Tang Hu said: "Sister, why do you care so much about whether Zhang Xianzhong will send troops or not?" Even if we send troops, we won't be in command. [No pop-ups. I estimate that our two sisters and brothers will have to nest in Chengdu. ”

Tang Sai'er said: "The words are good, but don't you see it?" Li Yan's intentions, or King Qin's intentions, would never be so simple. ”

Tang Hu said: "Don't they just want to fight Zuo Liangyu and get some territory?" Tang Sai'er groaned: "I always feel that there may be some secret behind King Qin's move. If you want to fight Zuo Liangyu, why do you have to pull Zhang Xianzhong? We all know that Zuo Liangyu is Zhang Xianzhong's nemesis, and Zhang Xianzhong's army is very jealous of Zuo Liangyu. I'm thinking, if you want to jointly attack Zuo Liangyu, why don't you pull Li Zicheng? Li Zicheng defeated Zuo Liangyu. And this time, as long as the two of them join forces and defeat Zuo Liangyu, then not only Huguang, Wuchang and other places will be in hand, but Henan is also safe, so from public and private, the Qin army should unite with Li Zicheng. ”

Tang Hu said: "King Qin may think that it is more certain that he can send troops with Zhang Xianzhong in two ways, one in the west and one in the north." ”

Tang Sai'er said with a smile: "No matter how many ways you attack, the most important thing is the number of people and horses. Li Zicheng has this strength. So I think that King Qin may have ulterior motives. ”

Tang Hu said: "It won't be that you want to unite with Zuo Liangyu and fight Zhang Xianzhong." ”

Tang Sai'er raised her head: "Well, it's possible, it's really possible." Tang Hu was stunned: "How is this possible?" In terms of relationship, Qin Jun is closer to Zhang Xianzhong, and he was once an enemy of Zuo Liangyu. Tang Sai'er said: "Now that the troubled times are competing, all the candidates are standing side by side, who is a friend and who is an enemy, it is just a matter of a flash." Qin Jun and Sun Chuanting are still enemies, don't they also wear a pair of pants now? ”

Tang Hu said: "But even if Qin Jun and Zuo Liangyu join forces, how much harm can they do to Zhang Xianzhong?" In this kind of battle, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely not go out in person, he still has to sit in Chengdu, even if the Qin army destroys the men and horses sent by Zhang Xianzhong, it will not be able to enter Sichuan. and will completely tear his face with Zhang Xianzhong. With the strength of the Qin army at this time, is it wise to do this? ”

Tang Sai'er looked at his brother with a smile, stretched out his finger and flicked his head: "You stunned boy, you have grown a lot in the past two years." ”

Tang Hu smiled embarrassedly: "It's not like I follow my sister every day to learn." ”

Tang Sai'er put away his smile: "King Qin is a decisive and ruthless person, if he doesn't have a lot of interests, he won't tear his face with anyone." As for the situation, I can't say, so let's wait and see. ”

She solemnly instructed her brother: "Tell our brothers that we must be vigilant and always be prepared during this period of time, even if we are in Chengdu, we may also have to go on an expedition." ”

Tang Sai'er had hundreds of brothers under his command, some of whom were brought out when he was king of the mountain with him before, and some were recruited along the way when he defected to Zhang Xianzhong. Tang Sai'er was very good to them, but he was very strict and did not let them harm the people.

Early the next morning, Li Yan packed up and came to see Zhang Xianzhong.

As soon as I entered the court, I saw Zhang Xianzhong wearing the court clothes of the Son of Heaven and sitting high. The civil officials headed by Tang Sai'er are in the east, and the military generals led by Sun Kewang are in the west, which is still a bit majestic.

Li Yan greeted him as an envoy, and Zhang Xianzhong immediately gave him a seat, showing that the relationship between the two families was good.

Then Zhang Xianzhong asked: "Gongzi Li, the King of Qin sent you to see me, what is the matter?" ”

Li Yan got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this time Li Yan came to follow the order of the King of Qin, and respectfully requested your country and my Qin army to send troops at the same time to attack Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang, which is our common enemy. At that time, your country occupied Wuchang, and then Sichuan was relied on, and it could be attacked and defended, and our Qin army also consolidated Henan, and everyone was happy. Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty will agree to join forces this time. ”

Zhang Xianzhong sighed: "I see." However, to attack Zuo Liangyu, it is by no means a trivial matter, I want to ask, what do you think? At today's court meeting, whoever speaks is not guilty, can talk about it. ”

Hearing this, the people in the court looked at Tang Sai'er together.

But Tang Sai'er stood there, his eyes slightly closed, and he didn't say a word. Some people know the relationship between Tang Sai'er and Li Yan before, which is not surprising, and some people think that maybe Tang Sai'er hasn't thought it through yet.

At this time, Sun Kewang, among the generals, stood up: "Your Majesty, I think it is a good strategy for Li Gongzi to ask our army to attack Zuo Liangyu together. ”

Zhang Xianzhong has four big generals around him, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, at present, only Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu are in the court, Li Dingguo and Ainengqi are guarding Kuimen and Sword Pavilion respectively, these two places are very important and cannot be separated.

Liu Wenxiu didn't speak, his mind was relatively detailed, and he was also silent and low-key, so he wanted to listen to everyone's meaning before making a decision.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong heard that Sun Kewang agreed with Li Yan's proposition, he asked: "General Sun, tell me, how is this a good strategy?" ”

Sun Kewang said: "Your Majesty, right now, Zuo Liangyu is recruiting troops and horses in Wuchang, and it is said that he already has an army of 100,000 in hand. If we were to fight alone, we wouldn't be able to eat Zuo Liangyu for a while. But if the Qin army can attack in the north, Zuo Liangyu will definitely divide his troops to meet him. Zuo Liangyu has a bad relationship with Nanming's little emperor, so Nanming's men and horses will not come to the rescue of him, as long as we concentrate our superior forces, we can defeat Zuo Liangyu. Get Wuchang. ”

Zhang Xianzhong sighed: "What other opinions do others have?" ”

At this time, Pan Duao went out to give a salute: "Your Majesty, the matter of sending troops cannot be decided hastily. If the army moves, it must have a good chance of victory, otherwise it cannot rush into force. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Mr. Pan thinks that even if we raise troops at the same time as the Qin army this time, we don't have enough chances to win?" Pan Duao said: "That's right." Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Yan: "Li Gongzi, what do you say?" ”

Li Yan had already considered these issues on the road before he saw Zhang Xianzhong, he knew that when he arrived in front of Zhang Xianzhong, as soon as he raised the matter of troops, people would definitely come out to stop him, and he had to talk about these people in order to prompt Zhang Xianzhong to make up his mind to send troops.

Therefore, Li Yan smiled indifferently: "Mr. Pan thinks that this time the joint army does not have enough chance of winning, I have to ask, where do we have no chance of winning?" ”