The winter sun climbed to the top of the mountain late, and the sunlight that became warm up slowly poured down the opposite slope, going down little by little, so that the mountain formed two distinct worlds, the dim place was still very large, but the bright place was slowly and inexorably eroding, competing for the dim world, until the entire valley was occupied by the light, including the dozen or so military tents that stood on the leeward side of the valley, as well as the banner with white characters on a black background.

The soldiers on duty who were illuminated by the sun squinted their eyes very much, trying to receive the warmth of the sun, in order to drive away the night cold on their bodies.

This is another windless good weather, this is after the Chinese New Year, a rare little spring before the early spring, such weather, all began to make people wonder if spring has arrived.

But everyone knows that after this rare little spring, there will be a more severe cold, and only by getting through that period of cold can we really enter the spring.

When the soldiers on duty were lazily enjoying the sunshine and trying to dissipate the cold air in their bodies all night, the thick curtain of the big tent was opened from the inside, and immediately a stream of turbid and filthy air poured out with the peculiar smell of coals, making those soldiers involuntarily take a step back to dodge, but immediately returned to their original positions, tried to puff up their chests, and stood straighter.

Wang Xiaoshun, Wang Changshun's only son, was the first to follow his father Wang Changshun to join the army of King Da Chuang, fought hard in northern Shaanxi for many years, and in countless battles of life and death, he relied on his own machine to be flexible, and then followed the King Da Chuang who was still a general at that time to cross the Yellow River, to the rich and jaw-dropping Shanxi, in Shanxi, the battle was much easier to fight, the money and food were also abundant, and the team also grew, so he left his father's men, acted independently, and when he passed by a village at that time, he "recruited" for the first time The people of the whole village, there were more than a dozen men in the meantime, so he was appointed a small leader by the general. When I received this appointment at that time, I was moved to cry bitterly, and in my heart, I wanted to fight the world for the generals.

However, somehow, the above decided to give up the rich Shanxi and turn back to Shaanxi. At that time, after my father got this order, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, and kept muttering: "You can go home, you can go back to glorify your ancestors." "I kept taking out the rewards I had captured, calculating over and over again what to give to my relatives and friends, how many empty caves I should make, and how many donkeys I should buy.

Young people, the passion of working outside is lighter than that of older people, and Xiao Wang Xiaoshun is dissatisfied with these calculations of his father. Northern Shaanxi, what's there to go back to that broken house? Return the glory of the ancestors, pull it down, just come out and get such a little thing to glorify the ancestors? The real Guangzong Yaozu should follow the general to fight the country, and wait for the kind general to do the Dragon Court, at that time, reward himself with a big general, the kind that is bigger than the county commander of his own family, it is really the glory of the ancestor.

Also, go back and give some money and things to relatives, this is simply to show off, but you are willing to give, but is anyone willing to ask for it? Those close relatives on the left must have died long ago, and even if they were lucky enough not to die, they must have fled with a stick.

Big things, of course, are decided by the big guys, and Xiang Wang Xiaoshun can't interject at all, even if Wang Changshun's father follows the old man who broke into the general, he can't interject, everyone can only follow the big stream.

I still remember that night at the ferry port in Shanxi and Shaanxi, King Chuang came to see everyone, and the Chuang army at that time was kind, diligent, wise and decisive, which was really his own worship. At that time, I wished I was going to die for the general at that time.

Wang Xiaoshun did not die, but his father Wang Changshun died, he died when he crossed the river for the first time, and he was blown up by Lu Shi's fake King Chuang's explosives, and there was not even a piece of clothing left, for his father's death, Wang Xiaoshun did not have much sadness, such an ending, he knew in his life that death was just a matter of time or time, and what he had to do was to avenge his father and kill Lu Shi's fake king.

So, he fought more heroically, and threw himself into the Yellow River several times, and wanted to kill Lu Shi with red eyes, even if he killed a few of Lu Shi's subordinates.

In the end, his actions failed in frustration, and when they attacked the ferry, they did not see Lu Shi's little thief at all, and he was always greeted by the cold Yellow River filled with countless broken ice, endless cannonballs, and the huge long arrows that filled the sky, and the corpse of his own brother, blood.

In the end, everything ended in an explosion in Ji County, in the fire in Ji County. Returning to Shaanxi, it became an unrealizable dream, 300,000 troops, in the end it was not enough for more than 100,000, or the old and weak, the elite of the various leaders and battalions, almost all of them died in Ji County, this was a fiasco, even the lowest leader like Wang Xiaoshun knew it.

However, this is a big victory for the generals, the strength has grown, the money has increased, and no one in Shanxi is the opponent of the later king of the king.

When retreating, Wang Xiaoshun met Li Zicheng, who was proud of the spring breeze, and despite everyone's opposition, he went up to stop the horse head of the king of Da Chuang, and resolutely asked the king of Da Chuang to fight back with his brothers, and resolutely asked to fight to the death with the fake king Lu Shi, to avenge his father and his brother who fell on the crossing of the Yellow River.

His actions really hit the appetite of King Da Chuang, so he was promoted to the head of a team of King Da Chuang's personal soldiers, which can be regarded as a step to the sky.

When he first entered Shangluo Mountain, he was really strong, and the king of Dachuang was smiling all day long, busy with everything, and those brothers were also trained one by one.

However, I don't know why, after the New Year, King Da Chuang's face began to become cloudy, and his temper became moody, irritable and wild, and even his own personal soldiers, who could talk and laugh casually in front of him, began to be afraid.

Especially, just last night, when the main leaders of the army gathered for a meeting, such a matter was even more serious, and from time to time the angry screams of the king of the great tent could be heard.

As the small leader of the pro-soldier team, after trying to do a good job in his military posture, he glanced at his subordinates with a majestic gaze to see which one dared to slack off at this time.

Yes, you must not look tired and slack now, because your own Da Chuang Wang has been really annoyed lately, and his temper has become irritable and moody, and everyone has a suspicious eye, as long as he waits for a bad one, it will be a whip immediately.

Just the day before yesterday, when I was inspecting the big camp in the big valley, I occasionally saw a soldier when everyone was lying sideways and lying in confusion, but he was grinding his spear alone, which immediately made the originally gloomy face of the king of Da Chuang very happy, not only rewarded him with a tael of silver on the spot, but also promoted him to the pro-army team, and he was divided under his own men, that kid was lively and diligent, and he was really a good material.

However, it was precisely this lively personality that killed him, and just yesterday, when he was standing guard, he did not stand straight according to the rules, and even whispered to his companions in the right and left and right, and this situation was seen by the king of Da Chuang, who hurried back, and immediately let people take him down, and cut off his head without asking.

With this lesson, now every brother on duty has become trembling and no longer dares to slack off.

As soon as the curtain of the big tent opened, although everyone felt cold, it made everyone who had been suffocated all night feel a shock, breathe in the slightly cold morning air, stretch their waists, and think that it was time to go to breakfast.

But looking at Li Zicheng, the king of Da Chuang who was still sitting motionless by the brazier, everyone consciously dispelled this idea.

Looking at Li Zicheng now, he was originally full of energy, his face has been replaced by gray and black, his originally bright eyes have been covered with bloodshots, and his straight back has become rickety, such a change is too great.

Now Li Zicheng is very irritable, and his body and mind are suffering from countless things, especially the problem of food, and none of these things can be solved in a short time.

When Li Zicheng was worried about these issues related to life and death in Shangluo Mountain, the spies sent to Huguang Henan came back. It brought back him more anxious and more disturbing problems.

In the original Shaanxi uprising troops, Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao, who fled from Ji County, surrendered to the imperial court, and this is not counting, those who did not follow everyone back to Shaanxi and other nine families such as Hui Dengxiang and Wang Guangen also surrendered in the area of Junzhou and Fang County, and Liu Guoneng surrendered at the junction of Henan and Huguang, and devoted himself to the imperial court. Li Wanqing surrendered in the inner countryside, and he also turned his hand back to attack and kill the rebels. The rest, in Yinghuo Mountain, in the middle of the Geli eye, He Yilong, the king of the world, the so-called Hou Ge, the fourth battalion of the left, in the Qingfeng Road in southern Henan, it is said that they are also pedaling two boats, and there are constantly officials of the imperial court to say surrender, so they are all standing still, and the old thirty-six families are not counted as those who have been wiped out, and now only Gao Yingxiang, who is inherited by Li Zicheng, is the only one who does not surrender.

"What to do?" Li Zicheng said in the middle of his heart, "Could it be that the foundation laid by the bloody struggle in the past few years has disappeared like this?" ”

"No, I will never admit defeat, even if I am the only one left, I will resolutely continue to do it, and I will never give up, let alone surrender to the court." But he understood that if everyone surrendered, his situation would be even more difficult. When the Qing army withdraws from the Great Wall, the imperial court will also concentrate the officials and troops of several provinces to deal with him, and even more people and horses than Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting have gathered, if such a day comes, even if he will not be completely wiped out, but it will be very difficult to open up the situation.

Now, the military has been discussing all night, but there is no way to break out of the predicament, what should I do?

At this time, the soldiers outside whispered: "King Da Chuang, the old immortal Shang Jiong is back." ”

Hearing this report, Li Zicheng, who was originally gloomy, was suddenly shocked, immediately straightened his waist, and ordered loudly: "Quickly invite the old immortal in." ”

When the old fairy comes back, he will definitely bring good news to himself, definitely.