Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 75 Letter from Jurchen
After a while, Li Zicheng's bodyguard came over and reported: "Yulin Guardsman Wang Liangzhi has received a letter from the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong and hastened to call His Highness."

A large number of civil and military officials around Li Zicheng couldn't help but be curious after hearing this, and they immediately started talking.

"What do those Jurchens mean by contacting us? We have always been indifferent!"

"Haha, they have all become emperors. If you ask me, His Highness should quickly become the emperor if he ascends the throne!"

"That won't work. If we have to conquer the capital no matter what, it would be great to ascend the throne as emperor in the Forbidden City!"

"Yes, you have to go to the Forbidden City and ascend the throne. That is the real emperor. The Jurchens are nothing like emperors!"

"..."

Li Zicheng was also a little puzzled, wondering why Emperor Jurchen wrote to him.It was difficult for him to see with one eye, so he motioned to Niu Jinxing, the great scholar of Tianyou Hall, to read it to him.

When everyone saw Niu Jinxing taking the letter and preparing to read it, they all fell silent and listened carefully to what the Jurchen Emperor had to say.

"...I hereby write a letter in the hope of conspiring with all the princes and taking over the Central Plains. If they are mixed into the same area, the wealth and honor will be shared. I don't know what the noble intention is. But I will rush to the letter to tell the story with all my heart. This is Sincerely and sincerely."

After Niu Jinxing finished reading, General Liu Zongmin was the first to shout: "What does this mean? It's so literary and like a girl!"

"Hahaha..." When the other generals heard this, they burst into laughter.There was clearly contempt on many people's faces.

Niu Jinxing was born in Juren. In his heart, he despised Liu Zongmin, who was born as a blacksmith. On the surface, he smiled and explained to them, and of course to Li Zicheng: "The Jurchens said that they were oppressed by the imperial court like us and wanted to unite with us. Get up and overthrow the imperial court together, and hope to get a piece of land and be rich together. I sent an envoy here to discuss it, which is very sincere."

This kind of rhetoric is what Liu Zongmin and the others are familiar with. Isn't it just another one from the top of a mountain?
So, after hearing this, these generals immediately started discussing again.

"They are really thieves. Seeing that we are about to overthrow the imperial court, they come here to pick peaches and want to share wealth and wealth. When we were driven away by the imperial court, why didn't they send people to send letters to ask for an alliance?"

"That can't be said like that. You have forgotten that when we were almost wiped out by the imperial court several times, it was the Jurchens who came in and forced the imperial court to mobilize troops to fight them, which gave us a chance to breathe!"

"That's true, but they didn't attack the court. They just robbed things and ran away. They are really thieves!"

"Yes, I'm just joining the team now. It's too late to agree!"

"..."

Li Zicheng listened to them shouting and did not tell them to shut up. He just turned to look at his group of civil servants and asked, "What do you think?"

As the civil servant No. 1, Niu Jinxing was the first to read the letter and said: "Your Highness, I believe that the Jurchens should not be underestimated or offended. Moreover, our current enemy is the Ming Dynasty." Song Xiance After hearing this, he also nodded and said: "The Jurchens are powerful in battle, so we should focus on nurturing them. It would be best if they don't participate."

Although Li Zicheng's troops had not directly fought face-to-face with the Jurchens, they had heard that every time the Jurchens entered the pass, they could basically defeat the imperial officers and soldiers.Therefore, when Li Zicheng heard what his two close civil servants said, he nodded and said, "My thoughts are the same as yours!"

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he quickly added: "Wei Chen observes that every time the Jurchens enter the pass, they always plunder and then return. They have no special thoughts about the pass. So Wei Chen thinks that the Jurchens are short-sighted and may only care about It is also the land of Liaodong. In this way, Your Highness can promise the Jurchens the land of Liaodong without them having to enter the country to use weapons. When Your Highness destroys the Ming Dynasty and unifies the whole country, if they need the land of Liaodong, they can do it like the Ming Taizu did. Just send a general to regain Liaodong and destroy the Jurchens!"

For them, it is commonplace to attack other rebel teams, and they do not feel unloyal.

No, as soon as he finished speaking, Song Xiance also echoed: "I agree that the main thing to do now is to destroy the Ming Dynasty. It is not appropriate to be an enemy of the Jurchens. You can just write a letter promising to stabilize the Jurchens in Liaodong!" "

After hearing this, Li Zicheng turned to look at the general.

Liu Zongmin, the No. 1 military general, saw it and immediately shouted: "What the military advisor said is that after the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, the last general is willing to lead the army to destroy the Jurchens and dedicate Liaodong to His Highness!"

The other generals heard this and followed suit.At least in their eyes, all they can think about now is to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and replace it, becoming the founding hero. Who will care about the bitter cold land outside the pass.

The reason for this is that He and Jianlu entered the pass many times to plunder and kill the imperial officers and soldiers, but they did not occupy the land and city. Instead, they voluntarily withdrew from the pass, giving them the illusion that Jianlu was short-sighted and barbaric. It’s just about grabbing things.

As for the Jianlu troops who entered the pass and slaughtered so many Han people every time, Li Zicheng's troops did not care at all at this time.Because they were the same in the early years. When they wandered from place to place, they swept across the place, just like locusts passing through the border, leaving no way for the local people to survive.

As far as the history of the late Ming Dynasty is concerned, among all the so-called peasant uprising armies, only one team had national characteristics. When they heard that the Jianlu invaders had invaded, they immediately put aside their prejudices against the imperial court and returned to Shandong from the south to fight with the Jianlu invaders. Dejianlu was defeated and had to stop in Shandong.

This rebel army revolted in the Huaxian area of ​​Henan Province. It was a little late. It was not revolted until the 15th year of Chongzhen. It had not many troops, but it had strict military discipline and was called the Buddhist soldiers by the people at that time.Its leader is called Yuan Shizhong, and his unit is called Xiaoyuanying.

Wu Luzhong, the imperial censor of the imperial court at that time, mentioned in his manuscript that Xiao Yuan rescued Gun Mansion and did not commit any crimes in autumn, so the villagers called him Buddhist soldiers.

It was such a team that was finally attacked by Li Zicheng's general Li Guo in the 16th year of Chongzhen and disappeared in the long river of history.

Of course, these are digressions.At this time, Li Zicheng saw that what his men said was reasonable, so he asked Niu Jinxing to reply a letter to the Jurchens, and then he didn't care.

In the original history, Li Zicheng therefore dispersed his main forces to various places and sent his elite confidants to garrison Datong, the Central Plains and other places. He only took care of the mountains and seas.Not only did they not pay attention to Wu Sangui, they even sent Tang Tong, who surrendered to him, with 8000 troops to pick up Shanhaiguan.

According to his arrangement, Li Zicheng wanted to arrange for Wu Sangui to lead his troops to fight south.In other words, Shanhaiguan would surrender to his Ming army garrison instead of his own elite garrison.

It was because of his contempt that the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had long planned the Central Plains, defeated Li Zicheng's troops in just one battle, and then swept the world, without giving Li Zicheng a chance to gather his troops for another fight.

(End of this chapter)