Wang Pu said: "Don't ask me what I want the sailor to do, I just ask you if you have heard of the big pirate Gu San Mazi and the Taihu Lake water kou barefoot Zhang San?" ”

"Of course I did." Sun Chuanting said, "Speaking of barefoot Zhang San and Gu San Mazi, the people of Jiangnan can be said to be known to everyone. ”

Wang Pu said again: "Then do you know where Gu San Mazi and barefoot Zhang San are now?" ”

Sun Chuanting's expression moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Shouldn't it be in Nanjing?" ”

Wang Puying said: "It's in Nanjing, and it's probably in the city!" ”

"So what are you waiting for?" Sun Chuanting said, "Quickly mobilize the army and block the whole city to take people." ”

"Take people?" Wang Pu said disapprerovingly, "Why do you want to take people? ”

Sun Chuanting said: "This is the most ferocious Shuikou leader in Jiangnan, if you take them, you can eliminate the harm for the people." ”

Wang Pu sneered and said: "I said Old Man Sun, you have fought all your life, how can you think that the problem is still so simple?" Can you solve these two water cowards by taking Gu San's pockmarks and barefoot Zhang San? Wrong, if you take Gu San Mazi, there will be Gu Si Mazi, and if you take the barefoot Zhang San, there will be a barefoot Zhang Wu! ”

Sun Chuanting said angrily: "Bastard, how can you talk to Lao Tzu? ”

"Don't worry, it's not over yet." Wang Pu said again, "What else is it called to eliminate harm for the people? Gu San Mazi and barefoot Zhang San robbed merchant ships and fishermen, but they never harmed ordinary people, if you don't believe it, you can go to the shores of Taihu Lake and ask those poor fishermen, or you can ask the fishermen along the coast. ”

Sun Chuanting said angrily: "But after all, they are Haikou, not to mention that they have all been sent to the door now, how can they not take it." ”

"You can't take people." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Dad, my son asks you, apart from the rich Banzai Lord, who is the richest person in the world?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Needless to say, of course it is the royal family." ”

"Wrong." Wang Pu said, "The richest pirates in the world, because they are engaged in a profitable business!" ”

Sun Chuanting's heart moved, and he suddenly said: "Stinky boy, you mean ......?"

"Hey, hey." Wang Pu smiled, "Old man Sun, you brainless man has finally turned a corner. ”

Sun Chuanting thought for a while and muttered, "This is indeed a solution, but ...... Are you sure? ”

Wang Pu said: "Ten percent is not sure, but fifty percent is always there." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Only fifty percent sure? That's called gambling! ”

Wang Pu said: "The silver won't fall from the sky by itself, can it be done without taking risks?" ”

"That's fine." Sun Chuanting said, "The stakes are very high, this time the old man personally led the troops forward." ”

"Old man, you don't have to go, you can sit in Nanjing and step up recruiting new soldiers." Wang Pu said, "This is also a major matter that brooks no delay, the thieves have captured the whole province of Henan, and after a little rest, they will inevitably turn to attack the surrounding provinces, although Fengyang is guarded by Ma Shiying, if the thieves themselves lead the army to attack, this old boy will not be able to hold for a few days, in case the first-class thief army is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, I alone 10,000 Datong elite soldiers can not resist." ”

Wang Pu's concerns are not unreasonable.

Li Zicheng is really likely to take Jiangnan directly after capturing Henan, because after capturing the rich Jiangnan, the peasant army will get sufficient food and salary, and in turn, the Ming Dynasty will lose the support of Jiangnan taxes, and to make matters worse, it will inevitably accelerate the speed of destruction.

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In fact, Wang Pu's worries were completely necessary.

At this time, in Kaifeng City, a fierce debate was unfolding, and there were two main schools of opinion.

The chief military advisor Niu Jinxing and his confidant Gu Junen suggested that Li Zicheng stay in the general to defend Henan, and then lead the main force of the righteous army to knock on Tongguan Pass and take Guanzhong directly, and then use Guanzhong as the foundation to wave the army east to take Youyan, and ordered the general to drive the army north from Henan, and attack from two roads, leveling Yanjing in one fell swoop and destroying the Ming Dynasty.

Song Xiance, the second military division, and Li Yan, the general, advocated taking Jiangdong in the south, believing that there were two major advantages of capturing Jiangdong, one was to provide sufficient food and wages, and the other was to cut off the source of taxes for the Ming Dynasty, which could accelerate its demise.

Li Zicheng's generals such as Li Shuangxi and Tian Jianxiu unanimously supported the western capture of Guanzhong, the reason is very simple, these henchmen and generals all followed Li Zicheng from Shaanxi to kill, of course they hoped to return to the division of Guanzhong as soon as possible, and then appear as a victor in front of those local tyrants who had bullied them in every possible way.

It can be said that Niu Jinxing and Gu Junen's opinions have the absolute upper hand.

But Li Zicheng did not make up his mind for a long time, and it was not until two months later that Li Zicheng made a decision, leaving Li Guo, Li Yan, and Song Xiance to defend Henan, and then personally led an army of 500,000 to kill Bentong Pass, and what prompted Li Zicheng to finally make up his mind was not because of Niu Jinxing's hard persuasion, nor because he did not believe in Li Yan, but because of Liu Zongmin.

After receiving nearly 30,000 elite soldiers from Li Yan, including 8,000 cavalry, Liu Zongmin's ambition swelled rapidly, and gradually began to be reluctant to obey Li Zicheng's reprimand.

Of course, Li Zicheng couldn't tolerate Liu Zongmin's blatant challenge to his authority, so he made up his mind to return to Guanzhong, naturally to capture the foundation of the righteous army in Guanzhong, and secondly, to clean up Liu Zongmin, a rebellious minister and thief.

However, this is all at the end of the fifteenth and early sixteenth years of Chongzhen, and now Kaifeng is still in a fierce debate, and Li Zicheng is still hesitating.

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Nanjing, Taipingmen.

The team that picked up Dong Xiaowan from Diaoyu Alley had already arrived at the city gate.

The gatekeeper always saw that the dozen or so family members were in a hurry and were very suspicious, so he stopped the way and asked, "What are you doing?" Who is in the sedan chair? ”

"Blind your dog's eye!" The leading housekeeper slapped the city gatekeeper in the face and scolded viciously, "Do you know who we are? Even the people of the Admiral's Yamen dared to stop you, and you had the courage to eat the bear-hearted leopard? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu kicked your balls up. ”

The master who is always a bully and afraid of the hard has long been stunned by this slap, and he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, and a few veterans behind him who originally wanted to come up to help saw that the signs were wrong, and immediately shrank back.

The pedestrians and people nearby were even more dumbfounded.

Since the Song and Ming dynasties, the literary style of Jiangnan has flourished and advocated etiquette, which is also the main reason why Hong Chengchou said that the folk customs in Jiangnan were weak after the Qing Dynasty, and the transmission can be determined.

In Jiangnan, not only are the peddlers and pawns and the people in the market polite and polite, but even the gentry here are not as strong as bullying men and women like in other places, this is because the general environment in Jiangnan dictates that everyone has to have a face, and if anyone does something to bully men and women, it is inevitable that they will be criticized and even cause public indignation, and eventually become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats.

Therefore, such an unreasonable act as this gang is very rare in Nanjing, and passers-by have turned their eyes sideways.

The leader of the family snorted nonchalantly and shouted, "Go! ”

The head of the family made a move and led more than a dozen family members to escort the sedan chair away.

The more Dong Xiaowan was sitting in the sedan chair, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she wondered that Wang Pu was not like an arrogant and rude person, how could his family be so unreasonable? After enduring it in the sedan chair for a long time, Dong Xiaowan finally couldn't help but lift the corner of the sedan curtain, and wanted to ask a few words, but she couldn't help but be taken aback when she looked out.

I saw that the group had walked into a desolate riverside path, with decaying artemisia grass and reeds on both sides.

"Where are you going?" Dong Xiaowan hurriedly said, "Are you making a mistake?" ”

"You can't be wrong." The head of the family who led the way in front turned around and smiled, and said, "This is the road." ”

"You ...... You're not the master of the horses! Dong Xiaowan realized that something was wrong, and said hurriedly, "Who are you?" ”

"Who are you?" The Ding Tou'er smiled and said, "You are men, such as fake men, hey, hey, little girl, do you want to try it?" ”

The head of the family said that the family members who were guarding the color bridge burst into laughter.

"Put me down." Dong Xiaowan was so anxious that she was about to cry, "You guys let me down." ”

"Come down?" The head of the family said with a smile, "It's easy to get on the sedan chair, but it's difficult to get off the sedan chair." ”

"Someone, help." Dong Xiaowan shouted anxiously, "Help......"

"Lao Jiu, quickly fucking gag her mouth." The head of the family said hurriedly, "Don't let her shout, brothers, hurry up, don't let the big boss wait." ”

"Brother Jiu, quickly block this little lady's mouth, don't forget to block the mouth below, hehe."

The family members gathered around the sedan chair burst into laughter again.

In the midst of laughter, a sturdy man grabbed the sedan chair, grabbed Dong Xiaowan's hands and tied her back, and pulled a piece of cloth and stuffed it into her mouth, Dong Xiaowan shook her head vigorously, looking at the man pitifully, and two lines of tears had slipped down her cheeks.

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Swallow Rock, Admiral Xingyuan.

A middle-aged man leaned out of half of his body from behind a big tree not far from the gate, and sneakily looked inside the Admiral's line, and the sentry guarding outside the line soon discovered the suspicious man, rushed forward and took him out from behind the big tree, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Tell the truth." Another sentry slammed his knife at the man's neck and shouted, "Dare to lie and kill you." ”

"Hey, don't, don't." The middle-aged man said hurriedly, "The villain is a handyman from Hanxiuzhai, and he was ordered by Mama Chen to come to the commander to find someone." ”

"Han Xiuzhai?" The sentry asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

The middle-aged man said, "The villain has something urgent to see Madame." ”

"Wait here." One of the sentries snorted and said to the other, "You look at him, I'll report to the sixth brother." ”

Lu Liu inquired in detail about the reason, and only then did he dare to bring a middle-aged man to see Chen Yuanyuan.

When the middle-aged man saw Chen Yuanyuan, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Villain Chen Fu knocks to see Mrs." ”

"Fauber?" Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help the middle-aged man and asked, "Fubo, why are you here?" ”

This Chen Fu is the head of the turtle slave of Hanxiuzhai, Chen Yuanyuan was in and out of Hanxiuzhai when he was in Jiangnan, of course he knew him.

Chen Fu got up and said, "Madam, did Master Ma send someone to Hanxiuzhai to pick up my girl in the morning?" ”

"Sister Xiaowan?" Chen Yuanyuan was stunned and said, "No, Xianggong went to the governor to see Sun Dashuai, he originally said that he would go to Hanxiuzhai in the afternoon to be hired, but he didn't send someone to pick up Xiaowan's sister." ”

"It's broken, something is going to happen!" Chen Fu stomped his feet and said, "This morning, a group of people who claimed to be the master of the horse, came to Hanxiuzhai like a fierce god, and they had to pick up my girl, although Mama was suspicious in her heart, but she didn't know if it was true or false, so she had to send a villain to hurry up to the governor to report the news, but I didn't expect something to happen." ”

Chen Yuanyuan lost his voice and said, "Huh? So Xiaowan's sister was robbed by bad guys? ”

"Ma'am." Chen Fu hurriedly said, "My girl is afraid that something is going to happen, so I have to report this matter to the master of the horse immediately." ”

Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly turned back to Lu Liudao and said, "Liu'er, you hurry up and go to the governor's yamen and report the news of Miss Xiaowan's accident to the general." ”

"Yes." Lu Liu clenched his fists and said loudly, "The villain will go." ”

Chen Fu hurriedly beckoned: "This military master, the little old man will go with you." ”

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Dense forest in the east of the city.

The Red Lady and Gu San Mazi met again, but this time the Red Lady only brought two maids to come, she was a master of art and bold, and she was not afraid of any evil intentions from the other party.

The red lady hugged her fist to Gu San Mazi and said, "Gu Da is in charge, can you leave?" ”

Gu San Mazi responded: "Please wait a while, and when our second brother returns, we will leave immediately." ”

As soon as the words fell, a young man with a dark face ran back along the forest path, gasping and said, "The big boss, the second boss is back, and he also brought back two little white faces and a girl." ”

"What?" Gu San Mazi frowned and said, "Why did you bring a girl?" ”

As he was talking, barefoot Zhang San had already arrived with more than 20 Shui Kou escorting Hou Fangyu, Mao Bijiang and Dong Xiaowan.

Barefoot Zhang San was originally a big target in the 36th village of Taihu Lake, but since Huang Degong led his troops to suppress his water village, he had nowhere to settle down, so he took more than 500 brothers to the big pirate Gu San Mazi in the East China Sea.

Gu San Mazi pointed to Zhang San barefoot with his hand, and said to the red lady: "The big red is the master, this is the second child in our family." ”

He said to the barefoot Zhang San: "Second child, this is the master of the red, the descendant of the old hero of the big scoop in the five northern provinces." ”

Barefoot Zhang San applauded in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "Barefoot Zhang San has seen a big red master." ”

The red lady also clenched her fists and saluted back: "I've seen the second master." ”

Gu San Mazi then pointed to Dong Xiaowan, who had his hands tied behind his back and a cloth ball in his mouth, and asked barefoot Zhang Sandao: "Second child, what's going on with this girl?" ”

Although Gu San Mazi is a pirate, he is extremely strict, and he will never allow the robbery of people's daughters.

Barefoot, Zhang San gently tugged at Gu San's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Big brother, take a step to speak." ”

Gu San Mazi followed barefoot Zhang San to a quiet place, frowned and asked, "Second brother, what's going on?" ”

Barefoot Zhang San said: "It's not that the younger brother has the intention to break the rules of the eldest brother, but those two little white faces have to rob the younger brother of this girl, otherwise they won't work for us, not to mention that this girl is not a good woman, she is just a kiln sister on the Qinhuai River, not to break the rules." ”

Gu San Mazi said: "Is she really Sister Kiln on the Qinhuai River?" ”

Barefoot Zhang San said: "This is the younger brother personally brought the brothers from Hanxiuzhai to pick up, is there any fake?" ”

"That's good." Gu San Mazi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Otherwise, in front of the big celebrities, this matter will really not end well, but since it is Sister Yao, it is nothing." ”

At that moment, when the two of them came out of the dense forest, Gu San Mazi pointed at Dong Xiaowan and said to the red lady: "Hongda is in charge, you have also seen that the brothers are all men, and they are not very good at taking care of women, and it is not convenient along the way, so this girl will trouble the Hongda master to take care of the brothers for the time being." ”

The red lady said indifferently: "This is a gesture, but I dare to ask Gu Da Master, what is the origin of this girl?" ”

"Haha." Gu San Mazi laughed and said, "I have heard that the big red master is jealous and hateful, and he doesn't rub sand in his eyes, it really is worthy of his reputation, rest assured that the big red master is not a good woman, she is a girl in Hanxiu Zhai, that is, the kiln sister on the Qinhuai River." ”

"I see." The red lady said with relief, "It's the little woman who is too careful, and I ask Gu Da to forgive me." ”

"Nothing." Gu San Mazi said loudly, "Brothers, let's go......"

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East of Nanjing, Governor's Yamen.

Sun Chuanting was drafting the official document for recruiting soldiers, and suddenly a cronie brought Sun Maocheng into the inner hall and said: "Marshal, Lu Liu, the captain of the personal soldiers of the master of the horse, asks to see him." ”

"Lu Liu?" Sun Chuanting said, "Let him in." ”

Sun Maocheng took the order and quickly took Lu Liu into the hall.

Seeing the salute, Lu Liu hurriedly said: "Marshal, have you ever seen my general?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "He was still here not long ago, but he will already go to the Xuanwu Lake Water Master Camp." ”

"Oops, it's broken!"

Lu Liu stomped his feet, turned around and left.

Sun Chuanting asked anxiously, "Is something wrong?" ”

Lu Liutou replied without replying: "Miss Xiaowan was robbed by someone." ”

"Miss Xiaowan?" Sun Chuanting shook his head and thought, "Isn't Dong Xiaowan a Nanqu celebrity on the Qinhuai River?" This stinky boy is quite good at messing with flowers and grass, and he doesn't look for everyone to find some dusty women, but there is nothing wrong with these Nanqu celebrities, it is best to give birth to a few more big fat boys for the stinky boy, and also renew the incense for our old grandson's family, hum ......"

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On the shore of Xuanwu Lake, on the official road to the camp of the water division.

Wang Pu and the young lady in military uniform were galloping on their horses, and the young lady urged the horse to gallop a few steps to catch up with Wang Pu, and asked in a coquettish voice: "General, do you really believe the words of the demon girl?" ”

Wang Pu replied without thinking: "I believe it." ”

The young lady pursed her lips and said, "But the little maid thinks that she can't believe her words." ”

Wang Pu asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”

Nen Niang's beautiful eyes turned and said, "What if it was a conspiracy between the demon girl and the big pirate leader Gu San Mazi?" General, didn't you take the sailors to the East China Sea and fall into their calculations? ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu couldn't help but glance back at Nen Niang with appreciative eyes, and said, "Your analysis is very reasonable, but it misses a very important point. ”

The young lady was unconvinced: "What point is missing?" ”

Wang Pudao: "If the White Lotus Sect wants to conspire with Gu San Mazi to deal with this general, why did Gu San Mazi come to Nanjing?" If he is caught by the official army, won't this cooperation be a failure? ”

Nen Niang said: "How can the general be sure that Gu San Mazi will definitely come to Nanjing?" What if the enchantress lied? ”

"That's even more wrong." Wang Pu smiled and said, "If the White Lotus Sect really wants to cooperate with Gu San Mazi to get rid of General Ben, why would the White Lotus Sect Leader make up a lie like Gu San Mazi coming to Nanjing?" Not to mention...... I have gotten the exact news from Jinyiwei that the Red Lady has indeed come to Nanjing! ”

As they were talking, the two of them had already ridden their horses to the front of the gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward with swords to block the way, and asked sharply, "Who dares to trespass on the camp of the sailor?" ”

Nen Niang showed the waist card in her hand, and shouted coquettishly: "General Wang Pu, the governor of Nanjing, is here, and he won't let go." ”

The soldiers guarding the gate looked at it and saw that it was really the waist card of the Nanjing Admiral, so they quickly got out of the way, Wang Pu and Nenniang turned over and dismounted, and went straight to Huang Degong's line.

(To be continued)