Outside Daming Prefecture.

The lights in the Shun army's central tent were bright.

Li Zicheng sat firmly in the middle.

Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan, Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao... and many other civil and military officials were lined up on both sides.

This was the second full-staff meeting of the Shun Army after the defeat in the Battle of Beijing.

The first meeting was after Li Zicheng and Liu Fangliang joined forces to surround Daming Prefecture and discussed strategies for attacking the city.

At that time, Niu Jinxing's strategy of surrounding but not attacking was adopted by Li Zicheng.

"Your Majesty, I think we should not besiege Daming Prefecture like we did during the third attack on Kaifeng. Instead, we should take advantage of Li Xingzhong's unstable foothold to attack the city with all our might!" Li Yan lowered his head and covered his mouth, trying his best not to cough.

"Why do you say that, Mr. Li?" After the failure of the Battle of Beijing, Li Zicheng realized that Li Yan's ability to plan for the future was better than others, so he still trusted him as before.

"Ahem!" Li Yan couldn't help but cough. "Speed is of the essence in war. Delay will lead to changes! The Ming army has Huang Degong in the north and Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo in the south! No one can guarantee that they won't come!"

"Our army suffered heavy losses in Beijing. We have finally recovered and can't make any more mistakes!"

"Mr. Li, this is wrong!" Niu Jinxing stood up and looked around, his eyes fell on Li Yan. He did not show any dissatisfaction with Li Yan's remarks, but analyzed the current situation seriously.

"Niu Zuofu, please speak!" Li Yan asked calmly.

"Mr. Li, everyone, the news that the Jiannu entered the pass is no secret. According to the news from Datong and Beijing, Duoduo is besieging Xuanfu Town with tens of thousands of people, vowing to massacre Xuanfu Town and kill Yan Yingyuan."

"Dorgon also led his troops out of Qiangziling and confronted Huang Degong in the Miyun area."

"The Jiannu are in the north, and we are in the south."

"In the Beijing area, the only soldier Chongzhen could use, besides Liu Wenyao, Wu Sangui and Huang Degong, was Wang Yongji."

"Liu Wenyao is guarding Beijing and will not move. Wu Sangui is guarding Shanhaiguan. Given Dorgon's cunning, he will definitely split his troops when he enters the pass, with one of them being stationed outside Shanhaiguan to contain Wu Sangui."

"Huang Degong is guarding Miyun. He dares not move unless Dorgon does!"

"The only one who can move is Wang Yongji."

"Wang Yongji has less than 4,000 cavalrymen, although they are all Guanning cavalrymen, so what is there to be afraid of?"

The others said nothing and looked at Li Yan.

It is not convenient for a bunch of rough people like them to get involved in the war between intellectuals.

Li Yan smiled faintly: "What about Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo in the south? What if they lead their troops to attack?"

"Hahaha!" Niu Jinxing laughed, "Then let's have another great victory in Zhuxian Town!"

After hearing the words "great victory in Zhuxian Town", everyone present laughed.

It was a rare victory, and also a battle that turned the tide of the war between Dashun and Daming.

At that time, Li Zicheng was besieging Kaifeng. When Chongzhen learned about it, he ordered 180,000 Ming troops to rush to Kaifeng. However, the temporary Ming army was full of internal contradictions. Some wanted to achieve success, some wanted to wait, and some wanted to wait and see.

Li Zicheng divided his troops into two groups. He sent a small part to continue the feint attack on Kaifeng, while the main force dug a trench a hundred miles long in the area of Zhuxian Town. The trench was more than ten feet wide and about six feet deep. People could not climb or horses could not jump over it.

Use the tactics of besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements to fight against the Ming army.

If the Ming army had launched an all-out attack on Li Zicheng at that time, the outcome would have been uncertain.

But at this time, the very smart Zuo Liangyu took action.

Seeing that Li Zicheng's army was well-organized and in high spirits, he was afraid that he would lose the battle and suffer losses, so he robbed the friendly army's horses, carriages and food and fled south to Xiangyang.

Seeing this, the other four Ming troops also began to flee.

Li Zicheng immediately sent cavalry to intercept them from a detour. The Ming army's formation was in chaos, and they fell into the trenches dug in advance by the Shun army, trampling on each other, resulting in heavy casualties.

In this battle, the Shun army captured tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, more than 7,000 horses and mules, and countless military weapons and firearms, and re-sieged Kaifeng.

After Niu Jinxing and the others laughed, they continued, "It would be better if Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo didn't come. If they dare to come, we will make them go back to the old ways of Zhuxian Town."

After hearing Gao Jie's name, Li Zicheng's scalp moved uncontrollably. He felt like there was something on his head and it was very uncomfortable.

"No, no!" Li Yan sighed, "There are three key points in the battle of Zhuxian Town. If any one of them is missing, our army will not win. On the other hand, Daming Prefecture lacks two of the three key points."

"I would like to hear the details!" Niu Jinxing asked calmly.

He was confident in his situation, so he was not afraid of Li Yan's questioning.

"First, there were no Ming army soldiers in Kaifeng at the time. Even if there were, there were only a few thousand of them. They were unable to break through our blockade and get in touch with the outside world."

"There are thousands or even tens of thousands of Ming soldiers in Daming Prefecture right now. If our army splits up again, we may not be able to trap Li Xingzhong!"

"Secondly, the Ming army had five reinforcements at the time, and the different divisions disagreed and could not unify the military orders, which led to the defeat."

"If the Ming army had reinforcements, at most two routes, at least one, even if we disagree, the situation in Zhuxian Town would not happen again."

Niu Jinxing's mouth corners slightly curved upwards: "Mr. Li, have you forgotten the strength of the Ming army?"

"In the battle of Zhuxian Town, the Ming army had 180,000 soldiers, and ours had 130,000! Now our army has 70,000 soldiers, and the Ming army's Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo only have 40,000 soldiers combined! Add in Li Xingzhong's thousands of soldiers, and the total number is only 50,000!"

"Our army has dug deep trenches and laid traps extensively. We can hold our ground even if the Ming army attacks with all their might."

Li Yan wanted to continue to refute, but when he saw Li Zicheng's unhappy expression, he immediately gave up the idea.

However, he did not give up his point of view, but asked: "Niu Zuofu, all the generals present, if, I mean if Huang Degong defeated Dorgon and let him go back outside the pass! At this time, our army has not yet captured Damingfu."

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