"Good wine, good wine!"

Raising his head and drinking a glass of Di Gong wine, Zhang Xianzhong touched his mouth, wiped the wine stains off his beard, and then raised his thumb to praise.

Wang Zhaolin accompanied the smiling face: "This is the most expensive wine on the market today, from overseas Annan, the surname is strong, just like those chaste widows...... Hey, hey, hey. ”

The room full of people laughed, Zhang Xianzhong grinned, and looked Wang Zhaolin up and down: "Wang Xianggong has done a good job, we all rely on Wang Xianggong." ”

Wang Zhaolin didn't dare to say anything, seeing Zhang Xianzhong's joy, he asked in a low voice: "The student has been away from home for a long time, and I am afraid that the old and young in the family are worried, but now the things that the king wants are ready, I don't know, I don't know ......."

Zhang Xianzhong touched the water-colored felt hat on his head, looked at Wang Zhaolin and laughed: "You don't know the truth, since you are worried about the old and the young in the family, why don't you tell me earlier, although I am against the court, I am not a stupid thief who does not understand human feelings, I have the best heart!" ”

"Yes, yes, the king has a good heart, but he is a benevolent lord."

Zhang Xianzhong was about to say more, when he suddenly heard a sad cry from outside the tent, and he raised his eyebrows: "Why did the woman outside cry again, go and kill him, and her head was steamed with wine...... Wang Xianggong, where did I go? ”

"The Great King is the Lord."

"Yes, yes, our Lao Tzu can't see other people's wives separated the most, since Wang Xianggong is afraid that the old and young in the family will be worried, so ...... After two days, we will go back to Tongcheng, bring your family into the army, and then be in the old camp. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's words made Wang Zhaolin stunned for a moment, and the leaders of the surrounding group laughed strangely.

Except for changing color and smiling bitterly, Wang Zhaolin had no other choice. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Xianzhong joined the fifth battalion of Gezuo, and when he went out of the Yinghuo Mountains, he went to Tongcheng. Although Yang Erming was young and witty, it was impossible for him to fight against more than 100,000 thieves with the soldiers of one county, so he had to close the city and defend himself. After learning that his family had a shop in Jinling, he coerced him to write a letter to his family and take the gold and silver looted by the rogues to Jinling to exchange them for good silk, fine wine and other things.

Seeing that Wang Zhaolin was speechless, Zhang Xianzhong turned his head proudly and looked at the rest of the thieves: "Brothers, there is nothing to stay in this Nanzhili now, let's go back to the army and go to Hu'bei to deal with Xiong Wencan, we haven't fought this guy yet, we were tossed by Lu Xiangsheng last year, and now it's our turn to toss this Xiong Wencan!" ”

The thieves agreed in a hurry, and seeing that they were all proudly drinking Di Gong wine in a big bowl, Zhang Xianzhong laughed twice: "Brothers, eat and drink well, let's go and pee first!" ”

He went out of the door, and before he had walked a few steps, he heard footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was Pan Duao.

This Pan Duao was originally a show of the city, when Chongzhen was nine years old, Zhang Xianzhong's army turned to war in Hubei, Pan Duao led people to vote, which made Zhang Xianzhong overjoyed, and was regarded as the mastermind, very respectful. Seeing him coming, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said, "The military advisor also wants to go to the toilet? ”

"It's not to go to the toilet, to plan for the king, there are many people in the house, and there are still outsiders, so it's not easy to talk."

Pan Duao's words made Zhang Xianzhong stop, and his face became serious: "The military advisor has something important to explain?" ”

"The king's wisdom is very considerate, and the plan of entering the phoenix 'yang in the east) was offered by the king, and the strategy of raiding the south of Zhili was also made by the king. Although the king of Chuang and others were defeated in Nanzhili, the rebel army has been repeatedly defeated in recent years, and there is no shortage of money and troops, all because of the battle of Nanzhili. ”

Pan Duao first praised Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong nodded proudly. Jumping out of the Central Plains and advancing into the South Zhilu is indeed Zhang Xianzhong's proud work in his life, in fact, if it weren't for Yu Guozhen, Zhang Xianzhong felt that he might have been able to sit in the flower world of Nan's capital and enjoy it.

"But in the past few years, Nanzhili has been in war every year, the people have been exhausted, and last year and this year's drought and locusts, there is nothing to plunder, so this time the king entered Nanzhili, and the people gathered to respond, which is now a momentum!"

This time in the eastward raid, because there was no Yu Guozhen, Zhang Xianzhong fought very smoothly, not only won successive battles, but also killed many officers and generals. Generals like Pan Keda and other generals who had fought side by side with Yu Guozhen, as well as generals with great names like Chen Yuwang, were all killed in the battle.

The reason why this is the case is inseparable from the people's great help, drought and locusts are everywhere, wars and disasters are continuous, and the imperial court has to levy additional salaries, even places like Anlu Chida are not spared, so many people simply respond to the thieves. And Yu Guozhenfang went to the South China Sea after the Gyeonggi War, and no one could compete with the Liukou for the people, so Zhang Xianzhong's momentum was revived, and their troops exceeded 300,000.

"Nanzhili doesn't have much oil and water anymore." Zhang Xianzhong said: "What do you mean, but turn around?" ”

"Exactly, the students thought that the king would become a great thing in the future with such a population, soldiers and horses, but now is not the time to sit still. Nanzhili is the place of the four wars, and there is no oil and water to take, the students think that when they jump out of Yinghuo, they will find another place. ”

This sentence entered Zhang Xianzhong's ears and made Zhang Xianzhong's eyes shine.

He looked at Pan Duao: "How do you think the military advisor should jump out of Yinghuo?" ”

"There are three strategies, and I am willing to dedicate them to the king." Pan Duao said: "The best policy is to cross the river to the east, according to the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and guard the ......Yangtze River."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and laughed: "Don't mistake me, the military advisor had this idea in mind, so he was captured by Yu Nanhai." Although my army is large now, I may not be able to be the king. ”

Jiangnan is the source of wealth in the Ming Dynasty, and among the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, the proportion of Jiangnan people is extremely heavy, how can they sit back and watch Zhang Xianzhong seize this place! Therefore, this strategy was vetoed by Zhang Xianzhong without waiting for Pan Duao to finish speaking. Pan Duao was not discouraged, and then said: "The middle strategy is to take the Hanzhong Road, break through the customs and enter Shu, and then rely on the natural danger of the Shu Road, raise troops and hoard grain, and wait for the changes in the world!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong was silent, he didn't think about this strategy, he once tried to attack Shudi, but was scared away by Qin Liangyusheng, and now he still doesn't have much confidence if he goes again. He had seen the hardships and dangers of the Shu Road, and if he hadn't waited for an excellent opportunity, he felt that entering Shu could only be a backup option.

"What's next?"

"The next strategy is to go south into Chu, if you can control Hunan and Han, this is the granary of the Ming Dynasty, the east can annex the west of the river, enter the two Zhejiang, and the west can wait for the opportunity to enter Shu, peep into Hanzhong ......"

"Okay, okay, this is the best policy, you say that the two are the best policy, I think this is the best policy!" Zhang Xianzhong said happily: "I heard that Yueyang Tower is a famous building in the world, and it is the land of fish and rice in Dongting for eight hundred miles, and it is not good ......."

Speaking of this, his voice was lowered, although Pan Duao's time for refuge was short, but he was extremely loyal, Zhang Xianzhong was not afraid to tell him what he was thinking in his heart: "I heard that the new Prime Minister Xiong Wencan is used to appeasement, if things are not good, accept appeasement in Chudi, first hoard some fields, and then go east and west when the world changes, you can also!" ”

"The Great King is wise!" Pan Duao said.

"At that time, you and Xu Junshi will have to contribute." Zhang Xianzhong said with satisfaction.

Xu Junshi is Xu Yixian, another mastermind that Zhang Xianzhong has been looking for in the past few years, and he always compares himself to Zhuge Liang. Pan Duao was a little unimpressed with him, but Zhang Xianzhong said this, of course he would not be stupid enough to criticize.

This time Zhang Xianzhong plundered eastward, in addition to being attacked by Shi Kefa, Chen Hongfan's Denglai army and Zuo Liangyu's troops in Anqing and suffered a big defeat, it was almost a command, and the maximum number of people reached more than 500,000, even after returning to Hubei, there were more than 200,000 people, and connected Luotian, Macheng, Huang'an, Yingshan, and Yicheng, forcing Chen Liangxun, the governor of Yunyang, to shrink the city to protect himself. After making a plan with Pan Duao, he waved his army south, Chen Liangxun learned the lesson of his predecessor Song Zushun's defeat in pursuit and lost his official seal, and shrank in the city and refused to come out, so Zhang Xianzhong could rest assured that he could boldly march.

On the 11th day of August in the autumn of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong's army went to Dangyang, threatening to enter Sichuan in the west, meet Li Zicheng, who fled into Hanzhong, and then suddenly cross the Yangtze River in Jiangling.

Little did he know that there were others who were prepared for it while others were being deceived by his tricks.

Fang Kongzhi stroked his beard, looked at the sergeant in front of him, and let out a long breath.

"Dazhu, did the thief really cross the river?"

"Yes, the news has been confirmed."

"How many thieves have been confirmed?"

"More than 300,000, known as a million."

Gao Dazhu is still the same silent appearance, as he grows older, he looks more and more tall and fat, but his eyes are more flexible than tall and fat. He is now a father of two children, the eldest is a daughter, now a year and a half, and the youngest is a son, who is only three months old. After becoming a father, he was more calm, and he also had two mustaches.

Fang Kongzhi looked at him with satisfaction: "That is the case, I made you the vanguard, leading five thousand soldiers, and fighting thieves in the public security, do you dare?" ”

Gao Dazhu was sent by Yu Guozhen to help after Fang Kongzhi was appointed as the governor of Huguang, but Fang Kongzhi was an elder, and his loyalty to the Ming court was not something that Yu Guozhen could help, so Yu Guozhen's support for him was not as good as that for Sun Lin. Fang Kongzhi could only use his authority as the governor of Huguang to train as many soldiers as possible.

"Dare." The voice of the tall pillar is simple and powerful.

After hearing this, Fang Kongzhi was even more satisfied: "Dazhu, it's a pity that you don't want to be a leader, otherwise I will promote you to the imperial court, with your talent, you are a general soldier, and it is also in your bag." ”

"The villain only wants to follow Nanhaibo."

"Hehe, the old man knows, the old man knows!"

Hearing Gao Dazhu mention Yu Guozhen, Fang Kongzhi smiled, and he was very relieved. He not only knew that Yu Guozhen was extraordinary, but also admired Yu Guozhen's move to accept the title of Earl of Nanhai. In his opinion, Yu Guozhen's acceptance of this title proves his loyalty to Daming, after all, after accepting this title, Yu Guozhen completely abandoned his Xiliu Villa in Xiang'an.

Guarding the frontier for the country, such as the old things of Nanmu Mansion, can not be done without great loyalty and righteousness.

"That being the case, you have to be careful, the matter of killing the thief is not urgent, you have to be careful of your own safety, the old man has already written to Jimin for help, presumably it will not be long before he can come north to help, and then your master and servant can meet again."

"The military general is not sorry for his body, if the military general spares his life, the war must not be done." The tall pillar's response was a little hard.

Fang Kongzhi didn't care, but appreciated it even more: "Okay, good, I personally lead the army for the rear team!" ”

(To be continued)