King Qin said: "How can you not know this, although you borrow troops from Li Zicheng, you will not borrow them immediately, and you guess that after Sun Chuanting's defeat, Li Zicheng will definitely recruit people in Henan, so it won't be long before his people will be greatly expanded." 【Latest chapter reading. I believe that with the kindness of Qin Jun to help him make a comeback last time, he will not refuse. ”

Zhang Yi nodded again and again: "What the king said is extremely true. If there are still some difficulties in this matter, the minister is willing to go to Kaifeng in person to meet Li Zicheng. ”

King Qin said: "If the prime minister goes, borrowing troops is only one of them, and you must also observe the movements of the peasant army to see if Li Zicheng has the intention of going north after he conquers Kaifeng." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "This is natural. If the peasant army only keeps its eyes on Henan, the minister can give them a wake-up call, and they can even listen to it, Li Zicheng and Fan Ju can join forces. ”

King Qin was satisfied: "The prime minister can prepare to go, this time I have a request for someone, and I need to prepare some gifts." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "No need, after the minister goes, he will give the peasant army a big gift." Far more valuable than any precious grain. ”

King Qin said to Bai Qi: "The safety of the prime minister will be handed over to the general." Bai nodded: "The king doesn't have to worry, after arriving at Tongguan, I will send Shehuai to escort him personally." ”

King Qin nodded and said to Li Yan: "When the prime minister is not there, Li Gongzi has full authority to act as an agent for all affairs, and the relationship is not light, and he must do it well." ”

Li Yan gave up his hand, in fact, he and the King of Qin had the same mind, the King of Qin regarded Li Yan as an important figure early on, and wanted to train him to be an important minister in charge of government affairs, because Zhang Yi's ability was not in governing the country, but in diplomacy, since Fan Ju's defection, the Qin army was very short of capable ministers to govern the country. King Qin is very optimistic about Li Yan.

Let's say that Zhang Yi, after receiving the decree, returned to the prime minister's mansion and told Wu Xinlan that he was going to go far away, and he might not be able to come back for a month.

At this time, Wu Xinlan was already the wife of the prime minister and could no longer open a hotel, so she handed over the hotel to her apprentices to take care of, and she concentrated on serving Zhang Yi.

However, Wu Xinlan couldn't be idle after all, after the king of Qin entered Xi'an, he rewarded Zhang Yi with a set of mansions as the prime minister's mansion, which was originally owned by the largest gentry in the city, after the Qin army occupied Xi'an, the gentry fled, and the house was owned by the Qin army.

Although there is a house, there are also a few servants, Zhang Yi has no intention of managing these, so the house is very unpresentable, after Wu Xinlan married Zhang Yi, she gave full play to the power of the housekeeper's mother-in-law, and commanded the servants and apprentices to repair the house, which restored its former vitality.

Wu Xinlan did not give up, but also opposite the Prime Minister's Mansion, set up two teahouses, and sent someone to take care of them, in her words, at this time the Qin army was still very difficult, there was no way to give everyone a salary, so they had to be self-reliant, and all the expenses of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the future did not need to use the money from the treasury. Zhang Yi listened and agreed very much.

At this time, Wu Xinlan was very worried when she heard that Zhang Yi was going to Henan to meet with Li Zicheng, in her mind, except for the Qin army, any peasant army was a thief and killed people without blinking. Moreover, these people have never been faithful, and they have rebelled against the court three times and twice, and there is simply no bottom line.

Hearing Wu Xinlan's worry, Zhang Yi smiled: "Madam, don't worry." At this time, although Li Zicheng won a big victory, he still did not have the strength to reign in the world, at this time, he would not turn his face with the Qin army, and even if he had this intention, with your husband's three-inch incorruptible tongue, he could retreat with his whole body. ”

Wu Xinlan smiled, but was still worried: "Henan is still not very peaceful, if you go, you have to bring more people." Zhang Yi said: "The general has already made arrangements, there is nothing to worry about, in less than a month, I will definitely come back." ”

Wu Xinlan prepared things for Zhang Yi to travel, Zhang Yi was still a little worried about the governance of Guanzhong, so he came to Li Yan again and explained some important matters to him, Li Yan accepted them one by one, and Zhang Yi returned home.

The next day, Zhang Yi resigned to the King of Qin, and the King of Qin, Bai Qi, Li Yan and others sent Zhang Yi out of Xi'an City, and then they broke up. Bai Qi equipped Zhang Yi with a thousand cavalry, led by the deputy general Zhao Shen, and headed towards Tongguan.

Last night, Bai Qi wrote a letter, sending someone out of the city overnight to send it to Shehuai in Tongguan, so that after he saw Zhang Yi, he would bring two thousand men and horses to protect Zhang Yi along the way, and Tongguan would be taken over by Zhao Shen.

After receiving the letter, Shi Huai did not dare to slack off, and immediately selected 2,000 elite soldiers to wait for Zhang Yi.

One day later, Zhang Yi arrived with men and horses, Shehuai took him into Guanzhong, asked Zhang Yi to rest, and then handed over the defense of Guanzhong with Zhao Shen, and early the next morning, Shehuai led three thousand cavalry to escort Zhang Yi into Henan.

At this time, Henan, as predicted by King Qin, has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Since Li Zicheng's defeat of Sun Chuanting, all parts of Henan have responded, and the poor peasants rushed into the county seat to drive away the Ming officials, and then spontaneously hung up Li Zicheng's banner and sent people to report to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng naturally sent people to accept it.

In less than a month, the whole of Henan, except for a part of the area near Huguang, was subordinated to Li Zicheng. And Li Zicheng's men and horses under Kaifeng City also reached nearly 500,000 people.

And such a situation has provided convenience for Zhang Yi's arrival. As soon as Zhang Yi entered the border of Henan, all the counties he passed were under the banner of breaking into the king, and he couldn't help but feel happy and worried. The good thing is that Li Zicheng has controlled Henan, and the east of Tongguan can breathe a sigh of relief, but the worry is that Li Zicheng's strength is so strong, and it will not be long before it is possible to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and establish another country.

However, things still have to be done step by step, and now we need to talk about borrowing troops, which is the most important. So Zhang Yi traveled unimpeded along the way, and in less than ten days, he came to Kaifeng City.

Li Zicheng had already heard the report that the Qin army had sent Mr. Zhang Yi to discuss important matters. Li Zicheng was very happy when he heard that Zhang Yi had arrived, and he never forgot that when he killed the official and rebelled, Zhang Yi had funded him with silver and two. The two sides are friends in trouble.

Before Zhang Yi arrived in the camp, Li Zicheng personally led an important general, and together with Luo Rucai, went out of the camp for thirty miles to greet him.

After seeing the banner of Qin Jun, Li Zicheng jumped off the horse and stood on the side of the road, his attitude was very respectful, Zhang Yi also hurriedly dismounted, and the two of them walked together and exchanged pleasantries.

Zhang Yi is very good at things and can speak, so he preemptively said: "King Chuang, this defeat of Sun Chuanting has shaken the world, and the king of my family is overjoyed when he hears it, so he specially sent him to congratulate him." ”

Li Zicheng held Zhang Yi's hand and shook it again and again: "What did Mr. say, if there was no King Qin to take him in and the Qin army to fund it, I, Li Zicheng, would have been eaten by the official army a long time ago, how can there be a chance to make a comeback, Mr. and General Shehuai can come, Zicheng is overjoyed, please talk about it in the camp." ”

Luo Rucai also met Zhang Yi, and the two sides walked hand in hand and were very affectionate. Li Zicheng's subordinate generals also knew Zhang Yi, so they all came to see him. I have seen Shi Huai again, you must know that Zhang Yi is a figure second only to the King of Qin, and the peasant army used to receive more benefits from the Qin army in Tongguan, but at this time Zhang Yi came in person, how could he be slow.

There were endless laughter along the way, and after coming to the camp, the military advisor Song Xiance had already prepared a sumptuous banquet to entertain Zhang Yi and Shehuai, and the other 3,000 people from the Qin army were arranged to sit in other camps.

In the peasant barracks, it was as lively as the New Year.

Li Zicheng first toasted Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi returned the salute, and began to play and sing before the banquet, Luo Rucai was also very generous, and specially asked people to select the best singers and dancers in his own camp to help the fun.

After three rounds of drinking, and gradually getting to the point, Song Xiance first asked: "Mr. Zhang, I heard that the Qin army has captured Hanzhong and recruited displaced people in Guanzhong, so it must have increased its strength greatly at this time." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "This is true, everyone is not an outsider, so I will tell you the truth, at this time, my Qin army has 100,000 horses." ”

Everyone sighed, but it was not too loud, if it had been changed a few months ago, the generals would still be surprised, but at this time, Li Zicheng's men and horses already had more than 500,000, and the Qin army's 100,000 horses were not enough to be shocked.

Li Zicheng said: "The Qin army has always been able to fight habitually, and at this time, it has a large army, and Guanzhong is as stable as Mount Tai, which is gratifying." ”

Zhang Yi said: "Yes, but Hanzhong is not peaceful, and there was a rebellion, although it was suppressed by my general and Li Yangongzi, but it also took a lot of energy." Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong grew stronger in Sichuan and blocked the official army in the south for the Qin army, so my Qin army was a lot easier. ”

Luo Rucai said: "I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of people from the Eight Kings, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Naturally, it is true, there has been a rare catastrophe in Sichuan this year, and there is no harvest in many places, which gives Zhang Xianzhong an excellent opportunity for development. Sichuan is already in his pocket, and it is at his fingertips. ”

Song Xiance said: "This is exactly a good thing. In the future, our army will capture Henan, the Qin army will occupy the whole of Shaanxi, and the eight kings will be based in Sichuan. ”

Zhang Yi smiled slightly: "That's exactly the truth." But there is one thing at the moment, but we need to discuss it carefully. ”

Li Zicheng was stunned: "What's the matter, I need Mr. to come in person,"

Zhang Yi looked at the people in the tent, approached Li Zicheng, and said in a low voice: "There are many idlers here, let's find a quiet place to talk." Li Zicheng nodded, so he instructed Liu Zongmin to lead the generals here to entertain Shehuai, and he and Luo Rucai, Song Xiance, accompanied Zhang Yi, and came to Song Xiance's big tent.

There was no one else here, just the four of them, and the guards were far away from the tent, so that they could speak easily.

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