Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 305
Seeing the commotion in the lobby, Song Xiance coughed a few times, and the others heard it and knew that he still had something to say, so they all slowly fell silent, preparing to listen to what he had to say.

After the lobby quieted down, Song Xiance looked at Li Zicheng and said bitterly: "The mansion newspaper also published the reward for the great victory in Jizhou. Afterwards, the imperial court conferred three titles. Among them, there are two people we are familiar with, one It's Sun Chuanting, who has been named Uncle Jizhou..."

Sun Chuanting was a civil servant, and he was conferred a knighthood, which caused a shock among this group of thieves.Especially the literati among the thieves, such as Song Xiance himself, as well as Niu Jinxing and Li Yan, were the most surprised.Because they know best that among the literati who were still alive and were knighted, there were only two people in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng didn't like Sun Chuanting being knighted very much, and he didn't want to hear about it from his subordinates, so he directly asked Song Xiance, "Who else has been knighted?"

After Song Xiance heard this, he was afraid that Li Zicheng would not be able to hear clearly, so he deliberately enunciated and replied clearly: "Yuan Shizhong, the leader of Xiaoyuanying, was named the uncle of Hua County by the imperial court."

"What? Who are you talking about?" As a result, Li Zicheng still suspected that he hadn't heard clearly, and confirmed again.

Not only him, Li Guo beside him was also very curious, suspecting that he had heard it wrong, he stretched his head to look at the residence newspaper in Song Xiance's hand.It's just a pity that he can't read.

"Then Yuan Shizhong can be knighted? How is it possible? You can't see it?" Liu Zongmin also yelled with a trace of jealousy.

To them, Yuan Shizhong was once the head of a small force that had attached to them.Not to mention looking down on it, at least not.

Therefore, for a person they didn't usually look up to, he was suddenly knighted by the court, but they were still thieves. While feeling aggrieved, they were also very unwilling to believe that the news was true.

Seeing their expressions and hearing their words, Song Xiance explained with a wry smile: "It was said in the Di Bao that Yuan Shizhong was granted the title of uncle of Hua County because of his great service in leading the cavalry to hunt down Jianlu in the Battle of Jizhou. .”

Hearing this news again, the gangster leaders in the lobby couldn't help but fell silent.

For most people, even Yuan Shizhong could be knighted, and if it was them, it would definitely be possible.Because they felt that they were much better than Yuan Shizhong.

But for Li Zicheng, his complexion was particularly ugly.

If it was said before that it was the treacherous officials in the court, and those generals joined forces to falsely report their military achievements and fool the emperor, then how to explain Yuan Shizhong's title?

Li Zicheng still understood this Yuan Shizhong. He had no background, was not strong, and was a bit stubborn. He didn't know how to work around it. How could he be assigned an earl?
In other words, the battle of Jizhou might be real!
The imperial army fought 10,000+ Jianlu and almost wiped out the whole army?
Wanting to confirm this conclusion, Li Zicheng still shook his head in his heart, in disbelief!

At this moment, Song Xiance said with an ugly face: "At the end of this mansion report, there is one more thing, it seems that the court is very confident..."

Li Zicheng was in a bad mood. Hearing Song Xiance's hesitation, he said impatiently: "If there is anything else, just talk about it!"

"Tell me!" Luo Rucai frowned and said, "What do I want to see?"

After Song Xiance heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Liu Zongmin, seeing that he was a little puzzled, then turned his head, looked at Li Zicheng and said: "The residence newspaper said that in addition to the general, Brother Liu, and the Eight Great Kings, it is allowed to Others call for peace, and restore peace to the world as soon as possible. For those who are stubborn, as soon as the army arrives, they will..."

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin finally understood why Song Xiance glanced at him before speaking.

As a result, he was a little confused, and immediately asked Song Xiance: "The general and the eight kings are easy to understand, why can't I be recruited?"

Li Zicheng frowned when he heard this, it was hard to hear this.However, he also understood that Liu Zongmin was just asking this question, and didn't mean that, otherwise he wouldn't rather kill his wife and swear to follow him to the death.

Hearing Liu Zongmin's question, Song Xiance glanced at Li Zicheng, and replied in a low voice: "It's frenzied to say that you dug up the Yellow River dam!"

Hearing this, Liu Zongmin glanced at Li Zicheng subconsciously, and then shouted loudly: "Fuck the dog officer, the dog emperor, just make up nonsense and want to recruit, whoever is stupid will believe it!"

When Luo Ru heard this, he also laughed and said: "The emperor is really good, I accept the offer, does he dare to accept it?"

At the beginning, like Zhang Xianzhong and others, he pretended to accept the imperial court's offer of peace, and then rebelled.

At this time, when he said that, he was actually referring to this matter, so it was a funny joke.

Unexpectedly, a "hum" came from beside him.

When Luo Rucai heard the sound, he turned his head to look, but saw Li Zicheng's expression of displeasure, he was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "I said, old brother, don't you believe that I will really join the court?" Bar?"

"How could it be!" Li Zicheng replied with a half smile when he heard it.

Seeing him like this, Luo Rucai was suddenly a little unhappy, because he could tell that Li Zicheng really cared a little bit, because he didn't know him at all!
Seeing that something was wrong, Song Xiance continued, "The mansion newspaper also mentioned the reform of the currency value, saying that silver coins and copper coins will be promoted, and after three years, silver and copper coins will no longer be used!"

Li Guo at the side also saw that the atmosphere of the two big brothers was a bit awkward, so he quickly responded to Song Xiance and said, "Is that why Guan Ningjun wanted to mutiny for this?"

Song Xiance listened, nodded and said: "It seems to be true, this currency value reform is in the capital..."

The conversation between him and Li Guo really diverted the attention in the lobby, which sort of resolved the embarrassment between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

However, at this moment, Li Laiheng beside him said a little curiously: "The several things in this mansion newspaper are related, so is this thing true?"

As soon as he said these words, the hall immediately fell silent.

According to these signs, it seems that these things are indeed true, and there is no flaw!
However, it is impossible for the imperial army to fight 10,000+ Jianlu and almost wipe out the whole army!

A crowd of people in the lobby waited, and in the end they still had such an opinion.

However, this matter is very big after all, and the final result of the resolution is to send scouts to further places to investigate this matter and see what the facts are!

About half a month later, when the end of the year was approaching, all the bandit leaders gathered together and started discussing again.

This time, the atmosphere in the lobby was very dignified.Everyone's expression looks heavy!

When all the people arrived, Li Zicheng said with a gloomy face: "The battle of Jizhou is real. The dog emperor did not send troops to save Kaifeng for Sun Chuanting, but trained new troops in the capital and reorganized the capital camp! Next, what should we do?" Do it, tell me all about it!"

Under their dedicated sentinels, and as time went on, more and more news about the North.The news obtained from all sources can prove that the Battle of Jizhou was real.There were even some merchants returning to the south who were stopped by the thieves and confessed that they had seen tens of thousands of Jian captives with their own eyes, and there was a grand ceremony of presenting them.

With all these things, even if the bandit leaders no longer believed that the imperial court would have such a big victory over Jianlu, they finally believed it helplessly.Even if they think that Jianlu was careless and the court officers and soldiers got shit luck, but the final result is there!
Although both Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai issued a gag order, paper cannot cover this matter.Sooner or later, over time, everyone will know about this.

They also know that the impact of this incident on their morale will be enormous.What to do in the future, you have to come up with a charter immediately.

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng saw that no one was talking, his face became even more gloomy, and suddenly he said in a cold voice: "If any of you want to accept the imperial court's recruitment and follow Yuan Shizhong's example, I won't make it difficult for you. Send them off and see you on the battlefield later." Yes!"

"General, what are you talking about?" Liu Zongmin yelled immediately when he heard it, "Who dares to accept the imperial court's offer, I will twist his head off and use it as a chamber pot!"

"General, we are all brothers in life and death, so there must be no one who wants to betray the general!" Yuan Zongdi agreed after hearing this.

After listening to the others, they all expressed their opinions, and no one said that they would accept the imperial court's offer.

After Li Zicheng heard this, he stood up and swore to the sky: "If you brothers do not betray me, Li Hongji, then I, Li Hongji, will never betray you. If I violate this oath, I will be punished by heaven and earth!"

Just like that, the atmosphere in the lobby finally became a little more active.

Song Xiance, as a military adviser, spoke first: "From what I have heard so far, Sun Chuanting is leading troops out of Beijing and going south this time. It seems that Baoding Mansion is also gathering troops. The chaos in the south of the Yangtze River is like this, and the court will definitely not sit idly by. reason."

Speaking of this, he looked at Li Zicheng and said with a serious expression: "The imperial army is heading south this time with the power of a great victory, and the troops are in full swing. It would be unwise for us to fight them."

Li Zicheng naturally agrees with this point.He is not confident enough to defeat 10,000+ Jianlu. He feels that the coalition with Luo Rucai will be stronger than 10,000+ Jianlu!
So, he asked his military adviser: "The military adviser thinks, how should we deal with the other party is the best policy?"

Luo Ru just listened, his eyes rolled, but he didn't speak.

Most of the other people looked at Song Xiance intently, wanting to hear what he had to say?
I only heard Song Xiance say with confidence: "If my predictions are correct, the imperial government's army must want to encircle and suppress us. The officers and troops in Baoding should have entered Ludi, Jinan and Yanzhou to guard against us. Entering Ludi and being able to join forces with Ma Shiying's troops in Fengyang Mansion, that's why the Guan Ning Army sent them to Fengyang first. But Sun Chuanting's headquarters..."

(End of this chapter)