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  Chapter 578 575 [Li Zicheng went to the grassland to mix? 】

  Manchus really moved their capital, abandoning Shenyang, Fushun, Tieling, and Kaiyuan, all the way back to the east of the Liao Great Wall.

  There are all mountains and dense forests. As long as the Tatars are heavily stationed at the pass, it is really difficult for the Datong army to attack.

  The capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty became Hetuhala again, the so-called Jianzhouwei, and the most important castle was Sarhu.

  Shenyang, Kaiyuan and other cities were looted by the Qing Dynasty.

  The population did not take away too much, because the mountainous area could not accommodate it. Livestock, food, and property were robbed as much as they could, and even the money and food of those traitorous landlords were robbed.

  The Datong cavalry pursued after hearing the news, killed more than 2,000 Tartars, rescued thousands of Han people who were forced to carry their goods, and intercepted a large number of livestock, grain, and goods.

  Fei Ruhe's side, because Li Zicheng hastily returned to Shanxi, and the defenders in the cities along the way were not willing to fight, the Datong army took advantage of the situation to regain the whole of Hebei.

   Tongguan.

  Fei Yinggong led troops to conquer Weinan, the defender Liu Sanhu died in battle, and the Datong Army successfully joined forces at Tongguan.

   Propaganda officer Lin Ruzhao came to the pass on horseback, but the guards did not shoot arrows. Lin Ruzhao shouted: "General Tian, ​​although you are loyal and brave, you can't go against the trend. You have been trapped in Tongguan for nearly five months, and you are worthy of Li Zicheng's kindness. The military rations in Tongguan should be almost exhausted, right? Are you loyal to Li Zicheng yourself? Just starve to death with tens of thousands of soldiers?"

  Tian Jianxiu was silent, the army had been out of food for two days, if not for his superior leadership ability, the soldiers under his command would have mutinied long ago.

  Looking around at the soldiers around them, they all looked disheveled, and some of them couldn't even stand still.

  Lin Ruzhao continued: "As long as you surrender, you will not die!"

   Tian Jianxiu finally said: "Remember this sentence, I hope you will not break your promise!"

"The Datong Army will do what it says," Lin Ruzhao shouted. "Shaanxi has been suffering from natural and man-made disasters for more than ten years, and there are not many people left. There are tens of thousands of people in Tongguan, and there are civilian husbands recruited from several counties around. How could the Datong Army kill them? Who killed them to farm? Their wives and children are still at home waiting for them to go back!"

   These words touched the hearts of the guards.

  Most of them were originally farmers. After they were conscripted as civilian husbands, they were organized into the army by Tian Jianxiu. After being away from home for several months, I was eager to return home. I didn't want to fight at all. All I could think about was my family.

   "You guys, Kaesong surrender."

   After Tian Jianxiu said this to the soldiers, he knelt down to the northeast, and then drew his sword and killed himself.

  Liu Tichun did not stop him, but committed suicide. The Liu family's seven tigers revolted, and he, Liu Erhu, was the only one left, who happened to go to Jiuquan to accompany the brothers.

  The soldiers guarding the pass were very quiet. They opened the city gate silently to welcome the Datong army in, and then waited for the distribution of food to fill their stomachs.

  Not long after Li Zicheng returned to Taiyuan, he received military information from Tongguan. It was sent by the Datong Army, so that Li Zicheng would surrender as soon as possible, so that Shanxi Province should not be left to resist stubbornly.

   "Did the prime minister expect it?" Li Zicheng asked.

Niu Jinxing sighed and said: "It's just a fight. If you win the fight and occupy the whole territory of Beizhili, you will be killed by Zhao sooner or later. If you lose the fight, you will end up like this. It is lucky to keep Shanxi. Take the situation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty as an analogy, we are the Red Scarf Army, fighting with the official army all the time. Zhao Han is that Zhu Yuanzhang, we are against the main force of the official army, but he builds high walls in the south and slowly proclaims himself king."

  Li Zicheng asked again: "How many years can Shanxi remain?"

   "Your Majesty, why bother to ask questions when you know the truth," Niu Jinxing said, "The defeat of our army lies within and not outside."

   In a word, people's hearts are not in harmony.

  In the Battle of Shaanxi, the generals of the Dashun Army had too many surrendered, and even took the initiative to rebel and stabbed their allies with knives. When Zhao Han digested Hebei and Shaanxi, and then sent troops to attack Shanxi next year, many of the generals of the Dashun Army in Shanxi would defect.

  The dangers of mountains and rivers are not enough to guard against, what is really unbreakable is the unity of one mind.

   Li Zicheng asked: "Does the prime minister want to surrender?"

  Niu Jinxing told the truth: "He cherishes his life and is willing to surrender. But he will not betray the master for glory, nor will he rebel and defect."

Li Zicheng said with emotion: "This is already hard to come by. If everyone is like the prime minister, even if there are only two places in Shanxi and Shaanxi, I dare to compete with the surnamed Zhao. Those brothers in the old camp used to be bitter and full. The meal was very happy. But we became the emperor and asked them to love the people, but few people obeyed, and they all became like the officials and lords of the previous Ming Dynasty. We punished them severely, and they would not be with us. If we If there is no punishment, the common people will not be able to live. If the common people can't live on, how can our emperor continue?"

   "The human heart is like this." Niu Jinxing said.

   Li Zicheng was absent-minded for a long time, and said, "How did the surname Zhao become it? His old brother doesn't complain?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty has asked this question before. In the Nanjing court, civil servants look like civil servants. Military generals only fight wars, and only in newly occupied lands can military generals rule the people temporarily. Once the identity is drawn and civil servants are sent over, Military generals are not allowed to interfere with civil affairs. Military generals cannot interfere with civil affairs, so they cannot corrupt the local government, and have to rely on the Ministry of War to distribute food and salaries. The food and salaries of the Datong Army are distributed by special logistics officers, and those logistics officers are also managed by the Dudu Mansion and the Ministry of War. The military officers of the Dudu Mansion are not allowed to intervene in the command of the battlefield. With the separation of powers, which general would dare to rebel?"

   Li Zicheng was silent.

Niu Jinxing said: "Your Majesty, I have also established a system in Dashun, but the power of military commanders is too great. I know that your Majesty does not believe in civil officials, but you have to let them govern the local area. Although Your Majesty agreed to let civil officials govern the place, but give civil officials The power is too small, and they are restricted by military generals everywhere. In this way, the system is just a system, which cannot be implemented in the prefectures and counties. Your Majesty is kind to the people, but this kindness cannot be implemented in the villages. Miscellaneous taxes are collected in various ways. Your Majesty knows about these things, but His Majesty, like your ministers, has no way to really manage it."

  Li Zicheng still didn't speak.

Niu Jinxing said again: "What is the system? The system is the rules, and the rules cannot be changed. Then Zhao Han made the rules for dividing the land, and he has not repeated it so far. Even the royal relatives, they still have to divide the land according to the law. A queen, a concubine, and two generals lead the army. Isn't it the same for Fei's family to be divided up? Are members of the Fei family who break the law and punished differently? The Fei family is like this, so they set an example. If others commit crimes again, they must be punished. But what about us? The Li family and the Gao family, which one doesn't occupy a large area of ​​farmland? Which one doesn't recruit a large number of tenants? The royal relatives are like this, and His Majesty's old brothers will naturally follow suit. The generals of the old camp are like this, and the generals who joined in the middle If you don’t follow suit? Generals are like this, how can officers be spared? Military generals are like this, how can civil servants abide by the law?”

  Niu Jinxing probably held back for too long, and felt that the Shun Dynasty was almost over, so he simply vomited everything.

  Niu Jinxing sighed: "Every time I reread the book "Datong Ji", I have a new feeling. Your Majesty, we are not wronged."

"Yes, no injustice," Li Zicheng said suddenly, "In this Hebei war, the main forces of the two armies faced each other in Tianjin, and I sent Liu Zongmin to attack Baoding and other places. The first-tier cities in Baoding were all guarded by peasants, soldiers and common people. Liu Zongmin led My Dashun elite attacked a small county town with only farmers and soldiers stationed there, but failed to take it down for three months. According to Liu Zongmin, he knocked down the city wall and ordered the soldiers to attack through the gap. The farmers, soldiers and people in the city , desperately blocked the gap, and defeated Liu Zongmin's elite soldiers."

Niu Jinxing said: "This is the hearts of the people. The surname Zhao won the hearts of the people in the south. The people regard the country as their home and are willing to die for it. Just because the farmers have divided the land, the people in the city can make a living, and the wealth of the merchants will not Being robbed by officials for no reason, scholars can be promoted as long as they have merit. The heart of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and surnames is all there. It is said that even if the common people die in battle, the tablet can enter the Temple of Heroes and share incense with the Zhao family's ancestral temple. If one person dies in battle, the whole family will be martyrs. Parents and wives will receive pensions, and the examiners of their descendants will receive preferential treatment. In this way, who would not want to fight to the death? In my Dashun court, the enemy army invaded Hedong, and the officials and the people surrendered one after another Why? Officials cannot get their positions, and people cannot get their benefits."

   Li Zicheng sat slumped on the dragon chair. He felt that governing the country was very troublesome, and it was better to be a bandit in the past. A war is a war, don't worry about the rear.

   After a long time, Li Zicheng sat up straight and asked, "If the enemy invades Shanxi, many soldiers will surely surrender. We can't fight hard. Where should we go then?"

  Niu Jinxing said: "The land of the Han family must not be able to go, so it can only go north."

   "Hetao?" Li Zicheng asked.

  Niu Jinxing shook his head: "With Zhao Han's great talent, how could he not take back the Hetao. If we want to leave, we can only go to the north of Yinshan Mountain!"

  Li Zicheng was unwilling: "Then we have become Mongolian Tartars who herd sheep for a living?"

Niu Jinxing was already prepared: "Your Majesty, I have already inquired clearly. The north and south of the Yin Mountains were originally owned by the Tumote tribe. They were defeated by Lin Danhan and fled, and then surrendered to the Houjin Tartars. The Tartar Chief Huang Taiji, with his The husband of the leader Ombu's wet nurse seized Ombu's military power on the pretext of colluding with the Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty, and took him to Shenyang for trial. Now, Ombu has been demoted to a commoner, and the grassland has been divided and ruled by the Tartars. It’s too late now, it’s a mess there, you hit me, I hit you. If we take the cavalry there, we will definitely be able to occupy a large grassland!”

  Li Zicheng was hesitant. He was used to eating gnocchi, so he really didn't want to go to the grassland to herd sheep.

  If you don’t go to the grassland, where else can you go?

  The interior of the Dashun court has already been separated from Germany at this time. Except for the brothers in the old camp, Li Zicheng looked like a traitor to everyone, and he might surrender to the Datong army someday.

  It is impossible to fight in this situation. As long as the Datong army sends troops, the pass of Shanxi will be lost in minutes.

Niu Jinxing said again: "If Your Majesty is going to the grassland, he should go to the north of Shanxi as soon as possible. Now that the Tartars are defeated, the grassland is the most chaotic time. If it is a year or so later, the various tribes in the grassland will have already decided the winner. By then Going to the grasslands will be hard to fight. What's the use of staying in Shanxi? It's nothing more than enjoying wealth for a year or two."

  Li Zicheng thought about it, and suddenly made a decision: "As long as the surname is Zhao, I am willing to release Li Guo and Gao Yigong. Let's surrender to him, dedicate Shanxi, and lead troops to the Yinshan Grassland to grab territory!"

  (end of this chapter)