Li Zicheng glanced at Sun Chuanting, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Let Lord Sun assist the Heavenly Mandate Army and attack the cities and passes of the imperial court, I am afraid that Lord Sun will not bear it in his heart, I wonder if Lord Sun will do something else for the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

Sun Chuanting hadn't recovered from the loss just now, and just said mechanically: "The Metropolitan Governor means ......"

"The land of China, since the Qin and Han dynasties, has been deeply infringed by the nomadic tribes in the north, and the governor of Pontus intends to solve it once and for all, together with the Tartars of Liaodong," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I wonder if Lord Sun is willing to make his own contribution to the future of China?" ”

Once? Settle it together with the Tartars of Liaodong?

Sun Chuanting's eyes widened, and he looked at Li Zicheng with a different kind of gaze, but said in his heart, this young man is really arrogant, Daming has done his best to the whole country, and he has not been able to take a step forward in Liaodong for decades, does he have the ability to regain lost territory for the imperial court between talking and laughing?

No, absolutely impossible!

Yuan Chonghuan boasted to the emperor that day: five years of Keliao! But before he could wait for five years, he ended up being killed by his head......

The Mandate of Heaven Army is only located in the northwest, can it deal with the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Tartars?

Wouldn't it be to make peace with the Tartars on behalf of the Mandate of Heaven? Looking at Li Zicheng's thoughts, he shouldn't easily make peace with Tartar, is it ......

Sun Chuanting glanced at Li Zicheng and said, "This governor ...... Would you like to hear about it...... Is it going to the Hexi Governor's Palace? ”

"The Hexi Governor's Mansion is on the right track, and there is no need to change people for the time being," Li Zicheng said: "The tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry have established a city in the wolf mountain of the back set, and the place name of the Han Dynasty has been restored. ”

"Shuofang County in the Han Dynasty? The Yellow River's hometown ...... "Sun Chuanting was overjoyed," the Metropolitan Governor said that the Mandate of Heaven Army wanted to restore Shuofang County in the Han Dynasty? ”

"The location of Shuofang County is roughly south of Wolf Mountain, between the Yellow River and the Wujia River in the north," Li Zicheng drew a sketch on a blank piece of paper to determine the approximate location, and said: "Today's Shuofang Mansion should be much larger, extending to the Gobi Desert in the north, enclosing all the places where the nomads live." ”

Although Sun Chuanting did not speak, he nodded silently.

It seems that Sun Chuanting has accepted this task, Li Zicheng is secretly happy in his heart, and said: "Shuofang County in the Han Dynasty has jurisdiction over Sanfeng County, Linrong County, and Yaohun County. ”

"Settle?" Sun Chuanting said: "Are they willing? Nomads don't live on water and grass......"

"At the very least, we should let them raise livestock," Li Zicheng said: "In addition, in the future, we will send some seeds of crops to the local area, so that the people can try farming, as long as the crops can be harvested locally, the people will gradually switch to farming in the future." ”

Sun Chuanting frowned slightly, he knew in his heart that this was a brand new challenge for him, "Is the metropolitan governor saying that according to the prefecture and county system of the Han land, naturalize the Han people locally?" ”

"In addition to the prefecture and county, including the towns and villages below, the prefecture should also have jurisdiction, and the counties, towns, and villages will be connected by roads, and the population will try to settle along the roads as much as possible!"

"Which province will Shuofang Mansion fall under its jurisdiction?"

"It doesn't belong to any province for the time being," Li Zicheng said: "Shuofang City has been established for several years, and the west is the Hexi Governor's Palace, basically there will be no battle and danger, and when the Tiger Cavalry pacifies Ningxia Town, I will concentrate the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, collect the Ordos Sandy Land in the south, and set up Wuyuan Mansion, and the two provinces will be combined into the Linhe Governor's Palace!" ”

Sun Chuanting was taken aback, "Metropolitan Governor, this land of Ordos is mostly sandy, and there are occasional barren grasses, not to mention planting crops, and even animal husbandry ......is probably impossible."

"We have even taken the western set in the north, and we will also accept the eastern set in the future, and the Ordos in the middle, no, should it be called Wuyuan, should it be left to the nomadic tribe?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Lord Sun should know about Dujiangyan, right?" ”

"Dujiangyan?" Sun Chuanting didn't understand what Dujiangyan had to do with Ordos for a while.

"The principle of Dujiangyan is to let the water of the Minjiang River partially flow through the Chengdu Plain, and then return to the Minjiang River from the downstream," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "The Yellow River flows through the highlands of Wuyuan, forming a huge 'several' shape, if you open an opening in the river channel, let the water of the Yellow River, partly flow through Wuyuan, and then return to the Yellow River from the downstream, with the moisture of the river, even if Wuyuan can not become a rich place like Chengdu, at least it will not be too desert, right?" ”

Sun Chuanting thought for a moment and said, "Dadu Governor, this project can not only irrigate the wasteland of Wuyuan, but also reduce the harm of the river to the downstream, but it is not easy to ...... to realize."

"The governor of Pontus knows that this project requires a lot of manpower and financial resources, and it also needs excellent experts, and it will not be possible to achieve it for a while," Li Zicheng is already planning the future of Huaxia, "Under today's conditions, the first is to reduce the population carried by the five plains, let the population concentrate on a small amount of green space, develop agriculture as much as possible, and reduce the people's dependence on animal husbandry!" ”

Sun Chuanting nodded, he was already moved by the upcoming Wuyuan Mansion.

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Does Master Sun know Qin Zhidao?" ”

"Qin Zhidao?" Sun Chuanting seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said: "Metropolitan Governor, Qin Zhidao has been abandoned for two thousand years, and now I am afraid it will be difficult to find a trace!" ”

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you can find it or not," Li Zicheng said: "Since the Qin people can build a road through the Five Plains, why can't we?" Not only will we build a north-south road, but in the future, we will also build an east-west road, so that the local people can be fixed on both sides of the road......"

Sun Chuanting muttered: "With the river, the land will gradually become fertile, and there will be roads, so that the people can settle down......"

Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting talked for a long time, and they had dinner together that night, although they did not drink, Sun Chuanting was still very happy, and it felt like entering a new world.

The content of the conversation is not only the current situation of today, but also the imagination of the future, Sun Chuanting no longer despises Li Zicheng's birth as much as before, but will inadvertently put forward his own ideas.

Li Zicheng did not coerce Sun Chuanting to express his position, let alone force Sun Chuanting to help him take Tongguan.

After agreeing, the Mandate of Heaven army took Tongguan, and after entering the Guanzhong territory, Sun Chuanting would be sent to Guguan and Lanzhou to have a look, and if the local situation was really as Li Zicheng said, Sun Chuanting would serve as the governor of the Linhe Governor's Mansion and temporarily serve as the prefect of Shuofang.

After dawn, Li Zicheng ordered the independent battalion to storm Tongguan, the soldiers in the pass were unstable, Bai Guangen only held on for half a day, and withdrew from Tongguan in the afternoon, crossed Weishui, and retreated to the northern Shaanxi Plateau.

Sun Chuanting sighed, Tongguan was in danger, and it was easily broken by the Heavenly Mandate Army, it seems that the number of Da Ming Qi is really over!

Li Zicheng did not send troops to chase Bai Guangen, but rested in Tongguan for half a day, and then the troops divided into two routes and quickly advanced westward.

Li Xin's independent battalion and Li Ji's fourth battalion jointly crossed Weishui and collected the prefectures and counties of Xi'an Prefecture north of Weishui, and the civil envoy Song Xiance and the deputy envoy Wang Yinchang accompanied the people; Li Zicheng personally led the main forces of the 1st Battalion, the 7th Battalion, the Shuntian Battalion, and the Fengtian Battalion to Xi'an along the official road south of Weishui.

South of Xi'an, there are basically no prefectures and counties, Li Zicheng divided his troops this time, is to take Xi'an Mansion completely, Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi, take Xi'an, even if the entire Shaanxi takes most of it, the remaining prefectures and counties, it is difficult to have the will to fight.

To the west of Tongguan, the first one is Huayin County, but Huayin County is just an empty city, and the county magistrate and county Cheng have long been gone.

Only then did Li Zicheng understand that except for the capital city of Xi'an, the prefectures and counties along the way probably did not have many troops, and the tens of thousands of troops around him were safe.

He left Liang Bing, the deputy civil envoy, to pacify the people in Huayin County, set up an official government, and the army was divided again, with Liu Yunshui's first battalion as the vanguard, and Wang Shaoyu's Shuntian battalion as the rear, and drove directly to Xi'an Fucheng, first taking the prefectures and counties around Xi'an, making Xi'an an an isolated city.

Li Zicheng personally led the 7th Battalion and the Fengtian Battalion, and drove directly to Huazhou in the west along the official road.

Huazhou is almost an empty city, not only did not have the soldiers defending the city, the people heard that the Mandate of Heaven Army had arrived, they directly opened the city gate, beat gongs and drums to welcome the Mandate of Heaven Army into the city, Li Zicheng rested in the city for a day, leaving the civil deputy envoy Li Wan to pacify the people in the city.

Getting closer and closer to Xi'an, Li Zicheng's mind couldn't help but get complicated, he was a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi, and this time he personally led the army to Xi'an, which was regarded as a return to his hometown, but it was a pity that Xi'an did not have many acquaintances.

It doesn't matter if you know each other or not, the people of Xi'an will soon be their subordinates, as long as they make their lives better, it will not be in vain for more than ten years of hard work......

The army marched to Weinan County, and finally met the Ming army defending the city, but the army only surrounded the city, not yet attacked the city, that night the soldiers in the city Yang Wang Xiu, the king of the people took the initiative to open the city to accept the surrender, the county Yang Xuan, the professor Xu Sifu, and the instructor Cai Qicheng were captured.

The trend of the times and the aspirations of the people!

After the dawn, Li Zicheng summoned Yang Wangxiu and Wang Minghe, Wang Minghe bluntly said that since the drought in the second year of Chongzhen, the imperial court not only did not provide disaster relief, but also recruited troops in Shaanxi, and the disaster situation continued, and the people of Shaanxi never eased up, the land was wasted, life was miserable, and four or five out of ten people died of starvation, and they had long looked forward to the Heavenly Mandate Army to do the right thing for heaven......

"Four or five out of ten?" Li Zicheng pondered deeply, and said half-loudly: "Wang Xiaolian, the people of Shaanxi also know the Mandate of Heaven Army?" ”

"Why don't you know? There is a Heavenly Mandate Army stationed at Guguan on Longshan, and the people have long been familiar with it across the mountain," Wang Minghe looked a little nervous, and said carefully: "What's more, the people know that the capital governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army ...... The Metropolitan Governor is a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, so I don't know if the information is accurate......"

"Haha," Li Zicheng finally had a smile on his face, "The Governor of Pontus is indeed a Mizhi person, and over the years, he has not been able to return to his hometown, which has made everyone suffer," paused, smiled, and said: "However, since the Governor of Pontus has returned, he will definitely put the people in his heart, and he will definitely not let the people starve again!" ”