Because it was not a formal peace talk, Li Zicheng did not call Niu Jinxing and them, but just asked Liu Zongmin to come over to accompany him, Liu Zongmin and Gao Ligong are also old acquaintances, and the two had to say hello again.

He Xiaomi poured wine and served on the side, and the three of them drank three glasses in a row before moving chopsticks to eat.

Before Gao Ligong expressed Luo Rucai's opinion, Liu Zongmin, on behalf of Li Zicheng, introduced to Gao Ligong the Heavenly Mandate Military Governor's Mansion in Lanzhou and the Provisional Governor's Mansion established after coming to Henan.

Liu Zongmin did not exaggerate, but just said the current situation of the military and territorial status of the Heavenly Mandate Army without reservation.

Gao Ligong listened carefully, didn't say a word, and unconsciously frowned.

Li Zicheng raised the wine cup and said with a smile: "If the eldest brother is embarrassed, it is better to say it, for the sake of the eldest brother, I don't plan to embarrass Luo Rucai!" ”

Gao Ligong arched his hand to Li Zicheng and said, "Don't hide it from Hongji, I came here this time, and I was ......entrusted by General Luo" Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, and shook his head again and again, "General Luo probably doesn't understand the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army......

Liu Zongmin hurriedly said: "What does Luo Ru mean......

Gao Ligong stubbornly said: "General Luo's meaning is to form an alliance with the Heavenly Mandate Army and jointly deal with the imperial court......"

Li Zicheng was silent, this Luo Rucai, who had a good calculation and clearly formed an alliance, was actually on an equal footing with the Heavenly Mandate Army, if he agreed to him in terms of Gao Li's meritorious service today, he would leave a disaster in the future.

The relationship between himself and Gao Ligong is a personal relationship, which cannot be completely brought into the cooperation between the two sides, and cannot bury the hidden danger of disputes in the future of the Heavenly Mandate Army!

Liu Zongmin smiled coldly and said, "Meritorious, Luo Rucai is a fool's dream, what does he use to form an alliance with us?" The whole of Henan will completely belong to the Mandate of Heaven Army! ”

"I also know that Luo Rucai's idea is unrealistic," Gao Ligong frowned unconsciously, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "No matter what General Luo thinks, I will bring your intentions back, if it doesn't work, I will take my brothers from the headquarters and come to join the Heavenly Mandate Army," paused, raised his eyes and said: "Hongji, Jiexuan, you won't take us in, right?" ”

"Where, where, it's too late for us to welcome," Li Zicheng hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Big brother, you know our situation almost well, you tell us about Luo Rucai's situation, even if you are a messenger, if you want to talk about the cooperation between the two sides, you also have to understand each other's strength, right?" ”

Gao Ligong said: "General Luo's subordinates, about 120,000 horses, have passed Zaoyang and camped in the northern foothills of Tangzi Mountain. ”

"120,000?" Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "Meritorious, let me tell you the truth, among the 120,000 horses, I'm afraid most of them are the families of the common people and sergeants, right?" I'm afraid there will be no more than 20,000 real soldiers! ”

Gao Ligong hesitated for a moment and said: "There are fifteen thousand soldiers, but the equipment is good, they are all standard weapons of the Ming army!" ”

"The standard weapons of the Ming army, in our Heavenly Mandate Army, can only be used by auxiliary soldiers," Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "Have you ever heard of meritorious service, the standard equipment of the Heavenly Mandate Army is rifles and mountain artillery, which is my second regiment, although it is only more than 5,000 people, but on the battlefield, you can easily defeat 10,000 Ming troops!" ”

Gao Yigong hesitated and said, "Rifle? Mountain cannons? ”

"Yes, our equipment is more advanced than that of the Ming army," Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "When you are full of wine and food, I can let you see what kind of equipment we have." ”

"I want to see it!" Gao Ligong bowed his hand to Liu Zongmin.

Li Zicheng picked up the wine cup, gestured to Gao Yigong and Liu Zongmin on the one hand, and said lightly: "Meritorious, how about the food of Luo Rucai's department?" ”

Gao Yigong said: "The grain is not bad, I just harvested the summer grain recently, and there is at least a month's military ration!" ”

"And what about after January? Do you want to come to Henan to plunder? "Liu Zongmin originally had the temperament of a ranger, but he had been in the Heavenly Mandate Army for a long time, heard and witnessed, and imperceptibly, he was already deeply influenced by Li Zicheng, and unconsciously put the people in his heart.

"This ......" Gao Ligong didn't think so far, he was a rogue, he could have a month's worth of food, and he was already very rich.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said: "Big brother, Huguang has smooth wind and rain, and there is plenty of food, Luo Rucai does not stay in Huguang, but he came to Henan, which is suffering from drought, is Huguang's Ming army too strong, or is he at odds with Zhang Xianzhong?" ”

Gao Ligong hesitated for a moment, thinking that Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were both honest with him, and then said: "Although the officers and soldiers of Huguang, Zuo Liangyu's department have a large number, it is still very difficult to encircle and suppress General Luo in the mountainous area, mainly because ...... The main reason was that General Luo disagreed with Zhang Xianzhong and was forced to leave Huguang ......"

"This is about the same as our estimate," Li Zicheng bowed slightly, and said, "Otherwise, why did Luo Rucai come to Henan?" The people of Henan can't even feed themselves, how can they have surplus grain to feed Luo Rucai's army? ”

If Luo Rucai couldn't stay in Huguang and was forced to move to Henan, he would never agree to his sky-high asking price, saying that the alliance was actually dividing the sphere of influence with the Heavenly Mandate Army in Henan, and he finally appeased the people, could he let Luo Rucai's people come to the scourge again?

Li Zicheng made up his mind, even if he refuted Gao Ligong's face, he would definitely not form an alliance with Luo Rucai.

If you want to cooperate, you can accept the reorganization of the Mandate of Heaven Army and become a part of the Mandate of Heaven Army!

Gao Ligong seemed to understand what Li Zicheng meant, pondered for a moment, and said: "Hongji, since I am sending an envoy to the Heavenly Mandate Army, I must always give General Luo an exact reply!" ”

Li Zicheng didn't want to persecute Gao Ligong too much, after all, he was his savior, and he was also Gui Ying's brother, so he said: "Drink first tonight, and before I go back tomorrow, I will give you permission!" He gestured to Liu Zongmin with his eyes.

Liu Zongmin has always liked to drink, but during the war, the Mandate of Heaven Army was not allowed to drink alcohol without reason, and the requirements of the officers and soldiers were the same.

Gao Ligong's enthusiasm is difficult to refuse, and on Luo Rucai's side, he can rarely let go of drinking and eating meat, so he does not refuse to come, and the two of them are staggered, and they do not admit defeat.

Li Zicheng doesn't like to drink, and the amount of alcohol is average, fortunately it is not distilled spirit, otherwise I am afraid that I would have been confused a long time ago, looking at the appearance of Liu Zongmin and Gao Ligong, it is estimated that the two of them will not get drunk, so they laughed secretly on the side.

Although Liu Zongmin and Gao Ligong are familiar with each other, their personal relationship is not deep, and Gao Ligong is Luo Rucai's person, and it is impossible to determine whether he is an enemy or a friend for a while, but he knows that Gao Ligong is the eldest brother of the metropolitan governor.

Although we talked about Luo Rucai's business tonight, he was the only one who accompanied him, and he was still mainly private, so he was very active at the wine table, until both of them were lying on the table unconscious, and then they were helped back by the soldiers to sober up.

Gao Ligong was also excessive, but he was an envoy and Li Hongji's eldest brother, so he didn't worry about safety, so he stayed in the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army that night.

After dawn, Gao Yigong woke up and felt dizzy.

Liu Zongmin was not much better than Gao Ligong, but he was awakened by the personal soldiers of the Dadu Governor and asked him to take Gao Ligong to see the rifle and mountain artillery.

He didn't bother to wash, wiped his hands, wiped off the eye feces from the corners of his eyes, and under the leadership of his own soldiers, he came to the camp where Gao Ligong was resting, lifted the rolling curtains, and broke in directly, "Haha, meritorious service, it seems that your alcohol consumption is not good!" ”

"Who says I can't drink? As long as there is wine, let's try it again! "Although Gao Ligong is middle-aged, who admits that he can't drink enough? He threw away the wiped face towel and grabbed Liu Zongmin, "Today is a guest in the Heavenly Mandate Army, you should be the host, and if you go to General Luo another day, I will naturally return your favor!" ”

"Let's talk about drinking later," Liu Zongmin knew what the Metropolitan Governor meant, and asked Gao Ligong to look at the rifles and mountain cannons of the Heavenly Mandate Army, which was to deter Gao Ligong, and Luo Rucai, who sent Gao Ligong as an envoy, although he was greedy for alcohol, but he didn't dare to be confused in major matters, "Didn't Brother Ligong want to see our rifles and artillery?" The Brotherhood will exclude patrols, only for now! ”

"Rifles and artillery?" Gao Ligong remembered that at the banquet last night, Liu Zongmin blew these firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army to a god, sharper than the firearms of the imperial court, only by seeing it with his own eyes can he believe it, he let go of Liu Zongmin's upper arm, "Let's go, go and see!" ”

Liu Zongmin took Gao Ligong to his battalion headquarters, and then selected three soldiers from the battalion, armed with rifles, and came to the northern edge of the camp. ”

"Let's put it two hundred paces away first!" Liu Zongmin said it lightly, but Gao Ligong was surprised, two hundred steps? Such a distance?

In addition to artillery, long-range weapons are bows and arrows, the skilled archers of the Ming army can shoot bows and arrows to forty paces away, and soldiers with particularly strong strength, or generals, can shoot to fifty paces away, and farther away, the penetration will be sharply weakened, and even leather armor cannot penetrate it.

The Ming army also has a lot of firearms, called firearms, although the power is not inferior to the bow and arrow, but the range is not good, than the bow and arrow are inferior, if the Ming army's firearms army meets the archers, in the case of similar numbers, I am afraid there is no chance to shoot.

Could it be that the so-called "rifle" of the Mandate of Heaven Army can reach a range of 200 steps?

If it was on the battlefield, would the Ming army still have a chance to fight back?

To see is to believe!

Gao Ligong remained silent, standing behind Liu Zongmin's side, his eyes constantly moving between the wooden targets of the soldiers he was aiming at, lest he be deceived by Liu Zongmin's game.

Liu Zongmin sneered in his heart, Gao Ligong was not the uncle of the Grand Governor, and he really wanted to kick him.

Seeing that the soldiers were almost aiming, Liu Zongmin said softly: "Shoot!" ”

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Three gunshots startled Gao Ligong, and in the flickering of his eyes, three bullets were already whistling towards their respective wooden targets.

Gao Ligong only felt the wooden target move slightly, and he didn't know what the actual effect was.

Liu Zongmin had already smiled and said, "Brother Meritorious Service, do you want to see the wooden target?" ”

Although Gao Ligong didn't say it explicitly, his eyes betrayed his heart, Liu Zongmin took his arm and said with a smile: "Brother Ligong, let's take a look together!" ”

In the center of the three wooden targets, there is a red circle the size of a head, and in the center of the red circle, there is a hole the size of a thumb.

The bullet hit the wooden target and pierced through the heart!

Gao Ligong's heart was almost excited, such a long distance, and such a high quasi-head?

Liu Zongmin seemed to have known that Gao Ligong had doubts, and couldn't help laughing: "I'll let the brothers try again, this time the meritorious brother should be optimistic!" ”

The result of trying again was still the same as just now, this time Gao Ligong didn't dare to blink at all, he seemed to see the bullet flying towards the wooden target, and under inspection, the bullet still penetrated the wooden plank.

Gao Ligong was silent, and said half-loudly: "There is Lao Jiexuan, I want to see Hongji!" ”

"I'm afraid the Metropolitan Governor is already waiting for you for breakfast," Liu Zongmin bowed his hand to Gao Ligong, "Brother is going to go out to inspect it, and when Brother Meritorious Brother goes back, I'm afraid my brother won't be able to send him off!" ”

"No, no!" Gao Ligong hurriedly returned the salute, "Jiexuan is busy first, military affairs are important!" ”

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