The three of them hibernated for a long time behind the mound not far from the entrance of the village, but they never met the lone officers and soldiers, seeing that the time was not early, Wen Xiu couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Second brother, it's not a way to always nest like this, on weekdays, my father always praises you for having a lot of ghost ideas, but there is a good way?" ”

Dingguo frowned, and thought about it: "Aren't we bringing Xianglian with us." ”

"What?" After squatting motionless here for so long, Xianglian was already drowsy at the moment, and when she suddenly heard her name, she couldn't help but be stunned: "Why does this have anything to do with me again?" ”

Xianglian was still ignorant, but Wen Xiu had suddenly realized, patted her head and said, "Sure enough, the second brother has an idea!" ”

Dingguo motioned for the two of them to come forward, which was a whisper of instructions. After a while, I heard a terrible girl's scream at the entrance of the village, and a team of patrolling officers and soldiers soon heard the sound and found Xianglian standing alone on the side of the road.

"Hey, what kind of little girl is this, she looks so handsome! I said, little girl, what are you shouting? Come on, come on, tell your big brother Bing, big brother help you! The leader was a small flag officer, and I saw him with an obscene smile, and he reached out and touched Xianglian's face. Although Xianglian is not very old, but after so many years of experience on the battlefield, it is more than enough to deal with a ruffian, she deliberately pretended to be afraid, shrank back, and flexibly dodged the little flag officer's salty pig hand, the little flag officer used too much force, and couldn't help but stumble, a move of the butt to the sky, flat sand and goose style, and fell to the ground.

"Hahaha......" The officers and soldiers couldn't help but laugh when they saw this scene, and the little flag officer folded his face in front of his subordinates, and he was very unhappy in his heart, so he got up and glared angrily, and everyone's laughter stopped abruptly. Taking advantage of the distraction of the little flag officer, Xianglian saw the opportunity and kicked him hard under the crotch, and then ran to the river without looking back.

"Oops!" The little flag officer screamed miserably, so painful that he almost didn't kneel on the ground, thanks to the thick clothes in the winter, otherwise with the strength of this foot, he would really have to cut off his children and grandchildren. Seeing that Xianglian was about to run, he staggered up straight, endured the pain, and beckoned his subordinates to chase after him.

Since I followed Zuo Liangyu to Henan last year, I have encountered no female ghost in addition to soldiers or bandits every day, and for most of the year, I haven't even seen a female ghost, let alone a living person. Such a delicate and lovely little girl suddenly fell from the sky today, and the little flag official was already in spring at the moment, so how could he care about whether there was a fraud or not.

The little flag officer limped behind, and just chased a few steps, when he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly shouted to the person in front: "Slow! This is a plan for thieves to move the tiger away from the mountain! You don't have to chase anymore, hurry back to camp! If you are mixed in with thieves and soldiers, the chief soldier will have to ask us! ”

"Don't chase it? Boss, what about you? Everyone was yelled at by the little flag officer, and they all turned their heads with puzzled expressions.

"Lao Tzu's affairs, when will it be your turn to take care of it! Hurry up and get back to Lao Tzu! The little flag official scolded with a straight face.

Everyone was not stupid, and immediately understood that Xiao Jiujiu in the heart of the little flag officer, although he complained, he still took his own orders to go back to the camp.

But said that the little flag officer didn't feel pain all over his body at this time, chased Xianglian all the way, and soon came to the bank of the river, the turbulent river stopped in front of him, Xianglian had to stop, turned around and leaned on a big stone, looking left and right to hope that she was not in a hurry.

"Run! Little beauty, see where you are going......" The little flag officer licked his lips and slowly walked towards Xianglian with a sneer, but before he finished speaking, a cold dagger had been placed on his neck from behind. The biting chill made the little flag officer's legs weak, and he trembled and said, "Good man, spare ...... Spare your life! ”

I saw Dingguo holding a dagger in his hand, and the blade slowly wrapped around the neck of the little flag officer in front of him, and Wen Xiu also walked out from behind the big stone beside Xianglian at this moment.

"Brother!" Seeing Dingguo and Wenxiu, Xianglian breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said indignantly, "You two bastards! Why did it only appear at this time, and if you don't come again, your aunt and grandmother will really jump into the river! Zhang Dingguo! What kind of bad idea do you think you've come up with? But it hurt me! Halfway through his words, he caught a glimpse of the little flag officer, and he was even more angry, and he couldn't help but kick him hard under the crotch.

"Wow......" Before the little flag officer could shout out of his pig-like scream, Wen Xiu had already reached out to cover his mouth, and the little flag officer was covered with his mouth and nose, unable to speak or breathless, his whole face suddenly turned red, and he rolled his eyes straight up, and after a while, he fainted.

Wen Xiu turned her head and glared at Xianglian, and made a silent gesture: "Sister, don't mess around!" This is not far from the enemy camp, if the movement is too big, it will be troublesome to attract officers and soldiers! ”

Xianglian pouted and looked unconvinced: "Hmph, it's not fun at all, in the future, I will invite my aunt and grandmother with eight sedan chairs, and my aunt and grandmother will not come!" ”

Dingguo and Wenxiu didn't care about taking care of Xianglian, so they hurriedly took out the straw rope prepared in advance, tied the little flag official into a zongzi with three times and five divisions, and then took out a rag from nowhere and stuffed his mouth tightly.

"Hey, wake up!" After doing all this, Wen Xiu patted the little flag officer's face hard, trying to wake him up, but the little flag officer didn't react at all, "Why is this guy so careless, and he faints with a light kick?" Second brother, it seems that we will have to make some effort to get him back. ”

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble." As Ding Guo spoke, he dragged the little flag officer to the river, and slammed his head into the water, stimulated by the cold river water, the little flag officer instantly came to his senses, struggling and swaying his body. Seeing that it was almost over, Dingguo raised his hand to lift his head out of the water, and asked with a smile, "What kind of brother, are you sober?" When you're sober, come with us. ”

Xiaoqiguan's mouth was blocked and he couldn't speak, so he could only nod desperately in response, with a frightened look on his face, for fear that Dingguo would be unhappy and slaughter himself. The three of them then packed up and escorted the little flag officer back the same way.

Before they arrived at the gate of the old camp, they saw the chief manager Wang Shangli leading a team of guards to surround them, Wang Shangli stood in front of the three of them, raised his horse whip and looked black: "Okay, you stinky boys, you are really capable!" What is the crime of leaving the barracks without permission? ”

"Idle is idle, don't you want to do something for our Xiying!" Dingguo pointed to the small flag official tied up on the side and said, "Uncle Wang, look, this is the tongue caught today, and it is still a small leader!" ”

"Don't give me these useless things, I don't eat this! If everyone comes and goes as you do, what is the difference between our camp and the market? Military law is ruthless, how to deal with it, you have your own decision! You don't have to say more! Wang Shangli stiffened his face without a trace of expression, "Someone!" Take Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu down with this tongue! Separate detainments! Liu Xianglian is a female dependent, and escorted back to the account! Don't leave the camp without permission! ”

Although the guards are familiar with the three of them on weekdays, Wang Shangli's military order has been issued, and he has to carry it out. So Dingguo and Wenxiu were put on ropes respectively, symbolically tied a slipknot, and escorted away with the little flag officer, and Xianglian was also sent back to his tent accompanied by two guards.

When Zhang Xianzhong returned to the camp, it was late at night three days later. As soon as he returned to the old camp, Zhang Xianzhong didn't care about resting, so he immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals. The generals and leaders of the battalions gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army when they heard the sound of drums, and the old camp was brightly lit and full of people.

Zhang Xianzhong sat in the middle of the big tent, glanced around at the generals, and asked, "Why don't you see Dingguo and Wenxiu?" ”

Wang Shangli took a step forward and reported: "Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu left the camp without permission and violated military discipline!" Now in the back camp, waiting for the handsome to fall! ”

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand, Wang Shangli understood in his heart, and ordered loudly: "Take Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu!" ”

In a few moments, the four guards escorted Dingguo and Wenxiu into the big tent. After listening to the statements of the two, Zhang Xianzhong stroked his long hair, and the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, but said lightly: "Bring that tongue to my old Zhang." ”

The guards were naturally polite to Dingguo and Wenxiu, but they didn't have such a good temper when they were replaced by small flag officials. This little flag officer also deserves to be unlucky, a few days ago he was still commanding in front of his subordinates, and he never thought that he would become a prisoner for some reason, and he had nowhere to vent his grievances, and he was pushed all the way into the big tent like this, and he didn't know where he was, and he couldn't help but scold.

"Get down on my knees!" Behind him, a guard raised his scabbard and struck a heavy blow at the leg socket of the little flag officer.

The little flag officer was in pain, and fell to his knees with a thud. When he looked up and wanted to continue scolding, he saw Zhang Xianzhong's fierce face on the main seat. At the moment when the four eyes met, the little flag officer suddenly became agitated, and suddenly lost the arrogance just now, kowtowing like pounding garlic: "The king spares his life!" The king spares his life! ”

Zhang Xianzhong sneered: "Spineless thing!" Anyway, as long as you tell us all about the deployment of the official army, I may not be embarrassed by Lao Zhang as soon as I am happy, how about it? ”

How dare the little flag officer say a word at this moment, and immediately spit out everything he knew.

"All said and done?" After the little flag officer finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong asked expressionlessly.

"In ...... There is only so much I know......" The little flag officer raised his head slightly, and glanced at Zhang Xianzhong tremblingly.

"Our hundreds of thousands of righteous soldiers have made such a big move in Henan, and his mother's officers and soldiers have come with such a few people! It's boring! Zhang Xianzhong touched his nose as he spoke, "Since you're done, let's push it out and cut it." All the guards have followed Zhang Xianzhong for many years, and when they saw him touching his nose, they already understood the meaning. As soon as the words came out, they had already swarmed up, and the small flag officer dragged him out of the tent.

"King! You can't be untrustworthy! The king spares his life...... Spare your life...... Ah......" The little flag officer was dragged out crying all the way, and the sound came from near and far, accompanied by a miserable scream.

After executing the small flag officer, Zhang Xianzhong returned to the truth and ordered Zhang Kewang to convey the combat strategy set by the Xingyang Conference to the generals and leaders in the battalion.

It turned out that at the Xingyang Conference in the past two days, the Zhulu Righteous Army had always been indecisive about the next step of the strategy of resisting the enemy, and later, under the encouragement of the general Li Zicheng, it was decided to adopt its "one husband is still excited, and there are 100,000 people!" Officers and men are incapacitated, so it is advisable to divide the troops and set the direction of the situation. "The suggestion is to divide the troops and attack the enemy in all directions. Ge Li Eye, Zuo Jin King as Sichuan Lake soldiers, Hengtian King, mixed 100,000 as Sichuan and Shaanxi soldiers, Cao Cao, Guotianxing, etc., on the river, when Kaifeng, return to Germany soldiers, Lao Huihui, nine dragons and other back and forth strategy. And Zhang Xianzhong's western camp joined forces with King Gao Yingxiang to attack the east.

After Zhang Kewang finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong immediately made arrangements for the next Xiying operation: "Zhang Kewang! Liu Jinzhong! Command the two of you to be the main and deputy vanguards! Lead 5,000 fine rides, make food for three watches, and set off for five watches! Join forces with Lao Huihui, King Sweeper, and King Taiping to capture Yingchuan! ”

"Command!" Zhang Kewang and Liu Jinzhong strode out of the ranks and took the military order.

Zhang Xianzhong turned his head to Dingguo and Wenxiu again: "Zhang Dingguo! Zhang Wenxiu! You two boys have the audacity to leave the camp in defiance of military discipline! Lao Tzu should have beaten you with a hundred military sticks, but for the sake of your tongue catching alive, it is also a credit, so I will write down this stick for the time being! Order the two of you to go out with Kewang! Raid Yingchuan and make the merit a crime! Hear no! ”

"Obey my father's orders!" When Dingguo and Wenxiu heard that there was a battle to fight, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, stuck out their tongues at Wang Shangli, and hurriedly received the order.

"Before the rest of the generals tomorrow, they must put their troops and horses in order, join forces with King Gao Chuang to march eastward, and turn his mother Chongzhen upside down!" Zhang Xianzhong stood up from his seat abruptly and stared straight ahead.

"Turn him upside down! Turn him upside down! The generals' emotions were instantly ignited, and they roared in unison.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the sky was just dawning, and the rebel armies outside Xingyang City and on both sides of the Suo River set up camp one after another, and marched in all directions in accordance with the previously agreed deployment. For a time, the Central Plains was thousands of miles, north to the Great River, south to the Chu Boundary, and the spread was all righteous army. The officers and soldiers, Nanyang Chen Yongfu, Xin'an, Mianchi Zuo Liangyu, and Ruzhou Chen Zhibang, are all thousands of soldiers, and they are assigned to divide the land, sit on the armor for self-protection, and cannot coordinate.