Li Xiao's plan was established, and the Tang Army troops under his command immediately began to act according to the plan.

The iron flow was rolling, the army was dispatched, and from the map, the Tang army in several towns, like a few powerful black arrows, went straight to the border of Dashun from north to south.

The frequent movement of the Tang army has been carefully made by the Dashun Kingdom, as well as the sentinels on the border, at the fastest speed, into the Dashun Kingdom.

Li Zicheng, the emperor of Dashun, was shocked when he received the critical military information that came from the border like snowflakes. He immediately issued an order to urgently bring in Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of the dynasty, and Song Xiance, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to urgently discuss countermeasures.

At this time, it was early winter, and the cold in the East Warm Pavilion hit people, although the white copper charcoal stove had been born, but the three of them gathered around the fireside, but they still felt the chill, and the three of them couldn't help but shiver slightly.

Li Zicheng stiffened his face, and after telling the latest developments and troop transfer actions of the Tang Army to these two strategists he valued the most, he said in a deep voice: "Now that the Tang Army has pacified the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou, the Hongguang Imperial Court in the south has been completely defeated by the Tang Army, and it is already worth mentioning. It's good now, they should start to do it to my Dashun and Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi next. What do the two of you think about such a movement of the Tang Army, but you can say it directly. ”

Song Xiance looked solemn, and first said: "Your Majesty, judging from the following, the posture of the Tang army now should be to feint to attack Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi, and to attack my Dashun Kingdom." ”

"Oh? Why do you say this? ”

"Your Majesty, you see, now that the Tang Army's southern war has been completed, it has been able to dispatch a large number of elite soldiers and horses to the north, and the main direction of its soldiers and horses is to transfer the second town of soldiers and horses to re-enter eastern Sichuan, the eleventh town of soldiers and horses Mo Changrong Department is stationed in western Hubei, and the seventh town of the Tang Army is Cao Bianjiao, and the north is to the Luzhou area. And the soldiers and horses of the Sixth Town of the Tang Army, which were originally scattered in Nanzhili, were also all concentrated in the Fengyang area. With the soldiers and horses of the sixth town of Luzhou in the south, they form a mutual defense trend. ”

When Song Xiance said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Town Section of the Tang Army in Jintang City in the north have already moved south to the southern border of Xuanfu North Road. Therefore, it can be seen from the information here that the Tang army has gathered more than 200,000 troops from the second town, the eleventh town, the seventh town, the sixth town, and the fourth town, and the army has gathered to deal with our Dashun together. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, his face became more and more gloomy, but he remained silent and let Song Xiance continue to speak.

"Your Majesty, now that the Tang Army is in Sichuan, there are soldiers and horses in the tenth town in southern Sichuan, and there are also soldiers in the second town in eastern Sichuan, but these two military towns seem to be attacking Daxi from south to north and from east to west, but in fact, this loyal Daxi Kingdom is not the main direction of attack of the Tang Army, their real intention is to feint to attack Daxi, but in fact, they want to plot against Dashun." Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Song Xiance's eyes.

"Then according to what you say, where do you think the Tang Army will attack my Dashun next?" Li Zicheng asked back sullenly.

"Next, the Tang army should mainly attack our land in Henan, after all, this is the closest to their border, and the transfer of troops is also the easiest." Song Xiance's answer was very direct: "It is very likely that the Tang army will use the eleventh town, the sixth town, and the seventh town, these three towns to attack our land in Henan, and at the same time, the second town and the fourth town will respond to the north and south respectively, so as to ensure that our Dashun will form a state in which it is difficult to form a joint force due to the enemy on all sides." Next, the Tang army is very likely to attack Li Guo in the south of Henan garrisoned by our army, and after taking this place, we will see whether it will cross the Yellow River and attack Hebei, or simply enter Tongguan in the west and directly attack Shaanxi, the foundation of our Dashun state. ”

"Hmph, Tang Jun's abacus is inevitably too good, do they think that my Dashun can only be beaten passively, and there is no strength to fight back? Don't they know that in the past year, in addition to Liu Zongmin's 150,000 elites in Hanzhong, our army has also trained nearly 300,000 recruits in the country? They put on this posture of swallowing the sky, I am afraid that they will be too greedy, and finally collapse their own teeth! Li Zicheng sneered.

"Your Majesty, although our army has spent a lot of money and food, and has trained a lot of soldiers and horses, it is still quite difficult for these newly trained soldiers to compete with the elite of the Tang Army." Niu Jinxing, who sat silently and had not spoken, finally opened his mouth with a long sigh.

"Niu Dayan, what do you mean by that? Could it be that you are saying such depressing words, are you planning to beg for mercy without a fight? Seeing Niu Jinxing say such dejecting words, Li Zicheng was secretly annoyed in his heart, and immediately shouted and asked.

Niu Jinxing stood up, his hair was all gray, his face was tired and old, he trembled and arched his hand with Li Zicheng, and sighed: "Your Majesty, I really feel what I said below." Thinking that since the Tang army went southeast from the mountain, swept through the Jianghuai, directly attacked the southern capital, and caused the Hongguang court to flee east to Fuzhou, and then the troops entered Central China, took Jiangxi and Huguang, and eliminated the Zuo Liangyu Department in Central China, so that the Tang Army's eastern Sichuan and the headquarters have been connected since then. Subsequently, after the Tang army successfully relieved the siege of Jintangcheng, while our Dashun army was still recovering, it sent troops to the southwest, and in just over half a year, swept Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, so as to completely pacify the south, so that the Hongguang puppet dynasty only possessed the land of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, which was like a candle in the wind. Now the Tang army is strong, with many soldiers and horses, not to mention the Daxi and Manchu Qing, even if it is my Dashun, it is difficult to beat its edge. ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng's face became more and more displeased, Niu Jinxing's heart froze, but he still stubbornly continued: "Your Majesty, I just want to tell Your Majesty that the power of the Tang Army is really stronger now. Our army has newly trained soldiers and horses, but it is not easy to win in the battle with the Tang army, even if it is just a draw. The old minister's opinion comes from the bottom of his heart, and I hope His Majesty will listen to it. ”

"The problem is that you talk so much, it doesn't make any practical sense." Li Zicheng snorted coldly, glanced at him again, and replied: "Since the Tang army has chosen our army as its main target, and since it has come to the door, can our army not deal with it?" Then, of course, how our army should respond is the main purpose of our discussion here today. What good would it do to just listen to you babbling and complaining here! Let me ask you, what are your views and suggestions on the current situation? ”

Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng was urging tightly, and he sighed softly; "Your Majesty, in my opinion, if the Tang Army really sends troops to attack, our army will definitely fight against it. Then our army can only hold on to the main cities, and never fight them head-on. In this way, to achieve the purpose of exchanging space for time, even if you will eventually lose some territory and cities, it is a major victory to be able to boil the Tang army away and tie it. Don't get hot-headed and go out of the city to fight it in the wilderness. Otherwise, I am afraid that our army will have unforeseen worries. ”

After Li Zicheng listened to Niu Jinxing's words, the unhappiness on his face suddenly became more and more obvious, and he turned his head to look at Song Xiance, hoping to see what different words could be heard from him.

Song Xiance saw Li Zicheng's eyes on him, he subconsciously trembled, his expression suddenly tightened, he coughed lightly, and said to Li Zicheng hard: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is also similar to Prime Minister Niu. Although our army has many soldiers and horses, they are separated from each other, and most of them are new soldiers, so it takes time to polish them before they can become elites, and Fang Ke and the Tang army are facing each other head-on. Therefore, if the Tang army really sent troops to fight, our army could only retreat to the fortified city, rely on the city to hold on, and deal with it for a long time, and finally let them return in vain, which is the best policy. ”

"Of course, our army is struggling so hard here, and we still need foreign aid to come to help in order to break the situation faster. And I can ask for Dashun, but the Great West, the Manchu Dynasty, and the Hongguang Imperial Court. The Hongguang Imperial Court in the south was already barely breathing, and it was impossible to have any spare strength to send reinforcements. And Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom, under the coercion of the soldiers and horses of the second and tenth towns of the Tang Army, is already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect himself, and at a critical time, I have to count on my Dashun to save him, so it is difficult to hope. Therefore, the only thing I can count on in Dashun is Taqing in the north. ”

"Do you mean that I Dashun will take the initiative to lead the Qing army into the customs and let them help us fight the Tang army?" Li Zicheng asked in a sullen voice.

"Exactly." Song Xiance said in a deep voice: "If the Qing army can send 100,000 reinforcements to aid my Dashun, even if it can only be used in the north, it can greatly alleviate the predicament of my Dashun, and my Dashun will be more and more abundant in dispatching troops." Taking a step back, even if the Qing court has no intention of sending such a large army deep into our Dashun realm to help our army fight against the Tang army, if they can send troops south to attack the Tang army's Jintang City all the way, or just the Tang army's transportation line from Shanhaiguan to Xuanfu North Road, it can greatly relieve the pressure on our Dashun army. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he first muttered for a while, then nodded thoughtfully, then turned his head to Niu Jinxing and said, "This is very reasonable. Multiple helpers are always good. You should quickly send an envoy to the Qing court and let them cooperate with our army. After all, we and the Tartars are already grasshoppers tied to a rope, and if our Dashun is finished, the next one to finish will be the Tartars. When they help us, they are actually saving themselves, and I believe this, and the regent of the Qing court, Dorgon, can also see it clearly. ”

Niu Jinxing nodded in agreement, and at the same time took over the words and said to Li Zicheng: "Now that the Tang Army is nervously deploying troops, it is estimated that as soon as the troops are in place, they will immediately launch an attack on the southern part of Henan. Your Majesty During this time, when it is necessary to send elite troops from all over the country to Henan, after all, Li Guo, who is stationed in the south of Henan, only has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not easy to block the Tang army from going north with this amount of troops. ”

Li Zicheng nodded in agreement: "Niu Dayan's words are very reasonable. Now it is indeed necessary to immediately send reinforcements to Henan, otherwise, Li Guo may not be able to resist with this little soldier and horse. ”

Subsequently, Li Zicheng and the two carefully discussed, and finally decided to transfer 50,000 soldiers and horses from Liu Zongmin's 150,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Hankou to the east, go to Henan, live in another place, and collect 50,000 combat veterans throughout the country, and mobilize a total of 100,000 troops to urgently aid Henan.

The reason why 50,000 soldiers and horses were withdrawn from Liu Zongmin was because the 150,000 soldiers and horses were all doing nothing in Hanzhong, which was too pity. Besides, the Tang army only feinted to attack western Sichuan, and with these 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Hanzhong, it was enough to deter the Tang army from daring to act rashly.

At the same time, Niu Jinxing selected Gu Junen, the head of the household department, as the representative of the Great Shun State, and secretly boarded a ship from Tianjin and went to the Qing court by sea.

The reason why we don't take the land route is because the border between the Qing court and Dashun has been intermittently blocked by the Tang army, especially the Tang army's transportation line from Jintangcheng to Shanhaiguan, which is like a long iron chain, completely locking the northern border of Dashun country.

Starting from the sea route, although there is a risk of encountering pirates and Tang army sailors, because of the distance from Tianjin Wei to Yingkou Port in Liaozhong, it is much shorter than the land route. Moreover, since the Tang Army has been active in the south during this period, the sailors have mainly operated in the south, and the pirates have also been attacked by the Tang Army, so the danger on this road is much smaller.

Gu Junen was ordered by the king, and immediately came with two deputy envoys, hurried from the capital to Tianjin, and then set off from Lukou Port in Tianjin Wei, and went north by boat all the way, withstanding the biting cold, and finally arrived at Yingkou Port in Liaozhong three days later.

Since the Qing court and Dashun are now allies, the Qing garrison was not too surprised to see the arrival of this envoy ship with the banner of Dashun. After Gu Junen and the others made their intentions clear, they were immediately escorted by the Qing army all the way north to Shengjing.

At this time, it had snowed heavily in Liaodong, and the ground was full of snow, and the road to Shengjing was very difficult to walk.

After arriving in Shengjing, Gu Junen and his party were immediately personally received by the regent of Dolgon.

After listening to Gu Junen's explanation, Dolgon's face was gloomy, and his slender and handsome face was so gloomy that he could almost drip water.

He pretended to be calm and patiently listened to Gu Junen's account of the Tang army's pacification of the south, and the news that the Tang army was now mobilizing on a large scale and preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Dashun State. At that moment, Dolgon's heart was filled with a trace of fear that he had never felt before.

Tang Jun, a fierce beast that devoured the sky and the earth, finally completely revealed his ambition, and began to sweep away all the prey in front of him and swallow them all.

Nanming, Dashun, Daxi, if these prey fall into the mouth of the Tang army one by one, then the Qing Dynasty, which is ultimately its own, is afraid that it will be difficult to escape bad luck.

Thinking of this, in this cold weather, Dolgon's forehead was unconsciously covered with cold sweat, and even his breathing became unusually heavy.

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