Slender horse in the west wind on the ancient road. On the official road in Yucheng County, Guide Prefecture, there are two horses, one old and one young. The older one is actually not older. He is about forty years old and has a thin build. The god also straddled his sword and led his horse, walking slowly along the road.
"Jiang Bashi, at our speed, when will we reach the Yellow River?" The young man who spoke was the great eunuch Chang Yu, and the thin man next to him was the Tai Chi master Jiang Fa.
Chang Yu left Xuzhou and did not go north, but to the west.
Although he was on wedding leave during this period, he was well aware of the situation in the court. Li Zicheng and the court sent messages to each other, telling the world to suspend war and talk. Finally, they got their wish, and the two sides stopped fighting and went to the table to talk.
It's just that although the outline framework of the negotiation has been completed, there are still various details that need to be worked out. More importantly, Song Xiance, the negotiator sent by Li Zicheng, although he is the great military adviser of Dashun on the side of the rebel army, but on the court's side It seems that he is just a dog-headed strategist, a bit unqualified, but if Li Zicheng is asked to come to the capital in person to discuss, will he come? Do you dare to come? Is it possible?
Therefore, in the end, the axis negotiations will have to involve the souls of the two parties arguing face to face.
The soul of the rebel army is naturally Li Zicheng, but what about the imperial court?
There are many masters of wrangling, but besides Chang Yu, who else can make the final decision and win over Li Zicheng?
So, while the people in the capital were wrangling in front of the whole world, Chang Yu was going to Tongguan in person to fight with Li Zicheng.
The negotiations in the capital were done for people to see, and the key to the interests of both parties was to be negotiated on the other side of the Yellow River.
"After Yucheng, Shangqiu and Kaifeng, we will reach the Yellow River, but it's still a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from where we want to go." Jiang Fa chuckled and looked at the horses at hand. In order not to attract attention, the two of them rode both. It is an ordinary war horse with an ordinary appearance. It drinks water for ten miles and rests for twenty miles. It does not move very fast.
Along the way, they encountered shops, stayed in villages, and had camping experiences. These were actually nothing to the two of them. However, Jiang Fa was only worried about Chang Yu's safety. He didn't know if there were others secretly following him. Hu.
Fortunately, I didn't encounter any trouble along the way after leaving Xuzhou for a few days.
"If it's really a thousand miles, it would take several days to fly." Chang Yu sighed and looked up at the sky. There were overcast clouds and there was a faint sound of thunder: "Fortunately, it's only a thousand miles, so there's no rush. Let's do it right now." Li Yan took a break and let Huang Boyer be frightened for a few more days."
"I don't know if Huang Boy is scared, but if we don't go to the city quickly or find a village to take shelter from the rain, we will definitely get soaked in the rain." Jiang Fa looked up at the sky and smiled bitterly.
Chang Yu got on his horse and said, "We are still about ten miles away from the city. Let's race against the rain and have a good meal in the city."
The two riders rode away like the wind.
At the top of Tongguan City, Li Zicheng looked at the officers and soldiers camp in the distance due east with a solemn expression. The rest of the month had allowed him to recover more than half, and his body and spirit were completely different from those when he had just escaped.
This month, of course, he was not only eating and drinking to maintain his health, but also racking his brains to start a public opinion war with the imperial court, successfully forcing the imperial court to suspend war. Of course, he also knew that the imperial court was following the trend.
On the other side of Xiangyang and Jingzhou, Zuo Liangyu withdrew his troops and surrounded them but refused to attack. Li Yan in Puzhou remained calm. Outside Tongguan City, the situation was already tense and out of control. Now Wu Sangui and Ma Ke had withdrawn their troops for twenty miles and were watching eagerly.
Everything seemed to be calm and going in a good direction, but Li Zicheng knew that this dark current was surging, and if there was no negotiation in the capital, there would be huge waves!
However, it seems that good things are coming soon. Lang Youqing is interested in concubine. As long as the gift and dowry are negotiated, the marriage will be done. At least that is what Li Zicheng thought before today.
It wasn't until early in the morning that an uninvited guest came to Tongguan City, which made Li Zicheng feel troubled again.
This man is not from the capital, nor from Xi'an, but from Sichuan, thousands of miles away. Yes, he is sent by Zhang Xianzhong, and he is not an ordinary person, but his adviser Wang Zhaolin!
As we all know, Zhang Xianzhong had four adopted sons who were his fierce generals who charged into battle for him, and several counselors. Originally, there was a military advisor named Xu Yixian who was better than Zhuge Liang. He once vowed to help Zhang Xianzhong conquer the world, but he fell into the water and drowned a few years ago. He relied heavily on Yan Ximing, Wang Zhaolin and others, and these two later became Daxi's prime ministers, among whom Wang Zhaolin was Zhang Xianzhong's son-in-law.
Why did Zhang Xianzhong send such an important person here?
Li Zicheng was puzzled but vaguely seemed to know something.
It has to do with negotiating peace with the imperial court.
The whole world knew that Li Zicheng was about to surrender, how could Zhang Xianzhong not know about it, and he even knew it before everyone else in the world. To be precise, he knew it when Li Zicheng sent Song Xiance to Beijing to sue for peace. How could there be no such majestic murderer of the Western Dynasty? Deploy eyeliners in Xi'an and Beijing.
So this news was delivered to Zhang Xianzhong as quickly as possible. They were all human beings with great autonomy.
Once Li Zicheng surrenders, any fool knows what the court will ask him to do!
This idiot is willing to be a lackey for the sake of a legitimate throne. The rebellion of more than ten years has been in vain. But is the throne really so easy to achieve? Isn't it nice to lay down one's own territory and claim to be the king?
However, scolding is a matter of personal interest. Zhang Xianzhong had to think carefully.
Once Li Zicheng surrenders, the court can concentrate all its efforts on dealing with him. Plus, with Li Zicheng, he really can't handle it! Even if the terrain in Sichuan is so dangerous that one man has to be the passer, bah, if one man has the pass, he can break in. If he can break in, others can't. Don't forget that there is a great and coaxing eunuch in the court. Although there was no formal fight, it already made me sleepy and restless.
Therefore, he must stop this peace talk.
So Wang Zhaolin was sent to come in person.
The mountains are high and the roads are far away. On the way here, Wang Zhaolin heard that Li Zicheng had been captured. Not to mention he was at a loss at that time. Fortunately, when he arrived in Xi'an, he found out that the evil was deliberately caused by the imperial court, so he hurriedly came to Tongguan to see Li Zicheng.
If a rabbit dies and a dog is cooked, which one is the rabbit or which one is the dog?
Wang Zhaolin just said this when he came up: The imperial court will be divided and destroyed. Can’t Emperor Dashun see that?
The big principles are combined with the small principles over and over again. Once you help the court and get rid of us, what happens next? Do you believe that the court will really let you sit firmly on the throne?
At that time, you were alone and unable to support yourself. Killing you was as easy as killing a dog. You should wake up. Do you understand this after having rebelled for so many years?
Li Zicheng took Niu Jinxing, who had just escaped, and another counselor Huang Yu to fight against Wang Zhaolin. I have lived for most of my damn life not to understand why, but what can I do if I don't get along right now? Tens of thousands of troops are approaching the city. Once the Yellow River defense line is broken, When we arrive at Xi'an City, can we stop it? In the past, we could have fled to Jingxiang, but now Zuo Liangyu has begun to explode his anus desperately. Where will he go when there is no way out? Go back to the mountains and forests before liberation?
I'm already in my forties, why do I still go out into the woods?
Wang Zhaolin said you are a coward. What happened to us when the imperial army had strong soldiers and horses? Their civil servants and generals were dying, but we were still alive and kicking, and our family business was getting bigger and bigger. Just because a little boy was born. Eunuch, how can he do this? His hair has not even grown yet, so he has given up just because he has been tricked a few times. He is too unambitious.
Li Zicheng really wanted to yell, "You've never fucked him before, you don't know how powerful he is, you're making sarcastic remarks about Mao."
Wang Zhaolin continued, "We have finally become bigger and stronger now, and the imperial court is getting weaker and weaker. In addition, the Tatars in the north can still share most of the pressure on the imperial court. Can't we jointly handle the rest?"
These words really made Li Zicheng's heart move. Thinking back to the past, the imperial court at that time was quite strong. He beat himself up until he was running around like no one. Fortunately, he was lucky. After more than ten years, he also survived that strong imperial court. He became a skinny and frail man who was about to die. He became strong, but why did he suddenly become short of breath?
Moreover, what does Wang Zhaolin mean by joining forces?
If Zuo Liangyu attacks Jingxiang again, Zhang Xianzhong will send troops to help!
Zuo Liangyu just relied on the strength of his numbers, but his actual strength was unbearable! Wang Zhaolin looked disdainful.
This is enough to protect Jingxiang from losing. Even if Li Zicheng can't hold it in Xi'an, there is no way out. Besides, the current court...hey, how can he still have the energy to continue fighting? It will take at least a few years to recover. Some strength.
But what about in a few years?
Li Zicheng did not express his position immediately, but just asked Wang Zhaolin to stay in Tongguan first, while he talked with Niu Jinxing and Huang Yu all night long and analyzed the situation very well.
It’s just that the more you analyze, the more confused and annoyed you become!
He was tired of fighting and killing, and this was all he wanted to do if he fought again. Is it possible that he could win the world? Even if he overthrew the imperial court, he would have to fight with Zhang Xianzhong in the end. There was no end to the game, and he didn’t know who would win the world in the end. .
But after surrendering to the court, it was indeed as Wang Zhaolin said. He did not believe that Emperor Chongzhen could spare him after the world was at peace!
In the end, it was Niu Jinxing's words that woke him up. The world had never been at peace!
As long as the world is not peaceful, he has the value of being exploited, and the court cannot take advantage of him!
Huang Yu suggested again, why not each place a bet!
