Fan Ju said: "To be honest, although I have a grudge against Bai Qi, but in terms of his commanding ability, I still admire him very much. [No pop-ups. 】”

Zhang Yi said: "Then who do you want to send to lead the army?" Fan Ju said: "Naturally, you can't send Ziyi, when the enemy meets, his eyes are red, I'm afraid that when I see Ziyi, I will cut off his head, so I will send people from the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo." Zhang Yi said with a smile: "This is the best, I heard that the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo has a good relationship with Li Zicheng, so I sent them there, and I will not work hard when I fight." ”

Fan Ju instructed one of his own soldiers, "Get the map." ”

Zhang Yi was stunned: "What do you want a map for?" Fan Ju sneered: "At this time, I want to demarcate some county seats, as a reward for the Qin army after defeating the Qing army, if it is just a general statement, I am afraid that Mr. will pay the bill." I think that when Mr. deceived the Six Kingdoms, he once insisted that the land of 600 miles was six miles, and I didn't want to encounter this kind of thing. ”

Zhang Yi laughed: "It seems that it has a bad reputation, and after two thousand years, it is still the same." ”

Fan Ju took the map and drew a few county towns on the border between Zhili and Shandong, and Zhang Yi nodded in agreement. Once again, both parties wrote down the paperwork and signed it.

At this time, Fan Ju called Ziyi to come to see, and after Ziyi came in, he saluted Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi said: "The cavalry I brought, you are not allowed to be embarrassed." ”

Ziyi said with a smile: "That's natural, they are all the old brothers of the Qin army, and when Mr. leaves, all the men and horses and weapons will be returned." ”

Fan Ju set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Yi, Ziyi accompanied him, chatted for a while, Fan Ju smiled and said: "If I really killed Mr. just now, I really missed a big thing." Zhang Yi said: "If there is chaos today, and all parts of the country support troops to stand on their own, don't you want to be a king in Shandong?" ”

Ziyi looked at Fan Ju, and then said, "Sir also thinks that we should be kings?" ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Following you is the fifth battalion of Gezuo, they have a close relationship with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, at this time Li Zicheng has been called the emperor, Zhang Xianzhong will also be called the king, after they call the emperor the king, they can seal the generals, and you have completely occupied Shandong, but you are still silent, are those people willing in their hearts?" Once they covet the reward of official positions and go to take refuge with Zhang and Li, your losses will be great. ”

When Fan Ju heard this, his heart was shocked, and he secretly touched Ziyi's feet to prevent him from speaking, and then said: "I have been with the generals of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo for a long time, and I know the temperament of these people, they don't care about the official position, if they cared, they would have surrendered to the official army to ask for the seal." What they really care about is freedom and lawlessness, so I don't think they will go to Zhang and Li. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Yes, if you vote for Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, they will be disciplined and not so comfortable." But having said that, at this time, Li Zicheng was already the emperor of Dashun, and I believe that soon after, Zhang Xianzhong will also make a name, and they will all be famous all over the world, which will be beneficial to the ruling territory. And your Mr. Fan is neither the emperor nor the king, the people of Shandong will not have a sense of awe for you, most of the people, do not even know what kind of person you are, as the so-called name is not right, then the words are not good, do not call the king, why order the place? This is my suggestion, Mr. Fan, please think twice. ”

Fan Ju sneered: "Sir persuaded me to be king, and said that it was for my sake, but for a traitor of the Qin army, why did Sir do this?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "It's true that you are a traitor to the Qin army, and it is true that the King of Qin hates you deeply at this time." But this is a personal grudge, King Qin is concerned about the general trend of the world, and you are king, which is beneficial to both of us. ”

Fan Ju said: "Really? Please sir make it clear. ”

Zhang Yi said: "I have already talked about the benefits of you being the king, and then talk about the advantages to the Qin army." Once you become king, the world will re-form a situation of division and contention of the Seven Kingdoms, Li Zicheng of the peasant army, Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Chuanting's Northern Ming, Zhu Yousong's Southern Ming, plus you and I and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, exactly the Seven Kingdoms. Each of these seven countries has its own territory, and it will definitely be a situation where the Warring States will reappear in the future. For the Qin army, it was a great time, and compared with two thousand years ago, it was almost exactly the same. The Qin army occupied Guanzhong and looked down on the countries of Shandong. ”

Ziyi sneered: "Then the King of Qin will rule the world, including eating us." ”

Zhang Yi said: "Who will rule the world in the end depends on the timing and current situation. When the situation in the world is chaotic, we can join forces. Guanzhong and Shandong do not border, not to mention the territorial dispute, according to Mr. long-distance and close attack strategy, just can be a pair of friendly forces that echo each other, this is the benefit of our Qin army. And if you don't claim to be the king, you can't sit on an equal footing with the king of Qin, let alone establish a country, and the king of Qin is still a boss to you. You must know that at this time, there is no owner in the world, and the people everywhere need a master. ”

Hearing this, Fan Ju was silent.

Zhang Yi looked at him and said with a smile: "Actually, I know that you don't want to be the king, you want to avoid the attention of the world, this idea is right most of the time, but at this time it is very wrong." It is enough to lose the army and the country. ”

Fan Ju was stunned: "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "All major decisions must depend on the current situation at that time, at this time the world is in turmoil, and all the people are swarming, if at this time, everyone does not call the king the emperor, then whoever dares to stand up first is to be the first bird, and it is bound to become the target of the public." For example, in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, I read the later history books, that Yuan Shu first became the emperor, but he was defeated and died. is an example. But then again, if everyone is called king and emperor, and you don't do it, it is not that you can protect yourself, on the contrary, it will lead to death. ”

Fan Ju sneered: "Really? ”

Zhang Yi said: "If you don't call the king, you are showing weakness to the people of the world, so that everyone thinks that your strength is not enough to be the king. Then you will become fat in the eyes of others, and you will be the first to be attacked. ”

Fan Ju listened, Huo Ran stood up and bowed to Zhang Yishen: "Thank you Mr. for your teachings, listen to Mr. 's words, and order to open the mouth in the next meal, if you kill Mr. today, it will be to kill Fan Ju himself." Ashamed, ashamed, ashamed, shameless. ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "You don't have to be formal, Zhang Yi just said it in passing." ”

Fan Ju said: "Jin Shi Yan Liang, Jin Shi Liang Yan, in the next dang immediately adopt the meaning of Mr., in Shandong called the king, called the king of Qi...... What does the gentleman think? ”

Zhang Yi stood up and bowed his hand to Fan Ju: "I've seen King Qi." ”

Fan Ju laughed, returned the salute and re-seated, and waited for Zhang Yi to be more attentive.

Zhang Yi went from almost being killed when she met to becoming Fan Ju's guest of honor, and it only took a few words. In fact, he was secretly laughing in his heart, Zhang Yi could see clearly, Fan Ju was very powerful, silently developing strength in Shandong and stabilizing the territory, and at this time, when the Qing army first entered the Central Plains, it was first necessary to deal with Li Zicheng, and then Sun Chuanting, according to this situation, Fan Ju would never be regarded as a great enemy by the Manchus, and was likely to be ignored in the past.

And once Fan Ju becomes king, the Qing army will pay attention to it, and most of them will send people to harass and contain it, and it will not be easy for Fan Ju to develop his power wholeheartedly.

Zhang Yi is worthy of being the first debater in ancient times, no matter what he says, Fan Ju certainly has the ability to govern the country and the army, but if he wants to talk, he still lacks a certain amount of heat.

Fan Ju wanted to keep Zhang Yi to live in Jinan for a few days, but where did Zhang Yi agree, nearly ten days had passed at this time, and he still had two people who had not been convinced, that is, Zhang Xianzhong and Nanming. Zhang Xianzhong didn't have to make much effort on his side, the important thing was Nanming, because Zhang Yi and Qin Jun had not dealt with this Emperor Zhu Yousong, so I don't know what kind of person he is.

Zhang Yi didn't know where to stay in Shandong, so she explained the situation to Fan Ju and set off immediately.

Before leaving, Zhang Yi asked Fan Ju to quickly reorganize the army, send troops to Luoyang, and go to meet Li Zicheng's men and horses first, and Fan Ju agreed. Zhang Yi left Shandong and went straight to Yangzhou.

The reason why I came to Yangzhou was because Shi Kefa was here as a supervisor.

About Shi Kefa, Zhang Yi knew this person, the Qin army had fought with him more than once, and when he did not reach the territory controlled by the Southern Ming, Zhang Yi ordered his subordinate cavalry to disperse, so as not to be seen as a sergeant, it is best to pretend to be a merchant groom, etc.

He himself took a dozen people into Yangzhou City.

Zhang Yi originally wanted to inquire about Shi Kefa's situation here, but after entering the city, he sat in the teahouse and heard another thing.

That's Zuo Liangyu's business.

Zhang Yi knew that since Zuo Liangyu was defeated in Henan, he led his army to flee to Huguang and fled into Wuchang.

At this time, as soon as she heard what everyone said, Zhang Yi's heart moved.

It turned out that according to the legend of the people, Zuo Liangyu was very dissatisfied with Shi Kefa since he was named the general of Pingbei and garrisoned Wuchang, and he first disagreed with Shi Kefa, thinking that whether it was his previous military exploits or title, he was far above Shi Kefa, why was he below him at this time, Shi Kefa just relied on a good relationship with Zhu Yousong, and received this governor's seal.

Zuo Liangyu was unconvinced, but he knew that at this time, the Central Plains was in turmoil, the Ming Dynasty was dead, and it was impossible for him to surrender Li Zicheng, which would ruin the reputation of the whole world. Therefore, only deigned to be under the new emperor, he had the intention to go to Shanxi to vote for Sun Chuanting, but the whole of Henan was controlled by Qin Jun and Li Zicheng, and he couldn't beat it, so he had to do it.

But Zuo Liangyu knows the rules of survival in troubled times, and if he has strength in his hands, he is the best bargaining chip, so he collects money and food, recruits displaced and hungry people, and trains people. It had only been a few months, and he already had an army of 100,000 under his command.