The Jiannu army was defeated like a mountain, and the Ming army naturally would not let go of the God-given opportunity to beat the water dogs. Xu Yingwei sent a full 25 infantry brigades plus the entire cavalry town to launch a large-scale pursuit and annihilation battle against the Jiannu rout, striving to annihilate Jiannu as much as possible.

However, Xu Yingwei still left 10 infantry brigades. These 10 infantry brigades were left to protect the artillery and Chongzhen.

Xu Yingwei will not forget that there are still 30,000 puppet Shun cavalry on the south bank of the Tonghui River. What if all the infantry was sent out to pursue Jiannu, and the puppet Shun cavalry suddenly crossed the Bali Bridge?

Without infantry, artillery alone could not deal with the puppet cavalry. Until now, the puppet cavalry has been reluctant to leave the battlefield.

But on the side of the couch, will others be allowed to sleep soundly? It must be driven away. Xu Yingwei then proposed: "Shengshang, do you want to send 5 infantry brigades to cross the Bali Bridge?" The puppet Shun only came with tens of thousands of cavalry, and there was no artillery, so the infantry was enough to drive it out. Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Forget it." "The soldiers of the Ming army have just experienced a big battle, and their tense nerves have been relaxed, and it is not that they can't fight at all at this time, but more is better than less.

The key is that he doesn't want to turn his face with the pseudo-shun so quickly. Chongzhen even wanted to talk to Li Zicheng face-to-face.

Li Zicheng is still different from Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong, a grass coward, can only send troops to suppress it, Li Zicheng can still try to recruit it first.

Of course, this is just a try, and Chongzhen didn't have much hope, after all, Li Zicheng had already been proclaimed emperor.

At that moment, Chongzhen instructed Jiang Tianyi: "Jiang Tianyi, you find a Guozi to send a message to Li Zicheng, doesn't he want to see me?" Now is the most opportune time, and tell him that he is only allowed to bring more than ten attendants, and that he is not allowed to carry bows and arrows or muskets, and of course, I will not bring weapons, and there will be no more than ten attendants. ”

"Yes." Jiang Tianyi immediately sent a Guozisheng across the river to spread the word. Gao Qiqian then stepped forward and said, "Long live the lord, do you want to change your armor now?" ”

"Changing armor?" Chongzhen didn't react at once,

"What kind of armor to change, inexplicable."

"Uh......" Gao Qiqian was also stunned, and said in his heart that he changed his armor last time he saw Li Zicheng?

"Oh, you say that, not this time." Chongzhen said abruptly,

"This time across the Tonghui River, can Li Zicheng still fly over and kill me? So it doesn't have to be so much trouble this time. "Beetle...... Not to mention, Li Zicheng really had the intention of killing Chongzhen.

Li Zicheng looked at the Ming army on the north bank of the Tonghui River from afar, and asked faintly: "Two military advisors, you say, if I lead 30,000 iron cavalry to kill the Bali Bridge at this time, can I defeat the Ming army on the opposite side?" Can Chongzhen be killed or even captured? ”

"This ......" Song Xiance didn't dare to say anything at all, he was now beginning to doubt his life. Until now, Song Xiance's mind is still the bloody picture of the two yellow flags and the two white flags being slaughtered by the Ming army, as well as the pictures of those soldiers using their bodies to block Jiannu Bayala.

Who can defeat such a Ming army? No one can beat it. Gu Junen didn't have the slightest prevarication, and sighed: "Holy Lord, you can't win." Li Zicheng's face turned cold in an instant, but he soon showed a look of relief.

"It's me who is greedy and wants to take advantage of the danger of the Ming army." Li Zicheng smiled self-deprecatingly, and was about to give the order to withdraw his troops, when he galloped over from the Bali Bridge on a fast horse.

Li Zicheng immediately swallowed the military order back. The messenger of the Ming army soon came to Li Zicheng.

"Xue Zongzhou, the son of the Ming Dynasty, is hereby instructed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to tell the Emperor of Shunguo......" After listening to Xue Zongzhou read out the edict, Li Zicheng showed a look of astonishment, I really didn't expect that Chongzhen would actually propose to meet him at this time?

Don't say it, it's really okay. Li Zicheng really wanted to meet Chongzhen, because he had something to ask Chongzhen face-to-face.

At the moment, Li Zicheng said: "It's okay to meet, but I can't trust him, last time in Henan Mansion, he was obviously hiding in the Jin Xuan army but deliberately disappeared, so this time I must add a condition." Xue Zongzhou frowned and said, "Dare to ask, what are the conditions?" ”

"Don't wear a hood." Li Zicheng said with a straight face.

"And I have to send people across the river to watch him unload his weapons." Xue Zongzhou returned the conditions proposed by Li Zicheng to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen readily agreed, and also sent Xue Zongzhou to monitor Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng sent Gu Junen across the Tonghui River to monitor Chongzhen.

Under the surveillance of Xue Zongzhou and Gu Junen, Chongzhen and Li Zicheng only brought nine attendants, did not wear a hood, nor did they carry any weapons, and rode their horses to the Tonghui River.

The width of the Tonghui River is actually only a dozen meters. Therefore, Chongzhen and Li Zicheng can see each other's expressions clearly across the Tonghui River.

"Li Zicheng, we meet again." Chongzhen greeted with a smile,

"You seem to be a lot haggard." Really facing Chongzhen, Li Zicheng was instinctively a little weak-hearted, that is, twenty years ago, he was just a small post man in Yinchuan Mansion, but the emperor in front of him was the emperor who held the power of life and death for hundreds of millions of trillion Li Shu, this huge disparity in status gave him a sense of oppression and made him irrepressibly fearful.

But soon, Li Zicheng thought that he was now also the emperor of the Great Shun Dynasty. At that moment, Li Zicheng snorted and said, "This is the first time we have met, right?" As soon as he heard this, Chongzhen knew that Li Zicheng was still haunted by what happened last time.

Chongzhen smiled: "Then let's get down to business, you said you wanted to see me last time, what's the matter?" ”

"Nothing." Li Zicheng can only deny it at this time, and he can't say that he wanted to see you last time, but he wanted to discuss with you about the equal division of Jiannu's territory.

But now, there is no need to mention this matter. At the moment, he said: "I just want to meet you and see what kind of person you are?" Why did the decree cut the post delivery in the first place and smash the jobs of so many people? This sentence has been held in Li Zicheng's heart for more than 20 years.

I finally said it in front of Chongzhen today, and I was comfortable. Beetle

"This matter is mine, I will compensate you." Chongzhen laughed and said,

"Besides, I have a proposal, I don't know if you want to hear it or not?" Li Zicheng snorted lightly and said, "What proposal?" Chongzhen said with a straight face: "What kind of goods are the group of goods that manage the post station, I think you are also very clear, which is also the main reason why I had to cut the post delivery in the first place, that is, now, the remaining post delivery of the Ming Dynasty is still generally dirty, and it is useless except for spending money and food." Li Zicheng looked sarcastic: "Isn't the Ming officialdom like this? ”

"That's right, the Ming officialdom is like this." Chongzhen laughed and said,

"So I plan to get a post that is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and it will only be under the control of the post delivery section of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Li Zicheng pouted and said,

"Change the soup but not the ear."

"No, no, no, the two are still different." Chongzhen waved his hand and said,

"Li Zicheng, are you willing to serve as the post department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Beetle

"What do you say?" Li Zicheng was immediately stupid. Song Xiance, Gu Junen and Ma Bao were also stupid. It was so unexpected that I couldn't react at once.

"Suspicious of the official?" Chongzhen Dao,

"This official is not small." It's really not small, and the post delivery department is equivalent to the national postmaster in the matter.

"Zhu Youzhen!" Li Zicheng finally reacted, and said angrily,

"Too much deception!"

"Hey, don't get excited." Chongzhen waved his hand and said,

"This is just a proposal, and I didn't have to force you to serve as the post delivery department, right? If you don't want to be, just act as if I didn't say it. "Beetle

"Zhu Youzhen, if you inflict the insult on me today, he will definitely return it to you tenfold one day." After saying the cruel words, Li Zicheng immediately took Song Xiance, Ma Bao and other entourages to leave.

"Li Zicheng." Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice,

"I have reserved the position in this post department for you, you can take office whenever you want, I am waiting for you." Li Zicheng strangled his mount violently, and his body was trembling.

But in the end, Li Zicheng still slammed the horse and left, and there was nothing to say to Chongzhen. Gu Junen, who was in charge of surveillance, said to Chongzhen before leaving: "The Holy Lord insulted my Emperor Dashun so much, and it seems to be a loss of the Ming national character to spread it, and the record of the Holy Lord in the history books in the future will not look good." ”

"I don't care about the fame behind me." Chongzhen laughed,

"It's you, Gu Junen, you and Li Yan are rare talents, it's a pity to follow Li Zicheng, it's better to return to the imperial court." Hearing this, Gu Junen's heart immediately skipped a beat.

I have to say that Chongzhen's proposal is too lethal. Especially after witnessing the Battle of Bali Bridge and seeing the strength of the Ming army, Chongzhen's proposal has a fatal temptation that is difficult to refuse.

Chongzhen smiled and said: "You have seen the strength of the new army of the Ming Dynasty, do you think Li Zicheng's Shun army can beat the current Ming army?" Therefore, you and Li Yan can only follow Li Zicheng in a dead end, on the contrary, if you can abandon the darkness and surrender to the Ming to serve the imperial court, you can show your ambitions in the new battlefield. ”

"A new battlefield?" Gu Junen didn't understand what Chongzhen meant. Chongzhen smiled and asked rhetorically, "Gu Junen, what is your ambition?" ”

"My ambition?" Gu Junen was a little distracted when he heard this, what is my ambition? When he was young, he was studying, and his ambition was to cultivate himself and rule the country and the world, but after repeated attempts, his ambition when he was young slowly wore out, and he gradually became a fly camp dog in life.

Until one day I met Li Zicheng, the Great Shun Army. Then he, Gu Junen, finally had a new hope.

Chongzhen really lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot this time. At that moment, Gu Junen smiled and said: "Thanks to the favor of the saint, but I am just a talent in the next generation, I don't have any lofty ambitions, and I really can't get on the stage, so forget it." ”

"Uh......" This is really a bit unexpected by Chongzhen. How can you suddenly refuse? Which sentence is wrong?

Beetle

"Farewell." Gu Junen waved shallowly, turned around and walked away.