At the same time, Hong Chengchou has also made new progress in Shaanxi's attack on Li Zicheng and other Lu Yi Army, Li Zicheng has mainly led his troops to operate in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border area, shuttling back and forth between Sichuan and Shaanxi from time to time, constantly trying to follow the example of the Xingtianjun, and also lay down a piece of territory that belongs to them, but Li Zicheng is not Xiao Tianjian, he does not have Xiao Tianjian's vision at all, and because his fame is already too big, he has long become a thorn in the side of the government and the court, so although he also wants to build a base that belongs to him, But the situation did not give him this opportunity.

Wherever Li Zicheng led his troops to fight, there would be a large number of officers and soldiers who were chased by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, and they would not give him a chance to breathe at all, and the more Li Zicheng ran with his subordinates, the more he could not train his troops, although every time he was defeated, he could quickly rely on his fame, and pulled up a group of homeless people as his soldiers and horses, but the combat effectiveness was more and more weakened, except for him, the situation of the other rebels was basically the same, they could only adopt the way of mobile combat to escape the pursuit of the official army.

At this time, Li Wanqing was forced to fall into desperation in July, and finally chose to flee to Xiangyang to accept the appeasement, and turned around and took the generals under his command to become an official army, and the other rebels began to be unable to support it.

At the end of August, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting finally let He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian, Li Guoqi and others block Li Zicheng's department, and the two sides fought a big battle, Li Zicheng was defeated and lost, more than 20,000 soldiers and generals, and by this time, only more than 1,000 people remained, including some family members of generals in the army.

Li Zicheng can be said to have reached the point of exhaustion at this point, but there is one thing that cannot but admire Li Zicheng, even if he arrived at this point, he still refused to surrender to the official court, and fled to the mountains around Shangluo again with the remnants of the army, relying on the common people to support the righteous army, and operating in the area of Shangluo Mountain.

But Li Zicheng also knew that if he continued to operate in Shaanxi, it would be difficult for Hong Chengchou to completely exterminate him, so after discussing with his generals, Li Zicheng also had to make a decision, sent people to sneak out of Tongguan, found the people of the Xingtianjun, and asked the subordinates of the Xingtianjun to inform Xiao Tianjian, saying that they wanted to transfer to Henan and temporarily join Xiao Tianjian.

Liu Bao sat in Shaanzhou, and soon saw this person sent by Li Zicheng, and after seeing it, he found that he was an old man again, and the person sent by Li Zicheng was not someone else, but Tian Jianxiu, who had a good relationship with Xiao Tianjian.

After Liu Bao entertained Tian Jianxiu, he heard Tian Jianxiu say Li Zicheng's plan, Li Zicheng knew that with his current strength, he would not be able to break through the Tongguan area and enter the Henan territory, and Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting also continued to increase troops towards the Tongguan area, that is, to prevent Li Zicheng from escaping into Henan and merging with the Xingtian Army, for fear that the Xingtian Army and Li Zicheng's prestige would be difficult to control in the future, so Li Zicheng was strictly prevented from leaving Tongguan and re-entering Henan, and Li Zicheng wanted to ask Xiao Tianjian to send troops to attack the Tongguan area. Pick him up and enter Henan.

After hearing this, Liu Bao didn't dare to make the decision about this matter, after all, there were too many things involved, so he sent someone to report to Xiao Tianjian who was in Nanyang, and sent Tian Jianxiu to Luoyang to see Xiao Tianjian in person.

And Xiao Tianjian also led his troops back to Luoyang City precisely because of this incident, but this is not all, after all, there are still many officers and soldiers in the Huguang area, and if he does not draw out his troops at the moment, it is estimated that it is still a little insufficient to fight Xiangyang with the soldiers and horses of the Guards Division alone.

When Xiao Tianjian returned to Luoyang, there was still good news waiting for him, that is, his beloved wife Fan Yutong, who had gathered less and left more, had also completed the transfer of affairs from Jinnan at this time, moved from Yangcheng to Luoyang, and was already waiting for him to come back in the city, and his peers also brought Fan Ling'er and Die'er to Luoyang City, and even his long-lost old father-in-law, Fan Yaoshan, also quietly came to Luoyang this time, wanting to meet with his capable son-in-law.

So as soon as Xiao Tianjian returned to Luoyang, he was in a good mood, and immediately Pegasus rushed back to the marshal mansion where he was now in Luoyang City, saw Fan Yutong, and talked to Fan Yutong for a while, and then ordered Tian Jianxiu to be invited to his marshal mansion to meet.

After Tian Jianxiu came to Henan all the way, what he saw and heard along the way can be said to have opened his eyes again, when he went to Yangcheng, he saw Xiao Tianjian's ability to control the place at that time, and he was already surprised, but he hadn't seen it in the past two years, and he didn't expect Xiao Tianjian's strength to grow so fast that he felt ashamed of the people who followed Li Zicheng.

From the way he was sent to Luoyang by Liu Bao, he had heard that Xiao Tianjian commanded the soldiers and horses, and Henan had been turned upside down, and now almost the entire Henan was controlled by the Xingtian Army, and the officials and troops were all over the ground looking for teeth, but on the other hand, Li Zicheng and their group of people, in the past two years, they still haven't even found a nest, although they are fighting everywhere, but the result is that they are being beaten by the officials and soldiers all over the ground to find teeth, and now they are trapped in Shangluo Mountain, unable to advance or retreat, Li Zicheng then remembered Xiao Tianjian again, and asked him to ask Xiao Tianjian to answer.

After Xiao Tianjian saw Tian Jianxiu, he felt that Tian Jianxiu who he saw this time seemed to have suddenly aged a lot, his face was full of exhaustion, his expression was also a little aggrieved, and he could even be said to be a little depressed, so he hurriedly got up and welcomed him into the marshal's mansion.

Xiao Tianjian has an advantage about this person, that is, he misses the old, whoever is good to him, he will be equally good to others, and basically has no frame with friends, don't look at Tian Jianxiu is Li Zicheng's subordinate, but because Tian Jianxiu had a good relationship with him at the beginning, until now he still calls Tian Jianxiu a brother.

After Tian Jianxiu sat down, he saw that Xiao Tianjian was still so enthusiastic about him, and his heart was very warm, but now he didn't dare to call himself Xiao Tianjian as a brother, after all, Xiao Tianjian is now the first in the world in strength among all kinds of righteous armies, although he is not called the king, but compared to all the other grass kings, no one dares to say that he does not have the style of a king, so Tian Jianxiu insisted on Xiao Tianjian to be a subordinate courtesy, and Xiao Tianjian was called handsome, no matter what Xiao Tianjian said.

Since Tian Jianxiu insisted like this, Xiao Tianjian finally gave up, invited him into the hall and sat down, and asked him about his intentions straight to the point.

Tian Jianxiu was ashamed to tell Xiao Tianjian about Li Zicheng's recent embarrassment, and finally said: "Now we can only ask Dashuai to help you again, we want to temporarily go to the jurisdiction of Henan Guijun to recuperate, and then seek a chance to return to Shaanxi!" ”

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian didn't immediately agree, and after hesitating for a while, he asked Tian Jianxiu: "Brother Tian, since you and I are old friends, then Xiao also wants to ask Brother Tian a question about you, I don't know what name King Chuang wants to go to my jurisdiction in this time?" “

Of course, Tian Jianxiu could hear what Xiao Tianjian's question meant, so he didn't answer Xiao Tianjian's question for a long time.

Xiao Tianjian saw Tian Jianxiu's expression, so he understood Li Zicheng's thoughts, so his face sank and said: "Brother Tian, there is nothing that can't be said between you and me, since this is the case, how about listening to Xiao's words?" ”

Tian Jianxiu nodded with a guilty face and hugged his fists and said: "The handsome don't have to be polite to Tian, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly!" ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Tian, now King Chuang should also see clearly, now it is not as usual, if we want to achieve a great cause, we must work together to confront the government and the current court, during this time you have also seen, with your style of play, it will not be a big thing, although there was unhappiness between me and the two kings at the beginning, but for the sake of us are both righteous soldiers, we should help, I Xiao still helped, but although King Li Chuang raised the banner of King Chuang, But he didn't make any achievements, but led you to defeat at the hands of the officials and the army one after another!

Now Brother Tian may have heard of it, most of the rebels operating in Henan have seen clearly that it is not a way to go on like this, and they have thrown themselves under Xiao's command, not to mention anything else, now Cao Cao Luo Rucai has already led his troops under my command last year, and even the fifth battalion of Gezuo in western Anhui has also begun to obey Xiao's dispatch, and will return soon, we can be said to be just around the corner to overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and King Li Chuang is still counting on Xiao to help you, but you have to stand on your own, I don't want to join forces with my Xingtian Army at all and fight against today's Daoless Imperial Court!

If that's the case, I'm afraid it's hard for Xiao to help him this time! If Xiao is unwilling, if this is the case, then what will they think about the leaders of the rebel army who have been under Xiao's command?

Xiao spoke straightforwardly, Brother Tian didn't have to be angry, if this time King Li Chuang just wanted to use Xiao's power to recuperate on the territory controlled by Xiao, but he didn't plan to return to Xiao's account, then Xiao couldn't explain to the generals under the account, this time Brother Tian invited, I'm afraid Xiao would be difficult to agree!

But if King Li Chuang understands it this time, he is willing to lead his troops to join Xiao, and is willing to work together with Xiao to seek a great cause in the future, then Xiao will raise his hands to welcome, Xiao can ensure that he will not treat you old brothers who follow him badly, and will definitely properly settle you and so on! Even King Li Chuang himself, Xiao is willing to let him take on important responsibilities in the Xingtian Army, like Deputy Marshal Luo, it is not impossible to be a deputy marshal of Xiao! ”

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, Tian Jianxiu's face was also very unpleasant, because Xiao Tianjian's words were too straightforward, and he directly explained that if Li Zicheng wanted to enter Henan, he would have to put it under his account to listen to the order, and from then on, he would put down the banner of the word breaker, replace it with the battle flag of the Xingtian Army, and become Xiao Tianjian's subordinate, which is actually to put it bluntly, Xiao Tianjian wants to annex these troops.

If this matter is for him alone, he Tian Jianxiu has no opinion, and it can even be said that he can directly bow his head and worship, but after all, what Xiao Tianjian wants is Li Zicheng to surrender to him, and Xiao Tianjian has made it clear that this Henan is the territory of his Xingtianjun, and the land of Henan has been regarded by him as a forbidden thing, if he does not listen to his orders, no one will want to get involved in Henan.

In this way, this time he came to ask Xiao Tianjian for help, I am afraid that it will be equivalent to yellow, Xiao Tianjian's conditions are also very generous, promising that if Li Zicheng comes to vote for him, he can let Li Zicheng act as a deputy marshal like Luo Rucai in the Xingtian Army, but is Li Zicheng capable?

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