Huguang is a rich land, the land of fish and rice, and has not suffered from natural disasters and military disasters, so Zuo Liangyu is here, the soldiers are full of food, and he gradually becomes arrogant. [No pop-ups. 】

He didn't even take that Zhu Yousong's will seriously, especially in the military. Zhu Yousong gave him orders more than once, asking him to transfer some men and horses to Yangzhou to strengthen the guards there, but Zuo Liangyu was not satisfied with Shi Kefa, and it was impossible for him to allocate his men and horses to Shi Kefa. So he pushed back and used various excuses to prevaricate, Zhu Yousong also knew that he couldn't adjust Zuo Liangyu, and he was just angry.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu had already become a local warlord-like figure, and he didn't even recruit troops in the name of the court, that is to say, all he recruited was his own private soldiers. Because Zuo Liangyu is usually very good to his subordinates, rewards and punishments are clear, and he will never be in arrears, there are many people who come to join the army. In just over a month, his strength has greatly expanded, and now he doesn't look at Zhu Yousong and Shi Kefa anymore.

Zuo Liangyu is a person, flying and domineering, never easy to convince people, there are only a few people he admires in his life, Emperor Chongzhen is one, Hou Sui, the benefactor of wisdom and gold, is one, and there are two others, that is, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting. At this time, Hou Sui has died, Hong Chengchou has been cleared, and Zuo Liangyu is extremely hateful, so only Sun Chuanting can make Zuo Liangyu surrender.

As for Zhu Yousong, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and others, in Zuo Liangyu's eyes, they are just ordinary mediocre people. It's ridiculous to do their own bidding.

Zuo Liangyu's attitude is well known in Nanming, so the common people have also spread it, saying that Zuo Liangyu is not subject to control, flying and domineering, and has long had a heart of disobedience, and I don't know when he will pull up the anti-flag and attack Nanjing.

When Zhang Yi heard this, his heart was shocked, and he immediately ordered his own soldiers: "Go, leave Yangzhou and go to Wuchang." ”

A personal soldier was taken aback: "Sir, aren't we here to see Zhu Yousong?" I should go to Nanjing. ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Don't ask so much, tell all of us to follow me to Wuchang." ”

He took people out of Yangzhou City, in order to save time, did not take the waterway, but rode by land, and it took fifteen days to come to Wuchang City.

Along the way, Zhang Yi has already explained clearly to the soldiers that at this time, the important forces of the Nanming regime are in the hands of Zuo Liangyu, as for Shi Kefa, Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong and others, although they have soldiers and horses in their hands, they are less than tens of thousands, and Zhu Yousong is afraid that Zuo Liangyu will rebel, and he will definitely deploy defenses along the Yangtze River, and these horses cannot be mobilized. Therefore, even if he met Zhu Yousong and persuaded him, it was impossible for Nanming to send people to Henan. Therefore, there is no need to waste lips and tongues, it is better to go directly to Zuo Liangyu, which is more certain.

After arriving in Wuchang, Zhang Yi first stayed in the inn, and then found a few soldiers to inquire about the news in the market.

After a while, the soldiers came back, and Zhang Yi asked, "How are you doing?" ”

A pro-soldier said: "We went to the street, entered the tavern and tea shop, and chatted with the local people, and they all said that Zuo Liangyu was strict with his subordinates and did not allow them to go to the city to make trouble, so the security here is okay." At present, Zuo Liangyu already has no less than 100,000 troops, most of which are stationed outside the city, and there are hundreds of warships on the Yangtze River. ”

Zhang Yi groaned: "Zuo Liangyu's men and horses have always had bad military discipline, and at this time, he suddenly restrained the soldiers, it seems that he wants to stay in Wuchang for a long time." ”

Another pro-soldier smiled: "There is another matter, which belongs to Zuo Liangyu himself. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Oh? What's up? The pro-soldier said: "Zuo Liangyu just lost his wife recently, and he originally had a few concubines, but they were all from humble backgrounds and had never seen the world, so Zuo Liangyu didn't straighten anyone right." When the people in the city heard the news, some of the gentry began to act, and in the past few days, the people who have been talking about their relatives have almost broken through the gates. However, I heard that Zuo Liangyu has not promised anyone. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yiyi frowned: "Oh, it turns out that there is still such a thing, okay, I know." ”

He walked around the room a few times, and suddenly smiled: "There is no reason to worry, God gave one." Then he instructed his subordinates to prepare a generous gift, and when the gifts were ready, almost all the money was spent, and several cronies and soldiers were very distressed: "Sir, if we spend all the money, how can we go back?" By robbing? ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, naturally there are travel expenses, not only travel expenses, but I can also earn back all the money we spent, and there is also earning." ”

The pro-soldiers all laughed: "Mr. Dare is not here to lobby, but to do business......"

Zhang Yi glared: "Don't laugh, hurry up and do it!" ”

The soldiers loaded a big cart with this generous gift, and Zhang Yi picked some from the rest of the money, wrapped a few red envelopes, and took them with him, and looked at the day until afternoon, then he left the inn, took six or seven personal soldiers, pushed the cart, and went straight to the general's mansion.

When they arrived at the gate of the house, they saw two rows of halberd warriors standing on both sides of the gate, there were thirty or forty people, all of them tall and strong, very mighty, and there were two domestic servants standing at the gate, looking at the expressions on their faces, they were very arrogant.

Zhang Yi ordered his soldiers to stop, stepped forward alone, smiled at the halberd-wielding soldiers, and said hard work. These soldiers thought that they were here to propose marriage, but no one paid attention to it, and a tenth chief came up and asked, "Sir, stay, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Annoying, King Qin drove Prime Minister Zhang Yi and came to see General Zuo." ”

The man listened, as if he couldn't believe it, and asked, "Are you...... You are ......"

Zhang Yi said: "King Qin is the prime minister, Zhang Yi." ”

The man finally reacted, and hurriedly glanced left and right, and the two halberd soldiers stepped forward to arrest him, Zhang Yi waved his hand: "Zhang Yi is here alone, do you need to make a big move?" Lead me to General Zuo. As he spoke, he took out a few red envelopes and stuffed them into the ten longs.

The ten long touched it, the bag was silver, and looked at Zhang Yi's left and right, there was indeed no one, and he had some doubts in his heart, so he said, "You wait." So saying, he turned to the two servants, and whispered a few words, and one of the servants hurriedly turned back to the gate and ran to report it.

Zhang Yi waited there calmly, and the ten elders came over to accompany him for a few words, but his face was still not good-looking.

It's no wonder that the two sides just fought not long ago, and at this time it was an enemy country, and the soldiers were naturally resentful, and Zhang Yi was not surprised, with a smile on his face, and even made a few jokes, which made these guards laugh and not laugh.

At this time, I suddenly heard a sound from the door, the black door panel opened, and out of it came a housekeeper-like person, he came to Zhang Yi and arched his hand to Zhang Yi: "Sir, my general is invited." ”

As he spoke, he nodded to the ten chiefs, and the ten chiefs understood, and brought three soldiers, two left and two right, to accompany Zhang Yi into the mansion, apparently to prevent him from doing anything.

After entering the second gate, an old housekeeper walked out, this person took two servants, blocking the way, the old housekeeper motioned to the two servants, touched Zhang Yi's body, and made sure that he did not have a murder weapon, and then put it in.

When he came to the main hall, Zhang Yi saw eight big men standing outside the door, with steel knives at their waists and draped all over their bodies.

Zhang Yi swept it with his eyes and found that there was a large cauldron in the yard, with firewood burning underneath, and the water in it was not boiling at this time, like a fire that had just been lit.

At this time, someone in the hall said: "Please Mr. Zhang come into the hall to speak." ”

They did not call Zhang Yi an official position, and it was obvious that Nanming did not recognize the Qin king in Guanzhong.

Zhang Yi didn't care, stepped into the lobby, looked up, and saw a tall man sitting on it, four family members standing behind him, all with knives, and several lieutenants sitting on the chairs on both sides.

No need to ask, this tall man is Zuo Liangyu.

Zhang Yi stood in the hall, looked around, looked indifferent, and a lieutenant slapped the knife under his waist and shouted: "Where did J come from!" Hurry up and get your name out. Zhang Yi smiled with his hand: "I am the prime minister of the Qin army, not what J is fine." ”

The lieutenant sneered: "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Yi took out the gift slip from his sleeve and handed it up: "On the order of the king of my family, I will give a gift to General Zuo." ”

A family member took the gift list and placed it on the table next to Zuo Liangyu.

Several lieutenants looked at each other, not knowing whether to get angry again for a while, as the saying goes, when the official does not give gifts, people come from afar, come with gifts, and even drink and scold when they meet, which seems to be not appropriate.

So several people stared at Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu glanced at the gift list, saw that it was a heavy gift, sneered in his heart, and said, "What does your King Qin mean?" Do you want to drive a wedge between my monarch and ministers? ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Today, there are few people admired by the king of my family, and the general is one of them. Although we are enemies, we do not have any enmity between the two sides personally. This is just a little bit of my king's heart, don't think about it too much, general. ”

Zuo Liangyu sneered: "Your King Qin has this thought, just send an envoy, can you use your prime minister to run away?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "No, no, Zhang Yi came this time, and he did not publicly play the signboard of the prime minister of the Ming Qin army, just for the sake of the general." We're just going to talk privately. ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Fornicating with the enemy country is even more of a chaotic minister and thief." Are you going to trap me in unfaithfulness and unrighteousness? Since you have come, General Ben will send you to Nanking and hand you over to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Zhang Yi nodded: "Okay, if you send me to Nanjing, I will tell the emperor that it is not the first time that you Zuo Liangyu have communicated with my Qin army, and the two sides have been secretly communicating for a long time." And the King of Qin intends to support you in establishing yourself as king. That's why I've been sent to consult with you about the matter. ”

Zuo Liangyu said angrily: "You are full of nonsense, do you think the emperor will believe your nonsense?" ”