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Thinking that the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, which was not inferior in combat strength and broke into the camp, was forced to surrender by Xiong Wencan, his heart was cold.

After looking thoughtfully in the direction of Huguang for a while, he turned his head and said to Gu Junen with a solemn expression: "I didn't expect Xiong Wencan to use troops so powerfully, it seems that we will pay attention to this person in the future." After the star Hui Dengxiang arrived from Baoji, we discussed the next move. ”

In Gucheng County, Zhang Xianzhong read Xiong Wencan's letter of persuasion, and couldn't help but be stunned, the letter told him that the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo had surrendered to the whole army, and after a while, he reacted, roared and said loudly: "Impossible, impossible, this is the trick of the government, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo has tens of thousands of horses, and it has been fought in several provinces, and the British and Huoshan areas have been operated by Geli Yanhe Yilong and others for many years, and they will not be easily broken by the official army." ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "I also don't believe that this matter is true, as far as we know, Xiong Wencan does not have any powerful generals, what ability does he have to destroy the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution?" ”

"Yes, Wenxiu is right. Could it be that this Xiong Wencan is even more powerful than Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting? Ainengchi said.

"Father, this matter may be true, otherwise, if this is not the case, how could Xiong Wencan come to Gucheng in person, the fifth battalion of Gezuo is active around Wuchang Mansion, since he has come here, it means that his rear has been calmed, Lao Huihui and others have been captured by him, and he has no worries." Li Dingguo analyzed.

After listening to the words of a few people, Zhang Xianzhong calmed down and thought with a gloomy face.

He thought to himself: "If the fifth battalion of the left is really finished, with his Zhang Xianzhong's strength, he can't beat Zuo Liangyu and Chen Hongfan at all, although there are still two people in the Central Plains, Liu Guoneng and Cao Cao Luo Rucai, but Liu Guoneng has a gap with himself, and he will not bring troops to rescue him at all, Luo Rucai is too slippery, in the face of Xiong Wencan's army, this person will not use his strength to save, although Li Zicheng is capable, but he is far away, and the water is far away from him. For this time, it is better to act only if you find out the situation. ”。

Thinking of this, he said slowly: "Dingguo, you and Kewang went to find Xiong Wencan, and said that they wanted to meet Lao Huihui and the other five people, and when we saw them, we would consider what to do next." ”

Zhang Xianzhong knew the character of Lao Huihui and the other five people, and he still didn't believe in the surrender of Xiong Wencan by the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo.

"Yes!" Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang bowed and hugged their fists.

Rope down the city wall, the two tied their hands to the camp of the official army, said their intentions, and were escorted by the officers and soldiers to Xiong Wencan's big tent, Xiong Wencan was proud and Liu Wencai was planning how to attack Gucheng.

"Dashuai, as long as you attack Gucheng and capture Zhang Xianzhong alive, Dashuai's merits will far exceed that of Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou and other adults, and when the time comes, Dashuai will be the first hero to encircle and suppress Kou." Liu Wencai said with a respectful smile.

As soon as he said this, the Chinese military officer came to report: "Zhang Xianzhong sent someone to see the marshal, and he has something to tell the marshal." ”

"Oh? Is the book of surrender coming, come in quickly. Xiong Wencan said to Liu Wencai with a smile on his face.

The fifth battalion of the left surrendered, if Zhang Xianzhong surrendered again, then he Xiong Wencan would be the first able minister of the Ming Dynasty, and his status in the emperor's mind would be amazing, and if he entered the cabinet, there would be hope.

Thinking of the splendid future of the supreme minister in the future, his heart was as sweet as drinking honey.

The lieutenant officer was ordered to go out.

After a while, he brought Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang into the big tent

After the body search, the guards untied their hands.

After brushing his beard and looking at the two of them, Xiong Wencan said with a cold face: "What is the matter with Zhang Xianzhong sending you two to see the governor?" But he who came to offer the Book of Surrender? ”

"Lord Xiong, you said in the letter of persuasion that the 5th Battalion of Gezuo has surrendered, I don't know if it's true?" Li Dingguo said.

Xiong Wencan said in a deep voice: "Such a big matter, how can this governor joke, Mr. Liu, you bring the imperial court newspaper to let them see, you will know whether this matter is true or false." ”

"Di Bao" is also known as "Di Bao" (also known as Di Banknote), and has the name of "Chao Bao", "Article Newspaper" and "Miscellaneous Newspaper", all four use the word "Bao", it can be seen that it is a kind of annunciative news used for notification, and it is a news copy specially used for the imperial court to transmit documents and political information about the government and government.

As a newspaper, Di Bao first appeared in the early Western Han Dynasty (about the second century BC). At that time, the Western Han Dynasty implemented the county system, which was divided into several counties in the country, and the counties were divided into several counties. Each county has an office in Beijing in the capital Chang'an, this residence is called "Di", sent a permanent representative, their task is to do liaison work between the emperor and the heads of the counties, regularly the emperor's edicts, edicts, official documents such as ministers' recitals, as well as court events and other relevant political information, written on bamboo slips or silk silk, and then by the messenger riding fast horses, through the Qin Dynasty established post road, transmitted to the county governors. This is the background of the birth of "Di Bao".

Liu Wencai found the newspaper and handed it over.

After reading the Di newspaper, Li Dingguo was silent for a while, and then said: "Lord Xiong, can we take this Di Bao away and let my stepfather take a look at it to make a decision?" ”

"You take it and let Zhang Xianzhong take a good look at it, and tell him that the governor only gave him three days, and if he doesn't come out of the city and surrender after three days, the governor will wave his army to attack the city." Xiong Wencan looked at the two of them with a majestic face and said.

Back in Gucheng County, Li Dingguo handed the newspaper to Zhang Xianzhong.

After looking at it several times, Zhang Xianzhong had a dark face and muttered: "It seems that the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo has really surrendered, it has really surrendered......"

Seeing his sad appearance, Pan Duao comforted: "Dashuai, you don't have to be sad, as the saying goes, 'stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood', at present, the official army is strong, we will temporarily surrender, avoid the limelight, after this period of time, once the official army is transferred away, the situation is not tight, we will start again, it is not impossible." ”

"This Xiong Wencan will not live here for the rest of his life, the war here is over, Zuo Liangyu and Chen Hongfan are also going to be transferred, after we surrender, we just recuperate for a period of time, secretly recruit troops, build weapons, and when the strength is restored, we will see the opportunity to raise the banner of rebellion." Xu Yixian is also in line with the Tao.

After listening to the words of the two military advisors, Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a while, nodded and said: "It's rare for you two to talk about one place, according to Lao Tzu's opinion, this method is to be obtained, so do it." Lao Tzu lowered his head first, and let his surname Xiong be proud for a few days."

Li Dingguo said: "Having said that, if Xiong Wencan breaks up our army, it will be a fake. ”

"yes, this is a key matter, there is no army in hand, and it is a matter of." Zhang Xianzhong said.

After thinking carefully for a while, Xu Yixian said: "I heard that this Xiong Wencan is very greedy for money, why don't we use money to open the way, and spend money to make him agree to let us keep the army." ”

"This Xiong Wencan is not stupid, will he agree?" Sun Kewang asked.

"Let's try it, I've seen a lot of monsters like Lu Xiangsheng, and few people will have trouble with money." Zhang Xianzhong scoffed.

He has rebelled for nearly ten years, and has been besieged and annihilated several times, but with the help of gold and silver, he has escaped again and again, so he knows more about the virtues of Ming officials than he does about his son.

With Zhang Xianzhong's order, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo went to Xiong Wencan's big tent again.

After meeting again, the two said that Zhang Xianzhong was going to surrender, Xiong Wencan heard that Zhang Xianzhong was going to surrender, he was very happy, and asked with a smile: "When will you open the city and surrender?" ”

After a pause, Li Dingguo said, "My lord, my stepfather has a request that I hope you will consider. ”

"What requirements?" Xiong Wencan asked.

"My father-in-law said that the world is in turmoil now, and he has killed many officers and generals, and the families of these people are his enemies, in order to ensure his own safety, he hopes to keep a certain number of troops as guards, and when the world is stable, he will cut off these retained troops."

"Nonsense. There is no reason to keep the army after surrendering. Xiong Wencan reprimanded loudly, and his staff member Liu Wencai also said suspiciously: "What is your intention in keeping the army?" Do you want to rebel against the court again? ”

Glancing at Liu Wencai, Li Dingguo said: "Don't talk nonsense about this gentleman, my father-in-law doesn't mean this, he really surrenders to the imperial court." ”

"Since Zhang Xianzhong sincerely surrendered to the imperial court, what does he mean by keeping the army?" Xiong Wencan asked loudly, he was a veteran of officialdom, and he knew that there was a huge hidden danger in the surrendered rogue leader to retain the army.

Li Dingguo said slowly: "He took a letter and handed it to us, and asked me to give it to Lord Xiong, and he said that the adults would consider our request after reading his reasons." ”

"What letter? Show me. Xiong Wencan said.

took out the gift list, and staff member Liu Wencai took it and handed it to Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan took it and tore open the envelope and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, in the letter, Zhang Xianzhong said that as long as Xiong Wencan agreed to his request to keep the army, he was willing to offer 20,000 taels of gold and 300,000 taels of silver as a reward, if he didn't agree, he had to fight to the death, turning Gucheng into a ruin, so that Xiong Wencan could not get anything.

After reading Zhang Xianzhong's letter, Xiong Wencan pondered.