Zhu Cihong didn't know how many times he had experienced this kind of psychological warfare in his previous life, but now he will not lose his house or land, and he will have something to retreat from, and there is no psychological pressure at all. On the contrary, Li Zicheng was proclaimed emperor in Xi'an, and he did not reward the meritorious heroes. It must be known that if the meritorious heroes are rewarded one day earlier, the morale of the army will be more stable. On the contrary, the longer it drags on, the more chaotic the morale of the army becomes. People have been born and died for more than ten years, and what they are waiting for is today! He said that he was going to wait for the generals who led the army to come back and then discuss the meritorious deeds, but in fact, everyone could see that the focus was on Liu Zongmin.

It's just that in this way, Zhu Cihong can't go to Taiyuan for the New Year according to the original Jihua. This made the parents who were waiting in Beijing cry sadly, as if their son had suffered so much. In fact, Zhu Cihong slaughtered pigs and sheep in the camp, burned slots (dumplings) in the cauldron, and celebrated the New Year with the soldiers, which made the morale of the camp extremely high.

These days, the guard camp is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it seems that there is nothing abnormal in the whole day's drills, but in fact, they are scattering eyeliner everywhere, looking for a suitable place to ambush and counterattack. Cai Maode supervised the work day and night, and sent the artillery and gunpowder from the surrounding states and counties of Pingyang Mansion to the guard battalion, so that the prince could deploy the defense. At the same time, the residents of Hejin had to be relocated to prevent them from being affected by the war.

Hejin is located on the riverside, and everyone knows the virtue of the Yellow River, and no one dares to ask it for land. Therefore, Kawazu itself is not abundant, and it is difficult to support the consumption of the army. Fortunately, there is a vassal king here! And he is also a county king of the lower prince. In the eyes of the heavenly family, the prince is still his own family and has the right to perform family etiquette. The king of the county is more like a courtier, and can only obediently listen to the words of the crown prince. Cai Maode's mouth that he couldn't pry open, was solved by a letter of order from the East Palace and a team of guards.

The King of Xihe and the King of Jiaocheng of the first line of the Jin Dynasty Mansion obediently sent grain and grass, winter clothes, and silver taels. During the Chinese New Year, he also sent various New Year's goods such as female music and pigs, muttons, and bacon, and sent people to kneel outside the gate in three days, saying that he could not bear to see His Royal Highness living in a military camp with poor conditions, and begged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to move to Pingyang.

Zhu Cihong has never seen such a relative since he set out on the expedition. In the first few days, every time someone cried, he issued an edict to soothe him. Later, I found out that I was actually wrong, and people just didn't care about etiquette, and they didn't really care about him, so I didn't bother to pay attention to it anymore. But it's good to be willing to take out something, the East Palace guard camp originally cost more than the ordinary camp, and it needs a large amount of protein energy intake.

Xu Dian also sent news about Longmen Town one after another. More and more grain and grass have been transported from Xi'an and other places. The treasury in Longmen Town was insufficient, so the camp began to collect grain from private houses. With the increase in military rations, its importance naturally increases. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Dian sent information: Li Zicheng took Zuo Guangxian as the Longmen defense envoy and stationed in Longmen Town.

After Zhu Cihong got the news, he was really overwhelmed by the secrecy mechanism of this era. Li Zicheng may have given Zuo Guangxian a defense envoy for the purpose of appeasement, but Li Chuang's standard for appointing a defense envoy was one level higher than that of the general army of the Lighting Dynasty, and the jurisdiction was between the government and the province. Zuo Guangxian was the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and he was indeed qualified to serve as this defensive envoy. But Longmen is not even a county, and it even set up a defense envoy, is it because he is afraid that others will not know that this place is very important?

Zhu Cihong looked at it and said happily in his heart: If you don't slap him in the face, I'm really sorry for the kindness of the blind man!

Sun Chuanting read the information and was also happy, and said: "Your Highness, this is God helping me!" ”

"Will Governor Sun come out?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"Your Highness," Sun Chuanting didn't smile. Now he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Li Zicheng thinks he is magnanimous. But after all, there is no such thing as the weapon to let Zuo Guang lead the troops in front, but he is afraid of surrendering the army! He thought that the Dragon Gate was surrounded by a large army, and it must be fine, but he didn't know that Zuo Guangxian was really a fierce general! ”

"Oh, what do you mean by Sun Du, you can recruit Zuo Guang first anyway?" Zhu Cihong daxiao in his heart. Li Zicheng did it himself this time. Don't live! If Zuo Guangxian can lead the troops anyway, it will undoubtedly dig out Li Zicheng's heart.

"Zuo Guangxian was still loyal and brave when he was under the command of Lao Chen, and he must be the first in every battle." Sun Chuanting said: "Let's wait for the minister to pass on a letter and see what he says." ”

"So good! Sun Du can make it clear to him: as long as he is willing to do it right, not only will he not be blamed for the crime of being a thief. Reward him with new merits! Zhu Cihong did not hesitate to write a blank check.

Since Sun Chuanting dared to take the initiative to propose this jihua, he was obviously quite sure.

Sure enough, only two days after the letter was sent, Zuo Guangxian sent a familiar family member to secretly cross the river and present a copy of the secret letter, detailing how he fought in Tongguan that day, but was injured and comatose before being captured. And because Bai Guangen and Gao Jie did not save the two general soldiers, they were cold and cold, confused for a while, and surrendered to Li Chuang by mistake. Now that the crown prince is not to blame for the past, Zuo is naturally willing to make meritorious service and abandon the darkness to the light.

Zhu Cihong sent the letter to Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting brought up the family again and asked carefully. In the end, it was concluded that Zuo Guangxian did have the intention of rectifying, and he could ask him to defect before the battle.

Zhu Cihong hadn't been so happy for a long time, and said with a smile: "Since Li Zicheng insists on fighting with me, then I will fight with him!" Submit a letter to the thief, the fifteenth day of the first month is the zuihou deadline, if he refuses to change, then give up! Anyway, the gifts given to You Shiwei and other veterans have come down, and the court understands their loyalty, and they can also understand the helplessness of the court. ”

Sun Chuanting knew that this was Zhu Cihong persecuting Li Zicheng, and he was also happy in his heart: This Li thief overturned the sky of the Ming Dynasty, and now there is a time when he is strangled by someone's neck!

The letter was quickly transmitted by the messenger and sent all the way to Li Zicheng, who was still in Xi'an. Zhu Cihong set a limit of fifteen, which was precisely to make Li Zicheng come in a hurry, unable to mobilize all the troops.

Gu Junen looked at the letter, and inevitably muttered in his heart: Could it be that there is fraud in this? The 100,000 army is pressing on this side, not only does Prince Zhu not escape, but also has the heart to exchange Liu Zongmin for You Shiwei? You Shiwei can fight, but he will not let the prince of the country take such a big risk.

Niu Jinxing secretly said in his heart: For the sake of a few bad old men who are fast into the coffin, he will take risks, and this Zhu family is not a person who can become a climate.

Li Zicheng was also surprised by Zhu Cihong's reaction, but he still said after all: "Prince Zhu may not have any ability to plot against me, it is nothing more than blocking the river and preventing my cavalry from outflanking his back road." Even if I don't use this method, how can he resist just the iron hooves of the army? ”

"Will there be an ambush?" Song Xiance does not advocate doing such extraneous things. In his opinion, Li Zicheng was relieved for a full month because of Liu Zongmin, and he did not let the army chase and fight the prince of the Zhu family into a desperate situation, which was already too worthy of Liu Zongmin. Which founding emperor in the history books treated his generals so benevolently? A glass of wine to release the military power is already very generous, and when you meet a male lord like Zhu Chongba, all those who can fight well will die!

"Haha," Li Zicheng daxiao said, "where is he in ambush?" How many centaurs can be ambushed? I got food from Longmen, and the army of 100,000 went to Shanxi, not to mention a child of the Zhu family, even if no one in the entire Zhu Dynasty could resist my army. ”

None of the ministers wanted to be serious with Li Zicheng on this issue.

In terms of the current area under the command of Dashun, it is not too good, and the land of Huguang is still in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong. The magistrate had no administrative experience, and he was separated from the local powerhouse, so it was not known when the land reclamation would be completely restored. The Dashun army has preached everywhere that it will be free of grain for three years, and now the grain and grass are all obtained by recovering stolen goods, but who can say how much more can be chased?

It's a mess!

However, no matter how vague the accounts are, it does not hinder the clarity of the general trend. As long as these hundreds of thousands of troops advance eastward, unless Zhu Ming transfers all the Ning troops into the pass, it will be impossible to stop the Shun army!

"It's just a passing move to change back to Zong Min, I know very well about national affairs and personal affairs!" Li Zicheng defended himself: "If Zong Min is not over there, won't they fight Shanxi?" If you don't cross the Yellow River when it freezes, what are you waiting for? You guys, you just think too much, what's the matter? Prince Zhu can win one or two battles, that is the right place, and my army can't be opened. When we cross the river, our army is in formation, and it is useless for him to fight! ”

Zhong Wenchen thinks about it, this is also the reason, anyway, the war will be the general's business from now on, and at most the military advisor Song Xiance will be spared. Wenzhi is still very busy here, to prepare for new subjects, and to change the rules and etiquette, how can there be so much spare time to take care of these. (To be continued......)

PS: Happy weekend everyone! Would it be good to reserve a referral ticket for next week? Because I heard that there is a good recommendation next week, if the results are not good-looking, Xiaotang will be a little embarrassed......