Turning his sight back to Yanjing before. When Taiyuan was lost and the news of Zhou Yuji's death reached the capital, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the knife edge on his neck was closer. The idea of ​​"moving south" arose in his heart.

Just then, Li Banghua submitted a secret letter asking Emperor Chongzhen to defend the capital, and at the same time, he imitated the old rules during the Yongle period and asked the prince to go to the Nandu to supervise the country. After a few days, Li Banghua asked to grant King Ding and King Yong to the two prefectures of Taiping and Ningguo (Hangzhou and Guangzhou) to protect the two capitals.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen was both angry and annoyed, because he was thinking that he and the princes all went south. Even if someone had to stay in the capital, he would have left the prince in Beidu and led the court to move south to Jinling. Now Li Banghua's proposal was exactly the opposite, which was equivalent to letting him sacrifice himself.

I immediately said indignantly: "I have been in charge of the world for more than ten years but I have not been able to help you. What are the things that my brothers and children do?"

But Emperor Chongzhen had long been infiltrated into a sieve, and Li Banghua's memorial could not keep the secret at all. This strategy won the approval of many officials, such as Zhou Yanru, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode, Jiang Dejing, etc.

Such power should be said to be very strong. Even if many northern officials take the pretext of "abandoning the country and giving up the north", they cannot form an overwhelming advantage.

But Emperor Chongzhen was very dissatisfied, so he gave the censors at the middle and lower levels the chance to speak. It was the military officer (from the seventh rank) Guang Shiheng. He stood up and retorted: "What do the ministers want to go south to take the crown prince? Are they going to make the story of Lingwu in Tang Suzong?" This correct slogan, who dares to speak again?

The so-called "gains and losses" were fully demonstrated in this court meeting, and the personal interests and national interests, the shamelessness of the literati class and the emperor were fully demonstrated.

After Li Zicheng dismembered Zhou Yuji, Jiang Guan had secretly sent someone to send a surrender letter. Li Zicheng was overjoyed and immediately managed the army, crossed Yanmen, occupied Shuozhou, and went straight to Datong.

Li Zicheng was very proud of his victory in the Ming Dynasty without bloodshed. But what he was most proud of was Liu Fangliang's progress in the Central Plains - Hong Chengchou was unable to resist the Liu army at all, and Emperor Chongzhen's route to escape south had been cut off most of the time.

When the imperial edict for the Northern Expedition to Youyan was issued at the beginning of the year, Li Zicheng was most worried about three things - one, he was worried that Chongzhen would transfer some of the troops guarding Xuanhua and Datong back to the capital to defend the city, so that the civilian army would station troops under the strong city. If Yanjing was not conquered by then, things would not go smoothly.

2. Chongzhen was willing to cede land to the Jianzhou Tartars and transferred back to Guanning Iron Cavalry to the Guardian Yanjing.

Third, Chongzhen had no choice but to escape, leaving several important officials to guard Yanjing, and went to Qilu and Tianjin by himself, chose one of them and fled to Jinling.

Now that Datong is not fighting, the canal of Qilu has been cut off by Liu Fangliang. The Ming army in Xuanfu has not moved at all. Hasn’t the three worries of that day been resolved halfway?

"Brother Tianlin, sit down." Li Zicheng greeted after seeing Zhang Tianlin.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?" Zhang Tianlin sat down without hesitation and asked.

"For Datong, you advise me not to kill someone named Jiang. If it makes sense, I won't kill him. But Jiang Yuan is not convinced, he is a slutty person, and he is very sloppy. He wants to keep you and Ke Tianxiang and Zhang Hei-faced to control Datong. Jiang Yuan is also the general, but you have to hold real power and emptied his soldiers. Just keep it as a good example and save Mada."

"Uh, I know, don't worry, Your Majesty." Zhang Tianlin patted her chest and promised Li Zicheng.

But he immediately said, "Well, the three of you stayed in Datong, and all the soldiers and horses were left behind?"

Of course, Li Zicheng would leave all their troops behind.

"Then there will be even fewer troops in your army. It is said to be 500,000, and there are only 100,000 people who go there. Why not bring more troops to you?"

All the generals under his command knew about Li Zicheng's original worries. Now, the Xuanfu in Datong is useless, but there is also Ning Tieqi in the northeast, plus Zheng Zhilong who came out of the road.

"If it goes well, these soldiers will be enough. If it doesn't go well, no matter how many people there are, it's useless." Li Zicheng was still very clear at this time. Although the troops around him were only 100,000, they were all elite troops in the Dashun army, especially the tens of thousands of old camps, which was his greatest capital.

If these people still can't take over the capital, they will not be involved in the matter if they pull up 100,000 people.

What's more, even if he really wants to gather his troops, his strength is not allowed.

In the past six months, the civilian army quickly occupied most of the Central Plains, northern Huguang, the entire western Shanxi region, and the northwest of Zhonghe. Now Liu Fangliang's army is advancing eastward to Qilu, where does it not need troops?

It turns out that there are hundreds of thousands of people, and it is very useful if not dispersed, and once it is dispersed, the power will be weak.

After he left Huguang, didn’t he divide a lot of troops into Detian Prefecture, Chengtian Prefecture, and Xiangyang Prefecture?

Now the situation in many prefectures, prefectures and counties in Huguang and Central Plains is not very stable, and many people are looking around and waiting for an opportunity to act. If they can rebel, they will all rebel.

The governor of Yunyang, Gao Doushu, was even more a tough guy. He had been entangled with the civilian army since the end of the fifteenth year. Li Zicheng launched several large-scale attacks, but was defeated by him. To this day, the Ming Dynasty flag is still floating above Yunyang.

Li Zicheng was still aware that the conflict between him and the gentry class had not yet dissolved.

It just changed from the previous life to the death to the current general peace, which has only eased down. However, if we want to truly transform, we still need to completely take over Yanjing and then hold the imperial examination so that we can truly win people's hearts.

He knew this very well in his heart, and Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and others also understood it very well.

Therefore, in order to maintain the current situation in the short term, Li Zicheng could only spread the hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands as if he was uneven. Just like the current Datong Mansion, he was worried and could not control the situation if he didn't do this.

It’s like, if Zhang Tianlin and the others were not left behind, what would happen to Datong Mansion? What if Jiang Yan is unstable? This risk is too great.

As for the lack of troops, why not recruit soldiers?

It is easy to recruit more troops. Some refugees in the north are refugees, and there are many sources of soldiers, but the difficulty lies in the fact that Li Zicheng has no money to support his soldiers.

Eat the King of Chuang, welcome the King of Chuang, and the King of Chuang will not pay any food when he comes.

This is Li Zicheng's political slogan. In his rise, this slogan played a huge role. Since last year, wherever the civilian army went, the prefectures and counties have surrendered, and the people have suffered for a long time. But at the same time, this is also a heavy shackle on him. If the people cannot collect money and food, he can only attack the gentry and bureaucrats, which has also caused the current dilemma of the civilian army.

Li Zicheng was already very aware of the negative effects of this slogan, but he could shout the slogan he shouted on his knees. At least before he entered Yanjing, he would continue to shout this slogan.

It's like the development of Internet companies in later generations. It depends on whether to burn out the money you have in your hands first or burn out the results first. It is a fierce competition in the moment of life and death.

It depends on whether Li Zicheng was at the end of his life or whether he had killed the Ming Dynasty before he could finish his life.

Otherwise, he would have to transform himself into the second place in the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, why should he support his army and fight?

To put it bluntly, if the army entered the capital and Li Zicheng seized half of the country, should he reward the entire army? If he led hundreds of thousands of people into the capital, the expenses of rewarding the army alone could be crushed to death.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's current people are enough, and even the army has to divide its troops on the way. When he really reaches the city of Yanjing, it is enough to have a hundred thousand people.

Looking at the situation in previous dynasties, when the situation has reached this point, the new dynasty’s emphasis on the old dynasty is not blindly military, but people’s hearts.

Zhu Ming was already in a state of collapse and was vulnerable.
Chapter completed!