When Li Zicheng rushed to the flood fort, the battle had already ended, in fact, there was no real battle in the fort, only the rangers used knives in the dark when they grabbed the city gate, and the three soldiers defending the city were all killed, which was all the blood shed in the fort.

The soldiers stationed in the barracks, all of whom were wrapped in dumplings in their sleep, fought in two groups, and became prisoners in a daze, and at first they thought that the Mongols had attacked, but there was no bloody massacre tonight, and they realized that something was wrong.

The Mongols will never be merciful and treat the Han people, no, they have never treated the Han people as human beings, the Han men are their military merits, and the Han women are their trophies, giving birth to children for them, expanding the number of the population.

Liu Yunshui and Li Guo commanded the soldiers, tied up the Ming troops in the city one by one, strung them together with ropes, and drove them to the training ground to blow the cold wind.

The officers in the fort were also pulled up from the hot quilt, and there was no way out what exercise they were doing in bed before, and the valuable belongings at home were also copied, but unfortunately, the officers in the flood fort were no better than the soldiers, and in the middle of the night, Liu Yunshui only copied less than two thousand taels of silver, which also included women's jewelry.

Liu Yunshui scolded and scolded, if Li Zicheng hadn't given the death order, he would have wanted to find a few unpleasant officers and try his blade, tonight, the battle was particularly smooth, but he Liu Yunshui was particularly unhappy.

Li Guo was no better than Li Yunshui, who was so unlucky that he dragged a naked officer out of the bed. Looking at the little concubine who was trembling with fright, he was foaming at the mouth with hatred, if it weren't for the fact that there were soldiers around him, he really wanted to get into the quilt, replace the officer, and communicate with her in the warm quilt for half a night, even for half an hour.

Li Zicheng and Ma Youshui entered the fort, and Liu Yunshui and Li Guo let out the mess in the fort, including the five thousand taels of silver that were found.

As a result, the two were scolded by Li Zicheng: "These officers, obviously they didn't resist, who gave you the courage to raid their homes?" ”

If it weren't for Ma Youshui and He Xiaomi's desperate efforts to stop them, Li Zicheng would have been eager to give them a board.

Li Guo is okay, Liu Yunshui feels wronged, the adults obviously only said that they must not hurt and disturb the people in the fort, these officers, are they the people? In case they refuse to surrender...... But he didn't dare to say it openly, so he had to grunt in his heart.

Li Zicheng saw that the circumference of the flood fort was more than three miles and it was a rare large army fort, so he deliberately used it as a base to hoard grain, grass and baggage, so he asked Liu Yunshui and Li Guo to leave a general banner of infantry to garrison here.

After breakfast, Liu Yunshui and Li Guo left the fort one after another, and Li Zicheng asked He Xiaomi to appease the captured officers, as long as they did not resist or escape, the Xining army would definitely not embarrass them, and their families would also be protected by soldiers, and they would never make things difficult.

As for the five thousand taels of silver confiscated, Li Zicheng estimated that they didn't dare to go back, so they didn't let He Xiaomi mention it at all.

For these people, what happened last night has nothing to do with them, and the vast majority of the people don't know that the flood fort has changed hands, but they faintly feel that something is wrong.

However, the most important thing for them is to turn the ground and hope for a good harvest next year.

The pedestrians on the street soon disappeared, and instead of hiding, they went to the outside of the city to turn over the ground, and there were only two bakeries, Xiao Er, who were still selling their pastries weakly, and the castle gradually returned to its usual tranquility.

Li Zicheng sealed up the grain and grass in the fort, and explained a few words to the two chief flag officers who stayed behind, asking them to take over the four forts.

More than 100 soldiers were placed under centralized supervision, and if they behaved well, they could remove the ropes from their bodies, but they were not allowed to leave the barracks, and house arrest was more comfortable than bondage.

After everything was processed, it was almost noon, and Li Zicheng let the soldiers eat a hot soup and rice in the fort.

He didn't leave the fort in time, but let the soldiers rest in the fort, it is now the cold winter season, the barracks in the fort, no matter how crowded and unpleasant, is always warmer and more comfortable than the tent, in addition, Li Zicheng wants to see if the order in the fort is stable.

In the afternoon, the fort was as calm as usual, and there were no people who inquired about the information, so Li Zicheng relieved his mind and let the soldiers stay in the fort for the night, and on the second day, after a hurried breakfast, the Chinese army set off to Hue Fort, and at the same time let the herald give an order to Li Guo of the Lower Tianle Fort, ordering him to send a soldier of the general banner after dark to take the prisoners of war to the flood fort and concentrate on it.

The distance between Hue Fort and Hung Hung Fort was only thirty miles, and it was just noon when Li Zicheng's Chinese army rushed to Hue Fort, but to his disappointment, there was only one hundred household officials and less than 50 defenders in the fort, and these prisoners of war were naturally taken to Hung Fort.

There are soldiers of the five guards in Ganzhou, and all the forts are dotted around, if the two forts and two forts are cleaned up, sooner or later the information will leak, Li Zicheng decided to speed up the pace of the march, anyway, there are only dozens of soldiers in each fort, even if they attack, the Xining army will not be at a disadvantage.

With the strength of hundreds of cavalry of Liu Yunshui and Li Guo's troops, it was really a waste to sneak attack a fort post with only a few dozen soldiers stationed.

Li Zicheng divided Liu Yunshui and Li Guobu into two, and under the response of the rangers, they attacked four forts every night, while he and Ma Youshui were responsible for the aftermath.

On 1 November, the forts south of Ganzhou had all been breached, and all the troops were concentrated in Hongshuibao, and Liu Yunshui and Li Guo's infantry were stationed and guarded by two general banners.

At this time, Liu Yunshui's department, the remaining eight general banners, all of which were cavalry, reached the strongest mobility, while Li Guo's cavalry only had four general banners, and the soldiers of the other four general banners could only rely on foot because of the lack of war horses.

The Xining army concentrated in the nearest enemy fort to Ganzhou, but there were too few barracks in the fort, and only Li Zicheng and Ma Youshui were barely stationed, while Liu Yunshui and Li Guo's cavalry could only camp outside the fort.

The rangers in Ganzhou had already smelled the smell, and they patrolled to the outside of the enemy's fort, but there were a large number of Xining cavalry outside the fort, and they did not dare to get too close for a while.

The soldiers of Xining had been marching for days and were already very tired, so Li Zicheng decided to let them rest for a day and attack Ganzhou again tomorrow, and Liu Yunshui and Li Guobu took turns to send cavalry to inquire about the information of Ganzhou to prevent the Ganzhou army from sneaking attack.

After lunch, Li Zicheng was about to rest for a while, when He Xiaomi came to report: "My lord, Ganzhou sent a messenger to ask for a meeting!" ”

"Emissary?" Li Zicheng laughed in his heart, the battle has reached the door, can a messenger let me withdraw from the army? Even if you are as clever as Su Qin and Kong Ming, can you move me in the slightest? However, it is good that the messenger comes, the tunnel: "Let him in!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, He Xiaomi led a soldier dressed in Mingguang armor into the hall, the soldier was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, a pair of small eyes and bones were spinning, he used the shortest time, scanned the situation in the hall, Fang arched his hand and said: "The villain is ordered by Mei Zhihuan, the governor of Gansu, and Yang Zhaoji, the general soldier of Ganzhou, to meet the general and pass a letter to the general. Then he took out a letter from his bosom and offered it with both hands.

Li Zicheng sat upright on the wooden chair, his hands on his knees on both sides, his body did not move at all, but he said gloomily: "You...... Convicted? ”

"Guilty?" The envoy's eyes rounded, swept his eyes at Li Zicheng, and saw that Li Zicheng's face sank like water, his heart was excited, his expression changed slightly, but he said in his mouth: "The villain is a messenger, what is the crime?" ”

Li Zicheng shouted: "Kneel!" ”

"The villain is a member of the court, and you are ...... How can the villain kneel down to you? ”

He Xiaomi's eyes appeared, and the two pro-soldiers stepped forward, one left and one right, and each kicked at the crook of his knee, and when his legs were bent, he held it down tightly.

The envoy struggled, and when he saw that he couldn't break free, he said angrily: "The two countries exchanged troops, and if they didn't kill the envoys, I was the envoy, why was I humiliated?" ”

"Don't cut the envoy, yes, as long as you abide by the rules," Li Zicheng motioned to He Xiaomi to take the letter, and said indifferently: "Since you are the envoy, you should understand that Lord Ben is the main general here, and he is equal to the governor and chief officer of your family, do you dare not kneel when you see the governor and chief soldier of your family?" ”

"This ......"

Li Zicheng took the letter, unfolded it, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "I won't reply to your adult's questioning, and I will pass the word for me through the mouth of your envoy, only two sentences, one of which is that the enemy soldiers have arrived in Ganzhou, so we know how they generals?" Second, I am a soldier, everything must be seen on the battlefield, if they can defeat me on the battlefield, I will naturally retire! ”

"My lord, the soldiers in Ganzhou will be fierce, and there are no less than ......thousands of people in the city who are wearing bright light armor like villains."

"Ten slaps!" Li Zicheng broke off with a snort.

The two pro-soldiers who held down the messenger immediately opened their bows left and right, and "snap, snap ......" slapped their mouths ten times.

"You ......" When the palm was over, the messenger spat out a word, but only one word touched the wound.

Li Zicheng looked at the envoy's somewhat red and swollen cheeks, and said with a cold smile: "Since you are a messenger, you should know, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't ask what you shouldn't ask—if you want to speak, let your governor and the chief soldier say that you are not qualified!" He held out his right index finger and shook it gently.

The messenger covered his cheeks, which had been pinched painfully, lowered his head and drooped his eyelids, and did not dare to speak again.

Li Zicheng turned his smile and said with a pleasant face: "Go, tell your family, the seat under their buttocks, it's time to change people, let them wash their buttocks, and wait for tomorrow to be beaten!" ”

The envoy shrugged his shoulders, broke free from the hands of his own soldiers, and walked out of the door without saying a word, but when he was about to reach the door, he turned his head and glared at Li Zicheng.

"Beware of the threshold ......"

Li Zicheng's voice did not fall, only a "snap" sound, the messenger stumbled on the threshold, fell to the ground, and gnawed on a mouth full of yellow mud.

"Let you be careful......