Tang Hui's urgent notice had just left Wuchang City, and a city defense officer came to report that the anti-thief troops who had found the big drum outside the southern city of Wuchang were no less than 10,000 people.

Tang Hui was shocked, and immediately climbed the city wall, only to see that the outside of the city was full of soldiers and horses, and looking at the posture, there were no less than 10,000 people.

Tang Hui hurriedly asked, "Where did this anti-thief come from?"

"Lord Governor, this is the soldiers and horses of the Jiangxi Mo thief who went north from Changsha, the general who led the troops is called Qian Xiao, this thief is extremely powerful, in just ten days, Lian Ke my six cities, the momentum is like a broken bamboo, we are powerless to resist it!"

"What? With only 10,000 soldiers and horses, are the defenders in these six cities all wine bags and rice bags? ”

Tang Hui was furious, and immediately locked up the county orders of the six cities and beheaded them on charges of tellurium.

It's a pity that he can't cut off the heads of the six county magistrates even if he wants to cut them off now, and the county magistrates of the six county towns either surrender or die, and he, the governor of Huguang, has no clue at all.

Since Qian Dayou sent troops to Changsha, he has fought smoothly along the way, and won six cities with only 10,000 soldiers and horses.

As a result, his logistics forces simply could not keep up with the speed at which he was storming the city.

When Li Banghua heard that Qian Dayou was fighting so fast, he could only send someone to catch up and ask Qian Dayou to slow down the speed a little, otherwise the logistical pressure would be too great, and he would not be able to keep up with the speed of his march.

For the sake of safety, Qian Dayou rested in Xianning for three days, and then waited for the arrival of Li Banghua's first grain transport unit.

There were also 5,000 soldiers and horses with the team, and these 5,000 were all veterans of the second battalion, and Qian Dayou instantly added another 5,000 new troops in his hands.

After arriving in Xianning, Qian Dayou sent spies to the east of Qizhou to send scouts to inquire about the news.

Finally, after two days of waiting, the scouts made contact with the main force attacking Qizhou.

Mo Qian was overjoyed when he learned that Qian Da had made rapid progress, and immediately announced that the troops would rest in Qizhou for one night, and the next morning, in addition to sending 1,000 men and horses to guard Qizhou, the remaining 18,000 soldiers and horses all went north along the river and went directly to Huanggang, the capital city of Huangzhou, on the edge of the river.

Shi Zhanglie, the prefect of Huangzhou, knew that he could not resist the enemy, but he still recruited villagers in the city to defend the city.

On the first day of the fourth month, Mo Qian had just arrived at the outskirts of Huangzhou Mansion, and suddenly there was a force outside Dongcheng, Mo Qian hurriedly called the scouts and asked, "Which way is that?" ”

The scout reported back: "I don't know what department, it just came from the northeast, it seems to be a rout!" ”

"Router? What kind of rout is this? ”

Just when Mo Qian was pondering which way this was, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared behind the rout on the east side, looking at the flag, it was actually a big banner.

Mo Qian was shocked, and sighed at the moment: "It's not good, Zhang Xianzhong is here, send an order to the whole army, and form a formation!" ”

Mo Qian thought that Zhang Xianzhong's gang would not move so quickly to kill Wuchang, but he didn't expect the two armies to meet outside the Huanggang field.

Shi Zhanglie in Huanggang City was also stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect that there would be a three-way army and horses outside Huanggang City.

All the way is the rout of the army under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, all the way is the rogue under the banner of Zhangzi, and there are the anti-thieves under the banner of Mozi.

Huanggang suddenly became lively.

The three forces instantly became tense, and after Zhang Xianzhong saw Mo Qian's nearly 20,000 horses, he immediately ordered his subordinates to stop the pursuit and stop at a distance of one mile from the city wall.

Mo Qian did not ask the troops to continue to advance, but immediately formed a formation a mile and a half outside the city.

After Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by Lu Xiangsheng in Chuzhou, he wandered all the way in Henan, and saw Li Zicheng's troops besieging Kaifeng Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong knew that Li Zicheng's family would never give him a piece of the pie after capturing Kaifeng.

He also began to inquire about any other rich cities nearby, and was ready to build one to grab some money and food to survive.

At the beginning, some people suggested attacking Luoyang, because there was a lucky king in Luoyang City, and the lucky king was rich in the world, and if Luoyang was defeated, he would definitely be able to make a windfall.

However, some people suggested that Luoyang should not go, on the grounds that Li Zicheng's army of 200,000 besieged Kaifeng, which had attracted more than half of the officers and troops of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Xianzhong felt that the idea of fighting Wuchang was good, so he immediately took the soldiers and horses south.

This road was extremely smooth, after entering Huguang, Zhang Xianzhong connected the three cities of Huang'an, Macheng and Huangpi.

When fighting Macheng, a retired governor at home actually dared to lead troops to resist, was beaten by Zhang Xianzhong and fled, this way to chase, chased until Huanggang City, just about to take advantage of the situation to exterminate this group of officers and soldiers, suddenly met Mo Qian who arrived outside the city.

Zhang Xianzhong was also shocked when he saw the 20,000 soldiers and horses behind Mo Qian, he thought that this was a reinforcement sent by the imperial court, and hurriedly called his subordinates to send scouts to investigate.

The scout rode a fast horse in front of Mo Qian's formation, and after seeing Mo Qian's banner clearly, he just wanted to shoot his horse back, but he didn't expect the archer Chen Qi to shoot him to death with an arrow.

Zhang Xianzhong was shocked when he saw that his scouts could be pierced through the throat by an arrow three hundred steps away from the army.

"What the fuck is this troop? Send someone to find out. ”

This time, the scout team directly sent ten people to investigate the enemy's situation, and after sacrificing five names, they finally saw the banner of the rebel army.

The scout returned to the formation and said to Zhang Xianzhong with trepidation: "King, that is the soldiers and horses of the governor of Jiangnan, and they are under the banner of Mozi. ”

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but be suspicious and asked, "Mo Zi banner?" When did this court make a governor of Jiangnan? How did I not know? ”

His adviser Wang Zhaoling stood up and answered Zhang Xianzhong's question.

"King, this Jiangnan governor's name is Mo Wen, but he is a little doll who is only twenty years old, not sealed by the imperial court, but by himself.

This person has raised the flag to rebel in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and it has only been two years, but he seems to be already a hero, and this person only took a year and a half to clear the north-central part of Jiangxi, and also occupied the entire territory of Changsha Prefecture.

King, this person is definitely not a straw bag, don't be careless! ”

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately became interested.

He laughed and said, "It seems that we are not the only ones who are interested in King Chu?" The anti-king of Jiangxi also seems to want a piece of the pie. Who has the courage to go to the army of the governor of Jiangnan and ask the little doll if he is willing to cooperate with me to attack Wuchang Mansion and defeat Wuchang, all the treasures, the two armies will divide the account fifty-fifty! ”

"Father, I want to go!"

The one who spoke was Zhang Xianzhong's first righteous grandson Kewang, Sun Kewang was brave, literate and hyphenated, and was very loved by Zhang Xianzhong.

Looking at Sun Kewang who was speaking, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but hesitate.

Sun Kewang is a righteous son he loves very much, which makes him go to see the governor of Jiangnan, what if that guy is unreasonable and cuts off his own righteous son, what can he do?

Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, I don't know what kind of virtue the governor of Jiangnan is, what if he is a barbarian and slaughters you with a knife, no, send someone else!" ”

When Sun Kewang heard Zhang Xianzhong's words, his heart was full of emotion.

In fact, he didn't really want to go, because he had never dealt with the thieves in Jiangxi, and he didn't know the roots of the other party at all.

The reason why he stood up was mainly to put on a posture and let his subordinates in the army see that he, as the righteous son of the king, was also a person of courage and insight.

Sun Kewang couldn't go, so Zhang Xianzhong chose a strategist in the army who could speak well.

But the counsellor was not afraid of death, and gladly took his command.

The strategist came to the camp of the rebels, and asked to see Mo Qian straight to the point.

Mo Qian didn't refuse, and let the man in.

The strategist came in and introduced himself directly: "The contemptible He Tieguang is a strategist under the account of the Eight Kings, and he has come to meet the Governor of Jiangnan!" ”

Mo Qian looked at He Tieguang, who was bending down and saluting, smiled slightly, and asked, "What is the matter with Mr. He?" ”

"I'm here to be a lobbyist!"

"Oh? Interesting, since you are a lobbyist, then sir, please start! ”

He Tieguang said bluntly: "The Governor led the troops north, but to attack Wuchang Mansion? ”

"That's true!" Mo Qian didn't hide it.

"Coincidentally, my king is also here for Wuchang Mansion, the king knows that the governor is also not used to the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, so he raised the banner of rebellion, my king said, willing to work with the governor, the two sides cooperate with each other, together to capture Wuchang Mansion, when the city is broken, the two sides will divide the account, I don't know what the governor's wishes are?"

After He Tieguang's words were finished, Lu Zhao under Mo Qian's case was unhappy.

He slapped the case and scolded directly: "What kind of dog are you, you dare to compare your bullshit king with my family, our righteous army is not uncommon to cooperate with you, we will fight in Wuchang Mansion ourselves, you don't need to worry about it, where did you come from, go back!" ”

"You.... This general, we are all rebels, we are all a family, why do we have to see each other like this? ”

"Who is a family with you, please don't mess with your relatives."

As soon as He Tieguang heard this, he was just about to spit out the words that were choked back again.

He glanced at Lu Zhao hatefully, turned around and saluted Mo Qian again, and continued, "What is the governor's opinion?" ”

Mo Qian didn't blush with He Tieguang, but just smiled and said: "Forget about the matter of cooperation, we will fight Wuchang Mansion ourselves, and we will pull the gold and silver treasures ourselves, so we don't need to worry about the eight kings to be tired, come and send off guests!" ”

He Tieguang was kicked out and returned to Zhang Xianzhong in embarrassment.

He Tieguang told Zhang Xianzhong about the humiliation he had received, and Zhang Xianzhong was furious after hearing it.

"His grandmother's, a twenty-year-old hairy young man, actually dared to bully me, and ordered, the whole army was dispatched to level those dogs!"

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