Li Zhi wanted to lift the woman on the ground, but looking at her weak appearance, it seemed that he couldn't stand up at all. Li Zhi took the baby from the woman's hand www.biquge.info and said to the guards beside him, "Feed this child with rice soup." ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the eyes of the women on the ground lit up, and the whole person became a little more energetic. Li Zhi went to help her, but as soon as he touched her hand, he felt that the woman's body was very hot, obviously with a fever.

If you have a fever when you are so weak, I'm afraid it's hard to save you. When the woman saw that her son had been saved, she fell to the ground again with a limp, as if all her strength was about to be exhausted, and said weakly:

"The general save my son... Great kindness..."

Li Zhi asked, "Are you suffering from a drought?" ”

The woman was already dazed and on the verge of fainting.

"King Chuang has robbed me of my food... Kill my husband..."

Before she could finish speaking, the emaciated woman fainted.

Li Zhi sighed, secretly saying that such a weak patient with a high fever would not be able to be saved. However, he still asked someone from the medical team to come and carry the woman over to save her.

Zheng Kaicheng looked at the unconscious woman, sighed, and said: "The thieves' military food all depends on looting, when there is food, it is fine, and when there is no food, they will loot the township." When the traitor sees the thief coming, he follows the thief, but welcomes the thief. Honest people who do not want to be thieves will be robbed and even lose their lives. ”

"It is pitiful that first there was a drought and then a war plague."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "This time, Li Zicheng must be beaten down, and he will not be in trouble for the Central Plains again!" ”

Li Laosi said: "The owner, now that Zhang Xianzhong has been destroyed, the army of thieves in Sichuan and Chu has been sent to Henan. Under the pressure of such a large number of soldiers, as long as the thieves are defeated once, the thieves have no hope of rising again. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "That's true!" ”

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Li Zicheng is a lean middle-aged man, but he looks like he is thirty-four or five years old. He was not very tall, but with a dense beard on his chin, he looked quite imposing. The bridge of his nose was high, and his long, slender eyes were slanted upward, giving his face a somewhat fierce look.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Zicheng put the felt hat he wore every day on his lap, sat in the middle of the generals in a scarlet shirt, and was silent.

Niu Jinxing took a breath and said: "King Chuang, originally these eight kings Zhang Xianzhong dragged more than 100,000 officers and troops in Sichuan, which is conducive to our development in Henan, and the situation is very good. Unexpectedly, Li was implanted in Shu for a month, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, and now tens of thousands of officers and soldiers have flocked to Henan, and the situation is really not good. ”

Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo said loudly: "King Chuang, this Li Zhi killed Zhang Xianzhong in one battle, the momentum is positive, let's not start a war with him." ”

Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng's general, said loudly: "Huangkou Xiaoer! How can you talk such nonsense? We finally gathered 30,000 rebels, can we not fight? If they fled, they would all be scattered. When there are only a few thousand people left, what can they do? Could it be that he ran into Shangluo Mountain again, worrying every day and afraid that the officials and soldiers would search the mountain? ”

With a roll of his eyes, Liu Zongmin shouted: "We can even capture Luoyang City, so we are so afraid of Li Zhi's soldiers and horses?" ”

Li Guo said loudly: "This Li Zhi is a strong army in the world, and he has never been defeated, can we beat him?" ”

Liu Zongmin slashed the big knife horizontally and said: "If you don't kill a kill, how can you know who is male and female?" ”

Li Guo snorted coldly and scolded: "Reckless! ”

Liu Zongmin laughed, stood up and slapped his hand on Li Zicheng's shoulder, and said loudly: "I, Liu Zongmin, am indeed a reckless man, if I am not a reckless man, how can I even kill my wife and children, and only follow King Chuang to fight in the official army?" ”

The two were about to argue, but were interrupted by Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng waved his hand and signaled Liu Zongmin and Li Guo to stop arguing. He looked at Niu Jinxing and asked, "Mr. Niu thinks this time he should retreat or fight?" ”

Niu Jinxing joined Li Zicheng's team through Li Yan's recommendation, and he had just joined the gang and had no qualifications. However, he was born in a man and was a rare literati in the army, so he was taken a look at by Li Zichenggao. Li Zicheng showed his posture as a corporal of courtesy, and he had to ask Niu Jinxing about major events.

Niu Jinxing pondered for a while, and said vaguely: "This matter is quite difficult to choose. In the event of a war, there is a risk of total annihilation. But if they escape, the hungry soldiers who have gathered so hard will naturally flee, and when the time comes, they will go away..."

Touching his beard, Niu Jinxing didn't dare to draw conclusions, just shook his head in embarrassment.

Seeing that Niu Jinxing had no strategy, Li Zicheng turned his head to look at Li Yan and asked, "What does Gongzi Li think?" ”

Li Yan looked at Li Zicheng and arched his hand and said: "King Chuang, if we flee without a fight now, I am afraid that all the hungry soldiers we have gathered will escape, and our momentum will be greatly reduced, I am afraid that we can only hide in the mountains." But if you go up to fight, there is a risk that the whole army will be defeated and chased and killed by Li Zhi. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "That's right!" ”

Li Yan said: "I heard that Li Zhi's army is dominated by infantry soldiers and firearms, and there are not many cavalry. Why don't we leave more military horses in the old camp and go up to fight Li Zhi. If you win, it's good. If we are defeated, our 3,000 Tang horses will turn around and flee with the military horses of the old battalion, and Li Zhi will not be able to catch up with us. ”

Hearing Li Yan's words, all the generals were silent. Here and now, I'm afraid there is only one way.

Li Zicheng thought for a while, nodded and said, "According to Li Gongzi's praise painting, leave the military horses in the old camp." In case of defeat, we fled into the mountains and lay dormant for another year. ”

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On February 29, Li Zhi's army marched to the outskirts of Kaifeng.

In front, Li Zicheng's 30,000 thieves abandoned the siege of Kaifeng City and pressed against Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, as if they were going to fight Li Zhi to the death.

Li Zhi rode a horse and stood on a small hill, using a telescope to observe Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses.

Most of Li Zicheng's thieves were new recruits from the thieves, most of them had no armor on their bodies, and their only weapon was a spear or broadsword, which was very rudimentary. There were thousands of people on horseback, dressed in cotton armor, and they seemed to be old thieves in battle. These old thieves lined up behind the unarmored hungry soldiers, playing the role of overseers.

On the whole, these thieves had no combat effectiveness, and the queues were sparse and sparse, and there was no formation. Li Zhi secretly said that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was really low in the past few years, and the defense of Luoyang City was really empty, and it was captured by such a group of thieves who had just gathered together.

There were more than 30 tiger squat cannons in the ranks of the invading army, probably captured from Luoyang. However, this kind of small artillery can't hit far, and it is estimated that it will not be able to withstand a salvo of the artillery of the Tiger Division. The only thing that can be noticed is that there are many flags in the army, and they hunt in the spring wind, which seems to represent the high morale of this rebel army.

As soon as he formed an army, he conquered the big city of Luoyang, and he was able to enter the Fuwang Mansion and plunder, which was indeed exciting.

Li Zhi rode back to the Chinese army and shouted at the banner commanders: "The whole army will swing back to the formation and advance to meet the enemy!" (To be continued.) )