Smoke and sand rolled, and several fast horses galloped past in front of them. The two of them wore hats on their heads, bowed their heads slightly, and waited for the number of horses to disappear before slowly raising their heads. Not far away, countless camps are like mountains, flags fluttering better than clouds, and there are constantly armored soldiers and horses cruising back and forth. There, it is the boundless camp of the army.

"Brother Xue, how many soldiers and horses did Guizhai draw this time?" Yang Zhaofeng, who was dusty, dusted off the dust on his shoulders and squinted at the thin man beside the advisor around him.

"This time, King Xinshun gave an order, and even Li Dazhang personally dispatched the plate, do you think I can have fewer soldiers and horses?" The thin man smiled, the burning marks on his face were wrinkled, adding to the horror, "Yu Dazhong has 3,000 people, Zhou Ruli has 3,000 people, Ji Zhiying has 3,000 people, and I Xue Zhao has brought a thousand protector Chinese troops, Li Dazhang turned the imperial village upside down, and a total of 10,000 main elite soldiers have all been dispatched." ”

In May of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, the "King of Xinshun", was in the Xuzhou Assembly, and only the five battalions of the center, left, right, front, and rear battalions of the old descendants had 130,000 soldiers and horses. Although the exact number is not clear, Yang Zhaofeng heard sensational rumors such as "500,000 people" in Xuzhou on the way to Xuzhou, in short, there must be 1670,000 people.

Yang Zhaofeng was ordered by Zhao Dangshi's army, set off from Fanhe City three days ago, and only took a few people to Dengfeng County's imperial village to meet Li Jiyu. Although he didn't find Li Jiyu, he groped along the banner and bumped into Xue Zhao, who claimed to be the leader of the imperial village, and followed him to find Li Jiyu after exchanging codes.

"Where is Li Dazhang's plate?"

Xue Copying said: "Brother Yang is anxious, not in a hurry. Right now, King Xinshun is about to hold a military meeting, and I have to escort Li Dazhang to break into the camp of the Chinese army's big tent, and you can also listen to it. ”

Yang Zhaofeng nodded and said, "That's what I mean." ”

The two of them passed through several deep ditches and high bases on the periphery of the camp, and when they reached a checkpoint, the general of the army guarding the card was commanding the soldiers of the army to search for the personnel of the other battalions, and they did not let any of them go. Yang Zhaofeng said secretly: "I also work for the new Shun King, do you still need such a strict test?" ”

Xue Xuan sneered: "It's not easy to assign a job with oil and water, how can you not work hard." King Xinshun said that he would rob the rich and help the poor, and recover the stolen goods to help him. But when it is the turn of the generals who break into the army to keep the card, they will inevitably take out this sentence and chew it over and over again. As he spoke, he saw that several people in front of him had searched for things for the intruding army, ranging from a few copper plates to hairpin jewelry, all of which were confiscated. Those people did not dare to argue, so they could only admit that they were unlucky, and they were let go in despair.

Yang Zhaofeng secretly glanced at the general who was shouting at the intruding army, and was shocked, so he hurriedly lowered his head and compacted the hat. Xue Jian saw that something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng replied: "This person is Zhou Fengwu, the general of Zuo Liangyu's camp in the past, I have met with him, if he sees me, he will reveal his identity if he can't keep it." As he spoke, he looked back, with the intention of retreating.

Xue Xuan frowned, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay, leave it to me Old Xue." With that, he stepped forward.

Zhou Fengwu obviously knew Xue Xuan, swept his eyes, turned his head away, and coldly instructed the soldiers on the left and right: "Search." ”

Xue copied his hand and stopped it, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, the noble man is so forgetful, why don't you recognize the little brother, didn't you eat and drink at the same table yesterday?" Saying this, the few soldiers who were about to stretch out their hands really hesitated.

"What are you doing? Don't search for Lao Tzu yet! Zhou Fengwu just pretended not to hear it, and looked up at people with his nostrils.

"Don't, don't work for a few masters, I'll come by myself." Xue Xuan laughed and began to grope up and down in front of Zhou Fengwu.

Zhou Fengwu squinted, saw Xue Xuan touch his abdomen from his chest, and then touched his crotch from his abdomen, and rubbed it vigorously several times, he couldn't help but show a look of disdain, and scolded: "What are you doing with your thoughts, you have to tie it to that talk, take off your pants and untie it." If you can't solve it, Lao Tzu will reward you with a knife, clean and neat. ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" Xue Jiao smiled and said in response, suddenly shouted "go", took out his hand, and held a silver collar with white flowers in his hand.

"This ......" Zhou Fengwu's eyes lit up, but his face was full of disgust.

"Hehe, the world is chaotic, Lao Xue has to hide it tightly because of this capital, Brother Zhou, don't dislike it." Xue Xuan said as he handed over the silver collar.

Several soldiers were about to pick it up, but Xue Zhaoshou was halfway through, and suddenly took the silver collar back.

Zhou Fengwu felt that he had been mocked, and he was furious, and said sharply with his halberd fingers: "Dog mongrel looking for death? As he spoke, his eyes looked around sharply, almost immediately causing the soldiers to snatch it openly.

Xue Copied his hands quickly, jumped a step back, and said in a continuous voice with his hands on the silver collar: "Brother Zhou misunderstood. Lao Xue suddenly thought that it was good to have a silver collar, but if he gave it to Brother Zhou, it hurt Brother Zhou. ”

"You fart, bring it quickly!" Where did Zhou Fengwu listen to him, and grinned.

Xue Xuan was not flustered, held up the silver collar and shook it twice, and said: "'The generals and soldiers who have white and gold and hide them privately, will not be punished', Xinshun Wang Junji, has Brother Zhou forgotten?" Or is it ...... Hehe, King Xinshun has no love for Brother Zhou, and forgiveness? ”

After Li Zicheng proclaimed himself "King Xinshun" and set out to establish political power, he immediately began to rectify military discipline. First, the patrol is strict, and the fugitives call it "falling grass", and they are punished with imprisonment; Second, only one elite soldier in the battalion could accompany the army with his wife, and ten people could feed the horses, provide weapons and cook for the food. No other women may be brought with them, and offenders will be punished with caning. If the child is abandoned and not raised, he shall be punished with a rod; Third, it is forbidden to occupy people's houses and houses when crossing the city, and it is necessary to set up camp or set up temporary shacks in the suburbs, otherwise they will be deprived of their positions in the army and sentenced to seclusion; Fourth, it is the commander and soldier who gets white and gold and hides it privately, and he will not be punished immediately.

The establishment of military discipline was intended to punish lawbreakers and establish the image of invading the army and asking for the people's lives. Li Zicheng listened to Zuo Funiu Jinxing's suggestion to "go up and down to work," and specifically affirmed that if a high-ranking officer knowingly commits a crime, the crime will be increased by one degree. Although Zhou Fengwu is a demoted general, he was named General Guoyi by Li Zicheng, and his status is really not low. Usually a little money is piecemeal, of course, no one cares about him, but if he extorts big ingots of gold, silver and jewelry in broad daylight, and tells the enemy to know that he stabs Li Zicheng, maybe he will be caught as a model for Li Zicheng, who is eager to establish his authority to prove that the military discipline is strict, and he will focus on dealing with it. Moreover, Xue Zhao does not belong to the lineage of the Chuang army, but belongs to the royal village that is attached to the Chuang army. Li Zicheng tried his best to win people's hearts, and he would not let Zhou Fengwu, who knew the law and broke the law, bully the people in the imperial village, damaging his image of Zhou Gong and losing the hearts of the people.

"You ......" Zhou Fengwu stared at the bright silver collar that Xue Chao was holding in his hands, and he was angry. Silver collar is commonly known as "pig waist silver", this thing is rarely seen in ordinary people's homes, because the two numbers are large, it is mostly used in the government, the court to reconcile the bottom, and pay tribute to the service. Xue Xuan didn't know where to get this silver collar, and he definitely didn't carry it with him to spend it, but he didn't make up his mind early in the morning, just to deal with the current situation.

"Master Zhou, how to be a good ......" The soldiers who were in a dilemma threw their eyes at Zhou Fengwu for instructions.

"Let go." Zhou Fengwu thought about it again and again, looked at the silver collar and swallowed his saliva, after all, he still weighed the weight, glared at Xue Jiao twice, and waved his hand slightly sideways.

"What about the others?"

Zhou Fengwu scolded angrily: "What else can't afford him, want to kill Lao Tzu for three or two small money?" ”

When those soldiers heard this, they hurriedly dodged the path.

"Thank you Brother Zhou for your righteousness!" Xue Copied the hippie smile and made a funny gesture, and greeted back again and again, "General Zhou let him go, not to mention slipping up his legs and feet, and come up quickly!" ”

Yang Zhaofeng was mixed in the midst of several Yuzhai soldiers, bowing his head and walking quickly, but when he got close to Zhou Fengwu, he felt that the other party's gaze was directed towards him, and he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart, and he held the edge of the hat with his hand, just waiting to catch the flash, and didn't want Zhou Fengwu's voice to suddenly come: "Wait, this person, how can I look at it...... Looking familiar? ”

"Brother Zhou laughed, there are thousands of people in the world, and it is normal for someone to look alike." Yang Zhaofeng stood in place, bowing his head and saying nothing, Xue Zhao saw that the situation was not good, and immediately circled.

"No, no......" Zhou Fengwu muttered, wanting Yang Zhaofeng to raise his head and ask a few questions. At this time, a few steps away the horses neighed, and more than ten horses galloped together.

"Haha, Lao Xue, are you catching up with General Zhou?"

Everyone followed the prestige, and the first one rode to ride the Kui Shuo mighty, it was Li Jiyu, the big palm of the imperial village, he smiled and raised his whip and said: "General Zhou, don't be surprised, Lao Xue and these are my personal soldiers, and I am waiting for them to accompany them to the Chinese army's big tent." The three-way drum outside the tent has been beaten, and King Xinshun is in a hurry, and we can't afford to delay. ”

Li Jiyu's status was already high, but now that Li Zicheng was pulled up between the lines, Zhou Fengwu couldn't help but give him face. Coughing twice, he didn't bother to tangle, nodded and took the back of his hand.

Yang Zhaofeng, Xue Zhao and others were able to meet Li Jiyu. After walking a distance, Li Jiyu asked, "What happened to Shicai?" ”

Xue Zhao told the truth and asked: "There are many generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, is it appropriate for Brother Yang to go?" ”

Li Jiyu said: "It doesn't matter, the scale of this military conference is quite large, and the number of people above the powerful generals of the army must participate except for those who are temporarily on duty, and there are quite a lot of people." I expected that as long as Brother Yang covered up such a scene, no one would pay attention to it. ”

After the army was divided into five battalions, Li Zicheng re-established the military system, and under the first battalion, there were military posts such as General Quan, General System, General Guo Yi, Mighty General, Du Lieutenant, and Brigade Commander, and below the brigade level, there were also low-level posts such as department chief and post commander. The establishment of the army is redundant, compared with the more captains and brigades, the number of powerful generals and above is not too much, but there are dozens of people. Li Zicheng called so many officers to hold a military discussion at one time, which shows that this military discussion must have special significance.

"There is a rumor about Li Dazhang's plate, what does King Xinshun want to say?" Yang Zhaofeng asked.

"It should be a first-class major event, some local trivial matters, King Xinshun has already sent someone to order." Li Jiyu replied with a frown. As the leader of the Henan Tukou, Li Zicheng sent an order to Li Jiyu before, asking him to be responsible for integrating the rest of the villages and various bandits that swarmed and rose - the official army and the Chuang army have been attacking for many years, and Henan has been in trouble in recent years, such as Li Hao, Wu San, Zhai Rong, Sun Xueli, Zhou Jiali, Zhou Daoxuan, Xu Liangchen, Jin Gao and other seniors are all in the cottage, and the Tutuan sends their lives - the army is now also proud of itself as a regular army, and the main enemy to deal with is the official army, and they are unwilling to distract themselves. In vain on the food and straw on the countless bandits hide and seek.

"Got it." Yang Zhaofeng nodded secretly, stopped speaking, and continued to mix into Li Jiyu's entourage.

After a while, the deep sound of the horn became louder and louder as the distance passed. There was also a great increase in the number of generals in various costumes on their sides, some of them wearing stubborn and sharp clothes, some of them were lightly dressed and lightly robbed, and they were of different shapes, converging from all directions until they became a rather vast flow of people.

At the end of the flow of people, in the intersection of axes and axes, is the daunting tent of the Chinese army.