On the Yangtze River, Zhang Xianzhong sat on the bow of the boat and looked at the river.

Beside him, a group of civil and military generals who had been newly crowned by him stood beside him, looking very imposing.

"Hahaha, it's still a powerful strategy for Dingguo, my old Zhang doesn't kill one person in Nanhuguang, and he recruits many people and horses, if you give me a while, I will also sit in this world."

On the bow of the army, Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Dingguo, who was named the governor of the left army, with a satisfied face, and it was precisely because of Li Dingguo's persuasion that Zhang Xianzhong, who was thirsty for killing, stopped the butcher's knife.

Not to mention, the people of the Ming Dynasty in these years are really easy to deceive, as soon as they heard that Zhang Xianzhong no longer kills indiscriminately, tens of thousands of people have taken refuge in their families.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong said this, a middle-aged man with a white face and a long beard and a hooked nose next to him suddenly became a little unhappy.

This person is Wang Zhaolin, who was named the right prime minister and the secretary of the ministry by Zhang Xianzhong, this person has always been ruthless and cunning, but he won Zhang Xianzhong's trust, and even married his daughter to him.

Although Wang Zhaolin is a scholar, he is more vicious and vicious than ordinary rogues, and Li Dingguo and others also had many conflicts with him in order to avoid indiscriminate killing.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, Wang Zhaolin immediately smiled casually on the side: "Zhang Dudu's hand is a good strategy, recently I heard rumors among the people of Changsha, calling Zhang Dudu a living Bodhisattva, it seems to be very popular." ”

Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and others are all Zhang Xianzhong's sons, and they are still surnamed Zhang.

As soon as they heard this, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo and the others all changed their faces.

Li Dingguo looked at Wang Zhaolin angrily, but before he could speak, Zhang Xianzhong scolded him first.

"Dog's day killing, I just said why are you so kind, it turns out that you are making a name for yourself, how do you plan to be my old Zhang's position?"

"Father-in-law", Li Dingguo knelt down with a puff, his head was full of cold sweat, "My son killed you from Tiannan to Haibei, how could I have had a different heart, and I asked my father-in-law to learn clearly." ”

Sun Kewang and the others also knelt down and said: "Please also ask my father-in-law to know clearly, the third child has always been this character, but it is not that he wants to buy people's hearts." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was still angry, and Wang Zhaolin's words poked into his heart.

Although the murderous person looks tyrannical and ferocious, in fact, he just uses killing to cover up the cowardice in his heart, and Zhang Xianzhong is a typical example of this type.

But before he could continue his anger, a voice came from the other side of the bow.

"King, the big war is coming, how can you kill the generals in battle, or the heart of the army is important."

Wang Zhaolin, who originally felt that he was about to succeed in his treacherous plan, suddenly turned his eyes and looked at him angrily, but when he saw the person who spoke, his eyes froze, and he forcibly took back the words he wanted to continue provoking.

Why is Wang Zhaolin so jealous of this person, without him, this person is the first talent Zhong Yuhe to take the initiative to take refuge in Zhang Xianzhong.

When Chongzhen was 12 years old, Zhong Yuhe went to Fangshan alone to seek refuge with Zhang Xianzhong, and later repeatedly offered suggestions to help Zhang Xianzhong win the official army.

This time Zhang Xianzhong was called the king, and Zhong Yuhe made a prophecy to Zhang Xianzhong in advance, saying that Li Zicheng would lose his troops and lose his generals, and he would inevitably be called the king to boost morale.

When Zhang Xianzhong's camp heard this, he didn't care, but he didn't know that half a month later, news came that Li Zicheng was king in Kaifeng.

And this Zhong Yuhe is even more of a chicken thief, he actually prepared many things needed to become the king in advance, and directly led the generals to persuade him to enter that day, which made Zhang Xianzhong very happy.

But it's strange to say, this person obviously has so much credit, but when Zhang Xianzhong was crowned official, he insisted on not being the official position of the right prime minister, and he was only willing to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Such an act, coupled with knowing his status in Zhang Xianzhong's heart, even Wang Zhaolin was unwilling to provoke easily.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhong Yuhe opened his mouth, Zhang Xianzhong immediately stopped scolding, threw down a sentence, turned around and cleaned you up, and continued to watch his army on the river.

Only then did Li Dingguo and the others get up one after another, including Sun Kewang and others, a group of important generals in the Great Western Army all looked at Zhong Yuhe with gratitude.

Seeing this situation, Zhong Yuhe smiled in his heart, thanks to a shameless villain like Wang Zhaolin, otherwise it would be really difficult to complete the task that the leader gave him to collect the generals of the Great Western Army.

"Look, there's movement by the river!"

Zhang Xianzhong and others were on a three-story boat, and a voice came from under the boat, causing Zhang Xianzhong and others on the upper floor to turn their heads to look.

I saw that on the south side of the mighty Yangtze River, hundreds of officers and cavalry wearing feather helmets and soft armor suddenly came out of the woods on the shore and ran north along the river, while surveying the situation on the river.

"It's the cavalry of the official army, it seems that Wuchang has already prepared."

As soon as Sun Kewang saw these horses, he immediately woke up to the plans of the officers and soldiers.

However, Zhang Xianzhong, who was still sitting upright, sneered, "What does the official army know, my old Zhang is not a soft-footed shrimp like Li Zicheng, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, and my army of more than 300,000 can't help him." ”

After speaking, Zhang Xianzhong stood up suddenly, beat his chest and yelled at the other side of the river: "Roar, come and kill me, dog officer." ”

"Hahaha", on the river, a group of soldiers of the Great Western Army burst into laughter.

After Zhang Xianzhong finished roaring, he shouted at his team: "Sons, give me more strength, take Wuchang, and my old Zhang will be the emperor." ”

"Defeat Wuchang and become the emperor!"

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Cao Bianjiao bared his teeth in pain.

"It is often said that the Chu people are crowned by monkeys, how can this barbarian from the north be so."

Cao Bianjiao's lieutenant general, his cousin Cao Dingjiao, grinned and said: "There are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys are kings, and let these thieves have a good time, wait for the shore to see how we clean them up." ”

The 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army were not all on boats, except for the 100,000 sailors who went down the river, and the other 200,000 were all marching along the land on the south bank.

Cao Bianjiao and others originally planned to raid the land soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army, but they didn't expect the Great Western Army to line up to make it clear, and the group didn't find an opportunity, so they had to report the news to Wuchang City while following along the way.

At the head of Wuchang City, Liu Ximing stepped on the west wall with an indifferent face.

The city of Wuchang in the Ming Dynasty was located on the east bank of the Yangtze River, and the Hanyang Gate, Pinghu Gate and Wenchang Gate to the west were built by the water.

From his position, about twenty miles away from the river, you can vaguely see the boats on the river connecting together, covering the sky and the sun.

Behind Liu Ximing, Huguang Governor He Tengjiao and others turned pale, and their hands holding binoculars couldn't help but tremble.

"Pavilion, Pavilion Elder, the thieves are numerous, should we avoid it?"

"Avoid? Where to avoid? ”

Liu Ximing turned around and said with a smile: "I am the supervisor, and I have no responsibility to defend the land, I can go, but I can't, otherwise I will take the army to Huangzhou Mansion to have a look?" ”

"No, no, no, his subordinates are talking nonsense, and the elder can't be serious."

As soon as a group of Huguang officials were frightened by Liu Xi's order, their faces immediately turned like earth.

Many officials at the scene complained that it would have been better if all the troops under Zuo Liangyu's command had been gathered, otherwise how could they use 60,000 or 70,000 people to fight more than 300,000 people now.

In the simple concept of these Ming civil officials, more people are power.

Liu Ximing's eyes rolled and he came up with an idea, and he pretended to sigh:

"It's not easy to be an official these days, and it's even more difficult to be an official in Huguang, so let's do it, it's not difficult for everyone in this cabinet, if you are willing to resign, submit your resignation now, I will allow you to take refuge in the city, anyway, this official can only coexist with Wuchang."

"Really?"

There was a cry of surprise from the crowd, and Liu Ximing raised his eyebrows slightly and said firmly: "This pavilion never regrets what it says. ”

"Woo, elder Ge, a letter came from Xiaguan's house a few days ago, saying that his mother is not in good health, and in order to fulfill his filial piety, Xiaguan can only resign."

Unexpectedly, these officials in Huguang are really thick-skinned, as soon as Liu Ximing's voice fell, an official from Wuchang Mansion came out to wipe his tears and said.

Liu Ximing smiled, "Okay, Li Biao, give him a note and allow him to go out of the city." ”

"Wow"

"There are also important things in the Xiaguan's family......

Liu Ximing had just given an example, and immediately more than a dozen officials, big and small, rushed out at once, scrambling to bow to the ground.

He Tengjiao's face turned even paler, "You, you, are simply a shame of Shilin!" ”

These sub-officials rolled their eyes in their hearts one by two, their lives were almost gone, who cares about this.