Li Laiheng had been trapped in Beijing for almost three months, containing nearly 100,000 troops of Dolgon, and Emperor Shunzhi had not entered the pass.

There has been no major move on either side of the war in Beijing. Dolgon's westward advance of Azig was still blocked by the Yellow River, and Li Guo was still stubbornly resisting Azig's strong attack. Duoduo's offensive against Tongguan also did not make much progress, and Tongguan Ma Shiyao's tens of thousands of elite soldiers stopped Duoduo's advance. But Azig and Duoduo's offensive gradually became more active, and the advantage gradually shifted to their side.

Li Laiheng eagerly hoped that Li Yan's development would form a new force as soon as possible. Just when he was anxious for Li Yan to develop and grow, he suddenly received a secret report from Li Yan. Li Zicheng is suspicious of Li Yan?

Li Laiheng said to Li Yan's subordinates: "If General Li Yan encounters something called by the emperor, he must make an excuse and must not go to Xi'an. If Xi'an sends an envoy, General Li Yan must strengthen his defenses. ”

He couldn't explain the reason, and he was still not at ease, so he called one of his cronies over and asked him to go to Henan with Li Yan's cronies. Li Laiheng secretly explained to him a lot of precautions, and repeatedly told him to protect General Li Yan.

After the envoy left, Li Laiheng was still not at ease, so he called another of his cronies named Zhao Bing and said to him: "The emperor may kill General Li Yan, you take ten good men and rush to Henan immediately. ”

Zhao Bing is a first-class player trained by Li Laiheng, just to protect Li Yan's life, it should be no problem. Zhao Bing is a powerful character, he won't ask why, he has only one goal, to protect Li Yan. Whoever wants to kill Li Yan, he only remembers a task assigned by Li Laiheng: "Don't kill it." ”

No matter who comes to kill Li Yan, he will not hesitate to kill Li Yan with a single sword. What if it was Li Guo who came to kill Li Yan, or Li Zicheng himself? Will Zhao Bing also kill him?

Yes! Zhao Bing's eyes were only Li Laiheng, and he said that whoever he kills must die! After Zhao Bing left, Li Laiheng was relieved.

At this time, Lao Jiu came in, and he had important information: "The Yellow River will soon enter the freezing period, and the Yellow River will soon be no longer dangerous, Azig is frequently mobilizing troops, and General Li Guo's frontal battlefield already has 60,000 Azig elite soldiers, and the possibility of breaking through Li Guo's defense line is extremely high." In terms of Tongguan, Duoduo concentrated ten Hongyi cannons, and the breakthrough of Tongguan was also in sight. Now that the situation is in crisis, should we send a surprise army to attack and harass us?"

Indeed, the situation is already critical. But Li Laiheng has already made this decision, Li Laiheng has deduced hundreds of times, the two battlefields he attacked, and three famous Manchu generals at the same time, the result of the deduction is that his victory rate is sixty percent.

Li Laiheng told Lao Jiu his plan, and Lao Jiu was relieved. That night, Li Laiheng invited Hao Shaoqi over, and the generals in Beijing once again watched Li Laiheng deduce the defense of Beijing, as well as his strategy of leading the army to attack Duoduo and Azig.

Gu Ying and Gu Kecheng helped Hao Shaoqi defend the city, and after Li Laiheng's repeated deductions for Beijing's attack and defense, they were fully confident that they could defeat Dolgon's attack. Luo Si and Wang Hu each led their adoptive father's 5,000 cavalry and Li Laiheng to the battle, and their mood was naturally both excited and excited, guarding the city wall to fight the enemy, never riding on a BMW to gallop on the battlefield.

After demonstrating the entire battle process, Li Laiheng said: "The battlefield is always unknown, our demonstration is only a directional process, there are many unknowns on the battlefield, and we must be mentally prepared to make a decision on the spot." If there are no surprises, we can start attacking in ten days. ”

Funiu Mountain. On the third day of Li Laiheng's deduction of Beijing's offensive and defense, Li Yan's envoy returned. Before they could report to Li Yan in detail, they suddenly received a report that Li Zicheng's envoy had arrived. Li Zicheng's envoy brought as many as 500 guards this time. Li Laiheng's heart chuckled, thinking: It's bad, does Li Zicheng really want to do it?

Lee Rae-hyung was actively preparing for the attack, and he had a hunch that he would have to crush Dorgon's main force in the next few months and get them out of the pass. Otherwise, the Great Shun, the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty may form a three-legged trend, and a new Romance of the Three Kingdoms will appear. Of course, in addition, there are several forces stirring up, such as several other people who have established themselves as kings in the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty and Zhang Xianzhong of the Daxi Dynasty. If this continues, the whole country will be in chaos.

Not only that, the Han people are their own kings, and there is chaos, and the result is more likely to be that the Manchu family is big. In that case, Dashun will have no place to stand. Lee Rae-hyung decided that ten days later he would take the initiative to attack. At this time, Lao Jiu came in, his face was very anxious.

"The emperor sent Ma Shiyao to Henan......"

Before Lao Jiu spoke, Li Laiheng hurriedly asked, "What? Ma Shiyao went to Henan? Did he go to see Li Yan? How many soldiers and horses did he bring?"

Lee looked anxious. Ma Shiyao is guarding Tongguan, and now that his troops are approaching the city, Duoduo's main force is about to attack Tongguan, how can he, as the main general, leave the battlefield?

Li Laiheng thought that there was only one reason for Ma Shiyao to leave the main battlefield, and that was that there was something more important to do than guarding Tongguan. Li Zicheng was too concerned about the prophecy of the Eighteen Sons Lord Artifact, and he was worried that the prophecy would come true on Li Yan's body. This is Lee Rae-hyung's idea.

Lao Jiu said: "Ma Shiyao left Tongguan quietly, with 500 elite soldiers, it is said that he suddenly set off after meeting the people from Chang'an, and it is estimated that he has something important to go to see Li Yan." ”

The matter is very clear, Li Zicheng sent Ma Shiyao to kill Li Yan on the charge of rebellion.

"Lao Jiu, Li Yan is finished, you hurry up and take measures to inform Li Yan to escape. Is it too late?"

"Do you think it must be like this? Could it be that Ma Shiyao was ordered to transfer Li Yan's forces to break Duoduo's attack?"

"To mobilize troops, it is necessary for Ma Shiyao to go in person? Now the situation in Tongguan is very critical......

There is no need to explain, Lao Jiu already understands. Li Laiheng's worry was justified, and he hurriedly issued an early warning, for fear that Ma Shiyao would rush to the front. He calculated that Li Laiheng's cronies should arrive at about the same time as Ma Shiyao, but it was impossible for Zhao Bing to catch up.

Da Shunqin arrived, Li Yan hurriedly went out of the village to greet him, he didn't bring many people and horses, only brought ten personal soldiers, plus the cronies sent by Li Laiheng, a total of twelve people greeted the village gate five miles. As soon as Li Yan saw Ma Shiyao, he knew that it was not good, and thought that Li Zicheng really doubted himself. At a glance, the men and horses led by Ma Shiyao knew that all of them were elite soldiers, and there were about 500 soldiers.

Li Zicheng listened to the slander, and he came to clean up the portal. A person's face appeared in Li Yan's mind, Niu Jinxing.

Bull Venus has both love and hate for herself. Love, Li Yan and Niu Jinxing once cherished each other and admired each other, and for similar reasons, Li Yan didn't know that Niu Jinxing had said bad things about Li Yan in front of Li Zicheng many times, and there was one sentence that hurt Li Yan the most, and that was before Li Zicheng ascended the throne as emperor.

At that time, Li Zicheng's military was very smooth, and seeing that Xi'an was about to be taken, Li Zicheng had to consider the composition of the government team, and the most important position was of course the position of prime minister.

Once, Li Zicheng tested Niu Jinxing and asked Li Yan how he was? Niu Jinxing seemed to be unintentional, and he also seemed to say intentionally: "Li Yan is good at everything, but he is too deep, I don't know what he thinks in his heart." Some people say that he is also surnamed Li, so let's not talk about the rest of the words, they are all nonsense that people are suspicious of. ”

If you don't talk about it later, Li Zicheng naturally knows that it refers to the prophecy of the eighteen main artifacts. Li Zicheng had to keep this sentence in mind, so when Xi'an established the Dashun Dynasty, Li Yan not only did not become the prime minister, but also did not give him the position of the secretary of the military department, but only made him a general and deputy military division, and the title of the secretary of the military department that should have been given to him was a traitor of the Ming Dynasty.

The Minister of Defense did not take it seriously, and only became a general at the level of a military commander, which was extremely unfair to Li Yan, and even a humiliation. Li Yan later learned that all this was Niu Jinxing's ghost.

At that time, Li Yan felt that he had no guilt in his heart, and he was not worried about what Li Zicheng would do to him, at most, there was some loss in his career, and after a long time, Li Zicheng would know that he was loyal sooner or later, so he didn't hold too much grudge against Niu Jinxing's slander.

Now that Li Yan is developing in Henan and has tens of thousands of troops, Ma Shiyao suddenly raised troops, could it be that Li Zicheng heard someone's slander again?

"General Ma, Tongguan is tight, do you need my brother to help you?" Li Yan said.

Ma Shiyao hesitated for a moment, and then laughed a few times, as if to hide the embarrassment and uneasiness in his heart, he said: "Tongguan is tight, so naturally General Li's explanation is needed. It's just that the last general came this time to ask General Li a few questions on the orders of the emperor. ”

Li Yan looked around, they were all Ma Shiyao's people, and his own soldiers had been isolated from the three zhangs.

"Speak. Li Yan said.

"The emperor asked, do you think it is feasible for your men and horses to be transferred to Shaanxi immediately?" Ma Shiyao said to Li Yan as he turned sideways on the horse's back.

"Henan is stable, and Guanzhong is also stable. I am developing armed forces in Henan to build a barrier for the Dashun Dynasty, so why should I transfer Henan's troops to Shaanxi?" Li Yan knew that the transfer of troops was just an excuse, and it was true to ask for the guilt.

Ma Shiyao didn't continue to ask this question, he then asked a second question: "The emperor asked, Li Yan has sealed so many county and state officials in Henan, hasn't he become a court there?"

When Ma Shiyao said this, he held the knife tightly in his hand. His eyes were fixed on Li Yan, and Li Yan quickly calmed down.

"General Ma, you really were sent by the emperor to kill me, alas, I didn't expect that I, Li Yan, would be loyal but unjust. Well, General Ma, you came on order, and I have nothing to say. But let me say a few words, and one day I hope you will pass this on to the emperor. Brother Ma, you have been with the emperor for many years, and you are clear about the emperor's career development, so I won't say more. ”

"But after the defeat of Shanhaiguan, did I, Li Yan, ever stop the emperor? Now do you know that Li Laiheng was trapped in a lonely city in Beijing, and the emperor actually delayed sending troops to the east, and also gave up a large area of land, and Shandong and Henan were handed over to the enemy.

"I am developing in Henan, and you should be able to see at a glance the effect of the barrier on Shaanxi, why should I give up Henan? I have arranged officials for various counties and continents, and this is only a move to reassure the people, and what does it have to do with the imperial court or not the imperial court, can I give the enemy a better place? I, Li Yan, am a scholar......