Chapter 265: See Li Zicheng Again
The meeting between Zhang Chu and Zuo Liangyu was a great meeting, a successful meeting, and this meeting strengthened Zuo Liangyu's determination to make money. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he decided to join forces with Ma Wanli and Zhang Chu to carry out this beautiful cause of making money. Zhang Chu invisibly pushed Zuo Liangyu the road to becoming a warlord. He was also going to take this road, but with Zhang Chu's intervention, he went faster.
The general direction has been determined, and the specific details will be discussed in detail by professional businessmen such as Ma Wanli and Wang Jijie. Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Chu didn't have anything to do. The two sat there and looked at each other, Zhang Chu opened his mouth to say something, but finally held back. Because Zhang Chu recalled Zuo Liangyu's experience in history, he found that the two did not have any intersection in thought and action, and now Zhang Chu contacted him only because Zuo Liangyu was a warlord force that appeared earlier in the late Ming Dynasty.
Zuo Liangyu's mind was also calculating rapidly, the more the young man in front of him looked less like a businessman's child, but he didn't worry more about this matter, and the things he needed couldn't get in the hands of serious businessmen, but Zuo Liangyu decided to stay away from these people and keep things as secret as possible, so as not to be bitten by the civil officials in the court.
Wang Jijie and Ma Wanli soon negotiated the details of the transaction. The two sides parted in a pleasant atmosphere, and Zhang Chu saw that the things to be done in Kaifeng had almost been done, so he left Yu Chunguang and Wang Jijie to contact Ma Wanli about the transaction in Kaifeng. Zhang Chu decided to do one more thing and return to Yuncheng.
What Zhang Chu wanted to do was to meet Li Zicheng and others who had fled to Henan. Most of the rebels who had been operating in Shanxi crossed the Yellow River and entered Henan under the blows of Hong Chengchou, and their situation did not improve much after they arrived in Henan. In order to keep their property, the local officials and soldiers in Henan and the landlords in some places formed the township to resist the attack of the rebels. They left Shanxi and farther and farther away from Zhang Chu, and the supply of swords and other weapons became a problem.
Zhang Chu provided weapons to Zuo Liangyu, who commanded the Henan official army, and the strength of the Henan official army would be stronger. Zhang Chu didn't want to see the life of the official army so comfortable, so he decided to add fuel to the fire for the rebel army in Henan, especially Zhang Chu placed great hopes on Li Zicheng's team.
Zhang Chu always believed that he could develop in the chaotic era of the late Ming Dynasty, and Li Zicheng must have his advantages.
Under Zhang Chu's arrangement, the Bureau of Statistics has always been well aware of the activities of the rebels from all walks of life. It was very easy for Zhang Chu to know the location of Li Zicheng's activities. Zhang Chu, who received the report, sketched on the map and determined his course of action, and he decided to go to various places in Henan to have a look. The main purpose is to meet Li Zicheng, if he can successfully persuade Li Zicheng to join the security army, it will be beneficial to both Zhang Chu and Li Zicheng.
Guo Xiyuan and others strongly opposed Zhang Chu's plan, believing that it was too dangerous and that the security army in Henan must have limited strength. If Li Zicheng and others do not pay attention to faithfulness, Zhang Chu's situation will be very difficult.
However, Zhang Chu has his own ideas, on the one hand, he believes in Li Zicheng's character, and on the other hand, Zhang Chu thinks that many things have no accurate feeling without looking at them in person.
At Zhang Chu's insistence, other people's opposition was meaningless, and Guo Xiyuan could only send people to secretly strengthen the protection of Zhang Chu.
Li Zicheng's men and horses have experienced battles with the official army again and again in Henan, and the backbone of the team is constantly decreasing, and the total number of troops is indeed increasing, because there are always hungry people who can't survive to join the team. Moreover, Li Zicheng's troops, like other rebels, moved around and fought without a fixed base area, which forced them to take their parents, children, and other non-combatants with them at all times. Li Zicheng organized these family members into an old camp, which was mainly cared for by his nephew Li Guo.
On this day, Li Zicheng and his team had just entered a small village in a mountain col, and settled down the personnel to prepare for a rest and recuperation. At this moment the sentry on the outskirts came running and reported that a dozen men on horseback were approaching the village.
Li Zicheng immediately led his cavalry to meet the comers. A dozen people on horseback is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that if these dozen people know their location to attract officials and soldiers, everyone has to move and move, which is too troublesome.
Looking at the sudden appearance of the rebel cavalry, Zhang Chu did not panic, reined in his horse and waited for them to approach.
Li Zicheng and the others also felt that there was no hostility from the visitors, so Li Zicheng personally carried the horse forward to check the situation.
When he saw Zhang Chu, who was sitting on a horse and looking at him with a smile, Li Zicheng was taken aback.
Zhang Chu is now an alternative in the rebel army, others were beaten by Hong Chengchou and ran all over Henan, while Zhang Chu was beaten by Hong Chengchou all over the place looking for teeth. Other people's subordinates are not well fed and clothed, but Zhang Chu at this time has several counties, so the officials and soldiers have no choice.
"Brother Cheng, we met again, how did this time go." Zhang Chu greeted Li Zicheng from afar.
"Zhang Dashuai, what kind of wind is blowing you here. Come inside, please. Li Zicheng is indeed very strange about Zhang Chu's whereabouts. Now the place where people are located is not completely controlled by the rebels, and there are tens of thousands of horses in their hands, all of which are a threat to Zhang Chu.
Zhang Chu generously followed Li Zicheng into the village. The alarm in the village was lifted and people began to get busy.
"How's the team doing?" Zhang Chu asked Li Zicheng as he walked.
"The landlords' armed forces in Henan are very stubborn, and the combat effectiveness of the officers and troops is stronger than that in Shanxi and other places, and although the number of troops is quite large, there is also a shortage of weapons and food." Li Zicheng did not hide his situation, and explained the difficulties to Zhang Chuhe.
The two came to Li Zicheng's residence, Zhang Chu left his entourage outside the courtyard, and Li Zicheng also signaled his people to retreat, and only Zhang Chu and Li Zicheng were left in the house. Zhang Chu opened his mouth and said, "Brother Zicheng, what are your plans for the future?" ”
Li Zicheng sat opposite Zhang Chu, picked up a teapot and poured a bowl of tea for Zhang Chu and said, "What are your plans, I will always fight against these corrupt officials, corrupt officials, landlords, and bullies." We will not stop until we kill them all. ”
"Have you ever thought about joining our security forces and working with us?" Zhang Chu picked up the tea bowl, blew the tea stalks floating on it, and asked calmly.
"How do you join you?" Li Zicheng wanted to know what kind of treatment Zhang Chu would give him and his brothers.
"To join the security army is to completely rehaul your team, select all the people in the battalion, send the old and weak to the rear for resettlement, and leave only the elite personnel to be trained by the officers of the security army to form a new team. You can continue to lead this team, but follow the unified command. Zhang Chu didn't have much hope for Li Zicheng to join the security army, but the principle of adaptation cannot be changed.
"In this way, my brothers are used to being lazy, I'm afraid they can't stand the constraints of your discipline, I think it's better for us to do it ourselves, and if there is a problem, wouldn't it be better for everyone to help each other." Li Zicheng rejected Zhang Chu's suggestion. (To be continued.) )