Zhu Youzhen was warmly invited to the county government by Li Zicheng, and secretly complained in his heart. But he didn't dare to say no, so he had to lead Rui'er and Li Zicheng to go hard, which was Li Zicheng's entourage.

As soon as I entered the county office, I found that there were two or three hundred people crowded into the spacious compound, all of whom were the leaders and generals of various bandits. Li Zicheng is Gao Yingxiang's general, and Gao Yingxiang is under the command of Wang Jiayin, so he took Zhu Youzhen and others to stand behind Wang Jiayin.

The head of the dragon god sat in the middle of the main seat. Seeing that everyone was seated, he went straight to the point and said: "This time, we have a total of 30 battalions of righteous armies, smuggled into Shanxi from Fenglingdu, and now we have captured Ruicheng County, which can be regarded as a victory." But how to go in the future, please also ask the brothers to brainstorm. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the courtyard suddenly became lively, and all the big and small leaders rushed to say their thoughts. These people are peasants or scoundrels, and there is no organization or discipline to speak of. For a while, the courtyard was full of people, almost noisy, Zhu Youzhen saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help shaking his head, and said in his heart that these people are really an out-and-out rabble.

Shen Yikui also frowned, and shouted: "Don't make any noise, come one by one!" The king is in charge of the plate, you can say it first! ”

Seeing that God Yikui spoke, the venue was really quiet. Wang Jiayin was the first to speak by name, although he felt very face-saving, but he was a person who had no opinions, so he looked at Wang Ziyong behind him.

Wang Ziyong's family was poor since he was a child, forced by life, and he also served as a monk for a few days, so he was nicknamed "Monk Wang". He was not as gentle as Wang Jiayin, and immediately slapped the table and said, "I don't think there's anything to discuss, let's grab it all the way!" Over a county to grab a county, over a government to grab a house, grab the light and pull down! ”

His view was quite representative, so as soon as he finished speaking, there were many cheers in the courtyard.

Shen Yikui said worriedly: "Zijin Liang, all the people present are their own brothers, and there is no need to hide anything." How many catties and taels we have, we all know it in our hearts. Although the total number of people in each battalion is no less than 200,000, the families of the elderly, children, women and children account for half of them. How many of the rest of the people can do it with the officials and soldiers? ”

When God said this, all the leaders were silent for a while. Of course, they knew that most of their subordinates were peasants, and they were usually okay with hoes, but if they really wanted to fight, it would be an international joke. When he was in Shaanxi, thousands of officers and soldiers often chased tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of thieves; If it weren't for the extremely mobile nature of the thieves and the use of coercion to force the people to rebel, I am afraid that they would have been killed a long time ago.

Wang Jiayin said hesitantly at this time: "In my opinion, let's try a few counties in Shanxi first." If you can fight, you can fight, and when you can't fight, you can simply go back to Shaanxi, which is our hometown after all, and everyone is familiar with it. ”

Li Zicheng listened, but he couldn't stop sneering. Gao Yingxiang saw him laughing and asked quietly, "Son-in-law, what good ideas do you have?" ”

It turned out that Gao Yingxiang had accepted Li Zicheng as his subordinate, and seeing that he was brave in battle and quite scheming, he loved him very much, so he married his daughter to Li Zicheng to win his heart.

Li Zicheng immediately whispered a few words to Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang was overjoyed when he heard this, and encouraged Li Zicheng: "Say it out loud, I will support you!" ”

Li Zicheng took the case and said: "Leaders, I have a word, please refer to it!" ”

When Wang Jiayin saw Li Zicheng speak, he glared at Gao Yingxiang very dissatisfied, which means how do you discipline your subordinates, and you want to disagree with me.

Gao Yingxiang rolled his eyes upward, pretending not to see it, and Wang Jiayin was immediately so angry that his hands and feet were cold. It turned out that Gao Yingxiang saw that Wang Jiayin was a cowardly person, and he had already intended to stand on his own feet after breaking away from him, so he just sent his son-in-law to appear at this time to frustrate Wang Jiayin's prestige.

Seeing this, Shen Yikui smiled secretly in his heart, thinking that if Wang Jiayin's department was infighting, he would just sit on the throne of the big dragon head and sit more stable.

So he smiled kindly at Li Zicheng and said, "Break into the general, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

"Big dragon heads, leaders!" Li Zicheng said impassionedly, "I thought we shouldn't be too short-sighted, just thinking about grabbing silver, food, and women." We should set a goal to completely overthrow the imperial court! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Although these bandit leaders have rebelled, most of them are small and rich, and they can eat and drink enough to play with women. As for overthrowing the imperial court and changing the dynasty, I didn't think about it at all.

Zhu Youzhen also secretly said in his heart: Li Zicheng is worthy of a generation of heroes, and he has a higher vision than other bandit leaders! It's just that his sentence "Eighteen children's main artifact" has also played a role in fueling the fire?

Shen Yikui also said in surprise: "Your tone is not small. But do you know that the imperial court has millions of soldiers, and how many people are there when we are full? ”

Li Zicheng said confidently: "Big dragon head! Although there were many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, the most elite troops were all in Liaodong. They can't even take care of the Jurchens, how can they have the energy to deal with us? As for the troops in other places, not only are they much inferior in combat effectiveness, but their forces are also very scattered. Taking the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi as an example, those who dare to chase after us are only a few thousand, and at most there are no more than 10,000. Could it be that more than 100,000 or 200,000 of us are desperate, and even a few thousand of us can't do it? ”

As soon as he said this, all the leaders felt justified and shouted one after another: "Yes! In the past, when we heard that the official army was coming, our first reaction was to run away, why didn't we think of fighting with the official army in a dignified manner? Simply kill them back to Shaanxi and kill them without leaving a piece of armor! ”

"You misunderstood me!" Li Zicheng still said eloquently, "I think we should broaden our horizons and not be limited to Shaanxi!" ”

"Then you want to toss in Shanxi?" Shen Yikui saw that there were many people who echoed Li Zicheng, and his heart suddenly felt unhappy, and his cold gaze fell straight on Li Zicheng's face.

"It's not Shanxi either." Li Zicheng couldn't help sneering in his heart, and secretly said that these people, including Shen Yikui, are really some frogs at the bottom of the well, and it seems that he should be the master of the artifact!

He took the time to pick up the tea prepared for Wang Jiayin on the table, took a sip before saying slowly: "Actually, I also thought of it from today's conflict with the Eight Great Kings. Think about it, if our thirty battalions of men and horses are gathered in one place, the combat effectiveness will not increase much, but it will add a lot of trouble when dividing the spoils. It's better to divide the troops and orient them, each based on a province, echoing each other from afar, and everyone will be able to eat enough! ”

"That's right!" Zhang Xianzhong also clapped his hands and laughed, "In this way, we will be divided into thirty shares, and the officials and soldiers just want to suppress it, how can they suppress it?" He suppressed Shaanxi, and the leaders of Shanxi went into action; He suppressed Shanxi, and the leader of Henan can involve him a lot of energy! ”

"But dividing troops is a taboo for soldiers," Shen Yikui was born in the official army after all, and he was still worried, "What if the official army comes to break through one by one?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled slightly and said: "We are not all divided, the most elite battalions can be gathered together, and while the other battalions are in full swing and the officers and soldiers are overwhelmed, they will raid Fengyang from the East Road and dig out the old nest of the imperial court!" ”

The leaders were stunned for a moment, and suddenly roared. Zhu Youzhen broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, thinking that this Li Zicheng was really vicious enough!

Shen Yikui was very dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, thinking that if he adopted his opinion, his authority would be seriously challenged.

So he shook his head arrogantly and said, "It's easy for you to say. The strength of the officers and soldiers in each province is also different, if you follow your arrangement, who wants to go to a province with more officers and soldiers? also raided Fengyang, that Fengyang is the central capital of the imperial court, and the ancestral tombs of the emperor Lao'er are all there, how can he not be heavily armed? No, we're going to make a mess! Your idea is too risky to be feasible, so don't give it back to me! ”

Li Zicheng was robbed by Shen Yikui, although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to argue forcibly, so he had to retreat behind Gao Yingxiang sullenly.

Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was fortunate to have an incompetent person like Shen Yikui, otherwise Li Zicheng's plan would really succeed.

As a result, the "Heroes Conference" turned the world upside down, and no results were discussed until late at night. In the end, Wang Jiayin's opinion was adopted, and he took a step at a time!

Shen Yikui was just about to announce the dismissal of the meeting, when he suddenly heard a muffled sound from the direction of the south of Ruicheng City. His face changed, and he said nervously: "Could it be that the official army is here!" ”

Not long after, Tanma really came to report: "Tongguan garrison He Renlong led 2,000 men and horses across the river and began to set up artillery to attack the city!" ”

The leaders were still impassioned just now, and they had to fight hard with the officers and soldiers; But now that I heard that the official army was really coming, they were all like deflated balls, and they all wanted to quickly lead the team to smear oil on the soles of their feet and preserve their strength.

Zhu Youzhen was secretly overjoyed, thinking that Sun Chuanting really fulfilled his mission and brought the rescuers!

Seeing that everyone was retreating, it was not surprising that Shen Yikui was also expected. He rolled his eyes, stared at Li Zicheng with bad intentions, and said, "General, didn't you just say that you were going to fight a decisive battle with the official army?" In this way, it will be up to you to stop this official army, and we will continue to go north and attack Jiezhou and Hedong. Wang Da is in charge of the plate, what do you think? ”

Wang Jiayin was also annoyed that Li Zicheng spoke indiscriminately, so he agreed.

Although Li Zicheng was very angry, he thought that he had no less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and was assisted by Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Hao Shaoqi and other fierce generals, but he really wanted to fight with the officers and soldiers and establish authority in the 30th battalion. Therefore, he led the generals to the top of the city and dragged Zhu Youzhen and others by his side.

Zhu Youzhen was in a hurry, and secretly thought that if he didn't get out in time, the official army would attack the city for a while, and the shells would not have eyes.

At this moment, Liu Zongmin inadvertently glanced at Zhu Youzhen, and his eyes still revealed distrust of him.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly had an idea, thinking to himself why not be like this, and pretend to be a ghost to the end!