Zhang Xianzhong was even more annoyed, now there are rumors in various places bordering on the border, everyone is extremely hostile to the Great Western Army, and all the scouts sent by him have gone and never returned, and in the end, even those who pretend to be monks and Taoists are not spared.

In order to change this passive situation, Zhang Xianzhong no longer fought so little, in early November of this year, he led his troops to kill Shunqing City, and after five days of fierce fighting, Liukou captured Xichong County, but surprisingly the capture was very limited.

Zhang Xianzhong was unwilling to fail, and led his troops to continue the southern attack, capturing the fortress Phoenix Mountain more than 60 miles north of the city on this day, and then stationed his pro-army tent here to exert pressure on the volunteers.

Yang Lin is still quite familiar with Phoenix Mountain, in the history books Zhang Xianzhong seems to have died in battle, and he can't imagine that the other party is dying step by step without knowing it.

Because Zhang Xianzhong seems to have been shot here by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, he has also paid special attention to the place of Phoenix Mountain since entering the city of Shunqing Prefecture.

Phoenix Mountain is next to the Jinpu post station between Xichong and Nanchong, winding for dozens of miles, shaped like a phoenix, there are stone gates built on the east, south and west sides of the mountain, the surrounding cliffs are precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The most rare thing is that the top of the mountain is flat land, in the past, hundreds of families lived on the mountain, in order to prevent thieves from attacking, the villagers built stone gates on the southeast and west sides of the mountain.

The Jinpu Station below the foot of Phoenix Mountain is a big post station from Xichong to Shunqing, and it is a relatively prosperous bazaar. Now seeing that the Great Western Army sent soldiers and horses from all walks of life to rob grain, the township office moved to Phoenix Mountain ten days ago, and Yang Bingyi also sent a squadron of soldiers to help defend.

But the Great Western Army was menacing, the governor Guan Youcai was ordered to lead his troops to attack the cottage, and Zhang Kewang, the general of Zhengdong, led his troops to block the reinforcements, so they fought for a day and a night, the mountain gate was broken, and the fathers and villagers on the mountain had to burn food and flee to other places.

Seeing the menacing Great Western Army, and seeing Zhang Xianzhong once again show his hideous veil, by the beginning of November of this year, Yang Lin took the lead in asking for a truce.

As a traverser, of course, he knew that the destruction of the Great Western Army was imminent, and now that he saw the Great Western Army moving towards death step by step, of course, he did not have the idea of accompanying him to be buried together, but wanted to temporarily stabilize the other party.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin decided to put down his son first, stabilize the other party first, and temporarily fornicate with the other party.

At this time, stationed in Phoenix Mountain, seeing that the traffic artery from Xichong to Nanchong was at the foot, seeing that the terrain of Phoenix Mountain was so dangerous, and that troops could be stationed on the mountain, seeing all this, Zhang Xianzhong recovered his past pride.

Due to the reputation of plundering people's food, the people along the way to the north either fled from the famine or hid far away, catching one or two small people at a time, but everyone regarded food as more important than life, and the food looted every day was not enough for more than 100 loads.

Since the beginning of November, the amount of grain plundered has been even smaller, and it has been less than 50 quintals in the past few days.

After the withdrawal from the CD), many people were killed and wounded, and many people fled, and now the Great Western Army has been sharply reduced from 150,000 soldiers and civilians to 100,000.

Although the supplies were replenished all the way and the food was frugal, the grain looted from CD City is only 100,000 quintals now, and it will not be able to eat at the beginning of spring next year.

In order to solve the food shortage, Wang Zhaolin began to clamor for the killing of those four (Sichuan) people who ate grain, and withdrew from the CD) who needed people to transport grain baggage, and these people were still of a little use.

Now the Great Western Army is not ready to leave, and is preparing to attack the city of Shunqing in the south, these people not only have to consume food, but most of them are devoted to the Ming Dynasty, and it is still a scourge to stay all day long.

In addition, what is more melancholy is the Manchu Qing, after the occupation of Hanzhong, the Manchu Qing industry has entered the four (Sichuan), and it is rumored that its vanguard is approaching the Guangyuan Baizhang Pass, if the Manchu Qing enters the pass, it will take the lead in attacking the Daxi military camp in the camping field.

After initially trying to conceal the people, blocking the enemy's attack through cottage defense tactics, or reviewing the enemy's all-people war behind the enemy's rear, Yang Lin deliberately suppressed the conflict between the two armies.

At this time, the small boss came to report that Yang Lin sent an envoy and now he was in the big tent, Zhang Xianzhong's spirit was greatly lifted, and the big tent was raised, and hundreds of civil and military officials were lined up on both sides.

The person who came was Zhang Hong, and they met with each other a few times, but before the other party could speak, Zhang Xianzhong became inexplicably angry and scolded: "You Zhang Hong, I persuaded me to give up the CD last time, and I followed your advice to give up the CD).

You guys are okay, chasing and killing all the way, killing thousands of my brothers, and robbing me of my money and food, is it unbearable?

You shameless person has no conscience, come here, cut off this Zhang Hong's ear, and you have relieved the hatred in your heart. ”

Zhang Hong was shocked, hurriedly protected his ears, and shouted: "The general is angry, the general is angry, it's not too late for you to cut off my ears after I finish speaking."

General, you didn't listen to the admonition you had been a child that day, and led 200,000 troops out of the city to fight hard with my general.

General, you quit the CD) and quit, who would have thought that you would set a fire and burn down a huge CD city).

General, you violated the contract first, so it's no wonder that my family is angry and led his troops to attack you, thinking that the brothers in CD City breathed a sigh of relief. ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed, looked at Zhang Hong and said: "Zhang Hong, you are flamboyant, others believe you, my old Zhang will believe you?"

If it weren't for my Lao Zhang to set a big fire, Yang Lin would definitely pursue the old man with all his might, and even if our Great Western Army was not destroyed like this, it would have suffered heavy casualties. ”

Because the guards pinched too tightly, Zhang Hong struggled several times without breaking free, and made a more comfortable move, and persuaded bitterly: "General, you and I are right and wrong, that is, we can't finish talking about it for three days and three nights."

General, just think about it, CD) You don't have any fault, is it all my family's fault? ”

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes glared at Zhang Hong, and suddenly laughed and said, "What's wrong with my old Zhang?

Even if my Lao Zhang is wrong, but my Lao Zhang is the emperor, and the heavens sent the lower realm to sweep away those cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods. bright

It's obvious that Yang Lin is wrong, how can you say that I am Lao Zhang? ”

As soon as the generals heard Zhang Xianzhong say this, they came out one after another to hug their fists and say yes, and for a while, the sound of the whole big tent was non-stop.

Hearing this, Zhang Hong suddenly laughed, and in the amazement of everyone, he said loudly: "General Zhang is the great god in charge of human affairs under the stars in the sky, isn't my lord?"

My family is on the horse to govern the army, the attack is invincible, the people are under the horse, the people live and work in peace and contentment, although there is no big rule, but in the four (Sichuan) territory can be regarded as a small rule.

The general is the stars in the sky and descends to earth, and people everywhere say that my family is the reincarnation of Yue Fei and Yue Pengju, and when he comes to the people, he wants the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and he wants to clean up the tartars.

General Zhang, do you say yes or no? ”

Just like many netizens often say, the best way to deal with stupid people is to raise them into big fools, Zhang Xianzhong is arrogant and treacherous, and often boasts that he is a star in the sky, naturally, the best way is to admit this publicly.

Zhang Xianzhong's mouth was slightly open, almost speechless, in order to control the hearts of the people and the army, he often claimed that he was the stars in the sky and the lower realm, and he used to try it many times in the past, but he didn't expect that today Zhang Hong would publicly say that Yang Lin was the reincarnation of Yue Pengju, which made him at a loss.

His own stars in the sky and the stars are just talking to himself, and Yang Lin is Yue Pengju's reincarnation army, which is rumored by people everywhere to have noses and eyes.

Since entering Shunqing, Yang Lin has been asking the volunteers to follow the example of the Yue family and expel the Tatars to restore China, so folk legends began to say that Yang Lin was the reincarnation of Yue Pengju.

In the past two years, the volunteers have won successive battles, and the reincarnation of Yue Pengju is even more noisy, and many people around him are even more blindly worshipped.

Now hearing Zhang Hong say this, Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Why did Yang Lin send you here this time?" Is it to admit defeat, if you really admit defeat, just say it directly. ”

Zhang Hong broke free from the two big men, rubbed his numb arm that was pinched, and said: "General Zhang, my family said that the two of you are stars in the sky, and you fight in the sky all day long.

My family said that if you want to fight, you will make an appointment to fight in the Jade Emperor's Lingxiao Treasure Hall for three days and three nights. ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said: "Yang Lin Xiao'er actually wants Lao Tzu to fight with him in the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, you tell me, how he wants to fight, draw out the Tao, isn't he afraid of my old Zhang?"

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "My family said that after dark at night, everyone will set up a dojo fight at home, see that one is defeated first, and never give up without distinguishing the winner or loser."

Everyone has the ability to fight in the upper realm, not in the lower realm, the gods fight and harm the pond fish, and the people will be blamed.

General Zhang, my family suggested so, General Zhang, did you say?

If the two of you really want to fight, you can fight in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and the West Heaven Yao Pool at night, why do you two fight to make our people suffer? ”

Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at the people on both sides with a smile: "Everyone, I and this Yang Lin are stars in the sky, we have always been in the Jade Emperor Lingxiao Treasure Hall, fighting in front of the Buddha in the West Heaven, the two sides are inseparable, if you really want us to stop fighting like this, it will be even more difficult."

Zhang Hong, tell me, what advice does Yang Lin have? ”

Zhang Hong smiled and said: "General Zhang, my family said that Dolgon is the reincarnation of the king of Shang, who kills people like hemp and oppresses the good.

My lord said that although you two were fighting in the upper realm, you both hated Dorgon.

General Zhang, now that Dolgon is in chaos in this world, my lord suggests that the two of you fight together to see who can clean up Dolgon, the demon king, and the gang of Eight Banners under Dolgon, and rescue the people from the clutches of Dolgon.

General Zhang, if you really want to fight like this, what do you think? ”

Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't lose, and said to the left and right with a smile: "Hey, when Yang Lin was in the upper realm, Yang Lin was my old Zhang's junior brother, and he was good at patting the master's ass, so the two of us kept fighting."

Now this little junior brother is begging me like this, and Dolgon is also the shameless person that the master hates the most, in this case, I, I will agree to Yang Lin.

Wang Zhaolin, the left prime minister next to him, couldn't sit still, and came out to remind: "Emperor, don't do it."

Emperor, now Yang Lin sits on more than 20 counties in Shunqing, Tongchuan Prefecture, Bazhou, and Dazhou, and we are in a predicament. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's smile froze, and he shook his head for a moment and said very atmosphericly: "Prime Minister Zuo, this Yang Lin is my junior brother, only he takes advantage of me, and there is no one who takes advantage of me as a senior brother."

Prime Minister Zuo, don't say that the public is unfair. ”

Wang Zhaolin was a little angry, and said again and again: "Emperor, you can not talk about anything else, but food, food, we really don't have much food now, if we continue like this, how can we fight with Yang Lin with peace of mind?" ”

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he looked quite depressed, and the whole person collapsed on the seat, not knowing what to do?

He prides himself on being cunning, and he can't imagine that the things of the gods will make him lose ground.

Wang Zhaolin bowed his hand to Zhang Hong and said: "Mr. Zhang, this, this kind of fighting method is obviously unfair, we are short of food now, no matter what, you have to give relief."

Zhang Hong laughed and said: "Prime Minister Wang, natural disasters have continued in the past few years, and Shunqing's food is also quite limited, and there is not enough food and clothing at all;

My lord and wife often take their servants to dig weeds and eat them, and my family also eats two meals a day, reducing one meal. ”

Wang Zhaolin shook his head again and again: "This, how is this possible?"

It is rumored that Yang Lin took out money and grain to build water conservancy, roads and bridges for people everywhere, in this case, you Shunqing should have enough food, right?"

Zhang Hong laughed and said: "Mr. Wang, this may be the clever point of our adults, if we don't build water conservancy, in the end, as long as we encounter some natural and man-made disasters, the people will be uprooted from their hometowns and miserable."

The adults of my family would rather suffer themselves than abuse the people under their rule, and those who should build roads should build roads, and those who should repair water conservancy should repair water conservancy.

Mr. Wang, if you don't believe Zhang Kewang and other generals, how much grain can you loot every day? ”

Wang Zhaolin thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "I don't believe this, how can there be such an official who eats wild vegetables by himself and wants the people to build water conservancy, and even let the people build roads and bridges?" ”

Zhang Hong laughed and said proudly: "Mr. Wang, this is also the method that my family often teaches me to wait."

General Zhang, Mr. Wang, I heard that there are tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people in your department, why don't we make a deal together? ”

Zhang Xianzhong was shocked in his heart, leaned forward and said, "Tell me, what is Yang Lin sending you here for?" ”

Zhang Hong took out a piece of black charcoal, and said while drawing on the ground in everyone's surprised expressions: "General, originally a load of grain could only be bought for 8 yuan of silver, but now there are many displaced people in the whole four (Sichuan), and the people are miserable, and now it is difficult to buy a load of grain for 3 taels of silver."

The generals need food, and our volunteers also need food, and in order to meet the food demand, we have to transfer food from Dazhou, Bazhou, and other areas.

Our generals have to pay 1 tael of silver to the people, and 1 tael of silver to the merchants, and 1 tael of silver to the merchants as profits, and our volunteers also need to spend money to maintain order and ensure food supply.

So it seems that it will cost at least 5 taels of silver for each load of grain to be transported to your army.

General, our volunteers will not take advantage of you, so they will sell you for 5 taels of silver. ”

Unexpectedly, Yang Lin was even more ruthless, and he actually asked himself to sell 5 taels of silver for a load, which was six times the normal year, although so, but thinking that Si (Sichuan) had been too short of food in recent years, Zhang Xianzhong's heart moved slightly, and he had the heart to buy.

Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin was dissatisfied: "Zhang Hong, your family is really good at business, if he goes to be a businessman, it will be a family fortune sooner or later?" Brothers, think about it, in a normal year, this grain is only 8 taels a load, and now the food in various places is at most 3 taels of silver, and in many places in Shunqing, it is not even 2 taels of silver.

Zhang Hong, my emperor robbed the gentry and robbed the gentry, and your lord actually said that the business of robbery was so straightforward, it seems that he really has the intention of being a robber. ”

Zhang Hong laughed and looked at everyone: "Mr. Wang, it seems that you really don't understand things as General Zhang." General Zhang used to be an errand boy in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, and he had a good understanding of grain prices.

General Zhang, if you think about the price of rice in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, and what is the price of rice in the south of the Yangtze River, General Zhang certainly knows the disadvantages of transporting grain for thousands of miles, but now that all parts of the country have been pounded by General Zhang, we have to transport grain for thousands of miles.

Besides, in addition to my volunteer army in all the armies and towns in Sichuan, except for Yang Zhan's department, all the other departments are short of food, and if they are transported to the CD) plain, they can buy 3 taels of silver a load.

If you buy it for Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang, Gan Liangchen and others, you can also buy 3 taels of silver a load, and our adults can sell it to the general for 5 taels of silver regardless of the previous suspicions, which is a great discount. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned, and sighed: "You all think that my old Zhang has a mountain of gold and silver, but after being looted by Yang Lin, there is not much silver now, how can it be possible to buy your grain for 5 taels of silver." ”

Zhang Honghe smiled and continued: "General, this is probably thanks to you, General, you have governed the four (Sichuan) for three years, and the rich CD) Plain has become a thousand miles of Ze country, and the price of grain has also risen to 5 taels of silver for 5 yuan a load, which is your credit."

Zhang Xianzhong looked quite excited and said: "Anything is said to be my old Zhang, is it my old Zhang?"

This CD) Plain Zeguo is thousands of miles, and the Pixian county order dug up Dujiangyan, so that my old Zhang not only can't supply the troops with food, this, is this my Zhang's sin.

Yang Lin is even more hateful than the landlord bully, and he even asked for 5 taels of silver and a load of grain to sell to my Lao Zhang, and my Lao Zhang is not fooled by him. It's just that there is no food, what is the big deal, and it is common for people to starve to death at that time. ”

Zhang Hong smiled and said, "General Zhang, this time I came to pay homage to General Zhang, just to do another business with General Zhang."

I heard that the general is now preparing to eliminate the stubborn children in the army, and I hope that the general can leave the eliminated people to my family to clean up.

My family ordered them to carry out military cantonment, and for the next five years, each person would be provided with 1 load of food per year as compensation. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "5 years is too long, can this Yang Lin survive 5 years now?"

My method is very simple, pay grain in one hand and hand over to others, I now have more than 20,000 people who do nothing but cause trouble a day, and each person has 3 loads of grain, which is a big deal.

If you think about it, in a normal year, that slave is not worth more than 30 taels of silver a year, and now although the price is low, it is worth 20 taels of silver anyway.

Isn't my Lao Zhang like the profiteer of your family, who asks for 5 taels of silver per load of grain to sell to me Lao Zhang?

My Lao Zhang is the most fair, I want him to exchange food, 3 loads of grain per strong laborer, 2 loads of food for women, children and the elderly don't want food, my Lao Zhang will give it to you for free. ”

Zhang Hong shook his head again and again and said: "General, having said that, you also know that we don't have much surplus grain in our hands, otherwise, 1 load of grain per person will be paid to the general first, and then the surplus grain will be paid to the general after the beginning of spring, so what do you think?"

Zhang Xianzhong was quite moved in his heart, now the army only has 100,000 loads of grain and grass, and it is obvious that he can't eat the beginning of spring.

These old, weak, sick and disabled, these mischievous Sichuan people are not only useless, but also consume food.

In order to save food, Wang Zhaolin even encouraged Zhang Xianzhong to kill all the Sichuan people who made trouble, Zhang Xianzhong was hesitating, he couldn't think of such a good thing, and immediately agreed to agree.