After Li Dingguo led the Great Western Army south, the Ming army quickly recovered Chengdu.

After the occupation of Chengdu, Zhang Zhiji, the governor of Sichuan, was able to begin to engage in the governance of Sichuan.

The situation in Sichuan is very complex, with different ethnic groups and a large number of toasts.

The work of changing the land and returning it to the river has a long way to go.

In fact, it is still a matter of people's livelihood.

Just like Shi Yan's Xuanwei Division, if Li Xianzhong can't let the people here achieve self-sufficiency in food, how can they pay the central tax?

Even if Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin supported the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult for them to give up their hereditary consolation envoys and become a liuguan.

This matter must not be urgent, and we must first improve the people's livelihood in Sichuan.

However, fortunately, there are still Tusi in Sichuan who support the rule of the central government, such as the Shili Xuanwei Division and the Youyang Xuanwei Division.

In the future, they can be used to set up a model, and even Li Xianzhong can give Ma Xianglin a hereditary title, as long as they support "changing the land and returning to the stream".

In fact, compared to transformation, killing is the most direct method.

Li Dingguo's Great Western Army burned and killed all the way and destroyed many Tusi cottages.

The Tusi in these areas were killed, and as long as the imperial court immediately sent officials and gave enough support to the local people, they could directly replace these hereditary Tusi with liuguan appointed by the central government.

Bring those places under the jurisdiction of the central government.

Although it may be difficult for these places to generate income in the short term, and even the imperial court will continue to subsidize the silver.

But for the sake of long-term peace and stability, Li Xianzhong is willing to spend these silvers.

The world is not chaotic before Shu is chaotic, and the world is peaceful and difficult to peace!

It is far more difficult to govern Sichuan than to lay down Sichuan!

This is a great test for Zhang Zhiji, who has grown a lot by his side over the past year.

But fortunately, young people are still very enterprising, and Zhang Zhiji is also a benchmark set by Li Xianzhong for the transformation of traditional nobles.

Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo in Yunnan, also expressed his submission to the Hongguang court under pressure.

However, the situation in Yunnan is probably more complicated than in Sichuan.

Mu Tianbo, the "Emperor of the Soil", actually does not have such a strong control over Yunnan Tusi.

I am afraid that it will take several years to completely solve the problem in the southwest.

For the time being, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan have formed a situation in which Mujia, Li Dingguo and Daming each control one province.

Of course, the separation between Li Dingguo and Mu Tianbo is only temporary.

It will take a certain amount of time to "change the land and return the land to the stream" in the areas of Sichuan that were swept away by Li Dingguo.

After these areas were digested, these propaganda divisions in Guizhou were basically handled by Li Dingguo.

Then Li Xianzhong will let the Great Western Army enter Yunnan and completely solve the problem of the Mu family's long-term secession of Yunnan.

The strategy for the southwest region has been formulated, and it is time to leave it to the next time.

At this time, there are still problems in the northwest that need to be solved.

After Dashun took the initiative to abandon Henan, the main forces all retreated to Shaanxi.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department had a very large area under its jurisdiction, with 8 prefectures, 21 prefectures and 95 counties.

In addition to today's Shaanxi Province, it also included Ningxia, Gansu and even most of Qinghai.

Almost all of the northwest regions of the Ming Dynasty are included.

Li Zicheng, who retreated to Shaanxi, still has an army of 180,000 and controls a vast land.

Although the Ming army had not yet entered Guanzhong, their life was not easy.

This year, Dashun has been defeated repeatedly, not only losing Shanxi, but also the whole of Henan.

Prime Minister Chongguang said: "Now we only have 300,000 stones of grain left in stock, and we can last for a month and a half at most!" ”

The words of the light path made everyone startled.

Dashun killed ten vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty in a row and grabbed a lot of money and grain.

How long has it been, and there is only this little bit of food left?

Now the gentry on the ground in Shaanxi have long been robbed, and there is no wool to pick!

Li Yan said with relief: "This year, Dashun has issued a field tax order, and the grain can be collected after the autumn harvest!" ”

"Fortunately, the autumn harvest is just over a month away, and we should be able to get through it!"

Although it was easy to say, Li Yan knew that it would not be easy to endure for more than a month.

Now that the Ming army has occupied Chengdu, Li Dingguo's Great Western Army has been defeated.

Li Xianzhong has no worries, and the next step is definitely to take Dashun!

Sure enough, a few days later, the Ming army in Henan began to bombard Tongguan!

Tongguan is the gateway to Guanzhong, and Li Zicheng naturally does not dare to slack off.

In addition to the 20,000 elite soldiers of his nephew Li Guo, he asked Yuan Chonghuan to lead 20,000 troops into Huayin to support Tongguan at any time.

If Hanzhong had not been lost, then they could indeed effectively block the Ming army by holding Tongguan.

But now Hanzhong has been lost, and even the Dasanguan has fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

In this way, Fengxiang Mansion has become extremely important, and Baoji, which is under the jurisdiction of Fengxiang, not only chokes Chencang Road, but also is the passage for Guanzhong to retreat to Longxi.

Once Fengxiang Mansion was occupied by the Ming army, Li Zicheng would be trapped in Guanzhong by the Ming army.

Therefore, Li Zicheng did not sit in Xi'an, but led an army of 30,000 to personally guard Fengxiang!

And let his general Liu Zongmin lead 20,000 people to defend Baoji in the south of Fengxiang.

Just as Li Zicheng mobilized the main force to prevent the Ming army from entering Hanzhong on the southern front, something happened on the northern front.

Although most of the territory in Shaanxi is in the hands of Li Zicheng, he has lost two of the most critical places.

One is naturally Hanzhong in the south, and the other is the four Great Wall towns of Yulin, Guyuan, Ningxia and Gansu in the north.

Now that the Dashun army is confronting the Ming army on the southern front, the Ming army in the north will naturally not let go of this good opportunity.

Under the command of Xiong Tingbi, the Ming army moved south from Yulinwei and conquered Suide and Yan'an, an important town in northern Shaanxi.

Dashun did not have many soldiers and horses left behind on the northern front, so he was naturally not the elite opponent of the Ming army.

Except for the defenders of Suide and Yan'an, there was some resistance, and the other prefectures and counties almost surrendered, and the Ming army was in Weishui in just ten days.

Li Zicheng was shocked when he heard the news and hurried back to Xi'an.

As soon as his men and horses walked out of Fengxiang thirty miles, they received news from Liu Zongmin.

The Ming army Zuo Liangyu led an army of 20,000 out of Dasanguan and was storming Baoji.

Li Zicheng can be described as a dilemma at this time, and he is in a dilemma.

At this moment, if he goes to save Xi'an, then Liu Zongmin is likely to be unable to hold Baoji and be occupied by the Ming army Fengxiang.

In this way, his retreat to Longxi was cut off by the Ming army.

Even if Xi'an is saved, it must have been trapped in Guanzhong by the Ming army.

But if he surrenders Fengxiang, it means giving up Xi'an.

At this time, only the more than 10,000 second-line troops under the commander of Prime Minister Chongguang Dao remained in Xi'an, and once the Ming army crossed Weishui, the loss of Xi'an was almost inevitable.

Once Xi'an is lost, the tens of thousands of main forces he left behind on the front line of Tongguan and Wuguan will be "dumplings" by the Ming army.

Not only that, but he also lost the richest Guanzhong Plain, after which he could only retreat into the deep mountains of Longxi to fight the Ming army.

Even the always resolute Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng had no idea at the moment.

Li Zicheng could only turn to Li Yan and Song for help, and he said: "Mr. Li, Mr. Song, how should we enter the army?" ”

Song Xiance said: "The Ming army has already arrived in Weishui a few days ago, Fengxiang is nearly 300 miles away from Xi'an, and we will arrive in three or four days at the earliest. ”

"Even if you go back, you may not be able to stabilize the situation."

"But once Fengxiang is lost, we will become turtles in the urn. Guanzhong is now facing enemies on all sides, and it can no longer hold on. Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army had not yet surrounded Guanzhong, he ordered all departments to hurry up and move closer to Fengxiang! ”

"At this time, it is more important to hold Fengxiang than to return to Xi'an."

Although Li Yan had a wife very early, after meeting the red lady outside Kaifeng City, the two fell in love with each other at first sight.

Although he is very worried about the red lady who is still in Xi'an, he still has to focus on the overall situation at this time!

Li Yan also agreed with Song Xiance's opinion and suggested that Li Zicheng quickly shrink his forces and abandon Guanzhong.

After Li Guo learned that the Ming army was marching south to Linweishui, he hurriedly joined forces with Yuan Chonghuan of Huayin.

Now that the Ming army has reached Weishui, the significance of holding Tongguan is not very great.

As soon as they discussed, leaving 10,000 people to hold Tongguan, they led an army of 30,000 to Xi'an.

Li Guo and the others hurried and finally arrived in Xi'an three days later!

There are not many defenders in Xi'an, but fortunately, the city is still the banner of Dashun.

After seeing the prime minister's light path, the hearts of the two finally fell.

Li Guo also had a cavalry of 5,000 people under his command, and the Ming army was already in Xi'an at this time, so Li Guo chose to camp outside the city in order to monitor the surrounding Ming army.

And Yuan Chonghuan led the army to stationed in Xi'an!

Yuan Chonghuan entered the city accompanied by Chongguang Dao, and did not notice the surrounding situation at all!

The sergeant beside Chongguang Dao suddenly attacked, drew his sword and killed Yuan Chonghuan's guard.

When the knife came to his neck, he realized that the Light Path had rebelled.

By this time, half of his men had already entered the city.

Suddenly, the ambush soldiers on the city came out, and the bows and arrows continued to shoot at the Dashun army that followed Yuan Chonghuan into the city.

This sudden scene directly stunned the Dashun army that entered the city, and soon there was a bloody storm in the urn city!

The soldiers who had already entered the city were attacked by the Ming army's iron cavalry and the city's Lu Mi gun.

Although many people didn't react to what happened, they directly met Lord Yama!

But the instinct to survive forced them to run out of the city.

This is also the purpose of the Ming army, and the cavalry in the city just used these routs to attack the formation of the Dashun army outside the city.

Li Guo was also dumbfounded by this sudden scene.

A large number of Ming troops rushed out of the city of Xi'an.

Just as he was about to lead the cavalry into battle, there was a sudden shock near the camp.

A large number of Ming cavalry appeared on either side of his camp.

Don't think it must be the nine-sided elite of the Ming army.

Li Guo hurriedly led the cavalry to meet the enemy and kill him.

The cavalry under him is not an old battalion, and both the equipment and the quality of the cavalry are much worse than the Ming army.

In addition, it was a hasty response, and the moment the two sides came into contact, they were defeated.

The cavalry of the Dashun army was constantly cut down, and the Ming army took the opportunity to tear through their formation.

The infantry outside the city had long been crushed and became the target of the Ming cavalry chasing and slashing.

Li Guo knew that the general trend had gone, and in the end he only led more than 1,000 horsemen to break out of the encirclement.

Yuan Chonghuan's heart was frightened at this time, he had betrayed Li Xianzhong, and this was the second time he had been captured.

Now that Li Zi's success or failure has been decided, this world is Li Xianzhong's.

Yuan Chonghuan knew that Li Xianzhong would sooner or later usurp himself and become self-reliant, and if he repeatedly stood on the wrong side, he would never end well.

It's just that he never dreamed that Li Zicheng's most trusted prime minister, Guangdao, would actually backstab Li Zicheng at this time.

You must know that Chongguang Dao is the elder of the righteous army, in the early years when the second king of Baishui rebelled, he was one of the leaders of the righteous army, and he gave advice to the righteous army all the year round!

The light path seemed to see Yuan Chonghuan's doubt.

He said: "Many years ago, I was ordered by the prince to organize a peasant uprising in northern Shaanxi, so I just set things right, not a betrayal!" ”

"The prince gives you two ways!"

"If Governor Yuan is willing to surrender, the prince will arrange you to be a slave and a dusi!"

Li Xianzhong is mocking himself, he wasted so much effort to spare a circle, and he actually returned to the original point.

He didn't want to go back to that snowy land where there was no hope and no hope could ever be seen!

He said, "I'll take the second path!" ”

Chong Guangdao shook his head helplessly and said: "It seems that Governor Yuan is still unwilling to be used by the prince, in this case, the prince can only execute you Ling Chi for the crime of treason!" ”

Chongguang Dao thought that Yuan Chonghuan would change his words.

Unexpectedly, after Yuan Chonghuan heard this, instead of being frightened, he laughed and said: "What a crime of treason, the biggest thief in the world is probably not Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, but he Li Xianzhong himself!" ”

"This chaotic minister and thief will usurp himself sooner or later!"

At this time, Li Xianzhong suddenly sneezed!

It seemed that someone was speaking ill of the king behind his back, and he asked, "How far are we from Qinzhou?" ”

Chen Qiyu on the side said: "We have already left the Qishan Road, and after crossing the Wei River, we are Qinzhou City!" ”

Li Xianzhong's route out of Hanzhong this time is actually the same as the route of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition.

The main force passes through the Qishan Road and goes to the Longyou area.

The only difference is that Zhuge Wuhou sent Zhao Yun out of Xiegu Road as a suspicious soldier to contain the enemy army.

And this time, Li Xianzhong sent Zuo Liangyu out of Chen Cangdao to threaten Baoji.

It is said that Zhuge Kongming failed to recover Guanzhong when he came out of Qishan Liu, and today he Li Xianzhong does not believe in this evil!

Qinzhou is the original Tianshui.

Li Zicheng put his focus on the area of Guanzhong, and the land of Longxi was naturally empty of troops!

Soon the Ming army captured the city of Qinzhou.

At the same time, the Ming army stationed in Guyuan Town also took advantage of the situation to move south and conquer Pingliang Mansion.

At this time, Li Zicheng can be said to be in a hurry, and the betrayal of the Light Dao means that the entire Guanzhong region has fallen.

And the loss of Tongping Liangfu in Qinzhou means that he has been besieged in Fengxiang by various Ming troops at this time!

Although Liu Zongmin fought hard to keep Baoji, and they still had 50,000 people after joining up with the remnants of Li Guo, they no longer had much food.

Even if the Ming army didn't attack, they would be trapped for ten days and they would run out of food!

At this time, the sergeant came to report, and the light path came to visit!

Li Zicheng was furious and said, "This traitor still has the face to come to see me, but I don't see it!" ”

At this time, Li Yan said: "Now that we are desperate, we might as well listen to what the Light Dao has to say!" ”

In the end, Li Zicheng held back his anger and met with a kind of light path.

Looking at this group of former colleagues, Chongguang Dao was not much embarrassed.

He briefly talked about his experience!

Everyone including Li Zicheng was dumbfounded, they didn't expect that Li Xianzhong had started the layout many years ago.

It turned out that his Dashun was just a chess piece in Li Xianzhong's hands!

Li Zicheng said: "Now that Shaanxi has fallen into the hands of Li Xianzhong, my chess piece is already a waste, I don't know how Li Xianzhong is going to deal with us?" ”

Chong Guangdao said with a smile: "Your Majesty is too humble, you are still useful to the prince, and the prince is willing to give you a way to live." ”

"Shaanxi is recovered, but Hamiwei is still under the rule of the Yarkand Khanate."

"The prince can let you go west, and even provide you with some supplies, but within 3 months, Dashun must recapture Hamiwei and hand Hamiwei over to Daming!"

"Now the Black Mountain faction in the territory of the Yarkand Khanate and the Baishan faction are on the same footing, and it is not a problem to take the opportunity to destroy the Yarkand Khanate with the military strength of Dashun, and occupy the southern Tianshan Road!"

Li Yan said: "Li Xianzhong is really a good calculation, the food in the Western Regions is already insufficient, and I will enter the Western Regions in Dashun, and I will inevitably compete with the local Yarkand people for resources, and it is inevitable to kill on a large scale." ”

"Li Xianzhong first let us do these murderous things, and then he will take the opportunity to destroy us, and he will definitely be supported by the local tribes!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, everyone reacted.

This Li Xianzhong is really vicious, and he completely uses them as tools.

The path of light did not deny it.

said: "It is naturally impossible for my prince to make a loss-making transaction, and the first batch of food and military supplies for you is used to exchange for Hamiwei." ”

"Then you need food and military funds in exchange for Turpan or other places."

"As for how much to change, you can do it yourself!"

In the end, a few people discussed, although Li Xianzhong was ambitious, but this was their only choice at present!

The Western Regions is the traditional territory of my Han family, and it would be a good thing if they could take him back from the Mongols.

As long as their territory is big enough, it is not impossible to give Li Xianzhong some of it in exchange for food and armaments.

Maybe they can carve out a world in the Western Regions like Yelu Dashi back then!

The supply of the Western Regions was very difficult, and even Li Xianzhong could not provide them with too much food.

Therefore, Li Zicheng and others eliminated the old and weak, and took 30,000 elites to embark on the road to the west.

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