Li Zicheng is now respected as the emperor, and there may be unforeseen disasters to sweep his interest, so Tian Jianxiu tried hard to restrain himself, and secretly told himself to wait for Li Zicheng to calm down before reminding him that it was not too late, but at this time Li Zicheng suddenly said that he would send Liu Fangliang to attack Bashu in the west, and Tian Jianxiu couldn't help it.

He said: "Your Majesty, although Li Laiheng defeated Dolgon in Beijing, it was only a partial battle, and there was no fundamental change in the entire war situation. The minister thought that Li Laiheng's battle report was not good news, but bad news. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he asked disapprenanently: "What is the report of worry?"

Tian Jianxiu replied: "Li Laiheng said in the war report: Although the enemy was defeated, his power has not declined, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the lone army to last, and I am afraid that Dolgon will find another way to attack Shaanxi. The minister thought that Li Laiheng's concern was that Dolgon ignored Beijing and directly attacked Shaanxi, Henan, and even directly went down to Jiangnan. Then Beijing would become an isolated city, or a dead city. ”

Hearing a dead word, Li Zicheng was unhappy: "Li Laiheng is not an ordinary general, he is in Beijing, Dolgon resolutely does not dare to rashly go west and south, is he not afraid that Li Laiheng will cut off his back road?"

Li Zicheng's words fell, and there was a burst of praise. These people who echoed him, listening to Li Zicheng's analysis, echoed his voice a lot.

"The emperor is wise, with Li Laiheng's department in Beijing to contain him, how dare the Qing soldiers attack?"

"Yes. There are Li Laiheng and others in the east, and the wise Majesty in the west is in Chang'an, and sooner or later the Qing soldiers will retreat and withdraw from Shanhaiguan. ”

There are a lot of similar echoes and sycophants, and no one has helped Tian Jianxiu say half a sentence, as if Tian Jianxiu committed a heinous crime today.

"General Tian has been pessimistic and disappointed lately. This is not good, this is not good, it will affect the morale of the military. "Some people are starting to criticize Tami.

Liu Zongmin has always had a holiday with Tian Jianxiu, so he said contemptuously: "Jianxiu, you should focus on the garrison of the capital that you are responsible for, you will have less trouble in other things, I see, your sharpness has been consumed too much, and it is not suitable to express too many opinions." ”

Tian Jianxiu was really speechless, he easily mustered up the courage to wake up, but he was criticized by everyone and bruised all over his body. Song Xiance originally planned to say his opinion, but when he saw that the situation was not right, he quickly covered his mouth and swallowed the words that came to his mouth into his stomach.

At this time, the head of the household book came out of the class to play. He said: Now that the phenomenon of concealing people in various prefectures and counties has appeared, there have been even more cases of tax resistance, and landlords in various localities have generally refused to pay all kinds of taxes under the pretext of poor grain harvests. Now that the grain depot is empty, if we don't think about it as soon as possible, there will be a shortage of grain, and then there will be a shortage of grain. Then he analyzed the reasons, and naturally he would not talk about the problems of the poor, because Li Zicheng and others all represented the interests of the poor. He said that those rich people were very hateful, not only did they not want to overcome difficulties and contribute to Dashun, but they found excuses to evade their responsibilities.

After Hubu Shangshu finished speaking, a group of generals who had followed Li Zicheng for many years spoke, and they said, "Kill!"

"Yes, kill!"

Niu Jinxing, as the first minister, instructed him as the prime minister: "Fight against the landlords and tyrants who resist taxes and rents, and kill a few." No, kill him a group and kill the prestige of my Dashun Dynasty. I see, in all states, counties, townships, and villages, select a group of people who dare to oppose my Dashun Dynasty, kill his whole family, destroy his three tribes, and destroy his nine tribes. ”

Niu Jinxing's words were very vicious, and he seemed to have nowhere to vent his anger, so he said something that made the generals feel ashamed. Niu Jinxing didn't expect that his words would soon form a trend in Shaanxi, and since then, the states and counties have been killing all over the country, and finally it has evolved into a competition, and it seems that the county officials of that county are incapable of killing fewer people. This catastrophe, like a plague, quietly spread everywhere.

Li Yan said: "What's the matter, this killing, it's our Dashun Dynasty who was injured." ”

Li Laiheng and Li Yan sighed at the same time. Lao Jiu's face was full of vicissitudes, and he compiled a piece of information to report to Li Laiheng and Li Yan: "Chang'an is not very stable, some of the squire landlords, and the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty began to secretly contact Wu Sangui's people, Wu Sangui has also followed Azig to approach the Yellow River, and they are ready to force the Yellow River under the guidance of the people organized within Shaanxi. In addition, Duoduo has entered Henan and is preparing to storm Tongguan. Therefore, the situation in Shaanxi is not optimistic. ”

"Not only Shaanxi, but also the whole country is not optimistic. ”

Li Yan said: "The emperor has no intention of going eastward, and now even Henan has given up, and we are stubbornly defending Beijing, like a battle of trapped beasts, which is meaningless." ”

Now that he was pinned down by Dolgon, Duoduo and Azig concentrated their forces to storm Shaanxi, and there was no longer much suspense about victory or defeat. How about abandoning Beijing now?

Can Li Zicheng agree to the westward attack on Azig or Duoduo and form a decisive battle situation? Is it realistic to go out of Juyong Pass and attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty's nest without logistics? Li Laiheng is thinking about his next plan.

Li Yan saw that Li Laiheng did not answer, and then said: "I think the best move is for us to enter Henan, temporarily abandon Beijing, control Henan, and Shaanxi will be stable." ”

"Go west to Shanxi and eliminate Azig near the Yellow River!" Li Laiheng made up his mind.

Eliminating the Qing soldiers in the movement, others can't do it, but he, Li Laiheng, can do it. The plan to abandon Beijing did not get Li Zicheng's consent, and he only agreed to half of the plan. The city of Beijing continued to be occupied, and Li Laiheng could send troops west to join forces with Li Guo to attack Azig.

Li Laiheng had no choice but to ask Li Yan to discuss the matter. Li Yan thought that this kind of plan was too risky, and Beijing had already become an isolated city, and now it was sending troops to the west to support it, so where could Beijing still be defended? Trapped in Beijing and sending troops westward, it is conceivable that we will inevitably suffer a catastrophe. It's better to do this, let's divide the troops, you just need to give me 5,000 troops, don't have one more of me, I'll go back to Henan to develop. Half a year later, I led my troops north to relieve the siege of Beijing and drive out the Manchurians. ”

Lee Rae-hyung hesitated. It's not that he doesn't believe Li Yan's words, and it's not that he is reluctant to give Li Yan 5,000 troops, what he is worried about is that Li Yan will arouse Li Zicheng's suspicion because of this, and he is worried that Li Yan will be killed by Li Zicheng. Li Yan insisted on his point of view, he was confident that in Henan, he only needed half a year to develop about 100,000 troops, at that time he used Henan as a base, attacked Shanxi and Hebei, and finally fought a decisive battle with the Manchus near the city of Beijing.

Li Laiheng thought that since Li Zicheng had no intention of going east, this deadlock had to be broken, and letting Li Yan stand out and develop might be the only living chess. After thinking about it, Li Laiheng said: "General Li Yan, this idea is good, but this strategy must be proposed to the emperor in my name, otherwise I am worried that others will misunderstand." ”

Li Yan naturally didn't understand the meaning of Li Laiheng's words, he could only understand that Li Laiheng and Li Zicheng had a closer relationship and a better chance of getting support. Li Yan led 10,000 elite soldiers out of the encirclement and rushed to Henan.

In Chang'an, Li Zicheng closely watched this dynamic. Although he received Li Laiheng's instructions, he had an inexplicable worry in his heart.

"What the hell is he going to do?" Li Zicheng asked himself repeatedly.

There is a reason for Li Zicheng's concern, because Li Yan has only been out of Beijing for a little more than a month, and he has done a good job in Henan. Henan people have a feeling of looking forward to Li Yan's arrival, and on the contrary, Shaanxi people seem to have a hatred for Li Zicheng.

"Why did he do so well, why did so many people support him, what was he going to do?"

Li Zicheng asked himself again and again. He had a deep worry, and then a hatred.

It has been almost two months since Li Yan came to Henan, and he established a solid base in the area of Funiu Mountain, and then fought in the area of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and many people responded, and even some officers of the Ming Dynasty led troops to take refuge.

People need a leader, and they need someone to lead the fight against the Qing soldiers. Li Yan now has more than 30,000 horses, and if he continues to develop, within half a year, 100,000 elite soldiers will not be a problem.

On this day, Li Yan received two people. One was the people sent by Li Laiheng, who learned in detail about Li Yan's armed development and the selection of magistrates, and also reminded Li Yan to keep a low profile. Although Li Yan doesn't understand the meaning of being low-key, he is a smart person, and it is always wrong to be low-key in everything. Therefore, Li Yan received the people sent by Li Laiheng very warmly, and told them in detail about the development of Henan. He agreed that three months later, Li Yan would organize the Northern Expedition.

In the second case, Li Yan felt very unhappy, because this group of people didn't seem to be here to care about Li Yan's development, as if they were here to investigate what he was trying to do.

"General System, how many official positions have you appointed in Henan at or above the county level? It is impossible not to have a specific roster, right?"

A middle-aged man asked in a weird way. He said to Li Yan that the military affairs were busy, and the arrangements of the magistrates were very hasty, and some were only temporarily appointed. This sentence is very disagreeable.

The arrangement of the local chief executive was originally a very serious matter, but because Li Yan was short of manpower, he really did not have a systematic consideration in this matter. His guiding ideology is that something is better than nothing, and more is better than less. He has a lot of opinions about Li Zicheng's inactive governance of the local area and the livelihood of the unstable place, so the first thing he did in Henan was to pay attention to local governance. But he Li Yan only has his wife, Red Lady, younger brother Li Mu and some relatives to assist him, so many things in the local area are also grass-created, and even in some newly laid places, who really doesn't know what the county official's surname is.

However, Li Zicheng's envoys didn't think so, they felt that Li Yan was hiding the facts, so their questioning tone gradually became serious, and they no longer politely addressed General Zhi.

Li Zicheng's envoy learned about Li Yan's troops and deployments, as well as the local administrative arrangements, and returned to Chang'an. Li Yan was in a very unhappy mood, thinking: I have worked hard but I am not trusted.