256 Morale of the Army

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he turned his head to look, only to see that the direction Bai Guangen was pointing to was Luo Rucai's camp. At first glance, it doesn't seem like there's much change, huh?

But soon, Zhang Mingwei found that there seemed to be an extra flag, and there seemed to be a long list of words written on it.

Judging from the number of words, it is indeed a bit special, a bit similar to Li Zicheng's banner of "Fengtian Advocacy and Righteousness General of Civil and Military Affairs".

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but think about it, if it was developed according to the original history, Luo Rucai should have been killed by Li Zicheng, and the time point should be in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, that is, next year.

For this history, Zhang Mingwei did not write it in his previous life, and what he wrote was basically the early period of Chongzhen, so he was not very familiar with this history.

Originally, the banner on Luo Rucai's side was the word "Luo", which was named after his surname. But suddenly, there is such a long string of words as his banner, so does this mean that he is learning from Li Zicheng and has the meaning of fighting against each other.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but be a little surprised, could it be because of the butterfly effect brought about by his own crossing, so the contradiction between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai intensified in advance.

Soon, there was a night that did not receive the news and reported it, which was the banner of "General Weide on behalf of the people of heaven". This is really the same type as Li Zicheng's "Fengtian Initiative General of Civil and Military".

However, there is too little information for the time being, and it is not possible to confirm the extent to which the contradiction between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai has intensified. No matter what, Zhang Mingwei is still more pleased.

Let's watch this matter first, and if there is further news in the future, we will talk about it at that time, and see how to use their contradictions!

………………

As night fell, Li Zicheng was busy dealing with things, when Gao Yigong suddenly broke into the tent of the Chinese army and told him, "General, those who were captured by the imperial court officers and soldiers before were let go by them. Some people returned, and some tried to flee back to their hometowns, but they were all captured by the generals. ”

Li Zicheng was a little surprised when he heard this, so he put down the matter at hand and confirmed with a little doubt, "Is this matter serious?" ”

"Just before evening, Tanma saw a lot of people coming out of the official camp, some came directly to us, and some wanted to slip away, but they were intercepted by the cavalry Tanma! The last general asked a lot of people, and found that they were all those who had been captured by the imperial court officers and soldiers before. Gao Yigong knew that this matter was indeed a bit of a surprise, so he told in detail again.

"Oh!" Li Zicheng listened to the response, and then frowned and remembered.

The two armies are still fighting, and the imperial court officials and soldiers released those prisoners so quickly, could it be that the Xingguo Guild was naΓ―ve, thinking that these people would really have to return to their hometowns if they were released? Or did the Xingguo Gong have other compelling reasons, so they had to be released?

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng suddenly thought again. The leader of the army on the opposite side is the prince of Xingguo, and it is said that he doesn't love the people like a son? In that case, then he must not want to kill the prisoners and ruin his reputation, so he didn't want to kill those captives, so he let them go?

How can such a woman's kindness lead the army? Isn't this in vain to replenish the lost forces on his side?

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly said to Gao Yigong, "Let's go, call the military advisor to take a look together." ”

Soon Song Xiance rushed to hear the news and followed Li Zicheng to see it. Sure enough, all of these people were captured by the imperial court officials and soldiers before.

Knowing this, Song Xiance hurriedly asked, "Why did the imperial court officials and soldiers let you go now?" ”

"The Xingguo Gong of the imperial court said that there was not much food in the army, so he couldn't continue to keep us, so he gave us fifty yuan and two buns to release us."

Hear this. Song Xiance couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Li Zicheng, "General, this is a good thing, as long as our army besieges the imperial court officers and soldiers for a period of time, they are short of food and grass, and the troops are not as large as ours, they will break through, so that our army cavalry will be dispatched." This battle will be won! ”

"Good, good, good!" Li Zicheng listened to it and said yes. This was really great news, and he took the captives' fifty pennies, and then left.

For them, these were originally used for consumption, so they wouldn't care how these people were doing on the side of the imperial court! When you come back, you can use it again to consume the officers and soldiers, that's all.

Of course, this is also because in the past, nothing special happened, so this time they didn't think about anything special, so they naturally did things according to the previous convention.

These thieves and captives who have returned to the camp of thieves, after these officials are gone, they will naturally have those companions who care about them and inquire about their situation on the side of the imperial court officials and soldiers, so that they will take the opportunity to tell these companions about their treatment in the imperial court officials and soldiers, and by the way, they will also tell them all about the Xingguo bus on their behalf.

In fact, even if Zhang Mingwei didn't tell them to do that in the end, they would probably have said it.

After all, inquiries between peers are inevitable.

Second, these exile captives who were released were also worried about the safety of their companions, relatives, friends, and even acquaintances, so they would tell them that they must throw away their swords and surrender as soon as possible in the next battle, so that they could be guaranteed to be okay and go to the court officials and soldiers to have a good meal.

Hearing this, the others were even more curious about what they encountered on the side of the imperial court officials, after all, if they were also captured in the future, then what happened to them there would be what happened to them in the future, so they naturally wanted to ask clearly.

And so it goes. The thieves told them all about what they had encountered with the officials and soldiers of the court, and soon the news of them began to spread in the camp of the thieves.

The next day, when some of the leaders were patrolling the camp, they found the thieves whispering, and when they saw them coming, they shut up, and as soon as they left, they talked about it again, and there was a lot of talking. After inquiring about the abnormality, they found out about the situation and immediately reported it.

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was very surprised, and it was a little incredible.

You said that the officials and soldiers of the imperial court treated them well, this is barely credible, but there is also the captain of the Jinyi Guard to tell them stories, is this possible, the captain of the Jinyi Guard is famous for his fierceness, and he will turn to be a storyteller?

Even Song Xiance, who was on the side, also felt incredible, so he echoed Li Zicheng and said, "Princess Kunxing is the eldest daughter of the current emperor, and it is already strange that she will be in the army, not to mention that Princess Kunxing will take female soldiers to bandage the wounds of those prisoners?" This is just gibberish, which dynasty and which generation has ever had such a thing? There's no score for making it up! ”

This kind of thing is indeed unimaginable for people in this era! Therefore, in the thief army, because of the matter of Princess Kunxing, the matter of the official camp of the imperial court was spread very widely. And the leader of the thieves here also chose not to believe it because of the matter of Princess Kunxing.

This can't be blamed for their lack of attention, if it weren't for Zhang Mingwei's crossing, this kind of thing would indeed be impossible!

While they were discussing, Liu Zongmin broke into the Chinese military tent and told Li Zicheng very angrily, "General, Cao Cao's gang has played the banner of a general who cares for the people on behalf of the heavens!" ”

"What?" Li Zicheng was furious when he heard this.

The others listened, and were shocked and then angry.

So what does Luo Rucai mean by this? Does he want to stand up for himself or stand on his own?

All of a sudden, the attention of these bandit leaders was all diverted by Luo Rucai's matter. No one paid any attention to the strange theories of the thieves after they returned, as if they were talking about.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Li Zicheng's subordinates have criticized Luo Rucai.

"Cao Cao, this is not to take the general in his eyes, just kill him!"

"Yes, kill him!"

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

However, Li Zicheng had a gloomy face and didn't say a word, just lowered his head and thought about things.

When Song Xiance saw this, he came out and said to Li Zicheng, "General, this matter is not allowed!" Before the elite of the court in front of you is destroyed, there must be no internal strife, otherwise it is easy to give the court officials and soldiers a chance, it is better to wait for this court officials and soldiers to be trapped, anyway, they don't have much food and grass, and then we will talk about it! ”

Hearing his words, Li Zicheng raised his head, nodded with a stern face and said, "What the military advisor said is very much in line with my wishes, so it's decided!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the others and said sternly, "The most important thing at the moment is to defeat this imperial court army, and everything else will wait until this imperial court champion is destroyed!" ”

The implication is that sooner or later he will settle accounts with Luo Ru.

Since Li Zicheng has already said so, the others are a little helpless, so they can only do so first.

However, there are some necessary precautions, and there are still some arrangements for Luo Rucai's side, so Li Zicheng and his subordinate leaders have been discussing this matter.

What they don't know is that a bigger crisis looms over them.

The thieves in the camp were extremely dissatisfied with their current situation, especially when compared with what happened to the thieves who were captured by the officials and soldiers.

"It's a shame that you were captured by the imperial court, look at us, one by one, we were drenched in soup, and we were still wet all day. A lot of people were frozen out of the cold, and the people above didn't care. ”

"And when we are not fighting, we are hungry, and they don't give us food, and if we eat, we don't eat. Dog day! ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

When the thieves talked about it, they naturally became more and more angry, and gradually pointed the finger at the leaders of the thieves.

"Actually, I think the court is right at all, the chaos in the world is all caused by these thieves! I think back then, when I was still working in the fields, I was coerced by them. ”

"No, my village has been breached by thieves, and everything has been robbed, and if you don't follow, you will starve to death."

"Although it was not easy to live before, at least there is a house to live in, and the family is together! But now, hehe, I'm the only one left in the family. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

If in the past, most of the thieves felt that the traitors in the court were in charge, and the emperor was mediocre and incompetent, so they couldn't survive, so they had to rebel, there was this psychological advantage.

However, this battle between the army of thieves and this court official army has already changed their impression of the court.

First of all, in front of the two armies, it was directly said in the newspaper of the imperial court. The regulations on the pension and preferential treatment of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were directly written into the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", which was no less than a bombshell for those thieves who served as soldiers in the past, and suddenly changed their imagination of being a soldier of the imperial court in the future.

Then, the news brought back by these thieves and captives, some changes in the current policies of the imperial court, and the fact that there are good officials like Xingguo Gong who serve the country and the people, and so on, the imperial court gave them hope to live better.

Originally, they were in the thief army, and they also recognized the situation they had encountered so far, it was nothing, after all, it was like this.

But at this time, after comparison, they suddenly felt that what they encountered on the side of the thieves was inhumane treatment, far less than the hope given to them by the imperial court.

Therefore, there are many complaints and it is inevitable.

After another day of fermentation, this matter was finally noticed, and they began to report it one after another, and even Song Xiance discovered this matter during his inspection. This shows how widely this matter has spread.

Song Xiance was surprised, but felt that the situation was not good, and hurriedly went to report to Li Zicheng.

Remember the website: www.