Lu Ming

Chapter 669 Sharing the Great Cause ([-])

After Zhou Yi broke into the camp and became an official, the whole army marched out again, bypassing Xuchang, and the marching route was erratic.

At the beginning of June, Li Zicheng's troops suddenly appeared in Xiangcheng and set up camp outside Qianming Temple in the south of the city.

Although there were not many bandits who came to commit this crime, the people of Xiangcheng County were on alert as if they were facing an enemy. Three city gates were closed, leaving only one passerby, and multiple messengers were sent to the four directions to ask for help.

However, this is of no use.

The main force of Henan officers and soldiers was carrying out the squeeze strategy of besieging and suppressing Gao Yingxiang, and they had no time to deal with Li Zicheng, a small gang of hundreds of people.

The reason why the rogues are rogues is because their whereabouts are erratic, who knows where Li Zicheng went to when the slow-moving officers and soldiers rushed over after coordinating.

So being small also has its benefits.At this stage, Li Zicheng's troops are actually very safe as long as they don't take the initiative to shoot at the officers and soldiers of the brigade.

This point, covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres, is also part of the interior of Qianming Temple, a famous scenic spot in later generations, and it is probably understood.

So since this group of murderers and arsonists camped outside the mountain gate, the abbot, who was deeply afraid of being "fired" one day, hurriedly sent the prison temple to negotiate with them.In the end, not only did they allocate part of the property of the Piandian temple to the rogues, but they also lost rice, noodles and vegetable oil, which can be regarded as a contribution of the Bodhisattva to the great cause of fighting against the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the boundary where the Chuangjun camped is a bit particular: south of Xiangcheng County, it is the head of the [-]-mile Funiu, so it is named Shoushan.

The Funiu Mountain system belongs to the eastern branch of the Qinling Mountains in Henan.

In other words, Chuangying is now backed by the Huaxia Dragon Vein, the end of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains in a broad sense.

So, why did Li Zicheng's troops camp here?The answer is naturally the proposal of Chuangying's new military adviser, Zhou Yi.

Originally in history, Li Zicheng, the Chuang general at this time, had already begun to follow the Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, conquering the South and the North, running south and north, and traveled all over the provinces.

Here, there is already a divergence from the original history: Li Zicheng did not join Gao Yingxiang's brigade.

The reason is simple: from the moment Zhou Yi took office as a military adviser, the original strategy needed to be revised.After all, if you have to wait for Li Zicheng to develop naturally, then there is no need for Zhou Yi to come to Henan.

So everyone went to camp at the foot of the remote Funiu Mountain this time to unify their thinking and solve the problem of the future strategic line.

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In the early morning of the second day after setting up camp, Tian Da went all the way through the gate guarded by his brothers, and crossed the threshold of Wei Tuo side hall.

As soon as he entered the gate, Tian Da raised his head immediately.Sure enough, an "iron umbrella" shining with metallic luster had already opened its ribs and was placed on the corner of the eaves of Wei Tuo Hall.

In fact, since Zhou Yi took office as a military adviser, this iron umbrella, which looks the same as an ordinary oilcloth umbrella, has become a symbol of Zhou's military division's residence. thing.

People in the camp naturally dare not talk too much about artifacts based on mystical theories. In fact, within a few days, this magic weapon exuding strong psychological hints was secretly supplemented by the soldiers of the camp, and it was endowed with There are many functions such as town house/exorcism/watching qi/reception/resisting catastrophe.

Swallowing hard, Tian Da adjusted his expression and entered the hall humbly.

Zhou Yi, who had changed into a crow blue Taoist robe, was sitting in the hall at the moment, chatting and laughing happily with three or four well-dressed men.Seeing this, Tian Da hurriedly cupped his hands: "Military division, general Chuang and several deputy masters have invitations."

Due to the small size of the team, except for Li Zicheng himself who is called Chuangjiang himself, several of his confidantes are only called "Vice Lord" in the camp.Zhou Yi, on the other hand, followed the routine in the commentary, and he was collectively referred to as "Military Advisor" or "Mr."

Seeing Tian Da's message, Zhou Yi immediately nodded in agreement: "Well, it's almost time, let's all go."

Afterwards, Zhou Yi greeted his subordinates and went to meet Li Zicheng together.

Not long after, Zhou Yi led people from the Wei Tuo Hall assigned to him to Li Zicheng's temporary residence - the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall.

Seeing Zhou Yi entering the hall, Li Zicheng, who was still wearing Fan Yangli and a short coarse robe, led seven or eight of his confidants to get up and say hello.

Here Zhou Yi cheerfully ordered the newcomers to salute General Chuang: "There is a happy event to report to the Lord."

As soon as the ceremony was over, Zhou Yi said a good thing with joy on his face: "Several juniors came here overnight and brought a letter; the head teacher has issued a decree a few days ago, ordering all the two thousand disciples from the outer sect to listen to it." I dispatch."

Li Zicheng also had a happy face when he heard the words: "In this way, Mr. has gained help, and I will also be honored, good thing! Good thing!"

At the "joining" ceremony of opening the incense altar, Li Zicheng and Zhou Yi had assigned work.

It is different from the monks who are used to showing off metaphysics with one mouth.Zhou Yizhi belonged to Li Zicheng's department, and he came to join the group with solid strength.

The display of strength reached its peak at the moment when the silver scale breastplate appeared.

In this situation, although the host and the guest did not say anything, they both knew that Zhou Yi could not simply be a "counselor" who received a salary. affairs of real power.

This is equivalent to star actors bringing funds into the group. At least they have to have the title of producer and belong to the leadership, which greatly increases the right to speak.

Therefore, after thinking about it and even "talking" with Zhou Yi that day, Li Zicheng formally assigned the intelligence work that did not exist in the Chuangjun to Zhou Yi's jurisdiction.

For Li Zicheng at the present stage, the so-called intelligence work is just a joke, it is purely a blank concept. The small bandit team who are always on the run for their lives can't get enough to eat, and they are doing nonsense intelligence.

Therefore, entrusting the intelligence work to Zhou Yi not only reassured the new faction, but also did not harm the existing interests of the old brothers. This result was very much in line with Li Zicheng's wishes.

Zhou Yi is equally satisfied.His generation can't get information, or he doesn't understand the importance of the intelligence system at this stage, but he, Zhou Yi, understands it too well.

Backed by the General Intelligence Bureau, Zhou Yi will soon be able to establish an intelligence system in Li Zicheng's department from scratch.At that time, no one can oppose what he wants to promote.

And the dialogue just now is also a necessary cutscene before Zhou Yi officially performs his duties today.You know, in name, there is a teacher above his head.There is such a big cause and effect between Shimen and Li Zicheng, there must be a procedure of head teacher nodding and contract renewal.

After meeting for a few words, the next thing is Zhou Yi's first official business appearance as the Chuangjun strategist and the person in charge of the intelligence system.

All the generals from Li Zicheng and below immediately sat down, and then waited with great interest for the military division to display their talents.After all, this time everyone changed the established route, gave up joining Gao Yingxiang's army, and came here to camp at the foot of Funiu Mountain, but it was all the proposal of this military adviser.

"Since the Taoist is on an errand to inquire about the news for the lord, today I will first talk about some internal and external news about the government."

The next moment, Zhou Yi didn't talk nonsense, coughed, and took out a few blank papers from his arms.

"First: On the [-]th of last month, the court decided that Hong Chengchou's jurisdiction was too extensive to take care of it, so Lu Xiang was promoted to prime minister for military affairs in Jiangbei, Henan, Shanshan, Sichuan and Lake."

"The following is the personal file of Lu Xiangsheng: Lu Xiangsheng, courtesy name Jiandou, surname Jiutai, a native of Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili Province, a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi."

"Second: At the end of last month, there were Tartars attacking the border in Datong, and it is planned to transfer a part of Guanning Iron Cavalry back to Shanxi to garrison."

"Third: There is a vacancy in Xunyang's magistrate, and the Ministry of Officials is currently selecting officials to fill the vacancy, Wu Zheng, a foreigner from the Ministry of Rites"

As Zhou Yi's flat and slow reading continued, the expressions of everyone in the camp were constantly changing.

The first time they heard such high-level strategic information, at the beginning, everyone was fresh and surprised, and their expressions must have been complicated.Before this, Gein, the gang of rogues who broke into the camp, had no such awareness at all, thinking that it was necessary for their family to care about the world's major affairs.

That is, recently, with the release of Zhou Yi and his "Dragon Qi Theory", these people have vague psychological hints.

Of course, this may not include Comrade Li Zicheng who has great ambitions. Maybe he had a firm "lofty ideal" in his heart when he started the uprising.

And today, following Zhou Yi's reading aloud, everyone sitting here finally felt the power of the words "World Chess Game" in an instant.This sudden "upgrade" operation made Tao Taoran all the participants subconsciously pay attention to the content of the intelligence itself. After all, no one wants to reveal that they lack the ability to analyze and judge strategic intelligence.

However, this seriousness, later on, the facial expressions of everyone sitting here became more and more serious.

This is not only because most of what Zhou Yi read was important government information, but everyone also realized another key point: timeliness.

"Forget it, that's all for today."

After reading the last piece of information, Master Zhou put away the blank paper with a flat expression: "Most of them are related to the rebel army. The rest of today's Taoists in Huaihe, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are lazy and don't read it?"

As soon as Zhou Yi finished speaking, while Li Zicheng admired him, he cupped his hands and asked what everyone wanted to ask: "Sir, these military affairs are numerous and complicated, but the news came so fast!?"

"My lord, didn't you hear that the imperial military newspaper said that it was urgent for eight hundred miles?" Zhou Yi had known this question, his eyes were calm, and he said calmly: "The governor of Henan knows about this important court event, so the Taoist will naturally Got it."

"My Iron Umbrella Sect has accumulated experience through the ages. Those two thousand outer disciples are not just for display. They have already spread all over the Ming Dynasty. Even in temples and deep palaces, there are people who can connect with them."

Without waiting for Li Zicheng to continue to question, Zhou Yi looked around at the crowd, and then said to Li Zicheng with deep meaning: "It's not that the Taoist is bragging. It's just that the Lord wants to know which dishes the Emperor Chongzhen used this morning, and where he is tonight?" It is a trivial matter to stay overnight, and news will arrive in a few days."

After listening to Mr. Zhou's pretentious words, Li Zicheng couldn't help laughing after his heart agitated: "Mr. is a hero and a great strategy. He must be able to do righteous deeds with Zicheng. He is also the one who starts a business."

"The general's kindness is here, and I would like to follow the example of the pioneers." Zhou Yi also smiled when he heard the words, and then waved his hands to signal the first few "junior brothers": "Come, take the map of the country and the community, and let's discuss the future strategy."

(End of this chapter)