Li Zicheng summoned Zhao Guangrui again and asked him to select a soldier from a hundred households among the troops, seize the time to train first, and bring it back to Xining in the future.

However, Li Zicheng felt that the name Jingyuwei was too tacky and suspected of dwarfing the Mongols, so he renamed Jingyuwei Jingyuan County, and Pan Zhang, the eldest son of Pan Fu, served as the magistrate.

After settling in Jingyuan County, Li Zicheng led his own soldiers to Talachi Fort to meet Li Ji, and Qin Danian's department also accompanied him, but the 3,000 households were all infantry, and the march was slow, Li Zicheng left them behind, only took his own soldiers, and rushed to join Li Ji first.

Li Ji and Dai Junen had already arrived the day before, and Qian Zong, who was guarding Talachi Fort, received Dai Junen's letter of persuasion, and his heart was already loosened, and when he saw Dai Junen himself, he surrendered directly.

When Li Zicheng arrived at Talachi Fort, Li Ji and Dai Junen had basically handled the fort properly, and 400 troops were surrendered, or returned to their hometowns, or joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, but Li Ji told them that the selection of materials for the Mandate of Heaven Army was very strict, and in case they could not be absorbed by the Mandate of Heaven Army, as long as they followed the Mandate of Heaven Army, they would definitely have a bite to eat.

The surrendered troops hesitated for a while, and Li Zicheng was worried that the surrendered troops would return to their original places of origin and leak the military information of the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he was extraordinarily generous and allowed them to bring their families and settle in Lanzhou, and the Heavenly Mandate Army would distribute land to them, 30 acres per ding.

These soldiers surrendered voluntarily and were not required to serve a year of hard labor.

Dai Junen portrayed Xining and Lanzhou as a paradise, although they didn't believe it, but the adults said that there was always a little right, now the whole of Shaanxi, full of thieves, everywhere is war, only far away from the flames of war, they can live in peace.

Li Zicheng wrote a letter to Tang Ruowang, asking him to place these soldiers and their families in the north of the Second Yellow River Bridge in Lanzhou, that is, between Lanzhou Mansion and Gaolan County, only more than ten miles away from Lanzhou City.

Li Ji took five hundred gunmen and Dai Junen to the southeast of the Dry Salt Pond Fort, which had only two hundred soldiers and a conduct officer, who was mainly in charge of several beacon towers.

Li Zicheng took the remaining five hundred households, plus his own personal soldiers, and continued to march eastward, making a gesture of threatening Xi'an.

However, in one day, Qin Danian's troops also rushed over, and together with the soldiers led by Li Zicheng, there were nearly 2,000 soldiers alone.

Xi'an is an independent guard of thousands of households, and is not subordinate to Jingyuwei, so Dai Junen cannot directly govern it, and when he led his troops westward, he was just passing by.

When Shouyu Qianhu got the information, he was taken aback, he would not have taken the thieves in his eyes, but Dai Junen's 20,000 army was quelling the bandits in the west, and the thieves were attacking the east against the trend, could it be that Lord Dai lost?

In order to get accurate information, the Xi'an Institute sent a messenger to Li Zicheng to ask where Li Zicheng was, what he was doing here, and why he was wearing armor different from that of the Ming army.

Li Zicheng did not send a messenger to pay a return visit, but arrogantly told the messenger of Xi'an that Dai Junen had already surrendered to the Mandate of Heaven Army, and within three days, if Xi'an did not surrender, once it was broken by the Mandate of Heaven Army, there would be no chickens and dogs left in the fort!

Looking at the messenger in a daze, Li Zicheng really wanted to pat his fleshy face, thought about it, and gave him a "welfare": even Dai Junen's 20,000 horses and horses were surrendered, and Xi'an couldn't resist the artillery fire of the Heavenly Mandate Army at all, so he hurriedly asked Hong Chengchou for help!

After the messenger left, Qin Danian immediately asked for an audience and asked about his next move.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Within three days, the Ming army will not dare to attack out of the fort, and the big year will rest assured that they will take refuge in the mountains to escape the heat, but let the rangers strengthen their vigilance, and they must not slack off!" ”

Qin Danian had his own thoughts, "The Governor of the Great Metropolis, in Xi'an, but hundreds of soldiers, took advantage of Hong Chengchou's distance in Guyuan, and took the ...... in one go"

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Danian is right, Xi'an is not like Pingtan Fort built on the top of the mountain, it is not difficult to take it, but to take Xi'an, the east is still the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, such a battle, when is the end?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor ......" Qin Danian was puzzled, didn't the Metropolitan Governor have the world in mind? How is this today......

"Da Nian, I understand your intentions," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "The time has not come, don't force it, the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army is not enough at the moment, not to mention anything else, those disaster victims in Shaanxi, how can I feed them?" ”

"Governor, subordinates ......" Qin Danian arched his hand and stopped talking.

"In the big year, when both sides have no strength to swallow each other, we must find a strategic balance, and then wait for the development of time," Li Zicheng said: "If Jingyuan County and Talachi Fort are our gateways in the northeast, then Xi'an is the gateway of the imperial court in the northwest. ”

Qin Danian pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, I don't know if he understood.

Li Zicheng said again: "I threatened Xi'an this time, just to make a gesture, lest Hong Chengchou attack Jingyuan County's idea in the future!" ”

“……”

"Don't worry, time is on our side, as time goes by, the Heavenly Mandate Army is getting stronger and stronger, and Da Ming is already in the waning days, and it may completely disappear into the darkness at any time," Li Zicheng looked at Qin Danian's eyes and said: "Danian must also understand that the struggle before dying is the most terrifying!" ”

"My subordinates know!" Qin Danian clasped his fists and saluted, "My subordinates are guarding this northeastern border, and they must act cheaply!" ”

"That's right, don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, if you really want a comprehensive counterattack, that is, the wind and clouds will ......" Li Zicheng was ready to leave Qin Danian to garrison, so he told him a lot, including the relationship with the Ming army, what kind of role each military fort assumed, and possible abnormalities.

He even pointed out that the dry salt pond fort can be lost, and the Talachi fort can also be lost, but the county seat of Jingyuan cannot be lost, Jingyuan County is not only the east gate of Lanzhou, but also guards the Huizhou north of the Yellow River, once Jingyuan County is lost, Huizhou will lose its connection with Lanzhou and become an enclave.

"Don't worry, your subordinates will never lose any piece of land!" Qin Danian had already secretly sworn in his heart that even if his head was lost, the land should not be lost, and the Heavenly Mandate Army had not yet lost the city's thousand-household chief.

"Danian loyalty, I am very relieved, but everything should not be forced," Li Zicheng said with a straight face: "If the Ming army concentrates superior forces to sneak attack, and our reinforcements cannot arrive in time, it is not a shame to temporarily clean up the defense line, such as fighting, retracting the fist, not to escape, but to be more powerful next time to attack!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor ......" Qin Danian pondered for a moment, and then said: "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates must remember the teachings of the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

I feel that Qin Danian is in front of him, humble like a primary school student, he is of this age, but Li Zicheng, as the governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army, has been used to the feeling of being a superior for a long time, and in the eyes of others, he has a unique bearing.

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Li Zicheng leaned on an old tree with a crooked neck, thinking about how to reach a new balance with Hong Chengchou to ensure the stability of Jingyuan County, a personal soldier ran over with a "knock knock", He Xiaoxiao hurriedly greeted him from afar, and glared at him fiercely, "The Metropolitan Governor is thinking, can't you be light?" ”

"Yes......" The soldier took out a letter and said in a low voice: "There is someone over there, saying that they want to surrender ......"

"Surrender?" He Xiaomi's face was happy, although he didn't know who "over there" was referring to, but it was always a good thing for someone to surrender, he grabbed the letterhead, "Got it, you wait first, see if the Metropolitan Governor has a palindrome!" ”

"Yes, yes......"

He Xiaomi held the letterhead in both hands and returned to Li Zicheng's side.

Li Zicheng had already discovered the movement, and when he saw He Xiaomi holding the letterhead, he said, "Xiaomi, what's the matter?" ”

"Governor Dadu, someone is coming over there, saying that he wants to surrender!" He Xiaomi handed over the letterhead with both hands.

"It's only been a day, and they're going to surrender?" Li Zicheng's first feeling was that Xi'an was going to surrender, he tore open the seal, unfolded the letter, and counted the lines at a glance, but frowned.

He Xiaomi's heart sank, could it be that the Ming army was deliberately trying to provoke the governor under the guise of surrender? But most of them did not speak, and he did not dare to ask, just stared at the letters moving in the wind.

Li Zicheng seemed to see He Xiaomi's curiosity, "Xiaomi, you say, did the Ming army in Xi'an really surrender?" ”

"This ......" He Xiaomi couldn't say well, "Metropolitan Governor, what did the letter say?" ”

"The letter is as if it was true," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Let's go, Xiaomi, let's go back, discuss countermeasures first, Li Ji and Zhongfu went to Ganyanchi Fort, and you will come over to Danian and Hongzhou." ”

The three of them sat down in the big tent, and after He Xiaomi served tea, he stood silently behind Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng first showed the letter of surrender sent by the person in Xi'an, paused, and said: "Danian, Hongzhou, what do you think?" Although Zhao Guangrui was young, Li Zicheng valued him very much, and he was completely cultivated as a star of hope, so his eyes stayed on his face for a moment.

Qin Danian caught a glimpse of this look, and immediately understood what Li Zicheng meant, so he lowered his head and pondered, leaving the opportunity to Zhao Guangrui, who had just returned from the Ming army, and must have a better understanding of the Ming army's thoughts.

Zhao Guangrui frowned, he really didn't expect that Xi'an would send the surrender document so quickly, and the Heavenly Mandate Army gave three days, no matter what, they should hold out for three days.

However, the gaze of the Metropolitan Governor, that is the point, Zhao Guangrui took care of his thoughts, and said: "The Metropolitan Governor, according to his subordinates, the surrender of Xi'an should be true!" ”

(End of chapter)

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