Although there are many people and horses, but Zhang Xianzhong is very fast to prepare, more than 100,000 people, after three years, he gave up Wuchang, Hanyang two important places, and went to Jiayu first, Zhang Xianzhong also hated his bad luck, if he did not go south, but went north to Henan, Shandong, is the situation will not develop to today's situation.

Zhang Xianzhong looked down on Li Zicheng, what kind of thing was he, when he rebelled, he was the leader of a battalion, Li Zicheng, just a small captain under Gao Yingxiang, he didn't even have the status of being seated at the meeting, and then Gao Yingxiang died, Li Zicheng took over his remnants and continued to fight, and claimed to be Gao Yingxiang's nephew, Zhang Xianzhong knows better than anyone else, what kind of nephew is, it doesn't matter at all, it's just that Gao Yingxiang was more optimistic about Li Zicheng before his death, that's all. He Gao Yingxiang is from Ansai, Li Zicheng is from Mizhi, hundreds of miles apart, can Li Zicheng and his aunt marry so far, it's pure nonsense.

But all the rebels didn't pierce this at that time, because Li Zicheng's strength was not good at that time, and they didn't worry about what Li Zicheng could do, in addition, it was also to boost morale, Gao Yingxiang's death made their rebellion fall into a low ebb, and he also needed a shot in the arm, so he didn't care, but now that he thinks about it, Zhang Xianzhong hates it! What kind of person is Luo Rucai, the two of them used to be like brothers and sisters, but there was a little misunderstanding, Luo Rucai ran to Li Zicheng's side, but he didn't expect a generation of heroes to die on the battlefield, but he was assassinated by Li Zicheng, he Zhang Xianzhong's hatred for Li Zicheng is definitely no less than that of Cao Bianjiao, and even more than that.

"Don't you all understand, we have been fighting with the official army for more than ten years, why do we have to compromise with Cao Bianjiao in the end, didn't I tell you before, I think you should understand, but now it seems that you have had too many good days over the years, and you can't even tell this point, who is our opponent, Guanjun, Li Zicheng, what does he Cao Bianjiao want, isn't it just one million taels of silver, what is it, don't say one million taels, it's two million taels, I will also give it, because what he Cao Bianjiao wants is just silver, But do you know what Li Zicheng wants, he wants our lives, do you say that silver is important or life is important? So I'd rather take the risk of trading with Cao Bianjiao than let Li Zicheng get it, this is the document that Li Zicheng sent us, you all have a look! ”

Sun Kewang took the lead in taking the document in Zhang Xianzhong's hand and read it in a low voice: "I heard that the eight kings are like fish in water in the land of Qihuang, this king will go to visit in the near future, and will hunt Wuchang, if your Excellency is willing to submit, there will be a heavy reward!" ”

"Hate, how can this be true, Li Zicheng is clearly a threat, what will hunt, to put it bluntly, he is going to lead troops to exterminate us, there will be a heavy reward, and I don't see what he is, when he was killed by Sun Chuanting in Tongguan and lost his armor, he only escaped with eighteen horses, it was his father-in-law who helped him, he was able to make a comeback, but he didn't expect to feed an ungrateful white-eyed wolf." When Ai Nengqi heard this, he was also angry, Li Zicheng is now strong and strong, and with Henan and Hubei as the foundation, his strength has skyrocketed, and he began to look at everything, and he didn't want to think about what the situation was at the beginning.

"Feng Shui takes turns, now we are in trouble, so you should understand our hard work now, if we fight with Cao Bianjiao, even if we can win, it will be a miserable victory, when Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses arrive, how much strength do you say we have to fight with him, when the time comes, I am afraid that only a few of us, none of us will survive." So think twice about doing things, and don't shout at every turn. ”

"Yes!" Several people also responded one after another, just as Zhang Xianzhong said, Cao Bianjiao is still sincere this time, after all, he sent people as hostages, there should be no repetition, it can only be to break the fortune and avoid disasters, but if Li Zicheng comes, it will definitely kill them, they have no strength to resist Li Zicheng, they can only accept their fate.

"Now we have no way out, this time we enter Sichuan, we must fight to the death, we must take Sichuan, when we divide one side, do the Liu Bei of the Three Kingdoms, it is not impossible, if we fail, we will all fall into a situation of no return, all go back and think about it! We also have to learn from him, and we must strictly enforce military discipline and win over the people's hearts for our use. ”

At Zhang Xianzhong's signal, they left Zhang Xianzhong's side.

When Cao Bianjiao came to Wuchang Mansion, he was also full of emotion, Wuchang City, founded in the Three Kingdoms period, was once the capital of Eastern Wu, and also the place where the Xinhai Revolution broke out in later generations, surrounded by peaks such as Purple Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, Snake Mountain, Hongshan, Garden Mountain, Rouge Mountain, Xiao Mountain, etc., forming an arch guard, or occupying a favorable location, otherwise Dongwu would not have built a city here as the capital.

"This time the Chu royal family, except for a very small number of people, the rest of the people were all slaughtered by Zhang Xianzhong, although the city is not ten rooms and nine empty, but the sound of wailing in the city shows its tragedy, Zhang Xianzhong also encountered stubborn resistance in Wuchang this time, so after the city was broken, in order to shock Wuchang, he killed a lot of people, and his soldiers were not restrained, this is ......"

Listening to Jiang Zhu's report, Cao Bianjiao also sighed, in the troubled times, this is nothing, the slaughter of the city has not happened, and he is also powerless.

"You don't know, why do I want to trade with Zhang Xianzhong, it's actually very simple, because our biggest place is not Zhang Xianzhong, but Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng's wings are already full, if we blindly go to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, what strength will there be to deal with Li Zicheng at that time, so I am compromised, let go of Zhang Xianzhong for the time being, leave the soldiers and horses, and prepare to fight with Li Zicheng, I have a lot of miles, even if the gas is exhausted, it should be dominated by people with both talent and virtue, not him Li Zicheng, This person's personality is not enough to make a big deal, and he must not let him usurp the Ming Dynasty, after cleaning up Li Zicheng, it is not too late to go back and clean up Zhang Xianzhong, the reason why I let Zhang Xianzhong enter Shu, because the terrain in Shu is limited, as long as we hold the pass, Zhang Xianzhong will be trapped and die inside, he wants to learn Liu Bei, Meng Chang, but he doesn't want to think about it, what is the end of these two Shu countries. ”

"I'll wait until I understand, don't worry, the soldiers only obey the orders of the marshal, and we will do what the marshal says." Zhu Wende and Zu Dale both responded that they already knew Cao Bianjiao very well, and with Cao Bianjiao, they were down-to-earth and hopeful.

"We don't want Wuchang, send someone to tell Zuo Liangyu, just say what I mean, ask him to return to Wuchang, and let Fang Guoan continue to move westward, and cooperate with the army to continue to approach Zhang Xianzhong's headquarters, the distance must not exceed ten miles, nor can it be far more than twenty miles, always give him a sense of oppression, let him go according to our deployment."

"Yes!"

The next day, Zhang Xianzhong led his subordinates to set off from Jiayu and all rushed to Yuezhou, Cao Bianjiao let the sailors closely monitor, and at the same time, Wang Zhen of the superintendent of the army, Zhang Kuang of Zhizhou of Chuyang, Cheng Tianyi, a member of Wuchangsheng, and Changyi Dao of Baiyunzhai all raised troops to fight against thieves, and Qizhou, Huangzhou, and Hanyang were all anyway. Cao Bianjiao brought Cheng Tianyi and Yi Daosan under his command, and had 3,000 elite soldiers.