Chapter 588 Kaifeng Zhou Palace
The Jinyang army failed to send troops to rescue Luoyang in time, resulting in Luoyang's loss and King Fu's death. This incident would have caused Li Guodong to lose a lot of political points. The merit of saving King De two years ago would definitely not be able to withstand the crime of losing King Fu. After all, King De was named King Rong in the third year of Jingtai, and changed to King De in Tianshun, which was too far from Chongzhen. King Fu Zhu Changxun was Chongzhen's biological uncle, so the incident of Luoyang's vassal capture has a great impact. Some people in the court have impeached Li Guodong, saying that he was stationed in Kaifeng but did not move, resulting in the murder of King Fu.
"Impossessed me?" Li Guodong just sneered when he heard the news, "If someone had impeached me for being a vassal five years ago, he would have succeeded in it. Who am I afraid of now?"
Li Guodong didn't have to worry at all. At this time, his status could be shaken by the few memorials of the civil servants. He had developed from a horse thief outside the border into a powerful warlord. He believed that Zuo Liangyu was not his opponent, and the court did not even dare to move Zuo Liangyu, let alone himself. In fact, even a small warlord like Liu Liangzuo was helpless. The late Ming Dynasty had entered the mode of chaos, but the Chinese civil servants in the court still thought that civil nobles and martial arts were inferior and used civil servants to control martial arts. In real history, it was not until the Qing army killed them and were bloody. Civil servants were either killed or surrendered. At that time, their minds were clearer.
Li Guodong thought that he was not the guardian saint of the Ming Dynasty. What he had to do was to change this system and to push everything back. Therefore, he could use the power of the rebel army to contribute his army, and even use the power of the Qing army to reshuffle the cards and clear obstacles for his future control of the situation.
Because Li Guodong is already a warlord with strong strength, he has settled military farms in Shandong and built a navy on the Yangtze River. The court no longer cares about him, so he can only turn a blind eye to him. Building a navy, has the intention to rebel? No, Zuo Liangyu is also building a navy! Why don’t you check if he has any problems? He is arrogant and domineering? Who is Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, and Liu Zeqing, is not this kind of virtue?
Originally, Li Guodong hated the Donglin Party. The Donglin Party had an unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but the Donglin Party was only one of the factors of its demise, not the entire responsibility. Li Guodong still does not like the Donglin Party, but he wanted to make the late Ming Dynasty capitalism, but the support of the Donglin Party was inseparable from the support of the Donglin Party.
Helping Lu Xiangsheng and Qian Qianyi transform the farm and manage floods in Jiangnan, these actions have made Li Guodong labeled the Donglin Party by the gentry. The Donglin Party also regards him as one of them. Wouldn't it be fun to have a general who can fight so much that he can act as a thug for the Donglin Party?
But Yang Sichang is different. Yang Sichang not only committed the crime of losing Luoyang's vassal, but also the crime of losing Xiangyang's vassal, which is already a dead end.
Li Guodong received a letter from Yang Sichang. In the letter, Yang Sichang spoke in a sad tone, claiming that he had not been alive for a long time and hoped that Li Guodong would be loyal to the court and not let Kaifeng fall again.
His feelings for Yang Sichang were very complicated. This person had strategic talents but no tactical talents. Moreover, the reason why he was able to develop to this day was inseparable from Yang Sichang's strong support. Yang Sichang was almost dead. After repelling the rebel army attacking Kaifeng, he would rather go to Jingzhou to send him the last journey.
Li Zicheng left Luoyang and attacked towards Kaifeng. The number of rebels who captured Luoyang was more than one million. He obtained a large amount of silver and grain supplies from the Fu Palace. The rebels repeatedly conquered the cities and lands around Luoyang, and were unstoppable. In order to seize Kaifeng, Li Zicheng personally led 30,000 old battalions of rebel cavalry to gallop day and night. At this speed, the rebels could reach Kaifeng in just three days and three nights.
Li Guodong's personal guards, who had been involved in the rebel army, obtained Li Zicheng's news in advance and immediately sent the news back. When he learned that Li Zicheng's army was invading, Li Guodong ordered the camp to move the Yellow River embankment, and his task was to protect the Yellow River embankment.
"Wuweibo, the King of Zhou invites you to enter the palace for a discussion." Kaifeng garrison Chen Yongfu personally came to Li Guodong's central army camp and invited him to the city to have an interview with the King of Zhou.
"Okay! Please wait for Chen Junmin. Uncle Ben will go to change his clothes now and come to the city with you." Li Guodong looked at Chen Yongfu and saw that this man was very strong, but the servants who followed him had quite old armor. The so-called elite servants of the Kaifeng defenders were nothing more than that. However, Chen Yongfu was a powerful general, and Li Zicheng was shot blinded by him.
While waiting outside, Chen Yongfu was surprised to see the Jinyang army's clean and majestic army, "Three thousand elite armors! Wu Wei Bo is really rich, and he actually raises three thousand servants! There are three thousand servants. What does that mean? Looking at Wu Wei Bo's infantry, everyone has horses or camels, and the firearms are even more sophisticated, and there are light cavalry with one person and more horses. What kind of army is this! Are these people all servants?"
Li Guodong followed Chen Yongfu into Kaifeng City. Henan suffered a major disaster. It was a thousand miles away from the ground. It was eating Guanyin land everywhere, and even people were eating people. Kaifeng was the location of Henan's governor's yamen. The situation was slightly better. King Zhou was much more generous than King Fu. He set up porridge sheds everywhere inside and outside the city to provide porridge to provide disaster relief.
"The King of Zhou is kind and loving, and the military and civilians will definitely fight for him to death. The thieves will definitely run into blood in Kaifeng!" Han Dashan said.
Li Guodong did not answer directly, but nodded slightly without comment. In real history, Li Zicheng three times opened the seal and ran into blood under Kaifeng City. The last time there was nothing he could do, so he had to dig open the Yellow River embankment and flood Kaifeng.
Although according to the historical process, Li Zicheng will only dig the Yellow River and flood Kaifeng next year, Li Guodong must be on guard at this time. History has changed. After summer, the water level of the Yellow River will soar. Who knows whether Li Zicheng will go crazy and dig the Yellow River embankment.
After a while, the water level rises, the newly built naval boat can enter the Yellow River. The naval boat is also equipped with guns and cannons. Once the rebel army attempts to dig the river embankment, the naval boat can bombard the other side, making the rebel army's plan unable to succeed.
Li Guodong only brought two hundred elite soldiers to the city, followed Chen Yongfu into the city, and his two hundred elite soldiers to the city, attracted the attention of the people of Kaifeng. Everyone was wearing thick armor, even with mask protection on their faces, and riding a tall horse under their crotch. Everyone exuded a murderous aura, which was the murderous aura that only veterans who had been through the battlefield for a long time had.
"Where did this army come from?"
"Where did it come from? Isn't it the Jinyang army stationed outside the city a few days ago? But they are now moving to the Yellow River embankment."
"What an elite! I heard that the Jinyang Army fought against Jiannu, it can be said that it was a victory in every battle!"
The group came to the gate of the Zhou royal palace. When the guards of the royal palace saw that Chen Yongfu was coming with a general wearing a python robe, they hurriedly put them in the royal palace. The guards of the royal palace recognized Chen Yongfu, after all, he was the general of Kaifeng.
When he walked into the palace, he was led to the hall by the guards, he saw Li Xianfeng, the Henan Governor, Gao Mingheng, the Henan Censor, Huang Shu, the Kaifeng City Defender, the Kaifeng Prefect, the guerrilla general Gao Qian, Zhang Dechang and others were all waiting.
Because of King Fu's death, the group of officials in front of him were all guilty and were waiting to make meritorious service. If Kaifeng had any problems, the generals might be fine, but none of those civil servants could survive.
King Zhu Gongzi of Zhou sat on the throne in the middle. This was an old man in his early sixties. He had a kind face and looked much more pleasing than King Fu.
"I have seen Your Highness the King of Zhou!" Li Guodong walked forward and saluted.
"Wuweibo, please sit down!" Zhu Gongzi said, pointing to a chair behind a group of princes in the hall.
Li Guodong was not polite, and sat down on the chair.
Chapter completed!