The Manchu Qing Dynasty moved the capital, gave up Shenyang, gave up Fushun, gave up Tieling, gave up Kaiyuan, and retreated all the way to the east of the Liao Great Wall.

It is full of mountains and dense forests, as long as the Tartars are heavily garrisoned at the pass, it is really difficult for the Datong army to attack...

The capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty once again became Hetuhara, the so-called Jianzhou Wei, and the most important castle was Salhu.

Shenyang, Kaiyuan and other cities were captured and plundered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The population did not take much away, because the mountains could not accommodate it. Livestock, grain, and goods were robbed as much as they could, and even the money and grain of those traitorous landlords were robbed.

Hearing the news, the Datong cavalry pursued, killed more than 2,000 Tartars, rescued thousands of Han people who were forced to carry goods, and intercepted a large number of livestock, grain and goods.

On Fei Ruhe's side, because Li Zicheng hurriedly returned to Shanxi, the defenders of the city along the way had no fighting spirit, and the Datong army took advantage of the situation to recover the entire Hebei.

Tongguan.

Fei Yinghui led his troops to conquer Weinan, the defender Liu Sanhu was killed in battle, and the Datong army successfully met at Tongguan.

The missionary Lin Ruzhao rode to the pass, but the guards did not release the arrows. Lin Ruzhao shouted: "General Tian, although you are loyal and brave, you cannot go against the trend. You have been trapped in Tongguan for nearly five months, and you are worthy of Li Zicheng's kindness. Tongguan's military rations should be almost finished, right? Could it be that you yourself are loyal to Li Zicheng and starve to death with tens of thousands of soldiers? ”

Tian Jianxiu was silent, the army had been out of food for two days, if it weren't for his super ability to lead the army, his corporal would have mutinied a long time ago.

Looking left and right at the soldiers around him, all of them had dishes on their faces, and some of them were even unstable.

Lin Ruzhao continued: "As long as you surrender, you will be spared death!" ”

Tian Jianxiu finally spoke: "Remember this sentence, I hope you don't break your word!" ”

"The Datong Army does what it says," Lin Ruzhao shouted, "Shaanxi has been suffering from natural and man-made disasters for more than ten years, and there are not many people left. There are tens of thousands of people in Tongguan, and there are people recruited from several counties within a radius. How could the Datong army kill them? Who will farm the land if they kill them? Their wives and children are still at home waiting for them to return! ”

This sentence spoke to the hearts of the guards of the city.

Most of them were originally just farmers, and after being conscripted as people's husbands, they were organized into the army by Tian Jianxiu. After being away from home for a few months, I was eager to return home, I didn't want to fight at all, and all I thought about was my family.

"You guys, surrender Kaesong."

After Tian Jianxiu said this to the soldiers, he knelt down to the northeast, and then pulled out his sword and committed suicide.

Liu Tichun did not stop him, but committed suicide with him. The Seven Tigers of the Liu family rebelled, and only he, Liu Erhu, was left, who happened to go to Jiuquan to accompany his brothers.

The guards were very quiet, silently opened the city gate, welcomed the Datong army inside, and then waited for the food to fill their stomachs.

Soon after Li Zicheng returned to Taiyuan, he received military information from Tongguan. It was sent by the Datong Army, so that Li Zicheng could surrender as soon as possible, and not only Shanxi Province would be left to resist stubbornly.

"Did the prime minister expect it?" Li Zicheng asked.

Niu Jinxing sighed and said: "It's just a go, and I won the battle to occupy the entire territory of Beizhili, but sooner or later I will be killed by the surname Zhao." If you lose, you will end up like this, and it is a blessing to be able to keep Shanxi. If we take the situation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty as an analogy, we are the Red Turban Army, and we have been fighting to the death with the official army. Zhao Han is that Zhu Yuanzhang, we are the main force of the official army, but he is building a high wall in the south and slowly becoming the king. ”

Li Zicheng asked again: "How many years can Shanxi be able to hold on?" ”

"Why does Your Majesty knowingly ask," Niu Jinxing said, "the defeat of our army is on the inside and not outside. ”

In a word, people's hearts are not aligned.

In the battle of Shaanxi, the generals of the Dashun Army had too many people who surrendered to the wind, and even took the initiative to rebel and stab their allies. When Zhao Han digests Hebei and Shaanxi, and then sends troops to attack Shanxi in the coming year, I am afraid that many of the generals of the Dashun Army in Shanxi will defect.

The dangers of mountains and rivers are not enough to defend, and what is truly unbreakable is the unity of all people.

Li Zicheng asked, "Does the prime minister want to surrender?" ”

Niu Jinxing said truthfully: "Spare your life, and be willing to surrender." But he will not betray his lord for glory, nor will he rebel and rebel. ”

Li Zicheng sighed: "This is already rare. If everyone is like the prime minister, even if there are only two places in Shanxi and Shaanxi, I dare to compete with the surname Zhao for the world. Those brothers in the old camp used to be bitter, and they were very happy when they could eat a full meal. But we ascended the throne and became emperors, and asked them to love the people, but few people were obedient, and they all became like the officials of the former Ming Dynasty. If we punish us harshly, they won't work with us. If we don't punish them, the people won't be able to live. The common people can't get by, how can we, the emperor, go on? ”

"That's how the human heart is." Niu Jinxing said.

Li Zicheng lost his mind for a long time and said, "How did the surname Zhao become?" His old brother doesn't complain? ”

Niu Jinxing said: "This question, Your Majesty has asked before. In the Nanjing Imperial Court, civil officials have the appearance of civil officials. The generals are only responsible for fighting, and only in the newly occupied land can the generals temporarily rule the people. Once the identity is drawn and a civilian official is sent over, the military general is not allowed to interfere in civil affairs. Military generals cannot interfere in civil affairs, so they cannot be corrupt in the local area, and they have to rely on the military department to pay salaries. The food and salary of the Datong Army were distributed by special logistics officers, and those logistics officers were in charge of both the Governor's Office and the Military Department. The military attaché of the Governor's Office is not allowed to interfere in the command of the battlefield. Layers of decentralization, which military general dares to rebel? ”

Li Zicheng was silent.

Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty, I have also set the system in Dashun, but the power of the generals is too great. The minister knew that His Majesty did not trust civil officials, but the local government still had to let them govern. Although His Majesty promised to let the civil officials govern the localities, the power given to the civilian officials was too small, and they were constrained by the military generals everywhere. In this way, the system is only a system, and it cannot be implemented in the state and county. His Majesty is kind to the people, but this kind of kindness cannot be implemented in the countryside. His Majesty exempted and exempted the field tax, but the civil and military generals collected miscellaneous taxes in different ways. Your Majesty knows all these things, but Your Majesty, like the ministers, can't really take care of them. ”

Li Zicheng still didn't speak.

Niu Jinxing said: "What is the system? The system is the rule, and the rules cannot be changed. Zhao Han set the rules for dividing the fields, and he has not repeated them so far. It is the emperor's relatives and relatives, and they still have to divide the land according to the law. The Fei family has a queen and a concubine, and two generals with troops, is the Fei family not the same as being divided into fields? If the people of the Fei clan break the law, will they not be dealt with the same? The Fei family is like this, so they set an example, and others must be questioned if they commit crimes again. But what about us? The Li family or the Gao family, which one does not occupy a large area of farmland? Which one did not recruit a large number of tenants? The royal relatives are like this, and His Majesty's old brothers naturally follow suit. The generals of the old battalion are like this, and the generals who are attached halfway do not follow suit? If the generals are like this, how can the officers be spared? If a military general is like this, how can a civilian official abide by the law? ”

Niu Jinxing estimated that he had been holding back for too long, and he felt that the Dashun Dynasty was almost over, so he simply spit out everything.

Niu Jinxing sighed: "The book "Datong Collection", every time I turn it out and reread it, I have a new feeling. Your Majesty, we are not unjustly losing. ”

"Yes, it's not wrong," Li Zicheng said suddenly, "In this Hebei War, the main forces of the two armies confronted each other in Tianjin, and I sent Liu Zongmin to attack Baoding and other places. The first-line city of Baoding is full of peasants and soldiers and ordinary people defending the city. Liu Zongmin led my Dashun elite to attack a small county town where only peasant soldiers were stationed, and he didn't fight for three months. Listening to Liu Zongmin, he collapsed the city walls and commanded his soldiers to attack through the gap. The peasants and soldiers and people in the city tried their best to plug the gap, and actually killed Liu Zongmin's elite soldiers. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "This is the people's heart. The surname Zhao won the hearts of the people in the south. The people regard the country as their home and are willing to die for it. Just because the peasants have divided the land, the people in the city have a livelihood, the goods of the merchants will not be robbed by the officials for no reason, and the scholars can be promoted as long as they have merit. The hearts of Shinong industry and commerce are all in the surname Zhao. I heard that even if the people die in battle, the tablet can enter the Heroic Soul Temple and share the incense with the Zhao family's temple. One person died in battle, the whole family was a martyr, parents and wives could get pensions, and children and grandchildren examiners had preferential treatment. In this way, who doesn't want to fight to the death? Replaced by my Dashun court, the enemy army invaded Hedong, and the officials and people opened the city and surrendered one after another. Why? The officials cannot get their positions, and the people cannot get their benefits. ”

Li Zicheng sat on the dragon chair dejectedly, he felt that it was troublesome to govern the country, and he was still a rogue in the past. To fight a war is to fight, and there is no need to worry about the rear.

After a long time, Li Zicheng sat up straight and asked: "If the enemy army invades Shanxi, many soldiers will definitely surrender, and we can't fight, where should we go then?" ”

Niu Jinxing said: "The land of the Han family must not be able to go, so you can only go north." ”

"Hetao?" Li Zicheng asked.

Niu Jinxing shook his head: "With Zhao Han's eloquence, how can he not take back the Hetao." If we want to go, we can only go to the north of Yinshan! ”

Li Zicheng was unwilling: "Then aren't we becoming Mongolian Tatars who herd sheep for a living?" ”

Niu Jinxing was actually prepared: "Your Majesty, the minister has already inquired clearly." The north and south of Yinshan Mountain, originally owned by the Tumut Department, were defeated and fled by Lin Dan Khan, and then the Houjin Tartar was lowered. The Tatar chieftain Huang Taiji, on the grounds that the husband of his leader Omubu's nursing mother, colluded with the Ming Dynasty to oppose the Qing Dynasty, seized Omubu's military power, and also arrested him and took him to Shenyang for trial. Now, Omubu has been relegated to the rank of a commoner, and the pastures have been divided and ruled by the Tartars. Tartar is not good now, it is a mess there, you beat me, I beat you. If we bring the cavalry over, we will definitely be able to occupy a large area of the grassland! ”

Li Zicheng hesitated, he was used to eating gnocchi, and he really didn't want to go to the grassland to herd sheep.

But if you don't go to the grassland, where can you go?

Within the Dashun court, at this time it had been separated from Germany. Except for the brothers of the old battalion, Li Zicheng looks like a traitor to everyone, and he may surrender to the Datong army one day.

In this case, there was no way to fight, as long as the Datong Army sent troops, the passes in Shanxi would be lost in minutes.

Niu Jinxing said again: "If Your Majesty goes to the grassland, then go to the northwest of the mountain as soon as possible." Now that the Tartars have been defeated, the steppe is the most chaotic time. If it is a year and a half late, the various parts of the grassland have already divided the winners and losers, and it will be difficult to fight again in the grassland. What's the use of staying in Shanxi? It's just to enjoy the wealth for one or two more years. ”

Li Zicheng thought about it, and suddenly clapped his head: "As long as the surname is Zhao, I am willing to put back Li Guo and Gao Yigong." Let's pay homage to him, dedicate Shanxi, and lead troops to the Yinshan grassland to grab territory! ”

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