Aspiration

Chapter 171

Li Yan led [-] elite soldiers out of the siege and rushed to Henan.

In Chang'an, Li Zicheng watched the development closely.

Although he received Li Laiheng's request for instructions, deep down in his heart was an inexplicable worry.

"What is he going to do?" Li Zicheng asked himself repeatedly.

There is a reason for Li Zicheng's worry, because Li Yan has only been out of Beijing for more than a month, and he has done a good job in Henan.People in Henan felt hopeful for Li Yan's arrival, but on the contrary, people in Shaanxi seemed to have a kind of hatred for Li Zicheng. "Why is he doing so well? Why are so many people supporting him? What is he going to do?"

Li Zicheng asked himself repeatedly.

He had a deep worry, and then, a hatred.

It has been almost two months since Li Yan came to Henan. He established a solid base in the Funiu Mountain area, and then moved to fight in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng areas. Many people responded, and even some military officers of the Ming Dynasty led their troops to vote.

People need a leader, they need someone to lead the fight against the Qing soldiers.

Li Yan now has more than 3 troops, and if he continues to develop, within half a year, [-] elite soldiers will not be a problem.

On this day, Li Yan received two people.Together, they were sent by Li Laiheng. They had a detailed understanding of Li Yan's armed development and the selection of local officials, and they also reminded Li Yan to keep a low profile.Although Li Yan didn't quite understand the meaning of being low-key, he was a smart person, and it was always right to be low-key in everything.Therefore, Li Yan warmly received the people sent by Li Laiheng, and told them in detail about the development of Henan.He agreed that three months later, Li Yan would organize the Northern Expedition.The second person, Li Yan felt very disturbed, because it seemed that this group of people didn't come to care about Li Yan's development, they seemed to come to investigate his conspiracy.

"General Zhi, how many officials above county magistrates have you appointed in Henan? It's impossible not to have a specific roster, right?" A middle-aged man asked eccentrically.He disapproved of what Li Yan said, "Military affairs are busy, and the arrangements of local officials are hasty, and some are only temporarily appointed." This sentence is very disapproving.

Appointing a local administrator is a very serious matter. Due to Li Yan's lack of manpower, he really did not think systematically about this matter.His guiding ideology is that something is better than nothing, and more is better than less.He had a lot of opinions about Li Zicheng's inactive governance of the local area and the unstable people's livelihood in the local area. Therefore, the first thing he did in Henan was to pay attention to local governance.However, Li Yan only had his wife, Hong Niangzi, younger brother Li Mu, and some relatives to assist him, so many things in the local area were only grassroots, and even in some newly established places, the name of the county magistrate was really unknown.

However, Li Zicheng's special envoys didn't think so. They felt that Li Yan was concealing the facts, so their tone of questioning gradually became serious, and they no longer called "General Zhi" politely.

Li Zicheng's special envoy returned to Chang'an after learning about Li Yan's military strength and deployment, as well as local administrative arrangements.Li Yan was very upset, thinking, I have worked so hard to create a world in Henan, is there something wrong?The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he sent a secret envoy to Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng had been trapped in Beijing for almost three months, restraining Dorgon's nearly [-] troops, and Emperor Shunzhi did not enter the pass.

Neither side of the war in Beijing has made big moves.Dorgon's westward advance of Azig was blocked by the Yellow River, and Li Guo was still stubbornly blocking Azig's attack.Duduo's offensive on Tongguan did not make much progress. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Tongguan Ma Shiyao stopped Duduo from advancing.However, the offensive of Azig and Dodo gradually became more active, and the advantage gradually shifted to their side.Li Laiheng eagerly hopes that Li Yan's development can form a new force as soon as possible.Just when he was eagerly looking forward to Li Yan's development and growth, he suddenly received Li Yan's secret security.

Li Zicheng has doubts about Li Yan!Li Laiheng quickly thought of Li Yan's tragedy in history. Is this history inevitable?
no!Li Yan can't die.

Li Laiheng thought, since Emperor Shunzhi did not become emperor in Beijing, at least this period of history has been changed now, so the history of Li Zicheng killing Li Yan can also be changed.Thinking of this, he told Li Yan's subordinates that if General Li Yan was summoned by the emperor, he must find an excuse and never go to Xi'an.If Xi'an sends a special envoy, General Li Yan must strengthen his defenses.He couldn't explain the reason, and he was still worried, so he called one of his cronies over and asked him to go to Henan with Li Yan's cronies.Li Laiheng secretly explained to him many precautions, and repeatedly asked him to protect General Li Yan.

After the special envoy left, Li Laiheng was not at ease, so he called another confidant of his, Zhao Bing, and said to him: "The emperor may kill General Li Yan. You take ten good men and rush to Henan immediately. Who wants to treat Li Yan?" General Yan strikes, you can shoot to kill."

Zhao Bing is a first-class player trained by Li Laiheng, and it should be fine just to protect Li Yan's life.

Zhao Bing personally chose a powerful role, he will not ask why, he only has one goal, to protect Li Yan.Whoever kills Li Yan, he only remembers a task that Li Laiheng gave: "Shoot and kill." No matter who comes to kill Li Yan, he will kill Li Yan without hesitation.

What if it was Li Guo who came to kill Li Yan, or Li Zicheng himself?Will Zhao Bing also "shoot to kill"?

meeting!
Zhao Bing only had Li Laiheng in his eyes, and he said that whoever was killed must die!
After Zhao Bing left, Li Laiheng felt relieved.

At this time, Lao Jiu came in, and he had important information.

"The Yellow River will soon enter a period of freezing, and the natural danger of the Yellow River will soon cease to be a natural danger. Azig is mobilizing troops frequently. General Li Guo's frontal battlefield already has Azig's [-] elite soldiers. It is possible to break through Li Guo's defense line. Great. In Tongguan, Duoduo concentrated ten red barbarian cannons, and breaking Tongguan is also in sight. Now the situation is critical, shall we send a surprise army to harass it?" Lao Jiu said worriedly.

Indeed, the situation is already critical.However, Li Laiheng was already mentally prepared, and he was going to personally lead troops to harass Azig and Duoduo.These days, he and Hao Yaoqi have made careful preparations for Beijing's city defense. After the layout here is completed, he is going to lead ten thousand light cavalry and his six hundred elites to attack thousands of miles away.

For this decision, Li Laiheng has deduced it hundreds of times. He attacked two battlefields and fought against three famous generals of the Qing Dynasty at the same time. The result of the deduction is that his winning rate is [-]%.

Li Laiheng told Lao Jiu about his plan, and Lao Jiu was relieved.

That night, Li Laiheng invited Hao Yaoqi over again, and the generals in Beijing once again watched Li Laiheng deduce the defense of Beijing and his strategy of leading the army to attack Doduo and Azig.

Gu Ying and Gu Kecheng help Hao Yaoqi to defend the city. After Li Laiheng's repeated deduction of Beijing's offense and defense, they are fully confident in defeating Dorgon's attack.Luo Si and Wang Hu each led their adoptive father's [-] cavalry and Li Laiheng to the expedition. Naturally, they were both excited and excited. Standing on the city wall to fight against the enemy was never as exhilarating as galloping on the battlefield on a BMW.

After demonstrating the entire battle process, Li Laiheng said: "The battlefield is always unknown. Our demonstration is only a directional process. There are many unknowns on the battlefield. We must be mentally prepared to make timely decisions. If there is no accident, we can start in ten days. Striking."

Funiu Mountain.On the third day of Li Laiheng's deduction of Beijing's offense and defense, Li Yan's special envoy returned.Before they had time to report to Li Yan in detail, they suddenly received a report that Li Zicheng's special envoy had arrived.

Li Zicheng's special envoy brought as many as 500 guards this time.Li Laiheng's confidant thumped in his heart, thinking, it's broken, will Li Zicheng really do it?

(End of this chapter)