Zhang Yi said: "Without further ado, may the general make up his mind as soon as possible." [Full text reading. 】”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Okay, I will send troops to Luoyang to participate in the battle." Zhang Yi said: "The general can send troops to Zhu Yousong on the table, and the text says that at this time, the Qin army and the Dashun army are busy fighting against the Qing army, Henan is empty, you can take this opportunity to go and recover Henan." Zhu Yousong has already taken precautions against you at this time, and as soon as he sees that you go to Henan, he will not be able to threaten the Yangtze River, so he will definitely agree. ”

Zuo Liangyu nodded: "Exactly." The so-called generals are outside, the king's order is not subject to it, and I go to fight Henan, I am afraid that it is in line with his intentions, if this battle is won, the great merit is the emperor's, if this battle is defeated, Zuo will lose his troops and generals, which is also good for the emperor. ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "I don't know if the general will go in person, or send a general to lead the troops?" ”

Zuo Liangyu thought for a while: "I have fought many times with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, and the two sides have a lot of grudges. So I decided to stay in Wuchang and sent my subordinate Ma Jinzhong with 30,000 horses. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Okay, the general wants to march quickly, I will retire here first, and go to Sichuan to persuade Zhang Xianzhong." ”

Zuo Liangyu hurriedly said: "Sir, don't worry, you came to me and gave Ben Shuai such a good plan, and you didn't even drink saliva, it's really rude." Come on, hurry up and prepare the banquet. ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "I am anxious in my heart, the banquet will be waived, and when we win the Qing army, we will celebrate together." Say goodbye. ”

Zuo Liangyu still wanted to keep it, Zhang Yi suddenly turned around and said: "By the way, when I came, King Qin specially asked me to prepare a cart of generous gifts as a dowry for Miss Xiangjun. ”

Zuo Liangyu hurriedly waved his hand: "Then how can I make it, Mr. is here to propose marriage, and also give advice to Zuo, I should be grateful, how can I still accept the things sent by King Qin?" Besides, the current war, the outcome is unexpected, Zuo can not agree to this family business, and after the victory of the Qing army and the triumph of the army, Zuo will send an envoy to the door to ask for relatives. ”

Zhang Yiyi frowned: "It's good to be good, but can I still bring this car gift back?" The road is far away, and the road in central Sichuan is extremely bumpy and difficult...... The general should take it. Take some burden on me, too. ”

Zuo Liangyu said with a smile: "This is a dowry, Zuo must not accept it at this time, if Mr. is not easy to carry...... In this way, I can use gold and silver to buy this car as a gift for my husband. What do you think? Zuo Liangyu has his own plans, at this time the victory or defeat of the Central Plains is not divided, and it is also a risky move to send troops by himself, once the matter of collecting the dowry of the King of Qin is transmitted to Nanjing, Zhu Yousong will immediately regard himself as a rebel.

Although he has soldiers and generals in his hands, he is not afraid of Nanming's gang, but if he does not have the sign of Nanming, he is a lonely ghost, and it is obviously impossible for him to take refuge in Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and there are several generals in the Qin army, and his position will definitely be under them, and the military power is very likely to be taken away.

After thinking about it, it is most beneficial to stay in Nanming. As long as he did not openly rebel, Zhu Yousong had no reason to attack him.

When Zhang Yi heard this, he had to smile: "Okay, the general should be careful in everything at this critical moment, then it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

He didn't stay to eat and drink, Zuo Liangyu sent someone to push the cart of gifts on the street, and after the people appraised it, he gave double the gold and silver, and these accidents were intended for some soldiers to see, and he seemed to be above board.

Zhang Yi said goodbye to Zuo Liangyu, took gold and silver with those soldiers, returned to the inn to get horses, and then left the city.

After sending Zhang Yi away, Zuo Liangyu immediately summoned Ma Jinzhong to come.

This Ma Jinzhong is a general, the previous nickname is called mixed 100,000, the incident started very early, and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others also know each other, but there is no interaction, but has always had a good relationship with the people in the fifth battalion of the left side. Later, Zuo Liangyu recruited him, and when he attacked the peasant army, Ma Jinzhong had always been very hardworking, so he became a deputy general.

Because the relationship between Zuo Liangyu and Fan Ju is also very good, before Fan Ju rebelled against the court, he had been in and out of Zuo Liangyu's army many times, so Ma Jinzhong also knew Fan Ju. The reason why Zuo Liangyu sent him to Luoyang was to prevent Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, for fear that they would suddenly use spicy hands and eat tens of thousands of horses.

With Fan Ju and the people of the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo, as well as Bai Qi of the Qin Army as the commander, I believe there will be no chaos.

As soon as Ma Jinzhong saw Zuo Liangyu, after giving a salute, Zuo Liangyu said: "Give you 30,000 horses, three partial generals, go to Luoyang to fight the Qing army, do you dare?" Ma Jinzhong was taken aback: "Marshal, I heard that the Qing army and Wu Sangui's men and horses combined have more than 100,000, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Eight Banners are very powerful, I only bring 30,000 people, but I'm afraid it's not an opponent." ”

Zuo Liangyu smiled: "Come forward, I'll tell you in detail." ”

Ma Jinzhong came to Zuo Liangyu nervously, Zuo Liangyu said something in his ear, Ma Jinzhong suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: "Dashuai's move is too wise." The last general will go and prepare. ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Don't be busy, after you go, you must be careful, I will repair the book for Mr. Fan Ju, and let his men take care of it." If my expectations are correct, Fan Ju has the same concerns. It just so happens that you two groups can be each other's reinforcements. You just need to watch out for Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "Thank you for your trust, the general will definitely return with the whole division." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Don't forget, every time you occupy a county, we must collect as much money and food as possible, we can't run in vain, but there is no benefit." ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "Since the Qin army intends to give up Nanyang, why don't we occupy this county seat?" Even if he didn't give him Qin Jun afterwards, what could he do? ”

Zuo Liangyu said with a smile: "No, Nanyang is in the north of the Yangtze River, deep in Henan, far away from Wuchang, once attacked, it is not easy to rescue." At this time, our strength is not enough to control Nanyang, if we are besieged by Li Zicheng and the Qin army, we will definitely not be able to hold it, so it is better not to take this risk. ”

Ma Jinzhong nodded, and Zuo Liangyu ordered him to quickly prepare food and grass for men and horses, and two days later he went north and entered Henan. And he immediately put a table on Zhu Yousong in Nanjing, saying that at this time, the Dashun army was fighting a decisive battle with the Qing army in Luoyang, and Henan was empty, so he should attack decisively at this time to recover Henan, and then find an opportunity to go north to recover Beijing, and ask Zhu Yousong to go to Beijing to ascend the throne and restore the Ming Dynasty.

This seal Zuo Liangyu asked the staff officers around him to work together to complete it, and it was written impassionedly, showing that he was loyal, and he was not willing to give up for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Sent away this seal, Zuo Liangyu wrote a secret letter to Fan Ju, and sent a special person to send it quickly, the meaning of the letter is that Zuo Liangyu has agreed with Zhang Yi's opinion, sent troops to join forces, and broke the Manchu Qing Dynasty together, but worried about the sincerity of the Dashun army, please Fan Ju also consider the situation of his own people, so the two armies work together, which is the safest.

After sending the letter away, Zuo Liangyu was also a little uneasy, Ma Jinzhong took away 30,000 horses, for him, it is not a matter of breaking his muscles and bones, but he must not let these 30,000 people lose their lives in vain, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have no Y plan for this joint army, he has no bottom in his heart.

Two days later, Ma Jinzhong ordered all the people and horses, prepared the grain, and prepared to send troops.

Ma Jinzhong wrote them down one by one, and then waved the flag, and 30,000 horses came out of the ground of Wuchang and came north.

Just three days after the people left, Nanjing's decree went down to Wuchang, and after Zuo Liangyu received the order, he was slightly relieved, it turned out that Zhu Yousong agreed to this march, which was not different from his guess.

If this battle is won, Nanming's prestige will be greatly enhanced, and if he loses, Zuo Liangyu will be swept away, and he will obediently listen to the court's dispatch in the future, and dare not be arrogant and domineering.

Zuo Liangyu faced the north, and kept silently reciting in his heart, praying that this time he would be able to smooth sailing, win every victory, and finally defeat the Qing army, and then he would be able to move forward and retreat freely.

Not to mention how Zuo Liangyu dispatched people, let alone Zhang Yi, he left Wuchang and rushed to Chongqing in the starry night.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already taken the whole of Sichuan, killed the governor Chen Shiqi, and the famous general Qin Liangyu could not defeat his hundreds of thousands of troops, and led the army to withdraw into western Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong was pacifying the people in Sichuan, and Tang Sai'er gave him advice and deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in an orderly manner, and all important roads and important passes were tightly guarded to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Zhang Xianzhong did not know how to govern the country, so all government affairs were handed over to Tang Sai'er, and Tang Sai'er selected many officials from the Ming Dynasty in various places and sent them to manage county affairs. Some of these officials refused to come out, and Tang Sai'er was not embarrassed. Whoever comes out to be an official will be rewarded, and whoever does not come out will go with him. As a result, peace was soon restored in Shuzhong.

At this time, Zhang Yi arrived. Li Dingguo was guarding Wanxian, Zhang Yi went to see him first, Li Dingguo did not dare to slack off, and immediately accompanied Zhang Yi in person to escort him to Chongqing.

Zhang Xianzhong was very happy when he heard that Zhang Yi was coming, because he and Li Kang were sworn brothers, and Li Kang respected Zhang Yi very much.

As soon as the two sides met, Zhang Xianzhong immediately set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Yi, because Zhang Yi was the prime minister of the Qin army, so naturally he couldn't be simple. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong's important generals and ministers were invited to accompany Zhang Yi to have a drink.

At the banquet, Zhang Yi said what he intended in the future, Zhang Xianzhong listened to it, and laughed: "So that's the case, the Manchu Tartars occupied Beijing, not to mention, and chased King Chuang all the way to Luoyang, what do they want to do?" Do you have to kill King Chuang? ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "They not only want to kill King Chuang, but also want to take away the entire Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhang Xianzhong's yellow eyes rolled and said with a smile: "So, my Sichuan is also in their calculations?" ”