So, he blinked, glanced at the people present, and began to calculate in his heart, and for a while, he did not speak.

However, everyone else was still arguing, and in the entire Black Tiger Temple, the sound of slapping the table, shouting loudly, and scolding the mother were mixed together, and spread far away, so that the subordinates of the leaders of all walks of life at the door turned their heads to look inside the temple from time to time.

Behind Zuo Liangyu, Liu Guoneng stood and broke through the sky, helping Zuo Liangyu shout a sentence or two from time to time. And behind Liu Guoneng, there are still a few people standing, one of whom is Liu Yue, a hundred households of Jinyi Wei. However, at this time, his identity is Liu Guoneng's personal guard.

In this kind of place to deal with thieves, it was inconvenient for Zuo Liangyu to bring his original subordinates over, so Daniel Zhang and the others were waiting at the bottom of the mountain with a thousand men and horses. And because Liu Guoneng was originally the leader of the thieves, he was familiar with these bandit leaders, so he naturally accompanied Zuo Liangyu to negotiate. In this way, Liu Guoneng will be able to bring Liu Yue in.

Of course, Zuo Liangyu also asked Wang Gui secretly, and got a reply that these people were Liu Guoneng's henchmen, so there was no suspicion. After all, the faces in the ranks of the thieves are constantly changing, and no one can keep an eye on them. At most, a familiar face is gone, and I just ask if I'm dead!

So, in this way, although Emperor Chongzhen was about to arrive at Tongguan and had not yet entered the border of Henan, he knew the movements of these thieves clearly. During the march, he was riding on a horse, and he didn't seem to speak, but he was actually watching the live text broadcast of the thieves competing for the leader of the alliance.

After watching it for a while, he felt a little bored. If you have a war of words like this, you can't tell the difference between the superior and the inferior at all!

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't wait to be a host in the Black Tiger Temple, and told them that it was useless for you to be like this, if you want to be the leader of the alliance, it still depends on the level of strength.

You can choose a real person, and the last one standing is the alliance leader, and it doesn't matter what white knives or red knives come out.

Or you can also set up your troops and horses and fight each other for a while, and the winner is king!

It's such a simple thing, why can't these thieves figure it out!

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was a little bored, someone came to his senses.

"It's not a way to go on like this, it's going to be dark, if you want me to say, just say it bluntly, choose my hand, anyway, the one who has the most support from everyone is the alliance leader!" Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table, stepped on the stool he was sitting on with one foot, and shouted loudly.

When he finished saying this, his eyes swept over, and suddenly, there were several small forces, and they had a good relationship with Zhang Xianzhong, so they immediately applauded and hurriedly raised their hands.

When Luo Rucai saw it, he couldn't think about the previous question anymore, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone knows that I, Cao Cao, has always been generous, whoever wants to choose me, Luo will definitely not treat me badly." Look at it now, and raise your hand if you oppose my Cao Cao! ”

So, some people raised their hands in favor of Zhang Xianzhong, and some people raised their hands against Cao Cao, anyway, the scene was very chaotic.

Li Zicheng didn't look good, he came from other provinces alone, and he hadn't had anything to do with them, so he had to vote, and he won the eight kings. So, he didn't care about whether he was sven or not, and shouted: "I believe you still don't know about my Li's current strength, but I can guarantee that my rebel army has the strongest combat effectiveness, and it still depends on me Li to fight the official army." You trust me! ”

As soon as Whitden saw him, he immediately shouted; Liu Guoneng despised all this in his heart, but he actively participated in it and shouted.

That's it, the vote at the beginning of Zhang Xianzhong quickly turned yellow.

It's really too much to do with the position of the alliance leader, and the qualifications between them are about the same, no one is convinced by anyone, if it takes half a day to decide who the alliance leader is, it would be strange!

So, when it was dark, his voice was hoarse, but there was still no result, and the leaders of the thieves were all unhappy.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had just arrived in Tongguan, as long as he left Tongguan, it was the boundary of Henan.

He ordered the army to rest here and wait for the arrival of the war horses on the Shanxi side. Of course, Tongguan has also been sealed off here, prohibiting pedestrians from entering and leaving. To be precise, you can enter Shaanxi on the border of Henan, but on the Shaanxi side, as long as you see a large number of imperial officials and soldiers in Tongguan, you can't leave the customs.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen also sent a messenger to Luoyang to ask for money and grain from King Fu's mansion, and the Panshi camp left Luoyang and marched to Nanyang Mansion, slowly narrowing the encirclement.

In the next few days, the alliance leader meeting of the thieves still had no results, and a lot of strange things happened.

For example, Li Zicheng's department, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and others all declared independence as a battalion, and then they had to participate in a show of hands vote. As a result, the others stopped doing it and began to demolish their own houses, which was very noisy for a while.

Some people also proposed a situation of drawing lots, and let God decide who should sit in the position of alliance leader. The powerful Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others immediately refused, the reason is very simple: everyone came out to rebel, and my life is up to me!

Zuo Liangyu or the roundworm in Emperor Chongzhen's stomach, thought of it with him, and proposed that everyone send an army to decide the winner, of course, the kind without a blade, the winner is the king!

This proposal, the other thieves immediately rejected it, to say that the use of elite soldiers to limit the battlefield to fight in battle formations is naturally no better than Zuo Liangyu, a serious official and military background, no one wants to do this.

In the end, it was Luo Rucai who threw out the question he thought of, and he heard him say to the leaders of the thieves from all walks of life present: "Now everyone has not much food in the army, if it goes on like this, there will be no food when you turn around, and no matter how many soldiers you have, it will be useless." Don't even want to shout any slogans if you break into the king, that's nonsense. Therefore, I don't think I can rest like this anymore. Everyone moves, set a deadline, and see who grabs more food and kills more officers and soldiers, then who is the leader of the alliance, how? ”

This question is very practical, and in the past few days, there has been no discussion at all, and no one is satisfied, so these bandit leaders have all thought about this proposal.

However, this suggestion is also problematic. For example, everyone thinks about picking persimmons and pinching them, but the surrounding cities, which can be easily laid, have already been laid. The next battle was not so easy to fight, and the relatively weak ones were all rushed to fight, so they began to fight again.

However, this time, several powerful thieves, such as Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, Hui Dengxiang, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, and Zuo Liangyubu joined forces for the first time, and no longer gave those weak thieves a chance. In fact, it must also be eliminated, except for these few, the other strength is simply not enough to attack the city and seize the land.

Unable to fight for results, in the end, these families agreed to take half a month as a deadline and act separately to see who has the most harvest and the greatest results, that is, who is the leader of the alliance.

After this was settled, the first meeting of the Black Tiger Temple was over.

Emperor Chongzhen also watched this farce from beginning to end. To be honest, he was not satisfied with the result of this Black Tiger Temple meeting. The thieves are fighting on their own and attacking everywhere, which is not what he wants to see.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, he sent a messenger to Nanyang Mansion again. At the same time, he also asked Zheng Chongjian to speed up the arrangement of the finishing touches on the Shaanxi side, especially the horse material, and prepare more. Although there will be more cavalry, the pressure on logistics will also be greater.

Emperor Chongzhen decided that either he would not move, but as long as he moved, he would be like a thunderbolt and not give the thieves a chance to breathe. Therefore, logistical needs such as horse materials must be prepared in advance in Tongguan. This is different from the need for preparations in various places in Shaanxi.

When the half month agreed by the thieves was approaching, more than 15,000 war horses had been sent to Tongguan, and the cavalry was originally equipped with war horses, and the others belonged to the mounted infantry, and the war horses were just a means of transportation.

The arrival of these war horses made all the officers and soldiers excited, and they also had greater confidence in exterminating the thieves. This time, the thieves who accompanied the royal car were the most comfortable for them. There is no need to worry about the lack of food, and there is no need to worry about the difficulties of the local government, etc., the morale of the army is extremely high, and I can't wait to encircle and suppress the thieves immediately.

At this meeting when they were happy, the appointed time came, and the leaders of the thieves from all walks of life gathered in the Black Tiger Temple again. This time, it wasn't as easy as it was at the beginning.

They didn't expect that the county seats, which they used to think were easy to attack, would suddenly become difficult to fight. After many investigations, they finally found the reason. It was Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, who gave an order to the local governments, telling them to be on strict guard, and the army and the people were united to fight the thieves.

The most important thing is that the magistrate was given power, and if there was no money and food, and the squire in the city was unwilling to give it consciously, the magistrate was allowed to send troops to forcibly demand money and food. Regardless of the backstage of the local squire, all of them were done in this way. All the consequences shall be borne by the Governor's Palace, the Governor of the Five Provinces.

With such a hand, it was difficult for these cities to fight all of a sudden, and they couldn't even send people into it. The slightest movement will be noticed and pushed to the head of the city to cut off the head. This kind of precaution has even reached the point where as long as it is not the guarantor of the city, unfamiliar faces will rather kill the wrong ones than let them go.

"His damn Chen Qiyu, this dog official, why is he so bold, I have never seen him do such a thing before, and he is so responsible!" Zuo Liangyu scolded for this.

"It's not, it's not sure that Chen Qiyu, the dog official, lost a few cities before, so he jumped off the wall in a hurry!" Luo Rucai was also surprised, "Forcibly asking for money and food from those squires is a bit of our demeanor!" ”

They naturally didn't know that Chen Qiyu dared to issue this order, it was because he was ordered by the emperor, that is, the emperor asked him to do this, so what was there to be afraid of!

Li Zicheng's performance was a little different from them, he laughed, which was extremely abrupt, attracting the attention of all the bandit leaders, and then he said: "Everyone, since Chen Qiyu has done this kind of thing, we don't need to beat him." As long as you can deal with him, he will definitely be attacked one day, and he will definitely be punished by the emperor again! ”

"How?" When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately asked strongly, "We have so many people, where do we get so much food?" ”

"yes, it seems that all the battalions are starting to starve to death, right?" Hui Dengxiang also nodded and agreed, "Don't deny it, I saw a corpse thrown out!" ”

After the rebellion, the food that had been accumulated was almost eaten by each family. I originally thought that this month, I could still harvest something, but it backfired, and the food could not be helped.

The elite subordinates of each family are okay, and those people who are coerced can only drink one gruel a day when there is no war, and even some of the weaker ones are given up by the thieves, and they don't even have to drink gruel.

Speaking of this heavy topic, there was a rare silence in the Black Tiger Temple.

They had to admit that they originally thought that the situation was very good, but now it seems that the imperial court still has strength, and at least it needs to fight some vicious battles.

There was silence here, and the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the temple gate was a bit loud.

"Now no one can enter, stay here."

"No, I have something important to ask to see the king of my family!"

"No, it's okay, each family can only enter so many people!"

"Yes, if you want to do this, then I also have an urgent matter to find the eight kings of my family, or do you want to go in together?"

"I'm really in a hurry, I have news from the emperor!"

“……”

Clearly hearing the movement outside, especially when he heard this last sentence, Li Zicheng stood up with a "whew" and hurriedly shouted: "Put people in!" ”

After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his leg and left, obviously, because he didn't want to wait for someone to come in, but that he was going out.

When the other bandit leaders heard this, they immediately shouted and asked for the people to be released outside. At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong stopped in front of Li Zicheng and said to him with a smile: "If there is news of the dog emperor, call in and listen to it together, King Chuang doesn't need to go outside!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Luo Rucai immediately echoed: "Yes, why don't you go out in person and call in to listen to it together." ”

“……”

The other bandit leaders also have the same attitude. While stopping Li Zicheng, he shouted for him to be released outside.

The subordinates of each family outside the door heard their bosses shouting for release, so they didn't stop anymore.

Li Zicheng really thought that it would be better for him to know the emperor's news, but when he was stopped at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little complaining when he looked at Gao Yigong who strode in.

Gao Yigong didn't think about this, and after striding in, he clasped his hands into fists and said to Li Zicheng: "Big brother, the Dog Emperor is in Nanyang Mansion, and he just got the news that there are more than 10,000 people in the Panshi Camp with him. ”

The Panshi Battalion, that is, the former Qin Army, is still the elite kind, with more than 10,000 defenders of the city, Gao Yigong doesn't think that Li Zicheng alone can fight it. Based on this, he said it openly here. Otherwise, if the emperor is a soft persimmon on his side, he is not a brainless person, and he will shout publicly.

As soon as they heard this, all the bandit leaders were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed!

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