After Li Zicheng and the others dealt with the crisis, they had been trying to discuss a way to solve Li Yan as soon as possible. However, after dozens of leaders get together, it is simply difficult to achieve unity of opinion. No one wants to let their strength suffer too much, so there are always a lot of scruples and excuses.

This delay is another ten days. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and there is no one to deal with the corpses outside, and the entire Taikang County is surrounded by the smell of rancidity. The flies and mosquitoes of the corpse rolled up and down like a black curtain, and the buzzing sound tickled the heart.

On Li Yan's side, he took advantage of the darkness to bury the corpses and spread lime at the same time. There was nothing they could do about the corpses on the bridge. In order to prevent mosquito bites from spreading the disease, Li Yan had Li Zicheng informed them to collect the corpses on the bridge, and as long as they did not take the opportunity to attack, he would not open fire. But Li Zicheng didn't make any moves.

Li Yan had no choice but to ask the soldiers to find wormwood and light it when the south wind was blowing to eliminate some mosquitoes. However, this time is also a time when they are on high alert, because they are afraid that the visibility will be reduced, Li Zicheng will take the opportunity to attack. At the same time, Qixian County also sent a large number of mosquito repellent sachets and mosquito coils, so that the soldiers could stay away from mosquito attacks outdoors and in tents.

At this time, the thieves in the city were all dressed tightly, and some even covered their heads and faces with stolen scarves to prevent mosquito bites.

"Fuck it!" Liu Fangliang entered Li Zicheng's handsome mansion and cursed: "You can't stay here!" I was not bitten to death by mosquitoes, but I was also smoked to death by the smell of this corpse! ”

The doors and windows of the hall of Li Zicheng's marshal mansion were covered with cloth curtains, and incense burners were placed inside, burning mosquito coils. Only in this way can you completely cover the smell of corpses outside, and you don't have to worry about mosquito bites.

Liu Zongmin's injuries were finally about to heal, and he still held on crutches. He also said, "Yes! Can't wait any longer! These two days must be decided what to do! Otherwise, all of us will have to die here! Now some of those displaced people are already getting sick, and there is not much food, so they can't be delayed any longer! ”

It had rained two days before, but it stopped in less than half an hour, and the ground was not even wet. They weren't ready to attack, and the rain stopped. Moreover, Li Yan's artillery set up the shed before the rain, and even if it rained all the time, the impact on the artillery would not be too great.

"It's just, we can't stay here any longer." The crowd echoed loudly.

Li Zicheng has also been weighing it in the past few days, looking at the current situation, he can't leave it. So he spoke: "Well, I called everyone here today to discuss this matter. It's up to everyone to decide what we're going to do next. ”

The crockpot said loudly: "It doesn't matter where you go, let's get out of here first, drinking wine and eating meat is a corpse smell, I really can't stand it!" ”

Everyone else nodded.

Li Zicheng asked, "Are we going south or north?" To the north, let's go and open the lockdown. To the south, let's go to Xinyang Nanyang. ”

"Let's go to the south, you don't have to fight Li Yan anymore. And you can go to Huguang, where you don't have to worry about eating and drinking. Someone said loudly. There was a chorus of echo.

Someone shouted again: "Go and open the seal!" There are only a dozen palaces alone, and where else is more rich than Kaifeng? Let's go open the seal, and it's over if we don't provoke Li Yan. Look at the two times he fought with us, both of which were to protect his territory. ”

Hearing this, everyone really remembered. The last time they opened the seal, Li Yan did not send troops. But after Luo Rucai's people entered Qi County, they provoked Li Yan to come out and beat them. It's the same this time, they originally wanted to clean up Li Yan, so there was nothing wrong with Li Yan coming here to fight them.

"Kaifeng's high city wall, can you hit it?" Someone asked unconfidently.

Someone immediately replied: "As long as Li Yan doesn't come out to make trouble, there will be no problem at all in capturing Kaifeng." Didn't you go in on it last time? If Li Yan hadn't come, we would have enjoyed it in the palace a long time ago. ”

Li Zicheng saw that everyone was really messy, so he said loudly: "If you agree to open the seal, stand on the left." If you agree to go to the south, stand on the right. Wherever there are more people, let's go. ”

Everyone had no objections, discussed a few words with each other, and began to stand in line. It didn't take long for them to stand still. The majority of those who agreed to open the seal, and the leaders who came to defect were all natives of Henan, so they were naturally reluctant to go far away. In their hometown, they can glorify their ancestors and go to places that no one knows, so what does it mean?

This is exactly what Li Zicheng meant, he just wants to take Henan as a foothold. As for Li Yan, let it go first, and after he concentrates the strength of the entire Henan, even if Li Yan has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to block his blow.

He nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Okay, everyone has also seen it, most of them want to open the lockdown." It's settled now, everyone goes back to prepare, and the day after tomorrow we will go north. ”

"Okay, it's better to leave tomorrow."

"That's it, Leader Li, let's leave tomorrow."

The crowd was begging for it. If they didn't have to pack up their things, they would have wanted to leave Taikang right now.

Li Zicheng was very resolute, he said loudly: "No, it's the day after tomorrow!" Everyone has to pack up, especially food and ammunition, and bring them all! If you have time, it's best to go somewhere else to raise some. Kaifeng is a big city, it can't be beaten in three or five days, so be prepared! ”

Everyone thinks about it, anyway, it is just to smell the smell for one more day, and endure it and it will pass. So they all clenched their fists: "Obey!" ”

When everyone went out, Liu Zongmin frowned and complained: "What's the mess like?" It's messier than a bazaar! ”

Li Zicheng said helplessly: "There is no way, if you don't do this, these people will deviate from morality." If there were no people to fill the scene and take the lead, let alone Li Yan, even Zuo Liangyu, we might not be able to fight. ”

Shi Jincai suddenly proposed: "General, you have to send someone to negotiate with Li Yan." Otherwise, if we go north, Li Yan will still come to embarrass us. Even if we surround Kaifeng, we will take out a large number of troops to guard against Li Yan like last time. ”

"Bad luck!" Liu Zongmin did not dare to explicitly oppose the negotiations, after all, he had fought with Li Yan, and he was not an opponent at all. He could only vent the depression in his heart in this way.

Li Zicheng glanced at these old brothers, and finally set his eyes on Tian Jianxiu. He said: "Yufeng, you talked to Li Mu last time, so you should go this time." ”

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