Wang Pu said: "Don't ask me what I want to do for the navy. I just ask if you have heard of the big pirate Gu Sanmazi and the Taihu water bandit Zhang San?"

"Of course I've heard of it." Sun Chuanting said, "When it comes to barefoot Zhang San and Gu San Mazi, the people in Jiangnan can be said to be well-known to everyone. This time I went on a tour, I was well-known to the names of the two."

Wang Pu said again: "Then do you know where Gu Sanmazi and Barefoot Zhang San are now?"

Sun Chuanting looked moved and said in a deep voice: "Can you be in Nanjing?"

Wang Puying said: "It's right in Nanjing, and it's very likely that it's inside the city!"

"What are you waiting for?" Sun Chuanting said, "Come the army quickly and block the whole city and take people."

"Take people?" Wang Pu said disapprovingly, "Why should I take people?"

Sun Chuanting said: "This is the most fierce leader of the siege in Jiangnan. If they are held, they can eliminate harm to the people."

Wang Pu sneered: "I said Old Man Sun, you have been fighting for a lifetime, why do you think about the problem? Can you solve these two gangs by holding Gu Sanmazi and barefoot Zhang San? Wrong, if you take Gu Sanmazi, you will have Gu Simazi, and if you hold barefoot Zhang San, you will have barefoot Zhang Wu!"

Sun Chuanting said angrily: "Bastard, why do you talk to me?"

"Don't worry, the words are not over yet." Wang Pu said again, "What else is to eliminate harm for the people? Gu Sanmazi and barefoot Zhang San robbed merchant ships. The fishing meat is powerful, but they never harm ordinary people. If you don't believe it, you can go to the shores of Taihu Lake to ask the poor fishermen, or you can ask the fishermen in the coastal areas."

Sun Chuanting said angrily: "But they are pirates after all, and they are all here now, so how can they not be taken?"

"You can't take anyone." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Dad, my son asks you. Apart from the richest man in the world, what kind of person is the richest person in this world?"

Sun Chuanting said: "That's more important than that, of course, they are royal relatives."

"Wrong." Wang Pu said, "The richest pirates in the world are doing a profitable deal!"

Sun Chuanting's heart moved and suddenly said, "Boy, you mean..."

"Hehe." Wang Pu smiled, "Old man Sun. You have finally turned a corner with such a silly mind."

Sun Chuanting thought for a while and pondered: "This is indeed a solution to fall to the ground, but... are you really sure?"

Wang Pu said: "I'm not sure if I have 10% sure, but there's always 50%."

Sun Chuanting said: "Only 50% sure? That's called gambling!"

Wang Pu said: "The silver will not fall from the sky by itself. Can it be possible without taking risks?"

"Well." Sun Chuanting said, "It's important. This time I personally lead the troops."

"Old man, you don't have to go. Just sit in Nanjing and speed up recruitment of new recruits." Wang Pu said. "This is also an urgent matter. The bandits have captured the entire Henan province. After a little rest, they will inevitably attack the surrounding provinces. Although Ma Shiying is guarding Fengyang, if the treacherous bandits personally lead the army to attack, this old boy will not be able to defend for a few days. If the bandits are approaching the north bank of the Yangtze River, I can't resist it with just ten thousand Datong elite soldiers."

Wang Pu’s concerns are not unreasonable.

After Li Zicheng captured Henan, he would really be able to lead his troops to take Jiangnan directly, because after capturing the wealthy Jiangnan, the peasant army would obtain sufficient food and salary. In turn, the Ming Dynasty would lose the support of Jiangnan tax territory, which would make the injury worse and it would inevitably speed up the speed of destruction.

In fact, Wang Pu’s concerns were completely necessary.

At this time, a fierce debate was unfolding in Kaifeng City, and there were mainly two opinions.

Chief Military Advisor Niu Jinxing and his confidant Gu Junen suggested that Li Zicheng stayed with the general to guard Henan, and then led the main force of the rebel army to knock on Tongguan and directly attack Guanzhong. Then, with Guanzhong as the foundation, he led the army eastward to attack Youyan. He ordered the general to drive the troops from Henan to the north, attacked the two groups, and wiped out Beijing in one fell swoop and destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

The second military advisor Song Xiance and general Li Yan advocated the south to capture Jiangdong, believing that there are two major benefits to capture Jiangdong. One is to provide sufficient food and wages, and the other is to cut off the source of taxes of the Ming Dynasty. It can accelerate its destruction.

Generals under Li Zicheng's command, Li Shuangxi, Tian Jianxiu and other generals unanimously supported the pursuit of Guanzhong west. The reason is very simple. These confidant generals all followed Li Zicheng from Shaanxi. Of course, they hoped to return to Guanzhong earlier and then appear in front of the local tyrants who had bullied them in every way as victorious.

It can be said that Niu Jinxing and Gu Junen's opinions have an absolute advantage.

But Li Zicheng was not determined for a long time. It was not until two months later that Li Zicheng made the decision, leaving Li Guo, Li Yan and Song Xiance to defend Henan, and then personally led a large army of 500,000 to come to Tongguan, prompting Li Zicheng to finally make up his mind not because of Niu Jinxing's persuasion, nor because of Li Yan, but because of Liu Zongmin.

After receiving nearly 30,000 elite soldiers, including 8,000 cavalry from Li Yan, Liu Zongmin's ambitions quickly expanded and gradually became unwilling to obey Li Zicheng's orders. After capturing Kaifeng, Li Zicheng once ordered Liu Zongmin to lead his army forward to Pucheng and threaten the rear of Tongguan. However, Liu Zongmin refused on the grounds that He Yilong was as fierce as a tiger army.

Of course, Li Zicheng could not tolerate Liu Zongmin's open challenge to his authority, so he made up his mind to return to Guanzhong. On the one hand, it was naturally to capture the foundation of the rebel army in Guanzhong, and on the other hand, it was to deal with Liu Zongmin, a traitor.

However, this was all about the end of the 15th and early 16th year of Chongzhen. Kaifeng is still in a fierce debate, and Li Zicheng is still hesitating.

Nanjing, Taiping Gate.

The team of servants who picked up Dong Xiaowan from Diaoyu Lane had already arrived inside the city gate.

The gatekeeper saw that the dozen or so doctors were very suspicious in their rush, so he stopped him and asked, "What are you doing? Who is the person in the sedan chair?"

"Your dog eyes are blind!" The leading servant slapped the head of the city gatekeeper and cursed viciously, "Do you know who we are? Even the people from the Admiral's yamen dare to stop you. After eating the bear heart and leopard, you are brave enough? Believe it or not, I kicked your eggs with one kick."

That guy was always a bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. He was already confused by the slap in the face. He covered his face and didn't dare to say anything. The veterans behind him who had originally wanted to come up to help him saw that the signs were wrong and immediately shrank back.

The pedestrians and people nearby were even more stunned.

Since the Song and Ming dynasties, Jiangnan's literary style has been prosperous and rituals have been advocated. This is also the main reason why Hong Chengchou said that the people in Jiangnan were weak after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and that the edicts could determine the land.

In Jiangnan, not only peddlers and the people in the city are polite, but even the gentry and powerful people here do not bully men and women like other places. This is because of the general environment in Jiangnan, and ordinary people need to be faced. If anyone does something to bully men and women, they will inevitably be criticized and even cause public outrage, and eventually become a rat crossing the street that everyone calls for.

Therefore, unreasonable actions like this guy are rare in Nanjing, and passers-by are looking at each other.

The leading servant snorted indifferently and shouted: "Go!"

The head of the servant took a move and led more than a dozen servants to protect the colorful sedan chair and left.

Dong Xiaowan, who was sitting in the sedan chair, felt the more and more strange things were. She thought to herself that Wang Pu was not like a rude person. How could his servant be so unreasonable? After holding it in the sedan chair for a long time, Dong Xiaowan finally couldn't help lifting a corner of the curtain of the sedan chair. She wanted to ask a few words, but when she looked out, she was shocked.

I saw that the group had already walked into a desolate riverside path, with decaying artemisia and reed marsh on both sides. How could this be the main road to the Yanziji Admiral Headquarters?

"Where are you going?" Dong Xiaowan said anxiously, "Are you going wrong?"

"I can't be wrong." The head of the servant who was leading the way in front turned around and smiled, saying, "It's this road."

"You... you are not the servants of the prince-consort!" Dong Xiaowan realized that something was wrong and said anxiously, "Who are you?"

"Who are men?" The head teacher said with a lewd smile, "Men are men, like men who are replaced by falsehoods. Hehehe, girl, do you want to try it?"

As soon as the servants finished speaking, the servants who were guarding the Caiqiao were laughing.

"Let me down." Dong Xiaowan was so anxious that she was about to cry. "You guys quickly let me down."

"Get down?" said the head of the servant, "It's easy to get into a sedan chair, but it's difficult to get out of a sedan chair."

"Where are you here, help me?" Dong Xiaowan shouted anxiously, "Where should I help me..."

"Lao Jiu, stop her mouth quickly." The head of the servant said anxiously, "Don't let her shout, brothers, hurry up. Don't let the boss wait in a hurry."

"Brother Jiu, please block the little lady's mouth quickly, don't forget that the mouth below is also blocked. Hehe."

The servants surrounding the colorful sedan chair burst into laughter again.

Amid the laughter, a strong man snatched the sedan chair and held Dong Xiaowan's hands and tied her up. He pulled a piece of cloth and stuffed it into her mouth. Dong Xiaowan shook her head vigorously and looked at the man pitifully. Two lines of clear tears had already slid down her cheeks.

Yanziji, the admiral headquarters.

A middle-aged man poked out half of his body from behind a big tree not far from the gate, and sneaked into the admiral's headquarters. The sergeant guarding outside the headquarters soon discovered the suspicious man, rushed forward and picked him out from behind the big tree, and shouted, "What are you doing?"

"To be honest." Another whistleman pulled his knife and put it on the man's neck and shouted, "I dare to lie, I will kill you."

"Oh, no, Jun Ye." The middle-aged man said anxiously, "The villain is Han Xiuzhai's miscellaneous worker, and he came to the Admiral Headquarters to find someone after being ordered by Madam Chen."

"Han Xiuzhai?" asked the whistleman, "Who are you looking for?"

The middle-aged man said, "The villain has urgent matters to see his wife."

"Wait here." One whistleman snorted and said to another whistleman, "Look at him, I'll report to the Sixth Brother."

Lu Liu asked in detail about the reason before he dared to bring the middle-aged man to see Chen Yuanyuan.

When the middle-aged man saw Chen Yuanyuan, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "The villain Chen Fu kowtowed to his wife."

"Uncle Fu?" Chen Yuanyuan quickly stepped forward and helped the middle-aged man up and asked, "Uncle Fu, why are you here?"

Chen Fu is the turtle slave head of Han Xiuzhai. Chen Yuanyuan has been in and out of Han Xiuzhai many times when she was in Jiangnan, so of course she knows him.

Chen Fu stood up and said, "Madam, did the prince consort send someone to Hanxiuzhai to pick up my girl in the morning?"

"Sister Xiaowan?" Chen Yuanyuan said in surprise, "No. My husband went to the Governor General to see Sun Dashen. He originally agreed to go to Hanxiuzhai to hire him in the afternoon, but he did not send anyone to pick up Xiaowan's sister."

"It's bad, something is going to happen!" Chen Fu stomped his feet, "This morning, a group of people who claimed to be the prince consort, came to Han Xiuzhai like a fierce and evil spirit, and insisted on picking up my girl. Although the nanny was suspicious, she didn't know whether it was true or not, so she had to send a villain to the Admiral Headquarters to report the news. Unexpectedly, something really happened."

Chen Yuanyuan said in a lost voice: "Ah? So, my sister Xiaowan was kidnapped by a bad guy?"

"Madam." Chen Fu said anxiously, "My girl is afraid something will happen to me, so I have to report this to my son-in-law immediately."

Chen Yuanyuan turned around and said to Lu Liu: "Liu'er, hurry up and go to the Governor's Office and report the news of Miss Xiaowan's accident to the general to know."

"Yes." Lu Liu bowed with his fists and said loudly, "The villain is going now."

Chen Fu waved anxiously and said, "This military master, I'll go with you."

The dense forest in the east of the city.

The Hongniangzi and Gu Sanmazi met again, but this time the Hongniangzi only brought two maids to her. She was very skilled and brave. She was not afraid of the other party's evil intentions. In fact, the people in the world at that time advocated loyalty, and such despicable things were rare in the world.

The Hongniang clasped her fists at Gu Sanmazi and said, "Can you start your own business? "

Gu Sanmazi replied: "Please wait for the boss of Hongda. When our second brother returns, we will set off immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man with a faceless face ran back along the forest path and gasped, "The boss, the second boss has returned, and he also brought back two young faces and a girl."

"What?" Gu Sanmazi frowned, "Why did he bring a girl here?"

As he was talking, Zhang San had already taken Hou Fangyu with more than 20 gangsters, and Mao Pijiang and Dong Xiaowan arrived.

Barefoot Zhang San was originally a big target for the 36 villages in Taihu Lake. However, since Huang Degong led his troops to suppress his Dishui village, he had nowhere to settle down and took more than 500 brothers to the East China Sea pirate Gu Sanmazi. Gu Sanmazi valued barefoot Zhang San very much, so he let him sit in the second seat of the old village.

Gu San pointed his hand barefoot Zhang San and said to Hong Niangzi: "The boss of Hong Da, this is our second child."

He also said to Zhang San barefoot again: "The second brother, this is the leader of the Hong Dada, and the descendant of the old hero of the Hong Wu Province, Dapiaozi."

Barefoot Zhang San cheered in his heart and clasped his fists and said, "Barefoot Zhang San has seen Hong Dajia."

The Hongniang also clasped her fists and replied, "I have met the second in command."

Then Gu Sanmazi pointed at Dong Xiaowan, who had a cloth stuffed in her mouth and asked barefoot Zhang San: "Second. What's going on with this girl?"

Although Gu Sanmazi is a pirate, he can be extremely strict with his subordinates. He will never allow the matter of forcing the robbery of a civilian girl.

Barefoot Zhang San gently pulled Gu Sanmazi's sleeve and whispered: "Brother, let me talk with you one step."

Gu Sanmazi followed Zhang San to the quiet place barefoot, frowned and asked, "Second, what's going on?"

Zhang San said barefootly: "It's not that I want to break the rules of my elder brother, but those two little guys insist on kidnapping this girl, otherwise they wouldn't have worked for us. What's more, this girl is not a good woman. She is just a kiln sister on the Qinhuai River, so she doesn't break the rules."

Gu Sanmazi said: "She is really a kiln sister on the Qinhuai River?"

Zhang San said barefootly: "This is my brother who personally brought his brothers from Han Xiuzhai to the ground. Is there any fake?"

"That's good." Gu Sanmazi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Otherwise, this matter would be really bad in front of Hongda Headmaster, but since it's a Kiln Sister, it would be nothing."

The two of them left the dense forest. Gu Sanmazi pointed at Dong Xiaowan and said to Hongmai: "Hongdao, you have also seen that the brothers are all men and are not very good at taking care of women. It is not convenient along the way. This girl asked Hongdao to take care of the brothers for a while."

The Hongniang said calmly: "This is a simple task, but I dared to ask Gu Da, where is this girl from?"

"Haha." Gu Sanmazi laughed, "Su Wenhong's boss is jealous of evil and does not rub sand in his eyes. It is true that he is well-known. Hongda's boss is relieved. This girl is not a good woman. She is the girl in Hanxiuzhai, and the sister of the kiln on the Qinhuai River."

"So that's how it is." Hong Niangzi said relievedly, "It's the little girl who is too concerned. Please forgive me, Master Gu."

"Nothing." Gu Sanmazi shouted, "Brothers, let's go..."

The Governor's Office in the east of Nanjing City.

Sun Chuanting was drafting a document to recruit soldiers, but suddenly, a close confidant Sun Maocheng came in and reported, "The Grand Marshal, the captain of the prince-consort, Lu Liu, asked for a meeting."

"Lu Liu?" Sun Chuanting said, "Let him come in."

Sun Maocheng took the order and left, and soon took Lu Liu into the hall.

After seeing the etiquette, Lu Liu said anxiously: "Master, have you ever seen my general?"

Sun Chuanting said: "He was still here not long ago, but he has already gone to Xuanwu Lake Naval Camp now."

"Oh, it's broken!"

Lu Liu stomped his feet, turned around and left.

Sun Chuanting asked anxiously: "Is something wrong?"

Lu Liu responded without looking back: "Miss Xiaowan has someone to rob her."

"Miss Xiaowan?" Sun Chuanting shook his head and thought, "Isn't Dong Xiaowan a famous Nanqu socialite on the Qinhuai River? This little brat is quite good at flirting with flowers and plants, and if you don't find ladies from all over the family, you can find some fair women. But these Nanqu socialites are nothing wrong. It's better to give birth to a few more fat boys for the little brat, and continue to have a lot of incense for our Sun family, hum..."

On the shore of Xuanwu Lake, head to the official road of the Navy Camp.

Wang Pu and his young lady were riding a horse in military uniform. The young lady urged the horse to take a few steps to catch up with Wang Pu, and asked in a sweet voice: "General, do you really believe in the words of that witch?"

Wang Pu responded without hesitation: "I believe it."

The young lady pouted and said, "But I don't think she can believe her words."

Wang Pu asked back: "Why?"

The young lady turned her beautiful eyes and said, "What if it was the conspiracy that the witch and the pirate leader Gu Sanmazi colluded with each other? General, wouldn't it just happen that you took the navy to the East China Sea? "

"Yes." Wang Pu couldn't help but look back and glanced at the young lady with admiration and said, "Your analysis makes sense, but you missed a very important point."

The young lady said unconvincedly: "What is missing?"

Wang Pu said: "If the White Lotus Sect wants to conspire with Gu Sanmazi to deal with this general, why should Gu Sanmazi come to Nanjing? If he is caught by the government army, will this cooperation be defeated?"

Neng Niang said: "How can the general be sure that Gu Sanmazi must come to Nanjing? What if the witch is lying?"

"That's even more wrong." Wang Pu smiled, "If the White Lotus Sect really wanted to cooperate with Gu Sanmazi to get rid of this general, why would the White Lotus Sect leader make up the lie that Gu Sanmazi came to Nanjing? What's more... I have already got the exact news from the Jinyiwei that the Hongniang Madam has indeed come to Nanjing!"

As they were talking, the two of them rode their horses to the front gate. The soldiers guarding the gate walked forward with their knives and blocked their way, shouting sternly: "Who dares to trespass the Navy camp?"

The young lady showed off the waist card in her hand and shouted in a sweet voice: "General Wang Pu, the Admiral of Nanjing, is here, and he will not let go."
Chapter completed!