Bai Qi nodded again and again: "That's how it should be." [Full text reading. I will give the order. Then send someone to inform Li Zicheng. ”

Li Yan said: "Now that the Qing army is far away, and the entire Zhili is already in the hands of a few of my families, at this time, we should urge Li Zicheng to reach an agreement as soon as possible and repatriate the army." Otherwise, those few will come to us for land, how to deal with it? ”

Bai Qi said: "This matter can't be too anxious, we are just the general of the unified army, it is our task to defeat the Qing army, and the rest of the matter is not suitable for us to decide, I wrote clearly in the previous book, please ask the King of Qin to send Prime Minister Zhang Yi to come, the matter of the coalition army is promoted by him, he arrives, everything is easy to do." ”

Li Yan nodded: "It's just like this now." I'll go and send a message to everyone from all walks of life, and ask them to wait patiently for a few days, and after Prime Minister Zhang Yi arrives, there will naturally be a difference. ”

Bai Qi said: "First of all, we have to go to Li Zicheng's place, don't let him feel that we have a private alliance behind his back." Li Yan said: "I naturally understand this. ”

Sure enough, as they expected, after defeating the Qing army, people from all walks of life gathered in Beijing, and the fifth battalion of the left had a close relationship with Ma Jinzhong, and the main generals of the two sides discussed in secret, Ma Jinzhong did not want the territory according to Zuo Liangyu's intentions, and what he cared about was how much food and military resources the Qin army could give him. In this battle, he lost a lot of men and horses, and Ma Jinzhong was very angry, but he had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky and made a bird. So he held his breath, and he had to let Qin Jun compensate himself more.

The fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution is relatively easy, Fan Ju and Zhang Yi have an agreement in advance, and they want several county towns next to Shandong, and now these counties are still nominally in the hands of Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng this time the whole army assembled, after defeating the Qing army, he has not had time to recover the lost territory one by one, so these counties now have no masters, Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan have already sent a secret letter to Fan Ju, asking him to send people to seize these cities, preconceived, if Li Zicheng asks, he can also push the responsibility to the Qin army. Even if Li Zicheng is angry again, he can't complain about them.

As for Li Dingguo, he is very leisurely, since he sent his troops, he has not fought a battle, it can be said that the whole division went out of Sichuan, without injury, and at this time the soldiers captured Shanhaiguan without blood, and his prestige was greatly boosted. Even if there is no benefit, but there is no loss, he has completed the task assigned by Zhang Xianzhong, just wait for someone to take over the Shanhaiguan, he can ask the Qin army or the Dashun army for some money and food, and return to Sichuan.

Among these people, the most disturbing is Zhang Huangyan. Because Sun Chuanting and Zhang Yi had an agreement, once the Qin army got the entire Zhili, they would have to share it equally with them. The capital will then return to Sun Chuanting's hands.

Only by returning to the capital and letting Zhu Cijiong return to Beijing to ascend the throne can he, the emperor, rule the world justifiably, and the Zhu Yousong in the south can obediently abdicate and respect Zhu Cijiong. This move is so important that there must be no mistakes.

But there are also a lot of variables in this, once Li Zicheng repents and does not hand over Zhili and the capital to the Qin army, not only will the Qin army not get the territory, but he will also have nothing to talk about in this regard. Therefore, Zhang Huangyan has double concerns, both afraid of Li Zicheng's remorse, and afraid of Qin Jun's repudiation, after all, this includes the capital, Beijing's importance in the whole country, indescribable, who occupies the city of Beijing, it means a change of dynasty and the rule of the world.

Just when he was anxious, someone came to report that Li Yan in the Qin army asked to see him. Zhang Huangyan hurriedly invited into the big tent, and when the two met for a few words, Zhang Huangyan asked, "Li Gongzi is here, what do you have to say?" ”

Li Yan saw the uneasiness in his heart, and had already guessed the ** point, so he smiled and said: "I came here to tell the general one thing, that is, my general Bai Qi has already repaired the letter and sent it to Guanzhong, I believe that in a few days, Prime Minister Zhang Yi will come." ”

When Zhang Huang heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh? When your army invited Prime Minister Zhang Cheng to come, didn't you ask Li Zicheng for territory? ”

Li Yan heard him ask directly, and he was amused in his heart, but he said with a straight face: "It's not a matter of asking for anything, it's just that Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is the initiator of this coalition, and after the victory over the Qing army, he should come forward, so that there will be less resistance for all parties." ”

Zhang Huangyan nodded again and again: "Childe is right." After the decisive battle, there should be a person who comes to straighten out the relationship between all sides. ”

Li Yan saw that there was no one in the tent, so he lowered his voice and said: "So in the past few days, the general must be careful and vigilant, and the general of my family has also passed down the order to go, and the Qin army will move to camp tomorrow, and it will be closer to you." There is an echo between the two sides. ”

Zhang Huangyan was very happy: "Yes, this plan is very good, don't hide it from the son, I also feel that I am alone here, our two armies are in one place, and our courage will be much stronger." ”

The two talked about some specific matters after moving to the camp, such as how to join forces, plan the defense area, etc., and then Li Yan said goodbye and returned to the camp.

Since Li Yan went to Li Zicheng's camp first and told him about the relocation of the camp, Li Zicheng also understood that the Qin army and Zhang Huangyan's men and horses were together, and they had the meaning of forming a camp to protect themselves, after all, they had too many people and too much power, and it was normal for others to feel uneasy. Not only the Qin army, but also the fifth battalion of Gezuo and Ma Jinzhong's camp were also connected together, which had the same meaning.

The next day, the Qin army, under the command of Bai Qi and Li Yan, began to pull out the camp. After the settlement was settled, the men and horses of each family had already separated and set up around the city of Beijing.

Li Zicheng's men and horses were in the east, Qin Jun and Zhang Huangyan were in the west, the fifth battalion of the left and Ma Jinzhong were in the front, and only Li Dingguo's men and horses were few and were stationed in the north of the city. In this way, the armies are stationed separately from each other, and there is also a lot less friction.

For several days, everyone stood still and waited quietly, and they were waiting for one person, that was Zhang Yi. In the meantime, everyone has their own plans in their hearts, as the so-called confidants are all in their hearts, all in plain sight, everyone has wishful thinking, just waiting for Zhang Yi to come, and then put it on the table.

In fact, Guanzhong has already started planning.

Zhang Yi returned to Xi'an, and after Bai Qi and Li Yan led the army away, Zhang Yi worked with the King of Qin every day to calculate the result of joining forces against the enemy. The two of them thought about many kinds of results, and they knew all kinds of possible things, and at the same time, King Qin sent a lot of meteor scouts to Henan Zhili to inquire about the news.

On the second day after the coalition army defeated the Qing army, Guanzhong received a flying pigeon from the front, and the specific battle report was transmitted back three days later.

When King Qin learned of the victory ahead, a stone finally fell in his heart. Because this is the best result he estimated in his heart.

However, behind this result, Qin Jun still faced more twists and turns.

After reading the battle report, Zhang Yi smiled at King Qin and said, "King, it's time for us to play." King Qin nodded: "Yes, the heavy responsibility shouldered by the prime minister is no lighter than that of Bai Qi, if all the families and horses have got their own benefits and left satisfied, then for a long period of time, there will be no more wars in the Central Plains." If there is no war in the Central Plains, how can our Qin army develop? ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "What the king said is extremely true. If the water is not muddy, then the intention of the fisherman must be clearly placed there, and the fish in the water will see it clearly, so when the water is muddy, the fish will not have the ability to perceive, which is just convenient for the fisherman. Don't worry, the king will go this time, and if I move my lips and tongue skillfully, I will definitely provoke a ** wave of rivers and lakes. ”

King Qin said: "After I went, I will explain all this to Bai Qi Li Yan first, and let them pay more attention, after all, those tens of thousands of horses are also alone." ”

Zhang Yi said: "The king doesn't have to worry, with the generals and ministers here, the Qin army will definitely return to Guanzhong." You can prepare for war with peace of mind here, in a few months, the Central Plains will definitely start fighting again. This joint war against the Qing Dynasty was the beginning of the great chaos in the world. ”

King Qin was overjoyed, and a few days later, a letter from Bai Qi came from the front, asking Zhang Yi to go. Zhang Yi was ready, took five hundred elite cavalry, and set off immediately.

Within a few days, Zhang Yi came to the city of Beijing, Li Zicheng and others heard about it, and immediately greeted them for dozens of miles, and saw Zhang Yi, everyone was very affectionate, Li Zicheng was busy taking Zhang Yi into his imperial camp, and then put down a feast again to wash the dust for this Zhang Cheng Prime Minister.

This banquet is only for Zhang Yi to catch the wind, everyone at the banquet is very interesting, there is no mention of the agreed matter, everyone knows that Zhang Yi is here for the prior covenant, so there is no need to worry.

After drinking the wind wine, Zhang Yi naturally returned to the Qin army camp with Bai Qi and Li Yan.

After entering the general's tent, everyone sat down, and Bai Qi immediately asked, "Sir must have already discussed with the king." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "That's natural, without the king's decision, how can I come easily." ”

Li Yan said: "But I don't know how Mr. and the king view the matter of the covenant." ”

Zhang Yi asked Bai Qi: "Did Li Zicheng mention the alliance with the general?" Bai Qi smiled: "Naturally, Li Zicheng meant, want to stay in Zhili with my Qin army, they said that although the Qing army was defeated, the loss of forces is not large, once the killing is back, my Qin army is not many, I am afraid that it will be difficult to guard, the implication is that if the Qin army wants to occupy Zhili, it still needs the help of Da Shunguo." But I think that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, one Zhili, and one capital, how can two families be accommodated? If we agree, it won't take a few days for Li Zicheng to squeeze out our Qin army. ”

Li Yan said: "The general thought of this, so he prevaricated with words, saying that everything would be discussed when Mr. came." ”

Zhang Yi nodded: "The general said it well." Li Zicheng's thoughts, the king also guessed. Zhili and the capital, Li Zicheng will not give up easily. Li Yan said: "The king must have made arrangements, sir, let's talk about it, Zhili and the capital, do we want it or not." ”