Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong is in Sichuan, too close to Hanzhong, once he completely occupies Sichuan, then the Qin army in Hanzhong will be under his threat, especially since this person already has hundreds of thousands of horses under his command, and he must be guarded against. [No pop-ups. 】

Although Li Dang and Zhang Xianzhong are righteous brothers, but in troubled times, people's hearts are unpredictable, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong has always been cunning and capricious, God knows when he will disregard his feelings and come to attack. Therefore, King Qin was a little worried.

He originally wanted to transfer Li Dang back, but he felt that it was not the right time, with Li Dang here, Zhang Xianzhong should not tear his face for a while, and even when Hanzhong was attacked by the official army, Zhang Xianzhong could still help.

Therefore, the king of Qin only gave Li Kang a reply, ordering him to strictly train his men and horses and be sure to maintain stability in the territory.

At this time, King Qin paid the most attention to Li Zicheng's movements.

Since Li Zicheng withdrew his troops from Kaifeng and came to Luoyang, he has stabilized his foothold in Luoyang City and the surrounding counties, recruiting people on the one hand, and reforming the military system on the other. The movement was very big, which made the court very annoyed, but there was nothing to be done. If you want to crusade, you don't have this strength, no matter how much you break into the army, what is the face of the court, so Chongzhen repeatedly urged Sun Chuanting, asking him to wait until the men and horses are ready, and then enter Henan again and fight a decisive battle with Li Zicheng.

If there is still a chance of winning against Li Zicheng, the entire court can only rely on Sun Chuanting. At this time, after two or three months of recruitment, Sun Chuanting once again had more than 30,000 horses under his command, and if he transferred Gao Jie, Yang Wenyue, Zuo Liangyu and other generals, it would not be less than 100,000 horses. But the last failure gave Sun Chuanting a great lesson, and before he was 50% sure, Sun Chuanting would never move troops easily.

Although he did not move troops, Sun Chuanting gave Chongzhen a secret recital, explaining what he meant, he wanted to separate Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, and let the thieves and soldiers start civil strife, which would greatly consume the enemy's soldiers and horses, and win a big victory without a single knife or gun.

Chongzhen was overjoyed when he saw the song, and immediately ordered Sun Chuanting to implement it quickly.

In fact, this is also Sun Chuanting's strategy to delay the army, and he wants to use this strategy to delay the development and march of the army, and take advantage of this opportunity to give the officers and soldiers a chance to breathe. If Li Zicheng led his army across the river to kill him at this time, he would be invincible.

If the martial arts are not good, they will come to the text, and if the literature is not good, they will come to the yin, although Sun Chuanting is a civil official, but he is more ruthless than the other, and every move is hotter than the other.

He immediately sent someone to Henan to find the strategist Gu Tong and asked him to follow the plan.

At this time, Gu Tong had already gone to take refuge in Luo Rucai, to say that his courage was also greater than the sky, and after the sky collapsed, he actually dared to enter the camp of the peasant army for the second time.

This is thanks to Shooting Collapse Heaven, when Gu Tong entered the camp, Shooting Collapse Heaven did not let others see him, just a few of his own personal soldiers, and this time he came to Luo Rucai's army, Gu Tong changed his name and called himself Huangzhou Chen Sheng, a scholar surnamed Chen, to join Luo Rucai's command.

He did not look for Luo Rucai directly, but threw himself into the account of one of his generals, and at this time Luo Rucai also ordered people to recruit people in Henan, and all generals could recruit troops. He saw that Li Zicheng had won Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, and there were capable people around him to give ideas, just like Liu Bei had gotten Zhuge Liang, he was very envious, so he ordered his subordinates to recruit troops, as long as they came to defect to the scribes, they must be re-watched, and they must talk to them in person.

Gu Tong called himself Chen Sheng, came to the account of this general, talked with the recruiting officer, and said that he had the eloquence of Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and the officer did not dare to slack off, and immediately introduced him to this general.

This general sat down with Gu Tong and talked about it, and immediately admired it very much, so he recommended it to Luo Rucai, and after Luo Rucai saw it, he also admired this Huangzhou Chen Sheng, so he was named a member of the army and participated in taking charge of military affairs.

A few days later, Gu Tong found Luo Rucai, invited others out, and the two of them had a secret conversation in the tent. Luo Rucai didn't know what he meant, so he asked, "Mr. is so secretive, is there anything important?"

Gu Tong made a statement of indignation: "Does the general know that there are many people in the camp who use bad horses to steal good horses in my camp?"

When Luo Rucai heard this, he sighed: "It turned out to be this matter, how could I not know, but it is not a big deal, for the sake of a few horses, it will ruin the righteousness between brothers, and I can't do it." ”

Gu Tong snorted: "This is not a matter of a few horses, at the moment the camp is getting bigger and bigger, there are no less than 300,000 people and horses, and your men and horses are less than 100,000, you know, when you defeated Sun Chuanting, if it wasn't for Luo Shuai, you were in a hurry to get wise, and discarded the treasure to lure the official army, how could there be a later reversal into victory." This is good, your idea won the battle, and the benefits were all for Li Zicheng, and at this time his reputation far outweighed you, he was the generalissimo of Fengtian and righteousness, and you were a great general, obviously, the position was below him. ”

Luo Rucai's face darkened, and he let out a sigh: "The words are good, but ...... But what can I do, those war horses are not human, they all look different, and they can come back if they are pulled away, these war horses ......"

Gu Tong smiled: "If you listen to me, Guan Bao will not lose his horse again in the future, even if he loses it, he can get it back smoothly, and he has nothing to say about breaking into the camp." ”

Luo Rucai's eyes lit up: "Oh, what a good way, Mr. Say it quickly......"

Gu Tong said: "It's very simple, brand the words on the war horse, for example, you can brand the words "down", "left", and "right." In the future, as long as you see these words on your body, it will be our Luo Ying's horse. He had nothing to say when he broke into the camp. ”

Luo Rucai nodded again and again, in fact, he was also a little angry in his heart, the camp was strong, some of Li Zicheng's subordinates were very rude, not only exchanged his good horses, but even robbed his spoils, the two sides said yes, after the county was beaten, four or six points of the account, but where can it be so clear, often Luo Rucai's subordinates grabbed some good things, and they were taken away by the people who broke into the camp in the blink of an eye, these subordinates came to complain, and even some people were beaten, Luo Rucai only didn't think about it, and it was over after comforting, and rarely mentioned it to Li Zicheng.

It's not that he's afraid of Li Zicheng, but he feels that it's not worth turning his face for some possessions. In the future, the two sides will join forces to fight, Li Zicheng has many people, and he still has to rely on each other in many places.

Now that Luo Rucai heard Gu Tong's idea, he felt that it was very good. In this way, you can not only keep the war horse, but also not offend Li Zicheng's subordinates, killing two birds with one stone. Therefore, he immediately nodded: "Very good, sir will preside over this matter." ”

Gu Tong nodded again and again on the surface, acting solemnly, but he was secretly laughing in his heart: Luo Rucai, let you be called Cao Cao, this time, you will die at the hands of my Gu Tong.

He got Luo Rucai's order, and immediately began to find craftsmen and began to brand characters.

Gu Tong memorized the war horses in the camp, calculated the total number, and then divided them into four batches, according to what he told Luo Rucai, the four words should be branded, down, left, and right, and when branding, the word "up" should be branded first, but Gu Tong ordered the craftsmen to brand the word "left" first.

There are tens of thousands of war horses in Luo Rucai's battalion, divided into four batches, and each batch has more than 10,000 horses.

Just when the craftsmen began to brand words, Gu Tong secretly came to Li Zicheng's camp and found Li Guo.

He joined the army of Luo Rucai, and he also met Li Zicheng once, but Luo Rucai's army did not join the army a lot, and this title was equivalent to a staff officer, so it was not easy for Gu Tong to see Li Zicheng, so he came to Li Guo's army first.

For several days, he had been presenting himself as a native of Huangzhou, and secretly and deliberately contacted a Huangzhou officer in Li Guo's camp, and he was introduced as a fellow countryman, and they drank together a few times. Now he found this official again, and asked him to be sure to introduce him to General Li Guo, saying that he had a confidential matter to tell.

As soon as Li Guo heard what this general said, he didn't know what was going on, so he asked Gu Tong to come and see him. Gu Tong saw Li Guo, and also asked him to send the idle people away, Li Guo was a little suspicious, so he searched Gu Tong's body, but no weapon was found, it didn't look like he was here to act, besides, Gu Tong was a scholar, his body was thin and weak, how could he be Li Guo's opponent, so after the search, Li Guo let others withdraw from the tent, and he talked with Gu Tong alone.

Gu Tong said to Li Guo: "General, maybe you also know that I am a member of the army under Luo Shuai, and I came here this time to tell the general a big thing." ”

Li Guo was unmoved: "Say it." ”

Gu Tong said: "I just learned today that Luo Rucai had secretly fornicated with Zuo Liangyu, wanted to cooperate with the outside and killed King Chuang, and then led the army to surrender to the official army." ”

Li Guo was shocked, and raised the case: "What are you talking about, Luo Shuai wants to surrender to the official army, what evidence is there?"

Gu Tong said: "I also thought that this matter might be a rumor, so I visited Luo Shuai's army, but I didn't expect to see the evidence with my own eyes." ”

Li said: "Is there really any evidence?"

Gu Tong said: "If the general doesn't believe it, you can personally send someone to Luo Shuai's camp to investigate, Luo Shuai has already branded the war horses in the camp with the left character to distinguish between the enemy and me." Just imagine, if Luo Shuai doesn't want to fornicate with Zuo Liangyu, why do you want to brand the word on the war horse, if it is a branding word, why do you want to brand a left character?"

Li Guo's eyes were cold: "If there is really such a thing...... You're waiting here......"

He asked a few of his own soldiers to look at Gu Tong and didn't let him leave the big tent, and then came to find Li Zicheng in person.

Li Zicheng was discussing military affairs with Liu Zongmin, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing and several others, and suddenly saw Li Guo coming, so he asked what was the matter, Li Guo said the matter, Liu Zongmin first scolded: "This Cao Cao, really a black-hearted ghost, actually wants to surrender the official army." ”

Song Xiance was a little skeptical: "King Chuang, although Luo Rucai is cunning, but at this time, it is a good time for the development of the two armies, he is not in a hurry to recruit troops, why should he rebel against the righteous army, I am afraid that there is fraud in it, we can't just listen to the words of Chen Sheng of Huangzhou." ”

Niu Jinxing shook his head again and again: "Brother Song is bad, I think this matter is definitely true." ”

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