With tens of thousands of troops coming down from the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong on the top of the mountain was of course alert, if it was officers and soldiers who came down from the mountain, he would have fled a long time ago, and it would never be possible to continue to sit on the mountain. However, his scout came to report that the army that came was Zhu Bajun, who had passed from here a few days ago. Moreover, he saw the famous generalissimo of Zhu Bajun in the army, and Zhang Xianzhong did not take it to heart. A few days ago, Zhu Bajun and Li Zichengjun both came to the foot of the mountain to hang around, and now it is not uncommon for them to come again.

Seeing Zhu Bajun camping at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong ordered hundreds of soldiers to shout at the bottom of the mountain together: "Baishui Zhu Ba, what kind of fame are you drilling under Agate Mountain?" ”

Zuo Liangyu was a little confused by this question, and he didn't know how to answer. Xu Renjie hurried over and said, "General, please pass on the order, deal with it like this......"

After a while, hundreds of soldiers in Zuo Liangyu's army raised their heads and shouted at the top of the mountain: "Let's come here to monitor you, lest you disobey the rules of the rivers and lakes and sneak into the territory of our Zhu army." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was furious and asked someone to reply: ", Lao Tzu can go wherever he wants, you don't need to care." ”

The two armies scolded each other and rested separately. Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but care about Zhu Jun under the mountain, thinking that Zhu Jun was the same as before, he had the courage to fight with him, but he didn't have the courage to fight with him. In fact, he is the same, it is okay to scold and fight with Zhu Jun, and if he really wants to fight, he will never choose when the officers and soldiers are eyeing each other.

In the evening of the same day, Xu Renjie unfolded a map in front of Zuo Liangyu, which turned out to be a topographic map of Agate Mountain, which marked in detail the troop configuration of Zhang Xianzhong's army and the various garrison points on the mountain. The message of how many guards were pierced in each direction, the ink had not yet dried, and it was clear that it had just been drawn.

Zuo Liangyu was quite surprised: "Are you literate? ”

Xu Renjie smiled shyly: "The villain used to be a businessman, and he read some books when he was a child, but unfortunately he didn't take the imperial examination, so he has always had this little bit of interest, and he was coerced by Zhu Jun a few years ago to be a thief, and he was forced to ......."

Zuo Liangyu nodded, knowing in his heart that if Xu Renjie was really a mud-legged man who came to surrender to the imperial court. In fact, Zuo Liangyu may not be willing to trust him. But if he was a merchant, it was reasonable that he would be willing to be appeased, and this kind of gentry and merchant class had always been supporters of the imperial court. It is also the target of persecution by thieves.

He turned his gaze to the map provided by Xu Renjie. He frowned and looked at it carefully for a while. He couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise in his heart, if this picture was drawn by the elite spies of the officers and soldiers who "don't collect it at night", he would not have felt much surprised. But this is from the hand of a thief, it is indeed a bit extraordinary, it seems that there are also talents among the thieves, asking: "Is this picture real?" ”

Xu Renjie said: "Of course it's true, Zhu Ba and Zhang Xianzhong have an alliance and have a very good relationship, so I know about the arrangement of Zhang Xianzhong's army." In fact, he is full of nonsense, Zhu Ba and Zhang Xianzhong have no friendship at all, this picture is completely drawn by the news sent back by Zhu Jun's spies lurking in Zhang Xianzhong's army.

Zuo Liangyu believed it, picked up the map and looked at it carefully, and under this look, he was immediately overjoyed: "I also said that Agate Mountain is bare and difficult to climb, and there are three ways to go up the mountain, haha, it will not be difficult to attack this time." ”

It turns out that although Agate Mountain looks more individual, there are three roads up the mountain: the left road, the middle road, and the right road. Among them, the front one is very conspicuous and easy to attack. The left and right sides are more hidden, and you can't find them at all without taking a while. If Zuo Liangyu didn't get this map, even if he could attack the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong would be able to retreat calmly from the other two mountain roads, and it would be impossible to surround Zhang Xianzhong to death on the top of the mountain, but with this map, everything is different, and it can be said that it is easy to besiege Zhang Xianzhong to death.

He was overjoyed in his heart, and slapped Xu Renjie on the shoulder: "Okay, if you can kill Zhang Xianzhong as shown in the picture this time, this official will give you a great reward." ”

Xu Renjie's face showed gratitude: "The whole battle is cultivated by the general." ”

That night, after the sky was completely dark, the top of the mountain had become pitch black, and the Zuo Liangyu camp at the foot of the mountain deliberately did not use torches, making his camp dark and dreary. Under the cover of night, Zuo Liangyu ordered the officers and soldiers to take out the mandarin duck jackets in their luggage and put them on, and threw all the fake rotten weapons in the camp.

The officers and soldiers were transformed from a thief army into an orthodox officer and soldier.

Zuo Liangyu's subordinates are all from the Liao army Ningyuan's border army, its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, because of the perennial battle with the murderous Manchu Tartars, these officers and soldiers are brave and bloody, and ordinary guards or elite soldiers in the interior are simply very different, compared to Cao Wenzhao's border army is not inferior.

In fact, this henchman border army is Zuo Liangyu's capital, and he can only be called a famous general by relying on this powerful border army, and he can often disobey the orders of the imperial court and do whatever he wants.

He divided his flanks into two groups, one for attacking the mountain from the front and the other for attacking the right. Let the Shaanxi soldiers led by He Renlong be responsible for attacking the left flank. Li Guoqi's troops were in charge of answering at the foot of the mountain......

All arrangements stopped, Xu Renjie led the way with a thousand black pole soldiers at the front, and took Zuo Liangyu to the front of Agate Mountain and walked up the mountain. Although it is said to be the right road, in fact, it is not a good road to walk, Agate Mountain was originally a barren mountain, Zhang Xianzhongjun did not have a good mood to make stone steps or something for this mountain, so this "right road" is actually a relatively wide stone ditch, after being stepped on by tens of thousands of feet of Zhang Xianzhongjun, it became a road.

The road was full of juttling rocks, strange roots, and plants. Xu Renjie and the 1,000 black pole soldiers who led the way in front of them all walked staggered, you stumbled for a while, and I fell on my heels for a while. In this way, the speed of the march was invisibly slowed down, and these black pole soldiers would also scream softly "ouch" when they wrestled, which made Zuo Liangyu's heart rise to his throat, for fear that the voice of which guy would alarm Zhang Xianzhongjun on the mountain. He called Xu Renjie and scolded in a low voice: "Tell your subordinates to walk well, don't be so surprised." ”

Xu Renjie smiled bitterly: "General, these soldiers I brought are all miscellaneous ...... You know that, too. They are just mud legs, they have no ability, they don't abide by military discipline, and I can't control them. ”

Zuo Liangyu frowned and thought, this is also true, if the thieves are all ordered like a mountain, then are they still called thieves? I couldn't help but feel unhappy for a while, and said in a low voice: "Tell your soldiers to get out of the way, go to the side of the mountain road and lie on their stomachs, I don't want you to lead the way." ”

Xu Renjie was anxious: "Hey." Checkmate...... How can this work? My credit ......"

Zuo Liangyu glanced at him impatiently: "I want to get credit." You have to have the ability, why do you get credit for taking this group of rabble? Get out of the way, otherwise Hugh blames the official for turning his face and being ruthless. ”

Xu Renjie sighed. Obediently retreated to the side of the road. Those 1,000 black pole soldiers who fell dizzy. They also cowered on the side of the road like him, all of them dejected.

Zuo Liangyu glanced at these soldiers with a sneer, and thought: A group of rabble. A thief who can't change his life.

He led his elite officers and soldiers to continue up the mountain, forgetting Xu Renjie outside the nine nights.

Xu Renjie watched Zuo Liangyu's army touch the stone ditch up, a smug smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, Zuo Liangyu's problem is that he has a small amount of energy, arrogance, Zhu Baba is right, as long as he makes a small move, he will be impatient and drive Xu Renjie, who is responsible for leading the way, away, and Xu Renjie can take advantage of this opportunity to escape from the surveillance of officers and soldiers.

He waved his hand, and the thousand black-pole soldiers behind him, who had just been dejected, suddenly became energetic, and they connected the black-pole guns in their hands into ropes, climbed over the mountain walls on both sides of the road with rapid speed, and then climbed over a cliff that was difficult for people to cross, and quietly disappeared into another ravine. Their movements were so agile, they were simply different from the movements they had stumbled on the mountain road just now, and if Zuo Liangyu saw their current movements, he would definitely be frightened.

After Xu Renjie turned over the two ravines, he came to the front of a karst cave, opened the weeds covered by the entrance of the cave and got in, only to see that the cave was quietly full of people, Zhu Yuanzhang was here, Wang Er, Ying Shanhong and others were sitting beside him, and Li Zicheng, Li Yan, Liu Zongmin and other generals who broke into the army were sitting beside him, and when he saw Xu Renjie coming, Zhu Yuanzhang's face flashed a knowing smile: "How is it?" You ready? ”

Xu Renjie nodded: "Zuo Liangyu bit the bait!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Zicheng looked at each other and smiled, Zhang Xianzhong's poor bear child was used as bait now, I don't know if Zhang Xianzhong will be angry after learning the news.

A few years ago, this kind of blatant framing of another rebel army is something that no one dares to do, once you make this kind of action against the bureaucrats, the prestige of the rivers and lakes will be completely ruined, and no one will come to you again. But the situation has changed in recent years, the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty has developed for eleven years, and by this time, several major rebel armies have become the climate, each with its own way of recruiting his subordinates, for example, Zhu Jun used the interests of food and clothing to lure the people to follow. Li Zicheng used the children's rhyme of "no food" to recruit soldiers and people.

The two of them no longer need to talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, the prestige of the rivers and lakes, and so on, at this point, the two heroes have no taboos, and they can rest assured and boldly play with some thick black arts. This first thick black was played on Zhang Xianzhong's body, and Zhang Xianzhong deserved to be unlucky.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Eighth Brother Zhu, since the officers and soldiers have handed over the bait, we should also close the net." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Divide it, where do you fight, where do I fight?" ”

Li Zicheng's eyes rolled twice, and he smiled, but he didn't speak. Li Yan behind him took over and said: "The middle and right sides of the mountain attack are the elite of the border army brought by Zuo Liangyu, which is very difficult to bite, and we can't win these two forces." "In fact, with the strength of the army, it is definitely no problem to single out a Zuo Liangyu, as long as the officers and soldiers from other roads do not come to reinforce, Zuo Liangyu only has the life to play, but Zuo Liangyu is the elite of the border army, even if they can be eaten, the army will suffer huge losses, Li Zicheng will certainly not stupidly choose to fight Zuo Liangyu, so he admits that it is not as good.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "It's the same, I can't win these two people, let them go up and fight Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong definitely likes to fight with the elite of the border army, he is very powerful, I am not as good as him." "Li Zicheng will consider himself a rookie, and so will Zhu Yuanzhang.

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "What Brother Zhu said is reasonable, I also think that Zhang Xianzhong will take the initiative to take on the task of fighting the elite of the border army, who called him so powerful?" ”

The two laughed together, between words. Zhang Xianzhong is about to fight to the death with Zuo Liangyu's elite. Next is the He Renlong Division, who is responsible for attacking the left flank, and the Li Guoqi Division, who is staying at the bottom of the mountain. Among these two armies, the Shaanxi soldiers led by He Renlong, and the ones led by Li Guoqi were more chaotic, with Shaanxi soldiers and some chaotic soldiers from various places.

If you have to compare the strength of the two, He Renlongbu is relatively strong. And Li Guoqi's department is a little weaker, the soldiers under his command are all different, and the orders are chaotic, in this case, whoever chooses to deal with He Renlong will suffer. And deal with Li Guoqi's side. will take a big advantage. Persimmons, everyone likes to choose soft pinching, and people who like to pinch hard persimmons do not exist in this world.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Zicheng spoke almost at the same time: "I want Li Guoqi!" ”

After all that is said. The two glared at each other at the same time. Haha laughed: "Brother Chuang Wang (Brother Zhu)." It's not interesting for you to argue with me about this, right? ”

The two of them have the same movements, the same expressions, and even the same words. It made the leaders next to him stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Brother Chuangwang, I heard that you have a concubine named Xingshi, who was abducted by a leader named Gao Jie, and this Gao Jie is now under the command of He Renlong, the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife are all incompatible, don't you want to take revenge?" ”

He took out this old incident and said that Li Zicheng suddenly felt his face gloomy, and the leaders of the army also showed indignation on their faces, only Li Yan and Li Gongzi alone couldn't understand what they were saying, and their eyes were blank. It turned out that no one would mention this old matter in the army, and of course Li Yan, who joined in person, didn't know.

When Xu Renjie heard the names of Gao Jie and Xing, he remembered the night he got married to Xue Hongqi, and he couldn't help but blush slightly.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird, and everyone was thinking: Li Zicheng may be going crazy, Zhu Ba is really powerful, it is really a pot that can't be opened, a man can't withstand such a stir, Li Zicheng will definitely choose He Renlong this way.

Unexpectedly, the hero was the hero, Li Zicheng was neither angry nor angry, and his face was calm. He waved his hand and smiled: "Xing and Gao Jie...... Hey, I'm going to tear this dog man and woman to shreds sooner or later, but not today...... It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and he is not in a hurry. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone's hearts were cold, amazing, this Li Zicheng can also calm down like this, and he really has something extraordinary.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to expect Li Zicheng to be even so excited, and he had nothing to say.

Then the two eldest brothers began to talk about eggs, as if bargaining in the vegetable market, each refused to fight, and they both wanted to grab Li Guoqi's department, and they fought for several breaths, and they were still talking.

This made the leaders of Zhu Jun's jaws almost drop, in their minds, Zhu Ba Ge is not this kind of person like a market vendor, he will not fight for a little profit, but they don't know what kind of demon moth he is making today. Only Xu Renjie alone had already seen something, and stood aside with a smile.

After arguing for a long time, it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is not a personality who fights for small profits after all, and if he continues to fight, he is afraid that he will miss the fighter, so he has to sigh and say: "Okay, Brother Chuangwang, I can't talk about you, Li Guoqi will give it to you, and I will deal with He Renlong." ”

Li Zicheng was secretly happy in his heart: Baishui Zhuba, although you are a hero, but you are still too tender, at a critical time like this, you should fight to the death without shame and skin, but you took the initiative to back down, hahaha, it seems that your future achievements are very limited, and I will come to you again to avenge this scar when the time comes.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart is actually secretly happy: Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng, you will know immediately that the pot is made of iron.

He hugged Li Zicheng and said, "Since the discussion has been decided, I will send troops to deal with He Renlong, waiting for the good news of your defeat of Li Guoqi's department." ”

Li Zicheng smiled and hugged his fists: "I'm also waiting for the good news that Eighth Brother Zhu defeated He Renlong." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang led the crowd out of the cave and drilled into the ravine, the ravine near this has been surveyed countless times by Zhu Jun and Chuang Jun, and it is too familiar to be more familiar, turning left and right in the ravine, and after turning a few times, Zhu Jun disappeared from the field of vision of the Chuang army.

At this time, Wang Er, who was beside Zhu Yuanzhang, couldn't help it, and said: "Brother Zhu, it's the first time I've seen you bargain with people like a market vendor, this is really ...... Ah...... Scared the hell out of me......"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "I deliberately fought with Li Zicheng, just to make him think that he fought hard to attack Li Guoqi's department, not that I took the initiative to give it to him." Otherwise, he will be suspicious! ”

"What?" Wang Erdaqi: "Took the initiative to give it to him?" What are the suspicions? ”

Xu Renjie laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Wang Er's shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "Second Brother Wang, you are still so honest and cute, don't you still understand what Zhu Baba means?" What we want to fight is not He Renlongbu at all, what we want to fight is Li Zicheng's ass, hahahaha! ”

Wang Er was really shocked at this time: "Beat Li Zicheng? It's ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Zhang Xianzhong on the mountain will contain Zuo Liangyu, even if Zuo Liangyu can win, he will suffer a lot of damage, and it will be impossible to go down the mountain for a while." He Renlong, who attacked the left road, was moved by Gao Jie who I sent out as early as the eighth year of Chongzhen, and now he is less courageous than Zuo Liangyu, and he is easily unwilling to fight a decisive battle with the righteous army. In other words, there is actually only one Li Guoqi that really needs to be beaten, and when Li Zicheng and Li Guoqi are hot, we will give his ass a ...... Big things can be decided. (To be continued.) )