Just as Chang Yu was burying the bodies of a gang of thieves in the barren mountains and ridges, an undercurrent surged in the city of Xi'an thousands of miles away.
In the Prince of Qin's Mansion, oh no, it should be the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhenxi. Li Zicheng summoned Tian Jianxiu and other civil and military officials to discuss sending troops. According to the agreement with the imperial court, they must send troops to North Korea within a month.
There are no strict regulations on the number of troops sent, but it cannot be less than three thousand.
Although Chang Yu and the imperial court did not explain the intention and purpose of sending troops to North Korea, people like Li Zicheng were no less resourceful than those in the imperial court, and they could guess almost everything without telling them.
It is to prepare for the destruction of the Tatars.
Before fighting the Tartars, first rescue the loyal godson.
You Gong, since you have surrendered, you have to listen to the court and send troops as ordered.
With private affairs, Li Zicheng had much more to think about. It was not just sending troops, nor was it as simple as helping Na's godson. He also had to plan a way out for himself, and he felt that this opportunity, this opportunity was all Once in a blue moon, he couldn't even bear to give himself a big dick. He was a pig. He was making a lot of noise in the yard every day. He could make a lot of wool out of this three-quarter acre of land, and he was in such a mess. Why? I never thought of it, go out!
The sky is big and the earth is big, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump!
How did North Korea come about? Wasn’t it established by those seniors who went out to do so?
If you want to establish your own business in your own yard, the court will cut you to death, but after you go out, you will do whatever harm you want. Even if you cut you all the way from North Korea to Japan, the court will not only not punish you, but also provide support. When the time comes, you will be hanged. The vassal state is in the imperial court. That is the king of one side. You can do whatever you want. In the country, unless you kill the Lao Zhu family, even if you work hard to make the king, the domestic vassal king and the pigs raised in captivity What’s the difference!
From the moment Chang Yu proposed that they send troops to North Korea, the horizons of people like Li Zicheng broadened in an instant. They began to rejoice in the decision to negotiate peace, and were even somewhat grateful to the eunuch who had originally vowed to rip off his skin and muscles for giving him this opportunity.
Chang Yu once pointed out to Li Zicheng: The world outside is very big, and of course Li Zicheng also knows what Chang Yu is thinking, which is to use himself to stay at home and stay away from the outside world, but the price he gave or the cake he painted is really attractive.
It was so worthwhile that even Liu Zongmin, who originally opposed the peace talks and was very dissatisfied after the peace talks, realized that it was really good!
Especially the short chat with Li Yan last time made the blacksmith's heart come alive. He knew that if he continued like this, he would only die. If Li Zicheng wanted to die, the court would also want him to die!
If you don't want to die, then there are two ways, one is to fight against the other, but if you go it alone, you will end up very miserable, or you can defect to Zhang Xianzhong, but that guy is not a good person, and the good days are coming to an end.
The only way left is to go out and make atonement for the court or conquer the world abroad.
Liu Zongmin also wanted to go out. He knew that Li Zicheng could not tolerate him.
It's time to prepare a way out for yourself. As long as you go out and work according to your own abilities, the king of Joseon may not be your surname Li. At that time, the court didn't care if your surname was Li or Liu. What they wanted was an obedient person in that place. As long as the godfather doesn't harm the people in his own yard, that's fine.
The worst thing is, if you take North Korea and I go to take Japan, let's go to the Ryukyu headquarters. If not, there are several small countries in Annan. With my strength, I can definitely kill one of them.
Liu Zongmin's mind was alive and he had more worries, because he had to guard against Li Zicheng attacking him, and he also wanted to think about how to have a chance to get out. But this time when he sent troops to North Korea, the eunuch named Tian Jianxiu to go.
But Tian Jianxiu is Li Zicheng's confidant.
If it succeeds in North Korea, Mao himself will not be left behind.
This made Liu Zongmin very anxious, but he could not send troops out of the country at will without the decree of the court. Let alone the country, if he led troops across the Yellow River without orders, it would be regarded as rebellion.
If the imperial court didn't order a general, he would have to fight on his own. At this time, Liu Zongmin realized that his popularity was too low. The imperial court absolutely despised him. Simply put, he couldn't even speak to the imperial court, and It would be troublesome to ask for a fight rashly, only to be transferred elsewhere. Liu Zongmin was not stupid. If he were transferred to suppress bandits or something, it would most likely be an excuse to kill him.
He can send troops to fight, but only outside the country.
So now I am in urgent need of a middleman who can talk to the court.
Then he thought of Li Yan, one of the eight pillar states of the current dynasty, Governor of the Yellow River!
Li Zicheng has been discussing various possibilities for his trip to North Korea with his confidants in the past few days. All details must be considered carefully again and again, because they are related to the future and life and death.
And Liu Zongmin has not left home these days, convening a group of confidants at his house to conspire.
This matter could not be hidden from Li Zicheng, but he could just laugh it off. He expected that Liu Zongmin would not dare to rebel now. As long as he did not rebel, nothing would happen. He was just thinking about how to prevent himself from killing him.
There is another person who has been having a headache recently.
That was Li Guo.
Li Guo has an independent Sanjin Courtyard in Prince Qin's Mansion. Apart from discussing matters with Li Zicheng these days, he has not left home because an organization he is in charge of has been in trouble recently.
The imperial court had the East Factory and the Jinyi Guards, who were responsible for spying on intelligence and monitoring the assassination, execution, and execution of officials and the common people.
There is also a mysterious organization within the rebel army called Shence.
This organization is slightly different from the Dongchang Jinyiwei. Its focus is not on monitoring and spying on its leaders, but on the officials of the imperial court. Moreover, most of the members of these organizations are Jianghu and Green Forest Road figures. The leaders hide everywhere to monitor officials, spy on intelligence, and assassinate The target is extremely secretive.
It is an intelligence and action organization outside of the bandit military intelligence organization, and is fully responsible for Li Guo.
Under the divine plan, there are Tiansha and Earth Immortal. They are in charge of the four sects in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Under each sect there are elders and several leaders. It is said that they are all people with superb martial arts skills. After all, the thieves all started from the green forest path, and there is no shortage of green forest heroes. , there is no shortage of masters in the world.
After Shence was established, they made countless achievements in secret. For example, before attacking the city, they would sneak into the city to spy on intelligence, bribe traitors and traitors, and even persuade and assassinate the city defenders.
Many cities were destroyed due to the death of spies or garrison officials. There are unofficial records of Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition, Zhang Xiong's countermeasures when he attacked Taiyuan, and Jiang Yu who later contacted Datong in advance. These were all divine strategies. done by people.
In the past year, Shence's most successful move was to accidentally come into contact with the Li Zicheng Group's most hated enemy, Chang Yu, the governor of the East Factory!
When they got the news, Li Zicheng and others were so excited that they had goosebumps all over their bodies, because they hated Chang Yu so much and wanted him to die, but they couldn't kill him by normal means.
Earth Immortal unexpectedly became friends with Chang Yu.
However, after Li Zicheng and others discussed it, they decided not to act rashly or expose their identity easily. They must have a complete strategy and hit it with one hit! So they have been enduring it, slowly trying to seal their throats with a sword.
But before the perfect opportunity came, peace was negotiated.
But this did not affect the fact that Li Zicheng's group continued to assassinate Chang Yu.
The reason is simple, if Chang Yu dies, they will be safer!
If the court now only relies on this eunuch who suddenly appeared and used him to suppress and balance the situation, just like Wei Zhongxian used to fight against the civil servant group, but if he dies, the court without Chang Yu will be in a mess, regardless of Li Zicheng Whether he rebels again or not, the court will not dare to do anything to him! Even if he still surrendered, the court would still have to coax him with nice words, not even a cold face.
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether he surrenders or not, but Chang Yu's death is definitely a good thing.
But who would have expected that the Earth Immortal suddenly disappeared? It was said that he followed Chang Yu into the city alone in Hebei, and then lost contact.
As a result, it was not discovered until more than ten days ago that it was buried outside the city.
Killed!
Some said they committed suicide.
Li Xingtian was Li Guo's right-hand man and had a very good relationship with him. He cried and wailed when he heard the bad news.
Later, another leader of the Dong Sect fell into the trap and was captured!
The time happened to be before Chang Yu came to Tongguan for peace talks, which shocked Li Guo. Only then did he realize that the great eunuch fought fire with fire. In addition to Dongchang and Jinyiwei, he had also raised another force, which was also mainly Jianghu people. power!
The force that carried out assassinations in Xi'an City during this period may also be his.
The loss of two generals in a short period of time made Li Guo heartbroken and shocked. Just when he was considering whether to adjust his deployment, the bad news came again.
The two leaders sent by Xizong to Wuchang suddenly lost contact! And soon two graves buried in the wilderness were discovered. According to the clues, it should be the eunuch himself.
There are two reasons. Like Li Xingtian, both carved wooden monuments and were regarded as righteous men.
The eunuch happened to be on the same road as them. Could it be that he was going to Wuchang? Where to go and what to do?
Li Guo patted his thigh and understood.
He sent people to Wuchang because Chang Yu revealed that Zuo Liangyu was dead.
The death of Zuo Liangyu is definitely not a small matter. If it is not handled properly, chaos will break out. How could the eunuch go there in person? He only blames himself for being stupid at the time, thinking that he and Li Yan went north to Beijing together.
It's just... why is this eunuch so big-hearted and always likes to wander around by himself? What's the reason for the fact that he killed three Shences and erected monuments for them and called them righteous men? He seemed to have no hatred but respect for each other.
Li Guo couldn't figure it out, so he was going crazy.
Because he found that he had a very ambivalent mentality towards this great eunuch. On the one hand, he was the number one enemy of the Dashun Army and had killed countless rebels. In private, he killed Li Laiheng, and Li Guo hated him extremely.
On the other hand, he admired this young eunuch very much! He is capable of literary and military skills, he is equally invincible in strategizing and charging into battle, and he can play with the yang and yin of strategy at his fingertips. This kind of person is the pride of heaven, and you can't help but admire him.
This feeling was so contradictory that Li Guo felt that he was really going crazy.
You are outstanding, but that doesn't affect my desire to kill you, Li Guo roared in his heart.
