Li Zicheng never dreamed that in a battle that would be won steadily, the army would be defeated in the blink of an eye, and the result would be a mess, and Li Zicheng had to sigh that the world was like a white cloud and a dog, and the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly.

Fortunately, the official army did not attack the city overnight, so that he could stop, think in a wisp, and rest his men.

Li Zicheng and his wife returned to the camp tent and ordered their soldiers to defend the city strictly, and at the same time ordered each battalion to count the casualties and count the losses.

Soon the casualty figures came up, and the battle outside Nanyang City lost nearly 10,000 horses, and if you count the inner countryside, Xichuan and Xinye, the soldiers and horses lost more than 10,000.

Now Li Zicheng's subordinates, including the remnants of the defeated generals who ran back one after another, plus the original defenders of the city, there are less than 8,000 people left in the city.

This was the first major defeat suffered by Li Zicheng after his second trip out of the mountain, and the losses were extremely heavy, and the three county towns were now all gone, leaving only one isolated city, Nanyang, and the morale of the whole army was low.

The official army had already surrounded Nanyang City, and the situation had taken a sharp turn for them.

Li Zicheng also sighed for a long time, Liu Zongmin did not have the arrogance and arrogance of the past, the result of the matter was too unexpected, the surname Lin was so difficult to deal with, it seems that it is really their nemesis, they must think of a way to break the current situation.

At this time, Mrs. Gao Guiying came in from outside, looking preoccupied.

Yesterday, Li Guo's wife, Huang, cried to death, hurting her son and hurting her husband even more. Without eating or drinking, and without anyone persuading her to stay, Mrs. Gao went to Huang's tent and wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't find any good words.

is also a woman, Gao Guiying certainly knows the sorrow of the Huang family. Husbands and men are undoubtedly all women, and now that Li Guo and Li Laiheng have all become prisoners of Lin Yi, they have been for several days, and they must be more than lucky. Therefore, Gao Guiying wanted to comfort the Huang family, but she couldn't find a suitable one, and felt that any sentence was very pale and weak.

But Gao Guiying still came after hearing about it. Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang saw Gao Guiying, he grabbed her like a savior.

"Aunt Li, I was looking for you...... Now you are the only one who can save their father and son, please...... They must be saved......" Huang burst into tears as he was excited.

"If you can save it, of course you can save it," Gao Guiying said helplessly, "If something like this happens, King Chuang and I are very sad, Li Guo and Xiao Lai Heng are the generals under King Chuang, from a personal relationship, we are a family, Xiao Lai Heng is what I watched grow up, King Chuang and everyone like this child very much, do you still need to ask for it?" ”

"Auntie, don't blame me for being too speechless...... I'm in a mess...... That's what I mean, I heard that this official surnamed Lin is different from other officials, he doesn't kill prisoners, and those who are captured by him will be let go as long as they don't want to follow him...... Even if we spend some money to beg him, as long as we can let the surnamed Lin release their father and son, I am willing to do anything...... You pay attention, and King Chuang should think of a way......" Huang looked a little incoherent.

"Who are you listening to?"

"Auntie, don't ask, anyway, a lot of people have said, I can't remember who it is now, it shouldn't be fake, even if there is a glimmer of hope, we have to try."

"Don't talk nonsense, remember this, I'll go to King Chuang now."

Of course, Gao Guiying had heard about Lin Yi's preferential treatment of prisoners, but she didn't believe it at all, and now the Huang family also said the same, as a relative or a leader, Mrs. Gao had to warn the Huang family, lest King Chuang would cut off her head one day, she didn't know the reason.

Gao Guiying saw Li Zicheng express Huang's meaning implicitly and tactfully, Li Zicheng's face became more solemn, "This Huang Shijing is causing trouble for me, who is Li Guo, who is Li Laiheng, if there is a way, wait for her to beg?" Find out who is spreading rumors and causing trouble to the army. ”

Gao Guiying said: "Don't worry, it's better to be blocked, Lin Yi's matter of the captives is probably not groundless, and I have also heard relevant discussions."

"Do you believe these nonsense? The should be beheaded. ”

"Let's talk about these things later, Li Guo and his son have a glimmer of hope, and they can't see death without help, those who are officials love money, send more silver, find someone who can speak well, and go to Lin Yi's camp, so that Lin Yi can let their father and son go better, and if it doesn't work, it can be regarded as worthy of Li Guo and their family."

"You're plotting with a tiger!" Li Zicheng shook his head.

"Money leads to the divine path, what if it is going to be done? Recently, I heard that Lin Yi got a batch of silver from King Fu, the amount is amazing, King Fu is rich and unkind, and cherishes money as his life, it must be the surname Lin who knocked the old guy's bamboo pole, which shows that Lin Yi is also a corrupt official, and he has to use silver to deal with this kind of person. There is a lonely city in Nanyang, and now there are more and more officers and soldiers outside the city, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for us. ”

Li Zicheng listened to Gao Guiying's words, is the surname Lin really so greedy? He dared to knock on the bamboo pole of King Fu with great fanfare, wasn't he afraid that this imperial uncle would sue him in front of Emperor Chongzhen? Daming doesn't have a good thing, it's all damn goods!

But if that's the case, you can try it, if the surname Lin is really compliant, then it's easy to do, just one move can make them fight without a fight.

Li Zicheng suddenly had an idea, and an idea immediately popped up in his mind, but he was not yet mature, he turned around in the tent twice, savored Mrs. Taste's words, and then agreed to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Li Zicheng immediately wrote a letter to Lin Yi and asked his wife to look at it, Gao Guiying saw that there was nothing wrong, and ordered someone to prepare 50,000 taels of silver, anyway, this was found in the home of the official gentry and wealthy families, and Li Zicheng was willing to do it for Li Guo's father and son, and he would not feel distressed in case of water.

Then let his general Tian Jianxiu be a messenger and go to Lin Yi's camp for him, Tian Jianxiu promised to go down and prepare, and left with someone pulling the silver.

Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying continued to discuss the breakthrough in the tent, he said his thoughts, Gao Guiying was full of praise, feeling that this was a good move, breaking Lin Yi's military heart, and great things could be done, but this matter had to be carefully planned, and the husband and wife immediately began to prepare......

The camp of the Ming army outside Nanyang City sent away Li Wenhai, the head of the military department, and several carts of wine and meat and 1 million silver were all left.

The generals under Lin Yi were elated, moved wine and wine, and handed over all the silver to the six battalions, so that Wang Jian could register them in the warehouse.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Yi ordered to reward the three armies, after such a big victory, and got so much silver, wine and meat, it was time to relax and treat the soldiers.

slaughtered some of the war horses that were disabled in the war, and together with these carts of wine and meat, Lin Yi's several battalions, more than 10,000 horses, a day of congratulations. Roshan wine sea, boxing orders, so lively.

Lin Yi's camp was so tormented, and the two camps of Zhu Dadian and Tiger David nearby also knew about it, and Lin Yi's silver was also gone.

These soldiers looked at Lin Yi's men and horses, eating, drinking and carrying silver, and they were like children who fell into the hands of their mothers, no one cared, and they were all depressed, feeling that it was too unlucky to be a soldier with the wrong general, and they couldn't wait to run to Lin Yi's camp to sign up as a soldier.

Of course, at this time, it was Zhu Dadian and Hu David who were even more angry. is also an official of the imperial court and a chief military officer, in terms of rank, they are only higher than Lin Yi, why are they treated so unfairly? Don't they have a little credit? There is no merit, there is hard work! There is no money for them, and there is no share of the wine and meat for the three armies.

They really wanted to slap their butts and leave, but they didn't dare, because their wings were not hard enough to dare to confront the court and not listen to moderation.

At this time, the soldiers also came to their camp, and the second general thought that this was a reward for being late, but in the end it was Yang Sichang's order that arrived.

The cabinet lord Yang Sichang ordered the second general to actively cooperate with Lin Yi to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng, Lin Yi was the great commander of the Qin order, so that the two generals spared no effort, only the horse was the first to look forward, this time he said that he could not let the thief run away again, and he must be eliminated in Nanyang City.

The second general received the order and only promised, and they all expressed their willingness to obey the command and dispatch of Lin Dada, and make every effort to suppress the thieves, sparing no effort, but as soon as the herald general left, the two chief military officers scolded Kainiang, of course, Yang Sichang. To put it bluntly, they still didn't want Lin Yi to discipline them.

At this time, Lin Yi's camp came to Nanyang's envoy.

After Lin Yi got the report, he didn't know what Li Zicheng meant by sending an envoy, but the two countries exchanged troops and did not kill the envoy, although Li Zicheng has not yet established a country, but this is the rule in the army, and immediately ordered someone to take Tian Jianxiu and others into the camp......