To tell the truth, this large sum of money really moved Xiong Wencan's heart, this is a huge amount of money that he will not get in his life, "Today's saint has no longevity, and he doesn't know how long he can be the governor of the five provinces, and he doesn't know how long he will be in the future, if he doesn't agree to this Zhang Xianzhong, he can only have a bloody battle with him in the end, this Zhang Xianzhong is extremely cunning, and it is difficult to say whether he can be captured alive in the end." If the pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info accept Zhang Xianzhong's request, not only can he get this large amount of money, but also have the merit of surrendering, this Zhang Xianzhong after this blow, it is difficult to recover his strength in three or five years, and after three or five years, maybe the rogue has been wiped out, and when the time comes, he is isolated and helpless, how dare he rebel again. ”

Thinking of this, Xiong Wencan said: "I have read Zhang Xianzhong's letter, and it makes some sense, but I still have to discuss it with the generals and reply to you tomorrow." ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang knew that there was a play, glanced at each other, and bowed down to leave.

"What? Zhang Xianzhong wants to surrender? And to keep the army? Isn't this a fake surrender? No, I firmly oppose it," Zuo Liangyu said loudly.

He and Zhang Xianzhong have a grudge against killing their brother, and they can't wait to kill the surnamed Zhang immediately, so they naturally don't want Zhang Xianzhong to surrender.

Chen Hongfan, the chief soldier of Denglai, stood up and said: "Marshal, what Zhang Xianzhong said also makes sense, there are many Ming generals and officials who have been killed by him over the years, and he is afraid of retaliation after surrendering, and this kind of self-preservation is also understandable." ”。

Zhang Xianzhong was a soldier in Liangzhuo, Yansui Town, and was captured by Chen Hongfan because of the noise, and was beheaded according to the law, but Chen Hongfan saw that he was burly, loud and powerful, and had a yellow beard, and felt that this person's appearance was extraordinary, and remembered that Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty rescued Guo Ziyi at the execution ground, and Guo Ziyi later led his troops to fight against the Anshi Rebellion and saved the story of the Tang Dynasty, so he released him.

Now that he heard that Zhang Xianzhong was going to surrender to the imperial court, Chen Hongfan was happy and wanted to promote this matter.

In his heart, he also wanted to emulate Li Bai and leave a good story in history.

It's a pity that Chen Hongfan doesn't have Li Bai's vision, he sees a capricious historical thug as a pillar, Zhang Xianzhong surrendered and rebelled, and the development of history since then mercilessly mocked him,

As for the Shandong guerrilla Fang Guoliang, the Anhui general Shi Yigong, the Hubei general Zhou Yonggui, the Sichuan Dusi Su Sangui and other generals, they also hoped to preserve their strength, and did not want their own army to fight hard with Zhang Xianzhong's rogue team.

They know the truth of the trapped beast fighting, and in the end, no one can predict how many of their soldiers are left, rather than losing both, it is better to take a step back, as for whether Zhang Xianzhong will rebel in the future, that is the matter of the imperial court.

Seeing that in addition to Zuo Liangyu's opposition, all the generals supported it, Xiong Wencan was very happy, he twisted his gray beard and said: "General Zuo, I know that you and Zhang Xianzhong have a grudge against killing your brother, but God has the virtue of a good life, and Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates are also the people of my Ming Dynasty, and they can't be completely wiped out. ”

Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu knew that he couldn't kill Zhang Xianzhong, and it was difficult to avenge the revenge of killing his brother, so he stood up and said angrily and loudly: "The surname Xiong, I have reminded you that this Zhang Xianzhong is a fake surrender, since you don't listen, you still have to insist on going your own way, and if something happens in the future, it will be your responsibility." After speaking, Xiong Wencan, who was sitting behind the case without asking for advice, strode out as if no one was around.

"Stop me." Xiong Wencan stood up angrily and pointed at Zuo Liangyu who was far away and shouted loudly.

Zuo Liangyu didn't even bother to turn his head back, and walked away unhurriedly.

"You wait, the old man wants you to look good." Xiong Wencan said angrily.

Xiong Wencan played Zhang Xianzhong's surrender, and after the deliberation of the cabinet, Emperor Chongzhen agreed that Zhang Xianzhong led the peasant army of his headquarters to be recruited by the imperial court in Gucheng (now Gucheng County, Hubei Province), and awarded him the official title of deputy general, and the station Wangjiahe was also renamed Taiping Town, in order to show the meaning of the truce.

Zhao Guohua returned to Macheng County, convened a meeting, talked about entering Beijing, and then took out the holy decree and said: "This is the emperor's holy decree, according to His Majesty's edict, the Ji'an garrison was renamed the Ming Loyal Protector Army, and I was appointed as the governor of Sipin." ”

"Okay, we're finally officially in the army." Cheng Chong and the others said happily, but Lao Huihui and the others did not make a sound.

After glancing at everyone, Zhao Guohua said: "Lu Qing, you and Liu Youtian go back to Jinggangshan, bring Wang Hu and others and the team back, Zhang Shun goes back to Yongxin County, and informs Sun Laohan that if they have anything to do, they will fly pigeons to Macheng, and Ma Bao and Sun Fu's left-behind team will be renamed the Yongxin County Left-behind Team of the Loyal and Righteous Protector Army." ”

"Yes!" Lu Qing and Liu Youtian happily agreed.

"Yes," Zhang Shun agreed

After knowing the news that Zhang Xianzhong surrendered Xiong Wencan, Li Zicheng didn't sleep all night, as soon as the morning dawned, he convened his generals and the stars of the sky Hui Dengxiang, the mixed stars Zhang Dashou and so on to hold a meeting, he said: "Brothers, the fifth battalion of the left has surrendered to the government in Dabie Mountain, and now the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong has surrendered in Gucheng County, Hubei Province, and the entire Ming Dynasty's righteous army is only left with us and Cao Cao and Liu Guoneng and other departments, and now we are facing Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou's attack, the situation is grim, Whether it is a battle or a surrender, please give your opinion. ”

After listening to Li Zicheng's words, everyone was silent for a while. For a while, no one spoke.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Li Zicheng laughed and said loudly: "Since everyone hasn't thought about it, then I'll talk about it first, the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636 AD)." In May of this year, I and the Dengxiang brothers and other troops fought with the Ming army on the front line of Yulin and Suide in northern Shaanxi. When taking advantage of the victory to attack Mizhi, I accidentally fell into the ambush of the Ming general He Renlong, plus the heavy rain from the sky, and in the end, I only had more than 100 horses left to escape. Soon, King Gao Yingxiang was unfortunately captured and killed. Many of the leaders of the rebel army were pessimistic and disappointed because of this, defected, and begged for peace. However, I was unmoved, defeated and not discouraged, united with other rebels in northern Shaanxi, successively conquered Yanchuan, Suide, and Mizhi, and then went south to Sichuan, as if entering a no-man's land, the prefectures and towns that I passed, there are the same decay, now our team is much stronger than I was then, I Li Zicheng is confident that I can defeat the encirclement and suppression of the official army, therefore, I will not surrender. ”

"Yes. King Chuang was right. Our difficulties are temporary, the Ming court has to deal with us, but also to deal with the Tartars, he does not have so many troops, Shaanxi has Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou two people, we can't fight them, we avoid these two people to develop elsewhere, I don't believe that the governor elsewhere is also so difficult to deal with. Tian Jianxiu said.

"I don't know if others will surrender or not, but I, Liu Zongmin, will never surrender, I will follow wherever you Brother Li go, and I will never be a dog of the government." Liu Zongmin patted his chest and said loudly

Hao Shaoqi, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun, Hao Shaoqi, Yuan Zongdi, Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Wu Ruyi and other generals under Li Zicheng expressed their determination not to surrender.

Seeing this, Hui Dengxiang, Zhang Dashou and others also expressed their willingness to obey Li Zicheng's command.

"I knew that the two brothers would not surrender to the government...... Li Zicheng said with a smile

After laughing, he restrained his smile and said solemnly: "Brothers are of the same heart, its benefits are broken, since everyone is unwilling to surrender to the government, then we can't wait here for the official army to encircle and suppress us, I and Gu Junshi discussed a plan some time ago, now say it for everyone to hear, if you have no opinion, you will implement it accordingly." After speaking, Li Zicheng raised his hand and gestured to Gu Junen.

"The plan is like this, our army will start from here, quickly rush to Qinzhou, after capturing Qinzhou, replenish grain and grass in Qinzhou, and then Hanzhong, Hanzhong is located in the southwest of Shaanxi, the upper reaches of the Han River, north of the Qinling Mountains, Nanping Daba Mountain, the terrain is high in the north and south, low in the middle, the middle is the Hanzhong Basin, and the Hanzhong Basin is a famous granary, and the population is large, once our army occupies Hanzhong, not only can we get a lot of money and grain supplements, but also can expand our ranks, which will be of great benefit to the rapid recovery of the strength of our army......"

Gu Junen said the plan he had discussed with Li Zicheng before.

"Not bad! It's a good move. Chaotian Star said with a big grin.

The person who passed the sky star Hui Deng was also a person who could fight, otherwise he would not have become the leader of one of the thirteen families. After listening to Li Zicheng's plan, he also felt good, but thinking of the status of Hanzhong Mansion, he said a little worriedly: "This move is good, but in such an important place, will Sun Chuanting not be heavily defended?" ”

Smiling, Li Zicheng said: "Sun Chuanting's troops are limited, and now he is busy encircling and suppressing the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun, shooting the sky Li Wanqing and others, the strength of the city is limited, and he didn't expect that our army would attack Hanzhong Mansion for a long time, as long as our army moves quickly, when he reacts, our army has occupied Hanzhong for a long time." ”

After listening to his analysis, everyone had no opinions, so after the meeting, they began to make preparations.

Zhang Shun and Lu Qing and Liu Youtian went to Yongxin to do their own errands

I heard that the loyal team has been renamed by the emperor as the Ming Loyal to the Protector Army, Mingfeng Village was jubilant, everyone bought firecrackers to set off, I heard that Zhang Shun was ordered to come back, Yongxin County ordered Song Zhong and Master Niu Decao and the head catcher Wang Tiehan also brought chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep and other gifts to congratulate, the children in the village made trouble, the adults laughed, and they have been making trouble for two days.

On the third day, even Meng Liangchen, the prefect of Ji'an, and Chen Sheng, the prefect of Bingbeidao, also sent gifts.

In Yongxin County, Yang Degui cried and drank silently.