"Your Majesty, do you want to leave Tongguan?" Ruhou Liu Zongmin immediately understood what Li Zicheng was thinking and said with a frown. "If the Wu thieves take Tongguan and fight steadily, step by step, what will we do?"
Seeing Xiuya, Zehoutian said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Wu Sangui is quite capable of fighting. We have never taken advantage of him all the way from Shanhaiguan."
Guying, the Marquis of Qi, shook his head: "Your Majesty, wouldn't it be good for us to guard Tongguan? Tongguan is naturally dangerous, and it is enough to fight for a man named Wu for several months. We will first distribute the land in Guanzhong to the soldiers. With the land, the soldiers will be motivated." Just get up, not afraid that you won’t be able to fight.”
Although land distribution is not a panacea, we cannot underestimate the determination of the officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army to defend the fruits of the victory of land reform!
If the land is really divided, the 80,000 people in Chang'an will fight for their own two to three hundred acres of land that can be passed down to their children and grandchildren. The 30,000 to 40,000 people under Wu Sangui's command are really not enough for them to fight!
Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "Now the army of the real Tartars is divided into three groups, one is stationed in Hebei, one is besieging Datong, and the other is stationed in Shanxi. Among them, the soldiers stationed in Hebei and besieged Datong cannot move. Only the soldiers stationed in Shanxi can provide support. Wu Sangui, but could not come too much. Because Zhu Ming's acting king Zhu Cijiong went to Luliang Mountain and now controls the three states and nine counties in the Luliang Mountains. Echoing Jiang Yu who clung to Datong, he contained the main force of the Shanxi Tartars. So Wu Sangui In fact, we are marching westward alone, so what if we fight slowly and steadily? So what if we can fight? There are thirty or forty thousand people anyway, why are we afraid that we won’t be able to eat them?”
Emperor Dashun Yongchang laughed and seemed confident: "If we want to manage our territory, we must first let the Tartars know how powerful they are! As long as Wu Sangui is killed, the Tartars will not dare to come to Shaanxi again. Only then can we operate with peace of mind for a few years." !
Well, I have been reading history books these days and found that the current situation is somewhat similar to the two Wei and Nanliang factions fighting against each other during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Emen Dashun is one of the Western Wei Dynasties. Although it is poor, it has a beautiful place called Longxing. As long as the government's military system can be improved, Donglu and Nanming will not be our opponents after all! Prime Minister, Military Advisor, please tell me, are you right? "
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance looked at each other and had the same answer in their hearts: No! Your Majesty, you are wrong. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Guanzhong was richer than it is now! At that time, Guanzhong was still a rich and fertile land of abundance. If it were to be the same as it is now, there would be no later Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties.
"Best regards, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Although they both knew what Li Zicheng said was wrong, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance expressed compliments at the same time. It was not that he was afraid that Li Zicheng would not tolerate the truth and would kill them all with one blow, but that he was worried that Li Zicheng would act like Li Pao again and give up Guanzhong and go to Huguang.
In the first month of the first month, Li Zicheng discussed the possibility of going south with Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance - if the Qing army marched westward with all its strength, Guanzhong would definitely not be defended. Abandoning Guanzhong and moving to Huguang was the best option in Li Zicheng's mind.
But Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance both believed that there was no way out going south! Not only is there no way out going south, but there is also no way out if we abandon the Shaanxi base area.
Because the main enemy of Dashun now is not the weak Ming Dynasty. Rather, they were Tatars with strong military strength and an army that was good at fighting mobile warfare and field battles.
Therefore, it is impossible for Dashun to become a returning bandit again. He will not be able to return to the bandits at all. He will be chased by the Qing army until he is cornered!
As for going south, there is no navy in Dashun! We suffered a loss last time on the Weihe River in Tianjin, and now it’s not safe to even think about going to the Yangtze River. Zhu Cixiang had the Yangtze River Navy, and he also attracted the two "pirate groups" from the North to the South to the South. In a water war, even the Tatars were no match, let alone Dashun?
Therefore, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen, who had gone to Xiangjing to serve as an official, had the same view on the way out for the Dashun Dynasty, which was to stick to where they were!
"Okay!" Li Zicheng nodded and said confidently, "Then it's settled, let the Wu thieves enter the pass, and then unite a hundred thousand troops to annihilate them!"
"What? The bandits abandoned Tongguan?"
Wu Sangui, who had just arrived at Hongnong Acropolis in Shaanzhou, had not had time to summon the generals to study how to attack Tongguan. His pioneer Wu Guogui (Wu Guoyong's brother) sent people to deliver the good news - Tongguan, which is known as one man can guard the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. , was actually abandoned by Li Zicheng's army.
Now that the doors are closed and the doors are open, Chang'an is right in front of you!
"My lord, I'm afraid it's a scam! If you let go of Tongguan and don't defend it, it's obvious that you're going to lead us to Chang'an City for a decisive battle!"
"My lord, please don't fall for Li Zicheng's trick! Xi'an is a fortified city, and we don't have many red cannons at hand. We can't break the city of Xi'an at all!"
Guo Yunlong, who came after hearing the news, and Yang Kun, another general of the Wu army who had been awarded the rank of general, were both experienced generals and saw through Li Zicheng's plan at a glance.
Wu Sangui turned his head and glanced at Liu Sheng who was following him: "Hailong (Liu Sheng's trade name), what do you think?"
"Your Majesty," Liu Sheng said, "I feel that now we not only have to look to the west, but also to the east. Prince Su's 50,000-strong army is still on the edge of the Yellow River, right? This is not to deal with the Ming Dynasty, but to deal with it. Yours, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, only when you enter Tongguan and the 30,000 to 40,000 brothers who follow you will you have a way to survive! "
The instruction he had received before was to avoid a decisive battle with Dashun - Zhu Cixiang was worried that Li Zicheng would become Li Paopao again, abandoning Shaanxi and fleeing to Huguang, just like in history. This is a big trouble!
But Liu Sheng now also knows Wu Sangui's difficulties. Duduo is in the north and Hauge is in the east. The two big Manchu tigers are used to drive away Wu Sangui, the big bad wolf. If Wu Sangui stays in Luoyang, it is not ruled out that Dorgon will be determined to deal with Guan Ning's army.
Although Guan Ningjun is not a vegetarian, if Dorgon really makes up his mind, he will only lose thousands of real Manchuria.
Wu Sangui still frowned, noncommittal.
Liu Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't enter Tongguan, there will be no way to survive. After entering Tongguan, Prince Yu is currently stationed in Pingyang Mansion. He won't just watch us be defeated by Li Zicheng, right? The big deal, we will fight steadily after entering Tongguan. Work step by step, slowly push towards Xi'an, and fight a protracted war with Li Zicheng."
"How long?" Wu Sangui frowned, "How much food do we have? How many months can it last?"
"Enough for three months." Wu Sangui's deputy general, Commander-in-Chief Guo Yunlong said, "Your Majesty, according to the results of Guanzhong's harvest last year, Li Zicheng has been free of food for three years, so the people have regained some vitality, and it should not be difficult to raise food."
"Oh," Wu Sangui nodded, "You can raise food from the private sector."
Yang Kun shook his head: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Li Zicheng is prepared to clear the fields on both sides of the Wei River, so that we can't get supplies."
"Well, it's possible!" Wu Sangui nodded, and a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Pass on the king's order to reward the three armies, each soldier will be rewarded 10 taels, double the reward for the junior generals, and double the reward for the generals!
In addition, prepare 0 days of food! "
"Your Majesty, is this enough food for 0 days?"
"Yes, I'm afraid 0 days is not enough!"
Wu Sangui waved his hand and said: "That's enough! If we can't win in 0 days, I will prepare to be shrouded in horse leather!"
He glanced around and said, "Give me the order, if we can capture the fertile land of Guanlong this time, I, the king, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies will share it!"
