The lead-gray clouds in the sky were very low, the cold wind was like a gust of tightness, and the dense and cool autumn rain was always drifting unhurriedly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoSince the beginning of autumn, the harsh autumn wind makes people feel the chill of autumn, the bleak autumn rain is tearing the leaves over and over again, after several storms and struggles, the leaves turn yellow and wither, and fall to the street silently, only a few yellow leaves hang lazily on the treetops and shake, fighting for the last life. The bare branches stretch out to the sky, swaying in the autumn wind and rain, looking both lonely and helpless. On rainy days, the streets are empty and lonely, showing a murderous atmosphere, and from time to time a few people pass by, and they are also passers-by with black cloth umbrellas and hurrying colors.

At this time, the city of Ruzhou, full of a group of murderous atmosphere, in the dilapidated state city, you can see the Taiping army with knives and guns everywhere, at this time the gate of this city is closed, nearly 30,000 Taiping troops, occupying most of the state city.

"Marshal, this Han army has already descended Lushan and Baofeng, and it is forcing into our Ruzhou, this is the battle or the must, there must be an idea......"

Li Du raised his head as he spoke, nodded at Zhou Peili on the side with his chin, and gave him a look.

"Brother Zhou, tell me, when you were in Baofeng, you fought with the Han army, what do you have in mind?"

"Idea?"

Zhou Peili shook his head and said:

"I said, this Han army said that it was the Han army, but Han Du is also the prime minister of the kingdom of heaven, now the king of Yu is dead, the whereabouts of the king of Luo are unknown, our Taiping army on the north road can be said to be a group of dragons without a leader, this Prime Minister Zhu is here, isn't it right, in the opinion of the younger brother, it is better for me to return to the Han governor, I don't know what the brothers want?"

"The surname is Zhou, you kid was beaten by the Han army!"

As soon as Zhou Peili's words fell, a refutation immediately sounded next to him, when the Taiping Army came to Henan, everyone rushed to join the Taiping Army. At that time, their strength was limited, with no more than a thousand people, no more than a hundred, or even dozens of people. And most of them live in the countryside and run rampant in the countryside.

But now, especially after the death of King Yu and the whereabouts of King Luo are unknown, they are naturally unwilling to give up the power in their hands and are unwilling to hand over the territory to others.

It can be said that it is this kind of unwillingness that makes them willing to take risks, just like Zhang Fenglin sent his nephew to intercept the Han army, and the expansion of ambition makes them have no clear awareness of their own strength at all.

As for Zhou Peili, he once led 5,000 men and horses in Baofeng County, but as soon as he fought with the righteous army, he lost nearly 4,000 men and horses.

Lu Yikui on the side said:

"Lvshuai Zhou's proposal is good, after all, are we also the Taiping Army? Isn't that right, if you continue to fight like this, it will not be good for anyone, then the Han army has many guns and artillery, and we are not necessarily their opponents when we fight, don't we, what do you think? ”

"Good!"

At this moment, Zhang Fenglin, who had been silent, opened his mouth to speak, and his voice was not loud. But he still let everyone in the room turn their eyes to him, after all, he is the leader of the Ruzhou Taiping Army.

"His brothers have to think clearly, if we vote for his Han army, the days will not be compared to the past, besides, our Ruzhou Taiping army has more than 30,000 horses, his Han army is only 200,000, Henan Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, and Guide There are almost 500,000 small horses, and when the time comes, his surname Zhu will not allow us to leave so many men and horses!"

Zhang Fenglin's answer made everyone stunned, and even Li Du's face slightly flashed a few imperceptible different colors. And Zhou Peili's face became even more complicated.

The reason why they were willing to defect to the Han army was that they wanted to rely on their own men and horses to keep their glory and wealth just like they had defected to the Taiping army. But 200,000 versus 500,000, even the pig's brain knows that the Han army will definitely cut off everyone's men and horses at that time.

"Okay, even if we can accommodate our 500,000 Taiping troops on the North Road. Like the Han army, the military salary is paid...... That month was two or three million taels of silver. Even if his surname is Zhu's rich flowing oil, how can he afford so much military salary? ”

"Marshal!"

Fan Chengkui shouted on the side:

"You are the backbone of my Ruzhou Taiping Army, so you tell us that if you can't defect to the Han Army, you can't fight, what should we brothers do? Could it be that when the time comes, people will stuff two coffins under the city wall, and then the city wall will be blown open at once? ”

In Henan, they have not seen how the Taiping army attacked the city, and they have also used similar methods to attack the city, so they naturally know that this so-called city is simply vulnerable. Naturally, he didn't have much confidence in defending the city.

"If you can't pass the test, is it possible that we are all waiting to die here?"

Zheng Ying also said:

"If we stay here. It's not to fight, it's not to fight, and when the time comes, I estimate that our Ruzhou Taiping Army will simply die and have no place to be buried! ”

"Grandma's, according to me, let's fight with them!"

"What to fight? People's foreign guns are hundreds of zhang a dozen, farther than the cannons, hit, the head melon seeds make people lose their heads, and I don't know how they don't have it......"

Zhou Peili complained on the side.

"If the elder brother wants to fight, don't count the younger brother in this matter, the younger brother only has so many people left, and it's not enough for people to stuff their teeth......"

As soon as Zhou Peili's words fell, someone next to him immediately said:

"Brother Zhou's words are not unreasonable, the Han army relies on more guns and more artillery to fight, as long as you say hello, there will immediately be thousands of guns pointed at you, pointing where to fight, a rain of bullets and bullets will come over, and no one can hold it if it is replaced!"

"But no, there are not many people talking about foreign guns, and there are not many people talking about people, and this fight is really not their opponent......"

"Not as many people as theirs? That's because there are many people in our Ruzhou Taiping Army, but there are 500,000 horses in the Taiping Army on our North Road! ”

"Five hundred thousand? It is divided into more than a dozen shares, not to mention Zuo Hu and Li Da Man, each of them has seventy or eighty thousand horses, but unless it is the resurrection of King Yu, which one is flat and smooth? ”

"But no, if the Taiping Army on our North Road is still the same as in the past, not to mention anything else, just rely on 500,000 horses to go to Henan for a station, his surname Zhu and those southern barbarians may not dare to provoke us."

Speaking unintentionally, listening to what they said, Zhang Fenglin said with a smile.

"It's almost time now, I've made arrangements for today's noon meal, brothers eat first, and have a few drinks to your heart's content."

So, a group of people stood up one after another, pulled out the bamboo chairs, squeezed out of the yamen, and walked towards Huixianlou, the best restaurant in Ruzhou City. When the group arrived at the Huixian Building, a table of wine had been set up.

On the table, there are several cold dishes with wine, such as braised chicken, braised duck, hare, red oil chicken slices, braised elbow, etc., and each table is placed with a jar of five catties of strong mouth, and all the mermaids enter the table and sit down.

When he saw that all the people were seated, and the glass was filled with wine, he took up the glass. When the people in the hall saw Zhang Fenglin raise their glasses and stand up, they also brushed their glasses and stood up.

Looking at everyone, Zhang Fenglin said:

"You and Fenglin are brothers in distress, Fenglin was promoted by the brothers and Yaai, and I was elected as the head of the peace in Ruzhou, so I am here to thank all the brothers, a glass of water and wine, not a tribute, brothers Jia Huai drink a cup more, this first glass of wine I first salute all the brothers, everyone has done it, dry!"

Zhang Fenglin said, picked up the cup and drank it all.

Everyone raised their glasses and tilted their necks to drain the wine. For a while, the banquet was just a staggered meeting.

"Come on, give the marshal a drink."

Fan Chengkui picked up the wine jar and first filled Zhang Fenglin's wine glass, then filled his own wine glass, and then said:

"Marshal, if it weren't for the fact that you took your brothers out of the township and defected to the Taiping Army, how could you have today, brothers, the younger brother respects the eldest brother, and I will do it first."

Fan Chengkui said, picked up the cup and drank it all.

"Okay, do it!"

Zhang Fenglin listened to Fan Chengkui's words, immediately picked up the cup and dried the wine, and looked at everyone and said.

"Now tens of thousands of Han soldiers are forcing Ruzhou, Fenglin, since I am elected by the big guy, I can't help but consider the future of the big guy, it seems that this Han army is strong, and it can't be defeated, if it can be surrendered...... Then how can the Han army allow us to take charge of an army like in the past? From Feng Lin's point of view, this is to obey the Han army, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the brothers will also end up with no place to be buried......"

Looking at everyone, Zhang Fenglin was full of seriousness, and he was still holding a wine glass in his hand.

"But the livelihood of the brothers, Fenglin can't ignore it, so I'm ready to give up this Ruzhou!"

"What!"

"If you get out of Ruzhou, what will we brothers do?"

"It's just that without Ruzhou, what's the difference between our brothers and bandits?"

When everyone was in a mess, Zhang Fenglin said again.

"Listen to Fenglin's words first, now we are either not protecting the land or abandoning the land to protect the people, let's stay in Ruzhou, when the time comes, what should we do? Waiting for the Han army to hit the head, will the people and land not be protected at that time? In Fenglin's opinion, we abandoned Ruzhou, but we can keep the people, this year, as long as we keep the people, are you still worried about the territory? ”

Looking around at everyone, Zhang Fenglin continued.

"Leaving Ruzhou, we can go to Jiangsu, Shandong, get there, and lay down a few more cities, when the time comes, not only will we have territory, but the team will naturally expand, if we stay here, it will be a dead end!"

Hearing Zhang Fenglin say this, the originally unkempt crowd all nodded.

"That is, if you don't stay here, you have your own place to stay here, Henan can't stay, let's go to Shandong, no matter how bad it is, let's go to Shanxi, I heard that Master Liang can also be popular in Shanxi!"

Someone was so peaceful, and everyone immediately nodded yes, while Li Du asked tentatively.

"But whether you go to Shanxi or Shandong, you have to pass through someone else's territory!"

The territory of others in Li Du's mouth naturally refers to the Kaifeng left-behind crown three appointed by Zeng Lichang, who has more than 100,000 horses under his command.

"Hehe, we and Wang Guansan are also a family, since the Han army is coming, we are defeated, so we naturally have to go to him......"

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