As soon as he saw Li Zicheng lying on the bed and already completely dead, Li Yan had already fallen to the ground and wept: "Your Majesty! What a miserable death you had! ”

Gao Yigong, Liu Tiren, Li Jin, Li Nian, Tian Hualong, Dang Shousu, Yuan Zongdi and other major forces in the history of Longwu, Yongli and Kuidong in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, as well as the thirteen major forces of Kuidong to resist the Qing Dynasty, were still under the command of Li Zicheng at this moment, and the generals and others under Li Zicheng had also gathered around Li Zicheng's body, all showing grief and indignation.

"Military advisor, please also mourn the change, Your Majesty is dead, the army is in turmoil, how to deal with it now, and please give the military advisor an idea!"

Li Yan has always had a very high prestige in the Shun army, his brother Li Nian and his wife are the main generals of the Chuang army, and even Li Zicheng's wife and brother like Gao Yigong have a deep friendship with Li Yan, so now that Li Zicheng is dead, a civil and military official can only ask Li Yan to come out to make an idea, not to mention that Prime Minister Niu Jinxing no longer knows his whereabouts.

At this time, it was General Shun Junquan who spoke Gao Yigong.

However, Li Yan still held back his tears and asked, "What about the prime minister?" ”

"That bird is afraid that it will run away early, and it won't be able to find anyone else for half a day, not even the corpse!"

Guangshan Boguoyi's general Liu Tiren and Niu Jinxing have always been at odds, so he replied casually.

"Li Nian, you take a team of soldiers to find the whereabouts of the prime minister everywhere, you want to see people when you die, and you want to see people when you live!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, he ordered someone to cover Li Zicheng with a layer of white cloth, and turned around to face the civil and military officials of the Shun army: "Everyone! Now Your Majesty is in trouble, it is really the misfortune of the country, but now the Qing army is about to pursue, the road ahead is uncertain, we can't allow us to mourn for a moment, and now I also ask you to calm the hearts of the army, turn grief into strength, and take revenge before Your Majesty as soon as possible, and punish the Tartars! ”

"Punish the Tartars!"

Like Li Yan, most of the generals of the Shun army hated the Qing army at this time, after all, the Qing army took away the splendid world that should have belonged to them, and they were originally the masters of this world, but now they are still thieves, so they naturally hate it deeply, so they followed Li Yan to echo it.

Of course, this is also the reason why the remnants of Li Zicheng became the main force of the Southern Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty after surrendering to the Ming court, in Gu Cheng's words, from this moment on, Li Zicheng died, the main contradiction has completely turned into China's resistance to foreign invasion, the class struggle has begun to withdraw from the stage, whether it is the peasant army or the official army, they have to face the same enemy, that is, to take away the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for more than 200 years.

"At present, the dragons have no leader, and Your Majesty has no heirs, we should push a co-master, the military advisor you are highly respected and resourceful, in the past, Your Majesty adopted your advice, and I Dashun won every time, and now it is because Your Majesty trusts the surnamed Niu that it has led to this point today, so we might as well set up a military division to fight against the Tartars together!"

Gao Yigong took the initiative to say this, and Liu Tiren, Yuan Zongdi, and Li Jin also echoed, and hurriedly knelt down to call Li Yan long live.

Li Yan suddenly drew his sword around his neck: "If you trap Li in injustice again, Li will kill himself!" ”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stood up, and it was difficult to say anything more.

"Your heart, Li can also understand, but now that His Majesty has just died, it is really unkind and unjust to seize his position, and since the day Li rebelled from the court, he has already left behind his personal life and death, honor and disgrace and even the heart of fame and fortune, and he is only willing to do his best to save the people in the world, how dare he have the heart of the emperor! Now that the prime minister's whereabouts are unknown, Li will make decisions for you, and when the prime minister appears, all major military affairs will be handed over to the prime minister! ”

As soon as Li Yan said this, all the Dashun generals agreed.

Then, Li Yan began to directly order: "Linqu male high school merit, your department immediately entered Xiangyang, Guangshan Bo Liu Tiren, your department immediately entered Jingzhou, Xuanwu General Dang Shousu, your department immediately entered Wuchang, the right battalion general Yuan Zongdi, your department immediately went west to Enshi to raise grain, Li Jinbu went south to Changsha to raise grain, and at the same time, your two departments contacted Li Guosuo's department from Xi'an to Hanzhong, and at the same time, Tian Hualong's department immediately rushed to the aid of the Red Lady, occupied Dengzhou, and resisted the westward advance of the Duoduo department!" ”

"Order!"

The generals of the Shun army took their orders and left.

And Li Yan was silently guarding Li Zicheng's corpse, and he didn't know why a wave of Tartar cavalry suddenly appeared.

At this time, the 3,000 men and horses brought by Li Yan's old personal servant Li Gui came to Li Yan's side at this time, and he still used the previous title in the Li Mansion: "Uncle, there is a person who claims to be the commander of the right battalion under Liu Fangliang, the general of the right battalion, asks to see, and his name is Lan Guanwei!" ”

"Lan Dog!"

Li Yan knew Lan Guanwei, Lan Guanwei was the adopted son of Liu Fangliang, and even his name was taken by Li Yan himself, so he had some impressions.

Although Liu Fangliang has taken refuge in the Ming court, Li Yan is not disgusted, after all, Liu Fangliang did not take refuge in the Qing court.

Therefore, Li Yan met with Lan Guanwei.

As soon as Lan Guanwei saw Li Yan, he knelt down directly: "My nephew has seen Uncle Li, please ask Uncle Li to receive a big gift from my nephew." ”

Li Yan saw Lan Guanwei wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife at his waist, and couldn't help but ask, "When did you become a brocade guard?" ”

"Last summer, Your Majesty saw that your nephew was talented and good at using firearms, so he assigned his nephew to work in Jinyiwei, and now he is a thousand households in Jinyiwei, and his nephew is now coming to see Uncle Li is also under the order of His Majesty, and Wu commands him to entrust him!"

Before Lan Guanwei finished speaking, Li Yan pulled out his sword and pointed at Lan Guanwei: "Lan Gouzi, if you just look at your Uncle Li today, I can catch up with you, but if you come to be a lobbyist for the imperial court, don't blame your Uncle Li for being ruthless with his sword, come here!" ”

Li Yan squatted and drank, and Li Gui appeared in front of him with someone.

"Uncle Li is slow, my nephew wants to ask Uncle Li, if Uncle Li is still looking for the whereabouts of Niu Venus, my nephew has a secret letter from the Tartars, and I invite Uncle Li to take a look!"

Lan Guanwei hurriedly picked up the letter.

Li Yan took the secret letter, and when he saw that it was indeed Niu Jinxing's words, and then looked at the content, it was Niu Jinxing, who was entrusted by the traitor Wu Sangui to plot to slander Li Zicheng and slander him, Li Yan and provide the specific location of the Qing army's Wu Sangui Department's own Shun Army.

"No wonder the Tartar cavalry can find here, Niu Jinxing, you traitor who sells for glory!"

Li Yan was actually dissatisfied with Niu Jinxing in his heart, but now that he saw that there was a secret letter, and Niu Jinxing was missing again, he naturally believed that all this was true.

Niu Jinxing's defection to the enemy and the killing of Li Zicheng immediately spread to the ears of all Shunjun, Niu Jinxing's prestige was greatly damaged, and Li Yan's prestige increased again.

"Your Majesty has admired Uncle Li's talent for a long time, and Your Majesty has already made it clear that if Uncle Li is willing to join the imperial court, he will not only forgive Uncle Li for all his previous crimes, but also grant Uncle Li the position of a squire, enter the cabinet, add the title of Sangu, and take charge of the staff of the Generalissimo's Mansion!"

Lan Guanwei said and said, "Of course, if Uncle Li has other conditions, his nephew can also convey His Majesty for Uncle Li!" ”