Bai Qi said: "Then where is he now?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "It seems that I have passed Taihang Mountain and hit Baoding Mansion." [No pop-ups. Li Yan said: "Baoding Mansion is more than 200 miles away from Beijing, and there is no strong city in the middle, so Li Zicheng can go straight to Beijing in one go." ”

Bai nodded: "It seems that the number of qi in the Ming Dynasty is exhausted here." ”

Zhang Yi said: "Chongzhen has issued an urgent order to transfer the officials and troops from the surrounding counties to Qinwang, but even so, he can't resist Li Zicheng's 100,000 elite soldiers. And Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan still has to guard against the Qing army outside the customs, and he can't move. Therefore, at this time, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people in the capital at most, and the morale is low. ”

Bai Qi said: "So, what is the bad thing? ”

Before Zhang Yi could speak, the three of them had already arrived in the hall of the palace, and King Qin was waiting inside. Zhang Yi took the two to see them, and King Qin seemed to hear their discussion, and said, "Is that bad thing about Fan Ju." ”

When Bai Qi heard this, he frowned.

King Qin looked at Zhang Yi: "Let's talk about it as the prime minister." ”

Zhang Yi nodded: "Fan Ju in Shandong, has always been confronted with the official army, but in recent days, he suddenly divided his troops to attack, broke most of the states and counties, and surrounded the official army, the official army was the enemy of him, so he had to flee back to Zhili, at this time, Shandong has been completely mastered by Fan Ju, and the court no longer has the ability to recapture it." ”

Bai Qi gritted his teeth and said: "This chaotic minister and thief actually let him mix well, he occupied Qi land, and he really wanted to tear the earth and become the king." ”

Zhang Yi said: "On the other hand, Fan Ju occupies Shandong, which can not only attack Zhili, but also threaten Henan, which makes the court and Li Zicheng have to guard against him, and for my Qin army, it can be regarded as relieving the pressure, so I said, this is not too bad news." ”

Li Yan said: "King, these two things will have an immeasurable impact on the situation in the world, and the Qin army must prepare as early as possible and try to be foolproof." ”

King Qin said: "That's why this king recalled you, just to discuss carefully, once the Ming Dynasty falls, what should the Qin army do." ”

Li Yan said: "Didn't you say this before? ”

King Qin nodded: "It's true, but at that time, the Qin army wanted to occupy Shanxi and threaten Zhili, but the later situation did not develop according to the original expectation, our army did not enter Shanxi, Li Zicheng entered, and the Qin army entered Henan." The situation has changed, and so has the strategy. ”

Bai Qi looked at King Qin's expression and arched his hand: "What does the king want?" ”

King Qin said: "Right now, Sun Chuanting and Wang Qiaonian are in Shanxi, and there are nearly seventy or eighty thousand men and horses under them, and the strength is not small. In the future, we can only rely on Henan. At that time, our army could use Nanyang as an advance base and manage it well. ”

Zhang Yi said: "But what if Sun Chuanting's men and horses resist Li Zicheng's rebel army? Once the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, where will Sun Chuanting go? ”

Li Yan nodded: "Yes, this is also what I am more worried about, if Sun Chuanting takes refuge in Li Zicheng, then Li Zicheng will be like a tiger with wings, and Sun Chuanting has always regarded my Qin army as a thorn in his side, so at that time, Sun Chuanting will join forces with Li Zicheng to deal with us." ”

King Qin said: "Judging from Gu, Sun Chuanting will never surrender to Li Zicheng." He may fight to the end, or die in battle, and be martyred for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "Even a loyal minister like Hong Chengchou has not been able to die, will Sun Chuanting definitely die?" ”

Bai Qi said: "Whether he will or not, he will not throw himself at us anyway." The Qin army once assassinated him, and General Li Kang almost killed him with an arrow, so Sun Chuanting hated the Qin army to the bone. King, at present, Sun Chuanting is sitting on an army of 70,000 or 80,000, if the Ming Dynasty dies, do you think he will establish himself as king? ”

King Qin was stunned for a moment, and thought for a moment: "Very likely." Once the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by Li Zicheng, Sun Chuanting was likely to raise the banner of avenging the Ming Dynasty, establish himself as the king, and crusade against the rebels. ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "If that's the best." ”

Bai Qi was a little puzzled: "How can you say this, sir?" Zhang Yi said: "If Sun Chuanting occupies Shanxi, establishes himself as the king, and fights against Li Zicheng, then for the Qin army, there will be several more choices." ”

King Qin said: "You can talk about it." ”

Zhang Yi said: "If Sun Chuanting and Wang Qiaonian defeat the righteous army and occupy Shanxi, then he will be between Guanzhong and Zhili, that is to say, between Qin Jun and Li Zicheng, we can avoid fighting with Li Zicheng in advance." This is one of them, and the other is that, with him in the way, we can make a fuss, win over Sun Chuanting, threaten him, and use him, wouldn't it be good? ”

King Qin nodded again and again after hearing this: "Yes, it is a clever plan." ”

Li Yan said: "But what if Sun Chuanting is defeated? Zhang Yi said: "If he is defeated, we can surrender and deal with Li Zicheng together, and if he refuses, we will get rid of him." It's also a big trouble for a confidant. ”

Bai nodded: "Sir's plan, it is really exquisite, if Sun Chuanting wins, we will have one more shield, if Li Zicheng wins, we will go to a confidant enemy." ”

Zhang Yi said: "The most important thing here is that Sun Chuanting must not surrender Li Zicheng." Once that happens, the pressure on our Qin army will be unprecedentedly great. ”

King Qin said: "No one dares to guarantee whether Sun Chuanting will surrender, so it is necessary to send someone to investigate." General, if you arrange this matter, you must send the most powerful spies. ”

Bai Qi gave up his hand.

King Qin sighed: "Okay, then let's talk about Fan Ju, this thief, he can't get around." ”

Bai Qi said: "Exactly, this person is like a pile of shit on the road, not only is he in the way, but he looks disgusting, but he escapes quickly, and Shandong does not border my Guanzhong, if it is bordered, the minister would have taken the athletes to kill him and take his head." ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, I think that although Fan Ju has some tricks, he is not a person who has achieved great things after all, and he can't afford to toss much storm." ”

King Qin waved his hand: "Hugh underestimated this person, he was able to subdue the 200,000 troops of the 5th Battalion of Gezuo with thousands of men and horses, which is the embodiment of his ability." Now that he has occupied the whole of Shandong, his strength must have skyrocketed. ”

Li Yan nodded: "The king is right, Shandong has the benefit of the salt sea, and for many years, it has not suffered from major famines, the population is dense, and the materials are abundant, which is an excellent condition for Fan Ju to recruit troops and expand his strength." ”

Bai Qi said: "According to what Li Gongzi said, we can only watch the surname Fan grow a little bit, but there is nothing we can do?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "There are ways, there are also methods, but you can't rush for quick success." ”

Bai Qi said: "Where is Mr. going to start?" Zhang Yi said: "Naturally, it is the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution." Bai Qi said: "Sir, please make it clear." ”

Zhang Yi said: "Although the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution has descended to Fan Ju, but in my opinion, Fan Ju still does not trust it, first, the fifth battalion of the left is very close to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, and Fan Ju wants to divide the land as the king, it is bound to conflict with Li Zicheng and others, this Fan Ju will not be unexpected, and the fifth battalion of the left of his subordinates is a cannon that may explode from time to time, can Fan Ju not take precautions? ”

Li Yan said: "Mr. thinks, there will be a gap between Fan Ju and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo?" ”

Zhang Yi nodded: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, Fan Ju has a deep understanding of this." He was closest to only the tens of thousands of horses he recruited with Ziyi, and he was not at ease at all about the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo. At this time, Fan Ju was most afraid of turning his face with Li Zicheng and other rebels, so he occupied Shandong at this time, so it was time to turn around and clean up the people around him. ”

King Qin said: "What does the prime minister mean is that they will be like Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, and they will be on fire?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "Exactly, and the minister thinks that this will happen soon." ”

King Qin said with a smile: "From this point of view, Fan Ju doesn't care about him, when he settles down internally, he may feel the threat from the outside, he has Li Zicheng to the west, and a large area controlled by the court to the south, and life will not be much better." ”

Zhang Yi said: "That's right. ”

King Qin said: "Today's plan, our Qin army must step up C training, improve its own combat strength, and at the same time pay close attention to the movements in Shanxi, as for Sichuan, with General Li Dang to hold Hanzhong, there should be no change in a short period of time." ”

He paused and asked Zhang Yi, "How many people are under the control of my Qin army now?" How many soldiers are there? ”

Zhang Yi didn't hesitate: "Back to the king, moderation So far, there are more than 2.7 million people in Guanzhong, plus the 1440,000 people brought back from Henan by General Bai Qi, there should be nearly 3 million people now." As for the soldiers, there are more than 110,000 people at this time, and if the king orders the whole territory to recruit soldiers, he should be able to recruit 30,000 or 40,000 strong men. ”

King Qin said: "Very good, don't recruit troops now, first train these 110,000 horses, and then go out in the future, and the chance of winning is great." ”

The three of them said yes in unison.

The king of Qin added more men to Tongguan Shihuai, and told him to always pay attention to the movements in Shanxi, and if Sun Chuanting was defeated, try not to give him the opportunity to surrender to Li Zicheng.

Let's talk about Sun Chuanting, at this time he has disappeared, Li Zicheng personally led 100,000 horses, went around hundreds of miles, and went to Zhili, hearing this news, Sun Chuanting and Wang Qiaonian were anxious, and immediately put Chongzhen on the table and asked him to be on guard as soon as possible.

As for their own side, although there are tens of thousands of troops, they really can't move, in front of them, there are still 300,000 peasant troops, under the leadership of Tian Jianxiu, are looking at the delay, as long as the officers, soldiers and horses move, the peasant army will inevitably come from behind, and then it will be a rout.