Chapter 48 Li Zicheng serves the country with all his loyalty

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Li Yunze pointed at Meng Qiaofang and others, "You have deducted the reward money I gave you, and you still refuse to plead guilty and fight to the end."

"The army has marched out to sacrifice the flag. Today I will lend them their heads. If there is anyone who is willing to go with them, you can come forward now."

Those who were willing to stand up have now fallen under the guns. The remaining people, looking at the soldiers from the Beijing camp surrounding them, all wisely chose to remain silent.

After waiting for a while and seeing no one coming out, Li Yunze waved directly, "Send them off."

After the heads of Meng Qiaofang and others were hanged, Li Yunze came to the front of Guan Ning's generals and said, "My lords, please follow me. I will personally command all the troops. Do you have any objections?"

At this time, there is no chance for the generals of Guan Ning's army to say no.

Whoever dares to say nothing will have more heads on the flagpole over there.

"I am loyal to Your Majesty. Guan Ning's army is His Majesty's army, and they are naturally at Your Majesty's disposal."

Li Yunze's method of dealing with Guan Ning's army was exactly the same as when he went to Jiangnan.

In the name of welcoming the emperor, all the military generals above the capital department were gathered together.

First numb his mind, then create excuses to capture them all, and control them tightly by his side.

Without the leader, there won't be much trouble if you want to.

Of course, the generals of Guan Ning's army are different from the civil and military nobles of Jiangnan. Their counterattack is too strong, and Li Yunze needs more auxiliary means.

A large number of middle and low-level generals were promoted from Guan Ning's army, and a group of generals who had been prepared long ago were assigned to serve as generals.

Some of the military generals and servants from various ministries were transferred and transferred to the Beijing camp.

In the end, Sun Chengzong came forward to appease him. At least on the surface, Guan Ningjun was temporarily under control.

Of course, it's only temporary.

These northern military leaders are not comparable to the losers from Jiangnan, and there will definitely be a counterattack in the future.

Li Yunze, the famous king of backstabbing in history books, did not dare to hand over his retreat to Guan Ning's army regardless of how much combat power they could exert.

Three days later, when Li Yunze set off from Shanhaiguan to the north, he clearly noticed that Sun Chengzong, who was accompanying him, was much older.

"Long live, the troops of Guan Ning are soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, why should they be treated like this?"

Li Yunze treated Guan Ning's army almost as a rebel, which dealt a huge blow to the old man.

"Sun Qing's family knows better than me how the millions of taels of Liao's salary every year are spent." Li Yunze, who was riding forward, responded unhurriedly, "They have been raised, and they can't survive."

Let’s go back to the old days. Rather than wait until later to cause trouble when the Liaoning salary is cancelled, it’s better to solve the problem now.”

Having said this, Li Yunze looked at Sun Chengzong sincerely, "I am helping them and giving them a chance to survive."

Guan Ningjun's reputation is so bad that it is rare even in thousands of years of history.

When Wu Sangui raised troops to fight against the Tartars in Yunnan, no one was willing to help them, even among the various rebels who had deep hatred against the Tartars.

There are too many cases of betrayal and backstabbing of friendly troops, to the point where the whole world despises them and everyone looks down upon them.

"Long live."

Sun Chengzong trembled and saluted, "After this battle, I beg for the bones."

"But." Li Yunze didn't pretend to stay. He knew very well that Sun Chengzong really didn't want to do it anymore. "I will never forget Sun Qing's contribution."

"Long live my thanks."

At this time, he didn't care about leaving his name in history, but he was melancholy about why the emperor looked down on Guan Ningjun so much.

What did Guan Ningjun do wrong?

The army passed by Ningyuan Fort, but Li Yunze did not enter the city but camped outside the city.

At this time, Mangui had led the fifth military camp and Guan Ning's cavalry troops to the vicinity of the Daling River. Zhao led the Shenshu battalion to supervise food and grass in and around Shanhaiguan and rectify the various military forts.

The only people following Li Yunze were the Shenji Battalion, plus tens of thousands of Guan Ning Army sergeants.

In the evening at the end of October, the autumn wind blew strongly.

Li Yunze, who was debugging a drone in the Chinese army's tent, suddenly heard a commotion of fighting outside, and countless swaying torches illuminated the tent.

Luo Yangxing's urgent cry came from outside the big tent, "Long live! There are rebels besieging the camp. Long live, please move quickly!"

Hearing this, Wang Chengen was frightened and hurriedly stepped forward, trembling, trying to help Li Yunze run away.

"Get off!"

Raising his hand to push Wang Chengen away, Li Yunze, with a pale face, first adjusted his body armor, then took off his gold armor and put it on himself.

After finishing these tasks, he picked up the Yongle Sword and walked out.

Outside the large tent of the Chinese army, everyone was full of people.

The innermost layer is Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei. In the past, when they ransacked the house, they looked majestic and black and white, but now their faces were pale, as if they had been beaten by dozens of people.

On the battlefield, when faced with a real army, they are really worthless.

Luo Yangxing, whose face was a little distorted, hurriedly rushed over and pulled Li Yunze's arm, "Long live, go away."

"Get off!"

A scolding made Luo Yangxing so frightened that he was at a loss.

"Why panic! My army is right beside you, and the safest place in the world is right here!" This was deliberately said to the many sergeants of the Shenji Battalion in the outer layer.

Sure enough, the densely packed soldiers outside were obviously taller and taller.

Luo Yangxing didn't dare to speak forcefully, but he jumped anxiously.

He is the commander of the Jin Yiwei. If the rebels gain power, he will definitely not end well.

Even if he was lucky enough to escape and return to the capital, the crime of betraying the emperor would make him drag his whole family along with him.

At this moment, I am really in a state of confusion.

Li Yunze calmly shouted, "Where is Cao Bianjiao?"

Not long after the meeting, a soldier, Jiaye, came over and saluted with a sonorous voice, "In reply to the long live message, General Cao is suppressing the rebellion."

From this aspect, it is obvious that Cao Bianjiao is a straight man who does not know how to be an official.

The most important thing at this time is to show your face in front of the emperor. After all, there is no greater achievement than rescuing someone.

But he was busy suppressing the rebellion. There was no doubt that he was an upright and loyal minister who didn't know how to make superficial appearances.

"Well done, Qing Cao." Li Yunze took a few steps forward and looked at the extraordinary-looking soldier in front of him. "Who are you, Qing?"

"Your Majesty, long live Li Zicheng, the Chief of Staff of the Army's A Division in the Shenji Camp and the Chief of Qianzong Quan Zhidu."

The Shenji Battalion has five battalions under its jurisdiction: the Central Army, Zuo Ye, You Ye, Zuo Sen, and Right Sen. Each battalion has several divisions of soldiers and horses.

The Chinese army is led by Cao Bianjiao himself, and Jiasi is the most powerful soldier among the soldiers, and must be the most powerful one.

The former Jiasi Dusi was also a close associate of Cao Bianjiao, and was transferred to the Guanning Army to take charge of guerrilla consolidation and control the military power.

Because many generals were transferred to control Guan Ning's army, middle and low-level officers like Li Zicheng, who were valued by Cao Bianjiao and had served as the emperor's bodyguard, were promoted.

Now as President Qian, Quan Zhi is the temporary acting commander of Division Jia.

Usually, as long as you don't make any big mistakes, you can cancel it after some time.

Li Yunze didn't care about this at all. He looked at the man in front of him with a strange expression, "Your name is Li Zicheng?"

"Long live Hui." Li Zicheng, who didn't understand why the emperor cared about his name, lowered his head deeply, "My name is indeed Li Zicheng."

"Listen to your accent." Li Yunze said as if nothing happened, "Are you from Shaanxi?"

"Yes, I am from Mizhi, Shaanxi Province, and I was a postman at Yinchuan Post Station. When Governor Sun recruited postmen to join the new army, I moved to the capital with the army."

"Ha~~~" Li Yunze shook his head and laughed.

He has really never deliberately targeted anyone, whether it is Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, it is the same to him.

Because Li Yunze knew very well that even if Li Zicheng was killed in advance, Zhao Qian and Sun Zicheng would still come out.

What he never expected was that Li Zicheng actually became a personal guard around him.

If I gave him a book of Ming Dynasty at this time, I guess Li Zicheng's expression would be very wonderful.

King Chuang led people to protect Emperor Chongzhen

"Hahahahaha~~~" Li Yunze laughed loudly, making everyone around him look at each other in confusion, not understanding what was so funny.

After finally stopping his laughter, Li Yunze waved his hand and signaled to Luo Yangxing, "Don't stay here. Go and watch over the generals of the Guan Ning Army. If one of them escapes, I'll take someone from your Luo family to fill it in."

He immediately turned to look at Li Zicheng and said meaningfully, "Li Zicheng, do your job well and make great achievements. I will never treat you badly."

"I must be honest and serve the country with all my heart!"

Li Yunze could see very clearly that the surrounding areas besides the Beijing Camp were the Guan Ning Army. Naturally, there was no need to say more about the identity of the rebels.

Those who can incite soldiers and horses to rebel must also be the generals of the Guan Ning Army who are locked up in the camp.

"The guards are so strict, but they can still spread the news. You are worthy of being a local snake." He picked up the maza and sat down directly on the ground. "I want to see if I can suppress you local snakes."
To be continued...