Guo Junzhen remained silent. He was only interested in military issues and had no interest in the power struggle of the coalition forces.
Li Laiheng answered himself: "What's wrong with his mind? He actually wants to win over me? It's really weird... Zhang Pixuan, go to the Chinese army camp in person and tell Cao Cao about sending us red barbarian cannons."
Report everything to the Generalissimo."
Li Laiheng was puzzled. He was Li Guo's adopted son, and Li Guo was Li Zicheng's most trusted right-hand man. No matter how you looked at him, he belonged to the direct lineage of Chuangying, right?
Even if Li Laiheng did have a lot of bad ideas about self-reliance hidden in his heart, how would Cao Cao know? How could he dare to win over him at such a delicate time?
"Lao Cao really plays the piano randomly!"
On the other side of Cao's camp, after Yang Chengzu and Luo Yanqing left Li Laiheng's military camp, Luo Yanqing couldn't help but ask: "This time we sent artillery to Li Laiheng, which settled the grievances between Yiling. But for this kind of thing, we
Wouldn’t it be a little inappropriate if we don’t talk to King Chuang and do it in private?”
Since Li Zicheng achieved great development in Henan, more and more people in Henan feel that Li Zicheng's nickname of "Chuang Jiang" is not interesting enough, and many people have begun to call Li Zicheng the nickname "Chuang Wang" of Gao Yingxiang, who was also active in Henan.
Although Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang were not actually related and had never been in the same army, rumors spread and more and more people called Li Zicheng the "King of Chuang".
Now it has even affected the inside of the rebel army. Even Cao Ying generals like Luo Yanqing have gradually become accustomed to privately calling Li Zi Cheng "King Chuang".
"What you said makes sense." Yang Chengzu scratched his head. He was quite brave in fighting, but he was very troubled with the minutiae of intrigues. "But this is something specially ordered by Commander Cao and Military Division Ji. Auntie, we only have to obey Commander Cao."
Just give me the order."
Yang Chengzu is Luo Rucai's nephew, and Luo Yanqing is Luo Rucai's sister. Therefore, although the two are similar in age, Luo Yanqing is indeed Yang Chengzu's aunt in terms of seniority.
Luo Yanqing didn't know that the reason why Luo Rucai suddenly went to great lengths to send the red barbarian cannon to Li Laiheng was herself.
It is not a secret that Li Laiheng is particularly fond of Luo Yanqing. He went to Cao Ying to meet Luo Yanqing on many pretexts. This is also something that most people in Cao Ying know.
As for what Luo Yanqing looks like, doesn’t Luo Rucai, as his biological brother, not know?
Li Laiheng, the young tiger commander, is also handsome in appearance. At a young age, he is the single-handed commander in charge of the army.
Could it be that he was really blind and that's why he fell in love with Luo Yanqing?
Luo Rucai, who had seen countless women, naturally did not believe that Li Laiheng liked Luo Yanqing. After thinking about it with Military Advisor Ji, he felt that Li Laiheng was so deliberately close to Luo Yanqing and that he must have another purpose for marrying Luo Yanqing.
Ji hit the nail on the head when he said: "Li Laiheng is the only newcomer among the five generals of the Chuang Army who only joined the Chuang camp twelve years after Chongzhen. He must have been very marginalized in the Chuang camp, so he deliberately approached Miss Luo to get married.
Better than our Cao Ying... I think Li Laiheng must have the intention to secretly form an alliance with Cao Ying, and Cao Shuai must seize this opportunity!"
When Luo Rucai heard Ji's analysis, he felt that it made sense. If Li Laiheng didn't have any ulterior motives, why did he deliberately marry Luo Yanqing? Could it be that he fell in love with Luo Yanqing? Then his teeth are too good!
"Since I have decided to serve Li Zi as the leader, I will never argue with him on the surface. But I can't just sit still, and I must prepare some means of self-protection!"
This was exactly Ji's idea. He analyzed it to Luo Rucai: "Of course we don't want to arouse Li Shuai's suspicion, but we don't need to be afraid of him. We still have to do what we have to do. Will breaking into the camp swallow us up? No.
It depends on whether we can please Li Zicheng, but on whether our Cao Ying has the strength, whether it is a piece of fat or a piece of hard bone."
Luo Rucai smiled and said: "You and I both want to be on the same path! As long as Cao Ying himself has a strong army and strong horses and makes more allies, even if Lao Li wants to antagonize me, he still has to see if it is worthwhile."
But then he thought of another thing, and asked with a low face: "Lao Ji, since we became the leader of the alliance, Zizheng's prestige has grown and our wings have become fuller. What else can his military advisor Song Chaozi offer?
The prophecy of the Lord’s artifact is very confusing to people’s minds. Tell the truth, is it true or false?”
Ji said gloomily: "Whether the prophecy is true or not, after all, Cao Cao once had a higher reputation than Li Zicheng and was his former alliance leader. If Li Zicheng can really achieve great achievements in the future, all the generals can kneel three times and nine times in front of Li Zicheng, but
Can Shuai Cao do it?"
Luo Rucai touched the back of his head and said slowly: "Kowtow? If you just want to kowtow a few times, then why not? If Lao Li can really treat Cao Ying's generals well and make me rich and prosperous in my old age, so what if I kowtow to him a hundred times?
?”
Ji was shocked by what Luo Rucai said. He was afraid that Luo Rucai would lose his fighting spirit, so he hurriedly advised: "Even if Li Zicheng treats the generals in Cao's camp well, as long as Commander Cao lives for one day, will he be able to use Commander Cao's men with confidence? By that time,
The handsome man surrendered his armor and became a piece of meat on Li Zicheng's chopping board. Isn't he just being slaughtered by others? I'm afraid you can't get it if you want to enjoy wealth and honor in peace!"
"Hey! Lao Ji, you are right. I didn't think of this and almost made a mistake." Luo Rucai suddenly woke up and said, "It seems that I still need to win over more allies, not only Li Laiheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but also
We also need to try to contact He Yilong and He Jin, King of Zuo Jin, for the sake of Cao Ying's self-protection."
In fact, the conflict between Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng is not irresolvable. Although Luo Rucai has many problems in life, he is indulged in enjoyment, drunkenness and sex, but he is magnanimous in person and character and does not care about fame and position.
If Li Zicheng could really satisfy him with wine, sex and wealth, Luo Rucai would be willing to be a rich man.
Just like Luo Rucai's motto, "Thieves do not kill thieves" is his life creed. Although all the rebels did not have the ambition to monopolize the world when they first started their army, it was only after Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong continued to fight that their ambitions were gone.
It has grown so big that it can only accommodate one person in the whole world.
But Luo Rucai was different. He initially started the army just to survive and have enough food to eat, but later he insisted on fighting, on the one hand, for brotherly loyalty, and on the other hand, for the beauty and beautiful life of wine and sex.
Unlike Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, he did not have the consciousness to destroy the world.
However, Cao Ying is not a group of Luo Rucai alone. There are many people like Ji around Luo Rucai who rely on his status for survival. If Luo Rucai retreats to the second line and hands Cao Ying to Li Zicheng, then generals like Yang Chengzu and Luo Yanqing can do it
He continues to lead the army, but close advisors like Ji may have no choice but to follow Lao Cao to take care of themselves.
Therefore, Luo Rucai, represented by Ji, was scheming around and was firmly opposed to him compromising with Li Zicheng.
Not only are they opposed to compromise, but if given the opportunity, they will also try to intensify the conflicts between the two sides and expand the division between Chuang and Cao.
After Yang Chengzu and Luo Yanqing came back to report on the artillery donation, Ji smiled and said: "As long as Commander Cao can deal with suspicions well, reconcile among the heroes, be inseparable from Li Zicheng, never leave each other, be wise and self-protective, and accumulate strength.
There will definitely be a good opportunity for our Cao camp to revive in the future."
Cao Cao nodded in agreement: "Yes! In the future, we should still follow your plan, Lao Ji, gather more foreign aid, and wait for the opportunity."