Tian Hualong's surrender made Zhu Cilang very satisfied. This was a high-level general under Li Zicheng's command. His surrender was extremely important in combating the morale of the bandits.

So, after surrendering, Tian Hualong transformed himself into the commander of the Ming army in Xiangyang. Of course, this was a false position.

So what about a false position? It was also highly valued by the imperial court. This time, Li Zicheng was in trouble.

He followed King Chuang and slept in the open air, and had no meals. As a result, Tian Hualong transformed himself into the commander of Xiangyang and came to pick up his iron rice bowl.

It is false to say that you don’t envy, jealousy and hatred. Some of the bandits are forced to rebel. Some want to follow the King of Chuang to be prosperous and prosperous in the future, while others simply want to make money.

As a result, when Tian Hualong surrendered to the court, everyone cursed. But now they have become commanders, and they are said to be a fourth-rank military general. They are popular and have a hot and spicy meal at home, and have an official salary.

Why did they work hard to fight with the King of Chuang everywhere? As a result, they are now being chased by officers and soldiers. If they really can't do it, should they consider it and surrender?

Zhu Cilang offered very generous conditions. Any bandits who surrendered should regard their merits and be granted official positions.

Of course, the court also listed a list. Even if the people on the list kneeled down and surrendered, the court would never accept it.

The list of people who do not accept surrender is very long. The first one is Liu Zongmin, then He Jin, Lu Wenbin and others. These people will never accept their surrender.

In fact, Zhu Cilang also knew that Liu Zongmin and others would rather die than surrender. People like Lu Wenbin were originally generals of the Ming army, but later surrendered to Li Zicheng. Such a traitor was kept in his works.

Li Zicheng went crazy and cursed at Zhu Cilang: "Shameless villain, the crown prince, the young man. He used such despicable means. Tian Hualong, the dog, trusted him so much!"

Liu Zongmin sighed: "King of Chuang, we lost."

Li Zicheng was shocked. Liu Zongmin was a person who refused to admit defeat easily. At that time, they were forced to the death by the officers and soldiers, and Li Zicheng almost committed suicide. However, Liu Zongmin killed his wife and followed the tribe to express his loyalty to the King of Chuang. In this way, Li Zicheng led them to fight for a bloody path.

But now, Liu Zongmin, who has always been brave, actually said that they lost.

Li Zicheng was indignant: "A mere 100,000 officers and soldiers defeated Gu's millions of troops. However, Gu still has 500,000 troops, and it is still unknown who will win."

Everyone knows that Li Zicheng is just deceiving himself. Even if he still has 500,000 troops now, what's the use?

Not to mention anything else, Zhu Cilang can even trap you when he is trapped at this time. The 12th Regiment Battalion took the camp step by step, adopting the strategy of erosion, and encroaching on the land of Huguang step by step. Li Zicheng retreated step by step and kept retreating, in order to avoid the main battle between the officers and soldiers.

Li Zicheng wanted to continue to play the characteristics of bandit guerrilla tactics, but if he couldn't defeat it, he would flee. Anyway, he had no logistics and no supplies, so he could escape to the ground and start robbing a handful of food again before talking about it.

However, all this was expected by Zhu Cilang. This time, Zhu Cilang must completely eliminate Li Zicheng's team so that Li Zicheng can no longer be troubled.

While the 12th Regiment Battalion went down step by step, Zhu Cixuan, as the Grand Marshal of the World, ordered the troops from Nanjing, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi to encircle Li Zicheng and Huguang to form a powerful net. Be sure to wipe out Li Zicheng's troops.

The worst-hit disaster during the Little Ice Age was the north. As for the south, the impact was relatively small. This is also the reason why the Southern Ming Dynasty survived for a long time after Chongzhen's destruction. Even the Southern Ming almost recovered the rivers and mountains.

This method has not been used by anyone. The strategy of dealing with bandits proposed by Yang Sichang, the Minister of War, was "Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and Jiangbei as the four commanders, and the four governors were divided into suppression, and they were dedicated to Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Sichuan, and were six corners. The six governors were divided into defense and coordinated suppression. This is called a ten-sided net, and the governor and the two ministers followed the thieves' direction and were dedicated to fighting."

The central idea was to intercept and surround the peasant army in mobile combat, and then eliminate it. This plan was successful. But later, Li Zicheng broke through and entered Henan, especially Zhang Xianzhong adopted the strategy of "to defeat the enemy" and took advantage of the conflicts between the generals of the Ming army to break through Yang Sichang's encirclement many times. Finally, he captured Yang Sichang's base camp Xiangyang by surprise and killed King Xiang Zhu Yiming. The plan to "four mains, six corners, ten sides" failed completely, and Yang Sichang was also ashamed of illness.

In view of the failure of "four straights, six corners, ten sides", Zhu Cixuan re-deployed his plan. First, eased the conflicts between the generals of the Ming army. Just like the 12th Regiment Battalion, the armed forces in various places should not go deep alone.

Even if you encounter a great opportunity and you defeat the bandits alone, the court will not remember your contributions. On the contrary, if you are serious, you will still be held accountable.

In other words, even if you win a battle, you may be held accountable. In serious cases, you will be dismissed from your post and investigated.

What Zhu Cilang wanted was the strategy of each unit to make steady progress, step by step, cooperate with each other, and gradually narrowed the encirclement, leaving the bandits inexhaustible to escape.

Li Zicheng suffered a great loss soon. Although the number of bandits was large, the unity and coordination was far behind. After being surrounded by officers and soldiers from all directions, the bandits' circle became smaller and smaller.

Li Zicheng panicked, and then he understood why Liu Zongmin said they were defeated. After losing to Jiangling, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sigh to the sky: "I am not defeated by the officers and soldiers, but by the prince's son!"

That's right, Li Zicheng was not defeated by the Ming army officers and soldiers. He knew very well what kind of officers and soldiers were. He was defeated by Zhu Cixuan.

Li Zicheng never dreamed that there would be someone like Zhu Cilang in the Ming Dynasty. This young crown prince actually had the courage of Taizu Chengzu.

Finally, in Dongting Lake, Li Zicheng ushered in his turning point battle.

Dongting Lake in history was once called Yunmengze. Its water surface is vast and it is known as "Eight Hundred Miles Dongting". However, after the Ming Dynasty, due to the surrounding lakes and reclamation, vegetation damage and silt accumulation, the water area of ​​Dongting Lake has gradually shrunk, the capacity for water storage and flood discharge has decreased, and the number and frequency of floods have also increased greatly. Frequent floods have continued to worsen the living environment of residents of the villages and towns around Dongting Lake, causing frequent famines and large-scale population deaths.
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