Ming Zuo

Although he has already proclaimed himself emperor, Li Zicheng's thinking is still relatively simple.

His hatred for the Zhu Ming Dynasty was far above other emotions.

He will not be happy if the Zhu Ming Dynasty is not destroyed.

This is also the character traits of the old Qin people, revenge must be revenged.

Li Zicheng's family was ruined by the Zhu Ming Dynasty, so he naturally went back for revenge.

Therefore, Li Zicheng doesn't care about strategic considerations.Only by entering the capital and destroying the emperor of the Zhu family can he be happy.

And his thoughts, in fact, have never been concealed.

Long before the founding of the country and proclaiming himself emperor, he had dispatched Li Yong, Baijiuhe and others to cross the Yellow River eastward and occupy the Ronghe area in Shanxi Province, apparently in preparation for the Eastern Expedition.

In terms of the ability to observe words and expressions, Niu Jinxing is far above others.

This is why Li Zicheng was very satisfied with him and appointed him as prime minister.

But the ass decides the brain, after becoming prime minister and taking charge of government affairs, the more he knew about Dashun's situation, the more frightened Niu Jinxing became.

That's why he proposed the strategy of going south.

It can be said that his proposal is completely correct.Once successful, Dashun's life can definitely be extended.

After all, it was after Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng successively and completely pacified the south that he launched the Northern Expedition to complete the unification of the world.

If Li Zicheng went south at this point, first eliminated Zhang Xianzhong, then crossed the Yangtze River, and took Huguang, Sichuan, and even Guangdong and Guangxi into his hands, it would be equivalent to having inexhaustible financial resources, and he would definitely be able to deal with all forces.

But it is a pity that Li Zicheng only has the Zhu Dynasty in his eyes.

Li Yan just happened to fully understand what he was thinking, so it tickled his itch.

Then others followed suit, and the Eastern Expedition became Dashun's unshakable strategic direction.

However, although there was an agreement on the Eastern Expedition, Dashun was in a hurry to prepare for the Eastern Expedition.

This is also related to the way the Shun Army fought in the past.

Move when you want, move when you want.

There is little idea of ​​logistics, and I don't think this expedition of thousands of miles will be difficult.

But in fact, it was precisely because of insufficient 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 eyes of the people in the world are focused on him.

Originally, many people believed that it was the Kingdom of Xia that finally destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, at this turbulent time, Xia Guo adopted a strategy of retreating.Only sticking to the existing territory has no intention of attacking the city.

Because of this, many people commented that Zuo Menggeng was short-sighted and lost a good game.

The Shun army was divided into two groups.

All the way, led by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, will attack Taiyuan after crossing the river, and then go to the capital along Xuanhua and Juyongguan;

Another route led by Liu Fangliang led the Zuo Battalion, marched along the north bank of the Yellow River after entering Shanxi, captured the Weihui and Zhangde Mansions, then occupied the Daming Mansion, and completed the pincer attack on the capital with Li Zicheng.

Outside the city of Xi'an, King Liang Yue of Liang led the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to see off the army.

Seeing the mighty soldiers and horses going further and further away, Liang Yue's mood did not improve much.

After deciding to march east, he wrote a letter to Li Zicheng, hoping to serve as the vanguard of the whole army.

In his opinion, this is the best time to fight back to Shandong and seek revenge from Zuo Menggeng.

Dashun's soldiers were stronger than ever before, and they first destroyed Daming, then attacked Xia, and fought Zuo Menggeng to the death.

He thought about this day for countless days and nights.

In his sleep, the scene of the tragic death of his father, mother, wife and children always came to mind, which made his hatred for Zuo Menggeng even more irresolvable.

But who knows that there is no response to his letter.

Until the announcement of the generals of the Eastern Expedition, his name was not there.

He was so depressed that he begged to see Li Zicheng, hoping to fight for it again.

"Hehe, King Liang has been in the Northwest for a long time, so he is most familiar with it. The Northwest is also the rear of my Dashun, so there is no room for loss. The heavy burden is all on the King Liang's shoulders."

Li Zicheng made an understatement and sent Liang Yue back to the northwest.

Liang Yue was full of bitterness, and he didn't dare to argue any more except Xie En.

Where does he not understand?
Li Zicheng was obviously wary of him, and he didn't dare to entrust him with important tasks.

Although the land in the northwest is vast, it is extremely bitter and cold.

Even if it was given to him, he couldn't find any tricks.

"Brother, let's have a hot face and a cold butt!"

Zhao Silie was aggrieved, which also represented the thoughts of everyone in the Liang army.

"Once your majesty captures the capital and takes over the world, I'm afraid there will be no place for our brothers to stand in the whole court!"

Even Jiang Chaoyun, who always puts the overall situation first, was worried.

Since arriving in Xi'an, there have been constant conflicts between the Liang army and the Shun army.

The Liang army has strict discipline, and Qiu has committed no crimes, and is quite loved by the people of Xi'an.

Although Ke Shunjun is considered good, there are endless incidents of petty theft and harassment of the people.

When Liang Yue saw it, he couldn't help but take care of it a few times.

But this action annoyed the other generals of the Shun Army, and they ran to Li Zicheng to complain.

Li Zicheng had been very wary of Liang Yue since the beginning, and finally ordered Liang Yue's troops to move outside the city, which was tantamount to being pushed aside.

Liang Yue has suffered a lot of bird anger over the past few days, which made Liang Yue's stomach suffocate.

"Our brothers were born and died, and it's hard to get to where we are today. If anyone wants to ride on our brothers' heads and shit, that's overthinking."

Seeing him cheer up, all the generals were very happy.

"Brother, what shall we do?"

Liang Yue turned his gaze to the south.

"Order all the ministries to go south today to Hanzhong."

Jiang Chaoyun gave a shock.

"Brother, do you want to..."

Liang Yue chuckled, self-satisfied.

"Your Majesty cares about morality and righteousness, and does not want to be hostile to the Eight Great Kings. But although the world is big, how can two masters be tolerated? As subjects, we should be anxious about the master's urgency, and the master's first. It's fine if the Eight Great Kings are sensible. , otherwise, we will present a great gift to His Majesty."

Everyone understood.

Liang Yue wanted to find Zhang Xianzhong's bad luck, and at the same time provoke the hatred between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

At that time, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses have already arrived in Hebei and Shanxi. Facing the threat of Zhang Xianzhong, what else can they do?
I had no choice but to rely on him, Liang Yue.

Li Zicheng didn't know that someone in his backyard was plotting against the law, and the progress of Shunjun was very smooth.

When the army arrived in Pingyang on the 23rd of the first month, Zhang Lin, the local prefect of the Ming Dynasty, surrendered without saying a word.

It is not difficult to see from it that Daming's hearts have been completely dissipated.

The first battle went smoothly, and the morale of the Shun army was extremely high.After a short rest, he went to Taiyuan.

At the same time, Li Guo also crossed the river on the northern line, attacking the soldiers and horses guarding the river of the Ming Dynasty, and diverted them from sending reinforcements to Taiyuan.

Although Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, is surrounded by natural dangers of mountains and rivers inside and outside.But it turns out that when people's hearts are absent, any natural danger is nothing but a smooth path for the enemy.