"Who is Liu Zongmin?" Lin Zhaolong didn't think of it for a moment, "Why is this name so familiar." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Li Zicheng is a first-class general." Xu Lang didn't explain much, "Zhaolong, immediately order the army to prepare for battle, this person is not easy to deal with." ”

The peasant army also stopped, and the two sides faced each other more than 200 meters apart, and Liu Zongmin kept watching in the direction of the Yulin army with a pergola.

"Brother Liu, I'll take someone to rush them." Hao Shaoqi, who was behind Liu Zongmin, shouted.

"Yongzhong, don't be in a hurry first." Liu Zongmin was coarse and fine, "These people in front of you are not ordinary Ming soldiers. ”

"Brother Liu, how do you know?" Hao Shaoqi asked, "Have you seen them?" ”

"I've heard Li Guo talk about it." Liu Zongmin explained, "King Chuang, they had previously encountered such a Ming army in such a costume, and the whole army had no armor, but the firearms were very powerful. Li Guo once rushed once, but he couldn't rush down at all. ”

"Then I'll try again." Hao Shaoqi was quite unconvinced.

"Nope." Liu Zongmin shook his head, "Yongzhong, bring someone to talk to them, ask them where they came from and where they are going?" ”

"Talk to them?" Hao Shaoqi was stunned, "Brother Liu, let's talk to Ming Jun?" ”

"yes, talk to them." Liu Zongmin turned around and whispered to Hao Shaoqi, "King Chuang gave a secret order, and it was they who reported the letter to King Chuang when he was in Mianchi, and King Chuang withdrew with the old camp. So what King Chuang means, if we encounter this Ming army again, try to salute first and then soldier. ”

Xu Lang and Lin Zhaolong also stood in front of the army, holding binoculars and looking at the peasant army opposite.

"How did they stop?" Lin Zhaolong asked, "Is the general in front of you Liu Zongmin?" ”

"I don't know what they're trying to do." Xu Lang turned his head to look at the refugees behind him, "Herald, let people watch these refugees, if they fight for a while, they must not be allowed to mess up." ”

"Sir, there's a couple of people on the other side." Gao Chen suddenly pointed ahead and shouted.

"What do they mean?" Lin Zhaolong muttered to himself.

"Gao Chen, bring a platoon of cavalry with me to take a look." Xu Lang ordered, "Zhaolong, I'll go up and see what they mean, and you get ready for battle." ”

"Stay safe." Lin Zhaolong nodded and instructed, "Gao Chen, you must absolutely protect the safety of the Chief of the General Staff. ”

"Yes, sir."

The people on both sides stopped at a distance of ten meters, and Xu Lang first hugged his fists at the comer: "I don't know the general's surname, but it's King Chuang's subordinates?" ”

"I'm Liu Zongmin, under the command of King Chuang." Liu Zongmin heard Xu Lang call Gao Yingxiang the king of Chuang, and unconsciously put a snack, and pointed to Hao Yongzhong who was carrying a big flag next to him, "He is Hao Shaoqi." ”

"This is Hao Shaoqi?" Xu Lang unconsciously glanced at Hao Shaoqi a few more times.

"Who are you?" Hao Shaoqi asked directly, "Where did you come from, where are you going?" ”

"We are the army of Hainan Wei." Xu Lang did not hide it, "On the order of the Ministry of War, I went to Yan'an Mansion to change my guard." ”

"You're here to beat us." The big flag in Hao Shaoqi's hand pointed to Xu Lang.

"Why is General Hao so nervous?" Xu Lang said with a smile, "We obey the orders of the Ministry of War, and we are not under the control of Lord Hong Chengchou, so we have other things to do when we go to Yan'an Mansion." ”

"The road leads to the sky, each on its own." Liu Zongmin retracted his gaze at Yulin Jun, "I don't care where you are going, I have something I want to ask." ”

"General Liu has something to ask."

"When you were in Michi, but the secret letter you sent to King Chuang?"

"Exactly." Xu Lang heard Zeng Guangxian talk about secret letters.

"Thank you." Liu Zongmin saluted Xu Lang, "King Chuang has always been very grateful to you, and gave an order, if I meet you again, I will thank you for your kindness back then." ”

"General Liu's words are serious." Xu Lang didn't know what Liu Zongmin meant by this, could it be that Gao Yingxiang would really take this matter to heart?

"Since you are going to Yan'an Mansion, then we will withdraw from Yan'an, and we can repay your friendship at the beginning." Liu Zongmin said, "I want to ask the general to drink hard, I wonder if the general can appreciate his face?" ”

Xu Lang pondered for a while: "Since General Liu is warmly invited, we are disrespectful. ”

"Okay, happy." Liu Zongmin laughed loudly, "I'll go back and prepare, and wait for the general tonight." ”

Xu Lang took the people back to the side of the Yulin Army.

"How's it going, what did you talk about?" Lin Zhaolong and Gu Yunkun asked anxiously.

"Let's have a meeting." Xu Lang didn't answer directly, "Gao Chen, you also participate." ”

The four of them found a place where no one was, and Xu Lang told him how he met Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi.

"They're going to invite us to dinner?" Lin Zhaolong was a little confused, "What do they mean?" ”

"Gao Chen, what do you think they mean?" Xu Lang asked with a smile.

"Sir, my subordinates think they have bad intentions."

"Why do you say that?" Gu Yunkun asked.

"Chiefs." Gao Chen replied, "When the Chief of General Staff was talking to them, his subordinates had been paying attention to the performance of Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi. From time to time, they looked at our Yulin military line, as if they were observing our camp, and their subordinates felt that they were very interested in our firearms. ”

"Gao Chen's thoughts are the same as mine." Xu Lang said, "I also noticed the performance of the two of them. Liu Zongmin knew about the last battle between Li Guo and Wang Qianxiang, and he must have known that they couldn't beat us in a head-to-head duel, and I concluded that Liu Zongmin was going to set up a Hongmen banquet, and our firearms were very attractive to him. ”

"You all know it's a Hongmen banquet, why do you want to go?" Lin Zhaolong was a little anxious.

"I'm afraid we can't do it if we don't go, we can only plan it." Gao Chen is also a member of the General Staff, and Xu Lang did not hide it, "Zhaolong, Lao Gu, our purpose this time is Yan'an's oil, and now there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 peasant troops in the entire Shaanxi area. Don't look at Gao Yingxiang besieging Xi'an now, they will definitely not be able to defeat Xi'an, if they really want to evacuate Xi'an and pounce on us, our regiment will not be able to defeat people at all. The Military Commission's order is to avoid direct confrontation with them as much as possible, so I wonder if we can find a way to appease them first and buy us some time. ”

"How do you want to appease?" Lin Zhaolong felt that Xu Lang's words were a little unreliable, "Liu Zongmin has taken a fancy to our guns, you can't give them all, right?" ”

"I haven't thought about this yet, so I can only see what Liu Zongmin will ask for first." Xu Lang said, "But we also have to make all preparations." Zhaolong, you lead your troops and prepare for the attack; Gao Chen and I will take a company of cavalry to Liu Zongmin, and if you don't speculate, you will attack as soon as you see the signal. A company of cavalry should be able to hold out for a while. ”

"Xu Lang, it's too dangerous, I don't agree." Gu Yunkun vetoed it.

"Old Gu, this is the best way, so let's decide." Xu Lang patted Gao Chen, "Staff Officer Gao, are you afraid?" ”

"Sir." Gao Chen stood up and "snapped" and stood upright, "The subordinates are not afraid, the subordinates swear to protect the chief." ”

In Liu Zongmin's camp, Hao Shaoqi was also asking the same question: "Brother Liu, did you really invite them to dinner?" ”

"Yongzhong, it's better to be able to eat." Liu Zongmin explained to Hao Shaoqi, "You also saw their equipment today, I believe what Li Guo said. If we go to war face to face, we will definitely not be able to defeat them. We still don't know how many people they came and what they were going to do in Yan'an. Let's get to know them tonight, and if we can get along, it's best, if not, let's get ready to eat them. Now although King Chuang is the leader of the alliance, but the Eight Kings and Cao Cao have not been very convinced, if we can go to Xi'an with these firearms this time, then King Chuang's words will have more weight. ”

"Brother Liu, don't worry." Hao Shaoqi patted his chest, "With me Hao Shaoqi here, none of them can run away from them." ”

At nightfall, none of the sergeants on either side rested, and both sides waited for orders with wide eyes.

Xu Lang and Gao Chen brought a company of cavalry to Liu Zongmin's camp.

"General Liu, General Hao." Xu Lang asked people to bring in a small box, "We are on the march now, and we don't bring anything valuable, a little meaning, please hand over the two generals to King Chuang, a little bit of my Yulin army." ”

"General Xu is polite." Liu Zongmin knew Xu Lang's name, "Please take the general." ”

"Come, General Xu, Lao Liu respects you a bowl." The two sides drank and talked happily, but each had its own ghosts.

"General Xu, Lao Liu still has something unknown." Liu Zongmin put down the wine bowl, "King Chuang asked me to ask, I don't know why you want to send us a letter, we are rogues who make trouble in the court." ”

"It's nothing, the government is forcing the people." Xu Lang replied calmly.

"Well, the general said it well." Hao Shaoqi's favor for Xu Lang increased a little, "I salute the general for a bowl." ”

"It's better for the general to turn against us." Liu Zongmin looked at Xu Lang, "The court is corrupt, and the people are not happy. The general also entered Beijing with the king of Tongchuang and slaughtered Chongzhen, wouldn't it be happy. ”

"We don't want to oppose the court yet." Xu Lang said, "Although the imperial court is corrupt, we are all sons and daughters of the Han family, and our purpose is to destroy the anti-gold tartars, which is the great trouble of the Han people." ”

"It's not a problem to reverse the gold tartars." Liu Zongmin persuaded, "Let's overthrow Chongzhen first and then deal with the Tartars, and when the time comes, you and I will also be the founding generals, and the ministers of the dragon." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled silently.

"Doesn't the general look down on me?" Hao Shaoqi asked sullenly.

"No, General Hao will understand what he said in the future." Xu Lang said in his heart, "In the future, you Hao Shaoqi will also join the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, swear not to surrender, and martyr the country." ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and I, Lao Liu, will not force General Xu." Liu Zongmin picked up the wine bowl again, "Let's just drink tonight." ”

"Thank you, General." Xu Lang also picked up the bowl and took a sip.

"Bring it on." With a wave of his hand, Liu Zongmin pushed more than a dozen disheveled women from outside the tent.

"There is wine and no singing, which is very unpleasant." Liu Zongmin pointed to the dozen or so women, "You all sing and dance." ”

Gao Chen glanced at Xu Lang and put his right hand on his waist.

Xu Lang glanced at Gao Chen: "General Liu, it's not good to do this, let's drink." ”

"The general is bad, how can a man not do this." Liu Zongmin stood up and grabbed a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl and pushed her in front of Xu Lang, "Let her serve the general tonight." ”

Xu Lang held the girl who was pushed and staggered, and before he could speak, Liu Zongmin grabbed another woman: "You give General Xu a dance." ”

The woman trembled with fear: "The folk girl can't dance. ”

"Won't?" Liu Zongmin didn't make a sound, and suddenly pulled out his waist knife and slashed the woman in front of him to the ground, "What do you want to do if you can't sing and dance." ”

A stream of hot blood spurted out from the woman who fell to the ground, and the woman stretched out her hand in the direction of Xu Lang with all her might: "The general save me." ”

"Liu Zongmin." Xu Lang couldn't hold back any longer, slapped the table and stood up, "You keep saying that you are doing the right thing for the sky, which of them is not the people of the Ming Dynasty, and which one is not our sister, can you be regarded as doing the right thing for the sky if you are so careless about human life?" ”

"Hahahaha." Liu Zongmin squinted at Xu Lang, "Is General Xu blaming me Lao Liu?" ”

"Don't dare." Xu Lang forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, "Don't speculate, I'm going to say goodbye." ”

"Haha, General Xu." Liu Zongmin laughed loudly, "What do you think this place is, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." ”