At the same time, in the northwest of Huguang, in the county seat of Gucheng County, Zhang Xianzhong's residence.

There was a table of banquets in the hall, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai sat opposite each other, and on both sides sat the henchmen of the two, who were accompanying the banquet and interjecting two sentences from time to time.

"Leader Zhang, have you gotten any news? Li Zicheng's appetite is really big enough, after taking Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan unconsciously, he turned the horse's head around, and the soldiers pointed directly at Beijing City, looking at his posture, he wanted to be the emperor~"

After saying a word, Luo Rucai stared at Zhang Xianzhong directly, capturing the change in the other party's expression, and waiting for the other party's response.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's reaction was very flat, and he did not reply immediately, but slowly poured himself a glass of wine, and after drinking it slowly, he said with a full urine: "How can you not know?" ”

After asking a rhetorical question, although the next words were still calmly expressed, they were full of envy and jealousy, and there was nothing to be done.

"Li Zicheng's actions are really fast enough, and his actions are so fast that he almost can't believe it if he doesn't investigate it himself."

"In the first half of the year, there were only 18 people under him, and they fled into the mountains in embarrassment, avoiding the pursuit of the officers and soldiers. However, in just a few months, the situation suddenly reversed, and hundreds of thousands of people were pulled up at once. By the time I got the news, he had already controlled the entire territory of Shaanxi and Henan, and he didn't give me a chance to get a piece of the pie and react at all. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xianzhong spoke, poured himself another glass of wine, and then quietly continued the topic just now.

"If it weren't for the news that Xiong Wencan was captured alive by Li Jiajun, I would still be in the dark, I don't know that he Li Zicheng has so much energy, and he has come to such a big deal, and the autumn wind has swept away the leaves to control Henan and Shaanxi, and even Shanxi has controlled the whole territory without warning."

Hearing these words, Luo Rucai had a sense of discouragement, and then sighed: "In normal times, don't look at Li Zicheng as an honest person, but in fact, he is better than anyone else, and he is scheming, when the other rebel armies are attacking the city, he is winning the hearts of the people, accumulating fame, and gradually gaining momentum." ”

Luo Rucai's tone slowed down slightly, glanced at the night sky, starry, poured a cup, and continued as if he had an understanding: "In my guess, if it weren't for Li Zicheng's high reputation among the people, his actions would not have been so secretive. ”

"I'm afraid, when there was a large-scale rebellion in Shaanxi, we had already gotten the news as soon as we made a move. Otherwise, we wouldn't have waited until he was full of food and drink, and successively won Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, and we got the news intermittently, and it was all vague news, and we couldn't know the specific details. ”

At this time, Sun Kewang, who was sitting on the side, suddenly interjected: "Father-in-law, Leader Luo, there is no need to praise Li Zicheng so much, the reason why he won three places in a row, most of the reasons are just shit luck, if it weren't for Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou to bring most of the Shaanxi soldiers to Beizhili, if it wasn't for the Qing army entering the customs, raging in Beizhili and Shandong, threatening the Beijing Division, attracting a large number of officers and troops, how could he occupy Shaanxi so easily." ”

"Of course, it is undeniable that among the people, if he did not have such a high reputation, he Li Zicheng would not have been able to pull up such a large team in such a short period of time, with at least three or four hundred thousand troops."

"Okay, hopefully, even if Li Zicheng's success has a lot of luck, but not everyone can have this luck and can seize the opportunity for the Qing army to enter the customs?"

Zhang Xianzhong said something abruptly, interrupting Sun Kewang's words, didn't pay attention to the other party, and didn't care about the reaction of this righteous son, turned to look at Luo Rucai, and asked meaningfully: "Leader Luo, this time I came to Gucheng from Fang County, and the secret meeting with me should not just be about Li Zicheng, right?" ”

"Hehe..." Luo Rucai smiled, looked at Zhang Xianzhong's deep gaze, and asked instead of answering: "Leader Zhang, are you really willing to just look at it and not do something?" watched Li Zicheng drink wine and eat meat, and won several lands one after another, until he controlled the north and south of the river? ”

"What can you do if you are unwilling?" Zhang Xianzhong poured another glass of wine, and after drinking it, he continued: "Today's Shaanxi and Henan are like two iron barrels, oil can't be spilled, and it is extremely difficult to find out the news, let alone intervene in it? Moreover, so far, it is not clear how many people there are in the Li family army under Li Zicheng? ”

Hearing this, Luo Rucai was shocked in his heart, his face showed surprise, and he returned to normal in an instant, no matter what, he never thought that Zhang Xianzhong actually had the idea of picking fruits, and wanted to snatch food from the mouth of Li Zicheng, a tiger......

However, Luo Rucai was relieved when he thought about it, according to his usual experience, wherever the rebel army passed, even if it failed to capture, the defenders were also hit hard, and it would be much easier for the rebel army behind to attack again.

What's more, the places captured by Li Jiajun have already been cleaned up by the officers and soldiers, and it is easy to succeed by surprise.

As soon as he thought of this, Luo Rucai did not expose Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts of picking up cheap and picking fruits, smiled slightly, and said loudly: "In this case, the water in Shaanxi and Henan is so muddy, and you are unwilling to stay like this, why not try to find another place?" ”

Hearing Luo Rucai say this, Zhang Xianzhong's heart moved, and Li Dingguo, who was sitting on the other side, suddenly interjected: "Leader Luo, what do you mean, let your father-in-law plot Huguang or Sichuan?" ”

"Yes and no~" Luo Rucai glanced at Li Dingguo, came to this sentence nonsensically, and then continued: "To be precise, it should be a plot against Sichuan." ”

"Sichuan? Why not Huguang? Zhang Xianzhong's brows furrowed slightly, interjected a question, and then looked straight at Luo Rucai, with a puzzled look on his face, waiting for the other party's answer.

"It's very simple, at this time, Li Zicheng is in the limelight, not only conquering Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan one after another, but also driving straight into the north of Zhili, wanting to overthrow the imperial court in one fell swoop, has become the public enemy of all officials and soldiers, and has become the target of everyone. If there is no accident, the officers and troops from all over the country will rush to the aid of the Beijing division and carry out the king of Qin. ”

Speaking of which, it was not only the cause of excitement, but also the reason for thirst, Luo Rucai paused a little, took a sip of wine, and then continued the above topic.

"If you attack Huguang, it is equivalent to directly facing the Qinwang soldiers in various places, and it is equivalent to fighting for Li Zicheng and supporting from the flank. Attacking Sichuan is different, located in the southwest, at most only the officers and troops of Sichuan need to fight. ”

seemed to be quite complacent about his own analysis, Luo Ru became excited, his face was full of red light, and his voice was high-pitched.

"Leader Zhang, you have 40,000 troops here in Gucheng, plus my tens of thousands, let's join forces and jointly attack Sichuan, there must not be too much of a problem."

Luo Rucai swallowed his saliva, and then added: "Moreover, Li Zicheng has attracted the attention of most of the officers and soldiers, which is equivalent to creating an excellent opportunity for us. As long as we act too fast, by the time Li Zicheng reacts, I am afraid that we have already controlled Sichuan, and then slowly moved southward. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was moved, put down the wine glass in his hand, smiled at Luo Rucai, shrugged his shoulders again, and responded in a playful manner: "Leader Luo, such a good thing, I don't seem to have a reason to refuse?" ”