Xiangyang Mansion City, Mansion Office, Wing Room.

Zhang Xianzhong was a little anxious, the attack of the official army was not particularly fierce, it could even be said that it was a little weak, each large-scale attack, the number of people was only about 10,000 people, the soldiers of the righteous army relied on the artillery on the city wall, and their own tenacity, they could effectively resist the attack of the official army, but the righteous army guarding the city, the losses were also heavy.

In a short period of time, the rebel army was able to resist the attack of the official army, and Zhang Xianzhong was most worried about the situation in the city.

Since the official army began to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, the city has been uneasy, Zhang Xianzhong has been angry many times, and has killed a lot of people, this can be regarded as his helpless move, if not to kill, maybe someone has begun to rebel in the city, and even some people will die to open the city gate, such a situation of internal and external difficulties, the righteous army can not bear it at all.

Killing people to stabilize the situation is the easiest way, but it is also the most stupid way, in less than a month, hundreds of people were killed, but the situation in the city is even more weird, the rebels have not received any support, not to mention the scholars in the city, even the ordinary people, the attitude is also undergoing fundamental changes, and there is a faint opposition between the rebels.

Zhang Xianzhong doesn't have much knowledge, and he is also a reckless man, but he has been in a hundred battles, he knows the severity, and if he wants to be able to hold the city of Xiangyang, he needs to get the support of the people in the city.

Zhang Xianzhong also showed a tyrannical temper, thinking about eliminating all threats in the city, and even killing all the people in the city, but he didn't dare to make such a determination for the time being, and killing in the city would definitely cause an unusual sensation. It is impossible to stabilize the situation, once the turmoil appears, the outcome will be that the city of Xiangyang Mansion has been broken by the official army.

In fact, the offensive lasted only a month, but it is an indisputable fact that the people's mood has changed definitely. After all, the people still identify with the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and how to find a way to stabilize the situation is the biggest problem facing Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong is not ready, or he does not have the ability to govern the place, governing a place well is not as simple as words, it needs to rely on a large group of people, it needs to show extraordinary wisdom, and it needs to have the means to govern the place. It is a pity that Zhang Xianzhong has a deep prejudice against scholars, he does not trust scholars at all, he does not listen to good advice, and he does not have the experience of governing the locality.

But Zhang Xianzhong still has confidence, he knows very well that as long as the righteous army can hold Xiangyang Fucheng. Wait until the situation changes, forcing the officers and troops to withdraw. Then the rebel army has won a huge victory, after all, this is the attack of the imperial court with all its might.

The 60,000 righteous troops led by Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi were stationed in the Yunyang area and could come to reinforcements at any time, and Li Zicheng was stationed in the Nanyang and Runing areas, and could also lead a large army to besiege the official army. Zhang Xianzhong only needs to lead the righteous army to hold the city, and drag down the official army and consume the strength of the official army to the greatest extent.

From this level, the initiative is still in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong.

Many counselors entered the chambers. Again the discussion and controversy began.

Zhang Xianzhong has long been accustomed to such disputes and discussions, he is very disdainful and doesn't care, but he can't let the strategists not speak, after all, this is the duty of others, as for the opinions and suggestions provided by the strategists, Zhang Xianzhong basically did not adopt them.

"King, you can ask General Liu Wenxiu, General Li Dingguo, and General Ainengqi to come and reinforce ......"

"The king, you can unite with Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and the two righteous armies will unite to defeat the official army......"

"The king, for those scholars and scholars in the palace, we must not be soft, let them not dare to make the slightest move, let them obey, and at a critical time, you can kill them all............

Listening to the suggestion put forward by the strategist, Zhang Xianzhong had no expression on his face, in fact, at this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already thought of the final way to retreat, when he asked the sailor to withdraw, the most obscure idea was that after Xiangyang Mansion City could not be defended, he would rely on the sailor to evacuate Xiangyang Mansion City, such an evacuation was nothing in his opinion, as long as he could maintain his strength.

There is strength to have everything, blindly fight to the death, so that their own strength suffers a huge loss, that is the most stupid approach, of course, ask Liu Wenxiu and others to come to help, Zhang Xianzhong will not agree, that is equivalent to pressing all the net worth and life, if the losses are heavy, the gains outweigh the losses, even if you seek the best situation, that is, defeat the official army, and you are unable to maintain the situation, then the righteous army is Li Zicheng's family alone.

Zhang Xianzhong can't have any sense of the overall situation, let alone think about losing his own strength to defeat the official army, after all, there is an irreconcilable contradiction between him and Li Zicheng, this time the focus of the official army's attack is him Zhang Xianzhong, things have developed to the point where today, how to shift the attention of the official army to Li Zicheng's side, is the most important thing.

If Xiangyang Mansion City can be defended, then desperately hold on, if the loss is too great, then it must be decisively abandoned.

It's a pity that no strategist can understand Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts.

Although Xiangyang Fucheng was surrounded by official troops, Zhang Xianzhong was still able to send people to leave from the mountains east of the city, which means that Zhang Xianzhong was able to send the righteous soldiers to leave Fucheng and go to Yunyang to give orders to Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi and others.

Zhang Xianzhong has denied the plan to let Liu Wenxiu and others rush to the aid of Xiangyang Fucheng, this is tantamount to fighting to the death with the official army, if he Zhang Xianzhong really does this, Li Zicheng is afraid that he will be very happy, maybe when he and the official army are killed, Li Zicheng will suddenly lead the righteous army to join the battle group, in that case, even if he defeats the official army, he Zhang Xianzhong does not have any ability to compete with Li Zicheng, and if it is not good, it will be directly annexed by Li Zicheng.

It is precisely because of this idea that Zhang Xianzhong decided to lead the soldiers of the righteous army to decisively evacuate the city of Xiangyang Mansion and return a city to the officials and soldiers when the battle was in an unfavorable situation, which was not a big deal.

The discussion lasted for nearly half an hour, and Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand expressionlessly, signaling everyone to stop the discussion.

Many strategists were familiar with Zhang Xianzhong's action, and immediately stopped the discussion, stood up one after another, and left the chamber.

A quarter of an hour later, a man in black entered the chamber, and the hat and veil that the man in black had not removed from his face.

"Report to the king, there are many people in Dongzhi Street and Nanzhi Street in Xiangyang City who are still having small-scale gatherings, and outsiders can hardly get in, and they can't detect what they are talking about."

Zhang Xianzhong's face changed instantly.

Dongzhi Street is the place where scholars and scholars live, Nanzhi Street is mainly a place where businessmen are concentrated, these two places can also be said to be the best places in Xiangyang City, Zhang Xianzhong killed those scholars for the first time, it was the situation that the people in black found on Nanzhi Street, and now they have killed more than 100 people, is it possible that these scholars and scholars are really not afraid of death.

Zhang Xianzhong remembered Liu Wenxiu and others' original suggestion, after he captured Xiangyang City, Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo and others suggested not to kill, not only can not kill, but also stabilize the scholar class in the city, Zhang Xianzhong thought that this suggestion was correct, and adopted it without hesitation, and did not think that these places are the most unstable places now.

After the rebels entered the city of Xiangyang, they did not carry out large-scale looting, and they could be regarded as stabilizing a lot of people.

But now, Zhang Xianzhong's thinking has fundamentally changed.

He thought for a moment, then spoke to the man in black.

"Ignore them for the time being, just keep a close watch, you should do one thing immediately, investigate the scholars and wealthy families in the city of Xiangyang Mansion, and strictly prevent them from taking advantage of this time to transfer and bury the money, we didn't do it when we entered the city, do you really think we are soft."

The man in black didn't leave right away.

"My lord, if you find that someone is hiding money, what should you do?"

"The whole family is killed, and no one is left."

The man in black clenched his fists and was about to leave, when Zhang Xianzhong spoke again.

"All of you be ready to wait for my orders, and as soon as my orders are given, you must begin to collect money and food in all parts of the city, for this is a matter of top secret, and must not be leaked out, and anyone who leaks the word will be killed."

After the man in black left, the look on Zhang Xianzhong's face became cold, he faintly felt that it was difficult for the righteous army to stabilize the situation in the city, the official army had no signs of evacuation, and the next attack may become more violent, Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi and others may not be able to intercept the grain route of the official army, in case such a situation occurs, then he will have to consider evacuating Xiangyang Fucheng, before evacuating Fucheng, he will definitely loot in the city and rob all the money.

Zhang Xianzhong clapped his hands, and a personal soldier entered the wing.

"Immediately notify Li Dingguo and order them to launch a sneak attack on the grain routes of the official army, and report the situation in a timely manner, regardless of success or failure......

After the soldiers left, the captain of the soldiers entered the wing.

"You go and deploy immediately, if the attack of the official army suddenly becomes fierce, no matter what method is adopted, it must be delayed to the death, and the official army cannot be allowed to break through the city, once the official army temporarily stops attacking, it is necessary to organize a large army to evacuate the city of Xiangyang Mansion at night......

After the captain of the soldiers left, Zhang Xianzhong's expression became a little soothed, he had made all the preparations, the key consideration was to preserve his own strength, maybe it would not take many days, he would leave the important town of Xiangyang, in fact, waiting in Xiangyang Mansion City, it didn't mean much, it was far less interesting than running around outside. (To be continued......)