Song Xiance felt a little headache after hearing this.
Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai generally cooperated, but there were also conflicts.
Let's not talk about anything else, let's just talk about the previous battle of Kaifeng. The two sides had several disagreements, and they almost broke up.
But no matter what, both parties are now acting together, and Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai have been friends for many years.
If Li Zicheng wanted to found a country and become king, then Luo Rucai would definitely not be under him. In terms of qualifications, when Luo Rucai was a big boss in the rebel army, Li Zicheng was just a general under Gao Yingxiang.
"How about I test Lao Luo's intentions?" Song Xiance had no choice but to answer this at the end.
It can be seen from this that Song Xiance, who was a fortune teller, was obviously not as ruthless as Xu Yixian, who was much more ruthless than Zhuge Liang. To put it in a nice word, he was decisive.
Li Zicheng listened, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.
In the evening, Li Zicheng held a small meeting to listen to Song Xiance's explanation of the relevant situation.
"That's what happened!" Song Xiance said at the end, summarizing to Li Zicheng and others, "Cao Cao believed that he really needed a resounding title, otherwise the morale of the army would be unstable. I just made an insinuation and asked him if he was following the general's command.
, but he was thinking too much and refused to answer!"
When Li Guo, who was attending the meeting, heard this, he immediately shouted angrily: "If you don't want to answer, you are unwilling. Just kill him!"
Li Zicheng was naturally unhappy after hearing Song Xiance's report. Hearing what Li Guo said, he was a little hesitant.
"That's right, let's just kill him. Anyway, they don't have as many people as we do, so they can't defeat us!" After hearing this, Liu Zongmin expressed his stance without hesitation.
When Li Zicheng heard this, he did not draw a conclusion, but turned to look at Niu Jinxing.
Niu Jinxing saw it, rolled his eyes, and then said to Li Zicheng: "We are idle now. In the future, we will definitely fight with the imperial court, and maybe even with the Eight Kings. If we really want to annex Cao Cao's troops, now is the time.
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Song Xiance heard what they said, and he also made a statement: "General, now is indeed an opportunity. As long as we deploy carefully, we can successfully swallow up Cao Cao's troops!"
Hearing that they all expressed their stance, Li Zicheng's expression changed several times. Finally, he slapped his thigh and said with a "snap": "Okay, let's do this. First, we will swallow them up, then we will establish the country and call them kings, and give them rewards."
appease!"
If a person who has done great things cares about the small favors in the past, he is putting the cart before the horse!
After hearing that he had made up his mind, a group of Li Zicheng's most trusted subordinates began to make secret plans.
However, they did not expect that the next day, the entire army would gather at Luo Rucai's side, and then Luo Rucai would declare himself the mighty general who protects the people on behalf of heaven.
Previously, Li Zicheng was known as the Civil and Military General of Shuntian Changyi, but Luo Rucai did not have such a title and always called himself "Cao Cao".
As a result, Song Xiance ran over and spoke in a cryptic manner, and Luo Rucai immediately gave him a new title: General of Mighty Virtue for the People.
This is actually telling Li Zicheng that he, Luo Ru, has to be on an equal footing with Li Zicheng!
This matter made Li Zicheng no longer have any scruples. He immediately invited Luo Rucai, saying that he was hosting a banquet to celebrate Luo Rucai, and then they planned to work together on big things.
Luo Rucai was suspicious by nature. In the original history, he had caught wind of the rumor. When Li Zicheng hosted a banquet for him and He Yilong, one of the leaders of the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo, he suspected that there was danger and did not go. As a result, all swordsmen and axes came out.
, only He Yilong was killed.
This time, Luo Rucai was also a little suspicious and did not accept the invitation. Instead, he set up a banquet and invited Li Zicheng to the banquet to celebrate. He also said that if you don't show your respect, you are not a brother, because he has objections to his title.
In this regard, Li Zicheng ignored all opinions and took more than a hundred people to the banquet in Luo Rucai's army.
After hearing the report, Luo Rucai was surprised and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He went out to welcome Li Zicheng hand in hand and took Li Zicheng to his Chinese army tent, where he held a banquet and started celebrating.
If Li Zicheng can come, it means that both parties can continue to cooperate as before. This is the result Luo Rucai wants most!
However, he never expected that after the wine tour, Li Guo, who came with Li Zicheng, took out a short blade from his arms in the name of toasting and killed him with just one blow.
Almost at the same time, a cloud-piercing arrow flew into the sky with a "swish", and the sound was very loud.
When Luo Rucai's men were shocked, Li Zicheng kicked away the bench in front of him and shouted to them sternly: "Luo Rucai had an affair with Zuo Liangyu and betrayed the rebels. He deserves death! This matter has nothing to do with you. If you follow me in the future,
I swear to God here, I will treat everyone equally, and every bowl of water will be treated equally!"
In the Chinese army tent, some people soon came to their senses. One of them immediately pointed at Li Zicheng and cursed loudly: "You betrayed when you said you betrayed..."
However, before he could finish his words, he suddenly put his hand on his chest and fell down. But it was one of Li Zicheng's personal guards who took action and gave him a flying knife, which was fatal.
As soon as the others saw it, they immediately knew that Li Zicheng only brought a few people here, but they were all good players. Anyone who disobeyed him would be killed.
With this understanding, although they were angry, unwilling, etc., in the face of life and death, for a while, no one really stepped forward to stand up to Li Zicheng.
At this time, there was another noise outside. And the noise was getting louder and louder.
Faintly, one could hear that Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses were surrounding him.
As a result, these Luo Rucai's men were even more frightened.
Li Zicheng looked around, took in their expressions, and said at the right time: "Brothers, tomorrow I will found a country and be king. Everyone here will be rewarded. The roster and official names have been decided. I will never treat you brothers unfairly.
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As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, opened it and started reading.
Under his hard and soft tactics, in the end, in front of Luo Rucai's body, these Luo Rucai's men all knelt down under Li Zicheng's pomegranate skirt... no... war skirt!
As for whether they really surrendered to Li Zicheng, no one knew, and Li Zicheng didn't care!
On the next day, Li Zicheng changed the name of Xiangyang to Xiangjing, called him the "New King of Shun", established the Dashun Kingdom, also established the Prime Minister, the Six Ministers and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and announced the rectification of the army.
Li Zicheng's side, in the end, successfully annexed Luo Rucai's group just like in the original history. As a single force, it became the strongest at once.
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On Zhang Xianzhong's side, due to the butterfly effect, he also had the idea to annex the Gezuo Fifth Battalion to increase his strength. However, it did not go smoothly.
According to Xu Yixian's plan, he first sent people to inform the five leaders of the fifth camp on the left to go to Wuchang to discuss important matters. However, they did not come, saying that the imperial troops did not know when they would come, and it was inconvenient for them to leave the camp.
With no choice, Zhang Xianzhong went north to Macheng in person and once again invited the five leaders of the fifth battalion of Gezuo to discuss important matters together. And this time the person sent out was Zhang Wenxiu, one of his four adopted sons.
This was also recommended by Xu Yixian, who said that Zhang Wenxiu was gentle, gentle and prudent, good at appeasing soldiers, and had a good reputation. He could be trusted more by the Gezuo Fifth Battalion.
The Fifth Battalion of Gezuo was not in Huguang, but in the Liu'an and Huoshan areas on the edge of Huguang. They had a close relationship with Zhang Xianzhong's troops. When Zhang Xianzhong founded the country and became king, they were not willing to be granted the title, so naturally they could not join Zhang Xianzhong's army.
sphere of influence.
Zhang Wenxiu, who was unaware of the inside story, immediately rushed to the fifth battalion of Gezuo after receiving the order.
After arriving, he discovered that several leaders of the fifth battalion of Gezuo had gathered to the side of Lin Shicheng, the king of chaos. So, he hurried to the camp of king of chaos.
At this time, in the lobby of King Chaos's house, Lin Chengcheng was cordially entertaining the other four leaders.
"Lao Lin, just tell me, what's the matter?" Ma Shouying, nicknamed Ma Huihui, who had the best relationship with Lin, asked directly.
Geliyan He Yilong also sat down in his seat, and then said: "You asked someone to send a letter, telling us not to go to the appointment with the Eight Kings. Did you hear any news?"
"Even if it's okay, I don't think there's any need to go to the Eight Kings." He Jin, King of Zuo Jin, said immediately, "Being king after founding a country is not the same as being emperor later. Are you all willing to kneel at his feet? I'm not happy anyway.
of!"
The last one was the reincarnated king Liu Xiyao. He didn't say anything, and he didn't treat himself as a guest. He sat down and just picked up the meat with chopsticks and ate it.
When Lin Cheng saw their appearance, he just smiled and waved the guards waiting beside him to get down. Then he smiled at them and said, "Can't I invite my old brothers to come over to eat and drink with me if I have nothing to do?"
"Shit, it's just you. Just stick your butt out and you'll know what you're going to do!" He Yilong heard this and immediately laughed, then asked, "Did you hear some news? That's what you said!"
After hearing this, He Jin turned to look at him and said first, "What news can there be? His eight kings founded the country and became king. It's not comfortable to stay here. It's time for us to change places. Right?"
At the end of the sentence, he turned around and said what Lin Chengcheng said.
"Where can I change? Where can I go now?" After hearing this, He Yilong immediately expressed his position, "If you go to find King Chuang, then I won't be happy!"
Obviously, he knew that He Jin had a good relationship with Li Zicheng, but he was annoyed by Li Zicheng, so he explained it first.
When He Jin heard this, he wanted to talk more. When Lin Chengcheng saw him, he clapped his hands to signal them to be quiet, and then said to them: "I will let you meet someone first. After meeting, we will talk about things!"
When Ma Shouying and others heard this, they couldn't help but be a little curious, so they turned to look at him, wondering what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd?
Lin Chengcheng smiled and said nothing, but turned towards the back hall and shouted loudly: "Come out!"