Zhang Xianzhong's temper is unusually irritable, and he likes to kill, which leads to the strategists under his command, many times dare not speak, only look at Zhang Xianzhong's eyes to act, rebellion for so many years, Zhang Xianzhong has experienced too many things, and has seen through a lot of things, he has no good impression of scholars, and even dislikes and looks down on scholars, thinking that everything can be settled by force and killing, as long as someone is not convinced, it is a butcher's knife waiting, whether it is a scholar, a scholar or a common people.

It is precisely for this reason that the righteous army under Zhang Xianzhong's command killed the heaviest, and even slaughtered the city.

After occupying Xiangyang Fucheng, Zhang Xianzhong's approach has changed slightly, and he no longer kills people at every turn, but his killing nature has not changed much, as long as there is something in the city, it is to solve it by killing people, which is strange to say, and the use of killing people to solve the problem makes Xiangyang Fucheng particularly stable.

After learning that there were more than 100,000 people in the imperial army, they suggested that Zhang Xianzhong transfer back to Yunyang Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo, who was attacking in Sichuan, to jointly defend Xiangyang Mansion and resist the attack of the official army.

Among the many suggestions, Zhang Xianzhong only adopted Kuizhou, which asked Li Dingguo to temporarily stop attacking Sichuan, and led the rebel army back to Yunyang, as for the other suggestions, they all ignored them.

The official army began to attack many cities in Xiangyang Mansion, and the orders issued by Zhang Xianzhong were almost all evacuated, and the rebels from all over the country were ordered to return to Xiangyang Mansion City, which made many strategists even more incomprehensible, and many cities that they had worked so hard to occupy were handed over to the official army, which was not the style of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of the Eight Great Powers.

Zhang Xianzhong did not give any explanation, let alone consult the advice of the strategist. Judging from the current situation, the rebel army did not suffer much loss, but the rebel army evacuated from various cities and brought back a large amount of grain and grass. Let Xiangyang Fucheng store more grain and grass.

No one knows what Zhang Xianzhong thinks, let alone what kind of deployment Zhang Xianzhong has made.

In late October, seeing more than 100,000 officers and troops approaching Xiangyang Fucheng, many strategists finally couldn't hold their breath and began to put forward opinions and suggestions again, the opinions of these strategists are mainly divided into two aspects, one is to summon Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi to return to Xiangyang Fucheng to help resist the official army, and the other is to contact Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and the two righteous armies are united. Jointly resist the attack of the officers and troops.

The rebel army stationed in Xiangyang Fucheng was less than 60,000, but the number of officers and troops attacking Xiangyang Fucheng reached more than 100,000, and the number was almost double that of the rebel army.

Zhang Xianzhong still did not express his position, let alone ask Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi to lead the army back to Xiangyang Fucheng, nor did he propose to join Li Zicheng to fight.

Just when everyone couldn't understand Zhang Xianzhong, a person secretly came to Xiangyang Mansion City.

Zhang Xianzhong lived in the home of a scholar in Xiangyang Fucheng, who had fled long ago.

The visitor secretly entered the mansion where Zhang Xianzhong lived. I didn't even go to the government.

Zhang Xianzhong was waiting for this person in the study.

The man entered the study and immediately lifted the hat veil from his head. Salute Zhang Xianzhong.

"The child visits his father."

"Dingguo, you don't need to salute, you rushed to Xiangyang Mansion City, and you worked hard along the way."

"The child didn't work hard, the father-in-law summoned him, and the child finally came back at the scheduled time. I won't delay my father's great affairs. ”

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head with a smile, among the four righteous sons, his favorite is Li Dingguo, don't look at Li Dingguo is only twenty years old, but he is young and old. Brave in battle, he is a rare general.

Zhang Xianzhong rarely has a smiling face, but in front of Li Dingguo, the smile is the most.

"Dingguo, I want you to come back this time, there are very important things to discuss with you, I don't let you expose your whereabouts, I come back secretly, I just don't want the news of your return to leak out."

Li Dingguo is a little strange, Xiangyang Mansion has been occupied by the righteous army for a short time, and the righteous army also has a foundation here, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu have specially persuaded Zhang Xianzhong, don't blindly kill, you need to be rigid and soft, Zhang Xianzhong adopted such a suggestion, the effect is very good, could it be that the official army attacked Xiangyang Mansion this time, what happened in the city.

Seeing Li Dingguo's surprised expression, Zhang Xianzhong spoke again.

Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting led the official army to attack Xiangyang, and He Renlong led the official army to garrison Xinye and Xinyang, which is to prevent my union with King Chuang, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, it sounds like the formation is amazing, some people in the righteous army are afraid, especially those strategists, these days they are always noisy in front of me, annoyed to death, Li Yan, Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing and others around King Chuang back then are the biggest lesson, these scholars are not reliable at all, If they find out about your return, they don't know what the news will be. ”

Li Dingguo quickly understood the meaning and nodded slightly.

"The child understands what his father-in-law is doing."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, looked at Li Dingguo, and spoke directly.

"Dingguo, what do you think of the attack of the official army this time."

"The stepfather must have a way to deal with it."

"Leave it to mind what I think, tell me what you think."

Li Dingguo thought for a while, and quickly spoke, it seemed that he had already prepared.

"The focus of the official army's attack is the father-in-law, the purpose is to recover Xiangyang Fucheng, the battle will first be carried out in Xiangyang Fucheng, He Renlong is stationed in Xinye and Xinyang, the purpose is to prevent the rush of King Chuang, the child estimates, He Renlong will not attack King Chuang for the time being, once the official army takes Xiangyang City, it will immediately start attacking Yunyang."

"Well, your analysis is good, but this kind of analysis, those strategists also said, you tell me how to deal with the rebels."

"The child thinks that he will defend the city of Xiangyang Mansion to the death, strive to unite with the king, and defeat the attack of the official army."

Zhang Xianzhong's face showed a smile and laughed.

"Haha, worthy of my child, have the courage and courage, continue."

"Xiangyang Mansion City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the official army should not think about taking it down in a short time, during this period, the child and the second brother and the third brother can find a way to contact the king of Chuang, and strive to fight jointly with the king of Chuang, even if the king is unwilling to send troops, the problem is not very big, the second brother, the third brother and the child still have 60,000 soldiers of the righteous army, and the battle will be fought to a critical time, and the 60,000 righteous army will join the battle, and they will definitely be able to win the battle."

"That's a good point, but I still have a question, why do you think that King Chuang may not necessarily rush to the aid of Xiangyang Mansion City."

"If the strength of the righteous father is weakened, wouldn't it be a good thing for King Chuang, but the truth of the cold lips and teeth, presumably King Chuang also understands, once the official army takes Xiangyang and Yunyang, the next target is Nanyang and Runing."

At the age of twenty, Zhang Xianzhong was of course happy to be able to make such an analysis, he stood up, walked in front of Li Dingguo, and slammed Li Dingguo's chest with his fist.

"Yes, I also analyzed it this way, King Chuang may not necessarily come to help, he wishes that I was defeated by the official army, if I still insist in Xiangyang Mansion City, he will not support, unless the official army takes Xiangyang Mansion City, at that time King Chuang will send troops, take advantage of the troubled waters to fish, but unfortunately where am I so easy to be defeated."

"When the official army entered Xiangyang Mansion, I took the way of showing weakness and making the official army arrogant, but unfortunately the effect was not very good, the official army was slow to act, and did not launch an attack soon, so this time we encountered a strong enemy, presumably the official army attacked Xiangyang Fucheng, and also adopted cautious tactics to cause some trouble to the righteous army, but there is enough food in the city, and the problem is not big in a short time."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xianzhong's expression became serious.

"Dingguo, you and Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi are stationed in Yunyang, I don't want you to come back to help, you should understand the meaning, there are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, there are a lot of people, you directly rush to help, and the officers and soldiers fight, you can't occupy any advantage, and it is unlikely to defeat the officials and troops, but there is one point, the official army needs a lot of grain and grass to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, if they are ready to fight a protracted war, then they need more grain and grass, so the next goal you focus on is the road and team of the official army to transport grain and grass, After the official army began to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, but too many troops were dispatched to transport grain and grass, after you have reconnoitred clearly, you must cut off the route of the official army's grain and grass transportation, as long as you do this, the official army will definitely collapse, and at that time, we will be able to launch a large-scale counterattack and defeat the official army. ”

Li Dingguo nodded, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, once the grain and grass of the officers and soldiers were hijacked or burned, the more than 100,000 officers and soldiers could not maintain it at all.

"Dingguo, we can think of attacking the grain and grass transportation of the official army, and the official army will definitely pay attention to this, so don't worry, don't think about cutting off the grain and grass of the official army in a short period of time, and let the official army attack Xiangyang Mansion City enter the scorching stage, so that all the attention of the official army is almost focused on Xiangyang Mansion City, before that, you don't have to make any moves, and stay in Yunyang honestly."

"The child understands, and after the child goes back, he will immediately discuss with the second and third brothers."

"Well, this battle, you are in charge of commanding, I have already written a letter, you take the letter and the jade pendant, return to Yunyang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi must obey your command, you can discuss the specific battle plan, but the final decision is you, rest in the mansion today, leave the mansion tomorrow, the official army is about to attack Xiangyang mansion, the situation may change at any time, you must rush to Yunyang as soon as possible, do all the deployment, remember, this matter should not be known to anyone except your three brothers, Never leak your whereabouts. (To be continued......)