Zhang Xianzhong thought for a long time and felt that if Li Guodong was allowed to follow him to grab territory, wouldn’t he have fought so many battles in vain? So he agreed to Zhang Kewang’s plan of disagreement: “Kei Wang, although this plan is unjust, there is no better way than this plan now. Tell me, how should I use the plan to make the court believe it? This person left no trace of his work, and he had a secret relationship with us, but he did not leave any evidence. How could this make the Ming court believe it?”

Zhang Kewang said: "Father, my child is a little talented and knowledgeable. I can't come up with a solution to the specific plan. But Mr. Wang is resourceful and he must have a solution, so he will tell Mr. Wang about this."

Wang Zhaolin, the military advisor of the Daxi Army, was summoned. He was shocked when he heard that Li Guodong had secretly joined forces to offer his army. He had no idea about this before, and after hearing about it, he was extremely shocked.

"I didn't expect that this person, as a general of the court, has been using our army! It can be seen that this person has long been unjust!" Wang Zhaolin said, stroking his beard.

"Mr. Wang, please think of a way to make the Ming court believe this matter. We have no evidence in our hands." Zhang Kewang said anxiously.

Wang Zhaolin laughed: "Why do you need evidence for such a disobedient heart? Chongzhen's tyrant king is extremely suspicious. As long as we send me a detailed plan and spread the news that Wu Weibo is treasonous and secretly cared for thieves, the tyrant king will definitely be suspicious! It will be easy to deal with at that time."

Zhang Kewang asked: "Mr. Wang, but Zuo Liangyu also has the intention of being unjust. How many people have impeached him? Isn't it true that Chongzhen's foolish monarch dared to deal with him?"

"Zuo Liangyu has a strong army, and Li Laoer is also a strong army. The tyrant monarch no longer has much control over the court, so he naturally cannot control the generals who have a strong army. Every time he fails, he can only kill a few civil officials to vent his hatred. Now, Zuo Liangyu and Li Laoer have the intention of being unjust, so that's easy to deal with. At that time, the tyrant monarch will inevitably let Zuo Liangyu and Li Laoer kill each other! In this way, we will have a chance?" Wang Zhaolin stroked his beard and shook his head.

"But Zuo Liangyu is not Li Laoer's opponent!" Zhang Kewang sighed, "In the battle of Anqing, Li Laoer defeated Zuo Liangyu's 300,000 troops with just 300,000 troops! Now Li Laoer has 50,000 elite soldiers under his command. How dare Zuo Liangyu cause trouble for him?"

"Zuo Liangyu dared not cause trouble for him, but this person can follow him to compete for territory! If Li Lao Er took the initiative to attack Zuo Liangyu, he would have to attack the city, and he would probably have lost little, right? The student had long heard that Li Lao Er attacked Jingzhou. Although Ma Shouying was killed, he would have lost nearly 10,000 people? If Zuo Liangyu only grabbed the territory and did not attack him, Li Lao Er took the initiative to attack Zuo Liangyu and captured several cities, and his troops would have been almost lost. What's more, with Zuo Liangyu following him to grab the territory, wouldn't Li Lao Er dare to follow our army again?"

Afterwards, Wang Zhaolin ordered to release a group of refugees, give them some money, and let them spread rumors everywhere, saying that Wuweibo secretly colluded with the thieves, raised the bandits and respected themselves, and failed to suppress the bandits and snatched the territory everywhere, and had long been unscrupulous.

The rumors spread to Hubei and Zuo Liangyu's ears.

Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed: "I thought Li Ergou was really a loyal minister and general. In this way, this person is probably unfair to have a disagreement!"

"Father, this person has a strange intention. Now we can openly seize his territory! The foolish king in the north is suspicious all day long. When the rumors spread to the capital, the foolish king will definitely become suspicious! We will help spread the rumors faster! The foolish king actually doubts us, so when we steal Li Ergou's territory, the foolish king will like to hear and see him. Father, do you think the foolish king wants us and Li Ergou to kill each other?" Zuo Menggeng said.

Zuo Liangyu said furiously: "Don't speak wildly! You are actually disrespectful to the emperor!"

"My father, he was a foolish monarch! The child said, what can this foolish monarch do to us?"

Zuo Liangyu sighed: "Meng'er, I understand your intentions for my father. It's a pity that this person is too strong. If we grab the territory, we may not be able to grab this person at all."

"Father, we will follow them to grab the territory. It is not easy for us to conquer the city of Wuchang, so it is better to sneak attack Jingzhou! This person's main force has evacuated Jingzhou, so we will rob Jingzhou. In this way, we have the final say on the ground in Jingzhou." Zuo Menggeng offered his suggestion.

"It's too risky to rob Jingzhou. Li Ergou's naval army is entrenched in Wuchang. Our army will sneak attack Jingzhou, so only the Lu army will go all the way. If Li Ergou returns to the army to rescue, we will be trapped west of the Han River. At that time, we can only go north to meet the thieves! No, we can't sneak attack Jingzhou." Zuo Liangyu shook his head.

"My father, let's gather all the generals and ask your brothers for their opinions." Zuo Menggeng said.

Zuo Liangyu then summoned Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Zhang Yingxiang, Jin Shenghuan, Xu Yong, Zhang Yingyuan and others to the central army tent to discuss how to seize Li Guodong's territory, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"Master General, it is indeed not advisable to attack Jingzhou. Our army has not conquered Wuchang. If we attack Jingzhou rashly, we may be cut off by Li thieves, and the consequences will be unimaginable." Li Guoying said.

Lu Guangzu offered a plan: "Master, the last general heard that Li Ergou's main army was in Wuchang City. There were only some military households outside the city, and the fort had not yet been built. The cavalry of this bandit went to Changsha. We can not attack Wuchang and attack the military households outside their city with cavalry. They had no cavalry and could do nothing to do with our cavalry. This forced him to leave Changsha and bring the cavalry back to rescue."

"Li Ergou is also suppressing the thieves in Changsha. If we take action behind our backs, and the court blames us, we may not be able to bear the responsibility." Jin Shenghuan said worriedly.

Li Guoying laughed: "As long as we help and spread rumors faster, Li Ergou will be the same as us in the eyes of the court! The court is hoping that this thief will kill each other with us! Therefore, if this thief withdraws his troops from Changsha, the court will not blame us!"

With the support of the Zuo family army, the rumors released by Zhang Xianzhong soon spread to the capital, and it was very popular in the capital.

"What? Wu Wei Bo colluded with the thief to offer his own thieves and raise the bandits to respect themselves? He also had a disobedient attitude towards the court?" Emperor Chongzhen heard the news that the Jinyiwei brought back from outside the palace, and widened his eyes in disbelief and turned to look at Wang Chengen, "Parent Wang, what do you think?"

Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is unreliable. It must be a rumor spread by the thief and Zuo Liangyu."

Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "But Wu Wei Bo is also respectful, so I am worried that he will become the second Zuo Liangyu. A few days ago, he reported that he had killed the general Kong Xigui? A general of the court, and he was killed. The report said that Kong Xigui was robbing the troops and killing Liang to make contributions. Wu Wei Bo went to stop him. Kong Xigui resisted arrest and was killed. However, many ministers in the court did not believe it at all, and they did not say that Wu Wei Bo was domineering and looked down on the court. Alas, it is estimated that those officials will make trouble again tomorrow morning."

As expected by Chongzhen, the next morning, many censors in the court impeached Li Guodong. Many censors attacked Li Guodong like a tide, asking Emperor Chongzhen to deprive him of his title and ordered Zuo Liangyu to send troops to seize Wuchang and Jingzhou. Not to mention censors this time, even Chen Yan, Minister of Revenue, Zhang Jinyan, Minister of War, and even Wei Zaode, the chief minister of the cabinet, all submitted a memorial, demanding that Li Guodong be deprived of his title and ordering Zuo Liangyu to send troops to wipe out Li Guodong.

"Your Majesty!" Wei Zaode knelt on the ground and said righteously, "Wuwei Bo has the intention of being a disobedient, and Zuo Liangyu is also inappropriate. He ordered Zuo Liangyu to send troops to attack Wuwei Bo. This is a trick of killing two birds with one stone! Let the two thieves kill each other and weaken their strength, which is also a solution for our Ming Dynasty to solve the major problems!"
Chapter completed!