Thousands of miles away in the northwest mountain nest of Weihui Mansion, Wu Mengming leaned sideways against a big tree with an unkempt face, chewing dry food numbly in his mouth, his eyes glazed, who am I and where am I

In a shack not far from him, Tang Potian, Cheng Ming and Li Tiezhu are still closing their eyes and recuperating, since the three of them arrived at the ground, they hunted and frolicked in the mountains and forests during the day, and they slept when they were full of food as soon as it was dark, and they didn't care about anything.

Wu Mengming was very angry, why can you play happily, but I have the heart to, and I am still that kind of fear.

Think about how he agreed to Chang Yu so impulsively at that time, he came all the way to rob money, he was really hot-headed, and he was blinded by the silver, and now he calmed down, he really didn't know the bottom of his heart, one came under the nose of the thief army, and the second came to the dignified Jinyi guard to command the envoy to rob a vassal king, this is a law enforcement violation, and the heart is very empty, and third, the robbery will inevitably see blood, once the fight starts, who lives and who dies does not say, this is really fatal for him who is as timid as a mouse.

But when he thought of the millions of fortunes that Chang Yu said, he really couldn't bear to give up, did he come and return empty-handed? The so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, and after doing this vote, you will retire and buy a big house for retirement......

"My lord" Just when Wu Mengming was numb, his henchman Yan Chao quietly walked over: "The brother below came to report that Luwangfu had absconded in the past two days, and it is unknown what day it will be."

"Is the news accurate?" Wu Mengming jumped up, in the past few days, he sent more than N subordinates, and kept an eye on the Lu Wangfu in Weihui City at all times, and really found an abnormality.

First of all, after bribing the palace personnel, it was determined that Chang Yu said that Zhu Yousong, the king of Xiaofu, was indeed in the Luwang Mansion at this time.

Secondly, the palace is indeed packing bags, and the people in the palace are panicking, although King Lu has repeatedly appeased people's hearts, just to prepare in advance, but everyone knows it.

Again, the chief soldier is good, and he has been in and out of the palace too often recently!

Bu Congshan, the general soldier, can be called the life-saving straw of the down-and-out prince, Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou in Kaifeng, absconded and hid in the woods in the suburbs after Li Zicheng broke the city, and he secretly rescued him by boat.

Now come to save King Lu Zhu Changshu again?

As for Zhu Yiduo, the king of Zheng in the Huaiqing Mansion occupied by the thief leader Liu Fangliang at this time, his whereabouts are unknown.

Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, who was rescued by Bu Congshan, was once aimed at the Tang Wangfu in Nanyang, and later the city of Nanyang was broken, and the general was as fierce as a tiger martyrdom, and the Tang King fled to death, and Zhu Gongyu also fled to Huai'an, and Zhu Cijiao, the son of King Chong, hid together.

Wu Mengming, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, still knows this secret.

And Chang Yu once said to him that King Lu would be inescapable, and it happened that Bu Congshan was there at this time, could it be that he also fled to Huai'an? Get together to make a troubled vassal king, and you can't get around.

"It was the brother who bribed the news from the informant in the palace, saying that many jewels, jade, gold and silver treasures in the palace have been packed in the car, and it is estimated that they will leave in the next two days, although the palace is strictly sealed with news, there will always be a leak!" Yan Chao said affirmatively.

After waiting for a few days, it was finally time to do it, Wu Mengming rubbed his hands excitedly, and then walked to the shack and called Tang Potian and the three of them up.

When Tang Potian and the three of them heard about this in a daze, they instantly sobered up and were equally excited.

But the excitement soon passed, and they had to face a very harsh reality.

There are at least more than 200 people in the royal family, plus Bu Congshan, a member of the military, who intervened, Zhu Changshu must have a lot of troops to protect by his entourage, and at this time there are only more than 300 people on his side, how to start, if he does it rashly, it is very likely that he will not succeed in fighting the tiger but will be injured by the tiger!

"In this way, if we want to do it, we can only outwit it, and if we hit it hard, we are afraid that we will only hit the stone with an egg" Cheng Ming said with a dry straw in his mouth and a very heavy face.

Outsmart! It's not easy to talk about, if Chang Yu is here, he is resourceful, and he can come up with some tricks with a flick of his head, but a few of them, cough, people are better than human pig heads!

Wu Mengming thought in his heart, his eyes looked at Tang Potian, his limbs were developed and his mind was simple, he sighed, and then looked at Cheng Ming, five big and three rough, sighed, and then looked at Li Tiezhu, cough, this sigh is longer.

The four of them look at me, I look at you, and in the end they all sighed, and each hung his head in despair.

Could it be that you can't come all the way to see a lively and go back, wouldn't it be a shame to be dead, and the duck in your mouth can't swallow this breath if you don't eat it, but you can't beat it hard, and you can't think of a way to outwit it.

"Three stinkers, Zhuge Liang, although we are not as resourceful as the factory father, but we can always come up with a way together, besides, how can I not know that King Lu will have a large army to protect him when he runs away, since he knows that he dares to send three hundred people to hijack him, then he must be sure!"

Li Tiezhu touched his nose and said, here Wu Mengming has the highest official position and the most power, if others are in awe, but for him and Tang Potian, Cheng Ming, there is not much shock, first, Wu Mengming has just taken office, he is bent on making money, and there is no arrogance and legend of hot hands, secondly, they have their own backers, Tang Potian is the prince's person, Cheng Ming is the emperor's personal guard, and Li Tiezhu is Chang Yu's person, so the four of them talk quite casually.

"The problem is that although the factory man himself is sure, he doesn't tell us this certainty," Tang Potian said with his eyes like cow eggs.

Wu Mengming and Cheng Ming nodded with a wry smile.

cough cough, Li Tiezhu touched his head a little embarrassed: "Maybe the factory is too busy with official business, and I forgot about it for a while" said and glanced at Wu Mengming: "Lord Wu, he has been following the factory since he left Beijing, and he has been involved in almost everything he has done for you all the way. ”

What trick will Chang Yu use? Wu Mengming fell into memories, filtered little by little after leaving Beijing, in addition to killing thieves by force after crossing Badaling, in Xuanfu, in Datong, in Taiyuan, and the Fan family, whether it was stabilizing the current situation, appeasing the morale of the army, pinching officials, booby-trapping Jiang Jiu, coaxing the vassal king to donate silver, etc., Chang Yu was best at cheating!

Lie! Tang Potian and Cheng Ming couldn't help but scream, and Wu Mengming recalled this conclusion for a long time.

"Lord Wu, the factory won't deliberately trick you into sending you here to death because you know too many secrets!" Tang Potian showed his second-hand expression.

Wipe! , Wu Mengming couldn't help but snort, and then waved his hand: ", the factory father and I have a deep brotherly relationship, how can you kill me, besides, ......"

"Just kidding, Lord Wu, don't forget to go to your heart" Tang Potian Wu Mengming's face changed in fright, and he hurriedly said haha: "My lord just said that the factory is good at cheating, but in fact, it is fraud, so let's find inspiration in this fraudulent word."

"Well, the one who wins more with less is often either too strong or too weak, and there is another kind of deception, regardless of whether the other party is strong or not, but he wants to make the other party think that the other party is stronger than him." Cheng Ming felt that he had caught something.

Wu Mengming and the three of them also felt as if they were touching something, and the four of them huddled together, and I discussed in a low voice.

The wind gusted, although it was already half noon, but the sky was overcast, and the low air pressure was suffocating, Li Zicheng stood on the north wall of Wenshui, looking north, the north wind was howling, and the cold was suffocating.

"Could it be that it's going to snow again?" Li Guo whispered beside him.

"Where is this so much snow, if it really falls, it will be fine, at least it can alleviate the drought," Li Zicheng said lightly.

"The child doesn't like snow, it will affect our pace of going north!" Li Guo coughed lightly.

Li Zicheng chuckled and turned his head to look at him: "Going north?" Where do you want to go, do you really want to hit the city of Beijing, Taiyuan is close at hand, but it is also the end of our northward journey."

"Take Taiyuan, why not take Datong in one go" Li Guo was full of fighting spirit.

Li Zicheng shook his head and chuckled: "After that, people know that they have been unimpeded everywhere since the eastward march, and I see that you and others have become light enemies, and they are a little fluttering, but I don't want to think that those who do not attack are all small state capitals."

said with a slight pause: "It's Taiyuan City that is close in front of you, if Cai Maode and Zhou Yuji stick to it, how sure do you think you can take it?" ”

Li Guo's face turned red, and he silently said: "Five or five."

"Even if you still know a little bit of self-knowledge, Taiyuan City has thick walls, if the army and civilians are bent on defending it, we don't even have five points of certainty, and if there is enough grain and grass, it is difficult for us to have three points of certainty. What's more, if you want to attack Datong, you have to pass the three passes of Yanmen, how easy it is to talk about it! “

"What does my father mean that we will take Taiyuan and then stop and go back to Xijing?" Li Guoshen asked with a deep breath.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly: "The purpose of our Eastern Crusade is to plunder money and grain and consolidate the surrounding territory, at this time the goal has been achieved, and it is also an unexpected joy to be able to take Taiyuan, at this time not only the actual purpose is achieved, but also a certain impact." But everything must be done in moderation, we have just been founded, the foundation is unstable, if it is too much, causing the Ming court to be angry, regardless of the threat of the Tartars in the north, all the troops are concentrated to encircle and annihilate our Dashun, then the situation will be very bad."

When Li Guo heard this, he looked up at Li Zicheng's side face, although he knew that he was not his own child when he followed Li Zicheng to fight in the south and the north since he was a child, the relationship established in this process of blood and fire was far closer than that of ordinary biological father and son, and there was a feeling of being both father and teacher.

He knows very well that the burly Shaanxi man in front of him is not only outstanding in force, but also top in wisdom, not inferior to Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others in the army, and can bend and stretch, and the means are superb and can recruit those heroes of the three mountains and five mountains to his command and fight wits and courage with the Ming court for more than ten years, not only has it not been destroyed, but it is getting bigger and bigger.

"This expedition has several cities, and there are countless harvests of money and grain, but the burden is also getting bigger and bigger, these troops and generals are too many, and the huge pressure is increased in vain, which is really a vicious disease!" Li Guo sighed.

Li Zicheng laughed: "There are pros and cons to everything, but it is indeed a vicious disease to increase the pressure of too many troops as you said, and it is a vicious circle, the snowball is getting bigger and bigger, the greater the effort will be required, but there is no good way in front of you, you can only roll down, and if you stop a little, you may be crushed to death by the snowball!" “

"My father plans to return to the dynasty after taking Taiyuan, so will Liu Fangliang on the East Road also have to withdraw?" Li Guo asked again.

"This is discussed again, there is no big city in the east, the Ming Court does not pay much attention to it, after taking it, one can plunder the grain and grass, and the other is used to fight with the Ming Court to keep the battlefield away from the Xijing territory!" Li Zicheng said lightly, looking up and looking north: "The most important thing in front of me is Taiyuan City, this is a piece of fat!" I hope the Prime Minister will bring good news today."

"Hey, they're back, why are they so fast?" As he spoke, Li Guo's eyes were sharp, and he looked a few miles to the north, dozens of war horses galloped over, followed by hundreds of soldiers, and it was definitely Niu Jinxing and others.

Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows, he had some bad premonitions, but he couldn't say it.

"Lord, Cai Maode canceled the meeting today!"

As soon as he entered the county office, Niu Jinxing trotted into the lobby out of breath.

"Why?"

Li Zicheng was a little frightened, he didn't want to be happy.

"Cai is humane, he is discussing the details with King Jin, and he does not rule out the possibility of King Jin meeting in person tomorrow, and asks us to send a suitable person for an interview!" Niu Jinxing couldn't help but snort as he spoke: "The meaning of these words is to let the Lord personally receive him."

"Yes, I wanted to meet the King of Jin in person, and if there is anything to talk about directly in person, it is better than procrastining like this" Li Zicheng turned his worries into joy, and secretly said Fortunately, it is not bad news.

"Has the Lord ever noticed something?" Li Yan took a step forward at this time and asked with a solemn face.

"What?" Li Zicheng turned his head and asked.

"Before you know it, three or four days have passed!" Li Yan looked at the people.

The hall suddenly fell silent, and Li Zicheng's face darkened again.

Half-ringing, Li Zicheng patted the armrest: "Tomorrow, I will talk to him personally, and it will be successful, but it will not be a fight!" ”

"You can discuss it in detail to prevent fraud!" Bull Venus Road; "Chen suddenly had a feeling that there seemed to be someone behind the other party who was presiding over all this, and we seemed to be being led away all the time."

"What do you say there is a capable person behind Cai Maode and Zhou Yuji?" Li Zicheng asked with a squint.

"The minister just guessed" Niu Jinxing's face also became solemn, he has been praised by Cai Maode a little floating, Li Yan is careful, and he pried open a door with a word, a crack in the door that may be a big conspiracy, so that he was immediately alert, and there was also a kind of fear, if the guess was correct, then what a terrifying person this person behind the scenes must be, and he could lead them by the nose!

"In Taiyuan, apart from Cai Maode, he is the king of Jin, how can there be any other capable person?" Gu Junen touched his beard and said lightly: "It's the whole Ming Court now, if you don't know how to do martial arts, what kind of person can do it, and the prime minister will disturb himself."

"Brother Gu, don't underestimate the heroes of the world, the so-called troubled times produce capable people, people with ability may not be famous, just like the little eunuch who said before, he is almost invincible in force, but he is not famous" Song Xiance asked, Gu Junen's face turned red: "What Brother Song said is true."

Little eunuch! Li Yan and Niu Jinxing suddenly glanced at each other, and both of them had something strange in their hearts!