Chapter 183 Xihua right

The defeat of Kaifeng was too big a blow to Zhang Hu.

It can be said that in the first stage of Zhang Hu's rebellion, Kaifeng Mansion was a watershed here, and when besieging Kaifeng, its strength reached a peak. Prior to this, entrenched in the Baoning Mansion in northern Sichuan for a while, although the subordinates under his command claimed to be nearly 100,000 people, the core strength also had eight war battalions, this scale of rogues, the local state capital was very tricky to deal with, but Sun Jie pulled the horse Qiancheng to help, although Zhang Hu still had the advantage of defending the city, he was also drummed down, if it wasn't for the help of the guns in the court, he would have been wiped out on the spot, and it would have been even worse when he fled Shaanxi Province in embarrassment. In the field battle, he was driven by thousands of mixed Han troops in the Taozhou Wei District and a prefecture, and he was terrified all day long, even if he was rampage in Shaanxi Xingdusi, he thought that he could fight a dozen fortifications, but he was still beaten under the city of Gongchang Mansion with a blue nose and swollen face and feathers. That is to say, at this stage, they can only be regarded as "Kou" and not "army" - whether it is defending the city or fighting in the field, this group of thieves can only pinch soft persimmons, and when they encounter a real strong team, it is the dish on the lips of others; Not to mention any siege warfare, with the advantage of the city wall, the ordinary opponent of the guard army can make it collapse full of teeth.

Later, he swept all the way through Shaanxi and Henan, and finally had some appearance, and when Zhang Hu was already fledgling under Kaifeng City, he could use the tactics of besieging the city to ambush the officers and troops of Huaiqing Mansion in Luoyang Mansion! Fortunately, the virtuous and enlightened King Zhou established a domain here and led the army and the people to resist to the death, and changed to any place in the Ming Dynasty except for the two capitals.

However, this fiasco made Zhang Hu instantly return to the state he was in when he was driven out of northern Sichuan, or even worse - you stepped into the casino penniless, and as a result, you made 100,000 yuan by throwing the leopard, and then your hand style was poor, and it was one thing to have 40,000 or 50,000 left in your pocket when you left the game, and when you went in with a million confidence for the second time, you only had 70,000 or 80,000 left when you came out, and your mood and feelings must be very different.

Zhang Hu's subordinates were the same, and they were panicked. Previously, many people firmly believed in the statement that the king was blessed by God, but the injury from the arrow and this inexplicable defeat made the myth fade a lot. Although he stole another county seat, Xihua was very poor after all, and the things he grabbed were limited. Judging by the normal situation, although this ruthless rogue is likely to toss for a while, and even cause some trouble, in a macro sense, it no longer poses a particularly big threat, as long as it encounters one or two more decent resistance or pursuits, the people will flee on a large scale, and it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed.

Well, if it weren't for that pure accident.

Zhang Hu in the Yali of Xihua County always had a feeling of abruptness. The wound had already scabbed, but fortunately the mountain-patterned armor and the crossbow bolt did not penetrate deep into the flesh, and it did not hurt the bones, so it seems that there will be no major problems with the left arm. In the past five or six days, in addition to eating and drinking, it is to vent on women, but whenever they are idle, their hearts are suddenly empty, and they often go around in the yali for a long time and don't know where they want to go, let alone what to do.

Niu Youtian, who has no heart and lungs, doesn't have such a mind, Cheng Tianjie is very happy, except for eating, drinking, and sleeping, women are walking around the city. Xihua County is very small, but there is also a troupe, this guy from time to time to pull Wang Biao and Li Song a few, and sometimes call Ning Ah Long to listen to the play with him. Ning Along's thoughts are on his younger brother Ah Hu, and Ah Hu is in the boy camp. This fiasco, I didn't expect the boy camp to be broken up, and most of the dolls followed - no wonder, a group of teenage and half-old children only knew how to run with the adults they knew, and didn't know how to run for their lives.

Fang Ge spent most of his time with several of his Sichuan military camp officers, but Zhang Hu couldn't say anything in his eyes. Sure enough, the food guards that Fang Ge left in the Tongxu battalion were just hanging the names of auxiliary soldiers, all of them were very strong, everyone had swords and shields, except for no armor - in other words, the real war battalion only had an armor rate of four or fifty percent! Zhang Hu pondered in his heart for a while, and now he and Niu Youtian's soldiers are combined, which is slightly worse than Fang Ge, and as for morale, it can't be compared: except for the time when Yan Minwang was ambushed and killed, this guy almost didn't suffer any defeats: a surprise attack on Jianzhou, Chaotian Pass defeated Lu Guangyu to open the way for the army to go north, and then swept through Xu Chenliu, broke the spell given by the monk to the cannon with the method of disgust with victory, and stole it to Xihua County...... It's not okay to go on like this, and sooner or later it will become a big problem! Although he has always been respectful and loyal to himself, the human heart is the most bad thing to say - Mr. Storyteller said, didn't Song Taizu also be "loyal" to the Chai family when he was the front of the palace? Wait for a few generals to put the yellow robe on him, won't the next week become a big Song in a blink of an eye? Of course, you can't talk about this kind of thing with Niu Arita. Lao Niu grew up in the camp with his bare buttocks, of course, he can be absolutely trusted, but this guy has no heart and lungs, and he can't hide anything in his heart. Zhang Hu has the heart to train his soldiers, but he can think about it: first of all, in the new big defeat, the brothers need to vent well, and now trapping them in the camp will not only not be able to contain their hearts, but may make them complain; Secondly, in the past, the Sichuan soldiers were all led by Fang Ge, and they didn't care much, if they trained together, it seemed that they wanted to take back their military power, which might arouse Fang Ge's vigilance; Third, if his subordinates are a little dissatisfied, Fang Ge will give some small favors and small favors...... The consequences are unimaginable!

I don't know what to do, and I can't bring it out on the surface, so Zhang Hu has been very depressed these days. On this day, when he was sitting in the back office, Zhang Jiucheng suddenly broke in: "Dashuai, someone said that he asked to see him." ”

Zhang Hu was stunned, he was a plague god that everyone avoided, how could anyone come to ask for a meeting? asked, "Who is here, why do you want to see Lao Tzu?" ”

Seeing Zhang Hu's doubts, Zhang Jiucheng scratched his head: "I can't figure it out." Looks like a scholar, coming from the south. We had already closed all the gates, and ordinary people would run away, but according to the brothers who defended the city, this man walked all the way to the wall, shouting to see the commander. So the little ones did not dare to slack off, and put a basket down to hang him up, and now they are waiting at the door, and they have searched him. ”

Zhang Hu thought for a while and couldn't think of why, so he said, "Then Lao Tzu will see you." As he spoke, he raised his legs and walked towards the second hall.

Entering the second hall, a person who looked like a scholar wearing a square scarf and a blue robe was waiting. Seeing Zhang Hu coming in, he bowed down and said, "Student Wen Huangci has seen the handsome. ”

Seeing this, Zhang Jiucheng feigned anger and said: "Be bold and make up the people!" When you see my handsome, don't you kneel? ”

Wen Huangci looked taken aback, hesitated, and saluted again: "The handsome forgiveness, the student has the fame of showing talent." ”

Zhang Hu's heart moved: he had arrested a scholar to be a master in Baoning Mansion, but he had already died in the chaotic battle in which Sun Jie broke the city. In the new big defeat, it is the time to employ people, and some readers take the initiative to find it, no matter what it is for, it is always a good sign! What's more, if you talk about martial arts, you are slightly inferior to Fang Ge, if there is a reader to help praise the painting...... Mr. Storyteller said that Mr. Kong Ming's chest is splendid, isn't he able to be a million soldiers? waved his hand at the moment: "No need, Mr. is famous, how can he be regarded as an ordinary person!" Mr. Wen, please take a seat, come and serve tea. ”

Mo Dao Zhang Hu is illiterate, and he is a demon who kills people without blinking, he looks like a vulgar martial artist, but in fact he is definitely a smart person with an extremely active brain, otherwise it would be impossible to cut himself from a horse soldier who committed a crime to the end of the world to the position of the commander in a few years. Looking at his expression, Wen Huangci was a little surprised, and Zhang Hu quickly came to a judgment: This is a guy who is depressed to the extreme or has been greatly wronged - unless it is really a last resort, which scholar would risk going to the thief camp alone! As long as he stared and roared just now, this guy would kneel. However, when employing people, it is true or false, so I decided to cooperate as much as possible to play the show first.

After serving tea, Zhang Hu opened the sentence and said: "Mr. Wen specially came to find Zhang, is there anything you want to teach?" ”

Wen Huangci hurriedly bowed and replied: "The handsome man is laughing, the student really doesn't dare to be." The students just heard that the handsome corporal Lixian was benevolent and righteous, and wanted to come to the handsome. ”

"Hahahaha." Zhang Hu smiled. Corporal Lixian, benevolence and righteousness? Can these eight words have anything to do with you? This reason is too far-fetched, if you don't click on him, you won't be underestimated by him in the future, "Mr. Wen, although Zhang is not a Longtan tiger's den here, it is not a place to come and go." Let's have something to say. Zhang is a rough man, he likes to go straight the most, and there is no need to talk about twists and turns. ”

Wen Huangci didn't expect Zhang Hu to not accept the love on his face, his face turned red, and he was nervous and didn't know how to speak.

"Zhang said, let's go straight to the best. What is Mr. Wen looking for Zhang for? Zhang Hu stared at Wen Huangci and said.

Wen Huangci took a sip of the teacup and calmed down, and asked cautiously, "What are the future plans of the handsome, can you reveal one or two to the students?" As soon as the words came out, he knew that he might have made a big mistake - his original intention was to learn from Zhuge Liang and help Zhang Hu point out the country, so he wanted to take a small shelf first. But immediately understood: Liu Bei was humbly seeking advice from the thatched house, Zhuge Liang naturally wanted to say anything, he was unhappy and scolded, and he took the initiative to send it to the door, and then inquired about the behavior plan of these guys, and if he didn't know it, he would be recognized as a spy sent by the imperial court...... Thinking of this, his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he immediately became at a loss.

"Hahaha. Does Mr. Wen want to inquire about our army's next plan? Zhang Hupi asked with a smile.

"Students don't dare, students don't dare, don't misunderstand!" Wen Huangci didn't care about setting up the score, and hurriedly stood up, but forgot that the teacup was still in his hand, and the tea spilled wet the front placket a little.

"Mr. Wen, don't panic, don't panic. To tell the truth, Zhang really hasn't had time to think about what to do next. Sir has a clever plan, just say. However......" Speaking of this, Zhang Hu deliberately lengthened his tone, "Zhang made it clear, if Mr. is sincere to help Zhang, a big bowl of wine, a big bite of meat, gold and silver women will not be able to have Mr.'s share!" But if you bully Zhang, it's a rough ...... Zhang is not a good person. ”

"Students don't dare, students don't dare!" Wen Huangci stammered urgently.

"It's okay, it's okay. Mr. Wen should sit down and talk. After a conversation, Zhang Hu seemed to be at ease.

"Xie Dashuai. The student would like to advise your army to move eastward. In order to dispel Zhang Hu's doubts as soon as possible, Wen Huangci decided not to sell Guanzi anymore, and simply wanted to say something, "Yu Province is too poor to raise many soldiers. Nanzhili is the land of fish and rice, and if it goes east, it must be very profitable. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Hu touched the beard on his chin and groaned, "That's where the southern capital is located, it's true that it's so rich, I'm afraid it's not so easy to go because the soldier is high and the wall is high, right?" ”

"Back to the big handsome, forgive the students for their courage, the big handsome only knows one of them. Everyone knows that Nanzhili is the land of the dragon of the country, and they all feel that it must be impregnable. For more than 200 years, there has never been any civil rebellion or war. Without waiting for Zhang Hu to answer, Wen Huangci continued, "However, if you think about it carefully, if you think about it carefully, if you have been safe for more than two hundred years, what will happen to its armament?" If the army under the command of the commander of a hundred battles fights against those soldiers who have not known about the war for generations, what will be the outcome of the battle? ”

"Makes sense!" Hearing this, Zhang Hu immediately thought of the "strong forces" he had encountered in Xingdusi, Shaanxi Province for several generations without war, and couldn't help but shout, "Mr. Wen continued. ”

"Xie Dashuai. Nanzhi has been subordinate to peace for a long time, and the armament is slack. The people of Jiangbei are brave and brave, and they can be recruited to fill the army, and the Jiangnan is rich and Ming, and the captives can be used for military funds. Let's not worry about what Ying Tianfu is, as long as we walk around like that, we will definitely be able to get a full load. Then we can go to Zhejiang to the south and Jiangxi to the west, both of which are also good places! ”

"Hahaha, Mr. said it so well, Mr. Kong Ming has a Longzhong pair, Mr. Wen is a Xihua right for Zhang! Let's do it! As he spoke, Zhang Hu's eyes suddenly burst out with a cold light, as if he was about to shoot straight into Wen Huangci's heart, and his tone suddenly became as cold as ice, "Mr. Wen, you and I don't know each other, Zhang is a court criminal who will be cut by a thousand knives if he is caught, dare to ask why you risked killing all the doors to help Zhang?" Let's talk about it when you've thought about it! ”

Unexpectedly, Wen Huangci, who had been trying to find a way to hold a shelf, knelt down in the hall with a puff when he heard this, and choked up in his mouth: "The student is not talented, I implore the marshal to avenge the grievances on his behalf!" Two lines of tears spilled down his eyes and ran down his cheeks.