Li Yan said: "In this case, I will set off quickly, go to Zhang Xianzhong as an envoy, take a look at the movement by the way, and ask the superintendent to send a boat to send him off." [No pop-ups. No matter what kind of changes there are in Sichuan, I will definitely send someone to inform the superintendent. Zuo Liangyu said: "That's very good." I also sent people to Sichuan to investigate. Be aware of it. ”

After the two of them finished drinking, Zuo Liangyu sent someone to send Li Yan out of the city and back to the camp, and also sent a lot of Wuchang specialties and asked him to bring them back to Guanzhong, which was a little affection for King Qin. Li Yan thanked him.

Back in the camp, Li Yan did not delay at all, and immediately ordered to go up the river. Enter Sichuan to meet Zhang Xianzhong. His 500 men and horses did not take all of them, only 200 people, and let the other 300 horsemen return to Guanzhong with the gifts given by Zuo Liangyu, and play the King of Qin, it will not be long before there will be a war between Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu.

He was sure of that.

Li Yan led the men and horses, got on the big ship sent by Zuo Liangyu, and began to trace the river and march towards Sichuan. When approaching the Three Gorges, he sent people to take a small boat to meet Li Dingguo in Kuimen first, explain his intentions, and make it convenient for him to travel.

People came and went quickly, and they came back quickly, and brought a deputy general sent by Li Dingguo, and after the two sides met, they came to Kuimen by boat together. Li Dingguo followed, and Zuo Liangyu's boat went back.

Li Yan entered the Kuimen, Li Dingguo set up a banquet to entertain him, Li Yan asked Zhang Xianzhong about the emperor, Li Dingguo said with a smile: "My majesty is the emperor, it is not exactly his own will, more subordinates and Sichuan fathers and elders support, his old man is just obedient to the sky." Nowadays, Sichuan is everywhere in Daqing, which shows that our army is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

Li Yan laughed secretly when he heard it, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were in the righteous army, and the military discipline was relatively poor, the best military discipline was Li Zicheng, followed by Gao Yingxiang, except for the two of them, other righteous armies were not good, the worst rebels were almost no different from bandits, Zhang Xianzhong was no exception, not to mention burning and killing Y, what Li Dingguo said was just a high-sounding cover-up.

This point does not need to be debunked, so Li Yan also praised a few words, because the two have met many times, and they met in Beijing not long ago, so the relationship is not bad, Li Dingguo is an assertive, brainy person, and has a good heart, his subordinates are more kind than Zhang Xianzhong's other people, and there are fewer killings in the army. Therefore, Li Yan has a good impression of him.

Without seeing Zhang Xianzhong, Li Yan naturally would not tell his true purpose, so he rested here for a day in Li Dingguo, and the next day Li Dingguo sent someone to escort Li Yan and his men, abandoned the ship and went to Chengdu.

And when Li Yan arrived, Li Dingguo had already sent someone to report to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong has indeed been proclaimed emperor, but the process of becoming emperor is not entirely pleasant, because there is a major figure who has clearly expressed his opposition.

This person is Tang Sayer.

Instigated Zhang Xianzhong to be the emperor, it was those generals under him, these people were headed by Sun Kewang, and discussed in private, Li Zicheng only occupied a part of Zhili and Henan, and he could be called the emperor. Isn't it a relationship between a boss and a subordinate?

At this time, these generals have been carried away by victory, after occupying Sichuan, they suddenly have such a large territory in their hands, so many people, and Sichuan has not had a major famine for many years, rich in money and food, and abundant capital, their men and horses have expanded again, counting the guards and soldiers in various counties, Zhang Xianzhong has an army of 400,000 under his command.

With so many people and horses, such a large territory, if you don't call yourself the emperor, what are you waiting for?

Therefore, led by Sun Kewang, all the military generals urged Zhang Xianzhong to ask him to be the emperor, saying that this is the will of heaven and cannot be violated.

The persuasion of the generals under the tent happened to be Zhang Xian's loyalty.

Since Li Zicheng became the emperor, Zhang Xianzhong was a little unhappy, no matter how much trouble Li Zicheng made in the past, how much territory he occupied, Zhang Xianzhong didn't care, the two sides in the years of fighting with the official army, naturally there is a certain friendship, but this friendship, with Li Zicheng entered Beijing, the Ming Dynasty fell and changed the taste. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, the purpose of the uprising of the righteous army has changed, from the past anti-Ming, to the current separation, since it is a separation, it is impossible to listen to the command of others, so since the death of the Ming Dynasty, the two families have almost no news.

In addition to this joint anti-Qing operation.

And it was this operation that made Zhang Xianzhong even more wary of Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng recaptured Zhili and the capital with the help of all the candidates, but he did not let anyone get the benefit of the territory, although Zhang Xianzhong himself had nothing to lose, but he saw Li Zicheng's plan clearly, so he was angry, needless to say.

What makes him most unhappy is Li Zicheng's title to the emperor, just as the generals below privately discussed, after Li Zicheng became the emperor, his prestige was shocked, and his Sichuan was already remote, if he didn't make some noise, he was afraid that the world would forget him. It was at this time that the following generals jointly persuaded him to be emperor, so Zhang Xianzhong didn't even have a symbolic excuse, and immediately agreed.

But Tang Sai'er disagreed, after she heard the news that Sun Kewang and others persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to be the emperor, she immediately rushed to Zhang Xianzhong's mansion, and as soon as she arrived at the mansion gate, she saw Sun Kewang and other generals coming out of it happily, getting on the horse and leaving, she knew that Zhang Xianzhong agreed.

Tang Sai'er was in a hurry, and without waiting for the doorman to report, he broke in.

Because of her status in the army and Zhang Xianzhong's attention, no one dared to stop her. Tang Sai'er directly entered Zhang Xianzhong's hall.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was sitting inside, hugging the two concubines beside him, laughing and drinking tea, and when he saw Tang Sai'er coming in, he knew that something was wrong, waved his hand to the two concubines, drove them away, and then said: "The military advisor is here, please take a seat." ”

Tang Sai'er opened his mouth and said: "Sun Kewang has come here, is it to persuade the king to be the emperor?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled: "Yes, the military advisor must also be for this matter, I have already agreed." When I become emperor, the military advisor will be the prime minister, and your brother will be the general......"

Tang Sai'er shook his head again and again: "King, you can't be the emperor, at least not right now." ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "Why? There was a hint of displeasure in his yellow eyes.

Tang Sai'er said: "Because now is not the time to be the emperor." ”

Zhang Xianzhong lowered his eyelids, picked up the tea bowl, and gently blew the tea foam inside: "Then please tell the military advisor, why is it not the time to be the emperor now?" ”