Liu Goudan returned to Zuo Liangyu's camp and told Zuo Liangyu what Li Guodong meant.

"Twenty-five thousand taels of silver? Li Ergou is too bullying! It's too expensive! I won't give it to you, Li Ergou will do whatever he wants!" Zuo Liangyu slapped the table in anger.

Zuo Menggeng hurriedly stepped forward and advised, "My father, you must not! These 4,000 elite soldiers are all veterans who have followed our father and son for many years. Now Li Laoer wants us to spend money to redeem them. If we are reluctant to spend this money, we may be cold in the future. If the people's hearts disperse, my 300,000 army will disperse."

"This is true, it's only 250,000 taels of silver. This Li Lao Er is too unscrupulous!" Zuo Liangyu said in pain. Although Zuo Liangyu has robbed a lot of silver in the past few years, he was hurt by the fact that he wanted to take out 250,000 taels of silver.

Zuo Menggeng sighed: "My father, although Li Laoer is unkind, we must pay for money. How many people in the court impeached us father and son? But we have heavy troops in our hands. If the morale of the army is dispersed and the people are gone, Mr. Father, you and your son will die without a place to die!"

After thinking about it carefully, Zuo Liangyu also felt that Zuo Menggeng was very reasonable. Of course, he knew how many things the Zuo family army had done in the past few years, how many censors in the court impeached him. It is said that the impeachment memorials were more than one person high. Even the former Yang Sichang, Chen Qiyu, Xiong Wencan, and now Sun Chuanting and other officials impeached him. If it weren't for his heavy troops, ten heads would not be enough to kill Chongzhen.

"Yes, I wrote to Li Laoer and told him that we can pay 250,000 taels of silver to redeem people. But I still have a condition, which is that I hope to buy a batch of grain from Li Laoer. North Korea now strictly orders us to pursue the thieves. If there is no food, what will we use to pursue the thieves?" Zuo Liangyu finally agreed to Li Guodong's conditions, but also hoped to buy food from Li Guodong.

In the capital thousands of miles away, in the Forbidden City, Wang Chengen hurriedly ran into the Xihunting Pavilion with a memorial in his hand: "The emperor, the emperor, and the Wuweibo have had an internal strife with the general of the treacherous! The two armies fought in Anqing, and the general of the treacherous suffered heavy losses."

"They are all officers and soldiers who suppress the thieves, how can they kill each other?" Chongzhen was shocked.

Wang Chengen said: "I don't know much, but here is a memorial from the governor of Anlu, Huang Peixuan, saying that Zuo Liangyu wanted to enter the city to rob, but Wu Weibo could not bear it anymore, so he helped, defeated the Zuo Army and saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Anqing. Huang Peixuan also said that Wu Weibo's troops were only 30,000, and defeated Zuo Liangyu's 500,000 army!"

"Thirty thousand is over 500,000?" Chongzhen widened his eyes, "Wu Weibo is so powerful? Zuo Liangyu's 500,000 army is so vulnerable? How credible is this memorial?"

Wang Chengen said: "The emperor, I didn't believe it at first, but the King of Zhou of Kaifeng also reported that when Wuwei Bo left Kaifeng, he had only more than 50,000 people on hand, and left 10,000 people to guard the Yellow River embankment to prevent the thief from breaking the embankment. He only brought 40,000 people to fight. Of these 40,000 people, only 30,000 people were deducted from the 10,000 navy troops. There were also reports in Huai'an, Guazhou and other places that Wuwei Bo had only 30,000 troops passing through their jurisdiction and did not offend the people."

Emperor Chongzhen quickly took the memorial and read it. His eyes lit up. He suddenly slapped the Dragon Case and said happily: "Good fight! Good fight! Zuo Liangyu is arrogant and domineering and does not take the court seriously. He simply relies on his own military and respect. The court dares not do anything to him. Now, Wuweibo teaches him a lesson!"

Wang Chengen suddenly knelt down: "Emperor, although Wuwei Bo taught Zuo Liangyu a lesson, Zuo Liangyu deserves it. But now, the two groups of our Ming Dynasty have not yet fought with the bandits, and they have strife and fight each other in internal conflicts and kill each other. This is not a good thing."

Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Parent Wang, how many people have impeached him? The memorials are all higher than me! This man has self-respected troops, does not obey the imperial orders, and has refused to obey the orders several times. This thief will sooner or later rebel! Now Wu Wei Bo has taught him a lesson to let him know the power of the court and let him know the world is high. Isn't this a good thing?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly said: "The emperor is wise and Wu Weibo is loyal to the court, but Zuo Liangyu resists the order several times and refuses to obey it. Compared with the two, the loyalty and treacherous are clear at a glance."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned: "Parent Wang, to be honest, I think Wu Weibo is not as loyal as you said. He colluded with civil servants in Jiangnan to make huge profits, but in fact he is already a big deal! It's just that the court needs such a person now."

"The emperor, but this person has never resisted the order and refused to obey the order. He will go wherever you ask him to go, at least he is much better than Zuo Liangyu."

While the master and servant were talking, someone came outside to report: "Your Majesty, the King of Chu urgently reported that the thief has arrived in Jiangbei! He successively defeated Xiaqi, Huangzhou, Macheng and other places, and Xiaqi Xiong Wencan's family was destroyed! The thieves are powerful, and I am afraid that Wuchang will be in trouble!"

"Isn't Xianzhe still in Qianshan? Why are you almost here in Wuchang?" Chongzhen asked in surprise.

The man replied, "Your Majesty, because Wuweibo and the general Pingtie were in conflict in Anqing, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo were defeated by the bandit army, and the bandits were killed all the way west, and there was no way to resist wherever they passed. Your Majesty, once Wuchang is lost, the grain-producing land in Huguang will be completely defeated!"

Emperor Chongzhen said anxiously: "I will issue an order immediately to order the general who suppresses the thief to advance west quickly and must protect Wuchang!"

Wang Chengen said: "The emperor, Zuo Liangyu is probably unreliable, so he begs the emperor to issue an order to send troops from Anqing quickly, advance westward from the waterway to rescue Wuchang!"

"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded, "Wuweibo has 10,000 naval troops, which can transport troops westward; and order the generals to suppress the bandits to rescue Wuchang by land."

Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict was quickly passed through the cabinet, and then someone rushed to the 800-mile rush to send the imperial edict to the camps of Zuo Liangyu and Li Guodong respectively.

Zuo Liangyu was still bargaining with Li Guodong at this time. Li Guodong was unwilling to provide too much food to Zuo Liangyu. He believed that if his food was not raised, it would not be possible to buy it with silver. Zuo Liangyu insisted that his army of more than 300,000 was insufficient food and could not send troops. Li Guodong asked Zuo Liangyu to chase Zhang Xianzhong and seized it from Zhang Xianzhong. As a result, the two of them were reluctant to give in to the issue of food.

At this time, the imperial edict from the court arrived at Zuo Liangyu's camp.

"Liu Goodan, go and tell Li Laoer quickly, and the imperial edict has arrived. The court wants his official to send troops to suppress the thieves. If there is no food, how can we send troops? Let Li Laoer sell some food, otherwise he will disobey the imperial edict, and I am afraid no one will be able to make a move." Zuo Liangyu called Liu Goodan and asked him to deliver the letter.

Finally, Li Guodong agreed and asked Zuo Liangyu to take out 350,000 taels of silver, of which 250,000 taels were redeemed for the prisoners, and the remaining 100,000 taels were purchased for grain. Li Guodong allocated 30,000 stones of grain to provide it to the Zuo family army, and asked Zuo Liangyu to rescue Wuchang quickly.

"Master General, today we will also send troops to rescue Wuchang immediately. When will we set off?" Han Dashan asked.

"When Zuo Liangyu's silver is delivered, we will set off immediately." Li Guodong said.

In fact, it was too late to set off immediately, because Li Guodong knew in his heart what kind of guy Zhu Huakui, the King of Chu, was. This man was even more domineering than King Fu, and even dared to kill Zhao Kehuai, the governor of Huguang. This man reigned for 63 years, and gold, silver and treasures in the palace were piled up like mountains, not inferior to King Fu. Moreover, this man was even more stingy than King Fu.

According to the history that Li Guodong knew, Zhang Xianzhong was approaching the city, and officials in the city asked the King of Chu to ask for silver to raise the soldiers. As a result, the King of Chu took out a chair from the Hongwu period and said that there was nothing else, only this chair could support the army to raise the soldiers. This approach was comparable to the strange King Fu.

At present, Li Guodong was hesitant, should he save the King of Chu?
Chapter completed!