In a house at the gate of the city, Zhou Yuji's face was solemn: "The thief army has sent someone to inform that after the suspension of the conflict, someone will be sent to negotiate in the afternoon, and if it weren't for the delay time, the general would have cut down the ...... sooner later."

"They're just delaying," Chang Yu interrupted.

"I don't know what the end will be, everyone is just delaying each other"

Zhou Yuji looked at Chang Yu and smiled bitterly: "Just now, a few of us have made a plan, and with ambiguous plans, we should be able to delay for two or three days, but at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to delay for a day, and I am afraid that if we disagree today, we will see life and death."

Chang Yu felt the gazes of several people, and slowly reacted: "You mean that our family will anger the thieves by killing Li Laiheng......"

Zhou Yuji and the others didn't speak, but their eyes were expressing a meaning, otherwise?

This time it was Chang Yu's turn to smile bitterly, and after being silent for a while: "Then how to deal with it now, I'm afraid that the people from the other side are about to arrive."

Zhou Yuji spread his hands: "Continue to procrastinate, how long can it be delayed, if it can't be delayed, it's just a fight, who is afraid of whom!" ”

"Domineering" Chang Yu stretched out his thumb: "Our family appreciates the courage of Mr. Zhou, anyway, sooner or later, we have to fight, who is especially afraid of whom"

"But how are you going to delay?"

Zhou Yuji smiled and glanced at Niu Yong and the others: "One sings with a white face, and the other sings with a red face."

Before half of the time (about two o'clock in the afternoon), a 3,000-strong thief army in the south of Jiaocheng walked slowly, but in front of them was more than 10,000 troops waiting for them, and the negotiators of the thief army came.

Got the wind? Chang Yu, who was standing at the head of the city, looked up at the sky, perhaps because he felt a murderous aura, the sky that was originally quite clear suddenly changed color, and even a strong wind arose.

Tens of thousands of troops are waiting for battle, this is a dismount, but also a kind of momentum, this powerful aura makes the three thousand thief army on the opposite side immediately look cringe.

The three thousand horses of the thief army stopped a hundred meters away from the officers and soldiers, and then rushed out of a fast horse and came directly to the front of the formation.

"Chen Shangzhi, the striker under the command of Marquis Ru of the Great Shun Army, and General Xiong Tong came to see General Zhou on the order of Emperor Shun"

Zhou Yuji, Niu Yong and the other four walked from the back of the formation to more than ten meters away from the front of the formation: "Please."

Not long after, the thief army array walked out of more than ten horses, and slowly came to Zhou Yuji five meters away, the first person was Xiong Tong, but on his side was Chen Shangzhi, the deputy chief soldier of Pingyang Mansion, and the other person next to him was obviously a civilian official, looking a little raw, several people hugged Zhou Yuji on the horse: "General Zhou, don't come to harm."

"Traitor, a good person doesn't dare to be a thief's lackey" Niu Yong snorted, scolding with disdain.

"Lackeys" Zhu Kongxun and Wang Yongkui also shouted and scolded.

Xiong Tong looked ashamed, coughed lightly, and looked at Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji raised his hand, motioned for Niu Yong and the others to be silent, and looked at Xiong Daodao: "For the sake of colleagues in the past, you have something to say quickly."

"My lord, what else can I say to this dog thief, wait for the humble slaughter of this dog thing" Niu Courage only shouted, and was about to rush over with a knife.

Zhou Yuji stopped him: "If the two armies are fighting, we can't break the rules and fall into the handle."

"Phew, they're human, too! A group of thieves and lackeys," Wang Yongkui looked angry.

"Say it"

Zhou Yuji ignored Wang Yongkui and the others, looked at Xiong Tong in front of him and said lightly.

"The general is bold, and he will not beat around the bush in the next place, Emperor Shun has admired the general's demeanor for a long time, and he is willing to make a good fate, if the general returns to the king and marquis......" Xiong Tong talked eloquently.

Niu Yong couldn't help but interject and reprimanded: "It's just a grass thief, and he claims to be the emperor in vain, ridiculous, ridiculous, you will be a thief for a day, and you can't turn over for eternity, a thief is a thief...... Mr. Zhou is loyal and righteous, how can he learn to be willing to be a thief when he waits, and if he dares to say more, Lao Tzu will chop you! ”

(Whether Li Zicheng was called emperor is still debated in later generations, he built the Dashun Kingdom in Xi'an, and named his ancestors as emperors, but there is no record of claiming to be emperor, and even when he attacked the city of Beijing and Chongzhen to negotiate peace, he only asked Chongzhen to recognize his identity as the king of Dashun, but said that the emperor's words only saw the honorific titles of some generals to him.) ）

Xiong Tong's face was flushed when he was scolded by Niu Yong, and he was silent at the moment, and the literati next to him stepped forward and said: "General Zhou, the trend of the times, knowing the current affairs is a good man, and the Ming court is not popular with the people...... On the other hand, the Shun army is strong and strong, and it follows the will of heaven and the will of the people, and it is inevitable to change the dynasty, and the general's talent is still working hard for the Zhu family who can't be supported......".

"Shut up" Niu Yong was about to scold when he drank loudly, but Zhou Yuji stretched out his hand to stop him, only to see him frowning deeply and thoughtfully.

"General, the current situation is actually the most clear in your heart, at this time, the Ming court is worried about internal and external troubles, natural and man-made disasters, and it can't be supported at all, not to mention anything else, just say that there are more than a few soldiers and horses in Taiyuan Mansion in front of you, only tens of thousands, how to resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Shun army, not to mention that the Ming army is in arrears of pay and food, the army is unstable, and there are still people who are willing to work for the imperial court, why do you bother to give away the lives of so many people for the sake ......of one person's foolish loyalty."

Xiong Tong secretly observed Zhou Yuji's expression, and seeing that he had hesitated, he couldn't help but look at Chen Shangzhi beside him, and the other party gave him a slight smile.

But then seeing that there was doubt in Chen Shangzhi's eyes, Xiong Tong turned his head to look, but saw that the team behind Zhou Yuji flashed away, and three more people came side by side on horseback, and couldn't help frowning, seeing that the person in front was not very old, could it be that the King of Jin also came, it was unlikely, and it didn't look like it.

Zhou Yuji also heard the movement and glanced back, but it was Chang Yu who came, so the two nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

Chang Yu rode to Wang Yongkui's side and asked in a low voice, "Who is that person?" ”

"The one who spoke was Zhang Xuanran, the former governor of Pingyang Prefecture, the short and stout one next to him was Xiong Tong, and the thin and tall one was Chen Shangzhi, a nest of traitors......"

Zhang Lanran? Chang Yu frowned, he remembered that the prince told him before that before the thief army took Pingyang Mansion, because of his secret performance, Zhang Luran had been placed under house arrest by Chongzhen's secret decree, how could he still surrender to the thief army, and now he actually came to recruit Zhou Yuji in a grand manner.

Yes! Chang Yu figured it out after a little contemplation, I am afraid that when Chongzhen's will has not been sent to Pingyang Mansion, Pingyang Mansion has been lost, just like when Pingyang Mansion was lost, there was a patrol according to the imperial history to impeach Cai Maode for dereliction of duty, Chongzhen was furious, and immediately ordered the dismissal and investigation, but when the holy decree arrived, Taiyuan City was just lost, and the new governor Guo Jingchang had just arrived in Guguan, and he heard that the thief army had broken Fenzhou Mansion, and he was so frightened that he did not dare to advance.

Fortunately, because of the appearance of Chang Yu's little butterfly, although Cai Maode was still impeached, unexpectedly, Chongzhen couldn't help but not get dismissed, and only said that he would stay in his post to check, thinking that he didn't want to mess up the people's hearts at this time.

There is also a possibility that although Zhang Luran was removed, but the thief army found him and reused him after capturing Pingyang Mansion, after all, this guy's eloquence is not ordinarily good, in history, Li Zicheng issued the second letter to the world after capturing Taiyuan was written by him, which is really sprinkled with nearly a thousand words, just like he is recruiting Zhou Yuji at this time.

It seems that the blind Li can calm down, Chang Yu looked at the few people opposite, thinking that he killed Li Laiheng, Li Zicheng would be angry and directly lead the troops to ask for the crime, but he didn't think that he was still just a few cannon fodder lobbyists.

No matter how angry Niu Yong and the other generals around him were, Zhou Yuji remained silent, but his face was hesitant, as if he was making a very difficult decision.

"Our brothers can't get the first credit this time, Taiyuan goes down without a fight, and it can be regarded as our best vote" Chen Shangzhi looked at Zhou Yuji's expression and said with a little smugness.

Xiong Tong nodded slightly, his face flushed with joy: "It turns out that Zhou Yuji is only ......"

A muffled sound of 'bang' interrupted Xiong Tong, and then he and Chen Shangzhi were shocked, and found that Zhang Lingran beside him had fallen off the horse, and a big blood hole in his head was bubbling blood.

"This ......" Xiong Tong looked shocked, looked up, but saw the young man next to Zhou Yuji, the fire gun in his hand was smoking,

And Zhou Yuji and the others also looked shocked and flustered.

"Retreat" Xiong Tong was still in a daze, Chen Shangzhi hurriedly pulled him, and then hit the horse and ran towards his camp.

Chang Yu actually shot and killed Zhang Lanran! Just when he was talking, just when everyone else was paying attention to Zhou Yuji's expression, he took out the handcuff and aimed at it, and with a light pick, the former prefect of Pingyang Mansion who had just surrendered a few days ago and was still foaming was shot in the head and left in the wilderness.

"The Factory"

Chang Yu's move not only scared Xiong Tong and Chen Shangzhi out of their hearts and fled in a hurry, but also made Zhou Yuji and others look horrified.

"What's wrong? It's just a little lackey, why are you so surprised" Chang Yu casually handed the handcuff to Zhou Tianpeng behind him and asked him to load the gunpowder bullets.

Hey, Zhou Yuji let out a long sigh, with a helpless face: "Master Changgong, although we said that one sings with a white face and the other with a red face, and we will procrastinate it, but your face is also a little whiter, white and white."

"It's okay, as long as you continue to sing red-faced, it's just a dead dog, blind Li won't turn his face with you, don't believe you" said that the thief army had been arrayed, and sure enough, he saw that Xiong Tong and the others who had fled back to the camp were still looking, and did not order the team to retreat.

"The reason why our family can't help but kill this dog is because we don't like civil officials in our hearts, especially this kind of spineless traitor, but they are especially eloquent, high-sounding, and shameless civil officials who are not ashamed to reverse black and white."

Zhou Yuji smiled bitterly: "The play can continue to sing, but it has to change from passive to active."

"If you take the initiative, there may be an unexpected gain, maybe it can be delayed for a longer time" Chang Yu smiled: "You continue, our family goes back to the city" Saying that, he beat the horse and left, looking at Zhou Yuji and the others, this master is simply a troublemaker, come over and kill someone with less than half a cup of tea, and leave, leaving himself to wipe his buttocks.

But it's okay like this, the more the water is stirred up, the better it is to touch the fish, so after smiling bitterly, Zhou Yuji sent someone to the front of the thief army to spread the word: It was an accident just now, and it can be negotiated from a new one.

The sky is getting dark, and Changyu South Gate is cooking in the fire and thinking about life.

Zhou Yuji and others are back.

"How?" Chang Yu got up and poured hot water for a few people.

"Pretending to drag on for two days, tell me to think about it, and give them a reply the day after tomorrow" Zhou Yuji shook his head and sneered: "I really wanted to chop up all those two lackeys just now."

"Haha, I want to kill as soon as I can, but I don't have the courage of the factory governor" Wang Yongkui did not forget to put a high hat on Chang Yu.

Courage, hey, that's called recklessness, Zhou Yuji thought to himself, but he couldn't say this, he just laughed and didn't say anything.

"Report, General, Governor Cai sent someone to report that something happened in Taiyuan."

At this moment, one of Zhou Yuji's personal soldiers came to report.

Everyone raised their eyebrows, what could happen in Taiyuan, and immediately called the messenger to see him.

"The scholars of Sanli Academy gathered to make trouble, besieged the governor's yamen, and it was related to Dongchang" The messenger sent such a news, which immediately confused everyone.

Damn it! Niu Yong snorted heavily: "When is it, are these scholars idle and have nothing to do, will this bone eye be worse?" ”

The literati make trouble like a fairy farting, extraordinary, you must know that at this time, the reader is the vane of public opinion, and if one is not careful, the people will panic, but why they made trouble, the messenger did not explain it, only said that Cai Maode asked Chang Yu to return to Taiyuan to deal with it quickly.

Taiyuan has the King of Jin in charge, assisted by the governor and the deputy chief soldier, and he can't even suppress the student movement, it's really useless, Chang Yu snorted coldly, and ordered his subordinates to pack up and prepare to go back, Taiyuan is the top priority, there must be no chaos, and there should be no war in Jiaocheng in the past few days, just take a look back.