At the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain in Suizhou, Qin Zitan cut off his arm, wearing a green shirt, standing on the shore of Baiyun Lake, looking at Luo Xiancheng's camp of the homeless army.

After Liu An'er booby-trapped in Xuzhou, Luo Xiancheng became the most powerful exile army in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Although he was forced to withdraw from Shouzhou, he suffered some setbacks, but he moved west to occupy Nanyang, and then fell into Xiangyang.

Luo Xiancheng couldn't wait to return to the base camp in Xiangyang, so he couldn't wait to proclaim himself the king of Changle in Suizhou and divide the hundred officials.

Jinghu is in chaos, and troops are being dispatched from all over the country to encircle and suppress the Changle bandits; The road was naturally more sinister, and Qin Zitan, who pretended to be a business traveler with Suihu, went through hard work, sneaked to Suizhou, and almost slaughtered the homeless army as a fat sheep first.

Several horses came on horseback, trampling the hot soil under the scorching sun, and ran to him, and the leader shouted, "Which is Mr. Qin?" ”

Qin Zitan put one arm behind him and said, "Qin is!" ”

"My king is invited, looking for you for a long time, and you came here." The leader said unhappily.

"Can you come to Suizhou without seeing Baiyun Lake? Don't blame the little general," Qin Zitan said with a smile, "I'll go with you to see King Changle!" ”

The leading cavalry school asked his subordinates to give up three horses to Qin Zitan and Hu Cong, and galloped to Luo Xiancheng's big tent together.

Luo Xiancheng was tall and strong, with a dark complexion and a beard, standing there like a black tower.

Luo Xiancheng was originally the head of the horse gang, walking in Jinghu Mansions, squandering wealth and righteousness, martial arts and bravery, and also entered the county school in his early years, knew books and reads, and was quite strategic, and was very famous in the rivers and lakes.

In the early years of Chongguan, the people in the Lianghu area were in turmoil, and Luo Xiancheng also rebelled. In the fifth year of Chongguan, Luo Xiancheng brought twenty-seven poor foot men to capture Luohe County, and his reputation was greatly enhanced for a while. Then he recruited troops in Luohe County, and the army quickly expanded to several thousand. Repeatedly fighting with the officers and soldiers, when the two lakes were in turmoil in the ninth year of Chongguan, Luo Xiancheng's department and Gong Yuci and other departments were called the two lakes and five heroes, and there were more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command.

Luo Xiancheng was honored in Suizhou this time, and naturally thought that the previous bandit name was too vulgar, so he changed his name to King Changle.

"Now that there is a shortage of soldiers in various places, Mr. Qin has come to Suizhou, and the journey is not easy." Luo Xiancheng was rude in appearance, but he entered the county school when he was a child, and his family was backward, so he ran a horse gang to work as a footman to make a living. At the Fangshan Conference, Luo Xiancheng saw Qin Zitan, which was considered old.

"There is no danger, but if you can see the side of King Changle, these are nothing," Qin Zitan said, "Qin Mou came here this time to persuade Xian Shuai to lead his troops south, and Jinghu is not a place where Xian Shuai can live for a long time!" ”

"At the Fangshan Conference, you also persuaded us to go south, and at this time, you came to persuade us to go south, in the final analysis, it was not for the luxury family?" Luo Xiancheng said with a dark face, "I miss you as an old friend, and I will entertain you with a good life; If you trick me to be a stepping stone for the luxury family, don't blame me for not remembering the old love! ”

"Qin is a retainer of the luxury family, and he should plan for the luxury family and persuade the handsome to go south, which is naturally beneficial to the luxury family, but Qin really has no intention of offering the handsome and harming the handsome!" Qin Zitan said, "Two years ago, I also persuaded An Shuai like this. As long as An Shuai can lead his troops south from Haosi, it will be difficult for Dongyang Yuer's troops to resist An Shuai's heroic division, and An Shuai will be able to sandwich Jiangning with my luxury family. At that time, my luxury family will move north, and An Shuai can go west to the two lakes, cut the soil and become the king, which will be of great benefit to both sides. However, An Shuai was stubborn and wanted to take Xuzhou, but he was finally defeated and died. An Shuai's rut in front of him, you can't ignore the handsome! ”

"Liu An'er is just a traitor's earnings, and she died unjustly, and she deserves to be counted." Luo Xiancheng said disdainfully.

"Chen Zhihu led his troops to the south and won three victories one after another, if the red-jacketed woman can't resist it, can Xian Shuai be sure to frustrate its sharpness and prevent it from advancing west?" Qin Zitan asked, "Is Xian Shuai sure to hold Nanyang?" ”

Luo Xiancheng bluffed his face and didn't say anything, Qin Zitan didn't mention Chang Huaijun, he already gave him face.

Chen Zhihu's department is known as the Tiger Army on the battlefield of Eastern Fujian. In the eighth year of Chongzhou, Chen Zhihu led the tiger army to cross the river from Jiangxi to Luzhou and enter Huaishang to the north, clearing bandits all the way, bloody all the way, and all the bandits could only hide in the deep mountains and old forests of Tongbai Mountain, Dabie Mountain and Anhui Mountain. When Chen Zhihu arrived in Jinnan, he killed more than 20,000 people in Wu County, and his murderous reputation was even more prominent. Tens of thousands of Dongyu iron cavalry besieged Datong, and Chen Zhihu defended it alone.

Compared with the Huaidong Army's fortunate victory over the Dongyu Iron Cavalry in Yannan, the Tiger Army led by Chen Zhihu can be seen by everyone as the elite of a hundred battles that really came out of the blood. In Luo Xiancheng's view, the world is strong, and the status of Chen Zhihu's tiger army should be above the elite of Huaidong.

This time the southern transfer to clear the bandits, in two months, Chen Zhihu led his troops in the first battle of Yanling, the first battle of Luohe, and the first battle of Qingxiang, all three battles were victorious, and no prisoners were left under the knife, more than 40,000 heads were killed, and the displaced people army was terrified. Except for the red-jacketed woman, the other homeless troops in Huaibei and Henan all fled one after another, not daring to engage in battle.

Although Luo Xiancheng was far away from the battlefield, it was impossible for his heart not to be touched.

Not to mention frustrating Chen Zhi's tiger army, Luo Xiancheng also suffered a lot in the hands of Changhuai Army. Officers and men who are truly able to organize, have sufficient food and wages, and have strong armor will have much stronger combat effectiveness than the exile army. This is also the main reason why Luo Xiancheng is particularly eager to gain a firm foothold and develop his territory after many years of wandering around the world.

Don't look at the two or three hundred thousand soldiers at this time, the soldiers and horses that can really be pulled out to fight are only two or three out of ten, and the others are miscellaneous soldiers. Not to mention the armor of the miscellaneous soldiers, most of them don't even have a spear with an iron blade, and the sword and shield soldiers will be considered elite in the long army.

But Nanyang is too close to the land of the four wars in Henan, and Luo Xiancheng has been on guard all day when Chen Zhihu or Tao Chun will attack Nanyang coldly, although he has proclaimed himself the king of Changle, but he has no peace of mind for a day.

Qin Zitan saw that Luo Xiancheng was silent with a dark face, and smiled in his heart: After the situation in Henan is calmed down, it is inevitable that the main force of officers and soldiers will advance westward, how can Luo Xiancheng occupy Xiangyang, Nanyang, and Suizhou with peace of mind to be his king of Changle?

"Xian Shuai led his troops southward and joined forces with me to attack Jiangxi in Zhejiang and Fujian," Qin Zitan said, "I only want to take the road from Jiangxi to Jiangning, and I have no greed for Jiangxi." At that time, the officers and soldiers of Jianghuai will all be blocked by Zhejiang and Fujian, and it will be better to offer the commander to cross the mountains to the south and take Guangnan or go up the river and enter southern Hunan in the west. ”

"Humph!" Luo Xiancheng snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Qin is a three-year-old boy who is easy to bully, and the luxury family is confident that he can block the sharpness of the Jianghuai officers and soldiers, and he should be able to take Jiangxi alone, why do you need my assistance in going south?" ”

"Now from eastern Zhejiang to western Zhejiang to Jiangxi, the front stretches for more than 1,000 miles. My Zhejiang-Fujian family has to deal with the four families of Huaidong, northern Zhejiang, Huinan, and Jiangxi alone, and there is Yu Wangao's remnants in the south. If the Governor's Office of Zhejiang and Fujian wants to concentrate its forces to fight Jiangxi, Huaidong, northern Zhejiang, southern Huinan, and southern Fujian will always make efforts to attack. No matter how strong Zhejiang and Fujian are, they are also unable to cope, so they have to ask the commander to raise troops to the south to help," Qin Zitan said, "As long as the commander and the troops go south, as long as they work together to break Jiangxi, my Zhejiang and Fujian elites will be able to form a siege of Deng Yubu in southern Huinan first, and the deadlock will naturally be opened." It is precisely because of the fact that the commander raised troops to the south to help Zhejiang and Fujian greatly, but the governor of my family agreed to leave Guangnan, Xiangnan and other places to the commander for his own use. Besides, the two have opened up contact, and Zhejiang and Fujian can also supply the armor, food and equipment needed by the commander. Twenty or thirty soldiers and horses in the commander's department, if there is no armor, food and equipment, it is not easy to become an elite. ”

Luo Xiancheng touched his chin with his hand, after Chen Zhihu led his troops south, although he won a great victory in Suizhou, he still had trouble sleeping and eating, and he was afraid that Chen Zhihu or Tao Chun would go west to fight Nanyang all day long. Luo Xiancheng didn't have Liu An'er's tenacity to fight with the officers and soldiers, and he still had the idea of transferring when a strong enemy came. Although Luo Xiancheng didn't believe that Qin Zitan could have any good intentions on behalf of the luxury family, the situation was like this, and he secretly said in his heart: It may be a good time to take advantage of the situation to go south at this time!

Luo Xiancheng touched his beard and thought for a moment, and said: "From Suizhou to the south to cross the river, there are still four or five hundred miles of twists and turns, along the way the city is deep and big, if not our department can destroy it in a short time, even if it can reach the edge of the river, so many people and horses, how to cross the river?" I have the intention to raise troops to the south to help the luxury family achieve great causes, but I can't afford to give it a go! ”

"As long as Xianshuai has the heart to go south, there is always a way to think of it!" Qin Zitan said, "Of course, it is very difficult for Xianshuai to bring 200,000 or 300,000 soldiers and horses to the south, but it is not difficult for Xianshuai to select 350,000 elites and bypass the dangerous places of Jiancheng." As long as the elite of the Xianshuai advance arrives in Qichun, Yang Xiong will lead his troops down the river to help Xianshuai cross the river. As long as Xianshuai has a firm foothold in Jiangxi, are you still afraid that the follow-up soldiers and horses will not be able to cross the river? ”

"Will Yang Xiong help me cross the river?" Luo Xiancheng frowned, stared at Qin Zitan suspiciously, and said, "Isn't that to ask the luxury family to give Xiangnan to Yang Xiong?" As he said this, his hands pressed to the saber at his waist.

"Why are you angry?" Qin Zitan asked calmly, "Yang Xiong's soldiers are only thousands, and they are all naval troops, no matter how big his heart is, it is impossible to compete with Xianshuai for southern Hunan, but after Xianshuai enters Jiangxi in the south, he must be willing to give him the hat of the governor of the navy!" ”

Yang Xiong is the great man who has crisscrossed Dongting Lake over the years, and he is also one of the five heroes of the two lakes that year. Yang Xiong did not lead his troops north to participate in the Fangshan Conference, and stayed between the Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake, and the development of his power was greatly restricted. Unlike Luo Xiancheng, Gong Yuci, and Liu An'er, although there are ups and downs, they all have the peak and glory of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Hearing that Qin Zitan had persuaded Yang Xiong to agree to join this side, Luo Xiancheng's face was cloudy, he was not reluctant to give the hat of the governor of the navy to others, there was no navy under his command, he just doubted that Qin Zitan's words could be somewhat credible.

Qin Zitan could see Luo Xiancheng's hesitation, but with the temptation of an elite sailor, no one would give up easily, he said: "Yang Xiong has been unsatisfactory in Xianghu in the past few years, oppressing the officers and soldiers, and the space for survival is getting smaller and smaller. If Gong Yuqi doesn't send troops from eastern Sichuan or you can't lead your troops south, Yang Xiong's troops may be wiped out at any time. Yang Xiong is hoping that you can lead your troops south, and I am just running back and forth to be a lobbyist...... For specific things, you have to send a trustworthy person to contact Yang Xiong, and you can know if I have deceived you! ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to contact Yang Xiong!" Luo Xiancheng finally told Qin Zitan that he was moved, and the east of Sichuan was occupied by Gong Yu, and he didn't have the courage to touch the iron nail of the Cao family, except for going south, he didn't have much choice, and said, "Over there in Jiangxi, you have to add more chaos to the luxury family there to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers!" ”

"That's nature!" Qin Zitan was in a good mood, and he was able to persuade Luo Xiancheng to go south, no matter how bad it was, he could resolve the defensive advantage formed by the expansion of troops in Jiangdong, he said, "Taxes and donations are being raised everywhere, and the people are poor, just like a dry pyre poured with oil, just sparks splashing up!" ”

At the moment, Qin Zitan left a liaison in the camp of Suizhou Luo Xiancheng, and under the escort of Suihu, he disguised himself as a transit business traveler and sneaked into Jiangxi. When it came to Qichun, Qin Zitan received news from the inner line of Jiangning that Huaidong would attack Daishan and Changguo after the autumn!