readx; Zhu Yousong, Hong Chengchou and others secretly discussed the action plan in the Xiangwang Mansion, and the plan proposed by Yun Zijian can be called ambitious. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The specific content of this plan was to divide it into three routes: the Eastern Route Army would go straight down the Yangtze River to capture Nanjing, and cut off the connection between Jiangnan and Jingshi; The Middle Route Army reached the Yellow River and confronted the troops sent by the imperial court across the river; The Western Route Army crossed the Qinling Mountains to capture Shaanxi.

If this plan can be achieved, then only Beizhili, Shanxi, and parts of Henan and Shandong will be controlled by Zhu Youjian, and most of the rest of China will fall under Zhu Yousong's control. At that time, the southern army will not have to fight at all, as long as it takes a year with the northern army, it will be able to drag Zhu Youzhen's army down.

In terms of specific task allocation, the Eastern Route Army was formed by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and a large number of thief leaders who had just been attached to Zhu Yousong; Hong Chengchou led the Middle Route Army; And Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, who has been entrenched in the mountains of northwest Hubei Province, served as the Western Route Army. Hong Chengchou and Zuo Liangyu's troops were no less than 60,000, and the thieves were as many as more than 400,000, and there were more than 200,000 horses on the east and west roads. With so many troops, even if there are some guards in various places, there is no need to worry about it at all.

Zhu Yousong completely relieved himself after hearing this, pretended to be a gesture, and sighed: "It's not that this king and his father are greedy for the throne, it's really a faint king, and the society is declining, and this king has to raise a righteous army to save Xia Er." ”

Hong Chengchou also smiled fiercely: "What His Highness said is extremely true! Originally, the minister and the faint monarch had several relationships in Shaanxi, and the minister served as the governor of the three sides, protecting the territory, and naturally protected the faint monarch. But the faint king not only did not thank the ministers, but always wanted to attack the ministers; After ascending the throne, he intensified his efforts, almost did not give money and food to the army, and now he wants to replace his ministers with Lu Xiangsheng. If the minister mistakenly believes in the faint king, and obediently hands over the military power to return to the Beijing division, I am afraid that he will already be crushed by now! ”

Li Zicheng also said with a murderous face: "The last generals and others were originally good people, but the court had no way, and the last generals had to rise up." Now since it is from the dragon, it should be the force of death. A few years ago, at the end of the year, he was betrayed by the traitor Hao Shaoqi in Jingyang and suffered a miserable defeat, and now it's time to take this bad breath! ”

Zhu Yousong saw that the minions were expressing their loyalty, and the "dragon" Yan Dayue immediately ordered a banquet to reward the three armies, and they will go their separate ways in the coming day. Xiangwang's Mansion originally belonged to Zhu Yiming, but now Zhu Yousong has unceremoniously become the owner here.

The eunuch Ning hurriedly ordered a large number of guards and eunuchs to take over the Xiangwang Mansion, and the banquet was prepared in a short time, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas were put on the table. In addition to Zhu Yousong, Hong Chengchou, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, Hong Chengchou's subordinate generals Zu Kuan, Li Chengdong, and Liu Liangzuo, Li Zicheng's subordinate generals Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Fangliang, as well as Zhang Xianzhong's subordinate generals Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Ma Yuanli also attended the meeting. Only Gao Jie didn't dare to attend because he brought a green hat to Li Zicheng and had a ghost in his heart.

In addition, Hong Chengchou, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's personal soldiers also entered the Xiangwang Mansion in hundreds, all armed with sharp blades, eyeing the tiger. Because of the original stoppage between Hong Bing and the thieves, the two sides did not trust each other, although they all gathered under Zhu Yousong this time, they were still very wary of each other, although they talked and laughed on the surface, but they were just playing on the spot.

At the beginning of the banquet, Zhu Yousong got up to toast, and after some words of encouragement, the generals thanked him and drank it all, and then began to eat and drink to his heart's content.

Soon the atmosphere at the banquet became warm, although everyone had their own ghosts, but now they have the same interests, so they even played hotly, kept pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and soon had seven or eight points of drunkenness. Especially those illiterate generals, after drinking too much, they began to make some vulgar jokes, which made everyone laugh from time to time.

Zhu Yousong also inherited the genes of his father Zhu Changxun, and he likes wine the most, but in the past, he had to pretend to be a virtuous king in front of people, so he was quite self-controlled. But now that the matter has been decided, he seems to have seen the throne beckoning to him, plus a few glasses of spirits, how can he still hold it?

Yun Zijian saw it in his eyes, sneered in his heart, and stepped forward and said humbly: "Your Highness, there is no joy in wine, and you can't enjoy yourself." There is a singer and a singer, and she has good colors and arts, so it is better to let her sing and dance in front of the banquet. ”

There is a saying that is "full of warmth and silver desire", when Zhu Yousong was proud, he was even more overjoyed when he heard the words, and he repeatedly urged him to come quickly.

"Zheng!" Suddenly, hearing a crisp piano sound at the door of the Yin'an Palace, everyone was in good spirits, and they looked fixedly, but they saw a young girl holding a pipa in her hand and stepping into it with light dance steps. Behind her, there were more than a dozen graceful dancing girls, who escorted the girl to Zhu Yousong's banquet like the stars holding the moon.

The song played by this girl was "Pipa Xing" written by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, and its lyrics were very poignant. I only heard her sing: "The slave family was originally a woman in the capital, and her family lived under the shrimp toad tomb. Thirteen learned the pipa, and the name belongs to the first part of the teaching workshop. Qu Ba once taught good people to wear, and made up every time he was jealous of Qiu Niang. Wuling is young and entangled, and I don't know how many red silk songs are played. The silver grate of the head is shattered, and the blood-colored skirt is stained with wine. This year's laughter will be next year, and the autumn moon and spring breeze will be leisurely. The younger brother went to join the army and the aunt died, and the twilight went to the past. Kurama was snubbed in front of the door, and the eldest married a businesswoman. The businessman valued profit over parting, and Fuliang bought tea the month before. Go to the mouth of the river to guard the empty boat, around the boat moon and the river is cold. In the middle of the night, I dreamed of juvenile things, and I dreamed of tears and tears! ”

"Good!!" As soon as the girl sang, everyone roared and shouted. In fact, these rough people don't know how to rhyme and lyrics, they are obviously fascinated by the moving singing voices of the singers and the graceful dancing postures of the dancers. Especially under such a cold atmosphere, these women are still only wearing silk clothes as thin as cicada wings, and their snow-white skin looms under the silk clothes, which makes these people's mouths dry and their blood is full of blood.

And since the moment the girl who played the pipa entered the Yin'an Palace, Zhu Yousong's eyes never left her. Her elegant temperament, sweet smile, mellow singing voice, and graceful dancing posture are far better than all the women Zhu Yousong has seen before. In a trance, Zhu Yousong even had an illusion, isn't this the future queen who was given to him?

The girl sang and closed the piano, and gave Zhu Yousong a deep blessing. Zhu Yousong opened his mouth wide, staring at the girl dumbfounded, and didn't even say a word. Yun Zijian saw all this in his eyes, and stepped forward with an ambiguous smile: "Your Highness is drunk, how about letting this woman help His Highness go back to the palace to rest?" ”

"Okay, okay, okay..." Zhu Yousong's eyes had narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he grabbed the girl's outstretched wrist tightly, only to feel warm as jade, smooth as ice, and even more in his heart, he whispered with wine: "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the prince, the slave's name is Lei'er..."

The girl lightly opened her lips and looked back, but there was a trace of imperceptible sorrow in her eyebrows.

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