On January 20, the eighth year of Chongzhen, when Li Xiaojun finally entered the boundary of Huai'an Mansion in Nanzhili, nearly 100,000 bandits such as Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, King Sweeping the Ground, and King Taiping completely annihilated the defenders of Fengyang and occupied the central capital Fengyang in just one day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Fengyang was then devastated, in a week's time, the imperial tomb was destroyed, countless treasures were stolen and dug up, Zhu Yuanzhang's monk Longxing Temple was also burned down, and all the monks inside were killed. A large number of officials, including the prefect Yan Rongxuan and the official Dai Wenying, were executed, and nearly 40,000 soldiers and civilians died tragically in the burning, killing and looting of the rogues. The Liukou then set fire to the city, intending to burn Fengyang to the ground in order to completely destroy the dragon vein foundation of the Zhu Ming Dynasty. For several days in a row, the fire in Fengyang City soared into the sky, and the light could be seen for hundreds of miles.

Subsequently, Gao Yingxiang led half of the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to leave Fengyang first and go back and forth to Henan. The King of Sweeping and the King of Taiping have also evacuated Fengyang and returned to Henan. In Fengyang City, only Zhang and Li have not yet withdrawn because they led their troops to loot a lot, and their subordinates are still cleaning up the number.

Fengyang City struggled and wailed in the flames, and on a high platform outside the city, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were sitting on both sides of a square table, the table was full of wine and delicacies.

Next to the wine table, there is a banner erected high, on which the words "Gu Yuan Zhenlong Emperor" are written, hunting and swaggering in the cold wind, which is very conspicuous and eye-catching.

"Zhang Laogeng, you plan to return to Henan, and then enter Tongguan from Henan, where do you plan to lead your troops?" Dressed in a symbolic blue cloth straight coat, wearing a Fan Yang felt hat, thick eyebrows and big eyes, black and red skin, and a tall eagle hooked nose is particularly conspicuous, Li Zicheng, a general who has been drunk and his face is flushed, he asked Zhang Xianzhong in vague Shaanxi dialect.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were in the same year, and the relationship between the two was still good at this time, so they called each other Lao Geng, not their names or official titles.

"Li Lao Geng, but he doesn't plan to return to Guanzhong soon, this southeast paste, grain and money are widely distributed, like a fat sheep, all states and counties, are waiting for me Lao Zhang to slaughter and eat meat, but I am reluctant to leave so soon." Zhang Xianzhong, who was dressed in tight-fitting military uniforms, had a hideous and fierce face, as if he had liver disease, and had a thick beard, opened his mouth to drink all the wine in the cup, and said to Li Zicheng with a smile.

Zhang Xianzhong drank very well, and when he drank, the more he drank, the more yellow his face became, so he got the well-known nickname "Yellow Tiger".

Li Zicheng filled him up, added wine to his cup, and then sighed: "Cough, damn it, how can you say this life number creation." Thinking that day, when Lao Tzu was a post guard in Yinchuan Station, it was still difficult to fill his stomach, how could he have thought that he would be so proud and happy today. ”

Zhang Xianzhong snorted, sipped his teeth, burped again, and said with a smile: "Grandma's, this is the destiny of heaven, this Ming Dynasty, according to Lao Tzu, this gas is afraid to be exhausted." Now in this troubled world, it is the time for heroes to compete, and it is time for us to get ahead and be happy. ”

Then, Zhang Xianzhong pointed to the banner of the Guyuan Zhenlong Emperor, laughed and said: "Damn, just allow him Zhu Youzhen to be the emperor, can we only be a flat-headed commoner?" Phew, what the hell! Lao Tzu is also an emperor today, and he needs to be dressed in a yellow dragon robe. Hmph, sooner or later in the future, Lao Tzu will take Zhu Youzhen, the bastard, off the dragon chair in Beijing, let us sit on it and taste the taste of sitting in the south! Ha ha. ”

After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, the two laughed, persuaded each other to drink, and drank it all again.

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly remembered something, and said to Li Zicheng: "Li Lao Geng, I heard that the people in the city said that there is a shrine twenty miles east of the city, which can predict the future and is very effective, Lao Geng might as well go with me to occupy it." ”

Hearing Zhang Xianzhong's words, Li Zicheng also became interested: "Is this really the case? Very well, I will go with you. ”

The two of them ate the remnants of the wine, took advantage of the excitement and left, and after a while, they arrived at this so-called shrine called Panyuan Temple.

Most of the Taoist priests in the temple have long since escaped, and only a few old Taoists with inflexible legs and feet are still guarding in the Taoist temple. Several veterans saw that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were leading their subordinates, and the smoke and dust were billowing in, and they were frightened and hid in all directions.

When Zhang and Li arrived in the palace of Emperor Zhenwu, their soldiers had already searched out the Taoist who was hiding and put them in front of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

"The general spares his life, the general spares his life." Several old Taoists kneeling on the ground trembled like chaff, and each kowtowed.

Li Zicheng laughed loudly, grabbed an old Taoist, and asked: "Old Tao, let me ask you, the god in this ancestral hall, divination is effective?" ”

Lao Dao's legs trembled, but he nodded again and again: "General, in my Taoist temple, the draw of lots at the Zhenwu Emperor is very effective, not long ago, there were rich people who repaid their wishes and reshaped the golden body of the Zhenwu Emperor." ”

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he yelled at the old man: "Old man, don't talk nonsense, and tell me how to draw lots?" ”

Lao Dao hurriedly said: "General, in front of the statue of Emperor Zhenwu, pray respectfully, and then take the sign holder on the table, shake it three times, and if there is a sign jumping out, it is a divine sign." ”

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong glanced at each other, and Li Zicheng preemptively said: "If that's the case, then I'll smoke it first." ”

Subsequently, Li Zicheng was in front of the statue of Emperor Zhenwu, and after praying, he raised the lottery holder and shook it three times, and sure enough, a lottery jumped out of the lottery holder.

The old man looked stammered, and hurriedly picked up the sign from the ground, and when he looked at the sign, his face changed.

Seeing that Lao Dao's face changed, Li Zicheng's face, which was originally full of anticipation, instantly darkened.

"Old Dao, what is written on it, you say it quickly. If there is deception, you will not be spared! Li Zicheng shouted.

Lao Dao knelt on the ground with a thud and read in a trembling voice: "General, this sign says that the beetle snake rides the fog and goes straight to the sky." One day, fall into the abyss. This is, this is 。。。。。 ”

"What is this!"

"This means that the general will achieve great things in the future, but it may not be possible to 。。。。。。 for long." Speaking of the back, Lao Dao's voice was as thin as a mosquito's chirping.

"You thief, full of nonsense, Lao Tzu will chop you today!" Li Zicheng was furious, and he drew a knife and wanted to kill this old man, but was stopped by Zhang Xianzhong.

"Li Laogeng, don't be angry, and wait for me to take a sample, if it doesn't work, it's not too late to kill this person."

Li Zicheng put the knife into the sheath hatefully, Zhang Xianzhong walked to the statue of the Emperor Zhenwu with a smug smile on his face, prayed silently, and drew the lot like Li Zicheng.

"Old man, what does the signature say? Let's be honest. Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Lao Dao with slanted eyes, and said with a cold snort.

Lao Dao picked up the sign from the ground in a panic, and after a cursory look, beads of sweat the size of beans quickly appeared on his face in the cold weather. He opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to speak.

"Read!" Zhang Xianzhong drank.

When the old man heard this, he knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

Zhang Xianzhong was extremely impatient, and gestured to his entourage, a person who looked like a scholar.

The scholar understood, stepped forward, snatched the signing from the old man's hand, and quickly glanced at it, and his face turned pale.

"What the hell is written?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

"My lord, the sign written on it is, the way of heaven is good, the result is not happy, and if you are arrogant, you will die in the future!" After the scholar finished speaking, his eyes rolled, and he pointed to the old Taoist and said: "This is clearly saying that the king's foundation is difficult to last long, such a rebellious sign is obviously that these stinky Taoist priests have already done their tricks and feet to curse the king!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face was purple with anger, and he screamed, and then his knife fell, and he cut down the body of Lao Dao, who was kneeling on the ground, in two places, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"Grandma, dare to say that this king will die in the future, Lao Tzu will first call you this broken god statue to be finished today!" The blood-dripping steel knife in Zhang Xianzhong's hand pointed directly at the statue of the Zhenwu Emperor and scolded.

He then ordered his sergeants to scrape off all the gold dust from the statue and cut off the statue's head.

At this time, Li Zicheng's subordinates also went on a killing spree and killed all the rest of the veterans.

In the end, in a fire that rose to the sky, the Panlongguan Shrine was reduced to ashes.

After returning to Fengyang, both of them were in a bad mood and felt that it was useless to stay longer, so they led the crowd to evacuate Fengyang.

Originally, Li Zicheng's defendant Zhang Xianzhong was very moved, and he also wanted to go to the southeastern states and counties with him to plunder. As a result, the two had a conflict because of the distribution of several handsome little eunuchs who could play and sing, and Li Zicheng was angry and quarreled with Zhang Xianzhong, so he took the team and returned directly to Henan to catch up with Gao Yingxiang's headquarters.

And Zhang Xianzhong's department all went south directly and went straight to Luzhou.

At this time, Li Xiaojun finally crossed Huai'an Mansion and Chuzhou Mansion, and a group of military horses went straight to the boundary of Luzhou Mansion.

Li Xiao originally thought that he would lead the army into Luzhou City (now Hefei City, Anhui Province), join forces with the local defenders, defend the city together, and wait for the enemy to be tired, and then take the opportunity to kill and defeat Zhang Xianzhong's troops under Luzhou City.

It's just that Li Xiao and the others, although they tried their best to get there, were still one step late.

When they arrived at the boundary of Luzhou Prefecture, the sentinels sent from afar had already discovered that Zhang Xianzhong, about 50,000 rogues, was attacking the capital city of Luzhou with all his might.

"Damn, we're so hard to rush, it's finally a step too late!" Tian Wei, the chief manager of Chifeng, has a dusty face, but he is full of unwillingness.

"Now that the plan has changed, implement the second plan immediately." Li Xiao reacted quickly.

Li Xiao knew that in history, because the city of Luzhou was extremely strong, Zhang Xianzhong's troops could not attack it, and finally withdrew his troops.

When the enemy withdrew, Zhang Xianzhong, in order to vent his hatred, plundered the villages and towns around Luzhou Capital, and plundered the border of Luzhou except Luzhou City into a blank land.

Li Xiao's second plan is to seize this opportunity.

After all, if he really had to face Zhang Xianzhong, who was out of 50,000 people, Li Xiao didn't think that his soldiers, who were mostly more than 5,000 recruits, really had much chance of winning.

You must know that in history, Cao Wenzhao, known as the first brave general of the Ming Dynasty, was accidentally ambushed in the battle of pursuing Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and finally the army was defeated and died. It can be seen that the combat power of this dedication department is still quite good.

Therefore, Li Xiao's plan was to seize the opportunity to lure and annihilate some of his soldiers and horses when Zhang Xianzhong was unable to attack Luzhou and divided his troops to loot the villages around to vent his anger.

This method of warfare is very similar to a clever and brave little beast, taking advantage of the distraction of the beast, biting him fiercely, tearing off a large piece of its flesh, and then immediately retreating and fleeing to save itself.

If, in such a sneak attack and ambush battle, there is a chance to trap the important generals under Zhang Xianzhong, Li Xiao has further follow-up combat plans.

Now, Li Xiao's chosen ambush operation site is Fucha Mountain in the east of Luzhou.

Fucha Mountain, located in Feidong County, east of Hefei today, is more than 500 meters above sea level, and is the highest mountain range in Luzhou. Fucha Mountain is steep, the peaks and peaks are stacked, the strange rocks are grand, there is the Tuogao River circulating next to it, and it is known as the reputation of the first dangerous mountain in Hefei.

The Pangu mountain road into the Fucha Mountain is very steep, steep and difficult to walk, and it is really the best place for ambushes.

After Li Xiao ambushed his troops in the valley, Zhang Xianzhong had besieged Luzhou for nearly a week, and it had been difficult to overcome.

Zhang Xianzhong was furious and ordered that in addition to keeping a small number of besieging soldiers and horses, his soldiers plundered the villages to enrich the army. After capturing the nearby villages, they will go south to attack Shucheng together.

What Zhang Xianzhong would never have thought was that the history of the late Ming Dynasty would be here, because of the arrival of Li Xiao, a traveler, and entered a new turning point.

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The early spring sunshine shines through the gray clouds and smears the faint golden yellow on both sides of the Tuogao River, which is rolling south.

A young general wearing the iron armor of the heart mirror, wearing a six-petal tasseled helmet, Dan phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, a national character face heroic and extraordinary, extremely majestic, at this time, he is leading a group of personal cavalry, bathed in the warm spring sun, in the sparkling west bank of the Tuogao River, stationed at the horse to the opposite bank not far from the Fucha Mountain to watch.

This young general is the second among the four sons under Zhang Xianzhong, but he is the most brave and good at fighting, and the most benevolent and loyal young general, Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo, the word Ningyu, a native of Yulin, Shaanxi, in the early years of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong launched a rebellion against the government by the hungry people in northern Shaanxi, and Li Dingguo, who was only eleven years old at the time, was accepted as a righteous son and changed his name to Zhang. (Note: In order to meet the taste of most readers, the author will still refer to him as Li Dingguo). In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Dingguo was just seventeen years old.

Now, Li Dingguo, who is only 17 years old, although he is young, is brave in battle, and he is the first in every battle, and he is quite loved by Zhang Xianzhong, and he has been cut out in Zhang Xianzhong's army, and has become the chief general of the 3,000 troops, known as the major general, and has been nicknamed "Little Captain Chi".

His subordinates had just finished looting the large and small villages on the west bank of the Tuogao River, and in the bitter cries of those villagers kneeling on the ground and beating their chests, his 3,000 subordinates came out of the village in twos and threes, with a smug and happy look on their faces.

Seeing the miserable conditions of the robbed villagers, Li Dingguo shook his head with compassion, and then let out a long sigh.

Plundering by the army to fund the army, this is a strict order from his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong, after all, the army is chaotic if there is no food, and the tens of thousands of rogue soldiers and horses have to consume food in a day, but it is amazing. Although Li Ding was extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong's plundering policy, he could only silently follow it.

In the case that Luzhou could not be captured, Li Dingguo's ministry was sent by Zhang Xianzhong to the Tuogao River to rob the money and grain of the villages on both sides of the river.

It's just that the others of Zhang Xianzhong's department were slaughtered. Kill. Traitor. The subordinates of the prostitute people are different, although Li Dingguo's subordinates are also engaged in looting, but they rarely slaughter the common people and rape. The incident of adulterous women happened because Li Dingguo, who has a benevolent and generous personality, can strictly restrain his subordinates.

Now that all the villages on the west bank of the Tuogao River have been robbed, according to the original plan, it is time to loot the grain of the villagers on the east bank.

Now Li Dingguo is by the river, patiently waiting for the sentinels sent to the other side to inquire about the news and pass the news back.

After a short time, several sentry horsemen quickly returned from the pontoon bridge on the Tuogao River.

"Strange, didn't you send more than a dozen cavalrymen, why did only four or five people come back?" A general who looked like a lieutenant general next to him asked himself in a strange tone.

This general, named Jin Tongwu, was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and although he was eight or nine years older than Li Dingguo, he admired Li Dingguo, who was extremely talented and resourceful, and was willing to be his subordinate. Therefore, this person became Li Dingguo's closest subordinate general, and later, in the original history, when Li Dingguo died of illness in Menggenfu, Yunnan, he also gave his son Li Sixing to him, which shows that the relationship between the two is quite deep and sincere.

Li Dingguo frowned deeply.

Soon, these four or five sentry riders, panting and beating their horses, ran to Li Dingguo and the others, and immediately dismounted and knelt down to deliver the news.

"Major General, when I was waiting for the sentry on the other side, I went to the Fucha Pass, but I didn't expect that it was copied by dozens of bandits and cavalry, we were caught off guard, and ten brothers died, and only we fled back desperately."

As soon as the voice of the mournful sentry rider fell, Jin Tongwu, the deputy general next to Li Dingguo, shouted angrily: "How can this be reasonable!" My army has been fighting all the way, and the Ming army everywhere is afraid of me like a tiger, and such bandits dare to sneak attack our army. Major General, please give an order as soon as possible, let me lead my brothers to kill Fucha Mountain, destroy this bandit, and avenge the dead brothers! ”

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