Aspiration

Chapter 56 A Great Gift to Zhang Xianzhong

Liu Guoneng was a general in the peasant army in his early years, and he was well-known in the peasant uprising army in the Northwest. He followed Gao Yingxiang in the uprising, fought bravely and tenaciously, and won the appreciation of King Gao Chuang.His position in the rebel army was second only to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.Liu Guoneng was wounded and captured in the eight-year battle of Chongzhen, and then surrendered to the officers and soldiers.At that time, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor's army horse, saw that he was a talent, not only did not kill him, but also made him a junior officer.Later, because Liu Guoneng was good at fighting and made many military exploits, he was promoted to deputy commander in a few years.

Zhang Xianzhong's disastrous defeat at Manao Mountain last time was due to this traitor.Liu Guoneng was well versed in the tactics of the rebel army, so he chose a speculator from Zhang Xianzhong's army to lure him to defect.With the assistance of Liu Guoneng, Zuo Liangyu passed through the pass of the rebel army on a full moon night, and went deep into Zhang Xianzhong's core position quietly. More than enough, he almost captured Zhang Xianzhong alive.

Zhang Xianzhong's rare fiasco made him hate Liu Guoneng, and he sent several groups of people to assassinate him, but they all returned without success.

It's not that simple to kill Liu Guoneng.

Li Laiheng had been wandering in northwestern Hubei for half a month since he left Shangluo Mountain, and they were not in a hurry to contact Zhang Xianzhong's troops, because Li Laiheng was playing hide-and-seek with Liu Guoneng.

Because Liu Guoneng tasted the sweetness last time, he still can't forget the generals of the rebel army. Recently, he was "fishing" again to lure the leaders of the rebel army to rebel.Lao Jiu is very powerful. He has placed intelligence personnel in Zhang Xianzhong's team, and these people have already contacted Liu Guoneng. They said that there are generals who want to join the court.They agreed to meet at Wangjiachong today.

Li Laiheng pretended to be Li Yuanji, a general under Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Laiheng went to borrow Liu Guoneng's head today as a gift to meet Zhang Xianzhong.

Liu Guoneng chose to meet at Wang Jiachong, which was safe for him.Because Wang Jiachong is a bag-shaped terrain with only one exit on all sides, and his personal soldiers are stationed outside the bag to guard, even if others have a chance to kill him, they have no chance to escape.

Liu Guoneng is very confident in his ability to fight the enemy on the battlefield, and he is not worried that others will assassinate him single-handedly.Liu Guoneng's self-confidence is well-founded. He lived on the battlefield when he was a teenager, and he can't remember the people who hacked to death with his own hands. In the rebel army, he was tough and brave. Conceited, in the rebel army, there are only a few people who he can admire.Zhang Kewang counts as one, and the others, heh, he hasn't paid attention to them yet.Recently, it was said that there was a young general in Li Zicheng's department named Li Laiheng, who was very powerful and would take the head of the general in every battle.Liu Guoneng hadn't seen it before, and he wasn't worried. He thought, it's just that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Good luck doesn't always patronize one person. Li Laiheng's fame may be because he hasn't really met a powerful character.

Li Laiheng was informed that he was entering Wangjiachong at noon, and his soldiers stayed at the valley entrance. His soldiers could not exceed ten people. After arriving at the valley entrance, he went in alone. In the valley, he and Liu Guoneng negotiated conditions.

This stupid way of negotiating was not uncommon in ancient times.It is difficult to speak privately through an intermediary, so it can only be said face to face.However, it is impossible for the opposing sides to be unguarded, so this mutual restraint arrangement often occurs.But this arrangement cannot be balanced, there is a strong side and a weak side.

Li Laiheng came to Wang Jiachong with ten soldiers.On the left side of Taniguchi are ten Liu Guoneng's personal soldiers. They arrived a moment earlier, and they belong to the strong side.Li Laiheng left his own soldiers at the entrance of the valley, on the right, and rode in by himself.

Li Laiheng would not naively think that Liu Guoneng only had this number of troops, so he would not take the method of beheading the people at Taniguchi and then rushing into the valley to hack Liu Guoneng to death.He knew that Liu Guoneng had deployed a very strong force nearby.To kill Liu Guoneng, he could only get within ten steps of Liu Guoneng.

Liu Guoneng was riding a tall Mongolian horse. There was an open area around him. Even if there were ambushes all around, ordinary bows and crossbows would not be able to hit the center.Li Laiheng walked slowly, he couldn't be in a hurry, he tried his best not to let out the murderous aura all over his body.

Li Laiheng knew that it was not easy to kill Liu Guoneng. It was really difficult for this first-class general to kill him in one move.But if he couldn't kill him with one move, he might fall into a stalemate. At that time, his ambushes would spread out everywhere, and there would be less chance of escape.Although Li Laiheng is confident, he will never be willful, let alone reckless.He who has died once never wants to die again.

Hundred steps.Liu Guoneng's face could be seen clearly.With sharp edges and corners, sharp eyes, and his burly figure, Li Laiheng thought, this man is as tough and ferocious as Liu Zongmin.

Fifty steps.

Liu Guoneng looked at Li Laiheng's face warily.Li Laiheng walked slowly.

Thirty steps.

Li Laiheng smiled lightly.Liu Guoneng showed a hint of surprise.In this oppressive atmosphere, those who can laugh out loud are either gods of war or fools.

Twenty steps.

Li Laiheng stopped.

"Hello, General Liu."

"Li Yuanji, General Li?"

"Hello, Uncle Liu. Yuanji is being polite."

"You're welcome. Are you sincerely submitting to the imperial court?"

"I want to talk about the terms."

"Okay. Really. Ben will keep you in the guerrilla army."

"I want a higher military career."

"It's fine, you have this position with Zhang Xianzhong. If you submit to the imperial court, you are an official appointed by the imperial court. It's not like Zhang Xianzhong will always be a thief."

"I don't like to hear that. Thief, it's ugly. General, you used to be the same. The word "thief" is ugly. If you succeed, you will lose, and you will lose. Uncle Liu understands this."

Liu Guoneng laughed, thinking, shameless people still love face, okay, I will show you face. "General Li, guerrilla, this is the highest level of guarantee I can do. You can come here first, I will let you bring elite soldiers, and the salary is guaranteed. In this way, there will be many opportunities for promotion."

"General Liu, what if I can make a great contribution?"

Liu Guoneng's eyes lit up suddenly, "What?"

"I'll take the head and it will be yours," Li Laiheng said incoherently and intermittently.

"What?" Liu Guoneng involuntarily took two steps closer.

Cold light flashed.

Liu Guoneng instinctively raised his saber to greet him, but without raising his hand, suddenly the sky and the earth spun.He saw himself without a head, and the blood spurted from his neck was more than three feet high.

(End of this chapter)