Although Li Zicheng was nervous, he couldn't act in a hurry, he brought 100,000 troops from Shaanxi, whether it was to defend on the spot or to go on an expedition to Jiangnan, it was necessary to prepare food and equipment. Moreover, Li Yan was dealing with the nails he left behind in Hanzhong, and he did not continue to chase and fight, which just gave him time to prepare.

As for Li Guo and Liu Fangliang, who fell in Shaanxi, he has no news now. At the beginning, he just sent someone to send them a letter and let them find a way to withdraw south, but as for whether the letter was delivered or not, whether Li Guo and the others could withdraw with the troops would have to be left to fate. Some of them were too hasty, and the capital of his empire, which was abandoned in two days, was really as quick as his fantastic attack on Beijing, which made people feel incredible.

Six days later, Li Zicheng and others moved to Yangwu Prefecture (Chengtian). At the same time, in addition to Liu Zongmin, who stayed in Xiangjing to command and resist Li Yan, the generals who stayed behind in various places were also summoned.

Li Zicheng didn't care about the emperor's prestige and etiquette at this time, and returned to his original style of being a rogue, and summoned all the shouts to discuss the future actions.

After everyone saluted in a mess, Li Zicheng waved his hand casually and asked the generals to sit down. After hesitating for a while, he said sadly: "Everyone knows the current situation, Li Yan suddenly started a war against our Dashun, we were not well prepared, lost our troops, and lost Shaanxi." ”

At this time, the faces of the generals who fled from Shaanxi were not good-looking, and the generals who stayed in Huguang were not very good. After all, everyone is one honor and disgrace, and Li Yan's threat is indeed just around the corner, so everyone is not easy.

Li Zicheng continued: "Although Li Yan hasn't chased after him yet, his soldiers are in Nanyang, and it will be very fast to fight. I think he is mobilizing forces and will soon attack Xiangjing. Let's talk about it, can Xiangjing be kept? How do you keep it? ”

Although it has been decided to go to Jiangnan, this kind of cowardice before the battle, it is difficult for him, the commander, to say, it is better to let his subordinates say it themselves. Especially the generals who stayed in Huguang, they had never fought against Li Yan, so it was inevitable that they would have some other ideas, and they should be treated carefully.

In fact, the situation at this time, the generals who stayed in Huguang also knew it in their hearts. fled from Beijing to Xijing, and then was driven from Xijing to Xiangjing, at this time even Xiangjing did not dare to stay, and came to this Yangwuzhou, obviously the number of ways to continue to run.

After waiting for a while, Bai Wang, the commander who stayed in Huguang, spoke: "Your Majesty means that you want to give up this place?" ”

Li Zicheng naturally couldn't answer, Gu Junen hurriedly shared his worries: "I have carefully discussed, this place is too close to Henan, and it is really not suitable to hold on, so I suggest that Your Majesty take the land south of the Yangtze River as the foundation." ”

Bai Wang frowned and said, "Gu Junshi, this idea is a little inappropriate. This place has belonged to me for more than a year, and the official and garrison armies in various places have been operating normally. Although there are only less than 20,000 elite soldiers, they can also gather 50,000 or 60,000 local garrison troops, and the food and salary are also available. If we give up Huguang, then we will become rootless again, and if the war is frustrated, then we have rebelled for so many years, but it is really nothing. ”

The generals below also began to whisper. It's a pity to give up such a good base. Everyone has been rebelling for some years, and it is not easy to have today's achievements, so it is indeed a little reluctant for them to give up everything and return to the state of exile.

Gu Junen had already prepared, and said slowly: "General Bai, there are 20,000 troops of Li Yan in Nanyang, and soon, 40,000 or 50,000 troops will be concentrated there. The combat strength of Li Yan's troops, General Bai should know which city can be defended? Even if we concentrate all our troops, we can't help Li Yan's army of 50,000. Even if it is besieged, Li Yan can quickly transfer reinforcements from Henan, at that time, in addition to a large number of casualties, what results can I get in Dashun? ”

Bai Wang was asked. Li Yan's troops are indeed strong, when they were outside Kaifeng City, 200,000 troops, stunned and helpless against Li Yan's 20,000 army array. Whether it was offensive or defensive, as long as they engaged Li Yan's troops face to face with gongs and drums, they really had no confidence in victory.

"But there is no rear support, once the battle situation is bad, there will be no way out." Bai Wang was still powerless to persuade.

Gu Junen said with a smile: "Could it be that General Bai doesn't even have the confidence to deal with Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong and others?" According to our eyeliner report, although Zuo Liangyu claims to have 500,000 soldiers, the total is only 120,000. Moreover, they were scattered and stationed along the river, and the military discipline was corrupted, and they committed adultery and plunder, and they did all kinds of evil, which has long been the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people. As long as I go east, the people along the way will definitely eat pot pulp to welcome the king. The place where I passed through Dashun was everywhere in the rear. ”

Bai Wang glanced at Li Zicheng on the dragon chair and found that Li Zicheng was smiling and nodding. He knew that capturing Jiangnan was already an established strategy, so he had no choice but to clench his fists and say: "Since Your Majesty and the military advisor have thought it through, the minister has no opinion." ”

Li Zicheng asked with a smile, "Do you have any other opinions?" You are all old brothers, don't be restrained, speak freely. ”

"Your Majesty respectfully obeys Your Majesty's orders." The generals stood up, bowed down and clenched their fists, and answered neatly.

"Good!" Li Zicheng also stood up, adjusted his blindfold, and ordered arrogantly: "Then it's decided!" The ministries went back to prepare, collected grain and grass, rushed to make ammunition, and prepared to go to the south of the Yangtze River! In particular, ship workers should collect a lot, relying on the Yangtze River, and it is cheaper to transport materials by water. Let's give up this bitter cold place in the northwest and go to the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River to play! Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to succeed in Jiangnan and dominate the world, and since our Dashun can destroy him Zhu Mingxia, we can naturally do better than him! ”

The generals clasped their fists: "Your Majesty is wise!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand with a smile and ordered, "Go and prepare." There is plenty of time, and the brothers should bring their families with them, so that the soldiers do not suffer from the separation of their relatives. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The generals are again neatly grateful.

Li Zicheng: There is no way to do this. He withdrew from Xijing in a hurry, and only brought the families of the officers, and the families of the soldiers did not take care of them. This is good, from Xijing to Xiangjing, there are more than 20,000 people who fled along the way, and if he hadn't joined the defenders along the way, he wouldn't have been able to gather these 100,000 soldiers. The dignified Dashun Imperial Court, even the main force of 100,000 can't be scraped together, and it is not as good as Zuo Liangyu of the remnant Ming, and it makes people laugh when they say it.

At the same time, he also sent Tian Jianxiu as a representative to contact and communicate with Zhang Xianzhong in Changsha, not so that he could fight with Zuo Liangyu here, and he had to guard against Zhang Xianzhong's attack. He is not as strong as he was back then, there are millions of people, and the field troops he can concentrate at this time are only in the early 100,000s, so he really can't afford to fight on two fronts.

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