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Chapter 240 Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition

Li Zicheng did not say anything about Li Yan's departure from Xi'an.

Now Li Zicheng's prestige is still not enough. If he rashly moves Li Yan, it will only cause turmoil in Henan and affect his plans for the Eastern Expedition.

He originally wanted to put Li Yan under house arrest in Xi'an, and deal with Li Yan after he captured Beijing and became the real emperor, but now that Li Yan has returned to Henan, he can only temporarily dispel this idea, and everything is waiting for him to attack. Go down to Beijing, sweep the north, and talk about it after you come to the world.

At that time, who he wants to kill is just a word.

Gao Yihuan didn't stay in Xi'an for a long time. He waited for the military government to send him the seal of General Guo Yi, and then hurried back to Henan.

In the spring of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the year of Jiashen in the lunar calendar, in the land of Guanzhong, Li Zicheng issued an order to march eastward, and the soldiers of the Shun army rejoiced and were full of vigor, full of the vigor of a new dynasty.

Beijing, thousands of miles away, fell into despair.

Now that Li Zicheng has established a country, it is inevitable to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and rule the world.

Beijing, when Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, knew that Li Zicheng would march eastward, but Beijing never had a countermeasure.

The relationship between the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty has always been bad. This is a problem that existed after Ming Taizu established the Ming Dynasty.

When it came to Emperor Chongzhen, the emperor was opposed to almost all courtiers. Several coping strategies were not implemented because the emperor and ministers were unwilling to take responsibility and could not reach a unified opinion.

Chongzhen thought about moving south, but he hoped that the ministers would plead repeatedly and be approved by the cabinet scholars.Only in this way, when he arrives in Nanjing and faces the news of the fall of Beijing, he can blame the cabinet and give the world and his ancestors an explanation.

The cabinet was not stupid either. Civil and military officials in the Manchu dynasty knew what the emperor was thinking, but they all pretended to be deaf and dumb. No one wanted to take the blame.

Being killed on the battlefield can still be called a loyal minister. If you propose to move the capital, and then you are beheaded by the emperor because of the fall of Beijing, but you have to bear Qiangu's reputation, who will do it?Among the cabinet bachelors, there are people who are looking forward to it and are ready to serve the new dynasty.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen and the second year of Yongchang in Dashun, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Zicheng held a memorial ceremony for the Heavenly Expedition in Xi'an.

On the [-]th, Shun generals Li You, Baijiuhe and other ministries took the lead in crossing the Yellow River, occupying Ronghe and other counties in Shanxi, and issued a call for the Ming Dynasty, "Your Ming Dynasty, the big numbers are over, and the punishment is severe. The people are unbearable. My Holy Lord is born, the body is benevolent, and the flag of righteousness is raised, and Haiyu returns to the heart. Go out of Shangluo to settle in Zhongzhou, enter Guanxi and sweep the Sanqin. Safeguard the people, set up generals to defend the border, and the great cause has been decided. Stop. Jinyan has been trapped for a long time. I can't bear to sit and watch. My lord has raised millions of troops, and he has not committed any crimes. For the first card, civil and military officials, etc., to measure the situation, offer the city to accept the seal, and early plans for honor; such as obsessed Refusal, Xu Ershen and the people bound and offered, not only doubling the reward, but also protecting the living beings everywhere, just like the officers and soldiers resisting together, the soldiers broke the city, and the jade and stone were not separated, what is the regret?"

On the 25th, Li Zicheng left Tian Jianxiu and Empress Gao to stay in Xi'an. He commanded 6 elite soldiers from the old battalion of the Dashun Army, and more than [-] subordinates.

The Dashun army was divided into three groups. After Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin made an emergency landing on Zhang Lin, the prefect of Ming Dynasty, they took a short rest and then marched towards Taiyuan.

Li Guo, Zhang Neng, and Ma Chongxi led 10 troops to the North Road. After crossing the Yellow River, they marched towards Datong.

Liu Fangliang, Ma Shiyao, and Liu Rukui led 10 troops to march along the north bank of the Yellow River on the south road. After capturing Daming, they went north along the canal and joined the main force in Beijing.

In recent years, in the land of Jin and Yan, there have been many natural disasters, the court has imposed harsh punishments, and the Qing army has frequently invaded, the people have long been unable to survive.

As soon as Li Zicheng shouted the slogan of equalizing the land and exempting grain, the people of the three Jin Dynasties all ate pots of rice, looking forward to the arrival of the Shun army.

But this time, Li Zicheng knew that he wanted to fight for the world. After he became the emperor, the people were all his subjects and the property of his old Li family. There is even a new saying that "killing someone is like killing my father, and adulterating someone is like adulterating my mother", which is supported by the common people, but the big gentry are still miserable.

Although the gentry is powerful, when the common people are on Li Zicheng's side, the gentry is not worth mentioning.

For a time, the poor people in the entire San Jin Dynasty were spreading the slogan "Eat his mother, wear his mother".

Those who want to "eat his mother and wear his mother" are not only the poor people in Shanxi, but also the army of the Ming Dynasty.

The finances of the Ming Dynasty went bankrupt long ago. By the 17th year of Chongzhen, people from all over the country were generally in arrears of wages. Even Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army had not paid wages for [-] months, so let's not mention other towns.

It is a matter of course for soldiers to get paid. There is no military pay, and the mother and children are starved to death.

Isn't Lao Li here?As soon as Jiang Xiang, Tang Tong and others come together, we will eat Lao Li and wear Lao Li.

Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition came aggressively, ready to fight a tough battle. As a result, except for Gao Jie, who gave him a green hat, slipped away, and then fought a fierce battle in Ningwu, the Ming troops everywhere, including the elite frontier troops, all surrender.

The more than [-] Shanxi Ming troops all became Shunjun at once, and they didn't have any other requirements. Lao Li took care of the food and paid them.

The Shun army was in full swing, and the soldiers were full of arrogance, but Li Zicheng's heart suddenly became uncertain.

Suddenly more than [-] people wanted to eat him, and with the invasion of the army, more people wanted to eat him, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, he doesn't know how expensive he is if he is not in charge of the family!
However, although Li Zicheng realized that this family might not be easy to manage, since he had already marched eastward, he did not turn back.

In Guanzhong, the Dashun Dynasty had already sounded the horn of the Eastern Expedition, but the monarch and his ministers in Beijing were still arguing.

Whether or not to move the capital could not be decided, and the conscientious ministers suggested that the prince should go south. Now the ministers agreed, but the emperor quit.

Seeing that Li Zicheng has already marched eastward, things are always in a stalemate. Since the relocation cannot be done temporarily, then Li Zicheng has to be blocked, maybe Beijing can be kept?

After all, since Chongzhen ascended the throne, it was not the first time that Beijing was surrounded by soldiers. They were surrounded five or six times before and after, not bad for Li Zicheng this time.

Didn't the Ming Dynasty still have Guan Ning Iron Cavalry unmoved? With this card in hand, Daming may not necessarily lose.

However, mobilizing troops requires money and food. Without money and food, Chongzhen would not be able to mobilize troops.

Chongzhen has been on the throne for 17 years, and the war has been fought for 17 years. The treasury has been empty for a long time, and there is no food and payment to mobilize troops.

In desperation, Chongzhen could only use the idea of ​​officials and relatives, and wanted them to donate their family wealth to help Daming tide over the difficulties, but this only made the ministers more eccentric.

This country is the Zhu family's country, and if the money is to be paid, it is also the vassal princes and relatives of the Zhu family who take the lead.

As a result, the national battle of the Ming Dynasty had a very bad start.Not only did he not donate the silver, but he deducted 5000 taels from the 2000 taels delivered a week later, and only paid 3000 taels, and he earned 2000 taels back.

The aristocrats of the Ming Dynasty shared the fate of the Ming Dynasty and enjoyed privileges for generations, but this is the performance.

Anyone with a discerning eye would know that Daming was about to end.

Those loyal ministers who have no money, are powerless, and know how to make money, have long been prepared to join Dashun, but in the end they only raised tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The money was not raised, and the soldiers and horses could not move, but Li Zicheng had already entered Shanxi.

University scholar Li Shuitai, a native of Shanxi, has a wealth of wealth. Seeing that Li Zicheng is about to go to his hometown, it is better to use it to serve the court than to have his wealth looted by the Shun army. Therefore, he asked himself a supervisor, willing to pay the army privately, and not to bother the government. , Mentoring the west expedition.

Dashun in the north is having its final big confrontation with the Ming Dynasty, and Gao Yihuan in Henan is not idle either.

In March, in the wilderness outside Luyi City, several fast horses came running from the north, causing the sound of horseshoes.

Li Yan was riding on the horse, looking around in surprise from time to time~
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