"Since ancient times, the army can advance but not retreat. General Niu can lead troops repeatedly to pretend to be defeated and lure the enemy. It can be seen that the art of leading troops is the best in the contemporary era." Zhu Cilang helped Niu Chenghu up again and said gently: "Victory and defeat have always been common. At this time, we are about to rely on the general's reputation and gather the defeated soldiers!"

Niu Chenghu was born with a square face of a great man in northern Shaanxi. He has been a straightforward person since he followed Wang Qiaonian to fight against the thief. Therefore, Bai Guangen refused to do it at the position of vanguard, Gao Jie refused to do it, and only Niu Chenghu was willing to fight. After hearing what the Crown Prince said, Niu Chenghu felt aroused in his heart, and immediately aroused the urge to die for his confidant, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhu Cilang took a step back, patted Niu Chenghu on the shoulder, turned his head to explain to Wu Yan and Wu Weiye and others behind him, "Don't underestimate the pretend defeat. There are countless generals in ancient and modern times who want to use pretend defeat to lure the enemy, but they end up being a real defeat. It is impossible to use the soldiers and generals under him as if they are used as arms and fingers."

Wu Qing smiled and said, "No wonder even in the novel, there are only powerful generals like Zhao Yun who can take on the important task of pretending to be defeated and seducing the enemy."

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became lighter, and the cow became a tiger disappeared.

"Xiao Mo, leave it to General Niu for the conquering the defeated soldiers." Zhu Cixuan said to Xiao Mo: "The troops in the East Palace are gradually withdrawing, and they are ready to intercept Li Zicheng's pursuers."

"Yes!" Xiao Mo responded neatly.

"Your Highness thinks twice," Sun Chuanting couldn't help but say, "Li Zicheng is now in a sharp battle, and there is no natural danger outside Tongguan."

Zhu Cilang shook his head slightly and said with a stern voice: "Mr. Bai Gu, if you can defend without any danger, then what else can you fight? Since there is no natural danger, our army is a natural danger! If there is no pass, my people are a pass! This is the way for military personnel to use military forces."

"What Your Highness teaches you," Sun Chuanting said insincerely, and remembered that he was already in a state of guilt. He couldn't help but look gloomy.

"It's not me who taught Sun Governor Sun a lesson." Zhu Cilang shook his head and said, "The Supervisor is a civil servant who only has real knowledge of military wars in the court. This situation is really the Supervisor who has lost the normal mind that a general should have."

Sun Chuanting suffered the loss of rain at this time last year. Now it is rainy again. Don’t you remember? It’s because the court urged too quickly and ended up being alone. If His Royal Highness had not set up a village at this intersection, he would have been defeated and he would have to flee back to Shaanxi in the end.

Tracing the root of the source is the urging of the court!

Zhu Cilang knew that this could not be blamed on Sun Chuanting, but he could not say that his father had the shortcomings of his king and father. Otherwise, Sun Chuanting would not be grateful, but might have to die and help the emperor take the blame. Well, maybe Sun Chuanting died in Tongguan in the original history, so he considered it because of this.

Such a loyal minister... really made Zhu Cilang both heartbroken and helpless.

"Li Chuang is like a jackal in the forest. Once we turn around, he will pounce on us and bite our necks." Zhu Cixuan said: "Only by fighting two tough battles with him, which makes his legs and feet weak, we can rest assured to gather the defeated troops in Tongguan, retreat to Xi'an, and then retreat to Taiyuan after rectification."

Sun Chuanting was stunned: "Your Highness wants to give up even Shaanxi?"

"I can't hold on." Zhu Cilang shook his head and said, "Not to mention Shaanxi, even Shanxi must be abandoned."

Sun Chuanting was silent.

Who doesn’t know that the last ace in the emperor’s hand was Sun Chuanting’s Qin soldiers. Now that the Qin soldiers are defeated, who can stop Li Chuang’s more than 100,000 troops?

"I have Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing in my hands. Both of them can exchange things with Li Chuang." Zhu Cixuan said: "The key is how much weight they have in Li Chuang's mind."

"Your Highness," Wu Qing called. "These two are Li Chuang's right-hand arms. How can they let the tiger return to the mountain?"

"These two people, Niu Jinxing, are just strategists who make power, and I never take him seriously." Zhu Cilang paved and sighed: "The key is Liu Zongmin. This person is a general for a while, and I can't bear to kill him."

"Your Highness. You can't be a woman's kindness at this moment!" Niu Chenghu shouted.

Zhu Cilang smiled at him.

Are you really a woman's kindness?

Without considering victory in everything, we should first consider defeat. Now the two most powerful armies in East Asia are Li Zicheng's camp and Manchurian Iron Cavalry. The Guanning Iron Cavalry, which has always been very loud, has actually been extremely bad. Otherwise, there would be no capriciousness in the original history of Wu Sangui's surrender and rebellion and the Qing Dynasty.

If the camp was compared with the Manchu Iron Cavalry, although Li Zicheng was defeated, after careful analysis, he did not expect that Wu Sangui would rather kneel to the alien race than surrender to Dashun, so he was caught off guard by the Manchus. If the two armies were fighting, the camp at the peak at that time might not be able to stop Jiannu.

In the subsequent historical scripts, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were undoubtedly a dead supporter.

Since Jiashen, the people who truly protected the land of China from the iron hooves of foreign races were the princes of the camp and the kings of the Xiying. Most of the Ming generals and officers who had been in military households for generations shaved their heads and surrendered, serving as eagle claws for the Manchus.

If he killed Liu Zongmin himself, he would have an additional obstacle to fighting the Qing Dynasty with the camp in the future.

Then if Liu Zongmin is killed, can we rewrite the historical script of Li Zicheng's attack on Beijing?

Zhu Cixuan thought about it carefully for a long time and repeatedly deduced the strength of all parties, but the conclusion he came to was helpless: even if Liu Zongmin was killed, he still couldn't stop Li Zicheng's pace.

Although Liu Zongmin had a very high reputation in the camp, the camp had already passed the stage of maintaining personal reputation. It was an independent imperial examination and was a group of forces that were independent of imperial examinations, established officials, and managed local governments. Liu Zongmin had not had a great influence on the entire camp, especially many people with reputation above Liu Zongmin, at least Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu, Zhang Nai (Li Shuangxi), and Li Guo were suppressed. Other battalions such as Liu Xiyao, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, and He Jin were also from the 18 cavalry of Shangluo, and their influence in the army was comparable to Liu Zongmin.

Furthermore, after the Battle of Jia County, did Li Zicheng use Liu Zongmin as the independent general?

Zhu Cixuan carefully sorted out the historical details he knew and came to a conclusion that supported him to put it back to Liu Zongmin.

According to the historical script, after being defeated in Jia County, Sun Chuanting ran all the way, then met with Gao Jie, crossed the Yellow River north, and passed by Tongguan from Yuanqu, Shanxi. Bai Guangen later led the defeated soldiers to escape to Tongguan. After a battle with Tongguan, he fell into the camp. Sun Chuanting died in battle. Li Zicheng arrived in Xi'an five days later and joined the side troops on Shangluo Mountain Road.

After surrendering without fighting in Xi'an, Li Zicheng led Li Guo's back camp and Liu Fangliang's left camp to the north, collect northern Shaanxi, and pursue Gao Jie. Tian Jianxiu led his troops south to Hanzhong, pursued General Gao Ruli, and controlled Kongdao into Sichuan. Liu Zongmin, He Jin, and the third general of Yuan Zong, went west to pursue Bai Guangen, and captured Ningxia, Gansu, Xining and other places.

It can be said that after Li Zicheng won in Jia County, in terms of the general trend of the world, there was no impact on whether there was or did not exist in Liu Zongmin. First of all: Yuan Zongdi and He Jin had the ability and reputation to stand alone. Secondly: Bai Guangen did not stand it at all, and directly handed over Ningxia and Gansu to Li Zicheng's army, and he himself became a general under Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng advanced eastward, except for the Shanxi General Zhou Yuji who defended Ningwu Pass to death, other civil and military officials from all over the country surrendered or fled. Even Beijing City had an inner-command who opened the door to offer the city, and never fought a tough battle.

From this point of view, what does it matter whether Li Zicheng has or Liu Zongmin?

"I remember when the bandits were unstable, the King of Breakings Gao Yingxiang was captured and killed, and the camp did not fall apart. Now the bandits' army is stable, and just killing Liu Zongmin, what else can it be used to let the bandits grief and fight? Li Zicheng is at best a few powerful generals." Zhu Cixuan pretended to be relaxed, which was also considered a heart of Kuan Yikuan's deployment. He had already made a decision in his heart to exchange Liu Zongmin for the time and space for retreat.

"Your Highness, if you release Liu Zhe, it may be difficult to explain to the court!" Wu Weiye stepped forward and said.

"What explanation does the court need?" Zhu Cixuan said unhappily: "Don't let the Li bandits come to the city of Beijing. This is the biggest explanation to the court and the emperor! But Niu Jinxing can be released earlier. This person is not enough to be defeated. Maybe he will help us get rid of Liu Zongmin in the future."

Liu Zongmin was indeed framed by Niu Jinxing and lost Li Zicheng's trust.

For Niu Jinxing, who is keen on being prime minister, no matter how history goes, as long as Li Zicheng can be emperor, it is inevitable to get rid of Liu Zongmin. Because what he wants to be the prime minister, the prime minister who avoids the Tao and rituals of all the officials! How could he leave Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu with outstanding achievements to steal the limelight?

At that time, the civil and military struggles in the camp were like the party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty, and there was only one way to die. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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