Sun Kewang said: "My father-in-law thinks very much. [No pop-ups. 】”

The group talked about it, and did not mention it since returning to the village, and then Li Kang, left the ground of Gucheng, did not dare to stay, and flew to Henan.

Gucheng is not far from Henan, and the fast horse only needs a day's work to enter the boundary of Henan.

After they came to Henan, they inquired about the situation of the peasant army in many ways, because Li Zicheng was the only large peasant army force left today, so it was easy to get news of him. The common people have legends that King Li Chuang fought a battle with Zuo Liangyu near Yanshi, fought very fiercely, and finally broke away from Zuo Liangyu's interception, and was caught up by Hong Chengchou, a big battle, King Li Chuang lost his troops, only one or two thousand people remained, and fled all the way into the Jade Emperor Mountain in Lushi County, which got rid of the official army. Now that Li Zicheng has lost his trace, some people say that King Li Chuang died in battle, some people say that he was seriously injured, and the news is not sure whether it is true.

But no matter what you say, Li Zicheng is in Jade Emperor Mountain, probably not wrong, so Li Dare decided to go straight to Jade Emperor Mountain.

Yuhuang Mountain is in the northwest of Nanyang, and there has been no peasant army here for nearly a year to harass, so it is still peaceful, Li Dang and others have gold and silver on them, and they can change horses at any time and hit the sharp, so there are no twists and turns along the way.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Kang and the five finally saw the distant peaks of Jade Emperor Mountain.

Between entering the mountains, Li Dang ordered his soldiers to prepare more dry food, so as not to find the peasant army for a short time after entering the mountains. In a small town, a few people bought a lot of dry food, rice wine, and some clothes for sleeping in the mountains. Then they followed the path and entered the Jade Emperor Mountain.

They were wearing the clothes of the common people, but they were also cautious, because Hong Chengchou led the official army to lay a defensive line near the Jade Emperor Mountain, and sent a small patrol to reconnaiter the king's men and horses.

When Li Dang and the others entered the mountain, it was already dusk, and there were no officers and soldiers on the road, so it was very smooth, after they entered the mountain, they walked to the dark, found a cave, and slept hastily all night. Early the next morning, they were already in the Jade Emperor Mountain, no longer afraid of the presence of officials and soldiers, and went straight to the depths of the Jade Emperor Mountain with the boldness.

At this time, Li Zicheng's men and horses were resting in the mountains.

Ten days ago, Li Zicheng led his 8,000 men and horses to collide head-on with Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu knew that his three or four thousand people could not stop Li Zicheng, so he had already sent someone to report to Hong Chengchou, and after Hong Chengchou received the report, he immediately led the whole army to help.

After Li Zicheng rushed away from Zuo Liangyu's department, he rushed towards the south of Luoyang, but was still pursued by Hong Chengchou, and in Song County, the two sides launched a decisive battle.

What Hong Chengchou has been waiting for is that at this moment, he supervised the onslaught of the army, and the Hong soldiers under his command rushed to kill with their lives under his heavy reward, and killed the peasant army in the dark. The peasant army did not show weakness on its side, and Li Zicheng had always led the troops in a good way and trained well, so it was difficult for the two sides to distinguish between the opponents.

However, Li Zicheng understood that his situation was very disadvantageous, and the officers and troops of Luoyang could come to reinforce him at any time, so he could not fight for a long time, so after a day of fighting, the peasant army quietly withdrew that night.

Hong Chengchou had already expected this move, and led the army to pursue in the starry night, and defeated Li Zicheng in the west of Song County.

Li Zicheng led the remnants of the defeated army and fled all the way west, and countless people and horses were scattered. He and several generals all suffered arrow wounds, and finally got rid of the officers and soldiers when it was dark. But when I looked at the people around me, there were only more than 1,000 people left.

Not long after, Mrs. Gao finally arrived with the old battalion, and the old battalion also suffered losses, and there were still six or seven hundred people left, and most of the wounded did not escape.

Li Zicheng has experienced setbacks for a long time, so he will naturally not be discouraged, not to mention that he has already broken out of the encirclement of the official army, and no matter how big the loss is, it is worth it. So he discussed with several generals and went west to the Jade Emperor Mountain, where the mountains are deep and dense, the terrain is complex, and it is easy to defend, so you can rest your men and horses here in order to revitalize it.

Two thousand men and horses, under the leadership of Li Zicheng, entered the Jade Emperor Mountain and began to stangle quietly.

On this morning, Li Zicheng got up early, practiced swordsmanship under a tree for a while, felt a layer of fine sweat all over his body, put away his sword, walked to the old camp and walked not far, Li Guo came to him, one of his legs was still a little lame, it was injured by an arrow when he broke through, and he was not healed. But his expression was very excited, Li Zicheng saw it, and knew that there was a happy event, so he asked, "Guo'er, is there anything wrong?" ”

Li said: "Brother Yuan is back. ”

Yuan Zongdi was a suspicious soldier sent out when they broke through Songshan, since the breakthrough, there has been no news, Li Zicheng was very worried, at this time when he heard that Yuan Zongdi was back, he was very happy: "Is he okay?" How many people did you bring back? ”

Li said: "Brother Yuan Zongdi was not injured, he is very good, but there are not too many people, he took out two thousand people, and when he came back, it was four or five hundred." ”

Li Zicheng nodded: "It's good to be able to come back, speaking of which, it's much smaller than our loss." ”

The two returned to the old camp, Yuan Zongdi was resting here, Mrs. Gao had prepared a meal for him, and Yuan Zongdi was gobbling it up, looking like he hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time.

Seeing Li Zicheng coming back, Yuan Zongdi stood up: "Brother Li, I'm back, it's good to see you, your injuries are fine." ”

He noticed that Li Zicheng's arm was wrapped in a white cloth, and there were blood stains oozing inside.

Li Zicheng patted him on the shoulder: "My injury is not in the way, it's good if you can come back, don't say more, go down and rest after eating." ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "I'm not tired, I'm just a little hungry, hehe, this one is easy to kill, but it's enjoyable, if you have such an errand in the future, you will send it to me." ”

Li Zicheng smiled, he knew that Yuan Zongdi was a fierce general, and he usually liked to fight, so he nodded and asked, "Tell me about the situation outside, you must have heard a lot all the way." ”

Yuan Zongdi swallowed the tortilla: "Lao Hong is nesting in this area, I heard that he has sent people to surround Jade Emperor Mountain on all sides like when he was in Songshan. In addition, I heard that he sent a letter to Xiong Wencan in Guanzhong, telling him to be careful of Tongguan, so as not to be broken into by us and join forces with the Qin army. ”

Li Zicheng nodded: "Lao Hong is very ghostly." This opportunity was guessed by him. But it doesn't matter, let's nest here for a while, train the centaur well, and then surprise him. ”

As he was talking, Liu Zongmin and several other generals arrived, surrounded Yuan Zongdi, and asked this and that, very affectionately.

Li Zicheng's men and horses are very united, which has a lot to do with Li Zicheng's leadership skills, in his ranks, the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not obvious, and many soldiers dare to talk and laugh with the generals. Because many of these soldiers are relatives and friends of the general, this kind of relationship with family affection as a bond ties the whole army together, often one person dies, which can make a group of people angry.

The relationship between several generals is also very good, Li Zicheng is the master, Liu Zongmin is the deputy, these two are the backbone of the whole team, and Li Zicheng in the early uprising, he had saved Liu Zongmin's life, so Liu Zongmin was desperate for Li Zicheng, it was a dead heart.

In many cases, when Li Zicheng is not there, everyone takes Liu Zongmin as the main coach, and Liu Zongmin has never disappointed Li Zicheng, so the relationship between the two is better than that of siblings.

If the relationship between the commander and the deputy commander is good, the relationship below will be easy to handle, so among all the peasant armies, Li Zicheng's men and horses are the most united.

Therefore, they have fought in the east and west over the years, and they have won more than they have lost.

Li Zicheng knew that several generals had not eaten breakfast, so he asked Mrs. Gao to prepare breakfast, Mrs. Gao smiled, she had already prepared, and after a while, a large basket of tortillas, two large bowls of pickles, and a pot of wild vegetable soup were delivered.

This is the food standard for the whole army.

Li Zicheng and other generals, like the soldiers, all eat this.

Everyone is not polite, they each grab the cake with their hands to eat, make a few jokes from time to time, the atmosphere is very relaxed, and while eating, suddenly a Liu Fangliang's personal soldier ran in and muttered a few words in Liu Fangliang's ear.

Liu Fangliang listened to it, laughed softly, and knocked the head of the pro-soldier with the cake in his hand: "You boys, why are you so cowardly!" Alright, I got it. ”

The pro-soldier left, and Liu Zongmin asked, "What's the matter, Fang Liang?" ”

Liu Fangliang said with a smile: "One of my grain teams found a small village in the mountains yesterday, it seems that there is still a lot of food, so I went there to collect grain, but I didn't expect that the small village was full of women, and I also arrested my grain team. ”

Hao Shaoqi smiled: "This group of girls still has a little temper." Let me go, catch them back, and let them know that our king's men and horses are not easy to mess with. ”

Li Zicheng hurriedly shook his head: "This is not good, waving the flag, our old eighth team has never bullied women." I remember that in the past, I had a distant nephew named Wen Shun, who fought very fiercely, but because of the rape of women, the reputation of our old eighth team was ruined, so I asked me to behead, your people just came over, the heat is not easy to handle, in case something happens, I am sorry for the dead King Gao Chuang. So I'm going to go. ”

Liu Zongmin asked Liu Fangliang: "How many girls are in this group?" ”

Liu Fangliang said: "I heard from my subordinates, there are about 200 people, they all seem to be widows, poor people, I also think, don't be embarrassed for them." ”

Li Zicheng asked Mrs. Gao: "Gui Ying, how many women are there in our old camp?" ”

Mrs. Gao sighed: "There are not many, this breakthrough, the old camp has suffered a lot of losses, there are many girls who have not escaped, they have fallen into the hands of the officers and soldiers, but they are ......" She almost burst into tears as she said it.

There have always been many women in Li Zicheng's old camp, and these women helped with cooking, laundry, horses, children, and the wounded, which were very useful.

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