More than a month later, he left the capital and came to Pengcheng to preside over the overall tour. After receiving the news that Wu Sangui led his troops to surrender to Yan Ting, he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Wu Sangui surrendered to Yan Ting? This is really unexpected! He actually

If you have a good eye, you will know who to follow has a better future."

Not long after that, when Yuan Che swept through the southwest, went down the river and completely defeated Zhang Xianzhong, subdued the rest, and marched north into Henan. When the Datong Army in Guanzhong also invaded Shanxi and prepared to cut off Li Zicheng's retreat, Li Zicheng's main force also

Go to Shanhaiguan and engage in a decisive battle with the coalition forces of Yan Ting and Wu Sangui.

Although Li Zicheng had the advantage in terms of military strength in this battle, he was ultimately defeated in the face of the elite Guan Ning cavalry and Yan Ting's elite cavalry outside the Great Wall.

Li Zicheng, who fled back to the capital in embarrassment, did not forget to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. He plundered the capital fiercely, and then withdrew from the capital that was destined to be undefeatable. He wanted to leave Shanxi and return to Henan, his former business base.

Yan Ting did not continue the pursuit, because the main force of the Datong Army had already gathered from Shanxi and Henan. They opened a large net and waited for Li Zicheng to fall into the trap. Without a territorial foundation, the defeat of the Chuang Army was a foregone conclusion.

Already.

But at such a critical moment of life and death, perhaps due to the stimulating influence of the ups and downs, Li Zicheng not only did not listen to Li Yan, who had repeatedly advised him and worked hard to plan for the invasion of the army, but instead was instigated by Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin.

The subordinates became more and more suspicious of him and dissatisfied. They even suspected that he had colluded with Zhou You and intended to rebel, and wanted to kill him.

In this way, Li Yan, who took the initiative to lead his troops back to Henan to fight against Yuan Che, not only did not receive reinforcements from Li Zicheng, but became an abandoned son. Li Zicheng, who was smart, felt that Henan was not a defensible place, so he wanted to retreat.

Enter Shanxi and establish a foothold.

Not only that, Li Zicheng also ordered Liu Fangliang to cut off Li Yan's retreat, and ordered him to attack and eliminate Li Yan's troops, and kill Li Yan, the "rebellious".

When Zhou You got the news and rushed to Henan, Li Yan was already surrounded by Yuan Che and Liu Fangliang and was in a desperate situation. But even so, Zhou You came in person and asked Yuan Chengzhi to persuade him to surrender, but Li Yan still refused.

He is willing to surrender and wants to commit suicide.

In Liu Fangliang's camp, facing Zhou You who came with a small number of elites and masters, Liu Fangliang had wisely chosen to surrender.

On the one hand, Li Zicheng's suspicion and pursuit of Li Yan made him sad. On the other hand, he also saw that Li Zicheng was doomed, and Zhou You also promised to send people to rescue his family members who were detained by Li Zicheng as soon as possible. What reason did Liu Fangliang have for him anymore?

Will Li Zicheng die?

If Li Zicheng really trusted him, he would not have detained his family members, nor would he have allowed him to lead an army to hunt down Li Yan alone. What is the difference between this and sending someone to his death?

"Does he want to die?" When he learned that Li Yan and his wife wanted to commit suicide by taking poison to maintain their loyalty, Zhou You, who was in Liu Fangliang's Chinese army tent, couldn't help but frown and felt a little annoyed in his heart: "This boy, do you think he is

Where is Wen Tianxiang? How pedantic!"

"Master, I think he is determined to be buried with Li Zicheng. Let's not waste any time. No matter how talented he is, what's the use if he doesn't want to be used by us?" He Tieshou couldn't help but said, before

In Li Yan's camp, if she, the leader of the Five Poison Sect, who was good at detoxifying poisons, was not there, Li Yan would have really been poisoned and died.

Zhou You shook his head and sneered: "Don't want to be used by me? Okay! Isn't he loyal to Li Zicheng? Let me tell him that as long as he is willing to join me and work for me, I can let him when I catch Li Zicheng."

Die easier, or even spare his life. Otherwise, I will cut Li Zicheng into pieces with a thousand knives, crushing his bones and spreading ashes."

Upon hearing Zhou You's words, both He Tieshou and Liu Fangliang and other newly-committed generals of the Datong Army could not help but change their faces slightly, and their hearts were awe-inspiring. At this time, they understood what the emperor's wrath was. At the same time, they could not help but feel a little emotional, Zhou You

I really care about Li Yan.

Sure enough, this move was surprisingly effective for the stubborn Li Yan. In fact, for Li Yan, he already knew very well that Zhou You was the real master, and surrendering to Zhou You was the wisest choice, and it also allowed him to

The world will be unified as soon as possible and peace will be restored. With Zhou You's attention to him, he will be able to better fulfill his ideal of assisting the Ming Lord and saving the world and the people in the future.

However, due to the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, Li Yan, who followed Yuan Chonghuan as an example, could not get over the hurdle in his heart for a while, and traveling around gave him a slope to climb down.

While Liu Fangliang and Li Yan chose to surrender, Li Zicheng, who entered Shanxi, was also trapped in a quagmire. He was not welcome wherever he went. The people here had already identified with the Datong Army from the bottom of their hearts and regarded Li Zicheng as their leader.

Rogue invaders.

In fact, after the defeat, the Chuang army was actually a group of rogues, with no military discipline at all. They were as panicked as a lost dog, and wherever they passed, it was like locusts passing through. Such an army could not really gain a foothold anywhere.

Under the entanglement and siege of the Datong Army, coupled with the siege by Yan Ting's elite cavalry outside the Great Wall, Li Zicheng's remnant army soon suffered defeat after defeat and was completely destroyed. Li Zicheng also disappeared in the chaos and his whereabouts are unknown.

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After receiving the news that Li Zicheng was defeated and disappeared, Zhou You had to lament that his fate was really hard. But it was good, a missing Li Zicheng no longer poses any threat. Similarly, this result is also the best for Li Yan

situation, he can work for Zhou You with peace of mind in the future without any psychological burden.

After Li Zicheng was overthrown, Zhou You also took advantage of the situation and proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, established the New Dynasty of Datong, and rebuilt the city walls and palaces of Luoyang with labor aid.

With the establishment of the New Dynasty, several provinces in the southeast and Zhili in the north also chose to submit, so that the New Dynasty of Datong truly replaced the Ming Dynasty and established its dominance over the country.

Then, just three years later, the Datong New Dynasty, with Yan Ting as its commander, destroyed the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the Pass, allowing the Datong court to resume its rule over the Northeast and Mongolian tribes beyond the Great Wall.

More than ten years later, as the Datong court recuperated for many years and its national strength quickly recovered, after successively annihilating and conquering several small border countries in the northeast and south, and with sufficient money and food support, it finally defeated the country entrenched in the northwest in one fell swoop.

The Mongolian tribes in Qinghai and Tibet regained thousands of miles of territory in the northwest, making the territory of the new dynasty surpass that of the Ming Dynasty and rival the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Zhou You entrusted all the government affairs to Li Yan, Yu Wenyue, Yan Ting, Yuan Che and other important civil and military ministers. Within a few years after proclaiming the emperor, he passed the throne to his and Xiao Yu's son Zhou Cheng, and made

Xiao Yu came to assist Zhou Cheng, who was still young.

Zhou You, who no longer had much interest in being an emperor, truly trusted his civil servants and generals, vigorously delegated power, and was completely able to trust their loyalty to him.

Even if Yan Ting and the others leave this world in the future, with Li Yan and Xiao Yu here to assist, Zhou You is not worried at all that other civil and military officials who have accepted the Datong ideology will threaten Zhou Cheng's throne and shake the rule of the new Datong Dynasty.

It is precisely because of these loyal civil and military assistants that the Datong New Dynasty, which was only a dozen years old after its founding, was able to conquer the entire northwest. Zhou Cheng, who had just come of age and took charge of the government, had already reached the peak of his reputation. If you like movies and TV shows, please sign in.
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