Chapter 265 Li Zicheng's Thoughts
The Yinshan Mountains in the north of Guihua City, and the rolling Yellow River waters in the south, facing the Ordos Plateau across the river. The rolling Manhan Mountain in the east and Hetao in the west. The surrounding land is fertile and easy to irrigate, making it the largest pasture for the Mongols to survive.
After the Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, the glory of the Mongols was gone. Perhaps out of nostalgia for their former glory, the Mongolian leader Altan Khan, stationed in Tumochuan, summoned skilled craftsmen from all races to imitate Yuan Dadu, and established a majestic city with eight buildings and glass gold and silver halls. It was named Guihua City by the Ming court.
Later, under the leadership of San Niangzi, Mongolia began to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and one of the main trading locations was Guihua City. Although in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan was defeated and Dorgon pursued Guihua and set fire to the city. However, the city's profound heritage allowed it to be rebuilt and restored to life in a very short time, and the city had countless wealth.
This is of great appeal to most people who sit here and stay in a barren land like Qinghai for a long time. Turhai does not care about the wealth in the city, but values the significance of the city to Mongolia in the future. Therefore, he threw out this heavy bait, hoping to seek their support.
Sure enough, when Zangba Khan heard this, he showed a long-lost smile on his face. He no longer had the drowsiness he had before. He was the first to stand up, put his right hand on his chest, and bowed slightly, "Zangba is willing to follow the noble Turhaitaiji forever, and is willing to draw out five thousand soldiers for your call."
He acts decisively and sees the fastest, and the old fox is worthy of being the old fox. Turhai sighs in his heart.
Seeing that all the Zangpakhan had agreed, the others here also stood up and expressed their support to Toulhai.
Turhai smiled at the corner of his mouth and smiled comfortably. He looked up at the sky and whispered in his heart: "Bad, brother, you all see it! I want to welcome Abnay Khan back. One day I will avenge you."
Henan, Nanyang Prefecture.
Li Zicheng wore a white pointed old felt hat, a half-old blue-faced thin cotton arrow dress, and a sword hanging around his waist. He was only two guards following him, wandering around Nanyang City.
Before, Li Yan persuaded him to occupy Wanluo to build his own base, but he was still full of doubts. But in the more than a month after conquering Nanyang, he found that he liked this kind of life more and more. He no longer had to run around, everything was controlled by himself. This kind of life was simply more comfortable than a god.
When he is fine every day, he likes to turn around casually, just like an old farmer checking his own fields. Today, he just walked by a corner of a street and saw Li Shuangxi riding a horse and running quickly.
"Father-in-Law, Mr. Li is back and is waiting for you in the mansion."
Li Zicheng stepped on Li Shuangxi's mount and said to him: "Xizi, I'll go back first, you can walk back by yourself later!" After that, he waved his whip and quickly ran towards his residence.
When Li Yan saw Li Zicheng, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have met the King of Chuang."
Li Zicheng waved his hand and signaled that he didn't need to be polite. "Lin Quan, thank you for your hard work this time, how effective is this trip?"
Li Yan replied: "It's not very good. The Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo was in several counties in southern Henan, and its strength increased greatly. When I arrived, they happened to win a big victory, and the whole army was full of morale and high fighting spirit. Therefore, when I asked them to lead their troops to Nanyang to meet you, they refused without thinking. I think at this time, they would not easily agree to obey your command of the King of Chuang. Seeing this situation, I did not force myself to persuade them, but only told them. If one day they were in trouble, they could come to surrender to you at any time."
Li Zicheng nodded and said, "What is expected. Let them stay in Henan and continue to cause trouble for King Lu Yan! The more the noise they make there, the more beneficial it will be to us. What is the Xiao Yuanying side! What did Yuan Shizhong say?"
"Yuan Shizhong agreed to surrender to our army and from now on the banner of the King of Chuang. But he said that most of his soldiers were from northern Henan and eastern Henan and were unwilling to leave his hometown. He would lead his troops to echo our army and be responsible for restraining the official army. If the King of Chuang attacks Kaifeng in the future, he will surrender to him at that time."
Li Zicheng frowned and said, "Yuan Shizhong is also a ghost fox. I know that among the rebels now, I am the most powerful, so I want to recruit soldiers in northern and eastern Henan under my banner."
Li Yan smiled and said, "Wang Chuangying, Yuan Shizhong did have such a plan. But his subordinates thought that as long as he took the banner of our army, it would be equivalent to admitting that it was part of our army. The more soldiers he recruited, the greater the strength he expanded, the more officers and soldiers he could attract for us. Moreover, if our army really attacked Kaifeng in the future, Yuan Shizhong must obey your order from the King of Chuang. Otherwise, the soldiers he recruited in the name of King of Chuang would begin to doubt the legitimacy of his leadership. Even if our army strongly annexed them, it would be appropriate."
Li Zicheng nodded and smiled, "This time it's a business that is not a foundation, so let him go! Lin Quan, there is something else now, I need you to help me with an idea."
Li Zicheng paused for a moment and continued: "Now in Nanyang, in addition to our army's nearly 100,000 soldiers, there is also nearly 300,000 troops from Sun Kewang. Although I had previously persuaded Sun Kewang to send tens of thousands of troops to Xinye to resist the government troops north. However, at present, Sun Kewang's troops are still far more than us. I have recently sent someone to contact his generals, which has some effect. Zhang Hualong and Feng Shuangli, among the five generals under Lao Zhang, have secretly expressed their intention to surrender, but it is difficult for him to convince them to betray Sun Kewang, both his two military advisors and his three remaining adopted sons."
Li Yan's face changed slightly, and he felt that Li Zicheng was a little too anxious. Such blatant recruitment behavior would not arouse Sun Kewang's disgust? Once he was forced to the corner, with his current strength, even if he had the help of his internal support, the self-army still had no chance of winning. Moreover, with the arrival of the official army, how could there be another civil strife?
"Lin Quan, I'm thinking now, can I plot to take down Sun Kewang and all the main generals under him before King Lu came, and combine the two armies into one?"
Li Yan frowned and said, "The King of Chuang, my subordinates thought it was not possible. More than 80% of the former main generals of Zhang Xianzhong supported Sun Kewang at this time. Even if we successfully imprisoned Sun Kewang and the main general of Zhang's army, if we want to get his army, we must carry out a major purge. Once we fail, the consequences will be even more unimaginable. No matter what the situation is in the end, my subordinates think it will be of no benefit to us. Because as far as our subordinates know, Lu Xiangsheng has controlled most of the army and can attack at any time."
Li Zicheng frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Then what should we do now? The two armies gathered in Nanyang City and caused various conflicts from time to time. Not to mention that they jointly defended the enemy in the future, it would be difficult to get along with each other."
Chapter completed!