Chapter 37 The Negotiation Is Settled

When Zhang Biwu said to prevent Kaifeng from becoming Zeguo, "Yes! Li Yan stood up and said, "Generalissimo, what Zhang Guoxiong mentioned is extremely true!" I am a native of Qixian County, and I know the horror of the Yellow River! If there is a flood, in the blink of an eye, thousands of miles will become an ocean! All the people died in the water! Don't be sloppy! ”

Now Li Zicheng's important strategist Li Yan spoke out, and Li Zicheng immediately said: "Yes! Guoxiong reminds that is! I keep in mind Kunio's reminder! Gu Ying! However, Li Zicheng's displeasure was fleeting, obviously disappointed in Li Yan, how can he help outsiders speak!

Luo Rucai watched from the sidelines, he didn't say a word, sometimes smiling and snorting a few times, as if he had another opinion on the matter.

Gu Ying immediately clenched his fists and waited for the order: "Generalissimo!" The end will be! Li Zicheng ordered: "You immediately ask people to go to the dam to step up patrols!" Do you know the way? ”

Gu Ying said that she understood and said, "Yes!" Generalissimo! I'll go! Li Yan also sighed when he saw it, and he thought that Li Zicheng was very wise to adopt Zhang Biwu's suggestion.

Li Zicheng then changed his words and asked: "Guoxiong, you personally led the four thousand men and horses of your headquarters to rescue Kaifeng with Hou Sui, do you want to fight me?" Are you here to tell me that the Yellow River will burst its banks? ”

Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said: "King Chuang, I came in secret, if Hou Sui knows about it, my head will be gone!" Zuo Liangyu can protect himself in Xiangyang, even if the emperor remembers to use Lord Hou and me, he just wants Zuo Liangyu to immediately raise troops and rescue Kaifeng, Zuo Liangyu, who knows that the Taoist soldiers are the capital, will not come to send him to death, he will definitely not raise troops! ”

"Everyone in the official army thinks that it is extremely stupid for us to rely on tens of thousands of us to fight against King Chuang's hundreds of thousands of troops! We don't stand a chance at all! Save Kaifeng? Everyone in the officers and soldiers knew that if they didn't come, they wouldn't work, and they couldn't fight again, so they had to confront each other across the strait. As long as King Chuang doesn't cross the north shore, we will defend the north shore and be safe! ”

"I really came here this time only for the Yellow River to flood, and for the millions of living beings in Kaifeng to ask for the king! It's not spying on the military, even if it's spying, I'm going to come back in vain! I came as a friend, and I don't forget my friendship! ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Okay! Great! Kunio, I love your straightforwardness! All right! I thank you! ”

Zhang Biwu clenched his fists again and said: "King Chuang, the green mountains are not old, the green water always flows, we are destined to meet again!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded his head and said, "Okay! Kunio! Then you're good to go! As soon as Zhang Biwu finished speaking, he left with a group of people.

"Humph!" As soon as Zhang Biwu walked away, Li Zicheng couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "The Yellow River bursts? Didn't the officials of Kaifeng try to flood us with water before? They broke the dam, so what? It didn't hurt us at all! The flooding of the Yellow River will also kill hundreds of thousands of my troops, and the city of Kaifeng will also be destroyed, which is all nonsense! ”

Luo Rucai knew that the reason why Li Zicheng received Zhang Biwu was that he also wanted to know the situation of the officers and troops on the north bank of Lu Dao, and secondly, Li Zicheng liked Zhang Biwu's talent very much and wanted to take it for his own use.

Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng will split up sooner or later, and he doesn't want to see Li Zicheng's strength soar! In addition, Zhang Biwu repeatedly defeated him when he was in Huguang before, he has a grudge against Zhang Biwu, and he wants to tell the truth.

What Luo Rucai said was what Li Zicheng said in his heart: "I think Zhang Biwu wants us to divide our forces to defend the Yellow River dam, so that our army's forces will be dispersed, and the forces surrounding Kaifeng will be reduced!" This is a ploy to fatigue our army! If we believe him, we will definitely have to move to the high ground, and the siege of Kaifeng will be weakened, and the morale of Kaifeng will be greatly increased! ”

When Luo Rucai said this, he deliberately glanced at Li Zicheng, and he knew that his words were in Li Zicheng's heart. He continued to add fuel to the fire: "Alas! Zhang Biwu is a member of the government after all! Although there are great talents, it's a pity that they didn't join our rebel army! I'm afraid that he will be poisoned by the idea of loyalty! ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "Yes! The general is right! But as Zhang Biwu said, I will send Gu Ying to inspect the dam, and Gu Ying will lead a thousand men and horses to patrol the dam! ”

Li Yan couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it, what can a thousand people and horses do in the Yellow River? And in case the Yellow River rises sharply, it will be absolutely impossible to block the dam with these 1,000 people. A thousand people can only be said to be better than nothing.

Li Yan then persuaded: "Generalissimo, there are only a thousand people ......" Li Zicheng glared at Li Yan, he was very dissatisfied with Li Yan and Zhang Biwu just now, could it be that with Li Yan's wisdom, he didn't see Zhang Biwu's despicable strategy?

Li Yan originally wanted to say it again, but Song Xiance secretly kicked Li Yan, after all, the current Li Zicheng is no longer the king of Li Chuang who just entered Henan! He is now the generalissimo of Fengtian and Yiyi, with hundreds of thousands of horses under his command, and his reputation is extremely high, and he is already irreversible.

Li Yan was helpless to keep silent, but Niu Jinxing took the opportunity to stand up and said, "King Chuang, the relationship between Zhang Biwu and Lin Quan just now is good!" Now Zhang Biwu is leaving, he goes back, he told Lin Quan before that he wants to talk to Lin Quan about the world's major affairs! I want Lin Quan to accompany Zhang Biwu! As long as Kaifeng is broken, the situation is more favorable to us, and then the Hou Sui army is broken, Zhang Biwu is in a predicament, and there is a possibility of surrendering Zhang Biwu at that time! ”

"Oh!" Li Zicheng was stunned, looked at Li Yan and asked, "Zhang Biwu has a good relationship with you?" Still want to talk to you about world affairs? That's a good thing! Ha Lu Ha! Lin Quan has a good relationship with Guoxiong, and he can win a tiger general for me in the future! Go ahead! Lin Quan! ”

"Ahh Song Xiance secretly screamed in his heart, he couldn't help but look at Niu Jinxing, I don't know why Niu Jinxing said this, don't look at Li Zicheng with a happy look, but will there be doubts in his heart?

Li Yan also knew that Li Zicheng was in a good situation, and he was not as good as when he first voted for Li Zicheng, so obedient to his words, humble and open-minded, and listened to advice. As soon as Li Yan said goodbye, he went out.

When Luo Rucai saw all this, his heart blossomed, because he knew that Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, and Li Yan were Li Zicheng's three major strategists and assistants, and now Niu Jinxing and Li Yan had a discordant relationship, which would affect Li Zicheng's strength to some extent, which was a gratifying thing. It's just that Luo Rucai didn't show it, and pretended to be normal.

After the meeting ended, Song Xiance couldn't help but find Niu Jinxing, saying that Niu Jinxing shouldn't have said such a thing to the generalissimo, but Niu Jinxing replied, how could they know about it as courtiers? One of the most important things to be a courtier is to be faithful! You can't deceive the Lord!

Niu Jinxing said so, what else can Song Xiance say? In the end, he could only sigh, he hoped to be the peacemaker of Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, so that the two could work together to protect Li Zicheng, and there would be no major problems.

Li Yan was responsible for entertaining Zhang Biwu and then bidding farewell to Zhang Biwu. Zhang Biwu and Li Yan had a meal and talked freely for more than an hour, but they didn't eat anything, but the two talked happily and felt speculative.

After all, Zhang Biwu came to Li Zicheng's camp secretly, and he couldn't stay long, he had to go back, so he took his leave. Li Yan kept sending Zhang Biwu away until he left.

"Zhang Biwu, if there is fate, we will see you again, I hope we can fight side by side! Even if you want to be each other's opponents, then I will do my best to defeat you! Li Yan is thinking about these things now.

Li Yan didn't know that Lu Dao had already been watched by someone around him, because Li Zicheng was suspicious of Li Yan.

There is also unfortunate Zhang Biwu, Zhang Biwu didn't know that everyone in his camp was anxiously waiting for him! For there is a misfortune to be reported to him, and what misfortune is it? I'll tell you later. As the so-called disaster is not a one-way street, Hou Sui's side will also be unfavorable to Zhang Biwu!

Although Zhang Biwu was very careful and secretly entered Li Zicheng's military camp, he still let the spy sent by Hou Sui find out, and the spy quickly came to report to Hou Sui.

When Hou Sui heard this, he was silent, Hou Fangyu hurriedly said: "Dad, arrest Zhang Biwu immediately, even if you don't arrest him, immediately send a piece of impeachment to the emperor, of course, even if you don't play it now, you can wait until a while later, and then Dad will be able to shirk all the responsibility!" ”

Hou Sui still didn't speak, he glanced at Hou Fangyu, and couldn't help but think that Hou Fangyu was stupid, now is not the time! Even if he really saw that Zhang Biwu had entered Li Zicheng's barracks, and he went to question Zhang Biwu, Zhang Biwu would not admit it, and without real evidence, he would not be able to arrest this deputy commander-in-chief.

In addition, Zhang Biwu has 4,000 men and horses, which is the largest among the total reinforcements of the official army, and his men and horses are capable of fighting well, which is different from the official army, which is more valuable than Bu Congshan and other general soldiers, if he is really captured, it will provoke mutiny. Then the situation will be out of control!

If you write a recital to the emperor without any evidence, what the emperor hates the most is that the civil officials fall into each other's tracks, have no intention of serving the country, the emperor is suspicious and has little kindness to his subordinates, if you want to do this, the emperor is on fire, then Hou Sui will be imprisoned again! Hou Sui knew that he couldn't do it! This is a stupid way to lose!

"Daddy!" Hou Fangyu spoke up again. Hou Sui glared at him and said, "You are so stupid! Last time, I let you give the emperor a piece of giving up Henan, and the emperor was very dissatisfied! And now you still want to arrest Zhang Biwu! Do you know the truth? Now Zhang Biwu has soldiers! And so many soldiers under my father are not as good as his soldiers to fight! If you catch him, it won't be easy! And his men will mutinied! ”