Chapter 656: Bear the Burden of Humiliation
Besides, Li Zicheng pulled out the camp from Gaoyi City early in the morning and rushed south, traveling more than 30 miles, it was nearly noon, and Liu Fangliang and Luo Hu led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to arrive, and described in detail how to play Chang Yu in Zhending Mansion.
That's right, at this time, they used the triumph to boost morale and bewitch the displaced people to continue to work hard, and they sweated and escorted them back to Xi'an, allowing them to have land, grain and silver after arriving in Xi'an, and they did not need to pay taxes.
In fact, when Li Zicheng went north, he coerced the homeless people to have hundreds of thousands, and there were tens of thousands of people who were discarded under Baoding City with war consumption and cannon fodder before leaving, and tens of thousands were discarded on the way to flee south, and when he arrived in Qizhou, in order to cover his whereabouts, Wang Genzi drove nearly 100,000 homeless people to Zhendingfu City, leaving only more than 10,000 young people to transport baggage.
Liu Fangliang abandoned most of the displaced people after breaking through the Hutuo River defense line outside Zhending City, and only carried 30,000 or 40,000 as armor to continue southward, that is to say, at this time, there were less than 50,000 displaced people around the thieves, and the rest were all thief troops, and almost all of them were the main elite, because most of the partial divisions were defeated and captured by officers and soldiers.
After the thieves first hid themselves, they were almost full, Liu Fangliang and Luo Hu led the troops to open the way first, Li Zicheng wanted to let Ma Bao go with him, but Luo Hu refused to let him stay to escort the baggage, he and Liu Fangliang were enough to clear the obstacles ahead, because according to intelligence, there were no more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, and the generals who could fight now were only a few around the little eunuchs.
Li Zicheng was not at ease, and ordered Li Guo and Song Xiance to go together.
At the same time, hundreds of miles away from the Hutuo River, the army led by Chang Yu had just crossed the river, and the vanguard Tengxiang Guard cavalry had already sent people to report to Luancheng thirty miles away, only twenty or thirty miles away from the tail of the thief army.
Chang Yu sneered, Li Zicheng took tens of thousands of horses to the palace and protected him to flee south, I am afraid that he is already in the south of Gaoyi at this time, and this tail is really long enough!
"Chop it, chop it off for him!" Huang Degong shouted all the way, his face was full of hatred and resentment, and Zhou Yuji always comforted him: "Don't be impatient, keep an eye on the slow walk, recuperate, and stab him to death when the time comes......"
What is timing? Huang Degong roared at the top of his throat, he felt that any time was the right time, and he could start working at any time.
"When the thief army hits the south wall, it's the time" Li Muxian laughed in a low voice, and Huang Degong was stunned: "The south wall? Gao Jie, you say? Then he looked disdainful: "This guy crawled out of the thief's den, who knows if he and Li Zicheng will rekindle the old relationship, you see Li Yan is not that virtuous."
The generals burst into laughter, Chang Yu glanced at him, and said lightly: "Don't say this kind of thing in front of Li Yan."
"Of course not" Huang Degong was refreshed, and said in a low voice: "What can I do, is it possible that he dares to beat me?" ”
Wu Zhong probed: "Li Yan's martial arts skills are not weak, you may not have done him!" ”
", I don't believe it" Huang Degong roared, and Chang Yu turned around and frowned: "What don't you believe?" ”
"Overseer, Mr. Huang doesn't believe that you can put him down in ten moves" Wu Zhong hurriedly said, Huang Degong looked confused: "I didn't say it."
And, the corners of Chang Yu's mouth twitched: "Ten tricks used?" ”
As soon as Huang Degong, who was still in a panic, heard this, I wiped it, I looked down on people too much, so I was going to shout for a competition, but Zhou Yuji tried to hold it down, and said in a low voice: "You will burn high incense in three moves."
"Damn, Lao Zhou doesn't even look down on me?" Huang Degong was even more unconvinced, and suddenly saw that Zhou Yuji's expression was wrong, and he couldn't help but ...... stunned, "Are you ......?"
Hey, Zhou Yuji nodded slightly embarrassed, and sighed: "The first time I fell ...... move"
Li Yan is a very elegant person, although his temperament has remained unchanged for several years, even if the conditions are difficult, he has not been blackened by those big bosses who are close to ink, such as always making a pot of tea after dinner to relieve his greasy.
Tian Xiong is not a big old man but he is not an elegant person, for example, he thinks that tea is delicious, isn't it just the water for soaking leaves, how can it be so sweet and pleasant to drink well water, seeing Li Yan drinking tea leisurely under a plane tree in the courtyard of the state government, he felt that it was tasteless, so he had to excuse himself to leave.
But he was stopped by Li Yan, when he was in Baoding Mansion, he listened to Wu Zhong boast that he had gone deep into the tiger's den with the little overseer, mixed into Zhaozhou City to get acquainted with Li Muxian, saved Nangong Yu, broke into the thief's nest and held the thief head hostage as a matter of taking Zhaozhou in one fell swoop.
As soon as he heard this, Tian Xiong also came to his senses: "The matter of the little overseer going deep into the tiger's den is well known in the army, and this is what the officers and soldiers love to talk about the most......"
Just when Tian Xiong was about to move and wanted to go to Nangong Yu's house to mourn, he suddenly heard a report from Tanmalay: Thousands of officers and soldiers came from the north to call the door, saying that it was Liu Zeqing's department.
Li Yan frowned, he had already heard of Liu Zeqing's character, and Wu Zhong was muttering in front of him every day that he wanted to kill this person, why did he come, didn't the little overseer order him to close the siege before, and he should go to Zhending Mansion at this time.
I was suspicious that it was a fraud, so I went to the north gate with Tian Xiong, but Tian Xiong knew Liu Zeqing, and after confirming that it was correct, he let him enter the city to lead him to meet Li Yan.
is so magnificent, Liu Zeqing was a little surprised by Li Yan's temperament, in fact, he looked down on Li Yan who was born as a thief, but he knew that Li Yan and Chang Yu were good friends, and he was given the title of the righteous army by the emperor himself, so he didn't dare to show it too much, but he just bowed his hand lightly: "It was General Li, and he has been famous for a long time."
Li Yan returned the salute, and when he saw Liu Zeqing's eyes red and tired, he said: "Is General Liu chasing the thief army on the order of the Governor?" Liu Zeqing smiled bitterly: "It's not two days and two nights to see each other almost non-stop."
Li Yan asked again: "General Liu's soldiers only have these thousands of cavalry?" Liu Zeqing shook his head: "There are still more than 10,000 people who will arrive later, and when the general heard that the thief army had fled, he took the lead in chasing ......."
After some rhetoric, Li Yan and Tian Xiong glanced at each other, if there was no smile on the corner of their mouths, Liu Zeqing's words were all routines, they were all understanding people, and they didn't say anything if they saw through it.
Tian Xiong ordered someone to send tea and dinner to entertain Liu Zeqing, and his subordinates were also properly settled, and several people said that Liu Zeqing was about to enter the room to rest for a while, and suddenly heard that there was an order to visit Malai.
Chang Yu ordered Li Yan to send troops to chase the thief in the afternoon, looking for an opportunity to join forces to chop a few pieces of the thief's tail, the spy was very surprised to see Liu Zeqing, and said that there was also a military order to send it to Jinzhou, and he didn't want to meet him here.
Liu Zeqing hurriedly asked for details, and the spy said: "The superintendent ordered General Liu to hurry up and help General Li chase the thief."
In just one sentence, Liu Zeqing's face was pale, and although he tried hard to control his expression, Li Yan and Tian Xiong could still see that he was angry, very angry!
The dignified general soldier, a military bigwig-level figure, the little eunuch's sentence of "helping Li Yan chase the thief" obviously wanted him to obey Li Yan's orders!
What kind of thing is Li Yan, just a thief who surrenders to sincerity, why should Lao Tzu obey him! Liu Zeqing was furious, feeling humiliated, but after all, he was a character, and he thought of it in a flash, he couldn't turn his face at this time, and endure it for a while, after all, it is important to make merit in front of him, and it is good to have great merit, if not, hum, then wait and see.
Li Yan knew that Chang Yu hated Liu Zeqing very much, and even Wu Zhong had murderous intentions because of the incident in the Black Wolf Camp, it was obvious that this arrangement was deliberately to rectify Liu Zeqing and export evil anger for Wu Zhong, at this time he did not know that Chang Yu also had murderous intentions when he heard that Liu Zeqing had slaughtered the city.
Since the little overlord is thinking about this, Li Yan will understand, so he said to Liu Zeqing: "We have chased and killed the thieves all the way from Baoding to here, and the people are tired and tired and have long been overwhelmed, that is, the men and horses of Huang Zongbing have been fighting with the thief army in Zhending Mansion for several days is also the end of the strong crossbow, and now only Liu Zongbing is strong and strong, and it is when the thief is defeated to make merit, and Liu Zongbing is also invited to mobilize people and horses to be the vanguard to chase the thief."
Damn, obviously let Lao Tzu take the lead and gnaw bones, Liu Zongbing is cunning and cunning, Li Yan He can see through this little Jiujiu at a glance, but he is also moved, as Li Yan said that the officers and soldiers are tired at this time, only he raised troops to rest in the city to watch the play in the middle of the month, and just when Li Zicheng was defeated and fled, he caught up, if he can catch the thief in one fell swoop, it is a great achievement of the marquis, the little eunuch and Huang Degong and others have been busy carrying a sedan chair for themselves for half a month.
The more I thought about it, the happier I became, so I nodded in response, and there was a righteous Ling Ran killing the enemy to serve the country, Li Yan and Tian Xiong nodded in agreement, and then Liu Zeqing ordered people to urge the main force to march quickly.