In April, as Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion became more and more apparent, Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng, wrote a desperate blood letter, asking his cronies to send it to Xiangyang quickly, and Hao Jingchun, the magistrate of Fang County, also desperately asked Xiong Wencan for reinforcements.

For a while, the situation in Huguang was tense, and at this moment, Zuo Liangyu came to Xiangyang again.

"Kunshan, what kind of wind blew you here?" Xiong Wencan sat on the Taishi chair, holding the blue and red colored flower teacup in his hand, gently smacking the fragrant tea, and then raised his head to look at Zuo Liangyu, who pressed the handle of the knife and walked into the lobby.

Zuo Liangyu sat down beside Xiong Wencan unceremoniously, took off the saber casually, and slapped it heavily on the table: "Lord Mansion!" It's all burning eyebrows, you still have the heart to drink tea here? ”

Xiong Wencan glanced down at Zuo Liangyu's saber on the table, turned his head and instructed the maid: "Why are you still stunned?" Hurry up and show General Kunshan tea! ”

"Tea doesn't have to be!" Zuo Liangyu waved his hand to stop the maid, then leaned forward, and said anxiously, "Does Lord Zhifu know that Zhang Xianzhong is transporting a large number of ordnance to Fangshan, what does he want to do?" Isn't this a rebellion! ”

"Kunshan, you're too worried! Some time ago, Li Chuang infiltrated Gucheng, if Jingxuan really wanted to rebel, how could he arrest the whole city with great fanfare? Xiong Wencan smiled and waved his hand.

"Hmph, maybe it's the two thieves who have unevenly divided the spoils and caused infighting, and the thief will always be a thief!" Zuo Liangyu said hatefully.

"Since they are officials in the same dynasty, how can they always have prejudices because they are from a rogue background? As the saying goes, there is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, and I won't tell you that the matter of transporting ordnance is actually arranged by the old man, so don't make any more noise about Kunshan! Xiong Wencan said as he put the teacup back on the table, got up and patted Zuo Liangyu on the shoulder.

"Lord Commander, is it your arrangement to transport ordnance?" Zuo Liangyu looked at Xiong Wencan suspiciously.

Xiong Wencan put his hands behind his back and paced slowly in front of Zuo Liangyu: "Yes, the old man thinks that Li Chuang is definitely not a thing in the pool, and he will definitely not give up after this setback, in order to prevent him from raiding Xiangyang, the old man asked Jing Xuan to build a new camp in Fangshan, and put more ordnance, thinking that it was an outpost." ”

"Really?" After listening to Xiong Wencan, Zuo Liangyu was still skeptical.

"Kunshan, what do you say the old man is lying to you?" Xiong Wencan stroked his beard lightly and said casually.

"The last general still can't rest assured, so he will take the troops to Fangshan to take a look, once Zhang Xianzhong shows a little back, don't blame the town for being ruthless!" Zuo Liangyu stood up from the Taishi chair with his knees propped up, grabbed the saber on the table, and turned around to leave.

"Kunshan stays!" Seeing that Zuo Liangyu was leaving, Xiong Wencan hurriedly stepped forward and stopped him.

"Do you still have orders?" Zuo Liangyu stopped.

Xiong Wencan pulled Zuo Liangyu with a smile on his face: "Kunshan, the old man knows that you are loyal and patriotic, but it is noon now, and it is a long way to go to Fangshan, and you have had lunch in the house, so it is not too late to go." ”

Zuo Liangyu thought for a moment, thinking that Xiong Wencan was his top boss after all, and it was not good to save his face, and besides, he was just pretending to be a gesture, and he didn't really want to go to Fangshan, so he no longer insisted, and nodded his head and agreed.

Xiong Wencan led Zuo Liangyu to the flower hall to sit down, ordered a banquet, and sat with him for a while, then asked the two staff members to continue to accompany Zuo Liangyu to eat and drink on the grounds that he was busy with official business, and then walked out of the flower hall alone, called his confidant Zhao Zhixuan, and whispered to him.

Out of the prime minister's line, Zhao Zhixuan Pegasus left Xiangyang, crossed the Xiangjiang River by boat, took the immortal pontoon bridge and went straight to Gucheng along the official road, and rushed to Zhang Xianzhong's mansion as soon as he entered the city.

"Stop, who's coming?" The two guards guarding the door saw this person's eyes, and hurriedly walked down the steps to stop him.

Zhao Zhixuan jumped off the horse, hugged his fists towards the two and said: "Under the orders of the Lord of the Imperial Palace, I have an urgent matter to meet General Jingxuan, please let the little brother know." ”

Hearing that it was a person sent by Xiong Wencan, Hu Wei didn't dare to slack off, leaving one of them to watch Zhao Zhixuan at the door, and the other person quickly dodged into the door and reported.

After a while, the guard came out of it, walked up to Zhao Zhixuan and said, "Respectful handsome, please come with me." ”

Under the guidance of Hu Wei, Zhao Zhixuan walked through the front hall and went straight to the lobby.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong, Zhao Zhixuan looked at him deeply and said, "Under Zhao Zhixuan, meet General Jingxuan." ”

"I don't know what Lord Rule's opinion is today?" Zhang Xianzhong sat on the Taishi's chair and stroked his long brown hair, without a trace of expression on his face.

Zhao Zhixuan got straight to the point and said: "Today, Zuo Shuai came to Xiangyang and sued the general for stealing weapons to Fangshan, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong listened to what he said, his face couldn't help but change, and his long bearded hand stopped in mid-air in an instant, Bai Wenxuan, who was standing on the side, saw this situation, and immediately pressed his right hand on the saber, staring at Zhang Xianzhong, just waiting for him to give an order, he was about to draw his knife and kill Zhao Zhixuan.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong's expression was not natural, and seeing Bai Wenxuan's eyes next to him showing a fierce light, Zhao Zhixuan suddenly understood that Zuo Liangyu was not bad, this Zhang Xianzhong was really going to be opposed.

Zhao Zhixuan was frightened in his heart, but he still had a calm expression on the surface, and continued: "Zuo Shuai claimed that the general had a bad plan and was about to lead the troops to find out. ”

"You mean Zuo Liangyu is coming?" Hearing Zuo Liangyu's name, the wounds on Zhang Xianzhong's face and arm couldn't help but start to ache faintly.

"General Jingxuan, rest assured, the lord of the mansion trusts you, and has temporarily stabilized Zuo Shuai in the mansion, and he has come to remind the general, please be cautious, don't let Zuo Shuai grab the handle."

Zhang Xianzhong thought he was doing a hidden job of transporting ordnance, but his subordinates acted inconsiderately, and he still let Zuo Liangyu find out, but Xiong Wencan didn't know about this from beginning to end, but today he helped himself to lie, which made Zhang Xianzhong a little unexpected.

While hesitating, Zhang Xianzhong turned around and saw that Bai Wenxuan's knife was out of its sheath, and he quickly glared at it and said sternly: "Yugong! What are you doing here? Distinguished guests here, don't put away the knife quickly! ”

Bai Wenxuan didn't dare to disobey, so he slowly inserted the exposed half of the blade back into the sheath.

"I'm afraid that the lord of the palace won't be able to drag on much, I have seen Zuo Shuai a few times in Xingyuan, if he bumps into him here, it will not be good, and please prepare the general quickly, and I will leave here." Zhao Zhixuan finished conveying Xiong Wencan's message, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, made a gesture towards Zhang Xianzhong, and then left in a hurry.

Sending Zhao Zhixuan away, Zhang Xianzhong immediately asked people to call Wang Bingzhen, Xu Yixian and Pan Duao.

After listening to Zhang Xianzhong's talk about the situation just now, Wang Bingzhen looked puzzled and said: "When did this Prime Minister Xiong become our own people?" ”

Pan Duao shook the folding fan, shook his head and said: "No, no, in my opinion, Xiong Wencan's move is really a self-protection strategy." ”

"Master Pan, what do you mean by that?" Zhang Xianzhong asked curiously.

The corners of Pan Duao's mouth rose slightly, put away the folding fan with a snap, and slapped his palms rhythmically with the fan body, and said unhurriedly: "Recruiting Jingshuai is Xiong Wencan's greatest political capital, if Jingshuai pulls the flag and rebels again, he Xiong Wencan will die without a place to be buried, this is the biggest death hole of our prime minister!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Yixian took over the conversation, "Xiong Wencan knows that Zuo Liangyu and Jingshuai are not in harmony, and now Zuo Liangyu is suing us for rebellion, although the heart of this lord is also open, but it is already difficult to ride a tiger, as long as we don't have anything to do for a day, he can live one more day of comfort, you say, can this elbow not turn out?" ”

"Lao Xu, listen to what you said, I, Lao Zhang, pity this lord of the palace." The sly look on Zhang Xianzhong's face flashed.

"It's come to this, let's think about how to deal with Zuo Liangyu first!" Wang Bingzhen reminded.

After Wang Bingzhen said, Zhang Xianzhong patted his head and said: "Yes, yes, yes!" If it weren't for Lao Wang's reminder, I would have almost forgotten about it! Now that the preparations for the move have not yet been completed, don't make a mistake at this critical moment! ”

Pan Duao glanced around, lowered his voice and said: "In my opinion, we must make preparations with both hands, if Zuo Liangyu doesn't see the flaw, we will still act according to the original plan, if he sees the flaw, we must act decisively!" First use an ambush to eliminate Zuo Liangyu, and then quickly seize Fang County, forming a corner trend, and then trying to Xiangyang. ”

"What Xiucai said is not bad, in order to ensure safety, we still need to seek the help of one person." Speaking of this, Xu Yixian suddenly stopped talking and sold a pass.

Seeing that Xu Yixian suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, Zhang Xianzhong glared at him: "Old Xu, when is it, if you have a fart, let it go!" ”

Xu Yixian saw that Zhang Xianzhong didn't buy his account, and hurriedly said: "Jing Shuai, this person is your father-in-law, the old general Long Zaitian, if there is a war, we don't ask the Yunnan army to send troops to help, just watch from the wall, and this win will be a few percent." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong even claimed that it was, thinking that he had been detected by Zuo Liangyu anyway, so he simply ordered Dingguo to no longer cover up, stepped up the delivery of ordnance to Fangshan, and asked Zhang Kewang to go to Fancheng to meet Long Zaitian, and asked him to open up when Gucheng made an incident.

Long Zaitian read the past friendship and agreed, and sent the deputy general Xu Mingchen and Yifu to follow Zhang Kewang to Gucheng, and promised Zhang Xianzhong in person that if Gucheng did something, the Dian army would not move.

At this time, in the early morning sun, located in Liujiawan, the Longxiang camp station, the camp tent is dense, the military flag hunting, Dingguo wears a bronze helmet, wears a gold lacquered mountain pattern armor, covers a red brocade robe, holds a plum blossom gun, turns over and steps onto the "two buckets of gold", and begins the daily routine inspection with more than ten personal soldiers.

When the soldiers in the camp saw Dingguo coming, they all stood and saluted.

After inspecting the camp, Dingguo immediately ordered all the soldiers to go back to the tent to rest, and then went out of the camp alone, and came to a small river next to a nearby village.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, all the girls raised their heads one after another, and when they heard the sound, they suddenly saw the handsome faces of the young general on horseback, all of them were slightly red, and they buried their heads again shyly, while continuing to wash their clothes, they secretly raised their heads from time to time, and looked at Dingguo.

Dingguo stopped his horse, jumped off the horse, unloaded the saddle, and then took out a short-bristled brush from the cowhide bag hanging on the saddle, and combed the jujube red oily hair for the beloved "Erdoujin".

As soon as he finished washing the horse, he saw the captain of the army, Wang Guoren Pegasus, come to the river, and shouted: "Boss! A herald sent by the commander is waiting for you in the camp! ”

Dingguo nodded at Wang Guoren, then quickly hung the saddle back on the back of the "Erdoujin" horse, flew on the horse, and rushed back to the Liujiawan camp with Wang Guoren.

As soon as he entered the Chinese military tent, the herald came up and reported with his fists: "General Dingguo, Marshal Jing ordered you to immediately organize manpower and step up the delivery of ordnance to Fangshan, this matter is very important, and you must not be neglected!" ”

After sending off the heralds, Dingguo immediately summoned the generals and divided the Longxiang battalion into ten teams, each with 1,000 people, and every three teams as a battalion, one of which was loaded, one was escorted, and one was received, each performing its own duties. The three battalions took turns to work, day and night, and the path leading to Fangshan was full of cars and horses for a while.

Speaking of Zuo Liangyu, he had already decided that Zhang Xianzhong was going to rebel, how could he stupidly go to Gucheng to throw himself into the net, and after the prime minister finished eating wine and food, he drunkenly made a generous statement in front of Xiong Wencan, and then returned home with his own soldiers.

After all, for Zuo Liangyu, he has advised Xiong Wencan several times, but he Xiong Wencan refuses to listen, if Zhang Xianzhong really rebels, this black pot of poor supervision will of course not fall on his head.

Under the surging undercurrent, the war is about to break out.