A few days later, the city of Nanjing.

In the Forbidden City, in the Xingning Palace, Li Zicheng was looking at the newspapers one by one, and Xu Xiake was also making a statement about the news sent by all parties.

"Emperor Qiqi, according to the news sent by Shaoxing Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion, since Zhu Yujian and Zhu Yihai ascended the throne one after another, at the beginning, the two could still sit down and talk well, but, just recently, in order to compete for the throne, who is orthodox, the relationship between the two has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and they have also killed each other's messengers."

"Moreover, according to the news sent by Xiong Wencan and General Ma, Zhu Yujian was extremely strong, seeing that Zhu Yihai was unwilling to abdicate and return to the domain, just recently, it was very likely to send troops south to conquer Zhu Yihai, and the latter did not show weakness."

"Also, since knowing the news of Zhu Yihai's ascension to the throne as emperor, Zheng Zhilong's attitude has become extremely ambiguous, and he wants to surrender more and more, and wants to establish himself as the king in the southeast and set up Zhu Yujian."

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I have to say that over the years, Li Zicheng has developed the ability to use two minds, even if he is browsing one newspaper after another, he can also listen to Xu Xiake's information clearly, and can think accordingly, and combine it with the intelligence information in his hand to figure out and summarize.

"Hehe... Mr. Xu, no wonder Zheng Zhilong's attitude changed so quickly and became so ambiguous, you see, in just over half a month, since he was named the Marquis of Pingyu, one family, two marquis and three uncles, almost controlled all the troops of the Longwu Imperial Court, and the sky in the southeast was three feet high, in this case, it is not the emperor, it is better than the emperor, how can people take the initiative to accept our restraints? ”

Between speaking, Li Zicheng had a faint smile on his face, looking very confident, and after reading all the Di newspapers, he gently threw the last one aside on the table and looked at Xu Xiake.

"That's what I said, then the emperor, what should we do next? Is it to give up Zheng Zhilong and directly use strong means to capture the southeast? Xu Xiake's expression was very serious, and he met Li Zicheng's gaze with great anticipation.

"Hmm... Ignore him for now, let him go, and then talk about it. ”

Li Zicheng pondered for a while, and after responding lightly, he seemed to think of something happy, and said loudly: "It's really interesting, it's such a critical and critical juncture, the Ming court not only unexpectedly produced two emperors, but also fought fiercely, interesting, really interesting, if you want it to perish, you must first make it crazy, nothing more!" ”

Hear this. Xu Xiake couldn't help but feel a flash of inspiration in his heart, and couldn't help but answer: "Your Majesty, what do you mean... Stop going south for the time being, don't move Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian first, let them fight hard, continuous internal friction, let's sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman? ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."

Li Zicheng nodded lightly, and after affirming Xu Xiake's guess, then Yu added: "However, it is not that there is no action at all, but the strategy of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi will be put aside first, and Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong will continue to take the opportunity to take Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, and make a detour to Guangxi." ”

For a while, with Li Zicheng's narration, Xu Xiake's mind came up with the combat path map of the Dashun Army, and a large arc encompassed Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong.

Moreover, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian's infighting, it was also just the right time for the soldiers to take a good rest. The most critical thing is that in a few months, our army took three major provinces in a row, Sichuan, Huguang, and this Nanzhili, although a lot of troops were collected and most of the rebel army was integrated, but the troops stationed in the three places were still somewhat stretched. ”

As he spoke, the ridicule and emotion in Li Zicheng's words became stronger and stronger, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Hehe... Having said that, Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian are really a pair of living treasures, after ascending the throne, it is a wanton reward, from the late grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, to brothers and sisters, and that official, it was sealed all over again, and there were many more kings and nobles out of thin air, such a dynasty has not been destroyed, it is really intolerable. ”

Xu Xiake nodded frequently when he heard it, with a look of deep disapproval, in addition to the words of ridicule and emotion, he understood what Li Zicheng meant, and the voice of the extraneous voice, although there were many troops recruited, the Dashun army skyrocketed again, but problems followed.

The more troops are recruited, it means that the composition of the Dashun army will be more complicated, and correspondingly, the combat effectiveness will also decline, and problems will easily occur.

After all, whether it was the Ming army that surrendered on its own initiative or the rebel army that was absorbed, the quality of the soldiers was difficult to praise, even if the military orders were like mountains, strictly enforced, and merciless, and many people were killed, but they still couldn't change their bad habits.

When there is a war, it is easy to smash and loot and harm the common people!

Whether it was in the past or now, Xu Xiake has seen such things, it is too much, and while he hates it, he gradually becomes a little numb, which is conducive to Xu Xiake to deal with this kind of incident.

As long as they encounter the rampant soldiers of the Dashun Army, they do not obey the discipline, and if they resist, they can be killed in the street, and they will not be held accountable in the slightest.

"By the way, Mr. Xu, also, take advantage of this time, you and Song Yingxing to coordinate and send a group of officials over as quickly as possible to supplement the three provinces, if a large number of surrendered officials are appointed, especially the chief officials of the state, government, and county, it is too dangerous, although the military power is still in the hands of the imperial court, and the Dashun army is responsible for the city defense."

"Well, Your Majesty, this Weichen understands."

Xu Xiake agreed, with a solemn look on his face, and then said: "Moreover, Weichen has already taken action and contacted Lord Song, so far, three waves of officials have been sent from the north and various base areas, flooding the important yamen of the three provinces. ”

"Okay, then I'll be relieved."

When he said this, Li Zicheng exhaled in his heart, and his body relaxed a little.

All along, with the capture of the three provinces, Li Zicheng had two heart problems, one was the urgent shortage of officials in charge, and the other was that the overall combat effectiveness of the army had declined, and the personnel were too mixed, but he had to absorb them, and it was impossible to let them all go.

After all, as the territory increases, so does the need for garrisons.

The more time passes, as long as the governance of the three provinces is regularized, the problems of the officials will be solved, and the loyalty of those who surrender will not be worried.

Of course, Li Zicheng also knows very well in his heart that the decline in the overall combat effectiveness of the Dashun Army, in the short term, is an inexplicable matter, and can only be made up for with firearms, especially the quality of those soldiers who have been recruited, can only use iron-blooded means to deter them, kill one by one, kill one by one, kill one by one, and kill one by one, until they obey the rules!

As soon as he thought of this, a trace of cruel coldness flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes.

After all, a rat poop spoils a pot of porridge happens from time to time, and those problematic soldiers seriously affect the honor of the Dashun Army, which will weaken the impression of the Dashun Dynasty in the minds of the people.