Gao Yigong saw that Lingbao and the others were on guard, and he expected that he would not be able to break through the attack, so it was better to go to Tongguan to help Li Zicheng kill Sun Chuanting first and then make a plan.

So Gao Yigong ordered his men to retreat, and soon someone reported the news to Zhang Biwu. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, they couldn't help but sweat, if they didn't prepare for war, they would die. It seems that Li Zicheng can't be trusted!

Zhang Biwu didn't say anything, he was just listening to the situation of the Ming army, although he knew that Shaanxi would be taken away by Li Zicheng, but he was still listening to the news.

The latest news is: less than half of the Ming army retreated to Tongguan, although there were still 40,000 people, all of them were frightened birds, and the families of the soldiers were all in Tongguan, and they rushed to enter the pass to protect their wives and children.

In this way, the rebels also rushed into Tongguan. Luo Hu, the fierce general in the rebel army, first rushed into Tongguan regardless of the danger and controlled the gate of Tongguan, for which the rebel army had to capture Tongguan. Sun Chuanting died in the enemy's ranks.

After the rebels captured Tongguan, they continued to attack Xi'an, Xi'an defender Wang Genzi opened the city gate and surrendered, Qin King Zhu Cunshu was captured alive, and Shaanxi governor Feng Shikong and others committed suicide.

Since then, Li Zizi has divided his troops into two ways to pursue and suppress the remnants of the Ming army, and he wants to occupy Shaanxi at full speed, and he changed the name of Xi'an back to the past - Chang'an, and also ordered next year's grain to be levied one or two or three yuan per stone, and this winter to fold six thousand catties of grass per stone, and lose to Chang'an. The counties sent 300 mules, levied thousands of stones, fought greatly, and plundered the huge room to help pay.

When Zhang Biwu heard this, he sighed, because when Li Zicheng was in trouble, he said that as long as he occupied the place, he would be exempted from money and taxes. But now, as soon as he occupied Shaanxi, he began to collect money and grain. Isn't this the same as the Ming Dynasty? He wasn't thinking it was time to resume production. Let the people live in peace and contentment, but began to collect money and grain to supply the war.

There is no doubt that Sun Chuanting's rout will be a fatal blow to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen will never be able to breathe anymore. Therefore, there is a saying that Sun Chuanting died and the Ming Dynasty died.

Zhang Biwu also had to be careful, for fear that Li Zicheng's army would go out to destroy him, and he would not dare to disobey Li Zicheng's orders. As long as you can save yourself, a momentary humiliation is nothing! Since ancient times, those who have achieved great things are incapable of bending and stretching.

Because of Zhang Biwu's obedience, Li Zicheng temporarily relaxed, and Li Zicheng thought that all the Qin land, the establishment of the country was the top priority, so as to announce to the world that he Li Zicheng would be the new emperor who replaced the Ming Dynasty!

At the beginning of the new year, Li Zicheng was called the emperor, although he was called the emperor, he did not ascend the throne, and Li Zicheng took Li Jiqian as the ancestor. The country name is "Dashun", and the seventeenth year of Chongzhen is the first year of Yongchang. Xi'an was changed to Chang'an, and the capital was Chang'an.

After Li Zicheng's internal quarrels were endless, what was the basic policy of Dashun State, that is, whether to consolidate the territory that had been seized, and first vigorously spend two or three years to let the people live and work in peace and contentment and resume production. In this way, it is to consolidate the national foundation of Dashun and extend benevolence to let the people feel the kindness of the Dashun Dynasty. The ministers who put forward this opinion were represented by Li Yan, Song Xiance, and Tian Jianxiu.

And the vast majority of civil officials and military generals, especially the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, vigorously suggested to Li Zicheng that they should quickly hit the city of Beijing with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, seize the Ming Dynasty, and establish a glorious unified country!

Li Zicheng was completely lost in the flattery of Debi Yao Shun and Gong Mai Tang Wu. In the past few years, he has been winning battles, one after another, making him think that the Ming army is already vulnerable, as long as he adds more strength, this Ming country is easy to defeat.

When Zhang Biwu received a letter from Li Yan, he asked him to also write to Li Zicheng, asking Li Zicheng to be conservative, consolidate the territory he had seized, and wait until the national strength was strong before forging ahead.

The current Ming Dynasty is a lamb to be slaughtered, just like raising it for a few more years will not help, it is better to consolidate its strength first. The Dongyu outside the gate is the most terrifying! Li Yan thought that this was indeed rare and valuable, and he thought of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs alone.

Li Zicheng saw Zhang Biwu's recital, and the tone and Li Yan seemed to be carved out of the same look, he couldn't help sneering and said, "Hmph! Prime Minister! You said that Zhang Biwu was loyal to Li Yan, and he was really not wrong! Look at it, the tone on the fold is simply the same as Li Yan! ”

At this time, Niu Jinxing was already a scholar of Tianyou Pavilion, and he was appointed as the left assistant of the Dashun regime, which was equivalent to the prime minister, and Li Zicheng designated him as the head of the civil officials, and his status was only lower than Liu Zongmin among the hundred civil and military officials.

Niu Venus sighed and said, "Alas! What a pity! Zhang Biwu is not loyal to the emperor! If only I were loyal to the emperor! ”

Li Zicheng asked: "Prime Minister, what do you think Lone should do?" Who should I listen to? Will it recuperate, or will it quickly destroy the Ming Dynasty and seize the world? "Because although Li Zicheng is the emperor, but he has not yet ascended the throne, so he did not call himself me, and just like when he was called the king of Dashun, he called himself Lonely, and after he ascended the throne, he called himself I.

Niu Jinxing has been figuring out Li Zicheng's thoughts all day long, he naturally knows that after Li Zicheng became suspicious of Li Yan, he didn't want to listen to Li Yan's words, plus so many civil and military forces were persuading him to fight under the city of Beijing and seize the Ming Dynasty, his heart wanted to create more brilliant achievements than Li Tang! In fact, Li Zicheng's idea has already been decided, and he is just pretending to ask for opinions.

Although Niu Jinxing knew that he wanted to obey the emperor's heart, he couldn't offend Tian Jianxiu and Li Yan, he had to balance all parties as a prime minister! He wants to be left and right, and the current Niu Jinxing is thinking about how to be his prime minister and how to do a good job of his image.

Therefore, Niu Jinxing said: "Lin Quan's opinion is very stable, and it is not unreasonable for him to persuade His Majesty to slow down and forge ahead!" It's just that the opinions of the civil and military officials are not bad, they want to seize the Ming Dynasty, which is exactly the goal of His Majesty's bloody struggle for more than ten years! ”

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Okay! Prime Minister, you can give Lone a foundation! Is Lin Quan's opinion good? Or is it better for hundreds of officials? ”

Niu Jinxing said truthfully: "The opinions of hundreds of officials should be followed!" If we don't take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty has no power to fight back, defeat and destroy him, and wait until he has caught his breath, it will be difficult for us to clean up the Ming Dynasty! And just bothering the people for more than a year, defeating the Ming Dynasty will allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment! Isn't that better than taking a longer time to fight? How can you live and work in peace and contentment if you leave an old enemy alone? ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Li Zicheng laughed out loud and said, "It's so good! Prime Minister, what you said is exactly what I have in mind! Lone has decided! Enter Beijing and seize the Ming Dynasty in Beijing! Announce to the world that our Dashun will replace the Ming Dynasty and become the lord of the world! Therefore, I will prepare a large army to attack Beijing in two ways! ”

"Yes! The Emperor Shengming! Niu Jinxing immediately clasped his fists and saluted. The smugness in his heart: "Lin Quan, you will not take away your favor from Your Majesty!" Ha! Now it's a war, so naturally Liu Zongmin is the main one, but when the world is calm, the head of the hundred officials must be my bull Venus! You Li Yan can't take my place! I will never allow anyone to snatch it! ”

Li Zicheng didn't realize that when his subordinates were all thinking about fighting for fame and fortune, his country was buried with the foreshadowing of its demise, which was extremely dangerous!

Li Zicheng also said: "Prime Minister, look at it again, Zhang Biwu thinks that the most difficult thing for us to deal with is Zhou Yuji. Zhang Biwu said that he wanted to deal with Zhou Yuji in person and wanted to persuade Zhou Yuji to surrender. ”

Niu Jinxing couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Zhou Yuji will be the biggest obstacle for us to advance eastward?" Ning Wu? Although Zhou Yuji is a brave general, he can't stop us! ”

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Yes! Prime minister! I think the same thing as you! There is no one in the world who can resist the victorious Dashun army! No matter who goes east, there is no forgiveness for those who stop it! ”

"Yes! Our army will win! Your Majesty is mighty! Niu Venus immediately responded. Li Zicheng is preparing for his eastward expansion.

At the same time, the reason why Zhang Biwu listened to Li Yan's words and gave Li Zicheng a fold was because he wanted to persuade Li Zicheng, if Li Zicheng did not go east to attack Beijing as soon as possible, history could be rewritten, but in the end he still failed to persuade him.

He didn't just do this, what he had to do was to secretly write a letter to Wang Chengen, and ask Wang Chengen to persuade Chongzhen to obey the minister's advice. Move south to Nanjing, otherwise, let the prince supervise the country in Nanjing, so that history can be rewritten.

As long as there are not Hongguang and several other princes of the Zhu family to call the king and emperor, then the south will not be divided, and maybe they can be united! The people in the north will also respond because Chongzhen is still in the south, and even if the Qing army defeats Li Zicheng, it will be difficult to live in Beijing for a long time.

Zhang Biwu thought that although he thought so, Zhang Biwu was not sure that Chongzhen would listen to him, if history could not be changed, Zhang Biwu was ready to go to Beijing City, and he wanted to save Princess Kunxing's life! Of course, the most important thing is to save Zhou Yuji!

The wheel of history is still unstoppable, and it is moving forward according to its established trajectory.

Chongzhen originally considered wanting to move south, but the ministers were all stopping him, because the ministers were persuading Chongzhen for their own interests and did not consider the country.

This time, Empress Zhou ignored the iron law that the palace was not allowed to interfere in politics, and she begged Chongzhen to let Chongzhen go to their other home, Nanjing Nanjiao. When the Son of Heaven was covered with dust, there was also the matter of Nan Hunting.

But Chongzhen wants reputation too much, too much face! He also thinks that Li Zicheng will not attack the city of Beijing so quickly, and the Eight Banners have attacked the city of Beijing so many times before, didn't he hold Beijing? I'll be able to hold it this time! Driven by this thought, Chongzhen will make the wrong decision.

The court was also discussing whether to summon Wu Sangui to Beijing to escort him, and there were also endless debates in the court, delaying everything. (To be continued......)