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Chapter 165: Meet Zhang Xianzhong and dig a hole in front of him?
The next day.

Zhang Xianzhong led the army to the outside of Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang City is surrounded by the Han River and the Han River, and is surrounded by Xian Mountain to the southwest.

The southwest corner tower is only 400 meters away from the foot of Xianshan Mountain.

The defenders only need to place a few artillery pieces in the southwest corner, and it will be difficult for the enemy to reach the south of the city from here.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong made the same choice as Liu Sheng and set up two camps in the western suburbs of Xiangyang.

The former army camp is divided into three levels. The outermost level is filled with recruits recruited in the past few days, with about 3000 people.

The second level is the main infantry that followed him to break out from Sichuan, about [-] people.

The third level, also the innermost level, is his old camp, composed of more than a thousand fine knights.

Among these more than a thousand people, half are elite soldiers who can fight on foot and on horseback; the remaining half are also elite cavalry who can ride and shoot.

The reason why rogue bandits such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were difficult to exterminate and could recover their strength after being defeated many times by the Ming army was because of the existence of the old camp.

The elite of the old camp must know how to ride a horse.

As long as you can't win, you can escape by riding on a mule or horse.If you get separated, you can regroup.

After getting rid of the encirclement and suppression by the official army, a group of key personnel were transferred from the old camp, and they could quickly build a team of tens of thousands of people.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong, as an old bandit who had played the game of encirclement and suppression and counter-encirclement and suppression with the Ming army for more than ten years, felt a little proud when facing the previously unknown "Ebu Rebels".

"Keibei Rebels? His mother's title is weirder than mine!"

Zhang Xianzhong sat on the horse, squinting for a while and looking at the Xiangyang West City Wall two miles away, as well as the ruins of the Yue City Gate, which was obviously destroyed by the bombing. His eyes finally fell on the "崋" flag, and he couldn't help but sneer.

Then he waved behind him, "Old Bai, come here!"

Bai Wenxuan, who was still lame, rode his horse to Zhang Xianzhong's side.

"You go and shout a few words to the Bird Marshal, and that's it..."

What Zhang Xianzhong didn't know was that when he was looking at the west city wall, Liu Sheng was standing on the city gate tower, looking at him with a telescope.

With only two miles to spare, he could clearly see the small pit on Zhang Xianzhong's face through the telescope in his hand.

The army artillery that was pulled to the top of the city can also focus its fire on Zhang Xianzhong, and there is a certain probability of directly killing him!

Even Zhang Xianzhong's former army camp, which Zhang Xianzhong seemed to be cautiously stationed three miles away from the city, could be hit by the army artillery on the west city wall!

But Liu Sheng knew very well that killing Zhang Xianzhong now would do more harm than good to the Wei tribe.

The benefit of destroying Zhang Xianzhong is nothing more than annexing them all.

But to be honest, among Zhang Xianzhong's generals, except for a few talented generals like Li Dingguo, he really didn't think highly of the rest.

As for the thousands of elites who followed Zhang Xianzhong out of Sichuan, although he was a little jealous, he was not jealous yet.

Moreover, most of those "elites" were accustomed to Zhang Xianzhong's tactics, and if they really accepted it, the overall strength of the Yi army might not have improved much, but instead they would have been infected with some bad habits.

Finally, letting Zhang Xianzhong go now is just a matter of letting him struggle for a few years.

When the Wei tribe has grown to a certain level, when Zhang Xianzhong's team faces the Wei tribe again, they will have no choice but to surrender except for destruction.

If Zhang Xianzhong is destroyed at this time, the more than [-] Ming troops who previously encircled and suppressed Zhang and Luo in Sichuan will regard the Yi tribe and Li Zicheng's tribe as their main targets for encirclement and suppression.

As for Luo Rucai and the Five Gezuo Departments, the pressure they can share is limited.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng put down his telescope and smiled at Zhang Dingguo on the side: "Brother Dingguo, does he know how far these ten army cannons I placed at the top of the city can hit?"

Zhang Dingguo was already worried about Zhang Xianzhong at this time, and his voice was a little dry: "I don't know."

"The furthest distance can be more than three miles!"

Zhang Dingguo had heard of the Hongyi Cannon, but as far as he knew, it seemed that the Red Yi Cannon could only hit more than two miles.

Now when I heard Liu Sheng say that the army artillery could hit more than three miles, I couldn't help but be surprised and suspected that Liu Sheng was trying to scare him.

Liu Sheng seemed to see through his mind and said with a smile: "Brother Dingguo, don't believe it? Why don't I let ten artillery fire at the same time to see if I can focus the fire on the Eight Kings."

This was the first time Zhang Dingguo heard the word "set fire", but he immediately understood its meaning.

He suddenly looked nervous and said: "Commander, you must not do this!"

"Why not?"

Zhang Dingguo swallowed his dry throat and said: "The officers and soldiers are powerful, I am a rebel, and I should guard and help each other.

Moreover, 10,000+ officers and soldiers were previously introduced into Sichuan by my father and Commander Luo.

Now that Marshal Father and Marshal Luo have broken out of the encirclement, it could take anywhere from a few days to ten and a half months, and the officers and soldiers will surely pursue them again.

In such a situation, the commander-in-chief should fight against the army together with my father-in-law. How can we fight against each other?

To take a step back, even if the commander can win a big victory, his reputation will be ruined, and the gain will not be worth the loss! "

"Hahaha!" Liu Sheng laughed and patted Zhang Dingguo on the shoulder, "Dingguo brother, don't worry, I understand all these principles, I was just joking with you.

However, I hope that the Eight Kings are as sensible as you and will not have any bad thoughts towards our tribe and Xiangyang City. "

As soon as Liu Sheng finished speaking, he heard someone shouting by the moat.

"Your Majesty, listen! Our Eight Kings want to have a talk with our Generalissimo outside the city!"

Liu Sheng said to the loud-voiced guard: "Ask him where to talk?"

The guard asked immediately. "The Eight Kings said it's on Jiangzhou, two miles northwest of the city!"

The so-called Jiangzhou is a small island in the Han River.

Liu Sheng looked through his telescope and saw that there was indeed a small island in the Han River in the northwest.I saw that it is about one mile wide from north to south and about three miles long from east to west, which is really not small.

So he asked the personal guards to reply and agreed, and told Zhang Xianzhong that each side could only bring two people to the island.

Bai Wenxuan returned to the front and replied to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "He is indeed a courageous man."

Immediately, he picked two people with good water skills and better skills to accompany him, and asked Zhang Kewang to stay at the camp for him, and then took the people on a small fishing boat to the island.

Liu Sheng, on the other hand, did not hesitate and asked He Lianyue to temporarily take over the position of chief general, with Shen Wandeng as his deputy. He took Shengjie Camp Deputy He Bojing and a sentry commander to the island.

Both of them are very skilled and good at water.

Liu Sheng brought two good men with him just in case, and he was not actually worried about his own safety.

He himself is a first-class special forces soldier of later generations, and he is also very good at fighting in the water.Wearing a body armor and carrying four revolvers, he could handle even if there was an ambush on the island.

However, generals need to be cautious.

Whether it was Liu Sheng or Zhang Xianzhong, they both sent someone to the island first to check for danger.

In fact, this river island is a deserted beach at this time. Some reeds originally grew on it, but they were cut away by the people last year, and the weeds were burned cleanly, leaving an unobstructed view.

After the inspection, both sides landed at the north and south ends of Jiangdao.

When they were seventy or eighty steps apart, Zhang Xianzhong stopped first.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Liu Sheng carefully and saw that Liu Sheng was taller than his adopted son Zhang Dingguo. He felt less contemptuous and more wary.

He took the initiative to ask: "What is your name?"

Liu Sheng said: "Liu Sheng, the sun rises in the east."

"Old Zhang, we don't need to tell you our names, right?"

"Hahaha," Liu Sheng laughed, "Everyone knows the name of the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong."

"Brother Liu looks quite young, not 30 years old, right?"

"27."

"You look quite young, and you look like you are about the same age as my adopted son Zhang Dingguo.

By the way, I wanted to take Xiangyang before and let Dingguo sneak into Xiangyang disguised as an official. Brother Liu has captured Xiangyang, do you know his whereabouts? "

Zhang Xianzhong still cared about Zhang Dingguo, so he asked about it first when he found an opportunity.

Liu Sheng said: "Brother Dingguo and I hit it off like old friends, and we are currently visiting the city."

"Hahaha···"

Zhang Xianzhong burst out laughing when he heard this, but his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes flickered like a beast staring at its prey.

After laughing, Zhang Xianzhong said: "Brother Liu, does he know why I want to take Xiangyang?"

"Could it be that you are just like me and are interested in the money and food in the city?" Liu Sheng responded casually.

"What Brother Liu said is really interesting." Zhang Xianzhong stroked his beard, "Old Zhang is indeed greedy for the money and food in Xiangyang City, but mainly for my good brother, Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao.

Together with him, I defeated tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Kaixian, Sichuan, and moved thousands of miles to Dangyang. How could we expect to encounter tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the new Yunyang governor Yuan Jixian.

I asked him to lead the officers and soldiers to the northwest mountainous area, and I would make a sneak attack on Xiangyang, and then lead the Yunyang governor over, so that both of them could get out of trouble. "

"So that's it." Liu Sheng smiled slightly, "In that case, the Eight Kings should thank me - our Wei tribe captured Xiangyang City, which saves you from taking action."

"Yes." Zhang Xianzhong nodded in agreement, "For this matter, we, Mr. Zhang, have to thank Mr. Liu properly.

However, when the governor of Yunyang learned that Xiangyang had fallen, he would soon lead troops to attack Xiangyang.

The remaining [-] officers and soldiers in Sichuan will probably come after them soon.

Brother Liu doesn't seem to have many soldiers defending the city. How about we, Lao Zhang, lead the troops into the city and help defend the city together?
It would be best to find a way to bring over my good brother Luo Rucai. The three of us will gather in Xiangyang and defeat the government and the army again! "

I have to say that Zhang Xianzhong’s proposal is quite tempting.

However, Liu Sheng would not just take what Zhang Xianzhong said on the surface.

He smiled and said: "The eight kings said that we are good brothers with Na Luo Ru, how dare I let the two of them enter the city together?
In addition, are the eight kings trying to deceive me into not knowing how to fight?

If the three of us really want to fight against the officers and soldiers together, the two of us should camp outside the city and become horns with Xiangyang.

This can prevent the three groups of rebels from being made dumplings by the officers and soldiers when they are all in the city; it can also prevent the rebels from mixing together after entering the city and causing conflicts with each other.

The Eight Kings said yes or no? "

"Hahaha!" Zhang Xianzhong was discovered in person when he was digging a trap. Not only was he not embarrassed, but he actually burst into laughter seemingly boldly, "Brother Liu is right, it was our boss Zhang who lost his mind.

In this way, if Brother Liu really agrees to join forces to fight the government troops in Xiangyang, we will camp at Zhenwu Mountain.

It's just that our front camp and rear camp have a total of 6 or [-] people. How about asking Brother Liu to provide a batch of food and grass first?

Brother Liu must have confiscated a lot of money and food when he captured Xiangyang.If you want to fight against the government and the army together, you can't help but don't do this little favor, right? "

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