Since receiving the news that the imperial court sent 100,000 troops from Wuchang to march westward, there has been no news in the Shu palace. Zhang Xianzhong summoned his left and right prime ministers, six ministers, namely Wang Zhaolin, Yan Ximing and others, to discuss countermeasures in the so-called imperial palace. For several days.
The last time this happened was during the peace talks between Li Zicheng and the court.
Some time ago, Li Zicheng was arguing with the imperial court. Zhang Xianzhong was very conflicted in his heart. Of course, he did not want Li Zicheng to make peace with the imperial court. Everyone knows the reason.
At that time, some of his staff believed that the reason why Li Zicheng wanted to negotiate peace was to delay time and take a breather. Li Zicheng definitely would not really surrender, and the court would not really accept his surrender, let alone Make him king.
But some people think that everything is hard to say. The imperial court has deployed heavy troops on the Yellow River, and they can attack them at any time. There is a flat plain on the other side of the Yellow River. It is not a big deal to rush to Xi'an City. The eunuch is so brave that it is not a problem to destroy Xi'an City. Besides, , the imperial court may not want to fight now. It is exhausted and has no strength. If it can make peace, it will definitely not fight. Giving a short-term prince the title can not only regain the lost territory, but also exchange tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for its own service. This Buying and selling is worth doing.
He cannot be allowed to negotiate peace with the court!
This is so detrimental to yourself!
But Zhang Xianzhong also knew that he could not control Li Zicheng. It could even be said that the two of them were still incompatible at this stage. Yes, although the two were peers and had even fought side by side, they both wanted to kill each other. This hatred was like a sea. We have to start from the 14th year of Chongzhen. In that year, Zhang Xianzhong was overthrown by Zuo Liangyu in Xinyang and defected to Li Zicheng. Before him, Luo Ruxin had a disagreement with him and defected to Li Zicheng.
After defecting, Li Zicheng wanted to recruit Zhang Xianzhong's men, but Zhang Xianzhong disagreed. Li Zicheng was murderous and wanted to kill him. Fortunately, Luo Ruxin gave him a private gift of 500 cavalry and let him go. This guy went to Yingshan and Huoshan to find Zuoge's fifth battalion to join him. , it will get bigger in the future...
The feud between the two was thus forged, and Li Zicheng's revolutionary base of Xiangyang was first captured by Zhang Xianzhong. However, Li Zicheng was so powerful at the time that he was unable to resist and withdrew from Xiangyang. Li Zicheng immediately occupied Xiangyang and proclaimed himself king there. The two grass-headed kings, one in Wuchang and the other in Xiangyang, were in contact with each other. Li Zicheng was very dissatisfied and sent a message to Zhang Xianzhong: Get lost.
Zhang Xianzhong was not as powerful as Li Chuang, so after much thought about finding a safe haven, he entered Sichuan.
Later, when the Qing army entered the Pass, Li Zicheng was defeated and fled to Xi'an. He also wanted to enter Sichuan. He sent his general Ma Ke to capture Shunqing and refused to defend Mianzhou. Ai Nengqi attacked for a long time but failed to defeat it. It was Zhang Xianzhong who personally led the army to defeat it. However, This period happened in August and September of the 17th year of Chongzhen in real history. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was dead, Li Zicheng was defeated and fled Beijing, and the Qing army also entered the pass and took over the world.
In this period of history, due to the arrival of Chang Yu, the Eastern Expedition failed, the Tatars did not enter the customs, Li Zicheng did not defeat Xi'an, and did not send Ma Ke to Sichuan, but this did not affect the deep hatred between the two.
To put it simply, everyone wants to kill the other, and no one thinks well of the other.
Colleagues are enemies.
But as the old saying goes, there is no hatred that cannot be overcome by interests except the hatred of killing one's father.
Zhang Xianzhong did not want Li Zicheng to shake hands and make peace with the court, which would be extremely detrimental to him. After some calculations, he sent lobbyists all the way to Xi'an to form an alliance, and he was sure that the court would not reject him regardless of whether Li Zicheng surrendered or not.
As expected, Li Zicheng did not refuse.
Everyone knew the reason: Li Zicheng wanted to leave a way out for himself.
At this point, although the two groups could not say that they had put aside all their previous grudges, they secretly began to flirt with each other. Unexpectedly, in the heat of the day, suddenly their people in Jingzhou were attacked, and then a wind blew, and Wuchang's 100,000-strong army marched westward!
Just when Zhang Xianzhong and a group of staff were arguing over this matter, Sun Lou came.
Sun Lou is the intelligence leader sent by Zhang Xianzhong to Jingzhou Mingming. He is now kneeling in the Chengyun Hall, with Zhang Xianzhong sitting on top and surrounded by his staff.
Sun Lou came here with a message: there are two ways, either go or surrender, or you will end up in trouble at home!
This was said by the chief eunuch.
Zhang Xianzhong's face was expressionless, the prime ministers and six ministers next to him had different expressions, and a group of military generals had expressions of disdain on their faces.
"Let's go, where are we going?" Wang Shangli of the Chinese Army snorted.
"The eunuch said, as long as you leave the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu and Annan are free. The court will not pursue the case but will also provide funding." Sun Lou said cautiously while lying on the ground.
"Bah, the imperial court is so poor that it can't even feed itself, but it still helps us." Feng Shuangli next to him couldn't help but spat: "Believe him, he will make us leave our homes with just one sentence, what are you dreaming about?"
"The great eunuch is planning something." Gong Wanjing, the minister, frowned: "I heard that one of the conditions for Li Chuang's surrender was to send troops to North Korea, and now he wants us to go to Annan. He wants us to do it without firing a single shot. Work hard for him."
"His chess game is huge. Although he doesn't know his ultimate intention, his ambition can be seen." Yan Ximing nodded slightly, his face clouded, and he was about to continue, but Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand to stop him. He looked at Sun Lou and narrowed his eyes: " Did you really see that eunuch with your own eyes?"
"Really, I really saw that eunuch," Sun Lou said quickly.
"How does it look like?" Zhang Xianzhong asked calmly.
"Not very old, maybe fifteen or sixteen or seventeen. When the younger one saw him, he was fishing shirtless by the water. He was strong and strong and did not look like a eunuch at all. He had a bad temper and rude behavior..."
"What the hell are you seeing a fake eunuch?" Before Sun Lou could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Hualong, the rear guard: "You can smell the eunuch's urine smell ten steps away. It's so weird..."
"No, no, no, it definitely can't be fake. That person is very powerful, and most people can't fake it." Sun Lou quickly waved his hand and said.
"Aura, hum, is it as powerful as I am?" Liu Wenxiu stood up with a cry, startling Sun Lou: "This, this..."
Zhang Xianzhong rolled his eyes at Liu Wenxiu, then stood up and walked slowly to the door of the hall, looking at the white clouds in the sky with his hands behind his back. It was rumored that the eunuch was young but was skilled in martial arts. He was brave, aggressive, and murderous, otherwise he would not be a man. Tu’s nickname.
He believed that what Sun Lou saw was the eunuch himself. Based on the words he brought, it was too crazy!
It’s just that if you ask me to leave, I will leave?
It's okay to scare Huang Lai'er, but it won't work for me.
I have been in the world for more than ten years and built this foundation. How could I give up and leave my hometown just because of your words?
Who do you think you are? Even if you are powerful, you have to be beaten to know. Otherwise, if you scare me away with just one word, how can I come out to hang out in the future?
Can a hundred thousand troops scare me?
Let’s talk about it first when we can come in.
Who would be willing to leave their homeland if there is only an inch of ground to stand on!
