Jinzhou, Shaanxi, that is, near the carriage gorge where Chen Qiyu besieged the peasant army, here is the place where Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and a large number of people survived the robbery, but now it is different, more than 200,000 people of the Dashun army are trapped here, crowded in this narrow strip, at the beginning, the Dashun army did not feel anything, but as the days passed, there began to be a shortage of various degrees, especially food, there was no food, and the treasury of various places was emptied, unless people were killed and eaten, that is, It can't last long.

Li Zijing, the second emperor of the Great Shun Kingdom, also boiled out of illness, and even the medicine for the treatment was gone, but there was only one day to drag on one day, in the face of such a situation, everyone in the Great Shun Army began to seek a new way out, and could not be trapped in this place.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the purpose of summoning everyone to come here today, I think you also know, now there is nothing in the country, there are already many sick and starved to death, if it continues, the result can be imagined, even the emperor is incurable, if we can't discuss a decision as soon as possible, I'm afraid that it won't be long before we all starve to death here."

The Empress Dowager Gao of the Great Shun Kingdom also stood up and said at the moment that this matter was decided by her after repeated consideration, and she had to leave, otherwise if she persisted, she would definitely die.

"Yichen's meaning is that we must leave this place, but at the moment our situation can be said to be extremely difficult, surrounded by mountains and forests, there is nowhere to go deep, in our west, that is Zhang Xianzhong's territory, he has set up heavy troops at the mouth of the Chihe River and Fangshan Pass to prevent us from advancing westward; To the east of us is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Bianjiao had an agreement with us before, which can be regarded as half a friend, but at the moment we have nothing to exchange with, and he will not help us for no reason; To the north are our mortal enemies, the Manchu Tartars. The three forces, it can be said that they are not easy to provoke, in my opinion, to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, the most appropriate, now the person in power in the Ming Dynasty is Cao Bianjiao, this person is still benevolent and righteous, if we surrender to him, there is still life. ”

Song Xiance also got up and said what he meant, and briefly analyzed it, as for how to choose, that is the matter of everyone present, he gave the most common way, they choose the best, they don't choose, and they are helpless.

"Military advisor, although Cao Bianjiao and my Dashun had an alliance before, but that time was not now, when my Dashun occupied the land of Jin and Shaanxi, there was still a certain strength, but now, the situation is not good, and Chongzhen was forced to die by us, and its prince Zhu Cihong also died at the hands of our army, they have just defeated the Qing army, and the momentum is more provincial, are you still willing to unite with us? I'm afraid that he will take the opportunity to attack us at that time, and now we have no food, grass, and ammunition, and we are no match for them. ”

"Exactly! At that time, our strength still existed, at that time the Southern Ming Dynasty had just established a dynasty, and the situation was unstable, so Cao Bianjiao united with us, and was not demoted because of this matter afterwards, if there was a Ming army in Shandong, my Dashun would not have ended up in such a big defeat, and now they are still worth believing? ”

Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu also asked questions one after another, worried that Nanming would also take advantage of the fire to rob, such a thing is not impossible to happen, so they are still worried.

"Cao Bianjiao is a person, broad-minded, good at judging the situation, the current situation of Nanming is not much advantage, if we have our help, their strength can also be stronger, my Dashun army is a warrior after a hundred battles, compared to those who have not experienced much war in the Nanming army, it is much stronger, Cao Bianjiao is also very clear, I think it is feasible!"

"Everyone, be quiet! First of all, make sure that everyone is willing to evacuate, but where to go, everyone is slightly debatable, right? Empress Dowager Gao stopped everyone's controversy.

"I'm in favor of evacuation, instead of waiting for death here, it's better to get out, there is still a glimmer of life!"

"I'm in favor of getting out of here, too!"

Several people have expressed their willingness to withdraw from this place.

"Since the military advisor has proposed a solution, then it's okay, since I'm worried, then send someone to test it, talk to the Southern Ming court, talk to Cao Bianjiao, test their meaning, if we can accept it, we can't surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but if Cao Bianjiao's conditions are too harsh, then we can only fight to the death, either to the west and Zhang Xianzhong, or to the east and the Ming army, we can't sit still." In the end, the Empress Dowager Gao also spoke, you can talk about it first, and then decide not too late.

Song Xiance also stood up at the moment and said: "Queen Mother, the minister is willing to go to meet with Cao Bianjiao to discuss this matter." ”

"Since the military advisor is willing, then the military advisor will go, make up for it, as the deputy envoy, go with the military advisor, meet Cao Bianjiao as soon as possible, and talk about this matter." Empress Dowager Gao finally decided on this matter, Song Xiance went alone, he was not at ease, or let Li Guo accompany her to be more steady, in addition, he was also worried that Song Xiance would take the opportunity to surrender, and when the time came, he would counterattack them, after Niu Jinxing and many other Dashun courtiers defected to the Qing Dynasty, she didn't believe much in these ministers.

"Yes!" Song Xiance and Li Guo are both receiving orders at the moment, and Song Xiance doesn't care about anything.

Two days later, Gao Doushu, who served as the prefect of Yunyang as the official position of the Ministry of Rites, met the Dashun envoys Song Xiance and Li Guo who came to form an alliance, and Gao Doushu was no stranger to the Dashun army, Li Zicheng attacked Yunyang twice, but each time he returned with a feather, and he was an old opponent, but the Dashun army came to discuss and form an alliance, which was not something he could call the shots, and Gao Doushu also reported the matter to Cao Bianjiao.

"Several, now I have sent someone to Nanjing to report this matter, it will take ten days to go to Nanjing, the general will definitely come in person, you will go to Wuchang first, so that you can see the general halfway, and avoid delaying time, I see a few people are also very anxious."

"If we can meet General Cao one day earlier, we are naturally willing, and we can follow the arrangement of Lord Gao to go to Wuchang." Song Xiance was naturally willing, and the sooner they determined this matter, they would have less losses.

"That's good! I will send someone to accompany you to Wuchang tomorrow, and I will also inform the states and counties along the way, so you can go with confidence! ”

"Thank you very much!" Song Xiance also thanked him, and his posture was very low. Today, they don't have much capital to negotiate conditions with Da Ming anymore, this time they came, mainly to test Cao Bianjiao's mind and find a way out for Da Shun, Gao Doushu is also a person worthy of their respect, so he naturally has to be humble.

Send Song Xiance and Li Guo and his party out of Yunyang, in case they collude inside and outside and take the opportunity to seize Yunyang, now this is a strategic point, and Gao Doushu will not be careless.