Li Yan's rebellion brought a huge shock to the Ming court. Originally, Li Zicheng was attacking three sides, and the northwest could not be protected. Huguang was controlled by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong was still attacking Jiangxi, plus the current Henan, the entire half of the world was not owned by the imperial court.

Moreover, these are the granaries of the imperial court, suppressing bandits, suppressing rebellions, which do not need the supply of food, and nothing can be done without food. As for the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, although they used to be the land of fish and rice, since the opening of the sea, the people have long converted large areas of fields to grow mulberry hemp reeds and export them to make money. Now not only can it not provide food to the imperial court, but it also has to be transported from Huguang to meet the demand.

Although Chongzhen had long known that Li Yan might have misdeeds, he was also preparing to eliminate hidden dangers. However, I don't know if he was a little late to start, or a little anxious to start, anyway, Li Yan suddenly attacked Hebei, which made him and the ministers of the DPRK and China stunned.

So the imperial court immediately ordered that Zhending, Guangping, and Daimyo should take strict precautions, and Li Yan must not be allowed to continue to attack north. And let the governor of Baoding and the governor of Shandong quickly mobilize troops to attack Li Yan. Shanxi did not dare to move, and the task of the Shanxi soldiers was to defend the Yellow River with all their might, and not to let Li Zicheng advance eastward. As for Nanzhili, it is better to exterminate the thieves in Xuzhou first, and then say, if the canal is not passed, Beijing will become a dead city.

"What about Sun Chuanting" Chongzhen asked angrily in the early court: "I asked him to reorganize his troops and horses and make every effort to guard against thieves, but he has no news at all."

Feng Yuanbiao replied weakly: "Your Majesty, it is said that Sun Chuanting has died in the chaos. The three sides of Shaanxi are now powerless, and the imperial court can only strictly guard it. ”

"It is said that it is said again" Chongzhen said loudly: "Go and report it after verifying, you don't need to tell me about these inaccurate and untrue news"

Hong Chengchou's surrender to the Qing State gave him a huge blow, that is his most trusted minister, the honor and favor are constant, and Jun's grace is as deep as the sea. However, when he was paying tribute, he was told that this model of loyalty had surrendered to the enemy, which made him accept that there was another Sun Chuanting now, he could not make the same mistake again, and there would be no gift until there was no definite news

Chongzhen then asked, "Zhongqing, what is the way to teach me?"

Everyone looked at their wat boards, and no one came out to offer advice. In this case, if there are no soldiers, no food, no salary, what can they do If there are millions of elite soldiers, they can lead a large army to quell the rebellion, but now the Beijing camp is full of soft-footed shrimp, and they dare not go out to take risks.

Feng Yuanbiao waited for a long time, and just when Chongzhen was about to brush his sleeves away, he finally came out of work and suggested: "Your Majesty, the only way now is to let Li Yan deal with the thieves." After all, he is a guest of honor in the palace, a relative of the emperor and the country, and there is still hope for a circle. His Majesty is not guilty of his actions in the past, and then he will be a high-ranking official, and at the same time let the king of Zhou~"

Feng Yuanbiao hadn't finished speaking, and Shi Heng immediately went out of work and said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't do it." Li Yan is not only a relative of the emperor, but also the chief soldier of the imperial court. If this kind of rebellion can be given to high-ranking officials, then the other town generals will also be moved, and at that time, where is there any place in the Ming Dynasty that is owned by the imperial court, and the Ming Dynasty will fall apart in an instant. Your Majesty, please think again. ”

Feng Yuanbiao sighed silently, he was already a person who was about to return to his hometown, so he put forward this opinion with a little hope. As for what will happen to the imperial court and the Ming Dynasty in the future, he, a person who is about to enter the ground, is powerless.

Chongzhen was originally a little moved, but when Guang Shiheng said this, he also knew that it was indeed an endless trouble. What he can count on now is only the loyalty and courage of the trilateral soldiers, who can hold back and consume Li Zicheng's army. Zuo Liangyu was able to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong in Hunan and Jiangxi, while Baoding and Shandong soldiers and horses were able to contain Li Yan. When Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and Jin Shengheng freed their hands, they went to give Li Yan a fatal blow and restore Henan first. There is also the hope that his Jingying soldiers and horses can recover soon.

And Li Yan's arrival also gave a huge shock to the Yuyuan army.

Because of Li Mou's notice, the people gathered around Yu Garden were ready to move, and some old brothers even wanted to disperse the soldiers and horses and go out to be a farmer.

Zhang Qi, Ren Qi and other leaders gathered together to discuss countermeasures. Don't look at the fact that they all use the 300-mile elm forest as a nest, but they also have their own activity territory, and they only ran back to hide when they were surrounded and suppressed by the official army. There are not many joint battles between them, but Li Yan's name this time is too big, and many of the people who follow them want to surrender, so they let several leaders get together to discuss.

"Li Yan's troops are very powerful, and in just half a day, they collapsed the city wall of Puzhou. Not a single one was injured, it's better than the Qing soldiers. Liang Min spoke first.

Others are less positive. His territory was mainly in the area of Fan County, Puzhou, which happened to be under Li Yan's control. It will be difficult for him to receive protection money for the farmland in these places, so it will be difficult for him. However, the other people's territories are outside Li Yan's control area, but some of their subordinates want to surrender, and the impact is far less than that of Liang Min.

Liang Min saw that everyone was not active, and said to Zhang Qi: "Brother Zhang, Li Yan's Guide to Germany is Cao County after crossing the Yellow River, one day he will also accept Cao County, and your more than 10,000 brothers can still live."

"Brother Ren," Liang Min said to Ren Qi again: "Dongming, Dingtao and other places are on the edge of Changyuan, although it is the boundary of Shandong, but this is still the boundary of Zhili, is it waiting to be broken by Li Yan."

Zhang Qi said in embarrassment: "Li Yan's troops are powerful, and the Qing soldiers were cut off if they wanted to cross the river." We people, I heard that there were a lot of people, but when we went to fight, even Li Yan's one or two thousand people couldn't stand up. ”

Liang Min immediately said: "You don't have to go out to fight." I went and plundered their grain and grass, and brought them to the elm garden. There are so many elms here, and our tunnels, they come in and it's our food. As long as everyone gathers their subordinates over, and we beat Li Yan together, he won't dare to underestimate us. In the future, we will be able to crisscross the four directions and be happy. ”

When everyone heard this, they felt that this method was a bit reliable. As long as he comes to Yulin, no matter whose troops he is, there is no way to take them. They have been operating here for many years, and the tunnels inside extend in all directions, covering hundreds of miles. As long as the officers and soldiers come in, they can launch attacks on the officers and soldiers anywhere. This is also the reason why no matter how much grain, grass and horses they plundered outside, they always used Yuyuan as a nest.

"Okay, then give it a try." Zhang Qi and the others finally agreed.

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