In the north of Xinzhou City, four newly filled tombs are lined up in the wilderness. The cold wind blows, and the soul-calling flags in front of the tombs are flying up and down, as if they are telling something.
Li Zicheng, surrounded by Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Li Dingguo, Li Yan and others, stood in front of the tomb and paid homage.
Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui were also among the crowd. Their faces were very ugly, with sadness, anger, regret, etc. All kinds of emotions were intertwined together, making them very uncomfortable.
On the tombstones of the four tombs, the official positions and names of Wang Tingchen, Tang Tong, Liu Zhaoji, and Zuo Guangxian were written respectively. No matter what merits and demerits the four people had in the past, they have now become a handful of loess and returned to the world.
"Master Hong, General Wu, let's go into the city. There are still many important things to discuss."
Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui saluted one after another. They followed Li Zicheng and others on their horses and entered the city. The group of bandits and knights behind them followed in a mighty manner and surrounded the people into Xinzhou City from the north gate.
At this time, the Zhizhou Yamen had been transformed into Li Zicheng's palace. As the generals of the bandit battalions rushed here one after another, Li Zicheng laughed and formally introduced Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui to everyone.
"Our Dashun army has four military advisors, Mr. Li, Mr. Song, Mr. Niu and Mr. Gu. Today we have Master Hong. Five think tanks have gathered together. It can be seen that our Dashun will definitely prosper!"
Immediately, Li Zicheng saluted Hong Chengchou in public and said loudly: "In the future, there will be important military and political affairs, but please give me your advice without hesitation, Mr. Hong!"
Hong Chengchou was moved when he saw this. He secretly thought that Li Zicheng was able to dominate the world for so many years. He was indeed outstanding. At least his treatment of talents was much better than that of Emperor Chongzhen.
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However, after all, Hong Chengchou was old and read books about sages, and he was once the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet. At this time, Hong Chengchou was a thief. Even if it was a fact, he would inevitably feel uncomfortable. At this time, he just smiled lightly, returned the gift, and said: "Can you get it?" The king's favor is my blessing, Hong Chengchou!"
Li Zicheng smiled and didn't take it seriously, then pulled Wu Sangui up and said: "There are still more than 36,000 Ming army prisoners in the city. Gu intends to reorganize these prisoners into a separate battalion and hand them over to General Wu. Commander, how about taking General Wu as the general of the new camp system, and all the generals in the camp will be served by General Wu’s generals, and I will not interfere?"
Unlike Hong Chengchou, the reason why Wu Sangui was able to run rampant in Liaodong was because he had the Wu family and the ancestral family as backers. But now Liaodong has been occupied by the Manchus. Zu Dashou surrendered to the Manchus. It is said that the whole Wu family also surrendered to death. , his father Wu Xiang also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty together with Zu Dashou. Now Wu Sangui is alone in the family, so he has no worries about joining Li Zicheng, as long as he has a lot of troops and authority.
I saw Wu Sangui cupping his fists and saying: "The last general accepts the order, and from now on I am willing to fight with the king in the world!"
"Ha ha!"
Li Zicheng encouraged Wu Sangui with satisfaction, and then returned to his seat and said: "The Battle of Xinzhou is over, and now the situation in the world has changed greatly. Our Dashun soldiers will also have to rectify it. The specific rectification matters are left to Li Zicheng Tell me, sir."
Li Yan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, generals: Not long ago, Liu Yan, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty, led more than 100,000 troops to fight against more than 300,000 Qing troops in Changping Prefecture and Yanqing.
Prefecture and other places, they defeated the Tartars and beheaded hundreds of thousands of people. Huang Taiji, Haoge, Jierhalang, Abatai, Azig and other Manchu and Qing slave chiefs were all killed. The remaining Qing soldiers fled out of the customs in embarrassment. , in a short period of time, it is no longer possible to retreat, so next, the Ming court will definitely mobilize a large army to conquer Dashun. "
At this time, Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui were stunned. The facts were completely different from what Li Zicheng told them. Li Zicheng had lied to them!
Li Zicheng also noticed that the eyes of Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui looked at him, full of anger, but he did not take it seriously and still listened carefully to Li Yan's words.
"Therefore, our Dashun soldiers must gather their troops, reorganize the main forces of each battalion, increase combat power and equipment as soon as possible, and actively respond to the Ming court's conquest."
"Now among the Ming army, the only ones who can fight against my Dashun soldiers are Liu Yan's troops. You have all seen how powerful their troops are. Therefore, I hope that all the generals will cooperate with us in this reorganization."
Li Yan then began to announce the detailed reorganization strategy:
In addition to the previous old camp, middle camp, front camp, rear camp, left camp, right camp, and firearms camp, the new army's left camp and the new army's right camp were newly added. The new army's left camp was led by Wu Sangui. The right battalion of the New Army was led by Chen Yongfu.
At the same time, the specific strength of each battalion has also been adjusted. The old battalion is no longer just a gathering place for the families of the bandits, but also mobilizes many elites. The flag of the old battalion is bright yellow and will exist as Li Zicheng's personal guard battalion. Li Zicheng personally led the camp, and Quan General Tian Jianxiu commanded the troops in the camp. There were 10,000 knights, 25,000 armored soldiers, and more than 400,000 family members of the remaining thieves.
The flag of the Zhongying camp is blue, led by General Quan
Liu Zongmin was in command, and under his command were general He Jin, former Guoyi general Ren Jirong, and Houyi general Wu Ruyi. The camp commanded 20,000 knights, 50,000 armored soldiers, and 120,000 dead soldiers.
The flag of Zuoying is white, and it is led by the system general Liu Fangliang. Under his command are the left general Ma Shiyao, the right general Liu Rukui, the left powerful general Li Jin, commanding 30,000 knights, 50,000 armored soldiers, and 80,000 dead soldiers.
The banner of Youying is red, and it is commanded by the system general Yuan Zongdi. Under his command are Youguoyi General Liu Tichun and Deputy Weiwei General Dang Shouxu. They command 30,000 heroic cavalry, 40,000 armored soldiers, and 100,000 dead soldiers.
The flag of the front camp is black, and it is commanded by the general Li Laiheng. Under his command are generals Gu Kecheng and Xie Junyou from the left Guoyi, and general Tian Hu from the right Guoyi. The camp has 40,000 knights, 40,000 armored soldiers, and 130,000 dead soldiers.
The flag of the rear camp is blue, and it is commanded by the general Li Guo. Under his command are General Zhang Neng of Zuo Guoyi, General Ma Chongxi and Gao Yigong of Right Guoyi. The camp has 50,000 knights, 60,000 armored soldiers, and 10 dead soldiers. Twenty thousand.
The flag of the Firearms Camp is red. It is commanded by General Li Dingguo. Under his command is General Ai Nengqi of Youguoyi. The camp has 10,000 firearms soldiers, 15,000 cavalry, and an artillery team equipped with 300 cannons. There are 20,000 soldiers in armor.
The flags of the left and right camps of the new army are both green. The left camp is led by the commanding general Wu Sangui. Under his command are General Xia Guoxiang of Zuo Guoyi, General Wang Pingfan of You Guoyi, and the deputy Ma Bao who was transferred from the old camp. At this time, Ma Bao was appointed General You Guoyi. The 36,000 Ming army prisoners in the camp were reorganized and divided into 16,000 knights and 20,000 armored soldiers. In addition, 50,000 dead soldiers were allocated.
The right camp was commanded by Chen Yongfu, and under his command was General Chen De (Chen Yongfu) of Zuo Guoyi.
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The remaining Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Gu Junen and others have been named the four major military advisors: front, rear, left and right. This time, Hong Chengchou was designated as the central military advisor by Li Zicheng, and together with the other four, they were called the five major military advisors.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see through this reorganization that the strength of Liu Zongmin's central camp had been greatly weakened. Not only had a lot of troops been transferred out, but also several generals had been transferred away. Liu Zongmin also had a look on his face, but he didn't say anything. .
"After this reorganization, our Dashun officers and soldiers have more than 1.2 million soldiers in each battalion, and there are more than 400,000 family members of the old battalion. With a huge momentum and complete armor and soldiers, we will surely conquer the world in one fell swoop and achieve eternal feats!"
After Li Yan finished speaking, everyone present cheered, and Li Zicheng's face was also filled with excitement. He immediately ordered the soldiers and horses of each battalion to immediately assemble in the Xinzhou area. At the same time, money, food, and soldiers were mobilized from various places. The soldiers and horses of each battalion were assembled. After that, reorganization and training began immediately in the Xinzhou area.
At this time Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty, we also need to ask the officials in various places in Dashun to appease the people and resume production as soon as possible in order to deliver money and food supplies to the millions of soldiers in Dashun."
"Well, what Mr. Niu said is true!"
Not to be outdone, Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, you have also ordered all regions to recruit auxiliary troops to garrison the city to prevent the Ming troops from Jiangnan, Sichuan, and Shandong from sending troops to cause havoc when the main forces of each battalion are mobilized."
"You're right, Mr. Song's words are very much what I want!"
Here Li Zicheng was having a heated discussion with everyone, but over there Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui felt very uncomfortable. They had surrendered to the bandits, and they were originally being raped.
He was helpless and thought that Liu Yan was defeated by the Qing army. It was better to surrender to Li Zicheng, who was also a Han, and then continue to fight against the Qing army. Who would have thought that Li Zicheng had deceived him?
After talking for a while, Li Zicheng looked at Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui who had strange expressions. A chill flashed in his eyes. Then he saw that the matter was almost done and said, "Okay, everyone will go back first. The soldiers of each battalion, except the old battalion, Everyone is stationed outside the city, and you can also mobilize your troops and set up camp."
"yes!"
Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui looked at each other, sighed, and then left the prefect's Yamen together.
Li Yan also left in a hurry. The old camp needed to be reorganized. As the female general of the old camp, his wife Hong Niangzi must have a lot to do, so Li Yan was also eager to go over and help.
Li Zicheng looked at the backs of everyone leaving, and then sent someone to call Niu Jinxing back.
At this time, there were only two people in the room, Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing. Li Zicheng said, "Looking at Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, they are not angry. It is obviously because they were deceived into surrendering. Does Mr. Niu have a plan to make them sincerely surrender?"
Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "It turns out that Your Majesty is worried about this matter. In fact, it is not difficult to get Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui to surrender sincerely. Just cut off their retreat."
Immediately, Niu Jinxing picked up the paper and pen next to him, wrote a notice, and then said: "The students will write a notice about the news that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui defected to the Dashun Army. Your Majesty can send people to distribute it everywhere, preferably to all places in Beizhili Also send some to let everyone in the Ming court know. This will stop Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui from thinking anyway, and they will naturally feel at ease to fight for Dashun."
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Zicheng burst out laughing and said, "Okay! That's it, I'll leave this matter to Mr. Niu."
"Students dare not obey orders."
Two days later, Hong Chengchou was reading in his temporary residence when he suddenly saw Wu Sangui bursting in angrily. He was startled, quickly closed the doors and windows, and asked, "Uncle, is this what happened?"
Wu Sangui said angrily: "I don't know, sir, but Niu Jinxing wrote a notice, vividly stating that you and I surrendered to the bandits, and then sent people to post it everywhere in Beizhili!"
After hearing this, Hong Chengchou looked bitter and said, "This is Li Zicheng cutting off our retreat!"
Wu Sangui punched the table angrily and said, "In this case, we can only go to the dark side in one way!"
Hong Chengchou raised his head and wanted to say something, but in the end he shook his head, swallowed his original words, and said instead: "For the present plan, the eldest uncle must seriously train his soldiers and horses. It is best to build some shield chariots and iron armored vehicles." Shields and other objects will be able to withstand firearms when they come to the battlefield to fight with Liu Yan's tribe."
Wu Sangui said: "I went to see Li Yan yesterday and learned a lot of news about the Yanqing Prefecture War from him. Now even the Qing army knows that they are equipped with a large number of firearms and use them against Liu Yan's tribe. But Li Zicheng still solidified the firearms in Within one battalion, the rest of the battalions are still all hand-to-hand combat soldiers, this is not okay!”
Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. Although the bandit army has begun to consolidate its territory, its family is too thin and cannot build firearms and weapons on a large scale. It can only rely on numerical superiority to fight. Uncle Chang can only Find your own way and adapt to local conditions
Think of a way to check and balance Liu Yan's firearms. "
Wu Sangui sighed and said miserably: "What a trick of fate, who would have thought that we would reach this point?"
