Huguang, Xiangyang, evening. =

At this time, Li Zicheng was no longer the general of the civil and military forces of the Fengtian Righteous Battalion, but promoted the general to a level and became a generalissimo. was driven out by Li Yan in Henan before, and he was indeed a little frustrated. But when he arrived in Huguang, Zuo Liangyu fled from the wind, and the other Ming troops were vulnerable. The people burned incense and wine to welcome his team, and in just over a month, the troops had reached Wuchang.

If it weren't for the fact that his troops were all landlubbers, did not know hydrology, and were overturned by the wind and waves when crossing the river, he would have been able to take down Wuchang, the capital of Huguang. However, the other troops had already divided their forces to attack and plundered, taking most of the parts of Jiangbei.

At this time, he finally regained his confidence, and Li Yan was just a special case. Now that he has cooperated with Li Yan, he wants not to go to Henan according to the agreement, between heaven and earth, where can he go? Therefore, according to the opinions of Niu Jinxing and others, he added one level to his own official, and became a generalissimo from a generalissimo. In the name of the generalissimo, he also issued proclamations to various localities to reassure the people, as if he had become the head of the government.

The reason why I have to slowly add the title is because this team is mixed and there are many mountains. If he was called the emperor all of a sudden, those leaders would definitely be unconvinced, and Luo Rucai would definitely be the first to jump out and oppose it. No, he opened a department in Xiangyang to take a scholar, Luo Rucai was also forcibly recruited for the Confucian examination in Anlu, and he also arranged local officials, isn't this singing against him?

Li Zicheng asked Liu Zongmin: "Zongmin, how are you preparing?" ”

Liu Zongmin glanced at Li Zicheng and replied: "It's almost, Li Guo and they have already passed with their troops, and Cao Cao's subordinates shouldn't be able to make much of a storm." ”

"Well, that's good."

Liu Zongmin asked worriedly: "Do you have to take this step?" ”

"I can't help it." Li Zicheng sighed and said: "Mr. Niu and Song Junshi are right, our righteous army, we must unify the order to achieve great things." If Cao Cao can be with us when he is in Henan, maybe Henan will also be under our control. We can't accommodate them anymore, or sooner or later they will break up. Such a good situation can't be ruined by them. ”

Liu Zongmin reminded: "But if you prevent it for a while, you can't prevent it for a lifetime." Cao Cao also has more than 200,000 horses. ”

"Hehe," Li Zicheng said with a smile, "Take your time." We treat them equally and support each other, and after a while, we will naturally return to our hearts. If there are stubborn ones, they must be in the minority. There will be more battles in the future, and there will be opportunities. ”

"That's what the strategists mean, right?" Liu Zongmin frowned and asked. Without waiting for Li Zicheng to answer, he whispered to himself: "Scholars are!" Play with these things that don't stand on the table! ”

Li Zicheng said dissatisfiedly: "We all agreed before, but now you have changed your hexagram?" ”

Liu Zongmin waited for a while before he said, "No, it's just a complaint." Well, when the words come out, it's easy. In fact, he was just a little worried, if one day Li Zicheng would do the same to these old brothers, so he came here to complain and remind him, so as not to even have to do it when he got it.

Li Zicheng didn't say anything, but just told Li Laiheng to invite Luo Rucai and He Yilong over to the banquet.

After receiving Li Zicheng's invitation, Luo Rucai didn't say anything. He was already very dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, and he actually gave himself the title of generalissimo, and also issued an Anmin notice, without taking him, the leader of 200,000 troops, in his eyes at all. However, now is the time to grab territory, and he also takes into account the overall situation, and does not want to be like Li Zicheng for the time being.

But this time he was invited back, saying that he wanted to discuss a big plan, but he didn't discuss anything for several days. He didn't bother to pay attention to Li Zicheng now, so he took a rest in Xiangyang first, listened to the drama well, and enjoyed these newly plundered ******.

Now Li Zicheng wants to ask him to go to the banquet, so he won't go. He Cao Cao is not Li Zicheng's dog, he comes and goes as soon as he is recruited.

After a while, He Yilong came to Cao Cao's place, and saw that Luo Rucai was still listening to the babbling Kunqu opera with taste, and arched his hand: "Leader Luo, it's dark this day, don't you plan to go to the banquet?" ”

Luo Rucai shook his head and said, "I'm not going." What's going on with him, let's talk about it another day. ”

"Isn't that okay?"

Luo Rucai said casually: "What's so good, isn't it just those trivial things?" It wasn't Li Yan who led the troops to call over. Say it today and say it tomorrow, what's the matter. ”

He Yilong asked, "Then I~"

Luo Rucai waved his hand and said casually: "You decide for yourself, you can go if you want, if you don't want to go, just listen to a song with me here, and you can take it back to play if you like it." ”

"Then I'd better go." He Yilong thought for a moment and said, "If we don't go, Leader Li won't be able to get through there." ”

"You feel free." Luo Rucai still said casually.

He Yilong said goodbye and left, and went to Li Zicheng for a banquet.

Liu Zongmin saw that only one He Yilong came, and Cao Cao did not come. So he looked at Li Zicheng, who was sitting in the first place, and didn't know whether to do it or not.

Li Zicheng was able to calm down, and casually talked with He Yilong's subordinate generals who came to accompany him, and toasted. When it was almost time to eat and drink, he suddenly shouted, "Do it!" The pro-soldiers hiding in the room rushed in and surrounded He Yilong and his pro-soldiers.

He Yilong and the others did not have weapons on them, and his personal soldiers were nervously gathered together to block He Yilong in the middle. He Yilong roared angrily: "Generalissimo, what do you mean by this?!" ”

Li Zicheng shouted: "He Yilong colluded with Zuo Liangyu with bad intentions. Summarily executed, with proper military law! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, his own soldiers began to attack He Yilong and the others.

Although several of He Yilong's personal soldiers are also warriors of a hundred battles, they have rich experience and good combat power. But they were not only bare-handed, but Li Zicheng was carefully arranged. Behind the crowd surrounding them, there were also firecrackers, and after hearing Li Zicheng's order, they stretched out the guns from the cracks in the people, "bang", "bang", and fired projectiles at them first. After a burst of gunfire, no matter how brave they were, they didn't have a chance to perform.

Soon, the sound of knives and axes entering meat and cups and plates shattering in the hall stopped. He Yilong's head had been cut off, and blood was dripping all over the hall.

"What should I do about Cao Cao?" Liu Zongmin asked in a low voice.

Li Zicheng said to Li Laiheng expressionlessly: "Tell me to go down, if anyone leaks the news, kill his whole family!" If anyone asks about the sound of the fire, they say they are inspecting the firecracker. ”

After Li Laiheng went out to give the order, he said in an orderly manner: "Going to his camp at night to do something is easy to cause a camp roar, and it is not easy to clean up." Let's wait until tomorrow morning, and he shouldn't be guarded. ”

Liu Zongmin nodded helplessly: "That's all it takes." Don't mess up, otherwise you can only cheapen the Zhu family's court. ”

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