Fu Zonglong was certainly very clear about the doubts of the soldiers under his command, but he did not explain, but just waited quietly for Li Zicheng to come. He believed that he was still useful to Li Zicheng at the moment.

Sure enough, when he heard that Fu Zonglong was about to surrender, he immediately came to Fu Zonglong and said with a smile: "Governor General, do you say you want to surrender, is this true?"

When Fu Zonglong heard this, he immediately said, "Of course it is true. I am desperate now. If I want to save my life, I have to surrender."

"Hehe, you want to surrender, but I may not want you." Li Zicheng said with a sneer.

But Fu Zonglong smiled faintly and said, "Don't want it? That's fine. If you don't want it, it doesn't matter, but if I surrender, I can help you recruit Shaanxi soldiers, and I may use the identity of the governor to help you open the gates of some cities. I wonder if you need the King of Chuang?"

Li Zicheng's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately said with joy: "Haha, Governor Fu, I just joked with you just now. I can't find a talent like you, even if I hold a lantern, how can I not accept it? In fact, it is just a fool like Chongzhen who doesn't trust a talent like you. It's a great joy to be able to join us. When I succeed in the future, you will be the king of one word!"

Then Li Zizhen accepted Fu Zonglong's surrender, and also formed Jinlan with him, and immediately became the general, allowing him to still rule over the original team.

Even so, Li Zicheng still would not trust Fu Zonglong. He needed Fu Zonglong to do a practical thing to express his sincerity.

However, before Li Zicheng could give orders, Fu Zonglong suggested leading his army to attack Xiangcheng.

This was exactly what Li Zicheng wanted, so Li Zicheng brought Fu Zonglong to the city of Xiangcheng. Fu Zonglong called the gate as his original identity. Su Yunlong, the chief general who guarded the city, knew that he could not resist this scene, so he led the crowd to surrender.

After entering the city, Li Zicheng saw Su Yunlong and was about to comfort him, but unexpectedly Fu Zonglong directly waved his sword and stabbed him to death.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng was furious and was about to kill Fu Zonglong on the spot. But Fu Zonglong explained: "This Su Yunlong is a coward. After seeing the army of King Chuang, he did not dare to open the city gate. Later, he surrendered directly. King Chuang, you can leave such a person, and you will have to harm yourself in the end."

When Li Zicheng heard this, he made sense. Besides, Su Yunlong was dead anyway, and nothing was useful, so he stopped pursuing this matter.

Then Li Zicheng asked Fu Zonglong what should he do next.

Fu Zonglong thought for a while and said, "Although the strategic location of the Central Plains is important, it is well-connected and needs to face the attacks of the armies of Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi and Huguang at the same time. Shaanxi is located on the Guanzhong Plain and is solid. As long as you occupy Shaanxi, the army of King Chuang can attack the capital from Henan and Shanxi, and can also attack Sichuan. Another step back, even if the Ming Dynasty devotes its entire country to attack, King Chuang can easily defend it. It was because of the capital that Emperor Gaozu of Han had occupied Sichuan and Guanzhong that achieved the great cause of the Han Dynasty for 400 years. If King Chuang, if you trust me, give me an army. I promise to help you take Tongguan and occupy the entire Shaanxi, and help you establish a worldly hegemony."

Li Zicheng listened to this and pondered for a moment and said, "Although I believe in your ability, it is of great importance. It is probably not so easy to rely on yourself alone. Let's do this. I personally lead the army to conquer Tongguan with you."

Then Li Zicheng ordered the commander to send the commander to launch the entire army and go to attack Tongguan.

But Fu Zonglong suddenly said, "Let's wait."

"Oh? Why is this?" Li Zicheng said to Fu Zonglong with a deep sense of doubt in his eyes.

But Fu Zonglong whispered: "You can't let Luo Rucai go for this matter. I'll say something I shouldn't say. Although you have a good relationship with Luo Rucai, it's a cooperative relationship after all. If he goes too, will you take Shaanxi in person or let him garrison in the future? Letting him garrison is equivalent to handing over Shaanxi. If you garrison in person, it is equivalent to giving up the Central Plains region to him."

"Hmph, I really didn't expect you to sow discord." Li Zicheng snorted and said coldly: "I have the same brothers as Luo, how can outsiders get apart? However, chasing the little thief Ma Luan is indeed a very important thing. This kid has repeatedly ruined my good deeds. This time he must not let him escape, let alone let him attack the Kaifeng defenders and repel the elite soldiers under my command."

Then Li Zicheng sent an order to ask Luo Rucai to lead his troops to chase Ma Mingfeng and others, but he led the remaining soldiers to mobilize food and grass to recruit civil servants, and provide firm guarantees for the victory of the army.

Luo Rucai didn't know what Li Zicheng was planning, but instead was very happy. Li Zicheng didn't even compete with him for his merits and left him the opportunity to attack Kaifeng.

"Hehe, it must be Lao Qi who is greedy for the food and supplies of Xiangcheng. At the same time, he is confident that the troops he sent out before can easily take Kaifeng before Ma Luan returns. But you are too arrogant. I believe that Ma Luan will never come to an empty nest this time, and it may even have set up an ambush long ago. So this time the main force attacking Kaifeng is still me, "Cao Cao", and when I take down this city and plunder the wealth here, you will know how the word "regret" is written, and Fu Zonglong, can this old boy surrender easily? Sooner or later, you must suffer his losses, but if you don't let you suffer some losses, you won't know my importance."

Luo Rucai sneered in his heart and did not care about Li Zicheng anymore. He ordered the soldiers of the army to bring food for three days and set off immediately, especially the elite cavalry under his command, so that the brave and warlike general Yang Chengzu led him to chase him immediately. He believed that at the speed of the cavalry, he would be able to catch up soon and easily kill the pieced together miscellaneous army.

What Luo Rucai didn't know was that shortly after he left, Li Zicheng led his army to leave, but Luo Rucai was heading towards Kaifeng, while Li Zicheng's army was heading towards Tongguan.

In order to quickly capture Tongguan, Li Zicheng personally led the elite cavalry under his command to advance at full speed, striving to reach the city of Tongguan in the shortest time, and take the lead in taking Tongguan before Daming officers and soldiers and Luo Rucai reacted. As long as they occupied this dangerous pass, the entire Shaanxi would be his. This is much more useful than occupying a Henan.

A few days later, Li Zicheng's cavalry finally arrived at the Guancheng in Tongguan. After arriving, he immediately sent his personal soldiers to shout at the Guancheng: "The Governor of the Three-Borders is here, open the city gate quickly."
Chapter completed!