Li Yan smiled: "It's good if there are conditions." After all, this is not a family matter, Fan Xiang only needs to put forward the conditions, and with my Li Yan's guarantee, there will be no mistakes. ”

Fan Ju said: "Don't be in a hurry to agree, listen to the conditions, I have two conditions, first, after the capture of Tongguan, the civilian army can enter the customs, but you need to give some compensation to the Qin army, specifically...... 1,000 horses, 2,000 swords and spears, 1,000 bows and crossbows, 1,000 taels of gold, and 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Li Yan looked at him with a smile: "What about the second condition?" ”

Fan Ju took a few steps closer, stood in front of Li Yan, and said word by word: "I want Zhang Xianzhong as a hostage!" ”

Li Dare stood up suddenly: "Fan Xiang, this ...... This can't be ......" Fan Ju didn't look at him, still staring at Li Yan: "If he doesn't come as a hostage, the people's army can swallow the Qin army at any time, only his life is in the hands of the Qin army, the people's army doesn't dare to act rashly, so they don't dare not give me what they want, after all, this Zhang Xianzhong Zhang Da Leader has deceived many people, what do you say?" ”

Li Yan smiled and nodded: "These two conditions are not too harsh, I will go and discuss with him immediately." By tomorrow night at the latest, there will be a return, Li Yan said goodbye. Fan Ju smiled: "I won't send ...... far away"

After sending Li Yan and the other three away, Ziyi asked: "Fan Xiang, will they agree to such conditions?" ”

Fan Ju sneered: "It will definitely be." These tens of thousands of people's troops will never dare to stay outside Tongguan for too long, since they have made up their minds to enter Shaanxi, there is no other way than to attack Tongguan with us. ”

Ziyi said: "That Zhang Xianzhong, I heard Li Dare say, isn't he an idle person, is he willing to come to be a hostage?" Fan Ju said: "This can't help him, he can only come." You remember, as long as we take Tongguan and collect those gold and silver military horses, we will immediately kill Zhang Xianzhong. Ziyi was shocked: "Kill him?" It's not right. He has tens of thousands of horses under his command. Once the attack starts, we are afraid that we will not be able to withstand it and will be wiped out. ”

Fan Ju sneered: "Who said that we want to kill openly? Ziyi frowned and said, "But it's not okay to kill in secret, the people's army will still suspect us." Fan Ju said: "Don't worry, Zhang Xianzhong will die in the hands of the Ming army at that time, in this way, not only will you and me be eliminated, but Zhang Xianzhong's people and horses, we may also be incorporated, killing two birds with one stone, wouldn't it be good?" ”

Ziyi said: "It's good, but how can you let him die at the hands of the Ming army?" ”

Fan Ju said: "This is simple, now Zhang Xianzhong is already an important thief wanted by the court, as long as he hears his news, Hong Chengchou will never let go of this opportunity, Xi'an is not far from Huayin, the news will spread quickly......" He looked at Ziyi, raised his eyebrows, Ziyi suddenly realized: "I see, I understand, as long as we take Tongguan, I will spread the news." ”

Fan Ju said: "This news must not be spread too widely, so that the people's army will also know, preferably ...... Someone who used to be in the Ming army inadvertently found out the news, and then went to Xi'an to report Hong Chengchou secretly......"

Ziyi and Fan Ju glanced at each other and smiled knowingly.

Li Yan and the three of them left Huayin City with the people of Suicong, non-stop, and went out of Tongguan, all the way to the camp, Xiaoqing saw that they came back safely, so they were relieved, Li Yan and the three of them did not rest, and came to see Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

Zhang Luo and the others were also a little unsettled, tens of thousands of horses stayed for one more day, the more dangerous it was, at this time they heard that Li Yan was coming, and hurriedly invited in.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Xianzhong went straight in: "Li Gongzi must have seen the commander of the Qin army, what did he say?" Do you agree to attack Tongguan? ”

Li Yan said: "He agreed, but ......"

Luo Rucai said: "Conditional? Li Yan smiled: "Yes, in my opinion, this condition is very interesting." Zhang Xianzhong said: "What conditions?" ”

Li Yan said the two conditions in turn, the first condition was over, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai didn't say anything, after all, there are many people and a lot of treasures, this condition is not too much. But after listening to the second condition, Luo Rucai's eyes flashed with a cold light: "He wants the Eight Kings as hostages?" ”

Li dared to say: "I don't want the eldest brother to go, but Fan Xiang's meaning is very clear, as long as the eldest brother Zhang doesn't go, they won't send troops." ”

Li Yan said: "They are afraid of losing their soldiers in vain, and after you enter the customs, you will not compensate them, in fact, people's worries are not unreasonable." After all, the two of them are several times more numerous than them, even if they break their promise and don't give them to them, they can only stare dryly, and there is nothing they can do. ”

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Luo Rucai, and he didn't know what it was like. He knew very well that the peasant army was always deceitful when fighting with the official army, and the strategy of fake surrender had not been used once, so people would not dare to believe anything he said, and it seemed that the only way to do it was to take real action.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xianzhong stood up and patted his chest: "Li Gongzi is right, in this world, people's hearts are not ancient, and people who spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain are everywhere. ”

Li Dang also stood up: "Big brother, you have to think clearly, what if the Qin army doesn't let you go after the matter is completed?" ”

During the Warring States Period, Qin and Chu would ally at Wuguan, and King Huai of Chu did not listen to Qu Yuan's advice and went in person, but was captured by Qin and imprisoned to death. Therefore, the word Xinyi is not important to the Qin people.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled: "Brother is not afraid, I have tens of thousands of horses here, forgive them and don't dare to treat me, Lao Tzu will eat and drink for a few days, and it is not bad to enjoy Qingfu." Besides, isn't there still you in the Qin army? If they don't let me go, you'll let it go......" he said with a sly wink.

Li Dang also shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Luo Rucai said: "When you go, you should bring some guards." Zhang Xianzhong said: "It doesn't take too much, four or five will do, if they really don't want to let me go, it's useless to bring a few hundred people." ”

After he finished speaking, he went out of the tent, found the military adviser Xu Yixian, and instructed: "I have not been in the army for the past few days, everything is under Cao Cao's responsibility, and the military affairs of the whole battalion will be managed by him." ”

Xu Yixian agreed one by one, Zhang Xianzhong talked to him in a low voice for a while, and then returned to the camp and asked Li Yan when he would get up, Li Yan thought for a while: "Tomorrow morning, we will leave." ”

Since sending Li Yan away, Fan Ju has also been a little restless, although it is expected that Zhang Xianzhong will definitely agree to the conditions, but these thieves are capricious, God knows what they think in their heads, so as long as he doesn't see Zhang Xianzhong's face, his heart can't be settled.

The next day was almost noon, and suddenly someone came to report that Li Gongzi and Li Dang had returned, and they had brought a few strangers. Fan Ju jumped up: "Hurry up, please ......"

At this time, Ziyi also arrived, and welcomed Li Yan and them in, Li Yan really brought Zhang Xianzhong here, and the two sides made an introduction, Fan Ju behaved very politely, and laughed with a smile on his face: "Just kidding, I didn't expect General Zhang to really come, which made Fan embarrassed." ”

Zhang Xianzhong also said a few kind words: "Mr. Fan is willing to send troops to help, for tens of thousands of horses in my camp, but after a long drought and a rainy day, Lao Zhang naturally wants to come." Otherwise, it's too unreasonable, haha......"

Fan Ju ordered the banquet to be set up and the banquet was entertained.

During the banquet, Li Yan asked about the dispatch of troops, and Fan Ju had already made up his mind: "Li Gongzi, please bring the message back, tomorrow night at the third watch, please General Luo to start tackling the key problems, our Qin army is secretly attacking, we are attacking from both sides, and Tongguan will definitely be able to go down with one drum." ”

Li Yan nodded: "That's very good." I will return to the camp in the afternoon and inform General Luo that when the time comes, the people's army will attack Tongguan openly, and the Qin army will secretly attack, and this pass will be taken. Brother Li Kang stays in the Qin Army, so you don't have to go back with me. Li Dang nodded in agreement.

The two sides drank the meal happily.

After the banquet, Ziyi arranged Zhang Xianzhong's residence, which was the best house in Huayin City, which used to be the residence of the gentry in the city, since it was requisitioned by the Qin army, the gentry were expelled, and the house has been idle.

Zhang Xianzhong was very satisfied and stayed unceremoniously. Li Dare was afraid that something would happen to him, so he also moved in.

At this time, Fan Ju had other arrangements, he secretly called a Qin army, this person's surname is Gan Mingyue, is Fan Ju's henchman when he was in Huashan, Gan Yue is very clever, has also read, can speak, Fan Ju valued him very much early in the morning, at this time ordered Gan Yue, bring some coils, quietly go out of the city, go to Xi'an Mansion, secretly see Hong Chengchou, and say that the Qin army has a big gift.

After he finished his order, he ordered Gan Yue to wear the clothes of the people, change his appearance, quietly sneak out of the West Gate, and beat his horse to Xi'an.