Three-seven-five, eastward, westward, draw lots

"That's a great plan!" Zhang Xianzhong also jumped his legs to agree, divided the troops, each person went in one direction, and distinguished their respective territories, which was indeed what he hoped for, and only by temporarily avoiding conflicts of interest with other rebels could he obtain stable expansion opportunities.

All of a sudden, none of the thieves raised any objections.

King Chuang Gao Yingxiang smiled and watched his nephew in the limelight, and only came out after half a sound and said, "Since everyone has no opinion on this strategy, let's assign our respective directions." ”

As soon as he said the direction, he saw that the expressions of the thieves were tense again. Things in the world are afraid of involving interests, once there are interests in it, everyone will play their own small abacus, and this direction is a very important matter of interests.

Now the location of the thief army is Xingyang, Henan, which is regarded as the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it can go in all directions, but if you go in different directions, the benefits obtained are absolutely different.

First of all, the West is a big hole, and whoever jumps into it will be finished. Because there are elite soldiers in the West of Hong Chengchou, the military governor of the five provinces, this is not a bone that anyone can gnaw down, if Zhu Yuanzhang's army is not counted, even if the thirteen families and seventy-two battalions present are embraced together, it may not be Hong Chengchou's opponent, if anyone chooses to go west into Shaanxi, it is really a dead end.

Next is Sichuan in the southwest, it is also a troublesome place, not only barren, but also the defenders are fierce, not long ago the eight kings of Xiying wanted to enter Sichuan, but they were beaten by the general soldier Qin Liangyu led by the white pole soldiers, and retreated miserably. Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers are good at mountain warfare, but unfortunately they are not enough to see when they encounter white pole soldiers.

Next, let's talk about going east to Anhui, which is a relatively wealthy place, and the defenders are not very powerful, and you can definitely make a lot of money by killing in that direction, who doesn't want to go?

In short, this direction is like cutting a cake, everyone wants to cut the best part and leave the unpalatable part for others.

The leaders of the rebel army, you look at me, I look at you, they all know each other, and they all plan to hold back their strength to fight for a good direction for themselves. Cupola Pillar Na Leng Touqing was the first to speak: "I'm going to Anhui."

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was like lighting a powder keg, and a large number of leaders fought at the same time: "I am also going to Anhui." ”

"Don't come to fight with me, I'm going to Anhui ......"

"I go down to the lake * south ......"

"I'll go to the mountains * west ......"

"I go anywhere, but I don't go to Shaanxi * West ......"

The crowd was noisy and noisy. It seems that the most popular place is really Anhui, and the most unpopular place is Shaanxi, which is not far from Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.

Xu Renjie quietly glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, what a good place in Shaanxi, these people don't want it." ”

Xue Hongqi glared at him: "If it weren't for Brother Zhu leading us to plant potatoes and hiding it from the imperial court, you wouldn't think that Shaanxi is good." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang signaled them not to be busy talking and to wait and see.

Soon, King Chuang Gao Yingxiang spoke again: "Don't quarrel, everyone, you can't quarrel like this." I suggest that everyone come and draw lots, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, which side to go is all determined by fate, how? ”

His method was a bit clumsy, but it was the ideal method for a large group of rebel leaders who spoke with their muscles. Although these bandit leaders are all unruly, they have no opinion on drawing lots, because this thing is all fate, and if you catch a bad place, you can blame yourself for your bad life, and you will be convinced if you die!

"Okay, let's draw lots!"

Gao Yingxiang had already prepared, waved his hand, and his own soldiers brought the box for catching lots, and a large pile of pieces of paper had already been placed in it, and there was no writing on the paper, only a bunch of arrows pointing in various directions, because most of these bandits were illiterate and couldn't understand writing, so it was more intuitive to draw arrows.

Wang Er couldn't help but wonder: "Really catch lots?" I thought that the guys such as King Chuang, General Chuang, and the Eight Kings of Xiying would rely on their own force to forcibly occupy a good direction, but I didn't expect them to come according to the rules. ”

"Fool!" Xu Renjie said: "Honest people are easy to deceive, Wang Er, if you hadn't followed Zhu Bugling out of the mountain at the beginning, you would have been deceived and killed a long time ago, and your bones would have been cold." This kind of thing is very common in the shopping mall, and they only need to glue rice grains on the back of a few pieces of paper in advance and stick them on the wall of the box, so that they can easily grab the direction they want when they reach into the box and grab the lot. ”

Wang Erda Khan: "Is there such a good way?" ”

"Okay, you're big, it's a trick that a three-year-old can do." Xu Renjie shook his head.

At this time, the drawing of lots has begun, and the Hun man of the Cupola Pillar is the first to go up and catch it, his luck is bad enough, and he reaches out and grabs the westward arrow, entering Shaanxi...... This simple man laughed: "I hit and beat Hong Chengchou, hahaha." ”

He didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but the leaders of the rebel army next to him cast sympathetic glances at him, and Cao Cao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Be careful not to die." ”

The second one to go up was the King of Hengtian, and the brother stretched out his hand and twitched, and it was another one that went west and entered Shaanxi. His face darkened, and without saying a word, he slowly walked to the side of the cupola, and it seemed that the two buddies were going to act together for a long time.

The third one to go up is to mix 100,000, this one draws, hey...... Unexpectedly, it was the west entering Shaanxi again, and everyone's faces turned black at this moment, and they said profusely: "Hey, the pieces of paper in this box won't all go to Shaanxi, right?" ”

Gao Yingxiang hurriedly said: "Of course, it can't all be in Shaanxi, I'll draw one and try it." ”

He reached into the box, his arm was slightly bent, and it could be seen from the stiffened tendons on his arm that the palm he put into the box was groping around the edge, of course, ordinary people did not pay attention to this detail, only Wang Er, Xu Renjie, and Zhu Yuanzhang were seriously watching the movements of his hands.

After Gao Yingxiang touched it for a while, he came out with a piece of paper, and everyone looked at it together, and the direction of the arrow was eastward and into Anhui......

"Wow! Brother Chuang Wang is really lucky. Only then did those honest leaders believe that not all the papers in the box were in Shaanxi, and their mood suddenly improved.

Wang Er twitched his eyes and said to Xu Renjie: "You're right, after his hand entered the box, he was obviously touching the edge, and it seemed that he really glued the piece of paper to the wall of the box with rice...... and then he glared at Xue Hongqi and said: "You, the number one in the Northern Shaanxi Horse Gang, are really insincere." ”

Xue Hongqiqiao's face was slightly red, and he sighed: "Uncle Chuang was not such a person before...... He...... It's a big change. ”

"There's no shame in the change." Zhu Yuanzhang comforted her and said: "People who have the world in their hearts, it is normal to make a little means, if you don't know how to use any means, there is no flexibility at all, but it is really a little contemptible." ”

Next, the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life stepped forward to catch lots, Ge Liyan and Zuo Jinwang caught Jinchuan, Luo Rucai and Guo Tianxing caught Beishang Mountain*West, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's two uncles and nephews naturally caught the east into Anhui, and the sweeping king and the Taiping king were also lucky to catch the eastward advance......

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of Xiying, walked to the front of the box, reached in and grabbed the lot, Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart, according to history, Zhang Xianzhong should also catch the east, and then went to Anhui with Li Zicheng, it seems that what he caught should also be the piece of paper that went east.

However, this time Zhu Yuanzhang actually guessed wrong, Zhang Xianzhong's hand retracted from the box, and he showed it in front of people, and it was actually westward and into Shaanxi!

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang is curious, what's wrong, has history changed?

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly came to his senses. It seems that it is caused by his own appearance, in the original history, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were almost a pair of old friends in the early days of the uprising, but in this time and space, Zhu Yuanzhang appeared sideways, and in the battle of Zezhou City, Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded Gao Yingxiang to control Zhang Xianzhong and asked him not to kill more. As a result, there was a rift between Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's two uncles and nephews, and the relationship was not as good as the original history.

It seems that in the original history, Gao Yingxiang also helped Zhang Xianzhong cheat at the Xingyang Conference and let him touch the piece of paper that went east, but because of the deterioration of their previous relationship, Gao Yingxiang did not tell Zhang Xianzhong about cheating, Zhang Xianzhong did not touch the piece of paper from the wall of the box, but took a piece of paper randomly, which became a piece of paper that went west......

This thing is interesting or not, what is interesting is that history has changed, and Zhu Yuanzhang really wants to know what will happen after the change. What is not interesting is that if Zhang Xianzhong runs into Shaanxi, he will become a very troublesome opponent, and if he does not do it, he will destroy Zhu Yuanzhang's long-term plan to set Shaanxi, and he will not be allowed to get into Shaanxi, and he must get this troublesome guy to clamp down on Li Zicheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and walked to the box where the lot was grabbed.

"Brother Baishui Zhu is here to draw lots!" The little leaders of Zhou were noisy for a while, everyone saw his five hundred heavy steps, once he decided which way to go, the people who followed him all the way had to have joy and sorrow, happy because the reinforcements were strong, sad because they didn't want to compete with him, so everyone looked at him nervously.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, hugged his fists to the people around him and said: "I have already discussed with Sister Xue Hongqi, we will act together, which direction I draw, which direction she will go with me, everyone has no opinion, right?" ”

If you say this after drawing lots, the people around you will definitely not agree, but if you say this before drawing lots, none of the leaders of the rebel army will oppose it, anyway, it is to die and live together in a group, this is not unusual.

Seeing that no one around objected, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and reached into the box. As soon as his hand entered, he immediately tilted to the side and touched the wall of the box. Although Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng each took an eastward direction, Zhu Yuanzhang was sure that there were still east-facing pieces of paper on the wall, because by doing this method, it was impossible to just make two pieces of paper for their uncle and nephew, and they had to make one or two more for backup.

Why?

If their two uncles and nephews want to avoid suspicion, it is impossible to draw lots at the front, so the people who caught lots before them are very likely to inadvertently arrest the "Dongjin" stuck to the wall of the box, and they must prepare a few more notes for Dongjin for the sake of insurance, and Zhu Yuanzhang wants more. He reached out, and sure enough, there was a piece of paper stuck to the wall of the box.

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled it lightly, tore off the piece of paper, and then took it out...... (To be continued.)

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