After listening to the words of the deputy general, Zhang Xianzhong was silent for a long time and said: "King Gao Yingxiang is trapped in northern Shaanxi, and the destruction is in sight, Li Zicheng is trapped in Shanxi, and when the three-way army of the imperial court is free, he can easily clean them up. ”

"So it's better for us to take advantage of the fact that we still have 200,000 troops in our hands to negotiate with the imperial court and change a bright future."

Hearing this, the deputy general looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said, "Will the imperial court give us a bright future?" We dug Chongzhen's ancestral grave, it's good if the emperor doesn't kill us, I'm afraid that as soon as we surrender, Chongzhen will kill us. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong said: "You are right, but between the world and the ancestral tomb, Chongzhen is afraid that he will choose the world, you must know that Gao Yingxiang is destroyed, Li Zicheng is defeated, let's surrender again, then the thieves in the world will be empty, and the court will be able to free up its hands to clean up Lantian County, and when the court and Lantian County fight to the death, we can take advantage of the situation and fight for hegemony again." ”

Hearing this, the lieutenant general said, "Eight kings, do you mean to surrender by fraud?" ”

"It's not a fraudulent surrender, it's just an expedient measure, even if we are edicted, we can't hand over the military power."

Zhang Xianzhong said, and after hearing this, the deputy general said: "Then why did you send people to attack Lantian prince?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "There are two reasons, the first is that I hit Lantian to make an example for the heroes of the world, and tell the heroes of the world that I, Zhang Xianzhong, want to save the king, but Lantian Li Chaosheng can't open his eyes, and he has to block my way forward, I have the intention to kill the thief, and I can't go back to heaven." ”

"Secondly, I have a correspondence with Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang said to me in the letter, if I am willing to surrender, he is willing to persuade Chongzhen to give Lantian County to us as a place to eat, since it is a place to eat, I want to see the depth of this place."

Hearing this, the adjutant general's eyes widened and said: "You mean that Yang Sichang wants to give Lantian to us, that's great, Lantian is very rich, but Li Chaosheng is not easy to mess with." ”

Zhang Xianzhong heard this and said: "So I have to fight with him first, let him know that we are powerful, and after we talk to Yang Sichang, we will get Chongzhen's holy decree, and we will directly ask Lantian for a place, if Lantian doesn't give it, hehe......"

Zhang Xianzhong sneered again and again, and when he heard this, the deputy general said: "What do the eight kings mean, Li Chaosheng just won't let us eat Lantian?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong said: "If Li Chaosheng really dares not to let it, it will be disrespectful, we can ask the imperial court to take action, are the three troops of Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting in northern Shaanxi eating?" When the time comes, plus us, our four-way army will attack Lantian together, no matter how strong he Lantian is, can he be the opponent of our four-way army? ”

"Hiss~"

Hearing this, the deputy general gasped, what a ruthless poisonous plan, although Lantian is strong, how can he be the opponent of these four armies, if this is really the case, wouldn't it be the world's heroes attacking Lantian together?

Thinking of this, the deputy general said: "Although your plan is good, the eight kings, but the court is still not credible, we can't believe all the nonsense of the court." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "Of course I know that the court is not well-intentioned, but no matter what kind of bad intentions he hides, as long as I am allowed to eat Lantian, I am willing to admit it, Lantian is too fat, with it, our strength will grow several times, this is the real big fat." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said, and the adjutant general heard this and said: "The Eight Kings are wise, and it is indeed worth the price you pay for getting Lantian." ”

……

Beijing, Yang Sichang's mansion, at this time, Yang Sichang's mansion is brilliantly lit, full of friends, today is not Yang Sichang's birthday, nor is it an important festival, and the reason why it is so grand is because Yang Mansion came to two distinguished guests today.

One is Zhou Yanru, the former cabinet elder, and the other is Zuo Liangyu, the chief military officer of Shandong's anti-thief army.

The former of these two people came to Beijing to visit relatives, while Zuo Liangyu came to the capital to receive a reward because of his meritorious service in Shandong to quell the rebellion, and the three of them are indeed very close.

Zhou Yanru is full of peach and plum, and he has many exchanges of interests with Yang Sichang, while Zuo Liangyu is the spokesperson for the interests of the two in Shandong, and some other ministers who join in the fun are hiding people's ears.

After the banquet was over, the three of them came to the study, retreated, and stayed alone in the study to plot.

"Why did Yang Gong invite the two of us here this time?"

Zuo Liangyu is a straight person, and asked the reason directly, Yang Sichang looked at Zuo Liangyu at this time and said: "Brother Zuo, don't be impatient, come and taste my tea first." ”

Zuo Liangyu picked up the teacup with a puzzled face and took a sip, the tea is good, and it is impossible for Yang Sichang to have too much tea in his mansion.

Zhou Yanru also picked up the teacup at this time and took a sip and said with a smile: "Good tea, Longjing before the Ming Dynasty, it's a pity that it was last year, Yang Gong treated guests with old tea, I'm afraid I want to bring up the old things again." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu was stunned for a moment, looked at Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang smiled and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Zhou Gong." “

Zhou Yanru smiled when he heard this: "Then let me guess, what did Yang Gong ask me for?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang looked at Zhou Yanru and said with a smile: "Duke Zhou has this Yaxing, but it is also interesting, then please ask Duke Zhou to teach me." ”

Zhou Yanru heard this: "Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, the three of them joined forces to suppress the thieves, the rogue will definitely not be able to support it, and as soon as Gao Yingxiang is destroyed, there will be three big thieves left in the world." ”

"Three strands?"

Zuo Liangyu frowned and said: "Shanxi Li Zicheng, Hubei Zhang Xianzhong, who else?" ”

Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang glanced at each other, and then blurted out: "Lantian Li Chaosheng!" ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu widened his eyes and looked at the two of them: "Second duke, don't be joking, Lantian Li Chaosheng, that is a cadre who His Majesty has praised many times, and he also requires all the ministers in the world to learn from this person, you say that he is a thief, this is ......"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang smiled and said: "Brother Zuo, I am still not sensitive enough to the court situation, Your Majesty asked everyone to learn from Lantian because Lantian pays taxes every year, and the court hopes that everyone will learn from Lantian and not send his taxes." ”

"But this doesn't mean that Your Majesty doesn't hate Li Chaosheng, in the battle of Naturalization City, Lantian silently included the Naturalization City of the imperial court into his Yan, without obtaining His Majesty's consent at all, this is a rebellion, Your Majesty hates to kill Li Chaosheng afterwards, but unfortunately, Li Chaosheng is still of great use, and the army of Shaanxi thieves still needs Lantian to support, so Your Majesty endured it."

"And now the three-way army is encircling Gao Yingxiang, Gao Yingxiang's rout is imminent, Li Zicheng was also beaten by Lu Xiangsheng's army, and the defeat is just in the moment, as for Zhang Xianzhong, I have sent a messenger to discuss Zhao'an matters, and he will inevitably enter my gang sooner or later, so that there will be no anti-thief in the world, no anti-thief, then Li Chaosheng is the biggest anti-thief in the world, if you don't clean him up at this time, who will clean him up?"

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu's eyes widened, this is too ruthless, when he uses Lantian, he is called an example of Lantian loyalty, and if he doesn't use it, he will be the number one thief in the world, and this court is too dark.

Zuo Liangyu swallowed his saliva: "Then what is the so-called matter of Yang Gong inviting us here?" ”

Yang Sichang took a sip of tea and said, "Divide Lantian." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Yanru and Zuo Liangyu's eyes lit up, and they looked at Yang Sichang in unison: "How to divide it?" ”

Zuo Liangyu said with a smile: "I know that Zhou Gong has coveted Lantian for a long time, won't Zhou Gong talk about it?" ”

Zhou Yanru heard this and said: "Hehe, Lantian is rich, business first, if you can take out Lantian's goods and sell them to the whole country, it will be an unimaginable huge wealth, I can handle this matter, we can talk about the specific benefit distribution." ”

Zuo Liangyu heard this and said: "Well, I have a group of big soldiers under me, there is no caravan, I ......"

"Hey, Brother Zuo, you are very useful, you are a military representative, you military people need to express your position at the court, as for interests, Brother Zuo doesn't have to do anything, and Duke Zhou will not forget you."

Zhou Yanru smiled when he heard this: "Brother Zuo Xian, don't worry, as long as you help Your Majesty strengthen your confidence at the court meeting, I and the Jiangnan gentry behind me will not forget Brother Zuo." ”

Zuo Liangyu smiled when he heard this: "Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

Seeing Zhou Yanru say this, Yang Sichang said: "Then the matter is decided, after Gao Yingxiang's department and Li Zicheng's department are eliminated, we can play to Your Majesty." ”

"Hey, I still have one more thing here, Yang Gong, Lantian is not a soft persimmon, let others handle it, Li Chaosheng is a tiger and wolf, and a decree from the imperial court can make Li Chaosheng capture and hand over Lantian with his hands tied?"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm going to collect a dog that can fight and let him deal with Lantian." ”

"Who? It can't be me, right? ”

Zuo Liangyu looked at Yang Sichang, it seems that there are soldiers under him?

Seeing this, Yang Sichang smiled and said, "Haha...... Brother Zuo, what are these words, I'm talking about Zhang Xianzhong, I just said that I have sent someone to Zhao'an him, as long as he agrees with Zhao'an, I will assign Lantian to him, and then let him deal with Li Chaosheng, let's just take advantage of the profits. ”

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu said: "Wonderful, this is called a dog biting a dog's hair, hahaha......"

Zhou Yanru also laughed when he heard this, usually Zuo Liangyu is so rude, he will definitely be displeased, but today this Zuo Liangyu looks so cute, you say it's strange.

……

Lantian, Li Chaosheng was playing chess with Bai Shoumin, Bai Shoumin slowly raised the chess pieces in his hand, and cold sweat came down on his forehead, what to do, what to do, how to play this son.

Bai Shoumin was sweating with cold sweat on his forehead, and at this moment, Gu Zi ran in quickly: "County Zun, Li Dezhen telegraphed." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shoumin was relieved and smiled: "County Zun, if you don't forget it, the military situation is important." ”

Li Chaosheng heard this: "Don't worry, this game of chess will be over soon, let's talk about it after playing." ”

Bai Shoumin heard this and said: "This, you won't be able to tell the winner for a while." ”

Hearing this, Gu Zi looked at the chessboard and said, "Isn't this over, you Heizi put it here to kill the big dragon, and the county will lose." ”

Gu Zi pointed to a place on the chessboard, Bai Shoumin's face darkened, and he glanced at Gu Zi, at this time Li Chaosheng looked at the chessboard and slapped his thigh: "Isn't it?" Why didn't I see that? ”

Bai Shoumin's face darkened when he heard this, he could have killed Li Chaosheng ten steps ago, but he played chess with the county honor, could he win? And even in the case that he has already won two games today, how much does he have the eyesight to win three games of chess in a row, so don't you want to lose face?

This chess made him frightened to win, and although Li Chaosheng has always been happy, but the companion is like a tiger, if you really don't take the county seriously, then you have to be careful.

It is not for nothing that Liu Luoguo did not dare to win Qianlong chess in his life, but Li Chaosheng didn't care, he didn't think about it at all, mainly because recently Li Chaosheng found that many people like to play Go, and he didn't learn it, so he followed to learn two hands, but he usually didn't have any opponents, and I heard that Bai Shoumin played Go well.

In line with the principle of playing chess with masters, growing fast, playing chess with stinky chess baskets, and getting uglier and smellier, let's find the most powerful one when we play chess, so we will find Bai Shoumin to face off.

Then there was a scene of Bai Shoumin's bloody abuse of Li Chaosheng, and although Bai Shoumin won this chess, he won the heartbeat, and although Li Chaosheng lost this chess, Li Chaosheng lost with a smile on his face, and said that he had learned.

One is really messing around, and the other is changing the law to let Li Chaosheng win, but no matter how he feeds his son, Li Chaosheng just won't win, which makes Bai Shoumin very tormented, fortunately, he knows that his county zun is not a person who kills people for a random reason, if this is changed to other people in power, Bai Shoumin even wonders if the county zun wants to find a reason to click him.

Under Gu Zi's disdainful gaze and Li Chaosheng's expectant gaze, Bai Shoumin put down the sunspot in his hand, killed the county zun, and then said with a wry smile: "County zun, did I do something wrong?" ”

Li Chaosheng said: "No, why do you say this? ”

Bai Shoumin smiled bitterly at this time: "Why did the county zun torture me like this, I gave the county zun three chances to kill me just now, why didn't the county zun give me?" ”

Li Chaosheng glared when he heard this, and said, "Three times? Why don't I know? ”

Bai Shoumin's face was bitter, and Li Chaosheng thought for a while and said, "Forget it, it seems that Go is really not suitable for me, let's play backgammon next time." ”

"Forget it, I won't accompany the county when I'm busy with official business."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Okay, you go first, by the way, the day after tomorrow, our first fried chicken restaurant in Lantian County will open, don't mess it up for me." ”

"Don't worry, the county is watching, I and the people from the Ministry of Commerce are staring at it."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "That's very good, I'll go to the venue on the opening day." ”

"Yes, yes."

Bai Shoumin heard this and nodded again and again and left, as soon as Bai Shoumin left, Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi and said, "What is the situation with Li Dezhen's department?" ”

When Gu Zi heard this, he immediately took out a telegram and reported: "Dezhen intelligence said that their whole army is defending Tongqian Pass, and at present, Tongqian Pass has been reinforced with cement, even if the other party has artillery, it is difficult to blast open the city defense of Tongqian Pass, and the whole army has done a good job of mental construction, and will work hard to protect Lantian and never let anyone enter, even if it is a homeless person, please rest assured." ”

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