Now the army on the books of the Dashun Dynasty is not much, there are more than 20,000 in Xi'an Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion, and Yan'an Mansion and Yulin can probably pull out a few thousand people, which is almost 30,000 together.

About 60,000 people were concentrated in the western part of Jingzhou Prefecture - including old battalion soldiers, new attached soldiers, and retinue auxiliaries, of which no less than 30,000 were old battalion soldiers with strong combat effectiveness.

There are still about 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangjing, Hanyang, Chengtian, Nanyang, Yunyang, Hanzhong, and Gongchang, of which there are no less than 20,000 old soldiers.

30,000 plus 60,000 plus 450,000, the total is 1340,000. That's nothing compared to the millions in history. But these 130,000 or 40,000 are all "dry goods", without family members and coerced people, even the retinue of the old battalion soldiers are very strong and able to go into battle.

In addition, because the Southern Ming Dynasty led by Zhu Cihong was more effective in the anti-Qing war, Li Zicheng had more time to straighten out the interior, and finally established a more effective feudal system. Therefore, the cohesion and combat effectiveness have been greatly improved, and at the same time, the cost of the opponent's "absorption and merger" has also been raised.

Recruiting feudal soldiers and recruiting Liukou is not the same price! The rogue can give a few small sums of money to send (most of them will make trouble again), and the feudal soldiers can't be fed with land and silver?

If these 130,000 or 40,000 people are to be treated as new officers and soldiers or the Qing Dynasty with a green flag, Zhu Cihong and Dolgon will probably have to make calculations for several months...... The total number of new troops at hand of Prince Zhu is just over 200,000 (of which only 100,000 can really fight tough battles, and the rest have to be equipped, trained, and organized), and the military salary, military rations, equipment, and training expenses alone have already made Zhu Cihong's household secretary Chen Rui and military department secretary Wu Xiang complain.

134,000 more...... Unless Huguang is digested and the income of 20 million stone white rice is squeezed out a year, it will not be enough to spend no matter what.

If there is no money, there is no money!

As for Dolgon, not to mention. 1340,000 Green Banner soldiers will get 30 million acres of land alone! Where to go in the circle? Now the Eight Banners and the Green Banner have taken more than 40 million mu, and Wu Sangui has taken the land of Shaanxi. The rest of the land was sent out in the same amount of land - it was all a tax of the Qing court! One acre and four liters, and 30 million mu is 1.2 million stones!

In addition, officials from the Eight Banners and Green Flags also have to eat an extra portion. Inside and out, it's three million stones a year! How is it possible to give it away? If you really do this, you have to jump up with the eight flags and the green flag! Does Dorgon still want to be the emperor?

Unless you can bring enough land yourself, you may not be able to collect it when you are a traitor...... I really can't afford it!

But if you have a turf and can still get mixed up, who will be a traitor?

Similarly, Zhu Cihong wants to win over the Dashun princes who have territory and troops, and the silver he wants to give out is also a sky-high price...... It's no good, who rebelled?

Therefore, Li Guo, the future Shun Taizong, does not have to consider the defection of the four great marquis for the time being...... Even if they will mutiny, it is not something that will happen in front of them!

Shilipu Station, in front of Li Zicheng's coffin, Li Guo sat at the top end, and below was Li Laiheng, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Xiyao, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen sat in turn.

A meeting of Shilipu, which decided the future and fate of the Dashun Dynasty, was being held in secret.

The first consensus reached at the meeting was to keep it secret!

Li Zicheng had to pretend to be alive...... And the longer, the better! I really can't hide it.

The second consensus, of course, is to divide the troops and manage the territory. According to Li Zicheng's "testament", let the four marquis each lead a piece of territory, establish a feudal town, and shield the Dashun court.

The third consensus was to give up some of the territories of Nanyang, Chengtian, Hanyang, and Xiangjing, which were clearly undefensible. And the families of the camps who stayed in Xiangjing and Nanyang were moved to Hanzhong first. After pacifying Sichuan, the families of the camps were placed in the territory of the four marquis or all over Sichuan.

The fourth consensus is to speed up the entry into Sichuan! Change the original plan to go all the way into Sichuan, abandon Guanzhong, and go to Sichuan. Mobilize the armies of Gao Yigong and Luo Hu (they are also Li Zicheng's descendants) to attack Sichuan through Hanzhong, and cooperate with the East Route Army to seize Chongqing Mansion - there are two ways to enter Sichuan from Hanzhong, one is to take Baoning Mansion; The second is to go to Taiping, Dongxiang and Dazhou in Kuizhou.

The first of these is a large road into the river, and the second is a small road, which is relatively difficult to walk, but it also has a surprising effect.

The fifth consensus is to officially canonize Li Guo as the crown prince and Li Laiheng as the crown prince in the name of Li Zicheng. Thus determining the leadership of Li Guo and Li Laiheng in the Dashun Dynasty.

The sixth consensus is to immediately enter Fengjie, the capital county of Kuizhou, and then change Fengjie County to Yong'an County, change Kuizhou to Yong'an Mansion, as the capital of Dashun, and park Li Zicheng's coffin in Yong'an.

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"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister just got a very strange news!"

"How strange is that?"

"Li Zicheng has just named his nephew Li Guo the crown prince."

"What's so strange about that? Didn't Li Zicheng claim to be the emperor? He doesn't have a son, so it's normal for his nephew to be the prince! Otherwise, who will succeed him if he dies? ”

"But...... Li Guo is two years older than Li Zicheng! ”

"Oh! So what? ”

In the Yuhu Palace, Zhu Cihong, who was still busy cleaning up the aftermath of the Battle of Tangjiashan, had just received the news from Gu Yinxi that Li Guo recognized his new father.

He didn't react for a while, and after listening to Du Yinxi's analysis, he felt that something was wrong. Why did Li Zicheng accept a nephew who was two years older than him as a son?

"His Royal Highness the Prince," Du Yinxi said, "The minister knows, Li Zicheng also has a younger brother alive, and there is more than one young nephew, why do you accept an old nephew as an heir?" Besides, the crown prince is two years older than his father, so it is very likely that he will die before his father......"

Oh, yes!

Although there are no young and old on Huangquan Road, except for the early death of young children, it is still a high probability event that the child will die first in this year.

This Li Guo is older than Li Zicheng, so it is possible that he will die earlier, what is the matter with making him the prince?

"In addition," said Du Yinxi again, "the minister also got the news that Li Zicheng's army was robbing salted fish everywhere on the way to the west!" ”

"What? What did you say? Zhu Cihong was stunned and stunned, "Robbing salted fish? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has forgotten about the First Emperor collapsing in the sand dunes?" Plug Yinxi reminded in a low voice.

"Ahh Zhu Cihong pressed his forehead, "He's dead!" ”

Du Yinxi nodded: "It's a secret!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... If Li Zicheng really dies, then it will be the best time for us to exterminate the rogues in one fell swoop! ”

Exterminate in one fell swoop?

It's fun to think about!

Zhu Cihong's happy brows furrowed!

Because he knew that the rogues that Du Yinxi said to be exterminated in one fell swoop were not limited to Huguang.

Now Huguang's rogue is already a rabbit's tail, and he can't grow when he looks at it! Wu Sanfu just sent good news, saying that he had recovered the entire territory of Hanyang Mansion. Li Yan also said that the Liukou in Nanyang and De'an were also retreating, and in addition to the three counties of Xiangyang, Gucheng, and Guanghua, and the prefecture of Junzhou, the lost territory of Xiangyang, Nanyang, and De'an should be recovered soon.

The progress of Wu Guoyong and Yan Yingyuan's armies in Jingzhou Prefecture is also good, and now they have advanced to Yidu County and near Huya Mountain......

Since the Liukou in Huguang are about to be cleared, the "complete extermination" mentioned by Yin Xi naturally refers to the Liukou in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Du Yinxi suggested, "now we should concentrate our forces and divide them into two routes, one way to pursue Liukou into Sichuan, and the other to attack Xiangyang and Yunyang. And it should be used at the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity of the rogue losing the backbone, to defeat it, and then appease them one by one and take them for their own use!

After solving the remnants of Li Zicheng, the thieves entrenched in Sichuan will not last long, and they can also use the same method to suppress and appease, behead their heads, and use them to coerce. In this way, Huguang, Sichuan, and even Shaanxi can be stable. The imperial court will be able to use these appeased rogues to expedition north to the Central Plains and drive out the eastern captives! ”

It's a good one to use it to soothe and use it to capture it...... But the question is, what is the cost?