In the Forbidden City, in the Qianqing Palace, Li Zicheng sat on the throne.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Li Yan are under the Danqi.

Niu Jinxing smiled and proposed: "Lord, the Jingshi has been taken, and Chongzhen Xiao'er has already been caught, is it possible to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac to hold the enthronement ceremony?" ”

When Li Zicheng was about to nod, Liu Zongmin walked in angrily.

"Lao Liu, what made you angry like this?" Li Zicheng's attention immediately shifted.

Liu Zongmin said with a dark face: "Entering the mother thief, the pseudo-Ming Hubu Tai warehouse only copied out 100,000 taels of silver, and Chongzhen Xiao'er's inner court key treasury only copied out more than 1,000 taels. ”

"What?" Li Zicheng was dumbfounded and said, "Only more than a thousand taels?" ”

"Not really." Liu Zongmin spread his hands and said, "The dignified emperor only has more than 1,000 two families, who will believe it?" ”

Niu Jinxing frowned and said: "Lord, this is a big trouble, the pseudo-Ming Tai warehouse is only 100,000 taels of silver, and it is not enough to reward the soldiers, how can there be more than two taels of silver to buy grain and grass?" ”

Li Zicheng also frowned and said, "This is indeed a troublesome matter." ”

Liu Zongmin said: "If it doesn't work, it's still the old way, arrest the puppet Ming clan, the honorable officials and those eunuchs in Beijing, and under the stick, I don't believe that they don't hand over the silver." ”

"No, you can't." Li Yan hurriedly said, "Lord, you must be cautious in this matter. ”

"Be careful." Liu Zongmin said, "Don't ask them for it, you take out the silver to reward the army?" ”

Li Yan ignored Liu Zongmin, and only said to Li Zicheng: "Lord, my Dashun army has captured Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen is most likely also caught at this moment, the task of overthrowing the puppet Ming has been completed, and the next priority is to stabilize the situation, so the way to deal with the puppet Ming clan and noble officials should also be changed." ”

"The puppet Ming clan and the noble officials are hateful, but behind them are all the official gentry in Shanxi, Shandong, Beizhi and even half of China north of Huanghuai, if the lord can be courteous to the puppet Ming clan and the noble officials, then the north of the Huanghuai will be settled, on the contrary, the fear of swords and soldiers is everywhere, although my Dashun army has many troops, I am afraid that it will not be able to suppress it."

Speaking of this, Li Yan said again: "Don't say anything else, Guan Ningjun is a big trouble." ”

Song Xiance also said: "Lord, the minister also thinks that the right army division is reasonable, and this matter must be cautious." ”

Niu Jinxing said: "The two military advisors look too highly at the puppet Ming clan and those noble and high-ranking officials, their influence is not so great, and they can't influence the people's hearts and minds north of Huanghuai. Didn't you take the world the same? ”

Speaking of this, Niu Jinxing looked at Li Yan again and said with a smile: "Oh yes, the Right Army Division originally advocated stabilizing the situation in Henan first and then carrying out the Northern Expedition, and also said that the pseudo-Ming is a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, and it is not easy to capture the Beijing Division, what is the result?" Isn't the Jingshi easily taken down by my Dashun army? ”

Niu Jinxing's words made Li Yan feel embarrassed.

The Dashun army could take the Jingshi so quickly, he really didn't expect it.

The two factions have different opinions, so Li Zicheng needs to make a decision, and Li Zicheng is more inclined to Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing, because judging from the matter of winning the Jingshi, what Li Yan said is not all right.

"I know the ability of the right army division." Li Zicheng affirmed Li Yan's sentence as usual, and was about to lead to the following, when he suddenly saw his adopted son Li Shuangxi hurriedly breaking into the Jinluan Palace.

"Father, something happened!" Li Shuangxi said urgently.

"Frizzy and unorthodox, didn't I tell you that you should be calm when you encounter problems?"

Seeing Li Shuangxi like this, Li Zicheng's face immediately fell, and his heart said You are like a bird, how can I make you the prince? How dare I hand over Dashun to you?

Li Shuangxi sighed and hurriedly said, "What my father taught me a lesson." ”

Li Zicheng snorted lightly and said, "Say, what's wrong?" ”

Li Shuangxi said: "Chongzhen Lao'er led the forbidden army out of Chaoyangmen, and Li You's 5,000 elite soldiers and the hundreds of thousands of Beijing battalions of the three major battalions of the Puppet Ming Dynasty were also defeated!" ”

"What?!" Li Zicheng got up from the case, and his voice suddenly rose.

"Impossible!" Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and Song Xiance were also shocked.

Li Shuangxi couldn't help but slander, saying that if you have a good situation, you should have calm?

Li Yan also didn't believe it, and asked, "Your Highness, did Chongzhen really break the siege with the forbidden army?" ”

"Seriously." Li Shuangxi nodded and said, "Li You is outside the palace, if you don't believe it, you can ask him directly." ”

"Li You, don't let me come in yet!" Li Zicheng roared angrily, and Li You hurried in from outside the palace gate, and then bowed down under the Danqi with a panicked face.

inexplicably suffered such a big defeat,

Li You felt that even if he didn't die this time, he might have to take off a layer of skin.

"Li You, what are you eating?" Liu Zongmin scolded first, "Let Chongzhen Xiao'er run away and don't say anything, but you still put your own 5,000 elite soldiers into it?" Oh yes, there are hundreds of thousands of pawns! ”

Li You said with a dark face: "General Quan, Chongzhen is too cunning. ”

At that moment, Li You told the story of what happened in Chaoyangmen half an hour ago.

"Fire Formation?" Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others were also stupid after hearing this.

I really didn't expect this to be wow, Chongzhen Xiao'er actually knows the art of war, and can use tactics?

"Not only the fire elephant, but also the hundreds of barrels of gunpowder on the back of the fire elephant, directly blew up hundreds of thousands of soldiers." Li You said with a dark face, "And the timing of Chongzhen's breakthrough is also very tricky, just the moment when I took three hundred horsemen to form a four-way column outside Chaoyang Gate and was about to enter the city, but I was directly hit by the fire formation." ”

"Into the mother thief, this Chongzhen child is insidious enough." Liu Zongmin gasped.

In this case, even if he Lao Liu was there at that time, I was afraid that he would not be able to stop Chongzhen Xiaoer.

"Not good!" Li Yan's face suddenly changed, "Lord, if Chongzhen is allowed to flee back to Jiangnan, then the story of the Northern and Southern Dynasties may be repeated, and it will be difficult for me Dashun to unify China." ”

"You can't let Chongzhen's child run." Liu Zongmin said angrily, "He must be arrested!" ”

Li Zicheng said to Li You: "Li You, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins, and immediately transfer three thousand elite horsemen from Zhongji Camp to the south to pursue Chongzhen, you listen well, if you can capture Chongzhen this time, everything is easy to say, if you can't catch Chongzhen, then you don't have to come back, you can decide on your own." ”

"The last general commands." Li You got up and left.

Seeing Li You's figure walking away, Li Yan suddenly said again: "Lord, Wu Sangui has already led the Guanning army into the customs, and has already walked to the area of Yongping Mansion, Chongzhen may also go to Yongping Mansion to meet the Guanning army. ”

Song Xiance said: "It makes sense, the lord should send another elite cavalry to the east to intercept and kill." ”

Li Yan wasted no time in saying: "Lord, my subordinates are willing to lead two thousand light horsemen from the headquarters to intercept and kill. ”

Li Yan joined the gang in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and he also joined the gang with capital, at the beginning there were only 800 Hanoi disciples, but with the growth of the Dashun army, Li Yan's headquarters also expanded to 20,000 people, including 2,000 cavalry.

Therefore, Li Yan is not only the division of the right army of Dashun, but also the general, but he rarely leads the army independently.

Li Zicheng is relatively taboo about Li Yan leading the army alone, the reason is very simple, Li Yan's ability is too outstanding, the Dashun army can get out of the trough of Shangluo Mountain in just four years, and sweep away half of China north of Huanghuai, Li Yan can be said to have made great contributions, so he is very worried that he will not be able to take it back if he releases Li Yan.

However, the interception and killing of Chongzhen this time is a matter of great importance, and there is no room for error.

Moreover, this time Li Yan only brought 2,000 cavalry, so it was not a big problem.

At that moment, Li Zicheng said: "Then there is a trip to Yongping Mansion by the right military division, and it is just right to take this opportunity to contact Wu Sangui first." ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Li Yan gave Li Zichang a long look, and then turned around and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

Seeing Li Yan walk away, Niu Jinxing suddenly said faintly: "The talent of the right army division to lead the army is no less than that of the Marquis of Han Huaiyin, and when you go to Yongping Mansion, you should be able to succeed, heh." ”

Li Zicheng's brows immediately twisted into pimples.

Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin, in the end, it was the opposite.

Li Zicheng didn't read much, but the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty still knew.

What does the prime minister mean is that it is possible for Li Yan to follow Han Xin's example of Dashun's rebellion?

Song Xiance glanced at Niu Jinxing dissatisfied, and then said: "The right army division not only has the talent of the leader of the Huaiyin Marquis, but also the strategy of the Marquis of Liuhou and the loyalty of the Marquis. ”

Niu Jinxing looked embarrassed.

Li Zicheng's expression relaxed.

"I know the talent of the right army division."

"Okay, the prime minister and the left army division are also tired, let's go down and rest first."

After sending Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance away, Li Zichengcai took Liu Zongmin to visit the Forbidden City.

Although Chongzhen had already led the forbidden army out of the siege, and unexpectedly knew how to use the art of war, Li Zicheng still didn't pay much attention to it, because the general trend of the world had been decided, and it was definitely not Chongzhen's hundreds of forbidden troops who could turn it over.

From the moment he stepped into the Chengtian Gate, the Ming Dynasty had already perished.

Now it's the world of the Great Shun Dynasty, hehe.