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The peasant rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty led by Li Zicheng was huge and developed to its peak, with 400,000 infantry and 600,000 cavalry, a total of millions. Li Zicheng attacked the city all the way, so who was his most powerful assistant?
This person is very good at fighting, Li Zicheng is very jealous of him, and finally killed him, this person is not Liu Zongmin, who is he?
His name was Luo Rucai, known as "Cao Cao". From his nickname, it can be seen that Luo Rucai is as cunning and resourceful as Cao Cao, has a military mind, and has a very good set of fighting. The history books record that Luo Rucai was good at war.
Although Luo Rucai fought very well, he was very, with dozens of wives and concubines, and several female music singers under his command, and moreover, for these women, Luo Rucai treated them kindly and gave them very generous rewards.
Although Li Zicheng admired Luo Rucai's military ability, he despised Luo Rucai's lustful behavior very much and often scorned him.
What did Li Zi become unaccustomed to Luo Rucai's lustfulness?
Because, Li Zicheng is not good at sex, the history books record that Li Zicheng is not good at wine, eats coarse grains, and can share happiness and suffering with his subordinates, and Luo Rucai has provided a large number of women, and the flowers and branches they dress up are displayed, and Li Zicheng looks at them and is angry.
The "Ming Shi Li Zicheng Biography" records: Self-made is not good wine color, shed millet and coarse, and it is bitter and bitter with it. Ru Cai had dozens of wives and concubines, was dressed in obedience, and had several female music under the tent, thick and self-serving, and self-scorned.
Luo Rucai was as strategic as Cao Cao, Cao Cao was very, Luo Rucai was also very, and at this point, Luo Rucai was really like Cao Cao.
Luo Rucai had hundreds of thousands of men and horses under his command, and he appointed Wang Jijue ( 王吉珪 ) of Shanxi as his mastermind , and he was very strong in fighting.
Li Zicheng is good at attacking the city, Luo Rucai is good at fighting, and the two people rely on each other, learning from each other's strengths and complementing each other's weaknesses, just like the left and right hands.
The "Ming Shi Li Zicheng Biography" records that Ru Cai had hundreds of thousands of people, and used Ji Jue, a shanxi man, as the mastermind. Self-made good at attacking, Ru Cai is good at fighting, and the two must be like left and right hands.
That is to say, Luo Rucai is very important to Li Zicheng and is Li Zicheng's right-hand man. However, after Li Zicheng conquered Wancheng and Ye County, and conquered Liang Prefecture and Song Prefecture, his troops were strong and he was very attached to the soldiers, so Li Zicheng had the idea of despotism, thinking that his family was the only one, and he had the final say, and Li Zicheng began to be jealous of Luo Rucai.
What to do? Li Zicheng came up with a brilliant plan, he set up a banquet to he Yilong, who had a very good relationship with Luo Rucai, and tied him up, and in the early morning, Li Zicheng sent twenty cavalry to rush into Luo Rucai's tent, behead Luo Rucai, and then annex Luo Rucai's troops.
The "Ming Shi Li Zicheng Biography" records: Zicheng Xiawan, Ye, Keliang, Song, bingqiang shifu, has an authoritarian heart, Gu Du is jealous of Rucai. He summoned Ru Cai to a feast of a dragon, bound him, and in the morning he beheaded Ru Cai in the tent with twenty horses, and met with all of them.
Luo Ru was one of the most intelligent people in the peasant rebel army, and also the most discerning, seeing far away, but unfortunately, because he was jealous of Li Zicheng, he was attacked and killed by Li Zicheng.
After Li Zicheng was defeated once, he went to zhang Xianzhong, who wanted to kill Li Zicheng, and at the crucial moment, it was Luo Rucai who saved Li Zicheng. Later, Zhang Xianzhong's army was defeated and went to defect to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng also wanted to kill Zhang Xianzhong, at the critical moment, it was Luo Rucai who privately sent Zhang Xianzhong five hundred people and horses to let Zhang Xianzhong go, it can be said that Luo Ru had a long-term vision, and really thought about the overall situation.
If Luo Rucai did not die, Li Zicheng's peasant army might not have withdrawn from Beijing in a hurry, and perhaps according to Luo Rucai's vision, Li Zicheng would be able to sit firmly in Beijing.