During the Chongzhen period, God did not bless Henan.

The Central Plains has been drought year after year, locusts [Novel Novel www.downxt.net] cover the sky, the ground is barren, the seedlings are gone, countless hungry people die, people eat each other, and people are in the folk.

In the winter of the 13th year, after Li Zicheng left Shangluo, he saw that the time had come, and led the rebel army to rush down the Luo River, led the army to Henan, captured Yiyang in one fell swoop, conquered Yongning County, and quickly led the army to conquer the counties around Luoyang, and headed straight to Luoyang.

The rebel army arrived in Luoyang, and Zhu Changxun, King Fu of Fu in the city, Lu Weiqi, former Minister of War, Kang Menghui, Henan Governor Li Fengxian, Henan General Wang Shaoyu and others urgently negotiated. While submitting a report to the court, requesting the court to send troops to support, while strengthening the garrison, hoping to rely on the Luoyang city wall. In the eight years of Chongzhen, he defeated Li Zicheng's experience and defended the city.

At that time, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng led hundreds of thousands of troops to invade Henan from Shaanxi, conquering Yanshi, Gongxian, Songxian, Linru and other places one after another. Later, they attacked Luoyang City with all their might. However, because Luoyang City was strong, they fought for several days and could not defeat the city. Finally, the official reinforcements arrived, and the thieves had to flee in a hurry.

But this time, the Ming Dynasty's soldiers either gathered in Shanhaiguan to break the siege of Jinzhou, or followed Yang Sichang to encircle Zhang Xianzhong. The Ming court had no troops to rescue Luoyang. Unexpectedly, in less than half a year, Li Zicheng gathered millions.

The rebel army in the winter of the 13th year was much more violent than the rebel army in the eighth year of Chongzhen.

The government troops in Luoyang City were unable to wait for reinforcements to arrive. After countless casualties, the thieves finally captured Luoyang with the help of the inner city on the 20th day of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Chongzhen.

Luoyang has had a high city and thick walls in several dynasties. Its fall in the world was shocked and had a huge impact on the situation in the world.

Politically, Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, which made the northern gentry and wealthy families waver in their mentality, gradually disappointed with the Ming Dynasty, and regarded the rebel army as the force to take over the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of military affairs, the fall of a strong city like Luoyang caused the morale of the officials and soldiers to be greatly relieved. There were no strong cities where the rebels passed, and there were no strong enemies when they encountered. All the generals were looking for the wind to leave.

In Luoyang City, the hearty laughter echoed in the Fu Palace.

Li Zicheng, wearing ordinary armor and Fan Yang hat, sat on the throne, and the brazier in the hall was burning, making the hall hot.

Outside the hall, more than 400 officials and landlords, including the former Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Weiqi, Henan Prefect Kang Menghui, Guanzheng Wang Yinchang and Mengjin, Wang Chaoshan in Xin'an, Wang Yiming from Song County, and more than 400 officials and landlords were beheaded by the rebels one by one, killing them to make the outside of the hall blood flow into a river.

King Fu Zhu Changluo was stripped of his pants and pressed him to the ground with a board.

The fat man, who was 300 pounds, had his butt covered in blood. The screams made Li Zicheng in the hall particularly excited.

Taking down Luoyang, killing tens of thousands of people and seizing tens of millions of dollars, Li Zicheng's prestige soared. His every move was domineering and cruel, which was terrifying.

At this time, in the hall, the invaders sat on both sides, and in the middle of the hall were several Confucian scholars.

Now the rebel army occupies western Henan and Luoyang, gathering millions of people. Li Zicheng also realized that the rebel army needs to make some changes.

First, we need to establish a ruling system that respects him. The brothers who used to rob can't be matched with each other, and they must have superiors and inferiors and rules.

Second, if you conquer these prefectures and counties, you cannot be stubborn and you cannot be a thief all the time.

Therefore, Li Zicheng also hopes to recruit a group of scholars.

At this time, Li Zicheng looked at the people in the hall and said coldly: "You are willing to surrender to me!"

"Bah! You are cholera, you are cruel and unkind, I wish you could eat your meat!" A scholar who was tied up with a backlash cursed.

Li Zicheng's mouth twitched and he waved his hand: "Pull it down."

Two trespassers stepped forward and pulled the scholar aside, slashed his sword directly.

The remaining Confucian scholars were so scared that they were scattered, and they fought and looked pale.

Li Zicheng looked at them and asked again: "Are you willing to serve me?"

When several Confucian scholars' legs became weak, they collapsed on the ground like a pool of mud, and then kowtowed, "We are willing to surrender to the king!"

"Haha~" Li Zicheng laughed heartily and was full of energy, "Take it down and watch it well!"

When the Confucian scholar was taken down, Li Zicheng was in a good mood and said proudly: "This time I conquer Luoyang, the world is shocked. The hungry people from far and near will definitely strive to surrender first. All the rebels will also regard me as the respect, and we will soon gather millions of people."

The generals gathered under Li Zicheng were eager to try.

The battle in Luoyang made them more confident. The rebel army could conquer Luoyang, and there was no other city in the world that they couldn't defeat.

"King of Breaking, you can lead us to do it!"

"King Chuang, we will conquer Beijing all the way and let King Chuang be the emperor!"

The generals were quarreling with each other. Li Zicheng was very pleased. He was chased by the government army for so long. The situation finally turned around. It was indeed time to talk to the emperor.

Li Zicheng was full of passion and ambition and shouted: "Okay, I will conquer Beijing all the way. By then, I, Old Li, will be the emperor, and everyone will be a prince!"

There was a sound of response below, and the generals were full of fighting spirit and discussed going east to Kaifeng and fighting all the way to Beijing.

At this time, in Songshan, Xuanyuan Pass.

Gao Huan stood on Guancheng and inspected Guancheng's city defense.

"Governor, Li Zicheng has just captured Luoyang. Will he attack us so quickly?" Wang Jingde asked.

Gao Huan looked outside the pass with deep eyes and nodded, "Although the rebel army captured Luoyang and obtained money and grain, Li Baimian troops were too many, and the capture of Luoyang would probably not last for a few months. In these few months, he must find the next city with enough money and grain, and then conquer it. Kaifeng is a big city in the Central Plains, richer than Luoyang. The next target of the rebels must be Kaifeng!"

Wang Jingde was worried, "The thief wants to open the seal. In order to prevent flanking safety, he will definitely send troops to attack us!"

Gao Huan looked back at the generals and knew that they were shocked by the rebel army and captured Luoyang.

The rebels can capture the city of Luoyang. Can the military government block the attack of the rebels?

Gao Huan smiled and said, "The target of the thief is Kaifeng. He will not spend time on us. Li Zicheng can only send partial troops to attack, so there is nothing scary. Besides, Kaifeng is not that easy to fight, and Li Zicheng may not be able to capture it."

Gao Huan knew that Li Zicheng San had opened the seal and did not fight. In the end, he could only break the river and flood Kaifeng to vent his anger. The army drove the camp westward into Guanzhong.

Although Gao Huan knew that Li Zicheng might not be able to defeat Kaifeng, the rolling army of millions still made Gao Huan feel huge pressure. However, he would not show this kind of pressure.

At this time, Gao Huan was comforting everyone. A general hurriedly climbed the city wall. When he found Gao Huan, he jogged over and said anxiously: "Supervisor! The scout found the thief's vanguard and came to Guancheng!"

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