Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 395

After hearing this, the others thought in their hearts that they must be members of the imperial court.

But even though they thought so, based on habit, they all trusted Li Dingguo and did not speak.

I only heard Li Dingguo say to them: "It is the Liu Wenxiu you are familiar with, formerly known as Zhang Wenxiu."

Upon hearing this, Wu Sansheng and the others were a little surprised. After looking at each other, Wu Sansheng asked tentatively, "Is he also recruited?"

For them, Liu Wenxiu is also missing, and there has been no news about it.

However, Zhang Xianzhong has a high probability of guessing that Liu Wenxiu is either dead or surrendered, or locked in a prison, not like Li Dingguo, who can't guess at all.

Moreover, they also estimated that Liu Wenxiu was more likely to surrender!
This is not to say that Liu Wenxiu is even more spineless on weekdays, but that it was later discovered that Liu Wenxiu's family had disappeared!

Liu Wenxiu was trapped in the [-]th Battalion of Gezuo who had been recruited, even if he didn't surrender at the beginning, if the imperial court threatened his family, he would surrender sooner or later.

Of course, this speculation will not be published, because doing so would be very demoralizing.

However, just in case, Zhang Xianzhong disclosed the news to his subordinates who stood alone, but he didn't say he was dead.

At this time, after Wu Sansheng asked, Li Dingguo nodded and replied: "He was sent to lure the fifth Gezuo battalion to Macheng. He was supposed to annex the fifth Gezuo battalion, but it happened that the imperial court sent people from Uncle Hua to go there. Zhao An, he was coerced..."

Hearing this, Wu Sansheng and the others were a little surprised.

Do you want to fire and rebel against the Fifth Battalion?
This is the first time they have heard of it.

But they were not stupid, and immediately remembered the deployment at that time, and it was Li Dingguo who told them this, and they believed it immediately.

Before, he laughed at Li Zicheng for his lack of loyalty, and even annexed Luo Rucai; but now, it turns out that his family is not clean, but he just failed.

In this way, if you think about it before, it's just fifty steps and a hundred steps!

At the same time, when they heard the name Hua County Uncle, they immediately thought of Yuan Shizhong, a guy who was lucky.

Among all the people who were recruited, he was the luckiest, and he was named the uncle of Hua County by the court in a short time. This luck is really unmatched!

If you say that no one envies you, it is absolutely false!

They were thinking, and Li Dingguo continued to introduce there: "...After arriving in Nanyang, I didn't expect that Liu Wenxiu was a person appointed by His Majesty, so he was sent to the capital. As a result, I was bumped by Liu Wenxiu on the streets of the capital. When we arrive, and I am also a person appointed by His Majesty, I will be able to see Your Majesty immediately! He, like me, will eventually become a general of the Beijing camp, and he will also be under the command of Uncle Zhongwu..."

Hearing his words, everyone below could not help but look at each other in blank dismay.

The governor was actually bumped into by Liu Wenxiu who was coming to Beijing on the streets of the capital?

This... this luck is no one, right?

No wonder I thought about it before, how could someone in the capital recognize the governor?If it was Liu Wenxiu, then it would be no surprise!

Li Dingguo looked at the expressions of these people below, knew what they were thinking, and didn't care.In fact, he himself felt that there was a divine will in the dark, so that the possibility of such a collision would happen!
While thinking about it, he continued: "After Liu Wenxiu comes over, we will discuss the next move and strive to give his brother a good future!"

Because of Liu Wenxiu's relationship, Zhang Xianzhong did not deploy Liu Wenxiu's troops to the front line, but deployed them in Anqing Mansion below Luzhou Mansion, and sent Sun Kewang's general Bai Wenxuan as Liu Wenxiu's chief general.

Therefore, if Liu Wenxiu rashly returns to the old department like Li Dingguo, the risk is too great.Therefore, it would be safer for Li Dingguo to persuade the old ministry first, and then join forces with Li Dingguo to persuade Liu Wenxiu's old tribe to surrender.

Wu Sansheng and others naturally listened to Li Dingguo.And now that they have decided to accept the recruitment, if they can make meritorious service, they will of course be happy to win the title of wife, son, marquis and general in the future.

After all, they have been in the army for a long time, and after being recruited, they are disarmed and returned to the fields, and they are not something they can look up to as ordinary people.

Therefore, while Li Dingguo sent someone to report the situation, he first arranged the affairs of his own army.

Soon, Liu Wenxiu hurried over.

After some discussion, it was decided to implement the plan.

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Besides, Li Zicheng, since the road to Sichuan was blocked by Zuo Liangyu, he listened to Song Xiance's decision and immediately sent troops south.

Not surprisingly, he took a lot of Zhang Xianzhong's territory at once, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Sun Chuanting led the elite of the imperial court and fought steadily, not giving him any chance to go north, which put a lot of pressure on him.Now that he owns the territory of three prefectures at once, although he still has to face the pressure from Sun Chuanting's subordinates, at least he can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, what he didn't expect was that Zhang Xianzhong quickly launched a counterattack with his huge navy and took away several cities at once. This made Li Zicheng nervous again and immediately held a military meeting.

This battle exposed two weaknesses of Li Zicheng's troops.

One is that Luo Rucai’s unit was not as easy to be annexed and appeased as they expected. At least from the results, they surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong’s unit without much fighting, which shows that the previous appeasement effect was not good and did not make them return to their hearts.

The second is the battle of Dongting Lake, which made Li Zicheng and the others realize the importance of the navy in this Jiangnan area.On Li Zicheng's side, there is no navy!

Based on these two weaknesses, under the suggestion of Song Xiance and others, Li Zicheng readjusted his deployment.

First, the facts have proved that Luo Rucai's troops were lured by Zhang Xianzhong's side, and their loyalty was not high, so they were transferred from contact with Zhang Xianzhong's side and transferred to the north to defend against Sun Chuanting's troops.

Second, avoid areas that are conducive to naval operations, for example, abandon areas such as Dongting Lake.

In addition, Li Zicheng's military discussion also reached a consensus, which is to use the mobility of the cavalry to grab grain with Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

Everything is actually less important than food.And Huguang is the granary of the world.The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and food is the top priority.

Anyway, first grab the food, and then talk about how to deal with Sun Chuanting's troops, how to deal with the relationship with Zhang Xianzhong, etc. after the food is finished.

Therefore, as soon as the military discussion on Li Zicheng's side was over, he immediately started to act.

A large number of troops began to be transferred to the north. At the same time, more troops began to be dispatched. Wait for their own territory first, dispatch cavalry and other highly mobile forces, and instead of attacking the city, go to the territory controlled by Zhang Xianzhong to grab food.

Whether it is Li Zicheng's or Zhang Xianzhong's, they are all familiar with such things as looting, and they are very efficient.

You, Li Zicheng, dared to rob grain, that’s nothing to say, Zhang Xianzhong didn’t wait for the grain to be cooked, he robbed it first, and at the same time, he also took advantage of the geographical advantage of the river to send sailors to the territory controlled by Li Zicheng to rob grain.

All of a sudden, in the western part of Huguang, wars were everywhere, and thieves were used to it. When robbing food, it was normal to grab something and kill something by the way.

Autumn harvest is the most important day of the year.

The bandits took it very seriously and caused a lot of trouble, and Sun Chuanting's side naturally wouldn't miss it.

Regarding the current situation, Sun Chuanting, who sits in Xiangyang, also held a military meeting.

For Sun Chuanting, there is still only one strategic goal: to fight steadily, to prevent the thieves from returning north to the Central Plains, and at the same time, to rectify the place.

Under such a premise, it would be the best if it could hit the thieves.

And at the time of the autumn harvest, Sun Chuanting also wanted food.

This military meeting was held under such a premise.

Li Yan could see Sun Chuanting's intentions clearly.

Therefore, at the beginning of the military discussion, he stood up and said to Sun Chuanting: "My lord, our face-to-face enemy is Luo Rucai's old department. Now he is transferred from the south by Li Thief. His subordinates think that it is because they are afraid that these people will vote for the Eighth National Congress." Go to the king's side. From this, it can be seen that Li thief's appeasement strategy has not worked. In this case, the subordinates are willing to recruit security, and solve some of the thieves without bloodshed!"

Originally, in two months, Li Zicheng would definitely be able to digest Luo Rucai's troops.

But the problem is that after Li Yan left and told Sun Chuanting the countermeasures, Sun Chuanting left camp and went south.

Zuo Liangyu's unit, which could have been used as a buffer, went straight westward, not only giving way to Sun Chuanting's unit going south, but also blocking Li Zicheng's westward way to Sichuan.

In this way, if Li Zicheng wants to deal with the pressure from Sun Chuanting's troops, he should not blatantly digest Luo Rucai's troops.For example, it is unrealistic to transfer and split Luo Rucai's troops, because it is easy to cause mutiny. Instead, it is necessary to comfort them with good words so that Luo Rucai's troops can continue to listen to him.

It was also for this reason that Zhang Xianzhong put too much pressure on the original Luo Rucai team, so he immediately voted for Zhang Xianzhong.

Since this kind of situation can happen on Zhang Xianzhong's side, based on Li Yan's understanding of these thieves, he believes that his side can definitely do it.

At this time, upon hearing Li Yan's words, Sun Chuanting nodded and said, "Your Majesty has an order. Except for Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and Zhang Xianzhong, everyone else can be recruited. But do you have any advice for Luo Rucai's troops?" grasp?"

After getting along for a period of time, he recognized Li Yan's talent.Therefore, it would be risky for Li Yan to recruit Anliu thieves, so he asked this question out of pity on his talents.

If you say there is no risk, it is a lie.Li Zicheng definitely hated him to the bone, but now that Luo Rucai is dead, his subordinates must be in disarray. As long as someone informs Li Zicheng, Li Yan will be in danger.

As soon as Li Yan heard it, he immediately replied: "In Luo Rucai's old department, although Luo Rucai is dead, there is one person still there, and many bandit leaders are convinced by him. As long as the subordinates persuade him, this matter will be much easier. !"

(End of this chapter)