Chapter 194 How to make the mountains and rivers stable in the capital · XII

The deeds of the Tiance soldiers in the capital soon spread throughout the city. Every day, there were people who came to seek refuge with their families. Despite this, there were still a large number of people who were reluctant to leave their ancestral homes and property and were unwilling to leave to be looted by the Tai army. After all,

there were only a few hundred people in the Tiance area, and it was impossible to take care of everything. The only thing they could do was to stop the Tai army from doing evil wherever they went.

In the past few days, there were endless fights of all sizes in the streets and alleys, and the conflicts between the Tiance and the Tai army increased day by day. Li Zicheng received reports from his men every day, saying that they were suppressed by the Tiance again.

These intruders entered the capital, arrested the rich and powerful officials, robbed their houses and killed them, just like a group of evil wolves that had been bound by iron chains for too long, suddenly rushed into the paradise on earth, and their eyes and hearts were filled with only wealth and beauty, military achievements and status. No matter whether the other party was a spy or an old minister of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they said they were, they could be arrested and bullied at will.

Li Zicheng not only did not stop his men from doing these things, but also called it "pursuing the spoils and helping the military pay."

But now, due to the repeated interference of Tiance, the "helping the military pay" has been difficult to make any progress. The money collected in recent days has been greatly reduced. Not only the generals, but also Li Zicheng himself is very dissatisfied with this.

While they were discussing how to torture the high-ranking officials and wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty who had surrendered and make them hand over their gold, silver and treasures, they were arguing about the matter of recruiting Tiance to surrender.

If it was not necessary, Li Zicheng did not want to fight Xiao Hao head-on. Xiao Hao's team had been marching with the Qian army for such a long time, and Li Zicheng knew very well what kind of army this group of people was.

He believed that he was the son of destiny, but if he was asked to fight with such a group of wolves before he could sit on the throne, he would hesitate.

The elite are used to pacify the world. At this time, if he risked losses to weaken his own strength, the kingdom he had obtained would be in jeopardy.

However, the generals under Li Zicheng, who were already intoxicated by the victory in front of them, did not take Tian Ce seriously. They kept saying that "Tian Ce led young men" and "one hundred thousand elite soldiers could crush them with one foot", praising Li Zicheng's great achievements to the sky, making Li Zicheng hesitate between attacking or forming an alliance.

He gradually began to despise Tian Ce, but for the sake of face, he still had to pretend to be a benevolent leader and sent an invitation to Xiao Hao for a banquet in the name of Emperor Dashun.

How could Xiao Hao not know what kind of invitation this was? He sent away Niu Jinxing, who was smiling, and told him that he would definitely attend the appointment in the evening.

The other party had set a trap and wanted to wait for him to fall into it. By then, without a single soldier, Tian Ce could be left leaderless.

Really, too naive.

Xiao Hao felt like laughing. If the wolf cub he raised was so cowardly that he didn't know how to act without his commander, how could he be called the Wolf of Dongdu?

Xiao Hao had to go to this Hongmen Banquet, but for Xiao Hao, it was not a banquet, but an opportunity to kill Li Zicheng.

Lady Hong was very worried about Xiao Hao's appointment and insisted on going with him. Xiao Hao said to her calmly, "I'm not in the Tiance Camp. The intruders may take advantage of the opportunity to break in and harass you. You need to stay here and be on guard."

In fact, if Yuan Chengzhi was here, Xiao Hao would be more relieved, but Yuan Chengzhi himself had his own troubles. His confidante was Chongzhen's Princess Changping. After Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, Yuan Chengzhi brought back the Princess Changping with her arms cut off. As a result, the jealous Xia Qingqing ran away in anger. In order to prevent her from getting into trouble, everyone left the capital for Huashan a few days ago.

Now is the moment when the situation is tense. Xiao Hao has an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart, so he tries to be stable and not let them follow him to die.

He can still take care of himself alone, but if there is one more person, he will have to take care of him. If there is any accident, it will be difficult to get away .

Li Zicheng must have had some evil intentions, but Xiao Hao's world was more than just the capital. Jiangnan was already his territory, the north belonged to Li Zicheng, the Central Plains each occupied half, and Shanhaiguan still had Wu Sangui, and outside the pass was Huang Taiji who was eyeing him covetously.

Li Zicheng's expansion had made him misjudge the situation. If he attacked Tiance at this time, Wu Sangui would definitely take the opportunity to reap the benefits.

Xiao Hao would never allow this to happen, so on the night he decided to keep the appointment, he sent a secret message to Shi Zhixuan, who was training troops in Luoyang, asking him to lead 30,000 elite troops to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible.

Only when Liaodong had no worries, Xiao Hao dared to act recklessly in Beijing.

It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but only one day to deploy it. No matter whether it is the tigers and wolves outside the pass or the scoundrels in the capital, they will be killed in one fell swoop sooner or later.

That night, the stars were dim.

Xiao Hao walked to the palace, and was led by Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin to the gate of the palace. The sound of stringed instruments could be heard faintly in the palace.

However, even though they had reached the gate, Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin did not let Xiao Hao in.

"General Xiao, you'd better not bring your weapons to the banquet. Let's enjoy the wine and meat. Bringing weapons will only damage the harmony."

Xiao Hao frowned slightly and replied, "I never leave my gun even when I fall asleep."

Niu Jinxing sneered, "Your Majesty loves talents and sincerely invites the general to a banquet out of consideration for our old friendship when we started the uprising together. The general brought his weapons in. Do you want to get drunk and start a fight and cause bloodshed on the spot?"

Xiao Hao clenched his fists. Not being able to bring weapons meant that he could only release the rainbow energy into the sky, but not even the mountain tiger. This was not a good thing.

But if he went back without seeing Li Zicheng, it would also be a laughing stock. He might be regarded as someone who was afraid of the prestige of King Qian and was afraid of death and dared not attend the banquet.

Xiao Hao was silent for a long time, then took off the Hengjiang lock on his back and handed it to Niu Jinxing, saying calmly: "This gun is a bit heavy, General Niu, please hold it well."

Niu Jinxing took the Hengjiang lock and let someone take it away.

Xiao Hao was then led into the hall by them.

Seeing that he dared to come to the banquet alone, all the generals of the Qian army sneered in their hearts. Only Li Yan, who was sitting in the corner, saw his figure, frowned and shook his head lightly.

Xiao Hao gave him a reassuring look and sat down at the table calmly. He silently asked the system in his heart whether he could advance the progress reward, but received a negative answer.

Xiao Hao then slowly exhaled, mustered up his full strength, and tensed up his whole body. In the short few minutes since he sat down, the system plug-in very professionally gave a red-name target prompt. The hall was surrounded by countless archers, with three layers inside and three layers outside.

Xiao Hao had seen clearly what Li Zicheng was planning. When

Li Zicheng saw him take his seat, he laughed heartily and raised his wine glass and said, "General Xiao has not changed at all. He is still courageous until today. Let's drink this cup!"

Xiao Hao held the wine glass in his hand, but did not drink it. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and said, "It's not that I haven't changed at all, but that the King has changed too much."

Li Zicheng's face turned cold, and he forced a few laughs to get over the unpleasant beginning, then turned to say in a friendly manner: "It's just because the great cause has just been established, and many things have been too much to take care of, which has caused friction between General Xiao and several generals. Let's talk it out today, and don't let anyone have any misunderstandings with each other."

As he said this, a general on his left slammed the table and stood up, shouting at Xiao Hao: "Let me ask you! Is the Tiance wolf cub who recently killed several of my subordinates your man!"

Xiao Hao glanced at him nonchalantly. He glanced at him, chuckled and replied, "General Gu, why do you ask questions when you already know the answer?"

The man was choked by his words and became even more ferocious. He pointed at Xiao Hao and said, "You are so reckless and bold, are you going to rebel?"

Xiao Hao immediately slammed the table and stood up, sneering, "Rebellion? Who are the rebels? Have you forgotten that before you came to Beijing, you were also rebelling bandits! Even if you killed Chongzhen and the prince and cut off the bloodline of the Ming Dynasty, the blood in your bones is still that of the wild people. The blood of the bandits. Who is the bandit? Who is the king? Go ask the people in the capital, do they recognize this king now?"

Li Zicheng immediately gave General Gu a look, motioning him to sit down, and comforted Xiao Hao: "General, don't be angry, we are here to resolve the conflict today, everyone sit down and talk slowly."

Xiao Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "People say that heroes don't ask where they come from, but that is for heroes with virtue and self-discipline. If you even bully innocent people without weapons, what kind of person is it! If the king can't be well "

Li Zicheng laughed dryly, waved his hand, and ordered people to bring several jars of fine wine, and distributed one jar to each person, saying: "This is the good stuff from Chongzhen's national cellar. Generals, come and taste it with me!"

Xiao Hao saw that he neither drew his sword and attacked directly, nor did he really listen to him and discipline his subordinates. Although he was angry and wanted to scold him, he still held back, watched the situation and sat back in his seat. As soon as

the wine came up, the generals were intoxicated, and they wanted to hook their noses to smell the aroma of the wine - this was something that only appeared in their dreams. With good wine in their throats and beautiful women in their arms, even if they were the kings and the emperors, they would not have the comfortable life they have now.

Unfortunately, for Xiao Hao, this thing was not as good as the pot of beautiful women cooked in the big iron pot.

"General, have you drunk too much good wine and even disdained the emperor's wine cellar?" Li Zicheng saw that he was hesitant and showed some anger, and his voice became a little stern.

Xiao Hao glanced at him, and just as he picked up the pot, he was grabbed by someone and the wine in his hand was taken away.

Li Yan's face turned ashen, suppressing the anger and entanglement in his chest.

He turned to Li Zicheng and said, "Your Majesty, General Xiao has a poor alcohol tolerance. I'm afraid he can't drink such strong liquor. Let me drink it for him." He was about to drink the wine in the jar, but Xiao Hao acted very quickly and immediately overturned the jar, smashing it to pieces on the ground.

He grabbed Li Yan's wrist and said, "Brother Li's alcohol tolerance is obviously worse than mine, how can you say that?"

Li Zicheng stared at Li Yan in anger and asked, "Li Yan! What are you doing! Now you are going to openly oppose me?"

Li Yan closed his eyes and lowered his head, saying respectfully, "I dare not."

He glanced at Xiao Hao and whispered to him, "This is a den of wolves and tigers, you shouldn't come. While they haven't gathered their troops yet, you should leave quickly."

Xiao Hao pulled the corner of his mouth, patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "It's too late."

The archers outside the palace moved quickly and surrounded the place.

But it didn't matter.

Xiao Hao kicked over the table beside him, and his sword of heart rolled up a storm of blade-breaking and armor-breaking, ruthlessly crushing everything near him.

"It's not that I didn't give him a chance, but he hasn't woken up from his dream until now, it's too late."