At the beginning of April of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Shengjing.

The military disaster in August last year brought a catastrophe to "Manchukuo" and reduced the imperial palace and main buildings in Shengjing to ashes.

It is said that in the noon dynasty, in the temporarily renovated "Chongzheng Palace", the five-year-old Fu Lin was wearing a Manchu Qing dragon robe, wearing a Jiannu dragon crown, sitting on the dragon chair tremblingly, looking at the civil and military ministers who stood two classes under the steps with frightened eyes, and looked back behind him from time to time.

Fulin's ascension to the throne was entirely the result of a compromise between several major forces within Jiannu.

Originally, Hauge was the most qualified to succeed to the throne, he was the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and he held the army of the three flags of Zhenghuang, Huang, and Zhenglan, and his power was very strong, but Dolgon's power was also very strong, and he also held the army of Zhengbai and Bai, and many nobles of Zhenghong and Hongziqi also secretly supported Dolgon.

It can be said that the forces of Hauge and Dolgon are equal, if the Eight Banners army is forced to have a bloody battle, if it is not good, it will be a lose-lose situation, so Hauge and Dolgon did not dare to act rashly, the two of them coincidentally want to win the support of Zilharang and Yuetuo, Zierharang is the owner of the blue flag, Yuetuo has just inherited the two flags of Zhenghong and red, whoever gets the support of these two people, will get the advantage of overwhelming the surname.

Dolgon tested the tone of Zilharang and Yueto, and found that the two insisted on choosing one of the heirs of Huang Taiji to succeed him, which made Dolgon very discouraged, he knew that he had no hope of becoming emperor, but if Hauge became emperor, then he would definitely not end well.

So, Dolgon seized the fact that Haoge was not the son of Huang Taiji, and made a big fuss, and proposed the succession order of "having a grandson, not having a grandson", this proposal was strongly supported by Zierharang and Yue Tuo, and the ministers who originally resolutely supported Haoge's succession in the Zhenghuang and inlaid yellow banners had nothing to say, as long as the successor was the heir of Huang Taiji, for them, who was the same as Huang Yanjing, it was not necessary for Haoge.

This time, Haoge's general trend has gone, and it has become the general trend to choose a son-in-law from the many heirs of Huang Taiji to succeed to the throne.

The so-called concubine, the son of the queen is the first to be recommended, then the heirs born to the four noble concubines, and then it is the turn of the sons born to the concubines, such as Haoge, who was born to the imperial concubine Wula.

Huang Taiji has four concubines, ranked from high to low is Queen Zhezhe, Guan Ju Palace Concubine Hai Lanzhu, Lintoe Palace Concubine Namu Zhong, Yanqing Palace Concubine Batma, Yongfu Palace Concubine Bumu Butai, among which Queen Zhezhe and Yanqing Concubine Batma have no children under their knees, although the Guan Ju Palace Concubine was the most favored by Huang Taiji and also gave birth to a son and Huang Taiji was canonized as the prince, but unfortunately died at the age of less than two, so there are actually only two people who can reach the Emperor Taiji's concubine, one is the Fulin born to the Yongfu Palace Concubine Bumu Butai, who was just four years old at the time, the other is Bomu Boguoer, the son of Namu Zhong, the concubine of Lintoe Palace, who was just born at that time.

In terms of identity, the status of Lintoe Palace is higher than that of Yongfu Palace, so Bomu Boguoer's status is higher than that of Fulin, and more importantly, Fulin's biological mother Bumu Butai has become a prisoner of the Ming army, which is very unfavorable for Fulin, but Bumu Butai's maiden power, that is, the Mongolian Horqin Department, played a vital role in this power struggle, and Fulin finally squeezed out Bomu Bogol and successfully ascended to the throne.

The Empress Dowager Zhezhe listened to the government, Zilharang, Dolgon, and Yue Tuo became the regents, and the power was for a while, and Haoge, who was originally the most promising successor, was squeezed out and suppressed by almost everyone.

Today, the court meeting, the ministers of Jiannu gathered in the Chongzheng Hall for a major event, that is, whether to raise troops to attack Ming? Where did you break through?

On the matter of whether to raise troops to attack Ming, there were almost no different voices within Jiannu, Shengjing was destroyed, tens of thousands of Jurchens were killed, Concubine Chen and Concubine Zhuang were taken captive, and the first emperor Taiji and Prince Dai Shan were executed by Ling Chi at the entrance of Yanjing Caishi, these blood feuds cannot be avenged.

There are two different voices in which direction to attack.

The chief regent, Zilharang, insisted on breaking through the barrier from Datong, because Wang Pu was in Datong! The Empress Dowager Zhezhe also supported Jierharang, the reason is very simple, because Wang Pu used troops against Mongolia in the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, not only swept away the Tumut Department, but also attacked the Sanbula Sichuan Khan Court of the Horqin Department, the Horqin Department suffered heavy losses, and Zhezhe's eldest brother Wukeshan also died!

However, the second regent Dolgon and Yue Tuo thought that the Eight Banners army should break through from the direction of Miyun and directly attack the Ming Jingshi, and the two believed that the real enemy of the Great Qing State should be the Ming Dynasty, should be the Chongzhen Emperor, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry should use their own way to govern their bodies, break through Yanjing with the power of thunder, and take the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to Shengjing Lingchi to be executed, only in this way can Wang Pu wash away the shame and humiliation imposed on the Qing Dynasty.

In the end, the opinions of the chief regent Zierharang and the empress dowager Zhezhe prevailed, and the Eight Banners army chose to break through the pass from Datong, first sweeping Datong and capturing Wang Pu alive, then waving his army to pounce on Jingshi, and then capturing Emperor Chongzhen alive, and finally escorting Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Pu to Shengjing Lingchi to be executed.

The court council decided that the chief regent Jierharang would lead the blue banner to stay in Shengjing, and the second regent Dolgon and Yue Tuo would lead the seven banners of Zhenghuang, Huang, Zhenghong, Zhenghong, Zhengbai, and Bai, and nearly 60,000 troops to go on the expedition, Li Yongfang, Tong Yang, Shi Tingzhu led 30,000 Han troops and eight banners, and Manzhu Xili and others led 80,000 Mongolian cavalry to accompany the expedition.

The Eight Banners Army will set out on the eighth day of April, and then join the Mongolian Eight Banners at the Sanbula River, and then enter the border from the direction of the Siege Sea, and sweep Datong with a thunderous momentum.

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At the same time that the Jiannu army was in full swing preparing to attack Datong and Daming, the rebel army led by Li Yan launched the first attack on Datong Mansion.

Jing Maocheng's arrival not only strengthened the strength of the rebel army, but also brought extremely important information to Li Yan!

Zhen Youcai and Wang Beech once bought 100,000 stone of grain in Beitongzhou, and escorted back to Datong in batches, the transportation of this batch of grain requires a huge convoy, such a large transport convoy is obviously impossible to hide the eyes of the horses and bandits along the way, many bandits and horse thieves tried to rob, but they were all escorted by the Wang Jiading troops.

There was once a bandit in Shanxi who invited Jing Maocheng to jointly rob the Wang family's transport convoy because of his lonely situation, although he still failed in the end, but let Jing Maocheng know many things.

Jing Maocheng told Li Yan that the Wang family not only bought back more than 100,000 stone of grain from Beitongzhou, but also bought more than 1 million cattle, sheep, camels and more than 100,000 war horses from the border army, and made all the cattle, sheep and camels into bacon, at least more than 20 million catties! There is also the royal family's treasury, there are at least two or three million cash silver!

This news is undoubtedly very important to Li Yan, the grain and bacon in the Wang family's warehouse are urgently needed by the rebel army, and the hundreds of thousands of war horses purchased by the Wang family from the border army are the strategic materials urgently needed by the rebel army.

Of course, Jing Maocheng did not bring all the good news, Jing Maocheng also told Li Yan that Wang Pu was in Datong.

For Wang Pu, as long as the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will not feel unfamiliar, Wang Pu led a thousand horsemen into Liaodong, attacked Shengjing and captured Huang Taiji alive, and after returning to Beijing, Chen Yuanyuan, a fireworks woman, refused to marry Emperor Chongzhen, and for his thousands of bearded men to resist the decree and rob the law field, the deeds have long been known.

Li Yan is especially no stranger to Wang Pu, because the two also fought a battle in Jining, although Li Yan lost in the end, and lost very badly, but this does not intimidate Li Yan! Li Yan has a good brain, he is very good at summing up lessons and lessons in the war, and is good at learning the war in the war, and he believes that if he is allowed to fight with Wang Pu in an upright manner, the result will be completely different from the battle of Jining, and he has this self-confidence.

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Rice fat, Li Yan line account.

Ma Shouying, He Yilong, He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and Lin Yangsheng were invited to come to the meeting, these five people were all coarse people who couldn't read a few big characters, and they thought they were veterans in the rebel army, so they didn't put Li Yan, a white-faced scholar, in their eyes at all, and they didn't salute after entering the big tent, and they didn't even find a seat and sit down without even saying a cold word.

Li Hu, who was standing next to him, was about to have a seizure at that time, but was stopped by Li Yan with a look in his eyes.

Li Yan did not take the rude actions of the five leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution to heart, but got up and waved at everyone, and said loudly: "Li Yan see all the generals. ”

This made Ma Shouying and the five people very embarrassed, and hurriedly got up and saluted back: "The last general will wait to see the generalissimo." ”

In terms of qualifications, Li Yan naturally can't be compared with Ma Shouying's five people, but in terms of authority, Li Yan is the generalissimo of the Shaanxi Righteous Army who broke into the king Li Zicheng, and Ma Shouying They are just five generals under Li Yan's account, so Li Yan's humble behavior made Ma Shouying feel very embarrassed.

Although Ma Shouying and the five people are rough people, they really don't take Li Yan seriously, but they are not people who don't know what to do.

Li Yansu said, "A few generals, please take a seat." ”

"Generalissimo Xie."

Ma Shouying hugged his fists and thanked them, and sat down in turn.

Li Yan didn't sit down, but just motioned to Li Hu to take out the big seal and sword that had been prepared a long time ago, and put them on the case in front of him, this big seal and sword were all rewarded by Li Zicheng when he was in Jiaxian, the seal is the generalissimo seal, and the sword is the generalissimo sword, which represents the identity and power of the chief general of the Shaanxi Righteous Army.

Ma Shouying's faces immediately became ugly, and they thought that Li Yan was going to use the sword seal to suppress people.

"Generals." Li Yan's gaze slowly swept over the faces of the five people, and said, "You should also know that there are less than ten days left in the army's rations, and if we still can't raise food after ten days, the brothers will starve, our army will be in danger of disintegrating, and the good situation in Shaanxi will be ruined, which no one wants to see." ”

"It's not just you, Li Yan who is in a hurry." Ma Shouying didn't have a good breath, "You're in a hurry, why aren't we in a hurry?" But the problem is that Yan'an, Qingyang, and Pingliang have robbed everything they can grab, and almost all the things that can't be robbed have been robbed. ”

Li Yan said: "Ben Shuai knows that there is a place where there is food. ”

Ma Shouying asked, "Where is the food?" ”

"Datong!" Li Yan said in a deep voice, "Ben Shuai has received reliable news that at least 200,000 stone of grain has been hoarded in Datong City, as well as more than 10 million catties of bacon, and the domain of the richest man in Shanxi, the Wang family and the acting king, are in Datong, and the silver in these two silver vaults is at least more than five million taels!" ”

Ma Shouying's five people were excited, but when they thought that Datong was the town of Datong Town, where there would inevitably be a large number of elite border troops stationed, they immediately deflated, don't look at the Shaanxi Righteous Army has now developed to nearly 100,000 people, but there are only more than 30,000 people who can really go to the battlefield.

Ma Shouying said coldly: "Li Yan, you don't want to force us to attack Datong, right?" ”

Liu Xiyao also said: "Who knows if this news is unreliable, what if this is a trap set by the official army?" ”

"Yes." Lin Yangcheng also said in an unkind tone, "If you want to send your own people to death, Lao Tzu's brother will not send you to death for the sake of your Li Yan's empty words." ”

Li Yan's face was calm, and the reactions of Ma Shouying's five people were all in his expectation.

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(To be continued)