Tian Jianxiu didn't expect Liu Yongxi to ask Zhang Xianzhong's question, so he thought for a while before saying: "I have known Zhang Xianzhong for 20 years, although it is said that he went downhill after entering Sichuan, but in my eyes he is a good man who is not inferior to the first emperor, and it is a pity that he is a person." ”

Liu Yongxi then understood why everyone said that Tian Jianxiu was generous, and indeed only Tian Jianxiu dared to say in front of Liu Yongxi that Zhang Xianzhong was "a good man who is not inferior to the first emperor", and even said that Zhang Xianzhong was "really a pity", the first emperor in his mouth was naturally the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng, so Liu Yongxi couldn't help laughing: "It is precisely because Zhang Xianzhong is a good man that he has to die, Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng is not dead, how can there be today's loyalty camp." ”

Tian Jianxiu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Liu Yongxi: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the country adheres to the mandate of heaven and embraces all rivers, Empress Fengtian and the loyal battalion have been waiting to meet Your Majesty, and there are not a few people who admire Your Majesty and are ready to vote!" ”

Tian Jianxiu said this, and suddenly understood why Liu Yongxi said that Zhang Xianzhong had to die, and the Chengtian Emperor in front of him was not only ready to receive all the political legacy left by Emperor Yongchang of Dashun, but also prepared to receive the entire Great Western Army.

But since Liu Yongxi is ready to receive the Great Western Army, then Zhang Xianzhong naturally has to die, thinking of this, Tian Jianxiu immediately added: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons are extremely rare, I hope Your Majesty can spare their lives when the time comes!" ”

Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "Is it Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi?" It is true that talents are extremely rare, and I am not here for Huguang and Zhang Xianzhong this time, but for the four of them! ”

Tian Jianxiu felt that his evaluation of Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons was high enough, but he didn't expect Liu Yongxi's evaluation to far exceed his expectations, and even said that his large-scale westward expedition was not to take Huguang or eliminate Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, but to come for Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons.

He really couldn't figure out that His Majesty Emperor Chengtian was far away in the southeast, thousands of miles away from Huguang and Sichuan, and the news was often cut off, and Liu Yongxi could know that Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons were already very rare, let alone speak so highly of them.

But Tian Jianxiu thought about it carefully, and felt that the reason why Liu Yongxi had such a high evaluation of Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons was naturally to make a gesture of accepting all rivers, since this Chengtian Emperor could receive the remnants of the Dashun Army, he could naturally also receive the remnants of the Daxi Army.

Tian Jianxiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although the camp and Xiying have been divided and combined over the years, but everyone is a fellow villager in Shaanxi after all, Tian Jianxiu also hopes that the generals of Xiying, especially Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, can have a good ending, and now Liu Yongxi has the temperament of the son of heaven to prepare for the sea, it is naturally the best ending.

It's just that in this way, Zhang Xianzhong can't die if he wants to, although Tian Jianxiu and Zhang Xianzhong have been old friends for many years, but they also know that as long as Zhang Xianzhong dies, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and family members in Xiying can survive, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am friends with Zhang Xianzhong, and I know everything about him, please let me follow the army, I will definitely help Your Majesty take Zhang Xianzhong's head!" ”

Tian Jianxiu had such a statement, and Liu Yongxi was extremely pleased: "This is very good, we will first solve the shrimp soldiers and crab generals sent by He Tengjiao to make trouble, and then join Empress Fengtian to take Zhang Xianzhong's head, by the way, Empress Fengtian has contact with Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai, right?" Pass my edict and ask them to come to Jingzhou to see me as soon as possible! ”

Although Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai have been in contact with Empress Gao, and there are even envoys stationed in Jingzhou recently, they still keep a considerable distance from Empress Gao and the loyal camp, let alone make a clear commitment, not to mention that there is no clear result in the Huguang war situation now, so Tian Jianxiu said very tactfully: "Your Majesty, Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai are now bought by He Tengjiao's little favor and poisoned deeply, it is better to wait for the pacification of the Western Thieves and then summon them to meet!" ”

Thinking of the encounter of the Dashun army on the East Road being forced to divide his troops, Tian Jianxiu was quite resentful, but he still said the truth: "As long as the western thieves are pacified, Your Majesty can summon them with an edict." ”

Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "I invited the two generals to come over to ask them to pacify the Western Thieves together, this time Empress Xing personally led the loyal and brave brigade to aid Jingzhou, how could this battle lack the two generals Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai." ”

Although the loyal brigade has repeatedly changed its flag and number of generals in a year, its predecessor was the Bai Wang Department of the Dashun Army, and Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai also belonged to the Dashun Army.

Tian Jianxiu suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, it is Weichen who is not thoughtful, our three-way Dashun army will be in Jingzhou, how can we lack Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai, two generals, Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai, and our loyal battalion often have contacts, I guarantee that Your Majesty's edict can be passed to Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai, and when the time comes, our army's three-way division will definitely be able to pacify the big western thief." ”

Liu Yongxi still regards Azig in the north as the number one enemy: "Jianyu is in Nanyang and is ready to take advantage of the fisherman, and he will march south at any time with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain, only the three-way righteous division will be able to pacify the Great Western Thief at the first time and not give Jianyu any chance, Hou Zehou, do you know how we should pacify the Great Western Thief in the shortest possible time?" ”

Tian Jianxiu has not yet figured out how to solve the Great Western Army in the shortest possible time, after all, Zhang Xianzhong and his four righteous sons are all top generals, and the Great Western Army is indeed better than the Great Shun Army at this point.

As soon as Li Zicheng died, the Dashun Army did not have a second figure to unify the whole army, and in the end, Emperor Chengtian could only take advantage of it and receive all of Li Zicheng's inheritance, but the Great Western Army was completely different, but he suddenly thought of something: "Your Majesty is saying?" ”

Liu Yongxi shouted: "Kill Zhang Xianzhong!" ”

"The edict came from Jingzhou again? You don't have to look at it, our family is now the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, why should we listen to a woman's dispatch! ”

It was Wang Jincai who said this, although he was only a partial general in the Dashun army, but he now claimed to have an army of 76,000, and he had become the chief military officer of the Longwu Dynasty, so he didn't take the high queen of Jingzhou and the generals of the loyal battalion in his heart at all.

It's just that the scholar next to Wang Jincai hurriedly reminded: "Lord Zongzhen, this edict was not issued by Empress Fengtiangao, but by His Majesty Emperor Chengtian!" ”

"His Majesty Emperor Chengtian? Is it the little sincerity of the turbid palace? The little man who robbed Li Zicheng's wife? ”

Although Wang Jincai is a rough man, he also knows the general trend of the world, and knows that the Chengtian Emperor who robbed Li Zicheng's wife is a great figure, Li Zicheng's Dashun army encountered the Qing soldiers and was repeatedly defeated, and he wanted to win but could not, and the Chengtian Emperor Jinhua raised troops to win a hundred battles and directly drove the Qing army out of Jiangnan, it is said that tens of thousands of Qing soldiers died in the Battle of Nanjing, and the Yangtze River was dyed red, and now the Chengtian Dynasty has controlled the entire southeast.

The edict issued by such a big man is naturally very expensive, so Wang Jincai immediately changed his mind: "Read the edict to me, I hope this Chengtian Emperor will not talk to Empress Fengtian in the same tone!" ”

The content of this edict is very simple, Chengtian Emperor Liu Yongxi is declaring his absolute sovereignty over the old department of the Dashun Army and Empress Fengtian Gao, and asking Wang Jincai to lead his troops to Jingzhou as soon as possible to join the loyal battalion and the loyal brigade.

Wang Jin was furious after listening to the edict: "Does this little Chengyi Uncle really think that he is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?" This is simply a tune with a woman surnamed Gao, and going to Jingzhou this time will definitely be a dead end! ”

The reason why Wang Jincai said this must be a selfish intention, he is just a partial general in the Dashun army, but when he crossed the river with Li Zicheng last year, Li Zicheng and several main generals were killed one after another, and the remnants of the Dashun army without a main general could only elect Wang Jincai as the new chief general in a desperate situation.

Their reason for recommending Wang Jincai is very simple, that is, Wang Jincai is tall, has a long beard, and looks very capable of fighting, but this does not change the fact that Wang Jincai was originally very junior and did not have a high status in the Dashun Army, so He Tengjiao quickly used Wang Jincai and Hao Shaoqi to deal with Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, and other Dashun Army, which eventually led to a comprehensive split of the Dashun Army on the East Road.

The reason why Wang Jincai thinks that going to Jingzhou is a dead end for himself is because he is only a partial general in the Dashun Army after all, and it will not change anything if he leads the troops to Jingzhou.

And although his army of soldiers and horses is known as 76,000 people, the actual strength is only 20,000 or 30,000 and most of them are scattered warriors, and they will definitely be despised by Empress Gao, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, and Li Guo, as for the Chengtian Emperor Liu Yongxi, who does not regard this army as a thing, it is better to stay in Xiangyin and live his own immortal life.

Although the Chengtian Dynasty is in full swing, but Wang Jincai has tens of thousands of soldiers, He Tengjiao has almost no soldiers available now, and can only rely on him and Hao Shaoqi, in this case, how can he go to Jingzhou to throw himself into the net: "Now that the Chengtian Dynasty has to deal with Zhang Xianzhong's eastward advance, and has to guard against Azig's southward movement, how can he have the heart to deal with us, we should not have received this edict!" ”

It was only when he said this that Wang Jin suddenly thought of something: "Hurry up and inform Hao Shaoqi, anyway, I won't go to Jingzhou, I hope he won't go to Jingzhou, if he goes to Jingzhou, don't blame me for being unkind!" ”

It's a pity that when Hao Shaoqi received the edict, he cried directly: "Since His Majesty Emperor Chengtian and Empress Fengtian asked me to go to Jingzhou, then I must go!" Jun's grace is deep, and I can't repay it! ”

Hearing Hao Shaoqi say this, someone next to him immediately asked: "But Mr. Wang said that he resolutely did not go to Jingzhou, let us not go to Jingzhou either!" ”