Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Li Zicheng has also arrived in Luoyang this time.

Following Li Zicheng to Luoyang, there were also three thousand cavalry led by Liu Zongmin.

These [-] cavalrymen were real cavalrymen, and their war horses were all fine horses. Unlike before, they only used mules or even donkeys to make up their numbers.

After meeting, Niu Jinxing was a little surprised.

Immediately asked: "My lord, where did you get so many good horses?"

Li Zicheng smiled and said nothing, but Liu Zongmin couldn't hold back: "These three thousand good horses were just donated by the Huyan Squad. .”

[Note: Damaying Caotan is the Hantang Shandan Army Racecourse]

[Note: Xin Sizhong, the former battalion leader, nicknamed Tiger Flame Squad]

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Niu Jinxing quickly flattered Li Zicheng.

"Now that we have the Damaying Caotan, our Dashun cavalry no longer have to worry about running out of horses."

"The grassy beach in Damaying is nothing." Liu Zongmin laughed and said, "Uncle Guo has a lot of good horses."

"Uncle Guo? Back camp?" Niu Jinxing asked Liu Zongmin blankly, "Has horses started to be raised in Yulin? But it's not right, there can't be many horses in that place, right?"

"What kind of horses does Yulin raise?" Liu Zongmin waved his hand and said, "I mean Tumed Mongolia. Tumed Mongolia occupies Tumed River and Hetao, and some of them are horses. Our Dashun will soon be able to form more than [-] horses. cavalry!"

Niu Jinxing was even more at a loss: "Will Tumed Mongolia sell their horses to Dashun?"

Liu Zongmin said: "Prime Minister, you don't know yet, haha, Tumed Mongolia has already formed an alliance with our Dashun. Not to mention, the banner of the Mongol Co-lord really works, as soon as the Sulu Ding of Sanggar was erected, several Mongolian tribes came to surrender."

Hearing Liu Zongmin spit all over the place, Niu Jinxing felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly dropping.

At that moment, Niu Jinxing turned around and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, if you say right or wrong, your heart must be different. Sanggar is a Mongol anyway. Right now he wants something from us, that's why he formed an alliance with us. In the future, if he really If it gathers all the tribes of Mongolia and becomes a climate, it will inevitably turn against our Dashun Dynasty, so we must be on guard."

"Prime Minister, you don't need to ask about this matter, Gao Yigong and Li Yan will handle it well."

Li Zicheng waved his hand, then asked Niu Jinxing: "How is the fight in Xuzhou?"

In fact, Li Zicheng was also very concerned about the outcome of the Xuzhou battle, otherwise he would not have made this trip on purpose.

Niu Jinxing cupped his hands and said: "Return to the Holy Lord, Jiannu and the Ming army are still facing each other in Xuzhou. Jiannu has just dug tens of kilometers of trenches and protective walls outside Xuzhou. It seems that they are going to besiege Xuzhou for a long time."

"Long-term siege is good." Liu Zongmin smiled and said, "It's best for the two families to fight to the end in Xuzhou, and then our Dashun Army can eat them without any effort and rule the world."

Niu Jinxing also echoed: "It is the general trend for our Dashun dynasty to rule the world."

"Hey, let's not talk about this." Li Zicheng waved his hand again and said, "Jiannu didn't do anything other than besiege Xuzhou? For example, sending cavalry to Henan to grab food?"

Niu Jinxing shook his head and said: "Jiannu didn't send cavalry to Henan to grab food, but I heard a news, I don't know if it's true or not, saying that Jiannu sent half of his troops to Huai'an Mansion. They should have gone along the canal to Huai'an and Yangzhou to rob money, food and people, and maybe they might have killed them all in one go to the city of Nanjing."

Hearing this, Zuo Maodi who came with him immediately became anxious: "Your Majesty, if Nanjing falls, Daming will definitely not be preserved, and if Daming ceases to exist, Dashun may not be able to survive alone, let alone Dashun and our Ming Dynasty. But there is a covenant first, and the two families join forces to fight against the foreign captives, Dashun's behavior is really chilling."

"Sir, don't be impatient." Li Zicheng comforted Zuo Mao with his first sentence.

Then he frowned and asked Niu Jinxing and Chen Yongfu: "Didn't you verify such important military information? And you didn't send a messenger to Xi'an? If I didn't come to Luoyang, I would still be kept in the dark by you."

Li Zicheng's attitude towards the battle of Xuzhou is actually very clear, the general policy is to watch the fire from the other side.

But if the situation of the Ming army becomes extremely bad, it is necessary to help in time to prevent the Ming Dynasty from being destroyed by the Jiannu. On the other hand, if the situation of the Jiannu is not good, then take advantage of the fire and rob the Ming army for the most fruitful results. , because at this time the Ming army was probably already exhausted, and they definitely couldn't compete with the Dashun army.

It has to be said that Li Zicheng was really not short-sighted this time, on the contrary, he had extremely good calculations.

So Li Zicheng couldn't help getting angry when he heard that Jiannu divided his troops to loot Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and even Nanjing, but Niu Jinxing and Chen Yongfu, the leader of the right battalion, were ignorant of this.

Facing Li Zicheng's anger, Niu Jinxing decisively shirked his responsibility.

"Uncle Wen Shui, didn't I ask you to send scouts to Huai'an Mansion to spy?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Why hasn't there been any news until today? What are you doing?"

Facing the scapegoat thrown by Niu Jinxing, Chen Yongfu did not dare to refuse, but could only accept it honestly.

Chen Yongfu actually reminded Niu Jinxing that more spies should be sent to Huai'an and even Yangzhou Prefecture to spy on the movement of slavery and verify the situation of the Ming army.

Once the Ming army was in a disadvantageous situation, they sent troops to flank Jiannu in Xuzhou.

In the end, he was reprimanded by Niu Jinxing, after which Chen Yongfu dared not mention it again.

In the end, Chen Yongfu was just a surrendered general, and he couldn't compare with the veterans of the Dashun Army like Taurus Xing. What's more, Chen Yongfu had shot Li Zicheng blindly, which made Chen Yongfu even more cautious.

Chen Yongfu lowered his head and said: "The Holy Majesty forgives the sin, the prime minister forgives the sin, it is the negligence of the last general."

Li Zicheng frowned, and was about to punish Chen Yongfu, but Li Shuangxi hurried in.

Seeing Li Shuangxi, Li Zicheng frowned and asked, "What's the matter, didn't I let you stay in Xi'an?"

"Father, forgive me." Li Shuangxi hurriedly bowed and said, "It's like this. Not long after Father left, Daming sent a messenger to deliver a good news, and my son quickly sent it to Father."

After finishing speaking, Li Shuangxi solemnly handed over a letter.

After Li Zicheng finished reading the letter, the anger on his face disappeared.

It was replaced by a dignified face, which was never expected.

Niu Jinxing asked in astonishment: "My lord, what does the good news say?"

Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "The Ming army won a big victory in Shanyang, beheading nearly ten thousand people!"

"Ah?!" Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu and other civilians and generals of the Dashun Army were stunned for a moment. This was completely unexpected.

Liu Zongmin asked Zuo Maodi, "Is there no Ming Dynasty frontier army stationed in Shanyang?"

"No." Zuo Maodi said, "Huai'an Mansion only has a few hundred thousand brave men."

"Xiangyong." Niu Jinxing said, "A hundred thousand Xiangyongs can rebuild slaves? Why don't I believe it?"

Chen Yongfu said: "If the Ming army Xiangyong really hit the Jiannu partial division in Shanyang, then the Jiannu partial division along the way will inevitably return to Xuzhou. If this is the case, our scouts will definitely find it."

Dashun Army's scouting horses did not go deep into the territory of Huai'an Mansion.

But there are still a lot of Dashun's explorations near Xuzhou.

As a result, as soon as Chen Yongfu finished speaking, a general hurried in.

After listening to the report, Chen Yongfu said to Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing again: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, just received the report from the horse inspection. The army of slavery who went to Huai'an Mansion before has really returned to Xuzhou."

"So, Jianu really suffered a big defeat at the foot of Shanyang City." Li Zicheng said.

Niu Jinxing quickly changed his position, and said in a deep voice: "Jiannu has lost a handful of rice by stealing chickens this time, and his food and grass supply will definitely be in short supply. Maybe he will retreat."

Li Zicheng said: "Well, I think so too."

Niu Jinxing said: "In this case, we have to make preparations in advance."

"What the prime minister said is very true, you have to be prepared." Li Zicheng nodded, and then said to Liu Zongmin and Chen Yongfu, "You two quickly rectify the cavalry of the pro-military army of the middle power and the right battalion, and be ready to attack at any time. Once the slaves are ready Retreat, our Dashun Army must seize Daming Mansion, Weihui Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion and other places before the Ming army."

Well, Li Zicheng is here to grab the territory, and he really wants to take advantage of the fire.

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By the way, let me talk about Sichuan.

After capturing Chengdu at the end of last year, Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed himself emperor in the Shu Palace, with the country name Daxi and the reign name Dashun.

But the good times didn't last long, and the Ming army quickly launched a counterattack from all directions.

Wang Yingxiong, governor of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and Ma Gan, governor of Sichuan, cooperated closely and summoned more than a dozen Ming troops including Zeng Ying, Li Xiaoli, Wang Xiang, Yang Zhan, and Cao Xun to launch a counterattack against the Daxi army.

The Thirteen Families in Eastern Sichuan also took the opportunity to raise troops and launched a counterattack.

The territory controlled by the Great West Army was drastically reduced to two prefectures.

Zhang Xianzhong was completely enraged by this, and transferred back the army that was transferred to northern Sichuan to compete with the Dashun army for Hanzhong. The troops were divided into multiple groups and launched a brutal suppression.

So at this time, Sichuan has already killed a lot of people.

Zhang Xianzhong had no time for him at all, and was busy suppressing the rebellion.

As for Huguang, Zuo Liangyu was really ill this time, and sent messengers to Xuzhou several times, asking Chongzhen to send his only son Zuo Menggeng to him because Zuo Liangyu had "conscientiously" guarded the border for Ming Dynasty for decades. Put him back in Wuchang to see him for the last time, but unfortunately, Xuzhou has been besieged by now.

The messenger sent by Zuo Liangyu could not enter Xuzhou city at all.

Zuo Liangyu waited until May, but in the end he still couldn't wait for Zuo Menggeng.

Finally, Zuo Liangyu, who was also regarded as the number one ruthless person in the late Ming Dynasty, closed his eyes forever with unwillingness, anger and infinite melancholy.

So far, Hu Guang's power has completely fallen into the hands of Governor He Tengjiao.