Huangshi, Hubei

A number of green tents are neatly erected at the foot of the mountain, from the top of the mountain, these tents stretch along the foot of the mountain towards Macheng for several miles, these thousands of tents are patrolled around a group of soldiers, in the center of these tents stands a large tent, this tent battlefield is very wide, the size of two rooms, at this time dozens of generals wearing various armor in this tent are sitting in it, the first sat Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, two supreme commanders in charge of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi.

It stands to reason that these days in the Central Plains to suppress bandits is progressing smoothly, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai and others were defeated by Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting led by tens of thousands of imperial army defeated and retreated, and now they are faintly surrounded in the mountainous area of less than 100 miles in the Huangshi area, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting have begun to prepare to completely solve this scourge in one go, but at this time, there is a thing from the imperial court that no one can imagine.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, who were sitting in the first place, had very ugly faces, and Yang Tinglin, who was sitting at the bottom left of Lu Xiangsheng, was silent with an official document from the imperial court in his hand, while the other generals sitting in the tent were whispering, and many people turned their eyes to the two generals in green military uniforms sitting on the right, these two people were naturally Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei who came to help in the war.

After a long time, Yang Tinglin put down the official document in his hand and said slowly to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiandou, why don't we jointly send an official document to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to suspend the transfer of Boya into Sichuan, and then we will enter Sichuan together after the annihilation of the rebellion, wouldn't it be more sure to annihilate that Zhang Xianzhong in one fell swoop?" ”

"It's too late!" Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "Hong Chengchou was greedy and rushed into an ambush and was defeated, and there were only more than 6,000 people left in the army of more than 20,000 people trapped in Chengdu, and now Chengdu has been surrounded by Zhang Xianzhong's 70,000 or 80,000 thieves, if there is no reinforcement to rescue, it is estimated that it will not last for a few days." If Cheng Dù loses the rules, Sichuan will all fall, and the consequences will be unimaginable, so the imperial court will order Boya to rush to Chengdu within a month to relieve the siege of Chengdu. ”

"Alas......"

Yang Tinglin slapped the table and sighed: "Seeing that the extermination of thieves is imminent, such a thing happened. Is it really the heavens that are constantly going against it? ”

Sun Chuanting said with a cold face: "If it weren't for someone's blind command, Hong Chengchou would not have lost his troops, let alone today's incident." ”

"Boya is cautious!" Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly interrupted Sun Chuanting's words, "The death of a person is great, and besides, this matter is not the work of a gentleman, not to mention that the court has already made a conclusion on this matter, let's not go over the old accounts." ”

"Humph......"

Listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, Sun Chuanting snorted coldly, and then stopped stupidly.

Sun Chuanting was silent for a while before he said: "This is a long way to Sichuan, and the difficulties of Shu Road are also clear to you, and Zhang Xianzhong is not only cruel and tyrannical, but also extremely cunning. I want to bring 5,000 Xuan troops into Sichuan together, what do you think? ”

"This ......"

Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin glanced at each other, and they all groaned.

In the past two months, the generals under the command of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting have finally seen the strength of the Xuan army, and the Xuan army always rushes to the front line when facing the enemy, and the power of the Xuanda army's arms phalanx has also silenced all those who originally questioned them.

Under the sound of thousands of guns with countless firearms, no matter how many thieves and robbers are in front of them, they become dead spirits under the guns, and the military discipline of the Xuanda army is strict and the logistics support is strong, no matter where the logistics support of the Xuanda army goes, even if it is necessary to buy materials, it is a silver dollar for nothing, and it will never do that kind of bullying thing.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing the goods, compared with the strict military discipline of the Xuan army and the fact that there is no crime against the people. Although Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are also quite strict in governing the army, there are still sergeants who make some trouble from time to time. Now Sun Chuanting is going to be transferred. His first thought was not to bargain with the imperial court, but to send a part of the Xuan army to Sichuan with him, which also made Lu Xiangsheng feel embarrassed.

After pondering for a long time, Lu Xiangsheng said to Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, who were sitting on the side: "General Yang Bing, General Tiger General Bing." You have all heard what Master Sun said, he intends to transfer one of you into Sichuan with him, what do you think? ”

Lord Tiger looked at Yang Guozhu. Motioned for him to speak first. Yang Guozhu shook his head and said: "Lord Lu, the two generals said when they first came, if the two generals are separated, then the two adults will be responsible for all the food and salary of my Xuan army, and if the two adults agree, the two generals will agree to follow Lord Sun into Sichuan." ”

As soon as Yang Guozhu finished speaking, Sun Chuanting said: "This official can promise you, as long as the two of you agree to divide 5,000 people to follow the official into Sichuan, then the food and salary of these 5,000 people are all covered by the official, even if there is no official, you can buy it from the Marquis of Zhongyong." ”

"Wait......" At this time, Hu Dawei spoke, "Master Sun, you are in charge of the baggage and food of the five thousand Xuanda army that entered Sichuan with you, who will be responsible for the five thousand people who remained?" ”

Sun Chuanting said without thinking: "This still needs to be asked, of course Jiandou is in charge." ”

"How can there be such a thing!" Before Lu Xiangsheng could speak, Yang Tinglin jumped up first, "Boya, we have promised to give you half of the Xuan army, is it already benevolent and righteous, do we still have to be responsible for their materials and salaries?" ”

"Why aren't you in charge, this official only took away 5,000 people, so naturally he is only responsible for the baggage and military salaries of these 5,000 people, and the remaining 5,000 people are helping you fight, shouldn't you be responsible?"

Sun Chuanting also held back the fire in his belly, I only took 5,000 people away, but you let me be responsible for everyone's materials and salaries, do I look so wronged?

Yang Tinglin and Lu Xiangsheng are not happy in their hearts, these days Yang Guozhu and they help me fight with their own food and weapons, and they don't need me to pay a dime, it is purely free to help, and now I kindly let you take half of the people and horses, but I have to start to feed these people out of my own pocket, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

Lu Xiangsheng said with a calm face: "Boya, it's not bad for me to let you take away 5,000 soldiers and horses, shouldn't you bear the heavy food and expenses of the other half of the Xuan army?" ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "These horses are fighting under your command, why do you let this official bear their expenses?" ”

Yang Tinglin retorted: "But originally we didn't use a penny, but now we are asked to give money, what is the reason?" ”

This is the so-called ass decides the head, in fact, it stands to reason that the Xuan army will help, and they should pay for the ordnance and food. But who let Xuan Dajun have money, not only do they want to help, but they don't want a dime, this kind of thing over time everyone thinks that Xuan Dajun's voluntary help is natural and deserved, and now they suddenly have to pay out of their own pockets to feed these people, but they feel unaccustomed to it, so the two coaches quarreled like this.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao, the governor of the capital, stood up and said to the three of them: "Three adults, the last general thinks that it is better to let the Xuan army cooperate with Lu Duchen to encircle and suppress the rebellion first, and then let Yang Zongbing and Hu Zongbing rush to Sichuan to assist Sun Duchen in destroying Zhang Xianzhong, how about this?" ”

"Why!"

As soon as Cao Bianjiao's words came out, he heard a shout from the side, and He Renlong, who was sitting next to him, stood up and said loudly: "Why let the Xuan army stay here first to encircle and suppress the thieves." Anyway, now that the thieves have been beaten by us, it is enough for Lu Duchen to have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to deal with these remnants of the defeated generals, so it is better to let Xuan Dajun go to Sichuan with us to fight Zhang Xianzhong. ”

"What did you say!"

Cao Bianjiao was also annoyed, pointed at He Renlong and scolded: "Don't you know how cunning the thief is, hasn't he escaped from the hands of the imperial army less times over the years?" This time, it is hard to besiege here, and it should be wiped out, if it is because of the lack of troops, who will bear the responsibility for letting it escape! ”

He Renlong sneered: "If you can still let that thief escape this time, it will only prove that you are too incompetent, what does this have to do with us." ”

"Fart!"

A thunderous voice erupted from Cao Bianjiao's mouth, and he shouted like thunder: "If you are surnamed He, you are talking nonsense again, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will beat you!" ”

He Renlong also jumped up: "Come on, I'm still afraid that you won't make it!" ”

Both are short-tempered. As he spoke, he was about to do it, and the generals who belonged to Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting in the big tent hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two back, looking at the messy big tent Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng felt a headache, which was still caused by the Xuan army.

The two sides quarreled for a long time, but still did not come up with a result. For a long time, I didn't know who suddenly asked: "Chief Yang and Tiger General Soldier, what do you mean?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone quieted down, and then they remembered that the main owner of the house had not yet spoken, is it interesting for everyone to fight for death and life here? Many people's faces began to turn red. It's a shame.

"Ahem......"

Lu Xiangsheng coughed a few times before saying: "Chief Yang Bing, General Tiger General Bing, what do you think about our mention of suitable talents?" ”

In fact, when the people in the handsome tent were discussing the ownership of the Xuan army just now, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were already very unhappy in their hearts. Your sister, you are talking about where we belong, but no one asks us what we mean, are we really air? Yang Guozhu is old and serious, and he can bear it, but Hu Dawei, who is a little anxious, has already had an angry look on his face, if Yang Guozhu hadn't given him a few looks, he would have been mad.

Now hearing Lu Xiangsheng's question, Hu Dawei spit out the words that he had long held in his heart: "Lu Duchen, Sun Duchen, the last general will say something from his heart." The last general remembered that before he came, Marquis Yue had said such a sentence, it is the duty of the Xuan army not to come to help, and it is love to come to help, after all, the imperial court did not give us a penny, whether it is heavy grain and grass or casualty compensation, Hou Ye is paying for it alone.

Originally, many colleagues were not in favor of sending troops, but Hou Ye said, we have enough dead and injured people in the Ming Dynasty over the years, or try our best to pacify these rogues so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, it is this that the last general and Yang General soldiers were sent out, and now it coincides with the sudden change in Sichuan, and it is a fact that the imperial court is tight, but the last general found that the two governors are pushing back for a little silver, this situation is unimaginable in our Xuan army, which also makes the last general and others really puzzled, is a little silver so heavy? ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Tiger might...... How dare you! ”

"How dare you talk like that to two governors!"

As soon as Hu Dawei's words were finished, everyone in the handsome tent was boiling.

After Hu Dawei finished speaking, he sat down again, ignoring the passionate crowd around him.

Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting glanced at each other, and both of them saw a trace of shame in each other's eyes, sigh...... It's really a poor and short-minded person, but if they can have more money, why would they be so detached that their subordinates would see jokes.

After arguing and shouting for a long time, it was finally decided to take a month as the deadline. Let Xuan's army stay in Huangshi to help Lu Xiangsheng first exterminate Li Zicheng's gang of thieves, and then let him go to Sichuan a month later to assist Sun Chuanting in exterminating Zhang Xianzhong.

Sun Chuanting left the day after receiving the holy decree, after all, the military situation was urgent, and if he delayed here for too long and Chengdu fell, Sun Chuanting would have to walk around without food.

After Sun Chuanting left, Lu Xiangsheng also began to intensify the encirclement and suppression of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's subordinates. In this way, Li Zicheng was a little unable to hold on.

There is a mountain range in the northern part of Huangshi, and the mountains are covered with dense forests, and the remnants led by Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai are hiding in this mountain range to survive.

At this time, in a cave, Luo Rucai, the former majestic "General Weide of the Heavenly Fumin", was tied to a stone with five flowers, and there were more than a dozen men in different clothes standing around him, led by Li Zicheng, who was known as King Chuang.

looked at Li Zicheng and the generals behind him. Luo Rucai's eyes almost burst into flames.

"Li Zicheng, you despicable villain, I really mistook you, and I would mistakenly believe your words to come to your appointment. I didn't expect you to attack your brother at the current enemy, hahaha...... I didn't expect there to be such stupid people in the world, I really opened my eyes! ”

At this time, Li Zicheng's face had long since lost the previous resoluteness, and was replaced by ruthlessness and viciousness, only to see him say gloomily: "Live Cao Cao, you could have lived, but you shouldn't have refused my request." At this point, the enemy is present. You're so disrespectful of the big picture, do you think you deserve to die? ”

"Haha...... Hahaha......"

Luo Rucai laughed, laughing so much that he couldn't breathe, and finally gasped: "What you said about taking care of the overall situation is to give you my soldiers and horses for you to command?" Or are you taking me for a fool? ”

Li Zicheng's face sank like water: "Isn't it?" Such a time of life and death. We should get through this difficult situation as a group, otherwise sooner or later we will be broken by the officers and soldiers, shouldn't you hand over the men and horses to me to command? ”

Luo Rucai said with a sarcastic expression: "What you say is better than what you sing, why don't you hand over your people to me." I can command for you, too! ”

"You...... Do you have that ability? Li Zicheng looked at Luo Rucai contemptuously: "What time is it now, you still have so many drama and bitches in the camp, drinking and having fun every day." Do you think you didn't die fast enough? ”

"That's my own business, Lao Tzu slept with a robbed woman, and it wasn't your wife who had anything to do with you!" Luo Rucai suddenly struggled and roared like crazy: "You don't have the ability to do it yourself, let your daughter-in-law bring you a green hat, what are you angry at me, can't you still let me play with women?" ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng's face suddenly darkened, and it was hard enough to say that Li Zicheng's life was hard enough. It stands to reason that when he was a child, he herded sheep for the landlord's family, and when he grew up, he didn't know how to mix up a civil servant, and he was responsible for delivering letters by the way at the post and telecommunications office in Yinchuan. Originally, this was not bad, a sheep herding baby can eat public meals, it should be said that he is also a successful person. But there were unforeseen circumstances, and he caught up with the imperial court to reduce expenses and laid off him, a civil servant.

Originally, it was unlucky enough to be laid off, but when he went home, he found that his daughter-in-law Han Jin'er and a single Khan named Gai Hu'er in the village had become a blue-faced confidant.

The man in northern Shaanxi could bear this humiliation, he slaughtered his daughter-in-law on the spot and then fled. Later, he took refuge in Gao Yingxiang and became a leader, and then married a daughter-in-law called Xingshi, but it didn't take long for this Xingshi to commit adultery with his subordinate Gao Jie. In the end, Gao Yingxiang saw that Li Zicheng was too unlucky, and his two daughters-in-law cheated in a row, and his head was so green that he glowed, so he married his daughter Gao Guiying to him.

For people like him whose wives have cheated one after another, the most hated thing is that someone has exposed his scars, as soon as he heard this, Li Zicheng's eyes suddenly flashed, the sword on Li Zicheng's waist was unsheathed, and he only heard a flash of "dangchang", Luo Rucai's neck immediately spewed out a blood mist, and soon the whole person died so that he could no longer die.

After returning the sword to the sheath, Li Zicheng said coldly to Li Guo behind him: "You immediately lead people to surround the camp of the living Cao Cao, and tell them that Luo Rucai is dead, and from today onwards, all of them must obey my orders, and whoever does not obey his orders will be killed!" ”

"Yes!" Li Guo hurriedly agreed, and then strode out.

That night, Li Zicheng's henchman Li Guo led thousands of old battalion men and horses and tens of thousands of displaced people to surround Luo Rucai's camp, although Luo Rucai's life style is not good, but people are righteous, and he is very loved by the soldiers, so his subordinates heard that Luo Rucai was dead and all stopped, and the guy fought with Li Zicheng's department, the two sides fought for a long time, Luo Rucai's most of them were annihilated, only the generals Yang Chengzu, Wang Long and others escaped, and at this time it also coincided with Lu Xiangsheng's troops began to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng. (To be continued......)