Sending Cao Huachun away, Wang Chengen hurried back to the Qianqing Palace, at this time, the early dynasty had ended, and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, was summoned to play the right. Although there was a fiasco outside the Guan, it still occupied the dangerous point of Shanhaiguan, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not rest assured that they would boldly go south. The most headache is the shape on the battlefield of suppressing bandits. Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian were martyred one after another, and the official and military forces suffered a lot of losses, Sun Chuanting occupied Tongguan, Yang Wenyue retreated to Runing, and Zuo Liangyu stuck to Xiangyang, all recuperating.

Chen Xinjia's proposal to mobilize the troops of Shandong and Jiangnan to be under the command of Sun Chuanting to suppress the thieves, Chongzhen thought about it for a long time, and finally vetoed it. This made Wang Chengen breathe a sigh of relief.

After that, Chen Xinjia lost no time in proposing to negotiate peace with Guan Wai again. Today's opportunity is very rare, Chen Xinjia faced Jun alone, which gave him the opportunity to dedicate such a mention to Chongzhen again. Yang Sichang also went to the same article, but because the incident was not secret, and the opposition was too strong, it was not done.

Now, the outside of the Guanxi has become the sphere of influence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is no longer possible for the Ming army to launch a large-scale offensive. Of course, this is also to save himself.

After the two defeats in Songshan and Henan, dozens of officials and officials impeached Chen Xinjia above, and since he was the secretary of the military department, of course the responsibility for the crime could not be escaped. But Chongzhen kept it alive, hoping that he would make meritorious contributions and do his best to stabilize the situation. Silai: If you want to go, there is only one way to negotiate peace with the Manchus.

Chongzhen sat on the throne, didn't speak for a while, the hall was quiet and scary, the only few people looked down at their toes, listening to their own breathing, no one dared to disturb Chongzhen's thinking.

The silence was interrupted by the opening of the temple doors. The little eunuch on duty ran in with a panicked face, and everyone, including Chongzhen, was startled, Chongzhen's eyebrows twisted, and he was about to have a seizure, but the words that the little eunuch said made his anger be poured a basin of cold water in an instant.

"Start playing Your Majesty, Tongguan Army reports. Supervisor Sun Chuanting said that the Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong raised troops to rebel, and after the defeat, he led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to defect to the thieves! ”

Hearing this news, everyone trembled, and they all looked at Emperor Chongzhen on the throne.

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked, and then his anger surged, and his face instantly turned red. Within this month, in order to kill He Renlong's tumor, Emperor Chongzhen had to cooperate with Sun Chuanting to act and stabilize He Renlong. A large number of imperial historians and officials were omitted to impeach He Renlong. But Sun Chuanting tried his best to guarantee it, and then Emperor Chongzhen pretended to agree to Sun Chuanting's construction, so as to stabilize He Renlong and his generals.

I thought that Sun Chuanting would be able to capture him and correct the law of He Renlong, which not only comforted Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian's spirits in the sky, but also controlled the new force of the Shaanxi army. But unexpectedly, Sun Chuanting actually messed up such a thing, and forced He Renlong to lead 10,000 horses to vote for Li Zicheng.

He Renlong is a veteran general of the Shaanxi army. In the Shaanxi army, he has deep roots, and his surrender to the enemy will cause immeasurable damage to the Shanxi battlefield. This. Everyone present knew it.

The sun is waning, and disasters are not alone, and at this moment, everyone's hearts are constantly chanting these two words.

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The news of He Renlong's rebellion was transmitted back to Shandong as soon as possible. For Zhu Ping'an, this is tantamount to thunder on the ground.

This is the first time since the time travel has seen history show a significantly different direction. He Renlong was not killed by Sun Chuanting, and defected to Li Zicheng with more than 10,000 new troops, and this sudden change also disrupted Zhu Ping'an's rhythm.

Not two days. Detailed information was transmitted through the channels of the military intelligence department, and some of the truth behind the incident was revealed.

What made Zhu Ping'an feel helpless was that the key variable actually came from himself.

The cause was the meeting between Li Yan and Zhu Ping'an. Seeing him that day, Li Yan was very interested in Zhu Ping'an and others, and after reading the information and rumors about Zhu Ping'an. Li Yan keenly discovered some clues from the military intelligence department under Zhu Ping'an. Compared with the current situation at this time, when the collection of all kinds of intelligence was undertaken by spies, Zhu Ping'an's practice of setting up a separate intelligence channel made Li Yan very sure.

Because of this, he actively advised Li Zicheng to set up a battalion in the army and collect various sources for the army's decision-making. Li Zicheng gladly adopted it, and on the basis of the sixth battalion of the old battalion, the seventh battalion was added as an intelligence unit. The military advisor Song Xiance traveled south and north, and collected intelligence for the army, so he was fully responsible for the seventh battalion.

And the first target of the seventh battalion was placed on the Tongguan side under Li Yan's construction.

After Wang Qiaonian was killed, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng for the third time, dug the Yellow River embankment, flooded Kaifeng, and succeeded in the first battle. However, Tongguan is still guarded by tens of thousands of troops under Sun Chuanting, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At this time, when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Sichuan, he suddenly killed a horse gun and suddenly conquered Wuchang City, which was a great shock.

As a result, Li Zicheng decided to lead his troops to the east and attack the important town of Xiangyang. In order to control the middle and lower reaches of the river basin in order to leave a buffer land, even if you can't take Guanzhong, you can still use Jingxiang as a springboard to look at half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River.

But Song Xiance and Li Yan put forward diametrically opposed opinions. They believe that now that the official army is in decline, it is difficult to make a difference in the front line of Tongguan, and at this time, it is even more necessary to decisively attack Shanxi, based on the land of Guanzhong, and enter Beijing in the east, so that the world will be at your fingertips.

Their opinions naturally aroused the opposition of Liu Zongmin and others, and Li Zicheng was also quite hesitant. From the bottom of their hearts, Li Yan and Song Xiance's opinions are really a bit risky, and although the number of people has expanded by ten or a hundred times compared with before, there is also a hidden worry, that is, there has never been a reliable rear base camp.

The capture of Xiangyang was to eliminate this hidden danger and prepare for a long-term campaign. However, the construction of Li Yan and others is indeed quite attractive, and taking Shanshan is the capital of the ancient emperors. This not only made Li Zicheng's heart pound.

In order to make Li Zicheng make up his mind, Song Xiance lost no time in using the seventh battalion as a breakthrough and sent a big gift to Li Zicheng, which also made him finally make up his mind.

This great gift is He Renlong and his Shaanxi army.

He Renlong escaped from the battle several times, causing the two overseers to die on the battlefield, and the impeachment and attack on him in the court were also rumored. Li Yan and Song Xiance decided to target him. Li Yan even asserted that if Sun Chuanting wanted to sit firmly in the position of governor, he must kill He Renlong.

The most important thing is that He Renlong was put on the table by Yang Sichang back then, which made his son lose his life in vain, and he has a long history of complaints about the court in his heart, and this is a place where he can make a big fuss. Another point is quite critical, He Renlong is still a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng is actually an out-and-out fellow countryman, and there are many children of the He family who eat together in the army. Besides, rice fat is not a big place, and there will always be something to do with it.

After Li Yan sent people to indirectly get in touch with He Renlong, he did not make any progress. After all, He Renlong is a provincial general in the Ming Dynasty, and the entire family has received a lot of rewards for this, so it is obviously unrealistic for him to rashly join the army. But at this time, Sun Chuanting and Chongzhen gave this opportunity to Li Yan and Song Xiance.

Sun Chuanting took over as the governor of Shaanxi, and after entering Beijing to face the saint, he returned to Shaanxi to take office. After arriving in Xi'an, he secretly discussed with Zhang Erzhong, the governor of Shaanxi, to kill He Renlong. At this time, He Renlong's main force was all stationed in Xianyang, and his family members were all settled in Jingyang.

In order to prevent the dragon and dog from jumping off the wall in a hurry, Sun Chuanting specially dispatched two people, Hu Dawei and Yang Wenyue, to move closer to Xianyang, and recruited the old subordinates Niu Chenghu, Zheng Jiadong and Gao Jie to inform them of the imperial court's plan, and threatened their families to force the three to obey their orders. After that, Gao Jie, who was stationed in Jingyang, took all the family members of the Shaanxi generals under control, and if necessary, he could use this to persecute the Shaanxi generals.

The abnormal movements of the officials and soldiers were discovered by the spies who broke into the army, and based on the information obtained, Li Yan was overjoyed and decided that Sun Chuanting wanted to attack He Renlong. Therefore, he revealed the news to He Renlong as soon as possible.

Having forced two governors to death, He Renlong himself was also worried about how the court and Sun Chuanting would deal with it, which also made him jealous, so he firmly controlled the military power in his hands, and the Xianyang area was even more heavily guarded. But then the news came, Chongzhen had already stated that he allowed He Renlong to make meritorious contributions, and his heart was put down this time.

At this time, Li Yantong Guò, a child of the He family, came to the door and expressed Li Zicheng's willingness to recruit him, and offered a very high price. But He Renlong didn't care, and just shelved this as a back road.

At the end of June of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting summoned the generals to Xi'an for military discussion, and He Renlong was also among them.

But when He Renlong arrived at the city of Xi'an, Li Yan's messenger arrived in time and handed Li Yan's letter to He Renlong.

The men and horses arranged by Sun Chuanting in advance were all gathered in the city, and he had already seen that He Renlong and others had already arrived at the city gate, and he planned to do it after he entered the city, but he didn't expect He Renlong to suddenly leave with his troops at a gallop. There was no time to inform Sun Chuanting, the soldiers and horses immediately went out of the city to pursue, killing more than 100 He Renlong's personal guards after the break, but He Renlong retreated.

At the same time, Hu Dawei and Yang Wenyue relied on Sun Chuanting's fuse to win open the city gate of Xianyang, and while appeasing the hearts of the army, they began to hunt and kill He Renlong's henchmen.

Among them, Zhou Guoqing, He Guoxian, Wei Daheng and others fought desperately to fight their way out of a bloody way, and met with He Renlong, who fled back from Xi'an, in the middle of the road. At this time, he also learned the news that Jingyang was controlled by Gao Jie, and He Renlong had no choice but to follow the construction of Li Yan's messenger, collect henchmen and soldiers from all over the country, and take advantage of the gap that Sun Chuanting had not yet arranged properly, and quickly entered Henan from Huayin and Luonan to Li Zicheng. (To be continued......) R1292