Chongzhen and Yang Sichang have already discussed, and Yang Sichang will personally supervise the division and lead an army of 260,000 to exterminate the anti-thief Li Zicheng, this court discussion is just a formality, and they don't believe that anyone dares to jump out and sing the opposite.

You jump, you jump, who dares to jump, Zodiac Zhou is a role model, no matter how many products you have, directly give you nine products, if there is a kind of jump out to try!

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty really "didn't plant", let the two of them sing double reeds, and put all the blame on Xiong Wencan, and asked Yang Sichang to go to exterminate the anti-thief Li Zicheng, and no one dared to jump out to oppose it.

Just as Chongzhen was about to make a decision, Xu Guangqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, "jumped" out, but he didn't jump out to say the opposite, he just reminded Chongzhen to be careful of Jiannu entering the prison again.

Chongzhen is really a little scared of this, although there is no danger every time Jiannu enters the capital, the Gyeonggi area has become a cemetery, and there are almost no people within a radius of hundreds of miles, and there are graves everywhere!

He doesn't care about the lives of the people, he still wants to be a Ming monarch, this huge cemetery is indeed a huge irony for him, this matter really has to be guarded again, if you want to let Jiannu rush in again, then the entire Beizhili is estimated to become a cemetery, where is his face as the emperor?

He hesitated for a moment, and his gaze slowly turned to Yang Sichang, he was asking for Yang Sichang's opinion.

Of course, Yang Sichang didn't want to leave some people to garrison Gyeonggi, his plan had always been "huge and magnificent", and he felt that it was a bit insufficient for these 260,000 people to clean up Li Zicheng, and Xu Guangqi still wanted to leave some of them to guard the capital, wouldn't this dismantle his platform.

As soon as he saw Chongzhen's inquiring gaze, he immediately walked out of the train, knelt down in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Wechen has repeatedly admonished that the outside must first be safe, and the imperial court has limited troops and cannot support two-front operations, so Wechen thinks that it is better to send envoys to stabilize the Jiannu side first. “

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but nod slightly, as if he believed Yang Sichang's nonsense again.

Xu Guangqi was a little annoyed, you idiot would believe in Jiannu, and negotiate peace with the tiger and wolf, you think about it, others are afraid of a stroke, he is not afraid, he is in his seventies, he should have gone home to retire a long time ago, if it wasn't for Zhang Bin's plan, or for the opportunity for Daming to usher in Zhongxing, why should he insist here, there is a kind, you guys masturbated me!

He couldn't help but mock: "Lord Yang, are you here to inform Jiannu to come to join the Kou?" Will they listen to your incoming, there is no one stationed near the capital, the common people let them bully, and the food and money are plundered by him, why don't they come? Last time, when you sent Xiong Wencan to encircle and suppress the rebels, you also sent an envoy to inform Jiannu, that's why they came in such a timely manner! ”

What he said was so embarrassing, no matter how thick Yang Sichang's face was, there was a faint red light, he really didn't know what to say, he couldn't say anything for a long time.

Seeing this, Chongzhen hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Well, what the two Aiqing said makes sense, but Jiannu's treachery cannot be guarded against, and I feel that I should leave some people to garrison near the capital." ”

Xu Guangqi seemed to find that his tone was a little wrong, so that this Lord Yang couldn't get off the stage, he "hurriedly" and touted: "The emperor is wise, and Weichen also thinks that what Lord Yang said is reasonable, in order not to affect Lord Yang's plan to suppress thieves, this man can't leave too much, but Jiannu is fierce, and it is not something that ordinary people can top, so Weichen thinks that it is advisable to leave some elite guards everywhere, and most of the rest of the people and horses still follow Lord Yang to encircle and suppress the thieves." “

These words are exactly the same as what he said when he framed Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong, Yang Sichang chuckled in his heart, he already knew what Xu Guangqi was going to say, how could this work, he also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of this encirclement and suppression of thieves to kill Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong.

How can this be refuted?

He was thinking anxiously there, but Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it makes sense, it makes sense, Zixian, you say, it's more appropriate to leave those elites?" ”

Chongzhen didn't know that these two guys were fighting in secret, and he thought that Xu Guangqi was really thinking about Yang Sichang, so he nodded without hesitation.

When Yang Sichang heard this, his face changed, and he secretly said in his heart, it's over!

Sure enough, Xu Guangqi immediately bowed his hand and said: "Weichen suggested that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Henan, lead 10,000 Tianxiong troops to garrison Xuanfu Town, the total soldier Qi Yuan has 10,000 Qi family troops to garrison Datong Town, and the total soldier Ma Xianglin leads 30,000 Sichuan troops to garrison Jizhou Town. Xiong Wencan and other traitors and villains can lead more than 200,000 troops to encircle and annihilate the main force of the anti-thief Li Zicheng's army, and I believe that more than 200,000 horses are more than enough for the scheming Lord Yang. ”

Judging from the simple figures, 50,000 to 210,000 has only transferred less than 20% of the people, and the impact is indeed not very big, but among the 260,000 imperial court army, these three elites are the most capable of fighting, and the other 210,000 people are miscellaneous armies, and they are not the opponents of these 50,000 horses combined!

Chongzhen seemed to be deceived by the simple numbers, and nodded without hesitation: "Well, that's okay, so be it, leave 50,000 horses to garrison, and all the other horses will go with Wen Weak to encircle and suppress the thieves." ”

When Yang Sichang heard this, there was no blood spurting out, Xu Guangqi, you are an old immortal, I have a grudge against you or what's wrong, you actually suggested that the emperor transfer all the elites!

However, Xu Guangqi couldn't praise him with a word, he couldn't say that he was worse than Xiong Wencan, the traitorous villain.

Besides, Chongzhen has already spoken, and he can't refute it anymore, this is an early dynasty, and all the civil and military officials are looking at it, if he refutes it in person and lets the emperor take back his life, the emperor will definitely be unhappy, if he makes the emperor unhappy and no longer favors himself, it will be more than worth the loss.

The emperor's favor is more important than the thief, he hurriedly praised the emperor's wisdom with Xu Guangqi, and Chongzhen, who praised it, was smiling, but his own heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

As soon as Xu Guangqi made such a contribution, all the 50,000 elites were transferred, and Yang Sichang could only set off with 210,000 miscellaneous troops.

In order to show his favor, Chongzhen actually set up a platform outside the south gate and personally brought hundreds of civil and military officials to practice for Yang Sichang.

This kind of grace is really no one, Yang Sichang shed tears of emotion for this, Chongzhen also had tears in his eyes, reluctantly, and it was like parting with life and death.

Over the years, there have been many generals who have gone out to suppress thieves, and no one can come back if they don't see them, is it necessary to do the same as parting with life and death?

Chongzhen may really be reluctant to leave this confidant and go to the northwest, Yang Sichang may be really grateful, only Zhang Bin who was present understands that this time, I am afraid it is a real parting of life and death, because in history, Yang Sichang never came back after leaving the capital, and he was directly killed by Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan!

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong hadn't made a move yet, Li Zicheng jumped out, he had a tiger in front of him and a hungry wolf in the back, and it was strange if he didn't die.

Zhang Bin looked at Yang Sichang's back slowly moving away, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Goodbye, Yang Gebu, go all the way!" ”

Yang Sichang didn't know that he had embarked on a road of no return, he thought that with more than 200,000 troops in hand, it was only a matter of time before he exterminated the thief Li Zicheng, and as for Zhang Xianzhong's rejuvenation, he didn't think about it at all.

There are two roads from the capital to Shaanxi, one is across Shanxi, from Suidezhou into Yulin Town, one is south to Henan, from Tongguan into Xi'an, these two roads have their own advantages and disadvantages, the specific choice of which one depends on the actual situation.

The official road across Shanxi is relatively short, but the mountains in Shanxi are crisscrossed, and the official road is narrow and rugged, which is not suitable for a large army.

The official roads in Henan are relatively farther, but the official roads are spacious and smooth, which is very suitable for the advancement of large armies.

Yang Sichang didn't want to think about it, so he chose to go south to Henan and arrived at Tongguan.

There is nothing wrong with him going this way, but he underestimated the strength of the anti-thief and overestimated the strength of the miscellaneous army under his command.

Li Zicheng has already occupied Tongguan at this time, and he is recruiting troops on a large scale, he is ruthless this time, there is no limit to recruiting troops at all, and he can recruit as many as he can, because he was suppressed by the officers and soldiers.

It turned out that he was always thinking about the problem of food, if he recruited too many people and didn't have food for them to eat, what to do at this time, what to do and what not to do, attacking cities everywhere and plundering wildly, without enough men and horses, he couldn't withstand the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, if he was exterminated by officers and soldiers, there would be nothing, and he was also thinking about what food was not enough to eat, but it was right to focus on crazy recruitment.

In less than a month, he has expanded from more than 100,000 horses to more than 200,000 horses, and the number is about the same as the imperial army led by Yang Sichang!

Of course, fighting a war is not a simple quantitative comparison, although Li Zicheng's men and horses are similar to Yang Sichang's men, but the combat effectiveness is not the same, although most of Yang Sichang's men are newly recruited guards, and they are stronger than the newly assembled peasants under Li Zicheng, and more than 200,000 imperial court troops pressed over, Li Zicheng was really shocked.

What should I do, do I run away like the original, or like last time, I have a wave of hard steel with the officers and soldiers, and then I am beaten and urinated, and almost the whole army is wiped out?

No, he doesn't want to run anymore, he wants to be king according to Guanzhong!

He didn't believe it, he would never be able to kill the officers and soldiers, so he went out and directly summoned all the generals under his command to hold a meeting in Weinan.

At this time, he can be described as full of talents.

There are fierce generals like Liu Zongmin and Liu Fangliang who have followed him for many years;

There are relatives like Li Guo and Gao Yigong who followed him in trouble;

There are Confucian generals with outstanding strategies such as Li Yan and Tian Jianxiu;

There are also scheming military advisors like Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance.

Li Zicheng glanced at the generals below, and then said firmly: "Everyone should know, the officers and soldiers are here again, but, according to the spies, this time there is no King Lu Yan among the officers and soldiers, there is no Qi family army, not even the white pole soldiers of the Sichuan army, it is just the newly convened guard, this time, it is a good opportunity, a chance to defeat the officers and soldiers, we can no longer be chased by the officers and soldiers everywhere, we must take Guanzhong, build the country, and confront the imperial court!" If you have any good ways to deal with officers and soldiers, you might as well talk about it."

When everyone heard this, they all showed excited expressions, King Chuang wants to build a country, they are the founding heroes, and they are completely different from the thieves.

As for the officers and soldiers, except for the Tianxiong Army, the Qi Family Army, the White Pole Army, and the Qin Army, the other miscellaneous armies really have nothing to be afraid of.

Li Yan took the lead and said: "King, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a good place to resist officers and soldiers, if you can mobilize 100,000 elite soldiers to garrison, even if more than 200,000 officers and soldiers will not want to take it." ”

According to Xiongguan and guard, this is a good idea, Zhang Xianzhong is guarded according to Xiangyang, and the officers and soldiers have no way to take him, as for what to accept the appeasement and return to the court, the little emperor is stupid and believes that he has dug up the ancestral grave of the old Zhu family, will he return to the court, he is the same as himself, he is a person who wants to be the emperor, this point, Li Zicheng is quite clear.

Tongguan is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, compared to Xiangyang, Li Zicheng is naturally clear about this, he couldn't help nodding when he heard this: "Well, this is a good idea, but it's not enough to just defend Tongguan, so many of us have to eat and drink, and we can only drink the northwest wind when we stay here." ”

The military advisor Song Xiance then arched his hand and said: "King, now there are 10,000 Qin troops in Guanzhong, they will definitely not dare to come out of Xi'an, we can divide into several shares, occupy Yan'an Mansion, Qingyang Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion and other state capitals, while raising grain and grass, while recruiting troops, and so on all the state capitals are taken, we will encircle it in one fell swoop and take Xi'an, and then we can build a country." ”

He really didn't think about dividing the troops, in the past, he basically took all his subordinates everywhere, and rarely divided into several shares, but now in the situation of Guanzhong, the 10,000 Qin troops in Xi'an City really dare not run out, if they dare to run out, Xi'an will become an empty city, and he can easily take it down, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for the officers and soldiers to take it back.

Li Zicheng couldn't help but nod and said: "Well, as long as the 10,000 Qin troops in Xi'an City don't come out, the state capitals in Guanzhong will let us run the roam, this is a good idea." ”

Everyone offered suggestions one after another, and soon, Li Zicheng made a decision, stuck to Tongguan, seized the state capitals in Guanzhong, and then took Xi'an in one fell swoop and became the king!

He soon mobilized 100,000 elite soldiers to garrison Tongguan, and appointed his nephew Li Guo as the general of Tongguan, and left the Confucian general Li Yan and his wife and brother Gao Yigong to assist him.

Then, he divided the remaining rebel army into several shares, he personally led 50,000 troops to the north, to seize Yan'an Mansion, Qingyang Mansion and other state capitals, and the generals Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu each led 20,000 troops, divided Fengxiang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Gongchang Mansion and other state capitals, for a while, the entire Guanzhong land was full of rebel armies under the banner of Chuang Wang, they recruited troops and horses, conquered cities, fought local tyrants, grabbed grain, and engaged in a hot fire, and there were countless hungry people from all over the country.

Yang Sichang received an urgent report forwarded by the imperial court, and hurriedly urged the army to hurry, wanting to rush to Guanzhong to exterminate these rampant thieves, but as soon as he arrived at Tongguan, he was dumbfounded, more than 100,000 thieves guarded the city, and he couldn't get by at all!