Chapter 44
Facing Yuan Zongdi who was coming angry, Li Zicheng asked strangely: "Why are the enemy's military camps in the west? Why are you so angry?"
Yuan Zongdi yelled, found a chair, and sat on it and gasped.
Facing such a casual Yuan Zongdi, Li Zicheng couldn't help but frowned slightly.
Now that I will be the emperor, although you will not have to bow three times and bow nine times every time you see me, this minimum etiquette and respect should be achieved.
But this cannot be blamed on others. I remember that Li Zi became a show of himself and shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Whether it was military discussions or daily life, everyone sat together and was used to it casually.
It is really hard to change your original rules by suddenly changing them.
"Tell me what's going on?"
Yuan Zongdi still followed his previous habits and called Li Zi Li Brother: "Brother Li, you have been staying in the Forbidden City for a while and you don't know the situation outside now."
Li Zicheng frowned again.
I am about to be the emperor, so shouldn't the emperor stay in the Forbidden City and never go anywhere?
Besides, Zijin City is so beautiful, magnificent and luxurious.
Those eunuchs were as well-behaved as a cat, and were very considerate in their command. Especially those palace maids were as beautiful as flowers, which made people feel moved when they looked.
Li Zicheng only chose the head of the palace maids and became the imperial concubine for these tens of thousands of beautiful palace maids, but did not talk nonsense to other palace maids.
Such actions made everyone in the world strictly discipline Li Zicheng and not addicted to women and praise him.
But this is not Li Zicheng's behavior. I guess he is powerless.
Judging from historical events, it seems that Li Zicheng is not a real man either.
It is not about the era when three followers and four virtues are seriously emphasized, and women marry chickens and follow dogs.
His first wife ran away with someone, and he killed that guy for this and fled to the world with his life on his back.
The second wife ran away with his subordinate Gao Jie, but he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and he had no choice but to do anything to him.
The third wife, who looks very ugly, is now her cousin, Mrs. Gao, but she stops running away.
But there are two reasons why you don’t run away. One is that Mrs. Gao looks ugly and wants to run away with someone, so someone must be willing to take her with her.
Another thing is that he wants to look at the arrogant soldiers and generals under Gao Yingxiang for Li Zicheng.
But throughout his life, Li Zhicheng had no son or daughter.
This topic is a bit too far-reaching. In short, Li Zicheng is really fascinated by the palace and really doesn't want to go outside again.
Li Zhicheng just smiled slightly at the blame of his beloved general, "Talk the serious business. What's going on in the enemy's military camp in the west?"
Yuan Zongdi reported what happened in full.
The final summary: "King of Chuang, Wu Sangui in the east has not surrendered yet, and half of the south has not been captured. Our soldiers are already fascinated by the prosperity of the capital and are unwilling to fight to the death. How can this be done?"
Li Yan finally had the opportunity to interrupt, stood up, and said worriedly: "General Yuan is right. This is why the south was unified by the north in history.
No matter what kind of powerful generals and soldiers are, as soon as they enter the prosperous and prosperous land in the south, they will immediately fall into the gentle and rich village.
The land of gentleness is also a hero’s tomb. Its will be destroyed in a blink of an eye, but only seeks pleasure and no longer has ambitions.”
After hearing Li Yan talk about ancient times, Yuan Zongdi retorted: "Then why was Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty the only one able to rule the north from the south?"
After raising this question, seeing Li Zicheng looking confused, Li Yan explained: "The reason is that after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor in Nanjing, he discovered this disadvantage, so he did not hesitate to take advantage of the fact that most of the soldiers were not trapped in the gentle village and ordered the soldiers to start the northern expedition, and thus achieved this brilliant world."
Then bowed to Li Zicheng and bowed and bowed: "So I ask the emperor, and now I immediately ordered all the soldiers to go out of the city except as necessary, to stay away from the prosperity of the capital, and to station in the military camps outside the city to maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers."
Li Zicheng felt deeply correct about this statement.
But there are still concerns.
"You've made a good opinion, but there's a problem here."
Li Yan looked at him silently.
Li Zicheng explained with a wry smile: "These soldiers are all old brothers who have fought with me for more than ten years. They sleep in the wind, eat in the open and are hungry and cold, and have lived too many hard days.
And now they have just given a safe and comfortable place to have a full meal. But I ordered them to suffer outside the city. They will definitely feel resentful, thinking that I no longer agree with my old brothers and only care about enjoying myself. At that time, they will say that I am mean and ruthless and will be disloyal to me."
"The reason is this, but things have their own severity. It is not advisable to avoid the important things." Li Yan was still persuading with great thoughts.
As a result, Niu Jinxing stood up: "The emperor has considered it far-reachingly, and this is to avoid light and heavy."
Li Yan wants to say something else.
Li Zicheng waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about the irrelevant things, let's talk about the moment before we first. How to solve the remaining Jing camp in Xicheng? Before we deal with Wu Sangui, we must pull out this stinger."
Wu Sangui has received news that his father, who was a hostage in Beijing, was tortured to death by Liu Zongmin, who was not serious, and that his beloved concubine Chen Yuanyuan was occupied by Liu Zongmin.
So he flatly refused the negotiations with Li Zicheng and directly led the army to retreat from Yutian to Shanhaiguan.
Now it is the critical time to solve Wu Sangui.
"Even if we cannot use troops against Wu Sangui for the time being, there will always be such a Ming army in the capital. The Ming prince is still in Beijing, which will make the emperor ascend the throne and be in an embarrassing position. So no matter from any aspect, this cancer must be solved." Song Xiance was not willing to give up on the proposal.
"How to solve it?" Yuan Zongdi asked.
Everyone became very embarrassed for a moment.
Let’s fight, not only are they strong combat power they showed just now, but they are also the retardation that their army has just shown. Fighting can be solved.
Everyone stopped talking.
Because Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance knew that as long as he spoke, the only solution was to negotiate with the other party.
But at this time, it is obvious that it is weaker than the enemy, and the consequences are serious.
In the end, Li Yan stood up: "From the enemy's only shooting guns, it seems to be just a bluff. Since both sides are afraid, it's better to send a messenger to the enemy camp to find out and see if we can negotiate to resolve the nail in the capital."
Li Zicheng had this idea long ago.
The Beijing camp in the capital is indeed an unstable factor. As long as it exists, it means that it has not really occupied the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
This is the same as the situation of Shanghai Sihang Warehouse in later generations.
As long as there is an enemy who is resisting, it will not prove your complete victory.
Especially the orthodox prince of the Ming Dynasty was in the capital and in the military camp, which still proved that the Ming Dynasty did not perish and his succession to the throne was not correct.
But now the army has no fighting spirit and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. It is simply an impossible task to attack the Beijing camp with force.
Chapter completed!