After Li Xiao's plan was established, his Tang army troops immediately began to act according to the plan.

The iron flow rolled, and the army was dispatched. Looking from the map, several Tang troops were like several powerful black arrows, heading straight to the border of Dashun Kingdom from north to south.

The frequent mobilization of the Tang army has been introduced to the Dashun National Middle School at the fastest speed by the detailed work of the Dashun Country.

Emperor Dashun Li Zicheng was shocked after receiving the critical military information on the border like snow. He immediately sent an order to urgently call the prime minister Niu Jinxing and the Minister of Works Song Xiance to discuss countermeasures.

It was early winter, and the coldness in the East Warehouse was soaring. Although the white copper charcoal stove had been produced, the emperor and his ministers surrounded the furnace and still felt the coldness of the bones. The three of them couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Li Zicheng frowned and said to the two strategists whom he valued the most, and said in a deep voice: "Now the Tang army has pacified the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou. The Hongguang court in the south has been completely defeated by the Tang army, and it is already worth noting to be mentioned. Now, they should start to attack the Daxi of Dashun and Zhang Xianzhong next time. What do you think about the Tang army's movements, but you can just say it."

Song Xiance looked solemn and said first: "Your Majesty, from the bottom of the day, the current posture of the Tang army should be to attack Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi, and to attack our Dashun Kingdom."

"Oh? Why did you say this?"

"Your Majesty, look, the war in the south of the Tang army has been completed, and a large number of elite troops have been drawn to the north. The main direction of the movement of their troops is to draw the second town, the monk's troops of the monk An re-enter the eastern Sichuan, the eleventh town, the army Mo Changrong's troops of the Tang army, and the army Cao Bian Jiao's troops of the Tang army, and then head north to the Luzhou area. The army Liu Guoneng, which was originally scattered in the southern Zhili, was also concentrated in the Fengyang area. It forms a mutual protection force with the army of the Sixth Town of the Luzhou area in the south."

Song Xiance said this, paused for a moment, and continued: "At the same time, the fourth town of the Tang army in Jintang City in the north had already gone south to the southern border of Xuanfu North Road. Therefore, from the information here, it can be seen that the Tang army had gathered the second town, the eleventh town, the seventh town, the sixth town, and the fourth town, a total of more than 200,000 troops. Let's deal with our Dashun together. The enemy's use of such a large number of troops to come, and its significance cannot be underestimated."

When Li Zicheng heard this, his face became more and more gloomy, but he still kept silent and let Song Xianke continue to speak.

"Your Majesty, now the Tang army is in Sichuan. There are the tenth town soldiers located in southern Sichuan and the second town soldiers located in eastern Sichuan. However, these two towns seem to be posing as an attack on Daxi from south to north and east to west. But in fact, Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Kingdom was not the main attack direction of the Tang army. Their real intention was to feint the attack on Daxi, but in fact they wanted to plan for my Daxi." Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Song Xiance's eyes.

"So as you say that, where do you think the Tang army will attack my Dashun next?" Li Zicheng asked dullly.

"The Tang army will mainly attack our Henan area. After all, this place is closest to their border and the easiest to mobilize its troops." Song Xiance's answer was very direct: "The Tang army will most likely use the eleventh town, the sixth town and the seventh town to attack our Henan area. At the same time, the second town and the fourth town respectively support the north and south to ensure that our Dashun is attacked by enemies from all sides and it is difficult to form a joint force. The Tang army will most likely attack Li Guo, who is stationed in southern Henan Province. After taking this place, let's see if it is the Shiji who crossed the Yellow River to attack Hebei, or simply go west to Tongguan and directly attack Shaanxi, the foundation of our Dashun country."

"Hmph, the Tang army's abacus is too good. Do they think that I, Dashun, can only be beaten passively and have no strength to fight back? Don't they know that in the past year, in addition to Liu Zongmin's 150,000 elite troops in Hanzhong, our army has trained nearly 300,000 new recruits in the country? They acted like a swearing attitude. I'm afraid they are too greedy and eventually collapsed their teeth!" Li Zicheng sneered.

"Your Majesty, although our army has spent a lot of money and has trained a lot of new troops, according to the following point of view, it is still quite difficult for these newly trained soldiers to compete with the elites of the Tang army's battles." Niu Jinxing, who had not spoken, finally sighed and opened his mouth.

"Niu Dayan, what do you mean? Could it be that you are planning to beg for mercy without fighting?" Seeing Niu Jinxing say such depressed words, Li Zicheng was secretly annoyed and immediately shouted sternly.

Niu Jinxing stood up, his hair was gray, his face was full of fatigue and oldness. He bowed to Li Zicheng tremblingly and sighed: "Your Majesty, I am really inspired by these words. Thinking that the Tang army has swept across the Jianghuai River and attacked directly into the Nandu since Shandong, and the Hongguang court fled to Fuzhou in the east. Then, the troops entered central China, captured Jiangxi and Huguang, and eliminated the Zuoliang Yu tribe that dominated central China, so that the Tang army would go to the east of Sichuan from then on.

It was united with the headquarters. Later, after successfully rescuing Jintang City, the Tang army sent troops to the southwest while our Dashun army was still recovering. In just over half a year, it swept across Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi, thus completely pacifying the south, so that the Hongguang puppet dynasty only owned the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, which was like a candle in the wind. Now the Tang army is powerful and has many soldiers. Not to mention the Dashun and the Qing Dynasty, even if it is Dashun, it will be difficult to defeat its edge."

Seeing that Li Zicheng's face became more and more unhappy, Niu Jinxing felt a frightened inside, but he still gritted his teeth and continued, "Your Majesty, I'm saying so much, just to tell Your Majesty that the power of the Tang army is really strong now. Our army has trained new troops, but it is very difficult to win the battle with the Tang army, even if it's just a draw. The old minister's opinion comes from the heart, and I hope Your Majesty can listen to it."

"The problem is that you, Niu Dayan, said so much, and it has no practical significance." Li Zicheng snorted coldly, glanced at him again, and said again: "Since the Tang army has chosen our army as its main goal, and since it has arrived, can our army still not respond? Then, next, it is naturally how our army should deal with it, which is the main purpose of our discussion here today. If you just listen to you chattering and complaining here, what's the benefit! I'll ask you, what do you think and suggest about the current situation, Niu Dayan."

Seeing that Li Zicheng was urging him tightly, Niu Jinxing sighed again, "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the following, if the Tang army really sends troops to attack and our army will fight against it. Then our army can only guard the main city and never fight head-on. In this way, we can achieve the goal of exchanging space for time. Even if we will eventually lose some territory and city, it is a major victory to be able to survive the Tang army and tie it. Never be tempted and go out of the city to fight against it. Otherwise, we may be worried about our army's unpredictable."

After hearing Niu Jinxing's words, the unhappiness on his face became more and more obvious. He turned his head and looked at Song Xiance, hoping to see from him what different words could be heard.

Seeing that Li Zicheng's eyes were on him, Song Xiance subconsciously trembled all over and his expression suddenly became tight. He coughed lightly and said to Li Zicheng, "Your Majesty, the view of the lower class is similar to Prime Minister Niu. Although our army is numerous, it is separated from each other and is mostly new recruits. It needs time to polish it before it can become an elite. Fang Ke and the Tang army are fighting head-on. Therefore, if the Tang army really sends troops to fight, our army can only retreat to the strong city, defend on the city, and deal with it for a long time, and eventually let them return without success. Only then can they be the best strategy."

"Of course, our army is working so hard here, and foreign aids are coming to help, so that we can break the deadlock faster. And I can ask for it, but Daxi, the Qing, and the Hongguang court. The Hongguang court in the south can only survive and cannot have any spare strength to send reinforcements. Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Kingdom was already a difficult time crossing the river under the coercion of the second and tenth towns of the Tang army. At the critical moment, I have to rely on my Daxi to save him, so it is also difficult to rely on. Therefore, the only thing I can rely on is the Tartar Qing in the north."

"What you mean is that I, Dashun, take the initiative to lead the Qing army into the pass and ask them to help us fight the Tang army?" Li Zicheng asked in a muffled voice.

"That's true." Song Xiance said in a deep voice: "If the Qing army can send 100,000 reinforcements to come to Dashun, even if they can only be used in the north, it can greatly alleviate the dilemma of Dashun, so that my Dashun will be more and more comfortable to use troops. Let's take a step back, even if the Qing court did not intend to send such a large army into our great peace to help our army fight against the Tang army, if they can send troops south and attack the Jintang City of the Tang army, or just the Tang army transportation line from Shanhaiguan to Xuanfu North Road, it can greatly relieve the pressure of Dashun's use of troops."

When Li Zicheng heard this, he pondered for a while, then nodded thoughtfully, then turned his head to Niu Jinxing and said, "It's very reasonable to offer advice. Multiple helpers are always good. You, Niu Dayan, should quickly send envoys to the Qing court to let them cooperate with our army to act. After all, we and the Tartars are already grasshoppers tied to the same rope. If we are done, the next one will be the Tartars. They are actually saving us, and they believe this, and Dorgon, the Regent of the Qing court, can see clearly."

Niu Jinxing nodded and took the promise at the same time, saying to Li Zicheng: "Now the Tang army is nervously dispatching troops. It is estimated that once the troops are in place, they will immediately launch an attack on southern Henan. During this period, your Majesty will need to send elite troops from all over the country to Henan. After all, Li Guo, who is stationed in southern Henan, only has 50,000 troops. With this little force alone, it is probably not easy to block the Tang army from heading north."

Li Zicheng nodded in agreement: "Niu Dayan's words are very reasonable. Now we should indeed draw reinforcements to Henan immediately, otherwise, Li Guoguang might not be able to withstand this little bit of troops."

Afterwards, Li Zicheng and the two discussed carefully, and finally decided to draw 50,000 troops from Liu Zongmin, who was stationed in Hankou, advance eastward, and live another one. He collected 50,000 combat-capable veterans across the country, mobilized a total of 100,000 troops to urgently enter Henan.

The reason why they pulled away 50,000 troops from Liu Zongmin was because 150,000 troops were all mediocre in Hanzhong, which was a pity. Besides, the Tang army just pretended to attack western Sichuan, and the 100,000 troops stationed in Hanzhong was enough to intimidate the Tang army to act rashly.

At the same time, Niu Jinxing selected Gu Junen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, as the representative of the Dashun Kingdom, to secretly board a ship from Tianjin and head to the Qing court by sea.

The reason why we did not take the land route is that the current border between the Qing court and Dashun has been intermittently interrupted by the Tang army, especially the Tang army transportation line from Jintang City to Shanhaiguan, which was like a long iron chain, completely locking the northern border of Dashun Country. If an envoy is sent from here, the risk is too great, especially if the envoy is captured by the Tang army, all his efforts will be wasted.

Although starting from the sea, although there is a risk of encountering pirates and the Tang Army Navy, the distance from Tianjin Wei to Yingkou Port in Liaozhong is much shorter than that of the land route. Moreover, the Tang Army has mainly operated in the south for a while, and the pirates have been hit by the Tang Army, so the danger on this route has become much smaller.

Gu Junen was ordered by the king and immediately came with two deputy envoys, rushed from the capital to Tianjin, then set off from Lukou Port in Tianjin, and took a boat north, facing the biting cold, and finally arrived at Yingkou Port in Liaozhong three days later.

Since the Qing court and Dashun are now allies, the Qing army was not surprised when they saw the arrival of the envoy ship with the Dashun flag. After Gu Junen and others reported their intentions, the Qing army immediately escorted them all the way north and headed for Shengjing.

It was already snowing heavily in Liaodong at this time, and the snow on the ground was covered with feet of snow. The road to Shengjing was very difficult to walk. Gu Junen and others walked for five days before they arrived from Yingkou to Shengjing.

After arriving in Shengjing, Gu Junen and his group immediately received personal reception from Dorgon's regent.

After listening to Gu Junen's intention, Dorgon's face was gloomy, and his long and handsome face was so gloomy that it could almost drip into water.

He pretended to be calm and patiently listened to Gu Junen's story about the Tang army pacifying the south, and the news that the Tang army is now mobilizing on a large scale, preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Dashun Kingdom. Dorgon's heart, at that moment, had an unprecedented slight fear.

Tang Jun, the beast that swallowed the sky and the earth, finally fully showed his ambitions and began to sweep away all the prey in front of him and swallow them all into his stomach.

If these preys fell into the mouths of the Tang army one by one, then the Qing Dynasty would eventually be unable to escape the bad luck.
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