Only Li Xiao himself understood why he was so out of shape when he heard the news.

I didn't expect that! I have established the emperor, I thought that this great tomorrow should be determined by the edict, but I didn't expect that in the southern region, there are people who blatantly confront themselves and regard their edicts as nothing!

Now the situation is so difficult, the northern rogues and Tartars are so poisonous, the first emperor was martyred, the capital fell, thousands of people, either died of swords, or filled in the ravines, and they actually ignored the country, only thinking about personal use, just for their own wealth, actually made such a rebellious act, and supported a bullshit prison country that was completely opposite to themselves!

Such bastards, they really deserve to be killed!

Li Xiao was excited in his heart, his face was gloomy as iron, his teeth were clenched, he sat motionless on the tiger head chair like an iron cast, and continued to listen to Chen Zilong's report patiently.

"Tang Wang, according to my understanding, just some time ago, Zhu Yousong, the puppet eunuch, became a puppet court in Nanjing with the support of Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu, Zheng Zhilong and other military leaders. Puppet ministers such as Zhang Shenyan, Gao Hongtu, Li Zhan, Wang Yi, Guo Weijing, Liu Kongzhao, and Zhao Zhilong have all been supported. Naturally, under the guidance of his personal eunuch Lu Jiude, Han Zanzhou and others, Zhu Yousong paid homage to the Taimiao in Nanjing, paid homage to the tomb of filial piety and the tomb of Prince Yiwen, and then surrounded by the puppet ministers, he went to the Wuying Hall in the capital to perform the state ceremony, and officially ascended the throne to become the so-called Hongguang Prison ......"

After listening to Chen Zilong's narration, Li Xiao's originally excited and angry mood began to gradually calm down.

He suddenly remembered the process of Hongguang's ascension to the throne in real history. Now it seems that what Zhu Yousong did is not much different from real history.

The only difference is that Zhu Yousong in history, after claiming to be the prisoner of the country, was surrounded by the ministers as the emperor within a few days, and changed the name of the year to Hongguang, officially announcing the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

But in this world that has been changed by himself, Hongguang only claims to be the prisoner of the country, and never dares to be the emperor without authorization, which shows that Zhu Yousong and his ministers are still weak in the end, and they dare not dare to establish themselves as emperors after Li Xiao supported the Chongxing Emperor. His actions seem to be to prevent him from completely tearing his face, and there is no possibility of any accommodation.

The current situation is really getting more and more delicate, and I am becoming more and more interested......

"King Tang, then Zhu Yousong is so profane, so rebellious, but we want to immediately send troops and horses to crusade?" Chen Zilong quickly finished talking about Zhu Yousong's journey to becoming a prisoner, and then asked in a low voice.

Li Xiao's face was expressionless and silent.

"King Tang, in your opinion, but ......"

Chen Zilong asked again tentatively, but before he finished speaking, Li Xiao just waved his hand lightly.

"King Tang, isn't it right now, aren't you going to punish these evil ministers and thieves?"

Listening to Chen Zilong's continuous questioning, Li Xiao's face actually had a faint weird smile.

"Wozi, you are so anxious, but you can't help but think too highly of them." Li Xiao replied with a sneer: "In the eyes of this king, this group of Xiaoxiao and these clowns who jump off the beam are just dry bones in the mound, in fact, there is nothing to worry about. You have to remember that everything is light and heavy, urgent and slow, and the most urgent thing for our army now is not to express anger and dissatisfaction immediately, but to first clench your fists hard. ”

Chen Zilong blinked; "Could it be that King Tang is planning to be patient with such a clown first, wait until the new two towns are trained, and then send troops south, and then go to Xingshi to ask for guilt?"

Li Xiao nodded: "That's right." There is a saying that when you seek fame, you should seek a hundred-year-old fame, and you should seek merit for eternity. When acting and planning, we should plan for the long term, and never rush for a while. Now in my Shandong land, only the soldiers and horses of the first town are stationed. And the B battalion of them are all stationed at the Shanhaiguan Department, so there is a huge place in Shandong, only two battalions of A and C soldiers and horses are available, and the use of troops can be described as stretched. Therefore, at present, we must wait until the other two towns are trained before we can go south to ask for the guilt, so as to sweep away the rebels and thieves in one fell swoop, and unify in accordance with the order of the country and the program of the court. ”

"What King Tang said is very true." Chen Zilong sighed lightly, but said unwillingly: "It's just that if we have to wait for our army's new two towns to complete the training, I'm afraid it will take more than two months, and I am afraid that it will be delayed." ”

Listening to Chen Zilong's reply, Li Xiao smiled coldly, and said with a sigh: "Wozi, it's still that sentence, don't be so anxious, and let them jump for a few days, what's the matter?" In this world of great contention, what fame, what money and power, in fact, are all illusory things, and in the end, it is the strength to speak, or to be bigger and more powerful than whose fist. You know, anger without strength is meaningless. Just like now, this king ordered the emperor to send eunuchs to reprimand him sternly, and ordered Zhu Yousong to go to the title of prison country, and then bound himself to come to Jinan to atone for his sins, who would listen? Such an ineffective edict, such a holy decree without force to rely on and rely on, seems to these rebels to be no different from a piece of waste paper. Why should we bother to do such a humiliating thing? ”

"Well, King Tang is taught." Chen Zilong was finally convinced, he sighed lightly, and bowed to Li Xiaochang again.

Li Xiao stood up and paced back and forth in the room, and after a long time, he continued: "Actually, speaking of which, because this king had to fight against the imperial court to protect himself, many court officials have regarded this king as a rebel of the Ming Dynasty. Even if this king now supports the crown prince to ascend the throne as the emperor, they are very likely to suspect that the crown prince set up by this king may not be the real Zhu Cihong, but this king has come to Li Dai Taozhuang, secretly replaced, and gave them a tanuki to replace the prince. Therefore, these guys can use this hypothetical excuse to support Zhu Yousong as the so-called prison state, and to prevaricate the perfunctory decree of the imperial court, which is really hateful. ”

He paused, shook his head and sighed: "It's just that this king thinks that at the time when the former emperor was killed and the country is in danger, these people will still have some fears and concerns, at least in a short period of time, they will not act too out of line." But this king really underestimated their shamelessness and selfishness. This king really didn't expect that at such a time when the country was in danger, they would selfishly plot and do this great rebellion to split the country. Speaking of which, this king has misjudged the situation. ”

"Then during this time, in the eyes of King Tang, our army should not have any important things, right?" Chen Zilong asked in a low voice.

Li Xiao looked straight out of the window, his eyes were sharp, and he replied in a deep voice: "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, in the eyes of this king, during this time, the most urgent and critical thing should be to guard Shanhaiguan." ”

"Oh, King Tang is worried that since Tang Tong and his three thousand soldiers and horses were lured down by our army, then Li Zicheng will send troops to retaliate?"

"Hmph, Li Zicheng's revenge is inevitable. The king is only worried that something more sinister will happen. Li Xiao looked sad and couldn't help but sigh.

"But what?"

"This king is worried that driven by common interests, Li Zicheng's rogue is very likely to collude with the Tartars in the north and send troops to attack the first pass in Liaodong, so as to completely eradicate this close threat, pull out this thorn in the eye, and thorn in the flesh." Li Xiao said coldly.

Li Xiao's worries are very accurate.

Because, just three days ago, the envoys of the Qing court, Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian, with a group of entourage, disguised as merchants who collected and sold leather goods, crossed the grassland for thousands of miles, re-turned to Xuanfu Town, and finally came to the city of Beijing.

Looking at the Dashun banner fluttering high at the head of the city, and looking at the inspection of pedestrians at the gate of Beijing, Fan Wencheng, who was dusty, suddenly showed a comfortable smile on his face.

"Chengxian, our journey was bumpy, through thousands of miles, and finally arrived at the city of Beijing. I'll find a hotel and settle down, and then I'll go tomorrow to see Li Zicheng. Fan Wencheng stroked his dirty beard, turned his head and said to Bao Chengxian on the side.

Bao Chengxian nodded, and immediately asked, "Xian Dou, you say, then Li Zicheng, will you agree with us?" Could it be that this gangster has a different heart, has twists and turns, and actually locked us up? ”

"Hehe, Li Zicheng is not that stupid." Fan Wencheng sneered: "The current Li Zicheng has a common enemy with my Qing Dynasty, and that is the heaven-killing Li Xiao!" It is precisely because of this common interest, and precisely because the enemy of the enemy is a friend, that this can connect me with the Liukou. And the Queen Mother and the Regent saw this clearly, so they sent me and others to talk to Li Zicheng about the alliance between the two countries. Therefore, as long as Li Zicheng is not a fool with a mouse eye, he will never touch half a hair. ”

"What Xiandou said is very true."

"Chengxian, not to mention anything else now, the most critical thing in front of the Liukou and our army is the Shanhaiguan that made our army a failure. This pass is like a nail deeply inserted in the body of the Liukou and my Daqing, this nail is not pulled, and the Liukou and I Daqing are not at peace. ”

When Fan Wencheng said this, his face was full of complicated and indignant looks: "If you want to come to this world's No. 1 Xiongguan, you are only one step away, and you almost fell into the hands of our army, but now you are being taken by Li Xiao, who is interfering in one hand, it is really hateful." And you and I have all heard that not long ago, Tang Tong, the former Ming Dynasty Miyun general soldier who surrendered to Liukou, and his 3,000 soldiers and horses, were all lured by the Tang army to surrender in the land of Shanhaiguan. And if he is clear-headed, he should know that if he wants to conquer this world's first heroic pass, join forces with our army, and the two countries will attack together, it should be the best choice. ”

Fan Wencheng's words made Bao Chengxian nod again and again, deeply agreeing.

The two then entered the city, only to see the huge capital, the market is depressed, pedestrians are scarce, and all kinds of buildings on both sides are damaged. On the street, there are a large number of sergeants, the military appearance is not neat, and the smell of wine is wandering on the street.

After a day's rest, Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian changed into clean clothes and came to the palace to ask for a meeting.

After receiving the name of the two and the handwritten letter from the regent Dorgon, the guard general who was guarding outside the Forbidden City was simply stunned, and he immediately entered the palace to report without saying a word.

At this time, the Dashun court had already dispersed, and Li Zicheng came to the Imperial Garden Meditation Pavilion to drink freely, but his heart was still Tang Tong and his three thousand soldiers and horses, and they were sulked by Zu Dale's tricks.

On that day, Emperor Chongzhen killed all the queen's concubines, and the corpses were hastily decorated with simple coffins made of door panels, all of which were buried in this imperial garden. Later, after Li Zicheng occupied Beijing and moved into the Forbidden City, he ordered his subordinates to transfer all the simple coffins of the concubines buried here to the mass graves outside the city.

Annoyed that Chongzhen resisted to the end, Li Zicheng was very resentful in his heart. He didn't plan to erect a monument to these dead concubines and build graves, and planned to throw the coffins in mass graves. But in the end, he couldn't stand the nagging of his officials who ruled the world with filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and finally had to hastily erect tombs and wooden tablets for everyone, which was regarded as this way to show the so-called benevolent and benevolent side of the military and civilians to the military and civilians.

Now the imperial garden, has been repaired to be the same as before, the water pavilion, the lake willows, the birds and flowers, the scenery is very beautiful. It's just that Li Zicheng has no intention of watching it at all.

Because, he nominally came here to watch the spring light and drink and relax, but in Li Zicheng's heart, he has been thinking about how to take down Shanhaiguan and pull out this vicious nail that the Tang army entered, not only for himself to grow a bad breath, but also for the northern tranquility of the Great Shun Dynasty, to find a reliable guarantee and barrier.

It's just that, considering that this Shanhai Pass is guarded by the Tang Army, Li Zicheng has a lot of worries about how to take this pass. As many as 50,000 Qing troops have failed to conquer this Xiongguan, and those who want to capture this pass are afraid that they will have to send at least 100,000 troops to help.

It's just that the terrain of this Shanhaiguan is special, and it is impossible to surround it all, and the Tang Army's naval division is extremely powerful, and it can provide an almost endless stream of material and military assistance from the sea to the east. Therefore, it is not easy for me to take revenge and take this Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng's heart was anxious and worried, he beat his thigh hatefully, and drank a full glass of water and wine with his neck up.

At this time, the general hurriedly entered, walked quickly to the outside of the meditation pavilion, and said to him urgently: "King Chuang, outside the Forbidden City, there are two guys who claim to be the envoys of the Qing Dynasty who want to see you, the king. Their names, as well as the letter of Dorgon, the regent of the Qing court, have been brought below, and the king is invited to see them. ”

Hearing this report, Li Zicheng was taken aback, and almost refused to believe his own ears. He blinked, and immediately asked him to hand over the name note and letter.

Li Zicheng now knows some words roughly, and he still has to understand the name, but Dolgon's long letter is not half understood. He frowned, and immediately sent an order, so that his most trusted scholar of the Heavenly Blessing Temple and the secretary of the Ministry of Engineering, Niu Jinxing, hurried into the garden to speak.

As for Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian, who were waiting outside the Forbidden City, they first asked them to wait outside the city for the time being.

After receiving Li Zicheng's order, Niu Jinxing walked quickly to the imperial garden, and Li Zicheng didn't say a word, and immediately handed him the names of the two and Dolgon's letters.