After listening to Hui Dengxiang's report, Zuo Liangyu felt that Zhang Xianzhong was different from before this time, so he personally led the Chinese soldiers and horses to watch. [No pop-ups. He immediately stood on the high slope, looked from a distance, and saw that Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were only a few hundred people, and the leader was holding a big banner, and there was a person standing on the horizontal knife under his banner, which was actually Zhang Xianzhong.

Zuo Liangyu frowned slightly, he didn't know what Zhang Xianzhong was going to do, and then looked at the dense forest behind Zhang Xianzhong, and he didn't dare to venture in, so he asked Hui Dengxiang to go over and answer first.

Hui Dengxiang came to the front of the battle, and several guards raised their shields to cover him, and came forward to the river, shouting: "Is there the eight kings on the other side" Zhang Xianzhong saw Hui Dengxiang, and knew that Zuo Liangyu was nearby, so he also took two guards, protected them with shields, came to the river bank, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a star, but recently it has made a fortune, congratulations." Hui Dengxiang smiled: "This is also the blessing of the eight kings, today you take this little bit of people and horses, wait for me here, do you also want to return to the court?"

Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "If you want to say that you want to return to the court, I Zhang Xianzhong has not done it once or twice, there was no way before, you know, being forced to a dead end, temporarily surrendering, is also a strategy to survive in death." However, this time it is not, to tell you the truth, Lao Tzu will never surrender from now on. ”

Whitden was furious and shouted, "Then what are you doing here?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I just have something to say, I want to say to Zuo Liangyu, you go back, call Zuo Liangyu to come, and tell him that if you don't listen, he will regret it very much." ”

Whitden sneered: "No matter what tricks you play, I won't be fooled." I want General Zuo to come in person, unless you surrender. ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and a group of people and horses came running, headed by a big flag, with the left word on the book, it was Zuo Liangyu who arrived.

It turned out that Zuo Liangyu listened to the answer between the two and felt that Zhang Xianzhong must have something important to tell him, if Hui Dengxiang scared Zhang Xianzhong away, he might miss a big thing, so he took the Chinese army and ran to the front of the battle.

Zuo Liangyu was surrounded by twenty or thirty ironclad soldiers, and when he arrived by the river, he smiled at Zhang Xianzhong: "Eight kings, I'm here in Zuo, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "You let Guo Tianxing stay away, I don't want him to hear this." ”

Zuo Liangyu turned his head to Hui Dengxiang and said, "You return to your own formation, don't come over." Hui Deng received the order and retreated, leaving only Zuo Liangyu and dozens of personal soldiers here.

Between Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu, there is only a river one zhang wide, Zhang Xianzhong learned what Tang Sai'er said to him, and then smiled at Zuo Liangyu: "This is my heartfelt words, not only for my life, but also for the future of the general, please think twice." ”

Zuo Liangyu was silent.

Although he has not read a book, he also knows some allusions, Zhang Xianzhong said that the rabbit died and the dog cooked, there have happened too many times in history, and he can't help but don't want to. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu also understands that at present, Li Zicheng's troops have been almost wiped out by Hong Chengchou, if Zhang Xianzhong is captured and killed on his side, the world will be stable, and when the time comes, his "feat" of burning, killing and looting will inevitably be impeached by the officials in the court, and at that time, the emperor may not necessarily protect himself, because the world is stable and there are no thieves to suppress, so naturally he will not be needed.

Zhang Xianzhong was happy when he saw that Zuo Liangyu was silent and did not answer, he knew that Zuo Liangyu had been moved by his words, and he didn't need to listen to his reply at this time, so he hugged Zuo Liangyu with a fist: "General, think about it, Zhang will go first." ”

As he spoke, he led his men and horses back step by step, turned through the dense forest, and disappeared into the valley.

Zuo Liangyu thought to himself, did not move, Hui Dengxiang ran over, and said urgently: "General, Zhang Xianzhong has escaped, why don't you chase" Zuo Liangyu snorted: "This person has always been cunning, he came with hundreds of people to lure the formation, there must be an ambush, we must not be fooled, order the whole army, withdraw from the mountain, camp on the flat ground, without my order, no one is allowed to fight." ”

Hui Dengxiang didn't dare to disobey, so he had to lead his men and horses and slowly retreat.

Besides, Zhang Xianzhong ran out of the road with people, and found that no official troops came to chase after him, so he couldn't help laughing on the horse, and said to Li Dingguo: "The military advisor is really good at planning, just one word, Zuo Liangyu will never kill us desperately again." ”

He took his men and horses, caught up with the brigade, and quickly headed east.

Sure enough, as Tang Sai'er expected, Zuo Liangyu has been passive and sluggish since then, he hoarded people and horses in Zhushan, and he couldn't lie down, Yang Sichang ordered and urged many times, he just didn't listen, and said that he was sick, or the lack of military salary, and the soldiers were resentful, affecting morale, in short, he didn't go to war.

At this moment, Yang Sichang was half angry to death, but there was no way, Zuo Liangyu added the crown prince Shaobao, who was the red man in front of the emperor, and there were many horses and horses, and he was strong, so he didn't dare to move him, once he blamed Zuo Liangyu, he was forced to rebel again, but it was not a joke. Therefore, Yang Sichang had to swallow his anger and led his men to chase Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was afraid of Zuo Liangyu, others didn't pay attention to it at all, he only had more than 5,000 people, most of them were cavalry, so he acted like the wind, so he took Yang Sichang's nose and turned in circles, dragging the officials and soldiers to their deaths. However, the morale of the peasant army gradually rose.

Fan Ju saw all these things in his eyes, and was secretly happy in his heart, he knew that Yang Sichang could not mobilize Zuo Liangyu, so he would not be able to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong was not a fuel-efficient lamp, once he had the opportunity, he would inevitably stab the Ming army fiercely, at that time, the end of Yang Sichang was coming.

Therefore, Fan Ju attaches great importance to the relationship with Zuo Liangyu, and has written to him many times, praising Zuo Liangyu's merits, and has the intention of praising him as the first general of the Ming Dynasty. Zuo Liangyu has always respected literati, let alone Fan Ju, so he also deliberately accepted it, and the relationship between the two was very close for a while.

Zhang Xianzhong got a chance to breathe, his people and horses gradually increased, and the people who were scattered gradually returned to him, Zhang Xianzhong knew that the day when he sent Yang Sichang to the Ghost Gate Pass was not far away.

At this time, Hong Chengchou of Henan had learned that Li Zicheng had reorganized his men and horses and killed the news that he had returned to the Central Plains, and was about to arrange the task of killing him, when suddenly an urgent order came from the court, and Chongzhen reappointed him as the governor of Shanxi, and immediately rushed to Datong to block the attack of the Houjin people.

Hong Chengchou was taken aback, he knew that there was Lu Xiangsheng guarding Datong, and he was transferred over at this time, obviously Lu Xiangsheng couldn't stand it.

He took the order and asked carefully, and couldn't help but be even more surprised.

It turned out that Lu Xiangsheng had been killed in battle.

Under the leadership of Huang Taiji, the Houjin people have withdrawn, and Lu Xiangsheng has been relieved, but after Dolgon pacified the Mongols, he advanced into Guanzhong, and as a result, he was defeated in Guanzhong, and he also lost a side Fujin, he was annoyed and angry, and when he returned to the teacher, he swore to the sky that he must vent his anger.

So Dolgon galloped more than 300 miles in a day and night, and with more than 10,000 Houjin cavalry, he broke through to the city of Datong. Lu Xiangsheng was also prepared, Dolgon did not get much cheap, but Dolgon's people were outnumbered, and they could not retreat, Lu Xiangsheng only had 3,000 men and horses, and the rest were transferred away by the prison army.

In this way, Lu Xiangsheng fought with the Houjin army for five days and nights, and was finally outnumbered, the officers and soldiers in the city were killed and wounded, Lu Xiangsheng swore to repay the country, he took the last two hundred cavalry, rushed into the enemy formation, killed hundreds of enemies, and died of more than ten wounds in his body. One of his own soldiers, in order to protect his corpse, lay on the corpse and was shot with twenty-four arrows.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng died, Gao Qiqian and others fled when they heard the news, and Dolgon entered Shanxi, and after a big loot, he withdrew. And Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng were at odds, and instructed Gao Qiqian and others to slander Lu Xiangsheng, saying that he abandoned the city and fled, was chased and killed by Houjin and died, and should not be merciful.

But Shanxi has become a mess, someone has to clean it up, Sun Chuanting is still in prison at this time, except for Hong Chengchou, no one can supervise Shanxi and resist Houjin. Therefore, Chongzhen issued an order to transfer Hong Chengchou into Jin.

As for the suppression of thieves in Henan, Chongzhen ordered Fu Zonglong to be the governor of Henan and the governor of the Central Plains to suppress bandits.

This Fu Zonglong is also a famous general, he started by suppressing the Miao rebellion in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places, and there is some strategy with soldiers, Chongzhen has high hopes for him, and he personally gave him imperial wine, for his heroics.

But Hong Chengchou was a little worried, he knew how powerful Li Zicheng was, and thought that except for himself and Sun Chuanting, no one could deal with Li Zicheng. Once Fu Zonglong can't be suppressed, Li Zicheng will make trouble, and the Central Plains will have no peace from now on. However, the holy decree has been issued, and the situation in Shanxi needs to be cleaned up urgently, so he has no choice but to set off on an order.

When leaving, Hong Chengchou only took his own 30,000 Hong soldiers, and all the generals were left behind and handed over to Fu Zonglong to command, because there was Zu Kuan on the Shanxi side, who could help him.

Hong Chengchou has always believed that although the Houjin army is powerful, it is not a big trouble after all, as long as the Ming Dynasty is internally stable, the Houjin army will not be able to enter, and even if it does, it will not dare to stay for a long time. But the peasant army is different, this person was born and raised, has a close relationship with the local people, and it is not easy to exterminate it by breaking bones and tendons, so Hong Chengchou's usual practice is to kill them all.

He told Fu Zonglong in detail about the characteristics of the peasant army, because Fu Zonglong had never dealt with the peasant army, and he was afraid that Fu Zonglong would be deceived, after all, there had been many people sent by the Beijing division before, who had fallen for the tricks of the peasant army. Fu Zonglong respected this Lord Hong very much, listened very carefully, and nodded again and again.

After talking about it, Hong Chengchou was relieved, he took his men and horses, crossed the Yellow River, entered Shanxi, and left the Central Plains to Li Zicheng completely.

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