The news that Wuchang conquered without a fight was good news for ordinary people, and it was also good news for the officials in the shogunate of Zhang Huangyan in the city of Nanchang.

Even in the eyes of some officials, this undoubtedly means that the hearts of the people in the world are in the Ming Dynasty, and they even began to think about planning the Northern Expedition with eagerness, and no one wants to let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs like now, after all, for them, this is a military merit, just like that Wuchang, which belongs to the military merit sent to the door for nothing.

Everyone was afraid of being left behind, and even began to worry a little about whether the Manchu Qing would be too unbeaten. Before they could set up a military feat that was enough to shadow their wives and cute children, well, the Manchu Qing had already fled outside the gate in a hurry.

"Luo joins the army, you listen to the sound of firecrackers at this head, it is the common people celebrating the victory of Wuchang!"

"The people have time to celebrate, but we don't have time to hurry up and plan Zhejiang's Northern Expedition."

"But no, judging from the current situation, I estimate that in less than two years at most, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to let us go back to our hometown."

"Rushing back home? Rush back there? Liaodong is our Han people! Where is there anything Manchuria. ”

"No, at that time in the Warring States, we Han people had already taken Liaodong from the hands of the Hu people."

"Yes. That is, when the time comes, just drive them out and drive them to the ends of the earth. ”

The joyful and even arrogant words of the colleagues were exchanged for a burst of laughter from Luo Lun.

For the importance of Wuchang, Luo Lun, who participated in the formulation of the plan, can be said to be very clear, after the capture of Wuchang, not only can he obtain Huguang's people, taxes and grain, but also can cut off Changsha, Guangdong and the southwest with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even together with the Qing army in the southwest, because without Huguang's co-pay, rice and grain, it is bound to be in trouble, and Wuchang is the key to capturing Huguang. Now that this Wuchang has been taken, will it be far from taking Huguang?

Sometimes, people's faith is like this, and through victory after victory, confidence builds up. The result is an invincible mentality, and it is this mentality that ultimately helps people win wars.

"Alright, alright, big guy, don't patronize it. This is just Wuchang, and it is still far from the success of the Western Expedition. And that's just the beginning. There are so many things that you want to do well, but it's not that easy. ”

When he said this, Luo Lun opened an official letter, the official letter was sent from Nanjing, and the moment he opened the official letter, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression suddenly became ugly, and a wave of anger burst out from all over his body. Then he immediately stood up and walked in the other direction with his legs raised.

After leaving the public house, Luo Lun's footsteps were very fast, he almost hurried to Zhang Huangyan's public house, a magistrate just came out of the hall door, the two almost collided head-on, and when they saw that it was the prefect of Changsha, Luo Lun asked urgently:

"Is Shao Sima here?"

As soon as his voice fell, Zhang Huangyan's words came from inside the room.

"What is Zimu's priority? So panicked! ”

Zhang Huangyan had heard Luo Lun's voice, and knew that he was not a reckless person, he had already walked to the door, saw the anger on Luo Lun's face, and immediately understood that something big must have happened.

But compared to Loren. Zhang Huangyan is quite calm, for him who has experienced many storms, there seems to be nothing that can make him fuss.

"Young Sima, there's a letter from Nanjing...... Say, speak...... Li Linchuan reported to Prince Zheng ......"

Luo Lun gasped as he spoke, and his expression was even more angry, and even his tone was filled with suppressed anger.

"Oh?"

Although he was also shocked by the news, Zhang Huangyan still said.

"Sit down and talk slowly, did Linchuan send someone to report the victory?"

When he said this, Zhang Huangyan still carried a trace of luck and hope.

"No, it was Li Linchuan who submitted an official letter to Prince Zheng. The letter is here. ”

Luo Lun handed over the letter sent from Nanjing, and wrote down all the official letters presented by Li Linchuan to Zheng Yanping in the letter.

The content of the official letter is almost no different from the official letter it sent to Nanchang, first introducing the course of the battle of Wuchang, and then mentioning that Liu Fangming led his troops to surrender, but after a careful look, Zhang Huangyan still noticed the difference between the two official letters.

Li Ziyuan's official letter to Nanchang did not mention the disposition of Liu Fangming, but only used the sentence "It should be properly arranged to demote troops and generals", but in the official letter to Zheng Chenggong, he asked about the disposition of Liu Fangming and others. This difference is undoubtedly telling everyone that Li Linchuan will obey Zheng Chenggong's orders in the future!

This Li Linchuan!

Although he has experienced too many storms and changes over the years, Zhang Huangyan still couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw this ICBC.

"When did this letter come from?"

Zhang Huangyan's gaze narrowed, and he asked angrily.

"Just arrived today. Shao Sima, is this Li Ziyuan ready to defect to Prince Zheng with merit? Has he forgotten that at the beginning, if it weren't for the support of Shao Sima, how would he be today? ”

Luo Lun said indignantly. The reason why he is so angry is precisely because Shao Sima can be said to have the grace of Li Ziyuan, but at this time, Li Ziyuan betrayed Shao Sima and betrayed everyone's common cause!

"Wuchang along the river, Linchuan is long in land battles and has no water division, if there is no water division to help, his daily combat will inevitably be greatly affected, or for this reason, I want Yanping to help, after all, there is a water division in Yanping."

Zhang Huangyan thought for a while and said that although he knew that things were not so simple, he still hoped to save some of the situation. Still trying to find some excuses for what Li Ziyuan did.

"If it is just an official letter to inform Prince Zheng, it is understandable. What I'm afraid of is that Li Ziyuan is in the name of reporting to Prince Zheng through an official letter, and he is trying to stand on his own feet in Huguang! ”

Compared with Shao Sima, Luo Lun, who was already extremely dissatisfied with Li Ziyuan, said worriedly.

"That Li Ziyuan is a person at both ends of the snake and rat, he rebelled against Zhu Chengren first, and today he betrayed Shao Sima later, it is really hateful!"

Originally, Luo Lun didn't trust Li Ziyuan very much, in his opinion, since Li Ziyuan could betray Zhu Mingzhong, who was kind to him, then he would inevitably betray Shao Sima in the future, and it was precisely because of this that he opposed letting him lead the Western Expeditionary Army, but Zhang Huangyan didn't think so, and even in his opinion, Li Ziyuan was a fierce general, so he naturally wanted to give full play to his strengths, and now it's good, he is standing on his own with tens of thousands of troops, and even defected to Zheng Yanping, how can this not make him annoyed.

What is even more annoying is that after Li Ziyuan occupied Huguang, not only did Shao Sima's strength suffer greatly, but also caused him to be unable to use Hu Guang's money and food or the people there when he was punished in the future, and even the road to the Northern Expedition in the future was blocked by him.

After all, Li Ziyuan is still in control of Jiujiang, which is the only way for Poyang Lake to enter the Yangtze River, as long as he controls Jiujiang, Shao Sima will be like a dragon trapped in shallow water, and he will generally be trapped in Jiangxi, and he cannot go north.

"I'll write him a letter first, and persuade him tactfully, and you will send someone to send it. Let's take a look! ”

Zhang Huangyan, who still wanted to save the matter, pondered for a while, and wrote a letter to Li Ziyuan, the content of the letter was naturally sincere and positive, many things since the two met. Of course, it also mentioned how he supported him to expand his military strength and how to prepare food and salary for him when he led hundreds of lonely soldiers to leave Nanjing. Of course, in the end, Zhang Huangyan even mentioned that the situation in the world today has become clearer, the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty has been decided, and when the court returns to the court, Zhang Huangyan will definitely recommend him to the court, and the court will definitely reward him for meritorious deeds, even if his reward is not as good as Zheng Chenggong, but it will not be worse than Zhu Mingzhong.

I have to say that Zhang Huangyan sees the problem very accurately, in his opinion, Li Ziyuan's betrayal today is likely to have the idea of competing with Zhu Mingzhong, so he deliberately mentioned that his future credit will definitely not be worse than Zhu Mingzhong, and even vaguely pointed out that compared with Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan has a greater influence on the imperial court, after all, he is the military secretary of the imperial court.

Li Ziyuan's betrayal was obviously to become the commander of the first army, and Zhang Huangyan euphemistically said that as long as he did not defect to Zheng Chenggong, he could be allowed to command the army alone, and even said that Wuchang could be his station, instead of acting recklessly as now, causing the Ming Dynasty to fall into internal strife, so that the Manchu fishermen benefited. In a word, I hope that Li Ziyuan will not make a big mistake because of his own selfish interests. Wake up while there is still room for it. Of course, he Zhang Huangyan will not pursue any responsibility. He will also be responsible for it.

After writing this letter, Zhang Huangyan wrote another letter to Zheng Chenggong, but in the letter, he only discussed with him about the Western Expedition, and at the same time euphemistically pointed out that Li Ziyuan was his general, but there were some misunderstandings, and now these misunderstandings have been explained, and there are no problems. After writing the letter, Zhang Huangyan handed the letter to Luo Lun.

"Zimu, what do you think of this letter?"

took the letter Luo Lun and took a quick look, and then said worriedly:

"Prince Zheng has always been quite assertive, if Li Ziyuan is willing to join his command, can your letter make him change his mind?"

In Loren's view, the letter clearly did not make any sense. After all, for Zheng Chenggong, the things he decided naturally could not be changed because of such a letter.

And Luo Lun knows very well that he may be succeeding, and it seems that he and Shao Sima are both courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, but they are not selfish. In this case, who knows what Zheng Chenggong will think. Will he think about taking the opportunity to make Zhang Huangyan's strength?

If Zheng Chenggong had such an idea, it would naturally be impossible to accept Zhang Huangyan's suggestion. Keep Li Ziyuan out. After all, this is a great opportunity. A great opportunity to weaken Shao Sima's strength!

Luo Lun looked at Shao Sima and said with one word.

"Young Sima, after all, in the eyes of Prince Zheng, if Li Ziyuan is alone in Huguang, he can weaken your strength, then he is naturally happy to see it, after all, after all, you are also his opponent!"

Rival!

Although he didn't want to admit it, when Luo Lun said this, Zhang Huangyan opened his mouth and still couldn't say anything, which is a fact.

Maybe they are all courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, but they have their own thoughts, maybe they can work together to resist the Qing because of common interests, but in addition to resisting the Qing, they also have their own thoughts.

One of the simplest, and even unavoidable problems, is that Zheng Chenggong supports the Tang Dynasty, although the Tang Dynasty is extinct, but he only barely agrees with the Yongli court, and even Shao Sima, who supports the Lu Domain, but now Shao Sima has agreed with the orthodoxy of Yongli.

Now that the enemy is present, it is still possible to join forces against the enemy, but what about after the success of the Northern Expedition in the future?

Everyone has their own selfishness, Li Ziyuan has his own selfishness, Zheng Chenggong also has his own selfishness, and even Zhang Huangyan also has selfishness.

Now, of course, they can fight together against the Qing Dynasty under the banner of the Yongli Imperial Court. But once the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty is completed, they will have to face a problem at that time. Is it to continue to support an outsider and support the imperial court, or to make another plan.

Although this thinking is somewhat counterproductive, it is unavoidable. After all, they are all leading generals. And the imperial court - their influence on the emperor and the imperial court is minimal, even if it is for self-preservation, there are some issues that they must consider.

Facing Luo Lun's reminder, Zhang Huangyan's whole person fell into silence, he knew that this matter must be properly handled, otherwise, I am afraid that there will only be endless troubles. It is even very likely to provoke internal strife within the Ming Dynasty again. As a result, ZTE's great cause was destroyed.

"Young Sima, if not, his subordinates are willing to lead the troops to Wuchang to capture this thief!"

As soon as Luo Lun's words fell, Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said.

"Don't use troops, if we wait for Li Ziyuan to use troops today, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to starting the war again, then today's good situation will fall short, and the generals of the Ming Dynasty will definitely use force to discuss right and wrong again, so isn't it a repeat of the tragedy of the year?"

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and categorically rejected Luo Lun's proposal. Not to mention that now that the elite under his command has been completely taken away by Li Ziyuan, Luo Lun's troops may not be able to beat the other party. Even from the beginning of the war, he did not want to see it. After all, Daming can no longer afford to fight among themselves.

"Zhang must not be a sinner of Ming Zhongxing!"

Saying this, Zhang Huangyan pondered for a moment, and then said to Luo Lun.

"You go to Jiangbei immediately, go to see Gu Yanwu first, he is Chengren's henchman, he naturally knows why the Ming Dynasty was defeated in Jiangnan back then, and this sign of infighting must be stopped no matter what. Zhu Mingzhong trusts him very much, and with him by his side, you ask to see Chengren again, and then ask him to try to go to Nanjing to see Prince Zheng. Remember, you have to seize the opportunity, and then again, now is a great opportunity for the Ming Dynasty, you can't lose big because of a small thing, you can't get up in infighting, understand? ”

Zhang Huangyan told carefully, and Luo Lun nodded to remember.

"As long as Chengren is willing to come forward to persuade Yanping, when the time comes, Zheng Yanping will naturally know the importance of the trade-off, after all, the current situation is like this, and no one wants to let the good situation go down the drain!"

The reason why Zhu Mingzhong came forward to lobby Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan has his own considerations, he believes that Zhu Mingzhong will never want to see the current three-legged situation, because Li Ziyuan's departure has been broken, in order to maintain the balance, he is bound to find a way to maintain the current situation, so Zhu Mingzhong will definitely come forward, as for Zheng Chenggong's side, what he needs to avoid is probably the convergence of Jiangbei and Jiangxi.

If it doesn't work, then that's the last option. Form an alliance with Jiangbei, only in this way can internal strife be avoided. But it also means that they are bound to break up.

"But, what about Li Ziyuan?"

Luo Lun looked at Shao Sima and asked, now that you can't use soldiers, you can't fight a war, is it difficult to let him sit in Wuchang?

"I will write him another letter, but the so-called do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!"

Still trying to stop all this. Zhang Huangyan said with emotion.

"Thinking about it, he was also confused for a while, if he could tell him the truth, he would naturally understand the key and know his way back!"

But will Li Ziyuan really get lost?

Zhang Huangyan didn't know, but he believed that as long as Zhu Mingzhong could come forward, when Zheng Chenggong put the matter down, then everything would be over, and for Li Ziyuan, he had no other choice. I can only wake up and turn back.

However, the question now is how to persuade him to return to his command with peace of mind, instead of jumping over the wall in a hurry and choosing to join the Manchus.

"Li Ziyuan, ah......"

After Luo Lun left, Zhang Huangyan's brows were tightly locked, and his sighing face was full of dissatisfaction, and there was also some remorse, although many people had reminded him to be careful of Li Ziyuan, after all, he had betrayed Zhu Mingzhong, but in Zhang Huangyan's opinion, it was because of the different status of the two, after all, before Zhu Mingzhong joined the army, he was already in charge of the stamina battalion, and as soon as Zhu Mingzhong came, he became his boss, Li Ziyuan was inevitably dissatisfied, but he was different, he was a squire of the Ming Army, The difference in status between the two can be described as heaven and earth, in this case, how could Li Ziyuan betray him, but now, Li Ziyuan betrayed him, how could this not make Zhang Huangyan annoyed, and in addition to being annoyed, he was also a little helpless.

But it's too late to say anything. After all, Li Ziyuan has already done such a thing, even now, he has returned to his command and risen again, maybe he trusts him as much as he did at the beginning?

"Li Ziyuan, Li Ziyuan. Could it be that you really have a backbone? ”

Zhang Huangyan sighed while thinking back to this Li Ziyuan's experience, it seems that for him, there has never been any etiquette and shame, for the sake of interests, he can easily betray anyone who has a great favor to him at any time.

"If you want to come to such a person, Zheng Chenggong won't use it."