Two days later, Yang Sichang preserved Zhang Xianzhong's body and more than 40,000 heads beheaded by various ministries with nitrate, and transported them to Beijing together with Zhang Wenxiu's seals, armor, and a large number of captured flags.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Yang Sichang deliberately dispatched his own supervision battalion, and sent fast horses to inform the states and counties along the way that they would send troops to assist in the escort.

Liu Yan stood outside the gate of the new army camp, watched the carriages and horses of the brigade slowly leave, and secretly said in his heart: "It's over, it's time to go back." ”

Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, and Shen Tuo were chatting on the side, especially when the carriage and horse transporting the first level passed by, several people showed dissatisfied looks on their faces.

"Your Excellency!"

Miao Shao was angry, and said to Liu Yan: "Yang Sichang and the others were brazen and took away our 20,000 heads, this time they made a lot of money!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "This time it can be regarded as an equivalent exchange." I exchanged 20,000 heads for 100,000 taels of silver, 80,000 stones of grain and grass, and a batch of armor in the army of Yang Sichang and others, which is not a loss. ”

"These heads are all thieves, they are worthless, and twenty thousand are not of much merit. We still have the credit for killing Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Wenxiu, and this time the imperial court will definitely reward our army. ”

After listening to Liu Yan's words, Miao Shao felt more comfortable.

At this time, Xu Mingde, the flag commander of the middle camp who did not collect the flag at night, rushed to the horse, first reported something in front of the commander Shen Tuo, and then Shen Tuo suddenly changed color, and hurriedly brought Xu Mingde over.

"Something happened to you."

Liu Yan looked at the people around him, and said, "Go to the tent and talk." ”

Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue and several other commanders also followed into the big tent, in the big tent of the new army, Shen Tuo said: "This is Xu Mingde, the commander of my battalion who does not collect the flag at night, he found out a news: Zuo Mengeng is collecting the testimony of the rout, and has also selected a few reliable generals, ready to send people to Beijing to complain!" ”

"Huh?"

Liu Yan didn't expect that this Zuo Mengeng was really difficult, and he wanted to be with him to the end.

Anyway, since you killed Zuo Liangyu, send Zuo Mengeng down now, so that their father and son can be reunited.

So Liu Yan said: "Chief Xu Qi, where did you find the news?" ”33

"Lord Qiqi, two days ago, the Lord ordered all battalions to pay attention to the movements of the Left Army at night, and his subordinates sneaked into the Left Army camp in the past few days, and spent some means to catch a tongue, this person is a sentry commander in the Left Army, and he is one of the witnesses that Zuo Mengeng is looking for. The subordinates took them back to the camp and tortured them, and then they all confessed. ”

Liu Yan asked again: "When will the people from the Zuo Mengeng faction leave?" ”

"Tomorrow morning."

"How is the defense of the left army camp now?"

The more Xu Mingde spoke, the more excited he became, and said: "Very lax, those soldiers of the Left Army have been disabled, they just enjoy eating and drinking every day, and even fights and brawls, where there is the appearance of a military army, there is no vigilance and patrol inside and outside the camp of the Left Army, otherwise it is impossible for subordinates to sneak in and arrest people easily." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "In this way, there is one thing that I will leave to you to do......

Then Liu Yan whispered, so and so to Xu Mingde. The faces of Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, Chen Xun and other commanders changed: It seems that the adults are ready to cut the grass and eradicate the roots!

"What General Ben wants is death without proof, understand?"

Xu Mingde knew that his opportunity had come, and immediately clenched his fists excitedly and said: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely handle this matter!" ”

Soon, at nightfall, it was dark inside and outside the camp of the Left Army.

At this time, the rest of the Ming army lit bonfires, and there were groups of soldiers patrolling inside and outside, but here in the left army camp, those remnants of the defeated soldiers only cared about fighting for supplies, gambling and fighting, waiting for the reorganization of the army. At this time, the military spirit of the left army had been dispersed, and naturally no one paid attention to the defense and inspection of these things, and no one even lit the bonfire, and the entire camp was pitch black, with only scattered torches scattered everywhere.

Xu Mingde led a team of more than a dozen elites to go out at night, and the soldiers infiltrated from all over the left army camp, and then waited in the southwest.

There are more than a dozen piles of forage here, but there are not a few war horses in the left military camp at this time, so these forages are also unattended.

Xiao Dongzi looked around and whispered, "Boss, this place is too far away from the Chinese army, it's not easy to get there." ”

Xu Mingde had already prepared, and said in a low voice: "When I came in to grab my tongue before, I saw good things in a camp tent not far in front, all of which were the uniforms and banners of the Left Army. ”

Then everyone touched the camp tent, changed into the banner and clothes of the left army, and swaggered towards the Chinese army.

Along the way, they met the generals of the Left Army from time to time, but these soldiers of the Left Army turned a blind eye to Xu Mingde and others, either wandering listlessly, or pulling people to play with money, and even some people got wine and drank it outside the tent.

"That's what counts as a soldier?"

Xiao Dongzi thought disdainfully, and walked with the team for a while, and the surroundings gradually quieted down, and basically there were no soldiers of the Left Army haunting here.

At this time, Xiao Dongzi raised his eyes and saw that the big tent of the Chinese army was in front, and he was overjoyed, so he looked at Xu Mingde.

Xu Mingde nodded slightly to everyone, Xiao Dongzi scattered around with a few nights, searching for any soldiers of the Left Army around, Xiao Dongzi and a few people went for a while, solved the two unlucky ghosts who passed by here, and then quietly returned to the original place.

At this time, the lights in the big tent of the Chinese army were swaying, and Zuo Mengeng's angry voice could be heard from time to time, Xu Mingde listened, vaguely scolding Liu Yan angrily, and suddenly became angry: "Death is on the verge of death, and you dare to curse adults!" ”

"Give it to me!"

Xu Mingde asked Xiao Dongzi to lead people to guard outside, and he rushed in directly with a few nights, several people were holding short knives in their hands, and under the swaying of the lights, they looked cold.

Zuo Mengeng never dreamed that such a group of assassins would appear in his military camp, and he immediately pushed the food table away in a panic, and a good daughter red on the altar was also overturned, and the strong aroma of wine instantly filled the entire camp tent.

"Who are you?"

Xu Mingde didn't say a word, looked at Zuo Mengeng, whose face was pale, and had retreated to the corner, and stabbed him directly in the chest, and the rest of the night did not collect it, and also surrounded it, one of them also covered Zuo Mengeng's mouth hard to make a sound, and the other two people pressed Zuo Mengeng's hands hard, and everyone stabbed Zuo Mengeng at the same time.

After a while, Zuo Mengeng fell directly to the ground like a broken sack, with blood holes on his body and neck, and he couldn't die anymore if he was already dead.

"Boss, what about this corpse?"

Xu Mingde said: "Just leave it here, don't care." ”

"Huh? That's no problem, right? ”

"This is from the adults."

Xu Mingde said in a low voice: "Those generals of the left army are all unresponsible goods, and when they find Zuo Menggeng's body, they must be worried that they will implicate themselves, and they will help us clean up the mess." ”

"Really?"

That night without hesitation, Xu Mingde said: "What the general said, when did something go wrong?" Hurry up, clean up, don't leave our own things behind, and leave when you're ready. ”

Soon, Xu Mingde and others left the camp tent, called Xiao Dongzi and others to return the same way, and soon left the camp of the left army.

In the early morning of the next day, Yang Sichang convened the generals of the various ministries to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Yan strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw Zheng Chongjian, He Renlong, and Li Guoqi whispering something.

Liu Yan also clasped his fists and saluted, after all, the three of them are all officials, and the etiquette must still be in place.

Then Yang Sichang also walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Yan, Zheng Chongjian, He Renlong, and Li Guoqi all got up and saluted, Yang Sichang said with a smile: "Without others, you don't have to be strict about customs." ”

Yang Sichang sat down, and first said to Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi: "Now the army is temporarily stationed at the foot of Onyx Mountain, but after His Majesty's reward is down, the military department will also add orders, and most of the Zheng Governor and the two generals will return to Shaanxi at that time." ”

"Li Chuang over there is very happy, and even Henan is not peaceful, and Zheng Dou will have to worry more when the time comes."

Zheng Chongjian said: "Supervisor, rest assured, as long as there is an order from the imperial court, I and General He and Vice General Li will do our best to kill the enemy and strive to calm down Li Chuang's disaster as soon as possible!" ”

"Hehe, that's good."

Then Yang Sichang said to Liu Yan: "The first merit of this battle should be to push General Liu, in the good news, the governor also wrote so, and the governor also recommended General Liu to the imperial court, presumably Your Majesty will definitely reuse General Liu." ”

Liu Yan knew that this was Yang Sichang trying to win him over, killing Zhang Xianzhong in a battle, his status in the court and in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen would rise in a straight line, and Yang Sichang would pull himself over, which would be of great help to the power in the future.

Liu Yan hugged his fists and thanked him, with a smile on his face, but kept his distance, which made Yang Sichang a little unhappy, but it was also fleeting.

At this time, Yang Sichang said: "The governor has sent someone to inform General Xiaozuo to come over to discuss the matter, why hasn't it arrived yet?" ”

Liu Yan frowned slightly, and Zheng Chongjian explained with a smile: "The superintendent has drawn up a reorganization strategy for the left army, so I invite General Xiao Zuo to come over and discuss." ”

To put it bluntly, Yang Sichang, Zheng Chongjian and others are preparing to divide the defeated soldiers in Zuo Liangyu's army, and they will call Zuo Mengeng over to inform them.

Liu Yan just said lightly: "This is a good thing. And there was no more to follow.

Everyone waited for a long time, but still didn't see Zuo Mengeng coming.

Yang Sichang was a little irritable, so he sent someone to urge again, and after half an hour, the garrison sent came anxiously, hugged his fists and said: "Inspector Qi, General Xiaozuo is gone!" ”

"What!"

Yang Sichang stood up suddenly, and then stared directly at Liu Yan, as if he wanted to see something from Liu Yan's face.

Zheng Chongjian, He Renlong, and Li Guoqi also looked at Liu Yan in surprise, but Liu Yan said unhurriedly: "Gone? What did the generals of the Left Army say? ”

The garrison said: "All the generals of the left army said that General Xiao Zuo disappeared last night, and everyone searched for a long time, but there was no trace. ”

"Then why don't you report it!"

Yang Sichang said angrily: "The generals of the first army are nowhere to be seen, are the generals of the left army blind?" ”

Liu Yan said: "The superintendent is angry, in my opinion, Zuo Mengeng may be too sad, so he packed up his things and left here." The Governor doesn't have to look for it anymore, so let's discuss with Governor Zheng about the reorganization of the left army. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts: This Liu Yan is too daring to start!

Yang Sichang stared at Liu Yan, his face kept changing, and he was speechless for a long time.

Zheng Chongjian hurriedly said: "Hehe, Inspector, what General Liu said is very true, you can't delay the military and political affairs because of General Xiaozuo's non-resignation!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Sichang nodded, waved his hand and said: "In this case, the matter of reorganizing the left army will be handed over to Governor Zheng, as long as I leave 3,000 elite soldiers for my Governor Battalion." ”

Zheng Chongjian was overjoyed and immediately received the order.

After the military discussion, Liu Yan came out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and was stopped by Zheng Chongjian, only to see Zheng Chongjian smile and said: "General Liu, please stay." ”

"What advice does Zheng Du have?"

"Hehe, I have a business, I want to talk to General Liu."

Some people died, but not completely......