Ma Shouying is a good man who has already become famous, and he is a little inferior to Wang Gao Yingxiang in terms of qualifications, not to mention a rising generation like Zhang Xianzhong? Deng Shi's face sank, his three-bearded beard couldn't help shaking, and he said angrily: "Zhang Jingxuan, we also promote you as a good man on weekdays, but now you say such crazy words, what do you mean?" When we licked the blood with the knife head and roared in the mountains and forests, you were just a milky offspring boy, what do you know? ”

Zhang Xianzhong listened to him boasting about his qualifications, and couldn't help but sneer: "Do you know the importance of why you need to comment?" but not as small as you. ”

"You're bold! But if you have half of the ability to blow through the sky, we all rely on you, and we don't have to go south to the Central Plains like this. If you have a bit of brute strength and are so brave and ruthless, there is no one in your eyes? You haven't learned the methods of the Hong barbarians, why bother talking and bragging here, the officials and troops are defeated, naturally someone will obey you, and you can also make a name for yourself! Otherwise, the stupid thing who lies in the circle and hums will only say that others are black, and forget about their own pickled stinky pig hair! ”

"What kind of shit are you putting on, your own breed has to pull others, you are not ambitious in your age, your face of relying on the old and selling the old is really laughable!"

Ma Shouying could not allow others to be so unscrupulously humiliated in person, Huo stood up, blushed, drew his knife and scolded: "Lao Tzu will meet you today!" "Rush to bully yourself, swing a knife and slash.

Zhang Xianzhong's temperament was originally impatient, and it was not good to have a seizure in front of everyone, but seeing his desperate appearance, how could he be willing to show weakness? Helpless and eager, the waist knife was pulled out in time, and the pork leg in his hand greeted him. Everyone was shocked, and Gao Yingxiang shouted: "Don't hurt the harmony!" ”

Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin and Ma Shou should have been close friends for many years, how can they see him suffer? Hurriedly snatched them out, stopped between the two, and pulled them back to their seats. The two of them were indignant and glared angrily. Gao Yingxiang persuaded: "Now that the enemy is present, only a few glasses of water and wine will be prepared, one is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and the other is to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy." Invite everyone together today, don't look at my thin face, share the same hatred, and don't mess up. Don't take today's things to heart, and gently reveal them. In the green forest, the righteous word comes first, and if you take a step back and think about it, you will no longer have mustard in your heart. ”

"Run, run, run...... Hiding everywhere in Shaanxi, out of Shaanxi, or giving people a rabbit, when will there be a place to stay? Zhang Xianzhong gulped down the whole bowl of Shangguchun, rolled up the wide sleeves of his robe, exposed two arms with muscles and tendons, struck the table, and said angrily: "What we do is the work of licking blood with a knife, don't come out to be the leader of the mountain if you are afraid of death!" The eldest husband should dominate the world and do something vigorous, then he will be happy, how can he live in the world and look at other people's faces! ”

Ma Shouying raised his eyebrows and retorted: "Our old Huihui is also a famous person, a well-known man, how can he look at other people's faces?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong sneered: "Don't look at other people's faces, we don't need to say, it must be because there are more people under him, and his life is expensive." ”

The people listened to their arguments, for fear that the more noisy they were, the stiffer they became, and the grudge they formed, if they each went back to mobilize men and horses to fight, a catastrophe was inevitable. Seeing that Gao Yingxiang was silent, the leaders thought that their qualifications and expectations were not enough, and they didn't know how to persuade them, for fear that under the anger of the two of them, Hao would not appreciate it, but would be bored with himself. With such thoughts, everyone looked at each other, sat quietly and watched, not knowing what to do. Li Zicheng, who was waiting on the side, saw that the situation was embarrassing, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Brother Jingxuan is full of courage, who doesn't know the green forest in the world?" But Brother Ma said that he returned to his hometown in Shaanxi, but he was not afraid of swords and swords, but he was afraid of Hong Manzi. ”

"Brother, what's going on, can't it be that my brother blames him in the end?" Zhang Xianzhong saw that Li Zicheng seemed to have the intention of helping Ma Shouying, and his expression became more and more displeased.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "My brother is serious, and my younger brother will never do this." It's just that the younger brother thinks that what Brother Ma said has a deep meaning, and it is a clever plan. ”

"What's the solution?" Zhang Xianzhong's face softened, and Ma Shouying was also a little stunned, and looked at Li Zicheng with Gao Yingxiang and others.

Li Zicheng arched his hand to everyone and said: "What Brother Ma said implies a plan to criticize the hypocrisy, Gu Junshi, what you just said is this?" ”

"What is mischief?" Most of the leaders here are poor people who have not read, where can they save it? For a while, he stared at Gu Junen with both eyes.

Gu Junen saw Gao Yingxiang smile slightly, knowing that he already knew what he meant, he took a few steps forward, and said with a high forked hand: "King Chuang, all the leaders, Xiao Ke is showing off." Sun Tzu said: The image of the soldier is water, the shape of the water avoids the height and tends to go down, and the shape of the soldier avoids the real and hits the void. The water flows according to the land, and the soldiers are used by the enemy. "Historical Records: The Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qilie" said: If the rescuer does not play a halberd, criticizes the hypocrisy, and forbids the form, he will relieve his ears. It means......" He saw that everyone was full of confusion when they heard it, and knew that these people who were born as farmers and soldiers didn't like to chew words, so he laughed dryly and said: "It's better to explain to the leaders, so as not to drop the bookbag again, and the eight kings should scold their ancestors for eight generations." "Hold back with your fists.

Li Zicheng explained: "What Jun En said is actually a plan to avoid the real and attack the false. Now that Hong Manzi led the elite soldiers out of Tongguan, Shaanxi is bound to be empty, let's take advantage of the void to enter, but killing him back is tantamount to holding him by the nose and walking ......"

"yes, that's what we mean!" Without waiting for Li Zicheng to finish speaking, Ma Shouying clapped his hands and shouted.

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Brother Ma's strategy is good, we are very familiar with Shaanxi, and we can deal with the officials and soldiers with our eyes closed." There are only two disadvantages, which Brother Ma must not have considered. He saw that Ma Shouying seemed to be disappointed, and hugged his fists and said, "Brother Ma, please forgive my little brother for being arrogant." Now the 13 families and 72 battalions of people and horses are added together, more than 200,000, compared with the Central Plains, first, the terrain of Shaanxi is narrow, and second, Shaanxi has been in drought for many years, and hundreds of thousands of troops have poured in together. Even if all the grain and grass in Sanqin were given to us, we couldn't support it for a few days, I'm afraid that we wouldn't be able to wait for the official army to chase and suppress us, and we would have already dispersed. ”

Everyone listened to his words, hesitating, Zhang Xianzhong shouted: "Then let's wait for work and have a big fight with Hong Manzi." ”

"It can't be so. Hong Manzi brought elite soldiers who were accustomed to fighting, and we all brought our wives to the old camp where they were sick and disabled, and it was inconvenient to fight with them in the way. ”

Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table and said: "Self-made brother, we can't go back to Shaanxi, and we can't fight hard, what else can we do?" It's not going to be another deception, is it? That Hong barbarian kills people without blinking, he won't surrender us. It's better for us to go southwest into Sichuan, guard the sword pass, and live a free life. ”

"Naturally, it is not possible to deceive and surrender, Hong Manzi started by killing, and he is ruthless, and our deception is tantamount to a dead end. Shu Road is dangerous and difficult, and it may not be able to overcome it in a hurry, if you give Hong Manzi to follow, you will suffer from the enemy ......"

"Since my brother has a clever plan in mind, why don't you say it quickly, do you have to wait for Hong Manzi to kill him?" A large man in a blue robe slowly stood up and interrupted him impatiently. This person is tall and thin, with white skin, like a scribe who has read poetry and books, but his cheekbones are high, his eye sockets are slightly sunken, and his two long eyebrows go straight into his temples. Li Zicheng recognized this person as Luo Rucai, resourceful, nicknamed Cao Cao. This man has a romantic nature, has dozens of wives and concubines, dresses up in fancy clothes, and follows in the army. He also loves Qin Yan and has a troupe under his tent. He entered the Dahai Temple, and saw that there were no women in the hall to accompany him, he was already bored, and listened to Li Zicheng talk about the old camp, thinking of his own beautiful women and opera troupes, and leaving them aside for the New Year, but he rushed to this temple to sit and eat wine.

Li Zicheng listened to his question eagerly, and hurriedly said: "My brother praised it, it's not a good idea." In the past, we suffered losses and ate on the top of each mountain, each fighting its own battle, not communicating with each other, and not rescuing each other. How can you win alone? Now Lu Xiangsheng is guarding in the southwest lake, Guangyun, Xiang and other places, Zuo Liangyu is guarding in the area of Xin'an and Mianchi, Hong Manzi is out of Tongguan from the northwest, Zhu Dadian is out of Shandong from the northeast, Guanning Iron Cavalry, Tianjin soldiers and horses are also coming from Jinan and Shandong, and Cao Wenzhao led the Shanxi soldiers to march from north to south. It is intended to attack in three ways and wait for the opportunity to fight. We ignored it, and the 36 plans were the best, and the whole division avoided the enemy and retreated to the southeast. This is not because of the fear of the officers and the army, but because of a plan. As the saying goes: If a husband is desperate, ten people are hard to beat, not to mention our more than 200,000 horses? Speaking of which, he looked at Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang nodded and said: "The art of war is clear: the enemy is completely victorious, and I can't fight, so I must surrender, peace, and go." If you fall, you will be defeated, if you are peaceful, you will be half defeated, and if you go, you will not be defeated. The undefeated will also be the turning point of victory. Zicheng said very well that the officers and troops in the northwest have already shown their edge, and there is no need to compete with them for a short time, since they should go to the southeast to smash their weakness. ”

"What's the deal? Say it quickly! Our old Zhang Ke can't understand these zigzag words. Zhang Xianzhong jumped up and slapped his palm on the thigh.

Li Zicheng Kankan said: "Divide the troops into five routes: all the way to the south to block the official troops of Sichuan and Huguang; all the way west to meet the officers and troops of Shaanxi; stationed all the way in Xingyang and Bishui to guard the Yellow River; Sneak attack Fengyang all the way south and dig the royal ancestral grave. The elite of the Northwest official army may be difficult to resist, but they can stay all the way as a backup and respond back and forth. As for the distribution of the various men, let the leaders consult. ”

"No need! The matter is urgent, and there can be no delay, I think it is better to resign to fate and cast lots! Gao Yingxiang was afraid that there would be another incident, and it would be difficult to deal with it, so he immediately ordered Gu Junen to write thirteen notes, make them exactly the same, and put them in a deep-bellied clay pot. The crowd couldn't think of a fairer way, so they stepped forward and cast lots in turn. In a short time, the paper was finished. He Yilong and He Jin, the king of Zuojin, led their headquarters to the south to block the official armies of Huguang and Sichuan; The reincarnation king allowed to change, shot the sky Li Wanqing, and mixed 100,000 Ma Jinzhong to lead the headquarters to block Hong Chengchou; Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, and Hui Dengxiang led the headquarters to guard the areas of Xingyang and Bishui, and defended the officials and troops of Kaifeng, Guide, Henan, and Ruzhou; Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong, the king of the eight kingdoms, Zhang Yichuan, the king of sweeping, and Liu Guoneng of the collapse of the sky led the headquarters to conquer Anhui; The old man returned to Ma Shouying, and the nine dragons Guo Dacheng responded back and forth.

Everyone has decided to arrange more than ten jars of spirits on the table, raise a glass and drink until the East is white. The next day, they slaughtered cattle and horses and sacrificed to the heavenly oath, and attacked separately. Gao Yingxiang ordered Li Zicheng, Zhang Yichuan, and Liu Guoneng to lead the troops first, and Zhang Xianzhong was behind. Along the way, the momentum was like a bamboo, and in more than ten days, dozens of prefectures and counties such as Gushi, Huoqiu, Shouzhou, and Yingzhou were captured one after another, and they approached Fengyang, and set up camp two hundred miles away.

Fengyang is the land of Huaiyi in ancient times, it is called Zhong Ion Country in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is called Haozhou in Sui, it is the land of Longxing of the Zhu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the hometown of the emperor since ancient times. One year after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he issued an edict to build the imperial city of Zhongdu here, and Hongwu gave the name Fengyang in seven years. On the twelfth day of the first month, Li Zicheng personally took Li Guo and Gu Junen to change their clothes, mixed into Fengyang City, investigated inside and outside, and discussed with Zhang Yichuan and Liu Guoneng after returning: "Fengyang has three cities inside and outside, the wall is high and thick, and the south city wall is built on the slope of the north bank of the big stream in the east-west direction, and the stream is the hao; The west city wall is located at the west foot of the undulating Ma'anshan Mountain, which is surrounded by mountains; The northern wall is located on the shore of the lake, which is blocked by water; The east city wall has Dushan Mountain and Phoenix Mouth Mountain, which can be relied upon. The imperial city in the middle is made of bricks and stones, and there is a moat more than 30 zhang wide outside, two or three zhang deep, which is not easy to cross. There are 10,000 defenders in the city, and 40,000 officers and soldiers are in Tuntian outside the city, which is really a fortified fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Mingli attacks will be difficult, it is better to outwit. ”

Zhang Yichuan and Liu Guoneng knew Li Zicheng's strategy and had no objections. Li Zicheng immediately ordered Li Guo and Gu Junen to each bring a hundred elite soldiers, disguised as beggars, monks, Taoist priests, and peddlers' pawns, and mixed into the city.

The Fengyang Governor's Office is not in Fengyang, but in Huai'an, and the affairs of the city are all handled by Wu Zhenying, the governor of the imperial history. He asked about the news of the approaching Liukou, and called the prefect Yan Rongxuan to discuss: "According to the annual practice, the city is lit up with a lot of lights, and the Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th and 16th, and the people are happy." Now the Shaanxi Liukou has been stationed 200 miles away, and if they are given the opportunity to enter, the disaster will not be small. It is better to put on the lights for the time being this year, close the city gates, and strictly prevent thieves from mixing into the city to make trouble. ”

Yan Rongxuan had just added a son, and he was scheduled to have a lantern banquet in the mansion, and he had already spread invitations everywhere, but he was unwilling to change it, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "Don't worry about it, adults. Those who are just rogues are plundering everywhere, and the attacks are small cities guarded by few people, how can they be compared with the imperial city of Zhongdu? Be careful to check the people who come and go into the city, close the city gate at night, and not let a single person in, and send more soldiers to patrol the streets, so that those grass robbers can fly in and disturb the residents? From January 13 to 17 in previous years, it was a common practice to put on the lights for five nights and stay up all night. If the lights are banned because of a few rogues this year, wouldn't it show the enemy's weakness and give people a laugh? The people have already prepared the lights, and if they ban it again, they will inevitably be resentful and speak foul language, which may damage the reputation of the adults. If the rumor will go out and let Lord Futai know, how can the adult excuse him? Seeing that it is about to be evaluated for three years, the future of adults is important, and we must not make a mistake in this matter. ”

Wu Zhenying listened to this, thought for a while, nodded and said, "If it weren't for your mansion's reminder, it would have almost made a big mistake." However, those rogues still need to be guarded against, so the five-day period is reduced to three days, taking care of both the left and right. ”

Fengyang is not only Anhui, but also a rare famous city in the south of the Yangtze River, as the capital has been more than 200 years, the city palace is like the system of the Beijing division, the province of the book, the capital governor's mansion, the imperial history platform, the Taimiao, the altar of the great shrine, the mound, the square mound, the sun, the moon Sheji, the mountain and river altar, the million warehouse, the observatory, the first residence of the prince, the barracks of the soldiers, the temple of the city god, the temple of the heroes, the temple of the emperors of the past dynasties, the hall, the Zhongdu Guozixue, the drum tower, the bell tower and so on. The Lantern Festival is second only to Nanjing, the capital of Liudu, and it is also well-known in the south of the Yangtze River. At noon on the 14th, the city's 28th Street and 94th Square were lit up with lanterns, and all kinds of lanterns were hung out in front of every house. Large families set up mountain sheds in the courtyard, placed five-color screens and cannon lamps, and hung celebrity calligraphy and paintings on all sides and strange bone Dong toys. The left-behind division of the central capital set up two Ao Mountains on the side of the Jinshui Bridge outside the south of the Imperial City Afternoon Gate, on which each plate was red and yellow, and each piece of Linjia was lit with a lamp, and the mouth was sprayed with pure water. Hongwu Street and Xuanwu Street are full of countless lanterns of various colors, competing for beauty. When the lights are turned on the next day, it is the most lively. Men, women and children have gone out to watch the lanterns, playing dragon lanterns, playing floats, running dry boats, playing flower sticks, and stepping on stilts...... A team went back and forth, stepping on the street to make a Lantern Festival, singing and singing, and the voices of people were boiling.

At the beginning of the shift, Li Guo took a few personal soldiers to mix in the crowd, wandering on the street, from time to time to see groups of beggars, wearing sheepskin rags, holding a wooden cane, holding a broken bowl, pickling around begging, knowing that most of them were disguised personal soldiers, when they approached, they whispered to the city to patrol tightly, and be careful of being seen through. I was watching the lights and watching the fireworks for recreation, and I didn't realize that I walked in front of the City God Temple, it was really crowded with people, gongs and drums. Just as he was about to turn around and retreat, someone shouted to dodge and dodge, when he saw a group of men and women singing and dancing. Several people in front of them wore helmets and crowns, wore colorful uniforms, tied copper bells on their feet, and held brooms in their hands, exploring the road on foot. Behind these reports, there are hundreds of songs and dances, colorful flags fluttering, strings and pipes, blowing, playing, playing, singing, jumping, jumping, twisting, dancing, everything, dizzying. Hearing a burst of cheers, I saw a young woman wearing a tight and thin colored coat, colored pants, and a pomegranate colored skirt at the waist, wearing a head on her forehead, combing a single braid on the back of her head, wearing a red silk flower ball on her head, carrying a small drum around her waist, and holding a pair of drumsticks in both hands, so she sang the song "Pan Qinglang":

"The two ends of the gold drums are round, and it is pitiful to earn copper coins. Five tiled houses and three grasses, willing to stay with their lovers until they are old. When the grass is dry, the lang does not return, and when the grass is green, the concubine is sad. Singing flower drums, when crying, the concubine is not as good as Lang Zairi.

Fengyang's shoes fell into the green, and he sang a beautiful song in front of the people. The concubine sang and danced, how could there be lovesickness and bitterness in a hundred medicines. Lang lives in front of the river and the concubine is across the river, and he is not romantic! Singing flower drums, going to other places, visiting lovers all over the world.

The white clouds cross the Yangtze River for thousands of miles, and the flower drum three links go out of Fengyang...... Singing flower drums, crossing the Yellow River, but there are more tears than waves...... "a look of wanting to cry without tears and no one to confide in, sad and sad."

After watching for a long time, the second watch upstairs drummed, Li Guo and a few people squeezed out of the crowd, returned to the residence to take the blade and hid, and went towards the Hongwu Gate in the south of the city. At this time, a bright moon rose near the middle of the sky, illuminating the streets and alleys silvery. Li Guo saw a team of iron horsemen in full armor, patrolling the city, and hurriedly hid in a secluded place and waited.

Gu Junen pretended to be You Fanglangzhong, two young soldiers pretended to be children, one carried a medicine box, the other carried a medicine basket, which contained sulfur flame nitrate and a thing that should cause fire, wandering in front of the City God Temple, it is estimated that the three of them went to the back door of the temple and set the fire, and suddenly the flames were rising, and the smoke covered the moon, and the three of them ran to the temple and shouted: "There is a fire, there is a fire!" "The people outside were playing in the excitement, not guarding against this change, panicking, running in all directions, and there was a great chaos. Gu Junen and others took advantage of the chaos to set fire everywhere, and after a while, the fire reflected half of the city. Li Guo and the others saw the fire, shouted loudly, seized the city gate, let the ambush soldiers outside the city enter, and rushed and slashed along Hongwu Street and Daming Gate.

Wu Zhenying had just fallen asleep, and when she heard that the thieves had occupied the outer city, she hurriedly led her family to flee into the imperial city, hoisted the wooden bridge over the moat, and guarded the battle in the corner tower. The city gate was opened, the moonlight was like day, a team of iron horsemen surrounded by a black horse galloped over, and the majestic general was Li Zicheng, with a wave of the horsewhip, he ordered: "Capture the palace and welcome the king into the city!" ”

Wu Zhenying, a Confucian student, has always been in the heart of Hanmo, how have he ever seen such a powerful strongman, he was so shocked that he sweated, and urgently ordered to release arrows to force back the thieves. Li Zicheng also ordered to shoot arrows at the city, and the two sides suffered casualties and stalemate. was thinking hard about the strategy of breaking the city, and suddenly saw a sky-high fire rising in the southwest, reflecting half of the sky and burning the bright moon to gold. Wu Zhenying, who was in the corner tower of the city, even looked at it, and suddenly woke up and said: "It's a big disaster, presumably the thieves burned the imperial tomb." Just as he was beating his chest, countless defeated officers and troops poured into the city, and they were killed by Li Zicheng and others, and they fled. Li Zicheng was afraid that the officers and soldiers of Tuntian outside the city rushed to the rescue, and he was about to withdraw his troops when he heard a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and in a blink of an eye, he was close to the cut, and immediately the tall and mighty man shouted: "Zicheng don't panic, let's help you!" ”

Li Zicheng was surprised: "Brother Jingxuan, you came so fast!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "Let's burn the ancestral tomb of the Dog Emperor with a fire." Then he shouted towards the city: "Dog officer, open the city and surrender, let's leave you alive, otherwise when the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”