Time quietly arrived in March of the 16th year of Chongzhen.
Xiangyang, Hubei Province, inside the government office.
Li Zicheng was wearing a dragon robe. Under the support of his subordinates, Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing, Li Laiheng, Li Guo, Li Yan, and other generals, he changed Xiangyang to Xiangjing, officially becoming king and establishing the Great Shun regime.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
As the generals and officials bowed to Li Zicheng, it also meant that Li Zicheng had ended his wandering life for more than ten years. He occupied the mountain as king and established a regime.
Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the throne, was full of pride. From the beginning of his rebellion, he had never thought that he would one day become king.!
At this time, he was full of fighting spirit and prepared to launch a counterattack against Da Ming.
His subordinates were also very excited on this day. As Li Zicheng became king, they were also rewarded one by one. This meant that their careers had been affirmed. After more than ten years of wandering, they finally saw the dawn of victory.
In this temporary capital of the Great Shun Regime, Li Zicheng and his subordinates set the strategic goal of first taking Guanzhong in the west, using Guanzhong as the foundation, and then attacking the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
After reorganizing the army, establishing discipline, establishing political power, and winning the hearts of the people, they first took Xi'an, occupied Guanzhong, and then came up with a strategy to attack the capital.
Li Zicheng's Great Shun Regime had a clear strategic goal. All the soldiers and civilians had a goal to strive for. The entire Great Shun Regime began to enter the fast lane of development.
With Xiang Capital as the starting point, the northern expedition began.
The Great Shun Army, which had already rested and prepared for more than three months, erupted with a battle strength far greater than before and once again charged into the Henan region.
At the same time.
The news of Li Zicheng changing Xiangyang to Xiangjing, establishing the Great Shun Regime, and officially becoming king, once again invading Henan with unstoppable momentum, reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
Chongzhen was furious and scolded the cabinet elders present on the spot.
Last year was his most miserable year. Li Zicheng's refugee army rampaged through the Central Plains and killed many vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. He followed behind them and wiped his ass in a sorry state. He was even questioned by those of the same surname as Zhu.
Many elders of the vassal kings wrote to him and almost told him that if he still could not deal with Li Zicheng's refugee army, they would form their own army to suppress the bandits!
How could Chongzhen allow these vassal kings to build an army with confidence?!
Ever since Chengzu Zhu Li took over his nephew Zhu Yunwen's territory as a Fan King, the entire Ming Dynasty viewed the Fan King as the biggest threat.
The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had the title of king, but they had no real power.
It was just a pig raised by the Ming Emperor in the Imperial Residence.
In addition, the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to see the rise of powerful vassal kings, which would weaken their power and reduce the power of the court they controlled. They were extremely strict with the vassal kings.
There were even some civil officials who had lost their moral integrity. They would cause trouble if there was nothing to do. They would give the vassal kings the label of rebellion and treason to increase their military achievements and reputation.
It could be said that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were the most miserable.
Li Zicheng's refugee army had wreaked havoc in the Divine Prefecture for more than ten years, killing many vassal kings, causing them to feel insecure. They also realized the opportunity to restore the dignity and power of the vassal kings. They frantically wrote letters to Chongzhen, hoping that the vassal kings would have the power to form an army.
In order to dispel the intention of the Ming Dynasty's vassal kings to form an army, Chongzhen had spent a lot of energy and words, and he was in a sorry state.
It wasn't easy to pacify these vassal kings. Who knew that Li Zicheng, this bastard, actually stopped being a hooligan and actually made himself king!
A king with soldiers, citizens, and territory, how powerful was that?
Chong Zhen felt a deep sense of threat. The first thing he thought of was to suppress him immediately. Otherwise, with the passage of time, Li Zicheng, the self-proclaimed 'fake king' would become the real king!
Who knows, there might be another self-proclaimed emperor!
When the Manchu Tartars established the Qing Empire and Huang Jitai proclaimed himself emperor, Chongzhen was so angry that he almost vomited blood and wanted to suppress him. Later on, they realized that they could not defeat the Manchu Tartars, so they left it at that. Of course, the imperial court did not recognize the Qing Dynasty and only regarded it as a foreign traitor.
But fortunately, the Manchu Tartars were of a different race, so even if they proclaimed themselves emperor, they wouldn't affect many Han people, so why not let them go?
However, Li Zicheng was different. He was a Han citizen who had fought his way out of Shaanxi, and his subordinates were also Han soldiers and civilians.
If he were to become the emperor, then there would be no two suns in the sky. He, Emperor Chongzhen, would be in danger!
This was an existence that could truly affect his throne!
Emperor Chongzhen, who sensed the danger, began to frantically issue orders to the commander of the army. There was only one main purpose: to eliminate Li Zicheng, the "fake king", as soon as possible.
For a time, the entire Great Ming Dynasty was about to face a storm!
The news of Li Zicheng becoming king shook the entire Great Ming!
It attracted almost all of Da Ming's gazes.
Many of the local forces of the Ming Dynasty, the wealthy merchants, and the local aristocrats who did not pay much attention to Li Zicheng's peasant army, finally set their sights on the Great Shun Regime established by Li Zicheng.
The Great Ming Empire was on the verge of collapse. The change of dynasty and the change of master in the Divine Prefecture were signs that everyone could see. This had happened countless times in history.
The wealthy merchants began to worry about the future. Even though they had looked down on Li Zicheng's peasant army, they began to invest and bet on Li Zicheng's establishment of the Great Shun Dynasty.
Although Li Zicheng was in high spirits at the moment, he had not become arrogant. Resources from various families were constantly sent over, and he did not reject them.
He even spread the slogan of " Open the city gates and welcome the Roaming King. When the Roaming King comes, he won't pay any grain " all over the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.
It had to be said that this slogan was very popular among the people of Great Ming. It was also very catchy and immediately won the hearts of countless people of Great Ming. People from all walks of life came to vote for each other.
Li Zicheng's Great Shun Dynasty's strength rapidly expanded at an explosive speed.
Food, weapons, equipment, soldiers, and other resources also began to become sufficient with the support of the various families.
He no longer looked like a beggar.
Shandong Dengzhou Prefecture Weihai Wei.
With the arrival of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng established the Great Shun Regime. Emperor Chongzhen was furious and frantically mobilized troops to encircle the newly established Great Shun Regime, attracting the attention of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Lin Feng also held a low-key military meeting and was prepared to use this opportunity to occupy the entire Dengzhou Prefecture, as well as the neighboring Laizhou Prefecture, and the entire Shandong Peninsula.
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