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Luoyang.

The original Prince Fu's Mansion was renamed the Generalissimo's Mansion in April.

Because when Song Xiance went to Luoyang to obtain information from Li Chuang's ministry, Li Zicheng and others also learned that Liu Sheng had appointed himself "Generalissimo of Yuchu Xinghua".

After Song Xiance left, under the advice of Niu Jinxing, Li Yan, Gu Junen and other think tanks, Li Zicheng also appointed himself the "Civil and Military Marshal of Fengtian Promoting Righteousness", referred to as "Generalissimo of Promoting Righteousness", one year and eight months earlier than in history .

Li Zicheng, who had become the general marshal, was sitting on the golden dragon chair of the former King Fu, looking unhappy.

Anyone who is blind in one eye will not be in a happy mood, not to mention that he has received some bad news recently.

"Then since Liu Sheng has captured Wuyang and Ye County, the next step must be to capture Nanyang. Let's talk about it. What should we do?"

In the hall, there are Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and other people, and there are more than ten people including Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Liu Fangliang and so on.

Liu Zongmin spoke up first: "What's there to say? Nanyang is the fat on our lips, how can we give it to the man named Liu? He, a junior who has only been in the army for one year, has what qualifications to compete with us?"

Liu Zongmin's voice was so loud, it was like shooting off a cannon, which made Li Zicheng frown.

He said solemnly: "Don't underestimate him - he can defeat 30,000 to 40,000 troops and force Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei to retreat to Yancheng. He must have soldiers who can fight."

"No matter how hard we fight, who else can fight?" Liu Zongmin obviously looked down on the Yi tribe rebels and hummed: "What do you say? There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings.

If the elite officers and soldiers hadn't come to deal with them, how could Liu Sheng occupy Runing? How can he defeat tens of thousands of soldiers? "

Li Zicheng's expression became even more gloomy and ugly, but he was too lazy to argue with Liu Zongmin - Liu Zongmin didn't know the importance, and he was afraid that if they continued to argue, they would make both of them look bad.

At this time Li Yan spoke up.

"King Chuang, we now occupy the Yiluo Valley. It seems that we can expand in all directions, but in fact there are only two good ways out.

The first is to go east to Kaifeng - if we can capture Kaifeng Mansion, we can advance and control the Huanghuai Plain, the Grand Canal, and Shandong, cut off the capital's water transportation, and destroy Ming Yi'er.

The second is to go south to Nanyang - if we can take Nanyang Mansion first and then use Huguang as a granary, we can fully feed the soldiers and people, and at the same time cut off a large source of food.

In addition, Huguang is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. To the west, you can attack Sichuan, and to the east, you can attack Jiangnan. It is indeed a must-win place to conquer the world!

Of course, if possible, it would be best for us to capture both Kaifeng and Nanyang in order to have a solid foundation! "

After hearing what Li Yan said, Li Zicheng's expression finally changed from gloomy to clear.

"Commander Li is wise, and what he said is exactly what I want. Kaifeng, Nanyang, we can't let anyone go.

Of course, the most important thing right now is Nanyang.

I heard that Luo Rucai arrived in Xichuan a month ago, and I wanted to meet him. It would be best to ask him to become the leader of the alliance.

Since he is a general, you can make him a general. After the summer harvest, take him with you to defeat Nanyang.

You guys have eaten Nanyang in your mouth, you can’t believe that Liu Sheng still dares to fight! "

Liu Zongmin clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this just like what I said? In the end, we are all going to beat Nanyang and that person named Liu!"

Li Zicheng laughed and said, "So Jiexuan is as wise as he is foolish."

"Who is as wise as a fool?" Liu Zongmin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "This is the word Lao Niu gave me, I almost forgot about it, hahaha..."

The atmosphere in the palace improved, and everyone else started laughing too.

After laughing, Li Zicheng said solemnly: "Before attacking Nanyang, there is a city we must capture, and that is Ruzhou!

Only by taking Ruzhou can we be wary of the army in the east, and we can easily attack Kaifeng in the future.

I won't lead the troops myself this time. Li Guo, you, Liu Fangliang, and Gao Yigong will lead the 50,000 people newly recruited into the army! "

Li Guo stepped out of the queue and clasped his fists, saying: "Yes!"

Li Yan couldn't help but admonished him, "King Chuang, those recruits are all young men selected from hungry people and bandits. They have been in the army for less than a month, and they lack soldiers and armor.

If you let them attack Ruzhou Jiancheng now, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Please think twice, King Chuang! "

Li Zicheng said displeasedly: "Military Commander Li is good at everything, but he is too kind-hearted - how can anyone not die in a war?

I might as well tell you that I just thought those new recruits were too weak, so I let them take them to fight. How can one become an elite soldier without going through bloody battles? "

"But···"

Li Yan wanted to say something more, but as soon as he spoke, he was pulled by Niu Jinxing beside him, saying: "King Chuang has already issued a military order, so don't do it. Besides, can you be better than King Chuang when it comes to fighting?" Better?"

Niu Jinxing's words seemed to be persuading Li Yan, but in fact they revealed that Li Yan was questioning Li Zicheng's military orders and even Li Zicheng's military ability.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Li Zicheng's face obviously darkened again.

Li Yan sighed when he saw this and said no more.

···

Capital.

In the Forbidden City.

Emperor Chongzhen stood on a platform near Wuying Hall, looking up at the sky, and found that the sky was dark and gloomy, just like his mood at the moment.

"Long live my Lord, Grand Sima is here." Wang Chengen said from behind.

"Let him come."

"Yes."

Chen Xinjia, Minister of War, came over and said, "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor."

Although Chongzhen was not in a beautiful mood, he could still maintain basic etiquette.

He turned around and raised his hand to signal, "I love you."

"Long live thanks."

Chongzhen handed over a memorial in his hand and said: "Gao Douguang has been escorted to the capital and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. This is the memorial memorial he wrote. Please take a look, my dear."

Chen Xinjia took the memorial and read it quickly, his brows already furrowed.

Then he said: "Long live, the fact that Runing Liu thief has hundreds of red barbarian cannons is ridiculous. Gao Douguang must have made it up to shirk the blame."

"But after the Jin Yiwei and the imperial envoys I sent to Fengyang secretly visited the armies that experienced the battles of Gucheng and Zhugao, they all said that the rebel army did have many red barbarian cannons, as well as thousands of squatting tiger cannons and thousands of bird muskets. Could it be that they are all lying?"

Chen Xinjia was also very confused after hearing this, and thought hard for a while.

Seeing that Chongzhen's expression quickly became impatient, he quickly said: "The rebel army may only have a few dozen red barbarian cannons. It's just that the soldiers were frightened by the defeat and wanted to shirk the blame, so they all lied to each other and falsely claimed that there were hundreds of red barbarian cannons." cannon.

Banzai also knows that it is difficult to cast red barbarian cannons, and it is equally difficult to buy them from barbarians. The imperial court currently only has more than a hundred cannons, how can the rebel army have hundreds of cannons?

As for squatting tiger cannons and bird cannons, there may be quite a few thieves, but they will never be that many - it is common for frontline soldiers to exaggerate the enemy's strength after defeat to cover up their cowardice and mistakes.

Just like Li Chuang, the local government actually reported that he had an army of 500,000, and some even said that he had an army of 700,000. How is this possible?

If Li Chuang really had such a large army, he would either immediately divide his troops, attack from all directions, or even go straight to the capital.

Either as time goes on, it will be overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of troops, and it will disintegrate without the need for the court to fight. "