A few days after the Zhao camp reached a consensus on "joint ventures", that is, in early August, Fu Xunyu also returned to Zhao Ying. A day later, Zhao Dangshi took more than a dozen elites from the Parenting Division out lightly and returned to Henan - Li Zicheng hoped to meet with Zhao Dangshi before the incident. The meeting place is located at the peak of Nanyang Funiu Mountain, Laojun Iron Peak, this area is deep mountains and old forests, and officials and soldiers are rarely there.

Linked to the previous attitude of breaking into the camp to stay away from Zhao Ying, this time because of Fu Xunyu's lobbying, Li Zicheng issued an invitation, and Zhao Dangshi had no reason not to go. Since Fu Xunyu conveyed Zhao Ying's intention to join hands with Chuangying in advance, such a major event is inevitable. No matter from Li Zicheng's style of doing things or the objective facts that he is currently facing in the camp, Zhao Dangshi is not worried about the risks of his trip.

The two males meet, above board.

Zhao Dangshi met a group of people in the north of Nanyang Mansion, and the leader knew that he was the former lieutenant general of the 24th Battalion of Nanyang Governor He Tengjiao, and Ren Guangrong, who was currently the garrison of Nanyang. He also has a younger brother, Ren Jirong, who is the general manager in Luoyang, which can be regarded as a martial arts family.

This Ren Guangrong is more good at drilling, and he will send people to Chubei to give gifts to Zhao Dangshi every festival, so the two sides are old acquaintances. Zhao Dangshi heard from him that there have been frequent thieves in the mountainous areas around Nanyang Mansion recently, and he is leading a team of soldiers to patrol Baizhong Mountain, Fangcheng Mountain and other places.

Zhao Dangshi is a big man in Chu and Yu, Ren Guangrong is difficult to be courteous on weekdays, and he finally seized the opportunity, so he wanted to do his best to have a good time before and after the saddle. But when he heard that Zhao Dangshi was going to Funiu Mountain in the northwest, he hesitated for a few minutes and stammered: "There are many people in Funiu Mountain and Bear's Ears Mountain, and there are many reports of bandits for chaos, I am afraid, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful, my lord, I am afraid that I will ...... this way."

"It's okay, it's just a friend." Zhao Dang's face has not changed.

Ren Guangrong thought for a moment, rolled his eyes, and laughed again: "The villain is too talkative, the roads in this area are complicated, why don't you let the villain lead the way?" ”

Zhou Wenhe was just about to come forward to expel Ren Guangrong, but Zhao Dangshi gave him a look and sent him away, and said to Ren Guangrong without changing his face: "Then there is Lao Ren to guard." ”

Ren Guangrong sneered: "It's right, the villain is going to take people to Funiu Mountain in turn." ”

From Zhao Dangshi's more than ten horsemen followed Ren Guangrong's hundreds of people, radially to the northwest, only to the southern foot of Funiu Mountain and the agreed junction place of the camp, the people and horses did not stop, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers suddenly came out of the forest, trapped Zhao Dangshi and Ren Guangrong and others in the middle, looking at the banner and service, it was undoubtedly a rogue.

Ren Guangrong was trembling, and Liukou rode and shouted: "Chief soldier Zhao! ”

Zhao Dangshi immediately surrendered his hand: "Liu Bandang." In the camp, Liu Tichun was called "Liu Bandang" because he was relatively young and often served Li Zicheng, and Zhao Dangshi also expressed his intimacy with this name.

"Didn't you say that only Zhao Zhen came? Why are there so many officers and soldiers? Gu Kecheng was also on the other side, looking at the calm Zhao Dangshi and the panicked Ren Guangrong with a vigilant face.

Liu Tichun didn't answer, and another person lightly urged the horses to come up and stand side by side with them, and said, "Old Guzi, can you still believe in General Zhao's character?" This is just a gift from Mr. Zhao. The person who spoke was also very young, not a few years older than Liu Tichun, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a rude look in his straightforwardness.

"Gifts?" Ren Guangrong was stupid, cautiously glancing at the rogue around him with his peripheral vision. There are only 100 people, and in comparison, it is indeed a gift.

The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes saluted Zhao Dangshi and said, "Shuangxi welcomes General Zhao up the mountain for King Chuang." ”

As soon as he heard "Double Happiness", Zhao Dangshi's eyes swept over again, and he immediately smiled: "Oh, it turned out to be Double Happiness, I looked familiar, I haven't seen it for a few years, and I am becoming more and more heroic." After thinking about it, isn't the young man in front of him the righteous son who asked Zhao Dangshi to help name him at the table when he joined hands with Chuangying to enter Sichuan. At that time, he named this young man whose real name was Zhang Nai, "Li Shuangxi", on the grounds of "double happiness", but he had the friendship of giving names.

Li Shuangxi pointed with his thumb to Ren Guangrong, who was listening to himself in confusion: "General Zhao Bing, this ......"

Zhao Dangshi didn't care whether Ren Guangrong was willing or not, and said with a smile: "Ren Garrison has worked hard all the way, and I am ready to take him to Laojun's iron top to eat tea and relieve fatigue." ”

Ren Guangrong frowned and cried and said: "General Zhao, this is not necessary...... but to no avail, at that moment the rogues swarmed up, and disarmed more than 100 officers and soldiers in three strokes and five divided by two, and everyone only left a collapsed cloth to cover their bodies.

Zhou Wenhe asked quietly at this time: "Lord, will it be bad to keep this surname Ren?" ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "The surnamed Ren wants to come with me, so I have to push the boat to give him to King Chuang." Both of his brothers were important guards of the city, and it was very useful for King Chuang to keep him. Even if he is let go back, Sensei says that he can't come up with evidence to harm my camp, even if there is, Nanyang is close at hand, and he is making trouble under the nose of my camp, and he doesn't want to live? Forgive him for not having the guts. ”

Li Shuangxi shouted twice, and the dejected hundred officers and soldiers did not resist and escorted the soldiers of the camp to other places to take care of them, while Ren Guangrong followed Zhao Dangshi and the camp up the mountain to "eat tea".

As the so-called "Wudang Golden Dome in the south, Laojun Iron Dome in the north", climb to the top, unconsciously, has already been based on the peak of ten thousand thousand. The surrounding clouds and mist are ethereal, almost like a fairyland of the gods. On it, there is more Laojun Temple breaking through the clouds, as if hanging in the air, like a building.

Li Zicheng stood at the entrance of the temple, saw Zhao Dangshi, strode up, held his hand affectionately and said: "After a few years, the brother's demeanor is especially better than in the past!" Behind him, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu and other old faces also came up to say hello.

"My brother is already the chief soldier of a town, and his reputation is prominent, but being my brother is just a small character who can't live all day in fear, and I am really ashamed to see each other like this!" Li Zicheng shook his head and sighed. His skin has gone through the ups and downs of the past few years, becoming darker and rougher, and the wrinkles on his face have become more profound as he speaks, which are all traces of wind and frost.

Zhao Dangshi shook his head and said: "My brother is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the momentum is only in the future. The younger brother recruits An, but it is an expedient measure. The desire of my heart is still the great cause of my righteous army. When the time is ripe, as long as my brother says a word, I will serve my brother without hesitation! ”

Li Zicheng smiled and didn't answer, and Ren Guangrong, who was not far away, was simply frightened when he heard his words.

"What is this?" Li Zicheng glanced at Ren Guangrong. Li Shuangxi immediately leaned in and whispered a few words to him.

"Come on, please let the garrison go to the other courtyard, and be entertained!" Li Shuangxi listened to Li Zicheng's instructions and shouted.

Ren Guangrong didn't dare to speak, but just cast his resentful gaze on Zhao Dangshi, helpless, and obediently followed the soldiers who broke into the camp.

Zhao Dangshi and Li Zicheng joined hands and walked into the temple, and the generals who broke into the camp also sat together. Zhao Dangshi found that some of the faces of the generals, such as Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang, who often acted as independent troops and broke into the camp, also gathered together, indicating that the camp had now gathered all the troops that had been scattered to various places in order to avoid the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, and they were ready to go.

Both sides are cheerful people, what is discussed today is a matter of the future, Zhao Dangshi and Li Zicheng will not play official tones, play fake and empty polite tricks, and say a few words of greetings, and the topic will soon turn to the recent action of breaking into the camp.

The content of Fu Xunyu's previous self-asserted negotiations was basically within the scope of Zhao Dangshi's plan, so Li Zicheng probably knew Zhao Dangshi's thoughts, and he was also quick to speak, and straightforwardly put forward the basis for cooperation, in layman's terms, that is, Zhao Ying could not attack the army, and the army would not invade northern Chu.

Most of the officers and soldiers in Henan are of the type of Ren Guangrong, to be honest, Ren Guangrong was relatively capable of fighting in the 24th Battalion of Nanyang, and he is still so cowardly, what kind of goods are inferior to him, think about it. Although there are few people in the camp now, those who remain are experienced and accustomed to fighting. Although they are all born in the wilderness, they have grown greatly under the tempering of countless actual battles. In terms of command ability alone, Zhao Dangshi is sure that among the officers in Henan, there are very few who can be compared with Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, etc., let alone Li Zicheng. Only Zuo Liangyu can be regarded as a major enemy in the camp. And now, Zuo Liangyu happens to be leading the troops outside, and breaking into the camp to take advantage of the situation must be unstoppable.

Zhao Ying's entry into Yu is full of difficulties, even if it really goes smoothly, with the current development status of Zhao Ying, Zhao Dangshi is not sure to win Li Zicheng steadily, so he can only gamble. It's just that now, Zhao Dangshi doesn't want to gamble, he wants to choose a more secure path.

"What my brother said, how dare you disobey it." Zhao Dangshi nodded solemnly and said, "Chuang Zhao Erying is a family, and there is no reason to kill each other." But then he said, "However, go back to the camp and Cao Ying......"

Li Zicheng smiled slightly and said: "Huiying, Cao Ying, and Geying have all sent people to show their allegiance, and my brother's subordinates are merciful." And said, "As long as you and I say it, they will not come to harass Chubei in the future." ”

Zhao Dangshi agreed, and his heart was shocked, he never expected Li Zicheng's energy to be so great. If Zhang Xianzhong briefly replaced the position of the leader of the Liukou Alliance when the camp was in decline, then after Zhang Xianzhong lost the hearts of the people capriciously, the camp rose again, and the position of the leader of the alliance was gently and skillfully taken back by Li Zicheng. No matter how much Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai, He Yilong and other giants pounced before, in the end, they still had to fall under the command of Li Zicheng, who was only more than a thousand people.

One hundred responses, so much so.

"Then Xiying ......," Zhao Dangshi said.

The smile on Li Zicheng's face was erased instantly, he coughed, and said in a deep voice: "Xiying, you and I will punish him together." "A hard word, cold as ice.

Zhao Dangshi bowed his head and said: "That's fine." ”

In terms of the world's rogues, the only one who can compete with Li Zicheng is Zhang Xianzhong. Although Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai are both giants, they can only sway between these two to protect themselves. Li Zicheng wanted to unify the rogue forces, but he couldn't tolerate Zhang Xianzhong. A few months ago, Li Zicheng, who was a little desperate, bowed to Zhang Xianzhong, hoping to be protected by him, but was ruthlessly rejected by Zhang Xianzhong, but Ma Shouying threw an olive branch to Li Zicheng - only this point, Li and Zhang were completely broken. Therefore, in public and private, for Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong must be removed.

Zhang Xianzhong's problem, both sides know in their hearts, and now Xiying is still thousands of miles away, which is not the main problem, so it is so pointed, and it does not continue to be developed.

Zhao Dangshi changed the topic and said: "I heard that my brother was going to start an incident, and the younger brother thought about the need for military armor, remembering the generosity of the elder brother who had given people and horses to Sichuan back then, and the grace of dripping water must be reciprocated by a spring, and the younger brother raised 3,000 bird guns and 200 pairs of iron armor to express his heart." ”

Not to mention anything else, only this firearm and armor can indeed be regarded as a charcoal in the snow. Zhao Ying originally had more than 6,000 birds, and later successively collected some from the acquisition, Xiangyang Prefecture Firearms Manufacturing Bureau and other means, and made up these 3,000 pieces, although they were not of the highest quality, but they were also full of intentions. Two hundred pairs of iron armor, not to mention.

Sure enough, Li Zicheng smiled and nodded: "Brotherhood must be remembered in his heart!" Not only him, but also the generals who accompanied him also showed happy expressions.

The camp was poor, and there were horses to send before, but now there are no horses. Li Zicheng thought about it, beckoned, called Li Guo over, and said a few words to him, Li Guo's face was resolute, and he said "yes" to Li Zicheng, and then turned around and walked out of the temple. Zhao Dangshi had doubts and asked, "Brother, what is this?" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Brother will know immediately. ”

After a short time, Li Guo came back, and Zhao Dangshi raised his eyes and saw a young man behind him.

But seeing that the young man's face was a little immature, but he was tall and bright, although he was not handsome, but his whole body exuded a compelling heroic spirit, which made people happy.

Li Zicheng called the young man to him and introduced: "This child's name is Li Laiheng, he is fifteen years old this year, and he has been following 'a tiger' all the time, and he is considered a family member. My brother's vision is not bad, and he thinks that he will become a great weapon in the future, so he wants him to worship his brother as his father-in-law and recognize him. Let's get close to each other. As he spoke, he gave Li Laiheng a push on his back, "Quick, kneel!" ”

On the way here, Li Guo must have roughly explained what happened, so Li Laiheng was not particularly surprised at this time, knelt in front of Zhao Dangshi, kowtowed three times, and said: "The righteous father is above, and he will be worshiped by Laiheng three times!" Although his expression was still a little unprepared, ignorant and even the corners of his eyes were a little moist, at least his behavior was not out of shape. Such adaptability is really valuable at his age.

Zhao Dangshi was even more surprised than him, hurriedly helped him up, and said to Li Zicheng: "How can the little brother He De, dare to accept such a merry young man!" ”

Li Zicheng said: "A little heart, brother, please smile." ”

Etiquette is still exchanged, ordinary people are the same, not to mention Zhao Dangshi and Li Zicheng, who represent Zhao and Chuang in the second camp respectively. Zhao Dangshi said a polite word, but was immediately met with a cold face from Li Zicheng. In fact, it is of great significance to break into the camp and send Li Laiheng. Li Zicheng didn't say it himself, Zhao Dangshi knew that this Li Laiheng has always been Li Guo's righteous son, so transferring it to Zhao Dangshi is equivalent to giving Zhao Ying a proton in disguise, and this show of sincerity cannot be measured by gold and silver.

Therefore, Zhao Dangshi knew that this "gift" must be accepted today, otherwise it would be no shame for Li Zicheng, it would be contempt for breaking into the camp, and even directly related to the success or failure of this trip, and he could not say anything.