The Qinghai envoy led by Chechen Daiqing had just entered the border of Henan, and Li Zicheng also received Zhao Han's reply.
Li Zicheng convened an imperial meeting and said directly: "This year's war, there is not much food left in Shanxi People's hearts are not stable. If Zhao calls again next year, Shanxi will definitely not be able to keep it. I don't know how many civil and military surrenders. Let's talk to Zhao After discussing with him, he agreed to release the captured brother back, and gave us a handout of Yin Shanhou."
"We are going to go out to fight and occupy the grassland to be the king. If you are willing to follow, I will take you to the grassland. If you don't want to follow, you can stay and surrender. We are all old brothers. Let's talk openly today. I don't want to go to the grassland. Shepherding sheep, we don't force it, who the hell is willing to herd sheep?"
"Don't lose face, you don't have to express your opinion today. Those who want to go with us, and those who want to stay and surrender, go back and prepare secretly."
"If you want to go, just take the cavalry. Even if you don't have a horse, you must at least have a mule. If you don't have a wife, hurry up and ask for a wife. We are going to the grassland to settle down. Don't go to the grassland, and the mother is homesick and wants to come back. Don't search too hard, before you leave, just go to the local gentry and merchants to copy the salary, don't embarrass the poor people."
"After the beginning of spring next year, we will meet in Taiyuan on the second day of February, the day when the dragon raises its head. If you come to Taiyuan before the second day of February, I will take you to the grassland. If you don't come, we will treat you as staying and surrendering. Today is our farewell. banquet¡¡"
After Li Zicheng finished speaking, no one in the audience made a sound. The news was too sudden.
Finally someone wanted to express his opinion, Li Zicheng raised his hand to interrupt: "Today, just drink and eat meat, don't talk about anything else. If you want to leave, bring soldiers over at the beginning of spring; if you don't leave, don't show up again at the beginning of spring. If you talk bluntly today, you can drink too much." It's not a good time. Come, let's serve wine and food!"
Good wine and good food, all served, Li Zicheng has not been so extravagant for a long time.
A group of old camp brothers seem to go back ten years ago. They exchanged cups and glasses, and talked dirty jokes freely. Li Zicheng also let go of the emperor's airs and ran to hang shoulders with his old brothers.
After drinking for three rounds, and when he was emotional, Liu Zongmin said with tears in his eyes: "Our family is for planting land. If we couldn't pay the rent, my father hanged himself. Mother took us to beg for food. It's good to be a beggar. Ah, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar, and Emperor Zhao was also a beggar. My mother gave us clothes to wear, and my mother gave us what I begged for to eat, but my mother froze to death and starved to death"
Li Zicheng threw his glass and cursed: "They are all corrupt officials who are like dogs. Which one of us is not a good citizen? We are forced to beg for food, we are forced to kill people, and we are forced to be rogues!"
"Isn't it? We used to just want to farm well, and we didn't ask for meat. We were content with a full stomach" Liu Fangliang also began to recall the hard times.
Zhang Nai said: "Our parents are both dead, but luckily our adoptive father (Li Zicheng) took in us. We will follow wherever our adoptive father goes in this life. Isn't it the grassland? Let's occupy the grassland and recommend our adoptive father to be The Han people in the grassland are sweating profusely!"
After a meal of wine and meat, the dna of these guys' rogues was stimulated, and they returned to the state of being trapped in Shangluo Mountain back then.
They fled from Tongguanyuan into the mountains, leaving only one or two thousand people, and many of them were frozen to death in winter. But after the beginning of spring, it came out of the mountains and quickly swept across Henan.
The current situation is better than that of the past. One winter, he came to collect money and food, and then left with his soldiers swaggeringly.
After the banquet was over, they each returned to the station, and began to arrest the gentry and merchants in full swing.
Regardless of the charges, torture first.
When the beating is half dead, the money and food will be handed over.
A bunch of traitorous Shanxi merchants for profit did not need Zhao Han to deal with them at all, but they were tossed to death by Li Zicheng's generals. Some Shanxi merchants hoarded millions of taels of silver in various cellars. This was the result of being tortured once a few years ago.
After the Spring Festival, these Dashun generals, including a few generals who took refuge halfway, brought their soldiers and family members to Taiyuan.
Soldiers ran away along the way, but it didn't matter, ordinary soldiers ran at will, as long as they watched those who could ride horses and didn't run away.
After Zhao Han released Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other captives, Li Zicheng led the army to march towards the grassland. When crossing the Great Wall, there were more than 12,000 cavalry under his command, more than 40,000 soldiers' families and a few civilians, nearly 10 million taels of silver, and more than 20,000 livestock of various types to carry goods.
Those gentry and merchants in Shanxi had almost all their money and food looted. There were only a few who wanted money but did not want to die, and they were beaten to death without telling where the money was hidden.
Today's north and south of the Yinshan Mountains, including the vast Hetao area, are all the territory of the Xitumote tribe.
Although the population of the Situmot Department is only 150,000, their territory is too large. Man Qing was not at ease at all, so he did not giveSecond, massacre one or two tribes to gain prestige; third, split up and win over some small tribes. "
"The Prime Minister is right, but wait until the battle is over." Li Zicheng got on his horse.
Niu Jinxing said: "Let General Liu (Liu Zongmin) withdraw and temporarily reconcile with Chahar Mongolia, and first gather troops to completely subdue Tumed Mongolia. We are outsiders and cannot provoke two big tribes at the same time. Let's withdraw , Chahar Mongols will inevitably have another internal strife, and it will not be too late to fight Chahar Mongols after the Tummet Mongolia has been cleaned up."
Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Immediately send someone to pass an order to Liu Zongmin, asking him to lead his troops to Guihua City, and let the Jining side go to the Chahar Department."
Less than two months after Li Zicheng occupied Hohhot, he encountered a joint counterattack by the Mongols, and it was not a big alliance of the whole clan. This was enough for him to drink a pot in the grassland.
This guy quickly went to support Li Guo, who had already been defeated and retreated to Lingzhao Temple.
The two fought back together and won a big victory. They chased all the way to Bayannur, and directly slaughtered the Urad Rear Banner tribe there.
? Li Zicheng is not a shit-stirring stick, but a river dragon living on the grassland.
The Great Prairie War lasted for an unknown number of years.
And in the spring of this year, the Qinghai mission led by Chechen Daiqing finally arrived in Nanjing to pay tribute to the emperor.