Song Xiance hurriedly returned to Xi'an and immediately reported the results of the negotiations with Li Xiao to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng, who was scorched, finally landed on the hanging stone in his heart.

However, thinking of giving up the entire land of Shaanxi and Gansu, including the current capital of Dashun to the Tang Army, Li Zicheng was still inexplicably sentimental.

Alas, I really didn't expect that my old Li rebelled, and until now, he has lost an egg.

Li Xiao's guy is able to distinguish between the primary and secondary contradictions, and is willing to watch himself attack the Yarkand Khanate, in order to achieve the effect of killing people with a knife.

Perhaps, in the near future, this guy will finally tear off his mask and ascend to the long-coveted emperor's throne.

I didn't expect that I had worked hard all my life, and in the end, the whole world would still be taken away by this lowly Liaodong Orion, alas, in such a knot, I guess no one expected it.

Li Zicheng let out a long sigh, recovered from the myth, and immediately ordered: "Spread my decree, soldiers and horses from all over the country gather in Xi'an, vacate the city and state towns for the Tang army to receive, Xi'an and officials from all over the country should also immediately pack up, prepare ordnance, gather grain and grass, and after the soldiers and horses are gathered, the whole army will go to Jiayu Pass, prepare to go out of the customs to fight, and attack the Yarkand Khanate!" ”

"Yes, Wechen obeys."

As soon as Li Zicheng gave this order, the soldiers of the Shun army in various parts of Shaanxi and Gansu immediately pulled out the camps and withdrew to Xi'an, leaving undefended cities for the Tang army to take over.

For such a result, from Tang King Li Xiao to ordinary pawns, they are naturally very satisfied. They deliberately slowed down their pace, allowing the Shun army to withdraw and then receiving it city by city.

This kind of process is extremely pleasant, comparable to publicly-funded tourism.

The Shun army withdrew very quickly, and only eight days later, all of them were gathered in the area of Xi'an, and Li Zicheng gave an order, and the whole army went west, heading straight for Jiayu Pass.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, behind him was the overwhelming Tang army, ready to enter the thousand-year-old city of Xi'an.

Here, next, the Tang army began to hold a grand ceremony to enter the city, and the whole army prepared to enter the city from the north gate of Xi'an, until outside the Dashun Imperial Palace.

And when the Tang army had not yet entered the city, it had been seen by a group of idle people, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, after the order on the street was settled, the people of Xi'an, who were already very lively, heard that the Tang army was about to hold a ceremony to enter the city, and immediately caused a sensation.

A large number of Xi'an people, men, women, and children, all of them, ran from all directions to see the excitement, surrounded the north gate urn city tightly, everyone stretched their necks, tiptoed to look inside the urn city, and pointed at the Tang army outside the city that was preparing in formation, pointing and talking, and admired.

"See, this is King Tang's soldiers and horses! It is really magnificent, the military appearance is neat, and the end is majestic. Xiao Lao'er has lived in Xi'an for most of his life, and he has never seen such an elite official army, which really opened his eyes! ”

"Do you know, I heard that this is the soldiers and horses directly under the command of King Tang, tsk, it is really a good military appearance, good momentum. In my opinion, the Shun army under Li Thief before, compared with the soldiers and horses under Tang Wang, cough, it is simply a heaven and an underground! ”

"Ahem, that's not true! Li Thief started as a thief, and his soldiers and horses were different from bandits and robbers except for the name of an official army. These grass cowards who plague the people, compared with the soldiers and horses of the Tang King, cough, shoe shine is not enough! ”

"That's it, these bastards, in addition to killing people and stealing goods, are stealing chickens and dogs, and they are the best at harming the people, no, they don't dare to fight with the Tang Army anymore, just run west one by one, what a fucking gang of melons. I'm thinking, Shunjun is really going to go out of the city to fight with Tang Wang, I'm afraid I'm going to be scared out of my urine! Alas, I really hope that the soldiers and horses of the Tang King will be stationed in Xi'an for a long time, and no more opportunities will be given to the thieves, so that we ordinary people will have a peaceful life. ”

A group of people squeaked and commented, as if watching a free show, but refused to disperse, so that the nearby streets were surrounded by water, and the lively people of Xi'an even began to keep squeezing into the north gate urn city, stretching their necks one by one, like a group of ducks whose necks were lifted, as if in this way, in order to take a closer look at the Tang Army outside the city, what it looked like.

After the formation was completed, Li Xiao ordered that he personally lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses to enter in a formation from outside the Anyuan Gate in the north.

Firecrackers rang out, colorful flags fluttered, gongs and drums were noisy, and a group of armored guards and cavalry were led to the front, and Li Xiao, the majestic and heroic Tang King, under the protection of a group of guards, entered from the Anyuan Gate in the north.

At this time, seeing the Tang army entering the city, the people in the city flocked to come, and they stood densely along both sides of the street. Everyone stretched their necks and came to see what kind of demeanor and figure Li Xiao, the king of Tang, was.

The people were enthusiastic, everyone was smiling, looking straight ahead, and the scene was very warm. Due to the large number of people who came to watch, the Tang army had to send a large number of auxiliary troops to stand on both sides of the street to maintain order to ensure that the procession entering the city could pass smoothly.

Not long after, Li Xiao led the horse straight in from Anyuan Gate, and as soon as he arrived at the main street, everyone saw the true appearance of Tang Wang, who was so young and heroic, and his spirit was extraordinary, and they couldn't help but admire it greatly.

Immediately, they saw the elite cavalry under them, all of them were well-equipped, dazzling swords and guns, which could be called the journey of the mighty army Xiong Zhen, and the people of Xi'an City were suddenly cheering like thunder and applause. The people's shouts of joy quickly swept through the city like thunder.

Li Xiao sat on the horse, and at a glance, it was only the streets on both sides, all of which were black and oppressive heads, cheering and noisy, and then under the scolding of the auxiliary soldiers who maintained order, they gradually became silent.

Li Xiao stepped forward and walked slowly, under the protection of a group of escort cavalry, he kept smiling and waving to the people on both sides.

Seeing that he was so close to the people, there was no Tang King at all, and many of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city who came to watch shed tears. When Li Xiao got a little closer, he shouted long live one by one and knelt down.

Hearing this sound of long live like a surging tide, Li Xiaodun's heart moved.

Could it be that the time has finally come for the people to become a great treasure and the people are willing to do so?

The smile on Li Xiao's face became brighter and brighter, and he slowed down his walking speed even more, walking slowly in the rows of kneeling crowds.

Li Xiao walked farther and farther, and finally completely submerged into the depths of this thousand-year-old city, and was no longer visible......

Three days later, Li Zicheng led 150,000 soldiers and horses out of Jiayuguan and entered the Yarkand Khanate with all his might.

However, the Yarkand Khanate had detected in advance that Li Zicheng's troops and horses were moving westward, and also temporarily and urgently dispatched tens of thousands of troops to the border cities.

Such a situation is most in line with Li Xiao's previous judgment of the battle situation, and he is very happy that Dashun and Yarkand Khanate have become such a stalemate.

The feeling of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight like this is not too good.

However, now that Li Zicheng has a large number of soldiers and horses, and there is enough food and grass, there is no need to provide emergency support to him, and the Tang army can watch the play at ease at the Jiayu Pass, and watch Dashun and the Yarkand Khanate fight dog-eat-dog to death.

As the Tang army quickly took over various territories, the Shaanxi and Gansu regions were quickly pacified, and the remnants and robbers everywhere were also quickly exterminated by the Tang army.

Under Shaanxi and Gansu, the entire territory of the Ming Empire, except for the superficially subjugated Zheng Zhilong in the south, has been included in Li Xiao's palm. Siyi guest service, the unification of the country, such a grand cause, can be said to be ancient and modern, it is not an exaggeration.

After Li Xiao pacified Shaanxi and Gansu, he left the soldiers and horses of Monk An's second town to garrison Gansu, and Mo Changrong's eleventh town soldiers and horses, which were stationed in various parts of Shaanxi to respond to the soldiers and horses of Monk An.

The rest of the soldiers and horses attacking Li Zicheng, as well as reinforcements such as the Qing court and even Korea and Japan, all went south to the three provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang according to Li Xiao's order, and Li Xiao attacked the two provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, where Zheng Zhilong's troops were located, like a boulder pressing eggs.

Wai razed and pacified, the Liukou has been eliminated, and Zheng Zhilong, a nominally subjugated feudal town, has finally reached the point where it is about to be completely eradicated.

Jin Ou is unified, and Encore is lacking.

If you want the country to have long-term peace and stability, a powerful feudal town like Zheng Zhilong must be completely wiped out, and no future troubles must be left behind.

Li Xiao mobilized his troops on such a large scale to the south, and the news of his movement quickly spread to Fuzhou. Zheng Zhilong received such terrifying information, it was like an ant on a hot pot.

He didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately summoned Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Cai, and his son Zheng Chenggong to urgently discuss countermeasures in the living room.

The atmosphere in the living room was depressing and dull, and Zheng Zhilong's face was gloomy, so gloomy that he could almost drip water.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the Tang army is pressing the border, and the number of soldiers and horses is as high as more than 300,000, and the number of soldiers and horses garrisoned by our army in Guangdong and Fujian, combined with the number of emergency expansion, is only 150,000, less than half of the Tang army. The Tang army has a large number of powerful artillery to help, so how can our army stop it when it comes to attacking so strongly. ”

Zheng Zhilong finished saying this sentence worriedly, and there was a dead silence below.

Everyone knows what it means for more than 300,000 Tang troops to press the border, and at this critical moment, maybe as long as they make a move, they may have a complete loss.

In the silence, it was Zheng Chenggong, the son of Zheng Zhilong, who took the lead in speaking, he looked around at the crowd, and then sighed lightly and said: "Father, everyone, in my opinion, the only truly feasible plan now is to take advantage of the fact that the Tang army has not yet attacked, and immediately surrender to the Tang army. ”

As soon as Zheng Chenggong's words came out, everyone was shocked, and everyone looked at him in a daze as if they were looking at a strange animal, as if they had never known this young son.

Zheng Zhilong also frowned, looked at his son in front of him in a daze, and asked sullenly: "Success, why did you say this?" ”

Zheng Chenggong replied in a deep voice: "Father, the child has carefully considered, the situation is stronger than people, Li Zicheng's Dashun, and the Manchu Qing in the border are all defeated too quickly, and it is not enough for our army to accumulate strength." Now our army is short of soldiers and horses, and lacks firearms, how can it be the opponent of the Tang army. If the father wants to preserve his fame and wealth, he has to take this step. ”

He paused slightly, and then said hurriedly: "Father, now that the Tang army has basically unified the Ming Realm, and all the four Yi have been subdued, and a large number of reinforcements have been sent to help him fight, Li Xiao's military prestige can be said to have reached its peak." Under such a strong and arrogant strength, how can our army compete with it. If we don't seize the time, before the Tang army has even begun to attack, we can immediately take the initiative to surrender to it, so that we can win its appreciation, and finally rely on the initiative to donate the merit, not only to avoid a disaster of swords, but also to protect the lives of the whole family and the property of each person, wouldn't it be a very good strategy? ”

After Zheng Chenggong finished speaking, Zheng Zhilong's brows were still furrowed, but he was still silent. At this moment, Zheng Zhibao shouted: "No! Don't surrender to Tang Jun like this! ”

His roar, the sound of the roof tiles, frightened everyone, and then looked at him in unison.

Zheng Zhibao stood up proudly, clenched his right fist with a big sand bowl, waved it threateningly, and shouted: "Big brother, everyone, although our army's soldiers and horses are less than half of the Tang army, but they rely on the city and the pass to defend it, even if the number of soldiers and horses is less than that of the Tang army, what does it matter!" What's more, our army has a more powerful naval division than the Tang army, which can not only defeat the Tang army's naval division first, completely control the sea areas in Southeast Asia, but also provide an endless stream of support to Guangdong and Fujian. If the two army commanders continue to resist each other, the Tang army will not be able to come from afar, and when he is most forced to retreat, the opportunity for our army will come. ”

Zheng Zhibao said this, and Zheng Cai on the side also hurriedly interjected: "Brother Zhibao is reasonable. Damn, I raised my hand and surrendered without firing, which is too embarrassing for my Zheng family. What's more, our army waits for work at ease and sticks to the city, even if the Tang army has twice as many soldiers and horses as our army, what is there to fear. I'm thinking, if our army's naval division crushes Li Xiao's Tang army's naval division first, it will also be a great blow to their military morale. ”

As soon as Zheng Cai finished saying this, Zheng Zhilong bowed slightly, and there seemed to be a look of approval on his face.

Seeing that these two uncles had such an opinion, Zheng Chenggong was suddenly anxious, and he shouted loudly: "Two uncles, what you think about is too wishful thinking. Let me ask you, what is the strength of our army's soldiers compared to the Qing army and the Shun army? Are they all inferior to them? Even the Qing army and the Shun army were quickly defeated by the Tang army, why do you have such confidence that you can defend the city for a long time, and you can survive until the Tang army retreats? At the moment of the army, isn't it a joke to be so self-paralyzed and comforted? ”

Zheng Chenggong's words were strong, and Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He was originally a hesitant person, and after listening to everyone's opinions, he was even more confused, not knowing how to deal with it next.

He looked at Zheng Hongkui, who had been silent on the side, with a help-seeking gaze, hoping that the younger brother, who seemed to him resourceful, would express his opinion and show him a bright path.

Zheng Hongkui saw his brother's gaze looking at him, and knew that he had reached the point where he had to express his position, he sighed lightly, stroked his beard, and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Brother, junior brother thinks that there are two ways to go in the current situation of our army, that is, you can surrender to the Tang Army, or you can fight with the Tang Army. ”

Zheng Hongkui's words made everyone in the audience stunned for a moment.

Damn, what do you mean by such ambiguous words?!

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