"Hahaha~ This Xiong Wencan, hahaha is so funny, I wanted to pretend to be a force, but I ended up putting myself in, I really thought that everyone was a pirate like Zheng Zhilong who wanted Zhao'an, Zhang Xianzhong is not a peaceful master, this time it is enough for him to drink a pot."

Gu Zi listened to Zuo Sansi's explanation, and couldn't help laughing, this is the legendary pretending not to be able to do it, but to be forced by that, what a talent.

Li Chaosheng also smiled when he heard this: "This Xiong Wencan is actually a capable person, and it can be seen that this person is not useless when he was able to recruit Zheng Zhilong." ”

Gu Zi said: "That's luck, catch up with that old pirate and want to be Zhao'an, otherwise how can he Xiong Wencan surrender Zheng Zhilong." ”

"Well, Guzi, you have to remember that you should never underestimate luck, luck is actually a reflection of a person's strength." Li Chaosheng said to Gu Zi, Gu Zi was not very convinced when he heard this, Li Chaosheng smiled and did not speak.

Many people look down on luck, but luck is really something that can change one's life against the sky, if there is no luck, history may have gone to another direction, among which the most obvious representative of luck, Liu Xiu, the chosen son, this great magic master can be said to be the existence of luck, he can summon meteorites when the two armies fight, who can you say better than him.

If there were no deepening of all kinds of luck, it would be impossible for the Eastern Han Dynasty to prosper and continue the national fortune for the Han Dynasty for another 195 years.

Therefore, anyone who underestimates luck will be punished by luck, and Li Chaosheng never dared to underestimate the factor of luck, so he can make steady progress to today.

Xiong Wencan, you don't care if he likes to brag or if he is not good at being an official, but he did recruit the great pirate Zheng Zhilong, which is an indelible achievement.

But this time when he met Zhang Xianzhong, this Lord Xiong can be regarded as having encountered hard stubble, and his luck has been used up.

Wuchang Mansion, Hubei.

Xiong Wencan was so anxious that he was in a hurry, what to do, what to do, what to do.

Just when Lord Xiong was in a hurry, his subordinates came to report: "My lord, Zhang Xianzhong has already led his troops to leave Gu County and fled to the nearby mountains. ”

"Run, okay, run good, hurry up and send someone to recover Gu County, and write a note to the imperial court, saying that Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, and the minister Xiong Wencan led the government soldiers to fight with him for a day and a night, Zhang Xianzhong was invincible, and escaped into the mountains, and the minister should continue to encircle and suppress, and never let Zhang Xianzhong harm the land of Huguang."

"Yes."

Hearing this, his subordinates immediately responded, the adult's hand is really dirty, it is obvious that Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to run, what does it have to do with him.

"By the way, my lord, before Zhang Xianzhong left, he posted a notice on the wall of Guxian County about the bribes he had paid over the years, and the names of the officials he had bribed over the years were all listed on it, including the specific process and time. Among them, you are the second adult. ”

"What, the shameless thief, he came up with such a vicious method to slander this official, this official played, and told Your Majesty, this is all Zhang Xianzhong's slander, it is slander."

Xiong Wencan stomped his feet angrily, the man didn't say a word, bowed his head and left, after the man left, Xiong Wencan's staff stepped forward and said: "My lord, don't be angry first, this Zhang Xianzhong framed the adult for taking bribes, this is actually a trivial matter, whether it is true or not, Your Majesty will not be too observant, and the princes of the court will not hold on to this matter, after all, if you check carefully, the princes' buttocks are not clean, and the adults are like this, and other people are also like this." ”

"So they won't challenge your lord from this aspect, but your lord just gave His Majesty the collapse of Haikou, saying that you will guard Huguang, and you can ensure that Zhang Xianzhong will not rebel, but now that Zhang Xianzhong has rebelled, the responsibility for this matter is to be resisted by you, my lord, and in this regard, as long as the political enemies of the lord of the DPRK and China are in trouble, the lord will not escape punishment, and I am afraid that my life will be worried."

Xiong Wencan heard the cold sweat on his forehead, looked at the staff and said, "What Mr. said is very true, does that Mr. want to teach me?" ”

The staff said: "My lord, for the sake of today, is to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, the faster the counterinsurgency, the more beneficial it is to the adults, if the adults fight this battle beautifully, then Your Majesty will not only not punish the adults, but even reward the adults, and the adults can also be blessed by misfortune." ”

Xiong Wencan nodded when he heard this: "That's right, it's not time to be held accountable, as long as I get Zhang Xianzhong back, it will be a great achievement, and it will not matter if I let Zhang Xianzhong go when the time comes." ”

Xiong Wencan thought of this and said directly to his staff: "Well, then who do you think is better for us to send to quell the rebellion." ”

The staff thought for a while when he heard this: "At present, the army that can fight in the northwest is also Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's two troops, Zuo Liangyu is responsible for guarding Tongguan and looking at Lantian, and He Renlong is just under the jurisdiction of your lord, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for a He Renlong to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, so my lord will see if he can divide the troops into two ways, one way order He Renlong to immediately go to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, and the other way the adults can send a letter to Zuo Liangyu, can he secretly send thousands of men and horses to help, so that the two people and horses can fight together, and Zhang Xianzhong will definitely be taken." ”

Xiong Wencan thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I'll take a leave of absence." ”

Soon Xiong Wencan wrote two letters, the first one was to He Renlong, He Renlong replaced Sun Chuanting in Hubei to control the military power of the Hubei General Army, Xiong Wencan happened to be his top boss, after getting Xiong Wencan's letter, He Renlong angrily slammed the letter on the table and scolded: "Her mother, surnamed Xiong doesn't listen to me, I have already said that I want to take advantage of Sun Chuanting's time when he has not yet counterattacked, immediately send troops to control Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates, but the surname Xiong accepted Zhang Xianzhong's bribe, saying that Zhang Xianzhong has no objection, if he deliberately makes things difficult." , isn't it the government forcing the people to rebel. ”

"It's okay now, let the tiger return to the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong has rebelled, his power has grown again, and with the help of this natural disaster, the limelight is flourishing, let me attack Zhang Xianzhong, it's really a joke."

He Renlong was angry, but when his lieutenant asked if he would ignore it, He Renlong waved his hand and said: "No, he Xiong Wencan is no longer a thing, but he is also the governor of Huguang, if we don't obey the order, the consequences may be unpredictable, let's go." ”

He Renlong said and picked up the men and horses, and replied to Xiong Wencan, the army will be pulled out on the same day, but the army will be pulled, the grain and grass will go first, and the adults are also asked to quickly dial down the ordnance and materials for war, so that they can fight with Zhang Xianzhong.

That's right, He Renlong is very smart, if you let Lao Tzu send troops, Lao Tzu will send troops, but sending troops is sending troops, you can't let us fight hungry, give money and food.

Xiong Wencan was very angry when he saw He Renlong's reply, this war requires money, and a war requires money, and if you don't give money, you won't fight a war?

However, now 100,000 is urgent, and it is related to Xiong Wencan's net worth and life, Xiong Wencan gritted his teeth and took out 50,000 taels of silver from the bribe given to him by Zhang Xianzhong as the military salary for this dispatch.

This is his own pocket, which hurts Xiong Wencan.

He Renlong is also particular, after getting the silver money, he took out 10,000 taels to reward more than 10,000 people, and the rest of the money went into his pocket.

He Renlong is actually not afraid of Zhang Xianzhong, after all, he has not fought with Zhang Xianzhong, you must know that He Renlong himself is also a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng is a fellow countryman, and initially he followed Hong Chengchou as a garrison officer, when Hong Chengchou was suppressing bandits in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou's opponent was Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, and He Renlong was also the younger brother of Wang Gao, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had a head-to-head duel, and they never fell into disadvantage.

He never felt that he was worse than Zhang Xianzhong, and even felt that he was much better than Zhang Xianzhong, you must know that Zhang Xianzhong was also a Ming official soldier, and when Zhang Xianzhong was a small banner, he was a garrison.

How to describe this gap, Zhang Xianzhong is in charge of more than 50 people, and he is in charge of thousands of people, which is as huge as the gap between a reinforced platoon commander and a regular regiment commander.

Let me ask you, is there a regiment commander who is afraid of the platoon commander in these years? Therefore, He Renlong's attitude towards Zhang Xianzhong was to take shit luck, from a small flag official, to a bullshit eight kings, and he He Renlong was the first to disagree.

Therefore, when the imperial court dropped him into Hubei, he was very radical, and always suggested that Xiong Wencan strike first and kill Zhang Xianzhong directly, he could personally lead the team, but Xiong Wencan accepted Zhang Xianzhong's silver, and naturally wanted to maintain Zhang Xianzhong, and did not allow He Renlong to send troops to interfere with Zhang Xianzhong.

He Renlong was very dissatisfied with this, but even so, he He Renlong never thought that he would lose to Zhang Xianzhong, and after receiving the money, He Renlong did not stay, and directly led his troops and horses to prepare to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong.

Xiong Wencan's second letter was to Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu was looking at Li Chaosheng honestly in Tongguan at this time, in fact, there is nothing to look at now, Lantian is closed down, and I don't know when it will be opened.

Zuo Liangyu saw Xiong Wencan's letter for help to himself in the military tent at this time, the content was very simple, first of all, to greet the relationship between the two, what he hadn't seen his brother for many years, and what was a farewell to the capital back then......

Anyway, it is to pull the relationship first, and then it is to explain the situation, what is a little situation in me, Zhang Xianzhong is reversed, so I want to ask my brother to help, can I borrow 5,000 soldiers to help my brother tide over the difficulties, my brother must have a lot of thanks......

The following are the listed conditions, what kind of money to give, what kind of help can be given politically, anyway, it is to talk about trading.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the content of the letter, and when he finished reading it, he directly rubbed it and threw the letter into a ball, very disdainful, but this paper ball was picked up by Zuo Mengeng, who entered the door, and looked at it: "Dad, okay, this Xiong Wencan gave a lot, five thousand soldiers, in exchange for fifty thousand taels of silver, this business can be done." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu glanced at Zuo Mengeng coldly and said, "Stupid." ”

"How am I stupid father?"

Zuo Mengeng looked at Zuo Liangyu unconvinced, and Zuo Liangyu said: "Do you think Zhang Xianzhong is a fish on the eucalyptus board?" Will you be slaughtered, or do you think your strength is stronger than Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, when Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, these three had fought against him, and no one dared to say that they could win him. ”

"The more than 10,000 people in your hands are more powerful than Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, or more powerful than Sun Chuanting's Qin Army, so you dare to participate in such a thankless thing, 50,000 taels of silver, just such a little money, and you want me to wade into this troubled water, it's really a good calculation."

Zuo Mengeng was unconvinced when he heard this: "Father, didn't Xiong Wencan say that He Renlong was involved this time, and we and He Renlong together can't deal with Zhang Xianzhong, who just got into trouble?" ”

"Hehehe...... Meng Geng, your brain is just a reckless man who charges into battle, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance at all. ”

Zuo Mengeng stared at him unconvinced, and Li Chaosheng said, "Do you know why we are guarding Tongguan." ”

"Defend Li Chaosheng."

Zuo Mengeng said: "Father, I know you want to say that we are here to defend Li Chaosheng, and we must not move lightly, if we are not careful to let Li Chaosheng go out of Tongguan, we will be responsible and will be held accountable, isn't it." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu looked at Zuo Mengeng and said: "Child, you only saw the appearance, let me ask you, if Lantian Li Chaosheng is really preparing to go out of Tongguan, can you and I stop him?" ”

Zuo Mengeng was silent when he heard this, even if he was arrogant and bold, but he was not ignorant, he had personally seen the strength of Lantian over the years, and he still remembered the last time their people were cleaned up by Lantian's militia, so if Lantian insisted on going out of Tongguan, they would definitely not be able to stop it.

"I can't stop it."

Zuo Mengeng replied, Zuo Liangyu said: "Yes, I can't stop it, so let's camp here in Tongguan, in fact, it's more of an ornament, and it may even be a piece of meat on the side of Li Chaosheng's mouth, I didn't want to stay here at all, but I have figured out one thing over the years." ”

"What's the matter?"

Zuo Mengeng looked at his father curiously, Zuo Liangyu said: "This Ming Dynasty has not been able to support for many years, we have to find a way back for ourselves, and these years the Ming Dynasty will be ups and downs, in this early stage, there is no place better than our Tongguan, Li Chaosheng I can see clearly, that is to be a watch, but also want to set up a memorial arch, want to this world, and don't want to rebel directly, so we don't mess with him here, he won't care about us." ”

"So we happen to be here to taoguang and obscure, take the opportunity to become bigger, if there is a chance, we can go to the south of the Yangtze River to develop and develop, where the prosperity is not comparable to other places in the Ming Dynasty, and relying on the waterway, you can also form a line of defense, even if the world is in turmoil in the future, the heroes are divided, we can also divide the river and rule, and divide one side."

Zuo Liangyu said, Zuo Menggeng's eyes widened, he didn't expect his father to have such great ambitions, to divide one side and be the emperor of one side, this is very exciting to think about.

Zuo Liangyu looked at Zuo Mengeng at this time and said: "And if you want to gain a foothold in the south, in addition to getting the support of the southern gentry, it is the batch of soldiers and horses in our hands, and the soldiers and horses have the right to speak in us, if there are no soldiers and horses, the group of gentry in the south will not raise our eyelids, so we must take care of our own people and horses, and we can't consume them easily, understand?" ”