Both King Shun and Niu Jinxing were a little surprised that Xu Ping had returned to Beijing so quickly, especially since they also knew something about Xu Ping's carefully prepared offensive.

"Seeing that Fujian has taken it down, it is a pity to do so." Shunting felt that it was not a big problem to take Fujian, and then it was reasonable to take advantage of the situation to sweep Guangdong, Niu Jinxing felt that he should grit his teeth in the north and insist, and if he couldn't do it, he would give up Hebei: "If we don't eliminate the hidden dangers in the south of the Yangtze River, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs." ”

Li Zicheng was more concerned about military issues, this time Xu Ping returned to Beijing lightly, he was very worried about the morale of the Southern Expeditionary Army, as for the reward for Li Chengdong and Wu Sangui, he immediately agreed to Xu Ping's proposal: "If the Funing Army rushes out of Fujian, can the Fifth Battalion of the Southern Expedition stop them?" Can you ensure that Gangnam is not lost? ”

"There are five battalions of soldiers and horses, even if there are people in Nanjing and Zhejiang, they have to think twice, and the rest of the Jiangbei departments are not strong in combat, they don't have the courage to make trouble, but it's hard to say about Qi Gong's side, I don't know if he still has any killer features that he hasn't used." Xu Ping introduced to Niu Jinxing and Li Zicheng his preset plan of gradual resistance, if the pressure of the Ming army was too great, the southern expeditionary army would slowly retreat to Nanjing, with the guards battalion and the armored battalion in the rear, the safety of the retreat route should not be a problem: "If Qi Gong counterattacks to Zhejiang, it may not be a bad thing, we don't need to leave so many troops in Jiangnan, we can withdraw the two guards and armored battalions and most of the Jiangbei Army across the Yangtze River, and our army's strength in the north will become stronger." ”

"The hard-fought Jiangnan, if it is abandoned once and Huang Gong has the opportunity to win people's hearts, then the next time he crosses the river, there may not be such a sound," Niu Jinxing understood as soon as he heard Xu Ping's plan that he was already mentally prepared to give up Jiangnan, which made him feel a little pity: "There is a saying: If you go outside, you must first settle inside." ”

"Is there a way?" Xu Ping immediately asked, "Didn't Taishi say this?" ”

"Of course not," Hearing Xu Ping's tone was a little unkind, Niu Jinxing denied: "But some people have made suggestions to Your Majesty, advocating that they might as well retreat to Shandong first, and after the general pacifies Fujian and Guangdong, he can return north with the whole army, so that we can also worry about the future." ”

"This is the sound of the death of the country," Seeing that King Shun had some hesitation on his face, Xu Ping said solemnly: "This was first heard in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and then there was the shame of Jingkang, and Yang Sichang of the previous dynasty also said this to Chongzhen, and then Sheji overturned, and asked Your Majesty to think twice." ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was still noncommittal, Xu Ping continued to persuade: "During this southern expedition, I passed through Julu, where I saw the ancestral hall built by the people for Lu Gong, and the incense has not been extinguished. ”

After the formation of the Tianxiong Army, he helped Emperor Chongzhen suppress the refugees fleeing the famine at the beginning, so he originally hated it very much: "After the northern captives entered the Kou, Chongzhen summoned Lu Gong to enter the Weijing Division, at that time, Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia held the proposition that the outside must first be safe, although the north captives ravaged the interior, these two thieves were still bent on the ......."

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Chongzhen, he immediately said: "The lord is fighting!"

Chongzhen changed color when he heard this, lost Lu Xiangsheng's interest in continuing to answer, and asked him to discuss the matter with Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia, and at Lu Xiangsheng's insistence, Yang Sichang agreed that Lu Xiangsheng would lead the army to meet the Northern Captives - the original world enemy in Huangshi was the Houjin soldiers, and Lu Xiangsheng fought twice, the first battle trapped an enemy camp and beheaded five hundred; The second battle was a scoreless victory.

Later, Chongzhen's favorite minister Yang Sichang used the power of the superintendent to transfer the soldiers and horses under Lu Xiangsheng's command, Lu Xiangsheng did not agree, so he directly ordered Lu Xiangsheng's eunuch to order the Ming army to return to Gongwei Jingshi, and finally Lu Xiangsheng only left his prime minister standard camp with a total of 5,000 men; However, Chen Xinjia, Yang Sichang's ally in the court, stopped distributing grain and grass to the Tianxiong Army with the authority of the secretary of the military department, which caused Lu Xiangsheng's battalion to be cut off from grain and grass, and he had to rely on the local people to survive, and some generals were not allowed to eat for more than ten days. The army was extremely poor, Lu Xiangsheng was draped all over, and led the standard battalion to fight a decisive battle with 30,000 northern cavalry in Julu, and almost the entire army was wiped out in one battle.

After the destruction of the Tianxiong army, Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia reported that Lu Xiangsheng abandoned the army and absconded, Chongzhen ordered to lock up the Lu family's widows to ask for guilt and wanted Lu Xiangsheng, fortunately, some people ignored the danger and found Lu Xiangsheng's body on the battlefield, Lu Xiangsheng's armor has been broken in many places, and the corpse is full of wounds, so the court did not pursue Lu Xiangsheng's guilt.

"Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia were bent on peace, and they were not able to save the former dynasty," because of Lu Xiangsheng's heroic death, the Shun army still protected his ancestral hall after capturing Beijing, and the title of Lu Xiangsheng became much more respectful, Xu Ping said to Li Zicheng: "The ancestral hall of Lu Gong has been burning incense so far, and Your Majesty can see that there are people who have set up ancestral halls for Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting?" Your Majesty was able to conquer the world because of the desire of the people, and the people were disgusted with it. If Your Majesty sticks to Hebei, first external insults and then internal troubles, the people's hearts are still in Your Majesty's place; If Hebei is abandoned without a fight, it will definitely disappoint the people of the world. Your Majesty has no ancestral inheritance, if you disappoint the people of the world like Chongzhen, the minister dares to ask where Your Majesty wants to go? ”

Niu Jinxing also sighed for a long time, Li Zicheng has no deep foundation, and his political capital is much weaker than Chongzhen's, if he loses the hearts of the people, why should the people be loyal to Dashun? Maybe he'll see it as a rebel again.

"Therefore, the minister said that the outside must first be the voice of the country, and the Northern Song Dynasty and the previous dynasty have been established for a long time, and they can't stand the toss, how can Dashun be?" Xu Ping saw that Li Zicheng had been moved by his own words, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Now Zijing Pass, Juyong Pass and Shanhaiguan are still in our hands, and the north is worry-free for the time being. After the people in Jiangnan are settled, it will not be difficult to send some troops back and counterattack Shanxi. ”

"What about Min Yue?" Niu Jinxing had already agreed to Xu Ping's strategy in his heart, but Jiang Nan was still not at ease.

"Duke Qi has been at war with the Northern Captives all his life, although he is now an enemy, but the minister thinks that Duke Qi must be ...... in his heart There must still be a deep hatred for the northern captives, and the minister dares to ask His Majesty to take a letter of resignation, asking the Duke of Qi to suspend the army, so that we can protect the northern Chinese Li Shu. ”

"General, this is the words of a child," Niu Jinxing shook his head and said: "If you want Huang Gong to stop fighting now, don't you want him to surrender?" Doesn't he understand that when we settle the rear, we will still attack him? ”

"Although the Duke of Qi has the name of a loyal minister, we know that he is not, and looking at what the Duke of Qi did in Fujian and Guangdong, there are few ministers in ancient times who are more self-righteous than him." Xu Ping said: "Your Majesty may be able to feudal the Duke of Qi as the king of Fujian, and guard Fujian for Dashun for generations, hereditary replacement?" ”

"I guess Huang Quzhi will never agree, he is not willing to live under people."

Niu Jinxing still wanted to object, but Li Zicheng agreed: "It's better than nothing, I'm here to repair the book to Huang Gong, even if it doesn't help, there is no loss." ”

……

Shun Ting issued an edict, saying that he would never give up Hebei, and King Shun informed the world that he would sit in Beijing, and would never consider the issue of moving before expelling the northern captives from the Guanwai, and at the same time appointed Xu Ping as the generalissimo of Shanxi, who was fully responsible for the attack on the Mongolian army, and the military affairs of Henan and other neighboring enemy provinces were also handed over to him for control.

At the same time, Shunting also sent a letter to Huguang from Pegasus, so that Sun Kewang's troops would also go on the defensive, and send troops north to Henan to prepare for the counteroffensive against the Mongolian army.

In his letters to Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, Xu Ping carefully talked about his consideration of the battle situation and the reasons for his decision. After Li Dingguo received the private message from King Shun and Xu Ping, he immediately reorganized his troops and horses and prepared to return to Henan, but Sun Kewang resolutely objected, and he said to Li Dingguo:

"Today's great calamity, not in the south, not in the north, the north has been dilapidated, especially in Shanxi and Shaanxi, the war has passed several times, even if it is lost to the interpolator, it is not a big deal, but Fujian and Guangdong recuperate, Huangshi is eyeing there, if we run out of troops because of the broken north, he will definitely kill us to make trouble."

"Didn't Brother Xu say that he would try to make a truce with Huangshi, and when we collected the sweat, with the size of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Gui, what tricks can Huangshi turn out?"

"First, Huangshi hasn't agreed yet, can you believe Huangshi's promise? When did he ever count? And the general said that Huangshi would agree with our righteous act of fighting with the Northern Prisoners in his heart, this is really ridiculous, when his benefactor and boss Mao Wenlong died, did he approve of it? Huangshi has not been a few years, from a group of small soldiers to the position of marshal, to say that he is not a cunning man, not good at taking advantage of the danger of others to annex friendly troops, but a loyal and straightforward man, then I absolutely do not believe it, such people have long died on the frontier. Sun Kewang resolutely opposed the return to the north, and it was not easy for him to make some improvements in Huguang's operation, and used the omissions of Emperor Tiangao Yuan and Li Zicheng's exemption policy to enrich the army, saying that he did not agree to withdraw from Chu at this time: "If we leave, do you expect Zuo Mengeng to have the courage to resist the Zhaoqing army?" If they really have the guts, they will definitely use it for breakfast to support the army. ”

But no matter how Sun Kewang objected, Li Dingguo still had to take his own troops and horses, and in the end Sun Kewang had to divide the troops and horses equally with Li Dingguo, and he stayed to continue to sit in Xiangyang, before Li Dingguo left, Sun Kewang shouted at him angrily: "In the future, we will definitely be unlucky for this, King Shun and the general are too soft-hearted, and you are the same, you wait to regret it, wait to be a prisoner of Huangshi!" ”

……

Juyong Guan will Gao Di these days received a lot of persuasion letters, including the old friend Zu Dashou, the old head of the Liao army after the Songjin War, the whereabouts of Gao Di thought he had died early, but he didn't expect to suddenly jump out like a corpse.

Under the persuasion of Amin, Lin Dan Khan sent people to the slave pen to find the captured Liao army officials, although Zu Dashou was not young, but the military general was born and ate well, and was driven to Liaoxi to farm because he was still strong after being captured. After the Northern Mongolian army of Zu Dashou, who only had half a life left, found it, he ate a full meal that he hadn't eaten for a long time, and immediately wrote a letter to his senior brother, boasting about how Lin Dan Khan was a corporal of Lixian and how he valued these Liaoxi generals who held military power.

In addition to these people, Gao Di also received letters from Jiang, Wang Qinian and many other allies of Lin Dan Khan, luring Gao Di to surrender with his appearance, leading the Mongolian army to penetrate Beijing from the side. Hong Chengchou also came to Juyongguan to see his brother in makeup, and promised that if he surrendered, his future will be limitless.

The senior brother has been very hesitant about this, he was transferred from Shanhaiguan to Juyong Pass by Li Zicheng, this is not his original territory, the local connections are not very familiar, and the control is relatively strict near Beijing, and many factors combine to cause him to be unable to respond to the call like Jiang Zaitong in Datong, even if he surrendered, most of the Mongolian army could not have his own territory, so he just sent Hong Chengchou out of the customs, but did not agree immediately but still planned to continue to wait and see the situation.

After Xu Ping returned to Beijing and King Shun vowed to defend Beijing, Gao Di received several letters urging him to surrender, but now Gao Di did not hesitate to send the messenger and the letter to Li Zicheng in Beijing, and he said to his left and right henchmen: "King Wu is still here, and this matter is not okay." ”

Like his elder brother, Chen Yongfu, the former Henan commander-in-chief, also received a letter of surrender from the Mengbing soldiers, but he was unmoved and responded to Li Zicheng's order and led troops to counterattack Shanxi. Chen Yongfu, in line with the principle that the two countries would not fight each other, did not arrest the envoy, but asked him to go back and tell Lin Danhan that he was shameless.

After Chen Yongfu's counteroffensive and Shen Yuncong's defeat in general, and after fleeing back to Henan from Shanxi, Chen Yongfu received further persuasion from the Mongol army to surrender. In addition to temptation, the victor's letter also added threats, and even asked Chen Yongfu what was the so-called shame in betraying Sun Chuanting and surrendering to Li Zicheng and Xu Pingping? The army went south to Henan and the jade was burned, Chen Yongfu, as a native of Henan, could not report the peace of the country, so where was his conscience?

"Lao Tzu is a generation of Henan people, when the Sun thief slaughtered the people in Henan, Lao Tzu looked at him unpleasantly, although Lao Tzu did not have much shame so he surrendered to King Shun, but he would not be shameless to surrender to Tartar." After Chen Yongfu read the letter, he scolded Lin Dan Khan's envoy: "If the Tartars are released into Henan to ensure the safety of one party, and the other side is not safe, Lao Tzu really can't think of what it looks like." ”

King Shun told the world to ensure that Hebei and counterattacked Shanxi, Chen Yongfu immediately sent a messenger to Xu Ping: "Tell the general that the last general will swear to defend Henan to the death will never be greedy for life and fear of death. ”

……

After learning that the Mongols entered the customs, a group of new battalion officers in the Funing army were all celebrating with bullets, and they had been deprived of military power by Jin Qiude and appointed as military training officers, but everyone felt that there was a long way to go, and the situation was so crisis.

"Xu Ping went back to Beijing!" The training officers came to Jin Qiude here in a group to offer advice and invite pets: "The hearts of the Zhejiang Shun thieves are in turmoil, this is a once-in-a-lifetime time, my lord." ”

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