Li Zicheng was very happy. He wanted to go over and help Li Guo up with his own hands, but Niu Jinxing hurriedly persuaded him: "How can you move your Majesty's body of gold? This is the decency of a king."
Then Liu Tichun was asked to go over and help Li Guo up. Liu Tichun had always had a close relationship with Li Guo. After the two of them held hands together, Liu Tichun's team of trumpeters also played loud music, and all the generals laughed out loud.
Li Zicheng also began to advance amidst the sound of drum music. On the left and right of the emperor's holy cavalry were two hundred cavalrymen in neat military appearance, all of them were tall horses with licorice yellow heads. Behind these two hundred cavalrymen was a guard general, riding on the horse, he was tall.
, holding a yellow umbrella. To the left and right of the yellow umbrella were ten guards, generals and propaganda officers, all of whom were handsome in appearance and solemn in expression.
Then there is Li Zichen himself. He wears a light blue arrow-sleeved silk robe embroidered with flying dragons and tides, an apricot silk ribbon tied around his waist, and a wide-brimmed white felt hat with a tall hat made of golden silk thread on the top.
The tassel on the hat reveals a dazzling golden crown. There is a shining blue gem on the front of the hat. The yellow umbrella, the tassel on the hat, and the embroidered dragon on the robe indicate that he is an emperor, and the light blue dragon robe and the blue jade on the front of the hat
, indicating that he is "Shui De Ying Yun".
Li Zicheng has always been a tall man, and today he is wearing a military uniform, hanging a sword on his waist, and riding on a tall black horse, which makes him even more majestic and heroic.
Because when everyone was in Taiyuan, they had already agreed that after the siege of Zhending was lifted, they would not only sweep and annihilate all the Eastern captives, but also continue the Northern Expedition and attack the capital.
Therefore, only a few of the civil and military officials in Taiyuan stayed in Taiyuan with Tian Jianxiu, and most of the officials were in the army. Except for Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance who followed Li Zicheng in case the emperor had any inquiries at any time, the six officials
Almost all government ministers are also in the army.
According to the Dashun system, this group of civil servants, because the emperor wears military uniforms, today all wear blue official uniforms, temporarily using crimson silk ribbons instead of jade belts.
But in order to show the official rank of the civil servants on the way to the Eastern Expedition, the official uniforms also had embroidery, and the color was light blue. Niu Jinxing was a first-class civil servant, so the embroidery was embroidered with a big cloud with gold thread. Song Xiance's embroidery
There are two clouds embroidered on it. It is tentatively designated as the third rank by Shangshu. Three clouds are embroidered with gold thread on the patch.
“The day has finally arrived!”
The generals of the Dashun Army seemed to have a fire burning in their chests. This was the first battle of the founding of Dashun. If they won, the Dashun Army would go straight to the capital, and then flatten the south, which would be even more difficult.
It's a piece of cake.
Seeing that the beautiful rivers and mountains tens of thousands of miles away were about to be owned by the new dynasty, the entire Dashun Army and all the soldiers were feeling excited about it.
In addition to the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses deployed by Zhang Nai at the front, there are now more than 80,000 troops on Li Zicheng's left and right. Adding Zhang Pili's garrison at Jingxing Pass, Li Zicheng already has about 100,000 troops.
Such a huge army stretches and fills the entire Jingxing Road. Looking down from the mountains, among the bluestone ridges, there is everywhere the sound of the chirping of gold and iron horses, the roar of war horses, the voices of soldiers, the sound of war, and the spirit of the soldiers.
Bullfighting.
This is the Great Wall of Dashun Army!
"Ah, why did the sun create a wind circle?"
Song Xiance looked up at the sky and suddenly started talking to himself. Li Zicheng looked up and asked, "What's going on?"
Song Xiance replied: "The ancients said: 'When the moon is haloed, it is windy; when it is moist, it is raining.' In fact, the sun's halo is also a sign of wind. It's just that the sun is usually strong, and there are not many times when you can see the wind ring on the sun."
"What good or bad luck will the Lord have?"
"It doesn't mean good or bad. But we must be prepared for flying sand and rocks in the strong wind, and flags breaking and horses being frightened."
"Do you want to make a divination from Military Advisor Song?" Li Zicheng was just a little amused by Song Xiance's sudden expression, "Let's see what direction the wind will take tomorrow?"
Song Xiance shook his head and said: "No need. I spent some time in Beizhili when I was selling divination. In the summer, the southeast wind will blow in Beizhili. The wind comes from the sea. If it brings a thunderstorm, it can blow
One or two days. It’s a dry day now, it may just be a gust of wind, and it will stop after a while.”
Li Zicheng nodded and felt that the matter was of no importance. He turned to discuss strategies to defend against the enemy with Li Guo. While they were talking, they organized the huge 100,000 troops to prepare to leave the border and rescue the siege.
Only Song Xiance walked at the end, and he felt an inexplicable pressure in his heart.
Although Song Xiance was a charlatan before he joined Li Zicheng's army, he was more ambitious among the charlatan figures of his generation and read more. He had dabbled in many books from hundreds of schools of thought, and was familiar with several classic military classics.
, such as "Notes on Ten Masters of Sun Tzu", etc., he has made special efforts and carefully studied them. In addition, he also has some knowledge about Fengjiao, Wangqi, Qimen Dunjia, etc., so he can cooperate with some unruly talents to challenge the court.
Dissatisfied literati became friends and were respected.
Although Song Xiance wandered around the world, hiding in divination and not having a Confucian imperial examination background, he clearly understood the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and deeply felt the kindness of Li Zicheng to him. Over the past few years, he had tried his best to contribute to King Chuang's great cause.
He tried his best to think about the situation of the next decisive battle between the Shun Army and the Qing Army. Although Zhang Nai and Zhang Pili both said that the main force of the Qing Army was besieging Zhending, in such a short time, even if Huang Taiji decided to mobilize his troops,
The Qing army could only assemble in a hurry, and the preparations for the decisive battle must be very inadequate. Compared with the Dashun army with high morale, the Qing army would definitely lose.
But everything went so smoothly that Song Xiance always had a shadow in his heart.
He felt vaguely uneasy in his heart, but he could not see the secret of Huang Taiji's military use. Judging from the current intelligence, the Qing army was indeed at a great disadvantage. Needless to think, the victory was already in the hands of the Shun army.
When passing through the city, Song Xiance got off the mule and horse he was riding and walked through the city gate. He was short in stature and had a disabled leg, so people in the world called him Song Dwarf or Song Cripple.
Song Xiance walked forward on tiptoe, and saw Zhang Nai with a group of cavalry waiting not far ahead. It seemed that the Shun army was almost assembled, and a war was about to break out.
Out of habit, he raised his head again and looked at the sun, and suddenly he saw a thin, straight, and long white cloud crossing the middle of the sun from east to west. He was shocked, and kept shouting in his heart.
scream:
"White rainbow pierces the sun, white rainbow pierces the sun!"
Niu Jinxing didn't know what Song Xiance was thinking, but he just urged: "We should go!"
When Song Xiance heard the call, he couldn't help but glance at the thin and long white clouds running across the middle of the sun, and exclaimed in his heart again: "It is indeed a white rainbow penetrating the sun!"
He quickly got off work, staggered, and almost fell. He couldn't figure out what this meant. He just felt that this decisive battle to determine the ownership of the world might not be as simple and easy as the Dashun civil and military officials imagined.
Just in case, Song Xiance rushed to Li Zicheng's side, and finally gave him advice: "Your Majesty, this time the Eastern Banners are moving in full force, most of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and almost all of the Han Army Banners.
They all move south. The enemy is very powerful, so we must be extremely cautious."
Li Zicheng lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked the military advisor: "It's almost more than 100,000 troops, right? Including the defenders near Zhending, our strength should not be much different from that of the Donglu. The Donglu can't attack Zhending for a long time, and their morale has been reduced.
If it is bad, one hundred thousand people can only be treated as fifty thousand people, and it will not be a serious problem."
"Your Majesty, the Manchurian soldiers are strong, but they may not lose their vigor just because they failed in a single siege. The Manchurian soldiers have defeated the Ming army so many times in the past, and have recently defeated our army in Datong and Yanmen. We must take precautions."
Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "The Manchurian troops are indeed sharp, but the defeat of Datong and Yanmen was not due to our army's disadvantage in fighting, but because of the defection of the border troops. I think even young people like Li Laiheng can do both."
We defeated the Manchurian soldiers for the first time. Even if the Manchurian soldiers were elite, they were just like this and could not cause a big disturbance."