Chapter Seventy-Eight: Li Cao's Joint Venture

"I'm just a newly trained soldier, not as elite as the old battalion." Liu Fangliang said.

Luo Rucai smiled slightly and said, "Then why don't we go to see the old camp?" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Since Brother Luo wants to see it, then let's go and take a look." ”

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai and his entourage bypassed Liu Fangliang's camp and did not enter, and the team walked out of the valley, bypassed several peaks, and entered the Songshan Mountain dozens of miles deep, and saw another valley.

This valley is much larger than the previous two. Luo Rucai glanced over and saw that the banner was clear, and countless soldiers were on both sides of the road, as if they were stone carvings, motionless, and only a big man was waiting in front.

This big man's face was slightly dark, and he looked like he was in his forties, and his armor felt like he couldn't wrap his muscles. With a thick voice, he said, "Liu Zongmin, meet Commander Luo." ”

This person is Li Zicheng's right-hand man, the first fierce general under his command, Liu Zongmin.

He was also an old acquaintance with Luo Rucai, and said: "Lao Liu, it seems that you are not only a blacksmith, but also an iron army?" ”

Liu Zongmin said: "Don't dare to be. It was King Chuang's guidance that led to Liu Zongmin today. ”

Li Zicheng said: "Zong Min is polite. This is Li's family background, but I don't know what Brother Luo thinks. ”

Luo Rucai was silent for a while, and said, "Far above my Cao Ying." ”

Luo Rucai secretly thought in his heart, he conceited that Cao Ying's reputation for being able to fight, it was not a waste of fame, it was basically against the old camp that broke into the camp, whether it was a victory or a defeat, and he had to fight to know. But the scale of the camp is above Cao Ying.

Although the quality of the personnel in the first two barracks is not good, they can also be used.

Just what I saw was that the number of camps was probably more than double that of Cao Ying, plus a large amount of baggage obtained from breaking into Luoyang. It is exactly what Cao Ying needs, so I am afraid that this head will be low if it is not low.

Li Zicheng smiled, he didn't force Cao Cao to promise anything on the spot, everyone is a smart person, and there is no need to say it thoroughly.

Having arrived in the old camp, Li Zicheng sent someone to place the Cao Ying's brigade in a nearby valley, and in the valley, it had already been arranged, and all kinds of barracks were ready, just waiting for people to move in.

After Li Zicheng was ready to settle in Cao Ying, he set up a banquet in the back camp to wash the dust for Cao Cao.

Luo Rucai was in the camp, looking at his big tent, saying that the big tent was actually a house made of logs, and the bark on it was still removed, looking primitive and rough.

"In charge of the plates, everyone is arranged, but the room is a little insufficient, I let some people camp outside." Rodne came to report.

Luo Rucai woke up from a dream and said, "Uncle Dane, you're here." ”

Seeing that Luo Rucai didn't understand, Luo Dain said, "Hold the plate, everyone has settled ----"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Luo Rucai, and he said, "I don't have to worry about you doing things." ”

Seeing that Luo Rucai seemed to have a mind, Luo Dain said, "If you have a mind, why don't you call Mr. Ji or Zhang Xuan to ask?" Unconsciously, Zhang Xuan has become a scholar in Cao Ying, second only to Ji Jue.

Luo Rucai said: "It's okay, go and bring Mr. Ji and Zhang Xuan over." ”

Luo Rucai also knew that asking the generals under his command might not give him a decent answer to this matter. body

But after a while, two people came.

Luo Rucai said: "Today, Li Zicheng's mind is already very clear, he wants me to live under him, but I don't know what the two of you want? ”

Ji Jue said: "Before taking charge of the plate, I also said that now the general trend, the combination of the righteous army will be profitable, and the division will be lost, otherwise the palm of the plate will not come all the way to see Li Zicheng." Now that Li Zicheng is powerful, we are not strong enough, and we have to compete with Li Zicheng, which is not only not beneficial, but disadvantageous. Thinking on the other hand, even if the person in charge of the plate bows his head to Li Zicheng, what can Li Zicheng do? Can he meddle in the affairs of Cao Ying's camp? ”

Luo Rucai thought for a while and said, "The camp is full of my cronies, and he must not interfere, nor can he interfere. ”

If Luo Rucai couldn't even manage his own headquarters, he wouldn't have come to this day.

"In that case, it's just a name." Ji Jue said: "Why bother with the palm plate, if the situation is not right in the future, the palm plate can also go up to the top with thirty-six strategies." ”

Luo Rucai pondered for a while, and had some intentions. said: "Zhang Xuan, tell me, your opinion?" ”

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Joining forces is the trend of the times, it is very beneficial to the war between the righteous army and the imperial court, and it is great to Li Zicheng, but it may not be beneficial to the leaders of the righteous army." Zhang Xuan has been thinking about Luo Rucai's fate for a while. Zhang Xuan is not too proficient in history, that is, he knows the names of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai. As for their fate, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xuan also knew, but Luo Rucai was a little unclear, but vaguely remembered that Luo Rucai seemed to have been killed by Li Zicheng. But when and where, Zhang Xuan can't remember clearly. ”

However, just remembering this, Zhang Xuan didn't dare to speak too slowly.

"What Mr. Ji said is already very clear, I will say one thing, if the official army is defeated, I am afraid that the world will not be the Zhu family in the future, if the palm is intentional, you must be careful. If the palm plate is unintentional, you also need to be careful. Zhang Xuan said.

The two cautions that Zhang Xuan said have different meanings.

The first caution is to say that if Luo Rucai has this mind, he will be Li Zicheng's opponent in the future, so he naturally has to be careful of Li Zicheng's plot, and the second caution, if Luo Rucai does not have this meaning, then he is Li Zicheng's courtier, and he should also abide by the way of being a minister.

It's just that Zhang Xuan can't say it too clearly, and he can understand it if he wants to come to Luo Rucai.

Luo Rucai's mind is extremely sensitive, how can he not understand. It's one thing to just hear and understand, and it's another to do it. However, there is one thing that Luo Rucai is sure of, no matter what happens in the future, this joint venture is imperative, as for the future, let's talk about it in the future, and the current thing will first break the official army.

Luo Ru here has just made up his mind, and Li Zicheng has already sent someone to invite him.

The place where Li Zicheng invited Cao Ying's generals was only a mountain away from Cao Ying's station. Luo Rucai left Luo Dain in the camp and took most of the generals to the banquet.

However, Li Zicheng's banquet is different from Luo Rucai's banquet, Luo Rucai's banquet is a dog and horse, I dare not say that it is exquisite and luxurious, but there should be everything, and Li Zicheng's banquet is for eating.

Large pieces of mutton, as well as other hard dishes, have a bit of Shaanxi flavor.

As soon as Luo Rucai came in, he saw Li Zicheng coming up, although Luo Rucai was still a little unwilling and reluctant. But the general trend is like this, there is no room for change, Luo Rucai sighed in his heart, bowed to Li Zicheng, and said, "Little brother to meet Brother Li." ”

In terms of age, Luo Rucai is several years older than Li Zicheng. But when people talk about big brothers, they never look at your age, but at your strength, if you are strong, everyone will worship you as your eldest brother, otherwise even if you are older, no one will pay attention to you.

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, hugged Luo Rucai, and said, "Brother Luo, why do you have to do this? Why bother? ”

Luo Ru knew that the more Li Zicheng said why it was like this, what he meant was that it had to be so. Where women alone are duplicitous, even men are wrong.

Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng exchanged a few words of greetings back and forth, which can be regarded as setting the name of the brother, Luo Rucai is the younger brother, and Li Zicheng is the brother. Luo Rucai, the younger brother, naturally has to listen to Li Zicheng's dispatch, but Li Zicheng cannot interfere in Cao Ying's affairs beyond Luo Rucai.

In essence, Luo Rucai is not Li Zicheng's subordinate, the two are just allies, but this alliance is just Li Zicheng's dominant position.

Li Zicheng got what he wanted, so he naturally had to be much more polite to Luo Rucai. For a while, there was laughter, and the guests and hosts were happy.

And Zhang Xuan was also in the banquet, chatting with Niu Jinxing very happily, and Luo Yufeng also came to the banquet, but he was with Li Zicheng's wife Gao in the back. Unknowingly, after eating and drinking until midnight, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai returned to their respective camps.

As soon as he returned to the old camp, Li Zicheng immediately wiped his face with cold water, suddenly felt much more energetic, and said, "Please come here, Mr. Niu." ”