As soon as the tent was lifted, a tall and mighty man appeared in front of the tent, completely blocking out the light outside, with broad shoulders, raised cheekbones, a full heavenly court, a high nose, deep eye sockets, thick eyebrows, and a pair of large, piercing eyes that were ready to gaze and ponder. This kind of eye often gives people a sense of perseverance, composure, and wisdom.

He wore an old white pointed felt hat that was common to northern peasants, with the tip of the hat folded down. Adorned with a wisp of red tassels, a fine iron armor, and the iron armor was covered with a half-worn green cloth robe. In order to take it off at any time in a battle that could be encountered, all the buttons on the robe were loosened, but a war belt was used to tie it at the waist. He carried a bow diagonally on his back, a sword and a cowhide quiver painted with vermilion lacquer and gold, and a dozen carved arrows stuck in it. In today's eyes, the color of the quiver can only evoke a beautiful imagination, but at the time, it was a representation of one's own ambitions and aspirations.

In the Ming Dynasty, only the utensils used by the royal family were allowed to be decorated with vermilion lacquer and gold painting, and others were forbidden. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a special strict regulation: officers and sergeants were not allowed to paint gold with their quivers, and violators would be executed. However, the Li Zicheng we see today has been carrying this quiver since the year he began his mutiny. This quiver galloped with him for tens of thousands of miles, crisscrossing half of northern Shaanxi, full of battles, some places were grinded with sulfur, some places with knife wounds and arrow marks, and almost the entire quiver was blown away in the wind and sun, rain and snow, dust and sand flying in the years and months.

But in fact, Li Zicheng didn't think what his future would look like, when everyone was desperate at the beginning of the mutiny, Liu Zhongmin, Li Guo and other brothers recommended him as the leader, the leader of the matter, Li Zicheng was still hesitating, he committed several crimes, all of them ran away, not to mention that the current general is still kind to himself, where can he do it? So, he stuck an arrow in front of the door and said to the brothers: "If there are no feathered arrows in the sand tonight, I will kill the general and lead everyone to make trouble, if not, then we will run for our lives." ”

As a result, God fulfilled people's wishes, and when they got up the next day, the wind and sand really buried the feather arrows inserted in the ground, as for whether it was really buried or someone did something to do it, it was a matter of opinion.

Anyway, at this time, Li Zicheng was forced to make up his mind to rebel, and he was the first to kill himself and was desperate, and kindly took in his benefactor.

The second time, it was when he was cornered by the official army, at that time, he was in the carriage gorge, and said to the brothers who were already disheartened, if the sky died of me, he pointed at Liu Zhongmin and said: "Straw Xuan invested money three times, if the three times are all up, then we will unite to break through, if the three times are below, then you will cut off my head and surrender to the government to accept Zhao'an." As a result, I don't know if Liu Zhongmin did his tricks or if he was really lucky, and the three shots were all above, Li Zicheng used this method to gather the hearts of the army and launched a battle against the official army again, and as a result, he broke through and made a comeback.

From this point of view, Li Zicheng is also ruthless to himself, how can a person who can be so ruthless to himself not achieve a career?

Li Zicheng's arrival seems to have opened a dead knot for Gao Yingxiang all of a sudden.

"Hurry, self-contained, sit in the tent quickly, it's windy outside." Gao Yingxiang politely let in, for this nephew who already has strength and will have more help from himself, Gao Yingxiang did not spare his enthusiasm, and he had long forgotten the woman who shared the bed with him.

Mean and unkind, in front of all men, who can be justified in saying that it is not serious?

"Thank you, uncle." Li Zicheng was not polite, strode into the tent, and then stretched out his hand to his uncle, gave up the seat and sat down in the guest position where he should sit, and without waiting for his uncle to persuade him, he reached out and grabbed a fruit on the plate and chewed it.

When Gao Yingxiang saw that his nephew was so polite to himself, he was overjoyed at that time, and he was still close, so he was intimate.

Gao Yingxiang also sat down on his main seat, still stretched out his feet, sighed comfortably, and greeted his woman to the back tent. But after shouting for a long time, I didn't see an answer, and then I remembered that I had just been cut by myself, so I smashed my fist on the thick animal skin carpet in annoyance.

Li Zicheng laughed, took a bite of Ya pear, and said to his uncle: "A woman is not worthy of her uncle's frustration, as long as the husband has a career, then he is still worried about this thing?" ”

Gao Yingxiang was in a good mood when Li Zicheng said in a few words, so he forgot about the poor woman, and laughed: "Uncle is a brilliant man in vain, but he is not as knowledgeable as his nephew, and he laughs." Without waiting for Li Zicheng to speak, he changed his peak, lowered his voice, leaned his head over and asked in a low voice: "I brought you a letter a month ago, why did you come today?" ”

Li Zicheng saw that his uncle was serious, and he put away what he was doing, and he also leaned his head towards his uncle, and said in a low voice: "After a few battles with the officers and soldiers on the road, I lost some men and horses, and then there is the road that my uncle has walked in the middle, and the food and soldiers cannot be replenished in time, so it is too late." ”

Gao Yingxiang's old face was red, but in a blink of an eye, he no longer felt guilty, he had already snatched all the way to the end, that was really to keep the chickens and dogs, and his nephew really had nothing left.

"In the middle of this, I wanted to take refuge in the old pole and not get muddy to fight the autumn breeze, but I didn't expect to be persuaded by my uncle to join the rebel army, so it was even more unbearable."

This matter, in fact, I also told myself at the beginning, but in my heart, I was still very unhappy about what Li Zicheng did, and let my uncle not help, but wanted to help outsiders, where is the act of relatives? But looking at Li Zicheng's current eyes and tone, at the moment, he suddenly didn't think that this old pole should have a complete cottage garrison, sufficient supplies, grain and grass savings, hoping to live under the autumn wind in the fatigue of the long war, the most important thing is that he still wants to use the halo of the original alliance leader on the old thing's head to strengthen his façade? As for some of the future means, then everyone is just tacit, but their nephew still doesn't have their own means to come quickly, look at this uneasy guy, he was moved by his own words, almost to join the gang, become his right-hand man, thinking of this, I can't help but be secretly proud, little hairy child, or later than my hometown thief.

In fact, when he pulled this old thing into the gang, he was just greedy for what he had made a big fuss with the king of Xiaochuang last time, and became the leader of the alliance in northern Shaanxi, and he had some influence on the call, and he wanted to expand his influence and pull him into a tiger skin to make a big banner, but he didn't expect that this was not muddy in the last rice fat battle, not only did he not use the alliance leader to gather popularity, but because of some of his own actions, he lowered his connections and achieved Lu Shi, and in this rice fat battle, he was greatly injured in the vitality, and this time he was pulled by himself. Not only did he fail to realize his original idea, but he became a burden to himself, after all, the original alliance leader was in the banner, and everything was restricted, so he could only let him score three points in case of trouble, which was somewhat more than worth the loss.

"Nephew, how many centaurs did you bring this time?" Gao Yingxiang asked in a low voice again. That's what he wants to know most.

Li Zicheng was just about to speak, Gao Yingxiang suddenly raised his hand and stopped Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng saw it, immediately understood, smiled slightly, and continued to bite the half-pulled Yali pear into his mouth, blocking the words he just wanted to say.

Gao Yingxiang stood up, as if he was pacing carelessly, slowly circled around the small tent, and then walked to the door of the tent.

opened the curtain of the tent, and said indifferently to a few pro-soldiers erected outside the tent: "My nephew is here, but it's just relatives walking around, don't make a noise to the outside world." ”

The soldiers hurriedly bowed to Gao Yingxiang and said, "I'll know what happened, please let King Chuang put it down." ”

"That's good." Gao Yingxiang nodded, then pretended to look around casually, and said to a pro-soldier: "You go and quietly clean up some wine and meat for me, and my nephew and I will drink some." Then he said to the other five soldiers: "You five, walk around the tent, don't let them get close, I want to talk to my nephew, you know?" ”

"The little one understands, King Chuang can rest assured, he will never let anyone, including flies, fly close." A few pro-soldiers replied respectfully.

After the order, Gao Yingxiang walked back to the tent with peace of mind, sat opposite Li Zicheng with peace of mind, stared at Li Zicheng's eyes and asked, "How many people do you still have now?" Can you still be loyal? Where is it now? Have you ever let the rest of my camp know? How effective are those centaurs? Can we still fight? ”

After a series of questions, Gao Yingxiang's thoughts leaked out at that time, Li Zicheng smiled secretly, but said in a serious voice on his face: "Along the way, the old and weak have been eliminated, and the rest are all strong and strong, with a total of 5,000 men and horses, including 3,000 cavalry, led by Liu Zhongmin and Li Guo, there is absolutely no problem." My men and horses are now stationed in the Tongchuan Gorge, because I am afraid that everyone will misunderstand every night, so I will come alone with a godson to my nephew, and outsiders don't know. Speaking of this, he hurriedly added, "The double happiness child is only twelve, but he is still tight-mouthed and not eye-catching." ”

"That's good, that's good." Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly asked with concern: "I don't know if my nephew's grain and grass are enough?" "These words are asked, of course, there is a lot of knowledge, where does Li Zicheng not know the meaning of the period? At that time, his face was shy, and after squirming for a while, he said: "Don't hide it from my uncle, this time my nephew went to fight thousands of miles from Shaanxi to northern Shaanxi, during which several major battles, not only the men and horses were seriously damaged, but also the materials, grain and grass have long been gone, so I beg my uncle to support some." ”

"Hahahaha." Gao Yingxiang smiled happily and said generously: "This is the truth, you and I are dearest, what kind of funding?" After a while, I will instruct my cronies to quietly allocate some grain and grass for you in the back village, so that you can't let your brothers and nephews who follow you go hungry. ”

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, and said with sincere fear: "Thank you uncle for your support, once something happens in the future, it will all depend on my uncle's words." ”

Gao Yingxiang wanted this result, clapped his hands at the moment, and said with a smile: "It's still my nephew, that's good, the family doesn't talk to each other, I really have a difficult thing to ask my nephew to help." ”