After writing a free chapter of 450,000 words, this book is finally on the shelves! To celebrate its release, today I updated it with 12,000 words! I hope everyone can support it. The data for this book is really bleak.
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After Xiying captured Xiangyang, Zhang Xianzhong sent a cavalry of 300 men across Nanzhang via a small road, and traveled day and night to meet Cao Cao near the Xiema River in the southwest of Nanzhang. At the same time, he allocated 150,000 taels from King Xiang's money.
The money was used to provide relief to the poor, and to collect mules, horses, grain, and recruit new soldiers in Xiangyang city and its surrounding suburbs.
After Chuang Ying withdrew from Yiling last year, Luo Rucai fought and made peace with the officers and soldiers. However, Yang Sichang required Luo Rucai to kill Chuang, Xian, Ge, Zuo and other rebel giants before he could resettle Cao Ying's troops and recruit them.
However, Luo Rucai adhered to the principle of "thieves do not kill thieves" and was unwilling to make any concessions on this point. Yang Sichang's plan ended in failure.
However, Luo Rucai refused to surrender. Huaguan Suo Wang Guangen, Hun Tianxing Hui Dengxiang and others surrendered one after another, and their troops were thrown into the army, becoming Yang Sichang's weapon to pursue Luo Rucai.
Cao's camp was surrounded and suppressed by Yang Sichang's soldiers, and the situation became increasingly bleak. Helpless, Luo Rucai had no choice but to lower his head and chose to join forces with Zhang Xianzhong in order to break through Yang Sichang's suppression.
Zhang Xianzhong captured Xiangyang with a surprise force and broke into Xiangfan. It can be said that it was a stroke of genius that shocked Luo Rucai.
He also had to lament that first Li Zicheng swept through all the counties in Henan Prefecture and conquered Luoyang as if it were a fruitful process. Later, Zhang Xianzhong's magic soldiers descended from the sky and robbed Xiangyang City. After breaking through, Xidu was not Wu Xia Ameng, and gradually surpassed Cao Cao
A big camp!
Cao Ying's soldiers and horses marched from Dangyang along Jushui toward Fangxian County, and stopped near the Xiema River to wait for news from Xiangyang.
Yuan Jixian, who was stationed in Yunyang between Fangxian and Zhushan, did not dare to attack Cao Cao because his men were weak, but he did not expect that Zhang Xianzhong would outwit Xiangyang.
Luo Rucai, Luo Dai'en, Yang Chengzu, Luo Yanqing and other generals from Cao's camp saw the cavalry sent by Zhang Xianzhong to greet them. The whole battalion was very excited and rushed all night. They headed straight to Xiangyang, preparing to join forces with Xiying near Xiangyang City.
Zhang Xianzhong held a grand banquet in Prince Xiang's palace, one to welcome Cao Cao and the important generals in Cao's camp, and the other to celebrate the coalition's defeat of Yang Sichang and the attack on Xiangyang.
At the banquet, everyone talked about Yang Sichang for a while, laughing at how grand and ambitious he was when he first left Beijing and came to Xiangyang, how he was scolded by the government officials later, and how he could not command Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong.
Domineering warrior.
They also talked about how the rebel army fought with Qin Liangyu when they were fighting in Sichuan and defeated this famous female general.
The generals were in high spirits, and Zhang Xianzhong was usually very casual with the generals, chatting and laughing happily and scolding them playfully, so the court was very lively.
Pan Duao was sitting with Luo Rucai. He toasted Cao Cao with a glass of wine and joked: "Cao Cao, Qin Liangyu is probably still young and her charm is still there. Why don't you capture her alive?"
Luo Rucai smiled and said: "Do you think Qin Liangyu is not old yet? She is older than my mother, she is already a grandma in her sixties or seventies, and she still has her fart charm!"
"No way? In the second year of Chongzhen, she led troops to Beijing to help King Qin. Chongzhen summoned her on the platform and gave her four imperial poems, which were recited by the government and the public. I remember that there was this sentence in those four poems: 'Learn the Eight Formations of Xichuan,
The mandarin duck sleeve holds a military talisman. "Sichuan brocade robe is made by hand, and the peach blossoms will be tasseled immediately." There is also: "The triumphant song will be chanted immediately, unlike Zhaojun's poem when he came out of the fortress." Take a look at his Nian Lin Pavilion, the beauty is painted first.
Picture. 'Seeing that Chongzhen used colorful words in these poems, I guessed that Qin Liangyu was only in his twenties or thirties at that time. Not only was he good at martial arts, but he was also beautiful. How come he is sixty or seventy now?"
Xu Yixian, another military advisor of Zhang Xianzhong and a good friend of Pan Duao, couldn't help laughing and explained: "Chongzhen lived in the deep palace. The Minister of War only told him beforehand that the female general Qin Liangyu brought troops to the capital, but did not tell him that Qin Liangyu was She was an old woman in her fifties, and the eunuchs on her left and right didn't know her."
"He wrote poems in the Palace of Qianqing that night, and summoned him to the platform the next day to give these four poems to Qin Liangyu. Because he was the emperor, not only Qin Liangyu shed tears of gratitude, but also everyone in the government and the public considered it a great honor for Qin Liangyu. , No one dares to say that the emperor's poems are wrong. The affairs of the world have been like this since ancient times. He lived in the deep palace of Chongzhen, and all external affairs depended on the reports of the ministers and eunuchs. How clear can he know? "
These few words caused a burst of laughter, and Zhang Xianzhong's beard blew up as he laughed. Only the "ugly" female general Luo Yanqing had an ugly face and was not interested in these wisecracks.
During the banquet, Zhang Xianzhong also brought his two concubines, Ao and Gao, who were captured by the army in the past, with him. The two ladies had already changed their clothes and were neatly dressed.
They all knew that they had been captured by the army. No matter what, no one believed that they were innocent. Therefore, they were all worried about their fate, looked unhappy, and even cried.
But Zhang Xianzhong didn't care. He smiled and looked at them for a moment, especially looking at Ao's youthful and charming face with suspicion.
Then he said mockingly to them: "Why are you crying? Didn't you come back to me again? Why are your noses so sore? Are you afraid that I won't like you anymore? Don't worry, I still like you as before. Damn it, ladies, no beards, There are a lot of tears! Your tears will only be shed in front of men, why don't you use your tears to fight?"
This last sentence made the generals laugh again. Zhang Xianzhong's personality is indeed very different from Li Zicheng's. Although he likes beauty, he is not like Luo Rucai who is particularly addicted to wine, sex and wealth. More importantly, Zhang Xianzhong has no airs. And it's not like Li Zicheng, who is a humble person with no airs, but a person with no airs that everyone can be friends with.
Luo Dayen from Cao Ying also laughed twice, but he then asked: "It is said that there is a mountain of savings in the palace of Prince Xiang. I wonder how much Zhang Shuai copied?"
Before Zhang Xianzhong could say anything, Zhang Kewang, one of the eight kings' adopted sons, rushed to answer: "Hey, Yang Sichang has accumulated a mountain of military resources in Xiangyang, and there are also a lot of treasures and food in the palace. But our surprise attack on Xiangyang is very small. , and they set fires everywhere, and as a result, many residents, officers and soldiers looted most of the treasures!"
Zhang Kewang then smiled and said: "But Commander Cao doesn't have to worry, Dingguo and I kept a little bit of caution. Not long after the city was broken, we took reliable soldiers to seal up a number of warehouses, and also confiscated many gold and silver treasures belonging to wealthy local officials. , after the banquet, a batch of food will be sent to Cao’s camp."
Luo Dayen encountered a problem with Zhang Kewang, which was neither soft nor hard. The atmosphere of the banquet was very cheerful, so he couldn't say anything more. But there was still a strange look in the eyes of Cao Ying's generals.
The next day, Zhang Xianzhong sent a small number of troops to cross the river by boat. The hungry people and soldiers responded internally. The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty in Fancheng escaped. They captured Fancheng and repaired the pontoon bridge without firing a single shot.
Luo Rucai's men and horses rested for a day in Xiangyang. The eight kings gave Cao Ying a portion of the recruits, gold, silver, grain, mules and horses they obtained in Xiangyang. Cao Ying's officers and men all thought that Xi Ying had made a fortune, and Cao Ying's share was too little.
Resentment.
Cao Cao's trusted general and nephew Yang Chengzu said: "Master, you should also fight in front of Zhang Shuai. You can't allow them in the Western Camp to eat enough meat and throw a few bones to our Cao Camp!"
Luo Rucai also felt unfair in his heart. Could it be that the victory over Xiangyang was not due to Cao Ying's restraint? But he did not allow the generals to talk nonsense and asked everyone to be patient for a while. After the generals withdrew, he quietly said to Ji: "Lao Zhang is now very proud.
Man, it seems he no longer takes our Cao Ying seriously!"
Ji replied: "It's not time to break up with Tong Xiying yet. Don't say anything more about this matter. Tolerance is the best policy. Wait for the time to come and then plan to break up."
Luo Rucai then said with emotion: "Li Zicheng defeated Luoyang and killed King Fu. Zhang Xianzhong defeated Xiangyang and killed King Xiang. In the blink of an eye, the two of them became famous, but I, Luo Rucai, was useless and went down like a drummer falling into a well!"
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Ji sneered and said: "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise? I don't think God's will will necessarily destroy the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be good for the general not to do too much and leave more room for maneuver in the future?"
Cao Cao looked at Ji for a moment, suddenly realized something, and nodded lightly.
That night, because they heard that Zuo Liangyu led 20,000 troops from western Hubei, they were only more than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang. All the coalition forces stationed on the outskirts of Xiangyang moved to Fancheng, burned the pontoon bridge, and set fire to it before leaving.
Xiangyang Mansion and the Xicheng Tower where the body of King Xiang is kept.
In the early morning, the coalition forces of Xiying and Caoying left Fancheng and marched towards Suizhou.
Halfway through, the sun came out. Luo Rucai rode his horse to catch up with Zhang Xianzhong, bridle them, and asked sideways in the saddle: "Old Zhang, I heard that after Zicheng killed King Fu, he stayed in Luoyang to provide relief to the hungry people.
, the number of troops is increasing rapidly. Where do you think he will fight next?"
Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, this guy, seeing that his feathers are full, has left us behind!" After a pause, he became happy again, and turned around and said: "Brother Cao, to be honest, I don't want to be alone at the moment.
The thing is, I am thinking about another friend, a friend I have never met, guess who it is?"
"Who is it?"
"Yang Wenruo! Brother Cao, what do you think our opponent is doing now? Don't you care?"
Luo Ru just thought of this and couldn't help laughing.