Zuo Liangyu coughed dryly: "Gongzi Li, where are you an envoy, it is clear that you are dividing my monarch and ministers, if you don't see that you are the envoy of the Qin army, I should push you out and behead you." [Full text reading. 】”

Li Yan smiled: "I just said that I am here for the future of the superintendent, so let me say a few more words." Now that the superintendent is guarding Wuchang, the soldiers are well fed, and those opponents in your court have long regarded you as a thorn in the side, a thorn in the R, and they will want to get rid of it quickly. It's just that the superintendent is not at fault, and the soldiers are in a heavy place, so they don't dare to move lightly. But I heard that recently, Zhu Yousong has used various names to compress your territory and deduct your salary, he is using a method of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, draining your strength little by little, and the superintendent, as a courtier, does not dare to openly break with Zhu Yousong, and if you continue to fight like this, you must be the one who will be destroyed in the end. In today's troubled times, people in the territory are the foundation of life. Once you are squeezed out of Wuchang by Zhu Yousong, Zhang Xianzhong will never let you go, and to the north is Li Zicheng, who is also your fierce rival. At that time, the Inspector's side, except for the Qin Army, were all enemies, even if the King of Qin was generous and gave you a place to stay, but was that something that a person like the Inspector could bear? Therefore, I think that while there are people and horses at this time, it is better to form an alliance with our Qin army, go west to Sichuan, as long as there is a land in Sichuan, no one can do anything about you. ”

Zuo Liangyu listened, narrowed his eyes, and was silent.

At this time, Zhou Xin stood up: "Inspector, Li Gongzi's words are also reasonable. ”

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand to prevent him from talking, and then said to Li Yan: "What Li Gongzi said is not light, I will discuss with my subordinates before making a decision." ”

Li Yan nodded. Zuo Liangyu instructed the two generals to send Li Yan to the post house to rest, and sent soldiers to guard him, obviously as a guard, but in fact to take care of him.

After sending Li Yan away, Zuo Liangyu asked Zhou Xin and Wei Fan, recently, Zuo Liangyu had to discuss with the two of them about everything, and these two people also had many ideas, and Zuo Liangyu relied on them deeply.

Zhou Xin already had a mature countermeasure, and when he heard Zuo Liangyu ask, he didn't speak, but said to Wei Fan: "Brother Wei, what do you think?" Wei Fan's mind is more thoughtful, he thinks more deeply than Zhou Xin, Zhang Yi knows that this person is more powerful, so he chose to let Li Yan see Zhou Xin first, and move his heart with money, so it is much easier to speak, if he sees Wei Fan first, then he will definitely repay Zuo Liangyu, so that Zuo Liangyu will have a heart of prevention.

Hearing Zhou Xin's question, Wei Fan pondered for a moment before he said: "This matter involves too many aspects, and a big move is a move that affects the whole body, so you must be cautious." The overseer should think clearly about what situation we might create once we raise an army to attack, and only when we anticipate and calculate these possible things can we act. ”

Zhou Xin nodded again and again: "Brother Wei is extremely right. At present, the Qin army occupies three counties, and it is not too far from Wuchang, what if this is their J plan with Zhang Xianzhong, leading the main force of our army to attack Sichuan, but the Qin army suddenly kills from the three counties? ”

His words were for Zuo Liangyu's sake, but he also understood that his worries were purely unnecessary.

Sure enough, Zuo Liangyu said: "This is unlikely. The Qin army has no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the three counties, which is the result of our many investigations, and there will be no mistakes. If the Qin army wants to use these 10,000 people to capture Wuchang, wouldn't it be too self-sufficient? As far as I know, King Qin is a very cautious person. ”

Wei Fan also said: "Yes, the Qin army will not come to attack Wuchang, but it is possible that they will notify Zhang Xianzhong in advance and ask him to set up an ambush, or lead heavy troops to block the Jiangkou and deal with us, while the Qin army can transfer troops from Guanzhong to attack our Wuchang." However, such an arrangement is too time-consuming, and it is easy for our army to detect, so it is unlikely. ”

Zhou Xin hurriedly said: "In this way, the Qin army has no intention of attacking us. And judging from the news we got, after Zhang Xianzhong won Sichuan, he was indeed arrogant and arrogant, and it was possible not to take the Qin army in his eyes. The Qin army was under pressure, so he sent Li Dang to guard Hanzhong, hoping for his relationship with Zhang Xianzhong. ”

Wei Fan said: "Now it seems that King Qin is not a stupid person, he knows very well that he can't stop Zhang Xianzhong's plot by relying on relationships alone. This world, benevolence, righteousness and morality, for Zhang Xianzhong, these thieves, are all about P, Zhang Xianzhong has 300,000 horses at this time, where is he willing to nest obediently in Sichuan and be a rich man? I heard people say that Zhang Xianzhong is a murderer, he doesn't kill people for a few days, his eyes are red and swollen, his mouth and nose are bloody, he can't eat and drink, and he can't live a peaceful life with such beast-like things. ”

Zhou Xin said: "This person is not only easy to kill, but also ambitious, just one Sichuan, can't satisfy him." And if he wants to provoke a war, only our territory with the Qin army is close to him. The superintendent has already killed him, and at this time we have more than 100,000 male soldiers under our command, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to attack, so it is very likely that he turned his head to attack the Qin army. ”

Zuo Liangyu had been listening quietly, and only then did he say: "What the two gentlemen said makes sense. Zhang Xianzhong is far away from Sichuan, and he is also a big trouble for us. On the one hand, we have to guard against Li Zicheng in the north, and on the other hand, we have to guard against him. If Zhang Xianzhong can really be destroyed, it will be a blessing for our army. However, Sichuan is not so easy to fight, and once the governor raises troops, he must be sure enough to win, otherwise, he will not have troops. ”

Wei Fan said: "Since this is the case, we might as well do this." You can let the Qin army raise troops first, and when the Qin army moves, we will move again. When the two of them fight each other, the defense of White Emperor City will inevitably be relaxed, and it will not be too late for us to raise troops again. ”

Zhou Xin said: "Exactly, this is a good idea." ”

Zuo Liangyu groaned: "It's not impossible to let the Qin army raise troops first. However, the Qin army is very aware of its strength, and it is not easy for them to raise troops to attack Zhang Xianzhong and provoke a war. ”

Wei Fan sneered: "It doesn't matter if he doesn't move, if the Qin army doesn't move, we won't move, and the last one who is anxious must be the Qin army, because they don't know when Zhang Xianzhong will attack Hanzhong." ”

Zuo Liangyu nodded: "It makes sense, once Hanzhong is attacked, the Qin army will inevitably fight with all its might, and at that time, it will be equally advantageous for our army to attack Sichuan." ”

He slapped the table: "That's it." As long as the Qin army moves first, our army will move, and if the Qin army does not move, our army will not come out. ”

Zhou Xin said: "It's just Li Yan's side, how to reply?" That's it? ”

Wei Fan smiled: "That's not easy? Tell him that our army agreed to join forces with the Qin army to break Zhang Xianzhong, but attacking from the Yangtze River, we need to prepare more ships. ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Yes, just use this word to delay time, drag Zhang Xianzhong to start attacking Hanzhong, and it is not too late for us to raise troops again." ”

Zhou Xin said: "In that case, I'm going to invite Li Yan over?" ”

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand: "Don't worry, let him stay for a day first, and then talk about it tomorrow, so it seems that we have also considered it carefully." ”

The three of them agreed, and there was nothing to say for a day.

Early the next morning, Zuo Liangyu sent someone to the post house and invited Li Yan to come. As soon as Li Yan heard the invitation, he knew that Zuo Liangyu had already agreed, so he was happy.

When the guest and the host meet, there is still some politeness. After taking his seat, Zuo Liangyu said: "What Li Gongzi said yesterday, this governor has been carefully discussed, and has decided to agree to your king's request for an alliance, and our two families will join forces to destroy Zhang Xianzhong." ”

Li Yan was very happy and arched his hand: "The superintendent is really far-sighted, and he can be called a handsome master. In this way, Li Yan has also recovered. ”

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand: "It's just that there are some difficulties at the moment, I still need to explain to Li Gongzi, don't be suspicious." Li Yan said: "The superintendent has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." As long as we join forces, we are a family, and we don't have to be polite. Zuo Liangyu said: "If our army wants to attack Sichuan, it must be to go up the river, and this battle is a water battle, and at this time, our army has many soldiers and horses, but there are few warships." In particular, there are very few large warships suitable for combat. Therefore, in order to avoid defeat, our army still needs to build more ships, so at this time, I dare not say how long we will have to wait. ”

Li Yan's heart was bright, knowing that this was Zuo Liangyu's strategy of delaying the army, and Zhang Xianzhong's strategy of sending men and horses out of Sichuan and marching slowly when he agreed to resist the Qing Dynasty, he had already expected this hand in his heart, so he smiled: "What the superintendent said is extremely true. Since it is a water war, this warship cannot be sloppy. It is a matter of winning or losing a big war. Therefore, I have no objection. And when the overseer's ships are ready, it's not too late for us to raise troops again. ”

Zuo Liangyu was secretly happy, and ordered a banquet to entertain Li Yan.

When he was eating and drinking, it happened that someone reported the news from Zhang Xianzhong's side, Zuo Liangyu unfolded the Tang Bao and read it, and couldn't help sneering, but he didn't hide it, and handed the Tang Bao to Li Yan to read.

Li Yan swept it over, and he was also happy in his heart, secretly thinking that his errand might go more smoothly.

It turned out that the Tang newspaper said that Zhang Xianzhong had officially proclaimed himself emperor in Sichuan. The country name is Daxi, and the year name is changed to Dashun, which corresponds to Li Zicheng. He set up the capital in Chengdu, set up hundreds of officials, and opened a department to recruit scholars. It's very hilarious.

Li Yan secretly thought that Zhang Xianzhong's title of emperor was to be on an equal footing with Li Zicheng, and he did not hide his ambitions at all, and he dared to be the emperor with only one Sichuan. In this way, it is more likely that he said that he was going to attack Hanzhong.

Therefore, he put the Tang newspaper and sneered: "Sure enough, as expected by the king of my family, Zhang Xianzhong is a villain and arrogant, and he is the emperor at this time, and the next step is to use troops in my Hanzhong." ”

Zuo Liangyu also thinks that Li Yan is right: "It seems that a Sichuan can no longer accommodate Zhang Xianzhong's ambitions." ”