The military newspaper on the front line, like the peach blossom snow in the first year of Hongguang, kept flying into the signing room of Liang Guogong and the general Li Shouhan, which made him feel a little dizzy for a while.

"Alas! It is said that the heroes of the world are out of my generation, and they are urged by the years of entering the rivers and lakes. However, why do I only think that I am a young disciple?! Looking at the emergency military reports sent everywhere in front of me, I couldn't help but complain a few words to our Liang Guogong.

Most of these military newspapers came from the Jiangbei battlefield. On the Western Front, the two armies of Shunqing and Qing, which were fighting for flesh and blood mills on the front line of Tongguan, took a sharp turn for the worse because of the sudden entry of Luo Hu's army into the battlefield, and the two armies that fell into confrontation quickly became the Qing army's belly and back to the enemy, and the Shun army took advantage of the situation to kill Tongguan and launch a counterattack.

Pity our Prince Heshuo Yu, the great general Duoduo, and also successfully cosplayed the plot of Cao Cao's predecessor Ma Chao in Tongguan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" who cut his beard and abandoned his robe and fled in the wind. More than 100,000 Qing troops, he only led the Eight Banners Headquarters and Cao Zhenyan and others to kill the Shun army's encirclement and interception, ran hundreds of miles, passed Luoyang and did not dare to enter, and went straight to Kaifeng before stopping.

In the process of escaping, Prince Yu Duoduo was accidentally chased by the pursuers and fell off the horse's back, if it weren't for the quick eyes of the Baya soldiers beside him, they pulled him up from the ground and helped him back onto the horse, I was afraid that Duoduo would not be trampled into flesh by the stormy hooves of the horse team, and would also be dragged into a blur of flesh and blood by the galloping war horses.

The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Qing army of the Northern Route Army and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the East Route Army disappeared between the months and months, and the Qing troops of the two routes allowed Dashun to contain nearly 100,000 soldiers and captured countless grains, grasses, heavy artillery and horses. These two battles made Li Zicheng's military prestige reach a peak again.

However, I know my own affairs. Although it is said that Bing Feng has reached an unprecedented height, Li Zicheng is not happy. The reason is simple: the gains outweigh the losses compared to the losses.

Jiang Bao's Northern Route Army burned him and the Dashun Army's hometown of northern Shaanxi into a white ground and killed him into a sea of blood.

Duoduo's Eastern Route Army has also harmed the territory of Henan that the Dashun Army has operated for many years, and the supply of grain and grass for hundreds of thousands of military horses has made Henan from a state of barely enough food and clothing to a state of hunger and cold.

As for how to go next, the high-level officials of the Dashun court were caught in a debate.

The Henan generals and officials headed by Li Yan advocated that they should go out of Tongguan, restore the rule of Dashun on the line from Luoyang to Kaifeng, and start a battle with the Qing army entrenched in eastern Henan, and the idea was to get in touch with the Nanyue army in Shandong and attack the Qing army from east to west, so that part of Henan's territory could be restored, and the Qing army could be driven out of Henan, at least to the north of the Yellow River.

However, the old men of the Dashun Army, headed by Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and others, advocated gradually shifting the strategic focus and driving the troops and horses to the ground of Huguang. First, there is no enemy situation there, and the soldiers and horses can get time and space to rest. Second, because there is no hostile situation, there is abundant grain and grass on the ground of Huguang, and the army's military rations can be easily replenished. In the past few years, grain production in the Huguang area has gradually recovered, and it is quite a bit like the atmosphere of "Huguang is ripe and the world is full".

The third reason was that Li Zicheng and others did not show it, but the top leaders of the Dashun Army knew it. When the army arrived at Huguang on the ground, it could rely on the Yangtze River route to shorten the trade route with the Nanyue army to the greatest extent, and the time to obtain the firearms and ammunition of the Dashun army, the medicines, cloths and other materials needed by the army was much shorter. It is not necessary to go ashore from the Yangtze River, cross the Huguang Mountains, and then enter the ground of Shaanxi as before.

After these two battles, although the Dashun army won the victory, the gunpowder, artillery and other materials stored in the army, especially the horsetail grenades, were almost exhausted. If it weren't for the capture of a lot from the Qing army's camp, Li Zicheng didn't dare to guarantee that if there was another war, there would still be artillery support in the army!

Therefore, the Dashun army went south to get food and replenishment, and it became an opinion that occupied a dominant position.

However, Li Yan, as an official and general from Henan, still thought about whether he could get a certain compromise path through hard work, for example, the brigade went south to Huguang, and did not send a partial division to Henan, so as not to give up a large area of land in Henan to the Qing army.

"Your Majesty, if you are allowed by grace, the minister is willing to lead thousands of men and horses to Henan to defend Henan for Your Majesty."

Li Yan confidently asked Li Zicheng for advice.

However, he didn't know that after Li Zicheng said that Rong Zhen should think about it, his two fellow Henan villagers, Niu Jinxing, who was the same year as the township test, and Song Xiance, a warlock who had received his favor, asked to see Li Zicheng that night.

"Your Majesty, but you want Prime Minister Li Yan to lead his troops to Henan?" Niu Venus still has a look of a million soldiers in his chest.

What Lin Quan said also makes sense, the land of Henan is the heart of the world, and you can't give up easily. If we use a group of soldiers and horses to hold Henan and contain the strength of the Qing army, we can also make our army get a longer period of rest and replenishment in Huguang. ”

"Your Majesty, have you ever remembered that when you were in the victory village of Funiu Mountain that day, Weichen told Your Majesty the story of the succession of Lingwu of Tang Suzong mentioned in the scriptures?"

After saying this, Niu Jinxing kept silent, just twisted his beard with his hands, and observed Li Zicheng's reaction. Song Xiance, who was on the side, with a pair of eyes that had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time and were accustomed to observing words and feelings, found that Li Zicheng's heart was already turbulent at this time.

There's no way not to storm the waves. Niu Jinxing's words stabbed Li Zicheng's most secret and weakest sore spot in his heart as the emperor.

After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Luoyang and Chang'an were lost, and Tang Xuanzong was in a hurry to "fortunate Shu". First of all, in front of Ma Weipo, the Sixth Army did not send out, and Chen Xuanli, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, launched a mutiny, forcing Tang Xuanzong Li Longji to kill Yang Guozhong, Yang Yuhuan and other Yang families. Then, the crown prince Li Heng took his team to the south and Sichuan, deserted, and ran to the Shuofang area, where he had served as the ambassador of the Shuofang Festival, and, under the support of all the people, cried and reluctantly announced that he would be the emperor. The reason for his claim to be the emperor is described in detail in the "Old Tang Book" Volume 10 "Suzong Benji", which is summarized by the ministers Pei Mian, Du Hongjian and others as follows: "Kou is chaotic, poisonous flow Hangu, the lord is tired and diligent, and he is fortunate to move Shuchuan." "There was a rebellion in the country, Emperor Xuanzong was unable to control this situation, and ran to Shuchuan for refuge, even if his position was given up, as the crown prince, he ascended the throne at this time, sharing worries for his father and the emperor, and solving difficulties for the society, which is a natural choice to take into account the overall situation.

"The country is in danger, please ask for the road, the shrine artifact, must be returned." After Emperor Xuanzong "Xingshu", because of the inconvenience of transportation, it caused difficulties to the request for instructions and reports, and he went, the Tang Dynasty and the state power lost the core of cohesion, in this case, the crown prince only became the emperor and became the master of the society, in order to let go of his hands and feet to take on the important task of quelling the rebellion and reorganizing the society, which is the inevitable choice of the times.

"Ten thousand surnames are high, thinking of the Ming Sheng, and the will of heaven cannot be violated." At this time of national crisis, the people are looking forward to it, and all kinds of auspiciousness also indicate that there can be a Ming Jun to save them from fire and water, this Ming Jun is none other than you, the crown prince Li Heng, this is the will of the people, the choice of God.

However, debunking the painting skin, this is full of routines. Ma Weiyi broke up, and Tang Xuanzong expressed his ardent hopes for the crown prince Li Heng through Gao Lishi and said something. Among them, "don't take me as your intention" contains at least two meanings: one is to persuade the prince Li Heng not to worry from the perspective of father-son feelings; Second, from the perspective of the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, he reminded the crown prince Li Heng that in this special period, there is no need to be bound by regular etiquette, and some major policies related to counterinsurgency do not need to be often asked for instructions and often reported, and they can make their own decisions. Xuanzong's absolute trust in Li Heng is beyond words. Even if Li Heng is not the emperor, he can still take on the heavy responsibility of quelling the rebellion.

Moreover, Tang Xuanzong was "fortunate to move Shuchuan", not "tired of hard work", but still presided over the national counterinsurgency work, and did his best to perform the corresponding duties of the "head" of the Tang government, such as the relevant personnel of the central and local governments, adjusted, and successively appointed Cui Yuan, Fang Xuan, and Cui Jian as prime ministers, to a certain extent, enhanced the appeal of the central government during the crisis period, and played an important role in gathering people's hearts and gathering strength; At the same time as appointing the crown prince Li Heng as the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and commanding Shuofang, Hedong, Hebei, Pinglu and other festivals and horses, and recovering the two capitals, he appointed Yongwang Li Xuan, Sheng Wang Li Qi, and Fengwang Li Heng as the envoys of all roads to guard the outer towns, creating positive conditions for stabilizing the situation and quelling the rebellion. In history, the edict was appointed, "Celebrate from afar, Xiansi is loyal to Xingfu", and the rebel An Lushan patted his chest and sighed: "I can't control the world." This argument is hardly convincing.

Tang Xuanzong's "fortunate Shu", the expectations of the common people are naturally greatly discounted, but this is not that he does not recognize Xuanzong as the emperor. Before Lingwu ascended the throne, the common people were full of expectations, but this expectation was by no means that they hoped that he would replace Xuanzong, when they heard the news of Li Heng's army in Hexi, they said: "My prince's army is coming!" And Li Heng's supporters, "all surnames are hospitable, and they worship the Ming Sage", which is not equal.

And now Li Yan's willingness to lead the army to persist in Henan is easy to make Li Zicheng think of his prime minister, does he want to follow Li Heng?

"Your Majesty, Weichen started from Buwu, and it is not as good as Mr. Niu to learn five cars. But it is also known that the old Tang Dynasty records that since Suzong Li Heng left Xuanzong, the people who look at the qi have white clouds in the northwest, several zhang long, such as the shape of a pavilion, and the speaker thinks that the breath of the Son of Heaven is the breath of the Son of Heaven. ”

"I know that!"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the two sentences 'Eighteen Sons, the Main Artifact' and 'Kyushu Separation Chaos Li Jizhu'?" Song Xiance made up for it.

Li Heng and his father Li Longji were in Ma Weiyi, "there are white clouds rising from the northwest, several zhang long, like a pavilion, the speaker thinks that the breath of the Son of Heaven", in fact, this is the same thing as the yellow silk strip in the belly of the fish and the fox barking next to the fire, but it is said that the accession of the crown prince Li Heng is a manifestation of the celestial phenomenon. Later, it appeared several times, all of which heralded the true destiny of the Son of Heaven.

Niu and Song's words are very clear, you have to beware that this Prime Minister Li Yan is going to lead his troops east into Henan, which may not be a good thing for you! You must know that Li Yan's mass base and prestige in Henan are much higher than that of you Li Zicheng! The hungry people at the beginning were cheering when they received the relief food: "Li Gongzi saved us!" "If he leads the troops to Henan alone, I'm afraid that it won't take a few days, and Henan will only know that there is Li Yan, but I don't know that there is you Li Zicheng! What's more, the diagram back then just said that the world should be surnamed Li, and Li Yan was also surnamed Li!

A few words from Niu and Song set off a monstrous political tide in the Dashun court.

Two days later, Li Zicheng issued a decree and sent Prime Minister Li Yan to lead his brother Li Mu and others to Henan. On the same day, Niu Jinxing set up a banquet for Li Yan to practice. At the banquet, Niu Jinxing suddenly attacked, and the royal battalion soldiers came out and arrested Li Yan. Niu Jinxing took out Li Zicheng's handwritten decree from the sleeve of his robe, announced that Li Yan was plotting a rebellion, and beheaded Li Yan on the spot. When the news came out, Li Mu, a relative of Li Yan's old tribe who was stationed outside Tongguan, immediately pulled out of camp and rushed to his hometown in eastern Henan. Their original intention was to escape to eastern Henan, and then find a way to go east to Shandong and join Lu Mahong and others. In fact, this is just the old path of Cao Ying's people at the beginning.

However, this gave Niu Venus a pretext. Facing Liu Zongmin and others who came to question him, Niu Jinxing unhurriedly listed the above facts to deal with. "It's not that we're going to kill him, it's that he's already plotting rebellion. Otherwise, why did you escape so quickly, and still in the direction of Kaifeng? What is this not an attempt to defect to the enemy? ”

The black cauldron he carried for Li Zicheng was naturally compensated, the front foot killed Li Yan, and the back foot Niu Jinxing became the prime minister of Dashun. It is also a role that belongs to one person and above ten thousand. However, Liu Zongmin and others didn't care about this. Looking at his rogue face peculiar to literati, Liu Zongmin just snorted and walked away.

A few days later, Liu Zongmin's troops and horses were drawn and went south to Huguang.

Li Zicheng made this deployment at the court meeting: "The Marquis of Ru has already been promoted as the vanguard, and the army will be drawn separately in the future." Go to Huguang. ”

He looked at Wu Ruyi, who was standing among the courtiers, "Xiao Wu, you take the first step and go to the naval battalion of the Nanyue Army in Anqing." Tell them that my Dashun soldiers and horses went south to crusade against the remnants of the rebellious Yongfu Battalion's heroic general Lao Hui Ma Shouying, and at the same time, it was also for the trade between the two families, so please don't misunderstand. ”

Li Zicheng said that the old Hui Ma Shouying. At the time of the "Luo and He Incident" of Li Zichenghuo and Cao Cao, Luo Rucai and Ge Li Yanhe Yilong, he was leading his troops to march to Lizhou (now Lixian County, Hunan). Li Zicheng gave him the title and official title of "Yongfu Battalion Heroic General", and awarded him a gold seal of forty-eight taels. Ma Shouying should refuse, intending to maintain his relative independence. Li Zicheng transferred him several times to lead his troops back to Xiangyang, but Ma Shouying did not want to follow the mistakes of Luo and He, so he pulled the team to the Songzi area south of the Yangtze River, and maintained an attitude of leaving Li Zicheng. Therefore, Li Zicheng used the banner of conquest of the rebellious Ma Shouying to go south to Huguang to avoid a misunderstanding with the Nanyue army.

"In addition, you go to Nanjing and tell Grandpa Li Guo that although Master Li is gone, the rescue agreement I signed with him is still there, and I still have a loan of more than 10 million silver dollars in the Nanyue Army. I intend to use all of this money to buy the goods that come out of Nanzhong. If the money is not enough, the cotton produced by Guanzhong and Huguang can also be used to deduct the payment. After saying this, Li Zicheng paused slightly. I know that there is a shortage of horses in his army, and this matter can be dealt with. My subordinates seized hundreds of thousands of horses from Fanmin in Xifandi, Gansu and other places, and they can also be used to discount the payment! ”

This is also the truth, Dashun's expedition to the west, in Gansu, Qinghai, the Mongolian, Tibetan and other tribes entrenched in this area in turn, to seize the cattle and horses, gold and silver to the east. These cattle and horses, which are counted in hundreds of thousands, have also become a scene in the Guanzhong area. However, everywhere they passed, the fodder was empty, and even the people's firewood and grass were not spared. It can just be used to exchange much-needed goods with the Nanyue Army.

So, as the first high-level of the Dashun Army to come into contact with the Nanyue Army, Wu Ruyi took his own personal soldiers, hurried to De'an Mansion, changed into civilian clothes, and boarded the ship to the Anqing Nanyue Army Naval Division Camp to explain the intention of the Dashun Army.

In these cases, Zhang Dagou, the nephew of Zhang Xiaohu, the commander of the fleet stationed in the camp of the Xiaogu Mountain Water Division, sent someone to secretly play the lord overnight.

Li Zicheng's army went south to Huguang, which undoubtedly created a big problem for Li Shouhan.

The Nanyue Army was not afraid to fight with Li Zicheng's Dashun Army in the Huguang area. Joke! We have a fleet of sailors in the river, and there are elite soldiers and horses on land, although Li Zicheng's Dashun army is known as a million, but it is only a horse thief, the lake is wide and the ground water network is crisscrossed, no matter how elite his horse team is, how can it be displayed?

What's more, we still have a shield in the Jiujiang area. If Li Zicheng wants to fight us directly, he must get rid of this shield. This shield is the more than 100,000 horses of the general of the Ping thief and the Marquis of Ningnan Zuo Liangyu.

However, reach out and don't hit the smiling man. Wu Ruyi came to Anqing and kept saying that we just want to do business with the Nanyue Army and continue to implement the rescue agreement signed with the eldest prince Li Huayu. Although Li Dagongzi is no longer in the world, we are not such unparticular people, and when people are gone, we still have to do what should be done. What's more, we are taking real money, cotton, horses, wheat, and other things that the Nanyue Army also needs to procure. You have the goods, I have the silver, you can't let me buy it, right?

Although the words were polite and sincere, Li Shouhan smelled danger between the lines. There is a hint of threat in the attitude of the Dashun army: if you are unwilling to implement the unequal treaty signed between Ling Gongzi and us back then, and do not allow us to use this usury to purchase arms and materials, then don't blame us for making the signing of this unequal treaty public to the world, so that everyone in the world can take a good look at what kind of goods you are this Optimus White Jade Pillar Sea Purple Gold Beam of the Ming Dynasty! At that time, when the Middle East Lin Qun rises up to attack you Liang Guogong, don't blame our Dashun court for not paying attention to it.

It's also a kind of "don't say it in advance"!