Starting from Xiaogan, Zou Pusheng and Ming Yuzhen After they drove non-stop for more than ten days, they finally couldn't help but come to Xiangyang City, Xiangyang Road, where Zhang Shihua personally sat in the seat of the black-clothed army, on October 15.

After coming to Xiangyang City, I looked at this prosperous Xiangyang City, where businessmen gathered. Even though Zou Pusheng had expected it in his heart, he still couldn't help but have some admiration for Zhang Shihua, who he had never met.

Although since entering the De'an Mansion, their group has been escorted by hundreds of black-clothed soldiers. But what he saw and heard along the way still made Zou Pusheng clearly understand the strength of the black-clothed army and the great prestige of the black-clothed army among the people under his rule.

For example, on this road, whenever they passed through towns and villages, the people of various towns and villages would spontaneously take out food to entertain them, which really made Zou Pusheng look sideways.

After all, after years of soldiers, the people in that place saw the soldiers were not like mice seeing cats. If you can do it, it's all good. You must know that even under their Tianwan regime, the people still hid when they saw the soldiers.

Therefore, along the way, the local people were not afraid of these wolf-like black-clothed soldiers. It was indeed an eye-opener for Zou Pusheng.

And this also shows how much Zhang Shihua, a young man who is only twenty-three years old, has control over this black-clothed army.

After all, the war has been fought for several years, and anyone with a little brain knows that if you want to succeed, you must be kind to the people under your rule, and you must not do those things that kill chickens and take eggs, and do everything you can to catch fish. But at this time, such a beautiful thing is easy to say, but it is simply more difficult to really carry it out.

You must know that the more a rebel army like them develops, the more complex the composition becomes.

What are the robbers and robbers who see the wind and rudder, the poor people who are desperate, the Yuanmeng officers and soldiers who have forced up Liangshan, and the believers who are bent on rebellion, it is simply unimaginable! Therefore, in such a situation, the army is naturally full of mountains and warlords.

This can be seen by the court after they are finished. On the surface, all of them under the banner of Tianwan eat in the same pot, and nominally obey the leadership of Emperor Xu Shouhui of Tianwan. But in fact, their so-called court is nothing more than a loose alliance.

Think about it, when the Tianwan court was victorious, there were still a bunch of warlords among them who listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement. Not to mention now or at any other time. Therefore, even at the beginning of the uprising, Tianwan shouted a bunch of slogans of "overthrow the Yuan and Mengzi and save the people of the Han family".

But when I got down, it was time for those warlords who wore the tiger skin of the Tianwan court, but only thought about making a comparison for themselves when the world was in chaos. In this case, it will naturally become a complete empty nonsense.

Therefore, for this reason, in addition to Qizhou, which is a very small area directly under the jurisdiction of the Tianwan Imperial Court. In other areas controlled by the Tianwan warlords, the reputation of their Tianwan court naturally became a pile of smelly stinking shit among the people.

So much so that the people in some places are eager to let the Yuanmeng people who oppressed them back again, and then drive away these bastards who are even more brutal than the Yuanmeng people.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the Tianwan regime, which seemed to be extremely powerful and ruled across the three provinces, would die out at such a rapid speed under the attack of the Yuanmeng court.

Because in the vast majority of areas, with the exception of a very few areas, they do not have any mass base at all.

In some places, such as in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the people at the bottom even spontaneously formed a righteous army and united with the Yuan and Mongolian courts to attack them.

And under such a situation where people in the world are eager to eat their flesh and blood, the previous Tianwan court does not die, then it is called no heavenly reason.

Therefore, after understanding the root cause of his previous failure, Zou Pusheng also chose to take the initiative to compromise in front of Ni Wenjun in exchange for Ni Wenjun's support in people's livelihood and government affairs.

I want to use the method of making up for the dead, as much as possible at this time, to alleviate the contradiction between the Tianwan regime and the people at the bottom.

He is even going to learn from the method used by Zhang Shihua at the beginning of the year in Huangzhou, and distribute some fields to the people at the bottom.

But when he was really ready to implement it, Zou Pusheng, who didn't have much administrative experience and didn't know much about practice, couldn't help but let reality firmly slap himself in the face at the beginning.

That's right, he wants to ease the contradictions between the people at the bottom and the Tianwan regime, which is indeed a good thing.

But if you want to alleviate the conflict, you obviously can't just take an empty mouth. The world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit. If you don't come up with some practical benefits, the beggar won't pay attention to you, this bullshit master!

But the current situation of the Tianwan regime is not unknown to everyone.

With the fall of the national capital Qishui City and the death of the leader Peng Yingyu, almost all the remnants of the Tianwan army retreated to Huangzhou Road.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the number of soldiers and horses on a small Huangzhou Road could not help but expand to seventy or eighty thousand at once.

Of course, at the beginning, for such a situation, Zou Pusheng and they were naturally happy to see it happen. After all, at that time, they were facing a life-and-death crisis, and in order to save their own lives, they wished that they had as many soldiers as possible.

But now, when the soldiers and horses of the Yuan and Mongolian courts in Huguang only confronted them, they did not attack them. Such a huge army can't help but become a drag on them.

Because with only one Huangzhou Road, they can't support so many soldiers and horses. Therefore, under such circumstances, alleviating the contradiction between the people at the bottom and the Tianwan regime has completely become an unrealistic thing.

Of course, that's not the worst. The worst thing is that in such a confrontation, let alone alleviate the contradictions with the people, in order to make a comeback. But no matter how they persist, it is estimated that it will not take much time, and they will not collapse from the inside without the Tianwan regime attacking them.

Therefore, at this time, Zou Pusheng really wanted to form an alliance with the Black-Clothed Army. Not to mention anything else, at this time, it would be worth it if they could get a batch of grain and grass back from the black-clothed army.

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"Hehe, this lord, I don't know when we will be able to meet Zhang Pingzhang?" With that in mind. So after being led close to the post house by an official from the black-clothed army, Zou Pusheng couldn't help but use a rare honorific in the face of this black-clothed army official whose official position was not as good as his, and called him "adult".

"Your envoy is really tormented. I'm just a small prefect, where can I be big in front of your envoys. As for when my lord summoned your envoy, you must also know that my lord has a great opportunity to govern such a vast territory.

So I really don't know when my lord will be free. But please rest assured, my lord already knows the news of your envoy's arrival. I think it won't be long before my lord summons your envoy. Therefore, there is a laborer who has been waiting patiently here for a while. ”

The official who led them to the post house was naturally the prefect of Xiangyang.

Therefore, although when asking about Thursday and September, Zou Pusheng rarely used honorifics. But in the face of Thursday Jiu, who was born as a slippery old official, he still didn't ask for any useful information.

"This ......" In this regard, Zou Pusheng is obviously not very willing.

So at this time, he couldn't help but want to continue to ask something. But who knows, the body is wide and fat, and the one who has been smiling is like a Maitreya Buddha, and before Zou Pusheng can say it, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Hehe, don't worry."

Although this inn looks a little simpler, it also has all kinds of daily necessities. If you want to eat, you can go to the front dining room, and if you don't want to eat in the front dining room, you can also ask the people below to deliver the food to your house.

Oh, of course. If you are not used to eating the food here, you can also instruct the people below to go to the restaurant to buy it. Don't worry, my lord also paid your envoy five hundred taels of silver. Therefore, as long as it is within 500 taels, you can go to the public account, and the noble envoy does not need to spend a penny.

Belch...... If you still have any questions or needs, you can also find the postman here. They are all capable old men, and as long as they can do it, they will naturally meet the needs of the envoys.

Well, I'm sorry. I still have some important things to attend to, so I can't stay here for long. Therefore, my lordship, I will also take my leave. Saying this, there was a smile on his face from beginning to end, giving people the feeling that it was like a Maitreya Buddha's Thursday and September couldn't help but turn around and walk, and then left this place without looking back.

And behind, standing in place, looking at Zhou Jiu, who left in a dashing manner, Zou Pusheng, who was holding back his words in his stomach, couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart. This person is really a slippery villain!

But at this time, let's not talk about him Zou Pusheng, just talk about Zhang Shihua, who was said by Thursday to be a great opportunity.

At this time of winter, the weather has become a little colder. But he was also holding a cup of tea and leisurely playing chess with Zhao Ziyu.

"Lord, are you sure?" Next to the chessboard, looking at Zhang Shihua's words, Zhao Ziyu smiled and touched the short beard on his chin, and couldn't help but ask like this.

Hearing his question, Zhang Shihua took a sip of tea with a smile, and couldn't help but nod and said, "This is natural, do you have no regrets?" Ziyu, this time you see, how I killed you on your back. Zhang Shihua said, his tone was full of confidence.

But hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Zhao Ziyu on the other side chuckled, and then a flying elephant directly ate one of Zhang Shihua's smoothest horses.

"Hehe, lord, you go on, go on." Zhao Ziyu smiled and put aside the words he had eaten, and his tone couldn't help but be playful.

"This ...... Hehe. Ziyu, I didn't see it just now, so you're putting the horse back for me, I'm walking again. Seeing that the horse was eaten, the chess game that he had an advantage in suddenly changed, Zhang Shihua smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but say such a thing cheekily.

"Ah, my lord. What you just said, there are no regrets. At this time, your subordinates don't dare to let your lord be a dishonest person. Because Zhang Shihua is usually very easy-going and does not easily get angry with his subordinates, Zhao Ziyu can't help but make jokes about Zhang Shihua.

And because at this time, Zhang Shihua could only watch the advantages he had established before losing little by little, and was finally completely checkmated by Zhao Ziyu and became a dead chess.

"Hey, if you're not careful, you'll lose all the games!" Seeing this, Zhang Shihua put down the teacup, sighed like this, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

"That's right, my lord. You said that at this time, Zou Pusheng and they should also live in the post house, so when are you going to meet them? At the end of the game, seeing that Zhang Shihua, who had lost the game, was no longer much interested in continuing to play chess, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but divert the topic and asked such a question.

Zou Pusheng ...... Hehe, what's the urgency of this matter. Since they can take the initiative to come to them to form an alliance at this time, eighty percent of them will have difficulties and ask for our heads. If, we should hang their appetite even more.

Anyway, when they arrived in Xiangyang City, they couldn't run. Let's leave them dry for three or five days. Zhang Shihua said this, and then took a sip of tea, and the whole person really didn't seem to care.

Because he knew the trend of history, and understood that in another three or five months, at the beginning of next year, Tokhtar would command the army to go south to attack Zhang Shicheng, who had blocked Cao's fortune.

Therefore, during this period of time, the Yuanmeng Imperial Court, which had just failed, was obviously not capable of attacking their black-clothed army.

And after the incident, because of the death of the detachment, the last bit of strength of the Yuanmeng court will also be lost. And at that time, Zhang Shihua naturally didn't need to worry about attracting the attention of the Yuanmeng court.

So in such a situation, it is really a dispensable thing to form an alliance with the Tianwan regime that is still breathing.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the Tianwan regime still has a bit of popularity in the Jiangnan region, after forming an alliance with them, the black-clothed army would be able to use their prestige to develop more smoothly in the Jiangnan region. Zhang Shihua probably won't even bother with them.

However, at this time, Zhao Ziyu's thoughts were different from Zhang Shihua's.

At this time, he felt that the alliance between the Black Army and the Tianwan regime was necessary. However, Zhang Shihua also knew that Zhao Ziyu was using the method of forming an alliance so that the black-clothed army could completely annex the Tianwan regime.

(To be continued........................ ）