Zuo Liangyu continued: "After all, he said that you and I are just a small victory, and the great credit lies in Zhang Yingyuan and others!" He, Yang Sichang, pushed the responsibility to the fullest, and killed the two of us! What a resounding calculation! But I'm not going to listen to you! I know that Zhang Xianzhong will not enter Qin, and as soon as he enters the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan to the west, it will be difficult to control! ”

"If Zhang Xianzhong is based on Shu again, his momentum will be blazing! The congress will be shaken! We're all going to lose our heads! And Yang Sichang, as Chongzhen's favorite minister, was demoted at most and punished by Yulu. We can't listen to him! Let Yang Sichang kill us! After all, our military order is still in Yang Sichang's hands! He's pinching it to death! ”

Zhang Biwu asked again: "General Ping, what should we do?" ”

Zuo Liangyu replied: "Immediately abandon Xing'an and Pingli, enter Sichuan from Yudu River, and the soldiers quickly find Zhang Xianzhong and defeat him!" Giggle! I have already communicated with Zheng Chongjian, and they are also very afraid that Zhang Xianzhong will return to Qin, and his generals He Renlong and Li Guoqi are willing to act with me! This way I have stronger troops! ”

"As long as I find Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, I will surprise him and attack him, and I will win a big victory! Of course, Qin Jun is willing to act with me, but I can't let Zhang Xianzhong know the way! And our army marches fast, and we can't let Zhang Xianzhong know the way, otherwise as soon as Zhang Xianzhong is on guard, I won't be able to win with the strange army! Everything has to be done in secrecy! ”

Zhang Biwu said again: "Elder Yang Ge will be even more annoyed with Lord Zhentai, ...... that."

Zuo Liangyu smiled contemptuously and said, "What are you afraid of!" He didn't dare kill me! There is no Emperor's decree! He, Yang Sichang, didn't dare to touch me even if he wanted to kill me again, Zuo Liangyu! It's a big deal for him to play my palindrome to the emperor as a record, if he loses the battle, it has nothing to do with him! If I lose, he can punish me! Giggle! It's not that easy! Will I lose? ”

Zhang Biwu saw that Zuo Liangyu was full of confidence, and knew that this battle must be won, if he lost, he and Zuo Liangyu's previous defeat of Zhang Xianzhong at Jiping Pass would be in vain. Zhang Biwu nodded firmly, he will be on the same front as Zuo Liangyu.

In fact, as Zuo Liangyu expected, Yang Sichang could not directly kill Zuo Liangyu, but only forwarded Zuo Liangyu's Shenwen to the emperor and set up this record.

At the beginning of February, Zuo Liangyu got information that Zhang Xianzhong's old camp was stationed in the area of Agate Mountain in Taiping, Sichuan. Even where Zhang Xianzhong's old camp was stationed, he could find out clearly.

He knew that if the Dao was attacked, the rebels guarding the top of the mountain would have the advantage of the terrain, and it would be difficult for him to attack. Maybe he'll lose a lot of money, and he'll be defeated! He had to be careful!

Old camp! Right! attacked Zhang Xianzhong's old camp, gave his old nest, and then he led the main force to attack Onyx Mountain, like this, how could Zhang Xianzhong not be defeated?

It's time for Liu Guoneng to use him! After all, Liu Guoneng and Zhang Xianzhong have an enmity, and if he is allowed to raid, he can make meritorious contributions. Since he joined the imperial court, Liu Guoneng is bent on serving the imperial court, and when he led the army, he had just obtained the position of deputy chief soldier, and he wanted to serve the imperial court.

Liu Guoneng also restrained Li Wanqing's part, Li Wanqing was originally a rebel, because he was attacked by Liu Guoneng and Qin Liangyu, he surrendered to Liu Guoneng later. Similarly, Li Wanqing also wanted to make meritorious contributions because of his new defection to the imperial court. For an army that wants to make meritorious contributions, it is good to drive them.

Zhang Biwu followed Zuo Liangyu's side, Zuo Liangyu did not let Zhang Biwu participate in the battle, in fact, he was also afraid that Zhang Biwu would rob him of the credit, nominally to protect Zhang Biwu, Zhang Biwu's army is practicing bravery, and its combat power is not strong, so it must be protected.

Likely, Lin Xiangfeng and the others were very unconvinced, and they all kept telling Zhang Biwu that when they fought against Zhang Xianzhong in Agate Mountain, they must attack Zhang Xianzhong and make great contributions!

But Zhang Biwu shook his head, and told them that their capital was very small, and now they were under the protection of Zuo Liangyu, if they didn't have Zuo Liangyu's protection, they would be killed! Now the credit is good, but life is more important! This time with the army to suppress Zhang Xianzhong, not to seek merit, but to seek no fault, this is enough!

On the seventh day of the first month of February, the main force under the command of Zuo Liangyu and the Shaanxi official army fought a fierce battle with Zhang Xianzhong's righteous army at Agate Mountain......

The rebels were already ready to meet the enemy on the top of the mountain. At this time, Zuo Liangyu had already surveyed the terrain, so he ordered his men and horses to serve as the middle and right routes, and the Qin army in Shaanxi was the left road, with drums as the trumpet, and launched an attack at the same time.

"Kill!" The officers and soldiers were roaring to kill, and the rebels were holding their breath to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers, but they quickly retreated. This was the case three times in a row, the shouting never stopped, this was Zuo Liangyu's men and horses, and the Qin army, who was on the left, only shouted once and retreated.

On the fourth occasion, Zuo Liangyu's men and horses quickly rushed up the mountain, and the rebels thought that Zuo Liangyu was trying to deceive people and make people relax their vigilance, so they attacked again. But the righteous army did not relax its vigilance, and launched a desperate struggle with the officers and soldiers, and for a while, it was difficult for the officers and troops to gain the upper hand.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the battle situation, even if it was unfavorable, he still hummed a song, full of interest, he was not anxious about the battle situation at all, obviously this battle was a matter of life and death!

Zhang Biwu looked at Zuo Liangyu and thought in his heart: "What is Zuo Liangyu's intentions?" He was so calm and confident! I think it won't take long to know the reason why Zuo Liangyu's confidence is bursting! ”

One thing Zhang Biwu didn't expect was that there was danger in the land of the three counties he was guarding! And it's even more dangerous! What's going on?

It turned out that in the autumn of the twelfth year of Chongzhen in the previous year, due to early frost, the autumn harvest was halved. This has led to a great increase in the number of hungry people. In the first month of 1640, there was a great famine, and the hungry people rebelled.

But when Huang Taiji heard it, he was very happy. He also deliberately showed that he favored Dolgon, and in the first month of 1640, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and the fifth year of Chongde, he married the Mongolian girl raised by the concubine to Dolgon. He also deliberately asked Da Yu'er to see it in person, so that there was a gap in their relationship.

Huang Taiji repeatedly said that it was Dolgon who asked to marry this young Mongolian beauty, and Huang Taiji wanted to use this to separate the relationship between Dolgon and Da Yu'er, and at the same time he also paid attention to Da Ming's situation.

He knew that there was a great hunger and a poor harvest in the Ming Dynasty now, and the hungry people had rebelled, so he laughed, and he widely publicized that in the areas of western Henan, central Henan, northern Henan, and southern Henan, except for Lingbao, Ruxiang, and Lushi counties, which were not affected, there was still abundant grain and grass. This rumor quickly spread throughout Henan.

It can be said that Huang Taiji's mood in this month is very good, and he not only separated the relationship between Dolgon and Da Yu'er inside, but also gave Zhang Biwu a heavy punch outside.

Huang Taiji knew that Zhang Biwu was still fighting with Zuo Liangyu, and there was a problem in the place where he was garrisoning, and it was difficult for him to deal with it if he wanted to, and he didn't know the situation. Seems to be like this, Zhang Biwu's turf has a problem......

Everything can only be handled by Gu Yanwu! As soon as Gu Yanwu heard this rumor spreading everywhere, he couldn't help but feel a burst of fear, if he let the hungry people flock into the three counties in large numbers, the public order in the three counties would deteriorate.

Not only that, but he also heard the news that there were hungry people who rebelled and attacked the county seat, if these hungry people were really allowed to come, the people in the three counties would have barely been able to fill their stomachs, and how could they feed so many people? It's not all messed up by then!

Maybe someone will really rebel, and from then on, the land of these three counties will be out of control! At that time, how to face Zhang Biwu who came back?

Gu Yanwu knew that Zhang Biwu trusted him so much, let him manage the land of the three counties with full authority, he had to manage it well! Otherwise, how can he be worthy of Zhang Biwu's trust?

Gu Yanwu was eagerly thinking about a good way, how to get through this difficulty, and Zhang Pan, who was left here to assist Gu Yanwu, was waiting for news from Gu Yanwu.

Gu Yanwu said: "Zhang Pan, you quickly find some trustworthy people to quickly pretend to be hungry people, let them work hard for a while, starve and freeze, their families and the government will take good care of them, and when they come back, there will be a heavy reward!" Let them also go to various places, and let other hungry people say that there is also a famine in the land of the three counties, and many people are fleeing. ”

Zhang Pan understood and said, "It's so good! I get it! Gu Yanwu then said: "If we block all the roads, we can't block them, after all, there are only five hundred practitioners, plus some officials and officials, the total number is less than a thousand, how can we block the main roads?" ”

Zhang Pan said: "Yes! If the hungry people were allowed to flock into the land where they saw our three counties, it was the best in the whole of western Henan, they would definitely take action! That's when it's hard for us to manage! And we don't have enough food to feed them! ”

Gu Yanwu sighed and said: "In fact, in the entire land of Henan, only eastern Henan is the best, and there is not much damage, and people will not be as violent as other places in Henan because of natural and man-made disasters, if the hungry people go to Huguang, eastern Henan and other places to eat, it is the best!" Alas! It's a pity we couldn't save these people! ”

Gu Yanwu's eyes showed a determined gaze, and he said: "Immediately order that food will no longer be distributed through relief and disaster relief, and that porridge stalls will be set up on the side of the road. Food is delivered to the homes of the households by the government. Even if the food allocated to them is not much, at least they will not starve to death! It won't make it much difficult for the land of the three counties! ”

Gu Yanwu continued: "Water conservancy must be built! Now is the critical moment, if hungry people come, they will be paid for distributing food to them to build water conservancy! As for the money, it will not be given! After all, we still need money to buy food in Jiangnan and other places! Like, they will also be happy, after all, they can have something to eat, and many people are willing to go to everything, not to mention the water conservancy that is beneficial in the future? ”