Dashun Yongchang

If the northern soldiers do not arrive and Sangui is isolated and helpless, I will help Your Majesty destroy this rebellious minister; if the northern soldiers arrive, Dashun will be defeated, and we will withdraw and return to Beijing first.Even if His Majesty survives in the capital, and there are not many soldiers and horses around, he will still treat us leniently.It's just that I didn't expect that His Majesty's order to move the camp yesterday afternoon ruined this plan.

The last general thought, this Liao wanted His Majesty to punish the last general, so as to arouse the dissatisfaction of the soldiers of the front battalion, and then this Liao would be able to control the military power of the front battalion alone, and then act as an internal response for the northern soldiers.The last general dares to assert that there must be evidence for copying Tang Tong's account at this moment. "

Li Laiheng couldn't listen anymore, and cursed bitterly: "You are so shameless, you are also a Shaanxi Township Party? You don't tell His Majesty when you hear this kind of thing. If it wasn't for that thief Tang Tong who exposed you, you Is Te Niang really planning to run away as soon as the battle starts?"

Bai Guangen's face was flushed, he couldn't be right.Song Xiance on the side finally recovered from the shock, and he felt lucky at this moment, if His Majesty hadn't suddenly changed his mind and stopped fighting Wu Sangui, there would be no such thing as moving the camp.Without moving the battalion, once the Bai and Tang tribes, who were standing independently on the left wing, fled before the battle, the morale of the Dashun army would be greatly depressed. Coupled with the news of the arrival of the northern soldiers, the Dashun army would definitely lose this battle.

This time, he blamed himself a little. These days, he was patronizing and advising His Majesty, but he forgot his own job.Sure enough, after the capture of the capital, everyone felt that the big deal was the bottom line, and even he unconsciously slacked off.Or His Majesty is sure that the battle with Jiannu and Wu Sangui cannot be resolved in today's battle.

Song Xiance stabilized his mind, and said to Bai Guangen: "You dare to issue a military order. If you can't find any evidence in Tangtong camp, are you willing to be charged with false accusations?"

At this time, Bai Guangen had nowhere to go, and Li Laiheng's scolding also woke him up. Now if he can't make meritorious deeds to atone for his sins, the accusation of running away before the war alone is enough to make Li Zicheng chop him off.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "The general is willing to issue a military order. If no evidence can be found, please cut off the general's head."

Song Xiance took the pen and ink, wrote a military order in a hurry, and then said to Bai Guangen, "Come forward and copy a copy yourself."

Taking advantage of Bai Guangen's opportunity to write the military order, Song Xiance took another gold medal to Li Laiheng and said, "You take Mr. Bai to see Zhang Weiwu, and ask him to pick up his troops and accompany Mr. Bai to the Tangtong Camp to check. If there is no criminal evidence, the Tangtong headquarters will be suppressed. If there is no evidence, then the military order of the Bai Zongbing will be read out to the front battalion, and then the Bai Zongbing will be brought back to the Chinese army..."

On the other hand, Tang Tong, who went to see Li Zicheng, knew nothing about what happened to Bai Guangen, because Li Zicheng was talking with Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, Zuo Maotai and other civil officials released by Wu Sangui at this time, so he was placed in an empty room. In the tent, he is not allowed to walk around indiscriminately, waiting for His Majesty to summon him.In the past, Tang Tong disliked that the Dashun Army's internal hierarchy was not clear enough, everyone was free to come and go, and the habit of the rebel army had not yet been washed away.But after sitting and drinking tea in this tent for a long time, he felt that the rules of the Dashun Army were actually good before, and they were much more humane than the current rules.

In March of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng set up officials such as Shangxiang, Zuopu, Youbi, Minister of the Six Governments, and Langzhong in Xiangyang.It can be regarded as the initial establishment of the system of the Dashun regime.

In March of the first year of Yongchang, Li Zicheng appointed six governments to further improve the Dashun regime.The cabinet was changed to Tianyou Hall, and Niu Jinxing succeeded as the chief assistant.It can be said that the current Dashun regime is shifting from military rule to civil rule.

Ming ministers such as Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, and Zuo Maotai who surrendered are enriching the ruling power of the new regime.However, because of the torture and looting of the capital, a large number of gentry officials left Beijing, either returning to their hometowns or going to the southern capital.In this way, these few civil servants released by Wu Sangui are somewhat precious to Li Zicheng.

In the past, a large number of old Ming officials wanted to find a position in the new government, but now Li Zicheng has to consider how to retain these civil officials to stay in the system and work for him.Therefore, he still attached great importance to these civil officials released by Wu Sangui, and met them early in the morning. On the one hand, he wanted to appease these officials detained by Wu Sangui and reward them for their service; on the other hand, he wanted to inquire about the situation in Shanhaiguan.

Wang Zeyao was straightforward. After meeting Li Zicheng, he said to him bluntly: "Wu Sangui has taken refuge in Jiannu. I heard that the Nine Kings arrived in Lianshan yesterday. It is less than 200 miles away from Shanhaiguan. Hurry up, at least we will arrive at Shanhaiguan in the next day. Your Majesty, this battle can no longer be fought, it is best to retreat quickly..."

Chapter 13 Incident

Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai bowed their heads and listened to Wang Zeyao's report to Li Zicheng about what he had seen in Shanhaiguan, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that the other party didn't mention what Wu Sangui said when he saw him off.They knew in their hearts that Wang Zeyao was not trying to save them, but the crown prince.

Although they all surrendered Dashun, they were not willing to see Li Zicheng cut off Chongzhen's blood one by one.Of course, this is just a fantasy in their hearts. The past dynasties have changed, and there has never been any room for the elimination of the blood of the previous dynasty. Even if Li Zicheng really wants to do something, they can only keep silent, so as not to implicate themselves.

Regarding Wang Zeyao's suggestion, Li Zicheng still listened to a lot. Except for the fact that he was different from the other party's countermeasures, he fully agreed with the withdrawal of troops.But from the former governor of Ming Dynasty, someone also understood that the civil servants of Ming Dynasty really didn't understand practical matters.

People like him who just inherited Li Zicheng's memory know that if they don't first explain the reason for fighting or retreating to the army, it will only cause panic among the soldiers, and the withdrawal will turn into a rout.However, Wang Zeyao didn't know this, or the other party didn't care about it at all. After all, Daming lacked food and wages, but there was no shortage of people. 10 people.

But for the Dashun Dynasty, if the [-] Dashun Army were gone, the Dashun Army would be seriously injured, and most of the achievements of the past ten years of battle would be considered lost.Therefore, as long as there is a chance of bringing back the army, Li Zicheng will stick to it in his heart.

Li Zicheng talked with the three of them for nearly an hour. When it was close to the beginning of noon, Song Xiance took Zhang Nai to see him outside the big tent, saying that he had something important to report.Only then did Li Zicheng suspend the conversation with the three of them, allowing Song Xiance and Zhang Nai to meet.

Song Xiance glanced at the several officials in the tent, and then saluted Li Zicheng and reported: "Your Majesty's eyes are on the torch. Tang Tong, a rebellious minister, has indeed committed evil. Correspondence with Jiannu and Sangui, as well as the capture of several disguised Manchurians in their camp, please show Your Majesty how to deal with this case."

Someone sighed in his heart, sure enough, these famous generals were nothing but fools, no one was watching them, they were just a group of small warlords.But on the face, he said very calmly: "Bring Tang Tong up, let him identify who these real Manchurians are, and talk to him about something."

Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, and Zuo Maotai were not as calm as Li Zicheng when they heard that Tang Tong was colluding with Sangui and the Manchurians. After they knew that Sangui had defected to Manchuria, they were no longer optimistic about the Dashun Army. If there are traitors, then this battle will be even more hopeless.Even if Li Zicheng caught Tang Tong, a traitor, but soon after the war, a traitor appeared on his side, and the morale of the army has not yet been shaken.

Therefore, even Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai sincerely persuaded Li Zicheng to retreat quickly before the northern soldiers arrived at Shanhaiguan.Li Zicheng just smiled and didn't say a word. He led the crowd outside the big tent, and then sat with the tent behind his back. Soon Li Laiheng came over with a group of people dressed as Ming soldiers with their heads shaved.

The expedition was too urgent, and these surrendered Ming soldiers were still wearing Ming military uniforms. Li Zicheng was also thoughtful when he saw this scene.Not only did he not change the formation of these surrendered Ming troops, he didn't even change their uniforms. No wonder they betrayed Dashun with little psychological pressure, because emotionally, these surrendered Ming troops did not regard themselves as Dashun's army.

Tang Tong, who had lost his hat and one boot, and his clothes were torn to reveal his inner armor, was escorted by two of Li Zicheng's personal soldiers to the big tent.Tang Tong was very annoyed at first, thinking that Li Zicheng wanted to annex his army, but after he walked to the big tent and looked at the Manchurians kneeling on the grass, he finally calmed down.

Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the chair, leaned on the armrest of the chair, repeatedly looked at the several Manchurians kneeling in front of him, and suddenly pointed to one of them and asked, "Is this man who has just shaved his hair a real Manchurian?"

Bai Guangen, who was kneeling beside him, said: "Return to Your Majesty, this is Sun Youbai, the former Ningyuan guard. He is not a Manchurian."

Li Zicheng looked at Tang Tong at the side and asked, "Tell me, Mr. Tang, who are these people? Why are they in your camp and are your servants?"

Tang Tong's face was pale, but he remained silent.Li Zicheng looked at him for a long time, and said mockingly: "You are so weak in front of other people, but hardened in front of me. Does this mean that I dare not kill you?"

Tang Tong finally opened his mouth and said: "I have nothing to say, but I want to die quickly. However, if your Majesty hadn't tortured and plundered hundreds of officials in Beijing, causing the gentry to look sideways and making Dashun lose the hearts of the people in the world, why would I have to fight with Sangui and Manchuria?" Communication between people. It's not that I betrayed His Majesty, but that His Majesty gave up the world, and I just want to protect myself."

Tang Tong's words immediately angered the officers and men of the Dashun Army nearby. Just as they were cursing Tang Tong, Li Zicheng suddenly stood up, walked up to him and asked sharply, "Even if it's the kindness between you and me Unfinished business, so did Emperor Lie show no kindness to you? Did the people of Ming Dynasty show no kindness to you? What is the reason why you colluded with Jiannu to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and poisoned the Chinese people?

As long as you Tang Tong has a family and relatives, my Chinese people don’t have any?Jiannu broke in several times, but that time was not to slaughter millions of souls and plunder trillions of fortunes.Wherever Jiannu passed, it was a blank space where chickens and dogs did not leave.

If you want to oppose me, I can understand.If you collude with the Manchus under the banner of anti-I, then you are a national traitor.A national thief like you, what else can you complain about?What a jerk. "

Li Zicheng raised his foot and kicked in anger. Tang Tong fell to the ground and knelt up again. He could understand Li Zicheng's anger. The family of the minister, the minister is willing to accept the crime and suffer death."

Li Zicheng looked at him for a long time before he said: "I will give you a chance if you read it to our monarchs and ministers. You write a confession and talk about how you failed the people of Ming Dynasty and Emperor Lie. What is your crime?" , and then recite it in public in the camps, then I will leave you a whole body, the crime is not as good as your family."

Although he deeply felt the humiliation of pleading guilty in public, Tang Tong still nodded and said: "The guilty minister takes orders, and I only hope that Your Majesty will keep his promise."

Li Zicheng waved someone to take Tang Tong down to write a confession, then glanced at the Manchurians and traitors who were still kneeling there, and said casually: "There are those who are willing to reveal their identities and identify others. They pushed out the gate of the camp and chopped it off, just to use their heads to sacrifice to Emperor Lie."

Seeing a group of soldiers coming to arrest people without any hesitation, Sun Youbai, who had a tail of money, was startled, and finally blurted out: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, that is the third-class Angbang Zhang Jingtulai, the fifth founding minister of the Qing Dynasty!" Fei Yingdong's seventh son belongs to Zhenghuang Banner in Manchuria, so he is not an unknown person."

Several Manchurians glared at Sun Youbai immediately, and cursed at him in Manchu. If they hadn't been tied with their arms, they would have rushed to fight this meeting.However, Li Zicheng didn't pay attention to Sun Youbai, who was scolded by the Manchurians, who shrank his head and kept quiet. Instead, he paid attention to the older one among the few people with a calm face.

The man sighed, and stopped the Manchu people around him in Manchu, telling them to stop cursing, and then said to Li Zicheng in Beijing Mandarin: "Guarja Tulai has seen Yongchang Emperor, I also ask Your Majesty to show the Qing Dynasty a little face. If you want to do something, you might as well give it a good time."

Li Zicheng looked at him for a long time, before he asked: "You are also a nobleman among the Manchus, so you come to our camp to spy on the military, isn't it too courageous?"

Tulai stood up with the help of his subordinates. Li Xi was about to go up and push him down again, but when he saw Li Zicheng's gesture, he retreated again.Tulai, who stood up here, was only half a head smaller than Li Zicheng, but his body was not weaker than Li Zicheng's.

He looked at Li Zicheng fearlessly and said proudly: "If Tulai can succeed, your army will be defeated in one battle. I don't know how many people can be saved from the Manchurian army. If Tulai fails, it will only cost me a head. Such a good deal, why not do it? It's just that I didn't expect that my luck is so bad, and I have nothing to say."

Facing such Manchurians, the soldiers of the Dashun Army were really speechless.The third-class Angbang Zhangjing is similar to the chief soldier of Ming Dynasty, but he was born in Zhenghuangqi and Fei Yingdongzi. This status is almost the same as that of Li Guo and others.Running to the enemy's camp in such a capacity to take the risk of instigating the enemy's army is indeed very few people can do it.

Li Zicheng looked at Tulai, then looked at the surrounding soldiers, and felt that he had dealt enough blows to his family today, and he couldn't let this Tulai hurt his morale, so he said loudly: "You know why your luck is so bad. Is it so bad? Because the destiny is in my Dashun, and if I follow the law, I will naturally help it.

My Dashun Army protects the Chinese people, defends the country, and you against the Qing Dynasty are just robbers who came to plunder China, murder and set fire to it. Thinking that God will bless you is simply delusional.Take them down, separate them, and don't let them talk to each other.I'll deal with them after I've dealt with the affairs of the former camp. "

Li Xi immediately stepped forward to take orders, leading a group of soldiers to take these Tulai and other Manchurians down.Before leaving, Tulai took a deep look at Li Zicheng, then turned and followed the soldiers.

Li Zicheng glanced at the audience and said, "Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, Zuo Maotai, Song Xiance, Zhang Nai, and Bai Guangen will stay here, and the others will go back to work. Also, please invite General Quan to discuss matters."

After all, Li Zicheng turned around and returned to the big tent.Soon, the officials he named named generals filed in.Li Zicheng ordered everyone to move a horse, and waited quietly for a while, then heard a heavy footstep.

Before Liu Zongmin entered the big tent, his voice had already come in, "Brother, what's going on? The traitor Tang Tong actually betrayed..."

Chapter 14 Disposal

Li Zicheng recruited several people to clean up the mess, but the civil servants didn't want to get involved in this matter.One is that those who betrayed Dashun were famous generals who surrendered, but they were famous ministers who surrendered. It can only be said that they did not know what to do if they intervened on this issue; How to deal with the army left by Tang Tong.

However, Liu Zongmin was more interested in this army, and once wanted to select the capable ones to enrich his army.However, both Song Xiance and Zhang Nai expressed their opposition. Song Xiance felt that Liu Zongmin's strength was already strong enough, and if it was strengthened, it would destroy the internal balance of the Dashun Army, while Zhang Nai stood on the standpoint of an impending war Considering that the backbone of the army is removed at this time, the remaining troops will become stragglers, who will use them.

After letting everyone express their opinions, Li Zicheng, who had already considered it, came to a conclusion and said: "The war is imminent, and the morale of the army cannot continue to be shaken. Zong Min, it will not take long to get those elite forces under your command." Months of heart-to-heart talk, do you really dare to use it now?"

Liu Zongmin opened his mouth, and finally sat back without saying a word.Li Zicheng went on to say: "The big rectification will be discussed after returning to Beijing. There is only one priority at the moment, to stabilize the morale of the army and not to mess it up.

If we want to do this, I don't think Tang Tong's crimes can be magnified. If Tang Tong's cronies in the army are all arrested, it is impossible for this army to be used in this battle.Therefore, the crime only affects Tang Tong. After he reads the confession in each camp, Zhang Nai, you go to prison and hang him.

In addition, all the favors of the children in his family were exempted. Except for the mansion and the ration field of 20 mu per capita, the other fields were confiscated and distributed to the family members of the army, first to those who died in state affairs.Zuo Maotai, I will leave this matter to you. "

Zhang Nai and Zuo Maotai both got up and responded.Then Li Zicheng patted the armrest of the chair and thought for a while, and then said: "Divide the 2 people in the former battalion into five divisions, and let Bai Guangen, Ren Guangrong, Guan Fumin, and Zhou Fengwu each lead one division. Bai Guangen will still be the commander of the former division. The three are vice versa.

Military division, Yu Zhen issued another order to go down. If anyone in the front battalion does not want to fight but wants to go home, they can pay 2 taels of silver for travel expenses and let them go home and farm.But those who dare to seek refuge in slavery and commit crimes will be severely punished. "

If war was really going to happen, Song Xiance would definitely oppose Li Zicheng's order.But he already knew that Li Zicheng wanted to withdraw his troops, so these unstable factors must be eliminated first.It's better to let those sergeants who don't want to serve Dashun go now than to run away when the Qing soldiers appear later.

However, Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, and Liu Zongmin all expressed doubts about this order, worrying that it would cause riots among the troops. After all, there is no strict military discipline to restrain them, and almost no army is willing to fight hard.Now some people can go home with money, but some people still have to fight hard here, which will naturally cause dissatisfaction.

After hearing their complaints, Li Zicheng immediately said: "I also know that if this order is issued, the soldiers below will definitely be dissatisfied. The army who betrayed Dashun can go home with money, but they want to stay here It's really unfair to fight for me.

The Ming army recruited a soldier to pay 5 taels for settling down, 15 taels of pension for the family after death, and 3 cents of salt and vegetable money per soldier per day when they were marching abroad. Speaking of which, the treatment of my Dashun army is actually not as good Ming army.It's just that it would be nice if the Ming army could get half of the money, and we gave it to the soldiers in real terms, so the morale of our army is still higher than that of the Ming army.

But now there is no Da Ming's army, it is my Dashun's army, so I decided to change the welfare of the army.I think that whether it is the Dashun Army or the Ming Army, the welfare of the soldiers is too low.I have said that I did not rebel for the sake of being emperor, but for the sake of defending the interests of the people.

This Dashun world is not the world of my family, but the world of the people in the world.Therefore, the soldiers are not fighting for me, but fighting for themselves.What is fighting for oneself is fighting for one's own interests.You can't get 24 taels a year, and 15 taels if you die, so it's called fighting for yourself, right?Therefore, I decided that after returning to Beijing, I will distribute the land to the soldiers.

All soldiers who defended the border for the country, whether it is our Dashun Army or the Ming Army in the past, will be given 10 acres of land for those who have retired after 200 years, 400 acres for those who have retired due to injuries, and [-] acres for those who have sacrificed their lives for the country.Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, you two are responsible for counting the rosters of each army. After I return to Beijing, I will discuss with the chief assistant to see how to distribute the land to the soldiers. "

Liu Zongmin and Zhang Nai greatly supported Li Zicheng's idea of ​​allocating land to the soldiers, but several civil servants showed embarrassment, Zhang Ruoqi bit the bullet, ignored the gazes of the two generals, and said to Li Zicheng cautiously: "Your Majesty, Dashun The number of the army plus the Ming army is more than a million, and I am afraid that there is not so much idle land in the world that can be distributed to the soldiers."

Li Zicheng glanced at him and felt that the question was very substandard. If he couldn't return to the capital smoothly from here, he probably wouldn't have any success in the future. Does he still need to worry about whether there is enough idle land in the world?What's more, even if he returns to the capital, how long Dashun can last is still a question. If the soldiers don't work hard to keep Dashun, they naturally don't have the qualifications to ask themselves for the land.

However, he still calmly said to Zhang Ruoqi: "The north is dilapidated, and there are many unowned fields. It is nothing if the government takes it back and distributes it to the soldiers. What's more, there is still a large area of ​​land in Liaodong. If the soldiers take Liaodong Naturally, there is no need to worry that I don’t have land for them. They can’t even defend their own land, so they expect me to conjure land for them, right?”

What Zhang Ruoqi actually asked was not this, what he was worried about was that Li Zicheng would distribute the gentry's land to the soldiers, which was a more hateful act than torture.If this was the case, he would not want to stay in Dashun Dynasty anymore, after all his Zhang family also had a lot of land in Shandong.But Li Zicheng's prevarication made it difficult for him to ask further questions.

Upon seeing this, Li Zicheng got up and said: "If you have no other questions, this is the end of the discussion about the front camp. Wang Zeyao and Zhang Nai, you two sort out what I just said, and then issue an order to implement it. The others Go back if you have nothing to do, and Song Junshi and I need to discuss how the battle situation will change after the Qing soldiers arrive."

"No." Everyone got up and replied, and then walked out of the big tent.

After everyone left, Li Zicheng also got up and walked to the back tent. This is a large tent for discussion, so it is much larger than his sleeping tent, and it is built by 4 tents.There is a low couch and a sand table made of clay in the back tent, which can be seen slightly as the terrain near Shanhaiguan.

Li Zicheng stood in front of the sand table and looked at it for a long time, then pointed to the sand table and said: "Yanshan Mountain is to the north, Bohai Sea is to the south, we are in the west, and Shanhaiguan is in the east. It is 70 miles from Shanhaiguan to Funing County in the rear, and then 60 miles to Yongping , another 120 miles to Fengrun, another 80 miles to Yutian, and another 60 miles to Jizhou, this place has the terrain to slightly block the cavalry of the Qing army and the Guanning army."

Song Xiance calculated and said: "If we leave tonight, we can arrive at Funing tomorrow morning, and Yongping tomorrow night. Even if Jiannu arrives tomorrow, it is impossible to attack me immediately, so we can at least go another 1 hour." Day, so that you can reach Fengrun the night after tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow, even if Jiannu immediately found out that there was something wrong with our army, the front battalion would not be able to surrender immediately, so it would take another day to reach Yutian.In this way, if Jiannu wanted to chase me with fine cavalry, it would take two days to reach Yutian, so our army had already passed Jizhou and reached Sanhe.When the Jiannu cavalry arrived in Sanhe, our army had already entered Tongzhou and was on the verge of fighting with Beijing, so we could fight the exhausted Jiannu. "

After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng said: "Then why don't we confuse Jiannu and Sangui again? We can leave the cavalry and let the infantry go for two days, so that the chances of the infantry getting away are greater. In addition, since we are going south, The Tianjin Ferry must be guarded. The infantry can be divided into two groups, and one group will go tonight. After Fengrun, it will turn south and go to Tianjin. Tomorrow night, another group will go to Jizhou. The cavalry can be delayed as long as possible. .”

Song Xiance thought for a while and asked: "Did the clan and civil officials of the previous dynasty let them leave in the afternoon and go back to the capital to mourn the Emperor Lie? I don't think there is any other excuse. Also avoid them who are not familiar with military affairs During the march at night, the wind leaked out."

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Yes, let Li Xi lead the troops to escort them back. I just told him to bring a few important words to the chief assistant. Now I just have to think about how to delay Jiannu and Sangui to join forces to deal with us." .”

Song Xiance looked at the sand table and frowned. Since Jiannu had accepted Wu Sangui's invitation to go south, it was impossible to miss this opportunity to retain the main force of the Dashun Army.After all, such good things that come to your door by yourself don't happen very often.With Li Zicheng's many years of fighting experience, this time he lost his head and wanted to eat Wu Sangui's team forcefully.

Speaking of which, after entering Beijing, everyone was a little impetuous.If they didn't want to get rid of Wu Sangui as soon as possible so that they could go back to Shaanxi to live a stable life, then Li Zicheng and other generals would not have made such low-level mistakes.

Just when Song Xiance was thinking about these things, Li Zicheng suddenly raised his head and said to him thoughtfully: "Why don't you ask that Sun Youbai, the military adviser, to let him explain all the internal affairs of Jiannu clearly, and then we Let's see if there is an opportunity."

Song Xiance thought for a while and said: "This is also a way, I will let him explain clearly."

After Song Xiance left, Li Zicheng sat on a chair beside him to rest for a while, closed his eyes and rested his mind for a while, but he quickly stood up, walked to the door of the big tent, and had Li Xi called over.

After a while, Li Xi hurried into the big tent, and Li Zicheng, who was writing at the desk, said without raising his head, "I'm writing a letter to the chief assistant, please wait a moment."

Li Xi stood aside and waited quietly. A quarter of an hour later, Li Zicheng pressed the letter paper on the desk and waited for it to dry.This side said to Li Xi: "You move the chair over here, I want to tell you a few things..."

Chapter 15 The Enlightened Zhu Cihong

When Li Xi walked out of Li Zicheng's big tent, he was still a little dazed. Although the sun was shining outside, he always felt a little uneasy.After all, he has been by Li Zicheng's side since he was adopted by Li Zicheng. This is the first time he has left Li Zicheng to act independently. Just like the little eagle who was kicked out of the house just now, he is not used to being supervised by others.

But he quickly regained his composure, and said to a soldier beside the big tent, "Go invite Li Laiheng to my tent, His Majesty has ordered me to account for him..."

Sun Youbai, with his hands tied behind his back, was imprisoned in a tent. It seemed that he was treated better than the real Manchus who were placed in the open air, but he didn't think he was out of danger. After all, the brutality of the bandits and the arrogance of the Manchus , are almost identical.

To be honest, he still feels that the Manchurians are safer, because the Manchurians just treat ordinary people as people, and they are polite to officials and gentry like them, as long as you obey.However, the ferocity of the bandit army is mainly known for its treatment of officials and gentry, while its treatment of civilians is much gentler.Thinking of this, he couldn't help cursing inwardly, "There is no distinction between superiority and inferiority, no respect for famous clans, after all, they are still a bunch of thieves, how can this world live?"

When Sun Youbai thought of this, he felt that he should swear to die, so that he died, but the family could not be liquidated by the Manchus.But he soon became discouraged again. If he was hanged, he could still leave a whole body, and it would be too painful to cut his neck with a knife.The army of the Nine Kings will arrive in no time, and when the Qing soldiers arrive, the bandit army will be defeated, and there is still a chance for him to escape.

Just when he was thinking about what was there, the dim tent suddenly lit up, and it turned out that someone had come in.He subconsciously blurted out: "Brother, can you send a message to His Majesty, I still have something to say about Manchuria, don't rush to kill me."

After the visitor heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Sun Shoubei is a sensible person. Since you know the truth so well, then tell me what you know about Jiannu's inside story, no matter how big or small it is, tell me everything, and my military adviser will record it for you. "

After finishing speaking, the visitor told the person behind him to bring a set of pens, ink, paper, tables and stools.Listening to the conversation between the two, Sun Youbai knew that the person in front of him was Song Xiance, the military advisor of Dashun. He quickly knelt down and pleaded with his face: "Please, military advisor, please untie the little one and give me a glass of water."

Song Xiance glanced at him, then called two soldiers to come in, and gave some instructions.Soon the skylight above the tent was opened, and the sunlight fell into the tent, illuminating the small tent brightly.After the soldiers moved the tables and chairs, Sun Youbai was also untied from the ropes on his body, and then the soldiers made him sit on a chair about two or three steps away from Song Xiance, and the two soldiers stood behind him without moving.

After developing the ink, Song Xiance tried the thickness of the ink, looked up at him and said, "Let's begin, let's start with the inside story of Jiannu's dispatch of troops."

Sun Youbai was very honest. When Song Xiance asked, he opened up the chatterbox and said: "In March of this year, our dynasty, no, the establishment of slaves meant to send troops to conquer Ming. It is said that Fan Wencheng was the first advocate of defeating Ming. The Nine Kings He was the first to stand up and support him. However, the voices against Fa Ming in the country were not small, so the matter of sending troops was delayed.

At the beginning of April, Wu Sangui sent people to ask Jiannu to send troops to help the suppression. At this time, the middle school knew that Beijing had been broken, and the life and death of the late emperor were unknown.So the Nine Kings decided in the court discussion and decided to raise troops to help Ming attack...shun.

Within a few days, the Nine Kings rushed to gather troops and horses.In the vicinity of Shenyang, all males under the age of seventy and over the age of ten joined the army.It is said to be 20 to the outside world, but there are 10,000+ in the eyes of a villain, and there are at least 6 to 7 soldiers.On the ninth day of April, the army set out from Shenyang, and I followed Tulai as the outpost of the army.

On the 15th, Nine Kings Yu Wenghou received another request for help from Liaodong General Soldier Wu Sangui. Wu Zongbing said in the book that he was willing to open Shanhaiguan to our army, and Nine Kings immediately decided to divert Shanhaiguan to march.Tulai is still an outpost of the army. Our army arrived at Huanxi Ridge on the 18th day and night. Tulai asked me to contact the garrison at Jiumenkou to learn about the inside story of the Shun army. As a result, I got in touch with General Tang Tong..."

Sun Youbai's explanation was similar to Song Xiance's understanding and guess, so Song Xiance judged that what he said was the truth, so he continued to ask: "Then tell me again, those people in the Jiannu Kingdom opposed sending troops, and their What's the reason..."

At this time, the news of Tang Tong's rebellion in the former camp had spread in the camp, but because Li Zicheng arranged manpower, Tang Tong colluded with the Manchurians and recounted the details of Tang Tong's collusion with the Manchurians in every battalion. There were no rumors circulating in the camp, and the battalions quickly settled down.Even the soldiers of the former battalion calmed down from the panic in the morning after Tang Tong confessed his crimes.

At this time, regardless of the Ming, Qing, and Shun armies, they are all military generals. Speaking of which, the Qing army and the Shun army are even more disciplined than the Ming army.Because the former used the Eight Banners as the backbone to suppress the armies, even the generals of the Ming army who surrendered in the past would find it difficult to control the private army under them, at most they could only control the servants around them.As for the Shun army, it lacks the tradition of the Ming army. In addition, the Shun army grew up from continuous battles with the Ming army. Those who survived a few battles were incorporated into the old battalion. Therefore, the privatization of the army has not yet been completed. It has become a common practice.

In these Ming armies that have not been rectified, it is actually what the general says, but when it comes to desperate situations, the servants around him are the ones the general can use.If Tang Tong's troops were not in the Dashun Army's barracks at this time, but had an independent battalion, then Tang Tong's servants would naturally not be willing to serve Li Zicheng, but would coerce Tang Tong's men to rebel and join the enemy.

But now, with Bai Guangen's troops under surveillance inside the camp, and Dashun Army's cavalry outside, Tang Tong confessed his crimes in public, and everyone became discouraged.Li Zicheng mobilized several generals who came to accept the former battalion army. They all surrendered to the Ming army. They were very familiar with the internal management methods of the Ming army, and they also had their own servants around them.

Therefore, the military spirit of the former battalion quickly settled down, at least on the surface.Coupled with Li Zicheng's announcement that the soldiers of the former battalion who want to go home to work in agriculture can do as they please, and for those soldiers who are willing to stay and fight for Dashun, they have increased their retirement and pension benefits. God.

Except for those Tang Tong's confidantes who felt that it was impossible for the new generals to accept them, and the soldiers who were eager to go home, most of the people in the former camp chose to stay and serve Emperor Yongchang.So in the end, there were only a few hundred people who asked to leave. For the soldiers who could go home, the Dashun Army immediately gave them 2 taels of travel expenses to let them go home, and issued a document stating that the person had worked hard for Dashun , the local officials should give 50 mu of wasteland to be reclaimed.

As the first team left the camp, some soldiers who were still watching finally couldn't help but stand up. In this way, there were only more than 1200 soldiers who wanted to leave in the end.Except for the 2 soldiers who were closer to their homes and left on their own, the remaining 300 to [-] soldiers decided to go with a group of troops returning to the capital. diet.

This team of people returning to the capital was actually a team escorting Zhu Cihong and other Ming clan and some civil officials.Li Zicheng ordered Li Xi, the commander of his own soldiers, to bring 500 cavalry and 1000 infantry to defend Zhu Cihong and others back to Beijing, and ordered the gentry along the way to come to sacrifice to the emperor.