Sun Chuanting waved his hand, and the knife and axe hand in the tent set He Renlong up, pulled him outside the tent, raised a knife in his hand, and the head fell to the ground. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

Sun Chuanting ordered He Renlong's head to be displayed in the camp as a warning.

After He Renlong's men and horses came to Linzhang, some of his cronies and subordinates were dragged by Sun Chuanting's people to eat and drink, and when they were drunk, a group of knife and axe men poured in, tied them all up, pushed them to the river, stabbed one by one, became drunkards, and accompanied He Renlong.

Sun Chuanting killed He Renlong, the army was shocked, and all the generals shuddered, where did they dare to slack off in the slightest. Sun Chuanting immediately sent the table to Chongzhen, and then expanded the soldiers, trained strictly, and prepared for another decisive battle with the peasant army.

Not to mention Henan, let's take a look at the Qin army.

Since Li Yan and Li Dang returned to Hanzhong, together with Bai Qi, quickly quelled the rebellion in Hanzhong, killed many rebellious parties and secretly infiltrated the official army, and after Hanzhong settled down, Li Dang personally came to Xi'an and asked the King of Qin for guilt.

The king of Qin still showed him affection, reprimanded Li Kang angrily, and demoted him to a partial general. Li Dare is naturally grateful. Then he was ordered by the King of Qin to continue to guard Hanzhong and replace Bai Qi and Li Yan back to Guanzhong.

When Bai Qi and Li Yan returned to Xi'an, they got the news that Zhang Xianzhong was smooth sailing in Sichuan, and the number of people was greatly expanded, and the king of Qin regretted his mistake, but did not expect this opportunity to be given to Zhang Xianzhong in vain, and the Qin army went to Sichuan once, but because of the crisis in Hanzhong, he retreated back and did not gain a foothold in Sichuan.

Bai Qi said: "King, Zhang Xianzhong now has hundreds of thousands of horses, his next step is definitely to attack Chongqing, and then attack Chengdu and take the whole of Sichuan." For Qin Jun, there are pros and cons. On the one hand, Zhang Xianzhong seized Sichuan, and our southern convenience had no worries, because Li Dang guarded Hanzhong, and the two had a good relationship, and Zhang Xianzhong would not come to fight Hanzhong's idea. On the other hand, we have also lost a large rear base. ”

King Qin nodded: "Yes, Shuzhong has always been an important grain producing area for our Qin people, and if it is given to Zhang Xianzhong, it will be really disadvantageous." But now that he is sitting on a large army and has strong strength, the Qin army cannot fight against it, so he must continue to make friends. You can't turn your face. This time, Li dared to send troops to help, which was a good thing. ”

Li Yan took over the conversation: "King, Zhang Xianzhong has hundreds of thousands of horses, Tang Sai'er as a military advisor, Li Dingguo under his command, Sun Kewang and a group of brave generals, already full-fledged, after Qin Liangyu's defeat, Sichuan will be owned by him." Although our Qin army occupies Guanzhong and Hanzhong, the place is not large, compared with Sichuan, the land is barren, the people are scarce, and under the situation of safety and worry-free, the space for development is small. ”

King Qin said: "I want to be the first king of my Qin State for dozens of generations, stick to Guanzhong, and then take Shu land, and then send a letter to Guguan to the east to fight for the world." Now, if Sichuan is given to Zhang Xianzhong, our Qin State can only go out of Tongguan and attack Henan. But Henan is Li Zicheng's backyard, once Li Zicheng defeats Sun Chuanting, he will inevitably divide his troops to plunder all parts of Henan. I can't afford to offend either of these things at the moment. ”

Zhang Yi said: "In this way, if the Qin army wants to grow, it can only march to Shanxi. ”

King Qin said: "Shanxi is guarded by Hong Chengchou, and the terrain is dangerous, it is not easy to attack, and at this time, our Qin army has just quelled the rebellion in Hanzhong, and internal stability is urgently needed, so it is not appropriate to move troops at this time." ”

He sighed: "The world is in turmoil, the current situation is not clear, our Qin army cannot take risks easily, and first stabilize the land in Guanzhong, and then try to forge ahead." ”

When the monarch and ministers were deliberating, suddenly there was an urgent report from Tongguan. King Qin took a look and couldn't help but stand up from the dragon seat, his face a little abnormal.

Somehow the king of Qin circulated the urgent report to everyone, and after everyone finished reading it, they said in unison: "Sun Chuanting has been defeated." ，”

It turned out that the Qin army's fine work in Henan had already detected the news of the battle of Kaifeng, and immediately used flying pigeons to pass the book to Tongguan's Shehuai, who did not dare to delay, and also sent it to Xi'an with an expedited horse.

For Qin Jun, this is a particularly important matter. It is not only related to the development of the peasant army, but also to its own survival.

Li Yan shouted: "King Chuang really won, in this way, Kaifeng and even the whole of Henan will inevitably fall into the hands of the peasant army." ”

Bai Qi said: "Not only that, Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting, Henan shook, Li Zicheng's prestige was greatly enhanced, and his strength will inevitably increase greatly." Henan is very close to Zhili, and it is not impossible for him to cross the Yellow River in the future, attack Beijing, and destroy the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhang Yi said: "General, do you think that the dead are Li Zicheng." ”

Bai nodded: "Since this time out of the mountain, Li Zicheng has changed from usual, and his people have begun to have a bigger goal, not only limited to survival." ”

Li Yan said: "Yes, this is the goal that Song Xiance brought to Li Zicheng after he came to his army. His nursery rhyme had a great impact on the peasant army. Since then, the Chuang army has had the ultimate goal, which is to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and let Li Zicheng sit in the country. ”

King Qin said: "And judging from this time, this possibility is getting bigger and bigger." Once Li Zicheng takes Kaifeng, Henan will be in his hands. And Beijing is no longer in danger. ”

Bai Qi said: "Let's just look at Li Zicheng's scenery." ”

King Qin looked at Zhang Yi: "What does the prime minister think." Zhang Yi smiled: "Li Zicheng is willing to be the overlord of Chu, and let him do it, let's be Liu Bang." ”

Li Yan nodded: "Mr. is right, Li Zicheng at this time is indeed very similar to the overlord of Chu, this battle is like the battle of the giant deer." ”

King Qin had read a lot of history books of later generations, and he also knew the story of the struggle between Chu and Han, so he smiled and said: "In this case, our Qin army also has to say something, Li Gongzi, you can arrange this matter, send the right person to Li Zicheng's army, and congratulate him on his great victory in this battle." ”

Li Yan arched his hand and said, "Obey." King, we have to send people, I don't think there is any need to bring gifts, at this time Henan is not the territory of the peasant army, so just send a few people in disguise to congratulate. ”

King Qin said: "It's okay, you write another letter in a lonely tone, and try to write as humble as possible." ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "This is natural, now that the army is gaining prestige, the world is looking sideways, we don't want to be in the limelight, it's better to keep a low profile." ”

King Qin frowned again: "That's true, but the Qin army can't stop moving, and it still needs to expand its territory." At present, among the neighboring provinces, Henan and Sichuan cannot be moved, and Gansu is a subordinate, so it seems that it can only march to Shanxi. ”

He looked at Bai Qi: "This matter will be handed over to the general." Remember not to rush things and take advantage of them. ”

Bai Qi gave up his hand, and then everyone retreated and went their own way.

Li Yan returned to his residence, wrote a congratulatory letter to Li Zicheng, and then sent several of his cronies, who were also familiar with Li Zicheng, and asked them to pretend to be businessmen and ordinary people, and go to Kaifeng to hand them over to Li Zicheng.

Just after finishing this matter, I suddenly heard the master come to report that the general Bai Qi and the prime minister Zhang Yi had arrived. Li Yan hurriedly went out to greet him, took the two into the hall, and served tea.

Zhang Yi sat down, looked at Li Yan, and said with a smile: "This time, the two of us came together, and I want to discuss something with my son." Li Yan said: "Both of them are my teachers, why do you need to be so polite, I don't know what it is." ”

Bai Qi looked at Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi looked at Bai Qi, and said, "General, this is your family matter, why do you have to say it first." Bai Qi smiled and said: "It is precisely because it is a family matter, so it is inconvenient for me to speak, or it is more appropriate for Mr. to say it." ”

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that there was something he needed to tell me.

Zhang Yi smiled and shook his head: "Okay, I can only be the middleman," so he said to Li Yan: "This matter is not a big deal, the general has a righteous daughter, you know,"

Li Yan nodded: "It's Miss Xiangjun, I know,"

Zhang Yi said: "Miss Xiangjun is sixteen years old this year, and she has reached the age of talking about marriage, but this girl is a little stubborn, and she will not marry if she is not a son, so no matter who proposes marriage, she will be blocked, but in our entire Qin army, we all know the relationship between the son and the red lady, didn't there be an example of the Tang Sai'er girl before." But Miss Tang can run away, if Miss Xiangjun goes out, where will she run. Besides, she has long been a member of our Qin army, so I was entrusted by the general to mention family affairs, of course, there is a red girl there, and Miss Xiangjun doesn't want to be a wife, to be honest, she doesn't have the guts, so she just wants to be a concubine for her son, you see. ”

When Li Yan heard this, he immediately stood up and waved his hand again and again: "How can this be done." Miss Xiangjun is unparalleled in her appearance, she is a fairy-like figure in my Qin army, she is so good, how can she be a concubine. Besides, Li Yan would never dare to take a concubine, at this time when the Qin army was still in difficulty, I and the red girl did not dare to mention family affairs, how could we dare to agree to this matter. ”

Zhang Yi said: "Red girl, I have to say, the matter of taking concubines is really common, as long as the son has this meaning, Miss Xiangjun can wait for the son and the red girl to get married, and then marry, never reverse the order,"

Li Yan still shook his head, and said in vain: "Li Gongzi, Xiangjun is infatuated with you, unless you don't marry, if Li Gongzi doesn't allow it, she will be heartbroken, I can't watch her fragrant jade, so I came cheekily, Gongzi said the truth, even the king didn't set up a side concubine, we are courtiers, and we will never dare to take a concubine, I just want to beg Li Gongzi, reluctantly agree first, maybe the little girl is the beginning of love, and the world has not happened, if it is really inconvenient in the future, the son can regret the marriage, then Xiangjun may have grown up, and he will no longer think about it." ，”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Exactly, Gongzi is refusing now, it's a bit too hurtful, I'm really afraid that Miss Xiangjun won't be able to think about it for a while, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that the whole army will hate Gongzi,"

Li Yan was in a dilemma, and suddenly heard someone laughing at the door,

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