On the official road east of Xingyang, thousands of carriages were slowly moving forward in a long line, and Li Dingguo walked at the front of the team with a serious face, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his head.

Not long ago, Xingyang City was far away, Li Dingguo looked back at Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru, who were dressed as coachmen, and saw that they made all the gestures that were ready, so he took a team of guards and urged the horses to run to the city gate.

This is the second time he has led the army to escort food and salary, and the Shanxi army guarding the city is naturally unwary of him, the God of Wealth, and the small flag responsible for guarding the city gate is even more enthusiastic. ”

Li Dingguo had already lost the seriousness he had just now, and he said with a friendly smile on his face: "You're welcome, are you General Zuo back?" ”

The last time he came over, Zuo Liangyu was still a little wary of him, so he didn't come out to see him at all, but let people lie that he personally led a large number of scouts to investigate the terrain near Xinzheng, will Zuo Liangyu still be a turtle with a shrunken head this time?

He asked this just to confirm that Zuo Liangyu was not in Xingyang City, but he didn't expect that Xiao Qi said enthusiastically: "I'm back, I'm back, our general also specially explained to the small one, let the little one pass a message to you, if you are free, please go to the general army to take a trip, our general wants to thank you personally." ”

This guy is really cowardly, if you really want to thank him, come out to greet him, don't dare to come out of the house, and let me go over, are you afraid that I will kill you?

Li Dingguo secretly scolded himself, but on the surface, he pretended to be excited: "Oh, that's a good feeling, I just want to pay a visit to General Zuo, but I'm afraid that he will be too busy to get out." I don't have anything to do, anyway, they've all been here once, and those who are familiar with the road don't need me to lead them, otherwise, I'll go and visit General Zuo now. ”

"Good, good." The little flag turned back and said a few words, and then led his war horse to the city diligently.

Li Dingguo looked around curiously, but in his mind he was thinking about how to quickly control the city gate and control the streets along the way when he came over next time, so that Zuo Liangyu had no chance to resist.

This Xingyang is not a big city, less than a quarter of an hour forward, the group came to the temporary general army line, that is, the original outside of the county office, Li Dingguo thanked the small flag, and let his own guards wait outside, then turned down, stepped forward and reported to the guard at the door.

The guard at the door had already received Zuo Liangyu's orders, and without saying a word, he respectfully led him inside.

Zuo Liangyu met Li Dingguo in Qinzhitang, he pretended to be busy with military affairs, holding a pile of account books and other things there kept writing and drawing, Li Dingguo walked to him, he raised his head and said apologetically: "Oh, General Li, hard work, hard work, sorry, I'm busy with military affairs, I didn't have time to greet you, sorry." ”

Li Dingguo pretended to be respectful and arched his hand: "General Zuo commanded tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves, and it is normal for him to be busy and unable to get out. ”

Are you a famous general in the Ming Dynasty?

If the number of troops in a single round is really counted, this young man is really good at talking, he stood up with joy, invited Li Dingguo to the guest seat to sit down, and let people serve fragrant tea, and then said tentatively: "General Li, where is Lord Shoufu now, when is he going to attack the main force of the anti-thieves?" ”

Hehe, still don't worry, I'll give you a reassurance, Li Dingguo replied "honestly": "At this time, our Fuguang Army has already laid down Zhongmu, and Lord Shoufu is mobilizing grain and grass there, as for when to attack the main force of the anti-thief, it depends on General Zuo, General Zuo, you cut off the back road of the anti-thief before we can attack, otherwise the thief chief Li Zicheng smeared oil on the soles of his feet and slipped away, wouldn't we waste our efforts again, I don't know when General Zuo is going to wave his army south?" ”

Zuo Liangyu thought that Li Dingguo was just curious, and he didn't know that Li Dingguo was secretly confirming his whereabouts, he pretended to have a sad face, and sighed: "Alas, the imperial court owed my Shanxi army two months' food and salary last time, and the soldiers are about to mutiny, and the food and salary you have sent these two times are so much, and I can make up the arrears of food and salary, and the morale is still very low, I want to wait for you to send all the food and salary over, and then march when the morale is high, and I hope that General Li will explain one or two in front of Lord Shoufu, Lest Shousuke-sama misunderstand that I was deliberately delaying. ”

Oh, so you just stay here and wait for food, that's a good feeling.

Li Dingguo and Zuo Liangyu tested each other for a while and then got up to say goodbye, and after a few days, he led more than 10,000 Fuguang troops to escort the food and salary, Zuo Liangyu also ordered the guards at the city gate to invite him to express his gratitude in person, however, this time it was a little wrong, because he was not only followed by a team of guards, but also followed by a general who was also wearing armor.

The guards at the gate of this city didn't know that this general in armor was Lord Shoufu of the Dynasty, and some people in the Shanxi army had seen Zhang Bin, but Zhang Bin deliberately wore armor with face protection chain mail, and also put down the chain mail on both sides to protect the face, and the whole face was almost covered, who would have thought that this Lord Shoufu would personally come to escort the grain and grass, so no one paid attention to him at all, let alone stepped forward to identify it carefully.

Zuo Liangyu was busy with military affairs again this time, and Li Dingguo walked up to him, so he raised his head.

Hey, why did this guy bring someone over, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "General Li, who is this?" ”

Li Dingguo did not answer, but walked to the side, holding the hilt of the knife on guard, while Zhang Bin slowly untied the face guards on both sides, and said with a smile: "General Zuo, I haven't seen you for a long time, Zhang Bin, the first assistant of my cabinet, I don't know if General Zuo still remembers?" ”

Of course Zuo Liangyu remembered Zhang Bin's appearance, and he didn't see Zhang Bin once or twice in the capital, but the two didn't talk much.

As soon as Zhang Bin untied his face guard, he jumped up from the chair in fright, and said with a panicked face: "Lord Shoufu, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Bin pretended to be serious, looked at his face carefully, and then pretended to be concerned: "General Zuo, are you sick?" ”

Am I sick?

Lord Shoufu's tone is definitely not to scold him for having a sick brain, but to say that he is sick, what does Lord Shoufu mean by this, sneaking over, is it just to see a doctor for himself, impossible!

He was a little confused and said, "This, Lord Shousuke, how do you see that the last general has indeed had some coughs recently, especially at night, and he can't sleep with a little cough." ”

Zhang Bin then said with concern: "Do you often cough up thick phlegm, and sometimes it is bloodshot?" ”

Zuo Liangyu looked at Zhang Bin dumbfounded, and said in surprise: "Lord Shoufu, you, you, you can see this!" ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and sighed: "Do you know that you are tuberculosis, I saw people with this symptom of you when I was in Fujian, and I also asked the descendants of the medicine saint Li Shizhen to treat him, let me tell you, if you don't let go of all mundane things and cultivate well, you probably won't live for three years!" ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he fell back into the chair with a snap, his face was full of panic, most people are afraid of death, and so is he, if he can't live for three years, what are you still tossing?

He didn't doubt what Zhang Bin said, because Zhang Bin had never seen him cough at all, but he could tell the condition so accurately, and Zhang Bin even moved out of the descendants of the medicine saint Li Shizhen, could he not believe it.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Bin said the purpose of this trip, as if chatting about family life, he said lightly: "What do you think, I know, the Ming Dynasty does not allow warlords, do you know?" The Ming Dynasty can't become a chaotic era like the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, you know? Don't be lucky, 50,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry is estimated to be almost there, and the eastern city wall should also be taken by the Fuguang Army, and you have no chance. I advise you to give up everything and go to recuperate, I really didn't lie to you, you are really tuberculosis. ”

As soon as his words fell, there was a sound of fighting and muffled snorting outside, and then someone shouted loudly outside: "My lord, the general army has been controlled, and all the guards have basically been knocked out. ”

This is obviously the person brought by Zhang Bin, and he doesn't even have a chance to escape, he was stunned for a while, and then sighed: "Dongshengtang is opened by the descendants of the Medicine Saint, the last general wants to put down everything and go to Fujian to cultivate, I wonder if Lord Shoufu can write a letter for the last general and say hello?" ”

What he meant was to give up, give up the dream of fighting for hegemony, hand over everything to Zhang Bin, and return it to the imperial court.

Zhang Bin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, I'll send someone to send you over, don't worry, the medical skills of the descendants of the Medicine Saint don't talk about the flesh and bones of the living dead, they can still cure your disease." ”