"Generalissimo... His Highness actually takes the nickname Tang!"
Li Laiheng was very surprised that Li Zicheng became king in Taiyuan, and Li Laiheng couldn't understand that he claimed to be the king of Tang. But when he thought about it more carefully, Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing both admired the Tang Dynasty, and their military officers also had many Tang-style names.
The pre-Qin Tang state was in Shanxi, so it was reasonable for Li Zicheng to take the title of King of Tang after occupying Shanxi.
This is actually very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang calling him King of Wu.
Song Xiance explained: "The ancient Tang Dynasty was the country of Emperor Yao. In fact, I have already written a family tree for your highness, tracing back to the Li family in Longxi. However, your highness claimed that he had only been a farmer for ten generations, so why should he follow the dragon and the phoenix? In the Jin and Fen places,
It is enough to confer the title of king to the ancient Tang Dynasty."
Liu Rukui, the general in Liu Fangliang's left camp, also laughed and said:
"Old Song, don't randomly find some emperor ancestor for His Highness! Our king will be the emperor himself soon, is there any need to join forces with others?"
Li Laiheng nodded and smiled. Scholars in the late Ming Dynasty had the trend of following the Han and Tang Dynasties, and Niu Jinxing's admiration for the Tang style was even more exaggerated. Li Zicheng was influenced by him and established the Tang Dynasty in Taiyuan. This was simply restoring the past when Li and Tang Dynasties were rising.
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Sure enough, Song Xiance went on to say:
"After His Highness became the king, I also sent spies to Yan and Qin provinces to spread the prophecy of the Eighteen Sons of Divine Weapons. I said that Your Majesty was born at the right time and was proclaimed King of Tang in Taiyuan, just like when Emperor Gaozu of Tang raised troops in Taiyuan, the two ministers
Combined, the people of Yan and Qin are calling for the resurrection of Prince Taiyuan!"
Li Laiheng was secretly happy. Mr. Taiyuan was not Emperor Gaozu... he was clearly a descendant of Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty...
Fang Yiren was not interested in the fact that Li Zicheng became king in Taiyuan and said: "Taiyuan has inconvenient transportation to Kaifeng and Xi'an, and the news does not spread quickly. It is no wonder that we have not heard this news in Shandong. We also need Song Military Advisor and General Liu to come and see each other in person
tell."
Fang Yiren's words made Li Laiheng narrow his eyes. He also knew that Song Xiance and Liu Rukui came to Texas with nearly 10,000 troops, and it was impossible just to inform Li Zicheng of proclaiming himself king in Taiyuan.
Obviously there are other purposes.
"The city of Dezhou is small, and there are already tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed there. The houses and military tents are cramped and cramped. You two will follow me into the city. Can the soldiers please be patient? I will ask my staff to arrange accommodation for General Li's men."
Li Laiheng asked tentatively, Song Xiance and Liu Rukui looked at each other, Song Xiance shook his head, Liu Rukui curled his lips and stepped forward and said:
"After His Highness became king, in addition to letting us abolish the Chongzhen reign title, he also established the post of Pingzhangjun State Affairs, which was done by our Niu Military Advisor. Lao Song was also registered as a Pingzhangshi. It was previously established in Kaifeng
The six governments only established a minister, but now they also have a minister."
After the Chu Chuang generals heard the news that Li Zicheng had begun to confer officials and titles in Taiyuan, their faces were a little envious, especially Hao Yaoqi, who was obviously looking forward to what kind of officials and titles he would receive.
This situation made Li Laiheng's heart skip a beat. He felt that Li Zicheng was the master of the center after all, and legitimate rule was the most powerful.
Liu Rukui went on to talk about the important part:
"The troops of the fifth battalion were originally planned. Since we now have many soldiers, His Highness has decided to promote the commanders of the fifth battalion, including the junior generals, to generals Quan. In addition, Commander Luo and Commander Tian, two commanders of the central camp, will be promoted.
There are six generals in total."
After Li Laiheng heard the news that he had been promoted to General Quan by "His Royal Highness the King of Tang", he had a look of surprise on his face, but there was no fluctuation in his heart at all. After all, the actual force he controlled had already surpassed General Quan Tian Jianxiu.
Now adding the title of General Quan to myself is just a nicer thing.
However, he thought that King He Jin of Zuo Jin, who was previously taken to Kaifeng by Li Guo, did not seem to be promoted to General Quan. From this point of view, because the strength of the Chuang army was stronger than in history, although He Jin was a veteran of the rebel army,
Although he joined the Chuangjun as a handsome man, he did not achieve the status second only to Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu in history.
Well... Tian Jianxiu used to be General Quan. Now that he has not been promoted further, his status is actually equivalent to a decline. Although Li Shuangxi was promoted to a general in the middle camp, his status and strength are not inferior to those of Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi.
General Quan, but his nominal status was lower than that of Li Guo and Li Laiheng and his son.
Just as Fang Yiren speculated, is this Li Zicheng controlling Niu Jinxing to form a party? Now that Li Zicheng has become king, I am afraid that he will become emperor soon, and the issue of successor really needs to be put on the agenda.
Although Li Zicheng himself is nearly 40 years old and has no son, he has a daughter with Mrs. Gao in the village, which shows that there is no problem with his fertility. What's more, even if there is a problem with his fertility, after he becomes king and emperor, he can recruit famous doctors and buy a lot of houses.
The female relatives will definitely still have hope for giving birth to a son.
In this way, it is of course necessary to suppress the Niu Party, whose adopted son Li Shuangxi is an important figure. The tool for suppressing the Niu Party is naturally the imaginary enemy Li Guo Party imagined by Niu Jinxing himself. Therefore, Li Guo's good brother Liu Fangliang,
Will he send his lieutenant to Texas?
Another point is that Luo Rucai is only General Quan... This is not going down but rising up!
You must know that Luo Rucai was the deputy marshal before, but now Li Zicheng has become "His Royal Highness the King of Tang", Luo Rucai has changed from deputy marshal to general Quan, and his status has not only dropped to the same status as Tian Jianxiu, but even to the same position as Li Laiheng
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Li Laiheng was surprised that Li Zicheng suppressed Luo Rucai so directly and clearly. However, when he thought about it carefully, in history, Li Zicheng was the person who dared to rush into Luo Rucai's camp with more than ten cavalry and killed Luo Rucai. Li Zicheng was more than generous.
His sincerity and simplicity are also real, but as the final winner among the heroes of the rebel army, his cool decisiveness is also real.
But Luo Rucai still controls a front army of the Chu Army, which is far away in Xi'an. Li Zicheng dares to suppress him openly like this. Isn't he really afraid that Luo Rucai will rebel in anger?
Alas... But Luo Rucai could even regard Li Zicheng's grandson as his brother-in-law, and he deliberately delayed his time in Xi'an so as not to gain credit for defeating Guanzhong. Perhaps these behaviors between Li and Luo were the agreement and tacit understanding between the two of them.
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The possibility of self-defeating is not non-existent!
Li Laiheng's thoughts only flashed through his mind for a brief moment, and then he heard Liu Rukui say something that made him very worried:
"Young general, because Luo Shuai has been unable to conquer the city of Xi'an, His Highness has decided to suspend the plan to join forces in Baoding and annihilate the enemy in southern Hebei Province. After a short rest in Taiyuan, the army in the middle will first cross the river and march westward to assist Luo Shuai in conquering Guanzhong.
Just three sides away."
"What!"
Li Laiheng was shocked. The three-pronged Northern Expedition was about to be completed. According to the arrangement, he should lead his army to attack Hejian Prefecture and then go to Baoding to join Li Zicheng's central army.
Li Zicheng was actually at this time, because Luo Rucai's incident had changed the established policy of the Northern Expedition. The central army would not come to Baoding to join forces, so how would his own army act? He thought Liu Rukui was Liu Fangliang's subordinate, and suddenly he had some clues in his mind.
Song Xiance lowered his eyelids and said:
"About the rendezvous in Baoding, what His Highness means is that although the policy of the Central Route Army has changed, the young general is still acting according to the original strategy. Liu Shuai has now led troops to occupy Shunde and Guangping. The young general only needs to follow the original strategy.
, just go to Baoding and join Liu Shuai via Hejian Mansion. Then, after His Highness conquers Guanzhong, the soldiers and horses in the middle will turn back to the Eastern Expedition. During this time, the young general and Liu Shuai can camp in Baoding."
this?
Li Laiheng hesitated for a moment. The middle route army led by Li Zicheng included the absolute main force of the Breaking Army's middle camp, right camp, and rear camp, with about 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers. Although Liu Fangliang's Left Camp served as the vanguard of the Breaking Army many times, it was
A valiant cavalry unit capable of conquering and fighting, but its total strength is no more than 20,000 to 30,000.
After pacifying Shandong, the strength of our Eastern Route Army has expanded to 40,000. However, a large part of the troops have to stay in the states and counties of Shandong, and many new recruits lack sufficient ordnance, equipment and training, and have no combat effectiveness at all.
.The main force of the Northern Expedition that can be used with confidence is about the same as Liu Fangliang, only 20,000 to 30,000 people.
Calculated in this way, after Li Zicheng's Western Expedition, the main force of the invasion army in North China became Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang, 50,000 people.
The main force of the Ming army near Gyeonggi was Sun Chuanting's 30,000 Qin soldiers. Although the forts in Xuanfu and Jizhen combined were estimated to have 40,000 to 50,000 troops, these soldiers were scattered among many fortresses.
Unable to gather together.
What's more, there are still Qing troops from Abatai and Turge in Yanbei who have not yet left. Guan Ning's army cannot move lightly, and the Ming army also needs to leave a considerable amount of troops to defend the capital.
Well, based on this calculation, Li Zicheng should have left some troops in Shanxi during his Western Expedition. Li Laiheng, the left-behind general, guessed that the possibility of Li Guo being behind was low. Perhaps one of Tian Jianxiu, He Jin, and Yuan Zongdi would be left behind.
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It is estimated that the Chuang Army can still maintain a total strength of about 70,000 to 80,000 people in North China, and actually still has an advantage over the Ming Army. After Li Zicheng solved Guanzhong, he returned to march eastward, and Beijing became a ripe fruit.
Fortunately, it was still a long time before the Qing army entered the customs. Li Laiheng was thinking about the major event of the Chuang army marching into Beijing. In any case, Li Zicheng would definitely bring the main force of the Chuang army, including himself, to conquer. After the Qing troops arrived in Beijing and were occupied by the Chuang army,
Will intervene in the civil war, so from the perspective of time and situation, the biggest advantage will still be on the side of the Chuang Army.