It took a lot of effort for Li Zicheng to convince Cai Maode to try to understand Catholicism.

Whether or not Cai Maode will believe in God will take a process, but Li Zicheng's stay in Taiyuan will not be too long, but he will persuade Cai Maode to become the governor of Shaanxi.

Among the officials who had taken refuge in Huaxia, Zhao Jianji, the political envoy, was selected as the president of the court, Ji Zhaobing, the deputy military envoy, as the president of the Supervision Yuan, and Mao Wenbing, the deputy military envoy, and Lin Gangzhong, the deputy military envoy, as the directors, and the framework of the Shanxi provincial government was initially established.

Sun Kangzhou, the prefect of Taiyuan, was retained, Fan Zhitai, the acting prefect of Yangqu County, was the president of the court, and Bi Gongchen, the superintendent, was the president of the supervision yuan, and the new Taiyuan Mansion was formed.

The first thing to do at the provincial and government levels was to enforce the laws of the Huaxia Kingdom, confiscate the land of the clans and large households, and distribute it to the people free of charge according to the number of Dingkou.

After Cai Maode devoted himself to his new work, he discovered that the laws of Huaxia were indeed for the poorest and weakest people in the world, and his loyalty to the imperial court was weakened.

The last time I met Li Zicheng, I was afraid that Li Zicheng would still have thorns in his heart, so he took the initiative to draw up a document for Huaxia Guo, reported it to the whole country, and asked Zhu Youzhen to abdicate and make way for Xian; In addition, in the name of the provincial government, he also summoned all prefectures and counties in Shanxi, asking them to obey the mandate of heaven and surrender upon hearing the call.

Li Zicheng was secretly happy in his heart, Cai Maode's inscription in the name of Huaxia Kingdom was transmitted to Beijing, and Zhu Youzhen would never take the initiative to abdicate, but the inscription drafted by Cai Maode was more powerful than the original inscription of Huaxia Kingdom, and he was still a member of the imperial court yesterday!

At this time, the casualties of the soldiers of each battalion have been replenished from the surrender of the troops, and the city defense troops in Taiyuan City have also been formed, and the city defense troops are tentatively set as the establishment of a regiment, and Ying Shisheng is the commander of the regiment and the chief general of the Taiyuan City Defense, and Wang Yongkui and Zhu Kongxun are the deputy generals.

Li Zicheng took time out and summoned the Jin King Zhu Xianxuan and the princess Fan in Xingyuan.

Zhu Xianxuan and Fan gave a big gift to Li Zicheng, in addition to expressing their loyalty and submission, donating all their property, land, and shops, including the palace, and scolding Zhu Youzhen a few words.

Li Zicheng saw a little unwillingness in Zhu Xianxuan's eyes, but with the general trend in hand, these are no longer important.

He redistributed the land to the Zhu family according to the number of men, and most of the money, grain, and shops were accepted, but he also left Zhu Xianxuan a lot of property and some shops, as long as he didn't have a different heart, it would not be a problem to be a rich man in this life.

According to the example of Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin in Xi'an, Li Zicheng also pardoned Zhu Xianxuan as the general of Le, and gave a county king's mansion in the city, which was renamed "General's Mansion"!

Li Zicheng's army rested in Taiyuan Mansion for eight days, joined the Zhou Bin Division of the 5th Battalion, and began to advance north on the 16th.

The topography of Shanxi is very closed, the east and west sides are the Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain, the south side is separated by Zhongtiao Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, and the north is near Datong, and there are intermittent mountain ranges, and the side wall connects these mountain ranges.

Between these mountain ranges, the Fenshui runs from north to south, almost throughout the province, and there are two very important rivers in the north: the Sanggan River and the Hutuo River.

In Shanxi, mainly mountains and hills, a small number of plains, distributed in the valleys of these three rivers, because they are divided by various mountains, in fact, they are small basins, from south to north, arranged between the east and west two mountain ranges, like inlaid pearls, if you use "pearl basin" to describe, it seems to be more accurate.

In addition to the slightly larger basin in the middle, Zezhou in the south and Lu'an Province in the east each had a small basin embedded in the mountains, and the Zhou Bin Division of the 5th Battalion joined the army after capturing these two small basins.

As the vanguard, Li Xinbu of the independent battalion left Taiyuan early in the morning of the 16th and went straight to Xinzhou in the north.

Yang Jialong, the governor of Xinzhou, had already received Cai Maode's message, knowing that Xinzhou City could not be defended, so he summoned the civil and military forces in the city: "The thief army is strong, Xinzhou City will not be defended, I will go out of the city to die, and you and the people can be saved." ”

Everyone persuaded hard, but Yang Jialong had made up his mind, opened the city gate, stood alone outside the city, and met the soldiers of the independent battalion, he scolded and just wanted to die quickly.

The soldiers tied up Yang Jialong, gagged it with rags, and brought it back to the camp, and Xinzhou went down without a fight.

Li Zicheng rushed to Xinzhou, heard Yang Jialong's message, then let people loosen the ties, ordered Yang Jialong to reinstate the official, Yang Hualong saw that the Mandate of Heaven Army did not invade the people, less than half a day, the city has been restored order, knowing that the imperial court's inscription is wrong, the Mandate of Heaven Army is not a rogue who burns and kills and plunders.

Seeing Corporal Li Zicheng Lixian again, he accepted the post of Zhizhou and led the people to distribute the land happily.

Li Zicheng planned to stay in Xinzhou for a day, so that the soldiers of the battalions could gather the nearby prefectures and counties.

On the 20th, the army rushed to Laoxian, and a message came back from the front: the independent battalion was blocked in Daixian, and Zhou Yuji, the chief military officer of Shanxi, with the assistance of Yan Mengkui, the general of Daizhou, relied on natural danger to defend Daixian and Yanmen Pass.

Li Zicheng had his soldiers camp outside the city, and then summoned Niu Jinxing and handed him the message sent back by Li Xin.

After reading the message, Niu Jinxing's expression became serious, and he no longer saw the calm appearance of brushing his long beard lightly, and looked at it twice in a row before he raised it, but he didn't say a word.

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, knowing that there were indeed difficulties ahead, but in the face of the general trend, how could a Yanmen Pass stop the pace of the Heavenly Mandate Army?

All battles in history have never relied on the fortified city to achieve a decisive victory, but only delayed time.

When Kublai Khan went south, he was blocked in Diaoyu City, fought for 36 years, and finally broke the city; In the history of later generations, the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of silver to build a large number of fortified cities outside the pass, relying on strong city walls to defend them, but Shanhaiguan eventually fell into the hands of the Manchus.

Li Zicheng suddenly thought of something, and said: "When Yanmen Pass was built, it was originally to deal with the nomads in the north, if we attack from the south to the north, maybe it won't be too difficult, right?" ”

Niu Jinxing shook his head, "The emperor doesn't know, when the previous dynasties built Yanmen Pass, in addition to facing the north, they would also worry that the nomadic cavalry would break through Ningwu Pass from the west, so as to attack from the north and south, so that the Yanmen Pass was built on the top of Yanmen Mountain, and the north and south sides were very dangerous. ”

"Then Mr. Yi, how should we attack Yanmen Pass?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, you can't fight with people's lives, right?

"Your Majesty, Yanmen Pass is still second, there are few defenders in the pass, as long as the intensity of the attack is maintained, they will be consumed," Niu Jinxing said: "But Daizhou, it seems to be more tricky, there are at least 5,000 soldiers in the city, artillery is deployed on the city, and Zhou Yuji swears to defend the city...... The Independent Regiment had no more than 20,000 soldiers and no firearms, so it would be difficult to break through the city for a while. ”

"The independent battalion is the vanguard, mainly to clear the roadblocks and find out information for the army, and you don't have to worry about Daizhou," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Since the number of Li Xin's independent battalion is insufficient, I can send additional manpower, and even bring rifles and mountain artillery to help in the battle, can the small Daizhou City stop the pace of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid not," Niu Jinxing's eyes looked a little hesitant, "Daizhou was originally the rear supply ground of Yanmen, with Yanmen as an echo, Wutai Mountain and Heng Mountain in the north and south, and relying on the Hutuo River, there is no depth outside the city at all, and no matter how many people there are, it is useless unless it is filled with human flesh." ”

As a last resort, Li Zicheng was naturally unwilling to fill the city wall with the corpses of soldiers, he glanced at Niu Jinxing and said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, I will gather the civil and military forces at night and brainstorm ideas, there is always a way to break the city!" ”

Li Zicheng thought alone for a moment, and had no idea for a while, so he collected a lot of information about Daizhou and Yanmen Pass, and after dinner, he summoned Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and the commanders of each battalion, Chen Shangzhi opened the city gate that day and let the Heavenly Mandate Army enter Taiyuan.

Chen Shangzhi was flattered to be able to participate in such a high-level meeting, however, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were respectively the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of National Defense, the important ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and the generals of each battalion were all generals, and the emperor's cronies, and he was just the emperor's staff for the time being, equivalent to a personal adviser, and these civil and military forces could not be compared, although the emperor let him participate in this meeting, he still obediently sat in the backmost position, if it wasn't for the emperor sitting in a slightly higher position, he couldn't even see the figure at all.

Li Zicheng didn't talk nonsense, he just put the information about Daizhou and Yanmen Pass on the square table in front of him, and after everyone almost read it, Fang said: "The independent battalion is blocked at the front, what can you do?" ”

Liu Yunshui likes to fight the most, but this time it is a siege, and it is difficult for the cavalry to play a role.

Zhou Bin glanced at the march map and said happily: "Your Majesty, Daizhou is bordered by the Hutuo River in the south, can you use the river water to make a fuss?" ”

Song Wen nodded slightly, and said: "General Zhou is right, if you can flood Daizhou, you can go down without a fight," paused, Fang said: "This is flooded Daizhou, the city is a vast ocean, and the people are ......."

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "General Song is right, the Mandate of Heaven Army was born to save the people of the world. After a pause, he said: "Daizhou is the rear support of Yanmen Pass, and the place where grain and troops are stored, how can it be easily flooded by the river?" ”

Everyone was silent, and many people were staring at the marching map in front of them, and the venue became very quiet for a while.

Ma Youshui suddenly said: "Your Majesty, how can Daizhou and Yanmen stop the pace of my army?" The minister is willing to go to reinforcements, even if he uses people, he also wants to take Daizhou and Yanmen! ”

Li Zicheng shook his head, "Every soldier of the Heavenly Mandate Army is very precious, unless it is absolutely necessary, never compete with the Ming army!" ”

Chen Shangzhi's heart suddenly moved, and seeing that everyone did not speak, he hurriedly said carefully: "Your Majesty, Xiong Tong, the guard of Yanmen, has some relationship with his subordinates, so it is better to let his ministers go down to persuade him to surrender......"

"Oh?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "General Chen, please tell me more!" ”

"Back to the emperor, ladies and gentlemen, when the Heavenly Mandate Army approached the Yellow River, the governor Cai asked for help from the Jingshi, but somehow, the imperial court only sent 2,000 soldiers, led by the deputy general Xiong Tong...... Now the guard of Yanmen Pass is this person! ”

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "General Chen went to Yanmen, how sure are you of persuading Xiong Tong?" ”

"At least fifty percent," Chen Shangzhi obviously thought about it secretly for a long time, and blurted out at this time, "Moreover, Xiong Tong and Zhou Yuji must be familiar with each other, and then let Xiong Tong persuade Zhou Yuji......" He was not sure about the latter words, so he didn't dare to say it full.

Li Zicheng glanced at Chen Shangzhi, and felt that he was fifty percent sure, and he could give it a try, besides, there was no loss to the Heavenly Mandate Army at this time, it was nothing more than a one-day delay in the siege time.

He is not worried that Chen Shangzhi has run away, the general trend is on the side of the Heavenly Mandate Army, if Chen Shangzhi runs away, he will be a fool, besides, the Heavenly Mandate Army does not lack generals like him.

After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng agreed with Chen Shangzhi to persuade him to surrender, but thinking that on the way to Beijing, there are still many passes, Datong, Xuanfu, Juyong, etc., if they all move forward little by little like Yanmen Pass, when will they be able to reach Beijing?

At the end of the meeting, Li Zicheng asked Niu Jinxing to redraft a document and send it to Datong and Xuanfu, so that they could recognize the situation and return to Huaxia as soon as possible!

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