Li Guo led the remnants of his army to flee all the way to Xi'an. The Tang army, which was pursuing all the way, was already far away from catching up, and at the same time it was already short of men and horses, and because it was too late, it also withdrew its troops and returned to Tongguan.

Therefore, Tian Wei, the commander of the Tang army, ordered that the whole army temporarily rest in Tongguan for a few days, and then march westward, and then attack all the way west along the Wei River in the future, capture the prefectures and counties along the way, and enter Xi'an.

Li Guo and others went all the way west, not daring to take a break, and a day later, they all returned to Xi'an. After returning to Xi'an, Li Guo did not dare to stop for a while, and immediately went to the palace to meet Li Zicheng.

"Your Majesty, Tongguan, Tongguan is lost!"

"Ahh

Seeing Li Guo, whose hair was unkempt and disheveled, staggered in from the outside with a sad face, Li Zicheng's heart was suddenly tightened. Still, he quickly heard the words he was most afraid to hear.

"What did you say?!"

"Your Majesty, Tongguan is lost, all the soldiers and horses are lost, and you are incompetent below, please give the emperor death!" Li Guo's eyes were full of tears, and he sobbed in a low voice, and when he finished speaking, he kowtowed again and again, and there was a bang.

Subsequently, Li Zicheng had a gloomy face, and after listening to Li Guo, who was kneeling on the ground, he cried and told about the loss of Tongguan in the gap of constantly kowtowing. After listening to the process of the loss of nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, Li Zicheng's heart was like a knife.

He stood up with a bang, his eyes were blood-red, and his appearance was angry and hideous, like this, as if he was going to split Li Guo's life.

However, fortunately, he controlled himself in time, just squeezed his fist and squeezed it hatefully, and Fang sighed with a long sigh: "Li Guo, Li Guo, you are also old in the war, but you are really fucking disappointed!" What's the use of talking this nonsense now? Even if you chop this guy into 3,000 pieces, what can you do with it! Get out of here! Wait for Lao Tzu to figure it out, and then punish you! ”

Li Guo looked ashamed, his forehead was already dripping with blood, he didn't dare to stay for a while, and hurriedly retreated. Li Zicheng glared at him angrily and withdrew from the palace, and then ordered the prime minister Niu Jinxing and the household secretary Song to enter the palace to discuss.

Soon, Niu Song and the others came in a hurry. Li Zicheng noticed that the two of them were depressed, and immediately guessed that they were very likely to know the current situation in Tongguan, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

For a while, the three of them looked at each other, and the entire Dongnuan Pavilion was dead silent.

In the end, it was Li Zicheng who spoke first, and he asked angrily: "Into his grandmother, Li Guo is incompetent, now Tongguan has been lost, the soldiers and horses are lost, and the east is in danger, but I don't know, what is the situation in the north of Shaanxi now?" ”

As soon as his words fell, Niu Jinxing let out a long sigh and replied: "Your Majesty, the current situation in the north of our army is worrying. The Tang army in the north was divided into two kinds of troops all the way from Baode Prefecture in Shanxi Province to enter the country, all the way through Mongolia, and attacked the boundary of Yulin Wei, both roads had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were elite and the artillery was fierce, and this way was invincible. However, the main force of our army's soldiers and horses is concentrated in Xi'an and Tongguan, but the defense forces in the north are weak, and it is difficult to compete with the Tang army. ”

Song Xiance also bowed his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, the Tang army on the North Road is attacking extremely fiercely, and our army is difficult to resist, and has lost Zhenqiang Fort, Shuangguan Fort, Yulin City, as well as Shenmu County, Jiazhou City and other places, and now the two Tang troops are gathering troops and horses, and they are working together to kill the gateway to northern Shaanxi, that is, the emperor's hometown of Mizhi, and I am afraid that there will be a shortage of soldiers and food in Mizhi County, and it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Tang army, and it will be ...... then."

"Say no more!" Li Zicheng stood up irritably, interrupted the words of the two sharply, and shouted at the two: "Fuck! The Tang Army's attack of troops and horses from the northeast like this is clearly to completely destroy our Daxi Kingdom, is it possible that our Daxi can only let it attack, and it will not be able to capture it obediently? ”

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he stomped his foot again, the irritability on his face,

Niu Jinxing shook his head slightly, sighed again, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now that the Tang army is coming from both sides, our army is difficult to resist, so it is better to ......."

"Why don't you surrender to the Tang Army, isn't it?"

Before Li Zicheng could finish speaking, he interrupted his words angrily, his expression was very hideous: "Niu Dayan, are you fucking colluding with the Tang Army, you have to be willing to respond to it, you want to take my position, you want to destroy my Dashun, yes or no!" Damn, I'll cut off your head first! ”

Niu Jinxing's face turned pale with horror, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, even if Weichen has grown 10,000 heads, he will never dare to do such a rebellious act!" Weichen was deeply favored by the emperor, talked about Guolu, and was willing to live and die with Sheji, and there would be a surrender to the Tang army. I just want to say that in the current situation, if the emperor wants to confront the Tang army head-on, he is afraid that there will be more luck and less luck, and it will be difficult to survive. If he didn't take a workaround quickly, he was afraid that the Tang army would eventually join forces on two fronts and besiege Xi'an, and the emperor would ......"

"And I'm the same as that Chongzhen Lao'er, sitting in Xi'an City waiting to be killed, right?" Li Zicheng interrupted Niu Jinxing's words in a vicious voice: "Hmph, even if I get to that situation, I won't be as sloppy as Chongzhen'er, I will personally order the army, go out of the city to fight together, even if I die, I will die on the battlefield!" ”

"Alas, Your Majesty, such words are a last resort, so why bother to say them lightly." On the side, Song Xiance also sighed: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the matter has not yet reached the point of complete irreparability. Our army still has a path to try. ”

"Oh? What is the path? Li Zicheng frowned and asked urgently.

Song Xiance coughed lightly and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, this way, in fact, this is the case." Now that Shaanxi is difficult to protect, and our army cannot surrender to the Tang army, we have to find another way out. Judging from the situation, although our army is difficult to resist in front of the Tang army, if we use troops elsewhere, the remaining more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of our army may find unexpected opportunities. ”

"Huh? Let's make it clear, where should our army use its troops now? Li Zicheng's eyes also lit up.

Song Xiance got up when he heard this, quickly took out a map from his sleeve, spread it out on the imperial table, and then pointed to the western boundary outside Jiayu Pass, and asked Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, do you know where this place is?" And who governs it? ”

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I heard that now west of Jiayuguan is a place called Yarkand Kingdom, right?" ”

Song Xiance nodded and said, "The emperor is right, it is the Yarkand Khanate. The realm of this country, our army should be able to cut down. This Yarkand Khanate, in detail, is a country founded by Said, a descendant of Chagatai and the third brother of Mansur Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, on the old land of the former Chagatai Khanate more than 100 years ago. Because the early capital was in Kashgar, it was called the Kashgar Khanate; At the same time, because the country was established by the descendants of Genghis Khan, it was called the Mughal State. ”

He paused for a moment and replied: "Now, the capital of the Yarkand Khanate has been moved from Kashgar to the current Yachecheng, and its national territory, including Turpan, Hami, Tarim Basin, etc., has a vast territory of the Khanate, with Jiayuguan in the east, Tibet in the south, and Kashmir in the southwest......

Li Zicheng waved his hand, and his face showed impatience: "What are you doing to say these Laoshzi!" Now in this Yarkand country, who is in power? What about the troops? Why do you say that our army can conquer its country? Hurry up! ”

Song Xiance hurriedly said: "During the Wanli period, the ruler of the Yarkand State, Abdureyim, died of old age, and his son Abdullah succeeded to the throne. Taking advantage of his brother's struggle for the right to rule Turpan, Abdullah led the army of the Yarkand Khanate to Turpan, reunited the Yarkand Khanate and made Hami subjugated. Later, he appointed his younger brother Suli Tang as Turpan Aqimu and directly governed Turpan. He then sent troops into the Ili River Valley, defeated the Dzungar Khanate in the north in the Gongnais steppe, and regained control of the Ili River Valley and the area around Lake Balkhash. In short, under the leadership of Abdullah, after a series of wars, the Yarkand Khanate once again united Tashkent and Fergan, largely reverting to the territory of the Sayed period. ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng's brows were furrowed and he was becoming more and more impatient, Song Xiance hurriedly said: "However, Abdullah has been in power until now, and his rule is already full of crises. In the country, there are black and white church forces, each with strong believers and power, hostile to each other, like water and flame, which is a sign of the collapse of the country. And his eldest son, Jolevas, grew older, and began to have his own people and army, and his power became more and more uncontrollable, and it was estimated that the slightest change would attack his father, which was another sign of the defeat of his country. What's more, the Dzungar Khanate in the north has always been eyeing its territory, waiting for aircraft to invade, and its border areas are full of friction and extremely unstable. Therefore, from the perspective of the combination of the three points, although the country is large, it is already an internal and external trouble, and it cannot be established for a long time. ”

Song Xiance took a deep breath and continued: "Therefore, although the Yarkand Kingdom is large, it is a house hollowed out by insects, and it is already crumbling. If our army suddenly attacks the country with all its might, it will definitely have the effect of surprise and defeat it in one fell swoop. What's more, in order to defend the Dzungar Khanate in the north, most of the Chinese forces in the current Yarkand State are concentrated in the north, and the defense in the east is very empty, which just provides an opportunity for our army to take advantage of the void. And once our army invades his country, the ecclesiastical forces in his country, as well as the eldest son Yaolevas with different habits, and even the Dzungar Khanate in the north, are expected to move stupidly. This Yarkand Khanate will be divided up by various forces, and it will be difficult to regain it. ”

Speaking of this, Song Xiance's face showed yearning: "As long as we can defeat the Yarkand State, our army will have a foothold." In the future, even if Guanzhong is not guaranteed, and even if Hexi is lost, my Dashun will not be completely destroyed. When it is possible to rebuild the foundation in a foreign country, and then try to revive. As long as our Dashun can gain a foothold in the Western Regions, and can recuperate and regain strength, in the future, there will be changes in the country, and our army will wave its division from Jiayuguan again, recapture Guanshan, and then take the Beijing division, which should be a feasible strategy. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, his originally tightly knit brows suddenly relaxed, he stroked his thick beard and thought for a while, and then said: "Song Shangshu's words also have some truth, but I am really a little reluctant to give up Guanshan and fight in the Western Regions like this." ”

"Cough, Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, as long as Dashun is still there, and the soldiers and horses are retained, even if you temporarily lose Xi'an, and even the whole territory, what does it matter." Song Xiance hurriedly said: "When the Liao Dynasty fell, the general Da Shi Linya, led 5,000 remnants of the army, expeditioned to the Western Regions, rebuilt the Western Liao, and also extended the national throne for decades. This historical lesson is not to be noticed by our safety. Thinking that Dalin Shiya led the general remnants of the defeated generals, it is still possible to achieve such a feat, and our army still has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, hundreds of generals, this expedition to the Yarkand country, will be able to get a great life, in one fell swoop. If this action is successful, with all due respect, even if the Guanshan is temporarily lost, the future future of the lost eastern corner and the harvest of Sangyu will be broader than the stubborn defense of this Guanshan area. ”

Song Xiance's words were very thoughtful to Li Zicheng, and he nodded again and again. It's just that Rao is like this, but he thought about it for a while, and asked again: "Even so, if the Tang army is not greedy enough and takes Guanshan, but it is still reluctant to pursue our army, what should it do?" ”

As soon as Li Zicheng's question fell, Niu Jinxing, who had been silent, took over, and he sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I am reluctant to let the child not be able to trap the wolf, so that in my humble opinion, if the Tang Army no longer pursues our army, or even live in peace with my Dashun, the only plan is to take the lead in suing for peace with the Tang Army, and donating land and money are all feasible strategies, and in the negotiations, it is necessary to explain to him that my Dashun is willing to retreat to Tutu, and the future development direction is not in the Central Plains, but to attack the Western Regions." I believe that when Tang Jun heard of our army's intentions, he would have carefully considered my Dashun's opinion, and it was very likely that he would agree with us to act in this way. In this way, my Dashun can be regarded as being able to survive in this difficult and dangerous situation. ”

"Oh? Is it? Did the Tang army really stop there and agree to our army's request? You don't have to worry that if the Tang army refuses to stop and pursues our army fiercely, then our army will die faster if it is attacked on both sides. Li Zicheng still looked worried.

Niu Jinxing shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, now that the matter is so urgent, my Dashun is already in danger of exhaustion, even if there is a risk, I need to give it a try quickly." From the point of view below, no matter how big the Tang army's appetite is, taking Shaanxi and Gansu is temporarily enough. Of course, for a long time, we will only pay full attention to the situation in the country, and we should no longer have the will to pursue the victory. What's more, if I Dashun takes the initiative to give up Xi'an and even the Shaanxi and Gansu areas, and does not return to other plans. Moreover, I Dashun took the initiative to retreat to avoid the pain of his sword conquest, and I believe that the Tang army will also be happy to succeed and will not deliberately embarrass us again. And take another 10,000 steps back, our army gave up its territory like this, and led its troops and horses to conquer the Yarkand State, in the eyes of the Tang army, this is the best opportunity to gain territory for nothing, and to use foreign forces to weaken our Dashun. ”

Niu Jinxing said eagerly, coughed a few times, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the time is tight now, and we can't afford to hesitate and consider. If you really wait until the Tang army continues to attack on both sides and approaches our capital Xi'an, then it will be called a city with no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground. Where to go, I hope the emperor will make a quick decision. ”

After listening to Niu Jinxing's hard persuasion, Li Zicheng had already made up his mind. He sighed, stomped his feet fiercely, and said: "Okay, since the two of you are so persuasive, then I will give him a try, offer advice, I will send you east to Tongguan, and immediately start negotiations with the Tang Army, hoping to have the opportunity to reach an agreement with them." ”

Song Xiance stood up when he heard this, and immediately replied: "I have given an order, and I will immediately send an envoy to Tongguan, and I will not disgrace my mission." ”

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