"What does Guogong mean" Wu Sangui didn't know why for a while, so he asked suspiciously.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he smiled and pointed to a certain place outside with his hand and said, "Look over there, the leader of the thieves often looks at the situation in our camp. That scribe was dressed and very short, if I guessed correctly, it was Song Xiance, the military advisor in Li Zicheng's army."

Song Xiance is also known as Song Shorty, which shows how tall he is.

In the army of thieves, there were originally few scribes, and their characteristics were so obvious. Wu Sangui also held the binoculars and observed for a while, then nodded and said, "Guogong is right, that person must be the thief military master Song Xiance."

However, he still had doubts in his heart, and he didn't know what this had to do with what Guogong had just said

Zhang Mingwei naturally knew that he was still confused, so he continued to explain, "When I released those thieves and captives before, I made it clear that there is not much food and grass in our army. Believing this news, the leaders of the thieves already know about it. During this time, I have not let the officers and men in the army raise their profile, in fact, I also want the leaders of the thieves to guess how much we have left."

When he said this, he pointed to Song Xiance and the others, who were still watching, "I found out a few days ago that these bandit leaders come to observe our camp every day. If I'm not mistaken, I just want to know what the situation is in our army, whether it is about to be unable to hold on."

When Wu Sangui heard this, he suddenly realized, I see, it seems that Guogong's observation is really careful

Zhang Mingwei looked at his expression, understood in his heart what he was thinking at this time, and was not surprised, and continued to point to the thief camp and introduced to Wu Sangui, "You use the telescope to take a closer look at the back of the thief camp, although you can't see it very clearly, but compared to a few days ago, the swaying figure of the thief has been significantly reduced. In this case, judging from the current situation, it should be that the thieves have reduced the supply of rations and are living with their belts tightened. ”

That's the benefit of telescopes, which allow you to see more detail than with the naked eye.

When Zhang Mingwei said this, he said what he wanted to express at the beginning, and he said to Wu Sangui with a smile: "I am going to let the soldiers move, show their vitality, and let the leaders of the bandits, including the thieves, know that we are not only not short of food, but also have a high morale.

It can be said that these days, the thieves have been mainly besieged, and there has been no large-scale attack, nine times out of ten, it is because Zhang Mingwei released the false appearance of not much food and grass for the officers and soldiers to the thieves.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he really understood what Zhang Mingwei said, and couldn't help but be greatly impressed and said, "Guogong's clever plan, wonderful plan"

At this time, Zhang Mingwei is no longer the same as when he first crossed over. For the praise of him, I am already immune to it. Even if Wu Sangui is also a historical celebrity, such a person praises him, and he doesn't dare to say that there are as many as cows, but there are indeed a lot of them, and they are already numb.

When he returned to the Chinese military tent, Zhang Mingwei immediately convened a military meeting and passed down the general's order to let the armies publicize it.

Hearing such a military order, the generals of the various armies were naturally happy, and they liked this kind of thing the most.

On a high ground not far from the official camp of the imperial court, there were more than a dozen rogue thieves watching here. Judging from the clothes, these should be the generals among the thieves. The leader, who looks like he's in his thirties, is saying to a young general in his twenties next to him, "It's over, don't leave any resentment in your heart, understand?"

Hearing this, the young general was obviously still a little indignant and said to the leader, "Father-in-law, although they are talking about the big head, who doesn't know that they are also loyal to the general like a child. Why is the general so hard-hearted, he actually cut them all down, even beating them with a stick, children can understand it?"

Hearing this, this general, who was actually a tiger Li Guo, sighed and said to his son, Li Laiheng, "I know that you are actually still angry in your heart, hold it."

Speaking of this, he suddenly became a little more serious, stared at Li Laiheng and said, "The military order is like a mountain, no matter who it is, if you violate the military order, how can you play child's play, otherwise, everyone relies on the relationship with the general, and does not obey the general's orders, how can this fight the world?"

"What kind of world is really going to fight the world, maybe we will all be killed by him under his pretext" Li Laiheng was still a little unconvinced, and muttered in a low voice.

Although his voice was already very small, it was still heard by Li Guo, and suddenly, Li Guo was furious, raised his horsewhip and wanted to hit it.

Who knew that Li Laiheng was also a stunned young man, seeing this situation, not only was he not afraid, but he stiffened his neck and said, "Emperor Taizu still killed heroes back then, he will start killing now, if he really becomes the emperor, he will not kill"

As soon as he heard this, Li Guo couldn't help but be stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he asked angrily and funny, "Can this be the same"

"Why is it different" Li Laiheng listened to it and immediately retorted.

Li Guo listened, turned his head to look at the other people around him, all of them were his cronies, and seeing that they were all looking at him, he decided to make it clear, and pointed to the side of the official army with his hand and said, "The general is different from the mediocre and incompetent imperial court, he conforms to the mandate of heaven, and the more he fights, the stronger he becomes, this is the general of heaven's help." You think about it."

Before he finished speaking, Li Laiheng interrupted again, "What do you say about the Ming soldiers' pension and exemption regulations, and they are all saying that the prince is a good official, and what about the reduction of the imperial court's taxes by half?"

He was killed by Li Zicheng because he had a good partner, and he always had opinions in his heart, plus Li Guo was very good to him and was straight, so he took this opportunity to say a good thing.

When Li Guo heard what he said, he was stunned. He couldn't help but think back to the time before the two armies, and he was the closest

of course, when I saw that it was indeed Di Bao. Although he couldn't read the content clearly, he also understood that nine times out of ten it was true.

To be honest, it was quite shocking to him at the time. Although he didn't say much about it afterwards, he just buried it in his heart and didn't forget it.

At this time, when Li Laiheng mentioned it, he immediately thought about it again. Somewhat unexpectedly, he fell silent.

Although the thieves coerce the people to do evil, there is a simple concept that still exists.

There have been many records in the history books that the cities conquered by thieves were mostly used to recover stolen goods and help the local squires. However, there are also a small number of officials with good reputations, and if they fail to surrender, they will also let go and not kill.

Now that the court has suddenly changed, these thieves who still have a conscience in their hearts have become a little confused.

If the court has always been wicked, then they will definitely not have any ideas, just do it. But now, is it the best way out to continue to work with the imperial court, or to be recruited like Xiao Yuanying

If this time node is pushed forward, then maybe they will think that Zhao'an is the way out. In other words, if it was until the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, after Li Zicheng won the Central Plains War, then maybe they would not think about Zhao'an anymore.

It's just that in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, at such a time node before the Central Plains War, this choice is not easy to choose.

As Li Zicheng's nephew, there are some other cronies and generals, of course, they take Li Zicheng as the main thing, and this does not prevent them from thinking

After thinking for a while, Li Guo suddenly came back to his senses and thought to himself, what was wrong with him

So, he looked at Li Laiheng, who was staring at him, and said solemnly, "Don't think about it, the court is because it can't beat us, and it looks like we're going to beat the world, so they will change their ways and give some benefits to the death."

"Then why don't they fight for so long" Li Laiheng listened, pointed to the front with his hand and said, "Don't beat them"

The number of soldiers and the lack of soldiers are really not the most critical factor in the eyes of those who can fight.

Although Li Laiheng is young and has a straight temper, he is a young general who can fight, and this is also the case, so Li Guo loves and takes care of him as a righteous son.

When Li Guo heard this, he also pointed to the official army camp with his hand and said, "I'm afraid you don't know, the official army of the imperial court is also short of food, and the number of troops is small, I believe that it won't take long for us to destroy this official army."

As soon as his words fell, suddenly, there was a loud noise, which attracted the attention of all of them, and they all turned their heads to look.

"The wind is howling, the horses are howling"

Just listen to the side of the official camp, the loud and majestic singing sounded, spreading far and wide.

What can be heard from this song is that the morale of the officers and soldiers is like a rainbow. If you say that the officers and soldiers are short of food, who will believe it?

"Father-in-law, what do you say" Li Laiheng came back to his senses, and immediately looked at Li Guo and asked.

Li Guo ignored him, just staring at the official army camp.

"Defend your hometown, defend the Yellow River, and defend North China"

Listening to this singing, coupled with the feeling that Li Guo had just now, I don't know why, he suddenly sighed.

This song is really magical, I have heard it a lot, in fact, many people on the thief's side can already hum it. However, no one dared to hum it. And, when humming this song, I always feel guilty.

Li Guo wanted to educate Li Laiheng, but because of the unexpected situation in the camp of the imperial court, it was finally over.

Li Zicheng convened his subordinates to discuss, and at the beginning, there were still illusions, suspecting that this was a strategy for the imperial court officials and troops to strengthen the outside world.

But the next day, a new song came from the official camp, and this time, their illusions were shattered. If the officers and soldiers are really short of food, how can they still have the leisure to teach the soldiers to sing new tunes

And this song, the court officials and soldiers can really do it

"General, we can't go on like this" Song Xiance didn't dare to think about it anymore, and hurriedly said, "We must fight, otherwise our morale will really be gone"