There is nothing else to do in King Fu's mansion, after a night of birthday banquet, at noon the next day, Fu Xunyu visited Zhu Yousong again and wanted to see King Fu after a few words of congratulations, but King Fu had closed the door at this time, and in desperation, he said goodbye and took people away.

Fu Xunyu separated from Zheng Shihao outside the palace, Zheng Shihao and most of his entourage went to the Shaolin Temple first, and he only took two retinues and turned south. and into the territory of Ruzhou, more than ten horses suddenly chased behind, and the two entourages thought that it was the Tukou cutting the path, and they were afraid to tremble, but when the more than ten horses approached, Liu Tichun was sandwiched between them.

Fu Xunyu greeted him, and Liu Tichun immediately led the three horsemen out and introduced: "Mr. Fu, these three are the three generals in our camp, Dang Shousu, Gu Kecheng and Wu Ruyi. ”

Dang Shou Su nicknamed "Random Point Soldiers", when all his clan voted under Li Zicheng, the only name "Party Family", he is one of the most brave and good fighters, has always been regarded by Li Zicheng as one of the capable cavalry generals, Zhao when the reputation of the world is not obvious to take refuge in Li Zicheng, Dang Shousu is the earliest usher, so he has a good relationship with Zhao Ying.

Wu Ruyi once served as a general under the "non-muddy" Zhang Cunmeng with Li Zicheng, and belonged to the "Scorpion Block" Tuoyangkun who commanded the "Old Fourth Team", and later transferred to the "Old Eighth Team", where he has served Li Zicheng so far, and he dared to die. When Li Zicheng and Zhao Dangshi entered Sichuan for the second time, they raided the official army in Hanzhong, and Wu Ruyi and Pang Jinming of Zhao Ying worked together to cover Zhao Dangshi and Li Zicheng's escape, and they also had the friendship of fighting side by side.

The intersection between Gu Kecheng and Zhao Ying is relatively small, but Fu Xunyu has heard of him, and he is one of the veterans who followed Li Zicheng in the early days of the uprising.

The personnel who broke into the camp were huge, but the party, Gu, and Wu were similar to Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, and so on, all of whom belonged to the real generals who broke into the camp, and they were the most trusted and had the highest status in the camp.

The three of them were also very polite to Fu Xunyu, and they hugged their fists in turn. Fu Xunyu then asked: "King Chuang wants to enter Henan, I don't know where the troops are now?" ”

Liu Tichun was about to answer, Gu Kecheng suddenly coughed, Liu Tichun stopped, and Dang Shousu said: "Old Guzi, Zhao Ying is not an outsider, it doesn't hurt to say it." After speaking, he smiled at Fu Xunyu, "In order to exterminate our battalion, the officials and soldiers have exhausted all the open and dark tricks in the past few years, and the hidden stakes of the officers and soldiers who have been pulled out of the camp are really counted, and I am afraid that there are no less than 100 people." Once he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, Brother Gu had some concerns and asked Mr. Fu not to be too surprised. ”

Fu Xunyu smiled generously: "It's saved, I'm in Zhao Ying, and I can be regarded as a person from here." ”

The sentence "can be regarded as a person who has come over" seems to express some sympathy for the same disease, and it is quite cordial in the ears of Dang Shousu and others.

Liu Tichun saw that Gu Kecheng had no intention of continuing to block, so he said to Fu Xunyu: "King Chuang is now in Xichuan." He added, "There are also some brothers scattered in Fangxian and Pingli, and they are gathering in Xichuan one after another. ”

"Fang County?" Fu Xunyu was stunned.

Liu Tichun's face was pale, and he smiled awkwardly: "Yes, a month ago, our battalion was still in Yunyang Mountain. ”

Fu Xunyu nodded and said, "I see." But he didn't delve into that anymore. I think Yunyang is one step away from Zhao Ying, but after such a long time, Chuang Ying was stunned that no one had been sent to Zhao Ying. Even if it is for self-protection, it can be seen how far the crisis of the camp has been, and how deeply Li Zicheng's worries about Zhao Ying.

"If it weren't for King Fu's entourage, if it went on like this, I am afraid that the connection between our camp and the camp would be broken." Fu Xunyu thought secretly, "The lord said that Li Chuang is an extraordinary person and will become a big thing." Our battalion joined the officers and soldiers, and successively turned against the Hui, Cao, and Xizhu battalions, and Li Chuang had a deep prejudice against our battalion, and he needed to deal with it in time. It seems that today no matter what, we must go to the camp and go. ”

Liu Tichun said at this time: "Mr. Fu is the representative of Zhao Ying, and I hope to go to my camp to meet King Chuang." ”

Or Gu Kecheng waved his head, doubts were written on his face, and the party shou said: "Zhao Ying and I have an old relationship with the camp, and when the king was dormant, he will come out now, and he should have met each other." He thinks long-term, Zhao Ying is a pivotal force in northern Chu, whether it is friend or foe, he can't ignore it.

Gu Kecheng was silent, Wu Ruyi was straightforward, and he also nodded yes. Liu Tichun, Dang Shousu, and Wu Ruyi all recognized Fu Xunyu, the minority obeyed the majority, Gu Kecheng had no opinion, and the matter of taking Fu Xunyu to the camp was finalized.

On the other side, hundreds of miles away from Shaolin Mountain, Zheng Shihao just entered the Shaolin Temple.

Haikuan, who was supported by the monks of the temple, had already accepted the documents issued by the Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court and officially took over as the presiding officer of Shaolin, and all the things in the temple were carried out in an orderly and steady manner under his leadership. Since the Tukou forced the village to rob, the strong character of the other side of the sea Kuan changed the previous cold gray Huixi Zen master's appeasement and avoidance strategy, thinking that the peace of the temple must be self-preservation, so the order "the whole temple strong soldiers", from inside and outside the temple to recruit soldiers, so that the number of monks and soldiers in Shaolin Temple jumped from hundreds to the peak of 2,000 people. The people who believed in Shaolin from near and far also enthusiastically supported it, formed a regiment to practice more than 1,000 volunteers, and cooperated with the temple soldiers to surround the temple. Shaolin Temple has accumulated for thousands of years, the wealth is abundant, the temple soldiers and the volunteers outside the temple are all well-armed, everyone has horses, and the equipment level exceeds that of ordinary officers and soldiers.

On the other side of the strait, these soldiers have almost a small training every three days, a major training every five days, and a half-moon exercise, and they have been training unabated. In his spare time, he preached and preached the scriptures to the soldiers and taught them. After more than half a year, the three thousand soldiers and horses inside and outside the Shaolin Temple not only have good equipment and technical combat level, but also have extremely strong morale. On the other side, Haikuan also said that Zhao Dangshi needed reinforcements to help suppress Kou, and wanted to raise the monks and soldiers to go out of the temple to help in the battle, Zheng Shihao naturally declined, but seeing that Shaolin was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and left immediately.

Zhao Dangshi once said to Fu Xunyu that if Shaolin has not been violated by bandits in the past few months, it means that Li Jiyu has faith in his words and can contact again, otherwise he will ignore it. Fu Xunyu told him a few days ago that he should go to the imperial village. This time, regardless of Zhao Dangshi's orders or Fu Xunyu's orders, a trip to the imperial village is inevitable.

To tell the truth, Zheng Shihao, who independently undertook the negotiation task and the object with the notorious Tukou, was quite apprehensive in his heart. However, whenever I think that my every move represents the powerful Zhao Ying behind me, those timid retreats will disappear in an instant, and courage will suddenly arise.

After getting off Shaolin, turn your feet and go to the imperial village. Contrary to the scene of the peak incense around Shaolin, half of the mountain forest where the imperial village is located has been cut down by the Tukou, and along the mountain road, there are bare log piles on both sides, all of which are abrupt, and the green forest in the distance is distinct, which is particularly solemn.

The two local bandits brought Zheng Shihao into the Zhongyi Hall in the village, and the two flags at the entrance of the hall were waved in the wind, but they were not written for the heavens, but in the big book "Birth of my parents Li Zhangpan" and "Solve the people upside down and hang the big palace".

Li Ji was still amiable when he met people, and because he had read books, he did not have the recklessness and irritability of ordinary bandits, so he went out of the hall to greet Zheng Shihao, and the two talked to each other in the hall.

At present, the new bandits in Henan, led by Li Jiyu, have 40,000 people in Dengfeng; Yu Dazhong is in Song County, with 20,000 people; Ren Chen is in Jiaxian, there are also 20,000 people; Zhang Ding is in Yuzhou and has 10,000 people. Coupled with the little famous bandits from all walks of life, there are 100,000 together. Even if the proportion of soldiers who can fight in it is extremely low, 100,000 people is not a small number after all, and once it is said, it is very bluffing.

After Shen Jingbang was killed by Zhao Dangshi in Shaolin, Li Jiyufu took his fellow brothers Shen Sanren and Shen Sanrong as the masterminds, and Zhou Ruli, Ji Zhiying, Wang Sheng, etc. as minions. Although the Shen brothers are related to Shen Jingbang, they hate Shen Jingbang and do not get along well. Now that Shen Jingbang is dead, the two of them have been able to come forward, and they have no hatred for Zhao Dangshi. And compared with Shen Jingbang, the two of them know how to protect themselves better, so they also agree with Li Jiyu's intention to catch up with Zhao Ying.

Even if Li Jiyu has tens of thousands of subordinates, Zheng Shihao's attitude on behalf of Zhao Ying is always above him. Fu Xunyu taught him, saying that most of these bandits are uneducated, uninformed, and act entirely on instinct. To grasp the initiative, it is necessary to press them at all times. Li Jiyu and others knew that their strength was far inferior to Zhao Ying, and Zhao Ying had an official background, so where did they dare to be a little unhappy. Later, the dialogue has evolved into just Zheng Shihao's question and Li Jiyu's answer.

"My lord started from the green forest, and he was righteous and heroic. Li Da is in charge of the plate, but he acts from my battalion, and everything is easy to say. Don't talk about the support of small armor, money, food, and straw, just for a certain paper official body for all of you here in the future! Zheng Shihao talked loudly, even if he was alone, he still quickly suppressed all the bandit leaders present in terms of momentum, and firmly controlled the situation in his own hands.

The words "a piece of official body" came out, and as Zheng Shihao expected, including Li Jiyu, all the local bandits couldn't help but lick their lips. For them, gold and silver are easy to obtain, identity is hard to find, and no one is born to live such a life. They have been low-level peasants, artisans, and even servants and pawns for generations, and if they can one day get an official position in the imperial court, it will really be the supreme glory of the ancestral tomb and the great book on the genealogy.

Li Jiyu said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, when Lord Zhao left, he asked the villain not to commit Shaolin, and the villain has already done it." ”

"Well, but it's not enough." Zheng Shihao said lightly, "There are 3,000 elite soldiers inside and outside Shaolin, but my lord didn't say that, so Li Dazhang thought that with the strength of the imperial village, could Shaolin be taken down?" ”

Li Jiyu waved his hand again and again, smiling to hide his embarrassment: "I can't take it, I can't take it." ”

Zheng Shihao nodded and said, "It's good to have self-knowledge." And said, "With this Shaolin matter, there is no need to talk about it on the table in the future." If Li Dazhang is really sincere, my lord also arranged three things. ”

"What's the matter? The villain listened attentively. Li Jiyu said upright.

"The first thing is to restrain the righteous army, and not to make them act recklessly."

"The Righteous Army?" Li Jiyu frowned, in addition to the bandits, there are many rogue bandits in Henan, and those rogue bandits are all old rivers and lakes for more than ten years, Li Jiyu has nothing to do with them, and he can't control them.

Zheng Shi saw his concerns and said, "It's not as much as others, it's just Song, Jia, Yu and other places." "These places are basically local bandits entrenched in cottages, and Yu Dazhong, Zhang Ding, etc. are also partners who rose at the same time as Li Jiyu, and they are all headed by Li Jiyu. The combat effectiveness of the bandits is low, and in Zhao Dangshi's eyes, the scattered bandit forces have no value to make friends, but if Li Jiyu can twist these loose sand into a rope, it will be much more valuable.

Li Jiyu understood what Zhao Ying meant, and Zhao Dangshi was willing to agree to take a hand, not because he took a fancy to his tens of thousands of rabble, but because of his influence on the stability of the regional situation. If he couldn't do this, he would lose the qualification to sit down and talk with Zhao Ying. At the moment, he was kind to Zheng Shi, of course he replied: "Mr. Zheng, rest assured, Li is familiar with every grass and tree in these places, and Yu Dazhong and others are Li's brothers, and with Li here, there will be no chaos." ”

Zheng Shihao nodded, clapped his hands and said "Okay", and then said: "The second thing is to meet the king." ”

"Greet the King?" Li Jiyu thought that he had misheard, and asked rhetorically.

Zheng Shihao said solemnly: "Not bad." ”

"King Chuang...... Isn't it Li Chuang? Zhou Ruli, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but ask. At this time, most of the faces of everyone were frightened.

Zheng Shihao said: "It is Li Zicheng and Li Chuangwang." "I straightened my chest and said, "My battalion and the camp are like brothers, and we have already helped King Chuang Dongshan to make a comeback, and in another month or two, the camp will enter Henan." ”

Zhao Dangshi, Gu Junen, Chang Zeyu and other people of insight all know that as long as Li Zicheng is not dead, the time to take advantage of the situation with his prestige is only sooner or later. What kind of person Li Zicheng is, Zhao Dangshi knows very well, standing side by side with such a person, either become a mortal enemy with him or become a close friend with him, there is no other way.

In addition, Zhao Dangshi thought about the past and was unwilling to violate morality and commit this black hand, so he has always been based on joint cooperation, which is also the consensus of Zhao Dangshi and a number of high-level civil and military forces in Zhao Ying, including Fu Xunyu. Zheng Shihao took over this point of view from Fu Xunyu, so he said the words "Yingchuang Wang".

"But......" Zheng Shihao leaned back and let out a long breath, "When King Chuang really enters Henan, he will get up quickly, and if you want to fight, I am afraid that you will not have that ability." My lord just doesn't want you to cause trouble for King Chuang. ”

"Yes, yes......" Li Jiyu's head was stunned at this time, and sweat was oozing from his back unconsciously.

"The right to say this first, wait in front of the lord, and then listen to his fate." Zheng Shihao secretly thought that he didn't know what Zhao Dangshi was thinking now, but he believed in Fu Xunyu's judgment.

"So, what else is there?" Li Jiyu was concerned in his heart, for fear that the cold Zhao Ying envoy in front of him would say something amazing.

Who knows what to be afraid of, when Zheng Shihao slowly opened his mouth and said the third thing that Zhao Ying requested, Li Jiyu was really stunned and speechless, and looked around at the rest of the people in the hall, all of them were also shocked.