Zhu Changyuan took a deep breath, thought carefully for a long time, and finally waved his hand and said: "Fight, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, just to wronged the Governor Xiong, and bear this notoriety for this general!" ”

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Li Zicheng's palace.

The cups are messy, and there is jubilation.

Zicheng personally picked up a glass of wine and said to a majestic-looking and tall man: "Zong Min can come this time, it's really a big help, hehe." ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Liu Zongmin knelt down, kowtowed to Li Zicheng a few times, and then reached out to take a full cup of turbid wine handed to him by Li Zicheng, and said: "Hearing the king's transmission, his subordinates didn't stop, and finally missed the military period and arrived early." ”

"Good!" Li Zicheng personally had a drink with Liu Zongmin.

"Zong Min, come, sit here with the widow." Li Zicheng took Liu Zongmin's arm and pulled him down on his throne all the way, and the two of them sat in the same north.

At this moment, the ministers below were all stunned, and looked at Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin in surprise one by one.

Liu Zongmin also seemed to realize something, suddenly jumped up from his seat, took a few steps back and knelt down, and said: "King, your subordinates don't dare, your subordinates will die!" ”

"Get up." Li Zicheng insisted on pulling Liu Zongmin up, pressed on the seat again, he stood up by himself, and said loudly to the civil and military officials: "Zong Min's parents died since he was a child, and he grew up with his uncle since he was a child, I am his uncle's best friend, and I regard Zong Min as a brother in life and death. ”

"Today! Zhu Changyuan deceived me. Zong Min ignored his fatigue and galloped all the way from Guyuan to help here, and the widow was very grateful. ”

Liu Zongmin stood up. He stepped back slightly and bowed to Li Zicheng. said: "The minister can't afford it, every grass and tree around the minister is given by the king, the king has a life, dare not obey?" ”

Liu Zongmin can be said to be the number one general under Li Zicheng, some time ago in Shaanxi led the army to rush left and right, one after another to break the Ming army's defense in Shaanxi, today is even more momentum to break Guyuan Town. Killed Lu Keju, the chief military officer of Guyuan, and the military resources of the Ming army in Guyuan Town were all in the hands of Liu Zongmin.

Guyuan, although it sounds like a town, is actually one of the nine important military towns set up in the north by the Ming Dynasty to defend against Mongolia, that is, one of the nine sides.

The three important towns of Shaanxi, Guyuan, Gansu and Ningxia, are also known as the three sides of Shaanxi.

It is conceivable that once Guyuan misses, the Ming Dynasty will have nothing to do with Shaanxi.

Liu Zongmin can be said to have made a lot of contributions.

"Say it again. I heard that the king was bullied by Zhu Changyuan, how dare the minister not work day and night, and come back this time. Leaving the large army in Guyuan to defend, the minister only brought 5,000 fine horsemen over, and he had to fight to the death with him Zhu Changyuan! ”

When Li Zicheng heard Zhu Changyuan, his brows furrowed slightly, and he immediately stretched, laughed, and said to Liu Zongmin: "The widow knows that every time Zong Min leads the army, he is invincible, but he can't despise Zhu Changyuan. I've had a few fights with this guy, and it's very tricky! ”

"yes." A civilian official below chimed in: "Although Zhu Changyuan only has 200 cavalry. However, the results achieved made the world speechless, and the former 200 people slaughtered Sun Xiaofeng in Fang County, which had already shocked the world. think that the world is invincible; But later, he used these two hundred cavalry to break Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 army, and forced Zhang Xianzhong to flee back to Shuzhong in panic with Li Dingguo alone. ”

"And!" The official continued to preach and said: "Chongzhen Lao'er transferred Zhu Changyuan's subordinates back to Beijing Qinwang, but I didn't expect that before Zhu Changyuan entered Beijing, Huang Taiji fled in a hurry with his 200,000 troops. ”

"Hey, hey." Li Zicheng sneered twice and interrupted the civil official's words.

Although what he said is also the truth, it is a pity that this is his Li Zicheng's territory, and it is impossible to allow this goods to advocate Zhu Changyuan vigorously, otherwise, all his subordinates will be afraid, and they will be a mess in Shaanxi in the future!

"Smack!" Liu Zongmin slapped one hand on the table and said hatefully: "Others are afraid of him, but I am not afraid of him." ”

Liu Zongmin was naturally not afraid of him, he was so confident, because when he came, he quietly prepared a big gift for Zhu Changyuan, and he believed that after this big gift was taken out, Zhu Changyuan and his two hundred iron horsemen would be crippled even if they did not die.

To put it another way, in fact, this is a strategy of Li Zicheng.

Thinking that when Zhu Changyuan first came to Shaanxi, he Li Zicheng sent money and sent the city to ask for peace, could it be said that Li Zicheng was such an easy person to swallow his anger? Or will he be able to swallow it?

No way.

This is just a delaying tactic, a tactic.

Not only Li Zicheng, but also Niu Jinxing, who gave him advice at that time, is not an ordinary person, this thing is the No. 2 strategist under Li Zicheng in history except for Li Xin, not only good at calculation, but also better understand people's hearts.

Similarly, it was this product who finally slandered Li Zicheng and killed Li Xin.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying called wanting to capture the old man, sorry, the method that Niu Jinxing and Li Zicheng used to deal with Zhu Changyuan is to want to capture the old man.

After stabilizing Zhu Changyuan and giving him Huazhou City, the two of them secretly pointed their knives and guns at him as soon as they raised their heels, otherwise you think that Li Zicheng, who is famous, is a waste of fame.

That night, he sent people to Guyuan Town to ask Liu Zongmin to come over to support, of course, it doesn't matter if he brings fewer people, he must dismantle the 100 cannons at the head of Guyuan Town and transport them to Chang'an.

At the same time, from all over Shaanxi, as long as there are cannons, all of them have been requisitioned, plus the dozens of guns that originally existed in Chang'an City, a full collection of 300 guns.

Now, no, as long as it takes a few more days, these 300 cannons can be transported along Weishui to the territory of Huazhou Mansion overnight, and according to Niu Jinxing's plan, Zhu Changyuan will definitely die if he pulls down the outside of Huazhou City without knowing it.

Just kidding, no matter how powerful your cavalry is, no matter how invincible your iron armor is, can you fight artillery?

"This Ming Dynasty!" Li Zicheng paced around the palace with unprecedented confidence, raised a glass of wine, and said: "Under Zhu Changyuan, there is no good general, if Changyuan is killed in a battle, the Jingshi will be just around the corner, but you are all the heroes of this king, and you will be promoted to the rank of knight, just around the corner!" ”

"Long live the King!"

The people below also raised their wine glasses and cheered in unison at Li Zicheng.

However, while everyone was cheering, a dark-looking and thin man suddenly burst in from outside, knelt down in front of Zicheng, and then exhorted in an untimely and loud voice: "Don't act recklessly, my lord! ”

"Zhu Changyuan can make peace, the king must not disobey him, otherwise, if he is angry, the consequences will be unimaginable!" When he spoke, he raised his head, his eyes were full of sincerity, it was Li Zicheng's right-hand man, the military advisor Song Xiance.

"Strategist!" Li Zicheng was already half-drunk at this time, his laughter and drunkenness were intertwined, he twisted his body and came to Song Xiance's side to help him up from the ground, and said, "What is there to worry about? Zhu Changyuan is already a fish on the board, and when my knife comes, he can be burned at any time! ”

"Don't be a king!"

Song Xiance grabbed the drunken Li Zicheng and said: "Niu Jinxing's plan seems to be feasible, but it is actually a big mistake, I am afraid that the country that we have worked hard to fight will be buried here." ”

"Huh?" Li Zicheng was slightly unhappy, and the wine also woke up for three points.

However, as if he hadn't seen anything, Song Xiance still grabbed Li Zicheng and persuaded him: "Niu Jinxing's plan is naturally foolproof if it works, but the king thinks about it, if it fails, what should he do then?" ”

"Failure?" Li Zicheng was easily unhappy, snorted coldly, and put Song Xiance far away, saying: "The military advisor is alarmist, I haven't left the division yet, and I said that I failed, isn't it too much." ”

"Not excessive." Song Xiance got up from the ground, touched his forehead, and continued: "The art of war is cloudy, the husband and the temple count, if the king fails to encircle and suppress Zhu Changyuan this time, the consequences are unimaginable, and even if it is successful, as long as it fails to kill Zhu Changyuan, there will be endless troubles." Weichen admonished that dealing with Zhu Changyuan could only drive a wedge between him and the imperial court, and he must not directly conflict with him. ”

"Fart!" Li Zicheng was furious, smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground in one go, took advantage of the wine to point at Song Xiance and scolded, and said: "Erpifu, isn't it that Zhu Changyuan was scared after a trip to the military camp, or colluded with him to speak for him like this." ”

With Li Zicheng's loud shout, everyone who was drinking in the palace stopped talking, and the scene became deadly silent.

Niu Jinxing curled the corners of his mouth slightly, picked up the wine glass with a smile on his face, and drank it all at his mouth.

"King!" Song Xiance was so humiliated that he trembled with anger, his body was like a sifting chaff, he raised his fingers tremblingly, and pointed at Li Zicheng and said: "The subordinates are wholeheartedly devoted to the king, they all speak good medicine and bitter mouths, and their loyal words are against their ears, which is really good." The king is not yet on the throne of the Ninety-Five, so he despises the literati so much, if so... Alas! ”

Li Zicheng laughed for a while, looking at Song Xiance as if he was looking at a dead man, for so many years, even Liu Zongmin, who has never left an inch, has never been so presumptuous in front of him, a little literati, he dares to laugh at me, it is unbearable.

"Black guy!" Zicheng's eyes narrowed slightly, slapped him on the table hard, his teeth gurgle, and he sneered, "Song Xiance, Song Xiance, I really didn't misunderstand you!" ”

"Where's the left and right?"

"In!" Four tower-like men came in from outside the palace and bowed their hands to Li Zicheng, and then the two of them grabbed the black and thin Song Xiance.

"Take down this black guy and put him in prison!" Li Zicheng waved his hand, pointed at Song Xiance, and said: "The military advisor has been wronged in prison for a few days, and this king will send troops to Huazhou in a few days. (To be continued.) )