Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 6 Change of Dynasty
In the Forbidden City, in the Qianqing Palace, Li Zicheng sits high on the throne.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Yan were ranked under Dan Chi.

Niu Jinxing suggested with a smile: "My lord, the capital has already been captured, and the Chongzhen child has already been captured, so can we choose an auspicious day to hold the enthronement ceremony?"

When Li Zicheng was about to nod, Liu Zongmin walked in angrily.

"Old Liu, what made you so angry?" Li Zicheng immediately shifted his attention.

Liu Zongmin said with a dark face: "The thieves of the mother, the hypocritical household department Taikuang only copied out one hundred thousand taels of silver, and the Chongzhen child's inner court secretary's key store only copied out a mere one thousand taels."

"What?" Li Zicheng said dumbfounded, "It's only over a thousand taels?"

"No." Liu Zongmin spread his hands and said again, "The majestic emperor only has more than a thousand fortunes, who will believe it?"

Niu Jinxing frowned and said: "My lord, this is a big trouble. The fake Mingtai warehouse only has one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is not enough to reward the soldiers. How can there be extra silver taels to buy food and grass?"

Li Zicheng also frowned and said, "This is indeed a troublesome matter."

Liu Zongmin said: "If it doesn't work, we'll still use the old method. Arrest all the pseudo-Ming clans, noble officials, and those eunuchs in Beijing. Under the stick, I don't believe they won't hand over the money."

"No." Li Yan said urgently, "My lord, please be very careful about this matter."

"Be careful." Liu Zongmin said, "If you don't ask them for it, why don't you take out money to reward the army?"

Li Yan ignored Liu Zongmin, and only said to Li Zicheng: "My lord, our Dashun army has captured Beijing, and the Emperor Chongzhen is probably also captured at this moment. The task of overthrowing the false Ming has been completed. The next priority is to stabilize the situation. Then The way of dealing with the pseudo-Ming clan and noble officials should also be changed."

"Pseudo-Ming clans and honorable officials are certainly hateful, but behind them are all the officials and gentry in Shanxi, Shandong, Beizhi, and even the half of China north of Huanghuai. To the north of the Huai River, the overall situation will be settled, otherwise, there will be swords and soldiers everywhere. Although our Dashun army has a large force, I am afraid it will not be able to suppress it."

Speaking of this meal, Li Yan said again: "Not to mention anything else, the Guan Ning Army is a big trouble."

Song Xiance also said: "My lord, I also think that what the right army division said is reasonable, this matter must be cautious."

But Niu Jinxing said: "The two military advisers think too highly of the puppet Ming clan and those honorable officials. Their influence is not that great, and they can't influence the people's support in the north of Huanghuai. Our Dashun Army went from Hubei to Henan. , and then to Guanzhong, are there still fewer false Ming clans and corrupt officials killed? Didn’t they also seize the world?”

Speaking of this meal, Niu Jinxing looked at Li Yan again and said with a smile: "Oh yes, at the beginning, the right army advocated to stabilize the situation in Henan before going to the Northern Expedition. It is not easy to capture the capital, what is the result? Won't the capital be easily captured by my Dashun army?"

Niu Jinxing's words made Li Yan feel ashamed.

He really did not expect that the Dashun Army could take down the capital so quickly.

The two factions disagree, so Li Zicheng needs to make a decision. Li Zicheng is more inclined to Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing, because from the matter of winning the capital, what Li Yan said is not entirely correct.

"I know the skills of the right army division." Li Zicheng affirmed Li Yan first as usual, and when he was about to draw out the next sentence, he suddenly saw his adopted son Li Shuangxi rushing into the Jinluan Hall in a hurry.

"Father, something has happened!" Li Shuangxi said anxiously.

"It's frizzy and unseemly. Didn't I tell you to be calm when things happen?"

Seeing Li Shuangxi like this, Li Zicheng's expression immediately collapsed, thinking that you are such a bird, how can I make you the crown prince?How dare you hand over Dashun Jiangshan to you?
Li Shuangxi let out a huh, and hurriedly said: "Father Wang taught me that."

Li Zicheng snorted softly and said, "Tell me, what happened?"

Only then did Li Shuangxi say: "Old Chongzhen led the Imperial Army out of the Chaoyang Gate, and Li You's five thousand elite soldiers and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the three major battalions of the Puppet Ming Dynasty were also defeated!"

"What?!" Li Zicheng jumped up, his voice suddenly raised.

"Impossible!" Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and Song Xiance were also shocked.

But Li Shuangxi couldn't help but slander and said, should we be calm when things happen?
Li Yan also didn't believe it, and asked: "Your Highness, Chongzhen really led the imperial army to break the siege?"

"Really." Li Shuangxi nodded and said, "Li You is outside the palace, if you don't believe me, you can ask him directly."

"Li You, don't get out of here!" Li Zicheng roared angrily, and Li You hurried in from outside the palace gate, and bowed down under Dan Chi with a terrified expression on his face.

Inexplicably suffered such a big defeat,
Li You felt that even if he didn't die this time, he might lose a layer of skin.

"Li You, what are you eating?" Liu Zongmin scolded first, "Let's let Chongzhen run away, but you actually took five thousand of your own soldiers into it? Oh, yes, there are hundreds of thousands of surrenders! "

Li You said with a dark face: "General Quan, Chongzhen is too cunning."

Immediately, Li You told the story of what happened at Chaoyang Gate half an hour ago.

"Fire Elephant Formation?" Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others were also dumbfounded after hearing this.

This is really unexpected wow, Chongzhen children actually understand the art of war, and can use tricks?

"Not only the fire elephant, but also the hundreds of barrels of gunpowder on the fire elephant's back, directly blowing up hundreds of thousands of soldiers." Li You said with a dark face, "and the timing of Chongzhen's breakout was also very tricky. It was me who lined up outside the Chaoyang Gate with three hundred riders in a four-way column, and was about to enter the city, but I was directly hit by the fire elephant array."

"Mother thief, this Chongzhen child is quite insidious." Liu Zongmin gasped.

In this situation, even if he was there at the time, Lao Liu would not be able to stop Chongzhen Xiaoer.

"Not good!" Li Yan suddenly changed his expression, "My lord, if Chongzhen is allowed to flee back to the south of the Yangtze River, the story of the Southern and Northern Dynasties may repeat itself. It will be difficult for me, Dashun, to unify China."

"You can't let Chongzhen's son run away." Liu Zongmin said angrily, "He must be brought back!"

Li Zicheng said to Li You: "Li You, I will give you a chance to atone for your crimes. Immediately transfer three thousand fine riders from Zhongjiying to go south to pursue Chongzhen. Listen carefully, if you can capture Chongzhen this time, everything will be easy to say. , if you can't catch Chongzhen back, then you don't have to come back, just kill yourself."

"The last general takes orders." Li You got up and left.

Watching Li You's figure go away, Li Yan suddenly said: "My lord, Wu Sangui has led the Guan Ning army into the pass, and has already walked to the Yongping Mansion area. Chongzhen may also go to Yongping Mansion to join the Guan Ning Army."

Song Xiance said: "It makes sense, the Lord should send another fine cavalry to intercept and kill them in the east."

Li Yan said without losing the opportunity: "My lord, this subordinate is willing to lead two thousand Qingqi from the headquarters to intercept and kill."

Li Yan joined the gang in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and he also brought money into the gang. At the beginning, there were only [-] Hanoi children, but with the growth of the Dashun Army, Li Yan's headquarters also expanded to [-] people, including cavalry. two thousand.

Therefore, Li Yan is not only Dashun's right army division, but also a general, but he rarely leads the army independently.

Li Zicheng is quite taboo about Li Yan leading the army alone. The reason is very simple. Li Yan's ability is too outstanding. The Dashun Army can walk out of the trough of Shangluo Mountain in just four years and wipe out half of China north of Huanghuai. Li Yan can He said he deserved the most credit, so he was very worried that if Li Yan was released, he would not be able to take it back.

However, the interception and killing of Chongzhen this time is of great importance and cannot be missed.

And this time Li Yan only brought two thousand cavalry, so it was not a big problem.

At that moment Li Zicheng said: "Then military division Lao You will go to Yongping Mansion, and I can also take this opportunity to get in touch with this guy Wu Sangui first."

"Your subordinates take orders!" Li Yan bowed to Li Zichang, then turned and left the Qianqing Palace.

Watching Li Yan go away, Niu Jinxing suddenly said quietly: "The right military commander is as talented as the Marquis of Huaiyin in the Han Dynasty. Going to Yongping Mansion will be a success in no time, huh."

Li Zicheng's brows immediately knit into knots.

Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, turned the other way in the end.

Li Zicheng didn't read much, but the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty still knew about it.

The prime minister meant that Li Yan might imitate Han Xin in rebelling against Dashun?
Song Xiance glanced at Niu Jinxing with dissatisfaction, and then said: "The right army division not only has the leadership talent of the Marquis of Huaiyin, but also has the strategizing skills of the Marquis Liu and the loyalty and encouragement of the Marquis Feng. For dominance, the Lord must rely on it a lot."

Niu Jinxing showed embarrassment.

Li Zicheng's expression relaxed.

"I know the talent of the right army division."

"Okay, Prime Minister and Zuo Junjun are also tired, let's go down and rest first."

After sending away Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, Li Zicheng took Liu Zongmin to visit the Forbidden City.

Although Chongzhen led the imperial army to break out, and unexpectedly knew how to use military tactics, Li Zicheng still didn't take it seriously, because the general situation of the world was fixed, and it was by no means that a few hundred imperial troops in Chongzhen could turn it over.

From the moment he stepped into Chengtian Gate, the Ming Dynasty had perished.

Now it is the world of the Dashun Dynasty, ha ha.

(End of this chapter)