Shanxi, Taiyuan City, Li Zicheng stood there for a whole hour, a few miles away from the city, is the camp of the Qing army, Dolgon, Wu Sangui led 200,000 troops have come to the city. The night was already dark, and Li Zicheng looked at the lights of the Qing army camp from afar, and he had a lot of thoughts. In front of his eyes, the scene outside Shanhaiguan City two months ago appeared: more than 100,000 people were strangled together, swords and swords, blood splashed, mutilated corpses, and the painful expressions of wounded soldiers, this was the most brutal battle he had experienced in his life, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was worthy of its name, and it was indeed difficult to deal with. In the strange sound of the horn, 100,000 pigtailed soldiers swept overwhelmed, and the soldiers of the Dashun army were cut down piece by piece, and were trampled into meat by the iron hooves of the Qing army. This team that has followed its own battle-hardened team has crossed over like this! This tragic scene is deeply imprinted in Li Zicheng's mind, and often appears in his dreams, he can't help but close his eyes, it's too mixed!

Li Zicheng's thoughts turned to the days after the occupation of Beijing, when he destroyed the Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen also died, he moved into the Forbidden City of his dreams, and this country was about to be acquired. But I don't know why, there is always a feeling of uneasiness in my heart, these brothers under my command all regard themselves as heroes, and they only care about extorting money everywhere all day long, searching for beautiful women, robbing mansions, and even some generals fight to rob women, these behaviors should have been stopped, but these people are brothers and comrades-in-arms who have been fighting with themselves for many years, and now that they are emperors, can they be prevented from living a good life? There is also a headache for military salaries, since he personally said that he would not collect grain and taxes from the people, he could not go back, but how to feed his million-strong army? The army has been in arrears for more than three months, and the soldiers love themselves and will not complain about anything, but it is not a way to go on in the long run, and some teams have blackmailed officials and gentry and even robbed merchants and ordinary people, although it is a bit excessive, but they can only turn a blind eye.

I have been riding horses all my life, I have experienced so many winds and waves, and I have gone through so many hardships and hardships, but I have never smiled proudly, never flinched, and I have been discouraged, but what is wrong now? All day long being dizzy and at a loss for what to do by those trivial court affairs, the ministers are one on the left and one on the right, endlessly saying this and that, but I really don't know who to listen to and what to do. Now in the eyes of his brothers, he is no longer the commanding, brave and resolute king, but an indecisive, cowardly and incompetent emperor. I knew what to do for this Raushzi! The throne is high and looks majestic, but sitting on it is like sitting on pins and needles, it is better to come and go freely on a horse, is he really an emperor on a horse as some people say?

Li Zicheng sighed deeply, turned around and went down the city, and his son Shuangxi followed up and said softly: "Father, the important ministers of the court are waiting for you in the big tent of the Chinese army, didn't you decree to hold a pre-imperial meeting?" ”

"Oh, I almost forgot, let's go." Li Zicheng said.

Li Zicheng and his entourage returned to the lobby of the Chinese army

, the civil and military ministers of the Great Shun Dynasty have been waiting there for a long time. Li Zicheng sat on the throne, looking at everyone with a gloomy face, Shanhaiguan was defeated, and then withdrew from Beijing, and now the morale of the Dashun Dynasty is a little low, and everyone's faces are also serious.

Li Zicheng said: "Brothers, I came to you today to discuss with you the strategy of dealing with the Qing army. Our army's defeat at Shanhaiguan was due to the light enemy, and was ambushed by the Qing army, our withdrawal from the capital is an active strategic shift, not a defeat, now we still occupy the northwest provinces, there are millions of soldiers in our hands, just a few Tartars do not have to take it to heart. Thinking about the defeat of Tongguan at the beginning, we were scattered, I only had more than ten horses, and hid in Shangluo Mountain, we all came over when it was so difficult, are you still afraid of these Tatars! So I want you to cheer up, kill the Qing army, and avenge the dead brothers! ”

Listening to Li Zicheng's impassioned words, everyone's mood was lifted.

"Yes, we have to avenge the dead brothers, Your Majesty, I ask you to go out of the city tomorrow to meet the Qing army, I don't believe that we can't beat these pigtailed soldiers!" Hao Shaoqi got up and said in a loud voice.

Liu Fangliang said: "Your Majesty, I don't think it's appropriate to fight hard with the Qing army now, the battle of Shanhaiguan can see that the Qing army and Wu Sangui's rebel army are still very strong, and now their forces are above us, and the main force of our army is in Shaanxi and it is too late to rescue, or withdraw to Shaanxi first, and it is more appropriate to fight after meeting with the main force." ”

Liu Zongmin was wounded in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, so he sat on a soft chair, he raised his body on the chair and said: "Your Majesty, General Liu is right, we can't be in a hurry, this will only hurt more brothers." ”

Li Zicheng nodded in agreement.

At this time, Li Yan spoke: "Your Majesty, now that the Qing army is advancing step by step and the army is strong, we should join forces with various factions to resist the Qing Dynasty." Now the Taiping Sect has sent us to join hands in fighting against the Qing Dynasty, and this is their letter received this afternoon, please take a look. ”

Li Zicheng took it and read it briefly, this is a letter written in the name of Wang Qiang, to the effect that in the face of foreign invasion, the Han people should be united and united with the outside world, and the Taiping Sect wants to send troops to the north to cooperate with Li Zicheng to resist the Qing army.

Li Zicheng read the letter, he was really a little tempted, now that the Taiping Sect is getting more and more powerful, and there has been no hostile behavior with him, if the two sides join forces, the certainty of defeating the Qing army will be greater, he put down the letter and asked: "What do you think?" ”

Liu Zongmin said angrily: "This little eunuch is not a good thing, I think he is not well-intentioned, when he was in the capital, Wu Xiangjin dedicated a woman to the emperor was to let him rob it, and also injured the general, now it is rumored all over the world that it was we who robbed Wu Sangui's woman, which made Wu Sangui fall to the Qing court in a rage, this little eunuch made a hindrance, but let us carry the black cauldron, which is very hateful!" Sooner or later, this account will have to be settled with him! ”

Prime Minister Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng was silent, so he said: "Your Majesty, I hope you will think twice about this matter." It's too peaceful

The Sect is now propagating everywhere that they are an anti-Qing army, but they have not seen them fighting with the Qing army, but they are developing teams in various places under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, even in our territory, there are Taiping Sect teams, and I have heard that the Taiping Sect is still secretly developing sects in our Dashun Army, which is really ill-intentioned. The Taiping Sect leader Wang Qiang is a eunuch of the Ming Court, and he is full of tricks, so we must guard against it. ”

The military advisor Song Xiance also said: "Your Majesty, now that we have destroyed the Ming Dynasty and are about to win the world, this Taiping Sect does not say that it will return to my Dashun Dynasty, but it says that it will join forces, isn't this planning to be on an equal footing with the emperor?" If we join forces to repel the Qing army, who will belong to this world then? Please also ask the emperor to make a holy judgment. ”

Song Xiance's words completely moved Li Zicheng, and he said in his heart: "That's right, my Dashun has already won the world, why should you Wang Qiang share it with me?" It's just that you robbed the woman who was dedicated to me, and now you want to rob me again? Thinking so, he couldn't help but blush with anger.

Li Yan got up and said: "Your Majesty, I think this Wang Qiang is sincerely cooperating with us, and now that foreign people are invading, we should put aside our personal grievances and unite with the outside world." ”

Li Zicheng saw that Li Yan was in opposition to everyone again, he was unhappy in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "General, I know that you and Wang Qiang have a deep friendship, then please reply to Wang Qiang on my behalf, just say that now that I am in Dashun Dynasty, if he sincerely resists the Qing Dynasty, let him raise his religion and surrender, I can not blame the past, give him the official to do, don't mention anything to join forces to resist the Qing, with my Dashun million heroes, all the brothers work together, it is only a matter of time before the Qing army is killed, but it is not uncommon for him to teach that little bit of people." That's how it replied to him! ”

When Li Yan heard this, he knew that there was no hope, but he didn't dare to argue anymore, and bowed down and said, "Obey the order." ”

The messenger of the Taiping Sect returned to Wuchang and told Li Yan's reply and the opinions of the Dashun Dynasty, Wang Qiang was silent for a long time and sighed to himself: "Sure enough, the shaft is not enough. In view of Li Zicheng's attitude, Wang Qiang ordered the Taiping army in the area under the Dashun Dynasty to resist the Qing army independently, and at the same time not to provoke the Dashun army to prevent friction and infighting. Lu Xiangsheng led the team to stop in Xiangyang, because further north was Henan, where the Dashun army was stationed.

With the invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui's "anger at the crown and red face" was also spread among the people. Although Wu Sangui's banner of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty was to avenge Chongzhen, his explanation to his subordinates was because his beloved wife was robbed by Li Zicheng, and the news gradually spread to the people, becoming the most reasonable reason for the people to explain Wu Sangui's surrender. Gradually, in the eyes of the world, Chen Yuanyuan became the culprit of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, what kind of red face and trouble, inchastity, reincarnation of fox spirits, etc., all basins of dirty water were poured on Yuanyuan's head, and poor Yuanyuan lived in seclusion on Luojia Mountain, and he didn't know about it at all.