Hearing this, Liu Guoneng couldn't help being stunned. After he came to his senses, he shook his head and said: "As far as I know, he doesn't know where the emperor is? Let me see where the emperor is. Maybe only the new governor of the five provinces can know where the emperor is." Know!"
"How is this possible?" When Yang Youxian, one of the five battalions, heard this, he immediately shouted, "He is a commander, how could he not know? You don't know, right? They are guarding you. Of course you don't know. Normal!"
However, Prime Minister Hui Deng was stunned and said: "I really don't know? Could it be that the emperor hasn't come here yet?"
"Hey, maybe it's true." Wang Guangen, the other leader of the fifth battalion, immediately clapped his hands and said, "The dog emperor might be afraid of something happening, so he hid far away. There is no news until now, which is reasonable!"
Luo Rucai asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to say anything? Let me see, he is just faking surrender!"
When he finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong finally spoke and said to Liu Guoneng: "No matter what, Zuo Liangyu must at least have a certificate of surrender! You go back and tell him, at least we must know that in Xiangyang City now, except for that dog Chen Qiyu, Besides the official, who else can make the decision? In other words, who can be at odds with or have a grudge against Chen Qiyu, that dog official, and who also has the power to influence that dog emperor. It is best to deploy troops, and the officers and soldiers How are you planning to encircle and suppress us? Only by finding out all these things can we possibly unite with him. Otherwise, there is no need to discuss anything!"
"Yes, tell me whoever has a grudge against Chen Qiyu, the bad official, or who is greedy for money!"
"If there are any censors or eunuchs or eunuchs, this will work too!"
"..."
Listening to these chaotic and shouting voices, Liu Guoneng's heart moved and he had roughly guessed something. Seeing that they had nothing else to say, he clasped his fists and said, "Okay, I'll go back and report it to the commander-in-chief!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Therefore, some bandit leaders shouted "No!"
Some bandit leaders said angrily: "Chuang Taotian, why don't you just follow Zuo Liangyu and become a dog?"
"Yes, how long has it been since you still rebelled? If you want to rebel with Zuo Liangyu, do you think they are brothers?"
"..."
Liu Guoneng pretended not to hear this, and quickly returned to Zuo Liangyu's station, reporting the situation to Zuo Liangyu in detail.
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he immediately understood what those bandits wanted to do, and couldn't help but nodded in praise: "I can't believe that these bandits have been rebelling for so many years, but they are actually quite capable. They know that they can't defeat the Governor. I just want to use underhanded tactics to bring down the Governor! Tsk, tsk, this is a good method!"
After a pause, he praised again: "Moreover, these thieves still want to shoot people first and horses to find out where the emperor's chariot is. Are they going to besiege the emperor? This is not a bad idea!"
"But, Commander, we don't know all this!" Zuo Liangyu's brave general Zhang Yong frowned and said, "We don't know what's going on in Xiangyang City now, and we don't know where the emperor is. ! If we don’t explain this to the thieves, they won’t talk to us, what should we do?”
"This is easy to handle!" Zuo Liangyu said indifferently after hearing this, "I will just give this place to them, and then take advantage of other cities not knowing about our affairs to grab another one. Just do some slander. Things like thieves are enough to prove our sincerity. Is it possible that the court still dares to let us do this to become spies? We are crazy!"
Upon hearing this, the people in the lobby couldn't help laughing.
Zuo Liangyu waited for them to laugh for a while, and then said: "I believe that the governor would not make the news of his plan to deal with me public before luring me to Xiangyang. I don't know what the real situation is in other places! If we have Maybe, just capture a few more cities. In the future, we can't reach out to the court to ask for money and food, so we have to rob it ourselves. And I can also use the methods of rogue thieves. As long as we capture a few cities, we will have a few in the blink of an eye. A hundred thousand troops, let’s see who dares to underestimate us!”
Everyone can hear that it is just a way to coerce the people. In this way, there will be hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, which is huge and can really scare people!
Zuo Liangyu made a decision and said to Liu Guoneng: "Just go hard and go again and tell them that I gave this city to them. If they still don't believe me, they can send people to follow me." Go and capture the city.”
"Young man, I obey!" Upon hearing this, Liu Guoneng responded without hesitation, cupping his fists.
Seeing that Zuo Liangyu had no other instructions, he turned around and went out.
When Zuo Liangyu saw him leaving, he said to his son standing beside him, "How is it? Dad is right, right?"
Zuo Mengeng had doubted Liu Guoneng before. When he heard this, he admired Zuo Liangyu's ability to recognize people. This Liu Guoneng did not play any tricks and went to communicate with the thieves smoothly.
Therefore, he had to say with admiration: "My father is handsome and wise!"
Zuo Liangyu nodded lightly, and then began to give orders to Zhang Yong and the others, and began to deploy a battle plan to seize surrounding cities.
"Commander, would it be better to wait until the thieves come to take over this place?" Zhang Yong heard this, and while agreeing, he still asked a little doubtfully.
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he shook his head and said: "Time is running out, and I cannot leave because of my illness. The Governor must have already suspected that the night is long and there are many dreams, so we can't delay any longer!"
At this point, he paused and then said: "If I conquer enough cities, Chen Qiyu, as the governor of the five provinces, will not be able to escape the blame. He will probably be impeached by the imperial censor. Before we could besieged and suppressed, we were already dismissed from our posts, do you understand?"
After hearing this, Zhang Yong understood. Regardless of whether he is a bandit or a commander, they are actually a little afraid of Chen Qiyu. If you can knock him down and replace him, that would of course be the best!
In fact, Zhang Yong himself also knew that Chen Qiyu was powerful in using troops. It would be best if we could change our opponents, such as Xiong Wencan and others. Maybe, the emperor who led the army to fight for the first time could personally lead the army to fight, and maybe the effect would be better. It's just a pity that the emperor doesn't know where he is?
Thinking of these things, Zhang Yong and others were ordered to prepare.
Liu Guoneng, who had left before, returned to his military camp and asked the entourage who followed him for the first time to rest, and then ordered some others to follow him. On the surface, he was thinking about his men and didn't want them to be too tired, but he had no choice but to go again.
In fact, he suspected that among the first batch of followers, there were people who were secretly sold by Zuo Liangyu. Although these people were all old people who followed him, he was still worried about whether there would be any problems. Therefore, after making an estimate, the person who might be Zuo Liangyu was placed among the first batch of followers.
After a short rest, he immediately hit the road again.
However, this time, he did not go directly to see Zhang Xianzhong and the others. Instead, he stopped at the fork in the road, hid in the mountains, and then spoke frankly to the five followers: "You all have families in northern Shaanxi. I believe you hope to go back one day, right?"
Liu Guoneng brought his former confidants and entourage twice, but one thing is different. This time, the confidants and entourage he brought with him were all those who had children living in northern Shaanxi. Moreover, the conditions at home were not bad, but by some strange combination of circumstances, they all ended up joining the ranks of thieves.
After he finished speaking, one of his followers, Wang Liuhui, immediately replied: "Brother, we won't be able to go back, right?"
Several other people listened and looked at him curiously. Because Zuo Liangyu's rebellion was only known to a few leading generals. Not to mention Liu Guoneng's army, which must be kept secret. But so far, the five followers who followed him to the bandit army already know about it.
Liu Guoneng listened, nodded, and said seriously: "Commander Zuo usually does things like killing good people and taking credit for their merits, and plundering people. He was afraid that the emperor would punish him, so he decided to rebel. The last time I left, it was on his order. Contacted Huang Hu and Cao Cao."
Hearing this, the five followers couldn't help but feel a little sad. Unexpectedly, it ended up like this!
Wang Liuhui forced a smile and said: "Brother, we are all brothers of life and death. We will do whatever you say!"
To be able to become Liu Guoneng's confidant and follower, he naturally lived and died together. Several other people listened and nodded.
"Yes, brother, we listen to you. I'm already a dead person anyway!"
"Well, me too, my family says I'm dead. Besides, my brother is still at home and can take care of my parents, so it doesn't matter!"
"..."
Liu Guoneng heard what they said, but he was still keenly aware that when they said this, they actually still had regrets.
Yes, if possible, who wants to be a "dead person"! Who doesn’t want to live a good life at home, while licking blood outside, not knowing whether he will survive tomorrow?
But even so, they all made it clear that they would work with him and live and die together!
Thinking like this, Liu Guoneng was slightly moved, and he made up his mind and said: "I know everyone wants to go back, thinking that one day we can honor our ancestors, and we don't have to let our family members tell the outside world that we are all dead, so that our families can help us." And among the neighbors, they held their heads high and were proud of us! So I decided that since I have been recruited, I will cherish this opportunity. If we always rebel, no matter how patient the court is with us, we will still Used up.”
Hearing this, Wang Liuhui and others couldn't help being slightly stunned. Then Wang Liuhui immediately said: "Brother, Huang Hu and Cao Cao have rebelled again. Now even our immediate superiors are rebelling. How can the court still believe that we don't?" Will it be the opposite?"
"Yes, brother, the new governor has been fooled once. Can he still trust us?"
"..."
Listening to their words, it was obvious that they had also thought about it.
Liu Guoneng nodded and said: "So, I have been waiting for the opportunity. I have already been to Huang Hu's army before, and I have learned about their and Zuo Liangyu's actions. At this time, I will go to the Governor to report the situation, at least It’s possible to convince the Governor!”
"Brother, this is too dangerous!" When Wang Liuhui heard this, he immediately objected, "If the Governor still doesn't believe it, you won't be able to come back!"
"Yes, brother, the last time the Governor presided over the recruitment and was convicted for it, he will definitely not believe us."
"..."
Liu Guoneng shook his head and said resolutely: "My family in northern Shaanxi is still waiting for us to go back. No matter what, this is an opportunity. If you don't try it, you will regret it in the future!"
"Brother, let me go!" Wang Liuhui said quickly after hearing this.
Several other people also wanted to speak, but Liu Guoneng waved his hands and said: "First, you don't know the specific details, and second, you don't have enough weight. These things can only be done by me personally. In addition, you don't have to worry too much. , Gao Jie knows, right?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Liuhui immediately smiled and replied: "Ha, the one who cuckolded Li Zicheng? Of course he has heard of such a famous person!"
Several other people listened and laughed, even if they were in a bad situation.
This kind of trivial matter was originally not worth mentioning, but it only became famous when it involved Li Zicheng. Liu Guoneng did not laugh, but continued: "And Bai Guangen, they have already joined the emperor's army and become the emperor's guards because of their meritorious service! You think, if the emperor is unreasonable, can he be like this? With merit, although He is a gangster, so he is what he is, and there is no discrimination! Therefore, I think that if the Governor is re-appointed by the Emperor this time, he will probably figure out the Emperor's intentions and will not be unreasonable. No matter what , I decided to take a trip, since all the brothers have followed me, no matter what, I have sacrificed my life for glory and wealth, so I have to give him a try!"
It was obvious that he had made up his mind and would not change it. Wang Liuhui and others had no choice but to say: "Okay, let's go with my eldest brother. We will live together and die together!"
"Yes, we must live together and die together!"
"Brother, we have cut off the head of a chicken!"
"..."
Liu Guoneng immediately shook his head and said: "This is the only way for Zuo Liangyu's army to get to Huang Hu's side. You stay here and watch for me whether Zuo Liangyu will send someone else there. Over there in Xiangyang , just me and Wang Gui go together!"
Having said this, he paused and then said: "If I can't come back, Wang Gui will come and tell you the situation!"
Hearing this, it already felt a bit like parting between life and death. Several people stood up straight and looked at him with slightly red eyes.
When Liu Guoneng saw him, he came closer, reached out and patted everyone on the shoulder, and finally said solemnly: "Don't worry, we have passed through mountains and seas of fire, and everything will be fine. When the day comes, I, as the eldest brother, want the most , I still want to see you step into your home with my own eyes! Looking at your family, they can all be proud of you!"
Imagining that one day, they would have a family to return to, their parents would be proud of them, and they couldn't help but reveal a trace of longing before parting between life and death.
Liu Guoneng said "take care", and when he was about to leave, Wang Gui suddenly knelt down.
