Chapter 185: It's all about escaping
Li Zicheng's team was marching on the mountain road between Xing'an and Pingli, and they walked extremely carefully, not daring to plunder, not daring to attack the villages, but only daring to march slowly in the mountains.
There is Zuo Liangyu's left-behind camp in Xing'an, and Zuo Liangyu himself took the troops to stay in the Zhuxi area, so they had to be careful. If Zuo Liangyu is alarmed, then they will face a catastrophe.
In the evening, the team camped in the mountains. Bonfires were lit and tents were erected, but most people leaned on the campfires and slept directly on the grass.
In the big tent, Li Zicheng and the others sat together, drinking mung bean soup, and discussing the next direction of the team.
"There is not much food, and it can last for three days at most." Gao Yigong reported.
Yuan Zongdi continued: "Our original brothers are fine, and those new ones are a little unstable. ”
"Whoever talks nonsense, kill it directly!" Liu Zongmin said loudly: "If it weren't for our kindness, they would have survived until now?!" I'm used to their faults! ”
Everyone else looked at Li Zicheng and saw what Li Zicheng said.
Li Zicheng said lightly: "It's very dangerous here, and you can't make the slightest mistake." ”
Now everyone knows that Li Zicheng acquiesced to Liu Zongmin's opinion. In fact, even if Li Zicheng disagrees, Liu Zongmin can implement it himself.
Li Shuangxi came in and reported: "The hunter who caught it during the day has run away, and it has been chased by people." ”
Li Zicheng scolded: "What are you still standing for?!" If you can't get it back, don't come back! ”
Li Shuangxi hurriedly clenched his fists and hurriedly walked out of the tent. He gathered more than thirty of his men and joined the search.
Listening to the noise outside, Gao Guiying proposed, "I think it's better to make some preparations and leave here early tomorrow morning." After all, the Orion has often walked in this mountain, and it is not easy to catch it. ”
Tian Jianxiu also agreed: "Yes, let's leave early tomorrow, just in case." ”
Li Zicheng nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, let's set off tomorrow and let the Huotou Army prepare dry food earlier." ”
Liu Zongmin left the bowl of mung bean soup on the ground casually, and said angrily: "If you mess with us, Lao Tzu will fight with them to break the net!" I don't believe it, the officers and soldiers are still bold, and they dare to come and fight with us alone! ”
"Be prepared." Tian Jianxiu said: "I'm just afraid of being entangled by the official army, and when their army gathers over, it will be difficult for us to get out." ”
Liu Zongmin stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's all scattered." I'm going to have to wake up early tomorrow. With that, he left the tent.
Everyone else also got up and said goodbye to Li Zicheng. Soon, only Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying were left in the big tent.
Gao Guiying said to Li Zicheng: "Is Zong Min too much? Everything is up to him, is there still you as the leader in his eyes? ”
Li Zicheng frowned and scolded: "What nonsense?!" They are all old brothers who rebelled together, as long as what they say makes sense, who said what makes a difference?! Don't fool around here, go to the old camp and watch Cuiwei. You have to take it with you, and if you start a fight with the officers and soldiers, you must not be separated. ”
Gao Guiying didn't dare to refute, so she had to nod silently and go back to the old camp alone. Her daughter Li Cuiwei is only ten years old this year, and she went to bed early, and several female soldiers watched from the tent. The last time she and Li Zicheng were broken up, she was very careful to protect her daughter. If she is surrounded and suppressed by the official army this time, she must also take her daughter with her, and she must not let her children be separated from her.
It was late at night, and the howl of wolves echoed in the mountains. It's just that there are too many people here, and there are a lot of bonfires burning very strongly, and there are piles of dense piles in the camp, so that the wolves dare not approach easily.
Just after the hour passed, the camp began to shout again, and the party that had gone out to hunt down the fleeing hunters finally returned.
Li Shuangxi rode a horse, and the cavalry beside him carried torches. He had a rope tied to his saddle and dragged a fleshy human body behind him.
The Orion had long since lost the strength to scream, and only a chest that lay down showed that he was still alive.
"Father-in-law," Li Shuangxi saw Li Zicheng, who had already come out in clothes, dismounted and clenched his fists and said, "I finally caught this guy." He didn't run far, but hid not far from our camp, probably for fear that the wolves would eat him. I cleaned him up first, and asked my father-in-law to show him. ”
Li Zicheng glanced at the dying hunter, waved his hand and said, "Break your hands and feet, and throw them in the mountains to feed the wolves when you leave tomorrow." ”
Li Shuangxi said: "Father-in-law, this Orion's village is five miles away, we should slaughter that village." Their people are gone, they must come out to find them, if they report to the government, won't they reveal our whereabouts? It's not a big village, so it shouldn't take much effort. ”
"Forget it," Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "If the encirclement is not tight, and one or two people run away, then the government will definitely know." Now that there is only one Orion missing, they will not think much about it when they find the bones that were also eaten by wolves. ”
Li Shuangxi nodded and said, "Okay, then it's cheaper for them." ”
"Your people don't need to rest, let's patrol the camp first." Li Zicheng instructed: "If someone escapes at night, they will be killed!" Wait an hour, Zhang Nai will come to replace you. ”
Li Shuangxi clenched his fists and responded: "Yes, the child obeys!" Then he took his men and began to tour the camp.
Li Zicheng returned to the tent, lying alone on the bed made of wooden planks, reminiscing about his old days. Although he was not very glamorous in the past, he was also an independent battalion leader in the rebel army, and he could speak among the many rebel leaders. At that time, the most beautiful was Zijin Liang, Gao Yingxiang, Wang Jiayin, and Lao Huihui. He and Zhang Xianzhong were both junior characters at that time, and their status was not as high as Cao Cao's.
But now Zhang Xianzhong has become the leader of the entire rebel army, and the imperial court has always been chasing Zhang Xianzhong. even opened a reward for the marquis to arrest Zhang Xianzhong. And he, Li Zicheng, is still a nobody, with a thousand tired soldiers, hiding in the mountains like a lost dog.
However, he was soon relieved, because Zhang Xianzhong, like Cao Cao, was also chased by the official army and fled like a rabbit, no different from him. It's not even as good as him. At least the official army has not besieged him, as long as he is careful, he can keep all his belongings. When he gets the chance, he can take advantage of the situation. And Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao, if they could not highlight the siege of the official army, they would probably be exterminated.
Thinking of this, Li Zichang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally could sleep peacefully. He always believed that he could be as beautiful as the other predecessors, and maybe even more beautiful.