Mao's Mansion Hall.

As soon as Mao Wenlong arrived, he saw that Cheng Zuo had arrived one step ahead of him, and he was in a stalemate with Zhuang Yexiang at the moment. Mao Wenlong listened outside the door, and then he probably knew why Zhuang Yexiang came.

"It turned out that it was for Li Zicheng's matter!" Mao Wenlong suddenly came over and strode into the meeting hall.

"Commander!" When Cheng Zuo and Zhuang Yexiang saw Mao Wenlong coming, the two immediately stopped the stalemate and bowed to Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong nodded, waved his hand and motioned for the two to sit down, and then said bluntly: "Zhuang Yexiang came here for Li Zicheng's matter?" ”

Zhuang Yexiang was very fierce just now, but he hesitated in the face of Mao Wenlong. After all, Cheng Zuo was also present at this time, the two had already had a dispute before, and Cheng Zuo also persuaded Zhuang Yexiang not to be impulsive.

Although Zhuang Yexiang didn't do it just now, she was also afraid that she would implicate Chengzuo, so she hesitated for a long time, but she couldn't say anything.

Mao Wenlong looked at her and then at Cheng Zuo, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and said: "It's okay, if you have something to say, just say it, don't have so many scruples." ”

Zhuang Yexiang was encouraged, she no longer hesitated, and said to Mao Wenlong with her fists: "Chief soldier, can you tell me why you let Li Zicheng leave calmly from Nanjing this time." Could it be that the general army has forgotten our previous agreement to kill Li Zicheng and take revenge on the Qing family? ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment, he did forget about it for a while. But Zhuang Yexiang in front of him came with such a momentum, Mao Wenlong naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to say that he forgot about it.

He laughed and said, "I know this in my heart, but I do owe you something this time." But I still hope that you can endure it a little longer, after all, Nanjing is the key, and you can't empty Nanjing and let others benefit from the fisherman. ”

Zhuang Yexiang also calmed down at this time, but she didn't want to stop there, and still said unrelentingly: "What is the plan of the general soldier, and what are you going to prepare to kill Li Zicheng?" Can you give me and the Qing family an accurate time? ”

Mao Wenlong frowned, hesitated and said: "The exact time is naturally not available to you, after all, no one can say for sure what is going on the battlefield." At present, Mao can only assure you that if he has the opportunity next time, he will definitely not let Li Zicheng escape. ”

After hearing this, Cheng Zuo sneakily touched Zhuang Yexiang with his hand and motioned her to stop. Unexpectedly, when Zhuang Yexiang heard Mao Wenlong's words, she became excited again, and she said resolutely: "The general soldier's reply is unacceptable to Zhuang Yexiang. ”

Mao Wenlong was suddenly a little embarrassed, thought about it for a while, and said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Zhuang Yexiang said without hesitation: "Please allow the general army to lead the troops to battle now." ”

Mao Wenlong's eyebrows jumped, and he said in surprise: "You want to lead troops to Sichuan to fight Li Zicheng?" ”

Zhuang Yexiang said firmly: "Please allow the general soldier." ”

Cheng Zuo opened his mouth, and for a while he didn't know whether to persuade Zhuang Yexiang to give up.

However, Mao Wenlong suddenly nodded happily and agreed: "Okay, it's accurate!" ”

Cheng Zuo and Zhuang Yexiang were quite surprised, neither of them obviously thought that Mao Wenlong would agree like this.

Zhuang Yexiang said even more uncertainly: "The chief soldier agreed? ”

Mao Wenlong said with a smile: "It can be regarded as a compensation for your Qing family, after all, the two-year period has passed, and now I have not been able to fulfill my original promise." ”

"Chengzuo."

"The subordinates are here."

Mao Wenlong looked at Cheng Zuo and chuckled: "This time, you will lead 30,000 troops and go to Huguang to join Chen Jisheng and them." How to kill Li Zicheng from now on, you can see what to do! ”

Cheng Zuo's face was overjoyed, and he immediately hugged his fists and thanked: "Mr. Xie is complete." ”

Mao Wenlong waved his hand indifferently and said: "This time, I will help King Fu by the way, if I can defeat Sichuan, I will hand it over to him, lest he get me here to cry afterwards." ”

Cheng Zuo agreed with a smile, and then said goodbye to Zhuang Yexiang.

After Mao Wenlong saw them leave, he shook his head with a wry smile, and then continued to go back to accompany the second daughter.

Mao Wenlong had just returned to the backyard, and before he saw his second daughter, he was blocked by Hong Chengchou.

"Is there something wrong?" Mao Wenlong looked at Hong Chengchou with a solemn face suspiciously.

"I heard that you promised Zhuang Yexiang to lead the troops to Sichuan?" Hong Chengchou said uncertainly.

Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "Is there indeed such a thing, is there a problem?" ”

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "Do you want to give up Sichuan to King Fu?" ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment and said: "Yes, at present, the Dongjiang Army can no longer take care of Sichuan, so it should be no problem to put it in the hands of King Fu for the time being." ”

In Mao Wenlong's eyes, King Fu is a straw bag, one more Sichuan and one less Sichuan in his hands, Mao Wenlong will not have any pressure.

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The chief soldier may not know that the imperial court has begun to set its sights on the south. This time, Wu Chengen wanted to take it back to Shandong, just to help King Fu get back to Nanjing. Then they can take advantage of the layout. ”

Mao Wenlong said inexplicably: "Then what can I do, now half of Shandong is still in my hands, and Nanjing has now fallen into my hands, so there is nothing to worry about at all." ”

"No, it's not that simple."

Hong Chengchou categorically denied Mao Wenlong, he explained: "All this that the general soldier said is the premise for the continued struggle between Sichuan and Huguang. If Sichuan is successfully taken by King Fu, then Huguang and Sichuan will be connected, and we will be geographically restricted. And this is what the imperial court values most at present, and the imperial court will inevitably try its best to win over King Fu. ”

Mao Wenlong raised an eyebrow, and at this time he also realized that his previous decision was indeed a little inappropriate. In case King Fu is co-opted by the imperial court, Mao Wenlong will inevitably be very passive, and when the imperial court and King Fu launch a two-sided attack on him, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

"So what else can I do now? I have promised Zhuang Yexiang, and the Qing family's revenge has not been avenged yet, which is also the promise I owe them before. You can't regret it, right? Mao Wenlong's face was full of embarrassment, indeed, at this time, he was asked to deny the previous decision, Mao Wenlong felt that he couldn't pull down this face.

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "There is still a chance to make amends, and the general army might as well take back the order that he had previously ordered to send to King Fu after Sichuan was defeated." ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment and said, "This is okay, you can take it back at any time." It's just that Zhuang Yexiang is in a hurry to kill Li Zicheng, and after arriving there, Sichuan will inevitably be stirred into a pond of muddy water. King Fu will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, you can't ask me to restrain King Fu and them in secret, right? Aren't we contradicting ourselves? ”