Li Yan sent people into the city to take a look, and found that there was no fire in the city, and there was no ambush by the intruding army, but there was chaos in the city. >Countless people have rushed into the treasury, the yamen, and the palace and began to loot spontaneously. Although gold, silver, and cloth were all looted items, grain was still the main target of looting.

Li Zicheng did not make much progress in the restoration of production during his one-year stay in Guanzhong, but since he began to prepare for the counteroffensive in June, he hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, and looted a lot of grain from the people. But in the end, there was still a lot of food left, and they had to give up Xi'an. Originally, the grain that could not be taken away was going to be burned, but Tian Jianxiu took pity on the people, and just set the city gate tower on fire, and the granary was wide open, allowing others to take it for themselves, leaving the last bit of fame for Dashun.

Li Yan naturally couldn't let the chaos continue, so he immediately sent troops into the city. And those people who robbed did not have the courage to fight hard with Li Yan's troops, even if they were instigated by people with ulterior motives, few dared to do it. On the contrary, as soon as he saw the troops coming in, he hurriedly took what he had grabbed and went home to hide. The people all know that once Li Yan is identified as a thief, there will be no good life. They just took advantage of the change of power to get some food, but they didn't come to bury Dashun.

The troops quickly took control of the city's defenses, and the chaos in the city soon ended. After Li Yan got the report that there were still hundreds of thousands of stones of grain left in the city, he was a little strange about Li Zicheng's arrangement, even if the retreat was hasty, it was always okay to light a fire, how could he leave it all for him

However, these doubts were only fleeting, and in addition to letting the troops control Xi'an, he asked Feng Cheng to lead the troops across the Wei River to clean up the area north of the Wei River. At the same time, he ordered the troops at the crossing of the Yellow River in Shanxi to cross the river and occupy all parts of Shaanxi as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng's move to abandon Xi'an also quickly disintegrated the Shun troops that remained in various parts of Shaanxi, and the defenders in various places had almost no resistance, and as soon as Li Yan's troops arrived, they went out of the city and surrendered. Even Ma Chongxi, who was guarding the Yellow River in Hancheng, also surrendered after knowing that Li Zicheng abandoned Xi'an. Li Guo and Liu Fangliang, who were preparing to hold on to Jinsuo Pass, also fled to the northwest with their troops in embarrassment, not daring to continue to resist.

In just a few days, most of Shaanxi was controlled by Li Yan, and only Hanzhong had not had time to clean up. However, Li Zicheng left a lot of troops in the Hanzhong area, and the roads were difficult to travel, so Li Yan had not yet mobilized his troops. At this time, he received a pigeon letter from Li Mu in the north, and the Qing troops began to move. Li Yan had no choice but to temporarily transfer his troops to the north to prevent the Qing army from moving south.

In fact, as early as when Li Yan had just attacked Tongguan, the Qing court received information and knew that Li Yan and Li Zicheng were at war. Out of fear of Li Yan, after the important ministers of the Qing State discussed, they did not delay much and immediately ordered each banner to assemble troops. At the same time, he gave orders to Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, and Gao Di, asking them to send troops to Shanhaiguan first to contain Li Yan's troops.

However, Wu Sangui and the three of them disobeyed the yang and the yin, and only sent a few troops to go around the Shanhaiguan for a while, and then they died down. Not to mention offense, it is defense, and they are not Li Yan's opponents. It just so happened that Li Yan's attention turned to Li Zicheng, they were a lot more relaxed here, they didn't want to be the target of Li Yan's attack.

Qiantun guard, Tang Tong Mansion.

Although the Qing court gave them a royal palace in Shengjing, none of the three of them went to live in Shengjing. They still have the capital in their hands, so they naturally don't want to swear allegiance to the Qing State before the dust settles.

"This is the third will," Tang Tong said embarrassedly: "It's another time for us to attack Shanhaiguan, it's hard to explain." ”

Gao Di glanced at Wu Sangui and did not speak. It was Wu Sangui who insisted on persuading them to respond to the story, and now it depends on Wu Sangui's statement.

Wu Sangui knew what the two meant, and said lightly: "Don't worry, I have 20,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 elite cavalry left in Ningyuan." Even if Qing Guo turned his face, they wouldn't be able to attack it for a while. ”

The reason why he persuaded Tang Tong and Gao Di was very simple, they were weak and were not Li Yan's opponents at all, and the main force of the Qing army did not move, so it was obvious that they were used as outcasts. Once Li Yan is angered and Ning Yuan is used as the direction of attack, they will really become lost dogs. At that time, they could only be like those Han people in the Han military banner, charging in the front and enjoying themselves behind.

And he also has a selfish heart, that is, to let Li Yan have no worries about the decisive battle with Li Zicheng, and avenge him for killing his father and wife. He had no way to go directly to Li Zicheng for revenge, so letting Li Yan destroy Li Zicheng could be regarded as fulfilling his wish.

Tang Tong was full of sorrow and said, "If we really anger the Qing Kingdom, we will not please both ends." Just our fifty or sixty thousand horses, not to mention being attacked by Li Yan and Qingguo, even if there is really one family that wants to destroy us, we can't hold it. ”

Wu Sangui smiled and explained, "Brother Tang, don't worry, what you are worried about will not happen." The strength of the Qing Kingdom is not comparable to Li Zicheng, and Li Yan will not be out of the customs before he has absolute superiority. And until a consensus is reached, it is unlikely that the flags of the Qing State will enter the customs in a big way. We are the buffer between the two of them, otherwise how could they have let us live for so long."

"But now Li Yan is about to take Shaanxi, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger. If we allow him to develop like this, we will definitely suffer losses in the future. Gaudi reminded.

Wu Sangui sneered: "Shaanxi is a barren land. Years of drought, coupled with years of expeditions, Shaanxi has long withered. There are also the raids of the western Mongolian tribes, and the chaotic Tusi in various places, which not only cannot make Li Yan stronger, but will restrain him from more energy. Let's take advantage of this opportunity to train soldiers and straighten out equipment, and we will definitely make great achievements in the future. ”

The two of them also made sense when they listened, and they both nodded slowly.

"That handcuff, did Brother Wu drum it up" Tang Tong asked with a smile: "That thing is not bad, even the Manchurian iron cavalry of the Qing Kingdom is very jealous." ”

Wu Sangui lost his previous calmness for a moment, and said with some discouragement: "The construction is made, but the components inside are exquisite, and it takes a lot of time and money to build a handcuff." And each one can only be fired once, which is not an advantage over mounted shooting. Also, the firearms can only reach seven or eight percent, which is worse than the three-eyed guns. ”

"What about the tiger squat cannon and the stone thrower," Tang Tong asked anxiously again. This turned out to be Wu Sangui and Gao Di's territory, and he couldn't do anything about making weapons, so he could only hope for Wu Sangui and Gao Di.

Wu Sangui still shook his head helplessly: "The tiger squat cannon and the stone thrower have all come out, but the range is not as far as Li Yan's." Therefore, it is necessary to continue to let the craftsmen improve, or to confront Li Yan, or to suffer. ”

"Alas, this Li Yan is really difficult to deal with." Tang Tong sighed weakly.

At this time, Tang Tong's personal soldiers came in to report: "Lord, Prince Ying sent someone to inform him that he has been ten miles outside the city. ”

Tang Tong looked at Wu Sangui and the others helplessly, and said with some annoyance: "Alas, let's go, this is for us to go to the suburbs." We look like we are also princes, but in their eyes, we are just slaves. "To be continued.

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