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Sima An and other twenty or thirty people persuaded him for the first time, but Qin Mu did not allow it.

Soon, they would join the generals of the Qin army with more than 1,000 households, counting two or three hundred people, to Shuwuchang and persuade them again, but Qin Mu still did not allow it.

During this period, Qin Mu did not wait, while dispatching troops and dispatching generals, temporarily stabilized the battle situation on the eastern front, and blocked the Qing army to the east of Jiande County. On the one hand, it will speed up the reorganization of the rest of Li Zicheng's department; Li Zicheng had 100,000 people in the rest of the Taixing army, and Qin Mu picked and picked 60,000, including 20,000 cavalry, and the remaining 40,000 were all placed and returned to the peasants.

At the same time, further pressure was exerted on the 20,000 Guanning troops on Guifeng Mountain in Macheng, with a view to making a forced landing of 20,000 horses as soon as possible.

On the Yicheng side, Li Guo also agreed to be attached, but the premise was to maintain the current establishment and not accept the reorganization.

Qin Mu urgently discussed this matter with Sima An and others, and Jiang Yihan, the combat staff officer, immediately said: "My lord, if the Dashun Army is still self-contained, it will not be able to fall out as soon as possible, and will not accept the reorganization, this will definitely not work,"

Xu Wenchang, another combat staff officer, also said: "My lord, if Li Guo persists any longer, we will cut off his grain and grass first, and then swallow his 60,000 horses, which may not be so difficult. ”

Shao Hua shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, let's not say that we only have 10,000 troops in Xiangyang, if Li Guo really wants to fight to the death, it is not certain that we can trap him;

More importantly, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi and others were originally in the same vein of the Dashun Army, Tian Jianxiu's side was undergoing reorganization, and the army's heart was undecided. ”

Qin Mu touched the stubble growing from his chin and pondered for a moment, and then asked Xu Wenchang and the others to temporarily retreat, leaving only Sima An and a few other core members present.

Only then did he say: "According to the information provided by the cloud, the reason why Gao Guiying and Li Ziying went south in the first place was mainly to hide people's eyes, and Li Zicheng took the old and weak women and children to attract the Qing army to pursue. Gao Guiying was responsible for escorting the property of the Dashun army away from Hanzhong in order to ensure the safety of this batch of property. Li Guo was unwilling to accept the reorganization, probably because of this batch of treasures, he felt that there was still a chance to make a comeback. ”

He Liang asked softly, "My lord, did you say the specific number?" ”

"All the gold and silver treasures are worth as much as 69 million taels, mainly from the plundering in the capital. When Gao Guiying went south, 60 million taels were urgently buried in the area of Dapagou west of Xiangyang after receiving the news of the loss of Xiangyang;

The remaining treasures worth nine million taels were mainly gold, and Gao Guiying kept them with him until he was trapped in Shuanghegou, north of Jingmen. It was brought into Jingshan by Gao Guiying and is now hidden in Qinglongzui. ”

Although the night did not collect and reported that there was an abnormal move in Gao Guiying's army, Qin Mu and the others also roughly guessed that Gao Guiying's escort was the gold and silver treasures stolen by the Dashun army, but they never knew the specific amount, and they didn't expect that Gao Guiying had already buried the big head.

If it weren't for the cloud. It is estimated that you can only find the back of nine million taels if you don't collect it at night.

Qin Mu was very emotional, he didn't want to get a full 60 million taels of silver in exchange for two pancakes in Jinling.

Including Sima An. All of them were happy. This is a windfall of nearly 70 million taels, although Qin Mu has received a lot of money from the Jiangnan circle through Huitong Bank, but the total amount is not so much, and the help of these 69 million taels will be immeasurable.

Li Yuan immediately said: "My lord, at present, Gucheng, Baokang, and Fangxian west of Xiangyang are all under the control of our army. It is advisable to quickly take the wealth of the big ditch, so as not to have too many dreams at night. ”

Qin Mu nodded and said, "This is natural, I have asked Yun to take it to Xiangyang, and Ma Yongzhen will preside over it." Ling Zhan personally led people to dig. ”

Sima An muttered: "Paper can't hold the fire, dig back more than 60 million taels of gold and silver treasures, this movement is not small, it may be able to hide from others, but it must not be able to hide from Li Guo in Yicheng." ”

"What is Mr. Sima's opinion?"

"My lord, your strategic subordinates have thought about it carefully, and there is indeed merit, please take a look."

Sima An picked up a small wooden stick, pointed to the big sand table and said, "It's really too risky to take Guanzhong from afar, and our army's battle line is too long, but let's not compromise and only take Heluo; Everyone, please see, Luoyang sanitation four stops, Xiongguan is numerous, the situation is dangerous, there are eight Xiongguan in the east, west, north and south for the screen;

Since Li Guo's 60,000-strong army is unwilling to accept the reorganization, we might as well take advantage of the emptiness of the Tartar forces to send them north to attack Luoyang, take the surrounding fortresses to defend, and lead Duoduo troops to the north. ”

Sima An's plan was to transfer the tiger away from the mountain and transfer Li Guo away from the Xiangyang area, so as to facilitate the Qin army to dig up the two gold and silver treasures of Dapagou and Qinglongzui;

Second, it can avoid Li Guo's chaos in the confidant, making it difficult for the Qin army to concentrate all its strength eastward.

Third, they will be used to realize the idea of attacking the east and west, so as to reduce the difficulty of seizing Jiangnan.

As for whether Li Guo can capture Luoyang, and whether he can hold it after taking it, it doesn't matter, as long as he succeeds in dispersing Duoduo's forces, the goal will be achieved.

Qin Mu asked He Liang and the others, and after everyone agreed with this policy, Qin Mu did not hesitate any longer, and immediately sent an order to Xiangyang and asked Ma Yongzhen to implement the plan.

At this time, Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, sent an envoy again, gave Qin Muguo the surname, and made him the king of Liao.

In the main hall of the Chu Palace, everyone looked at each other, and secretly sighed that Zhu Yujian was really bloody, according to the Ming ancestral system, a different surname could not be crowned a king, no matter how great the merit was, like Xu Da was also posthumously crowned as the king of Zhongshan after his death, and the descendants of this kind of posthumous prince could not inherit.

Zhu Yujian gave Qin Mu a prince in one breath, which is indeed heavy enough, but it is the "King of Liao", which seems to be insincere;

In other words, unless Qin Mu knocks down Liaodong, he, the "King of Liao", will always be a blank check.

This is still second, what makes Qin Mu entangled is the surname of this country, "Why is Zhu Mu so awkward, uh, what Mount Everest is still haode, don't be a 'pig mother', damn, this doesn't chill me!" ”

Qin Mu's expression changed, Gu Junen and the others only said that he was shaken, and was ready to accept Zhu Yujian's big share, and immediately came out to interrogate Zhu Guoying: "Dare to ask Lord Zhu." Is this what King Tang meant? ”

"The king of Tang is now the emperor, and he has changed his name to Longwu"

"Let me ask you, is this the idea of King Tang?" Gu Junen didn't wait for Zhu Guoying to finish speaking, and immediately snorted, "The Tang clan is originally a sin domain, how can you be qualified to inherit the unification?" You set up a criminal vassal as the emperor, where is the king of Gui? If the Tang clan can inherit the unification, then who cannot? The Ming Dynasty has an ancestral system, and a different surname is not allowed to be crowned a king, which means that non-royal blood relatives are not allowed to be crowned kings, does it mean that people other than the surname Zhu cannot be crowned kings? Such a mischief. Is it the right thing for a king of a country to confuse the public? ”

Not to be outdone, Zhu Guoying reprimanded angrily: "Bold, who are you to dare to speak outrageously." Insult to the king. ”

"Things will rot and worms will grow, and people will insult themselves and others will insult them. You can't tell right from wrong. Supporting the succession of a criminal vassal is already difficult to convince the people of the world, and it is a great disobedience to repeat this rebellious act, so is it no wonder that others have humiliated each other? ”

Gu Junen's mouth was like a river, and Zhu Guoying was speechless. Only then did he say to Qin Mu: "My lord, Tang Fan's throne is not right, and now he is crowned the lord of the lord, but it is just to lay the foundation for the adult's fabrication of charges in the future." Adults are unacceptable. ”

Qin Mu was a little funny, Gu Junen was too positive, and even Sima An and the others had stolen the limelight, but this kind of offending work Sima An and the others should not mind letting him do it.

At the beginning, even Prime Minister Niu Jinxing slipped away, Gu Junen and Yu Dayou, as people who followed Li Zicheng later, were able to share weal and woe, which is enough to show that the two are loyal, and his outspoken character, Qin Mu likes it very much.

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Xiangyang.

Ma Yongzhen put two choices in front of Li Guo expressionlessly, first, accept the reorganization of the Qin army; Second, he led 60,000 horses from the six headquarters to take Luoyang north with the cooperation of the Qin army.

Li Guo weighed it again and again, and finally accepted the latter plan.

Ma Yongzhen pointed to the map and said: "The Azig West Route Army is almost completely annihilated, and the current Tartar forces in the Luoyang area are extremely empty, taking this opportunity to capture Luoyang has at least a seventy percent chance of victory. If you can gain a firm foothold in Luoyang, it is equivalent to advancing into the hearts of the Tartars;

To defend Luoyang, must first guard the surrounding dangers, please see, the east of Luoyang is the Tiger Pass, located in the southwest of Xingyang Bishui ten miles, south of Songyue, north of the Yellow River, mountains and mountains are staggered, self-contained. There is a trend of "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open", and if the tiger prison is held, it will be difficult for the enemy in the east of Luoyang to cross the thunder pool.

The north is Mengjin Pass, Mengjin Pass is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, and the Biling Mountains are in the south, there are mountains and rivers as supports, and the pass is convenient to hold, forming the situation of controlling the river with the pass and guarding the pass with the river. If this pass is controlled, the north of Luoyang can be guaranteed.

The west is Hangu Pass, the west of Hangu Pass is according to the three Qin, the south is connected to the Qinling Mountains, the north is the Yellow River, it is the throat between Luoyang and Xi'an, and if you take this pass, the enemy in the west will be difficult to commit Heluo.

Yique Pass is the only way for Jingxiang to go north to Luoyang, and there is no need to say much about this pass.

Let's talk about the Guangcheng Pass in the southeast, this pass has two mountains and a river, there is Changworm Mountain in the northeast, and there is Dama Mountain in the southwest, which is the fortress leading to Ruying since ancient times. This pass is also a must-defend place to prevent the enemy of Yingzhou from attacking Luoyang.

Then there is the Yuyuan Pass, which is a shortcut to Xu and Chen from Luoyang. The pass is at the Eling Mountain, between the Taimur Mountain and the Shaomu Mountain, the road is dangerous, the loop is circling, and the enemy in the direction of Xu and Chen can be difficult to invade Luoyang. ”

Historically, Luoyang has been the capital of a country several times, and even Song Taizu has the intention to move the capital to Luoyang, it is precisely because of Luoyang's environmental sanitation and congestion, the Xiongguan is numerous, the situation is dangerous, and it is easy to defend.

Ma Yongzhen said while marking these passes on the map one by one, and at the same time continued: "At present, there are only 1,000 Manmeng banner soldiers in Luoyang City, led by the Manchu general Daur, and the rest of the cities are all newly surrendered green battalion soldiers. ”

Li Guo asked: "Is it just that my 60,000-strong army takes Luoyang north?" ”

"No, this general will personally lead 10,000 cavalry, you allocate another 10,000 horses to this general, I will attack Luoyang with 20,000 troops, General Li and General Gao will lead 50,000 troops, and at the same time capture the above passes, in order not to give the Tartars a chance to breathe, our army will pull out the camp tomorrow and go north, there must be no mistake."

"General Ma, as the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, let's just pull out the camp and go north, this grain and grass"

"On the grain to the enemy, at present can only be like this, only in this way can we grab precious time, you don't have to worry, the grain and grass supply to my logistics department has been shipped, when we arrive in Luoyang, the first batch of grain and grass supplies will soon arrive, and then there will be a steady stream of supplies delivered.".

(To be continued......)