Compared with the anxious Dolgon and Haoge, Li Zicheng was high-spirited, and the Dashun army was like a bamboo, and after entering the northern Zhili, the officers and soldiers were vulnerable and could not stop its edge at all.

The matter of Qiong Haijun being ordered to go north to King Qin had not yet reached Li Zicheng's ears at this time, he only knew that in the entire north, except for the Tartars in Liaodong, no one could defeat the Dashun army with hundreds of thousands of people head-on, and it was only a matter of time before they reached the capital.

After entering Hejian Mansion, Li Zicheng gathered the generals to discuss the next step.

During this time, the Dashun army fought from Henan to Beizhili, and fought more than a dozen battles with officers and soldiers, all of which were victorious, and everyone's confidence was greatly increased.

In the big tent, everyone was beaming, and Gao Yigong said with a smile: "King Chuang, this time we jumped out of the encirclement of Hong Chengchou from northern Shaanxi and turned to Henan, which is really a stroke of genius." Now there are the Eight Kings and Cao Cao in northern Shaanxi, they contain Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others, and there are no decent officers and soldiers in the entire Northern Zhili who can stop us, and now attacking the capital is a godsend......

Liu Zongmin feigned anger and said: "It's still called King Chuang? Gotta call Generalissimo! ”

After taking Luoyang, at the instigation of Liu Heizi and the support of everyone, Li Zicheng did not dare to call himself king for the time being, but he already called himself "Generalissimo Fengtian Advocate Righteousness". When Liu Zongmin said this, his face turned cloudy. But he said: "Zong Min, they are all their own brothers, why do you see the outside world so much?" The generalissimo is just a false name for others, between our brothers, there is no need for this? ”

Gao Yigong was stunned by Liu Zongmin's words, and reacted in his heart, he shouted too much in the past, and suddenly said that he was smooth, looked up at Li Zicheng's faint smile, where he didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly said: "It's abrupt, and I ask the generalissimo to forgive me." ”

"It's okay." Li Zicheng waved his hand, seemingly not paying attention.

Liu Heizi watched all this from afar, secretly amusing in his heart. This hasn't arrived in the capital yet, it's just a self-styled generalissimo, and all kinds of faces are undoubtedly revealed, the pattern of the rogue is just like this, how can it be compared with his own general? The general is the marquis, the governor of Zuodu, and the prince Shaobao, on military exploits, on the title and official position, and is already the first military general in the Ming Dynasty, but he doesn't take these to heart at all, his old man's ambitions are very big, and the lord of the world is the real goal.

Li Zicheng said to everyone: "Now that we have arrived at Zhending Mansion, as long as we pass through Baoding and Hejian Mansion, we will arrive at Shuntian Mansion, and Jingshi is in front of us." Gather everyone here today, is to discuss and discuss, whether to plunder in Beizhili and then return to Henan or Shaanxi, or to go to Beijing in one go? ”

Liu Zongmin stood up excitedly, waved his fist and shouted: "It's all come to this point, why is the generalissimo still hesitating?" Go directly to the Beijing Division, pull Chongzhen Lao'er down, the emperor will do it for you, and you will be a marshal and a general! ”

The success along the way made everyone a little fluttering, and almost everyone thought that the officers and soldiers in front were vulnerable, and it was easy to capture the capital and change the dynasty. Everyone chimed in: "Exactly." Don't fall short. ”

"The Generalissimo must not be confused! Beizhili has been ransacked by the Tartars, what can be robbed? Only when we sit on the dragon chair and become the emperor, the world is ours, and we can have whatever we want! ”

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Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Since the big guys say so, it's not hypocritical." Tomorrow, Zong Min will be the vanguard, and after the palace, he will take the army in the center and enter the Shuntian Mansion through Nanpi and Cangzhou. ”

This route is the best route he has discussed with Liu Heizi in private - as the "liaison person of the Qiong Navy Office in Dashun Army", Liu Heizi was born in a half-hung show, and has the experience of being in charge of his own affairs, and has also been trained in the military aircraft staff office, and before leaving, he has been ordered by Xia Nan, Sima De and others, and his vision is naturally better than Liu Zongmin and others who can only cut people, and in the case that Li Yan, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing and other think tanks in history have not appeared, it seems that he has become Li Zicheng's special military adviser- This route can avoid Shenyang Zhongtunwei, Datong Zhongtunwei (Note 1), Zhendingfu's Shenwu Right Guard, Tianjin Sanwei and other guards, although the late Ming Dynasty guards have declined, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, can preserve the strength to go north, Li Zicheng of course will not choose to fight with these guards, and these guards will generally not leave the station, most of them will choose to wait and see the Dashun army passing by.

"Generalissimo Shengming!" Liu Zongmin was very satisfied with this arrangement, "You must be the vanguard of this urgency and open a way for the army to come out!" "Being a pioneer means that you can grab more silver and women, and the officers and soldiers do not have to fight, this task is simply a point to give.

Gao Yigong was a little bitter, hundreds of thousands of troops pushed over, the officers and soldiers were scattered, and they were unable to launch a pursuit, the so-called palace queen just said it nicely, but in fact it meant being left out in the cold, and the spoils of war were much less. He is loyal to Li Zicheng, but he is not good at slapping horses, and he didn't think it before, but recently he feels that Li Zicheng is a little alienated from him, and when he thinks of this, he can't help but feel a little excited.

Liu Heizi was also very happy that Li Zicheng had adopted his opinion. This is what Xia Nan wants: the entanglement of the Dashun army with officers and soldiers in the area of Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion is not the result he wants, and avoiding nails along the way and breaking through the Beijing Division in the shortest possible time is the most beneficial to the Qiong Navy.

The huge Dashun army left Zhending Mansion and went straight to Shuntianfu along Nanpi-Cangzhou. Liu Zongmin led 10,000 vanguard troops, rushed to the front, and was full of spirit, and broke through many states and counties along the way, robbing a lot of money.

On the eighth day of the ninth month of Chongzhen, the folk Laba Festival, the day of eating Laba porridge. The smooth sailing army advanced to Bazhou, and finally ushered in the first decent opponent after leaving Henan.

In order to snatch more loot, Liu Zongmin advanced very quickly, and gave up after grabbing the prefectures and counties along the way, and did not garrison at all, which had already opened a considerable distance from Li Zicheng's army. At this time, the scout came to report that there were men and horses of Liu Guozhu, the general soldier of Baoding, in Bazhou, blocking the way of the army in front.

Liu Zongmin was already carried away by the victory along the way, and he said indifferently: "So many officers and soldiers have been defeated along the way, what can a small general soldier do?" It's just a mantis arm as a car. Brothers, kill with your forehead and chop off this little old man's head and drink! ”

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Note 1: Shenyang Zhongtunwei and Datong Zhongtunwei are both in the area of Hejian Fucheng, which were originally subordinate to the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and Shanxi Xingdu Division, and later moved to Hejian Prefecture for various reasons and belonged to the Beiping Metropolitan Division.