"Lu Xiangsheng is ruthless enough, this series of blows is ingenious, done in one go, like a net but not a net, and better than a net."

Escaping from inside, it was already dark, and after holding on to see King Chuang and his brothers, Li Zicheng lay on the ground weakly and sighed secretly.

After a long time, he began to think: "Is Lu Xiangsheng not flawed at all?" Of course not, if nothing else, let's just say that the battle of Zhulongqiao, fifteen to one, as long as you hold on a little longer, it is entirely possible for the righteous army to defeat Lu Xiangsheng's department, and the situation will definitely become different. ”

Thinking about it, Li Zicheng sat up, shook his head regretfully, and muttered in his mouth: "How can this be, how can this be?" ”

Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, answered: "Because the current rebel army is not as good as before. ”

Seeing that it was him, Li Zicheng was about to get up, he had already caressed Li Zicheng's shoulder, sat down next to him, and continued: "The previous rebels were a group of hungry and red-eyed wild wolves, who could rush up without greeting their prey, but now many of them are full of fat, lazy, and afraid of death. ”

Li Zicheng said angrily: "Once people have a worth, they are easy to be afraid of death, but they don't want to think about what the situation is now, there is Hong Chengchou in the northwest, and Lu Xiangsheng in the southeast, which of the two is good to match?" Hmph, the more afraid you are of death, the faster you are afraid of dying. ”

King Gao Yingxiang said thoughtfully: "Saving your life, of course, comes first, didn't Zicheng think about the final fate of our people?" ”

Li Zicheng looked at him curiously, and said truthfully: "I have thought about it, I have thought about it since the day of the incident, it seems that we people, it is no wonder that there are three fates, one of which was killed by the imperial court; second, the final overthrow of the imperial court; The third-class power is great, and he was named a king with a different surname by the imperial court, and it is also a good choice to benefit the people of one side. ”

"Among the rebels who can have such ambitions, I'm afraid there are only two of them, him and Xianzhong." Thinking about it, King Gao Yingxiang nodded secretly, and said deliberately: "People say that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and the enemy of the court is not only us now, but also the Tongnu side, I don't know what to think of the Tongnu?" ”

Li Zicheng said solemnly: "Although we are fighting with the imperial court, this is a family matter after all, just like a dispute between brothers, Tongnu is different, they are outsiders after all, and we will always be inseparable from them." ”

When King Chuang Gao Yingxiang heard this, he was relieved and said: "We will never be at odds with it, what if the court makes peace with them?" ”

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "If the court is like that, it must also be secret, and he will not dare to forgive him, if he really dares, I will let him perish in a few days, this is a big matter of principle." ”

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang praised sincerely: "Zicheng can have such insight, I am relieved, I have discussed with Xianzhong before, he is the same as Zicheng, however, Xianzhong is still different from Zicheng, his military advisor is too unauthentic." ”

Li Zicheng became more and more curious, and was about to speak, but he heard him say again: "The reason why we lost so badly this time is because the imperial court is bent on destroying us, and some of us have also changed, but this is not the most fundamental. ”

This is undoubtedly the question that Li Zicheng has been thinking about hard, so Li Zicheng stared at him with both eyes, lest he stop or miss the slightest.

He looked at Li Zicheng, and then said: "The most fundamental thing is that we have no goal, or our goal is to loot and make profits, which dooms us to be robbers and rogues."

Naturally, robbers and rogues have no military discipline at all, which is why the common people do not provide us with information.

The most important thing is to establish a disciplined team, with this team as a guarantee, it is possible to achieve their goals step by step. ”

As he spoke, he looked yearning for it, and said: "The 'Hurricane Tactics' created by Xianzhong are conducive to containing the enemy and breaking out of the enemy's encirclement, but if we want to achieve our goals, we can't be rogues forever, we must have our own home."

What is Home? Home is a place where relatives live, and when you are tired and sleepy, you want to go back and can go back. That is, the cottage and the like that Zicheng mentioned before, I was also inspired to think of it.

The question is, can the imperial court let us have such a home? Apparently not. So, we have to find it.

I've thought about it, just choose Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi before I became it. At least the officers and soldiers there are weaker forces and can give us room for development. ”

As he spoke, seeing Li Zicheng nodding again and again, he didn't wait for him to speak, and said: "If you have a home, you have to have someone, just like the person like Xu Yixian around Xianzhong, those people are educated, not like us, after all, the vision is longer, but it is definitely not a person like Xu Yixian, Zicheng must be firmly remembered." ”

Li Zicheng said sincerely: "If all the righteous troops are like King Chuang, why did we come to this day?" ”

King Gao Yingxiang said: "If you want to make a difference, you must find problems from yourself, and you must not complain about others. Why complain about others and not blame yourself for not developing well?

Of course, what I mean by this is not to give up on oneself, as long as one has a clear goal, one cannot give up on oneself at any time. ”

Li Zicheng said humbly: "What King Chuang taught is that Zicheng should follow the teachings carefully. It's just that our current situation is very dangerous, and we have to think hard about it, but we have nothing to gain. ”

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang didn't answer his words, and asked rhetorically: "What is our current situation?" ”

Li Zicheng said: "From a distance, although there are many contradictions between Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, these two can reach an agreement on clearing out the righteous army.

There is also Sun Chuanting of Zhenwuwei (now Dai County, Shanxi) in Daizhou, who was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi by the Shuntianfu (now Beijing) government, and built an army in Yulin, called the Qin army, and successively attacked the rebel army Shengshiwang, Guabei King, Yiyifei, Zhentianwang and other departments.

From a close distance, Lu Xiangsheng garrisoned Nanyang, ordered Zu Dale to defend Runing, Zu Kuan to defend Dengzhou, and personally led various officers and troops to force the righteous army, and at the same time ordered Governor Wang Mengyin and Yunyang Fuzhi Song Zushun to rely on the Han River to block it. ”

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang pondered: "Therefore, I have decided to divide the troops, you lead your troops to Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi to build an army we need, and I will lead your troops to continue to use the 'Hurricane Tactics' to attract and contain officers and soldiers, and fight for opportunities for you." ”

Li Zicheng was shocked: "No, absolutely not, even if it is really necessary to attract and contain the officers and soldiers, it should be done by Zicheng, Zicheng is young after all." ”

King Chuang Gao Yingxiang shook his head firmly and said, "I thought about it, but you can't, because I still have to explore Xianzhong's thoughts." ”

Li Zicheng said: "Isn't it just to explore Huang Huzi's thoughts, you can do the same thing." ”

King Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "You two are a pair of happy enemies, you can't find out, you remember, you must be careful of him in the future, especially his military advisor Xu Yixian." ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "That is the case, Zicheng will not fight with King Chuang, but King Chuang must take care, and the first priority is to ensure safety." ”

After saying that, he ordered someone to light a torch, spread the map on the ground, and thought about it while looking at it with King Chuang.