"Holy Lord, what about the excess food?" Liu Wenbing asked.

Zhu Gaoyuan frowned and asked, "What, can't you take it all away?" ”

When I broke through yesterday morning, because the time was too tight and the breakthrough needed to be light, I didn't carry a baggage, but now that I have broken through, I must bring enough baggage.

Next, I have to stay in the mountains for half a month.

If you don't have enough food, you won't be able to survive this half a month.

Then there is felt, the mountains are bitterly cold, and if there is no felt to keep warm, it will really freeze to death.

"Each war horse already carries seventy or eighty pounds of baggage, and it can't be any more." Liu Wenbing said, "Any more will affect the speed of the march, and the war horses will not be able to bear it." ”

"Aren't there more than a hundred pack horses?" Zhu Gao said from afar.

Liu Wenbing said: "Each pack horse has already carried more than 300 catties of baggage, but even so, there are still more than 1,000 stones of grain that can't be taken away, what should I do?" ”

Zhu Gaoyuan was silent.

Gong Yonggu said: "Holy Lord, the excess food can't be left for the thieves, burn it." ”

"You can't burn it." Wang Wenyan said hurriedly, "If you burn the grain, you may not be hungry and thieves, and it is the people of Gyeonggi who suffer." ”

"What Wang Aiqing said is very true, just leave the excess grain to the people of Gyeonggi." Zhu Gaoyuan muttered, "In the seventeenth year of my reign, I have not brought happiness to the people of Gyeonggi. ”

"But it has brought them a lot of trouble."

"When parting, it can be regarded as a little compensation for them."

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoyuan turned on his horse again and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, go to Tianshou Mountain." ”

Although he temporarily got rid of the chasing troops of Dashun, and even captured Changping Prefecture City through a surprise attack, this did not have the slightest impact on the current general trend of the world.

The Dashun army still has an absolute advantage.

If you want to rely on this thousand rabble to reverse the general trend of the world, it is simply a fool's dream.

Once the news of the loss of Changping was transmitted back to Beijing, Li Zicheng would definitely send a large army to chase and kill him, and Zhu Gaoyuan did not think that his rabble, a rabble of more than 1,000, would be able to escape under the encirclement and interception of more than 100,000 Dashun troops.

The immortal battle of Sidu Chishui and Zunyi can only be fought by Instructor Mao, and he Zhu Gaoyuan does not have the ability of Instructor Mao, so it is better to drill the ravine honestly, so in the next half a month, they can only pick up their tails and hide in the depths of Yanshan, waiting for the battle of a stone to break out.

……

When the news of the loss of Changping reached Beijing,

Li Zichenggang discussed with Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance how to deal with the civil officials outside Chengtianmen.

Early in the morning, Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet, knelt outside the Chengtian Gate with thousands of officials, large and small, and asked the Dashun Dynasty to be hired as one.

Jiashen is in a national disaster, and there are many officials who have been martyred.

But there are more who are in a hurry to surrender to the Great Shun Dynasty.

After discussion, Li Zicheng decided that no officials above the third grade would be used.

Those below the third grade can give priority to selecting a group of honest and self-disciplined officials to entrust them with important tasks.

One operation, the first batch of more than 100 Ming Dynasty officials were entrusted with important tasks, such as the original official Langzhong Zuo Maotai, who was directly promoted from the Lang of the fifth grade to the left servant of the military government of the third grade, and was promoted to four levels in a row!

As soon as Zuo Maotai took office, he received the defeat report of the loss of Changping.

"On the lord, Changping was lost, and Guo Qi, the commander of the brigade, died in battle." Zuo Mao Tai reported on the performance.

"What did you say, Changping was lost?" Li Zicheng was a little stunned and said, "Who did it?" Chongzhen children? ”

Zuo Maotai replied: "According to the report of the defeated army, some of the thieves who attacked Changping last night did shout Shengshang, so the thieves who attacked Changping should be the defeated soldiers of the puppet emperor Chongzhen." ”

"Is it really Chongzhen's child?" Li Zicheng's face fell.

"It can't be." Liu Zongmin didn't believe it, "After Chongzhen Xiao'er broke the siege, he didn't go south, he didn't go east, but went north to Changping?" Is he stupid? ”

"yes, is Chongzhen a fool?"

Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing also have the same doubts.

There is still a glimmer of life in the south or east, and it is really a dead end to go north.

After all, Juyong Pass is blocked there, and the hundreds of rabble of Chongzhen Xiao'er can still take the heavily garrisoned Juyong Pass? I'm afraid that it will be impossible for Wang Yangming to reincarnate.

……

"He's not stupid." Li Yan shook his head and said, "It's not stupid at all. ”

"How not stupid." Li Nian disagreed, "If Chongzhen Lao'er escapes directly south after breaking the siege, although it is inevitable that he will be caught up in the end, Qiao Zhuang's exiles may still have a chance to escape." ”

"After all, even if the Lord sends an official document to catch the sea, he may not be able to catch it."

"If you go east, it is very likely that you will join the Guanning army."

"The Guanning army has forty or fifty thousand horses, and it is still worthy of fighting with my Dashun army."

"But to the north, there is Juyong Pass in front, and there are chasing soldiers in the back, and after the right mighty general and his brother find out that they are in the air, they will definitely lead the cavalry of their headquarters to outflank them from the east and west flanks."

"At that time, my Dashun army will be surrounded on all sides, where can Chongzhen Lao'er run?"

Li Mu also said: "Yes, isn't Chongzhen Lao'er killing himself? ”

"You're wrong." Li Yan waved his hand and said, "You have ignored a fact. ”

"What?" Li You and Li Mu said with puzzled expressions, "What did we ignore?" ”

"Terrain." Li Yan said, "Don't you remember that when Yang Sichang, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, surrounded and suppressed my Dashun army with the strategy of 'four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net', how did the Lord escape this death?" ”

Li Youdao: "Why don't you remember, at the most critical time, the lord only led seventeen horsemen to escape into Shangluo Mountain, and it was by virtue of the terrain of Shangluo Mountain that he was able to get rid of the pursuit of the Ming army." ”

Li Mu smiled and continued: "In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, when the Lord came back from Shangluo Mountain, there were only 3,000 people, if it wasn't for the great help of my brother, how could I be today?" ”

"Shut up!" Li Yan suddenly changed color and said, "How many times have I told you, don't mention this kind of thing in the future." ”

"It's not you and my brother talking in private." Li Mu said abruptly, "The younger brother in front of the person promised not to say this. ”

"Don't say it in private." Li Yan Zhengse said, "If you say it well, you will blurt it out if you are not careful, in case this word reaches the ears of the prime minister and the lord, it will not be clear." ”

Li Nian changed the topic and said, "Brother, what does this have to do with Chongzhen Lao'er?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Li Yan said, "Didn't you find that Chongzhen at this time was in a similar situation to the lord back then?" ”

"Hmm, I see." Li Nian said suddenly, "Brother, you mean that as long as Chongzhen's hundreds of cavalry drill into the ravine of Yanshan casually, our Dashun army will have nothing to do with him." ”

"Yes." Li Yan said, "As long as you enter Yanshan, the small number of soldiers in the Ming army will become an advantage." ”

"But brother, it's still not right." Li Nian said, "The Lord escaped into Shangluo Mountain to keep his eyes open, so that when the situation changes, what is the use of Chongzhen Lao'er hiding in Yanshan?" ”

"Our Dashun Dynasty is not a false Ming, it is impossible to give him a chance."

Li Mu also said: "Yes, Chongzhen Lao'er can still hide in Yanshan for a lifetime?" ”

"No, you're too optimistic." Li Yan frowned and said, "There are still variables in the current situation, not to mention anything else, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army is a huge hidden danger, and there are even more Jiannu eyeing it outside the pass." ”

"That's just as well." Li Nian said, "So my brother wants to go north to Gubeikou?" ”

"Yes." Li Yan nodded and said, "Gubeikou is one of the ancient passages into Yanshan, if you are lucky, Chongzhen will be directly stopped by you and my brother, take a step back, even if Chongzhen does not enter the mountain from Gubeikou, there is a high probability that he will eventually go out of the mountain from Gubeikou to join the Guanning army, so as long as we hold Gubeikou, we will be able to catch him." ”

"Understood." Li Mu laughed and said, "Chongzhen Lao'er, don't want to escape from his brother's palm. ”

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Li Zicheng patted the case and said: "No matter whether Chongzhen Xiao'er is really stupid or panicked, since he is looking for death by himself, then I have to fulfill him." ”

"Immediately send flying horses and order Li You and Li Yan to go north to outflank the two wings of Changping."

"Let Lao Gu lead two thousand light horsemen to the north, and capture Chongzhen alive with Li You and Li Yan."

"Obey." Zuo Maotai took a long look, turned around and walked out of the Qianqing Palace to draft the edict.

Li Zicheng said to Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance: "Prime Minister, Zuo Junshi, let's discuss what happened just now, should we fight or surrender to Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of Guan Ning troops?" ”

Song Xiance said: "My subordinates think that if they can surrender, they should still surrender." ”

Niu Jinxing said: "But Wu Sangui is different from Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Zhang Tianlin, and the strength of the Guan Ning Army is also much stronger than the strength of Xuanfu Town and Datong Town." ”

Song Xiance said: "It is precisely because of the strength of the Guanning army that it should be appeased. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "If you are appeased, will the tail not fall off in the future?" ”

Song Xiance said: "My subordinates think that they should be appeased as much as possible, because once the appeasement is successful, not only can they get a new force to resist the Jiannu outside the Guan, but they can also give Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing and other Ming army border towns in Jiangnan a reassurance, and it will be much easier for my Dashun army to pacify Jiangnan in the future." ”

"Makes sense." Li Zicheng clapped and said, "Then it's still appeased." ”

Niu Jinxing said: "Since the lord has decided to appease, it is best to send a few generals to go, Wu Sangui sees that the lord treats the Ming army well and entrusts the generals with important tasks, and he will not have doubts again." ”

Li Zicheng said: "Then let Bai Guangen and Tang Tong go to Yongping Mansion, and bring another 40,000 taels of silver." ”

To tell the truth, Li Zicheng also felt that 40,000 taels of silver was a bit cold, but he couldn't take out more.

Song Xiance rolled his eyes and said: "Lord, Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang is in Beijing, it is better to ask Wu Xiang to write a letter of surrender to Wu Sangui, this letter can be worth 100,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Zicheng said: "Good, just do it." ”