Li Zicheng sat in the hall, facing a charcoal brazier, roasting a fire. His brow furrowed, and the whisker on his lips was still in the tiny droplets of water that had melted from the snow, and was about to drip down. Although the snow on his body shook off, a lot of it still seeped into the cyan cotton robe, if it weren't for the fire plate in front of him, it would definitely make him fight a few cold wars.

He was alone in the room, and around him there were twenty or so benches, seven or eight in a circle, and the same brazier in the middle.

The first snow has fallen at the junction of Shanxi and Henan in October, although it is not big, but it has also brought a lot of trouble to people, the weather has suddenly cooled down, many people have not yet had cotton clothes, how long can they stay, no one can say.

At this time, the curtain in the inner room was lifted, and a person came out, not tall or short, not ugly or handsome, looking like a very ordinary person, but with a fierce momentum on his body, no matter how far away he was, he could feel it deeply.

As soon as he came out, Li Zicheng immediately stood up and nodded to him: "Chuang Wang ......"

This is naturally the nominal leader of the peasant army after the death of Zijin Liang, Gao Yingxiang, and Gao Chuangwang.

He has a very good relationship with Li Zicheng, and in a sense, Li Zicheng is his subordinate. It can be seen from the nickname that he is the king of Chuang, and Li Zicheng is a general.

Gao Yingxiang looked around and smiled: "You are still the earliest." Li Zicheng smiled bitterly: "Although we have a lot of people, in terms of orders, we are far worse than the officers and soldiers." It was said that the meeting was held at noon, but now it has been half an hour. Gao Yingxiang waved his hand: "All battalions have a lot of things to do, and it's no wonder that these people are in charge." ”

At this time, I only heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, the curtain together, and a few people walked in, Gao Yingxiang pointed to the bench: "Breaking into the sky, Cao Cao, the eight kings, mixed 100,000, you are all here, sit down." ”

A few people sat around and waited for a while, and the leaders of each battalion arrived one after another, and more than twenty people filled the room, and the atmosphere was not so dull.

Seeing that the people at the meeting were almost all there, Gao Yingxiang coughed twice: "Brothers, I, Gao Yingxiang, never talk nonsense, this time I summoned everyone to find a way, the officers and soldiers have surrounded us for almost two months, the food is almost exhausted, and some battalions are almost finished slaughtering horses. Tell me, what are the good ideas for rushing out? ”

Some of the palms began to shout, "What's a good idea?" Let's rush to the death, more than 100,000 people, running in one direction, even if you use human pads and bite with teeth, you can bite a way......"

Others disagreed: "Chaotianlong, what are you shouting, it's not that you haven't rushed before, you have lost thousands of people and horses, and you can't even get close to the camp of the official army, and the ditch dug by the turtle sons, the strong crossbows you set up, and the high fortresses you built, not to mention 100,000 people, no matter how many times it, you can't break through." ”

Someone else shouted: "Yes, you are a good bastard, and you will take the men and horses to play the striker yourself......"

Chaotianlong did not show weakness: "It's not that Lao Tzu hasn't fought, how can it be like your soles Uncle Guang, when you see the official army, you run faster than anyone else...... Touch it yourself, the egg is still there? ”

As soon as he heard him scolding, the sole of the shoe couldn't stand it, and when he stood up, he was about to step forward to fight, but he was held down by a person, and that person was Liu Guoneng. He roared angrily: "It's all rats, you know that there is a kind of going to fight with the officials and soldiers, and if you die, you are also a man......"

As soon as he made a move, Chaotianlong and the sole light were silent.

"Cao Cao" Luo Rucai said slowly: "It's not okay to rush, the officials and soldiers are waiting for us to rush, we have to find another way." ”

Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, said: "According to what I said, everyone will make a fake surrender, first get out of the encirclement, and then continue to rebel." ”

Chuang Tiantian shook his head again and again: "No, you have to see who is surrounding us." Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu are all mixed up under Hong Chengchou, and they are bent on our lives and offerings, so we have to take our heads. ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled slightly: "Don't worry, brother, I've already inquired clearly, Cao Wenzhao has been transferred away a few days ago to guard Datong and deal with the Houjin Tartars." At present, the person in charge is an official from the capital, named Wang Pu, in my opinion, he is a chick......"

Li Zicheng nodded: "Lao Zhang's idea is good, you can try it." When everyone heard him say this, they all nodded.

Gao Yingxiang looked at it, and finally made a decision: "There is not much time, so it's decided, the eight kings, there are many people under you who can speak, and this errand will be handed over to you." Send more gold beads and beautiful jade, all I have here, I will send it to you when I go back. Li Zicheng also said: "The ones in my camp are also sent over." ”

Liu Guoneng was also not ambiguous: "There are still a few beauties in my camp, and now everyone is almost out of food, and I don't have the heart to move them, so I just send them to Lord Wang and let him use them." ”

Zhang Xianzhong poked Luo Rucai: "Cao Cao, there are a lot of treasures in your camp, don't hide them, dedicate a little." Luo Rucai smiled slightly: "There are a lot of women in me, but all of them are my heart's meat, and I feel distressed without anyone." Everyone laughed for a while, everyone knew that this Luo leader was the most lustful, no matter what time it was in the camp, there were no less than 100 beauties, and there were also kabuki and dance music groups, when they were not fighting, they played and sang, and had a lot of fun.

The reason why Luo Rucai rebelled was to have fun, even if the court recruited him and asked him to be an official, he was not happy, he once said, except for the emperor, what kind of official is happier than me? At present, Zhang Xianzhong asked him to offer beautiful women, most of them are also ridiculing, because the relationship between the two is very good, and it is nothing to joke.

Gao Yingxiang frowned: "Okay, it's too ostentatious to send women, a few are enough, it's better to send more gold and silver, the officials from the capital, send less, people can't see it." ”

The matter was settled, Zhang Xianzhong did not ask for money from other leaders, he knew that at the moment, these peasant armies, except for a few of them, the largest battalion was only a few thousand people, and there was not much money at all.

After the meeting, Zhang Xianzhong returned to his camp, and after a while, the gold, silver and jewelry sent by Gao Yingxiang and other camps were pulled over, although Luo Rucai did not offer beautiful women, but also sent treasures, adding up to several carts. Zhang Xianzhong was very righteous, and he didn't hide his own secrets, so he took out all his family resources and put them together, full of more than a dozen boxes of jewelry and gold, which dazzled people.

He knew very well that even if these treasures were not given away, once the civilian army was destroyed by the official army, it would be owned by others and take the lives of his own people.

In this respect, the peasant army was much more enlightened than the corrupt officials. Later, Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, the king of Fu Zhu Changxun in the house of the huge treasures, but refused to take out the reward to the army and the people, and finally the soldiers defending the city mutinied to sacrifice the city, the fate of the king of Fu was extremely miserable, was cooked alive by the peasant army, and a few sika deer together, made a "Fu Lu feast".

Of course, at this time, the peasant army was far from having this kind of blessing, and what they were thinking about was not eating others, but not being eaten by the officials and soldiers.

Zhang Xianzhong had already found out the garrison area of the Beijing official Wang Pu, and that night, he sent a small team of people to give gifts with Wensheng Xu Yixian as a lobbyist.

Although Xu Yixian is a scribe, he is not pedantic, he is very intelligent, and he is very eloquent, and it is most suitable to send him as an envoy. Zhang Xianzhong has attached great importance to the co-optation of scholars since he started the team, and he knows that a team of old and rough people is just thieves at most, and if you want to do a great career, you still have to rely on scholars.

It is not unreasonable that the court has always attached great importance to scholars.

Xu Yixian has been valued since he followed Zhang Xianzhong, and he will discuss everything with him before acting. Therefore, this time the heavy responsibility is none other than him.

Zhang Xianzhong was not stupid, he didn't send all the treasures once, only sent two boxes, and told Xu Yixian to bribe more people around Wang Pu. Xu Yixian naturally understood.

Approaching the camp of the Ming army, he had already been discovered by the sentinels, and after asking, Xu Yixian said that he was ordered by the king to ask to see Lord Wang Pu, and these people did not dare to slack off, and went to report to the Chinese army.