Using thieves to recruit thieves is indeed an effective method.

Li Zicheng's men and horses came partly from peasants, and half from the pawns of the Ming Dynasty. These people are also hovering between Da Ming and Da Shun, and whoever wins will fall to whom.

Until the head is lost, otherwise he will keep his head tucked in the waistband of his trousers, eat food and become a soldier.

From the generals to the pawns, this is basically the rule of survival.

In the past, Ma Shiyao's thousands of subordinates have now become the Ming army, and they are for the new Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty, and some of them have made meritorious contributions and been promoted.

Therefore, it is easy and immediate to let these people who have mixed well with Chongzhen do the work of these hundreds of thieves.

Anyway, it's to eat for a mixed meal, regardless of whether he is a Ming or a Dashun, as long as he has a life, whoever gives food and pays military salaries will follow whoever mixes.

Therefore, the captives of more than 600 thieves turned into the Ming army, and the crown prince and Wang Jiayan all incorporated them into the Xinjing camp.

In this way, after the battle attrition, the collection of prisoners, and the increase and decrease were offset by the increase and decrease, and the original 1,500 men and horses in the palace were increased by more than 300, reaching more than 1,800 people.

Coupled with more than 100 brocade guards, there are basically 2,000 soldiers and horses in the palace now.

Seeing that his team slowly snowballed, from the original few hundred people to 2,000 people, Chongzhen was happy.

It's just that the palace in the land of projectiles is too small, and the next step is to find a way to expand the territory, expand the number of people, and drive Li Zicheng out.

Lying flat and waiting is of course also the way.

According to his knowledge of history, after the Battle of One Stone, Li Zicheng retreated like lightning, and he gave up Shangjing without beating him.

But that's at least another month.

In addition, according to the original historical development, the Qing army entered the customs and led the wolf into the house, and I am not ready yet.

You have to increase your strength as soon as possible.

Suddenly knocked Li Zicheng 10 million taels of silver and 1,000 stone of grain, of course, he had to start raising money to cultivate.

Chongzhen called Wang Chengen and asked him to get another 1 million taels of silver to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Wang Chengen reluctantly agreed to go out, and his heart was unpredictable, and the emperor's appetite for saving private money was getting bigger and bigger.

At first, I asked for 100,000 taels, then 200,000 taels, then 500,000 taels, and now it has risen to 1 million taels.

But now there is silver in the palace, and the lord knocked Li Zicheng's bamboo pole again and again, anyway, the 20 million taels of silver are the emperor's.

Not to mention getting a heart care store, you can get it anywhere.

Soon Wang Chengen called over fifty little eunuchs, lined up 50 brocade guards, and 100 people moved the silver, until the fixed shift time, before the 1 million silver was gathered.

After dinner, Chongzhen returned to the Heart Cultivation Hall and sent all the palace maids and eunuchs outside, sat down and began to cultivate......

In the past two days, Chongzhen has been busy in the palace, and Li Zicheng outside the city has not been idle.

When Liu Fangliang saw Li Zicheng after he went back, he didn't dare to hide it, and truthfully explained what had happened.

Li Zicheng scolded his mother angrily.

10 million taels of silver and 1,000 quintals of grain were exchanged for Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Zongmin was satisfied, but lost another 1,000 soldiers and horses.

What made Li Zicheng even more distressed was that the generals Yuan Zongdi and Hao Shaoqi were captured and captured.

This loss is too explosive!

It's better to be like Li Yan, honestly ransom people with money and food, how can you save the two generals now?

Li Yan went to invite the Shaolin monk and didn't come back, and there was no news from the beggars and the people from Lujiazhuang as soon as they left, and it seems that these martial arts people are unreliable.

Now the tossing of the enthronement is not in the mood.

Li Zicheng was at a loss.

At this time, the report of the border battle came, and Tang Tong and Bai Guangen returned defeated......

According to Li Zicheng's will, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen went to recruit Wu Sangui to take over Shanhaiguan, but now something has changed.

The two generals ordered to act separately, each with 10,000 horses, Tang Tong ambushed Wu Sangui halfway, and Bai Guangen directly sent troops to Shanhaiguan, grabbed the city, and cut off Wu Sangui's back road.

Then let Wu Sangui suffer from the enemy on his back and destroy the Guanning army in one fell swoop.

Anyway, it is impossible to recruit Wu Sangui now, so the only way to kill him is to destroy him.

But how could Tang Tong be Wu Sangui's opponent? Don't look at Wu Sangui at this time, he only took 5,000 Guan Ning iron horses to attack, and jumped into Tang Tong's ambush circle.

But Wu Sangui was not chaotic in the face of danger, and his generals Wu Guogui and young general Hu Guozhu were more capable than the other, plus Wu Sangui, the dragon, Fang Guangchen strategized for it.

In a scuffle, Wu Sangui turned defeat into victory, and Tang Tong fled in embarrassment after being killed.

Wu Sangui chased and killed for a while behind, Tang Tong was like a lost dog, defeated back to Miyun, and only about 3,000 people were left from the 10,000 people counted.

The ambush battle is like this, and there is no one left.

Bai Guangen sent troops to Shanhaiguan, and Gao Di led his 10,000 troops and horses to defend the city.

Wu Sangui's cavalry joined forces with the Guanning army of Yongping Mansion overnight, and when he saw Huxinshui and Xialongshan, Grandpa came back so quickly.

After knowing what happened, he scolded Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin for being unjust.

Then he joined forces with Wu Sangui and returned to Shanhaiguan. It was still Guan Ning Iron Cavalry who took the lead, but this time it was Hu Xinshui and Xia Longshan who led the team.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen