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Chapter 321 Welcomed Chuang Wang and did not pay the food, and killed all those who did not welcome

Two days after the defeat of the Chuang army in Baoji County, in the city of Xi'an, near the former Shaanxi governor's yamen, there was a scene of lanterns and festoons built on human flesh and blood.

Li Zicheng had just completed most of the process of establishing the name Dashun, and Sun Chuanting's original shogunate was also temporarily changed by him to his own palace.

The red tape at the ceremony also made him a little dizzy.

"I didn't expect that building an account would require so much ostentation. If one day we go further in the future, I don't know what it will be like. Chongzhen's life must be quite annoying..."

After finishing a ceremony just now, Li Zicheng couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart.

Of course, he wasn't really impatient, it was just a subconscious flash of thought.

After all, I was born in a poor family and had little experience, so I didn't have the freshness of this kind of excitement at the beginning.

Not to mention Li Zicheng, even Liu Bang, who was licked by Shu Suntong who was surrendered by the Qin State, restored the Confucian etiquette of monarchs and ministers. Liu Bang was also very happy, "finally realized the dignity of being an emperor."

If you want to really get bored with these etiquettes, you have to enjoy them for more than two years before you can develop the bearing of someone who has been in the top position for a long time—after all, according to psychology, even if you just find a girlfriend, it takes eighteen months to enter the period of getting used to the boredom. .

"Congratulations, great king, congratulations to your great king, now that the title system has been established, I will have the right to compete for the orthodox status of the world. In the future, I will invade Beijing and force the children of Chongzhen to submit. "

As soon as Li Zicheng's ceremony was over, the "Prime Minister" Niu Jinxing rushed to say more congratulatory words.

Although Li Zicheng did not proclaim himself emperor, nor did he have a prime minister, but Dashun Kingdom has become a political entity, and its internal titles are quite confusing. Everyone has changed their name to Niu Jinxing as "Prime Minister" in private.

Even Song Xiance dared not refuse to accept it.Song Xiance was better than Niu Jinxing in terms of prophecy, auspiciousness and intrigue, but far inferior to the right way of governing the country and civil affairs, and they gradually formed a tacit understanding: Song Xiance regarded himself as Zhang Liang, while Niu Jinxing regarded himself as Xiao He.

Most importantly, Song Xiance was only a scholar in Daming!And when Niu Jinxing was in Ming Dynasty, he was already a Juren!Only those born in Juren are qualified to be the prime minister!Born as a scholar, hehe, being a military advisor is pretty good.

At this moment, facing the flattery of his subordinates, Li Zicheng was a little self-aware: "Hey, Niu Qing is serious, although Gu has established a name, I, Dashun, only have two or three provinces.

Gu also doesn't want the world to suffer. If Chongzhen's children are sensible and are willing to recognize me as Dashun, it's not that Gu can't accept recognizing Chongzhen as the emperor and allowing him to give me the title of king, and Yongzhen Northwest.We can also help him block the Tartars from seizing the customs from the northwest, and he is not at a loss.

I just hate Chongzhen's child who is headstrong and refuses to give in after being beaten so badly. Most likely, he will have to be forced to fight ruthlessly in the future. "

Li Zicheng had a few words of modesty with Niu Jinxing, and then he fell into obscenity talking to himself.

Needless to say, he was indeed not very clear about his action plan and goals until after his account was established.
In history, all the way to the capital during the Northern Expedition, and even after breaking Ningwu Pass and entering the Hebei Plain, Li Zicheng was still trying to write a letter to Chongzhen. Then slowly map it.

In the end, Chongzhen never compromised, and Li Zicheng fought all the way to Beijing.Therefore, Li Zicheng is really lacking in the grand strategic plan. He takes every step and counts, and he doesn't think about the ultimate goal he wants to achieve early in the morning.

Niu Jinxing couldn't figure out Li Zicheng's intention for a while, so he didn't flatter him for a while.

Song Xiance next to him finally seized the opportunity, and hurried in, showing off his character who knows the astronomy and destiny: "How can the king be self-indulgent? I am looking at the Qianxiang at night, and I am very smooth, reaching the sky and the earth It's hard to say! This is exactly what the king will replace Chongzhen's children sooner or later..."

Song Xiance was eloquent, and just halfway through speaking, there was a commotion outside the temporary palace. Li Zicheng frowned slightly, wanting to ask questions, but the visitor had already passed the interrogation by the guards outside and rushed in.

"Your Majesty! Dudu Yuan has been defeated and returned to Mei County! The West Route Army has lost 3 or [-] horses, and some of Sun Chuanting's former troops have been captured and forced to land again by the government!" The messenger was out of breath, and picked up the most important one first. The message said.

"What? That's impossible! Even if Yuan Zongdi can't take Baoji County and Dashanguan, he won't be defeated! Do the officers and soldiers dare to pursue them?" Asking sharply is also taking the opportunity to show his knowledge and quick response.

The messenger was crying, took a few breaths, and quickly explained: "Mr. Song, you don't know. The general who led the army at Dashan Pass was actually Cao Bianjiao himself. He was not in Nanzheng. He went to Dashan Pass to supervise the battle in person, and kept it a secret , Dudu Yuan was deceived by him, so he was not on guard for a while.

It seems that Cao Bianjiao also got the new firearm allocated by Zhu Shuren, which is extremely powerful. When Yuan Dudu urged him to attack the city, he originally planned to use the wooden donkey to destroy the wall, and then buried more than a dozen coffins with gunpowder to blow up the wall.

Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers have sharp artillery that can fire downwards, and the penetration power is far beyond expectations. Big hardwood trees as thick as a person are tied side by side to form a city-digging wood donkey, and they can be blasted through the top of the slope and detonate the gunpowder inside.

Cao Bianjiao led the nine-sided iron cavalry. Taking advantage of our former army being killed and injured by the self-explosion of gunpowder, he suddenly opened the door and killed them for dozens of miles. "

It took Li Zicheng and his party a long time to finally understand the cause and effect of the fiasco in the bloody battle. Li Zicheng was also stunned for a long time before falling down on his big tiger leather chair.

"How could it be so...Cao Bianjiao personally guarded the Dasan Pass, the land of Hanzhong is not to be underestimated at all. Alas, Gu thought that after killing Sun Chuanting, he would be able to dominate the north anyway, but this Zhu Shuren is like a ghost, Got entangled again.

I heard that Zhang Xianzhong died two months ago, and now there is only one Sun Kewang left in Bashu, who can barely restrain Zhu Shuren's combat power.If you give him more time to wipe out Sun Kewang completely, freeing up his hands to concentrate on dealing with me, Dashun, how should he deal with it! "

Li Zicheng was really a little afraid of being targeted by Zhu Shuren. After all, the battle in Chen County last year was not a joke. 10,000+ cannon fodder troops were destroyed, wiped out, and captured, almost losing more than one-third of his troops.

Although cannon fodder can be caught at any time, and poor peasants who can't survive in Daming are everywhere, no one wants to experience that kind of tragedy again.

Niu Jinxing, who claimed to be the prime minister, was afraid that Li Zicheng's sudden outburst would hurt morale, so he hurriedly said some official words to encourage him:

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Although Zhu Shuren was good at fighting, Sun Chuanting was also good at fighting! Sun Chuanting also killed Gao Yingxiang, the first Chuang Wang, and he died at the hands of the King!

The struggle in the world ultimately lies in the victory of the people who win the hearts of the people. As long as the children of Chongzhen don't know how to change things and insist on fighting to the death without retreating an inch, and exhausting their resources to search for the people to maintain the useless land, then my Dashun's military resources will be endless!

If Chongzhen is not dead, Ming will never be saved!No matter how Zhu Shuren can fight, as long as he reaches the quagmire in the north, he will be dragged down to death by Chongzhen, the useless emperor, sooner or later. "

What Niu Jinxing said made Li Zicheng quickly regain his composure.

Indeed, his military defeats did not happen once or twice. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, he was almost cornered by Chen Qiyu. Two years later, when Sun Chuanting Cao Bianjiao killed Gao Yingxiang, he was also severely injured.

When Chongzhen fled into the Shangluo Mountains in 11 years, Cao Bianjiao killed only a dozen cavalry around him at the least - of course, the other troops were not wiped out, but were scattered, and then fled back to the Shangluo Mountains and slowly assembled back part.

Li Zicheng was able to recover from military defeats every time, relying on the rigid tax system of the Ming Dynasty in the north and the protection of landlords and gentry from exploiting land rent.

After calming down, he quickly returned to the state of accepting advice humbly: "Even though Chongzhen is not afraid, Zhu Shuren is good at fighting after all. At this moment, we must come up with a countermeasure. I, Dashun, just established an account, and was arrested by the army. If we counterattack, we can't even sit firmly in the whole of Guanzhong, how will the morale of the people be demoralized!"

This question is too big for anyone to answer right away.Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance discussed for a while, before Niu Jinxing picked a point to make a statement:

"Your Majesty, although our army has suffered a small defeat, its foundation has not been damaged. The most important thing to do now is to win the hearts and minds of the people. I have been thinking about some strategies to win people's hearts, but I have been afraid to come up with them. Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity? Make up your mind!"

Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows sharply: "It's true! If you can rely on the solitary, you will naturally follow!"

Niu Jinxing: "I came up with a slogan: If you don't work as a errand, you don't pay the food, open the door early to welcome the king of Chuang! Kill the cattle and sheep, prepare the wine, and don't pay the food when the king of Chuang comes!

Taking advantage of the establishment of Dashun, it is better to officially announce that all provinces, prefectures, and counties of the Ming Dynasty who submit to Dashun will be exempted from taxes, money, food and corvee for three years. In some cases, they can even be temporarily deceived into thinking that they are in a hurry. Just say that the land tax will be exempted forever!

In this way, my army is everywhere, there must be countless people in the city, the soldiers and the people will surrender, and it is useless for the officers and soldiers to fight well!They have no fighting spirit at all!Sooner or later, being good at fighting will be of use to me! "

Li Zicheng was taken aback: "Never pay the food? If you really promise to go out like this, you will win the world. What will we eat in the future?"

Niu Jinxing: "Your Majesty, why do you want to think so far? Let's go to power first. Besides, it has not been a year or two since our army has massacred cities and forced all places to surrender. This old law can continue to be used. In the future, all cities that directly surrender , He really promised them that they would not pay food or serve corvee, but they would take part in the army to fight.

And those who refused to submit, just slaughtered the whole city and looted all their property to provide military supplies.Chen estimates that there are at least a small half of the cities, prefectures and counties in the north that are not invested. If this small half is slaughtered, the money and food robbed will be enough to maintain the army for several years. "

Niu Jinxing's words were a little blunt, but the truth was indeed the same.

Li Zicheng's worry just now was too far and too much, and he has not won the world yet, why think about things after so long?That was something Chongzhen had to worry about. As for Li Zicheng, it would not be too late to think about it when he took the position of Chongzhen.

Before that, everything had to give way to "how to sit in the position of Chongzhen", by all means.As for whether there will be hidden dangers laid by mines, I can't take care of it.

Fighting for the world and ensuring that you can win the world is the top priority.Nothing is gained, and the benefits of benevolence and righteousness are also the enemy's.

Li Zicheng's three views are very flexible, and he quickly accepted this setting.

Then on this basis, he asked about the specific tactical response, how to deal with the counterattack of the government and army at the moment.

Niu Jinxing was not very good at these tactical details, so he had to shut up, and this gave Song Xiance a chance to perform.

Song Xiance quickly patted his chest to make sure: "Your Majesty, I just thought of a plan, I'm afraid Your Majesty doesn't have the determination to do it."

Li Zicheng said proudly and coldly: "Is there anything I can't make up my mind about?"

Song Xiance: "Then please give an order from your majesty. Since it is nearly half of August and the harvest of autumn grain is imminent, immediately urge and supervise the prefectures and counties in the central and western parts of Guan to clear the walls and clear the fields. Land, at most plus Mei County, which Yuan Zongdi temporarily guards.

But the grain in Mei County cannot be kept too much, because there must be ready to give up at any time - since ancient times, the most difficult thing in the Northern Sichuan Expedition to Guanzhong is not the war, but the transportation of grain.At the beginning Zhuge Wuhou was so talented, but Sima Yi dragged him away from fighting, so he could only retreat exhausted.

Even if Cao Bianjiao won a small victory at Dasan Pass for a while, it would not be easy for him to turn defense into offense, break through Mei County, and even go all the way to Xi'an along the Wei River.If our army fortified the wall and cleared the wilderness thoroughly, it would definitely consume Cao Bianjiao and Zhu Shuren with energy!They had to find another way, such as going north from Huguang and Nanyang to Luoyang, or going out of Wuguan Road to attack Xi'an.

But the transfer of the army, coming and going for thousands of miles, can it be completed within a few months?In this way, our army can at least win a respite in the middle of winter. "

Li Zicheng frowned, and asked closely:

"It's just a respite. It's too much to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Guanzhong is the land of lonely dragons, and northern Shaanxi is the hometown of lonely people. Now it has been dilapidated to this point. How can the people's livelihood be tolerated like this? What will the folks think of Gu? Gu plans to use Xi'an as the future capital of the country!"

Song Xiance: "Your Majesty, don't hesitate! If you go back a few months, it may be a safe strategy for Your Majesty to occupy Guanzhong for a long time. But now that Zhu Shuren Cao Bianjiao is aggressive, we can only set up long-term ambitions and set up long-term ambitions. corner!

Now that Sun Chuanting is dead, Guanzhong, southern Shanxi, and most of Henan are all occupied by our army. The soldiers have also returned from the decisive battle with Sun Chuanting.I heard that Huang Taiji in the north was detained again, and Wu Sangui, Li Fuming, Tang Tong, and Bai Guangen were all unable to fight again, and none of Chongzhen's callers Qin Wang came!

In contrast, our army suffered a small setback, and Chongzhen's setback was even greater!The only thing that the officers and soldiers are afraid of is Zhu Shuren Cao Bianjiao!We are in Guanzhong to strengthen the wall and clear the field, concentrate our strength, and go all out to go northeast!Go straight to the capital!
At that time, as long as there are a few big victories, even if it is not good, Chongzhen can be forced to sue for peace with his momentum, and recognize the king's title, so that I, Dashun, can occupy the three provinces justifiably.

If they fight well, it is even possible to destroy Chongzhen, or capture Chongzhen alive.At that time, Chongzhen will be tied up as a hostage, just like the Tatar grand master tied Emperor Yingzong to the Great Wall to call the gate, forcing Zhu Shuren not to dare to attack our army.

If Zhu Shuren still dares to be rebellious, he will defy the decree and kill Junfu!Even if the king killed Chongzhen, it was forced by Zhu Shuren! "

When Song Xiance said this, Li Zicheng, who had no historical and cultural knowledge, was fooled, but felt that there was some truth.

But Niu Jinxing next to him is still educated and understands history. He is an upright recruiter. After hearing this, he was a little scared and couldn't help but argue:
"Mr. Song! The second half of what you said is wrong! Back then, the Grand Master tied Yingzong first, but he didn't help the Tatars break the city successfully! When Yingzong was tied up under the city of Beijing, Yu Qian set up another Daizong!

Now Chongzhen is self-willed, preferring to bend rather than bend, just like a reckless man, with sepsis dripping from his arm, but he refuses to cut off his arm to save himself, rather this pus arm drains all blood from his body.

If that is the case, if the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty establish a new emperor, respect Zhen as the Supreme Emperor, and give up the burden of Hebei and Shaanxi, wouldn’t it be helping the Ming Dynasty instead! "

Song Xiance spread his hands together: "My plan is indeed not perfect, but does Prime Minister Niu have a better way now? Could it be that after a few months of hard work, it was wasted sitting on the ground and not thinking about making progress? ?
You have already thought of how to use it after capturing Chongzhen, why not make sure that Chongzhen is captured first? "

Li Zicheng also has a violent temper, and he knew that Niu Jinxing had once again committed the pedantic spirit of a scholar.

Indeed, Chongzhen hasn't caught it yet, and I'm worried that the curative effect of using it after catching it will not be enough. Isn't this nonsense!
Since Niu Jinxing's reasons for objection and hidden dangers erupted only after he was caught, then don't look at it now, let Chongzhen be caught first!

"The lonely will has been decided! Cao Bianjiao and Zhu Shuren are arrogant, and I can't wait for them to kill me! Immediately fortify the walls and clear the fields to recruit more soldiers, announce that the king will not pay the food, and then send the troops out of the customs!"

(End of this chapter)