Although he has proclaimed himself emperor, Li Zicheng's thoughts are still relatively simple.
His hatred for the Zhu Ming Dynasty was far above all other emotions.
He would not be happy if the Zhu Ming Dynasty was not destroyed.
This is also the character trait of the Lao Qin people, who must avenge themselves.
Li Zicheng's family was ruined by the Zhu Ming Dynasty, so he naturally wanted to take revenge and go back.
Therefore, Li Zicheng didn't care about any strategic considerations. Only by entering the capital and killing the Zhu family emperor would he be happy.
In fact, he has never concealed his thoughts.
Long before he founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, he had already sent Li Yong, Bai Jiuhe and others to cross the Yellow River eastward and occupy the Ronghe area of Shanxi Province, apparently in preparation for the Eastern Expedition.
When it comes to the ability to observe words and emotions, it turns out that Ox Venus is far superior to others.
This is why Li Zicheng was very satisfied with him and appointed him as prime minister.
But the butt determines the head. After becoming the prime minister and taking charge of government affairs, the more he knew about the situation in Dashun, the more frightened Niu Jinxing became.
Therefore, he proposed the strategy of marching south.
It can be said that his proposal is completely correct. Once successful, it will definitely extend Dashun's life.
After all, it was only after Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng and completely pacified the south that he launched the Northern Expedition to unify the world.
If Li Zicheng goes south, first eliminates Zhang Xianzhong, and then crosses the Yangtze River to control Huguang, Sichuan and even Guangdong and Guangxi, he will have endless financial resources and can definitely deal with all forces.
But it is a pity that Li Zicheng only has eyes for the Zhu family dynasty.
Li Yan happened to understand his thoughts completely, so he tickled him.
Later, others followed suit, and the Eastern Expedition became Dashun's unshakable strategic direction.
However, although they had reached consensus on the Eastern Expedition, the preparations for the Eastern Expedition were carried out in a very hasty manner by Dashun.
This is also related to the Shun Army's past combat methods.
Move if you want, leave if you want.
I have almost no concept of logistics, and I don't think this thousand-mile eastward expedition is difficult.
But in fact, it was precisely because of the lack of preparation that the Shun army was completely untenable after entering the capital, and had to abandon the city in a short period of time.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition officially began.
All the eyes of the world were focused on him.
Originally, many people believed that it was the Xia Kingdom that would eventually overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, in this turbulent time, Xia State adopted a retreat strategy. It only stuck to its current territory and had no intention of attacking the city.
Because of this, many people commented that Zuo Menggeng was short-sighted and missed a good situation.
The Shun army divided into two groups.
The whole group will be led by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin. After crossing the river, they will capture Taiyuan, and then rush to the capital along Xuanhua and Juyongguan;
On the other hand, Liu Fangliang led the Zuoying, entered Shanxi, marched along the north bank of the Yellow River, captured Weihui and Zhangde Prefectures, and then captured Daming Prefecture, and completed a pincer attack on the capital with Li Zicheng.
Outside the city of Xi'an, Liang Wang Liang Yue led the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to see off the army.
Seeing the mighty soldiers and horses walking further and further away, Liang Yue's mood did not get much better.
After deciding to march eastward, he wrote to Li Zicheng, hoping to serve as the vanguard of the entire army.
In his opinion, this is the best time to fight back to Shandong and seek revenge on Zuo Mengeng.
Dashun had unprecedentedly strong troops and horses. He first destroyed the Ming Dynasty, then attacked the Xia Kingdom, and fought to the death with Zuo Mengeng.
He thought about this day for countless days and nights.
In his sleep, the scene of the tragic deaths of his parents, wife and children always came to mind, making his hatred for Zuo Mengeng even more irresolvable.
But unexpectedly, there was no response to his petition.
Until the generals of the Eastern Expedition were announced, his name was not included.
He was so depressed that he asked to see Li Zicheng, hoping to try again.
"Haha, King Liang has been in the northwest for a long time, so he is very familiar with it. The northwest is our rear area of Dashun, so there is no room for failure. The heavy burden must be shouldered by King Liang."
Li Zicheng made light of it and sent Liang Yue back to the northwest.
Liang Yue was filled with bitterness, and other than thanking him, he did not dare to argue any more.
Why doesn't he understand?
Li Zicheng was obviously wary of him and did not dare to entrust him with important tasks.
Although the northwest is vast, it is extremely bitter and cold.
Even if it were given to him, he wouldn't be able to come up with any tricks.
"Brother, we have a hot face but a cold butt!"
Zhao Silie was aggrieved on the sidelines, which also represented the thoughts of everyone in the Liang army.
"Once His Majesty captures the capital and dominates the world, I'm afraid there will be no place for our brothers in the whole court!"
Even Jiang Chaoyun, who always puts the overall situation first, is worried.
Since arriving in Xi'an, there have been constant conflicts between the Liang Army and the Shun Army.
The Liang army was highly disciplined and never committed any offense, and was quite popular among the people of Xi'an.
Although the Shun Army was considered good, there were endless incidents of petty theft and harassment of the people.
Liang Yue saw it and couldn't help but take care of it several times.
But this angered other generals of the Shun Army, and they all ran to Li Zicheng to complain.
Li had always been wary of Liang Yue, and eventually ordered Liang Yue's troops to move outside the city, effectively squeezing them aside.
Liang Yue had been suffering from a lot of bird anger in the past few days, which made Liang Yue feel angry in his stomach.
"We brothers have gone through life and death, and it's not easy to get where we are today. If anyone wants to sit on our brothers' heads and poop and piss, they are thinking too much."
Seeing that he was determined to cheer up, the generals were overjoyed.
"Brother, what should we do?"
Liang Yue's eyes turned to the south.
"Instruct all the ministries to go south to Hanzhong today."
Jiang Chaoyun was shocked.
"Brother, do you want to..."
Liang Yue smiled with pride.
"Your Majesty cares about morality and does not want to antagonize the eight kings. But although the world is big, how can it tolerate two masters? As ministers, we should pay attention to the needs of our masters and the priorities of our ancestors. It would be fine if the eight kings were sensible.
, otherwise, we will present a big gift to His Majesty."
Everyone understood.
Liang Yue wanted to seek bad luck for Zhang Xianzhong and at the same time stir up hatred between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
By then, Li Zicheng's troops had already arrived in Hebei and Shanxi. Facing the threat of Zhang Xianzhong, what else could he do?
Liang Yue had no choice but to rely on him.
Li Zicheng had no idea that someone was plotting evil in his own backyard, and the Shun Army was progressing very smoothly.
The army arrived in Pingyang on the 23rd of the first lunar month, and the local Ming Dynasty magistrate Zhang Linran surrendered without saying a word.
It is not difficult to see from this that the people of Ming Dynasty have been completely disintegrated.
The first battle went well, and the morale of the Shun army was extremely high. After a short rest, they rushed to Taiyuan.
At the same time, Li Guo also crossed the river on the northern line, attacking the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses guarding the river, and preventing them from sending reinforcements to Taiyuan.
Although Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is surrounded by natural dangers from mountains and rivers both inside and outside, facts have proven that when people's hearts are not there, any natural dangers are nothing more than a smooth road for the enemy.
