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"Hahaha~ This Xiong Wencan, hahaha is so funny, I wanted to pretend to be a force, but I pretended to be myself. I really thought everyone was a pirate like Zheng Zhilong who wanted to be safe. Zhang Xianzhong is not a law-abiding person. Lord, this time is enough for him to drink a pot."

After listening to Zuo Sansi's explanation, Gu Zi couldn't help laughing out loud. This is the legendary saying that if you can't pretend to be coercive, you'll get caught instead. What a talent.

Li Chaosheng also laughed when he heard the words: "This Xiong Wencan is actually a capable person, and he was able to recruit Zheng Zhilong back then, so it can be seen that this person is not useless."

Gu Zi said: "It's good luck. I caught up with that old pirate and wanted to be appeased. Otherwise, how could he, Xiong Wencan, recruit Zheng Zhilong."

"Well, Gu Zi, you have to remember, never underestimate luck, luck is actually a reflection of a person's strength." Li Chaosheng said to Gu Zi, Gu Zi was not very convinced after hearing this, Li Chaosheng smiled and said nothing.

Many people look down on luck, but luck is really something that can change fate against the sky. If there is no such thing as luck, history might have gone to another direction long ago. Among them, the most obvious representative of luck, Liu Xiu, the chosen son, This great magister can be said to be a very lucky existence. He can summon meteorites when the two armies are fighting. Who can be better than him.

If all kinds of luck did not deepen, the Eastern Han Dynasty would not be able to rejuvenate, and then continue the national fortune for the Han Dynasty for 190 years.

Therefore, anyone who underestimates luck will be punished by luck. Li Chaosheng has never dared to underestimate luck, which is why he has made it to where he is today.

Don't worry about Xiong Wencan whether he likes to brag, or whether he is not capable of being an official, but he did recruit the great pirate Zheng Zhilong, which is an indelible achievement.

But this time when he met Zhang Xianzhong, this Lord Xiong had encountered a hard problem, and his luck was also used up.

Wuchang Prefecture, Hubei Province.

Xiong Wencan was running around in a hurry, what to do, what to do, what to do.

Just when Master Xiong was extremely anxious, his subordinates came to report: "My lord, Zhang Xianzhong has led his troops to leave Gu County and fled to the nearby deep mountains."

"Run away, okay, run away, hurry up and send people to recover Gu County, and write a memorial to the court, saying that Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, and the minister Xiong Wencan led the army to fight against him for a day and a night, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and fled into the mountains , I should continue to encircle and suppress, and never let Zhang Xianzhong harm the land of Huguang."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the subordinates immediately responded. Your lord's play is really dirty. It was obviously Zhang Xianzhong who ran away on his own initiative. What does it have to do with him?

"By the way, my lord, before Zhang Xianzhong left, he posted a notice on the wall of Gu County that he had bribed over the years. The notice listed all the names of the officials he had bribed over the years, including the specific process and time. Among them, my lord You rank No.2."

"What, the shameless villain, unexpectedly came up with such a vicious method to slander this official. I report to His Majesty that this is all Zhang Xianzhong's slander, it's slander."

Xiong Wencan stomped his feet angrily, the man didn't say a word, bowed his head and ran away, after the man left, Xiong Wencan's staff stepped forward and said: "My lord, please don't be angry, this piece of loyalty framed my lord for taking bribes, this is actually a trivial matter Regardless of whether it is true or not, His Majesty will not pursue it too much, and the court officials and princes will not hold on to this matter. After all, if you check carefully, it is not clean for all the princes to have a low butt. So are people."

"So they won't attack you, my lord, from this aspect, but my lord just broke Haikou for His Majesty, saying that you will guard Huguang, but Zhang Xianzhong will not rebel, but now that Zhang Xianzhong has rebelled, no matter what, the responsibility for this matter is It is up to you, my lord, to resist, and in this regard, if your political opponents in the DPRK and China make trouble, your lord will not escape punishment, and your life may be in danger."

Xiong Wencan heard the cold sweat on his forehead, looked at the staff and said, "What you said is very true, so do you have anything you want to teach me?"

The aide said: "My lord, the plan for now is to put down the rebellion as soon as possible. The faster the counter-rebellion is, the better it will be for your lord. If your lord fights this battle beautifully, not only will your majesty not punish you, but you will even reward him. Adults can also be blessed by misfortune."

After hearing this, Xiong Wencan nodded and said: "That's right, it's not time for accountability, as long as I get Zhang Xianzhong back, it will be a great achievement, and the guilt of letting Zhang Xianzhong go will be irrelevant."

Xiong Wencan thought of this and said directly to his staff: "Well, then who do you think we should send to counter the rebellion?"

The staff thought for a while after hearing the words: "At present, the army that can fight in the northwest is only Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong. Zuo Liangyu is in charge of guarding Tongguan and watching Lantian, but He Renlong happens to belong to you, my lord. Jurisdiction, but one He Renlong may be difficult to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, so my lord can see if I can divide my troops into two groups, ordering He Renlong to go to encircle Zhang Xianzhong immediately on the one side, and send a letter to Zuo Liangyu on the other side, can you let him secretly Send thousands of people to help, so the two groups of people will surely win Zhang Xianzhong."

Xiong Wencan thought for a while and said, "Alright, I'll just give you a letter of divorce."

Soon Xiong Wencan wrote two letters. The first one was for He Renlong. , He Renlong angrily threw the letter on the table and cursed: "Her mother, the surname Xiong won't listen to me. I said a long time ago that before Sun Chuanting retaliated, I would immediately send troops to control Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates." In the end, the surname Xiong took bribes from Zhang Xianzhong, saying that Zhang Xianzhong had no objection, if he deliberately made things difficult, wouldn't it be the government forcing the people to rebel."

"It's all right now, let the tiger go back to the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong has rebelled, and his power has grown again, and with the help of this natural disaster, he is in the limelight. It's a joke for me to attack Zhang Xianzhong."

He Renlong was furious, but when his lieutenant asked whether to ignore it, He Renlong waved his hand and said, "No, Xiong Wencan is nothing, but he is also the governor of Huguang. , go."

He Renlong ordered his men and horses, and wrote back to Xiong Wencan that the army will be dispatched immediately, but the army will dispatch the food and grass first, and please quickly dispatch the military supplies for the battle, so that we can fight against Zhang Xianzhong.

That's right, He Renlong is very smart. If you ask me to send troops, I will send troops, but sending troops is sending troops. You can't let us fight hungry. Give us money and food.

Seeing He Renlong's reply, Xiong Wencan was very angry. This war requires money, and every war requires money. If you don't pay money, you won't fight?

But now it is very urgent, and Xiong Wencan's wealth and life are at stake. Xiong Wencan gritted his teeth and took 5 taels of silver from Zhang Xianzhong's bribe as the military salary for this dispatch.

This is someone Xiong paid for it himself, which hurts Xiong Wencan to the core.

He Renlong was also very particular. After getting the money, he took out 1 taels to reward more than [-] men and horses under him, and put the rest of the money into his own pocket.

He Renlong was actually not afraid of Zhang Xianzhong. After all, it was not like he had never fought against Zhang Xianzhong. You must know that He Renlong himself was from Mizhi, Shaanxi, and he was a fellow villager with Li Zicheng, and he followed Hong Chengchou as a garrison officer at first. When Hong Chengchou suppressed the bandits in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou's opponents were Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang, and He Renlong was also the younger brother of Wang Gao and Li Zicheng. Zhang Xianzhong had a head-on confrontation and never fell into a disadvantage.

He never felt that he was inferior to Zhang Xianzhong, and he even felt that he was much better than Zhang Xianzhong. You must know that Zhang Xianzhong was also an officer of the Ming Dynasty, and when Zhang Xianzhong was a small flag, he was on the defensive.

How to describe this gap, Zhang Xianzhong was in charge of fifty people, but he was in charge of thousands of people, the gap between a strengthened platoon leader and a regular regiment leader was as huge.

Let me ask you, is there any regiment leader who is afraid of the platoon leader these days?So He Renlong's attitude towards Zhang Xianzhong was just luck. From a mere banner official to a bullshit king, He Renlong was the first to refuse.

Therefore, when the imperial court dropped him into Hubei, he was very aggressive. He always suggested that Xiong Wencan act first and kill Zhang Xianzhong directly. He Renlong sent troops to interfere with Zhang Xianzhong.

He Renlong was very dissatisfied with this, but even so, He Renlong never thought that he would lose to Zhang Xianzhong. After receiving the money, He Renlong did not stop, and directly led his troops to destroy Zhang Xianzhong.

Xiong Wencan's second letter was to Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu was honestly looking at Li Chaosheng in Tongguan at this time. In fact, there is nothing to look at now. Lantian is closed, and I don't know when it will be released. Open.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu saw this distress letter written by Xiong Wencan to himself in the military tent. The content was very simple. First of all, he wanted to greet the relationship between the two of them. Why haven't we seen each other for many years? Why did we say goodbye to the capital? ...

Anyway, it’s about making connections first, and then explaining the situation, what happened to me, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, so I want to ask my brother for help, can I borrow five thousand soldiers to help my brother tide over the difficulties, I will be very grateful... …

The following are the listed conditions, how much money will be given, and what kind of benefits can be given politically, anyway, it is just a deal.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the contents of the letter, and when he finished reading it, he rubbed it up and threw the letter into a ball, very disdainful, but Zuo Menggeng, who entered the door, picked up the paper ball and read it. He looked at him and said, "Father, it's okay. Xiong Wencan gave a lot. Five thousand soldiers in exchange for 5 taels of silver. This business can be done."

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu gave Zuo Menggeng a cold look and said, "Stupid."

"How could I be so stupid father?"

Zuo Menggeng looked at Zuo Liangyu unconvinced, Zuo Liangyu said: "Do you think Zhang Xianzhong is a fish on the chopping board? Will you let him be slaughtered, or think that your strength is stronger than Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Xianzhong back then During the rebellion, these three had all fought against him, and none of them dared to say that they could win against him."

"The more than 5 people in our hands are stronger than Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, or Sun Chuanting's Qin Army, so you dare to participate in such a thankless thing, [-] taels of silver, just such a little money, and you want me to It's really a good idea to take this trip into the muddy water."

After hearing this, Zuo Menggeng said unconvinced: "Father, Xiong Wencan didn't say that He Renlong will participate this time, we and He Renlong together can't deal with Zhang Xianzhong who just started the incident?"

"Hehehe...Meng Geng, your brain is just a reckless man who rushes into the battle, and it's hard to be elegant."

Zuo Menggeng stared unconvinced, Li Chaosheng said: "Do you know why we guard Tongguan?"

"Defend Li Chaosheng."

Zuo Menggeng said: "Father, I know you want to say that we are here to defend Li Chaosheng, and we should not move lightly. If we accidentally let Li Chaosheng go out of Tongguan, we will be blamed and we will be held accountable, yes no."

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu looked at Zuo Menggeng and said, "Son, you only saw the appearance, let me ask you, if Lantian Li Chaosheng is really planning to leave Tongguan, can you and I stop him? "

Zuo Menggeng fell silent after hearing this. Even though he was arrogant and bold, he was not ignorant. He had personally seen the strength of Lantian over the years. The last time their people were punished by the militia in Lantian, he It is still vivid, so if Lantian insists on leaving Tongguan, they will definitely not be able to stop him.

"Can't stop it."

Zuo Menggeng replied, and Zuo Liangyu said: "Yes, we can't stop it, so we are stationed here in Tongguan. In fact, it is more of a decoration, and it may even be a piece of meat on Li Chaosheng's mouth. I stayed here, but I have figured out one thing over the years."

"what's up?"

Zuo Menggeng looked at his father curiously, Zuo Liangyu said: "This Ming Dynasty can't last for many years, we two have to find a way out for ourselves, and the Ming Dynasty will change up and down in these years. In the early days, there was no place better than our Tongguan. I understand Li Chaosheng. He wanted to be a watchman, and he wanted to set up a memorial archway. He wanted the world, but he didn't want to directly rebel. He doesn't care about us either."

"In this way, we just keep a low profile here and take advantage of the opportunity to grow bigger. If there is an opportunity, we can develop in the south of the Yangtze River. The prosperity there is not comparable to other places in Ming Dynasty. Moreover, relying on waterways, we can also form a line of defense. In the future, even If the world is in turmoil and the heroes are divided, we can also rule the river and rule one side."

As Zuo Liangyu said, Zuo Menggeng's eyes widened. He didn't expect his father to have such great ambitions. It's very exciting to think about it.

Zuo Liangyu looked at Zuo Menggeng at this time and said: "If you want to gain a foothold in the south, in addition to getting the support of the southern gentry, it is the soldiers and horses in our hands. We have the right to speak if the soldiers and horses are in our hands. Without soldiers and horses, the gentry in the south would not even raise their eyebrows at us, so we must take good care of our troops and not waste them lightly, understand?"