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Juyong Pass is located in the territory of Changping, about 100 miles away from the capital, and Bauhinia Pass, Reverse Horse Pass together called the three passes.

The situation in Juyong Pass is dangerous, and there is a trend of "one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open", and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. It has two passes in the north and south, the south is called 'Nankou' and the north is called 'Juyong Pass'. The existing Guancheng was built by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the general Xu Da supervised the construction. It is the gateway to the northwest of Beijing.

On both sides of Juyong Pass, the mountain is majestic, and there is a valley of more than 30 miles in the middle, commonly known as 'Guan Gou'. Here the clear stream lingers, the green peaks overlap, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, and the scene is beautiful.

Li Zicheng was dressed in ethereal clothes, riding a black barge horse under his crotch, looking at the beautiful scenery of Guangou, and his heart was happy. Since the Eastern Crusade, the Dashun army has been marching forward and invincible, and in a short period of time, it has swept through the three sides and swept the entire territory of Shanxi.

Xinzhou, Daizhou and other Shanxi provinces were to break through the important towns with one blow, but Zhou Yuji, the general soldier of Ningwu, resisted stubbornly, and the Dashun army experienced a fierce battle.

As soon as Ning Wu was concerned, a large number of Ming court officials and soldiers defected to the Dashun army, including even the feudal officials such as Jiang Xuan, the chief soldier of Datong, and Wang Chengyun, the chief soldier of Xuancheng.

At this moment, the Juyong Pass, a gate in the northwest of the Beijing Division, was also slowly opened in front of Li Zicheng, and Tang Tong, the chief military officer in charge of defending the Juyong Pass, and Du Zhizhi, the eunuch in charge of supervising the army, both went out of the pass, knelt down in front of Li Zicheng, and handed over a barrier to the Zuihou of the Beijing Division.

Li Zicheng's figure is already burly and majestic, and after years of fighting, the fierce aura on his body is like substance, aggressive. In addition, he was blind in one eye and wore a black blindfold obliquely, which added a bit of arrogance, and Tang Tong and Du Zhizhi, who were kneeling in front of his horse, were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe.

Emperor Chongzhen handed over the danger of Juyong Pass, which is related to the survival of the capital, to Tang Tong, and placed great hopes on him.

But no one thought that this Changping general soldier who guarded the gate of the Beijing Division. He surrendered like that.

For Li Zicheng, who has fought for many years and died nine times in his life, he looks down on a soft egg like Tang Tong in his heart.

Niu Jinxing has followed Li Zicheng for many years, and knows his temperament very well, seeing that he has been silent for a long time, he knows that his stinky problem has been committed again, before the general of Datong Jiang Jiu took the initiative to surrender, Li Zicheng also looked down on Jiang Jiu, and intended to kill him, or the general Zhang Tianlin dissuaded him in time. Li Cheng spared Jiang Jiu's life, but he still deprived Jiang Jiu of his military power.

Niu Jinxing hurriedly leaned into Li Zicheng's ear and whispered: "King, when King Yan Zhao wanted to recruit talents, Guo Kui, a strategist beside him, told him a story about buying horse bones for a thousand dollars, presumably the king must have heard this story, king, Tang Tong, a person like Tang Tong, although he is disdainful, but in order to capture Yanjing as soon as possible." swept the world, but now it can't be killed. ”

Niu Venus is 49 years old this year, and he is from a good background. He likes to read, and is familiar with Tianguan, Fengjiao, Sun, and Wu's art of war, and Li Zicheng served as the prime minister of Dashun after the founding of Xi'an. is one of Li Zicheng's most relied on figures.

He has always advocated forcing surrender by war, appointing and demoting officials, and further breaking the will of the Ming generals to resist. In order to achieve the goal of quickly sweeping the world.

After he reminded him, Li Zicheng hid his murderous intentions, lightly encouraged Tang Tong and Du Zhizhi a few words, and then asked the two to retreat.

Li Zicheng's cold reception made Tang Tong feel both apprehensive and unhappy, perhaps he betrayed Li Zicheng again and surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was the cause of the disaster at this time.

Ju Yong closed it, the door of Yanjing was wide open, seeing that the capture of Yanjing and the pacification of the world were just around the corner, Li Zicheng was full of ambition, where would it be at this time to care what Tang Tong felt in his heart.

After sending Tang Tong and Du Zhizhi, General Li Zicheng held a high-level strategic meeting on Guancheng, which was attended by Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, the founding military division, Song Qijiao, the secretary of the government, Liu Zongmin, the general of the government, and Gu Junen, the right attendant of the government.

Li Zicheng said straight to the point: "How to attack Yanjing next, let's discuss it together." ”

Song Xiance first said: "Xuancheng and Datong have fallen, the Ming court trilateral force is gone, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, has also turned south after plundering Linqing, and the only one who can return to Yanjing is the Ming army in Liaodong;

The Ming army in Liaodong has been fighting with the Tartars outside the Guanhai for many years, and the combat power should not be underestimated. In order to take the Jingshi as soon as possible, the minister suggested that he first send people into the city to spread rumors and buy off the officials, so that our army could reach the city, and the inside and outside should be combined to quickly take Yanjing. ”

Gu Junen immediately agreed: "What the army division said is extremely true, the high walls of the Jingshi city are thick, and there are a large number of artillery, the Tatars outside the gate have besieged the city several times and failed to break the city, and the difficulty of the Beijing division can be seen, although since the epidemic last year, the population of the Beijing division has gone to two, and at this time the people are even more panicked, but if Chongzhen swears to resist to the death and personally go to the city to stimulate morale, even if our army can break the city, I am afraid it will also suffer heavy losses. ”

At this point, Niu Jinxing and the others have no opinions, but seeing that the fruits of victory are about to arrive, the small abacus in everyone's hearts also began to crackle, Song Xiance was originally recommended by Niu Jinxing to Li Zicheng, but the political strategies of the two are different.

Especially after the founding of Xi'an, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance have actually become the main competitors. One is the founding prime minister, and the other is the founding teacher, both of whom Li Zicheng relies on very much.

Niu Jinxing did not explicitly oppose Song Xiance, but said: "King, in the first battle of Ningwu, our army suffered heavy losses, and the troops were already slightly weak.

At the same time, the minister suggested reusing Tang Tong and other generals, so that these generals can lead the troops to play forward, first, it can reduce the loss of our own people, and second, reusing these generals can also serve as an example for other generals and weaken the will of other generals to resist."

"No!" Song Xiance didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and immediately retorted: "The king, because our army has suffered a lot of losses in Ningwu, at this time we can't reuse these generals of Tang Tong, the king, please think, to reuse these generals, you must give them great power, these people have not been attached for a long time, and their minds are unpredictable, they can betray the Ming court today, and they will not betray the king tomorrow, if our army does not encounter losses, it will not matter, but now our army has lost a lot of elites in Ningwu, and then give these generals the power, it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of strong branches and weak cadres, which is what the wise man does not do." ”

Li Zicheng's number one general, Liu Zongmin, also opposed the reuse of the generals, he said brazenly: "King, there are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in Yanjing, and they are not vulnerable at all, so there is no need to hand over the power to those generals who surrender to Qin and Chu, we only need to wave the army to attack, the Beijing division is just around the corner, please give the king an order, the minister is willing to lead the vanguard and take the capital for the king." ”

Song Qijiao, the official of the government, also opposed the reuse of the general, but he only expressed his appearance and did not say too much fierce words.

At this time, Gu Junen, who proposed the strategy of becoming the master of Guanzhong, was reused by Li Zicheng, but turned to support Niu Jinxing and said: "The king is the co-master of the world, and he can accept the world in his chest, so why not tolerate a few generals?" Although my Dashun Dynasty is full of talents, those who have been masters since ancient times have not suspected many talents;

The king, although the capture of the Beijing division is just around the corner, but the Liaodong strong army of the Ming court still exists, and Qin Mu, who lives in Huguangjiangxi, is also very worried, Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong, etc. each occupy one side, support the army and respect themselves, even if the king takes the Beijing division, if he wants to further sweep the world, I am afraid it will take some time;

As Prime Minister Niu Cheng said, the reuse of the generals can show the broad mind of the king to the people of the world, and lay a good foundation for the future to recruit all parts of the country and sweep the world. ”

From the war to the present, a large number of Ming Dynasty officials and generals surrendered to the Dashun army, such as Bai Guangen, Xu Yongfu, Tang Tong, Wang Chengyun, Jiang Hao and others, who used to be the chief military officers of the Ming court.

The emergence of a large number of demotion of officials and generals has actually become a thorny issue that Li Zicheng has to deal with cautiously. It's even trickier than attacking the Kyoshi.

Too much reuse of these demoted officials and generals will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction among the original team, but blindly suppressing and elevating these demoted generals will also have an extremely serious negative impact, one may lead to internal division, and the other may lead to no one willing to surrender in the future, and may even affect the survival of the Dashun regime.

At present, several of his subordinates who rely on him the most are divided into two completely different opinions on this issue, which makes Li Zicheng very embarrassed.

In the military aspect, Li Zicheng has always been very confident, but when it comes to such complex personnel issues, Li Zicheng feels quite powerless.

The reasons for the many years of wandering warfare are, first, that he has not shed his habit of being a rogue, and second, that he lacks a strategic vision to look at the whole world, and that the Dashun army has blindly destroyed and failed to build wherever it has gone in the past, and this is the main reason why they have not been able to establish a solid base area.

And the reason for all this is mainly that Li Zicheng lacks the vision of the world, he takes advantage of the chaos to stir up the situation, but he definitely does not have the talent of the world.

His methods are too direct and brutal, and in addition to military means, he lacks corresponding talents in politics, economy, and people's livelihood. It can be seen from his intention to kill Jiang Jiu and Tang Tong that his qi pattern is too narrow and short-sighted.

It can be said that the main reason for his failure is himself, and other external factors are secondary.

Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng was silent for a long time, and he was secretly disappointed in his heart, he knew very well that the problem of demotion and demotion of generals was not handled well, and the defeat of Yanjing by the Dashun army was not only not a blessing, but an act of inviting trouble.

Yanjing is the pillar of this world, even if it is crumbling, but as long as it exists for a day, it will support the dilapidated house of Daming. Whoever now pulls this pillar out of it, and is not ready to take its place, will have the collapsed house enough to smash him to death.

Is Dashun really ready to go to the top?

Will Juyong Pass become a ghost gate?

"Please think twice, the king."

Niu Jinxing, who should be said, has already said it to Li Zicheng many times, and there are only five words left for him to say at this moment.

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