Baimatang in Tianchang County, the lake is full of light and blue waves, and on the shore of the lake, there are large reeds growing, and the reed leaves are swishing with the breeze.

There is a small town called White Horse Town by the lake, and at this moment the White Horse Town is full of troops, and more than 1,000 people in the town are being ravaged by the army.

Corpses were everywhere in the streets, and dark red blood flowed down the streets, into the ditches on the side of the streets, and then slowly into the lake.

Every house was filled with soldiers in rags, chasing chickens and dogs, the arrogant laughter of soldiers, the screams of swords piercing into the body, the cries and pleading of women and children, all kinds of voices gathered together and filled the air over the village.

In the largest house in the town, two women with beautiful faces were trembling and huddled in the corner of the room, Liu Liangzuo was munching on the case, and the bones were vomiting all over the ground.

"General!" Hundreds of personal soldiers ran in, "Gao Jie sent someone to report, saying that Chongzhen's fleet had set off from Huai'an, and the accompanying soldiers received 5,000 people, all of whom were the troops of Pingnan Bo Chen Yue, and the entire fleet had 200 ships, stretching for four or five miles in the canal, and it was expected to arrive in Yangzhou in three days." ”

"I know, Gao Jie, this thief and ruffian, is quite meticulous." Liu Liangzuo pouted.

"Gao Jie sent someone to say that the original plan remains unchanged, please leave tomorrow and ambush Shao Bo Lake." The pro-soldier Baihu continued.

"Okay, okay, got it, get out of here." Liu Liangzuo impatiently coaxed Baihu out, wiped his greasy mouth, and walked towards the two women shrunk in the corner of the house.

Gao Jie was just a thief, if it weren't for Ma Shiying's designation of Gao Jie in the name of King Fu to be in charge of commanding this operation, how could Liu Liangzuo be willing to listen to him?

Baihu exited the room with interest and carefully closed the door.

"Ahh A woman's scream was heard, followed by the sound of tearing clothes, and after a while, the sound of wheezing mingled with the woman's plea for mercy.

Baihu smiled lewdly, ordered the two personal soldiers outside the door to guard carefully, and turned around and left the mansion.

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Less than 20 miles away from Baimatang, it is a continuous hill, called Yeshan, full of barren mountains and wild mountains, there are several copper mines distributed between the mountains, but after thousands of years of mining, the open-pit ore veins are almost exhausted, leaving only a huge pit.

In the lush mountains and forests, there is an army of nearly 10,000 people, although the soldiers are the same rags, the military discipline is slightly better than that of Liu Liangzuo, at least there are guards everywhere in the mountain road, and the soldiers' camping behavior is quite regular.

Gao Jie followed Li Zicheng to revolt more than ten years ago, and then surrendered to the official army after abducting Li Zicheng's wife, Xing, and spent most of his more than ten years of military law career on the road.

When he was a rebel, he was driven by the official army to flee everywhere, fleeing from Shaanxi to Shanxi, fleeing from Shanxi to Henan, and then running through half of the Ming Dynasty in Jingxiang Hanzhong Guanzhong.

After the surrender of the official army, life was a little more stable, but it was still in non-stop fighting, but the object of the battle changed from the Ming army to the righteous army.

Gao Jie is not a person who is too ambitious, what he pursues is that he and his beloved women and children can survive well in this troubled world.

But it is the most difficult to survive, seeing that Li Zicheng, who was green by him, rose rapidly, and the army grew to hundreds of thousands, occupying a large area of land.

When Li Zicheng led his troops to attack the northwest and crossed the Yellow River east to attack Beijing, countless Ming troops surrendered after taking the lead, but Gao Jie knew that he could not surrender, so he could only continue to flee.

With thousands of his brothers, he fled all the way to Xuzhou through Henan and Shandong, and there was no supply or food along the way, and almost all the cities he passed through did not allow his defeated army to enter.

In order to live, he plundered everywhere, and in order to live, he even played the bandit name of "Harrier over the mountain" when he was under Li Zicheng's subordinates in the past.

When he arrived in Xuzhou and entered Huai'an in the south, he was stopped by Lu Zhenfei on the other side of the Yellow River.

At this moment, King Fu in Huai'an suddenly sent someone to contact him, asked him to escort him to Fengyang, and promised to reward him lavishly after ascending the throne and give him a rich station.

For Gao Jie, who was used to wandering, a stable station was so attractive, and the promise of the future emperor made him extremely excited, and almost without thinking, he immediately agreed, and this is why the four towns supported King Fu together.

But who would have thought that King Fu had not yet ascended the throne, but Chongzhen had arrived in Huai'an by sea, seeing that the good future was about to come to naught, at this moment, Gao Jie's heart was very painful.

Chongzhen continued to be the emperor, and his own support for the throne came to naught, maybe Chongzhen would not do anything to himself, but it was absolutely impossible to be reused, and the days to come will definitely be the same as before, driven to continue fighting, until one day he dies on the battlefield.

No, I don't want to live like this again, I have to control my destiny! So when Ma Shiying decided to send himself to attack and kill Chongzhen, Gao Jie agreed without much thought.

As for the target of the attack on the current emperor, so what, can you expect a once rebel thief to be so loyal to the emperor?

"Husband, this time the matter is too dangerous, if it can't be successful, I'm afraid Daming will no longer have a place for us."

His wife Xing frowned and said to Gao Jie. She is in her thirties, but she still has a charming face and a graceful figure, no wonder Gao Jie would bring a green hat to Li Zicheng for him.

Xing Shi can't help but be beautiful, but he is generally knowledgeable, and he is better at arithmetic, helping Gao Jie to manage the affairs of the army in an orderly manner, and has a high prestige in the army. Gao Jie has always been obedient to her words.

"Madam is right, but don't worry too much, I have sent someone to inquire in detail, Chongzhen only has 5,000 troops around him, and our army plus Liu Liangzuo's troops add up to more than 20,000 people, and attacking with five times the strength is a sneak attack, there is no reason why you can't win."

Gao Jie comforted as he said and took a piece of meat for his wife and put it in the bowl.

"Alas, I just think something is wrong, after all, Chongzhen is the emperor, and it is a heinous crime for us to attack the emperor blatantly!"

Xing Shi used chopsticks to flick the food in the bowl, and Juanxiu's face was full of worry.

"It's not a big deal, kill Chongzhen, we are the heroes of the Hongguang Dynasty, keep Chongzhen, we will live a precarious life like before in the future, I don't want you and your children to suffer anymore."

Gao Jie gently took his wife in his arms, stroked her hair and said softly.

"As long as I can be with you, I won't be afraid of any hardship!" Xing raised his head, looked at Gao Jie's handsome face with fascination, and muttered.

"But I don't want to. Why did he become an emperor as a groom, but I could only wander around like a lost dog! I'm not convinced! ”

Gao Jie's words made Xing Shi fall silent for a moment, she knew that she could no longer persuade the men around her at this time.

"Okay, as long as you want, even if you go up the knife mountain and down to the sea of fire, even if it is under the oil pot, I will accompany you!" Leaning on the man's hard chest, Xing muttered in a blurred gaze.