At this time, Gao Yigong was sending troops to garrison various places, and was also trying his best to clean up the resistance forces in various places. While he was sitting in Gucheng, he was not in a hurry to go south to destroy the Ming Dynasty, let alone occupy Shandong. Instead, he started here.
Farming, following the previous practice in Henan and Shaanxi, in order to avoid the logistical hindrance of the army, they have always done this.
Seeing that the people have no land, they directly massacre the local aristocratic families and then distribute the fields to the farmers. In this way, there will be money and food, and the soldiers will not have to worry about it. Now many people are vying to join the army. But he
Now I don't want to recruit troops, but I plan to train the surrendered Ming army, which will naturally be better than the newly recruited ones.
He has also been sending people to inquire about the news about Yanzhou Prefecture. He only knows that Chongzhen is there, but he also heard that there are many troops, so he is still waiting for the opportunity.
"General, why don't we take advantage of the situation and go south, go straight to Yanzhou, and catch them off guard! Those Ming troops will definitely collapse without a fight when they see us." Zhao Yingyuan stepped forward and asked.
"Yes." Guo Sheng also didn't understand and asked: "Then Chongzhen has no soldiers and generals now. He has some generals but is unwilling to listen to him. He can't resist us at all. He will only be like Cangzhou, directly
Run away in the face of the wind."
Seeing that both of them were so proud, Gao Yigong was a little dissatisfied and said coldly: "Then Chongzhen has been staying in Yanzhou Mansion for half a month. He will not be so stupid as not to go to Nanjing. Presumably Yanzhou must have troops and can make
He thinks he has the strength to fight with us. If this is the case, we can't be so blind and have to look at the opportunity. What if he has tens of thousands of troops and ambushes us, wouldn't we fall into a trap?"
"General, when we came we had an army of 100,000. Now we have divided the troops and are stationed in various places, leaving only 50,000. But if we call together the troops from the surrounding counties, there will be more than 70,000." Zhao Yingyuan did not dare to suggest it easily.
"I have my own way of attacking Yanzhou. I have sent people to investigate. You two are now leading 10,000 people each, with Zhao Yingyuan as the vanguard, heading towards Yanzhou first. Remember not to take a detour and go straight. You can go a little slower on the way, but
There is no way to change the route. The other route is led by Guo Sheng and marches from the waterway on the Dongchang Mansion side, all the way down to Jining!"
Speaking of this, Gao Yigong couldn't help but feel a little high-spirited. He couldn't help but feel angry when he recalled the failure of siege the city.
"This time, I will let the Chongzhen boy see my Dashun's military front! Let him know that the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its strength and there is no need to struggle."
But at this time, the arrival of a messenger outside the gate suddenly made Gao Yigong a little nervous, because the messenger was a little messy and his face was much more weathered. He knelt down and reported: "General, there is an emergency army in the north.
Report."
"how?"
"General Li Jin and General Gaotong encountered Jiannu on the way to Shanhaiguan. The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and our army suffered heavy casualties!"
"What!"
This news immediately made Gao Yigong stand up in shock. He never expected that Jiannu would enter the customs at this time. He also encountered the Dashun army. He could imagine: Li Jin and the others marched towards Shanhaiguan day and night, and met them on the way.
When the slave army arrived, it was too late to resist, so they were forced to fight. In the end, they were defeated and defeated.
"And after that?"
"General Li and others gathered the remaining troops and withdrew to Tongzhou. They are now defending the city. King Shun has known about it and specially asked the younger brother to warn the general to prevent Jiannu from going south to invade Shandong."
"I understand, please step back and rest." With Gao Yigong's lonely expression, the messenger quickly stepped back. Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan on the side were also shocked after hearing this, and they stepped forward and asked:
"General, what should we do?"
Gao Yigong didn't answer. He sighed and sat down again, and said slowly: "We don't know what Jian Nu wants to do. Does he just want to rob some money or capture the land? What our army is facing now
There are too many enemies, and it would not be a wise move to suddenly make enemies with Jiannu."
"The general wants to make peace with Jiannu?"
The two of them also understood what General Gao said. There was no truth to what General Gao said. Although they now occupied most of the north of the Ming Dynasty, the situation was still dangerous. There were Zhang Xianzhong and the Ming Dynasty in the south and Jiannu and Wu Sangui in the north. They were all unreasonable.
It's a good bone to chew, but we are all enemies with them.
If we can negotiate peace with Jiannu, we will definitely be able to capture Shanhaiguan and occupy the capital. This will allow us to attack Shandong and completely stabilize the north. After that, it would be much better to go south to defeat the Ming Dynasty or go north to defeat the slaves.
"Of course I do, but I don't know what your Majesty thinks?"
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At this time, Li Zicheng was discussing the matter with a group of ministers, and they were all quarreling. Everyone had different opinions on the matter of establishing slaves.
"We should negotiate peace with Jiannu, concentrate our forces and quickly occupy the entire north, so as to march to the south and unify the world!" Song Xiance refused to give in, even if the officials present were higher than him.
"No!"
Li Yan stepped forward and retorted: "Since ancient times, people who are not of my race have different hearts, and Jiannu is no exception. Since the Qi years of the Great Tomorrow, Jiannu's ambition has become bigger and bigger, and now it has reached Ningyuan.
He is about to break through Shanhaiguan. Every time he enters the pass, he robs a large number of people. It can be seen that his ambition is not only to rob property, but also to develop his small population. Even if he temporarily postpones his move south, he will never be able to build it with him.
Make peace!"
"Everyone, you must know that although we have occupied almost the entire north, we are still surrounded by enemies from both sides. We must negotiate peace with any party. Needless to say, Ming Dynasty, peace negotiation is impossible. But it is different with Jianu. Although he is a foreigner,
But we only want to gain temporary peace, and it will not be too late to deal with him when we are free." As the prime minister, Niu Jinxing also spoke. Although he hated the slave establishment, he still had to take the overall situation into consideration for the sake of national policy.
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"They are just small slaves. What are you afraid of?"
Finally, Li Zicheng spoke, and a rough voice directly calmed down the chaotic meeting. In his heart, establishing slaves was just like the Rong Di before, he just wanted some property, and he had no ambition to take over the Central Plains. After all, now
The Ming Dynasty was in the south, and Li Zicheng was in the north. How could he have any role in establishing slaves?
"Gu Ye thinks that temporarily negotiating a peace is a good idea."
"Your Majesty..."
Li Yan just wanted to step forward to continue admonishing, but Li Zicheng raised his hand to signal him to step back.
"We are not making good friends with him, but for the better development of Dashun. We are not in a position to declare war with Jiannu now. The most important thing is to unify the world and send envoys to make it clear to Jiannu that we in Dashun are willing to be on good terms with him.
, have been doing business for generations, but they must withdraw from the customs and are not allowed to enter the customs."
"But I am waiting for the dead soldiers..." Li Yan was still unwilling to give in, and he was extremely resentful in his heart. He killed tens of thousands of my Dashun soldiers, plundered and massacred my people wantonly, but let him go in the end? What a shame!
"I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate money to pay for the dead soldiers, and tell Li Jin to let them recruit troops on the spot, and then continue to capture Shanhaiguan after rest. Li Yan, you bring 30,000 troops to me to closely monitor the movements of the slaves.
Don't let them in again." Li Zicheng said coldly and looked at Li Yan again.
"I obey the order." Li Yan felt helpless and had no choice but to accept the order.
They didn't realize Jiannu's wolfish ambition at all!
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"Your Majesty! Urgent military situation, Jiannu has entered the border again!"
As a rapid and anxious voice came, the officials who were fearful and dominated by the slaves suddenly seemed to have some palpitations in their hearts, and even felt inexplicable fear.