Of course, during this period of time, the literati who took refuge in Li Zicheng were not only Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Li Yan, but among the strategists, these three people were the most.

Song Xiance is short like a child, and has a horse face, his appearance can be said to be very ugly, but this person has a very good ability, which is also a unique ability of people who walk the rivers and lakes, that is, he will figure out what he wants.

As soon as Song Xiance saw Li Zicheng, he said to Li: "It flows into the dry of the Shunhe River, traps in the eighteen beaches, and if you want to go to the clouds, it starts from Yanmen Pass." When the general began the uprising, he immediately proclaimed himself king and named the country Chuang, which has verified this statement. Now according to the phrase 'from Yanmen Pass', the general's uprising will start from now on! ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was overjoyed, so he worshiped Song Xiance as a military advisor, because Song Xiance was short in stature, so the people in the army jokingly called him a child military advisor.

Another literati in his forties who sat at the head of Li Yan was Niu Jinxing, who had a long beard and an elegant and delicate appearance, and at first glance he looked like a well-educated person. Niu Jinxing, a native of Baofeng, Henan, was falsely accused of resisting taxes and forcibly occupying 18 women for ten years because of a provocation with relatives surnamed Wang.

Niu Jinxing was dissatisfied with this catastrophe, coinciding with Li Zicheng's capture of the entire territory of Hebei, Li Yan sent people to lobby, and immediately came to vote, and did not forget to call his friend Song Xiance when he came, it can be said that Li Zicheng's three major strategists have a good relationship in private, and it can also be said that they are in the same spirit, at least for now.

At this time, Li Zicheng was satisfied, he has been in the army since the second year of Chongzhen, and most of the time he has been chased by officers and soldiers in the deep mountains and old forests, even after occasionally capturing a few county towns, he is afraid of being surrounded by officers and soldiers and hurriedly run away, how can he capture the entire territory of a province like now, and sit in the lobby of the governor's yamen and drink so majesticly.

Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at the talented generals and strategists below, and felt unprecedented satisfaction in his heart.

Li Zicheng raised the big hand in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, this time we and the righteous army can capture Hubei, thanks to the support and help of your brothers, Li thanked everyone again, this glass of wine Li did first as a respect!" ”

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he picked up the big bowl and drank the wine in one gulp, and after putting down the big bowl, Li Zicheng's face also turned red.

Seeing this situation, Liu Zongmin was the first to shout: "Okay, King Chuang will give us face, we can't help but carry it, brothers, do it!" ”

"!"

Seeing this scene, the generals were full of pride, and one by one they picked up a big bowl of "Gu Dong Gu Dong" cows and drank them, and some of them didn't even notice that the wine was flowing onto their clothes. Different from the "heroism" of the generals, the strategists led by Li Yan just drank lightly with wine glasses, and through the contrast between them, they looked even more elegant.

After a bowl of wine, Li Zicheng sat back in his seat, turned his head to the left and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, now that we have captured Hubei, it can be said that we already have a piece of our own territory, and what to do next is to ask Li Gongzi for advice." ”

Li Yan is twenty years old, his face is like a crown of jade, his hair is neatly tied behind his head with a hairband, and he has a warm and jade-like temperament all over his body. In fact, not long after he came to the Chuang Army, he got along well with many generals in the Chuang Army, and the relationship was very good.

Li Yan smiled slightly, slapped the paper fan that never left his hand all year round to his left palm, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, according to the student's opinion, the current imperial court is already too busy to take care of itself, which can be seen from our attack on the Hubei imperial court but the inability to send troops to rescue, the current Ming Dynasty has reached the point of exhaustion." We can learn from the strategy of Emperor Hongwu in the past to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king", develop production in Hubei, accumulate financial resources, and attack Hunan on the other side. ”

"Hahaha"

At this time, Liu Zongmin's voice rang out, and he laughed and said: "Mr. Li's knowledge is excellent, but his scholarly spirit is too heavy, and our righteous army can capture Hubei, not with any money and food, but with the bravery of your brothers." We have followed King Chuang for more than ten years, and we have never made any set of "building walls high and accumulating grain", so what is Zhu Yuanzhang about, isn't it also called Huazi, let's Chuang Wang is at least a pawn, how is it better than calling Huazi, Li Gongzi, the set you said is also suitable for calling Huazi. In my opinion, we will go to fight Hunan after we finish fighting Hubei, and we can fight back to Shaanxi after we finish fighting Hunan. ”

"Hahaha yes, Mr. Liu is heroic! What is Zhu Yuanzhang and his Red Turban Army, our King Chuang is much more powerful than him. ”

The generals laughed when they heard this, and they all agreed with Liu Zongmin's words, but none of them noticed the disdain in the eyes of Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others on the left.

Although Li Zicheng also showed a smile in his eyes, he shouted: "Jie Xuan must not be rude, Li Gongzi is a great talent, his words are always reasonable, how can you talk like this, and you don't apologize to Li Gongzi!" ”

Liu Zongmin was eating a piece of pork ribs at this time, he swallowed the pork and spit out the bones in his mouth with a "phew", then he stood up slowly, and arched his hand towards Li Gong and said: "Li Gongzi, I'm sorry, my old Liu is a rough person, and he can't speak, so bear with me!" ”

Li Zicheng frowned when he saw Liu Zongmin's big grin, he was afraid that Li Yan would not be happy in his heart, so he apologized to Li Yan: "Li Gongzi, Jiexuan is this surname, don't be surprised." ”

Li Yan sighed secretly in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, General Liu's surname is straightforward, and the students are very happy, but I don't know what King Chuang thinks of the student's proposal?" ”

"This"

Li Zicheng pondered for a long time before he said apologetically: "Li Gongzi, don't hide it, although my righteous army is all from a hard background, there is a lack of capable officials in the army at the moment, and there are even fewer officials who are proficient in government affairs, I can't let Jiexuan and them go to Tuntian." ”

As soon as Li Zicheng's words came out, everyone burst into laughter, and everyone really couldn't imagine what it would be like to let Liu Zongmin, who had a beard and a rude surname, go to Tuntian.

Someone said playfully: "Li Gongzi, our righteous army has always been to fight and leave, accustomed to playing hide and seek with officers and soldiers, and never stay in one place for more, so the imperial court calls us Liukou, if we settle down in Hubei, what is it called!" ”

"Hahaha yes!"

The generals laughed and got up: "If you want me to say, our trick is much better than what Emperor Hongwu is, even if Zhu Yuanzhang is reborn, he can't help us, right?" ”

Listening to the words of the generals, Li Yan finally had to shake his head helplessly and sit down.

Seeing that Li Yan's face was not good, Li Zicheng comforted him, and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, they are all a group of rough people, don't be like them, now that the rebel army has grown, I plan to set up a new Henan battalion, and I want to ask Li Gongzi to be the commander of the Henan battalion, how about you?" ”

"This" Li Yan hesitated for a moment and agreed, after all, it has always been his dream to make meritorious contributions, of course he will not refuse such a good thing?

Seeing that Li Yan became the commander of the Henan battalion, Song Xiance on the side couldn't help but blush.

Although Song Xiance looked down on Lu Zongmin and these vulgar people in his heart, he still smiled when the city government was deep: "General Sentry Liu and the generals are right, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty's "national fortune will end", it is when our army takes the opportunity to expand the results of the war, the students have recently watched the sky at night, and found a proverb that says: "Eighteen children are the main artifact", I am very happy! ”

"Oh, eighteen children as the main artifact? What does that mean? Li Zicheng suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and asked with a solemn look on his face.

Song Xiance stroked his beard and said proudly: "Children, "son" also, eighteen together is the word "wood", the unity of wood is the word Li, and the artifact is the artifact of the world's dingding, the meaning of this sentence is that there is a person surnamed Li who can hold the artifact into the world, and who this person is has not been revealed? ”

As soon as Song Xiance's words came out, the hall was suddenly silent, and everyone looked at each other.

Immediately with a "boom", everyone's emotions began to get excited, Liu Zongmin stood up open-mindedly, couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and laughed loudly: "What else is there to guess here, this sentence clearly means that King Chuang will live in the world and become the emperor." ”

"That's right, he's a donkey ball, isn't that what this sentence means!"

"Yes, King Chuang became the emperor, aren't we the founding generals?"

With Song Xiance's words, everyone's expressions began to cheer up, and these words couldn't help but make Li Zicheng overjoyed, and at the same time, all the generals were also excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Different from the excited crowd, Li Yan's face flashed a trace of unhappiness, in his opinion, without a stable rear base, the rebel army will be like duckweed can only drift around, there is no way to talk about steady and steady, if it encounters a slightly larger wind and waves, the seemingly powerful rebel army will be swept away by the wind at any time.

These drawbacks were all seen by Li Yan, originally Li Yan wanted to persuade Li Zicheng while everyone was there, but he didn't expect to be rejected by Li Zicheng.

Li Yan, who was anxious in his heart, was about to persuade again, but was pulled by Niu Jinxing on the side. Niu Jinxing shook his head lightly at him, signaling that he couldn't do anything anymore, and he didn't do any more useless work.

Seeing Niu Jinxing's expression, Li Yan had to close his mouth and sighed softly, but this sigh was so helpless.

(To be continued)