please make me king

Chapter 1359 The Lobbyist

It is said that Li Zicheng and his group left Datong Mansion and rushed all the way to Yanghewei that night.

Yanghewei is to the east of Datong, one hundred and twenty miles away from Datong Mansion.

Because this place is close to the frontier fortress, it is known as an important point, and the bandits invaded Xuanzhen's Shunsheng places, Tiancheng, Yanghe, and its first rush.

Therefore, in the fourth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, Governor Xuan Da moved to this place, and the Datong East Road Counselor moved to Tiancheng to respond to each other, so as to respond to the invasion and plunder of the Tartars in time.

Now that Zhang Fengyi, Governor of Xuanda, is dead, and Ye Tinggui, the former governor of Datong, has no other skills. Therefore, after some discussions, it was finally decided to let Wang Shiren, the former general of Datong, be stationed here.

After Wang Shiren entered the city and arranged for Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, Li Guoliang and others to live, he hurriedly rectified military affairs.

Song Xiance couldn't help pulling at Li Zicheng, Li Guoliang and others: "I've thought about it carefully, old Taoist priest, this won't work!"

"It is four hundred and thirty miles from Datong to Xuanfu, and it will take four or five days for the army to make the journey."

"Soldiers are expensive, so it's better to have General Li lead the army back, and Li Guoliang, Ji Longfeng and I will take a step ahead with a few guards."

"I'll wait day and night with one person and three horses. I only need to travel quickly for a day and a night to arrive at Xuanfu."

"This..." As soon as Song Xiance said this, Li Zicheng couldn't help hesitating.

Although Song Xiance is nominally the military adviser of Li Zicheng's department, when he encounters matters that cannot be decided, he often asks him for advice.

But lend him some guts to really treat him as a military advisor?

Because Li Zicheng thought about it at the beginning, Song Xiance was called a military adviser, but actually a supervisor of the army.

This time, if something goes wrong with the supervising army, and I am in a place of suspicion, I will have a hard time saying it, how should I explain to King Shun?

Song Xiance is like a smart person, seeing Li Zicheng's expression, how can he not know what he is thinking?
He couldn't help laughing and said: "How is Zhang Weishi compared to Zhang Bojing? Didn't the Yulin City Wall also block the old Taoist?"

"Besides, let's talk about this piece of Weishi. I have delayed it for so many days and have not made a decision. It is obvious that I am hesitating, worrying about gains and losses, and being in a dilemma."

"As the saying goes: don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, even for the sake of King Shun's hundreds of thousands of troops, he will not embarrass the old Taoist priest."

"That's okay!" Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought that if he prevented the old Taoist priest from going, he would lose the responsibility of the Xuanfu, so he nodded his head.

It's just that Li Guoliang, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, had never experienced this before, so he was shocked when he heard it.

He deliberately refused to go with the old Taoist priest Song Xiance, but he was afraid of being ridiculed by others, and he was very upset and uneasy for a while.

Let's say that everyone's plan has been decided, and they traveled another [-] miles along the way. They were so tired that they went to rest.

Du Li Guoliang tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Are you kidding, just take a few people to see Zhang Weishi, are you afraid of being hacked by the other party?

I don't know how long it took, and just as I finally closed my eyes, I heard someone calling me.

Then Li Guoliang stood up and saw that it was Song Xiance and Ji Longfeng.

"Are you always this?" Li Guoliang was at a loss.

"It's time, it's time to get on the road." The old Taoist said with a pleasant smile.

Nima, Li Guoliang was so angry that he almost wanted to hit someone: I haven't slept yet, why is it so early?
"Three hundred and ten miles to the east from here, we can't make it if we don't leave early!" Seemingly hearing Li Guoliang's doubts, the old Taoist explained with a smile.

"Okay, wait a minute!" Li Guoliang, as the commander-in-chief of a town, understood the truth of the speed of soldiers, so he had to pack up indiscriminately, and then set off with weapons, armor, and packages.

Sixty li to the east from Yanghe is Tianchengwei.

Song Xiance, Li Guoliang and others set off at Yinshi, and arrived at Tiancheng when the sun rose above the treetops.

They didn't greet the general politely, they just marched eastward for [-] miles along the Nanyang River Valley to Chaigou Fort.

Don't look at the name of Chaigoubao, which sounds very earthy, but it is actually an important town with a city length of more than seven miles, even larger than many cities in the mainland.

This place is not only a tall city, but also guards the main road for the Tartars outside the Great Wall to invade the territory of Xuanfu and invade Gyeonggi along the Yanghe River Valley.

In fact, the entire Xuanfu Town was established within the framework of the Yanghe River Valley Passage.

Starting from Chaigoubao at the confluence of the three tributaries of Dongyang River, Nanyang River and Xiyang River, Wanquan Zuowei, Xuanfu and Baoanzhou are successively down.

Then, go down along the Yanghe River Valley, break through the defense line of Changping Town and enter the territory of Beijing Shuntian Prefecture.

Therefore, in order to guard against the Tartars, the Ming court specially set up a sub-guard here to guard Chaigoubao, Xiaxi Road, Xuanfu, and a general was stationed here, fully responsible for the defense affairs in the west of Xuanfu.

"Li Guogong, this matter is up to you!" The few people had just rushed to the outskirts of Chaigoubao when they were spotted by patrolling Chaigoubao soldiers. Song Xiance was not in a hurry, but smiled at Li Guoliang.

No, what are you looking at me for?
Li Guoliang, the former general of the Xuan Mansion, was frightened to death, and couldn't help but look at Song Xiance in panic.

What an idiot!
Seeing this, Song Xiance couldn't help cursing inwardly, and enduring his worn-out thighs, rode his horse up to him and said, "You just say that you are Li Guoliang, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, and you have important matters to see the General of the Xiaxi Road." .”

"This...isn't this our family that has taken refuge in King Shun..." Li Guoliang said awkwardly.

However, before he could finish speaking, the soldiers on the opposite side got impatient and took arrows to process one after another, which startled Li Guoliang immediately.

No longer caring about arguing with Song Xiance, he quickly responded loudly: "Don't...don't...shoot the bow, it's me, Li Guoliang, the chief soldier of Xuanfu!"

"Is it you? Didn't you take refuge in King Shun?"

With a simple address, Li Guoliang immediately felt like hearing fairy music.

"Shun Thief" or "Shun King" is related to the attitude of the opponent.

"Ha, it's me. I have something to see Qian Wanwan!" Li Guoliang couldn't help but feel more confident, and laughed quickly.

"Okay, then let's go!" The leader heard the words and went forward to check, and couldn't help but replied very readily.

"Is...is this okay?" Li Guoliang was a little surprised and asked tentatively.

"No problem!" The leader replied straight away, "We have all thought about it, follow King Shun, get promoted and get rich; work with the emperor's old son, sell children and daughters!"

It turned out that the rebel army launched a "food war" against the Ming and Jin countries, resulting in an increasing shortage of food in the north.

After that, the rebels occupied Henan and Shaanxi again, and fought for days, and the army's salary became more and more insufficient.

But now that Shanxi Town has fallen into the hands of the rebels, the civilian grain and salt grains that are mobilized from Shanxi every year must be gone.

In this way, the two towns of Xuanda and Dacheng, which were originally difficult to pay for the army, became more and more difficult, with serious delays in payment and arrears of payment.

In recent days, I heard that if you take refuge in King Shun in everything, you can get food for a stone. Naturally, many impoverished soldiers were tempted.

Now that it is so easy to see King Shun's "coming people", those patrolling soldiers are also afraid of being fooled, so they can't help but ask: "General, now that you have taken refuge in King Shun, have you fulfilled those promises?"

"Ah? It's been implemented!" Li Guoliang trembled when he heard the words, and laughed, "Now the Lord is also the founder of the country!"

"Hey, then... After that, when you meet our general, please give us some kind words!" Those few couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard it, and quickly grinned and begged.

The journey was uneventful, and soon Li Guoliang, Song Xiance and others were welcomed into the heavily guarded Chaigou Fort, where they met the general Qian Wanwan who was stationed here.

(End of this chapter)