Li Zicheng is clear about many things in Beizhili, Liaodong, Sichuan and Huguang, and now he is no longer the ambition of the past, although he is used to the days of fighting and killing, but the desire to stabilize is getting stronger and stronger.

After occupying the Fucheng of Kaifeng in Henan and the Fucheng of Taiyuan in Shanxi, and controlling a large number of Fuzhou counties, Li Zicheng thought of secession, although he did not particularly understand the truth in it, but in the occupied places to claim the king and hegemony, the truth of talking and counting, is still clear.

The rebellion has been more than ten years, has experienced countless failures, and has experienced too many tribulations, Li Zicheng thinks that he should also survive it, after Zhang Xianzhong was exterminated by Zheng Jiajun, Li Zicheng became more careful, while constantly growing his own strength, always pay attention to the movements of Zheng Jiajun, his own strength is far stronger than Zhang Xianzhong, and the rebel army under his command is basically active in the north, rarely entering the south, entering the south and Sichuan's painful experience, he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

After the Zheng family army eliminated Zhang Xianzhong, they stopped all actions, and even the Houjin Tartars plundered in Beizhili, and the Zheng family army did not move, which made Li Zicheng think that the Zheng family army would not enter the north for a short time, that is to say, he thought that Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun actually wanted to control the local division like him.

There is a difference between having a territory and not having a territory, that is the difference between heaven and earth, which Li Zicheng has a personal feeling.

At the beginning of the rebellion, Li Zicheng followed Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, at that time I didn't expect so much, it would be good to be able to eat enough to live, and later Gao Yingxiang died, Li Zicheng was recommended as the king of Chuang, became the first person in the rebel army, at that time he still did not notice the importance of the territory. The rebel army was still a mobile war, and it was not until Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others joined the rebel army that these scholars made Li Zicheng understand the importance of territory.

Although Li Yan and others all defected to the imperial court, the idea of controlling the territory and strengthening the strength had taken root in Li Zicheng's mind. He began to try to occupy a certain territory in Henan and other places to effectively strengthen his own strength.

Facts have proved that this choice is the most correct, and it is precisely because of the long-term occupation of Nanyang Mansion and other places in Henan that Li Zicheng has a certain foundation and can steadily grow his strength.

Captured Kaifeng and Taiyuan. Li Zicheng's strength was almost at its peak, the number of the rebels under his command exceeded 500,000, and he claimed to be a million to the outside world, and he began to collect taxes in Henan and Shanxi to supplement the expenses of the rebels.

At this time, Li Zicheng needed a name, which was not a self-appointed name, but a name recognized by the Ming court.

Li Zicheng was known as King Chuang in the rebel army. The self-styled name is even more, and after capturing the Kaifeng Fucheng, he proclaimed himself the "Generalissimo of the Fengtian Initiative". After capturing the Taiyuan city, he proclaimed himself the "King of Dashun", but these titles are impossible to be recognized, they are all self-proclaimed, if they get the throne of the Ming Emperor, the effect will definitely be different.

It's easier said than done. Li Zicheng's recital to the emperor sank into the sea like a stone, without the slightest repercussions.

This angered Li Zicheng, and he was ready to lead a large army to attack Beizhili, and even thought about taking the capital directly, and then he would be able to be the emperor himself. However, his idea was stopped by Gu Junen, without him, the Houjin Tartars are plundering in Beizhili, at this time the righteous army enters Beizhili, and it must fight with the Houjin Tartars, the Houjin Tartars are not the imperial army, the combat effectiveness is unusually strong, the righteous army and the Houjin Tartars fight, the losses must be huge, even if they reluctantly defeat the Houjin Tartars, it is the imperial court that gets the benefits, if the imperial army attacks when the righteous army suffers losses, I don't know how it will end.

Li Zicheng listened to Gu Junen's dissuasion, and decided to take root in Henan and Shanxi, observe the situation in Beizhili and Nanzhili, and find the most favorable time for himself to attack.

Li Zicheng asked Gu Junen to analyze the situation of the Ming Dynasty, he already had a foresight, and regarded the righteous army under his command as an important force, and sat on an equal footing with the imperial army, the Houjin Tartars and the Zheng family army.

While asking Gu Junen to analyze the situation, Li Zicheng himself was also pondering, after all, he was the only remaining force in the rebel army, dozens of rebel leaders were now dead, and the tough Zhang Xianzhong was also killed by the Zheng family.

Taiyuan Mansion City, Governor Yamen.

It has become Li Zicheng's residence and office.

Li Zicheng waited in the wing, and after a while, Gu Junen hurriedly walked into the wing.

Gu Junen is very busy, Li Zicheng entrusted him to deal with daily affairs, which involves the stability of Shanxi and Henan, and many generals of the righteous army are too arbitrary and do not pay attention to the rules in doing things, so many things need to be worried about and need to be handled carefully.

Seeing Gu Junen come in, Li Zicheng spoke.

"Mr. Gu, you have worked very hard for such a long time."

"King Chuang, this is what I should do."

Gu Junen's name for Li Zicheng has not changed, and Li Zicheng doesn't care, although Li Zicheng is now the king of Dashun.

"Mr. Gu, the current situation is not particularly clear, please help me analyze and see what the righteous army should do next."

The question raised by Li Zicheng is very big and critical, and he believes that Gu Junen has already thought about it.

Sure enough, Gu Junen didn't think too much about it, and quickly spoke.

"King Chuang, I think there are currently three forces in the Ming Dynasty, which can threaten the imperial court at any time, the first force is Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun in Nanjing, they are also the most powerful, Zhang Xianzhong has been completely wiped out by Zheng Jiajun, which is enough to prove that Zheng Jiajun's strength is extraordinary."

"The second force is the Houjin Tartars, and King Chuang knows about their situation, and now they are looting in Beizhili, and the court has no way."

"The third force is King Chuang."

"My analysis is that King Chuang is currently standing still, and the development of his head is the most important, the Houjin Tartars are plundering in Beizhili, and the imperial court is bent on stabilizing the situation in the capital and avoiding the threat of the Houjin Tartars, so they can't draw troops to fight against King Chuang, as for the Zheng Jiajun, from the news from Nanjing, Zheng Xunrui is cleaning up the Grand Canal on a large scale, and he has no intention of entering Henan and Shanxi, the reason why the Zheng Jiajun dealt with Zhang Xianzhong is because Zhang Xianzhong's forces invaded Huguang and Sichuan and other places, These places basically belong to the south or the border between the north and the south, and are considered by Zheng Xunrui to be his sphere of influence. ”

"Judging from the next development situation, the possibility of Zheng Jiajun fighting with the Houjin Tartars still exists, and it depends on whether the Houjin Tartars who are wanton in Beizhili really threaten the capital."

"Of course, King Chuang must also make all preparations, once the Houjin Tartars evacuate Beizhili and return to Liaodong, then the attention of the court will soon be focused on King Chuang."

"The imperial court actually has no strength, Songshan was defeated, the elite army of the imperial court was almost destroyed, followed by the Houjin Tartars plundering the Northern Zhili, the imperial court was tired of coping, and there was no time to take care of anything else."

"The most obvious manifestation is the changes in Huguang and Sichuan, I think Zheng Xunrui already has the intention of rebellion, but the imperial court has no action at all, watching everything happen."

"The best way to deal with it is to let there be a direct conflict and fight between the Zheng family's army, the Houjin Tartars and the imperial army, which is the most favorable situation for King Chuang, but this situation is not very likely."

"I have a suggestion, that is, King Chuang showed weakness to the imperial court, and continued to write to the emperor, saying that the righteous army just wants to rest temporarily in Henan and Shanxi, or wants to be able to return to the imperial court, the current opportunity is not very suitable, but during this special period, the righteous army guarantees not to do anything harmful to the interests of the imperial court......"

Gu Junen's analysis was very incisive, Li Zicheng nodded again and again, what he was most worried about was Zheng Jiajun.

After Gu Junen finished speaking, Li Zicheng spoke.

"If the Zheng family army enters Henan and Shanxi and other places, how will the righteous army deal with it."

Gu Junen shook his head and opened his mouth confidently.

"King Chuang, I don't think the Zheng family army will enter Henan and Shanxi for the time being, if they want to do this, they would have done it a long time ago, Zheng Jiajun stationed in Shaanxi has entered Shanxi and Henan and other places, but all of them have returned to Shaanxi, and have not participated in any fighting, Zheng Xunrui is by no means ordinary, he doesn't want to participate in the chaos in the north at all, and the south is not completely stable, Zheng Xunrui's attention is still focused on the south......"

Li Zicheng nodded and agreed with Gu Junen's analysis.

Then the conversation between the two of them was lowered.

After Gu Junen left the wing, Li Zicheng walked to the front of the map.

The Ming Dynasty has been completely chaotic, the Zheng Army, the Righteous Army, the Houjin Tartars, and the four forces of the imperial army coexist, which has turned the Great Tomorrow upside down, from the perspective of the development trend, the Ming Dynasty has been impossible to maintain for a long time, and finally the righteous army will fight with the Houjin Tartars and the Zheng Army, and the final winner will win the Central Plains.

Although I can't think of so much at present, I can't see so far, but I must be ready to meet the arrival of this situation, what Li Zicheng needs to do now is to preserve his own strength, and it is best to let the forces of the other three parties fight, so that they can consume their own strength, so that the righteous army can have a chance.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng no longer hesitated, and walked towards the outside of the wing, he wanted Gu Junen to draft the document again and send it to the emperor, so as to gain time and space for the development of the righteous army. (To be continued.) )