Li Yan said: "If the Chuang army can't gain a foothold in Zhili, it will definitely retreat to Henan, and it will inevitably compete with our Qin army for territory at that time." 【Latest chapter reading. 】”

King Qin said: "Let's see the result of this battle first." ”

Sure enough, in less than 20 days, a horse was reported to Xi'an and reported to King Qin: "Your lord, the battle of Shanhaiguan has ended. ”

Bai Qi asked, "What is the result?" ”

Tanma said: "Li Zicheng personally led the army and Wu Sangui in a stone confrontation, the result was a big victory, but at this time Wu Sangui has led the Qing army into the pass, Dolgon led 50,000 Eight Banners Iron Cavalry to rush Li Zicheng, the army could not withstand the fierce attack of the Eight Banners, and was immediately defeated. Li Zicheng led the remnants of his army to flee back to Beijing. On the third day after the defeat, Yu ascended the throne as emperor in Beijing, and the founding name was Dashun, and then withdrew from the capital and withdrew to Henan. ”

Zhang Yi said: "What about Beijing City? ”

"At this time, it is occupied by Dolgon. Huang Taiji urged him to urgently lead troops and chase after the invading army. Dolgon took Wu Sangui as the front, Duoduo and Azig behind, and led the army to chase down, while Dolgon was in Beijing, with Hong Chengchou as the official secretary, to pacify the Ming officials. Other circumstances are being investigated. ”

King Qin waved his hand, and the detective retreated. King Qin looked at the ministers: "It seems that the Qing army has entered the pass, and its ambitions are not small, and it has changed the previous style of snatching and leaving, and this time it is preparing to enter and occupy the Central Plains." ”

Bai Qi had never fought with the Qing army, so he asked the King of Qin: "Great King, the last time you led the army with General Wang Jian and met with Dolgon, how is the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners?" ”

King Qin said: "Extremely strong. They are skillful in bows and horses, not afraid of death, and their orders are extremely strict, and the generals in the army often have a strong prestige, and in the opinion of Lone, that kind of prestige is fought on the battlefield. It is different from the appointment of officials in the Ming Dynasty. Last time, it was only their small group of cavalry, not a large group of horses, so they could only see this. ”

Bai nodded: "The Chuang army is already a division of a hundred battles, many people are left behind by nine deaths, with their combat effectiveness, in front of the Eight Banners, they are still vulnerable, it seems that the Qing soldiers are really difficult to deal with." ”

Zhang Yi smiled and said, "This is not the case. The Eight Banners are powerful, but the army at this time is no longer the original army. ”

Bai Qi was stunned: "What does Mr. mean by this?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "The news that came before said that the Chuang army wantonly extorted silver money in the capital, and it was said that tens of millions of taels of gold and silver were extorted, so those soldiers spent all day and wine in the city, and there was even a situation where the entire barracks were unmanned for several days. This only shows one thing, after the army occupied the capital and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, the army was corrupted, the combat effectiveness declined rapidly, everyone was busy enjoying it, and it was okay to win the battle at this time, once defeated, everyone was worried about the treasures in the capital, how could they still fight to the death with all their might? ”

Li Yan said: "Yes, and Li Zicheng made a big mistake this time, he shouldn't give up Beijing City." Hundreds of thousands of horses, fighting against the city, may not have no chance of winning. ”

King Qin said: "But it can't be said that Li Zicheng gave up the capital because he wanted to use the capital as a cover to slow down the Qing army, lengthen the battle line of the Qing army, and disperse the strength of the Qing army." ”

Bai Qi said: "Exactly, after the Qing army occupied the capital, it was impossible not to divide troops to protect it, in fact, it was precisely like this, Dolgon refused to leave Beijing hastily, so he stayed there to appease the people and demote the officials." And sent Wu Sangui to lead the army to continue the pursuit. This time, his own men and horses will not be lost, and they can chase after the intruding army, and their wishful thinking is good. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Wu Sangui made the gun of the Qing army, and it seems that he is still working hard, and that is because Chen Yuanyuan has not snatched it back." ”

King Qin said: "Li Zicheng wants to retreat across the Yellow River and use the Yellow River to block the attack of the Qing army. After all, Zhili is all plains, and the cavalry of the Qing army has too much advantage. ”

At this time, he ran into a Chinese army and reported to the king of Qin: "King, Sun Chuanting sent someone to meet you." ”

This time the strange peak protruded, and everyone was stunned.

King Qin didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked, "Say it again, who sent someone to see me?" Zhongjun said: "It's Sun Chuanting, and this person also carries Sun Chuanting's handwritten letter." ”

Zhang Yi laughed first: "King, the lobbyist has arrived." King Qin snorted slightly: "Yes, the Qing army has entered the customs, but I am afraid that Sun Chuanting will also feel the pressure there." Zhang Yi said: "I heard that the Qing army entered the customs, and the banner was to avenge Chongzhen and eliminate Li Zicheng." It stands to reason that Zhu Cijiong, as Chongzhen's son, has no reason for the Qing army to attack him. ”

King Qin said: "Even if Dolgon doesn't understand this, Hong Chengchou is very shrewd. He will definitely give Dolgon a plan, as for the reason, if you want to add to the sin, there is no excuse! He can completely say that this third prince Zhu is fake, Sun Chuanting supports a puppet, and he is also a chaotic minister and thief, so the first person to be destroyed by the Qing army is his Sun Chuanting. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded.

Li Yan said: "In this way, Sun Chuanting must have sent someone to ally with our Qin army." If this move is successful, he will have no worries behind him, and he will avoid the situation of being attacked on his back. ”

King Qin said: "That's right. Li Yan said: "If this is the case, what is the king's plan?" King Qin said: "The Qing army can use Wu Sangui as a gunman, and my Qin army can also use Sun Chuanting as a gunman, so that he can block all parties in front, and my Qin army will run Henan with all its might, wouldn't it be good?" ”

Bai Qi said: "The king is high-minded. With Shanxi as a barrier, I can worry about the east of Guanzhong. ”

Zhang Yi said: "It's just that if we form an alliance with Sun Chuanting, what will Li Zicheng's side do?" ”

King Qin sneered: "He is already too busy to take care of himself now, the Qing army and Wu Sangui are already close, Li Zicheng wants to deal with it with all his might, how can he have the spare strength to take care of our side!" Moreover, the forces of our Qin army have also entered Henan, once the alliance with Sun Chuanting is successful, Li Zicheng will definitely feel that he is being attacked on all sides, and when the time comes, he will send people to communicate with us. At that time, our Qin army had the upper hand, whether it was Sun Chuanting or Li Zicheng, they could negotiate conditions and be invincible. ”

Everyone bowed their hands together: "The king is a god." I can't wait. ”

King Qin smiled coldly: "Please come and see you." ”

After passing the order, he listened to the sound of footsteps outside the gate, and with the Chinese army came a person, after this person entered the middle hall, he shook his sleeves and straightened his hat, and then took a few steps forward, bowed to the king of Qin: "The king is above, and Gu Tong, the servant of the Ming Dynasty, is polite." ”

It was Gu Tong who came, and at this time he had been appointed as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and his position was only below Wang Qiaonian. At the same time as him, there was also Zhang Huangyan, a young man who was just in his twenties, who was named the squire of the military department and followed Sun Chuanting.

King Qin ignored him, and Zhang Yi sneered on the side: "Ming Dynasty? Hasn't the Ming Dynasty been destroyed by Li Zicheng? Where did a servant come from? ”

Gu Tong smiled: "Prime Minister Zhang, although my Ming Dynasty lost the capital and the first emperor was martyred, but the prince is still alive, and he has succeeded to the throne as early as a month ago. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Jiangnan? Isn't there still a Hongguang Emperor there? This person is the son of King Fu, and he was supported as the emperor by the ministers, and it is justifiable, your third prince Zhu, whether it is true or not, no one knows, such an unknown emperor, not only Qin Jun is not convinced, but the people of the world will not be convinced. Your Excellency actually calls himself a Daming squire, but it's funny. ”

Gu Tong arched his hand to the surroundings: "Your Majesty of my family is the third prince of the first emperor Chongzhen's favorite, on the day the capital was broken, the first emperor sent the protector general Du Guowei to secretly send it out of the palace, and there are several personal eunuchs of the first emperor, and there is still a jade seal of the country with him, can this be fake?" Those thieves in Jiangnan, for the sake of selfish interests, were promoted to worship the lord, and this is an empty slander, which is really a great crime, I thought that the king was wise, and there must be no foolish people under his subordinates, but who expected to see it today, hehe......"

Zhang Yi was not annoyed, and smiled indifferently: "What a conclusive statement, your words, the reverse is the same, who knows that it is not Sun Chuanting and Er and others who support the emperor in order to be promoted to the rank of lord?" In fact, it is exactly like this, you Lord Gu used to be in Sun Chuanting's army, but you were just a staff member, didn't you ascend to the sky in one step at this time and become a member of the third grade? ”

Gu Tong sneered, but he was speechless, so he arched his hand at King Qin: "King, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's tone is extremely sharp, and he is not an opponent in the future, but Gu Mou is not here to speak quickly, but to have something important, and he wants to face King Chen." ”

King Qin smiled secretly in his heart, Zhang Yi gave a good dismount, first kill this person's sharp spirit, * He said soft words, and then talk about business, this is called the soldier of Quren, and he has the upper hand. At this time, Gu Tong admitted that he was not an opponent, so he said: "Come and give the envoy a seat." ”

A pro-soldier moved a big chair, Gu Tong thanked him, and then sat down.

King Qin said: "What's the matter with your grandson elder, sending you to see Gu?" ”

Gu Tong smiled: "It's not the old Sun Pavilion who came down, but by the order of His Majesty of my family." Specially come to communicate with the king. In addition, there is a letter from Sun Ge's veteran, please look at it from the king. ”

He took out the letter from his bosom, and a Chinese soldier took it and handed it to the King of Qin.

King Qin unfolded a look, it was Sun Chuanting's tone, to the effect that the current national disaster, King Qin had received the imperial seal of the first emperor, guarding the pass, at this time the thieves were rampant, disaster to the country and the people, it was the opportunity for the two sides to work together to calm the world, and also asked the King of Qin to take care of the kindness of the first emperor Chongzhen, and the two sides formed an alliance to resist foreign humiliation and so on.

For this letter, King Qin had a bottom in advance, so when he looked at the general idea above, it was not surprising, and his heart was even brighter.

At this time, Gu Tong handed over another gift list to show his goodwill.

This is the style of the envoys of great powers, and when they enter the door, they hand over the gift list, which is a sign of weakness.

King Qin looked at this gift list again, and it was also a heavy gift, including gold and jade, silver cloth, and the value was more than 10,000 gold. He didn't say anything, but handed the gift list to Zhang Yi.