Huguang, near Qichun County.

One of the streams of the Yangtze River, next to the river, is stationed a Dashun army, and dozens of warships and boats are moored on the water.

At this moment, in the camp, in the tent, He Zhen stood in front of the topographic map of Huguang, facing the generals, Zuo Mengeng and others were impressively located in it, all listening to the arrangements of He Zhen as the coach.

"General Zuo, you and I will divide half of our forces and combine them into a mixed formation, starting by land and detouring back to the east of Wuchang Mansion, and the two of us will lead the rest of the people to set off from the waterway, go upstream, and approach Wuchang Mansion from the south......"

Before He Zhen finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zuo Mengeng, who looked worried and reminded him: "General, since the news of my father's death spread, the subordinates of the last general are less than 10,000, plus the troops you brought, the full battle, there are only 15,000 people, is it too risky to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's army of nearly 200,000?" ”

"Hey... General Zuo, don't worry, listen to He's words~! ”

He Zhen smiled slightly, responded, and did not get angry because of Zuo Mengeng's interruption, but was extremely friendly, and then said: "General Zuo, although rest assured, this encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong and others is not our army, as well as the generals of Gao Yigong in Sichuan, and Liu Zongmin also sent 10,000 troops. ”

Hearing this, Zuo Mengeng and the other generals who surrendered were relieved, breathed a long sigh of relief, and felt much more relieved when they heard He Zhen's words.

"Therefore, in this expedition, the men and horses of the three parties are combined, and the most conservative estimate is that the total strength is at least 50,000."

With a gap of nearly one to four troops, Zuo Mengeng did not feel that his side would be defeated by Zhang Xianzhong, but he still had a lot of self-confidence, not only to recover Wuchang Mansion, but also to completely wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's department.

Joining the Dashun Army, although it was only a few days, Zuo Mengeng saw the scene that shocked him, all the firearms and equipment, dozens of red-clothed cannons and tiger squat cannons, the soldiers of the Dashun Army are of extremely high quality!

All of this gave Zuo Mengeng full of confidence, and he didn't feel that he would lose at all.

At the same time, Zuo Mengeng was still a little happy in his heart, fortunately, he was fast enough, interesting enough, and surrendered early. Otherwise, once the Dashun army puts so many artillery pieces on both sides of the Yangtze River and bombs them all, they will have to feed the fish and turtles!

Of course, Zuo Mengeng still has some dissatisfaction in his heart, but he didn't show it, He Zhen's arrangement is too interesting and has deep intentions.

Soon, the military meeting ended, and Zuo Mengeng and the others all left the handsome tent, and the rest were all the old men of Li Jiajun and He Zhen's old subordinates.

"General, look at the change in Zuo Menggeng's expression, although it was fleeting and returned to normal in an instant, it is still difficult to escape the eyes of the brothers, it is obvious that he is dissatisfied with the arrangement you just made."

After Wang Youjin finished speaking, He Zhen's expression was still the same, as if he didn't care about Zuo Mengeng's reaction, but asked, "Who is looking for me?" ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, not understanding what He Zhen meant and what he was asking, but Ma Yunxiang was the first to react, and suddenly at the same time, his face was full of excitement, and he said excitedly: "Hehe... General, the good news is that Liu Jinzhong, the general under Zhang Xianzhong, is looking for you and specially asking for his whereabouts to be kept secret! ”

In an instant, He Zhen understood Ma Yunxiang's extraneous voice and the purpose of Liu Jinzhong's trip, so he waved his hand and said loudly: "Let him in, at the same time, explain it, before the war is over, no one is allowed to talk about Liu Jinzhong in private, let alone say that he has been here." ”

"Yes, General!"

Everyone responded in unison, clasped their hands into fists, bowed and saluted, and Ma Yunxiang then turned away.

In Zuo Mengeng's tent, everyone gathered together, talking cautiously and carefully, keeping their voices as low as possible, their expressions were quite similar, and their faces were gloomy, mixed with a faint sense of anger.

"Young Marshal, He Zhen This is obviously a discordant plan, our troops were already much weaker, before we were annexed, most of them had fled, and now we have divided our few forces into two and mixed them with the Dashun army."

"Little Marquis, Ma Shiying is right, the Great Shun Dynasty doesn't believe us at all, and wants to weaken our strength little by little and lose control of the army in the name of conquest of Zhang Xianzhong and others."

"Yes, general, He Zhen's series of actions is a very bad omen, if it continues like this, our subordinates will no longer have any soldiers to adjust, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not unload the mill and kill the donkey, and be ruthless!"

......

Zuo Mengeng's expression was not good-looking, as the generals said a word, his expression became more and more gloomy, and after the last general finished speaking, he asked faintly: "How can I not know?" But what can you do with me? ”

After a word, without waiting for the generals to respond, Zuo Mengeng sighed, showing a look of amazement, and then said with emotion: "Hey... Don't say that it is today's strength, that is, when my father was alive, when the army was strong, even if it was the predecessor of the Dashun Army, Li Jiajun, we couldn't beat others, let alone now? ”

"All the generals are old men, most of them are old generals of their fathers, what they have seen and heard, their knowledge is much better than Menggeng, not to mention the Dashun army's own combat strength, with those sophisticated firearms in their hands, once we have any changes, there is no chance to act at all."

After a few words, everyone's anger was suddenly completely extinguished, and the whole person was depressed, only then did they react, the Dashun army is too rich, not only well-equipped, everyone is armed to the teeth!

Therefore, when they saw the equipment of the Dashun Army and in the process of getting along, these people's hearts could be described as mixed, both envious and jealous, and they did not dare to harbor suspicions.

Especially after the loss of half of the warship, the Dashun army completely replaced the guns on it, both in terms of range and explosion power, it was far better than the broken copper and iron on the warships on their side.

Therefore, when they thought of this, everyone was disheartened, and they could no longer have the slightest sense of resistance, so they could only accept their fate and obey the drive of others.

In Wuchang City, in a certain house, there are two people who are alone, all with yellow hair and blue eyes, and it is actually two foreigners who are talking secretly, keeping their voices as low as possible, looking out of the window from time to time, looking extremely nervous and careful.

"Li Sisi, do we want to continue to stay and serve Zhang Xianzhong? Now it is rumored in private that the people of the Dashun Army are about to fight. ”

"There is a saying in China, if you don't go into the tiger's den, you will get a tiger, and for the cause of the Lord, to be able to spread and propagate the teachings in this mysterious country, we must take a risk. After all, King Onishi agreed, as long as we help him, we can preach at will, and we can go anywhere he rules. ”