In October, a fierce decisive battle broke out in Fuping, Guanzhong.

Li Zicheng led an army of more than 200,000 and a Qing army of 100,000 led by Wu Sangui and Azig to gather in Fuping County.

At the beginning of the war, Li Zicheng relied on the food and firearms purchased from Gao Yihuan to defend himself, intending to consume the Qing army.

After Wu Sangui failed several hard attacks, he immediately changed his strategy of breaking the enemy head-on, and chose to make a detour to force Li Zicheng to fight.

On October 15, Azig sent 10,000 Manchurian cavalry to bypass the Shun army camp and make a gesture of wanting to attack Chang'an.

After the loss of Yan'an, 100,000 Qing troops rushed down the plateau with thousands of ravines and entered the Weihe Plain, and the advantage of the Ma army became apparent.

Li Zicheng had to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, and Fuping, where there had been a decisive battle between Song and Jin, was once again full of corpses, and more than 200,000 Shun troops lost more than 50,000 people, and Li Zicheng returned to the south bank of the Wei River.

The soldiers of Shun, who escaped from Fuping and crossed the river, rebuilt a simple camp along the Wei River.

Countless Shun soldiers and soldiers, all over the Wei River, sitting or lying down walking in the camp, have long lost the pride of the Eastern Expedition and occupied Beijing, and tens of thousands of troops are lifeless.

In the camp, the wounded soldiers were all over the ground, many soldiers with bandages on their heads, weapons in their arms, sitting against the fence and the carts placed at random, their eyes were glazed, their expressions were miserable, and the continuous defeats, coupled with the groans of the wounded soldiers, had exhausted the last bit of sharpness of the Shun army.

The camp of tens of thousands of people was surprisingly quiet, no one wanted to speak, and no one wanted to think about the fiasco of Fuping and the way out for the Shun army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Zicheng was wearing a bloody gold armor, his helmet was lost somewhere, his hair was scattered, and his expression was a little hideous Standing in front of a map, most of the generals behind him had broken armor, and some of them were still injured, and their expressions were also embarrassed.

Everyone stood in the tent with their heads bowed, without making a sound, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing and heavy.

At this time, on the edge of the Wei River, Niu Jinxing, under the escort of several armor soldiers, rode to the camp of the Shun army.

In the camp, wounded soldiers with bandages can be seen everywhere, and there are embarrassed figures everywhere.

Niu Jinxing entered the camp and looked around to see the down-and-out soldiers of the Shun army, and his face could not hide his disappointment and worry.

At this time, several armor soldiers escorted him to Li Zicheng's big tent, and the guards immediately opened the curtain into the tent, and the silence in the tent was suffocating, but the guards still saluted Li Zicheng's lost back and said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Niu has arrived!" ”

Li Zicheng turned around, his eyes were red, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Let him in!" ”

Niu Jinxing walked into the big tent and saw a group of generals bowing their heads and saying nothing, Li Zicheng sat behind a handsome case, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

He saw that the whole tent was very quiet, and the needles could be heard, and he saw that the Shun army had lost their morale from top to bottom, and there was a strong atmosphere of defeat in the tent, and his heart couldn't help but feel a pang.

Li Yan went out of the mountain to assist Li Zicheng, with his ideal of helping the world, hoping to end the turmoil in the world and save the people from fire and water.

Niu Jinxing defected to Li Zicheng and followed Li Zicheng to rebel, but he also put all his future on Li Zicheng, and he naturally didn't want to see Li Zicheng fail.

Although his ideals are not as lofty as Li Yan, he also wants to assist Li Zicheng to win the world and become the founding minister of the Great Shun Dynasty.

Now that he looked at the appearance of Li Zicheng and the generals of the Shun army, he couldn't help but cry out in his heart, feeling that he might fall into the pit, fail in speculation, and follow the wrong lord.

For a while, Niu Jinxing felt bitter in his heart, could it be that he, the prime minister of Dashun, was about to reach the end?

Although Niu Jinxing didn't do much good work, he did pay a lot of energy and put a lot of effort into Da Shunguo, and Niu Jinxing was still a little unwilling to fail like this.

Seeing the atmosphere in the tent, he couldn't help licking his lips and saluted: "Your Majesty, the army retreats to the south bank, as long as all the boats along the Wei River are burned, Dongyu will not be able to cross the Wei River for a while, and my Dashun still has a chance to regroup." ”

Li Zicheng's eyes were red, but he shook his head, "At most, the Wei River will freeze, whether there is a boat or not, the Qing army will cross the river, and Guanzhong will not be able to hold it!" ”

"Your Majesty, Gao Yihuan's soldiers are strong and strong, and he has been defeated repeatedly. Although he surrendered to Ming, he sent a message through General Zhou that as long as His Majesty provided salary, he was willing to go north to contain the Qing army. Niu Jinxing frowned, but continued: "Now the situation is urgent, and the imperial treasury has enough money, so the minister thinks that it is better to agree to his conditions and give him two million taels of silver for him to send troops." In this way, the 100,000 troops in Tongguan can free up their hands, and we still have the strength to fight! ”

The generals in the tent were slightly commotion after hearing this, and seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and some people began to whisper.

Although Gao Yihuan defected to the Ming Dynasty, in good conscience, he did not become an enemy of the Shun army, but sent a lot of food and firearms to the Shun army.

Shunjun gave money for these grains and firearms, but without Gao Yihuan selling them to them, they couldn't buy anything even if they had money.

To a certain extent, Gao Yihuan not only did not harm them, but gave a lot of help and support. Tongguan is supported by the firearms provided by Gao Yihuan.

Therefore, many soldiers of the Shun Army did not hate Gao Yihuan like Li Zicheng, but just surrendered to him and felt a little lost.

Such a strong force, repeatedly defeating the Qing army, and actually turning their backs on Dashun, is it true that Dashun is exhausted.

Li Zicheng listened to Niu Jinxing's words, but his face was cloudy, he was a dignified son, and Gao Yihuan was just a little minion under him. Now ask him to beg Gao Yihuan and accept his blackmail, which makes Li Zicheng unacceptable.

However, the current situation is like this, the Qing army is strong, and the Shun army has been defeated in successive battles~~~

Li Zicheng pondered for a long time with a hideous face, and all the generals held their breath, waiting for him to decide.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng stood up in the eyes of everyone, then walked to the map, looked at the map for a while, and finally said in a cold voice: "Okay, Gao Yihuan wants two million, and I will give him two and a half million." ”

Li Zicheng turned around, his red eyes became a little cruel, he glanced at everyone, and finally stared at Niu Jinxing, gritted his teeth and said, "Prime Minister, you immediately return to Chang'an, send the silver, and let Gao Yihuan send troops!" ”

When the soldiers in the tent saw Li Zicheng agree, they couldn't help but whisper for a while, and there was more brilliance in their eyes.

After all, Gao Yihuan defeated the Qing army several times, and as long as he joined, he could boost the morale of the Shun army.

Niu Jinxing saw Li Zicheng agree, and he was also a little happy in his heart, "Your Majesty is wise!" If Gao Yihuan's troops send to Luoyang and make Henan Dongyu come back for reinforcements, we may be able to organize our troops, lure the enemy into on the south bank of Weishui, and set up an ambush. ”

Li Zicheng shook his head, snorted coldly, and waved his hand again and again, "The Qing army is strong, what kind of ambush is there to fight?" What I mean is that when Gao Yihuan's main force goes north and gives me a passage for the southern expedition, I will take advantage of the time when Gao Yihuan and the Qing army are fighting in northern Henan, go out of Shangzhou, take advantage of the empty southern Henan, fight Xiangyang into Huguang, leave the Qing army behind, and reopen the foundation in the south! ”

After successive defeats, Li Zicheng had lost the courage to continue fighting the Qing army, and the Ming army in the south was easier to bully, so he decided to take refuge. For a while, he couldn't beat the rogue attribute of running away, and he defeated his belief in sticking to Guanzhong to guard the foundation.

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he looked at the generals with blazing eyes, as if he was waiting for the generals to praise his clever plan, but in the big tent, from Niu Jinxing to many generals listened to it, they were all stunned~

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