and then go to harm another city. The rogue bandits will not build or engage in production, but will only bring destruction and destruction. This is recognized by all people, which means that In fact, the roving bandits are their unforgivable enemies.

At this time, the magistrate took out the handwritten letter from the former governor of Shaanxi, which surprised many people.

Hong Chengchou is not only a great celebrity in Shaanxi, but also a great celebrity in this land. So far, many men and women in Shaanxi are proud of this great fierce man. When Hong Chengchou was in charge of Shaanxi, although there were riots sweeping the whole territory, under his strong suppression, he chased and killed all the bandits, basically killing all the remaining He also drove them to Henan and fled to Shanxi. They can be called a generation of fierce people. Many people are lamenting that if governor Hong is here, why?

Hong Chengchou leveled the tourists in Shaanxi, then led a large number of Qin troops eastward and continued to hunt down these people, which made the place more empty and chaotic.

Originally, many people still had hope. After Hong Chengchou calmed down the chaos in the world, he used the Qin army in his hand to kill back here and level the roving bandits, so that everyone could live a good life.

As a result, the Ming Dynasty changed in just a few years. Hong Chengchou took refuge in the Chinese thieves, and the Ming Dynasty perished. For the squires and officials in these places, it was no different from the collapse of the sky. What's worse, when the sky collapsed, the bandits came to harm them again, and they simply didn't give people a way to live.

At this time, Hong Chengchou, in his capacity as governor of Shaanxi of the Chinese Empire, sent a personal letter asking them to continue their resistance. He would personally lead a large army to rescue, which excited the squires.

Local officials and squires don't have as many ideas as Li Guanghai. They are the beneficiaries under the Daming system, because Daming has made them rich and prosperous, but they also do their best for Daming. Now Daming is over, and there is nothing owed to Daming. They just want to live.

If they take refuge in the exiled bandits and live a life of running away day and night and destroying everywhere, the squires will despise them. It will be a great shame to do so.

The Chinese empire that destroyed Daming was not their sworn enemy. The Chinese Empire looked up to them and was willing to surrender them. They were still willing to accept surrender.

Because the gentry in these places are in line with the policies of the Chinese Empire and their interests. If the Chinese army is allowed to rule here, their interests will also be guaranteed.

Li Guanghai was tangled, but the people around him were not tangled at all. After seeing Hong Chengchou's personal letter, they did not hesitate and directly agreed that they could be liberated as long as they persisted in January.

This news quickly spread out in the city. It was like a force 10 gale sweeping the whole city. You know, before, the whole city fell into a desperate death.

They don't have much food and grass. The most important thing is that they don't have reinforcements. Without reinforcements, they will eventually be attacked by the rebels into the city and kill them all.

Now, Hong Chengchou, once regarded as the pillar of the country, led 100000 Qin troops to kill back. This is great good news, which makes them excited. Hong Chengchou has now taken refuge in the Chinese Empire and become the Shaanxi governor of the Chinese Empire, not the Ming army, but they don't care. They just want to live. Now that they have a rescue, Let the army and people of the whole city be very happy and excited.

Many people are beating gongs and drums to celebrate this. Many people are lamenting that as long as they stick to the rest of the month, they can be liberated.

Outside Xi'an's mansion, Li Zicheng commands hundreds of thousands of troops to attack day and night. If he takes this city, it can use it as a base to carry out raids everywhere, so as to unify the whole northwest. After unifying the northwest, it can keep the enemy out of Tongguan.

But the city was tough. They attacked day and night and didn't take any advantage. Even if he tried many tricks to persuade the soldiers and people in the city to surrender, the other party didn't agree.

Li Zicheng also knows why the other party didn't agree. It's their bad reputation to blame, because they are mixed with good and evil people, have extremely poor military discipline, burn, kill and plunder at will, so that the local people have great hostility to them. They don't want to cooperate with them at all, so naturally they won't surrender to them.

The other side refused to surrender, which was no problem. Li Zicheng thought that since he did not surrender, he would kill all these people after he conquered the city.

He was also confident to capture the city. Although he lacked large siege weapons, artillery, building cars, siege hammers, etc., they had a large number of ladders.

His brave soldiers set up a ladder, bit a knife and rushed up to attack the enemy's weak links. Although the enemy has beaten them back more than a dozen times, it will always be captured here. Why do you say so?

That's because this is a city without rescuers. They are besieged by hundreds of thousands of people and have no rescuers. There will be no results except being attacked by them.

Li Zicheng was daydreaming about what he should do and what to do after he conquered Xi'an. His assistant Niu Jinxing gave him suggestions, that is, Take Xi'an as its capital, carry out raids everywhere, unify the northwest and be his king of the northwest.

This proposal is still very tempting to Li Zicheng. Although he was born as an outlaw, he doesn't even want to live as an outlaw. They are running east and West, moving and fighting, and their life is extremely difficult and precarious. If there is a place for them to stop, recuperate and expand their power, it is still a very good thing.