The 20,000 sergeants led by He Renlong traveled day and night, heading in the direction of Weishi County, and he had already recruited all the sergeants stationed in Xinyang and Dengzhou, and now the sergeants stationed in these places had no effect.

The 20,000 sergeants led by He Renlong are almost all sergeants drawn from the Beijing camp in Nanjing, and their combat quality is still good, and their salaries are basically guaranteed, so their combat effectiveness is okay.

But there is one thing that He Renlong expected, that is, the marching speed of Li Zicheng's army, you must know that the army under Li Zicheng is close to 200,000 people, so many people march, the speed cannot be very fast, but only three days have passed, Li Zicheng marched nearly 300 miles, passed Ye County, and went straight to Xiangcheng, if Li Zicheng has been following this marching speed, then He Renlong has no chance to arrive in Weishi County before Li Zicheng.

He Renlong gave orders to Xiangcheng and Weishi County Garrison Yamen, asking them to stop Li Zicheng's rapid march along the way, but such an order did not make the slightest sense, He Renlong himself also understood that the garrison Yamen could have about 2,000 sergeants, even if it was very good, it was not enough to use this little force to stop Li Zicheng's army of nearly 200,000.

The anxious He Renlong gave orders to march quickly many times, which made the sergeants under his command a little unbearable.

Even He Renlong himself felt that it was difficult to persevere.

It is not possible to go on like this, the army is dragged down by the rapid march, even if it arrives in the county seat of Weishi, how to fight, how to deal with nearly 200,000 rogues.

After careful consideration, He Renlong made a change. The army no longer rushed to the county seat of Weishi, but rushed to Zhuxian Town, which is located between the county seat of Weishi and the city of Kaifeng, to resist Li Zicheng's army in Zhuxian Town.

After He Renlong made his decision, he sent his own soldiers to inform Wu Fu, the governor of Henan, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, of this decision.

Since He Renlong decided to stop Li Zicheng's army in Zhuxian Town, then the army led by Sun Chuanting. Naturally, he also rushed to Zhuxian Town.

The officers and troops attacking Yunyang Mansion City all disappeared overnight, and the position was completely quiet.

When Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi walked into the study, they saw Zhang Xianzhong with a smile on his face.

Liu Wenxiu chuckled in his heart, he vaguely understood Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts, but he still spoke hard.

"Father-in-law, the official army has withdrawn, and the messenger sent by King Chuang has also arrived......"

"Wenxiu, needless to say, I know what you mean. Did you think that I decided to send troops and harass behind the officers and soldiers? ”

It should be said that this is an agreement between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, once Li Zicheng began to attack Kaifeng Fucheng, resulting in a change in the deployment of the official army, then Zhang Xianzhong also had to make corresponding moves, and now that the official army has withdrawn, it must be to rush to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng, then Zhang Xianzhong will lead the army to follow behind the official army to fight. Distract the officers and soldiers.

This was agreed upon by Liu Wenxiu, on behalf of Zhang Xianzhong, and Gu Junen, an important adviser of Li Zicheng.

I saw Zhang Xianzhong say this. Liu Wenxiu did not flinch.

"Father-in-law, the child feels that it is also appropriate to do what is agreed."

When Liu Wenxiu said this, Zhang Xianzhong's face changed.

"Wenxiu, I didn't expect your idea to be so simple and naïve, do you really think that Li Zicheng is really helping me. In fact, he had his own plans, and he didn't make such a choice for the sake of profit. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said this, Liu Wenxiu's face turned slightly red, regardless of whether Li Zicheng was for his own interests or not. In short, its attack on Kaifeng Fucheng made all the officers and soldiers who encircled and suppressed the righteous army evacuate, and Yunyang was already safe, which means that Zhang Xianzhong had received real benefits, so the agreement should be implemented.

"Father-in-law, the child feels that King Chuang attacked Kaifeng City, whether it was for his own interests or not, his approach has mobilized the officers and troops, so that the officers and troops were caught off guard, in this case, the preparations of the officers and troops are definitely not very sufficient, if we follow behind the officers and soldiers, and give timely blows, we will definitely be able to disrupt the deployment of the officers and troops, if we can unite with the king of Chuang and flank the officers and troops before and after, we may be able to achieve a major victory."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Liu Wenxiu for a long time before he spoke.

"Wenxiu, do you feel that an agreement has been formed with Li Zicheng, if you don't implement it, it will be a breach of trust, and you will have no face."

"Father-in-law, the child doesn't have this idea."

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head slightly.

"Wenxiu, you have been by my side, since you were a child, I don't know your thoughts, you must be thinking about keeping your promises, don't break your promises, this is a good thing, but this so-called keeping promises also depends on the actual situation."

When he said this, Zhang Xianzhong's face had already turned cold.

"After so many years, I know better than you what kind of person Li Zicheng is, and I can be sure that Li Zicheng never thought that I would follow the back of the official army to fight, he has long been ready for everything, according to the agreement between us, Li Zicheng's attack on the Fengfu City is just for show, the purpose is to flank the official army with me, but I know that Li Zicheng's purpose is to capture the Kaifeng Mansion City."

When Zhang Xianzhong said this, Liu Wenxiu was stunned.

Liu Wenxiu is indeed young, although he is a little strategic in doing things, he rarely has a cunning mind.

"Righteousness, father, I didn't think of this."

"Okay, I'll teach you how Li Zicheng will do it."

When he said this, Zhang Xianzhong stood up, walked to the table, and looked at the map on the table.

"First, Li Zicheng's march will be very fast, and he will arrive at Kaifeng Mansion at the fastest time to launch a large-scale attack, he has calculated that He Renlong, who is stationed in Xinye, has not many officers and soldiers under his command, and he will not be able to stop him at all, and the number of officers and soldiers stationed in Kaifeng Mansion is even smaller, and he will launch an attack on Kaifeng Mansion as quickly as possible."

"Second, Li Zicheng will never attack the official army with us in front and back, he asked us to follow behind the official army to fight, the purpose is to let us contain the official army, he can go all out to attack Kaifeng Fucheng, and he also hopes that we can start a desperate fight with the official army, so that the official army can not be reinforced at all."

"Third, the wealth of Kaifeng Mansion City makes Li Zicheng covet, Li Zicheng will not stick to Kaifeng Mansion City, once he captures Kaifeng Mansion City, he will definitely loot on a large scale, and after getting enough wealth, he will quickly withdraw and leave."

"Therefore, Li Zicheng's commitment to attack Kaifeng Mansion is all for his own interests."

"Wenxiu, think about it, why did Li Zicheng not make any moves when the official army attacked Xiangyang Fucheng, in fact, at that time he could have sent troops to help me, when the official army besieged Yunyang Fucheng, he could also send troops to reinforce it, if he decided to send troops to Yunyang Fucheng, the official army would also make changes in deployment, but unfortunately Li Zicheng chose to attack Kaifeng Fucheng, and did not forget to let me follow behind the official army to fight."

Zhang Xianzhong said it very clearly, but Liu Wenxiu still felt that the reason was not sufficient.

Li Zicheng must think of his own interests when doing things, it is impossible to pay for no reason, Liu Wenxiu remembers very clearly, when he first met King Chuang, King Chuang did not think of the union of the two armies at all, or Gu Junen made an accurate analysis on the side, King Chuang was moved, when Liu Wenxiu and Gu Junen discussed, Gu Junen also said very clearly, King Chuang could not send troops for the interests of Zhang Xianzhong.

Liu Wenxiu thought of another thing, that is, when he was in Kuizhou, Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong calculated Li Zicheng's affairs, if Li Zicheng hadn't acted earlier, maybe he would have died.

Compared with the two, Liu Wenxiu felt that his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong's approach was a bit excessive.

But Liu Wenxiu would not say such an idea.

Seeing that Liu Wenxiu was silent, Zhang Xianzhong was a little happy, he thought that Liu Wenxiu understood his hard work.

"Wenxiu, we are not not sending troops, isn't Li Zicheng going to attack Kaifeng Fucheng, the official army has been reinforcing in the direction of Kaifeng Fucheng, I expect that there will be a fierce battle between the official army and Li Zicheng, the best time for us to act is when Li Zicheng and the official army start a fierce battle and lose both, at that time our joining, will definitely be able to change the situation of the war, at this time defeated the official army, I don't owe Li Zicheng anything, and I also want to go to Kaifeng Fucheng to see, so much wealth, can't let Li Zicheng occupy it alone. ”

Liu Wenxiu's face turned slightly pale, it should be said that he has always admired Zhang Xianzhong, but when he heard Zhang Xianzhong's words today, his inner opinion was shaken.

It has always been difficult for the rebels to truly unite with each other, the contradiction between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong is very deep, such a situation is normal in Liu Wenxiu's opinion, but after the real disaster, not to mention the real alliance between each other, at least they need to work together, after all, no matter which way the rebel army is wiped out by the official army, the other rebel army will encounter the full encirclement and suppression of the imperial court.

This time Li Zicheng has done a very good job, abandoning his previous suspicions, and when Zhang Xianzhong was in trouble, he reached out to help, but unfortunately, Zhang Xianzhong did not appreciate it, or he didn't care about the agreement with Li Zicheng at all, and he also put his own interests first.

If the rebel army continues to develop like this, it can be said that it has no future, and when it encounters such a critical situation, they are still calculating with each other, and they are not willing to pay.

I don't know why, Liu Wenxiu's heart is a little desolate, he feels that the righteous army is developing like this, I am afraid that there is no future, even if it can grow up in a certain period of time, it will eventually fall down. (To be continued......)