Let's say that Gao Yingxiang led the army into Fengyang, and without resting, he took the general Li Zicheng and several personal soldiers to Zhang Xianzhong's old camp non-stop.

Hearing that Gao Yingxiang was coming, Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly got up and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and walked quickly to the outside of the gate. Seeing King Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong immediately put on a smiling face, spread his hands, strode forward, and gave Gao Yingxiang a big hug: "King Chuang!" Break the king! My old Zhang is looking forward to the stars and the moon, but I can be regarded as looking forward to you, brother! ”

"Jing Xuan, you Fengyang fought really well in this battle! Chongzhen Lao'er's Jinluan Hall was shocked three times by you, hahaha! Gao Yingxiang slapped Zhang Xianzhong's broad shoulder hard, and his face was full of excitement that could not be concealed.

"Brother, it's freezing outside, hurry up and follow me into the tent and warm yourself by the fire!" After some greetings, Zhang Xianzhong took Gao Yingxiang's hand and walked straight to the direction of the Chinese army's big tent.

Just a few steps away, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly stopped, turned his head and told Dingguodao: "This group of brothers who broke into the camp, you have to settle Lao Tzu, if there is a bad pool, Lao Tzu has skinned you, do you hear?" ”

"Yes!" Dingguo hurriedly agreed, and then hurried over.

Standing in front of Dingguo was a young general about eight feet tall, who was wearing an old white pointed felt hat common to northern peasants, an iron armor covered with a green cloth sheepskin robe, and five soldiers who were also burly behind him.

Seeing Dingguo coming over, Li Zicheng hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Little brother, Li Zicheng is in the camp, and I have worked hard to meet for the first time." ”

As he spoke, his big eyes gave people a sense of perseverance and composure. Dingguo couldn't help but look at him two more times, only to see that he had a high nose bridge, thick eyebrows, raised cheekbones, and a full heavenly court, so heroic.

"Little brother, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Dingguo standing in front of him and looking at him, he didn't react for a long time, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be a little inexplicable.

Being reminded by Li Zicheng, Dingguo came back to his senses, his face instantly swelled like a pig's liver, and he scratched his head embarrassedly, hiding his embarrassment: "No...... Nothing...... General Li, hurry up and rest with me! ”

"Please!" Li Zicheng nodded and motioned for Dingguo to lead the way.

Dingguo immediately turned around, beckoned Li Zicheng and his relatives, and walked into a slightly smaller camp tent next to the big tent of the Chinese army.

In order to entertain the guests who broke into the camp, Zhang Xianzhong specially arranged in the tent the court musicians who had just been captured from the Fengyang Palace a few days ago to play the music, in the melodious drum music, Li Zicheng and the soldiers sat at the same table, and a pot of large pieces of pork and mutton that had just come out of the pot were also served.

Everyone in the camp ran around all night, and they were already hungry at the moment, so they didn't care about the image, so they grabbed the meat and sent it to their mouths.

How can you do it without meat and wine, Dingguo saw that everyone was eating well, so he clapped his hands outside the tent, and soon there were several pro-soldiers, holding a few large vats of wine, walked in leisurely, and filled the empty bowls in front of everyone in turn.

Just as he was halfway through the drinking, there was a sudden commotion outside the tent, and then I saw a thin boy covered in blood and dressed in eunuch clothes running in from outside the tent in a panic, and he looked like he was only eleven or twelve years old.

The little eunuch broke into the camp tent, knelt down in front of everyone, and cried while kowtowing: "Help, kings! Ladies and gentlemen, help! ”

While speaking, a general of the Xiying camp carrying a bloody steel knife also walked in, and Dingguo turned his head to see that it was Liu Chengmin, the deputy general of Wang Shangli, the head of the old battalion.

I saw Liu Chengmin bowing his hand to Li Zicheng with a big grin, and then walked straight to the little eunuch, lifted the little eunuch from the ground like a chicken, and said with a mockery: "Look where are you kid still running?" ”

After that, Liu Chengmin ignored the little eunuch's pleading, turned around and was about to drag him out of the tent.

Seeing Liu Chengmin's appearance of no one in his eyes, Niu Er, the captain of Li Zicheng's personal soldiers on the side, was furious, he grabbed the wine bowl on the table, slammed it to the ground, and then stood up with the strength of the wine, and didn't care about putting down the wine vat in his hand, so he rushed forward and blocked Liu Chengmin sideways: "Stop!" ”。

Liu Chengmin saw that he was just a personal soldier, so he didn't take him seriously at all, and yelled loudly: "Good dogs don't get in the way, get out of the way for Lao Tzu!" ”

This sentence provoked the anger of the public, and everyone who broke into the camp stopped doing it at that time, and they all stood up at Hula, staring at Liu Chengmin angrily: "Who are you talking about!" Say who is a dog? ”

Liu Chengmin was also unambiguous, holding the bloody steel knife, pointing around, and said disdainfully: "What Lao Tzu said is you!" What's wrong? This time to fight Fengyang, our people in the west camp are charging in front, but those of you who break into the camp are drinking wine and eating meat in the back to enjoy Qingfu! Who is not convinced today, although come up and compare with Lao Tzu to see who is the hero and who is the bear? ”

Seeing that the situation was a little out of control, Dingguo hurriedly got up and stepped forward to persuade him.

However, Liu Chengmin relied on the fact that he was an old man in Xiying, and he didn't take Dingguo in his eyes at all: "Doll, it's none of your business here, get out of the way for Lao Tzu!" ”

Niu Er was furious and raised his voice high: "Put your bullshit!" I just can't get used to bullying the weak like you today! Whether you promise or not, this little eunuch, Lao Tzu is saved! ”

"Enough!" Li Zicheng, who had been sitting on the side and drinking quietly, suddenly slapped the table, stood up, and scolded, "Niu Er, you give Lao Tzu a retreat!" ”

"Yes......" Seeing that Li Zicheng spoke, Niu Er had to suppress his anger, and reluctantly agreed, turning sideways and preparing to let go to the side.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the little eunuch suddenly broke free of Liu Chengmin's hand, stumbled and ran out of the tent.

"Stop!" Liu Chengmin saw that the little eunuch was about to run, so he hurriedly pulled his legs to chase after him, but in a hurry, he collided with Niu Er in front of him.

Niu Er's body was as strong as a cow, Liu Chengmin's collision seemed to hit a wall, and he was unstable for a while, and staggered back several steps.

He deserved to be unlucky today, this retreat was not tight, but he never expected that he would stumble on the brazier in the middle of the tent.

At the same time that Liu Chengmin fell to the ground, most of the half of the wine in the second hand of the cow was also sprinkled on his body, and then the overturned brazier was also upside down impartially, and a raging fire ignited in an instant, burning Liu Chengmin into a burning man.

Everything is only in an instant, Liu Chengmin screamed and struggled to roll back and forth on the ground, Dingguo was stunned to see many big scenes, and was also stunned by this sudden change, he hurriedly rushed out of the tent, brought a large bucket of water, and wanted to extinguish the fire, who knew that the fire was not extinguished by this bucket of water, but burned more vigorously.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Liu Chengmin gradually stopped struggling in the fire.

Niu Er was soon tied up in Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army tent by five flowers, and Li Zicheng and a group of soldiers who broke into the camp also followed closely behind.

"Niu Er, you damn it!" made such a big disaster, Gao Yingxiang angrily kicked over Niu Er, who was kneeling on one knee, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Xianzhong, "The matter has come to this point, everything depends on the handsome." ”

Gao Yingxiang secretly thought to himself in his heart, this Niu Er just missed and injured someone's life, but as long as he gave a little step, Zhang Xianzhong could borrow a donkey to go downhill and resolve the matter.

Who would have thought that after waiting for a long time, Zhang Xianzhong didn't react at all, and the instant coldness made Gao Yingxiang not embarrassed for a while.

"Jing Xuan?" Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but remind.

"Huh?" Zhang Xianzhong seemed to wake up from a dream at this time, and said unhurriedly, "Brother, this Niu Er is your soldier who broke into the king, how can I encroach on the old Zhang?" Whether to kill or release, it is all up to the brother to decide. ”

Zhang Xianzhong touched his nose and kicked the ball back to Gao Yingxiang.

This time it was Gao Yingxiang's turn to be embarrassed, so he had to turn to Li Zicheng and ask for help: "Brother Zicheng, since Niu Er is your subordinate, let it be left to you." ”

Li Zicheng is not confused in his heart, the rebels from all walks of life are already harboring their own ghosts, and it is not unheard of that the incident of fighting each other has not happened. Although Zhang Xianzhong didn't say anything just now, the dozens of people around the murderous tent had already made his attitude clear. If Niu Er is not killed, the five or six people who broke into the camp today, including Gao Yingxiang, are afraid that they will not want to take half a step out of the West Camp.

It can only be abandoned to protect the handsome! Brother, don't blame, brother, this will give you a good time! Thinking of this, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, pulled out his sword suddenly, and backhanded Niu Er is sword. The sword pierced through his heart, and Niu Er fell to the ground without saying a word.

"Oops! Self-made brother, I didn't say that I wanted to kill him, why do you want to do this? Why bother? Zhang Xianzhong never expected Li Zicheng to be so resolute, and he was a little confused for a while.

"Niu Er killed someone after drinking, the crime is unforgivable, he deserves to die!" Although his heart was bleeding, Li Zicheng still had an indifferent look on the surface.

Zhang Xianzhong quickly recovered from the panic, and pretended to comfort him: "Okay, people can't be resurrected after death, the matter has come to this, and carry this brother out, so let's bury it." ”

Zhang Xianzhong's attitude in handling this matter made Gao Yingxiang quite unhappy, but he didn't show half a point on his face, only to see him say lightly: "Don't bother with this little thing, it's getting late today, I won't bother anymore." After a two-day rest, we will march separately. The sky is high and the water is long, and there will be a period later! ”

After that, Gao Yingxiang turned around and took Li Zicheng and his relatives to protect Niu Er's corpse, and went straight out of Zhang Xianzhong's Chinese army tent.

Two days later, the camp left Fengyang, parted ways with the West Battalion, and the soldiers pointed directly at Henan, while Zhang Xianzhong went all the way south and killed Luzhou.

Luzhou is located in the middle of Nanzhili, located in the north and south, is an important town in southern Anhui, the whole city is equipped with seven gates, all heavily defended. The city wall is more than two zhang high, four zhang thick, the moat is one zhang and nine feet deep in the east, and two zhang and five feet deep in the west. It can be said that the city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong came out of Fengyang, the prefect Wu Dapu got a report from the scouts, and he hurriedly strengthened his defense, organized the soldiers and civilians to build nests on the city overnight, carried bricks and stones, and piled up ash bottles, artillery, medicine guns, spray guns, and rolling wood and other defensive tools at the head of the city.

Everything was ready, but Wu Dapu was still not at ease, and organized the army and civilians to build the street market in the city with brick and stone eaves, leaving more small windows between the walls, and selecting strong soldiers to hide in it with spears in their hands, so as to prepare for street battles when the city was broken.

In the early morning of the 22nd, the Xiying Righteous Army drove to the outskirts of Luzhou, and set up camp five miles outside the city, besieging the city of Luzhou tightly.

According to the previous operational deployment: Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, and Zhang Jinjia led the troops to besiege the northern city as the main force of the siege; Zhang Hualong, Zhang Guangcai, and Qi Sansheng led their troops to besiege Dongcheng; Zhang Wenxiu, Liu Jinzhong, and Ma Yuanli besieged Nancheng; Zhang Nengqi, Feng Shuangli, and Bai Wenxuan led their troops to besiege Xicheng.

At night, all the soldiers and horses took advantage of the moonlight to attack Luzhou City from all sides.

The city of Luzhou is tightly defended, the city wall is solid, and there is a suspension bridge outside each gate. In addition, the prefect Wu Dapu took the lead, leading the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend in turn, and the Baizi cannon on the head of the city showed its might.

Seeing that he had not been able to attack the city for a long time, the second king Zhang Jinjia couldn't help but be a little anxious, only to see him take off the armor on his body, fight shirtless, raise his sword and shout: "Brothers! Don't be afraid of death with Lao Tzu! ”

Seeing that Zhang Jinjia turned over and dismounted, and rushed out of the battle formation with a death squad composed of about 800 brothers, Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly waved their troops to follow up.

Hearing that the north gate was tight, Wu Dapu hurriedly led troops to reinforcements.

Standing at the head of the city and looking around, I saw that the city was densely packed with torches, almost burning the entire night sky. Although the besieging rebels suffered heavy casualties under the artillery and rolling logs, they still followed one after another, and never took a step back.