On the night before 15 May, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Dashun army marched south of Shandong and Henan to the border and waited until dawn the next day to take Nanzhili and Huguang.

A breath of war about to burn suddenly formed, more and more intense, and gradually spread to the south of Zhili and Huguang, quite a momentum that swept the entire south of the Yangtze River.

The southeast direction of the shopping mall of Runing Mansion in Henan, near the border of Jinzhai, a Dashun army is stationed here, the camp is full of fire, a team of soldiers are patrolling, wandering around, and there are more open sentry and dark sentry arranged in the periphery, vigilant around.

We must be strictly defended!

The "squeaky" insect chirping echoes, as if to tell the story of a summer night.

At this moment, three or four miles away from the camp, a sporadic firelight suddenly appeared, sliding according to a certain trajectory, and flickered a few times, and then there was a burst of horses' hooves, which kept approaching.

"Captain, there is an unknown person approaching, do you want to shoot him?"

A very low voice came from the darkness, and before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by another cold word, and ordered: "Quick, hang out the signal lantern, remind the people behind, let this group pass!" ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Although there is not much explanation, everyone in this secret post nearby knows that the person who came is their own person, and the identity is not simple, which can be seen from the captain's tone.

In the tent of the camp, Li Guo was giving orders one by one.

"The first army, responsible for Lu'an."

"Second Army, responsible for Shucheng."

"The Third Army and the Fourth Army are responsible for attacking the Luzhou Capital."

"The Fifth Army will follow me directly to take Wuwei Prefecture and Chao County."

After the main generals were reconciled, Li Guo glanced at everyone one by one, pointed to the map next to him with the baton in his hand, and landed on Hezhou, which was adjacent to Luzhou Mansion, and said loudly: "Let's meet with Hezhou, wait for the arrival of other armies, and then besiege Nanjing City, the most difficult bone to gnaw!" ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

When the main general replied in unison, everyone was excited, and the fighting spirit was high, although Li Guo assigned a combat mission, but did not restrict how to act, the specific operation will be decided by themselves, no matter how to fight, as long as the target is taken.

For a while, the generals were full of energy, and there was excitement in every cell of the body, and the blood was surging.

seems to have guessed what the generals were thinking, and Li Guo's next words just confirmed this.

"In short, in this operation, as long as you can complete the task, I don't care how you fight? I don't care if it's a stick, a sneak attack, or a kidnapping for ransom. But there is one point, if anyone dares to harass the common people, who dares to enter the city to smash and loot, burn, kill, and plunder, and will not be spared, the main general will be held responsible......"

At this time, someone suddenly broke into the big tent and interrupted Li Guo's speech, and the person who came laughed out loud and praised heartily: "Haha... Well said, those who dare to harass the people will not be spared! ”

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Li Guo recognized the person at a glance, his face was full of surprise, and he walked a few steps quickly to meet him, and it was difficult to hide his joy.

In an instant, the generals who turned around also recognized the person, who else could it be if it wasn't Li Zicheng?

As soon as they saw Li Zicheng, the founding monarch of the Great Shun Dynasty and renamed Li Sheng, the generals instinctively wanted to give a big salute, and some of the generals who joined later were completely influenced by traditional thinking, so they wanted to bow down and bow, and they were supported by Li Zicheng.

"Hey... This general, must not be like this, today's Dashun Dynasty, whether it is between the monarch and the minister, or between the monarch and the people, or between the government and the people, must not do such a big gift, you must remember, the man has gold under his knees, he can only kneel to the sky and kneel to his parents, kneel to his ancestors! ”

Some of these generals were stupid and scratched their heads in a daze, and the others next to them echoed: "What the emperor said is true, the current Dashun Dynasty has really abolished the bow ceremony. Moreover, in the past, there was no such a big bow between our Li Jiajun's superiors and subordinates! ”

Hearing what his colleague said, and then seeing Li Zicheng nodding seriously in response, these generals who joined later were really relieved and believed what was written in those manuals.

Soon, Li Zicheng came to the front, stood next to the map, looked at everyone, with a smile on his face, and emphasized again: "The Dashun Army is not a Ming army, let alone a inhumane Tartar, every battle is not only to save the common people, to make decisions for the people of the world, but also for ourselves." ”

"You might as well think about it, if all of us mess around, if we act recklessly in the south, of course the northern generals will not feel anything, but the generals in the south are different, and the places we attack are very likely to have their relatives and friends."

Although the words are endless, the meaning is endless.

Everyone understood Li Zicheng's deeper meaning, even if they didn't think about the people of the world, they didn't think about themselves, don't forget, there are still many generals in the south who are stationed in the north, or are officials in the north.

If they hear that their family members have been slaughtered or plundered by their own people, they will also go crazy, go crazy, and if there is even a little blood, they will pay even more crazy revenge!

"Of course, here, I have to emphasize once again that if anyone violates military regulations, up to the marshal and down to the soldier, it will definitely be dealt with by military law!"

After Li Zicheng finished speaking coldly, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face, patted Li Guo's shoulder, still facing everyone, and continued in a loud voice: "Even my nephew Li Jin is no exception!" ”

Although he said it with a smile, the generals' expressions were a little stiff, and a cold current appeared inexplicably from the tail vertebrae, constantly surging upward, making everyone break out in a cold sweat on their backs, and they couldn't help but shudder secretly, and they didn't dare to despise those military regulations.

For a while, the atmosphere in the big tent was a little strange, Li Guo did not complain because of his uncle's almost cold-blooded words, the whole person seemed very natural, it seemed that he had long been accustomed to it, and in order to break the stiff atmosphere in the big tent, he changed the topic.

"By the way, Your Majesty, why did you suddenly come here? Aren't you going to sit in the capital division? ”

"So what's there to sit on? Jingshi is too suffocating! ”

Li Zicheng complained twice, and when he saw that Li Guo still wanted to persuade something, he then comforted: "Don't worry, even if I'm not there, there will be no problem with the Jingshi, with Liu Xiyao and Li Changmao in the capital, it's enough." ”

"Having said that, the yellow pigskin lost 100,000 troops in the pass at once, and in Liaodong, he was killed by Li Yan and them 10,000 or 20,000 people, how could he dare to covet the pass? And the Mongolian tribes, they all have to be honest. ”

As he spoke, Li Zicheng's whole body exuded a sense of confidence.

"That's right."

Li Jin nodded lightly, echoed with admiration, and then said: "Today's Qing Dynasty is no longer as strong as it used to be, and without so many troops in hand, I am afraid that it has long been too busy to take care of itself, and the yellow pigskin can no longer be strong, let alone make those Mongolian tribal leaders submit, and beware of their invasion, how dare they invade the Guannei?" ”

At this time, as if thinking of something, Li Zicheng suddenly said: "By the way, Li Jin, immediately send some communication soldiers out and tell the other generals that after capturing the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, except for those vassal kings who committed the most heinous crimes, all the other vassal kings will be sent to the capital to be detained." ”

"Well, okay, Your Majesty."

Li Jin, like other generals, was obviously stunned when he heard Li Zicheng say this, but he still obeyed the order.