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Song Xiance came in dusty.

"Meet the Marshal."

Liu Sheng nodded, "Counsellor Song, thank you for your hard work on this mission - how did Li Zicheng respond to the matter of joining forces?"

Song Xiance looked embarrassed, but he still took out a letter and said, "This is Li Zicheng's reply to the commander-in-chief."

After the personal guard took the letter and handed it to Liu Sheng, Song Xiance said angrily: "Li Zicheng is so arrogant that he actually asked the general to recognize him as the leader of the alliance. He also said that he would only send troops to Kaifeng first before the general would send troops."

Liu Sheng read Li Zicheng's letters and found that most of the elegant letters were not written by Li Zicheng himself.

The main content of the letter is similar to what Song Xiance said.

It is possible to join forces to deal with the government and the army, but the Wei tribe must recognize Li Zi as the leader of the alliance, but they also require the Wei tribe to send troops to Kaifeng Mansion first.

He looked like he wanted to take advantage of everything.

Now that the Yibu relied on its own strength to break through the Ming army's encirclement and suppression, Liu Sheng no longer cared about whether Li Zicheng sent troops to open the seal.

After reading the letter, he was not angry and asked with a smile: "You didn't tell Li Zicheng's fortune or send gold and silver to Niu Jinxing?"

Upon hearing this, Song Xiance immediately said with a mournful face: "My subordinates did as the commander taught me, but Li Zicheng was very happy to be deceived by my theory of numerology and fortune, and still wanted to keep me as a military advisor with him.

Niu Jinxing also accepted the hundred taels of gold from me and spoke favorably about the joint venture in front of Li Zicheng.

But there was also a military advisor under Li Zicheng, named Li Yan, who was very hostile to me. It was Li Yan who suggested that our troops should recognize Li Zi as the leader of the alliance. "

Is there really Li Yan under Li Zicheng?

Liu Sheng was slightly surprised at first, then relieved.

After all, the red lady has appeared, so it is not unusual to have Li Yan.

As for whether these two people will exist in the real history of later generations, it is not something he considers - after all, time travel has happened, so what do other strange things count?

After coming back to his senses, Liu Sheng asked: "Then it was Li Yan who asked us to send troops first?"

If both items were mentioned by Li Yan, Liu Sheng felt that this person's vision was probably not as high as what was said in later unofficial histories.

After all, from the overall perspective, the various rebel armies should join forces to overthrow Zhu Ming's rule as soon as possible.

Li Chuang wants to be the leader of the alliance but does not show the demeanor of the leader. It is really not smart.

Song Xiance shook his head, "It was Li Zicheng who insisted on our troops sending troops first. Li Yan was opposed to this, but it's a pity that Li Zicheng didn't listen."

Liu Sheng smiled and nodded, walked down and patted the dust on Song Xiance's shoulders. Song Xiance immediately felt that his bones were a little lighter and his heart was relieved.

He didn't do his job well this time, and he had been worried about being scolded by Liu Sheng.

"Old Song, since Li Zicheng appreciates you so much and wants to keep you as a military advisor, why didn't you stay?"

Song Xiance heard this and said quickly: "The commander-in-chief is joking. Although his subordinates are martial arts magicians, they also know loyalty. Since they have surrendered to the commander-in-chief, how can they betray Li Zicheng?

What's more, when my subordinates went to Luoyang this time, what they saw and heard made them feel that Li Chuang's tribe was too different from ours, and it was definitely not possible to accomplish anything. "

What Song Xiance said here was not entirely true.

He really felt that the situation under Li Zicheng was far worse than that under Wei Bu.

But when Li Zicheng asked him to be a military advisor, he was indeed moved.

Because he is currently a counselor in the General Staff Department in the Weibu Department, and he has been advising the military staff of the Fifth Brigade in Ruyang before. He is still far from a real military advisor.

However, considering that the Li Chuang tribe was indeed inferior to the Wei tribe and his family was in Ruyang, he reluctantly refused Li Zicheng's recruitment.

Liu Sheng returned to the commander's seat and said with a smile: "I have written down all the credit for your mission. After you get down, write down what you saw on the way and at Li Chuang's Ministry. The more detailed the better."

"Yes."

Although Song Xiance's ability was average, he was still very active in his work. Two days later, he submitted a tens of thousands of words of "Envoy Li Chuang's Experience and Information".

Combining this record of observations and some information obtained by Xunfengwei, Liu Sheng had a basic understanding of the current situation of Li Chuang's department, Henan Prefecture, and Ruzhou.

First of all, Li Chuang currently only occupies part of Henan Prefecture, mainly the valleys of the three river systems of Gushui, Luoshui and Yishui.

There are only ten cities above the county level, namely Luoyang, Yanshi, Mengjin, Xin'an, Mianchi, Yiyang, Yongning, Lushi, Songxian, and Yiyang in Ruzhou.

Shaanzhou, Lingbao, Luxiang counties in the northwest of Henan Prefecture, Tongguan, and Gong County in the east were all in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Dengfeng in the southwest is ruled by local bandit Li Jiyu, and has not yet taken refuge with Li Chuang.

In addition, Xunfengwei also discovered that Luo Rucai's tribe did not join Zhang Xianzhong after leaving Yunyang Prefecture, but instead entrenched themselves in the Xichuan area of ​​Nanyang Prefecture.

If Li Zicheng does not open the Feng Mansion, then according to the current trend, he is likely to go south to join Luo Rucai and attack Nanyang Mansion, just like in history.

Liu Sheng remembered that in history, Luo Rucai first joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to attack Nanyang Mansion, and then joined forces with Li Zicheng to attack Nanyang, but both failed.

Because at that time, Governor Yang Wenyue entered Nanyang from Runing, and the Qin army left Tongguan and entered Nanyang through Henan Prefecture, it seemed that they were on a draw with Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

As for Zuo Liangyu, he first took advantage of Xiangyang, and then went to Runing to pursue his old rival Zhang Xianzhong.

The situation today is very different from that in history.

Yang Wenyue's tribe was blocked by the Wei tribe in Kaifeng Mansion, while Zuo Liangyu chased Zhang Xianzhong to Huangzhou Mansion. If the Qin army did not move south, Li Zicheng would have no serious enemies in Nanyang.

However, according to Song Xiance's records, Li Zicheng was shot out of one eye when he attacked Kaifeng and is still recovering.

In addition, epidemics are also prevalent in Henan Prefecture.

Li Zicheng's so-called supporters of 300,000 people were mostly hungry people and bandits. There were hundreds, thousands, and thousands of people holding one share.

They did not fully obey Li Zicheng's orders, and Li Zicheng did not control their food and drink like his real subordinates.

Many "rebels" were originally starved of food and were in a state where they would have no tomorrow after eating today.

In this case, once the epidemic arrives, it spreads rapidly.

On Song Xiance's way back, many of the "rebels" who were entrenched in one place suffered a large number of deaths due to the epidemic - although the epidemic is the most common disease, it can also kill many people if there is a lack of medicine.

Therefore, during the period of March and April, apart from Li Zicheng who needed to recuperate, Li Chuang's troops would mainly fight against the epidemic and take the opportunity to digest and absorb the many "rebels" who were nominally attached to Li Chuang.

In other words, it is unlikely that Li Zicheng will send a large number of troops to Kaifeng or Nanyang during this period.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng came to the military map hanging in the tent and looked at Nanyang Mansion.

'According to this analysis, the best time for our troops to send troops to Nanyang should be after the summer harvest! '

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On the first day of May, Liu Sheng returned to Ruyang with his personal guards.

After that, he spent three or four days to handle some necessary military and political affairs at the Generalissimo's Mansion in Ruyang, so that he could return to Queshan with the Xiaoqi Guards on the fifth day of May.

Dashuai Xingyuan (Zhou family mansion).