When everyone left, only Li Zicheng was left in the hall, and he sat there in a daze. [No pop-ups. 】

Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing walked out of the back hall and stood behind Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing said: "King Chuang, although Luo Rucai is dead, his people still need to be stable, don't let them rebel." ”

Li Zicheng nodded indiscriminately: "Tian Jianxiu and Li Guo led a large team of men and horses, and they have already protected Luoyang City, Luo Rucai's men and horses are outside the city, and I have also sent people who are familiar with his camp to pacify, I believe there will be no big chaos." ”

Song Xiance said: "King Chuang should immediately announce to the whole army, explain Luo Rucai's collusion with the officials and the army, and occupy this word first." At that time, I was not afraid of what others would say. Li Zicheng nodded: "This, Mr. go do it, I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while." ”

Li Zicheng didn't want anyone to accompany him, and went back to the bedroom alone, without taking off his clothes, and sleeping with his head covered.

He was not sleepy, nor tired, but restless.

It's no wonder that his comrades-in-arms over the years, who have fought side by side several times, were born and died, but today he personally sent Luo Rucai to the guillotine, he couldn't bear it in his heart, but there was no way.

Although the world is big, it can't accommodate Luo Rucai, a person without ambition is not suitable for living in troubled times.

But although Luo Rucai is dead, the matter is not over, and of course, it cannot end here.

Just when Li Zicheng beheaded Luo Rucai, and then sent people to his camp to pacify his subordinates, Luo Rucai's camp had already received news that Luo Rucai's nearly 200,000 horses, most of whom accepted Li Zicheng's pacification and continued to stay outside Luoyang City. But about 60,000 or 70,000 horses left.

Half of these horses were led by Luo Rucai's general You Shigang, who went south to Nanyang and really surrendered to Zuo Liangyu, and there were 20,000 or 30,000 horses and horses who went to the east and took refuge in Fan Ju and Ge Zuo's 5th Battalion.

And the remaining dozen or so palm plates, also took advantage of the night to go seven or eight. There were also tens of thousands of people and horses who were taken away.

They didn't leave anything behind, in fact, they didn't need to say anything, Li Zicheng even dared to kill Luo Rucai, he couldn't believe it, could he still trust them? If you don't leave at this time, you will become a ghost under Li Zicheng's knife in the future. Besides, their little men and horses are inconspicuous when they stay in the camp, and they have no bargaining chips to save their lives.

As a result, the Li Luo coalition army of more than 500,000 troops was sharply reduced to more than 300,000. But Li Zicheng didn't care, in his opinion, 300,000 people were enough, and there was no official army in the whole world that could stop him from seizing the capital and ending the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, at this time, Li Zicheng felt most comfortable that the whole army had truly become his men and horses, completely obeying his leadership.

He didn't need to unite with anyone anymore. Seizing the Ming Dynasty, such a good thing will not be shared with others.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng celebrated the New Year, he immediately ordered the whole army to train his troops, and at the same time build weapons, buy war horses, hoard grain, grass and property, and prepare for the warm weather, and then march north to attack the capital.

However, he said that on the part of the official army, since Gu Tong went to Li Zicheng's mansion after Luo Rucai, he expected that Luo Rucai would never come back, so he took advantage of the unpreparedness, quietly stepped on a good horse, carried some silver, and went out of the camp, called a drunken walk, and after walking for a while, he immediately whipped his horse and went straight to the north.

When he arrived at the edge of the Yellow River, there were already his people with him, Gu Tong got on the boat, went down the river, arrived in Hebei, and then landed on the shore and went straight to Sun Chuanting's camp.

Along the way, the news that Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai and surrendered his subordinates has spread so much that you don't need to get off the boat to know it.

Gu Tong was overjoyed after hearing this, and he was overjoyed, he only relied on three words and five words to put Luo Rucai to death, and he died in a daze, which is not a small achievement.

You must know that the court also hates Luo Rucai to the core, this person is always capricious, and then rebelled, if he can kill him this time, at least the emperor will look down on him.

But when he entered Sun Chuanting's camp and saw Sun Chuanting, Gu Tong was stunned.

Because Sun Chuanting at this time, there was no trace of joy on his face, and there was endless worry in his eyes, Gu Tong stepped forward to reply and told him the ins and outs of his errand, Sun Chuanting nodded in approval, and then ordered a banquet to celebrate Gu Tong's success.

This can be regarded as giving enough face, after all, this big idea was made by Sun Chuanting, and Gu Tong is just the person who implements it. Moreover, Sun Chuanting has already submitted a table to Chongzhen and asked for Gu Tong to be sealed.

At the celebration banquet, Gu Tong couldn't help but ask: "Dashuai, I see that you seem to have some worries, I don't know why?" ”

Sun Chuanting sighed: "It's hard to say. After speaking, he sent everyone out of the tent, and then said to Gu Tong: "Mr. This errand is certainly not bad, as soon as Luo Rucai died, the generals scattered, and many people and horses died, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the court, but if you think about it carefully, it is not so simple, everything has a benefit, there must be a disadvantage." ”

Gu Tong said: "How do you say this?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "On the surface, the number of thieves has been reduced from more than 500,000 to more than 300,000, a decrease of more than one-third, but if you think about it carefully, as soon as Luo Rucai died, the biggest benefit was not the court, not my Sun Chuanting, but Li Zicheng." His men have increased by nearly 100,000. ”

Gu Tong smiled: "That's what the big handsome said." In fact, there is no need to worry, Luo Rucai is usually good to his subordinates, after his death, those people were forced by the power, out of helplessness, to take refuge in Li Zicheng, but when it comes to the time of real swords and guns, how many people can really work hard, it is not yet known. Li Zicheng took them in, in case there were any of them who were loyal to Luo Rucai, maybe one day, they would kill him Li Zicheng's dog. In my opinion, Li Zicheng has raised a group of enemies for himself. ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head lightly: "Mr. knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." The reason why Li Zicheng has been able to survive from the many thieves who rebelled to the present, and the people and horses have suffered several major setbacks, and when they were most broken, there were only a dozen horses left around him, but such a person actually has hundreds of thousands of horses, isn't it terrifying? In my opinion, Li Zicheng's way of controlling people is not much worse than that of today's saints. He must have a way to make those who surrendered to the past die for him. ”

Gu Tong gasped: "In this way, you really have to be careful." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "But this is not what I am most worried about, what I am really worried about is that Li Zicheng is already fledgling, so he will go north and attack the capital." ”

When Gu Tong heard this, he smiled indifferently: "Today, the only one who can stop Li Zicheng is you." And you are stationed here at this time, in front of the main road, blocking the way to the north tightly, if Li Zicheng wants to pass, he can only fight to the death with the marshal. In the following opinion, even if Li Zicheng has millions of people, he can't do anything, because this is a direct subordinate, and the time and place are favorable, and they are all on the side of our officers and army. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly in approval: "You are right, so I train all day and build weapons, just in case." I was looking forward to him coming, but I was most afraid that he would not come. ”

Gu Tong was stunned: "I don't understand this, Li Zicheng doesn't come to attack, what else is there to fear?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "I'm afraid that he will attack the capital from another place. ”

With that, he reached for the map on the wall. Gu Tong looked up and saw that Sun Chuanting's finger was pointing to a place.

Shanxi!

Gu Tong said: "Dashuai is afraid that Li Zicheng will enter Shanxi?" ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "If Li Zicheng dares to enter Zhili, I will fight a decisive battle with him, and at the same time fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, and do not leave a grain of grain for Li Zicheng, in this way, Li Zicheng's army is blocked north of the Yellow River, but his rear base is in Luoyang, the transportation line is too long, and he has to cross the Yellow River, and the grain must not be able to help." For a month at most, its army was in disarray. But if Li Zicheng doesn't come to Zhili, but takes Shanxi, I can't do anything. ”

Gu Tong looked at the map and nodded again and again: "Yes, the road to Shanxi is very close, and at this time in Shanxi, there are not many elite soldiers, although Wang Qiaonian is capable, he is a little worse than fighting." Moreover, after a few days of trouble in the Qin army, the main force of the official army was mostly concentrated in the border area, and there were fewer people and horses in the south, Li Zichengzheng could take this opportunity to cross the Yellow River in the north, enter Shanxi, and then kill in the east, cross the Taihang Mountain, and hit the capital. ”

The more he spoke, the more solemn the look on his face became, and at the end, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Sun Chuanting said: "That's right. Therefore, I have already issued a warning to Wang Qiaonian, telling him to pay close attention to the movements along the Yellow River. As long as the thieves start to cross the river in Shanxi, they will report to me immediately, but I don't know if this Wang Qiaonian has fallen on deaf ears. ”

Gu Tong frowned and said: "Li Zicheng's ancestral grave was excavated by Wang Qiaonian, Li Zicheng has long hated him to the core, and at this time, he knows that he is the governor of Shanxi, and he will definitely enter Shanxi." However, even if he told the marshal, the marshal still needs to ask the emperor for instructions before he can enter Shanxi, is it too late? ”

Sun Chuanting smiled: "The day before yesterday, I already sent someone to Beijing to send my song, please allow the emperor to allow me to lead the army to pursue Li Zicheng, that is to say, as long as Li Zicheng goes, Ben Shuai can go anywhere." ”

Gu Tong said: "However, if you take the whole army and enter Shanxi, once you fall for Li Zicheng's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, as soon as you leave with the front foot, he will lead the men and horses over with the back foot, won't you take advantage of your loophole?" At that time, before the Jingshi, there was not even a half-point barrier. Has Dashuai thought about this? ”

Sun Chuanting was silent for a moment before he said: "Naturally, I thought that if fighting is a game, then I am betting on this game." I bet this treasure on Shanxi. I expected that Li Zicheng did not want to be blocked by our army in Zhili, it would be difficult to move an inch, and he would definitely attack Shanxi in the north, and then go east, if I guessed wrong, it means that I am not as good as Li Zicheng. ”