For Song Xiance, in fact, there is no risk in making such a decision. If the judgment is accurate, it is, of course, Song Xiance's foresight. If the judgment is wrong, then Song Xiance also leaves enough way back for his words. And at that time, the camp had already completed the campaign goal of capturing Kaifeng. After this great victory, Li Zicheng will definitely be very open-minded, and he will not blame Song Xiance for a small mistake in his judgment.

And this discussion also made the deployment of the Li and Luo coalition forces have changed slightly, they have taken the siege of Kaifeng City as a secondary goal, and put the siege point reinforcement in the first place. Of course, the current supply of troops of the Li and Luo coalition forces is quite sufficient, so reducing some troops besieging Kaifeng City will not affect anything.

After solving such a major issue, everyone discussed some trivial matters, and seeing that Li Zicheng's eyes were already a little tired, Li Yan and they retired with interest. But Song Xiance still didn't move in his seat, and he said to Li Zicheng: "The student has something to talk to you about Chuang Wang alone. ”

When everyone left the study, Song Xiance went over to Li Zicheng and whispered: "King Chuang!" There is only one dragon chair, and you can't sit on it for two people! ”

Li Zicheng was stimulated by Song Xiance's sudden words, he tried to suppress his excitement, and asked in a low voice, "What did Mr. Song say?" ”

"King Chuang! What the students said today is from the bottom of their hearts, and some of the words are not unpleasant, so if you are offended, please don't blame them. ”

"Where to say! After Mr. entered my camp, when was it not for the sake of our camp? Sir, though, it was clear. ”

"That's good! Student here to ask one more question, King Chuang, how much do you think you are sure of winning the world? ”

Li Zicheng pondered for a while and affirmed: "Fifty percent! As long as Kaifeng is captured, there will be fifty percent! ”

Song Xiance smiled and said, "Does King Chuang think so? After taking Kaifeng. Immediately go south, level Runing, return to the Wu general army, first occupy the Central Plains, Henan, Huguang Province, and then to the west to seize Sichuan and Shaanxi, and then send a large army through Shanxi, North Zhili to capture the city of Beijing. Occupy most of China in one fell swoop, and then sweep away the remnants of various places, and win the world in one fell swoop? ”

"Exactly." Li Zicheng's speech to Song Xiance was a little strange, "Isn't this a decision made by several gentlemen and the generals in the camp together?" ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Song Xiance smiled, "What King Chuang said is good. But at that time, we were talking about the general trend of the world, not about the internal affairs of our righteous army. As students hear today. If King Chuang is still like this, your certainty is at most thirty percent, or even less. ”

"Huh? Why does the gentleman say that? Although he already somewhat understood the meaning of Song Xiance's words, Li Zicheng still frowned.

"King Chuang! There are no two days, and there can be no two masters in the righteous army. According to the students: Cao Cao is not enough to succeed and more than to fail, and now he should think of it......" Song Xiance gestured with his hand and made a gesture of chopping with a knife. Explained what he meant.

And after Li Zicheng heard this. But instead of pretending to scold Song Xiance, he took off the felt hat on his head and rolled it over and over again in his hand.

After tumbling for a while, Li Zicheng also opened his heart to Song Xiance: "Sir! I, Mr. Li, know that Mr. Lu Dao is loyal and courageous, and this is also for the sake of our camp. But...... But I'm afraid of the opinions of the world! ”

With the rapid expansion of the strength of the camp, it really doubled Li Zicheng's confidence. And now the people who are in the camp. Indeed, he has begun to dream of princely generals. Therefore, now Li Zicheng has begun to set up a memorial arch, and they want to show the legitimacy, regularity and justice of their camp, so they have some scruples about annexing the troops of other peasant armies.

And hearing Li Zicheng say his mind in person, Song Xiance was in high spirits. He asked again, "King Chuang!" If there is no Cao Cao's righteous army now, can we defeat the officers and troops of General Wu of Runing just by relying on us to break into the camp? ”

Li Zicheng thought about it for a moment and replied: "If we break into the camp and go all out, the winning rate is as high as more than eighty percent." However, in this way, our strength to break into the camp will also be greatly reduced. ”

Until now, Li Zicheng and his team still estimated according to the acres of land in Runing and Guide: the strength of the Runing army was about 30,000 or 40,000. To be honest, their estimation was not as good as Huang Taiji, who was far away in Shengjing, Liaodong. It is far from the actual strength of the current Runing Army.

However, this is also inseparable from the fact that the Runing Army has always been obscure, the backward communication conditions of the Ming Dynasty, the Runing Army has always strictly implemented the "Three Decrees", and the effective work of the Internal Affairs Department of the Runing Army.

Song Xiance began to persuade: "Chuang Wang! As you said, what chance does the camp with a greatly reduced strength have to win the world? If Cao Cao really fled to Shaanxi as he said, then our chances will immediately be reduced to 30%. And the two armies are in one place, and they are only five points sure, and they have to prevent Cao Cao from sending troops or not. What is even more worrying now is that when the newly attached people and horses saw Cao Cao at ease, they were all moved and wanted to go to him. If this goes on for a long time, we will be in danger of breaking into the camp! But if we get Cao Cao's army of 40,000 or 50,000, under the unification of power, your chances of breaking into the king will be doubled to seventy. This comes and goes, you should always understand King Chuang! ”

Because he wanted to start establishing his own power, Li Zicheng's camp had now begun to restrain the looting of his troops, and he had divided his weak labor force to start farming. Discipline has also begun to be tightened, and basically no disturbance has been achieved.

And Cao Cao Luo Rucai's troops still maintained their rogue nature, eating and drinking spicy food every day, and after eating up, they were also requisitioned on the spot, that is, robbed on the spot. And such a day of unearned income is quite attractive, and it also sets a bad example for the soldiers who broke into the camp. Many veterans of the Ming army who were accustomed to oppressing the people, as well as small peasant armies and bandits attached to them, liked to live in Cao Cao's camp, and even some of the men and horses who broke into the camp fled a lot.

What is even more infuriating is that Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's thoughts of returning to their hometown are still very serious, and among his army of more than 50,000 people, veterans of the former Shaanxi Qin Army account for the vast majority. Therefore, when Luo Rucai saw that he was now a strong soldier, he kept clamoring to divide his troops back to Shaanxi. This made Li Zicheng even more headache.

If it weren't for the sake of maintaining the alliance between the two armies, the camp might have provoked friction long ago. If Li Zicheng hadn't been suppressing it, his complaining henchmen would not have swallowed their anger as much as they do now.

Li Zicheng thought about Song Xiance's words, he rolled over the felt hat a few more times, then put the hat on his head, and said, "How to wait until Kaifeng is laid, and then defeat Wu Butcher." Let's bear with it now! But Mr. Song, before we launch, only you and I can know about this! Don't spread the word! ”

Song Xiance nodded with a smile, and then took a long breath .......

"Then should we send an envoy to Cao Cao's camp to stabilize him?" Li Zicheng then asked with a smile.

"Of course!" After solving the problem in his heart, Song Xiance was also relaxed, "In addition to Cao Cao's envoys, send another batch of envoys!" Let them go to Runing, and discuss with General Wu there, if he votes for us to break into the camp, we will give him a prince in the future, and then give him a frontier province to make him a country. ”

"Hahaha——! Will Butcher Wu believe it? Li Zicheng was also amused by Song Xiance's whimsy.

"Believe it or not, maybe he really said yes. Otherwise, why didn't General Wu take advantage of the previous good opportunities to attack us and break into the camp? Even if it doesn't work, it's a delaying tactic. If it drags on for two or three months, Kaifeng City is in our hands, then it will not be up to him. Hahaha——! ”

Hahaha——! Not to mention, Mr. Song's article is a good ploy! If it can be negotiated, what if you give Wu Butcher a prince and throw it to his southwest provinces? Even if it doesn't work, it's just a few people and some goods. Hahaha——! ”

……

Runing, Wu Shigong's study.

"It is said that the king of Hades is easy to see and the little ghosts are difficult, but I didn't expect the current Lord of Hades to be so difficult. finally sent Governor Yang away, and later came Inspector Hou. Fortunately, he was sent to Zuo Fool. We're happy to be relaxed. Hahaha-" Wu Shigong said with a smile.

Deng Qifan also laughed a few times, and then said: "General Zuo has news from there: he also gave Inspector Hou 5,000 men and horses as his standard camp, which is really a big deal. In comparison, you are much more stingy. ”

After the defeat of Zhuxian Town, Yang Wenyue fled to Guide with the remnants of the army, and then collected the remnants of Hu Dawei's army, and the number of men and horses was only more than 7,000. After that, Yang Wenyue hid in Guide and refused to leave, he didn't dare to fight with the peasant army anymore, but he kept grinding Wu Shigong and asked him to make up for the sword.

But in this way, it made Wu Shigong very troubled. Although he has been scolding Yang Wenyue behind his back: why did his governor of Zhili live and work in peace and contentment in Guide? But in person, Wu Shigong didn't want to tear his face, so he could only give Yang Wenyue a batch of food and weapons in the end, and send these plague gods out of the country.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yang Wenyue left, the supervisor Hou Xun came to Runing again. He wanted to use the Runing Army as the main force to create the core of a new encirclement and suppression army.

But how could Wu Shigong agree to this idea? No matter what, Wu Shigong is unwilling to let Ru Ningjun have a mother-in-law on his head, even if the relationship is good. So Wu Shigong tried all means and spent a great price, and finally coaxed Hou Xun to Zuo Liangyu.

And when Hou Xun rushed to Zuo Liangyu's department, because his proposal was vetoed by Emperor Chongzhen, he could only reluctantly order Zuo Liangyu's department and Wu Shigong's department to go north. (To be continued......)