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Chapter 364
Hearing the words of the deputy general, Zhang Xianzhong was silent for a long time and said: "Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang is trapped in northern Shaanxi, and his annihilation is imminent. Li Zicheng is trapped in Shanxi. When the imperial court's three-way army is free, they can be dealt with easily. The army is destroyed, we are a soldier and horse, and we cannot stand alone, and our annihilation will happen overnight."

"So we might as well take advantage of the 20 troops in our hands and negotiate with the imperial court for a better future."

After hearing this, the deputy general looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said, "Will the imperial court give us a bright future? We dug Chongzhen's ancestral grave. It would be good if the emperor didn't kill us. I'm afraid Chongzhen will kill us as soon as we surrender. what."

After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong said: "You are right, but between the world and the ancestral tomb, Chongzhen may choose the world. You must know that Gao Yingxiang is destroyed and Li Zicheng is defeated. If we surrender again, then the world will be empty of bandits, and the court will We will be able to free up our hands to clean up Lantian County, and when the imperial court and Lantian County fight to the death, we can take advantage of the momentum and once again strive for hegemony in the world."

After hearing this, the lieutenant general said, "Eighth King, do you mean surrender?"

"It's not considered a false surrender, it's just an expedient measure. Even if we are under the order, we can't hand over the military power."

Zhang Xianzhong said, after hearing this, the lieutenant said: "Then why do you still send people to attack Lantian, my lord?"

Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "There are two reasons. First, I hit Lantian to show off to the heroes of the world and tell the heroes of the world that I, Zhang Xianzhong, wanted to save King Chuang wholeheartedly. However, Li Chaosheng in Lantian didn't open his eyes and insisted on blocking my way forward." , I intend to kill the thief, and I have no power to return to heaven."

"Secondly, I have a correspondence with Yang Sichang. Yang Sichang said in the letter that if I am willing to surrender, he is willing to persuade Chongzhen to give us Lantian County as a place to eat. Since it is a place to eat, I want to see it. the depth of the place."

Hearing this, the deputy general widened his eyes and said, "You mean that Yang Sichang wants to give us Lantian, that's great, Lantian is very rich, but Li Chaosheng is not easy to mess with."

Zhang Xianzhong heard this and said: "So I have to fight him first to let him know how powerful we are. After we have finished talking with Yang Sichang and get the imperial decree from Chongzhen, we will directly ask Lantian for a place. If Lan Tian doesn't give it, hehe..."

Zhang Xianzhong sneered again and again, and after hearing this, the deputy general said: "What do you mean by the Eight Great Kings, Li Chaosheng just won't let us eat Lantian?"

After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong said: "If Li Chaosheng really dares not to give in, it would be disrespectful, and we can ask the imperial court to take action. Are the three troops of Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting in northern Shaanxi for food? At that time, we will be added, and our four-way army will attack Lantian. No matter how strong Lantian is, can he be the opponent of our four-way army?"

"Sigh~"

Hearing this, the lieutenant gasped, what a vicious plan, although Lan Tian is powerful, how can he be the opponent of these four armies? If so, wouldn't all the heroes in the world attack Lan Tian together?

Thinking of this, the deputy general said: "Eighth King, your strategy is good, but the court is still not trustworthy, we can't believe all the nonsense of the court."

Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "Of course I know that the court has no good intentions, but no matter what kind of evil intentions he hides, as long as he wants me to eat Lantian, I am willing to admit it. Lantian is too fat. With it, we have the strength It will grow several times more, this is the real big fat."

Zhang Xianzhong said, the deputy general heard this and said: "Eighth King, you are wise, you can indeed get Lantian, no matter what price you pay."

……

The capital, Yang Sichang's mansion. At this time, Yang Sichang's mansion was brightly lit and full of guests. Today is not Yang Sichang's birthday, nor is it an important festival. The reason why it is so grand is because two distinguished guests came to Yang's mansion today.

One is Zhou Yanru, an old man from the former court, and the other is Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Bandit Suppression.

The former of the two came to Beijing to visit relatives, while Zuo Liangyu came to the capital to receive a reward for his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion in Shandong, and the three of them really had a close relationship.

Zhou Yanru was full of peaches and plums, and he exchanged many interests with Yang Sichang, while Zuo Liangyu was the spokesman for the two people's interests in Shandong.

After the banquet was over, the other idlers were sent away, and the three of them came to the study, retreated to the left and right, and stayed alone in the study to plot.

"Why did Yang Gong invite the two of us here this time?"

Zuo Liangyu was straightforward, and asked the reason directly, Yang Sichang looked at Zuo Liangyu at this moment and said: "Brother Zuo, please be safe and don't be impatient, come and taste my tea first."

Zuo Liangyu picked up the teacup with a puzzled expression, and took a sip. The tea was not bad, and it was impossible for Yang Sichang's mansion to have too bad tea.

Zhou Yanru also took a sip of the teacup at this time and said with a smile: "Good tea, Mingqian Longjing, but it's a pity that it was last year. Mr. Yang used the old tea to entertain guests. I'm afraid we have to bring up the old things again."

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu was taken aback, and looked at Yang Sichang, who laughed and said, "Sure enough, you can't hide anything from Duke Zhou."

Zhou Yanru chuckled when he heard the words, "Then let me guess why Yang Gong invited me?"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang looked at Zhou Yanru with a smile and said, "It's interesting that Duke Zhou has such a taste, so I ask Duke Zhou to enlighten me."

Zhou Yanru heard the words and said: "Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, the three join forces to suppress the bandits. The bandits will definitely not be able to hold on. Once Gao Yingxiang is wiped out, there will only be three big bandits left in the world."

"Three shares?"

Zuo Liangyu frowned and said, "Li Zicheng from Shanxi, Zhang Xianzhong from Hubei, who else?"

Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang looked at each other, and then blurted out: "Lantian Li Chaosheng!"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu widened his eyes and looked at the two of them and said, "Er Gong, don't be joking, Lantian Li Chaosheng, that is an official that His Majesty has praised many times, and he asked all the ministers in the world to learn from him, what do you say?" He is a bandit, this..."

Hearing this, Yang Sichang smiled and said: "Brother Zuo, you are still not sensitive enough to the court situation. Your Majesty asked everyone to learn from Lantian because Lantian's taxes are not bad every year. The imperial court hopes that everyone can learn from Lantian and not badly pay his taxes."

"However, this does not mean that His Majesty does not hate Li Chaosheng. During the battle of Guihua City, Lan Tian quietly included the imperial court's Guihua City in his pocket without His Majesty's consent at all. This is a rebellion. Afterwards Your Majesty wished he could kill Li Chaosheng, but unfortunately, Li Chaosheng is still useful, and the Shanxi bandit suppressing army still needs support from Lantian, so Your Majesty endured it."

"Now that the three armies are encircling Gao Yingxiang, Gao Yingxiang's defeat is imminent, Li Zicheng is also beaten by Lu Xiangsheng's army, and his defeat is just a moment away. As for Zhang Xianzhong, I have sent messengers to discuss Zhao'an matters, and he will definitely join us sooner or later. In Weizhong, there will be no rebels in this world, if there are no rebels, then Li Chaosheng is the biggest rebel in the world, if he is not punished at this time, who should be punished?"

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu's eyes widened. This was too cruel. When it was used in Lantian, he called Lantian's loyal ministers to set an example. If he didn't use it, he became the number one traitor in the world. This court is too dark.

Zuo Liangyu swallowed: "Then what is it that Mr. Yang invited us to come here?"

Yang Sichang took a sip of tea and said, "Divide the Lantian."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Yanru and Zuo Liangyu's eyes lit up, followed by Qiqi and looked at Yang Sichang: "How to carve up?"

Zuo Liangyu smiled and said, "I know Duke Zhou has been coveting Lantian for a long time, why don't Duke Zhou talk about it?"

Zhou Yanru heard this and said: "Hehe, Lantian is rich, and its business is the first. If you can take out the goods from Lantian and sell them to the whole country, it will be an unimaginable wealth. I can handle this matter. We can discuss the specific benefit distribution in detail.”

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu said: "Um, I only have a group of big soldiers under my command, no caravan, I..."

"Hey, brother Zuo, you are very useful. You are a representative of the military. You military people need to express your views at the court meeting. As for the benefits, brother Zuo doesn't have to do anything, and Duke Zhou will never forget you."

Zhou Yanru laughed after hearing this, "Don't worry, brother Zuo, as long as you help His Majesty strengthen his confidence at the court meeting, neither I nor the Jiangnan gentry behind me will forget Brother Zuo."

Zuo Liangyu laughed when he heard this, "Hehe, it's easy to say, easy to say."

Seeing what Zhou Yanru said, Yang Sichang said: "Then the matter is decided in this way. After Gao Yingxiang's tribe and Li Zicheng's tribe are eliminated, we can report to His Majesty."

"Hey, I have one more thing. Mr. Yang, Lantian is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. Li Chaosheng is even more like a tiger and wolf. Can Li Chaosheng be captured and handed over Lantian with a single government order?"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang laughed and said: "It's okay, I'm going to take a dog that can fight and let him deal with Lantian."

"Who? Could it be me?"

Zuo Liangyu looked at Yang Sichang, it seemed that he was the only one with soldiers?

Seeing this, Yang Sichang smiled and said: "Haha... Brother Zuo, what are you talking about? I'm talking about Zhang Xianzhong. I just said that I have sent someone to Zhaoan him. As long as he agrees to Zhaoan, I will give him the blue field. , let him deal with Li Chaosheng when the time comes, and we can just reap the benefits."

After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu said: "Wonderful, this is called a dog biting a dog, hahaha..."

Zhou Yanru also laughed when he heard the words, usually Zuo Liangyu is so rude, he would definitely be displeased, but today Zuo Liangyu looks so cute, don't you think it's strange.

……

Lantian, Li Chaosheng is playing chess with Bai Shoumin, Bai Shoumin slowly raised the chess piece in his hand, cold sweat came down his forehead, what to do, what to do, how to play this piece.

Bai Shoumin was sweating coldly on his forehead, at this moment Guzi ran in quickly: "Master, Li Dezhen telegram."

Hearing this, Bai Shoumin smiled with relief: "Master Xian, or forget about this, the military situation is important."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Don't worry, this game of chess will be over soon, let's talk after the game is over."

After hearing this, Bai Shoumin said, "Here, it won't be decided for a while."

After hearing this, Guzi looked at the chessboard and said, "Isn't this the end of the game? If you put Heizi here to kill Dalong, the county lord will lose."

Gu Zi pointed to a place on the chessboard. Bai Shoumin's face turned dark, and he glanced at Gu Zi. At this moment, Li Chaosheng looked at the chessboard and slapped his thigh: "Isn't it? Why didn't I see it?"

Bai Shoumin's face turned dark when he heard this. He could kill Li Chaosheng ten steps ago, but he played chess with the county magistrate, could he win?And even today he has already won two games, so he has no vision to win three games in a row with the county magistrate. Does the magistrate want to lose face?

It was frightening for him to win this chess game, and although Li Chaosheng was always cheerful, being with a king is like a tiger, if you really don't take the county lord seriously, then you have to be careful.

It is not without reason that Liu Luoguo did not dare to win Qianlong chess all his life, but Li Chaosheng didn't care, he didn't think about it at all, mainly because recently Li Chaosheng discovered that many people like to play Go, and he didn't learn it before, so he followed suit Two-handed, but usually has no opponents. I heard people say that Bai Shoumin is good at Go.

Based on the principle that if you play chess with masters, your chess strength will grow quickly, and if you play chess with stinky chess baskets, the more you play, the uglier you will become. We will find the best chess player, so we brought Bai Shoumin over to face off.

Then there was the scene of Bai Shoumin brutalizing Li Chaosheng, and although Bai Shoumin won this game, he was shocked to win, and although Li Chaosheng lost this game, Li Chaosheng smiled happily and said he learned it.

One is really playing randomly, and the other is trying to make Li Chaosheng win, but no matter what you do, Li Chaosheng just won't win. The murderer, if it were another person in power, Bai Shoumin even wondered if the county lord wanted to find an excuse to kill him.

Under Gu Zi's contemptuous gaze, and Li Chaosheng's expectant gaze, Bai Shoumin dropped the sunspot in his hand, killed the county lord, and then smiled wryly, "Did I do something wrong, the county lord?"

Li Chaosheng said: "No, why did you say that?"

At this moment, Bai Shoumin smiled wryly and said: "Why does the county venerable torture me like this? I gave the county lord three chances to kill me just now, why didn't the county lord do anything?"

Li Chaosheng stared at this and said, "Three times? Why don't I know?"

Bai Shoumin looked bitter, Li Chaosheng thought for a while and said: "Forget it, it seems that Go is really not suitable for me, let's play backgammon next time."

"Forget it, I won't be with the county magistrate when I'm busy with business."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Okay, you go first, by the way, the first fried chicken restaurant in Lantian County will open the day after tomorrow, so don't mess it up for me."

"Don't worry, Xian Zun, I and the people from the Ministry of Commerce are watching."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "That's great, I'll be there on the opening day."

"Yes Yes."

After hearing this, Bai Shoumin nodded and left. As soon as Bai Shoumin left, Li Chaosheng looked at Guzi and said, "What's the situation with Li Dezhen's department?"

After hearing this, Gu Zi immediately took out a telegram report: "Dezhen's intelligence said that their entire army is defending Tongqian Pass. At present, Tongqian Pass has been reinforced with cement. Even if the opponent has artillery, it is difficult to blast the city defense of Tongqian Pass. Up and down have already prepared their hearts, and will work hard to protect Lantian and never let anyone in, even if they are refugees, please rest assured."

(End of this chapter)