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Chapter 161 The First Meeting of Zhang Dingguo

"It's me! What's wrong with this hero coming to me, Zhang Xianzhong?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

Li Guodong replied: "I was waiting outside the Great Wall for a long time and heard about the king's leader Daming. I came to Hequ and wanted to join the king's leader. But after I came to Hequ, I saw hungry crows everywhere. I couldn't stand the monkeys who could not see anyone. I was disgusted even if I saw them once. So I changed my mind and decided to go back outside the Great Wall. But when I saw these homeless refugees were so pitiful, I thought of bringing them back together. Anyway, you don't have food to support them. If you stay here, they would starve to death before the officers and soldiers came to suppress them. The Buddha said, it would be better to live one person than to build a hundred Buddha temple."

"Hahaha!" Zhang Xianzhong laughed, "I didn't expect a horse thief to actually want to save people. I, Zhang Xianzhong, have lived for so long, and it is the first time I heard about it! Before, Zhang, was also a constable in the court. I have seen many criminals, and I have never heard of thieves, horse thieves, and horse bandits who want to become Buddhas."

"A gentleman loves money and gets it well. Although I, the monkey in the sky, do not harm my life at will. Most of the people I killed were colluding with the tyrants of Jiannu. To be honest, even for Jiannu, I, the monkey in the sky, killed a lot!" Li Guodong held his fists to Zhang Xianzhong on the back of the horse.

"Kill Jiannu? Hahaha! If it weren't for the disaster of Jiannu in Liaodong, the court would not have sent additional Liao pay again and again, causing the people of Shaanxi to survive! So I, Zhang Xianzhong, always thought that the one who killed Jiannu was a hero! The one who respected the most was a hero! If the three of you did not dislike him, please follow Zhang to the Eight Kings Camp and I invite you to drink." Zhang Xianzhong saw that these three were strong and looked like veterans who had been through the battlefield for a long time, and he felt a desire to recruit him.

After hearing Zhang Xianzhong's words, Li Guodong felt that the peasant uprising leader who was criticized by history books and became a murderous devil king was actually not bad. He knew that the so-called Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan must have been blackened by the Qing Dynasty. If Zhang Xianzhong really slaughtered Sichuan, then the Qing army fought for thirteen years before occupying Sichuan. Could it be that these thirteen years of fighting with lonely ghosts?

In addition, if Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan, why would the people of Sichuan build temple statues for Zhang Xianzhong?

Therefore, it was not Zhang Xianzhong who really slaughtered Sichuan, but the Qing Dynasty! Before Zhang Xianzhong died, he asked his four adopted sons to join forces with Ming to fight against the Qing Dynasty, especially Li Dingguo, who was the national hero who killed the most Tatars in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

As for the peasant uprising of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, it finally shook the Ming Dynasty's rule. Li Zicheng attacked the Forbidden City and Chongzhen found the crooked tree. This was their crime. But the people could no longer survive, what else could they do? Should they really sit at home and starve to death? The blame for the people's rebellion can only be carried by those cultural interest groups.

In the near future, Li Guodong will definitely help the officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits. But the distant future is hard to say. Perhaps one day, he will have to join forces with the rebel army and the Daxi Army to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Guodong smiled and said, "Since the Eight Kings invite me, I am better to obey my orders than to be respectful."

When they arrived at the Eight Kings Central Army camp, someone had already come up and asked Li Guodong and the others to temporarily hand over the weapons. Then they searched them. No items were found except for the dry food and a small amount of broken silver they carried with them. So Zhang Xianzhong nodded and asked the guards to put Li Guodong and the others in.

Li Guodong turned around and looked around and saw that Zhang Xianzhong's central army camp was still in order. After all, Zhang Xianzhong was originally a soldier. The central army camp was all Zhang Xianzhong's confidant old camp soldiers and horses. They were the elite among the bandits, most of which were former Ming soldiers and horse breeders.

If ordinary refugees become elites in the old camp, it will be difficult to reach the sky. Those cannon fodders must first survive the battles, make military achievements, and become veterans, so that they will have the chance to be incorporated into the old camp.

Li Guodong saw four teenagers standing outside Zhang Xianzhong's central army tent at a glance. The four teenagers were all ten years old and eleven years old. One of them was handsome and handsome, looking very cute.

Zhang Xianzhong saw Li Guodong looking at the four young men, so he introduced: "These are Zhang's four adopted sons. This is the eldest son Zhang Kewang, this is the second son Zhang Dingguo; this is the third son Zhang Wenxiu, this is the fourth son Zhang Nengqi."

Li Guodong walked to Zhang Dingguo, who was handsome and looked at him with satisfaction: "This little brother has a good appearance and will definitely become a great man in the future!"

Zhang Dingguo said nothing, but just looked at Li Guodong coldly.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Xianzhong laughed, "The four adopted sons of Zhang don't like to talk to others."

Li Guodong turned his head to look at Zhang Kewang again. Although this child looked smarter, he did not like Zhang Kewang because of the memories he brought in his previous life. He just took a look and followed Zhang Xianzhong into the central army's tent.

Zhang Xianzhong introduced several brothers in the central army account to Li Guodong, and then asked them to cook and serve wine.

After a while, several soldiers entered the account one by one and brought a pot of yam stewed chicken nuggets, braised Yellow River carp, stewed beef with radish, braised pork with braised pork, scallion and other dishes.

Seeing Li Guodong staring at the table full of food, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said, "Chicken, pig, cattle and sheep were all stolen from the homes of the gentry and officials after they captured the county town; this fish was caught by the brothers themselves from the Yellow River. I know what you think, the people outside are almost starving to death, and our old camp still has wine and meat. But the wine and meat we stolen is also very limited. If we take it out and share it, I am afraid that one person will not be able to share it."

Li Guodong, who came all the way, saw eating human meat, had no appetite for meat, just picked up the wine glass and said, "If the Eight Kings, you need cattle and sheep, you can provide some, and transport a batch of cattle and sheep from the grassland. Anyway, the Eight Kings, you won't eat the silver you robbed from the county town. In addition, you are too many refugees. Instead of starving to death, it's better to let me take some away, so that the Eight Kings can save some food so that those who stay here will not starve to death in vain."

"Okay! It's great to get cattle and sheep. Getting more cattle and sheep can also make your brothers have enough food."

The two chatted for a long time. Zhang Xianzhong talked about his interest and talked about his affairs when he was a constable. He said that when he was a constable in Yan'an Prefecture, he had outstanding ability to solve cases, which aroused jealousy from others. In the end, the constable could not continue to do so, so he had to join the army. He joined the army in Yansui area and killed many Tartars and made great achievements in military achievements. Unfortunately, he was framed later and participated in the mutiny in anger and committed a death row. Fortunately, he was rescued by Chen Hongfan.

Li Guodong also took the opportunity to say that he hated the civil servants' interest group. Then the topic suddenly changed and asked: "If the court can recruit all heroes, I wonder if you can accept the recruitment of the Eight Kings?"

Zhang Xianzhong sighed: "If the court can recruit peace, that's the best. I, Zhang, also want to serve the court. If I can give me the opportunity to kill the Tartars and make achievements, why should I rebel?"
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