That night, in the city of Nanjing and in the palace, Li Zicheng was still reading at night, dealing with military affairs one by one.

At this moment, a guard ran in quickly, holding the newspaper in his hand, and kept shouting: "Your Majesty, good news, good news, good news, good news from Huguang!" ”

In an instant, Li Zicheng was like a drug, the whole person's spirit was shocked, the look in his eyes was bright, the light flickered, and he responded loudly: "Quick, quickly submit the report to the palace!" ”

Gradually, as Li Zicheng went deeper, the more he read the content of the newspaper, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't help but praise: "Haha... I really didn't expect that Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong acted so quickly and quickly, and they took the entire territory of Huguang nearly a month ahead of schedule. ”

"Hey, hey... Your Majesty, not only that, according to the news sent back by the brothers in front, General Lu Shiyi had already led his army into Sichuan, and occupied Long'an Mansion, Baoning Mansion and Kuizhou Mansion from the north, and almost encountered little resistance, and easily controlled the three places. ”

Li Zicheng didn't pay attention to the guards' babbling, as an emperor, especially after reading the Di newspaper, of course he knew that the reason why Lu Shiyi was so smooth was mainly because almost all the Ming soldiers in Sichuan had gathered in Chongqing Mansion, and the north was already unguarded.

"Okay, you go down, I have to rest early today, and early tomorrow morning, call Mr. Xu."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The stars shift, the moon sets and the sun rises.

On the morning of the next day, Li Zicheng, Xu Xiake, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and others gathered in the Wuying Hall and were engaged in a public discussion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you must already know that our army has been victorious day by day, the actions of all parties have been carried out smoothly, the two battlefields in the east and west have been completely opened up and connected, the entire Yangtze River is under the control of our Dashun army, and Yangzhou Mansion in the north of the river has also been completely occupied."

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng's words paused, his eyes swept back and forth between the people, and after a while, he continued: "At this time, the general trend has been decided, the world is so big, we have controlled six or seven out of ten, and the remaining forces of the Ming Court are only Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places. As for Sichuan, it will be captured in a few days. ”

"Therefore, after careful consideration and repeated consideration last night, I think that from now on, we will no longer block the news, so as to deter and conquer the remaining Ming army and the people in the south with many achievements and our policies."

All the people present were thoughtful, very smart, and they understood what Li Zicheng meant in an instant, what did he want to plot?

This is a soldier who wants to surrender without a fight, and before fighting, first defeat the opponent mentally and let the opponent fall behind.

After all, in just over a month, the record of the Dashun army can be described as amazing, crossing the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, and easily controlling Nanzhili and Huguang, especially the former, there are many state capitals and counties, and the Ming army can take it down, which is enough to show the combat ability of the Dashun army!

Of course, the proud record of killing 100,000 Tartars is enough to prove the combat effectiveness of the Dashun army.

However, the killing of 100,000 Tartars, after all, is in the north, too far from the south, far less than occupying Nanjing City, capturing Zhu Yousong, etc., is more intuitive and shocking, enough to destroy some people's will to resist!

Xu Xiake walked out and responded loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen agrees with this, the current Ming Court is just struggling to survive, and most of the remaining generals are greedy for life and afraid of death, just like grass on the wall, if these news spread, it will definitely be able to deter it and let it take the initiative to surrender." In this way, some state capitals can stop fighting as soon as possible and dominate the world. ”

Huang Zongxi stepped forward and followed closely and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen also agrees." However, when these news reach the state capital and county seat in the south, our public opinion must also keep up, whether it is for civilian officials, military generals, or ordinary people, we must publicize it in place, so as to weaken the resistance of those diehards to the greatest extent. ”

Li Zicheng nodded lightly and said appreciatively: "Yes, as long as our policy propaganda is in place, and the oral words of the people, the people in the south will definitely believe that those policies that benefit the people are not just talking, they are indeed being implemented." ”

"Moreover, with this condition of preferential treatment of those who belong to them, even if they cannot deter all the people and cannot let all the civil officials and military officers surrender in the future, they can also disintegrate the commander-in-command position of those diehards and win over their cronies."

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's exactly what Weichen meant." Huang Zongxi responded in a timely manner,

However, compared to the people in the main hall, Li Zicheng thought more, thinking of Xiong Wencan who went to Fujian, and he didn't know how his progress was? Did you convince Zheng Zhilong to surrender?

After everyone discussed again, only Li Zicheng and Xu Xiake were left in the hall, and the former couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Xu, how is Xiong Wencan's actions in Fujian?" Is it going well? ”

Obviously, Xu Xiake's expression was a little unnatural, he hesitated for a moment, and replied softly: "Your Majesty, Xiong Wencan's progress is not going well, according to his letter, Zheng Zhilong is very difficult to entangle, extremely ambitious, quite a tearing the earth and sealing the marquis, and establishing himself as the king." ”

After the words fell, Xu Xiake hesitated again, and then changed the conversation, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen agreed to the palace discussion just now is because of this consideration, if the news is not spread, Zheng Zhilong will not feel the pressure, and he will not know the strength of our dynasty, and Xiong Wencan will be even more unable to persuade Zheng Zhilong to take the initiative to join." ”

Li Zicheng's face was solemn, and he nodded frequently when he heard it, and then added: "Yes, it's true, even if Zhang Yi and Su Qin are reborn, let him be like a river, can speak well, and speak skillfully, if there is no help from our side to show the strength of the Great Shun Dynasty, Xiong Wencan is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice, and it is impossible to convince Zheng Zhilong with two mouths." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiake's heart breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly felt glad for Xiong Wencan, if it was Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, he would have been held accountable for not being effective for so long.

Li Zicheng's voice sounded again, and he said earnestly: "What's more, in that southeast land, Zheng Zhilong is the uncrowned king, a well-deserved overlord, if he can't show his strong strength, how can he be allowed to surrender?" Therefore, when Xiong Wencan uses the advantages of his tongue, we must also help each other, show the strong combat effectiveness of the Dashun army, and deter, so as to shake his faith. ”

When he said this, Li Zicheng's mind flipped over, and he couldn't help but think of some information before the crossing, some of the content he had read and some vague memories of history.

Although Zhu Yujian ascended the throne in Fujian and was called the emperor of Longwu, he was a quite accomplished emperor, very thoughtful, and able to keep up, but he was a real puppet emperor, and all the power was held by the Zheng family, and he couldn't speak at all.

There is a furrow in the chest, but there is no room to display talents.

For a while, thinking of these vague memories, Li Zicheng secretly made a decision in his heart, for this kind of heroic task, especially with heavy troops, it cannot be simply absorbed.

Otherwise, there will be a lot of harm!