Li Zicheng stopped, turned to look at Gu Junen, his thick eyebrows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, the Son of Heaven Yongchang said in a low voice: "Xi'an Mansion is still fighting with Wu Sangui's dog thief, Nanyang Mansion is fighting against the Tartars again, and Hanzhong Mansion has just fought with Zhang Xianzhong...... That is, the south is a little more stable, and if you start a war with Zuo Liangyu again, you will be attacked on all sides! ”

"Emperor, Xi'an Mansion will not defend ......sooner or later," Gu Junen said, "Now that Xi'an Mansion is surrounded by soldiers and chaos, no one has been cultivating it for a long time, even if Tong Guanbo (Luo Hu) and Linqu Nan (Gao Yigong) do not lose in the battle array, when the food in Xi'an Mansion is exhausted, they can only abandon the city and take a way out." The situation in Nanyang Province is slightly better, but once Xi'an is not defended, it will be attacked on three sides, and even if it is hard to maintain, the countryside will inevitably turn into scorched earth. And Hanzhong will also fall into the attack of Wu Sangui and Zhang Xianzhong at that time, and the situation is not optimistic. If we can't take precautions and expand to the south, we are afraid that once Xi'an Mansion is lost, we can only be cramped between Xiangjing and Sunset! ”

was mentioned by Gu Junen, and Li Zicheng also realized the seriousness of the problem. Now the war in Xi'an seems to be maintained, but the cultivation around Xi'an Mansion is impossible. There is no cultivation and no harvest, and when the reserves in Xi'an are exhausted, Luo Hu and Gao Yigong can only retreat from the army.

Li Zicheng sighed: "The elders of Shaanxi are looking forward to sitting firmly in the country and saving the people from fire and water. I used to think so, but now I have beaten half of Shaanxi into white ground, and I don't know how many people have died......"

Gu Junen knew that the benevolence of this emperor's wife had been committed, so he had to comfort: "Emperor, the rise and fall of all dynasties is like this, as long as you do more benevolent government after you win the world, let the people live a good life for a few years, what is worth it." ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "Renzheng still has to be done...... It's just that they go south to fight Zuo Liangyu, will they attract the little prince of the Zhu family? He's just beaten the Tartar to death with the Tartar's Hair Chubelhaug, and his morale is rising! ”

"No," Gu Erjun was very sure, "The regent of the Tartars has personally led a large army to Shangqiu, and he wants to avenge Haoge, how dare the prince of the Zhu family go west to Huguang?" ”

Li Zicheng is right to think about it, then Dolgon heard that it was Hauge's uncle, and his nephew ordered someone to beat him to death, can his uncle give up? Revenge is a definite retribution......

Gu Erjun said again: "The detailed report sent to Wuchang Mansion said that Zuo Liangyu's old thief was seriously ill and dying, and his son Zuo Menggeng was shallow and shallow, and it was difficult to convince the public, and the army's morale was in chaos...... It's our chance to take advantage of the mourning!

Moreover, the discipline on the left is extremely poor, and the generals are worse than the robbers, and in these days in Huguang, the local disasters have been suffering, especially those state capitals that were once occupied by us, and now everyone is looking forward to the emperor fighting back! ”

"Really?" Li Zicheng was suspicious, "Aren't you looking forward to the little prince?" ”

"How can you expect him?" Gu Junen smiled, "What's so good about him?" Cunning and cruel, disobedient and unfilial, greedy and contemptible, Huguang's reputation is stinky. ”

Li Zicheng thought to himself: It must be the strategists around Zuo Liangyu who are desperately trying to discredit the little prince!

"Since someone is looking forward to it, then you might as well fight again!" Li Zicheng said, "But it is no longer exempt from payment for three years...... This time, it's going to be Juntian, and the Dongyu can count and dictate the field, why can't the teachers of benevolence and righteousness be like this? ”

"The emperor is wise!" Gu Junen said, "We can first send a fine work to infiltrate the five prefectures of Chengtian, Jingzhou, De'an, Huangzhou, and Hanyang, and post a notice announcing that we will be in Juntian, Jikou, Huguang...... When the poor people know about it, they will definitely support the emperor's soldiers. ”

"Very good!" Li Zicheng suddenly felt happy in his heart, "The ballad has also changed, so let's sing 'eat his mother, divide his mother, and divide the fields when the king comes'!" Many poor people will respond! ”

Gu Junen suggested again: "Emperor, should we contact Zhang Xianzhong?" Now that the rebels are left with only us and Zhang Xianzhong, we really shouldn't kill each other. ”

Li Zicheng snorted: "He hid in Sichuan to claim the king, but he was comfortable, how could he join forces with E?" ”

"Emperor, the news from Sichuan is not like this," Gu Junen said, "Zhang Xianzhong has not been comfortable for too long...... After he became emperor in Chengdu, he began to go downhill. Not only was it defeated by us in Hanzhong, but it was also besieged by a group of remnants of the Ming Dynasty, and it was defeated repeatedly, which was very embarrassing, and even Chongqing was lost. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's fate is somewhat similar to Li Zicheng, he had good luck before entering Chengdu Jianda West, and he also played an unstoppable momentum. But after becoming the emperor of Daxi in Chengdu, he began to fall behind. Not only was he defeated by He Zhen, the general sent by Li Zicheng to Hanzhong, but also besieged by Ming Dynasty generals in Sichuan, such as Zeng Ying, Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, Wang Xiang, Yang Zhan, and Cao Xun.

These Ming Dynasty generals didn't look very good at fighting before Zhang Xianzhong entered Chengdu, but after Zhang Xianzhong entered Chengdu as the emperor, they suddenly became brave, gathered soldiers and horses, pulled up the banner and fought with the Great Western Army, and they fought vividly!

In the spring of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, Ma Shiying, the governor of Yunnan, Guichuan appointed by Zhu Cihong, arrived at Zunyi Mansion in Sichuan (Zunyi Mansion was the original Banzhou, which belonged to Sichuan Province at the end of the Ming Dynasty) with a large amount of military salaries, military resources and thousands of Guizhou soldiers, as well as the prince's decree of "five years of exemption", Zhang Xianzhong's trouble was even greater.

Sichuan is a country of abundance, not greatly affected by the Xiaoice River period, and the life of the common people is not too bitter. Therefore, the people of Sichuan do not expect Zhang Xianzhong to "save" at all, and Zhang Xianzhong is not a hero who galloped in the Central Plains like Li Zicheng - Sichuan people also know the story of the Central Plains winning the world, and they also know that the regime that has seized Sichuan since ancient times will not last long. Therefore, there were not many Sichuan people who were willing to take refuge in Zhang Xianzhong, and as soon as Zhu Cihong's exemption decree arrived, Zhang Xianzhong's rule in eastern Sichuan was on the verge of collapse.

In this case, Ma Shiying would counterattack Chongqing together with Ma Gan, the acting governor of Sichuan, Gan Liangchen, the former Shanhaiguan general in the township, Zeng Ying, the general of Fuzhou, Wang Xiang, the general of Zunyi, and Qin Yiming, the general of Sichuan (Qin Liangyu's brother) who garrisoned Shizhu, and so on, and actually succeeded in March!

At present, Cao Xun occupies Yazhou, Yang Zhan occupies Jiading Mansion, and they are also very happy - because there is a "five-year exemption" pie, there are more Sichuan people who have taken refuge in Cao Xun and Yang Zhan than in history.

If this development continues, Zhang Xianzhong is only afraid that he will die faster than in history!

"Well deserved!" Li Zicheng sneered, "Who told him to be the emperor on his own initiative?" Now you're under siege, right? It's up to me to see how long he can hold on. ”

"Emperor," Gu Junen said in a low voice, "Do you know how Uncle Liu Huang took the land of Yizhou back then?" ”

"Uncle Liu?" Li Zicheng was stunned, "Is that big-eared thief Liu Bei who is crying?" ”

"That's right!" Gu Junen turned out to be a strategist who was familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he said: "Now Zhang Xianzhong's situation is very critical, he is besieged by the Sichuan army, and he is tired of coping, which is the same as the situation faced by Liu Zhang back then...... And the emperor is going to occupy Jing Chu, isn't it the situation of Uncle Liu? Moreover, the emperor and Zhang Xianzhong are both righteous soldiers, and they have incense! ”

Although Li Zicheng's Second Army Division does not know how to "count his fingers," he still has certain insights into the general trend of the world.

He now knows that Dashun has no chance to dominate the world, and all he can ask for now is a chance to divide the world.

And to divide the world into three parts, it is only possible to choose one of the three between Sichuan and Chu, the Central Plains, and the Southeast.

Now the Central Plains belong to the Qing Dynasty, and the southeast is owned by the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty had a plan to dictate the fields and set up flags in the enclosures, and the situation could be maintained. The Ming Dynasty is also sorting out the land, strictly levying commercial taxes, and the southeast wealth gathering place, and can also obtain Western firearms technology, and has also stabilized its position.

Therefore, the only territory that Dashun can seize now is the land of Sichuan and Chu, and he will follow the path of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms......