As soon as Zuo Liangyu walked into the backyard, a dignified man bowed his head and said with an extremely humble expression: "The villain Ma Yuanli knocked on the Zhentai Lord." ”

"You burned the Gucheng County Ya and forced the county magistrate Ruan Zhitian to death, what crime you committed, you should understand. What is the place where the general of the thief is, you dare to break into the tiger's den in Longtan, what a big dog guts! ”

"The villain is here to save the adult."

"Hahaha......" Zuo Liangyu didn't laugh angrily, and asked: "If you can't tell the ugly son, run here and talk nonsense, cut off your tongue and feed the dog!" ”

"The adults are angry, and the villains are slowly coming back."

"What tricks do you play in this town?" Zuo Liangyu strode into the flower hall and sat on a large chair.

Ma Yuanli followed closely behind, took out an oiled paper bag, presented it with both hands, and said: "This is a letter from my master to the adult, please take a look at it." ”

"Damn, Zhang Xianzhong, a son of a bitch, knows that Lao Tzu doesn't know a few words, what kind of letters do you write! If there's a fart, let it go, what a rambling thing! Zuo Liangyu frowned and shouted outward, "Come here and be literate." ”

A staff member took the letter and read it aloud unhurriedly: "Zhang Xianzhong, a grass citizen, bows to General Kunshan again: General Onyx Mountain's victory is enough to shame Snow Monkey Mountain." Not only can you invite the court's generous reward, but also dispel the general's doubts. As the old saying goes: auxiliary cars depend on each other, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. With loyalty, the general can support the army and maintain its wealth and dignity for a long time; If loyalty dies, the general will follow. This reason is clear, I hope the general thinks twice, and don't force too much. Beware of Fei Yi and beg for it. The meaning of the district, this Buda, is very scared to be on standby! Zhang Xianzhong nodded. When he finished reading, he placed the letter and a big red gift slip on the table.

Zuo Liangyu sneered: "You horseman still dare to say that you came to save this town, it is clear that Zhang Xianzhong ordered you to come to the town to beg for mercy!" ”

Ma Yuanli shook his head and said, "Lord Zhentai's words are wrong. If there are no anti-thieves like us, can the Lord of Zhentai be so majestic? The ancients said: The high bird is exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook; The enemy country is destroyed, and the ministers are destroyed. The death of Han Xin, the king of Qi in the Han Dynasty, must have heard of it in Zhentai. Adults are confident that compared with him, is the credit big or small? But later, Han Xin couldn't escape death after all, which made people feel cold! The one who is a general does not die on the battlefield, but beheads the West City, who wants to have such an end? Now that Yang Gebu can't bear it, he still has to rely on important people, otherwise the adults will not be so comfortable and leisurely, and they will be dismissed from their posts at the least, or the adults will take care of it themselves. ”

"Presumptuous!" Zuo Liangyu told him the central matter, and he was troubled for a while, but he was afraid that people would notice it and not be able to attack, so he eased his tone and seemed to be helpless: "The emperor has a decree, Zhang Xianzhong has shocked the ancestral tomb, and it must not be forgiven." The cabinet lord also strictly ordered that he was not allowed to be appeased, how could this town dare to disobey the order and surrender? ”

"How dare you, how dare you!" Ma Yuanli smiled, clasped his fists and said, "But what the adults saw was wrong." My master is not begging, he just wants to live with adults and share glory and wealth. Besides, my master has just started an incident in Gucheng, and the court can't trust us, so naturally it can't tolerate it, so why bother to be boring? Speaking of which, when we get home, we thieves are the wealth of adults! Don't look at our lives, but it's worth a lot of silver! If we don't have us, it will be difficult for adults to deduct military salaries, when will the military salaries be sufficient? ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "You can't deceive this town with this delaying tactic. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a delaying tactic, what matters is that we think about adults in our hearts, for the sake of adults' rich and prosperous future, and don't want to see world-famous generals like adults being bullied. Think again. ”

Zuo Liangyu secretly felt that it was useful, but he still said with a gloomy face: "This town has its own opinions in his chest, and he still wants you to point fingers?" This town is a general of the imperial court, but he knows how to suppress thieves and serve the country, and he doesn't take all rumors to heart. You cunning thief don't want to sow discord and talk nonsense. It's better to leave before dawn. In Pingli City, Yang Gebu has a lot of eyes and ears, and once it is detected, it is not fun. At that time, you will send mountains of gold and silver, and this town will not show mercy. Or behead you immediately, or tie you up to Xiangyang. ”

"Since the villain dares to come to Pingli City, he has already put life and death out of the way. It's not difficult for Lord Zhentai to kill me, but how can my master hurt me? ”

"For ten days, the Inspector has been urging him. At dusk today, another message came, urging the fire to rush into the army. The town personally led the army to suppress, Zhang Xianzhong is only more than 1,000 horses, has become a frightened bird, can he still fly to the sky? ”

"Your Excellency still wants to join the army?"

"Where is the duty, how can you neglect it?"

"Poor Kou Mo chase, adults are not afraid of forcing us into a hurry, reflexively bite you? In the villain's opinion, it's better to open the net. ”

"Are you scared?"

"What is the villain afraid of? Originally, it was a cheap life, and the red stripes came and went without worry, but there was something missing, but adults were not easy to explain. ”

"There are only more than 1,000 horses, and they are bound to flee when they hear the news, what can this town miss?"

Ma Yuanli sneered and said, "How can my master fight hard with Lord Zhentai, that's the practice of a reckless man!" The villain doesn't have to hide it, my master has hid in Xinggui Mountain and joined Cao Cao's army. Xingshan, Zigui area, stretching for hundreds of miles is full of high mountains and mountains, rugged roads, everywhere can hide, everywhere can set up ambush, everywhere can hold on. If the adults enter the army without success, can the great seal of the general of the flat thief still be kept? If the general general of Ping thief takes away the Great Seal to He Maniac, it will not only be a lifelong shame for adults, but also ruined the prestige of half of his life. In the battle of Luo Monkey Mountain, where did the adults lose? It is defeated in the geographical advantage. Now the master of my family is lonely, and the adults occupy the time, but they still do not occupy the profits. The time is not as good as the place, and it is even worse than the people! ”

"How do you want to teach this town?"

"It's best for adults to stay still for the time being, and rest on the spot to recuperate the soldiers and horses, so naturally there will be no worries about frustration in the army."

"Disobeying the military order, won't this town be guilty of staying and not entering?"

"What can adults do when they were not controlled by Xiong Wencan? He's not going to be an adult! ”

"Inspector Yang is different from Xiong Wencan, he is a strict person."

"Luo Monkey Mountain was defeated, the adult was only demoted by three levels, and he served as a crime, and the imperial court did not punish the adult severely, and only three months later, the adult was awarded the title of 'Ping Thief General'. As long as you have heavy troops, the emperor can't do anything with you, how can Yang Sichang manipulate adults? ”

Zuo Liangyu was silent, picked up the gift list and looked at it, and the staff hurriedly attached it to his ear, and whispered: 10,000 taels of silver, 100 taels of gold, and ten treasures such as pearls, agate, and jade, and commanded: "Put it away." Then he smiled at Ma Yuanli and said, "Go back!" ”

"Your Excellency, don't you have any message to bring?"

"This town has its own opinions, so I don't bother you to worry about it."

"The villain understood, so he rushed back overnight."

Zuo Liangyu ordered his staff to say: "Haosheng arranged to send him out of the city, and he must not leak his traces." The staff agreed to take Ma Yuanli to retreat. He walked quickly to the front hall, and as soon as he entered the corner door, he heard He Renlong shouting: "You Zuo Shuai, quickly call him to drink with me!" ”

Zuo Liangyu responded: "Today, if you are drunk, you will rest......"

"Good, good...... Once drunk, you will rest...... Hahaha...... "He Renlong's tongue is a little hard.

"But before I drink, I have something to ask." Zuo Liangyu grabbed He Renlong's arm.

"Say it, say it!"

"My brother has been staying well in Shaanxi, why do you want to go to Xiangyang to wade through this troubled water?"

He Renlong scratched his head and said, "It's not for the Great Seal of the Ping Thief General." ”

"If this big seal brother wants it, just take it."

"This ...... Since the big seal belongs to the elder brother, the younger brother will never lift a finger. ”

"What is the old brother still doing in Huguang?"

He Renlong was stunned, then raised his head and drank the wine bowl dry, slammed it on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "Little brother will return to his hometown in Shaanxi tomorrow." Fuck, why bother to come here to work hard! ”

Without the pursuit of Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, Zhang Xianzhong calmly set up camp in Baiyang Mountain, 60 miles west of Xingshan County, although the officers and troops were stationed in Badong, Yiling, Dangyang, Anyuan, Nanzhang, Fangxian and other places, and the two cities of Guizhou and Xingshan were also in the hands of the officials and troops, but seeing that Zuo Liangyu did not move, the officers and soldiers everywhere naturally did not dare to take risks. Zhang Xianzhong slowly gathered his people, gradually cheered up, and marched towards Sichuan. Yang Sichang flew to Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun to intercept him, but Shao Jiechun went to Shangmadu, Zhongmadu, and Xiamadu to the shallow ground, retreated to Guanyinyan, Zhang Xianzhong defeated the official army, broke into Kaixian, Dazhou, and conquered Luzhou. Yang Sichang urgently ordered Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong to pursue, and moved the superintendent from Xiangyang to Chongqing to dispatch in person. On the way into Sichuan, there are people who catch Zhang Xianzhong and reward 10,000 taels of gold. Unexpectedly, early the next morning, a lot of slogans were posted in his line: "If you can behead Yang Sichang, you will be rewarded with three coins of silver." Yang Sichang was furious and stepped up his attack, and Zhang Xianzhong relied on the danger of mountains and rivers to deal with him.

Li Zicheng in Shangluo Mountain explored the emptiness of the Central Plains, evaded several searches by Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, stole out of Wuguan, and infiltrated Henan from Yunyang. Henan is in the midst of a great drought, locusts cover the sky, the land is thousands of miles away, and the hungry people are everywhere. Li Zicheng collected the victims, and the people suddenly grew, including more than ten counties such as Yongning, Yiyang, Lushi, Shaanzhou, Lingbao, Mianchi, Xin'an, Yanshi, Mixian, and Baofeng. The Central Plains was shaken, and Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, was worried about the safety of Luoyang, so he wrote to ask the imperial court to send troops. Chongzhen urgently ordered the military department to send Wang Yinchang, the chief soldier Wang Shaoyu, and the deputy generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai to lead the army to guard, dig the moat, and build the city wall.

The remnant sun is like blood, and the cold is pressing. In the wind, Li Zicheng put on a cloak, and with the newcomer Niu Jinxing, with dozens of personal soldiers, rode horses to the west pass of Luoyang City. Looking at the towering Lijing Gate from afar, he cheered: "What a strong city made of iron!" I was here twice, but I couldn't get into the city. ”

Niu Jinxing looked at him with a somewhat fascinated expression, and said with a smile: "Back then, Dayu controlled the water, and he passed through the door three times without entering. King Chuang is now in Luoyang three times, and he still doesn't want to go in? ”

"Yes! This is the third time. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, my uncle Gao Chuang and I broke through Mianchi and Yiyang, but we bypassed the east of Luoyang City. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, my uncle and Zhang Xianzhong and I captured Shaanzhou, Mianchi, and Xin'an, besieged Luoyang, and failed to enter the city gate. It seems that Luoyang City is not easy to enter! ”

Niu Jinxing pouted: "Luoyang is a famous city in the world, the hinterland of Kyushu, and it was known as the middle of the world in ancient times. Heluo is victorious, the king is very heavy, it is the place where the capital of the nine dynasties was built, and it is not comparable to ordinary cities. In the forty-second year of Wanli, Luoyang became the domain of Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, and the imperial court spent 280,000 taels of silver to build the palace, which was extremely magnificent, just like the Jinluan Palace in Beijing, the king should go in to see, and could not always stop outside the city. ”

Li Zicheng couldn't make up his mind for a while, and muttered: "This matter still needs careful planning. ”

Niu Venus is familiar with the art of war of Tianguan, Fengjiao and Sun and Wu, and he is new to defect, and he has the heart to participate in the foreground, make meritorious contributions and become famous, and say with a smile: "The old saying goes: If you don't fly, you will soar into the sky; If you don't make a sound, it's a blockbuster. At present, Yang Sichang has gone deep into Sichuan, the Central Plains is empty, and he can break Luoyang in one fell swoop, first occupy the land, and then collect the gold and silver of the king, half for military supplies, half for disaster relief, clean up people's hearts, and compete for the Central Plains. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Yang Sichang can't afford to look east, this is the right time." ”

"If you can take Luoyang, you can take the world according to Heluo."

Li Zicheng clenched his fists and praised: "Mr. is really my brainstorm." ”

"I'm not ashamed." Niu Jinxing's eyes flickered and said: "There is one person who lives up to the name of a think tank, and he is a friend. This person is proficient in the art of war, has a deep strategy, looks at the stars, Qimen Dunjia, and knows all of them. If the king wants to achieve great things, he can quickly send someone to welcome him to help in the army. ”

"Who is this strange man?"

"This person's surname is Song Ming, and he is the successor of Liuzhuang physiognomy, and he has measured the words of the current emperor, and Chongzhen was still the king of letters in the palace at that time. I don't want to plot against people, hurt the bone meridians, and my body is like a baby, and I am known as Song Shorty. Since then, the four seas wandering, the rivers and lakes are parasitic, and they make a living by selling divination and fortune telling. ”

"When Luoyang is attacked, I will invite him." Li Zicheng turned his horse's head and slowly returned to the camp.

The Fuwang Mansion is majestic and magnificent, far beyond the specifications of an ordinary vassal king, with five vermilion lacquer mansion doors and yellow glazed tiles of one color. In front of the mansion, a pair of white marble lions are lifelike and have supreme majesty. The palaces and gardens of the palace are modeled after the system of the Forbidden City in Beijing, but they are slightly smaller. Fighting for the throne has become an old thing, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is a fifty-six-year-old old man, he has long lost the ambition of the year, his favorite is the wine beauty, raised a big opera team, every day with the beauty to listen to the drama and drink, never tired. In a secluded palace courtyard in the east of the palace, the sound of sheng, flute, and pipa is endless, floating over the palace courtyard.

The sandalwood board is tapped, and the tune is tactful. The charcoal fire was in full swing, and King Fu lazily half lay down and half leaned, his round body almost stuffed with a wide red sandalwood circle chair covered with mink brocade mattress, and his feet stretched out to the carved sandalwood table with thick red velvet cushions. On the red curtain in front of him, a musician was actually wearing Luo Yi, and sang in a manic voice: The wind is quiet and the curtain is idle, the musk orchid fragrance is scattered through the screen window, and Qi Zhu Fei shakes the double ring. The platform is high, the gold lotus is small, and the silver is still bright. than flicked the warm tent, first lifted the soft curtain of Mei Hongluo and peeked...... King Fu opened his sleepy eyes, stared at the female dancer in front of him, and said with a lewd smile: "What did you steal?" Presumably the man stripped naked, so you should take it off too! ”

The female singer didn't dare to disobey the order, so she took off her coat and revealed a red belly. King Fu was still unsatisfied, and urged: "This room is as warm as spring, what are you afraid of?" I can't get cold on you, take it off again and again, and don't leave a piece! ”

The female singer looked at the sisters holding flutes and flutes next to Hongyu, and felt embarrassed. She was a member of the music family, and she didn't sell her body as an artist, but as soon as she entered the palace, she had to be at the mercy of King Fu, but in front of the sisters, she felt quite unbearable. While he was hesitating, a eunuch came in with the curtain lifted, bowed to King Fu and said, "Lu Weiqi asked to see him, saying that there is something important." ”

"What's the urgency that you have to come at this time?"

The eunuch leaned down and persuaded: "Lord, Lord Lu has been waiting for a long time, and he is so anxious that he is restless, constantly turning around in the courtyard, sighing and sighing, and saying that he is here for the life and death of the officials and gentry of Luoyang City. ”

"How do you want to die or live, do you want the sky to fall or the earth to fall? What a miracle! ”

"Recently, the thieves have been very loud, and the soldiers and horses have arrived outside Yiyang and Yongning, claiming to break Luoyang's ......"

King Fu opened his eyes half-tiredly, and said impatiently: "No need to say it, announce him to come in!" Glancing at the half-naked maid again, he ordered the eunuch to say, "After dinner, send her to the palace." ”

Zhu Changxun struggled to turn over, changed his clothes, and just sat down. Lu Weiqi was brought into the hall and bowed. King Fu ordered the seat to be given tea, and asked with a breath: "What is the important matter of sir, you must see the widow?" ”

"Can the prince hear the nursery rhymes in the city?"

"The widow is long in the deep palace, and it is difficult to get out of the house, how can I know? You say! ”

"Eat his mother, wear his mother, and open the door to meet the king. When the king comes, he doesn't pay for food! Lu Weiqi is a Confucian in science, how could he have said such vulgar words on weekdays, the old face flushed, and hurriedly covered up: "There is also a slightly elegant song: seeking promotion in the morning, seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive recently." Open the door early to worship the king, and the discipline is happy for everyone big and small. ”

"What is this lord?"

"A bad omen. Didn't the prince hear that the thieves were coming to the city? ”

King Fu yawned, stroked his bulging belly with his hand and said, "Those thieves are just bluffing. Luoyang is not a thief this time, isn't it all dangerous? Such a strong city, why not be afraid of grass cowards! ”

"This time is different from the past, Luoyang is a pro-feudal feudal country, and you must not be careless. It is not terrible for thieves to rape and burn and kill, but what is terrible is that they do not rape and burn and kill, and compete with the court for people's hearts. The thieves entered Yu, posted posts all over the place, hypocritically practiced benevolence and righteousness, and cleaned up the hearts of the people. If people's minds change, the people suddenly forget the grace of the rain and dew of the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years, burn incense to welcome the thief, and Heluo will disintegrate, in an instant. ”

"The widow has asked the court for reinforcements to join the guard."

"In the ice and snow, the soldiers who came to help were stationed outside the city, and the food and salary could not be supplied in time, and they were hungry and cold, where did they have the heart to kill thieves and defend the city? There are a lot of hungry people in the city, and the complaints are boiling, and it is inevitable that there is no thief's heart, and Luoyang is in danger! ”

"According to Mr. ......" King Fu's heart beat for a while, gasping for a while, coughing a few times, and his face turned purple.

"With all due respect. The first is to invite soldiers from outside the city to enter the city to guard, and the second is to send gold and silver to raise soldiers and distribute grain to help the people. The army is solid, the people are safe, and Luoyang is as stable as Mount Tai. Otherwise, misfortune will be. ”

"Hmph, it was to force the widow to pay!" King Fu suddenly realized, looked at Lu Weiqi with some annoyance and asked, "Why did the responsibility of defending the city fall to the widow?" So what else do you want those civil and military officials to do? Do you take the court for nothing? ”

Lu Weiqi was puzzled: "Luoyang's civil and military forces have no money and no food, and they are really at a loss. ”

"The military salary is insufficient, why don't you ask the court, but ask the gentleman to reach out to the widow? Why don't they come and ask for money themselves? Zhu Changxun was angry and said sharply: "The emperor's donation to Qi Wan did not alarm the vassal kings everywhere, you dare to move the minds of widows, so bold, so bold!" Luoyang City is not well guarded, and there is the law of the Ming Dynasty, so which of them has the courage to do this? He got up from his seat, pushed away the hands of the two eunuchs who came over to support him, and panted out of the hall.

Lu Weiqi was in a lonely daze, and suddenly exclaimed sadly: "Big things go!" The son of a daughter can't sit down. What a noble person the prince is, he sacrificed his life to take risks, and did not think about the community, how could he see the two ancestors in the ground! ”