He was just about to give an order, but Niu Jinxing stopped him again: "No, Prime Minister Song, this matter can't be rushed." [No pop-ups. Song Xiance couldn't help but get angry when he saw him repeatedly blocking it: "Prime Minister Niu, what is your intention in obstructing it?" Isn't this a great opportunity? ”

It turned out that since Li Zicheng entered Beijing, the relationship between Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing began to drift apart. Niu Jinxing was in the capital, carried away, seized a lot of mansions and land, and recruited disciples, appointed officials, Song Xiance was very disdainful, and persuaded him twice, but Niu Jinxing was unmoved, and still went his own way.

What made Song Xiance even more angry was that Niu Jinxing advocated with all his might, so that Li Zicheng could be called the emperor, in Song Xiance's view, the world fell apart at this time, and it was not appropriate to be the emperor first, but Li Zicheng and his generals had already been carried away by the victory, thinking that King Chuang, who entered Beijing and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, would naturally be the founding emperor of the next dynasty, so these generals also persuaded him repeatedly. In the end, Li Zicheng finally couldn't resist the temptation of the emperor's throne, and although he was defeated in a stone army, he still hurriedly proclaimed himself emperor after returning to Beijing.

In Song Xiance's view, this is a taboo in the world, and the initiator is Niu Jinxing.

In the following period of time, the relationship between the two became more and more estranged, Song Xiance's proposition, Niu Jinxing always had to block it, and Li Zicheng listened to Niu Jinxing more and more, Song Xiance felt that he was no longer valued by Li Zicheng.

Today's events are related to the fate of Da Shunguo in the future, and he must fight for it based on reason, so when he heard that Niu Jinxing came to stop him again, the dissatisfaction in his heart was overflowing.

Niu Jinxing could naturally hear it, but he had other plans, not just to compete with Song Xiance for favor, he was also thinking about Li Zicheng's future. So he smiled and said, "Sir, don't be angry, listen to me." You advocate going all out to hunt down Zhang Huangyan and Qin Jun, judging from the current situation, it is indeed an excellent opportunity, but I still have to dissuade Your Majesty, because this opportunity is not ripe in my opinion. ”

Song Xiance was stunned: "Not mature? What do you mean by that? ”

Niu Jinxing said: "I just heard from Mr. that the Qin army's camp has not moved, but the men and horses are gone, what does this mean?" It is explained that Bai Qi and Zhang Yi had plans to withdraw their troops yesterday. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to clean up so quickly overnight. Since they have plans to retreat, with Bai Qi's shrewdness, can they not imagine that we may send troops to chase and kill? ”

Li Zicheng frowned and nodded slowly.

He admires Bai Qi's use of soldiers very much, and this person must know what to do in any battle. To say that he withdrew his troops in a hurry, without any follow-up, is unbelievable.

Song Xiance also groaned.

Niu Jinxing continued: "Whether Zhang Huangyan burned the camp and left, whether it was an idea for nothing, we don't know. What if this is a trick to lure the enemy? Besides, even if there is no follow-up move, they are simply withdrawing their troops, and we will definitely be able to wipe them out if we catch up? Will you definitely be able to kill Bai Qi and Zhang Yi and Li Yan? If we can't kill them and they escape, the Qin army and Sun Chuanting will join forces against us. That's why I said, this opportunity is not ripe. ”

Li Zicheng nodded again and again: "Yes, the Qin army and the official army combined, there are fifty or sixty thousand horses, we must send at least 100,000 troops to chase and kill, such a big battle, there is not much chance of being able to capture and kill the enemy commander." The Qin army fought bravely, as long as tens of thousands of horses were sent to desperately block our army, several main generals could escape calmly. ”

He turned his head to look at Song Xiance: "Prime Minister, what do you think?" ”

Song Xiance looked at Li Zicheng, then at Niu Jinxing, and sighed, he knew that it was impossible to implement this plan. Li Zicheng does not have this kind of courage, and it can also be said that he has not recovered from the heavy blow of the Qing army at this time, and he is a little forward-looking in doing things.

So Song Xiance didn't say anything anymore, crutches a leg, and slowly walked out of the big tent.

Li Zicheng looked at his back, his heart was sour, he also felt Song Xiance's inner distress, this year, he was a little estranged from Song Xiance, and he repeatedly offered suggestions, but he didn't adopt them, and it was normal to have emotions, so Li Zicheng thought, find an opportunity to invite Song Xiance to come alone, still like before, the two of them have a good heartfelt talk.

Just thinking of this, Niu Jinxing sneered twice: "Your Majesty, I heard that Prime Minister Song Cheng used to be very good with Li Yan." ”

Li Zicheng nodded: "Exactly, he has also proposed more than once that he wants to invite Li Yan to help me achieve great things." Niu Jinxing said: "But for such a friend, Prime Minister Song Cheng can actually be murderous and spicy, which is really admirable." ”

Li Zicheng's heart was shocked, he turned his head to stare at Niu Jinxing, but saw Niu Jinxing smiling and silent, thoughtful.

The news of Qin Jun and Zhang Huangyan's withdrawal of troops immediately spread, Li Dingguo heard about this, and was noncommittal, he was still busy with Li Zicheng to connect with Shanhaiguan, and then he was going back to Sichuan, so he was very quiet here.

And the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo and Ma Jinzhong were a little confused.

When Ma Jinzhong heard the news of the withdrawal of the Qin army, he immediately came to find Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan. The two also heard about it, so they discussed it together, and Ma Jinzhong said: "I heard that Qin Jun and Zhang Huangyan's men and horses walked together, and Zhang Huangyan also burned the camp, what does this mean?" ”

Lao Hui frowned: "Whether Zhang Huangyan leaves or not is none of our business, but when Qin Jun leaves, will our alliance with Dashun State change?" ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "Why doesn't it have anything to do with us? I'm still waiting for the money and grain of Dashun here. ”

Ge Liyan sneered: "I don't think you have to wait, Da Shunguo wants to send silver, and he sent someone to say it early in the morning, and he hasn't seen half a figure until now, so he obviously doesn't want to give it." Besides, the mediator between you, Qin Jun, and others have also left, who are you looking for to go? ”

Ma Jinzhong said angrily: "Could it be that Zhang Yi is lying to us? They swallowed up the money and food? ”

Lao Hui shook his head: "I haven't seen the materials transported in the Qin military camp in the past few days, and I haven't seen the materials transported out of the Dashun camp, so it can't be swallowed by the Qin army." ”

Ge Li said: "It is very likely that Qin Jun and Zhang Huangyan heard something over there, and they were afraid that the Dashun Army would attack them, so they hurriedly withdrew their troops and left." ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "I think so too. Otherwise, why did Zhang Huangyan burn down the camp? I just don't want to leave it to the Dashun army. Gerry looked at the old man and replied: "What shall we do?" Stay here or go back? ”

Lao Hui thought for a moment: "Let's go, on the way back, I took over those county towns by the way." There is no point in staying here anymore. Old horse, you can also go with us. lest they turn their faces and swallow up your 20,000 people. ”

Ma Jinzhong nodded again and again, he was afraid that this would happen, so he said: "I'll go back to the camp to clean up, and I can pull out the camp at night." ”

Lao Hui shook his head: "Don't move the camp, keep it as it is, your men and horses can come over, let's quietly withdraw our troops tonight." ”

The two sides discussed, Ma Jinzhong returned to the camp, issued a secret order to pack up, when it was getting late, after eating, the whole army took advantage of the night to come to the edge of the fifth battalion of Gezuo. At this time, the 5th Battalion of the Left Revolution had also been put in order, and they had been packing up a few days ago and could withdraw at any time.

The men and horses of the two sides joined together and headed for Shandong overnight.

The next day, Li Zicheng's investigation report reported the news, Li Zicheng was surprised, he was not worried about the withdrawal of these people, but felt that the move of Qin Jun and Zhang Huangyan brought a chain reaction. Because the people in these aspects withdrew their troops, they didn't greet themselves, and they obviously couldn't trust Da Shunguo. Things in the future may be difficult to control. Others said that Fan Ju and the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo were too close to them, and there were many people, so they couldn't turn their faces immediately.

He hurriedly invited the generals to discuss, but Song Xiance said that he was sick and did not come, and Li Zicheng was helpless. I had to send someone to visit him and ask him to recuperate.

After all the generals arrived, Li Zicheng asked Niu Jinxing how he would deal with it, and Niu Jinxing sneered: "It's better to go, so as not to spend more money and food here." Your Majesty, take this opportunity to recover all Zhili and send heavy troops to defend Shanhaiguan. Then recruit people and horses, guard the cities, and then transport Luoyang's money and grain to the capital, continue to use Beijing as the national capital, and command the world. ”

When the generals heard this, they all agreed. Because Henan has experienced many years of famine, the grain reserves are not much, and the population has also been reduced by years of war, while Zhili has not suffered from major natural disasters, the population is dense, and the economy is also rich. As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the influence of Beijing in the whole country is not to mention. Therefore, it is indeed a very good strategy to continue to use Beijing as the capital.

Li Zicheng agreed, ordered Tian Jianxiu to go to Luoyang, supervised the transportation of money and grain, and sent Liu Zongmin to lead an army of 50,000 to garrison Shanhaiguan, and Liu Fangliang led 50,000 horses to be stationed in Funing, ready to receive reinforcements for Liu Zongmin.

In addition, Li Guo was dispatched, and Gao Yigong was in charge of the five armies, in charge of the defense affairs of various localities under the direct subordination.

Under the order, the entire territory of Zhili recruited troops, men and horses adjusted defense, wheels rolling, rivers flowed endlessly, and the Dashun army recruited troops and collected grain in various places, making it very lively.

It didn't take long for Li Zicheng's men to take full control of Zhili, and at this time his forces stretched from Shanhaiguan in the north, to the coast in the east, to Shanxi in the west, and to Luoyang in the south, holding more than half of Henan, and immediately became the largest of all forces.

Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger, Li Zicheng is ambitious, holding the center, the soldiers and horses are well prepared, and the money and food are abundant.

Just when Li Zicheng was full of ambition and wanted to collect the world as his private land, all the candidates in the world were also recuperating and ready to move, and a bigger storm was about to come soon. And the one who played the sound of wind and thunder will still be the Qin army in Guanzhong.