"Your Majesty, according to the Malay report, the imperial army has arrived in Jincheng, and there are still two hundred miles away from our army."

Zhang Xianzhong's troops were in the vicinity of Anze County, Shanxi, and according to their original plan, they could attack in the north and rush south to aid Li Zicheng. But they didn't expect that the main force of the official army would abandon Li Zicheng and pounce on them.

Hearing the news, Zhang Xianzhong was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to verify, but the result was true.

"...... so quickly" Zhang Xianzhong listened to the report, his face couldn't help but look embarrassed, and said: "The official army actually directly abandoned Li Zicheng and came to attack me, aren't you afraid that you will be attacked by the enemy, so you quickly send someone to inform Li Chuang and send troops to help." ”

"Lord, asking Li Chuang to send troops to help, although it is a top priority, but ...... The minister was afraid that Li Chuang would have the same mind as us at the beginning, and wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait until we and the official army were both defeated, and then come to reap the benefits. Wang Shangli, the governor of the Chinese army, who was sitting at the bottom, said.

"Yes......" Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but take a long breath, and then said: "The so-called asking for others is better than asking for yourself, it seems that this matter should still be cautious, and you can't bet all the treasures on Li Chuang." But now, in addition to the official army, there are more than 300,000 Liukou troops, and we only have less than 200,000 people. This is not Sichuan, Shanxi, the terrain is not conducive to me, we had better think of a way, try to avoid the main force of the imperial court head-to-head, and minimize casualties. ”

"If it really doesn't work, let's go back first." Wang Dingguo said.

"It is too early to withdraw the troops, and it has a great impact on the morale of our army, once the officers and troops pursue behind the back, and the soldiers and horses in Shanxi will stop them, we are afraid that we will suffer heavy losses." Zhang Xianzhong said.

"You can't retreat, you can't march into the army, and you can't stay here and wait, what can you do?" Sun Kewang said casually.

"By the way, Your Majesty, the minister suddenly came up with a way, maybe it will work." Wang Shangli said suddenly.

"If the Qing family thinks of something, let's talk about it quickly." Zhang Xianzhong said.

"Peace!" Wang Shangli said bluntly.

"Negotiate peace...... How is this possible, how can the imperial court negotiate peace with his father and the emperor......" Sun Kewang shook his head at the moment.

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand at Sun Kewang and said, "Wang Qingjia, tell me, what should we do to negotiate peace with the court, will the court agree to our peace?" I estimate that even if I ask for peace, the court will not agree. ”

"The so-called peace negotiation is actually nothing more than a strategy to delay time. The minister was thinking, although there were many soldiers on the court side, they were all newly surrendered rogues, a group of rabble, if they were expected to come to fight against our army, Yue Su, who led the army, was afraid that he would not be completely sure. Moreover, we can buy some soldiers and soldiers first, let them spread rumors, and only say that the current imperial court recruits them, which is nothing more than an expedient measure, Xu's official position, will not be counted in the future, and after the emperor and Li Chuang are eliminated, they will be cleaned up one by one, rabbits and dogs are cooked, and birds are hidden, but that's it. There is no shortage of suspicious generals among the rogues, and after listening to these rogues, they will definitely be wary of the imperial court, and when they fight, they will also deliberately preserve their strength, so that it will not be so easy to destroy us with the power of the officials and the army alone. Let's take the initiative to negotiate peace, and the imperial court will definitely consider it, which is also to put pressure on Li Zicheng to send troops to help him sooner. Wang Shangli said.

"That's a good idea, okay, that's it. Send someone to spread a message now, find Yue Su to negotiate peace, and let Li Zicheng send troops to join him quickly. Zhang Xianzhong said loudly.

"Marshal Qiqi, there is a messenger sent by Zhang Xianzhong who asks to see him outside the camp."

Yue Su's soldiers and horses went north from Jincheng, and came to Gaoping to camp on this day, and the army was properly encamped, and there were soldiers outside the tent of the Chinese army who came to report the news.

Hearing that Zhang Xianzhong had sent an envoy to come, Yue Su wondered in his heart and said, "Pass him in." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

The soldiers rushed to the outside of the camp, at this time, in the tent of the Chinese army, there were only Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, Huzi and Jiang Jie, Yue Su looked at Jiang Jie and said: "Mr. Jiang, what do you think Zhang Xianzhong will do when he sends a messenger here?" ”

"If the subordinates guess well, there will be ten people who will come to ask for peace and ask the court to recruit peace." Jiang Jie said with a smile.

"This Zhang Xianzhong himself should know that in this world, any rogue in the world can be recruited by the court, but he and Li Zicheng can't. Wouldn't it be humiliating to ask for peace now? Yue Su said coldly.

Zhang Xianzhong naturally knew that the imperial court would not accept his surrender, and he asked for Zhao'an, just to delay time. I hope Li Zicheng can come to help him soon. Of course, he also has something to rely on, there are no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, all of them are combatable soldiers, but on our side, there are too few officers and soldiers, and most of them are obedient rogues, and there are many people, it is inevitable that they are not aligned, and they are all rabble, and the combat effectiveness is low. When the time comes, if you want to extinguish Li Zicheng, you will suffer. Jiang Jie said.

"What Mr. said is good, this Zhang Xianzhong is indeed relied on, but no matter what, his self-invitation to recruit is definitely fake, and it is definitely not sincere. Head-to-head is inevitable. Although the plan we set up at the beginning to drive wolves and fight tigers is good, it is not easy to really control these wolves. Looking at it now, only Liu Xiyao, Wang Guoning, He Yilong, He Jin, Lin Yangsheng and other dozen families are tied to the imperial court and are sincerely obedient, and the others, even if they are recruited, are also swaying, and they may suddenly bite us at any time. When fighting against Li Chuang, it can also be seen that many of them deliberately preserve their strength, and even if they are sent to fight, they can't do anything. Yue Su shook his head and said.

Sincerely, most of them are the ones who surrendered to Yue Su before, that is, those who saw the Battle of Luoyang. The most reliable is Wang Guoning and He Yilong, Liu Xiyao and other four people in the fifth battalion of Gezuo. Because they are in the same group as Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying, now that they have killed Lao Hui Hui, their reputation has spread, and they don't really help the court, what else can they do.

When he fought with Li Zihe, the battles he fought were half the winners and losers, and most of the ones who won were the officers and soldiers who joined forces with these families, and the ones who lost were the horsemen of other families, and they were almost immediately defeated.

Therefore, Lord Yue understands that he must be cautious now, and he must not make a small difference, otherwise, those rogues who look like gods will rebel again.

"Therefore, in this fight with Zhang Xianzhong, the marshal must try to minimize the loss, and if he can use fewer sword soldiers, he will use less knife soldiers. And looking at it now, Zhang Xianzhong is better to deal with than Li Zicheng no matter what he says, and the marshal wants to leave the main force to deal with Li Zicheng. Jiang Jie said.

"Hmm." Yue Su nodded and said, "I understand." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone outside suddenly said: "Qiyu Marshal, Cao Chun, the general under the command of 100,000 Ma Jinzhong, asks to see you." ”

"Oh? What did he come to do? Yue Su muttered to himself in his heart, but still said loudly: "Please! ”

After he came in, he knelt on one knee and said loudly: "The last general Ma Jinzhong sees the marshal." ”

"General Cao, please get up quickly. Sit! Yue Su said enthusiastically, motioning for Cao Chun to sit down on a chair on the side.

"Thank you, Sir." Cao Chun stood up, but did not sit down, but said directly: "My lord, the last general has discovered a confidential matter, and I have come to report it to the marshal." ”

"What's the matter?" Yue Su hurriedly asked.

"The last general found that some people spread rumors in the army, saying that the imperial court recruited generals from various departments, but in fact, they did not have a good heart, but borrowed the hands of the rogue to destroy the Kou with the Kou, consuming everyone's strength, and after defeating Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there are not many people left in the battalions, and then the court will wipe everyone out. This is called rabbit dead dog cooking, bird bow hidden. Cao Chun said truthfully.

"Do you know where this rumor came from?" Yue Su asked.

"This last general didn't know, but it was spread by false rumors, and now there are people everywhere in the army who spread the news. The last general thought that this matter was very important, so he specially reported it to the commander. Cao Chun said.

"You're doing a great job. This merit, the marshal wrote it down, and the marshal asked the court for a decree to award you the lieutenant of Zhongxian, if there is any merit, you will be promoted from the best and rewarded, and you will be guaranteed to be the chief soldier. In the future, if you hear anything confidential, report it quickly. Yue Su said with great satisfaction.

"Thank you, Sir." Cao Chun hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked him.

"No need to be polite, hurry up. Jin Cicada, take ten catties of gold, and give General Cao a drink. Yue Su followed.

"Yes!" Jin Cicada agreed. He immediately went to fetch the gold, and soon brought a baggage, which contained one hundred and sixty taels of gold, and handed it to Cao Chun.

Lord Yue rewarded the official position and gave gold, Cao Chun was flattered, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, ......"

"This is what you deserve, Ben Shuai has always rewarded and punished clearly, you have made great contributions, of course Ben Shuai should be rewarded heavily. Okay, you go down first, I have some things to do here. Yue Su said in an encouraging tone.

"The last will obey." Cao Chun was happy in his heart, took the gold, and bowed down to withdraw from the big tent. When he returned to the camp, he naturally had to work harder to find out the news for Yue Su.

Seeing Cao Chun retreat, Yue Su's face inevitably showed embarrassment, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This must be Zhang Xianzhong's people who have had an affair with the army, spread rumors, and shake the hearts of our army!" ”

"This should be the case, but when the subordinates saw Cao Chun coming to report the news, they suddenly came up with an idea in their hearts, maybe they can use the shortest time to bring all these troops over." After Jiang Jie finished speaking, he raised his hand and squeezed it fiercely.

"You mean......" Yue Su has been rolling in officialdom for so many years, and he reacted immediately.

"Exactly!" Seeing that Yue Su understood what he meant, Jiang Jie smiled and nodded.

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