Li Zicheng retreated into Xiangyang, Huguang, in order to highlight and highlight his status as the son of Yongchang, as soon as he entered the city, he couldn't wait to change the name of Xiangyang Mansion to "Xiangjing".

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong broke through Xiangyang and executed Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang. In the fifteenth year, Bai Wang, a general under Li Zicheng, occupied Xiangyang, and successively captured Duchengtianfu, Jingzhou Mansion, Yuezhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion, Chenzhou Mansion and other prefectures and counties.

After arriving in Xiangyang, Li Zicheng hid in the original Xiangyang Palace, and since then he has lived in a simple place, ignoring the government and politics, and has been mixed in the fat powder pile all day long, and the whole person has become depressed and abnormal.

Dashun's soldiers and horses also retreated into Huguang one after another, but there was no one in charge of the overall situation in the army, and the places where each department and company were stationed were selected by themselves, and there was no arrangement in the center of the court and the palace. As the head of the generals, Liu Zongmin, because of the defeat of Yan'an Mansion, no longer has the spirit of commanding at this time, and takes his subordinates to continue to do his old job in the richest Xiangyang Mansion - chasing stolen goods.

Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin teamed up to force Li Yan and the rear battalion soldiers and horses under his command, and after that, Niu Jinxing defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the defense line in Shaanxi collapsed on all fronts. The army's dissatisfaction with Li Zicheng is expanding day by day, coupled with the departure of the old courtier Gu Junen, so that the generals of the army and the center have gradually deviated from morality. Everyone knows very well in their hearts that if this continues, there is no need for the Qing army and the Ming Dynasty to pursue and suppress, or it will not take long for Dashun to be chaotic without a fight.

Faced with such a situation, generals such as Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Tichun, Liu Fangliang, and Li Guo who followed Li Zicheng to raise troops were anxious. After fighting for more than ten years, he finally attacked the city of Beijing, but his shape took a sharp turn, and he was forced by the Qing army to have no way to escape. Who can be reconciled to this!

At this time, Li Zicheng was a gullible traitor. self-destruction of the Great Wall, when there is no way out, it is self-abandonment, which makes the only hundreds of thousands of children and families of the Dashun army do, can they just sit in this foreign place and wait for death?

Liu Zongmin's years of jumping up and down and mediocrity and incompetence have completely tossed away his own prestige, so all the generals of the Shun army spontaneously gathered. It is necessary to find a way out of the current predicament.

Everyone publicly recommended Li Zicheng's brother-in-law, the current Zuo Weiwu general Gao Yigong, and Li Zicheng's nephew and righteous son Li Guo as the leaders, and went to meet Li Zicheng and Empress Gao.

But Li Zicheng avoided it, and let everyone cry blood and plead outside the palace gate, but a eunuch and personal guard blocked everyone from the door.

Everyone was helpless and had to ask to see Queen Gao, but Queen Gao was helpless about the situation in front of her.

Gao Yigong knelt in front of Queen Gao, he couldn't cry, and everyone knelt behind him, and they all looked sad. The good Dashun Dynasty made it look like it is now. How can you let the people be miserable? The Shun army started as a thief, and has experienced such ups and downs in the past year, many of the bandit leaders who had followed left and right have gathered their soldiers and horses without saying goodbye, and the once million-strong army has disappeared suddenly.

Many of them defected to the Southern Ming court and the Manchu Qing Dynasty one after another, but without exception, they did not end well. The temperament of the thief is now known in the streets, and now it is not the "suppression and appeasement" of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and it is impossible for either the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty to accept a group of rebels who will rebel at any time. Nanming refused to accept it. Dolgon of the Manchu Qing Dynasty issued an edict unmistakably: "The former Ming Dynasty demoted officials but those who surrendered will be accepted, and those who surrender but have returned will be killed!" "This one comes. It is equivalent to stucking the two ways of life of the generals of the Dashun army. Surrender is death, surrender is still death!

People who have been abandoned by the whole world are already in deep fear at this time. But who is to blame for this?

"Please advise the king again, now that the matter is now, you can no longer sit in the city of sorrow. Luo Rucai, the king of Daxi in Shu and the general of Weide in the Yongzhou Mansion of Huguang. It is the only two possible soldiers and horses to come to the aid at the moment, and it is the best policy to ask King Chuang to send an order to invite them to help as soon as possible! ”

"In the north, there are Qing troops in the east, and in the south and east, Zheng Zhilong's hundreds of thousands of troops are pressing step by step, not to mention anything else. The consumption of our hundreds of thousands of soldiers and families alone is enough to bring down the imperial court! ! Please make a quick decision! ”

Yu Dayou, Song Qijiao, Gong Yan, Zhang Xuanran, Li Zhensheng, Yang Yulin and others of the six departments fled as early as when the Dashun army withdrew from Xi'an, and now there are only dozens of generals left in the Dashun court who followed Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng to unify the army. Seeing these iron-beaten men who were born and died crying in front of her, Queen Gao was also in turmoil.

But asking for help from Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, Queen Gao was in a difficult situation. As we all know, the grievances and grievances between Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai used to be endless, even Luo Rucai, who saved Li Zicheng's life, was almost poisoned by Li Zicheng at the beginning, and now she wants to ask these two people for help, Queen Gao can be sure that Li Zicheng will never agree.

Even if these two people bring troops to help, who knows what the idea is? According to Empress Gao, it is more likely that she will be defeated and annex soldiers and territory, because this is a "fine tradition" passed down from generation to generation in the thief system.

However, without the reinforcements of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, can the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of Dashun alone be able to block the attack of the Qing army and the Ming army?

For a moment, Empress Gao hesitated.

"Niangniang forgives her sins, dare to ask Niangniang, but are you thinking about how to ask for reinforcements?" There was silence, but suddenly a sharp but docile voice sounded in Queen Gao's ears.

Empress Gao turned her head to look, but it was Sun Qing, the eunuch in charge beside her. This Sun Qing was a eunuch in the palace of the Ming Dynasty before the incident, and followed Wang Dehua to Dashun together. When Jingshi fell, Wang Dehua stayed in Beijing, but Sun Qing has followed him all the way to the present. is loyal and meticulous, but she is a rare helper by her side.

Everyone didn't expect that at this time, the eunuch actually opened his mouth and looked at him for some reason.

"What do you have to say?" Empress Gao asked.

"Please forgive the mother, the slave just can't bear to see the mother worrying about this matter, so I have the courage to speak, please don't blame the mother!"

"Forgive your innocence, just say it!"

Sun Qing bowed down to thank him, and then said: "Your Majesty has a grudge with the Eight Kings and General Weide, but this is not unresolvable. His Majesty asked the two of them to rush to Xiangyang, and he could explain to them that the past grievances and misunderstandings were all provoked by villains, and His Majesty was also deceived. Since it is a request for help, you can send the head of this traitorous villain to the Eight Kings and General Weide, and then send someone who can speak well to make peace from it, thinking that the two of them will definitely be able to see His Majesty's sincerity and happily send troops to support! ”

"The slave maid understands Niangniang's intentions, but I am afraid that the Eight Kings and General Weide have ill intentions, and after arriving in Huguang, it will be difficult to control them. In fact, Niangniang can think about it carefully, in today's situation, His Majesty can follow the example of Emperor Chongzhen back then, issue an edict against himself, and at the same time make his own things about being deceived by traitors public, so as to win over the hearts of the army and the people, so that the more than 100,000 troops under the command of His Majesty must be of one heart and one mind, united, and morale will be greatly boosted. ”

After Sun Qing finished speaking, he saluted respectfully again, and then retreated back to his original position in the shadows. But his words caused everyone in the temple to fall into silence at the same time.

Sun Qing's mention of yì, if you think about it carefully, is also meritorious. Now Dashun's original think tank, Gu Junen ran away, Niu Jinxing committed treason, and Song Xiance was sick at home because of Li Yan's affairs, but there was not even a single person who could make ideas among the martial arts generals. Now that I hear this Sun Qing's strategy, it does have some value.

It's just that who should play the role of this traitorous villain? Bull Venus? This person is indeed extremely suitable, but he has already surrendered to the Qing army, and he is beyond the reach of the whip. How can anyone else be qualified for this role and "share worries" for King Chuang?

Everyone unanimously turned their eyes to Queen Gao, Queen Gao was from a humble background, and she knew a little bit about dancing knives and guns, but she didn't know anything about this kind of national affairs and power schemes. Sun Qing's construction made her eyes suddenly light up, but then she was worried, who should be the right person for this traitor?

Everyone fell silent, and even if a few people thought of a suitable candidate, they did not dare to say that name, so there was silence in the hall.

Sun Qing opened his mouth again unhurriedly, and his voice drifted from the shadows far away, but it was indescribably weird.

"Niangniang, please think about it, since the first battle of Shanhaiguan, Niu Jinxing, the traitor, has a close past, and who is not good at Shanhaiguan; Who retreated in a hurry in the Battle of Hebei, causing General Gu Ying to fall into a heavy siege and die on the battlefield; and who is in the capital to chase stolen goods and help the salary, causing the people to live in poverty and rebel one after another; who lost his teacher and humiliated the country in the battle of Yan'anfu; Who and Niu Jinxing worked together to force the general Li Yan away, making the Shaanxi army irretrievable! ”

Sun Qing couldn't help but have a smile on his face, but in the shadows, no one could see it.

"Niangniang, please think about it, isn't this person the most suitable person?"

Queen Gao's heart trembled, but everyone suddenly realized.

In this way, this person is indeed extremely suitable, but can Li Zicheng agree? Can you be ruthless, can a strong man break his arm?

The silent crowd cast their earnest eyes on Queen Gao again, but Queen Gao was already in a mess.

After thinking about it for a long time, she still couldn't come up with an idea, Queen Gao was ruthless and stood up, "This matter is very important, this palace must return to His Majesty, please make a decision." Sun Qing, arrange some accommodations, please all the generals rest in the palace for the time being today, send reliable people and other personal services, and wait for His Majesty to make a decision! (To be continued......)