Gao Jie said in a low voice: "The heroes of the troubled times rise from all directions, and if there are soldiers, they are the king of grass...... General He, the court has suppressed bandits for many years, but it has not been successful, and it is the thief army that wins in the end, maybe it is the thief army that wins, if the thief army really gives the court something...... It would be better for you to have a caring army in your hands then...... Maybe you can have a chance to win the country. ”

As soon as these words came out, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu, and Zu Kuan's faces changed color together.

The three of them couldn't help but think: It makes sense! The court suppressed bandits for eight years, but no results were achieved, if one day the thieves really killed the court, as long as I have an army in my hands, it is impossible to defeat the thieves and win the world. Even if you can't win the throne, you can divide one side and enjoy the taste of being a local overlord for decades.

Of course, such an idea was only fleeting, and the three of them would only consider this possibility at the lowest level, and they finally thought that it was impossible for the thieves to defeat the imperial court. But once the mind of self-respect is buried, when they dream back at midnight, it will devour their hearts like a poisonous snake, and they can no longer make it up, which is what they do not know now.

Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan stood up at the same time, pressed their right hands on the sword on their waists, and pulled out half of it. The so-called sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, not that this thing has strong combat effectiveness, but that the commander wears a sword to command soldiers, so it is the king, in fact, it will never use this thing to cut people. Some civilian-type generals don't even have the edge of their swords, not so much swords. It's better to say an iron ruler.

Zuo Liangyu shouted angrily: "Gao Jie, do you dare to say such rebellious words? What is the crime? ”

Zu Kuan also said angrily: "Come on, cut off the head of this dog." ”

He Renlong also wanted to stand up and scold, but he was a military general in Shaanxi * West, and he had been fighting with the thieves in Shaanxi * West for a long time, and he knew that the thieves were menacing and invincible than Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan, so he was most attentive to Gao Jie's words, and his mind changed: Killing Gao Jie now to prove his loyalty to the court is of course the best, but what Gao Jie said also makes sense, and he may not know which day the court may really be defeated in the hands of thieves. If I have an army of 10,000 or 20,000. I can't do it, I can also divide one side and call the king the emperor...... At that time, the officers and soldiers under my command who follow the rules may defect against me. It's better to recruit this Gao Jie for my use. A lawless thief like him would not be loyal to the court. You can help me in any way you can. I have to keep him and make him my arm in the future.

Thinking of this, He Renlong stood up. He said with a smile: "General Zuo, General Zu...... This Gao Jie has just thrown himself into the arms of the court from the thief's side, and his speech is a little uncertain, what do you have to do with him, he has now abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and the last general will slowly teach him to put away these frivolous attitudes. If he is killed because of his wild words, no other thieves will dare to surrender in the future. ”

Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan were originally putting on a show, their hands shook, and the half-cut sword was inserted back into the sheath. Zuo Liangyu snorted coldly and said, "Such a big rebellious remark should not be said again in the future." But I thought in my heart: I can't let other generals hear this, let them fight with the thieves, Lao Tzu saves his strength, only pinches the soft, not the hard, and prepares for the future.

Zu Kuan also scolded: "If I hear you say such things again, I will cut off your dog's head." "I also thought in my heart: Ouch is not good, what am I doing in a hurry to rush to Tongguan? Now you should get as far away from the thieves as possible.

The two of them had different thoughts, and hugged their fists together to He Renlong and said: "Ah, we remembered, the governor ordered us to guard Zhengzhou and Xuchang, why did we come to Luoyang?" That's a big mistake, and we're going to have to get back to our own territory. Otherwise, the Governor will punish us with a sin of disrespecting military orders, and we cannot afford it. ”

He Renlong sneered in his heart: When you want to compete for merit, aren't you afraid that you can't afford it? Now if you want to save your strength, you should hurry up and obey the order? But he said: "The two generals, please take care of yourself." ”

Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan laughed for a while, said goodbye and left, and left the camp after a while. Zu Kuan went to Zhengzhou, Zuo Liangyu went to Xuchang, and the two didn't even look back.

He Renlong sneered again and again, so he asked Gao Jie to sit down and drink, and asked him about the situation of the 36th Battalion in detail. But he couldn't tell Zhu Yuanzhang's strength, and he didn't know anything about the situation in southern Shaanxi, but he couldn't leak Zhu Yuanzhang's information.

He Renlong heard that the main force of the 36th Battalion was as much as 200,000, of which 30% were young and strong, and that there were many cavalry in Gao Yingxiang and Lao Huihui, while Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had many rebel soldiers, which were not inferior to the regular officers and soldiers.

Just as he was sweating profusely, he suddenly heard that the scout was coming, and the thieves attacked Luoyang.

When He Renlong heard this, he was so shocked that his head was full of sweat: "The thieves are coming to attack Luoyang? Are they crazy? Hurry up and ride to chase General Zuo and General Zu, and ask them to return to the army to help! ”――

The huge coalition composed of the Chuang Army, the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, Zhu Yuanzhang's Army, Cao Cao Luo Rucai, and a large number of small leaders is approaching Luoyang City.

The main force in this coalition is the Chuang army, Chuang Wang Chuang will have more than 20,000 young and strong uncles and nephews combined, followed by the five battalions of Gezuo, there are also 15,600 troops, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xue Hongqi's coalition army ranks third, the total number is more than 10,000, Cao Cao Luo Rucai is less, only six or seven thousand people.

After the army out of the Lushi Mountains, along the south bank of the Yellow River all the way to the east, where it passed, Lingbao, Shaanxi County, Mianchi, Xin'an, the defenders from all over the country fled one after another, the county commanders of these places hurriedly asked Luoyang for help, but He Renlong knew that the thief army was coming, but did not go out of the city to meet the enemy, but stuck in the city of Luoyang, and soon, all the counties west of Luoyang were broken by the thief army. The main force of as many as 50,000 thieves appeared under Luoyang City in a few days.

There are many mountains near Luoyang City, and when the thief army team appeared under Luoyang City, Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan's troops had also turned around at the invitation of He Renlong, and at this time they happened to look at the top of the mountain in the south of the city. The two of them climbed to the top of the mountain and looked west, only to see that on the plains and hills to the west, there were thieves everywhere, and 50,000 troops were coming all over the mountains, and there were tattered flags fluttering everywhere.

The banners of the Chuang Army, the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, the Zhu Army, and the Cao Army were the most distinct, each occupying a big mountain, and countless other small leaders also held the banner and opened a military camp densely west of Luoyang. There are many cavalry in the thief army, especially the three parts of King Chuang, Lao Huihui, and Xue Hongqi, and there are many light horsemen traveling around the camp......

Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan's armies are also on the top of the two mountains, if it was before listening to Gao Jie's words, the two of them may have gone out to invite the thief army to fight now, although the thieves are numerous, the two of them plus He Renlong in Luoyang City, there are also more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they have no power to fight. But now, Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan are almost unanimously immobile, and neither of them wants to go first. "Dead friends, don't die poor", it is the best policy to preserve strength at this time.

Seeing this situation, He Renlong in the city naturally refused to attack.

In the thief camp, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang, Lao Huihui and others were sitting together, Gao Yingxiang asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "Eighth Brother Zhu, we have gone to Luoyang according to what you said, what should we do next?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Next, pretend not to see Luoyang City, and rush at Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuanbu." ”

"It's inappropriate, isn't it?" Li Zicheng couldn't help but say: "If we go to invite Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuanbu, He Renlong in the city will suddenly open the city and raid the flank of our army, and I am afraid that we will suffer a heavy setback." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "He Renlong won't come out." ”

The people didn't believe it.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Not only will He Renlong not come out, but Zuo Liangyu and Zu Kuan will not fight with us, or you will know if you don't try." He didn't talk nonsense with Gao Yingxiang and the others, he went out of the camp directly, gathered more than 10,000 of his troops, left the joint camp of the thief army, and rushed straight to the hill south of the city, just rushing towards Zuo Liangyu's army.

Gao Yingxiang and the others sneered in their hearts: Are you a soft persimmon when Zuo Liangyu is a soft persimmon? He has 5,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom are soldiers who can fight habitually, which is very difficult to bite, and we have suffered from him several times, although Zhu Bajun has more than 10,000 people, but it may not be Zuo Liangyu's opponent of 5,000 people.

They had the heart to watch the joke and stood by from the back.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was resting on the mountain, and suddenly saw Baishui Zhu Bajun rushing towards the mountain where he was, and he was very dissatisfied: Which one are you fighting well? Luoyang City is so dazzling, you hit Luoyang, or you can beat Zu Kuan, why do you beat me? I'm not a fool, why should I lead and pinch the thieves?

Zuo Liangyu led the troops to retreat sharply, and gave up his mountain in an instant.

This scene fell in the eyes of the 36th Battalion, only to feel incredible, Baishui Zhu Ba led the army to invite the officers and soldiers to fight, and the officers and soldiers actually gave up their positions, which is simply inexplicable. I saw that Baishui Zhu Bajun drove away Zuo Liangyu, turned his head again, and rushed straight to Zu Kuan.

Gao Yingxiang and others all thought in their hearts: Zu Kuan led the 3,000 Guanning border army, this army is terrible, the Guanning border army is also the most elite one in the Liaodong army, and it is still a legacy left by Yuan Chonghuan to the imperial court, don't look at the fact that there are only 3,000 people, dealing with one or two thousand thief troops is like a joke, Zhu Ba will be unlucky this time.

However, a miracle happened again, and Zu Kuan, like Zuo Liangyu, led the army to retreat sharply, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Gao Yingxiang and the others almost fell to the ground, what kind of demon moth is this? (To be continued.) )