On this day, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance were chatting and discussing about Chen Yuanyuan in Donghunting , several fast horses were racing towards Deshengmen .
Far from a distance, the fast horse rider was exhausted and even after a long distance raid.
As soon as the horseman reached Deshengmen, he rolled down his saddle anxiously, and then ran through Deshengmen without stopping and ran towards Qianqing Palace.
Not long after, several horse riders arrived at the terrace of the Qianqing Palace and saw only a few imperial guards waiting here. One of the horse riders rushed to ring the golden drum that was urgently requesting to see.
So, suddenly, the deafening drum sounded over Forbidden City , which was shocking and anxious.
At this time, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance were chatting very devotedly. When they heard the drums of urgently asking for a meeting, the two of them immediately looked stunned and looked at each other. After a while, Li Zicheng asked, "What's the matter? It's so urgent?"
In an instant, Sun Xijun and Feng Abao came in one after another and said anxiously, "King, several soldiers guarding the border of Shanhaiguan urgently asked for a visit!"
"Shanhaiguan?" Li Zi became confused when he was established.
Song Xiance was also surprised: "King, Shanhaiguan, is it that Wu Sangui ..."
Before he finished speaking, several soldiers were brought in stumbled.
I saw these soldiers dressed in disheveled clothes, sweating profusely, and dust stained, and one of them was still covered in blood. Li Zicheng and Song Xiance were both surprised when they saw that they were like this.
Several soldiers entered the house and immediately knelt on the ground, then burst into tears: "King, king...!"
Li Zicheng stood up and looked serious: "Tell me quickly, what's going on? What's going on in Shanhaiguan?"
One of them was obviously a lieutenant and choked up and said, "King, Wu Sangui has rebelled. The day and night before, they suddenly surrounded more than ten large camps of my army. Our army was not ready. After a night of pursuit, except for the brothers who were among us, the rest of the soldiers were killed by them, and Lord Zuo was captured. That Wu Sangui publicly launched a banner against our dynasty and issued a manifesto to fight against Li. At present, this manifesto has spread all over the inner and outer gates of the pass, and the people from Shanhaiguan to the capital are already panicked. "
At this time, a soldier continued, "Wu Sangui has immediately held a oath-taking ceremony since besieging our army, and Lord Zuo was also beheaded by him to sacrifice the flag. At present, Wu Sangui and Guanning Army are preparing for war and preparing to attack the capital."
In this way, they described the powerful offensive launched by Wu Sangui vividly.
Li Zicheng listened and stared at the soldiers with his eyes fixed on him, his face sometimes red and sometimes white. He finally realized that his expectations were wrong.
Song Xiance listened to the reports of the soldiers calmly. At this time, he finally stood in front of them and said softly: "Why did Wu Sangui resist me Dashun and resist the king? Didn't he agree to surrender?"
A soldier immediately said: "The young man doesn't know either, but he only heard that Wu Sangui said that I forced the emperor to kill and took away some woman from him. Therefore, he wants to avenge him."
When the soldier said When it was time to "snatch some woman", Li Zicheng's face turned red again. After he finished speaking, he said calmly: "Let's go down, let's rest, I'll rest, I know the situation. Why are Wu Sangui worried? Go!"
After everyone left, Song Xiance said seriously: "King, Wu Sangui is against him. This matter is not a minor matter. We need some countermeasures!"
Li Zicheng thought about it and nodded in agreement.
About two hours later, there were already noisy and noisy discussions in the Qianqing Palace. All the civil and military officials knew about Wu Sangui’s rebellion and rushed to participate in the emergency discussion.
Li Zicheng had just finished as he took the seat, and everyone was silent immediately. They were all waiting with a very anxious mood.
Li Zicheng just sat down, and he narrowed his eyes, and his eagle-like gaze swept across the body of the civil and military men who were standing bent under the elixir. After a while, when Li Er handed him the tobacco pipe that had been lit, he loudly said to the civil and military men: "Wu Sangui occupied Shanhaiguan, killed our military and civilians, and rebelled against our dynasty. What are the countermeasures for you?"
The civil and military men had no one to deal with it for a while. The matter came too suddenly. They had never thought about Wu Sangui's incident before, but only knew that Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry was fierce and brave, and almost most of them knew that he had surrendered.
Of course, as for the former Ming ministers, they knew that they had eaten the same pot of rice as Wu Sangui, but now Wu Sangui turned against each other, they were very afraid that they would be involved in something. Therefore, they almost didn't even dare to speak out, so they dared not speak.
And after entering the capital, the many Dashun generals had eaten, drink and have fun, free and easy. Today, I suddenly heard Wu Sangui rebelling and thought that he might be fighting on the battlefield again, so they all felt very interested.
Li Zicheng saw that everyone was not talking, so he stood up and said helplessly: "Since all the good guys have no solution, maybe in a few days, Wu Sangui will enter this Beijing city . I thought, we might as well go back to Xijing . Xijing is our hometown. We will return to our hometown and stick to the three sides. Why bother with Wu Sangui? Yes, ten Beijings are not as good as our Xijing!" After
, Li Zicheng started smoking a cigarette.
has been around for a long time, at least since he received Chen Yuanyuan into the palace, he has never touched the cigarette pole again. After taking a sip today, he felt that the smell of smoke was so comfortable, as if the palace, the imperial dragon throne, Wu Sangui, etc. were all illusory, and only the comfortable smell of smoke was real.
Just when everyone was silenced as if they were about to suppress this glorious temple, at this time, the right military advisor and Wenhua Hall Grand Secretary Li Yan stepped forward and said, "I believe that returning to Xijing is a solution. Shanhaiguan is a strategic location and the most convenient passage outside the pass to enter the Central Plains. It is very close to the capital. In fact, it is an important gateway to guard the northeast of the capital. Wu Sangui's capture of Shanhaiguan has posed a serious threat to our Dashun and the capital industry. . However, if we are scared to retreat based on this, it will definitely be extremely unfavorable to our dynasty. The soldiers will definitely be disintegrated and lack the necessary morale to fight back. Moreover, what should we do if we retreat to Xijing? Will Wu Sangui stop moving into the capital? In any case, since Wu Sangui has rebelled, he has already posed a serious threat to our dynasty. Therefore, I think that it is necessary to wipe out Wu Sangui immediately and regain Shanhaiguan."
Li Yan finally resigned with a reasonable and ruling voice. He had just finished speaking, and Song Xiance, the left military advisor and the Grand Secretary of the Tianyou Palace, also stepped forward and said, "King, what the right military advisor said is very true. If Wu Sangui's problem is not solved, there will be no peace in our dynasty!" When the two military advisors Li and Song advised, Niu Jinxing opened his ears and listened quietly. After the two returned to the shift, he stood up swayingly, as if he was thinking carefully and summarizing, "Hi, the boy Wu Sangui is not scary, I'll wait You might as well make peace talks first, trying to persuade him to surrender again. If he refuses, he will attack him with all his might and take back Shanhaiguan. At present, Wu Sangui is only 80,000, while our Dashun Army has more than 200,000 in the capital. If Wu Sangui overestimates himself, he will definitely burn his jade and stones."
Speaking of this, he coughed lightly, and then said, "Since Wu Sangui has rebelled against me, his father, Wu Xiang , his family members of the Wu family, and even his beloved concubine Chen Yuan, should be detained immediately to be hostages for us to attack."
Li Zicheng listened quietly. He sometimes looked at the palace lantern that was swaying in the breeze, sometimes looked at the civil and military men standing, sometimes raised their cigarette rods and sniffed a mouthful or two. After the military advisors finished speaking, he woke up as if he had just woken up in a dream and suddenly realized:
Alas, as the leader of a dynasty, how could he seem to be in chaos at the beginning? Could it be that he was scared by Wu Sangui? Didn't he and Liu Zongmin seize one of his What a woman! Besides, he didn't take it from others? But why did Wu Sangui take a woman so important? Is it so great for such a fight for an insignificant woman? Wu Sangui, since you dare to challenge Gu, then come on, Gu doesn't believe it. You only have 80,000 enemies, which are more than a great army of hundreds of thousands!
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng seemed to have made up his mind and smiled comfortably, "Gu has decided to wipe out Wu Sangui and regain Shanhaiguan." "At this time, he handed the cigarette rod to Li Er who had been standing beside him, and then continued, "But the question is, who would like to lead his troops to fight east?"
After speaking, Li Zicheng's eyes swept over Liu Zongmin, Li Guo , Li Shuangxi, Xiao Yunlin, Zhou Fengwu and other elite soldiers, waiting for their volunteering.
However, after a long time, the generals seemed to have not seen each other, just stood silently.
Li Zicheng saw that the generals did not speak, and his eyes swept over one by one. They finally fell on Liu Zongmin's face, and he heard him shouting loudly: "Zongmin!"
After hearing the shouting, Liu Zongmin immediately left the shift and stood respectfully, neither polite nor verbal, but just waited for Li Zicheng's following.
"I want you to share your worries for your elder brother. How about leading your troops to fight in the east?"
Originally, since Liu Zongmin entered the capital, he was proud of his great achievements in his war. He robbed Chen Yuanyuan. He was so funny that he didn't know why, but was taken into the palace by Li Zicheng. At the beginning, he said Chen Yuanyuan. It was sent back to the Wu Mansion a few days after entering the palace, but since she entered the palace, there seemed to be no sign of sending it back.
Liu Zongmin finally understood that Li Zicheng was also fascinated by this beauty in the world. Therefore, he couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart. But what could he do? He was the dignified lord, and he was just a minister under his command. Therefore, for several days, he could only hide in the Grand Marshal's Mansion all day long to sulk.
Just now, when he heard Li Zicheng calling him, he felt in his heart Thinking that at this critical moment, he had to work hard again, so he felt a little unhappy in his heart. Therefore, he replied casually: "By the king, just as the traitor rebelled, the last general should have led his troops to fight, but he didn't know what to do recently. The brothers felt quite uncomfortable. Besides, a mere Wu Sangui doesn't need Liu to drive at all. The king might as well send a few generals to lead his troops to come, and he would definitely ask Wu Sangui to burn all the jade!"
Speaking of this, he glanced at Li Guo, and then said loudly: "King, the last general might as well recommend one person, and he will definitely take on this important task. General Quan Li Guo, General Li, was brave and good at fighting, and made many military achievements. If he was in charge of the Eastern Expedition, he would definitely be able to kill Wu Sangui without leaving any armor. "
After saying that, he chuckled.
Li Guo was a little angry when he heard that Liu Zongmin was reluctant to go to the battle. Moreover, he couldn't stand Liu Zongmin's rude look on weekdays. When he heard that he actually kicked the ball to himself, he immediately became a little angry: "Liu Zongmin, the king asked you to take charge of the Eastern Expedition, but you didn't want to serve and shirk responsibility. What was your intention? For our Li, how dare you compete with your dignified General Liu?" Speaking of this, Li Guo looked completely angry.
Liu Zongmin saw Li Guo ridicuing him so much, and he felt his face was lost. He was so public. In this way, it was really hard to swallow, and immediately became angry. So he roared: "Li Guo, you..."
But just now he wanted to go, and when Li Zi established, he shouted: "If you don't want to go, you don't want to go, you'll make it clear. I'll go to the scene. Yes, what might be the mighty!"
Li Zicheng heard that the two of them were not only not taking the initiative to share their worries, but instead had to be tense in this dignified hall, making him unable to get out of Taiwan. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel sad. He thought that once upon a time, the soldiers of the Dashun Army all bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities and took the lead. But now only 10 or 20 days have passed since they entered the capital, and everyone was fascinated by the life of the whole Kyoto.
Yes, how comfortable it is to enjoy this life of debauchery, how leisurely and leisurely it is, how can the battle of sacrifice and blood on the battlefield be compared to these endless wine and beauties!
