On a small road in the south of Hunan, more than 200 Han troops walked.

"Dashuai, there is Jinxiang Town in front, if you want me to say, why bother with that Wang Zhu, this kid has a bad stomach, he must be afraid of the Dashuai's levy, so he made a plan to delay the army and make an appointment to meet the Dashuai!" Li Xuan opened the road in front, looked at the winding river, and had a stomach full of resentment towards Wang Zhu.

This Wang Zhu is really not a good thing, the Han army just arrived in Linwu County, he ambushed on the side of the road to sneak attack, fortunately the former battalion alert, which made him return in vain, I didn't expect that the next day Wang Zhu shamelessly sent someone to persuade him to surrender, you come and go, plainly delayed for three days, a plan failed, and a plan, actually learned from the ancients Lu Su, and met in the river.

Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly and explained: "The reason why I tolerate Pushan is because he is more pragmatic and does not treat the Qing Dynasty as loyal as Zeng Guofan, when I made friends with Pushan, I knew that he was good at adapting to changes, and often expressed dissatisfaction with the status quo of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Li Xuan took a deep breath and sighed: "I'm afraid that Wang Pushan doesn't know the hearts of good people and lives up to the good intentions of the handsome, so I still take the opportunity to capture him and slowly lure him down!" ”

Although Zuo Zongtang became much more cunning when he led the troops to fight, he didn't do such a thing, shook his head and refused: "The two armies are not going to fight and don't kill them, if you rashly detain Pushan, Pushan is strong, I'm afraid there is no possibility of luring surrender, it's better to go to Jinxiang Town to talk." ”

More than 200 guards surrounded Zuo Zongtang and Li Xuan, and slowly approached Jinxiang Town.

There is a river running through it outside Jinxiang Township, and the water surface is only about 30 meters wide.

"Dashuai, isn't the person sitting on the boat Pushan!" Li Xuan pointed to the lonely man who was sitting alone on the boat fishing, and exclaimed.

See Zuo Zongtang walking towards the boat on the shore. Li Xuan pointed at Huang Qiying and Wang Yinlin and said, "Dashuai take the two of them to prevent fraud." The last general waited in front, and if Wang Ju dared to make any changes, the last general would block his way. ”

Zuo Zongtang couldn't refuse Li Xuan's kindness, so he only took Huang Qiying and Wang Yinlin on the boat.

"Brother Ji Gao, I didn't expect Xiangxiang to say goodbye and meet here, I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have agreed to you to persuade you to surrender the short hair!" Wang Ju has too many words to ask Zuo Zongtang, but how can he see the real person. But it has become a teacher to ask for guilt.

Zuo Zongtang jumped on Wang Zhu's boat, motioned Huang Qiying to wait outside, came to Wang Zhu, and said: "Creation makes people, I didn't expect you and I to have a day when we met each other. ”

Listening to Zuo Zongtang's heartfelt words, Wang Zhu almost cried and coughed a few times. Spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and quickly took a pill into his mouth, his face turned rosy.

Zuo Zongtang was shocked, and helped Wang Zhu and asked, "Pushan, what are you...... This is tuberculosis. Why did you suffer from such a stubborn disease, and you didn't cultivate at home, and ran to this deep mountain and bad water? Don't you want to live! ”

Wang Ju smiled bitterly: "Since leading the troops to fight, this problem has fallen. Sometimes I'm scared, but a few days ago, my teacher was martyred. On the contrary, I looked away, life is born in a lifetime, shouldn't you live vigorously, Brother Ji, you are my best friend, don't show my little daughter in front of me, let me look down on it! ”

Zuo Zongtang raised his head, forced tears back into his eyes, heard that Luo Zenan had died, he couldn't hold back any longer, and asked in a trembling voice: "Mr. Zhongyue, is he really ...... Really ......"

He and Luo Zenan are close friends, it just so happens that Luo Zenan and he are full of knowledge, but they have not been able to pass the examination for a long time, the two often comfort each other together, borrow wine to kill their sorrows, and gradually become close friends.

Wang Ju's expression was slightly bitter, and he replied in an astringent voice: "I died when I attacked Wuchang, Ji Gao, this question has been in my heart for a long time, if I don't ask to understand, I won't die!" ”

Zuo Zongtang helped Wang Zhu sit down and sighed: "I know that you are asking me why I want to assist the Han!" When we were in Xiangxiang, a few of us promised together that we would join the army to serve the country, exterminate the anti-thieves, and prosper the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Yes, the old oath is still in your ears, why did you betray it?" Wang Ju coughed loudly, and his eyes were sharp.

'Alas', Zuo Zongtang sighed: "It's because I figured out the problem that has been bothering me before, and it is also the problem that has always bothered Brother Zhongyue, but unfortunately Brother Zhongyue died, otherwise he should have drunk with me three times." ”

"What's the problem?" Wang Zhu pressed forward step by step, as if he would not give up until he reached his goal.

Zuo Zongtang replied: "The people of the Central Plains are all Han people, the Great Han Kingdom is the orthodoxy of the world as a matter of course, the Tartars have always come from outside the Guan, stealing from China for more than 200 years, the former Hongwu Emperor expelled the Meng Yuan, and today the Han King expelled the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all of which are in line with the trend of heaven and the people's will. ”

Wang Ju covered his chest, endured the discomfort, and also replied: "I am very grateful to Ji Gao for your mercy, but the orthodoxy of the world must not make the slightest mistake, the true son of heaven is now in Beijing, it is the orthodox royal bloodline, the world knows it, you must not talk nonsense, Ji Gao is to help the world as his own responsibility, this post of military minister is none other than Jun." ”

Zuo Zongtang helped Wang Zhu and persuaded: "Brother Wang, please calm your anger, our current major event is to solve the gap between the two of us, now you Chen soldiers are in Guiyang, and my 20,000 army has captured Lingwu, maybe tomorrow we will meet each other, fight you to the death, why not talk to the amiable together today?" ”

"That's right, the dispute between the Han and Qing dynasties, there are enough dead people, and it's not bad for the two of us, this time Ji Gao led troops into Hunan, what is your idea? If you just contain the Hunan army, now that you have succeeded, I will lead 10,000 elites here, if you want to capture Hunan, then I can only be sorry, although my Wang Zhu is a crippled body, but I can still afford to defend my hometown. ”

Zuo Zongtang had vaguely guessed his friend's thoughts, Pushan knew that his time was running out, so he didn't think about changing the court, it seemed that he had to think of a way.

"Pushan, when you were young, your thinking was the most radical, at that time I was worried that you would go astray, but I didn't expect things to be diametrically opposite, I know that you are not the kind of pedantic person, you also see the general trend of China very clearly, the Han Kingdom has more than 400,000 armor, plus more than a million militia, police, etc., all of them can dance with a big sword, so that the spear can be recruited to kill the enemy at any time, and the world can be unified in less than three years, why do you use the mantis arm as a car, you don't think about yourself, you also have to think about Zhong Yue's family, disciples, these innocent people, In the future, how can they live in the name of rebellion, besides, what the emperor hates most is that the Han people help the Manchus to fight, and the emperor knows very well the backbone of the Hunan army, even if I want to help you, there is nothing I can do. ”

You don't care when it comes to other Wang Zhu, but Luo Zenan is his mentor, everything he has today is taught by Luo Zenan, if the descendants of his mentor are tortured because of this, under Jiuquan, what face does he have to see his mentor.

"If the name is not right, it is not good, and if it is not good, it is difficult to succeed, who is the unification, and it is not something we can understand for a while, Ji Gao, you voted for the Han Kingdom, and our Hunan soldiers know everything, but they have never been sorry for your people, at the beginning, Zeng Disheng blackmailed Tao Trance, and I didn't know that you had become a great official of the Han State, and now Wang Debang, Yang Kailin, Yang Jinlong, Wang Kaihua...... Their relatives and families are doing well, so why can't you? Forget it, nine times out of ten things in the world are unsatisfactory, if the hypocrites really want to embarrass them, even if I surrender, how can I stop it? ”

When Zuo Zongtang saw that there was a door, he smiled and said: "Pushan is wrong, the King of Han treats the enemy cruelly, but he treats his own people as a benevolent monarch, you don't have to worry." ”

Wang Zhu pointed to the north and proposed: "Now that the Han army and the Hunan army are fighting a decisive battle in Jiujiang, we hereby agree that if the Han army wins, I will surrender to the Han and help you attack Hunan, and if the Hunan army wins, you will sacrifice Fujian and Guangdong provinces anyway." ”

Seeing that it was getting late, Zuo Zongtang got up and said goodbye: "Okay, it's decided, the emperor ordered me to attack Hunan, loyalty and righteousness can't be both, I will disobey once, I hope Pushan can keep your promise, otherwise I will only apologize with death." ”

Wang Ju patted Zuo Zongtang's chest with emotion, and said excitedly: "The husband has made a word, and the horse is difficult to chase!" Leave. ”

Li Xuan saw that Wang Zhu had to leave alone like an old man, and when he saw him, he didn't even say hello, and said depressedly: "What the hell is this Pushan doing?" God mysterious. ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled proudly: "Liutian, although you grew up in Hunan, you still don't understand the brute strength of the Hunan people, you led the Eleventh Army to quietly return to Guangdong, and Li Shixian and the two divided troops to attack Guangxi, Li Shixian is from Guangxi, you have to cooperate with him, listen to his opinions, the emperor's hometown and house can not have a trace of loss, understand?" ”

Li Xuan was dumbfounded, and exclaimed: "Tampering with the holy decree is a crime of deceiving the king, think twice!" ”

Zuo Zongtang felt a little comforted: "You don't have to worry, I will explain to the emperor, I will also send troops to support Jiangxi, as long as you can capture Guangxi, you can march from Daozhou, I will not break my promise, when the emperor will reward meritorious deeds, I will not only have no faults but also merits, and Guangxi and Hunan are only separated by a river, and it will be easier to attack Hunan at that time." ”

Li Xuan still couldn't rest assured: "If I take the main force of the Eleventh Army away, you will only have less than 5,000 men and horses here, in case the Hunan army comes to attack, wouldn't it be dangerous for the marshal!" ”

"I have agreed with Pushan not to attack each other, Pushan is the most trustworthy in his life, you can go with confidence." Zuo Zongtang explained in a commanding tone.

"The last general obeys the order, please rest assured, the last general will do his best to cooperate with Li Shixian." Li Xuan had no choice but to admit it, and secretly planned to end the war in Guangxi as soon as possible and attack Hunan from Guangxi, as long as he was brave and diligent, he would definitely let the marshal not be punished by the emperor. (To be continued......)

PS: On Monday, let's see if there are any tickets, and yesterday there were only a dozen recommended tickets for more than a dozen chapters.