Zhang Biwu laughed out loud and said to Cen Yong: "How can there be any reason to turn back the arrows shot? Since you have decided to leave Guoxiong and return to Guangxi, it is Guoxiong's blessing! Guoxiong remembered that we had worked together to defend our home and country in the past six months, and there were only 2,000 brothers left of the original 3,000 wolf soldiers! I am ashamed of the thousand brothers who died! All Kunio can do now is to send some money to the brothers, and also to give pensions to some brothers who died in battle! ”

As soon as Zhang Biwu finished speaking, he waved his hand, and immediately someone brought the carriage over, and as soon as the carriage was opened, it was full of money! O silver with white flowers!

Cen Yong couldn't help but be surprised, he really didn't expect that Zhang Biwu didn't come to chase them, nor did he come to persuade them to go back, but to send money? I can't believe it!

Zhang Biwu knew that the wolf soldiers still didn't believe him, and thought that he might be trying to use money as bait to lure them to go back.

Zhang Biwu said truthfully: "Everyone, this is a little bit of Guoxiong's heart!" Etiquette is light and affectionate! I hope to laugh at it! I wish you all a prosperous journey and a speedy reunion with your families! And then everyone has a good future! Guoxiong said goodbye! There will be a period later! ”

At the same time, Lin Xiangfeng and Han Runchang were holding hands, Han Runchang summoned the wolf soldiers, of course he wanted to show them kindness.

Cen Yong's suspicions in his heart when he saw Han Runchang also disappeared a lot, of course, including the wolf soldiers, they trusted Han Runchang very much.

As soon as Zhang Biwu finished speaking, he really slapped the war horse, so he left first, and Huang Qi, Lin Xiangfeng, and Han Runchang also left with him, only the carriage with money was left for the wolf soldiers.

After the wolf soldiers were stunned for a long time, they came back to their senses and went to see that it was all money! Of course, they had to take these wagons back to Guangxi.

Many people among the wolf soldiers sighed: "Han Runchang and Zhang Biwu are still very righteous!" What a pity! If they were tougher on Wu Sangui when they were in Ningyuan, we would have been able to stay!" Alas! But if we are useful in the future, of course we will be happy to play for them! ”

Thinking about it like this, the wolf soldiers did not have hatred for Zhang Biwu, on the contrary, they had a little more respect for Zhang Biwu. Similar to this, Zhang Biwu gave Xi a way out, so that he could requisition wolf soldiers to serve him again in the future.

Cen Yong even looked at Zhang Biwu's distant figure and said: "Zhang Guoxiong, we Guangxi people are righteous, you treat us so kindly, if you have any big difficulties in the future, if you need our help, I will definitely help you!" Like today's incident, we went back to Guangxi without authorization, and you didn't exterminate us, but gave us a bonus despite your own extraordinary difficulties! We are very grateful! ”

Cen Yong took out his precious knife, which his parents bought when he was born.

Because wolf soldiers have a habit of training boys as future "wolf soldiers" when they give birth to them. After the boy was born, his parents weighed a piece of iron equal to the boy's weight and hung it at the head of the child's bed, and when he reached the age of ten years, he would use this piece of iron to make a knife and hang it around his waist, so that he could practice martial arts and sword practice at any time.

It can be seen from this that the knife made of iron bought by his parents when he was born is very valuable to Cen Yong, and he now uses this knife to point to the sky and swear: "Zhang Biwu, I remember today's friendship!" You will be rewarded in the future! ”

Not only Cen Yong did this, but the other wolf soldiers also swore an oath with a knife made of iron with the same weight at birth.

(In Guangxi, there is still some custom, that is, the baby is weighed with a scale, and now the saying is that as long as it is weighed, the child can be tall and healthy.) Perhaps this custom is in the same vein as the iron used to buy knives for wolf soldier boys at birth, but the meaning has changed, and it has been changed to say that babies can make children tall and grow faster. ）

Cen Yong and his two thousand wolf soldiers naturally returned to their distant hometown with money and singing cheerful songs.

After Zhang Biwu went back, he gave all his defense line to Wu Sangui. Although he heard about the departure of the wolf soldiers, it was also a ghost caused by Wu Sangui, but now he can't turn his face with Wu Sangui! There is a chance to take revenge on Wu Sangui in the future! Not now, though! But after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains!

Zhang Biwu rushed to Hou Sui with his soldiers, joined Hou Sui and then galloped to Kaifeng. said that it was a rush to help, but Hou Sui's marching speed was not fast! Because Hou Sui also knows that it is difficult to save Kaifeng!

Now the 3,000 men and horses who ordered Bu Congshan, the 5,000 men and horses of the Shanxi general soldier Liu Chao, the Shanxi general soldier Xu Dingguo, and the 3,000 men and horses of Zhou Yuji, the deputy general soldier of Ningwu, plus the men and horses of the Shandong general soldier Liu Zeqing, are all quickly heading towards Kaifeng.

Don't look at the fact that these four general soldiers and a deputy general soldier can reach 10,000 or 20,000 people, plus more than 10,000 people and horses led by Hou Sui, there are 30,000 or 40,000 horses, but the strength is still far from Li Zicheng, and in the end, he has to rely on Zuo Liangyu in Xiangyang to raise troops again.

The most important thing is that Xu Dingguo's 5,000 men, Zhou Yuji's 3,000 soldiers, and Liu Zeqing's men and horses were all scattered halfway, which was a very heavy blow to the Ming army! The Ming army who came to help was even more unconfident, you let them go to Kaifeng City to fight Li Zicheng, how dare they?

And the hearts of the military and the people in Kaifeng are even more disintegrated, because there are no reinforcements, why should they hold on? The food is gone, and if it continues like this, it will starve to death, and it seems that the fall of Kaifeng is difficult to stop.

The most anxious of so many people is Hou Sui, because he doesn't want to fall into the hands of the sword and pen officer anymore, he has been imprisoned for many years, and he is afraid of going to prison again! He's in a hurry! But there is no good solution!

Zhang Biwu has a different mentality from Hou Sui, he knows that it is difficult to protect Kaifeng, and he told the truth in front of Chongzhen, and Chongzhen's most important crime may not be cured. Although the emperor has the power of life and death, Chongzhen, who wants to be the king of the Holy Ming, still has some scruples.

Zhang Biwu called Zhao Dayong and Zhao Dawei's brothers to Li Zicheng's army, hoping that he could go to Li Zicheng's army and talk to Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng could protect the dam and prevent the dam from being washed away by the flood, which is the most important thing!

Zhao Dawei and Zhao Dayong told Zhang Biwu that they had already agreed with Li Zicheng that Zhang Biwu could go to see him.

At this moment, someone came to report to Hou Sui's eldest son, Zhang Biwu's old friend Hou Fangyu came to ask for a meeting.

Zhang Biwu is surprised, how can Hou Fangyu come here? All right! Just let him in! How can you say that Zhang Biwu's top boss Hou Sui's eldest son is here, and it is unreasonable not to meet him.

Hou Fangyu had to remember that he saw Zhao Dawei and Zhao Dayong's brothers, and seeing their solemn faces, he couldn't help but wake up: "What did Zhang Biwu do when he summoned the two important generals?" I have to report it to my father! ”

Hou Fangyu came in, first pretending to talk about friendship, and then Hou Fangyu asked: "Brother Guoxiong, I saw that your two generals left in a hurry just now, and there will be no change in the military situation, right?" If there is any change, I should inform my father as soon as possible! After all, you and I are here to save Kaifeng, and we have to work together to do it! ”

Zhang Biwu bowed his head and replied: "Brother Chaozong, I know the way!" I'm asking the Zhao brothers to prepare the ship! If you don't believe it, you can ask Ling Zun to come! ”

"Oh! I see! Hou Fangyu laughed, but he didn't believe what Zhang Biwu said.

Zhang Biwu said: "I heard the love story of Brother Chao and Li Xiangjun, it's really enviable!" It's a pity, I don't have the luck to meet a beautiful woman like Li Xiangjun like Brother Chaozong! ”

Speaking of Li Xiangjun, Hou Fangyu really missed her very much, and he wished to fly to Li Xiangjun's side now, but he knew that he was ordered by his father to come back to help his father, and he couldn't leave now! Even if I want to leave, I have to press down on the idea of leaving!

Hou Fangyu thought of Zhang Biwu deliberately opening the topic, could he have a ghost in his heart? If there were no ghosts, the topic would never have been opened! Right! There must be some conspiracy for him to send the Zhao brothers! He wanted to tell his father about this, because Hou Sui was very afraid that he would be arrested and imprisoned again, he was already afraid of prison food, and if there was someone who could shirk responsibility, Hou Sui would not hesitate to do it.

Hou Fangyu treated Zhang Biwu as his good friend on the surface, but in fact, he was very jealous of Zhang Biwu! I can't wait for Zhang Biwu to be unlucky. He also wanted to make his father happy, so that he would not worry about being imprisoned all the time.

Not long after Hou Fangyu sat down, he said goodbye and left, Zhang Biwu sent him away, Zhang Biwu didn't think of Hou Fangyu's insidious intentions!

As soon as Hou Fangyu went back, he hurriedly said to Hou Sui, what he had seen and heard at Zhang Biwu's place, he said that he didn't know what Zhang Biwu had secretly sent the Zhao brothers to do.

Hou Fangyu even said the suspicion that Zhang Biwu and Li Zicheng were connected, and he has not been able to get rid of it, and now Zhang Biwu will have any tacit understanding and agreement with Li Zicheng?

Hou Sui glared at Hou Fangyu and signaled that Hou Fangyu could not go on any longer and could not destroy the internal unity. But when Hou Fangyu said that if Zhang Biwu really had an affair with Li Zicheng, Hou Sui would be questioned for his merit in rescuing Kaifeng!

In addition, even if Zhang Biwu did not have any collusion with Li Zicheng, Hou Sui was guilty of crime, and it was easy to go to prison again! In this world, it is better to be a wicked person than to be a wronged man! It's better for you to die than for me to die!

When it comes to going to prison, Hou Sui is afraid! He squatted in prison for a few years, he was scared, and as soon as he came out, he was thinking about how to not return to prison again. But if Kaifeng wants to break the siege, how easy is it? He's very conflicted! As soon as he thought about the future, he became anxious.

Hou Fangyu hurriedly said: "Father, you can't hesitate any longer!" Zhang Biwu must be monitored, whether he is colluding with Li Rebellion, if he really colludes with Li Rebellion, then he must not be let go! ”