Speaking of this, Zhou Xian paused for a moment and shook his head helplessly, "I really can't figure out why he abandoned the foundation of Henan and led the main army to expedition to Shaanxi. The capital? At present, the northern part is famine and the drought is severe. Even if he captures the capital, what should he rely on to support his hundreds of thousands of troops? How to govern more than ten thousand hungry people in the northern part? In my opinion, if you want to seize the capital, a general will lead 100,000 elite troops is enough! But he personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to the capital, completely ignoring his newly occupied places, completely without a solid foundation. Once defeated, he will be defeated thousands of miles away."

Li Dingguo frowned, "Are you saying Dorgon going to lead the Qing army into the pass? Do the Manchus have such great ambitions? Even if they have such ambitions, will they have this strength?"

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly and said, "The Manchu Captains currently occupy the bitter and cold land in Liaodong. Since Nurhaci, they have never stopped their intention to invade the Central Plains. Although their land and population are incomparable to the Central Plains, Dorgon is wise and good at planning, cruel and deceitful. He has more than 200,000 troops under his command, and they are all brave and good at fighting. I dare to say that any force in the Central Plains is not his opponent alone, and even hundreds of thousands of troops of the rebellion army cannot do it. But now every force fighting in the world despises Manchu Captains so much that he does not care about Dorgon at all. Once he leads his troops into the pass, how should he resist? This is also one of the reasons why I am unwilling to dispatch troops from the north and take Gaoyou with a strong attack. The loss is too great, and the troops in my hands are not enough to deal with the chaos in the future, so that others can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Li Dingguo said with some doubt: "But you sent troops to attack our army and the rebel army at the same time before?"

Zhou Xian replied: "That is for self-protection and to eliminate your threats to our army. Only by occupying the entire Shandong and avoiding the threat can I feel at ease when I go north."

"Going north? Are you going to the capital now?" Li Dingguo was a little surprised.

Zhou Xian nodded, "I still want to try my best to try the king and minister. If I can convince Emperor Chongzhen to move out of the capital, I still have some expectations for this world. And there is also some personal matters about me. Even if the capital falls, I must bring some people out safely."

Zhou Tai was also surprised, "Uncle, it's not safe there. How many soldiers are you going to take?"

Zhou Xian shook his head, "I haven't thought about it yet. I have sent a letter to Li Kai and asked him to draw the elite troops from Dezi Camp for me. Then, it will be enough to draw some from the Second Army. Haven't Yang Yan and the others already gone to Dezhou?"

As he said that, he smiled and turned to Li Dingguo, "Brother Li, please write a letter to Zhu Youjian and Sun Kewang for me! Tell them that I will not take the initiative to attack the Gaoyou defenders again and are willing to maintain cooperation with them in the future. In order to show sincerity, I will take the initiative to release a group of prisoners and will go back."

Li Dingguo looked up at Zhou Xian, as if he was sure whether he was joking? "I can write this letter. But can you guarantee what you said?"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "I am not Ji Bu, I promise a thousand gold. You may not believe it if you say too much guarantee. I can only say that before I go to the capital and come back, Liu Konghe will only prevent the main force of the Longwu Army from crossing the Yellow River and Gaoyou, and Liu Wenxiu from Yangzhou from crossing the Yellow River. But if Liu Wenxiu plans to give up the two cities and withdraw the army east of the Huai River, I will not stop it. There is only one premise, he will evacuate in batches to avoid misunderstandings."

Li Dingguo nodded slightly. Zhou Xian was worried that most of Liu Wenxiu's body would leave the city and attack Liu Konghe with the Longwu army on the west bank of the Huai River. The evacuation in batches was avoiding this problem. "Okay, I'll write it."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "That's great. Look, we have a common goal now."

Li Dingguodao: "Even if you reach a peace agreement with the Longwu Army, what about the rebel army! They still have a lot of troops in Henan, what do you plan to deal with it?" Li Dingguo became more and more curious about Zhou Xian, and couldn't help but consider the problem from his perspective.

Zhou Xian said: "It's similar to the way of treating Longwu Army. Mrs. Gao sent an envoy to test me. The most important thing is to see if I have the possibility of joining the tide army? I have decided to release the thirty treacherous generals, including He Jin. I think that if this is the initiative to show goodwill, Luxi should not have any war in a short period of time?"

"Are you lying to them?"

Zhou Xian shook his head, "The situation in the world is unknown, I am just willing to cooperate with anyone. At present, I don't want to fight with it, and the crusade army in Henan may be the same. I just gave them a step. For me, the worst case scenario is that the Manchus entered the Central Plains and all the Han people became their slaves. Apart from that, everything else is acceptable, including the King of Chuang Li Zicheng who won the world. Forget it, I won't talk about this for the time being. Brother Li, you have helped me with such a big helper, how should I thank you!"

Li Dingguo said with a mocking look on his face: "Then let me go!"

Zhou Xian shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Brother Li, I will be very sad when you leave me like this. Let's do this! I will no longer lock you in a room. I can send someone to go around you. You can decide where to go. As long as you are in Shandong, there is no problem. You think Zhu Youjian is a wise lord and wants me to surrender to him, and I have always wanted to convince you to surrender to me. Since this is the case, why don't you see if I can do better in Shandong than Zhu Youjian?"

Li Dingguo was even more surprised, "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

Zhou Xian sighed and said, "You don't want to surrender, and I can't keep you from locking you up all the time. I can only try to change your thoughts. It's not impossible if you want to leave, but I hope to at least wait until I return. Farewell without saying goodbye and taking the opportunity to escape, it seems that it will damage your reputation. Such a proud person, it seems that he will not choose to do that."

When he arrived in Jinan, Zhou Xian found that the situation was in chaos. His big victory stabilized the situation in Shandong, but the situation in Jingjin deteriorated to an uncontrollable level.

On the northern front, after reorganizing the border troops in the three towns, Li Zicheng continued to lead the army south. After discussing with Tang Tong, Qiu Minyang decided to guard Juyong Pass, and Qiu Minyang led his troops out of the pass to meet the enemy.

The official army set up an ambush fifty miles away from the pass and unexpectedly defeated the vanguard of the rebel army. However, with the arrival of the main force of the rebel army, the thousands of official army could only escape into the pass in a panic.

In the crisis, Emperor Chongzhen quickly ordered Xiong Tong, deputy general of the Beijing camp, to lead 5,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp to go north to reinforce. However, before he arrived at the place, the soldiers fled. Xiong Tong was afraid of the court's pursuit of crimes, so frightened that he actually sent someone to take the initiative to bypass Juyong Pass through a small path to contact Li Zicheng to express his intention of surrender.

Under his leadership, nearly two thousand rebels arrived at the rear of Juyong Pass through a small path. Fortunately, they were met by Zu Kuan's troops who arrived in time. He killed Xiong Tong in a formation and defeated the rebels. He set up an ambush on the small path so that the rebels would not dare to attack again.
Chapter completed!