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Later records about Zhang Xianzhong's character are confusing and often contradictory.

When Zhang Xianzhong was young, he had a strong temperament, was unruly, and liked to fight against injustice, and he almost lost his life because of this.

When he became the leader of the bandits, the "Eight Kings", the officials of the Ming and Qing Dynasties gave him a somewhat objective evaluation: cunning and courageous, suspicious and irritable, fierce and cruel, and unrestrained.

There are also legends among the people that Zhang Xianzhong upheld justice for the people and dealt with corrupt officials, evil gentry and bullies.

When Zhang Xianzhong became King of Daxi, his rule encountered various setbacks, and when he found that his desire to separate Sichuan could not be realized, he became extremely bloodthirsty.

Although Zhang Xianzhong appears in the novels of the late Ming Dynasty that Liu Sheng has read, he cannot be sure of his character.

The only thing that is certain is: this man is smart and cunning and difficult to deal with.

However, Liu Sheng originally intended to have Zhang Xianzhong stationed outside Xiangyang City for a period of time - before the Wei troops transferred the money and grain confiscated from Xiangyang City, if a large number of Ming troops came to attack Xiangyang, with Zhang Xianzhong as the flank, even if he did not take action, the Ming army would There will also be scruples, and the troops will be divided to deal with it, which will greatly reduce the pressure on the army.

Therefore, after listening to Zhang Xianzhong's words, Liu Sheng smiled and nodded, "Since the Eight Kings are willing to station outside the city, of course I have to express it.

However, our troops did not capture much grain in the city. We still need to feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, so we can only distribute 10,000 shi of grain to your troops first. "

Only ten thousand shi of food?

Zhang Xianzhong wanted to get angry after hearing this.

Although he deceived Liu Sheng and said that the nearly 40,000 people were 50,000 or 60,000, it was true that he wanted to cooperate with Liu Sheng to defeat the Ming army.

Ten thousand shi of food is only enough to feed his existing troops for half a month, or at most twenty days.

He also wants to continue recruiting troops and build weapons and equipment troops in Xiangyang.

How can this little food be enough?

Just as he was about to change his expression, he heard Liu Sheng continue: "However, I do have a food-related gift for the Eight Kings."

"what gift?"

"The eight kings should know that Prince Xiang's Mansion has many palaces outside the city, most of which have hoarded a lot of money and food.

I have copied the relevant accounts from Prince Xiang's Mansion. The Eight Kings can take them and attack and copy them according to the diagram.

Even if they only confiscated Wangzhuang near Xiangyang City, they could probably get tens of thousands of stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and many other supplies. "

Although the main purpose of what Zhang Dingguo said at the top of the city was to persuade Liu Sheng not to fire artillery and focus on Zhang Xianzhong, it was indeed a good point.

Although Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai broke through the Ming army's blockade with a great victory in Kaixian County, Sichuan, they jumped out of Sichuan and entered Huguang.

However, the Ming army that was responsible for encircling and suppressing Zhang, Luo and other bandits did not suffer much losses. It is estimated that there are still more than 100,000 people.

Even if Yang Sichang and others were questioned by Emperor Chongzhen for the fall of Xiangyang, they would not be immediately taken to Beijing - it would take at least a month or two from the time Emperor Chongzhen received the news to the time when he issued an imperial edict and sent people over.

In the meantime, even if Yang Sichang gave up treatment, it was impossible for all the Ming Dynasty civil servants and military generals to give up treatment and do nothing.

There will definitely be Ming troops coming to recapture Xiangyang in order to make meritorious deeds, or to take advantage of the opportunity to rise to power.

This can be known from the historical fact that after Zhang Xianzhong captured Xiangyang, he abandoned Xiangyang and headed north as soon as he reunited with Luo Rucai.

Liu Sheng came to Xiangyang with only four to five thousand people. If he wanted to transport the money, grain and other materials confiscated from Xiangyang City, he would need to recruit a large number of brave men and civilian men.

As for the Wangzhuang of Prince Xiang's Mansion outside the city and even further away, there is simply no force or time to attack and capture them one by one.

Rather than staying to benefit those in charge of Wangzhuang or the local government of the Ming Dynasty, it would be better to let Zhang Xianzhong copy it.

Historically, Zhang Xianzhong gained weight in Xiangyang, and then he quickly started to lose weight again.

Even so, when Zhang Xianzhong tried to capture Nanyang Mansion, he still suffered a setback.

Later, he tried to capture Runing Mansion, but was defeated first by Zuo Liangyu in Xinyang, and then by Wang Yuncheng, a general of Zuo Liangyu's tribe in Shangcheng. He was injured both times and was forced to seek refuge with Li Zicheng.

As a result, he was almost annexed by Li Zicheng. With the help of Luo Rucai, he left Henan and traveled eastward to Anhui in later generations.

After reuniting with the five regiments of Gezuo who were huddled in the Dabie Mountains, their momentum slightly increased, and then they invaded Luzhou Prefecture, trained the navy, and threatened Nanjing.

Nanjing hurriedly mobilized Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo to attack Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Division of Ge Zuo, but they were defeated.

However, when Zhang Xianzhong really wanted to conquer Nanjing and even go to Jiangnan, he was defeated by Liu Liangzuo's troops.

Judging from these achievements, the combat effectiveness of Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant troops as well as Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and other official troops were very confusing, rising and falling.

But real war is like this, and the results are affected by many factors - powerful generals may drift, be cheated by pig teammates, and be constrained by the court; generals who are not powerful may also encounter good opportunities to win.

It is definitely not like some war games, where the combat power of each unit has a constant value, and the one with the highest combat power always wins.

Liu Sheng was born in the special forces of later generations, so he naturally understood this.

Therefore, even if Zhang Xianzhong did not ask for money or food, Liu Sheng would give him Wangzhuang, a piece of meat that requires time and troops to eat.

Only in this way can Zhang Xianzhong play the role of attracting the attention of the Ming army and distracting the pressure on the army.

Zhang Xianzhong was surprised when he heard Liu Sheng's words.

After being a rogue for these years, he naturally knew how wealthy the feudal king's village was.

The problem is that Wangzhuang is a village, and you have to find them one by one before you can capture them.

If there are relevant accounts, the addresses of each Wangzhuang must be marked. It will indeed be much easier to attack according to the map.

He then smiled and said: "Then we, Lao Zhang, are not welcome!"

Liu Sheng said: "Eight Kings, don't be too busy thanking me. I didn't give you Wangzhuang's accounts for nothing - I also want to ask the Eight Kings for a small favor."

"I wonder what you're busy with?" Zhang Xianzhong asked with slightly squinted eyes.

Liu Sheng said: "It has been less than a year since I started the army, and I really lack capable generals. I met Brother Dingguo that day and felt like we were old friends at the first sight.

I hope that the Eight Great Kings will cut off their love and let Brother Dingguo switch to Kuaibu and give me a try. "

Zhang Xianzhong turned cold after hearing this, "He is our Lao Zhang's adopted son, the most promising one among the four adopted sons!"

This sentence pattern sounded strangely familiar to Liu Sheng, and he couldn't help but test it out: "Do I need to pay more?"

Zhang Xianzhong frowned and said: "Of course we have to add money! At least three hundred thousand taels of silver, plus three thousand weapons!"

"It's boring for the eight kings and lions to open their mouths. You know, Zhang Dingguo is already in my hands. I will give you at most one hundred thousand taels of silver and one thousand weapons."

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver and two thousand weapons!" Zhang Xianzhong said, "I will also give you Dingguo's wife, children and personal followers!"

Liu Sheng smiled, "I want Zhang Dingguo, and I also want his wife, children, and personal companions.

In addition, if you didn't mention the Eight Kings, I would have forgotten that the wives, children and several military advisors of the Eight Kings are also imprisoned in Xiangyang City Prison, right? "

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't figure out whether it was him who reminded Liu Sheng, or whether Liu Sheng knew about it and was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

Not to mention his wife and children, those military advisors (scholars), especially Lao Pan (Pan Duao), were quite useful to him.