Li Dang was so anxious that he almost sweated, and slapped the table: "Where is the opportunity, Sichuan is not so easy to take." 【Latest chapter reading. Not to mention that the roads are difficult to travel, and the transportation of grain and grass is not good, just talking about the people and horses of Sichuan, they are very brave, and the Sichuan people are extremely defending, and each village and town has its own people's army, and it is not necessary to die in a war. The Qin army has no foundation in Sichuan, and the people will not support it, as long as the Qin army enters Sichuan, it will fall into a situation where it will be attacked everywhere. The Qin army has just fought a few vicious battles, and it is not appropriate to move troops at this time, so I will write to the king and ask him to take back his sincere life. ”

Li Yan saw that Li Kang was really anxious, and he admired it very much, he wanted to test Li Kang to see if this righteous brother would put brotherhood first and put the interests of the Qin army behind. Now it seems that Li Kang is most concerned about Qin Jun.

In fact, it is not surprising that Li Kang also attaches great importance to righteousness, and owes Zhang Xianzhong favors, but he knows very well that it is difficult to achieve both loyalty and righteousness since ancient times. As a soldier of the Qin army, he must first be loyal to the king of Qin. This was deeply imprinted in his mind in his previous life.

Therefore, when encountering such a major event, Li Kang was most concerned about the life and death of the Qin army.

Li Yan pressed Li Dang to sit on the chair, he retired the idlers, and there were only two brothers left in the room, Li Yan said to Li Dang: "Brother, the younger brother came this time, not only with letters, but also with the king's secret decree. ”

Li Dang was stunned: "Secret purpose, where is it?"

Li Yan said: "It's just a verbal message." The king asked me to tell you, although I promised Zhang Xianzhong, you also made preparations to attack here, but we did not send troops, only watched Zhang Xianzhong's actions. If he enters Sichuan, wins every victory, and defeats the official army, we will take advantage of the situation to attack, enter Sichuan, and advance with him at both ends, if Zhang Xianzhong loses his troops, we don't need to send troops. Therefore, the king's meaning is to say that he will first look at Zhang Xianzhong's success or failure, and then make plans. ”

Hearing these words, Li Dan suddenly realized, and laughed: "It's still the king who is smart, so that you don't offend my brother-in-law, and maybe you can take the opportunity to get some land." Good plan, good plan. ”

After the two brothers had drunk, Li Dang called the person sent by Zhang Xianzhong to the next letter, handed him the reply letter of the King of Qin, rewarded him with some silver, and sent the man away.

After sending off the bookkeeper, Li Dare ordered to go down, and the men and horses in Hanzhong began to practice strictly, and prepared grain and grass, packed up the weapons, and the whole military camp was in full swing, and it really looked like it was about to prepare for the army.

But said that Zhang Xianzhong, since he was defeated by Zuo Liangyu again, he led thousands of men and horses to flee into the Yinghuo Mountains, and once again suffered a big loss, but this person has a strength, no matter what kind of defeat he fights, his face is always arrogant, showing a look of indifference.

This time it was the same again, after he fled into the mountains, he gathered his men and horses, and to his peace of mind, all the important generals were there, and although the losses were huge, the elites were retained.

Especially Tang Sai'er's sister and brother, Zhang Xianzhong values these two very much, and he will inevitably take them with him when he escapes, because he knows that there is a lack of masterminds in his army, and Tang Sai'er is irreplaceable.

This defeat was also caused by the fact that he did not listen to Tang Sai'er's advice and had to fight Zuo Liangyu, so after Zhang Xianzhong got rid of the pursuit of the official army, he deliberately set up a banquet in the big tent to apologize to Tang Sai'er.

Tang Sai'er also knew that Zhang Xianzhong was not the best master, but she was still angry with Li Yan, so no matter who was the master, she must give Li Yan a dismount in the future, and one day she would let him accompany her in a low voice. Therefore, Tang Sai'er didn't blame Zhang Xianzhong, but just persuaded: "It's nothing to lose to Zuo Liangyu, the Ming Dynasty is now full of holes, and the day is not safe, as long as we stay in Qingshan, we are not afraid of no firewood." ”

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong started a guerrilla attack in the Yinghuo Mountains, fighting in the east and in the west, and sometimes his troops divided into several routes, going to nearby counties and towns to grab grain and money, which gave the officers and soldiers a great headache, and they did not know where he was going to attack next.

After a period of time, Zhang Xianzhong finally waited for the good news, Zuo Liangyu was transferred to Henan by the court to participate in the Battle of Kaifeng.

Hearing the news, Zhang Xianzhong shouted excitedly: "Okay, as soon as the bitter master leaves, it's time for Lao Tzu to go out of the mountain and teach these turtle sons a good lesson......"

The generals under him were also very happy, but Tang Sai'er had other ideas: "Dashuai, although Zuo Liangyu has left at this time, the Sichuan army is also very strong, relying on our team alone, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, it is better to join forces with others, it is more cost-effective." ”

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head again and again: "Cao Cao is not righteous, he ran away, King Li Chuang is in Kaifeng again, and the fifth battalion of Gezuo is in Shandong, who else can I find to join forces,"

Tang Sai'er smiled: "Qin Jun,"

Zhang Xianzhong frowned: "If you want to say that the Qin army is not an outsider, my righteous brother is there, but this Qin king has never dealt with each other, how to join forces,"

Tang Sai'er said: "If you want to join forces, you need to give benefits to others, we can send a confidant to meet your brother first, and ask him to tell the King of Qin, the two sides can send troops in two ways, attack Sichuan, and lay down the territory in the future, and the two sides will divide it equally, or whoever shoots where, will get it, and see if he will agree." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "It's hard to say, the Qin army has just occupied Hanzhong, and it has not completely settled down, and I heard that the Qin army has sent another group of men and horses into Henan, how many troops can they have, I think the King of Qin will definitely refuse." ”

Tang Sai'er smiled: "Anyway, it doesn't hurt to send someone to get in touch." The strength of the Qin army is getting bigger and bigger, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more people, which is exactly what we want to rely on. Don't worry, it's better for him to send troops, if he doesn't send troops, I still have the idea of not sending troops. ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "That's right, we old people who have rolled on the tip of the knife hundreds of times, don't care which big tree to rely on to get in the shade, just do what you say." He immediately sent several personal soldiers, two of whom were familiar with Li Kang, and wrote a letter for them to bring with him, asking Li Kang to pass it on to the King of Qin.

That's how it came about.

When these soldiers returned to Zhang Xianzhong's camp and handed over the reply letter from King Qin, Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table and shouted: "Strange things, strange things. King Qin actually agreed so happily......"

He handed the letter to Tang Sai'er, and after Tang Sai'er read it, he frowned slightly: "King Qin is not a guy with a quick personality, he knows the strength of the Qin army best in his heart, could it be that the Qin army has greatly expanded its population after the development of this half a year,"

Li Dingguo said on the side: "The king of Qin issued an order to appease the exiles, in the past few months, a large number of exiles and poor people have poured into the pass from all provinces, I heard that the number is not less than hundreds of thousands, the king of Qin will definitely recruit strong men among these people, and train people." ”

Tang Hu also said: "We have lived in Guanzhong for a few days, those Qin troops are indeed very good, they do not harass the people, and the people are willing to get close to them." ”

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head, read the reply again, and said to himself: "This King of Qin, will it be a trick and a verbal promise, but in fact he does not send troops and perfunctory ...... us"

Tang Sai'er groaned: "It's very likely. After all, letters are easy to write, but it will take time to send troops, and if the Qin army drags on and on, we can't afford to wait. ”

Zhang Xianzhong snorted: "Regardless of whether his Qin army drags it out or not, in short, our old Zhang doesn't let go of empty cannons." If King Li Chuang loses the battle over there in Kaifeng, and Zuo Liangyu is transferred back, it will be difficult to do it at that time, so let's take this opportunity to lay down some territory and expand some people in case of emergency. ”

Tang Sai'er said: "Exactly, let's think that the Qin army will not send troops, so we will fight according to the plan of the Qin army not sending troops." Hmph, this battle is not only fought by ourselves, but also by the Qin army. ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "Yes, let Qin Jun take a look, our old Zhang is not a vegetarian, Zuo Liangyu can't be beaten, and it is still okay to clean up these shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Sichuan." ”

Zhang Xianzhong has always been straight-tempered, just do what he says, as long as he thinks about it, he will do it immediately. He immediately gathered his men and ordered small peasant armies from all over the place to join him. After these days, many of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates returned one after another, so there were seven or eight thousand men and horses, and after the assembly was completed, he immediately ordered the whole army to go out of the mountain.

Yinghuo mountainous area in Huguang and Anhui border, away from Sichuan is still far away, Zhang Xianzhong led the men and horses like a gust of wind, killing to Sichuan, where the city and county were attacked, the momentum was huge.

To tell the truth, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses are regarded as first-class combat effectiveness in the peasant army, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and others in the army are all fierce generals, and although Zhang Xianzhong is rough on the surface, he is very deceitful in his heart, there is no routine in using soldiers, he can do what he wants, and no one can figure out the routine, which also makes the officers and soldiers very headache.

Although he has not read many history books, he also knows the benefits of Sichuan. Since the Warring States period, it has been known as the land of abundance, rich in products, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Liu Bang and Liu Bei both made their careers here. Therefore, in history, Sichuan has played a decisive role in the situation of the whole country on more than one occasion.

Although the Sichuan army is brave, but Zhang Xianzhong doesn't care, since he started the army, he has entered Sichuan many times, some have entered Sichuan alone, and some have entered Sichuan in partnership with Li Zicheng and others, so he is no stranger to Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong is more brainy, every time he enters Sichuan, he stays in the local area or buys some locals as his own eyeliner.

Therefore, no matter what happened in Sichuan or what the military situation was, Zhang Xianzhong could quickly get a tip. With this condition, he felt that he was sure enough to attack Sichuan with all his strength.

Zhang Xianzhong led his men and horses to rush forward, and ten days later they were killed on the edge of Sichuan. It's like running.

Until this time, he still had no news of the Qin army's troops.

Zhang Xianzhong recruited troops and horses in Zhuxi County, hoarded grain and grass, and prepared to enter Sichuan.

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