Shaanxi, in the yamen of Xi'an Prefecture.

Li Zicheng and several of his henchmen were discussing how to seize the city of Pingyang, and when they talked about their joy, laughter rang out frequently in the hall.

At this moment, a herald rushed in quickly, causing everyone's laughter to stop abruptly.

Li Zicheng asked coldly: "What's the report?" ”

The herald knelt directly on the ground and said urgently: "It's not good to break the king, the 50,000 troops on Mao Wenlong's side suddenly retreated to Kaifeng City without warning. ”

"What?" Li Zicheng and a kind of henchmen were suddenly shocked!

"When did it happen?" Li Zicheng immediately asked.

"It's been two days." The herald did not dare to slack off, and said truthfully.

Li Zicheng glanced at each other with a group of subordinates, and then muttered, "What is the reaction of the imperial court?" ”

The herald thought about it for a moment and said, "There still seems to be no movement on the imperial court's side, and the troops are still stationed in Huaiqing Mansion. ”

The hall fell silent, and after a long time, Li Zicheng waved his hand to let the herald retreat, and told him to keep an eye on the movements of the court at all times. If there is any disturbance, you must come and report it quickly.

The herald hurriedly agreed, and then turned to leave.

Several henchmen and generals all looked at Li Zicheng, and no one dared to say much at this time. I had already discussed how to encroach on Pingyang Mansion step by step, but I didn't expect such a change to happen before I took action.

"Do you think you can continue to get Pingyang Mansion?" Li Zicheng was silent for a long time before he spoke.

All the henchmen, you look at me, I look at you, but none of them dare to stand up and make up their minds. Li Zicheng's brows were twisted into hemp ropes, and he was very dissatisfied with the reaction of these subordinates, and immediately snorted coldly: "Don't you have anything to say?" ”

Liu Zongmin had the highest status, and at this time he had to stand up and respond to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, my subordinates feel that we should not withdraw our troops immediately, at least before the imperial court makes a move that threatens us." ”

Since sending a large army to the vicinity of Binh Duong Province, a lot of things have been sent back one after another. Food, money, and some things needed for life are all available, and these people have obviously tasted the sweetness, and they still don't want to give up easily.

Yingshanjian is the second general under Li Zicheng, and at this moment he also stood up and echoed Liu Zongmin's words: "King Chuang, what Brother Liu said is extremely true, at most, we just need to grab something, don't capture the city." In this way, even if the imperial court wants to do something to us, there is no way, right? ”

Li Zicheng listened to the opinions of his two henchmen, and fell silent again, and after a long time, he seemed to have made a decision, and said loudly: "Then according to the opinions of the two of you, we will not withdraw our troops for the time being." But don't go to the idea of Pingyang Province, safety comes first now. Wait until I write to ask why Mao Wenlong withdrew his troops. ”

"Chuang Wang Yingming!" The men immediately shouted in unison.

Li Zicheng didn't dare to delay at all, so he picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Mao Wenlong on the spot. After writing it, he ordered someone to send it to Xianyang City, and then the defenders of Xianyang City transferred it to Mao Wenlong in Ye County.

After receiving Li Zicheng's letter, Mao Wenlong didn't need to open it to know what Li Zicheng would say in the letter? Can't just ask him about his sudden withdrawal from the army.

Mao Wenlong raised the letter in his hand, and asked Hong Chengchou with a smile: "How do you think I should respond to Li Zicheng?" ”

Hong Chengchou rolled his eyes: "You haven't even read the letter and asked like this." ”

Mao Wenlong shrugged his shoulders: "Do you still need to watch this?" The matter is already obvious, at this time, Li Zicheng wrote to me not for the withdrawal of troops, what else could it be? ”

Hong Chengchou was too lazy to distinguish it from Mao Wenlong, so he took the envelope directly and opened it honestly and unceremoniously. After a while, he saw that the letter was indeed as Mao Wenlong guessed, that is, to blame Mao Wenlong for why he withdrew his troops.

After thinking about it for a while, Hong Chengchou said: "If you feel embarrassed, don't reply if it's a big deal, just pretend that you haven't received the letter." ”

Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "This is not good, after all, now our two armies are on the same front." And I was at fault in the first place, not to mention that I didn't follow the agreement and quit the army without permission, and I still had to treat Li Zicheng like this, it is estimated that if the matter spreads, I will not become a complete villain. ”

After Hong Chengchou heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing. This performance directly made Mao Wenlong more and more confused: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Laughing at what? I laugh at you for thinking too much. ”

"Why do you say that?" A look of displeasure clearly flashed on Mao Wenlong's face.

Hong Chengchou seemed to realize that he had gone too far just now, and immediately explained: "If you think about the previous agreement with Li Zicheng, you should just agree to feint. There's no agreement to do it for real, right? ”

Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, his eyes gradually lit up, and he smiled: "That's right!" I forgot about that. ”

Hong Chengchou chuckled again: "So, according to the agreement, there is nothing wrong with the general army. It was he, Li Zicheng, who did not abide by the agreement and launched an attack on Shanxi, which had nothing to do with the general army at all. ”

Mao Wenlong was suddenly in a cheerful mood, ordered Haoda to prepare pen and ink, and immediately replied to Li Zicheng in front of Hong Chengchou.

received a reply from Mao Wenlong in less than two days, and Li Zicheng still admired Mao Wenlong's Taidu. He had already planned in his heart, if Mao Wenlong really had a hard time, he wouldn't care about this time.

But when Li Zicheng opened Mao Wenlong's letter, after reading it, his face was blue and his eyes were on fire.

In the stunned presence of a group of henchmen, in front of them, he directly tore up the letter and scolded: "Damn Mao Wenlong, bastard!" I actually said that I broke the contract first, and the wicked sued first. ”

In the midst of his curses, several of his henchmen were completely in a fog, not knowing what was happening.

After Li Zicheng's anger decreased slightly, Liu Zongmin mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice: "King Chuang, what did Mao Wenlong say?" ”

Li Zicheng's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "He said that what we agreed before was only to send troops to feint to attack Shaanxi, and there was no agreement to really use force. That's why we broke the contract first, so he withdrew his troops without informing him. ”

Hearing Li Zicheng say this, everyone fell silent, this agreement should be more serious, it is indeed as Mao Wenlong said. And the wrong party is indeed them, and after everyone heard this, they had nothing to say.

Looking at Li Zicheng, who was still angry, Liu Zongmin had to comfort: "King Chuang doesn't have to care too much, after all, we are indeed at fault in this matter first." But Mao Wenlong's reply at least gave us an explanation, and we also understood that he would not enter Shanxi again, so that we could take precautions in advance. ”

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