Why did the eunuch say that Zuo Liangyu was dead?
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Li Muxian Jinggua and Qimen Dunjia, forget about him being evil, why did the eunuch insist that Zuo Liangyu was dead?
Could it be that the two of them were playing a double act together?
However, Li Muxian's expression didn't look like he was acting. It was obvious that he was shocked: "The Governor said that Zuo Liangyu was dead."
Chang Yu nodded: "He should have died a long time ago, and it has been delayed until now..." Then he sighed: "I will die sooner or later, but here I am, troublesome."
Zuo Liangyu died of illness in April of the 15th year of Chongzhen. Chang Yu knew this, but the historical trajectory had changed. He was not sure before, but now it seems that it is indeed not accurate, because it is now June. Yes, he delayed it for at least two months.
But when everyone heard these words, they had a different feeling.
"How come the Governor must be Zuo Liangyu?" Li Muchian swallowed. No one here understood the magic of the eunuch in front of him better than him. He was extremely curious. He seemed to have heard the sentence that I was a god.
"You are not the only one who can see the celestial phenomena. When I was studying the celestial phenomena, you were still poking at the urine." Chang Yu curled his lips, and Li Muchian rolled his eyes and sighed: "If Zuo Liangyu is really dead, I'm afraid there will be chaos."
But no, Chang Yu frowned: "Whether it is him or not will be confirmed in a few days."
Zuo Liangyu claims to have an army of 200,000. There is a lot of water in this, but there are many unruly generals under his command. This is true. If Zuo Liangyu is alive, Chang Yu can control everyone if he controls him. But Zuo Liangyu can control everyone. Once Yu died, Zuo Mengeng couldn't control the big guys at all, and it happened to be at this sensitive period, so there was no guarantee that nothing would happen.
"It seems we have to use Yuan Jixian!" Chang Yu said helplessly.
That night, thousands of miles away, there were cries and mourning in the inner courtyard of the General Military Mansion in Wuchang City.
Tongguan is close to the Yellow River (not Tongguan County in later generations). It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is extremely dangerous. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. About fifty miles east of the river is the Yawu Mountain Military Camp where officers and soldiers are stationed. There are ridges, water, forests, and villages and towns between the two places. However, a section of the river beach about twenty miles away from Tongguan is relatively flat, and there are no dense forests around it. Even some weeds and bushes have been cut down, because this is the negotiation place agreed by Chang Yu and Li Zicheng.
This is not the first time the two have met. As early as last year when Li Zicheng's army approached Taiyuan City, Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji met and talked with Li Zicheng on the pretext of feigning surrender. They had a fight and even killed someone.
Now that we have learned from this experience, we naturally need to be more cautious in this meeting.
Just like last time, many details were agreed upon. For example, the number of people on both sides could not exceed ten, they were not allowed to carry any weapons, the other side was not allowed to have troops within five miles, and they had to send people to search each other before the meeting.
The meeting place was on the river beach, only a few dozen meters away from the river. Apart from some gravel and gravel, there was a table and a few stools.
Just after noon, Chang Yu led Jiang Fa, Li Yan, Li Muxian, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and other generals to come. He dismounted and walked. Then the other party sent someone to search him and went to the river beach. He saw them from a distance. Li Zicheng also came over.
Chang Yu really didn't bring any weapons this time. It wasn't that he didn't want to bring them, but the other party searched too carefully, including his hair, crotch, and soles of his feet.
Of course, the search must be so detailed over there.
"Hi, Mr. Li, you are still the same after a year of absence." Chang Yu waved to say hello from far away. Li Zicheng frowned. As expected, he still had a scoundrel look on his face. The last time he called himself Huang Lai'er, now he called him Mr. Li. Although he didn't know what it meant, thinking about it, he couldn't say anything good, and he felt more and more disgusted.
"Guo'er, are you okay? Have you found your aunt?" Chang Yu greeted Li Guo again, and Li Guo clenched his fists with a cold face.
"Hey, old calf, you seem to have lost a lot of weight. Is the grass not to your liking?"
The eyes of Ox Venus are breathing fire.
"Oh, isn't that Liangzai? You are really lucky. You escaped from Baoding Mansion. I didn't kill you in Dali a few days ago." Liu Fangliang just sneered after hearing this.
"Oh no, that blacksmith, why are you staring at him? If you don't accept it, come and fight again." Chang Yu greeted everyone he knew one by one.
"I'm afraid that if you don't make it, I'll tear you to pieces, you bastard..." Liu Zongmin was furious and was about to run over when Li Zicheng shouted at him in a low voice.
Chang Yu didn't recognize the rest of the people: "Mr. Li, don't you want to introduce them?"
Li Zicheng didn't say anything, but looked at Li Yan behind Chang Yu with extremely complicated eyes. Li Yan gave him a hand expressionlessly.
"What a traitor!" Liu Zongmin and Li Guo couldn't help shouting at the same time. Li Yan remained expressionless, but Chang Yu smiled coldly: "You are called a traitor if you surrender? Now you are all surrendering, and you are both Are you a traitor?"
Li Guo and Liu Zongmin were speechless for a moment, and Chang Yu said again: "You should be grateful to Li Yan. If he hadn't paved the way for you, you could have walked so smoothly. How could you really think that the governor and the court were so easy to talk to?" Have you made peace?"
Li Guogang was about to refute, but Li Zicheng stopped him. He looked at Chang Yu and sneered: "I know you are very sharp-tongued, so why are you talking about this?"
"What's the matter, let's get straight to the point? Don't you want to reminisce about the past?" Chang Yu chuckled, sat down and made an invitation gesture to Li Zicheng.
"Let's talk about it then." Li Zicheng also sat down, picked up a stone on the ground and rubbed it in his hands.
"You are so lucky and you run so fast. If you were just a little slower, would the governor save you a lot of trouble?" Chang Yu leaned out and sneered at Li Zicheng, almost face to face with Lian.
His temperament has suddenly changed, and he no longer looks like a rogue.
Li Zicheng also smiled: "Not only are you very clever, but you are also very lucky, and your legs are also faster. If you were even a little slower a year ago, I would have more chips on the table."
"No, no, no, you are still lucky. Last year, Gao Jie and his three men killed dogs thousands of miles away and only skinned them. A few months ago, they only killed a few hundred dogs in the Gyeonggi Province's hunt for the governor." Chang Yu chuckled, and Li Zicheng twitched the corner of his mouth: "Both each other, I only killed nearly a hundred wild cats and dogs a year ago."
Chang Yu's face suddenly turned gloomy. Li Zicheng was talking about the officers and soldiers who stayed there overnight or the spies of the Jin Yiwei.
"A month ago, the governor killed a man named Li Xingtian in Hebei. He was very good at using flying knives. A few days ago, he received a secret report and captured a man named Li Ziqi in Shandong. He used a pitch black knife. Mr. Li Are you familiar?"
The flesh on Li Zicheng's face moved a few times, and then he chuckled: "I also killed a few dogs in Xi'an years ago. There was one named Pan Yulong, and there was another one named Shen Jixian. I dare to ask if the Governor is familiar with them?"
"I don't know them." Chang Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Wu Shu and the others were still alive. As for the two people Li Zicheng mentioned, he really didn't know them. Maybe they were some of the people Wu Shu developed.
"Since we don't know each other, there's nothing to talk about. Let's talk about business?" Li Zicheng chuckled, and Chang Yu nodded: "Let's talk."
Li Zicheng snapped his fingers, Niu Jinxing took out a piece of paper from his arms and put it on the table. Chang Yu took it and nodded slightly, then handed it to Li Muchian and others behind him to read.
"Song's military advisor has been arguing about these things in the capital and the court for more than a month. It's a waste of time for us to talk about these things. Let's talk about things that concern you and me."
"I came here today because of your words." Li Zicheng smiled lightly: "According to the agreement, the imperial court will announce to the world that I will be named the Marquis of Zhenxi first."
Chang Yu nodded: "The premise is that you first tell the world to depose your so-called Dashun Emperor and those messy grass-head princes you have granted."
"After surrendering, one can forget one's faults and one's official position remains unchanged." Li Zicheng looked at Chang Yu with squinted eyes.
"Since you have done good deeds, you should let go of the past. However, after surrendering, you must abide by the court laws and regulations. If you commit any violations, you will be severely punished. As for your official position, you will not change it?" Chang Yu sneered: "Not to mention that you have sealed so many grass-head princes. There are so many generals out there, do you think the imperial court is like a pig farm, with generals everywhere and soldiers as numerous as dogs?"
Li Zicheng glared angrily, then relaxed: "What should you do?"
