This time, Tian Jianxiu personally came to talk to Li Yan, after all, Li Yan had already occupied Zhangde Mansion, and Taihang had already occupied half of it. If Li Yan continued to expand northward, their plan to attack Beijing on both sides would either run aground, or they would have to start a war with Li Yan in advance. So he had to communicate with Li Yan first.

After dealing with Li Yan a few times, Tian Jianxiu also knew that Li Yan didn't like polite words, so he just exchanged a few words of greeting and made the purpose of his visit this time clear.

Li Yan thought for a while before he said, "With Zhending as the boundary, you can go to the north." ”

Tian Jianxiu also frowned and thought for a while, then stared at Li Yan and said solemnly: "Brother Li, Jingchengkou, we must leave." ”

"Of course, I'm talking about including the well." Li Yan said with a smile: "My next plan is to go east and take Shandong, and there is no conflict with you." Of course, it depends on whether you are sincere or not. ”

Tian Jianxiu finally had a smile, he thought that Li Yan wouldn't let them go to the Jingchengkou. In that case, they can only end up losing both, but let the court get advantaged. Moreover, Li Yan went to attack Shandong, and he could also block the Qinwang reinforcements that might come from the south, which was even more beneficial to them.

He assured: "Brother Li, rest assured, our goal now is Beijing." However, wait for Beijing, and the Zhu family court will be considered dead. At that time, we can no longer let Brother Li go. ”

Li Yan took a leisurely sip of tea and said, "Brother Tian is so confident? Taiyuan, Datong, Xuanfu, Juyong, these are all important towns and dangers, you can easily take them? ”

"Hahaha," Tian Jianxiu laughed and said, "Brother Li is pretending to be confused." Even Brother Li's identity is reversed, can those soldiers and generals who have no food and salary still fight bravely? Da Ming's qi is exhausted, and everyone in the world can see it, and they are all waiting to continue to serve the new dynasty. Xi'an was just repaired when Sun Chuanting was the governor, and the defense was not weaker than Kaifeng, and it was not Kaicheng that surrendered? This is the general trend, Brother Li, you have to think twice, if you blindly be strong, you can only bury those brothers under your command. ”

Li Yan asked curiously, "Have you thought of a name for your new dynasty?" Also, Li Zicheng became the emperor, what title did he give to Brother Tian and Liu Zongmin? ”

"It's okay to tell Brother Li now, it will be announced to the world at the beginning of the year." Tian Jianxiu replied: "The new dynasty is named Dashun, and our old brothers will be crowned marquis." ”

"Tut-tut," Li Yan smacked his lips and shook his head, and said, "He is the emperor, and you old brothers are only marquis?" Even if you don't give the title of a county king, why do you have to be a prince of the country? Too stingy! Brother Tian, I'm so wronged. ”

Tian Jianxiu still smiled: "Brother Li is not better than provoking our relationship, these are all discussed by everyone." The world is so big, when I rule the world, we will naturally be kings and dukes. But Brother Li, as long as you are willing to serve, he can give you the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River and give you the king. ”

Li Yan didn't believe this statement at all, and even his old brothers didn't make him a prince, and gave him the title of king? Besides, he wasn't uncommon with that prince.

"Tang Gaozu is the Duke of Tang Guo, and the country name is Tang. Song Taizu made a career with Song Zhou, and took the country name Song. What is your explanation? Li Yan changed the topic and asked a little inquiringly.

Tian Jianxiu smiled and said nothing. Of course, he would not say that this was the suggestion of the Song military division. "Eighteen sons, the main artifact", this means that Li Zicheng can be the emperor. And Liu Bowen's language "If you meet Shun, you will stop", that is, Zhu Ming died when he met Dashun, so the country name is naturally Dashun.

Li Yan saw that Tian Jianxiu was pretending to be mysterious, so he asked again: "Brother Tian, when do you plan to start the Eastern Crusade?" ”

Tian Jianxiu saw that Li Yan had no intention of accepting it, so he stopped persuading. He replied: "When I came, the troops were already preparing, and it is estimated that the Yellow River has been crossed by this time. When Zicheng ascends the throne, he will personally lead a million-strong army to the east, and Brother Li will not wait too long. ”

Li Yan nodded: "Okay, I hope you can keep your promise and don't enter my territory." ”

"I also hope that Brother Li can keep his promise and not obstruct our army's crusade. Farewell. ”

Tian Jianxiu's mission was basically completed well, so he didn't stay long, and quickly returned to Shaanxi after bidding farewell to Li Yan, so that he could make a plan for the army earlier.

When Tian Jianxiu left, Li Yan also quickly prepared. He didn't expect Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition to be so fast, and he would immediately drive the expedition in person after ascending the throne, which really had the courage of a founding king.

Tian Jianxiu revealed that Li Zicheng would lead a million-strong army to personally conscript, so there should not be many field troops left by Li Zicheng in Shaanxi. Therefore, he could transfer more troops from the interior of Henan and take advantage of the time when Li Zicheng was going all out to deal with the official army and take Shandong.

Shandong was severely damaged by the Qing army, most of the prefectures and counties were breached, the defenders either surrendered or were killed, and many people were taken captive. At this time, the garrison of Shandong was weak, and the people were uneasy, as long as he could restore order, he should be able to settle down soon.

As for Li Zicheng, he is not too worried now. There are many difficulties in this eastward crusade, especially those border passes, but they are all elite. Even if the border passes are surrendered, Beijing City will be enough for Li Zicheng to gnaw for a while. Moreover, if he occupies Shandong, Li Zicheng will inevitably divide his troops to come over to defend himself, and Beijing will be able to hold out longer.

Jin Shengheng of Xuzhou was Zuo Liangyu's subordinate and did not dare to come to fight him. Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo of Nanzhili, he didn't take it to heart. In addition to suppressing rebellions in various places, they also had to guard against Zuo Liangyu. If they dared to fight him, he would not have the intention of defeating them first. At present, there are 60,000 recruits in training, and there are 50,000 troops he can assemble now, and he will not pay attention to any officers and soldiers.

What he still needs to wait for now is the artillery of the troops. Other crossbow arrows, spears, knives, shields, and tiger squat cannons are enough to use. The chain mail was still tense, but it was enough for the soldiers to wear. The only thing missing now is artillery.

The casting of artillery has its own laws and cannot be messed with. Although he used the iron mold method to cast the cannon, he still had to spend enough time on the cooling, polishing, drilling, and inspection of the cannon so that the yield of the cannon could be maintained at a high level. If you blindly pursue speed, it will be a huge consumption of raw materials and time.

Li Yan did not give an order to the artillery workshop, but still let them follow the predetermined steps and produce in an orderly manner. But he first began to assemble troops and food and grass.

He transported the grain and grass to Guide and Puzhou for storage, and there were no bandit troops in the interior, except for the county town where 100 people were left as defensive troops, the rest of the troops were concentrated. As for the border troops bordering Shaanxi and Huguang, half to one-third of the troops were transferred.

A big war is slowly approaching.

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