Li Zicheng explained in public: "These people have been hungry for a long time, their physique is too weak, if they overeat, their stomachs can't digest it for a while, and those steamed buns may kill them." ”

This is not Li Zicheng's sensationalism, at the end of World War II, the Allies released prisoners of war in the concentration camps, and let them eat enough wine and meat, but after a meal, the mortality rate exceeded 50%, and the Allies initially thought that someone had poisoned them, and after an autopsy, the doctor gave the answer: it was all caused by overeating.

Two steamed buns, plus two bowls of noodle soup, for these hungry people, they can only eat most of the full, but Shixia does not have much grain, so they can only get Xining to eat again, with these food, they have no worries about their lives for the time being.

While the people were eating, Li Zicheng asked Gao Yigong, only to know that these people were originally dependent on Gao Yingxiang, but after the old village was broken by Cao Wenzhao, the soldiers and the people were separated under the blows of the officers and soldiers, and these people had to break out with the Gao brothers and sisters, hiding everywhere, and they could save their lives.

There were still a few soldiers among these people, but under the torture of hunger, they were no longer any different from ordinary people.

"Yigong, you and Gui Ying are both there, what about meritorious service?" Li Zicheng and Gao Ligong have a deeper relationship, if he hadn't gone to Hulushan for refuge, he would never have seen Gao Guiying and Gao Yigong at all.

"Big brother...... Big brother is trying to cover us for breaking through, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid that there will be less ...... of bad luck" Gao Yigong's slightly face was slightly, and a layer of clouds was suddenly covered.

Li Zicheng had to comfort: "This ...... Meritorious people have their own natural appearance, don't worry about a merit, I will send someone to Shaanxi to look for it. ”

Gao Yigong shook his head, as if he didn't believe that his eldest brother was still alive, and even his sister-in-law Liu had lost his trace in the war.

Li Zicheng hurriedly changed the topic, "What about Cao Wenzhao's army?" "Xining and Shaanxi are only separated by the Yellow River, in case the imperial court sends a large army, or even Cao Wenzhao's army, to attack, we must first understand the possible opponents.

"This Cao Wenzhao is really powerful," Gao Yigong's eyes were full of fear, "He used the Guanning cavalry, if the brothers meet it, there is only one way to die, if they escape, how can a two-legged person outrun a four-legged brute?" They also chase from behind, hey...... The brothers used their lives to block them, so they barely broke out of these soldiers and civilians......"

"Guanning cavalry?" Li Zicheng was shocked in his heart, he knew when he heard the name that the Guanning cavalry had always confronted the Tartars in Liaodong, and they were the strongest fighting force in the Ming Dynasty, and they may be worse than the Tartars, but compared with these thieves in Shaanxi, it was "killing chickens with a slaughtering knife", it seems that in order to exterminate the thieves in Shaanxi, the imperial court has made a bloody investment, "How many Guanning cavalry does Cao Wenzhao have?" ”

"There are about a thousand horsemen, although the number is not many, but with the advantage of horses, the combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and often a single charge can break through our formation, and then chase and kill...... Pity those brothers, they really didn't have a way to live to participate in the rebellion, I didn't expect to die faster......"

"A thousand cavalry?" Li Zicheng calculated that his cavalry, in addition to his own personal soldiers, were all concentrated in Liu Yunshui's department and Li Guo's department, Liu Yunshui's cavalry was just enough for two hundred, and Li Guo's department was less than one hundred and fifty.

If he encounters Cao Wenzhao's cavalry, it is not his opponent in terms of quantity or quality, this is only a part of the Guanning cavalry, if the imperial court attacks Xining with all its might......

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly had a new idea, "Yigong, what are your plans for the future?" Do you still want to go after King Chuang? ”

"What else can be done? If you don't follow your uncle, you can only starve to death," Gao Yigong sighed and dried up the noodle soup in the bowl, "However, if you follow your uncle, I'm afraid it will also be a death, but I don't know when it will be my turn." ”

Li Zicheng's heart moved, and he said leisurely: "Is Yigong willing to stay in Xining?" ”

"Xining?" Gao Yigong blinked, "I heard Wu Ermao say that Zicheng is now a thousand households in Xining, and there should be a lot of soldiers under him, right?" ”

"There aren't many soldiers, but as long as you are willing to stay, there will always be a bite to eat."

"Stay?" Gao Yigong was a little hesitant, not knowing what was going on in his head, but finally said, "The second sister ......"

"You fool, your second sister is my mother-in-law, so naturally she stayed in Xining with me, do you still want to live a life of hiding in Tibet with you?"

When Gao Guiying heard this, her face turned red, and she didn't know whether she was shy or happy, so she just said: "Yigong, stay, in Xining, we can also take care of it?" ”

"Then I'll stay?" Gao Yigong grinned, "Since the second sister said it, do I dare not obey orders?" ”

"Virtue!" Gao Guiying glanced at him, "Zicheng is responsible for finding you something to eat, and I don't know how to thank you?" ”

"Thank you! More thanks Second Sister! Gao Yigong arched his hands, saluted each of them, and said, "Second sister, now I'm going to touch your light." ”

Gao Guiying immediately threw him a pair of eye swords, his little face was slightly red, he was shy, but also a little proud in his heart, he secretly glanced at Li Zicheng, and saw that he was looking at himself and smirking, and his face turned even redder, but he vented his anger on Gao Yigong, "If you dare to cause trouble in the future, even if you bypass you, I won't let you go!" ”

Gao Yigong didn't dare to provoke his second sister, so he winked at Li Zicheng and said, "Zicheng, I don't know how you will live in the future......

Gao Guiying was furious, flew up with a kick, and flew to Gao Yigong's thigh, but he scolded in his mouth: "It's not big or small, it's what you call it......"

Gao Yigong avoided his sister's fairy feet, and said angrily: "Yes, yes, call brother-in-law!" ”

"In public, you have to call 'sir,' don't you hear the soldiers call you?" Gao Guiying said angrily.

"Yes, it's called my lord," Gao Yigong muttered while staring at his sister's legs and feet, "I just saw my adult, and I tortured my brother like this......"

Gao Guiying's face was vicious, but she couldn't bear it in her heart, seeing Gao Yigong's complaining appearance, she wanted to scold a few more words, but she swallowed the words alive.

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Don't make trouble, Yigong, are you willing to stay in the army?" My subordinates are all well-disciplined soldiers, you have to think about it! ”

"The army? My lord, I don't know what else to do besides the army, in the place of King Chuang, it is a small flag officer......"

Li Zicheng knew that in the history of later generations, Gao Yigong was a fierce general, maybe lacking in strategy, but he was decisive and brave, and could even rush to the front line, so he should be suitable for cavalry.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said half-loudly: "Yigong, will these people return to Shaanxi in the future?" ”

"My lord, they have lost all their land, and now they are still a gang of anti-thieves, if they return to Shaanxi, won't it become Cao Wenzhao's military exploits? Please accept them as well, as long as you can enjoy them! ”

"In this troubled world, if you want to survive, being a soldier is an excellent path, although there will be casualties in battle, it is better than starving to death," Li Zicheng paused, and said: "Yigong, can you recruit more than 100 soldiers from among them?" ”

"Of course, you can, even if you recruit them all, it's no problem."

"Being a soldier is naturally not just for eating, I said, I am a regular soldier, and I must strictly abide by military discipline, and I will talk about this later," Li Zicheng looked at the people and found that they had a lot of strong men, few old people and children, and those who really lacked the ability to work were estimated to be less than one percent, and tunneled: "You don't have to be all soldiers, otherwise who will feed their families?" ”

“……”

"One merit, you will simply classify these people, if there is no family and can abide by military discipline, all of them will be recruited; If there are several brothers, one person shall be recruited as a soldier for the time being; If you have a family and are an only child, you don't need to recruit soldiers for the time being. ”

"Yes, my lord," Gao Yigong understood Li Zicheng's principle of recruitment, obviously different from his uncle, "What about the rest of the people?" ”

"The rest of the people, bring them into Xining first, I will assign them land, according to the close relationship, divided into three or four villages, just live outside Xining, now that the cold winter season has passed, for the time being, they will live in tents, I will build houses for them as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir!"

At this time, it was not early, and if these people wanted to walk into Xining, it would definitely be too late today, so Li Zicheng asked Gao Yigong to stay, accompany these people to set up tents outside Shixia, and rush to Xining early tomorrow morning.

Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying rode together, surrounded by his own soldiers, and returned to Xining first.

Song Yulian already knew Gao Guiying's identity, so she cleared out the empty room on the left side of her residence in advance, and carefully arranged it to be used as her and Die'er's bedroom.

In her mind, Gao Guiying is Li Zicheng's wife, so she naturally wants to occupy the middle bedroom.

Li Zicheng looked at the newly renovated bedroom, his heart moved, and said: "Lian'er, Die'er, you still live in the original house tonight, and the cleaned house will be left to Gui Ying!" ”

Strictly speaking, Gao Guiying is not his wife, when he married Gao Guiying in Hulushan, because there was Han Jin'er in the family, he said that he was a concubine, but now that Han Jin'er is dead, Gao Guiying, as the concubine who shared the hardships and was the first to pass through the door, was the most likely to become a wife.

However, Li Zicheng's current identity is no longer the same as when he was in Hulu Mountain that day, and there are also women such as Sun Mengjie, Chen Qiudie, Song Yulian, etc., if Gao Guiying does not have enough measurements, it will be difficult to be qualified for the position of wife.

Tonight, Li Zicheng wanted to observe first, so he temporarily let Gao Guiying live in the east wing on the left.

Song Yulian was full of surprise, the room in the middle, whether it is from the central location, or the attached fully functional dining hall, etc., is what the wife should enjoy, what's wrong with the adult?

"Lian'er, you are the housekeeper's wife, you live in the original house temporarily, cooking or something, it will be more convenient," Li Zicheng naturally wouldn't let the newcomer Gao Guiying cook, "Go cook, I'll take Guiying to the bedroom to have a look." ”

Although Song Yulian had doubts in her heart, she didn't dare to ask again, and hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, my lord, dinner has almost been prepared, and it will be right away!" ”