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Huaiqing was surrounded by tens of thousands of rebels. The city's defenders were less than 20% of the rebels. It was inevitable that they were frightened. However, the two days of fighting strengthened the officers and soldiers in the city's confidence in victory. It would be even more difficult to capture Huaiqing City. Got it

In fact, the current situation is also expected. Hua Bushi had already thought that such a result would occur when he came out of the rebel camp yesterday.

Li Zicheng said: "Commander Wang probably also thought of the great chance of siege, so he found King Gao Chuang and Zhang Xianzhong and issued an order to the two families to send out troops to attack the city tomorrow. However, his own troops were still left behind. Zhang Xianzhong cursed. King Gao Chuang refused to obey the order and did not relent. It seems that there is still no hope of attacking the city tomorrow."

He slapped the table and sighed: "Brother, I really want to take the men and horses from Biluo Village to fight a good battle. Even if we can't capture the city, at least let the officers and soldiers know how powerful the rebel army is. But it's a pity that King Gao Chuang refused to agree."[

Hua Bushi said: "There are only 3,000 infantrymen in Biluo Village. It is better not to show off your bravery in this situation."

The eldest young master looked at Li Zicheng's face and suddenly said: "We are brothers. There is a direct saying. Please don't take offense. Brother Hongji thinks that Wang Ziyong should be the leader of the thirty-sixth battalion of rebels." Is Shuai capable of leading you to victory?"

Li Zicheng did not hesitate and replied: "To be honest, Wang Zi uses this talent and is selfish and selfish. He should not be allowed to be the commander-in-chief. Now the rebels are so disorganized and defeated in consecutive battles. It is all because of him."

Hua Bushi said: "In my opinion, who is the most suitable person to be the commander-in-chief?"

Li Zicheng said: "The most suitable person is none other than King Gao Chuang."

Hua Bushi said: "But I heard that King Gao Chuang was too petty and not good at strategy. If he became the commander of the Thirty-sixth Battalion, he would have to rely on Brother Hongji to help him. I don't know if I have ever thought about it." Are you celebrating this festival?”

The eldest young master's words were very straightforward and revealed King Gao Chuang's weakness. He also wanted to know if Li Zicheng was sure that Gao Yingxiang would obey him.

Li Zicheng was slightly startled and said: "King Gao Chuang has always trusted Hong Ji very much. If he becomes the commander-in-chief, I will do my best to help him solve the problem. But now that Wang Ziyong is in his position, what is the use of talking about it?"

Hua Bushi said: "What I want from my good brother is Brother Hongji's words. I have a way to make Wang Ziyong unable to be the commander-in-chief. But if he wants to succeed, there are two things that Brother Hongji must do."

Before Li Zicheng could answer, Hao Yaoqi, who was drinking at the side, said loudly: "That's great, as long as we can bring down that idiot handsome Wang Wuyou, let alone two things, even ten or twenty, there will be no problem, right?" Brother Li"

Li Guo took his hand and said, "Don't interrupt indiscriminately and let Mr. Shi tell you what the two things are."

Hua Bushi said: "The first thing is to convince King Gao Chuang that he must not be humble. If he has the opportunity, he must fight for the position of commander. Now who will be the commander is related to the survival of the Thirty-sixth Battalion of Rebels and whether they can capture Huai." Qingcheng's big plan is really not something that can be accomplished when he is hesitant to show courtesy."

Li Zicheng said: "This matter is not difficult. The position of commander-in-chief is of great importance. I will definitely urge King Chuang to fight for it."

Hua Bushi said: "The second thing is to contact the leaders of the various rebel armies as soon as possible to win them over to support King Gao Chuang. As long as Wang Ziyong falls, who will be the commander-in-chief must be chosen by the leaders of the various rebel armies. Know the 'Eight Great Kings' Zhang Xianzhong." The number of troops is no less than that of King Gao Chuang. If we cannot win over the support of most of the rebel leaders, then Zhang Xianzhong will become the commander-in-chief. Everything we have done will be in vain and become a wedding dress for others."

Li Zicheng thought for a while and said: "Although this matter is not easy, King Chuang's prestige among the rebels is not low. I want to win over the support of eight or ten families. It will not be a problem. I should be able to gain an advantage among the rebels."

Hua Bushi nodded and said, "I don't know how long it will take Brother Hongji to complete this matter."

Li Zicheng glanced at Li Guo and said: "I will ask Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu and the others to work separately in three or four days."

Hua Bushi said: "We will capture Huaiqing within ten days. Three days have been wasted now. We must take control of the rebel army as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late to attack the city. I think it will be limited to three days, starting from tomorrow." After that, my younger brother managed to make Wang Ziyong lose his position as commander, and brother Hongji recruited enough rebel leaders to make Wang Ziyong the commander-in-chief."

Li Zicheng said: "Okay, let's make a deal and it will be done in three days" [

He said and stretched out his right hand. Hua Bushi also extended his hand and held it together. They both laughed.

Hao Yaoqi said: "Brother Shi, it's not old Hao Xin, but your king has many soldiers. No one in the thirty-sixth battalion can compare with him. Although the commander is a bear bag, he is still very stable. You have Can you tell me how to pull him down first to Lao Hao?"

Hua Bushi glanced at Hao Yaoqi and then at Li Zicheng. There was obviously doubt in Li Zicheng's eyes when he saw this "Brother Li." handed it to Li Zicheng

Li Zicheng took the letter and saw the words "Your Majesty Fan Jingwen, Governor of Henan Province" written on the cover.

He opened the envelope and took out the letter paper inside. He unfolded it and read it. It turned out to be a secret letter requesting surrender. The last signature was clearly "The king of sinners uses it for his own use."

Before Li Zicheng finished reading, Hao Yaoqi, who was looking at him from the side, was already furious and banged the table with a bang and cursed: "What a turtle bastard, how dare you surrender to the government and betray your brother? No wonder he He used everyone as cannon fodder along the way. When he arrived in Huaiqing, he commanded blindly and made us lose the battle. It is really despicable and despicable. I must kill him."

Hua Bushi smiled slightly and said, "General Hao's letter of peace is not true."

Hao Yaoqi said: "How could it not be true that the king used that bastard to write the word "bird"? Old Hao knew that it looked like this, so he couldn't be wrong."

Hua Bushi said: "This letter is indeed a fake. I imitated Wang's own handwriting here today and wrote it. Wang Dashuai is not a good reader and his handwriting is not very good. It is not difficult to learn his handwriting. My younger brother asked him to write it." Even if this letter was forged with several handwritten warrants, most people would not be able to spot the flaw."

After hearing this, Hao Yaoqi believed that the letter was fake. He hummed and drank and stopped talking.

Li Zicheng frowned and said: "If the brothers of the rebel army all believe that Wang Ziyong collaborates with the enemy and surrenders, his position as commander-in-chief will not be guaranteed. But with just this fake letter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything. If I take this letter back and show it to the leaders of the rebel armies, It seems that they may not be fully convinced.”

Hua Bushi said: "I'm showing you this letter just to let Brother Hongji know my plan. You can't take this letter back. You have to worry about how to make others believe it. Brother Hongji only needs to complete it within three days as agreed." Those two things I just said can be left to my younger brother to do the rest. Don’t you still believe me?”

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "How can I not believe that my brother is good? That's what I said. If Brother Shi's plan comes to fruition, he will not only save me, Li Hongji and the brothers from Biluo Village, but also 50,000 rebels. I don't know what to do as a brother." thank you"

Hua Bushi smiled and said: "Brother Li's brother Gao Yi who took in the victims has never dared to forget that Hua Bushi's move was also for the sake of the livelihood of the tens of thousands of refugees in Biluo Village. But it's too early to thank me now. Even if Wang

Since I defeated King Gao Chuang and became the commander-in-chief, we still have to capture Huaiqing City."

Li Zicheng said: "As long as our rebel army can unite and Brother Shi can come up with plans to capture Huaiqing City, I will be very confident. Brother Shi can rest assured. As soon as we capture Huaiqing City and obtain the food and grass in the city, I will immediately send people to transport the food back to Biluo."

The village will not let the refugees in the village go hungry."

When the rebel brigade set out from Biluo Mountain, they took out most of the food and grass stored in the village, leaving only enough food for the more than 10,000 people in the village for ten days and a half.

Hua Bushi cupped his hands and said, "This way Hua Bushi can thank Brother Li for those refugees."

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Although Wang Ziyong can be selfish and does not have the talent to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Thirty-sixth Battalion, he has not surrendered to the officers and soldiers. In order to slander him, just a letter is not enough.

Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi changed their minds after their secret talk in the back garden of Ding Mansion in Qingyang Town. Since both Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong refused to obey the commander's order and send troops for his own use, he had to send several small groups of rebels to attack the city. The result was disastrous.

It’s easy to imagine

After another major defeat, the rebel army lost more than a thousand people. However, rumors spread among the company camps outside the city that the commander-in-chief Wang Ziyong had taken his men to accept the court recruitment and wanted to exchange the lives of the rebel brothers for official positions.

The rumors were very vivid and detailed, saying that Wang Ziyong found Shen Yingdan, the county magistrate of Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province through his natal brother-in-law. Magistrate Shen agreed to Wang Ziyong's promise to give him a general from the seventh rank after his surrender.

position and said that if he can make the rebels kill 10,000 people, he can change his rank to one level [

It was Gu Wang who led the thirty-sixth battalion of rebels all the way from Jin to Henan. The number of rebels who were killed by him as cannon fodder along the way and the number of people who were lost in the defeats to Huaiqing City were added together.
Chapter completed!