The establishment of a new dynasty is never an easy task. Although he captured Beijing and "forced to die" Emperor Chongzhen, Dashun only occupied half of the Ming Dynasty, and the land under his direct control was only most of the four counties of Jingxiang in Henan and the northwest, and even around Beijing, there were still large areas of land that had not been captured, such as the Shanhaiguan in Liaodong in the east.

Therefore, while Liu Zongmin led people to carry out harsh recovery of stolen goods and salaries, Li Zicheng and his advisers were also actively deploying, in order to take over the place as soon as possible and control the entire north, and then they could gather troops and carry out the southern expedition.

In view of the fact that there were not many Ming troops north of the Yellow River, Li Zicheng appointed a large number of local officials from among the scribes and selected Ming officials, sent letters to them, and sent them to various parts of Hebei and Shandong to take over the localities, although there were also a small number of troops with them.

After these Dashun officials took over the local government, they had to do two main things, one was to recover the stolen goods and confiscate the property of the local gentry, and the other was to divide the land of the squires equally among the local commoners. Due to the implementation of the policy of no levy for three years, the silver wealth obtained from the recovery of stolen goods and salaries can be used to support the government and the army, and the land can be divided equally among the common people, which can immediately win the support of the vast majority of the people, and can help Dashun quickly stabilize the local area and consolidate its rule.

Therefore, in a sense, the policy of the Dashun government is to set off an agrarian revolution, and if it can be stable for two years, it should be no surprise to win the whole world. It's a pity that Dashun is still just a nascent regime at this time, although the Ming army has been defeated by them, but there are also incomparably powerful enemies they have never encountered, watching on one side, and are preparing to get a piece of the pie. In the Shanhaiguan in the east, there is still a powerful Ming army that has not been solved, that is, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Liaodong, and Gao Di, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui's Ningyuan army has more than 30,000 people, and Gaodi's Shanhaiguan also has 10,000 horses, and the two departments add up to more than 40,000 troops, which is not a weak force.

Soon after the capture of Beijing, Li Zicheng immediately convened his advisers to discuss whether to continue to send troops to attack Liaodong. Due to the easy capture of Beijing, most of the generals of the Shun army were full of ambition, and did not look at the Guanning army in the area of Ningyuan Shanhaiguan, and had no objection to defeating them. However, the military advisor Song Xiance said, there is no need to send a large army to conquer, now that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is dead, only an edict is needed, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, will bring troops to surrender.

After deliberation, Li Zicheng personally wrote an edict of surrender, and asked Wu Xiang, the father of the captured Wu Sangui, to write a handwritten letter, sending people to recruit Wu Sangui and Gao Di, and ordering them to lead their troops to Beijing to surrender.

In everyone's opinion, Wu Sangui and Gao Di would definitely bring troops to surrender, but Shanhaiguan had to be defended by someone, so they had to send troops to replace Wu Sangui's troops.

There are only more than 70,000 people in the old battalion of the Dashun army in Beijing, although the number is quite a lot, it is not too much, and it must stay to deter the Ming army that surrendered in various places, so it is natural that it cannot be easily dispatched. Then the only way to do this is to send a general.

At this moment, there were many generals of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, in addition to Jiang Pai who stayed in Datong and Wang Chengyin who stayed in Xuanfu, others such as Bai Guangen, Niu Chenghu, Zheng Jiadong, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu and Tang Tong were in Beijing. After consideration, it was decided to appoint Tang Tong as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan and lead 8,000 people from his headquarters to Shanhaiguan to replace Wu Sangui.

At this moment, Guo Yi's general Hao Shaoqi suddenly suggested that Chen Yue should be sent to Shanhaiguan, and told everyone about Chen Yue's brilliant achievements against the Manchu Tartar soldiers in the past. Li Zicheng was very interested after hearing this, and after discussing with everyone, he decided to appoint Chen Yue as the envoy of Liaodong Jiedu and go to Shanhaiguan with Tang Tong.

"What a cheat, what a cheat!" When Hao Shaoqi excitedly came to see Chen Yue and told him the good news, Chen Yue scolded angrily in his heart.

"I said Brother Hao, what I want is to be a festival envoy in Xuzhou, so that I can lead the southern expedition and attack the Ming Dynasty for Your Majesty. You, why did you let me go to Liaodong! Chen Yue smiled bitterly and said that if he could be appointed to Xuzhou, he would be able to flee to the south justifiably. Go to Shanhaiguan, where there is Wu Sangui, and there is a Manchu Tartar outside the customs, how can you gain a foothold in Shanhaiguan with your own strength?

Besides, I went to Shanhaiguan by myself, what should Chongzhen do? He should be escorted to Nanjing as soon as possible, if it is too late, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and others are afraid that they will support King Fu as the emperor as they did in history!

"The army of the Ming Dynasty is all rookies, as long as our army arrives, they will definitely surrender one after another, what's the point of beating them? Our Xishan Army is the most powerful army, Brother Chen, haven't you always regarded Mantar as your biggest opponent, in this way, Liaodong is the Xishan Army, and it is where you can come in. Hao Shaoqi said smartly.

"Brother Hao, do you think I'm a friend?" Chen Yue's face sank.

"How can I not be a friend of you?" Hao Shaoqi said in surprise, "If I don't treat you as a friend, how can I fight for you to win the position of Liaodong Jiedu Envoy for you." You know, the Jiedu envoy is the highest official position in my Dashun in the local area. ”

"Hmph, what can I do if I am the envoy of Liaodong Jiedu, there are fierce Manchu cavalry outside the pass, just with the strength of me and Tang Tong, can I recover the land outside the pass if I can fight the Manchu Tartar? It's not that he is guarding the Shanhai Pass and waiting for the Mantars to come to attack, even if he holds the pass, how much credit can he earn.

And if he can become the envoy of Xuzhou Jiedu, as the vanguard of His Majesty to attack the Ming army, there are still more than ten provinces of land in the south waiting to be captured, and he will definitely be able to make countless military exploits, isn't it ten times better than guarding Shanhaiguan? Chen Yue pretended to be angry and said, expressing his strong dissatisfaction.

"Ahh Hao Shaoqi's mouth grew, "I, I didn't think about it so much, I just thought that Brother Chen, your ambition was to destroy the Manchu Tartars, that's why I ......"

"Of course, my ambition is to destroy the Manchu Tartars, but Brother Hao, you also know that I am a general, and I have no merit for Dashun, only if I make enough contributions on the battlefield of attacking the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty and the court will really entrust me with a heavy responsibility." Otherwise, although there is a name for the envoy of the festival, how can I destroy the Mantars with only this little force in my hands? Chen Yue smiled bitterly.

However, His Majesty's order has been issued, and Dong Xueli was appointed as the general of the Huaizhen system, ordered him to lead troops to the Suqian area of Xuzhou, and appointed Liu Bang as the envoy to recruit and send him to recruit the Ming generals Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong and others. Maybe, maybe there is no need to fight, and the Ming army will surrender. Hao waved the flag for embarrassment.