"Prime Minister, the current situation is already very clear, the Manchu Tartars are not forcing me Li Zicheng to death, they will not give up, the day before yesterday I got the news, they divided their troops into two routes, raised 150,000 troops to attack us, Nanjing Ming Court envoy came to reconcile with me at this time, I am not decided, I want to hear the meaning of the prime minister!"

Since Li Yan left, Li Zicheng became more suspicious and killed, Shangshu Zhang Diyuan and Geng Shiran were executed for slightly offending him, and he made copper stalks, and the officials committed the crime of bribery, that is, they were killed with swords, and the people were very afraid of such cool methods, and they were also panicked.

But Niu Jinxing has always been Li Zicheng's most trusted person, others Li Zicheng will be suspicious, but Niu Jinxing has always been the same, there is such a big thing, Li Zicheng does not want to discuss anything with others, just wants to hear what Niu Jinxing means.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's feasible! Our army was previously unprepared, coupled with the elite soldiers and horses scattered all over the place, unable to gather to meet the battle, now the Manchu army has come, we must meet the battle, and must be to win a battle, so as to boost morale, if we use our troops, alone to deal with the Manchu Qing, it is not without a chance of victory, but if there is one more Southern Ming court, it will be a little stretched, now most of Henan has been lost, Hubei is only Xiangyang, if we start a war with the Ming Dynasty, at least to contain our hundreds of thousands of troopsAs long as we hold these two places, there will be a lot to be done, because the people in these two places are fierce, and the household registration is 3 million, and we can gather 300,000 troops for the first battle. ”

"I also mean this, no matter what, whether it is Dashun or Daming, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, with the same root and origin, and in the same lineage, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty is different, barbarian people, I am in China, how can I let them be powerful, I was not prepared enough, and I have suffered defeats in Shanhaiguan and Hebei, but my Dashun hundreds of thousands of elite troops are still there, the main generals are also there, and the people's hearts are also available, I don't believe that I can't beat them." Li Zicheng also said angrily, for the Ming Dynasty, he can be friendly with it, when the soldiers came to the city of Beijing, he had this meaning, he only needs to be the king of the northwest, and even send troops to help Emperor Chongzhen to deal with the Manchus, but by chance, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are opening the city one after another, he is unwilling to enter and has to go in, but he didn't expect Chongzhen to be so fierce and hang himself on Meishan.

"What the emperor said is reasonable!" Niu Jinxing guessed Li Zicheng's mind from the beginning, Li Zicheng had the intention of forming an alliance and making peace, otherwise there was no need to discuss with him at all, but he couldn't make a decision, so he would give him a boost and let him make this decision.

"However, the Ming Dynasty has reconciled an alliance with us, and there are also conditions, he wants us to give up Xiangyang, and the two sides will take Qinling and Bishui as the boundary, recognize the status of my Dashun, and be allies with each other, not ministers, no tribute, and a brotherly state, what do you think?"

"No! The state of brothers, doesn't that mean that the emperor and the little emperor of Nanming are brothers to each other, and they are also lower than Chongzhen's generation, which is not good! Niu Jinxing has no objection to what is the matter of cutting the land, Xiangyang is already a lonely city, and it is a waste of troops to defend it, Li Zicheng is no longer able to send troops to rescue Xiangyang, let it out, you can also withdraw from Xiangyang, and add 10,000 elite old battalion soldiers, but he feels awkward about this brotherly state.

"Forget it! Don't care about these details, didn't Tang Gaozu Li Yuan still claim to the Turks back then, endure the anger of the moment, the great cause is important! Li Zicheng doesn't have anything about this, and he doesn't really talk about relatives.

"Obey the order!" Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng didn't care, and he wouldn't dwell on anything.

"Then do it, Prime Minister, you go and negotiate this matter with the envoys of the Ming Court, and work out the regulations as soon as possible, the most important thing is that they can't take advantage of the fire to rob when we deal with the Manchus, it is best to send troops to contain the Manchu forces, and after surviving this period of time and recuperating for a period of time, then seek a grand plan for hegemony!"

Although Li Zicheng has lost much sharpness, but he does not admit defeat, in Shaanxi and Shanxi, he still has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, including 40,000 old battalion soldiers, those are all veterans who killed with him from the sea of corpses and blood, he has eight banners in the Manchu Dynasty, so what, Li Zicheng does not believe that they are invincible.

"Lord Yang, this is the covenant drawn up by the emperor of Dashun himself, we can give up the land of Xiangyang, in Huguang, with Shangnan as the boundary, Henan Province, Nanyang, Ruzhou, Kaifeng and other state capitals belong to you, Henan, Huaiqing belongs to my Dashun, the two are allies of each other, Shangnan we garrison 5,000, you are not more than 5,000 in Yunyang, in Ruzhou, Kaifeng line, the garrison of the two armies shall not exceed 30,000, when the Qing army commits my Dashun, the Nanjing court needs to send troops to respond, if there is a war on your side, we will do the same, and fight the territoryWhoever fights will belong to whomever he fights, and the other side must not go to fight until the Manchus are driven out of the Guan......"

"Yes! But I have to add one, I can send you one million stones of grain and rice every year, you give us 5,000 horses, you lack food in Shaanxi, but we have horses in Jiangnan, this is also an exchange, both sides do not suffer. ”

"Good! This can be added, Lord Yang is worthy of being an expert, and his ability to negotiate is admired by Niu! The other two have set up money banks in Yunyang, Shangnan, Xingyang, and Luoyang to facilitate the exchange of my Dashun's coins with your Daming's coins, and both sides must admit this. ”

"Yes! But we must also state that the coins of both sides must be fine money, not shoddy, otherwise they can be denied exchange. ”

Niu Jinxing and Yang Longyou are two experts in grinding their lips, and they are tirelessly discussing the details of the covenant, for them, to seek the greatest benefit for their own family, this is their main purpose, until three days later, after three full days of discussion and negotiation, the alliance was finally determined.

"Lord Yang, my Dashun is covered with the jade seal of my Dashun Emperor, how can you really seal the general's letter, this is just afraid that it is inappropriate, it is reasonable to cover the jade seal of your Daming Emperor?"

"Prime Minister Niu Cheng, who doesn't know that in my Ming Dynasty, the general is the spokesperson of the emperor, it has always been what the general says, the emperor will do anything, now my Ming Emperor is far away in Nanjing, it will take more than a month to go back and forth, I am afraid that things will be delayed, cover my general's seal, don't you feel at ease?"

"That's just as well!" Niu Jinxing also dispelled his concerns, he also knew that the little emperor in Nanjing was supported by Cao Bianjiao, and he was given the official position of general Cao Bianjiao as soon as he took the throne, and all the soldiers and horses in the world belonged to Cao Bianjiao's control, and he was also transferred to the cabinet, breaking the practice of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred and seventy years that military generals did not enter the cabinet, and it was okay to stamp Cao Bianjiao's seal, the most important thing for them was to determine this matter earlier, and to send troops and horses to meet the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and at the same time let Cao Bianjiao also send troops.

After sealing the letter, Yang Longyou did not stay in Guanzhong for long, he wanted to report the matter to Cao Bianjiao as soon as possible, Niu Jinxing naturally wished that he would go back earlier, so that Cao Bianjiao could send troops to contain the Manchu soldiers and horses earlier.