Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Valley City.

"Fuck you! Can your father heal injuries?"

Zhang Xianzhong raised his right foot and kicked the old doctor with silver hair and beard far away.

He was tall, with a thin face, a pair of eyes that were wide open, and a frown that made him look very angry.

In the battle with the government troops half a month ago, Zhang Xianzhong suffered serious injuries to his left leg and back. The wound on his leg has now scabbed over, but the knife wound on his back has not only not healed, but has also become festered.

The old doctor was kicked and almost fainted, but he did not dare to delay for a moment and quickly begged for mercy, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead and fear on his face.

The doctor who treated the general five days ago had been killed and his body was still hanging on the flagpole in the city.

"General! The wound has already festered. I can only scrape off the rotten flesh. But...but the general didn't scrape it clean last time for some reason...that's why...that's why..."

"Fuck you, I'm watching you, you did it on purpose, you old bastard must be a spy sent by the court, if I ask you to deal with it, I'm sure you won't survive.

"Someone, come here! Drag this bastard out, chop him up, and hang his body in the city for public display."

After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, he ignored the old doctor's pleas for mercy, picked up the wine jar and took a sip of the wine.

Now the government troops have surrounded them on all sides. Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying are in Xunyang, Huang Wazi Li Zicheng is in Dangyang, and he himself is besieged in Gucheng because of his injury.

In the eight years since he started his uprising, Zhang Xianzhong had never felt so aggrieved.

If he was not injured, he might be able to fight the government troops again. As long as he could escape from Fatty Yang's net, he could go to Shaanxi and Sichuan.

However, Fatty Yang was quite capable. Not only did he get a lot of food and fodder in a short period of time, he even made many grudges against the government army obey his orders.

The only thing he could do now was to wait. Wait for Fatty Yang and Huang Wazi to start fighting so that he could take advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters. When he escaped, he would definitely burn some incense for Huang Wazi.

"Godfather, Xiong Wencan sent people here. Maybe the food and fodder promised last time have been delivered. Many donkey carts have arrived." Li Dingguo came to report in military uniform.

He just turned eighteen this year. The military uniform he wore made him look a little childish, and there was a hint of handsomeness on his resolute face.

"Well, let him wait outside. I'm going to change my clothes. Ouch." Zhang Xianzhong stood up and the wound on his back was pulled. He grimaced in pain.

He hated meeting with court officials the most. Those educated guys seemed to have hundreds of minds. If it weren't for the situation, Zhang Xianzhong would have wanted to kill those people long ago.

But after all, they came to deliver food and supplies, so Zhang Xianzhong did not scold them harshly.

"Is my foster father's injury not healed yet?" Li Dingguo frowned.

"They are all a bunch of quacks who want to harm me! Damn them." Zhang Xianzhong endured the pain and put on his clothes.

He had announced to the public that his injuries had healed long ago in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, but he did not intend to hide it from Li Dingguo.

This kid has followed him since he was young and is considered his most trusted subordinate among his adopted sons.

When they arrived at the living room, Zhang Xianzhong immediately walked over with a warm bow.

"Oh my, Lord Zhao, it's been a long time since we last met. We are so happy to finally have you here."

In the living room, Zhao Daguang, the Left Councillor of Huguang Provincial Government, also stood up and bowed. After some greetings, Zhao Daguang said:

"General Zhang, the 50,000 shi of grain and fodder that we promised you have all been delivered to the city.

To be honest with General Zhang, the imperial court has no food and fodder. All this food and fodder was just delivered by Yang Ge's troops to Governor Xiong's camp, and Governor Xiong immediately sent an official to respond to the promise.

I think the general should have seen the sincerity of the court this time."

Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be grateful when he heard this.

"Master Zhao, look at what you said, I also came here with sincerity.

Just take the food and fodder as an example. They are not what we need. They are all from our soldiers.

If we don't give them food, they won't even listen to us, let alone the court.

There is no need to mention my sincerity. I have been running for eight years and I am tired.

"I can surrender to the imperial court and get an official position, what else do you want? Don't you think so, Lord Zhao?"

Zhao Daguang narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to see more from Zhang Xianzhong's eyes.

Zhang Xianzhong had an innocent look on his face. When someone looked at him, he would look back at them with his big eyes.

After a moment, Zhao Daguang smiled.

"Hahaha! What General Zhang said is true. I know that General Zhang started the rebellion out of necessity, which is understandable.

Lord Xiong always tells me that the bandits are also the people of our Ming Dynasty, and they are all innocent people.

The imperial court's decree has come down. This time I came here mainly for two things. One is the official position requested by General Zhang.

The Left Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army is an important position in the imperial court, and Lord Xiong is really powerless to do anything about it. However, Lord Xiong guarantees that the lowest he can do is to be a deputy commander-in-chief.

Of course, as long as General Zhang has made contributions, Lord Xiong and Yang Gebu will speak for General Zhang, and it is possible that he will be promoted to the governor in the future."

Zhao Daguang tactfully expressed the court's intention. In fact, he had always looked down on Zhang Xianzhong, and his words were vulgar and disrespectful to society.

A traitor yet he dreams of becoming a governor. This is a first-rank official position, even the earls and marquises in the court cannot get it, so how could it be the turn of a traitor like you?

He thought so in his heart, but tried to be as tactful as possible in his words, hoping that Zhang Xianzhong could sympathize with Governor Xiong's difficulties.

Zhang Xianzhong scratched his head.

"Deputy governor? Isn't that also a governor? I'm not picky, as long as it's a governor, it's fine.

We will never embarrass Governor Bear."

He was straightforward, but he stunned Zhao Daguang. That's right, the deputy governor is also a governor, anyway, there are these two words.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was not unhappy about this, Zhao Daguang was delighted and despised Zhang Xianzhong even more.

"The second thing is that the court hopes to transfer some of General Zhang's subordinates to Baoding Prefecture, but not all of them. The rest will still be led by you personally, but they will have to accept reorganization."

As Zhao Daguang spoke, he watched Zhang Xianzhong's reaction.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't react. He was stunned for a moment and then said:

"Is the imperial court planning to disperse my subordinates? If the imperial court wants to kill me, I won't be able to fight back."

Zhao Daguang's beard trembled. Who wouldn't understand these words? But why did you say them out loud? You are such a simple-minded fool.

“General Zhang should understand that the imperial court has its own difficulties, but don’t worry, General Zhang, as long as the imperial court’s order comes down, you will be an official official of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as the general doesn't make any serious mistakes, and with Governor Xiong and Yang Ge's troops protecting him, there will be no problems."

Zhao Daguang comforted him, and then he added:

"General Luo Rucai and General Ma have already accepted the court's arrangement. They were only given the title of guerrilla general."

What this means is, General Zhang, you should be content.

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately became happy.

"Then I will accept it, but I have more soldiers than them. Let Governor Xiong wait for a few days. Once I have settled those generals, I will go to meet him in person."

Zhao Daguang was delighted when he heard this, for he was afraid that Zhang Xianzhong would not agree.

Although the imperial court has now surrounded all these bandits in the Huguang area, it is actually very difficult to move forward. If there is any mistake in the command and coordination of more than 200,000 troops, the whole thing may collapse.

Fortunately, as long as Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying and Zhang Xianzhong surrender, the pressure will be reduced by half.

Li Chuang has already suffered a major defeat. It would not take long for Yang Ge's troops to completely wipe out Li Chuang.

When the time comes to reward people for their contributions, Zhao Daguang will naturally be able to get some credit.

With this in mind, Zhao Daguang praised Zhang Xianzhong with some flattering words such as "knowing the general situation" and then left the food and grass behind to report.

After Zhao Daguang left, Zhang Xianzhong's expression quickly turned cold. He glanced at Li Dingguo and said:

"My son wrote a letter to Luo Rucai and the others, saying that they can ask for food and fodder, but they must not divide their troops. We are now supporting each other.

If we are divided, we will become stinking dog shit on the chopping block."

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