After Hou Sui said this, he did not stay in the tent, but left Zuo Liangyu alone to consider in the tent.

Zuo Liangyu sat motionless in the tent, and after more than half an hour, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked people to invite Ma Shixiu over.

"General, are you looking for me?"

Although Ma Shixiu has been secretly dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu these days, Zuo Liangyu is the coach after all, so on the surface, he is still respectful to Zuo Liangyu.

"Hmm."

Zuo Liangyu glanced at Ma Shixiu with a somewhat complicated look.

It has been several years since Ma Shixiu accepted Zhao'an, but Ma Shixiu's soldiers have always been firmly in his hands, and they are also a big force in his army, otherwise he would not let him be his deputy general.

If he is really moved now, his army will definitely be injured, and it is precisely because of this that he has not been able to make up his mind to rectify military discipline.

But now, he has no choice but to choose to sacrifice Ma Shixiu.

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu put away the thoughts in his heart, and then said: "Wait a minute, you and the two of you, each with three thousand reliable people, go to Wuchang with me." ”

"To Wuchang?"

Ma Shixiu had some doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but ask, "General, why do you want to go to Wuchang?" ”

"Now we don't have much food left, and you know it."

"The imperial court does not allocate food and salary now, and the superintendent went to collect food and salary a few days ago, but there is no gain, and if this continues, the soldiers will be hungry."

Zuo Liangyu said in a deep voice: "So I plan to take you to Wuchang to borrow some food and salary from the King of Chu, first respond to the emergency, and then return it to the King of Chu when the superintendent collects taxes." ”

"Looking for a loan from the King of Chu?"

Ma Shixiu subconsciously felt that this matter was unreliable, what virtues did these vassal kings have, Ma Shixiu knew very well in his heart, one by one, he didn't pull out a dime, and asked the king of Chu to borrow money, can the king of Chu borrow it?

He didn't hide the doubts in his heart, and said directly: "General, all the vassal kings are selfish, and if we ask them to borrow money, I'm afraid we will have to run for nothing." ”

"In the humble opinion, we might as well 'borrow' some grain and grass from the people as before."

"The army will soon be unable to supply food, and we must not let them go hungry to fight."

"Since the imperial court asked us to restrain military discipline and prevent us from plundering the people, since this is the case, then let's go to the king of Chu to borrow it."

Zuo Liangyu directly vetoed Ma Shixiu's opinion, and then said a little ruthlessly: "This world is the world of their Zhu family, we fight for their Zhu family, and they give us food and salary, which is justified." ”

"This time to borrow, the king of Chu has to borrow it, and if he doesn't borrow, he has to borrow!"

When Ma Shixiu heard Zuo Liangyu's words, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, robbing the vassal king is different from robbing the people.

Those ordinary people are as cheap as ants, and they don't have any backstage, so they will be killed if they are killed.

But the vassal king is not something they can move easily, the robbery of the vassal king is regarded as complicity, Zuo Liangyu actually wants to hit the attention of the king of Chu, could it be that he is crazy?

Ma Shixiu looked at Zuo Liangyu with some horror, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Zuo Liangyu saw Ma Shixiu's fear, and his face couldn't help but sink slightly.

"Now that the imperial court has asked General Ben to rectify military discipline, you have complained about this in the past few days, and I also know it."

"But in this matter, the court gave a death order."

Zuo Liangyu looked at Ma Shixiu, a dangerous light flashed in his eyes, and then said, "So there are only two paths in front of me now. ”

"Either cut you down, and then pick some soldiers from your command to come out and make an example of chickens and monkeys, put the military discipline in order, and then report to the court."

"Or, you follow me to do a big vote, get enough military salaries, and we will recruit troops and expand the team."

"In the current situation, as long as we have enough troops in our hands, even if the emperor knows that we did it, what can he do with us?"

"The imperial court's move is inevitably too much!"

Ma Shixiu heard Zuo Liangyu say this, and finally understood why Zuo Liangyu had set so many rules these days, and couldn't help but say with some anger at the moment: "They don't provide us with food, don't we allow us to figure out our own way?" ”

"Let's also rectify military discipline, if our military discipline is rectified, what will the soldiers eat?"

Ma Shixiu clenched his fists, his expression became very angry, he didn't let the people be robbed, so what did the soldiers under their command eat?

What's more, most of his money and women were robbed, if he wasn't allowed to rob them, then what did he mean by being an official soldier, it was better to turn his head and rebel.

And now that Zuo Liangyu has told him, it means that he will either sacrifice himself to fulfill Zuo Liangyu, or follow Zuo Liangyu all the way to the dark.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth tightly and said, "This Ming is too corrupt, so it's okay not to follow." ”

"General, do what you say, listen to you!"

"Okay."

Zuo Liangyu nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The Inspector and I are like brothers, if this matter is allowed to him, he will definitely stop me, so this matter must not be known to the Inspector." ”

"Later, I will go to the superintendent and let him temporarily take charge of the army and drag him here on the pretext of going to Wuchang to borrow money."

"Then you will follow me to bring 6,000 people into Wuchang in the name of the superintendent, and if the king of Chu is relieved at that time, it will be fine."

"If he dares not to borrow ......"

Zuo Liangyu's eyes showed a fierce light, and then he spoke: "When the time comes, I will lead someone to drag the defenders of Wuchang, and you will directly enter his Chu Palace." ”

"Good!"

Ma Shixiu nodded fiercely, but thinking that Hou Sui would stay in charge of the army, his expression became a little hesitant again, "However, the superintendent stays in the army, if he knows what we did, will he ......?"

Although he didn't finish his words, Zuo Liangyu also understood what he meant, so he shook his head directly and said, "Don't worry, the superintendent and I are like brothers, if I don't do it, he may stop it." ”

"But if I do this, he will only be on my side."

"What's more, there are still people left in the army, even if the superintendent has any ideas, the army will not obey his dispatch."

"In that case, there's no problem with the lowly position."

Ma Shixiu was also ruthless this time, since the court wanted his life, then there was no need for him to be loyal to the court anymore.

Just like Zuo Liangyu said, in the current situation of the imperial court, the elite of the nine sides has been lost, and it is unable to deal with Jiannu.

Li Zicheng has also completely become a climate, and is besieging Kaifeng, and before that, Li Zicheng also killed King Fu.

So even if they robbed the King of Chu, judging from the level of threat, the imperial court would not deal with them first, so the matter was not as dangerous as he originally thought.

Thinking of this, Ma Shixiu didn't stay anymore and went back directly to gather the soldiers.

And just after he left, Zuo Liangyu looked at Ma Shixiu, who was leaving with some excitement, and a trace of sharpness flashed in his eyes.

What he said to Ma Shixiu was half true and half false.

The fake thing is that he has already made up his mind to kill Ma Shixiu, so as long as Ma Shixiu makes a move against the Chu Palace, then he will definitely destroy Ma Shixiu when he turns around.

As for the real part, with the current situation of the imperial court, as long as he has enough soldiers under his command, the imperial court really can't help him.

So at this time, he did have the psychology of supporting the army and respecting himself.

These vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are all very rich, and just King Fu can supply the military salary of Li Zicheng's entire army, and the wealth of King Chu is not far behind King Fu.

As long as he can get the wealth of the King of Chu to expand the army, even if it is the imperial court, he can completely ignore it at that time.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes flashed, he went through the plan thoroughly in his heart, and after making sure that there was no problem, he directly recruited his henchman Hao Xiaozhong.

However, for Hao Xiaozhong, he only asked him to select 3,000 henchmen and go to Wuchang with him, and he didn't reveal anything else to Hao Xiaozhong.

This kind of thing, the more people know about it, the more danger of leakage, Zuo Liangyu, who is cautious, will never make a mistake in this kind of thing.

Although the military discipline of Zuo Liangyu's army is not good, because the most combat-effective old battalion soldiers are gathered, the speed at which these soldiers gather is still very fast.

It's just that because they were worried that it would arouse Wuchang's vigilance, these 6,000 people basically went into battle lightly, and they didn't even bring many archers, let alone firecrackers.

……

When Zuo Liangyu rushed to Wuchang with a large army, he was still a little worried that he would not be able to enter the city.

As a result, after he reported, the officials of Wuchang Mansion actually welcomed him in, which made him a little surprised in his heart, and he didn't know how Jinyiwei did it.

But now that the arrow is on the line, since he has entered the city, he is too lazy to care about so much.

After settling the army, Zuo Liangyu directly took the deputy general Ma Shixiu and his henchman Hao Xiaozhong to the palace of the king of Chu to meet the king of Chu.

"Zuo Liangyu?"

Hearing the report of his subordinates, the pot-bellied Zhu Huakui was a little surprised, "If he doesn't lead troops to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng in Xiangyang, what is he doing here?" ”

Although he had some doubts in his heart, Zuo Liangyu was the general of the imperial court and the crown prince Shaobao after all, and it was impossible for him to refuse directly, so he asked people to bring them in.

Along the way, looking at the luxurious palace-like Chu Palace, Ma Shixiu and Hao Xiaozhong, two people who had never seen the world, were full of shock.

"This palace is so luxurious?"

Ma Shiying thought about his usual residence, and then looked at the luxurious mansion in front of him, and his heart was suddenly filled with a strong sense of unwillingness.

Why are they desperately killing on the battlefield, and they don't even have a stable mansion, but Zhu Huakui obviously didn't do anything, but he can enjoy such a big palace.

Why does he Zhu Huakui enjoy such wealth, just because his surname is Zhu? This is too unfair!

The more Ma Shiying looked at this palace, the more unwilling he felt in his heart, he hated to bring troops over now, directly killed Zhu Huakui, and robbed this mansion for his own enjoyment.

And Zuo Liangyu has seen the world after all, so after seeing this palace, he didn't feel anything else except to marvel at the luxury of this palace in his heart.

However, he glanced at Ma Shiying, whose expression was obviously wrong, and lowered his voice to remind,

"Pay attention to the layout of the house, as well as the defense."

"If you really need to do it, you must take this palace in the shortest possible time!"