Now there are only 30,000 soldiers in Wuchang City, and facing the pressure of the rogue army outside the city, the entire Wuchang City has long been panicked and rumored.

Yang Sichang took dozens of civil and military ministers down the city wall, and on the way to the Chu Palace, there were gangsters and hooligans who took the opportunity to rob or do evil in the city.

There are already few soldiers in the city, and this time they have to be sent to the city wall, so naturally they don't care about the order in the city.

A trace of gloom flashed across Yang Sichang's brows again, constantly urging the sedan chair to speed up.

Finally rushed to the palatial Chu Palace, Yang Sichang didn't care about etiquette, and directly led Fu Zonglong and others to break in.

In the face of such a group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the palace guards of the Chu Wangfu did not dare to stop them, so they had to quickly send a few people to report the news first.

Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, still had the leisure to listen to music in the courtyard at this time, and when he saw Yang Sichang and others breaking in directly without passing the word, Zhu Huakui, who had a fat head and big ears, was furious, pointed at Yang Sichang's nose and scolded.

"Bastard, you are all against the sky, this court etiquette is still missing, this king has not been summoned yet, you dare to trespass."

Yang Sichang glanced at the dancing girl singer in the courtyard, held back his anger and bowed and saluted:

"King Qiqi, it is really a matter of great importance to the whole city, we have to act cheaply, and ask the king to atone for his sins."

After speaking, Yang Sichang looked at Zhu Huakui with a pleading face, "King, now the Liukou has surrounded Wuchang City, and there are only more than 30,000 officers and soldiers in the city, how can they withstand hundreds of thousands of thieves and robbers attacking in turn, this official implores the king to open the treasury as soon as possible and recruit the soldiers and civilians in the city to help defend the city, otherwise the city gate will be broken, and the jade will be burned." ”

Zhu Huakui's face was full of impatience, he sneered at Fu Zonglong behind Yang Sichang, looked at Yang Sichang and said:

"Is it our Governor Fu who is here again, he wants to coax the king himself, but he still wants to pull the old man to press me."

"Today's matter is to say that the sky has been reported to the court, and this king can also say it, not to mention why this king needs to pay for this matter of raising soldiers, just say that in my house, where is there any money and food now, the king of Chu has many relatives, and they all count on this king to feed it."

Speaking of this, Zhu Huakui put on a look of confusion, "If the elder of the pavilion has to ask for money, the chair in the palace of this king is given by Taizu, and the chair body is wrapped in gold, and it can be used as a lot of silver coins if you take it out, if you want it, take it away." ”

"You ......"

Yang Sichang was so angry by Zhu Huakui's shameless attitude that he had smoke on his head, he never understood, how could this King of Chu be so stingy, isn't this Ming country their Zhu family?

Of course, Yang Sichang couldn't imagine that Zhu Huakui's performance was not a special case, but exactly the same as his relatives in the old Zhu family.

As this scene in the palace of the king of Chu spread to Wuchang City, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the entire city was once again greatly discharged.

For most people, the rogues came to rob the homes of those gentry, and ordinary people were just a rotten life, what was there to fear.

Since the prince of his old Zhu family is not afraid of himself, why should the rest of the city worry about them.

Regardless of the reaction in Wuchang City, in Li Zicheng's camp outside Wuchang City, the most powerful people in the Central Plains today finally gathered again.

"Hahaha, Lao Zhang, Cao Cao, long time no see, brother, I want to annoy you."

Breaking into the gate of the army camp, Li Zicheng personally led a group of generals to greet Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai and others.

Since Gao Yingxiang's death, no one among the thieves has been able to command all the camp leaders, but Li Zicheng has inherited the name of King Chuang, and he is also in the forefront among many thieves.

Outside the camp, Zhang Xianzhong, who had a sallow face, and Luo Rucai, who had a pair of triangular eyes, each led their generals in stride.

Although Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng had long had disagreements, at this time, the two of them had a tacit understanding to suppress this disagreement, and greeted each other with laughter.

After some greetings, everyone went straight into Li Zicheng's big tent to talk, as for Ma Shouying and others from the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, they followed behind Zhang Xianzhong and others like a small follower at this moment.

Li Zicheng and the others who watched this scene shrank their eyes.

As soon as he entered the tent, Zhang Xianzhong unceremoniously sat down beside Li Zicheng, and looked at the leaders of the rogue with a big grin, "Huang Lai'er, you invited all of us over this time, do you really want to defeat this Wuchang City?" ”

"This is no better than the state capitals we have fought in the past, once the city is broken, I am afraid that the officials and soldiers will pounce on them like mad dogs."

Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Xianzhong with a little mockery and said, "What's the matter, the eight kings are also starting to be afraid of officers and soldiers?" Even if you don't fight Wuchang, the officers and soldiers are not going to chase us and wait to kill, and now that the superintendent sent by the emperor Lao'er is in Wuchang, don't you have any ideas? ”

Zhang Xianzhong rolled his eyes, "Hehe, I'm not afraid of Zhang Tian, but what if the emperor is here, let me catch it or cut it down." I'm worried that you kid will make some kind of conspiracy and tricks, so that we will lose our troops and lose our generals, but you will fatten yourself. ”

Li Zicheng's face suddenly became a little unbearable, and speaking of which, this is also the cause and effect planted by the two of them themselves.

At the beginning, Zhang Xianzhong's army was defeated and went to Li Zicheng, and was almost killed by Li Zicheng, but fortunately Luo Rucai helped him and gave him hundreds of soldiers and horses to escape.

Who knew that feng shui took turns, and soon after, Li Zicheng was defeated again, and when he defected to Zhang Xianzhong, he was almost killed, but it turned out that Luo Rucai saved Li Zicheng privately, and the two naturally held a grudge against each other.

Therefore, when he heard Zhang Xianzhong talk about the past again, Li Zicheng couldn't help but slap the table and get angry: "Damn, you still have the face to say this......"

Zhang Xianzhong naturally didn't hesitate, and took his subordinates Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and other generals to scold back.

Fortunately, Luo Rucai was also at the scene, and when he saw this, he quickly got up and made a peacemaker, "Okay, okay, the enemy is in front, how can you make a mess by yourself first, and talk about the previous things later, or what to do today?" ”

He then looked at Li Zicheng and said, "Since King Chuang made a special trip to gather us together, I don't think it's just for Wuchang, so I can talk about it and hear about it." ”

Li Zicheng and his subordinate strategist Niu Jinxing and others glanced at each other, and they were all a little wary of Luo Rucai's insight.

Niu Jinxing smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this time my king is invited, and I really have other things to discuss." ”

"As the so-called destiny is unusual, no one would have imagined that the Ming Dynasty would decline to such a point today, at this time last year, we were still trapped in the mountains, and this year it has been a banner to recruit and strengthen the army."

Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and the others all smiled when they heard this, and the originally tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

Yes, who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty, which was originally strong, would suddenly weaken so quickly, and the experience of winning and losing half of the official army for more than a year has given Zhang Xianzhong and others a lot of confidence.

In the past, repeated defeats could not let this gang of thugs stop, but now seeing that the official army is no longer as majestic as before, these rogue leaders have begun to sprout in their hearts what they originally dared not think.

Niu Jinxing and Li Zicheng looked at each other and smiled, and continued: "Although it seems unlikely to replace Daming at the moment, according to Niu, as long as I wait for a few families to deal with the law, it is not impossible to separate one side with Daming in three or five years." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly became interested, he and Li Zicheng are the same domineering figures, and he has long wanted to make his name louder, but now he is even more itchy when he hears Niu Jinxing's words.

It's just that seeing that there are many more literati and strategists under Li Zicheng's command, the fire of jealousy in Zhang Xianzhong's heart also began to burn.

This time I went back, and I had to tie up some officials to help and said.

Niu Jinxing waved his hand, signaling the sergeant in the tent to bring over the map captured from the Ming army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look", Niu Jinxing pointed to the country and said: "At present, we are waiting for the four-way army to dominate the Central Plains, unless all the officials and troops are assembled, it is possible to completely annihilate one of our sides, and Yang Sichang in this Wuchang City is the key point." ”

Niu Jinxing poked the location of Wuchang City on the map fiercely, "Yang Sichang supervises the soldiers and horses of the world, as long as we can take him, no one in the entire Central Plains will be able to restrain the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of the imperial court in a short period of time, so naturally we will not be able to do anything." ”

"If after that, our soldiers will divide into several ways and each attack a place as a foundation, then even if the court appoints a supervisor again, it must divide its troops to chase and suppress us, but every day passes, we will be stronger, but the court will be weaker, and in the long run, who in the world can control us again?"