A few days ago, news that the Ming army was approaching the walls of Beijing reached Xi'an.
Li Zicheng immediately summoned three military advisors including Song Xiance, Li Yan and Gu Junen in Cunxin Hall to discuss the strategy of war and defense. The Ming army had already reached the gates of Beijing, and Dashun could no longer sit idly by.
"The Ming army arrived outside Chaoyang Gate a few days ago."
"If Dashun doesn't send troops anymore, Jiannu may be dead."
"As the saying goes, if the lips are dead, the teeth will be cold. If the slaves are destroyed, it will be difficult for Dashun to survive alone. Therefore, we in Dashun can no longer sit idly by and watch. It is time to send troops to help the Qing Dynasty and conquer the Ming Dynasty."
Li Yan sighed softly after hearing this.
As a Confucian scholar, he was very reluctant to help the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
In any case, both the Ming Dynasty and Dashun respected Confucian ancestral temples and Han clothing. However, the Jiannu believed in Lamaism, their hair styles were money rat tails, and their clothing was completely different from Han clothing.
But from the standpoint of national interests, we must help the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
Because once Jiannu was destroyed, Dashun would definitely not be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
Song Xiance also remained silent this time, because the general trend was already obvious.
What surprised Song Xiance and Li Yan was that Gu Junen, who had previously strongly advocated helping the Qing Dynasty conquer the Ming Dynasty, changed his story and actually encouraged Li Zicheng to send troops to fight against the slaves.
"Your Majesty, this is a God-given opportunity to seize Shanxi while taking advantage of the fire!"
"At this time, the heavy troops of the Jiannu slaves have gathered near Beijing and Jinghai, and Shanxi must be extremely empty."
"Da Shun sent troops to Shanxi at this time, and he can capture it without any effort. After Shanxi is captured, His Majesty will drive the army eastward out of Guguan or Zijingguan, and join Chongzhen in hunting under the city of Beijing."
"In this way, the time has come for Dashun to rule the world."
Hearing this, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance were dumbfounded.
A look of understanding flashed across Li Yan's eyes, and he had already guessed Gu Junen's true intention.
It has to be said that Gu Junen's plan is indeed sinister and ruthless, but it is undeniable that once this plan succeeds, both Jiannu and the Ming army will suffer losses, while Dashun will reap the benefits.
After this battle, it is not impossible for the Dashun Cauldron to rule the world. It is indeed a good plan!
Li Zicheng still couldn't react. He frowned and asked, "Young Military Advisor, didn't you advocate helping the Qing Dynasty and conquer the Ming Dynasty before? Why did you suddenly change your mind and become a Jiannu slave?"
Gu Junen didn't try to be mysterious and just told the whole truth.
"Your Majesty, it is incidental to kill Jiannu, but my real intention is to plot against Nanming!"
"A plot against Nan Ming? How?" Li Zicheng asked, "A sneak attack from behind?"
"The Holy Spirit's clear warning is a sneak attack from behind." Gu Jun'en said, "But this statement is not enough to explain to outsiders."
"The Holy One can issue an edict to fight against the captives, saying that Dashun is determined to send troops to join forces with the Nanming to fight against the captives. The Holy One can also make another gentleman's agreement with Chongzhen. The two armies of Shun and Ming will fight against the captives together without distinguishing each other.
After the Jiannu are eliminated, we can then choose an open place to decide the outcome openly and openly. The winner will be the king and the loser will be the minister."
"In this way, the common people of Li can be protected from swords."
"If all the lands in the Nine Provinces are restored, the whole world will be very fortunate."
Speaking of this meal, he continued: "I dare not refuse the minister Chongzhen."
"Okay! This is a clever plan by Army Commander You!" Li Zicheng shouted as he slapped the dragon case.
Li Yan and Song Xiance also responded silently, so the plan was indeed impeccable.
In particular, Gu Junen suggested that Dashun take advantage of the situation to rob and seize Shanxi, which was enough to confuse the world and make everyone think that Dashun really intended to cooperate with the Ming army to first destroy the slaves and then establish the king and ministers.
Li Zicheng said again: "Summon Zuo Maodi to see you immediately."
At this point, Li Zicheng no longer hid it.
In fact, Li Zicheng already knew that Zuo Maodi had been delivering information to the Ming Dynasty.
After summoning Zuo Maodi and ordering Zuo Maodi to deliver the news to the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng issued an imperial edict to punish the captives in the afternoon of the same day, and vowed to march eastwards in the morning of the next day.
In fact, the Dashun Army had already assembled by the Yellow River.
On the third day after the imperial edict was issued, Li Zicheng personally led an army of 150,000 horse and infantry from the middle camp to cross the Yellow River from Yumen. Li Yan and Li Guo led an army of 100,000 horse and infantry from the rear camp to kill Baodou.
Enter Shanxi.
Shanxi was indeed very empty at this time, with less than 20,000 Lianyong garrisoned there.
Originally there were 150,000 warriors in Shanxi, but after learning about the Ming Army's Northern Expedition, Dorgon transferred most of Shanxi's warriors to Beijing to strengthen defense.
The remaining 20,000 Lian Yong were also dispersed and garrisoned in eight state capitals.
On average, each state capital has less than 3,000 troops garrisoned.
Although these brave warriors have a certain fighting spirit, they are seriously lacking in training, and there is an even greater shortage of weapons. Many of the brave warriors can only use wooden knives or bamboo spears as weapons.
How can we resist the Dashun army with this kind of training?
Dashun's army from the north and the south was unstoppable and soon entered Shanxi.
In less than five days, Li Zicheng's middle camp reached Pingyao, which is only a stone's throw away from Taiyuan. The rear battalion led by Li Guo and Li Yan moved in particularly quickly and actually reached Hunyuan County, only a stone's throw away from Zijingguan.
Less than three hundred miles away, Jiannu, who was huddled in the city of Beijing, could almost hear the killing sounds of the Dashun Army soldiers.
…
After Dorgon heard the news, he immediately felt ashamed and annoyed that he had been fooled.
"Li Zicheng betrayed his trust and broke his word. He is a villain. He is truly a villain!"
"Li Zicheng not only broke his promise, but was also stupid. He was simply stupid!"
"What kind of gentleman's agreement does he really think Chongzhen will abide by? The agreement between king and minister?"
"He didn't even think about it. If the Qing Dynasty died, how could Chongzhen spare him?"
"The Qing Dynasty hated the hypocrites for seizing the country, but the hypocrites also hated the Nanming for seizing the country. Did he really think that Chongzhen would be lenient for the sake of the Confucian ancestral temple and the Han family's clothes?"
Fan Wencheng, when I walked into the hanging flower gate of Prince Rui's Mansion,
From a distance, I heard Dorgon's roar coming from Dongnuang Pavilion.
The two of them looked at each other and sighed together.
If I had known this, why bother? How much better would it have been to give up Shanxi?
But talking about these things now is of no use and can only be used as a temporary basis.
When the two walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, they saw many Jun kiln porcelain fragments scattered on the ground.
Among them was a pair of azure-glazed flowerpots that Dorgon cherished most, but they were also reduced to fragments all over the floor at this time, which showed how angry Dorgon was in his heart.
The most unlucky person is Cao Eryu.
There were five bright red fingerprints on his face.
He probably received a lot of slaps from the Prince Regent.
Being a slave is really not easy.
"Two gentlemen are here, please take a seat."
Seeing Fan Wencheng and the two of them, Dorgon quickly restrained his anger.
There is nothing wrong with getting angry in front of a slave like Cao Eryu, but if you get angry and lose your temper in front of a Han minister like Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I, it will cause trouble. If word spreads, it will shake the morale of the people and the military.
Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanme put their hands on the ground to say hello to Dorgon before they dared to sit down.
Dorgon asked directly: "Have you read Li Zicheng's imperial edict? I wonder what you two gentlemen think about it?"
"Master, Li Zicheng is short-sighted and often cannot see the current situation clearly. However, this time he boldly sent troops to Shanxi and threatened to join Chongzhen in Beijing. There are many suspicious things in this." Fan Wencheng pointed his fingers and elaborated one by one, "
First, if Li Zicheng really wanted to attack the Qing Dynasty together, why would he use Sanggar to form a Mongolian coalition to help the Qing Dynasty?"
"Secondly, if Li Zicheng was really a reckless man, I'm afraid he wouldn't have waited until today to send troops to Shanxi."
"Thirdly, Li Zicheng is indeed an idiot, but he has been emperor for several years. How should he know that only the interests between countries are real, and everything other than interests is false."
"Fourthly, Li Zicheng is indeed short-sighted, but his subordinates Gu Junen, Li Yan and others are quite discerning and should know the truth of the consequences, so it is impossible not to advise Li Zicheng. In view of this, the slaves are more willing to believe in the hypocritical army
This time we sent troops to Shanxi, apart from taking advantage of the situation, it was more of a show."
"Singing opera?" Dorgon said thoughtfully, "Who are you singing for? To me?"
"Sing it to everyone in the world." Ning Wanwo continued, "But the most important thing is to sing it to Chongzhen."
Dorgon said in a deep voice: "What do you two gentlemen mean? It is false to pretend to submit to the army and conquer the Qing Dynasty, but it is true to seek enlightenment?"
"No." Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "It's true to defeat the Qing Dynasty, and it's true to challenge the Ming Dynasty. If my servant guessed correctly, Li Zicheng wanted to incite the Ming army to kill our Qing soldiers first, and then launch a fatal attack on the Ming army from behind.
hit."
After Ning finished, I continued: "In this way, we can decide the world and the world in one battle."
This operation is the same as Dorgon's operation in the Battle of a Stone.
"How could Li Zicheng, a short-sighted person, have such a scheme?" Dorgon was a little unconvinced.
Fan Wencheng said: "Master Mingjian, Li Zicheng will naturally not have such a plan, but his subordinates Gu Junen, Li Yan and others are very knowledgeable, and it is no problem to devise such a poisonous plan."
"I understand." Dorgon said, "Then how to break it?"
Fan Wencheng thought for a moment and then said: "Master, there is a saying in the Han Dynasty that time has expired, otherwise there will be peace in the end. The current situation in the Qing Dynasty can be said to be extremely bad. According to the calculation of Zhouyi, the next step is to be in peace.
, so being hypocritical and sending troops to the Qing Dynasty is not necessarily a bad thing."
Ning Wanwo also said: "Crisis has always been an opportunity within a crisis. As long as we seize the opportunity, the Qing Dynasty can immediately turn the crisis into safety and tide over the difficulties."
Dorgon asked again: "How to seize the opportunity?"
Fan Wencheng replied: "The so-called gentleman's agreement is nothing but self-deception. The slaves never believe that Pseudo-Shun and Nan Ming can truly trust and communicate with each other without any grudges. Therefore, as long as they provoke conflicts between the two countries and make the Ming and Shun armies suspicious of each other and wary of each other,
Then we, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, will be in the middle, and we will be able to sit back and relax like Mount Tai."
"If necessary, you can pretend to be a vassal to Nanming." Ning Wanwo also said.
"In this case, Hypocrisy will definitely not sit back and watch, and will definitely turn against Nanming."
Dorgon's eyes lit up again, and Fan Wencheng and the others said that the situation seemed pretty good? At least it was far from the end of the road as he thought before.