Chapter 106: Li Xin's Strategy

The seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the second year of Yongchang, and the first year of Shunzhi have come to an end.

The whole land is gradually entering the cold winter.

It's a little better in the south, but above the land of Sanqin, it's even colder, and the power of the Xiaoice River season is on full display.

At this moment, in Luochuan County, more than 100,000 troops have filled up Luochuan County. There are also joint ventures outside the city for dozens of miles.

But the morale in the army is not too high.

This is the last main force of the camp.

Now some of the capable soldiers who break into the camp are here, led by Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others, and some are in Yan'an in the north, guarded by Gao Yigong.

Luochuan is in the Luoshui Valley Road in the north of the Guanzhong Plain, which is also an extension of the Guanzhong Plain to the north, and it is not far from Yan'an.

The current Li Zicheng is in a dilemma.

Zhang Xuan was isolated thousands of miles away, saying that Li Zicheng was hesitant and hesitant, but he didn't know that Li Zicheng was not like this, but the strange rhythm of the Qing army, which made Li Zicheng have to be like this.

Around September and October, that is, when Zhang Xuan invaded Raozhou, Taiyuan had already fallen and was presented to Azig by Jiang Jiao. Azig had already set out from Taiyuan and marched into Shaanxi, but it seemed that he had encountered some problems along the way, hundreds of miles of travel were delayed, and Gao Yigong and Azig had no contact.

Huaiqing's defeat in the first battle has been decided.

Duoduo was a rather arrogant and aggressive person, although he was transferred to support the Huaiqing battlefield, but after the Huaiqing battlefield ended, he did not make a truce, but advanced rapidly towards Tongguan, which formed a situation.

When Azig was in Taiyuan, Duoduo had just set out from Beijing to support Huaiqing.

But a few months later, Azig was still on the way from Taiyuan to Shaanxi, and Duoduo was already in Tongguan.

Whether this is or not, Azig and the Duoduo brothers, a strategic cooperation that no one can say for a while. But in this situation, Li Zicheng felt very embarrassed. He wanted to go north to fight Azig, but he was afraid that Azig would deliberately delay the time. And Duoduo has already arrived at Tongguan.

But if, if you return to Shitongguan, you must leave some cases to guard the north, at least drag Azig.

After the defeat of the camp, the strength was not as good as that of the Qing army.

If the troops are divided into two ways, they will naturally fall behind everywhere.

It's just that the longer Li Zicheng stays in Luochuan, the more he lacks the opportunity to choose. At the end of the day, there's no other option.

"Your Majesty, please make up your mind quickly." Li Xin said: "Now it is a matter of life and death, and I can't hesitate for a moment. ”

This is not the first time that Li Xin has come to persuade Li Zicheng.

During this period of time in Luochuan, Li Xin came to persuade Li Zicheng almost every day. He persuaded Li Zicheng to concentrate his forces and make every effort to deal with one of the two Qing armies, and it was best to fight a war of annihilation. But Bull Venus is against this.

Because of the defeat of the camp from Beijing back to Xi'an, many places have been shaken, especially in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, these newly designated places, there have been many gentry rebellion, although Niu Jinxing changed course, gave up the torture policy, and swallowed the edict of tax exemption for three years into his stomach.

But it still can't save the collapse of the camp in various places.

It's not even a human being inside and out. The gentry were thieves when they broke into the camp, and the ordinary people also voted for Li Zicheng for the reputation of free food and free tax. Now Li Zicheng has broken his word and gained weight. It also shook the foundation of the camp on the ground.

And what makes Niu Jinxing even more unbearable is the shortage of money and food for the camp.

It is a big profit in Beijing, tens of millions of taels.

But all this money was taken away from Dongyu.

And near Shaanxi, it has already been scraped by the intrusion revenue, and even the torture policy has been gone, and on the ground, for a while, there is really no money.

There is no money, what do dozens of troops eat in the king of Chuang, there is no money, how can the king regroup, there is no money, how can the king motivate the soldiers.

Therefore, Niu Jinxing said that the prefectures and counties that can still be controlled by the camp now cannot be less, and they must not be less. After all, the hundreds of thousands of troops who broke into the camp had to be supported by the ordinary people on the ground. There is not enough territory, how can it support so many troops.

In a sense, neither of them was wrong. It's just a different focus.

It's just that the two have a lot of grievances, and now they are expressing their opinions at a critical juncture, and they also have followers behind them. Once there is emotion in this tone, it is inevitable that the speech will not be objective. It has reached the point where they don't see each other, and they are simply incompatible.

"Okay." Li Zicheng's face was a little ugly, he only felt that the one was blind, beating slightly, and he was in pain, he secretly gritted his teeth and said, "I will return to Shitongguan tomorrow." ”

Li Xin let out a long breath and said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Li Zicheng said with a wry smile: "No matter how wise I am, I won't end up like this." ”

Li Xin said: "Your Majesty, don't be presumptuous. Han Gaozu had the difficulty of Bai Deng, and Tang Taizong had the alliance of Weishui, but it was just a temporary distress. There must be a time when the clouds open and the moon is bright, and the minister has a strategy to retreat to help Zhantong Pass? ”

Li Zicheng said: "Li Junshi, please speak? ”

Li Xin said: "Duoduo with a great victory over Yu Wei, morale is sharp, at this time can not compete with it, our army should stick to the Tongguan line." ”

Li Zicheng nodded and didn't speak, but he also agreed with Li Xin's meaning.

Under the defeat of several battles in the camp, the morale of the army was low, coupled with the instability of various places, and it was in a state of turmoil

's morale, and the new victorious soldiers of Duoduo, Li Zicheng felt that the chances of victory were not great.

Li Xin continued: "However, the arrival of Dongyu is not without its shortcomings. ”

"His problem is that the road is unstable."

"After the battle of Huaiqing, Duoduo did not sweep Henan at all, and directly marched into Tongguan, the land of Shanxi, and the east was just a new one, so the logistics of the east were more dependent on, Huaiqing, and Luoyang. But on the land of Henan, there are many thieves, there are more than 100,000 people, and most of them have old ties with us. The minister is willing to take his brother Li Moubu to re-enter Henan, join the alliance of all kinds of bandits, cross the river in the north, attack the eastern captives, cut off the logistics of the eastern captives, even if they can't be broken, they must persecute the eastern captives and transfer the rear to Shanxi. ”

"The terrain in Shanxi is steep, and it is much more difficult to transport grain. With so many Duo under the city of Tongguan, it can't last. ”

"When the veterans of the Duoduo Division are tired, the army will attack it again from Tongguan, and it will definitely be broken. When the time comes, counterattack Shanxi and stand with the east and west. Do it again. ”

Although Li Xin's plan is good, it also leaks a lot of pessimism, and his plan from beginning to end is to stabilize the position, protect Shaanxi, and establish a plan from east to west, and there is no other idea at all. It can be seen that the situation of the camp is terrible.

"Okay." After Li Zicheng heard this, he immediately said.

Li Zicheng has not heard of such an ideological strategy for a long time. This plan is good, but Li Zicheng still has some hesitation, after all, the current situation in Henan is too chaotic, so chaotic that everyone is in Henan, and even some of them have set up their own poles, the biggest of which is Li Jiyu.

Although Li Jiyu was a member of the camp, when Li Zicheng transferred Henan troops again and again, Li Jiyu naturally became Henan's sitting tiger. The situation of the local villages is similar to that of Li Jiyu, and the banner of Dashun has not been replaced, which can be regarded as loyal to the camp.

If it weren't for this situation, Sang Kai would not have single-handedly contacted dozens of villages under the banner of the Ming Dynasty and became the governor of Henan. It also has tens of thousands of soldiers.

After integrating so many forces, there are certainly more than 100,000 troops, but how to integrate is a problem, at least Li Zicheng can't think of any way.

Li Zicheng asked: "The situation in Henan is complicated, can Li Junshi have a way?" ”

Li Xin said: "Now my Li family is still well-connected in Henan, plus the officials of various prefectures and counties in Henan, most of whom are appointed by me, and there is still a bit of affection, and within a month or two, I will bring a large army to Your Majesty." ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart, and he said secretly: "I forgot." Li Xin's power in Henan. ”

I wanted to agree for a while, but I stopped when the words came to my mouth. said: "This matter is very important, I need to discuss it well, and it will not be too late to talk about Tongguan in a few days." ”

"Yes." Li Xin had no choice but to agree.

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