The situation in the world is unpredictable, Li Zicheng is defeated, defeated again and again, Cao Bianjiao Northern Expedition, taking advantage of the situation to recover Henan and Shandong, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also taking advantage of the victory to attack, intending to level Li Zicheng in one fell swoop, and the situation at this moment can be described as an instantaneous change and elusive. But there is one place that has indeed begun to gradually stabilize, and that is Zhang Xianzhong's forces in the land of Bashu.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, the wind collapsed along the Luzhou County, the beacon fire was endless for hundreds of miles, and Chengdu was shaken. Chengdu reinforcements four episodes, Zhang Xianzhong made his people fake as reinforcements, mixed into the city, and then attacked the city from all sides at the same time, the inside should be combined with the outside, the city was broken in three days and then divided the troops out, Li Dingguo conquered Baoning; Sun Kewang went down to Long'an, made the king run to defend it, and led his troops to attack Maozhou and conquer it. Then, Ainengqi conquered Yazhou, and so far, most of Sichuan was controlled by Zhang Xianzhong.

On August 6, Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, founded the country with the name "Daxi", changed the yuan to "Dashun", and took Chengdu as Xijing. After the establishment of the Onishi regime, civil and military officials such as the left and right prime ministers, six Shangshu and other civil and military officials were set up, and "Wang Zhaolin was appointed as the left prime minister, and Yan Xi was appointed as the right prime minister". With Wang Guolin, Jiang Dingzhen, Gong Wanjing, etc. as the book, the regime promulgated the "Tongtian Calendar", set up a money bureau to cast "Dashun Tongbao" for use, opened a branch to take scholars, selected 30 people as jinshi, and appointed them as county officials. The Onishi regime announced that the people of all ethnic groups in the southwest would be "exempted from border rents for three years." Zhang Xianzhong's orders were strict, not allowed to recruit troops without authorization, and took local women as wives without authorization.

Militarily, the Onishi regime set up the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Wang Shangli of the Central Army, Wang Dingguo of the Former Army, Feng Shuangli of the Rear Army, Ma Yuanli of the Left Army, and Zhang Hualong of the Right Army. Divided into 120 battalions, there are "Huwei, Leopard Tao, Longtao, and Yingyang as the guards", and set up a capital to lead them. There are 10 large camps outside the city, 12 small camps, and the old camp in the middle, called the imperial camp, which is dedicated to self-defense.

Under the persuasion of Li Yan, in the face of the heavy siege of the officials and troops outside the city, coupled with Li Zicheng's successive defeats, Guo Dengxian, the defender of Zhengzhou, surrendered after a simple ideological struggle, and Cao Bianjiao immediately recommended him as a guerrilla general, stationed in Xuzhou, and his soldiers and horses were incorporated into the army.

Subsequently, Cao Bianjiao led the army to garrison Zhengzhou, divided his troops to recover Ruzhou, and waited and watched without fighting.

"General, I just received an urgent document from General Huang Degong, Wu Sangui led his army south and captured northern Shandong for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and General Huang Degong asked to send reinforcements to reinforce Shandong."

"What a quick move, Dolgon has a big plan, he is still fighting with Li Zicheng on the Western Front, he has already set his sights on the heart of the Central Plains, and immediately ordered Zu Dale to lead the cavalry to Shandong to help in the war, and let Zhuang Zigu, who stayed in Guide, lead the army to Shandong and obey Huang Degong's dispatch."

"Let's give an order!"

"Wait a minute, Long You, let someone else go, I have something to do with you!"

Yang Youlong also stopped at the moment, standing there, a little at a loss, not knowing what Cao Bianjiao wanted to say.

"Long You, I want to ask you to do something, go to Shaanxi to meet Li Zicheng and discuss the matter of forming an alliance with him, this matter is not in the name of the imperial court, but in my name, I don't know if you have the courage to break into this wolf's den."

"The general has an order, and he is willing to go!" Yang Longyou bowed down and said at the moment, he was not afraid that it was fake, but there were some things he could do, even if he spared his life, he had to do it, Cao Bianjiao had the grace of knowing him, and he never dared to forget this.

Cao Bianjiao nodded, patted Yang Longyou's shoulder appreciatively and said: "Sure enough, it's someone that Cao Bianjiao values, you go back and clean up, I'll let a team of my personal guards send you there, after you go, don't let Li Zicheng know that I want to ally with him privately, you are going as an envoy of the imperial court, you have to remember your identity......"

"The lowly job understands, then the lowly job will go and prepare!"

"Go ahead! Be careful! Cao Bianjiao also advised.

Things in Runing are not going well, Liu Hongqi and Shen Wandeng are willing to return to the imperial court, but they must be allowed to continue to stay in Runing, and their soldiers and horses will be allocated grain and grass by the imperial court, which is not a problem, but let them continue to stay in Runing, which Cao Bianjiao cannot agree, isn't that just letting them arrange Runing, and he still appeases them.

"Ma Shixiu, you led 10,000 horses from your headquarters to march from Chenzhou, and after capturing Xiangcheng and Xincai, you turned to Zhenyang County, and then connected with the north and south of Runing; Li Chengdong, you led 10,000 horses to march from Yuncheng, captured Xiping and Shangcai, and approached Ruyang; Cao Dingjiao, you led an army of 10,000 troops from Wuyang to capture Suiping, and then besieged Ruyang with Li Chengdong, so you must cut off the forces of the Runing thieves in one fell swoop. At the same time, I have sent someone to General Zuo Liangyu, asking him to send a group of troops and horses to the north to cooperate with the battle to attack Xinyang, there are no more than 10,000 thieves, and if you want to come, there will be good news within ten months. ”

"The last general commands!"

Although Cao Bianjiao will not continue to move westward, putting pressure on Li Zicheng, but the things that have changed behind him will be earlier, and now Guide and Kaifeng have basically been recovered, Runing is like a fish in the throat, and must be taken, Jin Shenghuan has reached Yuzhou in Nanyang, Liu Wenxiu has also reached Yuzhou, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, all of them are recovering lost territory in various places, and the momentum is good, Cao Bianjiao only needs to sit in the center.

Zu Dale's cavalry arrived at the border of Yanzhou in only three days, and Zhuang Zigu's 10,000 soldiers and horses have also arrived in Jining, Huang Degong got sufficient support, but also put his mind at ease, and then took advantage of the Qing army was transferred, led the army to capture Jinan, first cut off the Qing army, the Qing army in Shandong left behind soldiers and horses is not more than 10,000, their three armies add up to nearly 40,000, can win.

At the same time as Cao Bianjiao's great victory, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also gained a lot in Shanxi, Dolgon appointed the British Prince Azig as the general of Jingyuan, and the Prince of Yu Duoduo as the general of the Dingguo, and led Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Bahana, Shi Ting, Ye Chen and other Manchu and Han generals to lead more than 40,000 Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies of more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, with the previous Ming army descending 100,000 as a subsidiary, the soldiers attacked Shanxi in two ways, and the northern route led by the British prince Azig, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, etc., led 30,000 soldiers and horses through Datong, Yulin, Yan'an, and the southern route to the Prince of Yu Duoduo, Led by Kong Youde, he ordered the army to attack the ancient pass into Shanxi, and then attack the Tongguan Pass through Henan, in order to completely eliminate Li Zicheng in a battle.

The situation of the Dashun army is precarious, although Li Zicheng gathered the soldiers and horses from all over the country, but in the face of such a grim situation, he was very sad in his heart, from Beijing to Shaanxi, along the way, the change of military morale, he was clear at a glance, many Dashun soldiers were afraid when they saw the Manchu army, and did not dare to face the battle, and his headquarters of the old battalion was limited, although it could fight, but could not withstand the fire on all sides.

Just when Li Zicheng was in a panic, Yang Longyou arrived, as a messenger of the Ming Dynasty came to Shaanxi, came to form an alliance with Li Zicheng, for the friendly hands of Nanming stretched out, Li Zicheng was also hesitant, his grudge with the Ming Dynasty is needless to say, it must be the result of your life and death, Nanming is out of kindness or calculation, he does not know, so he hesitated, did not know how to choose.