One day, Gao Junshan was teaching in the new school building of Chongwen Academy, Zhang Cong suddenly came to him and brought a person, Gao Junshan saw that it was Hou Chaozong, who had been imprisoned in Pizhou Prison.

At this time, Gao Junshan knew that Hou Chaozong was Hou Fangyu, one of the four sons of the late Ming Dynasty and one of the six sons of Xueyuan, and he actually came to join Gao Junshan.

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However, it was said that Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, after they occupied Yingzhou, they ran to Fengyang for a long time.

Before the war, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong secretly sent more than 300 people to disguise themselves as traders, coachmen, porters, fortune tellers, beggars, etc., and infiltrated Fengyang; Their brigade of men and horses worked day and night, marching rapidly, bypassing Fuzhou and counties along the way, and heading straight to Fengyang.

The rebels suddenly appeared under the city of Fengyang, and Fengyang did not have a city. Zhu Guoxiang received a report that the rebels had come to Fengyang in the city, and hurriedly led Yuan Ruizheng, Lu Chengyin, Chen Hongzu, Chen Zhongzhong, Sheng Kexue and other 3,000 men and horses out of the city to snipe.

At night, the rebels launched a fierce attack, and with the cooperation of the 300 rebels who advanced to the city first, they occupied Fengyang, which was known as the central capital.

After occupying Fengyang, Zhang Xianzhong sent troops to dig up Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb and set fire to the building of Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb and Longxing Temple.

Zhu Xiangguo's head was hung on the head of Dongcheng, and more than 40 court officials such as Cheng Yongning, Chen Yongling, and Sheng Kexue were killed, and hundreds of people were killed at the same time.

The prefect Yan Ronghuo hid in prison, changed into prison clothes, and wanted to get away with it, but was found and beheaded by the rebels.

When the news reached Beijing, the government and the opposition were shocked and uneasy. Zhu Youzhen was dressed in a plain cloth robe and went to the Taimiao Temple to pay homage to the spirit of his ancestors and express his remorse.

In order to set an example, he ordered the arrest of Yang Yipeng, the governor of Fengyang and the imperial envoy of the capital, and abandoned the city with death; Wu Zhenying, the patrol of the imperial history, was not heard in time, and sent it to the outside of the mouth for the people; Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also punished by Dai for his crimes.

Zhu Youzhen issued another edict to sin himself, and took the initiative to take responsibility, saying: "The atmosphere shocked the imperial mausoleum, and the ancestors intimidated the people's hatred, and the crime was really me." ”

Since Fengyang was not only the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, but also an important town for the transportation of the Grand Canal, the Ming court had to reconsider its strategy and deployment to deal with the Liukou. Let the commander of Zu Kuan go to suppress the thief; ordered Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, to replace the governor of Fengyang and move to Fengyang; ordered the general soldier Zuo Guang to control Lintao, Gongchang, Xi'an, and Hanzhong first; Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the Ministry of War, demanded that he must clear all the thieves in Henan and Anhui within six months. He also awarded Hong Chengchou the sword of Shangfang, if there are governors and ministers who disobey the dispatch and those who violate military discipline by various reinforcements, they can be set up with heavy orders.

At the urging of the Ming court, Hong Chengchou raised troops to kill Runing. Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Yingchang, Qin Yiming, Deng Xi and other troops, as well as Zu Kuan, Zuo Guangxian, and You Shiwei, who were transferred from Liaodong and other places, also rushed to Runing one after another.

However, it is said that Li Zicheng formed a bond with Zhang Xianzhong because of the competition for the capture of the little eunuch and the drum instrument in the Fengyang Palace. On this day, he discussed the next march plan with Gao Yingxiang, and Gao Yingxiang suggested that Li Zicheng invite Zhang Xianzhong to discuss the plan, so Li Zicheng sent someone to invite Zhang Xianzhong to come, and Zhang Xianzhong refused Li Zicheng's invitation.

Zhang Xianzhong's natural temper is very different from Li Zicheng. He never restrained his subordinates, indulged them in plundering everywhere, either killing people or setting fires, harvested a large amount of money and women, and drank and enjoyed all day long.

When Li Zicheng heard the report, he immediately went to Zhang Xianzhong's big tent and persuaded him: "I have been fighting for many years, just to plan a big thing in the future, how can I be greedy for the small profits in front of me?" Besides, Hong Chengchou's army will be killed in a few days, please discuss the military aircraft together, why do you refuse? ”

Zhang Xianzhong already had a problem with Li Zicheng, so he said lukewarmly: "You are a person who wants to achieve great things, our old Zhang is a robber, and you can't control it!" ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was furious: "It's okay if I Li Zicheng can't become a king, if it becomes a big thing, I will never allow you, a robber, to run amok!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong jumped up violently, and lifted a sword to the desk, wanting to use force against Zicheng, and Zicheng also pulled out his sword.

At this time, the soldiers on the left and right were alarmed, and they rushed into the tent together, dragging the two of them away with all their strength.

Li Zicheng was in the military camp and said to Niu Jinxing: "I already knew that this Zhang Xianzhong was a wolf, and if I cooperate with him now, I will definitely miss my big things in the future." ”

Niu Jinxing comforted: "Right now, the official army is encircling me, we can't be divided internally, we still have to work together in the same boat." Lao Zhang is brave and easy to kill, so he can only persuade him politely, and he can't compete with him for the length of a day. The general doesn't need to be in a hurry, wait for a certain person to go and persuade him, and work together against the officers and soldiers. ”

Li Zicheng said: "This person is not a good person after all, and it will be difficult to work with him for a long time in the future." ”

So, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang decided to make up their minds, not to conspire with Xianzhong, they each made another plan and secretly arranged it.

Gao Yingxiang got the report of Tanmalai, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhu Dadian and others obeyed the order of the court, divided the brigade of men and horses, marched on all directions, and jointly attacked Fengyang. He immediately held a military meeting, at which he said to the generals: "Now that the officers and soldiers are pressing the border, and I am at odds with Zhang Xianzhong, if we sit here, we will definitely not be able to support each other." I decided to take advantage of the fact that the official army had not arrived, and set out overnight, went north to Bozhou, and joined forces with my son Gao Junshan. As for Lao Zhang, he didn't listen to good words, and we didn't know that he would be with him, the official army came, and asked him to block it alone! ”

Li Zicheng said: "This plan is wonderful. ”

In this way, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng led their troops north to Bozhou, while Zhang Xianzhong went south to besiege Luzhou.

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Bozhou.

When Luo Rucai heard about Fengyang, he decided to leave Gaojun Mountain.

He doesn't like Gao Junshan's strict military discipline, today Ning Dezhong was killed, and tomorrow it is likely to be his turn Cao Cao. He had already seen that Gao Junshan was a person who was not satisfied with being a robber, and cooperated with him, Gao Junshan was unwilling to obey others. He was somewhat depressed in his heart, and the day before Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng came, he took his people and horses south to join Zhang Xianzhong.

Gao Junshan knew that everyone had their own aspirations, so he happily sent Luo Rucai out of the city, after all, they were all righteous troops, and they would inevitably join forces to resist the enemy in the future.

The next day, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's men arrived. Gao Junshan received Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and his wife at their home in Bozhou.

Gao Yingxiang has been looking forward to seeing his grandson for a long time, so he is the happiest person at this family banquet, followed by Gao Guiying, she is Li Zicheng's wife, Gao Yigong's sister, Gao Yingxiang's niece, Gao Junshan's cousin, Gao Hongbing, Gao Chengjun's aunt.

Because it was a family banquet, the wine table was full of ordinary dishes, there was no big fish and meat, and the fragrant rice was tempting to salivate the guests.

There were a total of ten people seated: the host was Gao Junshan with his wife Han Yuyan, the second wife Ji Ya, the third lady Su Yena, and the three adopted sons and grandsons Dahai, Ma Jin and Ma Wen, Liu Wenxiu was on duty in the military camp at the time, so he did not come; The guests were Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.

"What about my two grandchildren?" As soon as he sat down, Gao Yingxiang couldn't wait to ask.

Gao Junshan said: "Father, don't worry, wait a minute, the nurse will come over, let's drink warm wine first to warm up." ”

"Good, good! Drink first! Gao Yingxiang picked up the wine glass, "Today our family is finally reunited, I wish our Gao family Ding prosperity, full of children and grandchildren, the old blessing is like the East China Sea, longevity than the Nanshan immortal pine; The young Jiansheng is handsome and fairy, and Kang Shuo is smart and follows the mountains and seas. ”

Everyone at the table held up their wine glasses, but in fact, there were only three glasses of wine in the wine glasses, and the wine glasses of the woman and the child were filled with sugar water.

Gao Junshan introduced his family to the three visitors one by one, his three righteous sons are very well-behaved, worthy of being the disciples of Chongwen Academy, respect for the elders, decent speech, the three beautiful ladies like flowers, although sometimes the words do not reach the meaning, after all, the second lady and the third lady's Chinese level is not high, but they are at the dinner table, all of them are virtuous and virtuous, respectful and obedient.

After three rounds of drinking, the nurse finally brought out the brothers Gao Hongbing and Gao Chengjun, Gao Yingxiang smiled and picked one up with one hand, and said, "Call grandpa, call grandpa." ”

Have the two little dolls seen this formation? Seeing this strange bearded grandfather, the word "grandpa" didn't come out, but cried out in a doll. Panicked, Han Yuyan and Ji Ya hurriedly picked up the two children.

When the two children arrived in the arms of their mothers, they stopped crying, and after a while, the dolls felt that Grandpa Beard was not allowed to shoot, so they smiled.

Gao Guiying stretched out his hand to hug the boss Gao Hongbing, and the two-and-a-half-year-old Gao Hongbing not only stopped crying, but laughed out loud.

Gao Guiying loves it very much, she didn't have children herself, and she was reluctant to put down Gao Hongbing in her hands.

She teased Gao Hongbing: "What's your name?" ”

Gao Hongbing's mouth made a sound of "treasure, treasure, treasure-".

Gao Guiying smiled: "Oh, it turns out that your name is baby!" ”

The crowd laughed.

Han Yuyan explained: "His name is Gao Hongbing, and when he said hug, he meant to hug you, not that he called him a baby." ”

Gao Guiying also smiled: "Auntie still thinks you are called a baby!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "The nickname of the baby is not bad. In this way, according to my aunt's meaning, in the future, Gao Hongbing will be called Dabao, and Gao Chengjun will be called Erbao. ”

Mothers cheered, "Our baby has a nickname!" ”

Gao Guiying was even more happy, she held Dabao in her arms and said: "Call Auntie, call Auntie, Auntie gave you a nickname, do you like it or not?" ”

Dabao muttered, "Mommy, Mommy—"

The crowd laughed again.

Han Yuyan said to Gao Guiying: "Sister, since Dabao has called you mother, it is better for you to recognize him as your godson." ”

"Good! Good! Good! Gao Guiying said three "good" in a row, immersed in the happiness of being a mother......

Li Zicheng was extremely jealous of Gao Junshan, and he only used wine to anesthetize himself, and he drank vigorously.

Gao Yingxiang suddenly remembered that he saw the Mongolian soldiers in Gao Junshan's barracks, so he asked Gao Junshan: "I seem to see Mongolian Tatars in your camp?" ”

Gao Junshan replied: "It's the Mongolian soldiers, they are my personal guards." Jiya was a Mongol, and she brought these Mongol soldiers. ”

"Oh, I see!"

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After Gao Junshan invited Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng to a banquet, of course, he could not forget several generals under Li Zicheng, he had a deep friendship with Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong, and Li Guo, and one day, Gao Junshan invited the three of them to his home, set up a banquet to entertain them, and gave them a lot of gold and silver, and each of them also sent fifty or sixty bags of rice.

Gao Junshan did not forget the brothers of the old eighth team, he invited Wang Changshun and a few other brothers who knew each other well, and invited the old fairy Shang Jiong to his home.

"Changshun, it's been a long time since I've seen you grow strong!" Gao Junshan held Wang Changshun's hand and greeted warmly.

Wang Changshun said embarrassedly: "King Qin, I Changshun is really useless, I said that I would follow you to protect you, but now I have gone to the side of the general." ”

Gao Junshan comforted him and said: "Don't blame yourself, wherever you go, it's the team of the righteous army, since you are by Li Zicheng's side, you can follow him well, and I believe he will not treat you badly." ”

After listening to Gao Junshan's words, Wang Changshun's eyes were moist.