Chapter 546 Who is the master between me and King Li Chuang?

Zuo Liangyu had his own little plan, so he quickly gave Xiong Wencan a reply. The content was very simple: If you can't help, Mr. Xiong should find a way by himself.

After Xiong Wencan received Zuo Liangyu's answer, he was furious. He cursed Zuo Liangyu as a shameless and treacherous person. He looked like he wanted to eat Zuo Liangyu alive, but he was helpless now. The Governor of Huguang was in charge. I can't help General Tongguan, so I can only swear bitterly that if I let Xiong escape this difficulty, I will never let go of you, a vicious thief, in the future.

Xiong Wencan was rejected by Zuo Liangyu, so he could only put all his hopes in He Renlong. After all, He Renlong was famous for his bravery and good fighting skills, and he was called He Madman in the world.

This was a real thing that licked blood from the tip of the knife and shot it out with one knife and one blow. It was completely different from the governor like him who picked up the leaks.

So Xiong Wencan bet on He Renlong, hoping that crazy He could give him a little surprise. With Xiong Wencan's support, a large amount of food, grass and baggage were all delivered to He Renlong in full, and He Renlong suddenly became a soldier. With enough food and high morale, he praised Haikou to Xiong Wencan. A month later, he brought Zhang Xianzhong's head to see him.

In Hubei, on the outskirts of a primeval forest, Zhang Xianzhong looked at Sun Kewang, who had an earthy face, and said: "Let the brothers rest nearby and don't go deeper into it. It would be bad if you get lost in this big forest."

"yes."

Sun Kewang responded. At this time, Ai Nengqi was slowly walking towards here carrying a rabbit from a distance. When he got closer, he said: "Father, the rabbits here are fat enough. I shot one, and it was just right for me." Please improve the food."

Zhang Xianzhong smiled when he heard this and said: "Okay, peel it off and roast it to eat together."

After hearing what he said, Ai Nengqi reached out and asked his soldiers to go down and clean up the rabbit. He sat in front of Zhang Xianzhong and looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said: "Father, how long are we going to stay in this old forest? We are all brothers." I'm almost going crazy with the pressure. Isn't it just He Renlong? If that doesn't work, my foster father, I'll lead the troops out to kill for a while, so that this guy can know how powerful we are."

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head when he heard this and said: "Don't worry, you are my adoptive father and I have been doing nothing in Gucheng all these years? My adoptive father has seriously read the Art of War several times and studied it with great concentration for two years. The two-year foster father summed up the situation by saying that in the past, we used to be too brainless in fighting. When fighting, we would rush in and fight hard. This is wrong. There is a saying in the art of war: imaginary and real, real and imaginary, fight. , use your brain more and use your intestines more."

After hearing this, Ai Nengqi said with a puzzled face: "Is it so complicated? Isn't war just about two armies slashing each other with knives? Whoever has more people and doesn't care about their lives can win? My eldest brother once told me I said, when two armies fight, the brave one wins!"

Zhang Xianzhong sighed after listening to Ai Nengqi's words, and was unwilling to talk to Ai Nengqi. This guy is too stupid. It's not worth bothering him to explain the art of war. He just needs to tell him how to fight and how to charge. This guy has been a pioneer officer who is not afraid of death his whole life.

Soon Sun Kewang came back, Liu Wenxiu also organized the army and came to Zhang Xianzhong. The three people surrounded Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong looked at the three people, raised a fire in the middle and said, "Where are you, Luo Ru?"

After hearing this, Sun Kewang said: "Reporting to my adoptive father, Luo Rucai said that he can reach Fang County in three days."

"Fang County?"

Zhang Xianzhong took out a military map from his pocket and looked at it and said: "It's not very far from us. Just in time, you send someone to notify Luo Rucai and we will meet up in Fang County."

After hearing this, Sun Kewang stood up, and soon there were scouts from Zhang Xianzhong's place running out to convey the military information.

Zhang Xianzhong took the map at this time and said: "Fang County, Fang County, okay, this is a treasure land of Feng Shui. It's just right for He Renlong's cemetery."

After hearing this, Ai Nengqi said: "Father, do you mean to have a decisive battle with He Renlong here?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Yes, he has been chasing us all the way. It's time to let him know that we are not to be messed with."

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's ambitious look, Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu were also full of strength. If their adoptive father said it would work, it would definitely work, especially since the adoptive father was not lustful and was doing serious business.

Three days later, Fang County.

Zhang Xianzhong hugged Luo Rucai, who was dressed in military uniform. Luo Rucai also opened his mouth and said: "Eight Great Kings, our brothers finally meet each other. We have missed each other these years."

After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong looked at Luo Rucai and said: "I heard that I have been very successful these years. How about it? How many people have I brought with me this time?"

Luo Rucai chuckled and said: "What's not moisturizing? This time we have brought eight thousand members of the family, and they are all under the command of the eight kings."

Zhang Xianzhong grinned after hearing this: "Okay, eight thousand people, that's a lot, and they said you didn't make a big fortune."

After saying this, Luo Rucai said: "That can't compare to the Eight Kings. It is said that the King now has 20,000 people in his hands?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Not many, not many, twenty-two thousand people, all young and strong, with good fighting ability."

"Hahaha, okay, okay, with thirty thousand of us, why worry about big things happening?"

Luo Rucai burst out laughing. Zhang Xianzhong held Luo Rucai in his arms and said, "Brothers, listen, this is our brother, and he will be our deputy commander from now on, and his position is only below me."

After hearing this, Luo Rucai raised his hand and said: "Brothers, the Eight Kings treat us well, and we are willing to serve the Eight Kings to the death."

After hearing Luo Rucai's words, everyone shouted: "Eight great kings, eight great kings, eight great kings."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong laughed loudly and said: "From now on we are all brothers. I don't dare to say anything else to someone like Zhang. If I, Zhang, can eat with one bite, all the brothers can eat with one bite."

"oh oh!"

After hearing this, a group of people raised their hands and shouted, and the scene was extremely lively.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, two prominent bandits, united together, and their power suddenly increased. That night, the two armies reintegrated, and Zhang Xianzhong held a grand welcome ceremony for Luo Rucai in Fang County.

At the welcome ceremony, the two exchanged glasses and chatted about the past events over the years. Naturally, they laughed heartily when they talked about happy things, and when they talked about sad things, Zhang Xianzhong also showed his open-mindedness of letting the past go.

Luo Rucai looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said, "Eight Great Kings, what should we do next?"

Zhang Xianzhong heard this and said: "First of all, of course, we have to deal with He Renlong's pursuers. This clingy guy has been chasing me all the way. I must make him look good."

After hearing this, Luo Ru thought for a moment and said: "Eight Kings, He Renlong is not worried, but are Eight Kings prepared to continue developing in Hubei?"

When Zhang Xianzhong heard that Luo Rucai was going to discuss the future direction of the team's development with him, he smiled and said, "What do you think, Brother Luo?"

Luo Rucai said: "Eight Great Kings, I think Hubei is not a place to stay for a long time."

"Why? Do you think I can't deal with these incompetent Ming officers and soldiers?"

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Luo Rucai, and Luo Rucai said: "Your Majesty, if it were just the incompetent officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, I wouldn't say anything. The most important thing here is not the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but Lantian. Lantian has been recharging his energy for so many years.

Seeing the great changes in the world, he certainly cannot sit idly by and do nothing, and he does not want to have a direct conflict with the Ming Dynasty, so Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Lantian in the east cannot be easily captured, while Hubei is far in the northwest border, and the Ming court is beyond the reach of such places.

It’s exactly what Lantian loves.”

"If the Eight Kings have been active in Hubei and use Hubei as their base, they will have to face Lantian sooner or later. And with our current strength, we may lose miserably against Lantian. Therefore, the Eight Kings, I do not recommend that we use Hubei to

as a base."

After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong looked at Luo Rucai and said, "Go on, tell me what you think at once."

After hearing this, Luo Ru said: "Eight Kings, I think we should unite with King Li Chuang of Shanxi. We are all old brothers. If we join forces, we will be powerful. Even if Lantian wants to move us, we must weigh it carefully."

, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

After hearing what Luo Rucai said, Zhang Xianzhong did not express his position directly. Instead, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip and said: "Brother Luo is very reasonable. If I join forces with King Li Chuang, we will naturally be stronger, but there is a

Brother Luo can solve this small problem, so I am naturally willing to join forces with King Li Chuang and fight together."

"Oh, please give me the advice of the Eight Great Kings. As long as I can take care of the Eight Great Kings' worries, I will be ashamed of myself and will not hesitate to die."

"Okay, okay, brother Luo is indeed the most loyal person among our rebels. Then I would like to ask you to answer a little question. If I join forces with King Li Chuang, who will be the leader and who will be the deputy?"

"Um?!"

After hearing this, Luo Rucai's eyes widened. This question is difficult to answer. If you don't get it right, you will lose your head. Who is the leader and who is the deputy? This is indeed a big question. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong

Those are all tigers going down the mountain. It's even harder to make them submit to each other than to kill them.

Moreover, there are many conflicts between the two people. Let’s not talk about it. Just take the last time. Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng jointly attacked Zhu Yuanzhang’s hometown AH Fengyang. After defeating them, they could have continued to expand their results by joining forces, but at this time they fought.

They got up, and the reason turned out to be to rob Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb, Huangjue Temple, of a bunch of ritual vessels and eunuchs.

The two of them immediately parted ways, and such things were not uncommon. The conflict between the two was even deeper than the conflict between them and the Ming Dynasty. It would be extremely difficult to get them to unite.

Moreover, the two of them had different strategic goals. Zhang Xianzhong wanted to enter Sichuan and become his king in Shu, while Li Zicheng had the world in mind and wanted to conquer BJ and remove Chongzhen from the throne.

I'm going to ask you: Why did your mother lay off employees back then? I was doing a good job as a courier. If you hadn't laid off employees, would I have rebelled? Let me ask you, do you regret it now?

To be honest, Li Zicheng's feelings for Chongzhen were quite complicated. He was actually not that eager to want Chongzhen to die. In the later period, he even had the idea of ​​​​reconciling with Chongzhen. The most straightforward one was to beat Li Zicheng to BJ.

When he was under the city, he once wanted Chongzhen to make him king. He and Chongzhen each managed their own territories. In order to show his sincerity, Li Zicheng even put forward a condition. If Chongzhen was willing to make him the king of the northwest, he could lead his troops to help the Ming Dynasty fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Build slaves.

Of course, Li Zicheng had other political purposes for doing this, but in general, Li Zicheng was not the kind of impatient person who wanted to kill Chongzhen, but his ultimate goal was definitely to replace Chongzhen.

So if one wants to be in peace and the other wants to capture the capital, these two people can't get along. What's more, both of them are heroes of the moment. When they meet each other, they only fight. So it's not difficult for them to unite.

The possibility of Yayu letting Chongzhen and Li Chaosheng join forces is extremely slim.

Luo Rucai was stunned by Zhang Xianzhong's question. He didn't know how to answer for a while and could only drink in embarrassment. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong said: "Brother Luo is actually right. Hubei is not a place to stay for a long time, so my goal is Sichuan."

“Sichuan!”

Luo Rucai was a little surprised. Zhang Xianzhong said: "Yes, Sichuan is a country of abundance. You can advance and attack, retreat and defend. As long as we occupy Sichuan, relying on the difficulty of the Shu Road, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Lantian, if they want to attack the capital of Sichuan,

It is getting more difficult, but as long as we hold on to the gate of Sichuan, if we retreat in Sichuan, we can establish ourselves as kings, and if we advance in Sichuan, we can dominate the world. This is the true foundation of hegemony, a God-given foundation."

After hearing this, Luo Ru frowned slightly and said, "There is Qin Liangyu in Sichuan."

"Hehehe, she's just an old woman, how long can she live? If we want to beat her, even if we use a bunch of people, we can still beat her to death."

Zhang Xianzhong said disdainfully. After hearing this, Luo Ru pondered for a moment and said: "What the eight kings said is that we will target the middle of Shu, and my subordinates will go through fire and water as the eight kings without hesitation."

"Hahaha, easy to say, easy to say."

The two of them had unified their thoughts, and the next thing to do was to deal with He Renlong.

Luo Rucai said to Zhang Xianzhong: "Eight Great Kings, how should we deal with He Renlong?"

After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong smiled slightly and said: "He Renlong is really brave. I fought with him in northern Shaanxi and I know a little about him. He is brave in battle and always takes the lead in fighting.

The battle is totally life-threatening, so people call him crazy, so when dealing with this person, you should not use force, but use strategy to win."

"Plot?"

When Luo Rucai heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please make it clear."

Luo Rucai smiled and said: "In the past few years, I have often read military books. The military books say, show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy deeper."

"what for?"

Luo Rucai was puzzled. Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said: "Tanma came to report that He Renlong's army has approached Fang County. Tomorrow, brother Luo, you can lead your troops to challenge, but remember, you can only lose but not win."

"You can only lose, but not win?"

Luo Rucai looked puzzled, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said: "Just follow the plan, and I will have my own clever plan for the rest."

"yes."

Luo Rucai stood up and drank a glass of wine and said, "I won't drink too much because of my humble position. I'll go down and get ready."

Zhang Xianzhong smiled and nodded. After Luo Rucai left, Zhang Xianzhong took out a book and wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in four big characters.
Chapter completed!