Bang, bang, bang, in front of the Wuying Palace in Chang'an Imperial City, the footsteps of the golden-armored guards changing the guard rang out. The collision of armor and weapons made some noises, which reached the ears of Li Zicheng, who stayed up late at night and was still working hard for the country and the people.
Li Zicheng raised his head from the pile of memorials and rubbed his eyes. The sound of the changing of the guard outside reminded him that it was already late at night. He should end the troublesome government affairs and work on another cause that troubles him even more - the cause of creating Shun Taizong for the Dashun Dynasty!
This year, he was forty years old. If it weren't for Emperor Chongzhen's stupidity that kept him busy with rebellion and no time to create people, he would have been a grandfather by now.
But now he has no son and a half, and no one can inherit his great empire. Can this not make people anxious?
Because of this matter, he had already taken five or six concubines in succession, and even had two widows who had given birth to sons selected to serve in the palace.
But the stomachs of the two widows were not up to par, and there was still no movement despite all the trouble! I don’t know how their original child was conceived?
Could it be that he is old and in poor health and cannot continue the family lineage of the Dashun Dynasty?
However, there were many old generals in the Dashun Dynasty, and many of them had sons and daughters. Even my eldest nephew Li Guo (Li Guo is older than Li Zicheng) got a daughter while marching and fighting... I am so envious!
Li Zicheng couldn't help but sigh when he thought that he might have delayed the best time to have children because of Chongzhen's incompetence. Then he put down the government affairs at hand and stood up from the chair - he had to keep working hard! Dashun Jiangshan is still waiting for him. If he doesn't have a son, who will he pass on to? If there is no one who can take over his job, what has he been doing for so many years? Just to make that little brat Li Laiheng proud?
He was so angry when he thought of Li Laiheng... Many people were calling Li Laiheng "Little Chuang King" behind his back!
Is this a curse that Ben Chuang Wang will not be able to have a son? It's so irritating... But even if he is angry, he can't kill Li Laiheng now. Because Li Laiheng was the only heir, if he really didn't have a biological son, then Shun Taizong would have no choice but to take advantage of this little brat. We can't let Dashun Jiangshan perish because there are no successors, right? Even if Li Zicheng doesn't care, the people below won't agree!
Li Zicheng exhaled and patted his chest. He was still very strong! If the clothes are taken off and there are muscles inside, there is no problem at all in having two girls in one night. How could it be impossible to give birth to a son? Is it possible that I need to find a doctor to take a look?
Just when Li Zicheng was preparing to continue working on the issue of Dashun's successor, footsteps sounded softly outside the door, and then he saw a young eunuch walking in and kowtow to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, Zhang Shangshu of the Military Government is here to see you."
"Zhang Linran? So late?" Li Zicheng frowned.
The so-called military government is equivalent to the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty. After Li Zicheng became emperor, he changed the six ministries to the six governments, and the Ministry of War was renamed the military government. The current minister is named Zhang Linran. He is a second minister of the Ming Dynasty. He was born as a Jinshi. Before joining the army, he was in Pingyang. Prefect.
"Quick, tell him to come in!" Li Zicheng knew that Zhang Linran's invitation at night would be up to no good!
He is the Minister of the Military Government!
The forty-year-old Zhang Linran, who looked very majestic, was quickly taken to Wuying Palace by the eunuch. He also kowtowed to Li Zicheng, and then reported urgently: "Your Majesty, I received an urgent report from Wu Shanbo, the defense envoy of Tongguan. ....Wu Sangui's troops have arrived at Nuxiang County, and the forwards have reached Tongguan City!"
"It's coming so fast!" Li Zicheng took a breath, "Come, please go to Xuan Ruhou, Zehou, Qihou, as well as the Prime Minister and the Great Military Advisor!"
The names of Ruhou Liu Zongmin, Zehou Tianjianxiu, Qihou Guying, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, and military advisor Song Xiance were all disturbed by their dreams, and they were all carried to the Wuying Hall in the Imperial City of Chang'an in the middle of the night.
When they arrived, many candles as thick as a child's arm had been lit in the main hall of Wuying Palace, which were leftovers from the palace of Prince Qin of the Ming Dynasty earlier. In the center of the hall, two long tables were put together, and a very carefully drawn map was spread out on them. The map showed the terrain of Tongguanwei, Nexiang County, Lingbao County, Ruicheng County and Puzhou. . Among them, Tongguanwei belongs to Shaanxi, Ranxiang County and Lingbao County belong to Henan, and Ruicheng County and Puzhou belong to Shanxi.
Now, Nexiang County and Lingbao County in Henan have been controlled by Wu Sangui. Although Ruicheng County and Puzhou in Shanxi are still in the hands of the Dashun Army, most of Pingyang Prefecture (Ruicheng County and Puzhou both belong to Pingyang Prefecture) They are all controlled by the Qing army, and Eight Banners soldiers are now stationed in Jiezhou, not far from Ruicheng County and Puzhou.
Tongguan Guard is currently firmly guarded by 7,000 soldiers led by Wushan Boma Shiyao, the former Zuoying General Guoyi of the Dashun Army and the current commander of Tongguan Guard.
By the way, after retreating from Shanxi, Li Zicheng once again reorganized his army. He reorganized his army of more than 100,000 to 200,000 into five battalions, 13 guards, and a left-behind division.
The five battalions are still designated as the front battalion, the rear battalion, the left battalion, the right battalion and the middle power forbidden army. However, there have been considerable changes in the specific troops under their jurisdiction. Some troops were transferred out of the Five Battalion Army system to defend territory that was crucial to the Dashun Dynasty, while other units that performed outstandingly in the Shanxi battle, such as elite soldiers like Chen Yongfu, were transferred into the Five Battalion Army. , became part of Dashun’s elite old camp.
After adaptation and supplementation, the number of the Fifth Battalion Army has once again returned to about 85,000! Now this army is concentrated near Chang'an and can go to the front line at any time to fight Wu Sangui's army.
After the two battalions (rear battalion and right battalion) of Li Guo and Liu Xiyao, the main forces of the Huaiqing counterattack, were transferred to Xiangjing, they changed their designations to Xiangyang Guard and Yunyang Guard. Li Guo and Liu Xiyao respectively Li Guo served as the commander of the Xiangyun Guards, and also served as the left-behind guard in Xiangjing.
The tens of thousands of troops commanded by the two men were stationed in Xiangjing Mansion and Yuanyang Mansion respectively. They were the first batch to participate in the "land reform" and were upgraded from bandits to landlords!
In addition to Xiangyang and Yueyang, whose numbers have swelled due to the "land reform", the Dashun regime now also has Nanyang Guard, Chang'an Guard, Yan'an Guard, Yulin Guard, Hanzhong Guard, Ningxia Guard, Gansu Guard, Xining Guard, and Liangzhou Guard. There are eleven guards including Qinlong Guard, Tongguan Guard and so on. However, the number of soldiers and horses in these eleven guards is relatively small. The largest number is the 7,000 people of the Tongguan Guards. Moreover, land will not be allocated to the soldiers for the time being. The "land reform" of Xiangyun Second Mansion is a bit of a pilot. It is done. will be fully promoted.
When the land reform of the remaining eleven guards is completed, each of the more than 200,000 Dashun soldiers will have a family fortune - Li Zicheng can be considered worthy of them!
Because it had been announced in the army that land would be distributed, the morale of the Dashun Army, which had been defeated repeatedly, began to rise sharply after the Spring Festival. Up and down, I was filled with anticipation again.
Li Zicheng vaguely felt that the Dashun soldiers who marched forward bravely before entering Beijing were back again!
Looking at his trusted generals and advisers, Li Zicheng, who was once again full of confidence, said: "Humph! Wu Sangui was too bullying. They have already retreated to Shaanxi, and he still refuses to let go... I want to set up a deadlock in Guanzhong, bring in Wu Sangui's troops, kill them all, and avenge the dead brothers!"
