In less than half a day, Zhang Guowei could not hold on and could only retreat. Li Zicheng led Gao Jie, Gao Yigong and others to chase after him, crossing the prefecture and the county, and chased him for 400 miles.

Zhang Guowei has a large army of 100,000, and less than half of them remain.

Zhang Guowei kept retreating, and Li Zicheng ordered Liu Zongmin to chase him. He led the army to continue attacking Tongguan.

Without Zhang Guowei in charge, Huang Ancheng took over the military power, and before Li Zicheng arrived, he ordered people to come out of the pass to meet the enemy. He was undoubtedly defeated and Tongguan was lost.

The fall of Tongguan means the collapse of the entire Shaanxi government army. Li Zicheng occupied Tongguan, roared and shook the sky, divided into three groups, quickly captured other Zhou prefectures and attacked other official troops.

By July, Li Zicheng had captured most of Shaanxi and also conquered cities and territory in Shanxi, Sichuan and other places.

Zuo Liangyu was repelled and retreated to Huguang.

Bai Guangen and Li Yongfu lost twice in a row and surrendered to Li Zicheng. With them, Li Zicheng quickly captured Xi'an Prefecture and captured the entire Shaanxi.

The great changes in the northwest caused the court to be extremely frightened. While drawing troops from various groups into Shaanxi, Zhang Guowei, who also had a 50,000 army, stopped Li Zicheng and fought a decisive battle with Li Zicheng.

Zhang Guowei knew it was impossible, but there was no other way. He fought against Li Zicheng in Weinan and was eventually defeated and his entire army was wiped out, leaving Zhang Guowei missing.

Li Zicheng's momentum expanded to an unprecedented level, attacking everywhere, and rapidly expanded the territory of the five northwestern provinces, which had already threatened the capital!

Li Zicheng had already formed a trend. The "rebel troops" from Henan, Jiangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places suddenly became turbulent, capturing the prefecture and killing officials, and the world was in full swing.

Li Zicheng conquered Shaanxi and did not directly attack the capital. Instead, he listened to Song Xianshou's words and believed that the capital could not be conquered for a while, so he turned around and went south to conquer Huguang, Sichuan and other places.

In mid-August, Li Zicheng conquered Xiangyang, defeated Zuo Liangyu, changed Xiangyang to "Xiangjing", and was granted a great confidant, so he almost became emperor.

However, there were also generals such as the left and right generals, including the Shang prime minister, Zuo Fu and others, as well as the six governments such as the labour and the criminal prosecution. The system has been basically established.

Li Zicheng defeated various official troops in the northwest. The original siege of the official troops was defeated by Zhang Guowei and the defeats and surrenders of other units. The situation reversed. The riot bandits had already become a trend. The various official troops retreated one after another, with the intention of waiting and waiting.

The most terrifying thing was naturally the court and Emperor Chongzhen.

Chongzhen wanted to mobilize nearby troops to fight, but all the troops used the excuse of "short of money and food" to ask the court to provide military pay.

Chongzhen discussed with the court officials and issued several decrees.

The first thing is to be sympathetic to the sufferings of the people, reprimand officials from all over the country, and put the people first.

The second way is to abolish the internal officials from all over the country, recall them to the palace, and never set them up again.

The third way was to dismiss the cabinet ministers Xue Guoguan, Yao Minggong, the Minister of Justice Zhen Shu and other ministers, and then they even sentenced Xue Guoguan, Jiangxi Governor Fang Kongzhang and others to death.

The fourth step is to increase the world's tariffs and impose them to local governments. Because the two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing and Nanjing argued, the final increase was 1.5 million taels.

The fifth way is to reuse Xiong Wencan, make meritorious service on behalf of the five northwestern provinces, supervise the military affairs of each army, and conquer Li Zicheng.

There were also voices in the capital who called Zhou Zheng to the northwest to suppress the bandits again, but because of a rumor that "slaves and bandits are in harmony" circulating in the capital, Chongzhen ordered Zhou Zheng to strictly prevent the enemy from leaving without leaving.

No matter how the court changes, Zhou Zheng is now teasing his children in Ningyuan.

His second son has been born more than four months ago. The little guy is very edible and is even fatter than his brother at this time.

Zhou Zheng was walking around the city with the little guy in his arms.

"Sir, where are you taking care of the children?"

"Sir, the second young master is so well-behaved."

"Sir, the second young master seems a little hot..."

"Sir, the second young master is about to fall down!"

Along the way, some generals who were familiar with Zhou Zheng came forward without hesitation.

Zhou Zheng hugged the little guy and responded with a smile all the way.

The little guy was sleeping soundly, squeezing his mouth and squirming all the way.

Jin Guoqi was with him, and he didn't interrupt several times.

Until Shangguan Qing caught up, snatched the child, frowned and said, "What are you doing when you carry it out in such a hot day!"

When Shangguan Qingsheng was the first, he had a bad temper during this period. Zhou Zheng didn't dare to mess with him, so he laughed and sent her back.

Only then did Jin Guoqi stop Zhou Zheng and drink herbal tea in the room and talk about the matter.

Jin Guoqi took a sip and felt a little more comfortable in his stomach. Then he said, "Sir, the northwest is already so dangerous. Just because of the words "Slaves and Kou", the court did not adjust to the emperor. Isn't it too much?"

Zhou Zheng wiped his sweat with a towel, looked at Nanfang, and said casually: "Do you really think it's that rumor?"

Jin Guoqi was stunned and asked carefully: "Sir, what else is there to be hidden here?"

Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said, "I am the second-rank Ji Liao commander. If I want to go to the northwest, I will definitely have a title. If I really wiped out the northwest chaos, the court can still be more embarrassed, just like the last time I was stingy and did not reward me? How can I reward me? I have already made the court uneasy when I am in Liaodong. If I go to the northwest again, the troops in the world will be in my hands. You said, "Your Majesty, can the court sleep?"

Jin Guoqi suddenly woke up and his neck was chilling.

If the court really had no choice but to activate Zhou Zheng, then Zhou Zheng would be the same as taking charge of the military power in the world. He would be very good at this troubled world. He would either be very ruthless or die!

Jin Guoqi didn't dare to say much, and was worried.

Zhou Zheng did not scare him anymore and said, "In the court, we should not ask too much, be careful and wait for the decree."

Jin Guoqi hurriedly said, "Yes, what the lord said."

Jin Guoqi knew the depth of the water inside, so he didn't dare to think too much, so he retreated and left.

Yao Tong came in outside and wiped his sweat and said, "Sir, news is coming from Beijing."

Zhou Zheng put down the towel and said, "Sit down and drink a little herbal tea."

Yao Tong followed suit, sat down and took a sip, then said: "The Ministry of Revenue wants to borrow money again, so the Shangguan Shopkeeper asked for his opinion."

Zhou Zheng looked motionless and said, "Shi Shi asked me personally?"

Yao Tongshun shook his head and said, "No, it's just a person missing."

Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "Shi Li asked if he was still unwilling to accept this. He told my father-in-law that Shi Li asked if he wanted to borrow money. I want to be the Nanjing Mint Bureau and be included in the Zhou family's bill number."

Yao Tongshun was stunned and said, "Sir, I'm afraid that Li Shangshu may not agree."

Li Shiwen was very vigilant about the Zhou family's pledge number. Coin minting is an extremely important institution in a country. How can he give a private pledge number? It is not that he may not be willing, but he will definitely refuse.

Zhou Zheng said lightly: "I am the one who gives it to me. He will do it if he gives it to me."

Yao Tongshun wrote down and said, "The news from the Military Intelligence Department is that Xiong Wencan is sorting out the military affairs of various provinces. He has now transferred 80,000 troops, nine governors, and twelve generals. He also wants to transfer troops from Shandong and Tianjin guards."

Zhou Zheng said very decisively: "Shandong, Tianjin Guards cannot move."

Zhou Zheng was the governor of Ji Liao, and he also managed Tianjin and Shandong. Without Zhou Zheng's permission, Xiong Wencan could not transfer these two places, and even if there was an order from the Ministry of War, it would not work.
Chapter completed!