"Gu Zhi also talked about it, what is the urgency?"

Yang Yongyu's speechlessness made Niu Jinxing vigilant, Gu Junen can be described as his powerful opponent in the Advocacy Mansion, he said lightly: "Do you think that with the strength of our righteous army, you can't attack Beizhi and Shandong, and then you can't go straight to Beijing?" ”

Niu Jinxing's strategy, of course, is not untargeted, but to follow the strategy of Ming Taizu to destroy the Yuan: "Take Shandong first and remove its shield; Rotate Henan, break its wings; Pull out the pass and guard it, according to its household threshold. The situation in the world www.biquge.info is in my hands. Then he marched into the capital of Yuandu, and he was alone and helpless, and he could overcome without a fight. Both the capital, the drum to the west, the clouds, Jiuyuan and Guanlong, can be swept down. ”

A series of victories made the literati staff in the army deeply intoxicated, Niu Jinxing even believed that the current army still has an advantage over the Ming army, Jiangnan and Huguang have no threat, and most of Henan is in the hands of the righteous army, attacking Shandong, which can be said to be the right time and place and the people have arrived.

What's even better is that Shandong is rich, the camp has never been attacked, and that side is rich in "mass base", and the soldiers are few and weak. After capturing Shandong, Caoyun was cut off, and the Jingshi was paralyzed, and the entire imperial court was also paralyzed.

Such a good opportunity, if not now, when? If you don't take it, you will be to blame!

Gu Junen smiled and said: "The prime minister forgot Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi and Cai Maode in Shanxi? If I attack Shandong, what will happen if they tiptoe back? ”

Li Zicheng and others are in a hurry, this is indeed a problem.

But he heard Niu Jinxing say loudly: "It is precisely for them to tiptoe back and strike sideways, just in time for a drum in the wilderness to destroy it!" ”

He sneered and said, "Shanxi is full of soldiers and horses. The only ones who are strong are Zhou Yuji and a few other battalion soldiers, as well as Sun Chuanting...... Ben Xiang heard that he was training the new army in Shaanxi, but I don't know how these new troops who have never seen blood compare to Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen? How is it compared to Chen Yongfu and Hu Dawei? ”

There was a burst of laughter in the hall, especially Liu Zongmin's thunderous laughter, at first everyone in the camp was extremely afraid of the new army, but the successive victories, the terrible new army continued to fall, and their self-confidence was unprecedentedly inflated.

There are also calls for the new army to be trained in the first camp. Now from Li Zicheng to Liu Zongmin. Yuan Zongdi, Li Guo, and others all believed that it was better to naturally eliminate and train troops, save time and effort, and officers and men continued to train new troops. Just right. Defeat them. Push them to death with manpower.

Then the new army of these governments has become their own army, and there is no need to engage in this kind of time-consuming and expensive army.

Only Liu Fangliang and Li Yan had some objections. Not mainstream, though.

Listening to the laughter of the generals, Niu Jinxing was even more encouraged, and he stared at Gu Junen: "Shanxi, mountains and rivers in the surface, Shaanxi, Tongguan is dangerous; Therefore, is it easier to attack Shanxi and Shaanxi, or is it easier to lure them into the wilderness and annihilate them? ”

"It's okay for them to stick to Shanxi and Shaanxi, and if they dare to go to Pingyuan, they will end up with Cao, Wang and other new troops!"

Gu Junen was speechless for a while, and he pondered for a long time before he said: "After all, the soldiers and horses of the Beijing division are gathered, not to mention the Beijing camp, there are also new troops such as Yang Guozhu around, Xuanfu Town, and Wang Dou's soldiers and horses. ”

Niu Jinxing paused, indeed, this is also a problem, and then he sneered: "Jingying? Are they soldiers? Wang Dou? Wasn't he suspicious of the imperial court, and then ran away to Monan? How far is Mo Nan to Shandong, how far is the north straight, not to mention whether the imperial court will let him send troops, retreat 10,000, even if he sends troops, this thousands of miles to come to the rescue, isn't it another Cao and Wang? What is my righteous army afraid of! Yang Guozhu did the same, lured him to Shandong to fight, more than a thousand miles away, to see how they solved the logistics and grain! ”

Regarding Wang Dou's situation, everyone in the camp was very vague, and they only knew that he had gone to Monan. What is Monan? Everyone has no specific concept, only that it is a place that is far away, and it was originally the place where the Tartars lived, and it was 108,000 miles away from the Central Plains.

Vague news came that Wang Dou was vigorously stockpiling grain and farming, and other things were very unclear, such as the specific troops, establishment, equipment, and so on. After all, Wang Dou's intelligence is tightly grasped, and the armor-made bucket is not leaked, unless he himself tells what he wants to inform.

Hearing the news, Wang Dou seems to have tens of thousands of strong soldiers and horses, including Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng and others who don't believe that a mere general soldier can afford to raise so many people? This is just his claim, maybe there are 10,000 or 20,000 in the core, and then some strong men.

If Zuo Liangyu claims to be an army of 200,000 or 500,000 at every turn, what is the result? The only ones that can fight are 10,000, 20,000, or even thousands.

I can't help Li Zicheng and others not believe that when Chongzhen came into contact with the beginning at the end of the thirteenth year, Wang Dou was only a few thousand soldiers and horses, how long would it be for him to have tens of thousands of elite soldiers? Did he rob Shanxi and Gyeonggi or did he bare the nearby Zhuangding?

Will the number of his elite soldiers expand faster than his own? You must know that you are naturally eliminated from the sea of corpses and blood, and you naturally have an advantage! It is not that the small pattern of the imperial court relies on food and salary.

Especially Wang Douchu only has one town along the way, can he support so many soldiers and horses? Kill them and don't believe it.

Li Zicheng and others will not understand what farming is, what is the expansion of the base, and what is the quantitative change to achieve qualitative change, but they only instinctively do not believe it.

After all, they have also seen the new army of the imperial court, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Chen Yongfu, Hu Dawei and others, are they incompetent? When they became famous, Wang Dou was just an unknown junior, but they could only train a battalion of new troops, even the most respected Yang Guozhu, but only 10,000 new troops.

Even if Wang Dou has a little more new army than them, the number of more must be limited, but he is no longer Wuxia Ameng, and the million-strong army does not need to be claimed, it can be achieved casually, even if it is to use manpower, push them to death!

Wang Dou's core strength is strong, but it is too small, and there is no need to be afraid at this time and that time.

If you don't fight for three days, you go to the house to uncover the tiles, human nature is forgetfulness, and after victory after victory, the pain that Wang Dou gave them has long been forgotten! At the beginning, when the army met the new army, it felt terrible, and even had the idea of retreating again and again, but after the defeat of Cao and the queen, it felt like that.

Another great victory in Zhuxian Town, the ability of the new army now seems to be nothing more than that.

They have their own advantage, which is logistics. They could eat the enemy and plunder the nearby towns and villages as much as they wanted, and there was food and grass everywhere, and if the officers and soldiers dared to follow suit, they would simply push the people in this direction and hasten their defeat.

Where were Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen defeated? Isn't it hard to continue with food and grass? On the other hand, their food and salary problems are much easier to solve.

Whether Yang Guozhu or Wang Dou came to fight, they traveled thousands of miles, first of all, they failed logistically, and no matter how strong the soldiers were. There is no food or grass. What to fight with?

Niu Jinxing's words resonated with the generals in the hall, and now everyone in the camp doesn't think that Yang Guozhu or even Wang Dou has anything to fear, and they are like a mountain of people. Enough to drown everything. Just as it once drowned the new army.

There are still tens of thousands of horses on their side. With the cooperation of horses and steps, where is the opponent?

Li Zicheng nodded and attacked Shandong. It seems that Beizhili will not be more difficult than attacking Huguang. He once thought that it would be so difficult to attack Huguang in the south, but the result was effortless, and presumably Shandong was the same.

Yang Shaofan was silent, Li Yan instinctively felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know where it was wrong, his mental strategy was outstanding in breaking into the camp, but the information was too unequal, he watched Wang Dou like a fog, and there was not enough information for him to make an analysis and judgment.

The meaning of the words of Guanniu Venus is to continue to coerce the people of Shandong, form a trend of starvation, and finally sweep everything. However, Li Yan believes that in order to establish a new dynasty, the sacrifices of some people are worth it, and the Ming Dynasty is exhausted, and it is logical to change the dynasty.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, the people will have a good life, and this hardship is worth enduring.

Gu Junen is even more unclear about Wang Dou's affairs, and even the situation near the Beijing Division was only obtained by inquiring from all parties, and it is impossible to know more details about the detailed work of the army.

Many things, even if they read it, they won't understand, so if Wang Dou recruits the examiners, the news of the Wang's arithmetic problem comes, and everyone in the camp thinks it is worthless, and the information is shelved.

Seeing Niu Venus radiant and gushing, Gu Junen still emphasized: "What the prime minister said is reasonable, but the officials still feel that they are too anxious, and if they don't hesitate, they will be wasted." The soldiers are in danger, we need not to win, we need to defeat first, in case we do not win, there is no way to return, how is it good? After all, Sun Chuanting and the others are eyeing each other, so they must be guarded against! ”

In fact, for Niu Jinxing, as long as he can win Shandong, it doesn't matter if he loses Huguang or not, after all, he is one step closer to the Beijing Division, and one step closer to his dream of becoming the prime minister of the new dynasty.

Of course, it was impossible for him to say this, and he said with high spirits: "It is precisely because Sun Chuanting and others are eyeing each other that we need to attack Shandong and Beizhili!" ”

He asked everyone rhetorically: "In the current situation, will Sun Chuanting be out of the customs?" Will Shanxi soldiers and horses move? ”

Everyone in the hall groaned, many people shook their heads, and even Gu Junen had to admit that without special circumstances, Sun Chuanting might have been shrinking in Shaanxi to accumulate strength, and waited until he thought the time was ripe. As for the people on the Shanxi side, needless to say, they must be careful to guard the boundaries of the province and will not go out easily.

Niu Jinxing smiled coldly and said, "Therefore, we have to lure them out!" ”

He pointed to a map of the whole country in the palace, but it was seized from the government, and the proportion was exaggerated, but people were used to it at this time.

"After our army marched north, although we left troops and horses to defend ourselves, we expected all sides to ...... The officers and soldiers of the former Huguang and the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili will come to capture it. The most worrying thing is Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, but ......"

Niu Jinxing pointed to the map of Luoyang and Ruzhou on the map, and said: "Sun Chuanting wants to go out of the customs, only to take this line, Shanxi soldiers and horses to go out of the province, the same must go to Ruzhou, Nanyang." The terrain in these places is flat, and although our army is attacking Shandong, how easy is it for the horsemen to kill a horse gun? Just in the wilderness, annihilate them! ”

He said with a smile: "However, with the reaction of the imperial court, if our division attacks Shandong and Beizhili, we will definitely be eager for all parties to come to help, or we will not be able to take care of Huguang." After all, once the luck is broken, what do they eat and drink? …… Thousands of miles of grain were transported from Shaanxi...... If Sun Chuanting goes out, he will be defeated! Shanxi soldiers and horses come to help, and they will be defeated! ”

Niu Jinxing said confidently: "In this way, my righteous army will solve the Sun Chuanting Department in Shaanxi, take advantage of the situation to capture Tongguan, according to its household threshold, the situation in the world, into my control!" ”

Seeing that everyone in the hall listened attentively, Niu Jinxing continued with satisfaction: "Perhaps, when our division attacks Shandong, the soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River will come to help, and the most likely is Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, who commanded the general soldiers Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Sun Kewang, etc., to lure them to the wilderness and annihilate, and the ideal place is Guide Mansion...... Our division can also take advantage of the situation to capture Suzhou. Xuzhou and other places in Huaibei, maybe they can also capture Fengyang......"

Liu Fangliang pondered deeply: "What does the prime minister mean, first use the attack on Shandong as a bait to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, if Zhu Xianzhen is the same, attract the officers and soldiers from all sides to eliminate it, and solve the worries of our army?" ”

Niu Jinxing stroked his beard and smiled, with a look of wisdom bead in his hand: "Exactly!" ”

He said: "At the beginning, Kaifeng officers and soldiers gathered, if it was not for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, it would be impossible to eliminate Cao and Wang. The same is true at this time! …… The officers and soldiers were okay to defend the city. Field warfare is now their shortcoming! ”

Everyone nodded, and at the same time, a gloomy color flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes, Niu Jinxing's words. also reminded him of Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo. Victory at the time. There is Li Dingguo's credit. Now these two have betrayed the rebels, and sooner or later they will have to make them look good.

Yuan Zongdi also pondered: "Whether it is attacking Shandong or Shaanxi, Kaifeng." Guide to Germany must be down, and these two nails in Henan must be removed! ”

Li Guo also said: "At the same time, use these two places as bait to surround the point and send reinforcements, and lead the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers to the city to eliminate them!" ”

They drew inferences from one case and put forward a series of military strategies, after many years of fighting, these battle-hardened generals have an instinctive sense of smell for war, and tactically, all of them are very outstanding, even the young Li Guo is the same.

Pointing to the map, Niu Jinxing said: "Attack Shandong, and at the same time solve the worries of our division, and then our army will go straight to the entire territory of Shandong." The prime minister guessed that Shanxi's soldiers and horses might not have moved earlier, but at this time, they had no choice but not to move. ”

There was viciousness on his face: "Not to mention the land of the four battles in Shandong, Beizhili is even more Pingchuan, they come from the east of Shanxi, the wilderness, I tens of thousands of horsemen besieged, cut off their grain routes, and then besieged by crowds, how many of them came, how many died...... Yang Guozhu is the same, his main barracks horse team may be stronger than my horse soldiers, but the strength is limited. Our division's horse team is ten times as much as his, first destroy his horsemen, and once his horsemen are gone, how can we ensure the grain route? Once the horsemen are gone, how to keep their footsteps? ”

He pointed to the map of Shandong viciously: "If Cao and Wang are the same, the grain route is cut off, and there is no horse team, no matter how strong their new army is, they have to form a formation to protect themselves and wait for help." I besieged it with a sea of millions of people, even a few Yang Guozhu had to die! ”

"Wang Dou is the same, no one can stop my righteous army from pressing towards the footsteps of the Jingshi!"

"Good!"

Liu Zongmin shouted first, everyone in the hall was also impressed, worthy of being the prime minister, this strategy is a plan, there is a plan in the plan, there is a circle in the circle, there is a set in the set, all of them are very ruthless, and everyone can't help but admire.

Everyone groaned, three strategies, at the moment, it seems that the strategy of the prime minister and Gu is the most reliable, so which one to choose?

Niu Jinxing glanced at Gu Junen with some disdain, full of confidence, the king and the generals will definitely choose their own strategy.

Gu Junen still had a smile on his face, Prime Minister Niu Cheng's strategy was good, but he missed a point, the psychology of King Chuang and the generals, what did they really think?

Sure enough, after the generals applauded, you look at me, I look at you, or Liu Zongmin muttered first: "Prime Minister's strategy, let's talk about it from the best situation." It's not bad...... Donkey ball, Lao Tzu always feels that there are some hidden dangers, will the attack on Shandong really be so smooth? ”

Liu Xiyao, who joined the camp and became a general, said: "Liu Ye is right, I also feel a little anxious, now attacking Shandong, Jingshi, is it not the time for the fire?" ”

Li said: "Let's take it slowly, lest if we don't win, Huguang and Henan won't be able to keep it, and our righteous army will have nowhere to return." ”

Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong and others also felt that Prime Minister Niu Cheng's strategy was very good, but now it seems that he is in a bit of a hurry, so it is better to attack Shaanxi first.

Liu Fangliang and Li Yan think that the prime minister's strategy is good, but as Liu Ye said, this is considered from the optimal situation, will the truth really be so smooth? It's a bit of a presumptuousness. And, like the generals, what does Liu Fangliang think in his heart?

Their biggest desire now is actually to go back to Shaanxi!

There is a way of wealth and nobility not to return to the hometown, if the brocade clothes go at night, the success is successful, what is the greatest desire, is to show off in front of the villagers, show off!

Most of the generals who broke into the camp were from Shaanxi, and when they first rebelled, they were chased like lost dogs, and many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and they are also mixed up like people. If you don't go back at this time and let the villagers see it, let the gentry and officials who despised them at first see it, and when?

They have been looking forward to this day for too long, and they really can't wait.

Needless to say, even Li Zicheng is like this, as soon as he captured Xi'an in history, he will have 10,000 horses, dozens of miles of flags, and sacrifice tombs in Mizhi. At that time, what was the scenery? However, unfortunately, Feng Xiang will lure and annihilate some of his soldiers and horses. The tomb was interrupted, and Li Zicheng angrily captured Fengxiang and slaughtered the city.

Therefore, Niu Jinxing does not understand the psychology of Li Zicheng and others, and he is doomed to tragedy.

In addition to the desire to return home, the people who broke into the camp also had the psychology of not being humane to outsiders, that is, the victory came too quickly, which made them a little overwhelmed.

It seems that two years ago, they were still surrounded by officers and soldiers everywhere in embarrassment, and in the blink of an eye. There is the situation at hand. It scared them a little.

After all, they come from humble backgrounds, have no background, and do not have the foresight and eloquence of Zhu Yuanzhang and others. The first rich and expensive. It's a bit of a feeling of being at a loss. If the poor boy in the future suddenly won tens of millions. Hundreds of millions of lottery tickets, I don't know how to spend the money.

Essentially, they are not accustomed to power and responsibility. What he is best at is robbery, snatching everything away, and then living under the siege of officers and soldiers.

Governing a Huguang has already made them anxious, and suddenly they are going to enter Shandong, enter Beijing, and face the burden of the whole country? They subconsciously avoid the situation.

Because of the absorption of literati, the army began to be regularized, but now they have been kidnapped by these literati, and they have to put on the appearance of a regime, in fact, according to their temperament, they are still the happy days of the past.

However, there was no way to drive the ducks into the sedan chair, and from Li Yan and other literati to help Li Zicheng to strictly enforce military discipline, and to compile a series of ballads, and put forward slogans such as "Juntian is free of grain", they had to listen more to the opinions of these literati, otherwise the current good situation would be ruined.

However, "too fast" will definitely not work, so with Gu Junen's more "steady" strategy in hand, Niu Jinxing's "rapid progress" strategy will inevitably be abandoned.

Sure enough, after listening to the opinions of the generals, Li Zicheng said: "Sun Chuanting is training the new army in Shaanxi, and he must ignore it, and he must be exterminated first, so as not to raise tigers." …… Of course, the prime minister's strategy is a good strategy, but it is a little too hasty. Gu Zhi said well, if you don't win and defeat first, Gyeonggi is a place where the imperial court is heavily armed, how can it be easily captured? Our army gathered in Hebei, it is inevitable that there is a place to take care of one and lose the other, when the lake is wide, Henan is captured, our division is invincible, and there is no way to retreat. ”

Liu Zongmin said in a loud voice: "Breaking into the king is wise, this is Lao Cheng's strategy to seek the country. As Gu Zhi said, Shaanxi is our Sangzi, familiar with the people, and Guanzhong is a rich place, which can build a country and establish a business...... Build a high wall and accumulate grain ......"

Then the generals said yes, and they all said that it was better to hit Shaanxi first.

The situation took a turn for the worse, Niu Jinxing couldn't understand why his good strategy was abandoned, just now the generals were clearly applauding, why did it suddenly change? Looking at Gu Junen's smiling face, it was so hateful, it seemed to be laughing at himself, which made Niu Jinxing's face pale.

He was unwilling to fail, and wanted to work hard, he said: "Our division is invincible in the field, but the siege is actually not my forte, especially the Tongguan mountain is dangerous, and it is difficult to overcome. Shanxi...... It's not yet the dry season, it's the dry season, the same depth of water and mud, is it my army trekking across the river? The ships on both sides of the strait must have been collected or burned by the officers and soldiers of Shanxi, so how could our army cross the river to attack? ”

Gu Junen smiled and said: "Tongguan is indeed insurmountable, but it can be climbed with iron hooks...... As for Shanxi, there is no need to rush for a while, or to seek after capturing Shaanxi, or to freeze the Yellow River in winter. The river is dangerous everywhere, all of them are smooth, and the weak brigade in Shanxi District will be wiped out in one drum! ”

He said: "The intelligence is very clear, the soldiers and horses in Shanxi Town, in addition to the soldiers and soldiers of the local township brave guards, are the strongest, but the general Zhou Yuji, the deputy general Li Yunshu, and the Fubiao battalion Chen Shangzhi, Niu Yongren, etc. Each battalion has two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and even fewer horsemen, and each battalion can only fight a few hundred families, so there is no need to worry! ”

"What should Wang Dou do?"

Niu Jinxing said sharply, at the beginning he was disdainful of Wang Dou, but now, like Gu Junen, he also took out Wang Dou to talk about things: "Although others are in Monan, the intelligence can be heard, and he has some soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town!" Xuanfu is close to Shanxi Town, can he be saved? ”

Gu Junen looked at Niu Jinxing lightly: "Our division temporarily attacked Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, Lu'an Mansion and other places, even if it attacked Taiyuan Mansion, it also depends on the situation." However, if you attack Shanxi, the battle will definitely be in Pingyang Mansion, and it is two thousand miles from Xuanfu Town to Pingyang Mansion! Is this called closeness? ”

Li Guo interjected: "Indeed, Pingyang Mansion is far away from Xuanfu Town, not to mention Taiyuan Mansion, I heard that there is still Datong Town in the middle, and then north is Xuanfu." ”

In the past, the 36th battalion was active in Shanxi, and the camp was only one part at that time, and most of their activities were in Shanxi Town, as well as the face of the town. Everyone knows something about the geography of Shanxi, and according to what they know, Xuanfu Town, a narrow north-south strip in Shanxi, is indeed far away.

They also know each other very well about Shaanxi, but they have no impression of Saiwai, how many miles from Guihua City to Shanxi Town, how many miles to Datong Town, how many miles to Yansui Town, and how many miles to Ningxia Town, they have no concept at all.

Niu Jinxing, like Gu Junen and other literati, has no clue about Saiwai, even Li Yan, and has only watched "Black Tartar Story" and "Mengtar Record", in his impression, Saiwai is a far, far away place, a completely different world.

Every time the Central Plains conquered the fortress, it was necessary to mobilize the strength of the country, and then walked thousands of miles, just like Huo Hussar, ran thousands of miles before finding the Huns' nest.

In the feelings of everyone, Wang Dou disappeared from his memory when he arrived outside the plug, and only the soldiers and horses left in Xuanfu Town made everyone pay a little attention.

Gu Junen finally said: "As the prime minister said before, even if the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town come, how can they solve the food and salary for thousands of miles?" How many good results have there been in the history of Daming guest soldiers? After the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town came to help, they were able to resist me like a sea army? ”

Gu Junen used his own way to govern himself, which made Niu Jinxing's face uncertain, and when he was still about to argue, Li Zicheng waved his hand: "Okay." ”

He said: "The plan has been decided, so use the strategy of Gu Engage!" ”

The hall cheered, and in the voice of "go back to Shaanxi" from the generals, Niu Jinxing had no choice but to give up: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

But there is hatred in my heart, a group of rats, they are painstakingly lonely, and they don't use their own strategies, especially Gu Junen, a villain, I only know that sooner or later I want to make him look good.

At the same time, he sneered in his heart, Shaanxi and Shanxi are so easy to fight? When the army failed, he couldn't wait to see how Gu Junen's villainous face was, and let King Chuang and others see that his strategy was the wisest.

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Li Zicheng finally adopted Gu Junen's strategy, and then broke into the camp and acted intensively, mobilizing troops, collecting grain and grass, especially looking for craftsmen everywhere, building iron hooks and nails day and night, and seeking to enter Tongguan and other mountain dangers.

In the second half of March, almost April, Li Zicheng's army was drawn from all over Xiangyang, except for Yuan Zongdi, the former battalion general, who led 10,000 horsemen, 50,000 infantry, and the guards of the county capitals under his rule. The remaining field army, 50,000 horsemen and 250,000 infantry, marched north.

Li Zicheng's army was still known as one million, and as soon as they came out of the Huguang territory, they began to coerce the hungry people again, as siege cannon fodder, and then went to Nanyang to divide the soldiers into two routes. One route was led by Liu Fangliang, with 10,000 horsemen and 100,000 infantry, to attack Shangnan and Shangzhou.

One route was led by him, and Liu Zongmin and others led the main force, passing through Ruzhou and Luoyang, and heading straight to Tongguan, and the two armies agreed to converge in Xi'an.

At the same time, Li Zicheng also divided some horsemen to monitor Kaifeng, and the dark clouds of war began to envelop the Ming Dynasty again.

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Li Chuang's movements, the imperial court was very concerned, at first the army went north, the imperial court did not know their intentions, worried that Li Zicheng was going to cross the Yellow River, attack Shandong, the north of Zhili, Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly told the military department: "The military department ordered Jin, Henan, Bao, and Dongsi Fu, each with a whole army and horses, personally stationed in the river, and cooperated to block the emperor, and did not allow a thief to peep across." ”

Then, after Li Zicheng's intention was clear, he wanted to attack Shaanxi, and he strictly ordered Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, to be sure to hold Tongguan, and if the thieves entered Qin, they would be severely punished.

At the same time, he told the military department again, ordering Yuan Fu Li Gande, Jiangxi Governor Guo Duxian, Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying, and Anqing Governor to wait for the opportunity to recover Huguang and fall to various provinces.

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Lao Bainiu: I am very moved by the understanding of book friends, in the past few years of writing books, the biggest harvest is a group of sincere book friends, which is the most valuable wealth in my spirit. (To be continued.) )