Juyongguan has surrendered!

The successful capture of Juyong Pass without spending a single soldier made the civil and military ministers of the Dashun Dynasty and the soldiers of the three armies very happy. They believed that the capital would be destroyed within two or three days without any attack. Then they sent a message to the south of the Yangtze River and established a great cause for the future.

As the vanguard, Liu Zongmin ordered the army to continue marching towards the capital like a tide. However, Li Zicheng, the Prime Minister's Office, the Military Advisor's Office, the Six Governments and other central government offices did not have to rush with the army.

Because the Changping Yamen was quite spacious, it was used as Li Zicheng's temporary palace. The Military Advisor's Office, the Prime Minister's Office, the Sixth Government and other government offices were all crowded in various parts of the city. Most of them were requisitioned private houses, and the imperial guards and soldiers were all stationed in the city.

There are tents everywhere inside and outside the city.

After dinner, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin chatted for a while, and then ordered the propaganda officer to inform the prime minister, the chief and deputy military advisers, the six government ministers, and other central ministers to come to the palace to hold a meeting before the emperor.

Since crossing the river and entering Jin Dynasty, many imperial meetings have been held during the march. But today's meeting is different from Xu Ri. Today, many major measures will be discussed after the capital is captured, including where to enter the capital after the city is broken.

, where to enter the Imperial City and the Forbidden City, and other questions, it seems that they are celebrating victory in advance.

However, in the end, the question still falls on what can break the city!

After Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance and asked the question, everyone's eyes fell on the military advisor's face.

After carefully analyzing the Ming Dynasty's garrison situation and strength, Song Xiance concluded that the army only had to besiege the city for two days before the city's defenses would collapse and the city would be able to be easily breached. As a charlatan, he knew that he relied on this

His skills were deeply trusted by Li Zicheng and the soldiers, so he would not express his analysis in the simplest words. Instead, he stretched out his left hand, palm facing up, and pinched his index and middle fingers with his thumb, just like Zhuge Wuhou in the play.

, there he was pinching his fingers and calculating, sometimes frowning, sometimes raising his eyebrows, sometimes stroking his beard, as if he could really get a glimpse of the secret.

"Hmm... Well, according to Yichen, if there is light rain on the tenth day of the lunar month, the city will be able to be breached at dawn on the eleventh day. If there is no rain on the tenth day of the lunar month, well, it will probably take two or three days to breach the city."

Let's not say whether this so-called "calculation with fingers" is accurate, but for Li Zicheng and many generals and soldiers in Shun Camp, they really believe it.

Of course, Sun Kewei and others were just silent about this. They knew that the so-called "calculation with fingers" was more based on the understanding of the Ming army's defense strength. Now the defense of the capital was empty. The day before yesterday, Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen led

Thousands of newly recruited soldiers of the "Three Battalions" were mostly ordinary people. The soldiers were like this. As for the generals, they were no better. Li Guozhen himself was a dandy, with no military experience at all, and he could only talk rhetoric.

They drove to Shahe to set up defenses, but when they saw the Dashun army coming, they collapsed without a fight. Can they defend the capital with such troops?

A good friend is someone who sees things through but doesn't tell them.

We are all good friends, but there are some things we cannot say.

Li Zicheng said with joy on his face after hearing this.

"It seems that the weather will not clear up soon. We have planned to break the city on the 13th. I have decided to make Chang'an the capital of Dashun. The capital is only in the city. After the decision is made, it will be renamed Youzhou Prefecture. This matter has been agreed upon in Chang'an.

. After traveling alone in the capital and ascending to the throne, I will spread the message to the south of the Yangtze River, and my great destiny of Dashun will be determined in this way."

Because I usually respect Sun Kewei very much, but today I saw that he didn't speak for some reason, so I looked at him and asked:

"Prime Minister, what do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Jiangnan won't be able to be determined by spreading the word!"

Upon hearing this, he bowed to Li Zicheng respectfully and replied.

"General Pinglu has marched northward!"

Everyone who was originally indulging in victory was shocked when Sun Kewei poured cold water on them. Only then did they think that there was a tiger in the south of the Yangtze River!

This tiger is extraordinary. Not only can it eat people, but it can also cause thunder!

So everyone's faces were filled with shock. How could they forget this tiger?

In fact, this is not surprising. After all, during this period of time, everyone was so immersed in the news of victory that they forgot about the tiger in Jiangnan.

Just when everyone looked solemn, Gong Yan, the Minister of Li Government, stood up and said:

"The Prime Minister is surprised by this statement. Even if the Ming army marches northward, what will happen? Your Majesty will help the dragon rise, punish the people and punish the sins. Heaven and man will return, and achieve this great cause. The Derby is better than that of Yao and Shun, and the achievements are as great as those of Tang and Wu. I think that the so-called "

General Pinglu "is nothing to be afraid of. It is easy for him to go north, but it is even more difficult to defeat me, Dashun."

Gong Yan's words made Li Zicheng ask.

"Where did Gong Qing start with these words?"

Gong Yan replied.

"Everyone in the world said that the general Pinglu was good at conquering and fighting. He defeated the eastern captives and destroyed the western sacrifices. His troops were unstoppable. However, I heard that he killed the gentry and officials indiscriminately in Jiangnan, which had long aroused the dissatisfaction of the people. When he was there, Jiangnan

The officials and people dare not speak out yet, but once he leaves Jiangnan, who can suppress the officials and people in Jiangnan for him? When the time comes, I Dashun will preach to Jiangnan, and Jiangnan will be sure. Now that the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its power, Your Majesty rises to the occasion and replaces it with water virtue.

Fire virtue dominates the world, Zhu Ciying is just going against the trend, so-called unstoppable strength is just a temporary military power, after all, this energy is in my favor!"

Everyone likes to hear good words. Li Zicheng felt that what Gong Yan said was quite reasonable. However, seeing that Song Xiance, Sun Kewei and others did not agree, he became suspicious and asked other civil servants:

"What do you think?"

Gu Junen said.

"This Ming Dynasty's energy has been exhausted, and my energy is in Dashun. This is a well-known thing, but I am worried about other things."

Li Zicheng asked: "

What are you afraid of?"

Gu Junen said:

"In my opinion, although Chongzhen was a king who lost his country, he was different from the kings who had lost his country in the past. Chongzhen had a strong temperament, which is well known to everyone. When the city was broken, he neither refused to surrender nor was he willing to be captured and humiliated. As for peace,

The same is bound to be true for the general of the Qin Dynasty, and he has a reputation of being good at fighting, and he has a good reputation in Shandong. If he leads the Shanxi army and people to resist until they arrive, our Dashun will definitely lose a lot of troops and generals. If a week is auspicious, I will lose many troops and generals of Dashun.

Nearly 100,000, and it’s Zhu Ciying? So, we have to make plans in advance.”

Having learned the lessons from Ningwuguan, Li Zicheng was moved, nodded slightly, and asked the ministers:

"What the Gu Qing family said is true. Do you have any good ideas for this?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. Why didn't they dare to invade Shandong when they were in Henan? Isn't it because the morale of Shandong and the people's hearts are in the Ming Dynasty, and there are no less than a million rural soldiers. If this fight is really possible, even if they win, both sides will lose.

ah!

After a long silence, I only heard Yu Shangyou, the Minister of the Military Government, reply:
Chapter completed!