Luo Rucai's side didn't suffer losses, but this person was the most reluctant to fight a bad battle, and he never fought a battle that he was not sure of, as long as he felt that the momentum was not right, he would run immediately. This time was no exception. [Full text reading. Zhang Xianzhong's camp was in chaos, Luo Rucai got a report, he thought it was a confrontation between the two armies, and he did it with a real sword, so he sent someone to investigate, and the people sent out ran back with a roll, saying that it was not the official army attacking the mountain, but a sneak attack on Zhang Xianzhong's old camp, at this time it is said that Zhang Xianzhong's head has been picked up by Zuo Liangyu on the spear to show the public, and Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses have also scattered and fled.

As soon as he heard this, Luo Rucai immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, withdraw from Agate Mountain, and go to the hinterland of Sichuan.

He knew that Zuo Liangyu was not easy to mess with, this attack on the mountain must be Yang Sichang's brigade, his own people and horses are not as many as Zhang Xianzhong's, even Zhang Xianzhong has finished playing, if he doesn't leave, when will he stay?

Luo Rucai deserved to be Cao Cao, he ran really fast, and in less than an hour, he led the whole army, withdrew from the mountain, and hurriedly went to the southwest.

In this battle, Zuo Liangyu really showed his face.

With 10,000 horses, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong's 60,000 people, of which thousands were killed, more than 10,000 were captured, and the rest of the peasant army broke and fled. The official army captured 13 important generals under Zhang Xianzhong's account, 4 strategists, and more than 10 wives and concubines.

In addition, the seized grain, grass, gold, silver, horses, and equipment were piled up, and Zuo Liangyu made a solid fortune.

When the good news came, not only Yang Sichang was dumbfounded, but even Fan Ju was taken aback. He originally thought that after his agitation, Zuo Liangyu would make his mind faint and attack the peasant army desperately, and he would suffer a big loss and die of defeat, but he didn't expect Zuo Liangyu to win a big battle and defeat Zhang Xianzhong's troops in one fell swoop.

Ziyi was also surprised, he said hatefully: "This Zuo Liangyu actually won for him, isn't Zhang Xianzhong also very cunning?" Now the weasel ran into the old fox and was defeated. ”

Fan Ju calmed down, walked around the tent a few times, and finally stomped his feet: "Zuo Liangyu won this battle, and his promotion is certain." Even Yang Sichang had a light on his face, because he specially transferred Zuo Liangyu from the Central Plains, and Zuo Liangyu's victory showed that he was discerning. ”

Ziyi said: "If Zuo Liangyu and Yang Sichang cooperate closely, with one article and one martial arts, then the peasant army will not be able to survive." How good is that? ”

Fan Ju sneered: "They won't cooperate closely." I want to go to the court to ask Zuo Liangyu for credit, and greatly praise his merits. ”

Ziyi said: "In this way, isn't Zuo Liangyu like a tiger with wings, and he is more and more proud?" ”

Fan Ju smiled and did not answer.

Sure enough, as soon as Fan Ju's recital arrived at the court, Chongzhen was overjoyed, and immediately personally crowned Zuo Liangyu as the crown prince. Although this is just a fictitious position and has no real power, it shows that Zuo Liangyu already has a backer in the court. This backer is Chongzhen.

As soon as the holy decree arrived at Yang Sichang's camp, Yang Sichang frowned, he knew very well in his heart that Zuo Liangyu's battle was against his orders, but he won a big victory, which made Yang Sichang's prestige in the army decline, which was tantamount to slapping himself in the face. But now Zuo Liangyu has become a celebrity in the eyes of the emperor, and he can't add guilt, he can only put aside the disobedience and reward Zuo Liangyu.

After this battle, although Zhang Xianzhong fled, he was afraid of Zuo Liangyu, and after the war, he packed up his people, but all his belongings were lost, and there were only more than 5,000 people left around him. He took these 5,000 people and ran around, escaping Zuo Liangyu's pursuit.

Zhang Xianzhong's defeat made matters worse for the Qin army.

The peasant army is the most capable of fighting the two people, Li Zicheng's troops were almost completely annihilated, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were greatly injured, and they did not dare to fight again, for a time, the officers and soldiers were arrogant, and even Chongzhen had a rare arrogance, and he ordered to completely eliminate the peasant army within three months.

As a result, the air in Guanzhong became more and more tense.

The king of Qin led the generals to camp in Tongguan, and sent out a number of searchers, but none of them returned, a huge Funiu Mountain, it was too difficult to find dozens of people. Moreover, the officials and troops are also searching for Li Zicheng and others, and the situation is compelling, Li Zicheng and others must change places from time to time to avoid the search and arrest of the officials and soldiers.

This time, Hong Chengchou also made up his mind, he must do whatever it takes, to capture Li Zicheng, he divided the men and horses into dozens of teams, each team of hundreds of people, carrying carrier pigeons, deep into the Funiu Mountain, searching everywhere, and ordered villages and towns in the mountains to organize militia, take precautions on the spot, as long as they see the peasant army, immediately take it, tie it up to receive rewards. The reward given by Hong Chengchou was very high, which was enough to see his determination to arrest Li Zicheng.

The searchers sent by the Qin army found out the news and immediately reported it to the King of Qin. King Qin felt that the situation was serious, and immediately called the ministers to discuss, Li Yan came up with an idea, he said: "King, now that my Qin army is going out to search, it is very likely that I will encounter the official army, which is too dangerous." I think our people should also change into official and military uniforms. ”

Zhang Yi frowned and said: "Let's also change into the color of the official uniform, even if Li Zicheng and the others see the Qin army, they will not come forward to greet them, most of them will flee far away, how can they find it?" King Qin said: "I can only look at the will of heaven." If you can't find it, let's find another way. ”

Li Yan couldn't sit still, he asked the king of Qin: "King, I'll take a team of people to go, Henan is my hometown, and I still know the terrain." ”

King Qin said: "No, you are an important minister in my Qin army, and you are the fat in the eyes of the officials and soldiers. If you can't find Li Zicheng, I will put you in again, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Li Yan said: "I'll be careful." Besides, those officers and soldiers were also divided into small teams, and it was said that each team was only one or two hundred people, and I could bring more men and horses so that they would not be caught. And if I go, I can communicate with the locals, and in this regard, the people in the Qin army are not as good as me. ”

King Qin groaned, and at this time Tang Sai'er said: "I'll go with Gongzi Li, I believe it will be fine." ”

Li Dang also said: "King, I am with them, if they are discovered by the officials and soldiers, I can guarantee that they will all be escorted back to Tongguan safe and sound." ”

After listening to the words of these two people, King Qin nodded slowly: "It's okay, you bring three hundred people, you have to choose strong people, bring carrier pigeons, and report back at any time." ”

Li Yan got the order, and Tang Sai'er, Li Dang began to order troops, Li Dang picked three hundred Qin soldiers, all of whom were good martial arts, with five carrier pigeons, wearing their own clothes inside, and the official army's uniforms outside, three hundred people went out of Tongguan overnight and went straight to Funiu Mountain.

One night three days later, Li Zicheng and others came to a strange place, which was a dense forest with high hills, located in the mountains, dozens of miles away from the gang, there was a town, and from a distance, there were still lights and candles on, and some people's chimneys were still cooking smoke.

Li Zicheng rode to the dense forest with eighteen horses, and he ordered everyone to jump off their horses and rest.

In the past half a month, Li Zicheng took the only eighteen horsemen and horses around him, drilled through the mountains, crossed the river and crossed the river, wandered among the mountains, and got rid of the pursuit of the officials and soldiers. They also don't know how many officers and soldiers they have seen, and they are searching for them everywhere. Recently, the two sides were only separated by a river, and the officers and soldiers could see them as long as they crossed the river to search, but the ghosts made the gods send the gods to the gods, and the officers and soldiers did not come, but searched downstream along the river.

Li Zicheng has never suffered such a big setback since the uprising, although he has fought many defeats before, but there will always be thousands of people around him, but this time, he only has eighteen people. Not to mention fighting, even the strength to sneak attack a village is not enough. So he could only hide in the east and deal with the officials and soldiers between the mountains and mountains.

For several days, he and his eighteen men did not sleep well, and more often than not, they slept for an hour or two, and then they got up and moved and changed places, and on several occasions the sentry men found the officers and soldiers and left in a hurry.

After coming to this dense forest, everyone was already tired, and they were so sleepy that they could barely sit still, Li Zicheng knew that if they didn't rest well for a while, everyone would have to lie down tired. So he ordered to rest and sleep in this dense forest.

Liu Zongmin walked over and said in a low voice: "King Chuang, do you want to light the fire?" Li Zicheng looked at the villages and towns dozens of miles away from the hill and said: "We can see the fire in the village, and the people in the village can also see this side, so we can't light the fire." ”

Li Guo leaned over and said, "Uncle Li, they can't see it, let's make a fire in the forest, so many trees are in the way, it will be fine." Besides, we only have some sweet potatoes left, frozen like stones, and we can't eat them without baking. ”

Li Zicheng thought about it and instructed Liu Fangliang: "Fangliang, you and Gu Kecheng light the fire, Li Guo, you go to the outside of the forest and watch to see if you can see the fire." ”

The three of them agreed, Liu Fangliang and Gu Kecheng turned out the flint, everyone found a dead branch, lit a fire, Li Guo ran outside the forest, observed for a while, and then ran in and said to Li Zicheng: "Uncle Li, you can't see the fire." The forest is too dense. You can't even see it here, and you can't see it in the village. ”

Li Zicheng was relieved at this time, and ordered everyone to tie the horses to the trees and let them gnaw the wild grass, he sat around the fire with the people, Li Shuangxi untied the burden on the horse's back, and there were dozens of sweet potatoes inside, and everyone used their swords to stick them up and roast them on the fire.

Hao Shaoqi added a branch to the fire and scolded: "This damn great king, if it weren't for his kid who turned against the water, Hong Chengchou wouldn't even be able to touch a single hair of ours, this kid, Lao Tzu wants to catch him, first pick his skin, and then give him a big disembowelment......"

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