Chapter 1018

Of course, the top priority is to seize Li zior, completely eradicate the forces of itinerant bandits, calm the rebellion of itinerant bandits in the seven prefectures of Shaanxi, appease local bandits, and then it is time to use troops abroad.

Now Li Zicheng, let them chase and attack, desperate, can only escape in the direction of Yan'an.

Hong Chengchou served as an official here in Yan'an. In those years, he was the governor of Yan'an and made great efforts to suppress bandits. Because of his excellent performance, he attracted the attention of the imperial court and finally became a generation of famous marshals.

Although he was an official in Yan'an, it doesn't mean that this is his territory. He knows that Yan'an prefecture has a huge place, complex and changeable terrain, and is connected with Yulin and Guyuan town. If he is allowed to escape there and collude with the local people, he is afraid that the situation will be more complicated.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou gave a death order to his generals. He must catch Li Zicheng in the an mansion. If he can't catch it, he must block it, and he is not allowed to escape to Yan'an mansion, Yulin or Guyuan. If he escapes in these two directions, they will increase the difficulty of competition.

Hong Chengchou looked at the officials around him. Most of them knew each other in the Ming Dynasty, and most of them were familiar with them. They were very good at talking about morality and morality, and they were all right in talking. They were just doing practical things. If they couldn't do it, they could neither calm the chaos of the roving bandits nor solve the problems of people's livelihood.

This kind of person was very popular in the Ming Dynasty. As long as he had a good origin, a good article and a noble reputation, he would be promoted and sought after by Shi Lin.

But in the Chinese Empire, it is different. The Warsaw Empire despises people who have no actual ability to govern and manage.

Liu Yuanqiao doesn't look at you differently because you have a Jinshi background. He takes a fancy to your ability. Liu Yuanqiao has indeed promoted a large number of officials born of Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty to work for the imperial court, but he found that they are at this level. Apart from their morality, they are worthless and just put them away.

The practice of officialdom is good at the top and effective at the bottom. If the top likes clean flow, officials will try their best to follow suit. If the top likes people with practical ability, it is different.

Among the large number of officials promoted by Liu Yuanqiao, most of them were white men without any fame, some were businessmen and some were slaves, but they did well in this position, and did a lot of practical things for the imperial court and recommended a lot of talents.

Hong Chengchou thought that it would be good if there was a capable person around him to plan for him.

Li Guanghai is a talented person who can write and fight. Unfortunately, he can't use it for him. He would rather go home to farm than be an official. This is fucking stupid.

Hong Chengchou once cultivated and planted the land. He knew how painful it was to dig in the land, but how little he got.

Don't look at these scholars. They always say that they are successors of farming and reading. In fact, which scholar will go to farming in person? Can he swing a hoe and push a plow? Just boast. You really can't do things.

It was because he had cultivated, planted, suffered a lot and knew the pain inside, that he became angry and worked hard. Finally, he came out and didn't have to do these jobs anymore. Li Guanghai, a student and disciple he was very optimistic about, would rather go back to farming than become an official, which made him very helpless.

His screen friend Li Wenwang offered advice: "adults have a crush on Li Guanghai. Students can make a plan to win this person for adults."

Hong Chengchou said, "what do you say?"

Li Wenwang said: "if Daming is still there, he will be very noble and comfortable in the countryside as a scholar of Daming. However, when Daming is over, he has no privileges. Farming means that the Lord rewards rice. It is impossible to live well. Students must use some small skills to make it used by adults."

Hong Chengchou thought for a moment. He remembered that the Liu family used all means to break with the imperial court, and then got sun chuanting's help.

Since the Liu family got sun chuanting's support, their father and son handed over the south of Liaoning to him. He was in charge. He did a good job and no longer worried Liu Yuanqiao. Talent! It's very important, he said: "keep a low profile and don't overdo it."

Since Li Zicheng fled from Chang'an County, he ran all the way west. He thought that if he was lucky, the other party would not chase after him for a while.

But he underestimated his position in the eyes of Hong Chengchou and others. Li Zicheng was the core of the roving bandits, so he bit him and chased him.

He was deeply impressed by the hard-working and tenacity of the army. He was running for his life day and night, which was normal, but the army chased him day and night.

Sleep on horseback, the other party chased for three days and nights, all on horseback.

In these three days and nights, the two sides have fought countless times and suffered casualties. However, there are fewer and fewer people around Li Zicheng, while there are more and more people in the army. That is because the people around Li Zicheng kill one less, while the people in the army fight more and more, because their reinforcements arrive one after another.

This made Li Zicheng feel that things were big. He knew that the other party would not let him go easily. He remembered the tragic end when his old uncle fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers. It was not cold but afraid. It was so miserable that he cut thousands of knives. Needless to say.

The only thing to be thankful for is that he didn't know who he heard a news from. There were no thousands of cuts in the Chinese army. Generally, they were beheaded or hanged, because Liu's father and son thought that as long as they killed people, there was no need to spoil other people's bodies, because they were not abnormal people and would not get happiness from torturing others.

This made him feel a little comforted, but soon he heard the bad news, that is, the Chinese army may not stick to the rules, and they will change their rules because of some people.

For example, they took Nie Chunyu, the commander of the royal guards, in the capital, and exceptionally used the punishment of thousands of cuts for him.

The poor Mafia magnate Nie Chunyu has only been a senior official for about a year. He hated the Chinese army and exceptionally executed him.

It is said that on the day of execution, officials and soldiers of the Chinese army came to watch. Many people scrambled to eat his meat. It can be seen that the Chinese Army hated him.

This is the first and only person who has been cut by the Chinese army since its rise.

Li Zicheng felt that he might become a second person, because he was a big thief all over the world, killing many people, including the people of the Chinese army. There was no good end for the people of the Chinese army to fall into his hands.

Originally, Li Zicheng had no hatred with the Chinese army, but Liu Bu defeated the main force of the wandering bandits in Fengyang and captured Zhang Xianzhong alive. Zhang Xianzhong was Li Zicheng's good brother, and Li Zicheng avenged his good brother.

Now, revenge has caused trouble for himself, which makes him very unhappy.

I feel unhappy. Now he has become the enemy of the Chinese army, but he has become the target of the public. He has been chased and killed all the way. No one dares to take him in, and no one dares to take refuge in him.

In the past, his reputation in this area was very famous, just like song Gongming's name in Shandong. As long as his name was reported, no matter how great heroes were, they would worship him.

Now, people in Shaanxi are surprised and run away when they hear the wind. Even neutral people run away when they hear the wind. They are afraid of being unlucky by him.

In this way, there are basically no people who surrender to him. Now he has really become a lost dog and fled for his life. However, he also knows that this kind of escape is not a way. The other party chases him all the way and never gives up. In this way, sooner or later, he will be caught up with him, and sooner or later, the people around him will digest it. Li Zicheng is in panic, If this day comes, what should I do?

Now their people are extremely tired. They haven't had a good rest for several days, let alone a hot meal. They either drink a few salivas on the way to escape, or eat a few mouthfuls of dry food in a panic. After a few days of escape, they don't even have dry food.

In the past, no matter how embarrassed they were, they could always get some food, rob or hunt. Now he is pursued by the Chinese army. Where dare he rob? Where dare you go hunting? In the evening, they dare not make a fire to warm themselves, nor do they dare to make a fire to cook water and food, which makes them very tired and difficult.

At this time, there were more than 100 people around Li Zicheng, but these people were very embarrassed and abandoned their armor, which was very sad.

It is estimated that the Chinese troops chasing them are not much better. They are equally tired, but they are different. They have backup. A steady stream of people are coming. The people who support them will send weapons, ammunition and food. They can make a fire for heating, boil water and cook. In this regard, they are better than Li Zicheng who escaped.

Li Zicheng wanted to escape to Yan'an and then to Yulin or Guyuan. If he couldn't get a foothold in these places, he would flee to Mongolia outside the pass.

Outside the pass is the territory of the Mongols. The people of quasi golbu are very fierce. They always see that people are not pleasing to the eye. I believe that when he escapes there, the enemy dare not openly pursue and kill, because openly pursuing and killing can easily lead to conflict between the two countries.

Li Zicheng and his team just stopped to have a rest. At the same time, their horses frothed at the mouth and fell to the ground, motionless. This is their last batch of horses.

The Chinese army has enough war horses to take turns to chase and kill, but those who escape are different. There is only one horse. It is too tired to walk. They can only give up or kill meat. This puts them in an extremely unfavorable situation. It has just stopped, and the enemy's hooves come again.