The battle of Mushroom Cliff eliminated the court bandits Li Zicheng, Xiao Ying, Zhezhe, Zhang Hua, Zu Keyong and others, and they congratulated Li Zicheng Daoxi.

Lin Yi shook his head, Li Zicheng, a legendary figure, may not be so easy to eliminate.

The imperial court suppressed them for more than ten years, and Yang Sichang, Xiong Wencan, Zheng Chongjian, Fu Zonglong, Hong Chengchou, Ding Qirui, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and other powerful figures surrounded and suppressed him for more than ten years, but they did not exterminate him.

Especially how seamless the planning of Tongguan Nanyuan was. It is said that Li Zicheng's entire army has been annihilated, and he can't escape even if he puts on his wings, even if he can escape, there is absolutely no possibility of survival. Yang Sichang, Ding Qirui, Hong Chengchou and others celebrated each other, and wrote to the court to report their military exploits, but a year later, Li Zicheng came out of Shangluo Mountain again, and then forced Chongzhen to hang himself.

In comparison, the scale of the battle in front of him was much smaller, so Lin Yi didn't have much hope at all in this battle, it was just a small victory, but he still immediately ordered someone to check the prisoners, and sure enough, there was no Li Zicheng.

Then the corpses were examined, including those on the mountain and those under the fallen cliffs, and the two or three thousand dead and thousands of living people were passed through one by one, but the result was not only Li Zicheng, but also his wife Gao Guiying, in addition to Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, these generals under Li Zicheng were also all gone.

Lin Yi knew that they must have run away, but this mushroom cliff was surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and there was only one passage, where did they run from? After interrogating the captives and searching the mountain carefully, a hidden cave was finally found, the entrance of which was covered with artemisia grass, and no one who knew it could see it.

After finding the cave of this black hole, Lin Yi was afraid that there was an ambush inside, and the fire hammers and archers at the entrance of the cave were all ready, so he ordered people to shout inside, telling them to come out and surrender, but there was no movement for a long time, and a few guns were put inside, and a few arrows were shot, but there was no response.

In the end, he ordered someone to rush in with a torch, and when he got inside, he found that the more he went into the cave, the lower the terrain, and the darker he walked in, and finally he didn't know how far he went, and the front suddenly opened up, except for the entrance of the cave, he left this mushroom cliff, and it was obvious that Li Zicheng and they had already run from here.

Lin Yi ordered the battlefield to be cleared, the corpses to be buried, and the surrendered generals, including the families and children of the thieves, were not to be killed. At the same time, military discipline is strictly enforced, and there is no forgiveness for raping and plundering. Except for the five or six hundred captives who were willing to stay as soldiers, the rest of the captives, along with the families and children of the thieves, were all released on the spot. These people never dreamed that they would be able to survive in the hands of the officials and soldiers, and after being released, they would scatter like birds and beasts.

In the end, Lin Yi left the Mushroom Cliff with the loot and five or six hundred prisoners.

A few days later, Lin Yi's men and horses teamed up with the three soldiers and horses to search the mountains in the mountains, but after searching for a few days, they found no trace of Li Zicheng and others.

Lin Yi and several other general soldiers had no choice but to jointly report the matter to Yang Sichang in Nanyang and ask for the class teacher.

Soon Yang Sichang's order arrived, and Lin Yi and other 50,000 officers and troops withdrew to Nanyang City, and Yang Sichang personally met with Lin Yi and others, and held a banquet for them to congratulate the victory.

Then he planned to go to the imperial court, saying that this time Li Zicheng's men and horses were basically wiped out, and the remaining whereabouts were unknown, and he searched the mountains several times, but he could not see anyone alive or alive, and then waited for the will of the imperial court here.

At this time, hundreds of miles away, in the Qinling Mountains, more than a dozen horsemen were gathering here.

The leader is Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, followed by his wife Gao Guiying and others.

Li Zicheng's carefully selected mushroom cliff, which is known as a one-man pass and cannot be opened, was also broken by officers and soldiers in one fell swoop. 3,000 men and horses were attacked by red-coated cannons and firecrackers, and finally tens of thousands of troops rushed into the cliff, and Li Zicheng's men and horses were completely unable to stop them, and suffered heavy losses.

When Li Zicheng was in the mushroom cliff, it was not because of the dangerous terrain here, there was only one passage. This is just one factor, but there is one more important factor. He discovers that there is a secret cave in it that leads to the outside. That's why it was decided to set up a camp here.

Although Li Zicheng's combat effectiveness is not good, 3,000 people, half of them are rabble, only half of them are the men and horses of his old battalion, the combat effectiveness is okay, charging into battle, attacking the city and occupying the area, all relying on Li Zicheng's generals, but this time there are too many officers and soldiers, and the disparity between the numbers is too great, plus their powerful artillery fire.

Li Zicheng's generals couldn't support it anymore, and finally Li Zicheng and the others retreated into the secret passage. After getting out of the secret passage, they ran out for more than a hundred miles in one breath, and saw that there were no pursuers behind them, they stopped to rest, and then counted the number of people, and looked at each other, counting Li Zicheng and his wife, there were only eighteen people left.

Specifically, Li Zicheng, Gao Guiying, Huiying, Huimei, Shuangxi, Zhang Nai, Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu, Liu Tichun, Bai Minghe, Lan Yingcheng, Shang Ziming.

Li Zicheng looked at it, eighteen rides, and eighteen rides!

He couldn't help but think of the battle in Tongguan Nanyuan two years ago, when he was ambushed by officers and soldiers, and only eighteen horsemen of tens of thousands of horses fled into Shangluo Mountain.

Basically, two years have passed, he has been recuperating in the mountains, recruiting troops, building iron tools, and saving for two years, and finally made a comeback. After beating the champion several times, it grew to more than 30,000 horses.

But I didn't expect that the good times would not last long, and I met Lin Yi again. Less than two months after the fighting, it is back to the tragic scene of two years ago.

Among the eighteen people, except for Li Zicheng and his wife, sixteen people were very depressed and embarrassed. In particular, several generals were also slightly injured, the leader of the children's soldiers, Zhang Nai, was hit by a fire on his left thigh, bleeding like a stop, and the general Lan Yingcheng was stabbed in the back, the skin and flesh rolled up, and the wound was shocking.

Fortunately, there is also a military doctor among the 18 of them, this is Shang Ziming, who is nicknamed the old fairy, this is the head of the medical officer in Li Zicheng's army, and he can also use medicine to bandage the wounds and remove the pain.

The rest of them didn't follow now, and they must have all been wiped out, either dead or captured. This battle was too miserable, and the most pitiful thing was their family battalion and child soldiers, except for Gao Guiying, Huiying, Huimei, and Zhang Nai, the rest were all over.

These 18 people are not only depressed, but now they hate Lin Yi and Hao Shaoqi even more.

However, Li Zicheng still can't figure it out, Hao Shaoqi hates the government the most, he doesn't know how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the official army he has killed, and when Li Zicheng has not rebelled, Hao Shaoqi has already rebelled. For so many years, I first followed King Gao Chuang, and now I followed him, and I have been fighting for many years, and I have never been greedy for life and afraid of death.

If you want to talk about traitors, there are many of them in the team, but Hao Shaoqi hates traitors the most, especially Gao Jie and Xing, when it comes to this pair of dog men and women, Hao Shaoqi hates even more than Li Zicheng.

But such a character, why did he betray them this time and take refuge in Lin Yi, he had nothing to do with Lin Yi before, how did Lin Yi subdue him and make him die for him?

Li Zicheng was puzzled by this matter.

The remaining dozen or so people are now scolding Hao Shaoqi again, if it weren't for this traitor, Lin Yi's soldiers and horses would not have been defeated so badly.

Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, and Li Laiheng became more and more angry the more they scolded, and as a result, the three of them came to King Chuang to ask for an order, and planned to use fraud to assassinate Lin Yi's camp and slaughter Lin Yi and Hao Shaoqi.

Li Zicheng did not agree, this trick may be useful for others, but it will definitely not work for Lin Yi, because Li Zicheng had just used an anti-treacherous trick against Lin Yi when he was in Nanyang, and the undercover agents of 1,000 people were found out when they got there, and the whole army was wiped out. If these people use counter-plots again, they will undoubtedly throw themselves into the fire from moths and send them to death.

"King Chuang, what should I do? Can so many of our brothers die in vain? ”

Li Zicheng's eyes are deep, that face is indomitable, no matter how big the blow is, he doesn't need anyone's persuasion, he can digest himself, never sink, where he falls, where he gets up, no one can compare to him.

Especially at this time, Li Zicheng saw that the remaining 18 people were all elites of the elite, as for what would the loss of these soldiers count? Thousands of troops are easy to get, and it is difficult to find a general, so many generals are here, and it is very simple to find soldiers and horses when the time comes, as long as you can survive the current hurdle.

Therefore, Li Zicheng encouraged everyone: "Their blood will not be shed in vain, it is still the same sentence, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, as long as we are three inches of qi, we will definitely be able to kill corrupt officials, get rid of bullies, and avenge the dead brothers."

"King Chuang, what should we do now?"

"The old way is to drill into the mountains and forests, find the people in the mountains, and settle down and talk about it later."

Everyone nodded, and Li Zicheng's eighteen horses rode towards the depths of the Qinling Mountains......

Lin Yi won the battle, that is, after Baishuihe destroyed Luo Rucai, he drove Li Zicheng into the deep mountains and old forests, and there was no one alive or dead, and the news quickly spread to Yanjing.

The Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty went north to Beijing. In the Qinzheng Hall of the Imperial City, Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the recitals, and there were the celebrant eunuchs, Wang Chengen, and several small eunuchs and a group of palace maids who were in charge of serving.

At this time, the excerpts of Jinzhou in the northeast came first, and Huang Taiji and Azig attacked Jinzhou, and they were forced to fight back.

"Spread my will, the Jiannu outside the gate deceived people too much, let Gao Qiqian and Hong Chengchou beat me hard!"

Now Emperor Chongzhen is also ruthless, since Huang Taiji and they have closed the door to peace talks, they have no choice but to meet each other. After this will was heard, his waist straightened a lot, and his chest straightened up, and he secretly didn't teach them a lesson, and these Tartars really thought that I was really afraid of them. My name has been in the country for nearly three hundred years, how wise are Taizu and Chengzu, how can they let these border barbarians ride on their heads!

However, Emperor Chongzhen is also faintly worried now. Of course, what I am worried about is the domestic banditry, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are not easy to deal with when they return to these people, and they have spent a lot of national strength over the years.

After this will was passed on, the good news from the south came one after another, first Yang Sichang's excerpt came, seeing Lin Yi beat Li Zicheng to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, Emperor Chongzhen twisted his beard and laughed: "I have Lin Aiqing, and the thieves will be free from now on!" Such a good general must be rewarded heavily, Wang Chengen will draw up a decree for me, add the title of Prince Lin Aiqing, and still hang the rank of general soldier. ”

"The slave obeys." The celebrant and supervisor Bingpen Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

After the will was prepared, it was handed over to Emperor Chongzhen for a look, Chongzhen nodded after reading it and was more satisfied, and then used the jade seal.

Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen again, how is Zhang Xianzhong, the thief who ran to Sichuan, now?

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied truthfully: "Emperor Hongfu Qitian, according to the news from Sichuan, the thieves are now losing battles, first to Zuo Liangyu, and then to He Renlong, it seems that the day when the thieves are destroyed is not far away."

"Well, that's good." Emperor Chongzhen was rarely so happy today, and said to Wang Chengen, "You tell Yang Sichang, Zheng Chongjian, Ding Qirui, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong are indispensable, and their merit certificates are all remembered for them. This time, you have worked hard to pass the decree to Nanyang for me. ”

"The emperor is shengming, the slave and maid are not hard, and being able to do things for the emperor is a blessing for the slave and maid."

The next day, Wang Chengen left Jingshi with the two wills of Emperor Chongzhen.

Since the battle of Mushroom Cliff defeated Li Zicheng without knowing what to do, Lin Yi's men and horses were stationed outside Nanyang City, standing by in place.

Lin Yi won a lot of Li Zicheng's trophies in these battles, especially the battle of Mushroom Cliff, although he did not destroy many enemies, he gained a lot, because this was Li Zicheng's base camp.

When they broke through from Nanyang, they brought all the grain, grass, gold, silver and jewelry to the Mushroom Cliff, of course, most of these gold and silver jewelry were snatched from Nanyang and the rich officials and gentry of the three counties, but they didn't expect that because of Hao Shaoqi, this time they were served by Lin Yi's nest.

Li Zicheng and the 18 of them walked through the secret passage in a hurry, and they didn't have time to bring these things, so they were all cheaply given to Lin Yi. Needless to say, the silver of white flowers, the yellow gold, as well as the jewels and jade jewelry, jade and agate, dazzling and brilliant, are all registered in Lin Yi's six camps.

Seeing these things, Lin Yi was of course very happy, Li Zicheng is really a giant bandit, he is really fat, these things belong to Lao Tzu! This is the cost of Lao Tzu's bandits, anyway, the court has no money, and the right is a subsidy issued by the court.

Since Lin Yi merged with Shandong warlord Liu Zeqinghuo, Yang Sichang has never said in front of Lin Yi that when the loot was confiscated, Lin Yi fought, no matter how much loot he gets, even if it is gold and silver, it will belong to Lin Yi himself.

Yang Sichang didn't want it, but he knew that he didn't want to leave at all, and he knew that Lin Yi was different from other generals, and he was not a submissive person, so he never mentioned these things.

On this day, the great eunuch Wang Chengen arrived in Nanyang with two holy decrees, saw Yang Sichang first, and heard that the emperor had crowned Lin Yi as the crown prince and prince, and this Yang Pavilion was shocked.

But he still has to be happy, because asking for credit for Lin Yi is his excerpt, and now that the emperor's reward has come down, there is no reason to be unhappy, although he has plans for Lin Yi, but he doesn't dare to lose his temper in front of Wang Chengen, and then come together to pass on the decree to Lin Yi.

Lin Yiyi, who was practicing the sword, heard that Wang Chengen and Yang Sichang were coming with the holy decree, so he hurriedly went out of the camp to receive the decree.