In the afternoon of the same day, in the city of Luzhou, the capital of Luzhou, the prefect's yamen.

At this time, it was occupied by a large number of Dashun troops, with layers of defense, five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, which can be described as a strict guard, and even a fly could not fly out.

In the study, Li Zicheng sat there in armor, as if he felt a little uncomfortable, owing his body, and Li Jin stood opposite, reporting the battle situation of all parties, and there were only two uncles and nephews in the room.

"Your Majesty, according to the military reports sent by the marshals, as well as the news from all over the country returned by our intelligence system, the progress of the various troops is extremely smooth, and some of them have far exceeded expectations, like the actions of the two marshals Yuan Zongdi and Wu Ruyi, it can be said that the smooth and surprising, almost without much effort, Xuzhou and Huai'an Mansion have fallen into the hands of our army, and the local people have not resisted much.......

Li Zicheng was full of smiles, very happy, and nodded frequently when he heard it, as soon as Li Jingang finished speaking, he then asked: "How is the situation on Gao Yigong and Liu Zongmin's side?" ”

"Hmm... Your Majesty, there have been some twists and turns without the smoothness on our side. ”

Hearing Li Jin's answer, Li Zicheng suddenly changed his expression, and asked with a slight frown, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's like this, Zuo Liangyu suddenly launched an attack and attacked the rebel coalition army in Fang County. However, when the Ming army had not yet reached Fangxian City, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, the leaders of the rebel army, got the news in time, but the retreat was still a little late, and they were chased and killed by the Ming army, which can be described as a heavy loss. ”

"Zhang Xianzhong not only lost most of his troops, but even his women were all lost, captured by the Ming army, Luo Rucai's troops were less than 10,000 people, Ge Liyan was killed by the Ming army, and his subordinates were absorbed by Zuo Liangyu......"

Before Li Jin finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Zicheng, and his words were full of impatience.

"Okay, I'm not interested in the situation of the Eight Great Kings and Cao Cao and others, whether they are dead or alive has nothing to do with me. I'm wondering now, what's going on with the High Chief? Whether the many state capitals and counties in Huguang can proceed according to the plan and take it in one fell swoop. ”

After saying this, he saw that his nephew's expression was a little strange, although he changed his name to Li Jin, but he still instantly penetrated Li Guo's thoughts, after all, the two are the same age, and they are growing up together, and they know each other very well.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't have any special feelings for Leader Gao. The reason why this is the case, you should know that many of the generals in our Dashun army are the subordinates of the old king, if you can't safely settle the only younger brother of the old king, it is easy to make those generals feel guilty, which is not conducive to future actions, and in one fell swoop to wipe out the remaining forces of the Ming court in the south. ”

Li Jin's expression had returned to normal, and when he heard his own uncle being so affectionately called, he didn't talk to him with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, nodded approvingly, and echoed: "Uncle, I understand that although the Dashun Army is unrivaled in combat and no one can plunder its front, there are still some hidden unstable factors. ”

"After all, in these years, we have absorbed too many other rebel armies, and there will definitely be many internal problems, and in order to completely solve these problems, we must completely eliminate the remnants of the Ming court, and in the process, we can grind away those hidden problems. As long as the world is unified, the customs are stabilized, and the four seas are surrendered, the Dashun army can be thoroughly rectified and those problems can be eliminated. ”

"Yes, well, if only you could understand that."

Li Zicheng said this slowly, then sighed, and then said with a little emotion: "So, in the future, for a period of time, you must learn to balance the forces within the Great Shun Army and ease the relationship between them. At the same time, we should strengthen our original team as much as possible in order to prepare for the future reform of the Dashun Army. ”

At this moment, a bright color flashed in Li Jin's mind, and there was a hint of enlightenment, and he couldn't help but think of another thing.

No wonder my uncle would happily agree to Song Yingxing's disarmament proposal, maybe there is really a shortage of labor, I am afraid that there is no such consideration, as much as possible to weaken the other rebel armies and the Ming court army, and reduce their proportion in the Dashun army.

The direct line of men and horses in their hands has been greatly reduced, and the strength of those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the Dashun army has also weakened a lot.

Without two big claws, no matter how much you think about it, you can't cross it!

Obviously, Li Zicheng and Li Jin both understood this, and the two tacitly smiled slightly, looked at each other very tacitly, and nodded lightly at the same time, everything was silent.

At this time, Li Jin suddenly remembered Li Zicheng's second question, and then suddenly said: "By the way, uncle, there is no danger to Leader Gao, the 20,000 cavalry led by a power leader rushed to Fangxian City in time, and successfully incorporated several rebel armies, and killed Zuo Liangyu to a great defeat, losing most of his troops, but led less than 10,000 subordinates to flee to the south of Huguang, and the rest were scattered." ”

"Moreover, Liu Tichun came to report that he caught Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, but he didn't expect Zhu Changfa, the king of Guiyang, to also be in Xiangyang, and as a result, he captured two vassal kings in the first battle, and the weapons, rice grain, money and silver seized were even more numerous."

Li Zicheng smiled, smiled very happily, and said abruptly: "Hehe... This Yang Sichang, who is bent on encircling and suppressing the rebel armies from all walks of life, does not hesitate to wag his tail and beg for mercy from the Qing army, begging for peace, and proposing 'four positive and six corners' and 'ten-sided nets', and as a result, all the food and salaries raised are cheaper for us, which is really ridiculous. ”

Hearing these words, Li Jin didn't laugh, his face turned cold, showing a hint of disdain, and mocked: "This Yang Sichang is not a thing, in order to realize his bullshit plan, in order to be able to raise money, he did not hesitate to apportion military salaries in the area of Huguang, which made the life of the people who were already having a hard time live more difficult, the reason why Yigong and Zong Min's actions were so smooth, in detail, is still a credit to Yang Sichang, otherwise, the people would not fall to us so quickly." ”

"Moreover, there is also that Zuo Liangyu, the common people in this area at the junction of Huguang, Shaanxi and Henan, can be said to hate them so much that they hate them so much that they hate them, and they rob the soldiers and rob the women of the good family, which is worse than robbers and bandits, and they are simply a wolf dressed in the official army."

"Hey... It's not the first time that something like this has happened, there are more Ming troops like this. ”

Li Zicheng sighed, echoed with emotion, and shook his head again and again, as if he felt that the atmosphere was too heavy, and asked after a while: "By the way, Guo'er, how is the matter with Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Obviously, Li Jin was still immersed in the negative emotions just now, paused slightly, and then came to his senses in an instant, and hurriedly replied: "Uncle, that matter is also going well, according to the news from Laiheng, at this time, Zhu Cihong should have entered Nanjing City." ”